Morning Oregonian., January 30, 1917, Page 5, Image 5

THE MORXIXG OREGOXIAX, TUESDAY, JANUARY 30, 1017.
HAMHERSLY EATEN
BY WOLVES IS FEAR
Bones, Rifle and Carcasses of
Three Beasts of Prey Tell
of Gold Hill Tragedy.
FIERCE STRUGGLE EVIDENT
Been his family only, at Intervals or
montns.
In a recent letter received by Thomas
Plammersly. his brother said that he
had his supplies in for the Winter, but
that- he did not think he would con-
inue the work for another year, lor
several reasons, chief being the en
forced separation from his family.
Mr. Hammersly was S3 years old and
was bom in Baker County. He spent
his early days in Lane and Lake coun
ties. He went to Gold Hill when a
young: man and for several years ed
ited the Gold Hill News. At the out
break of the Spanish-American War he
enlisted and went to the .Philippines in
1898. He was there three years and
returned a sergeant, but with his
health broken.
The open life attracted Mr. Ham
mersly and was a means for his re
gaining his health. He was postmaster
of Gold Hill up to about three years
ago. when he went into the Govern-
SearcU for Missing Government
Hunter Has Been Under Way for
Some Time and No Other
Trace Has Been Found.
GOLD HILL. Or.. Jan. 29. When a
man's scattered bones, his empty rifle
nnd bodies of three lean timber wolves
were found Friday on Evana Creek,
Jackson County, a grim story was re
vealed of a fatal struggle. In which
John Hammersley. a missing Govern
ment hunter, was believed to have
been torn to shreds by a pack of hungry
wolves, but only after he had killed
three of the animals. News of the
discovery, which was made about a
mile from Mr. Hammersly's camp by
timbermen. reached here today.
In the clearing in the willows where
the bones were found, the ground was
torn up. giving evidence of a territic
struggle. The hunter's clothes were
rijjped to shreds and his bones were
licked clean. Indications were that
the fiKht occurred not long ago.
A posse which has been searching
for Mr. Hammersly believes the bones
are his, as no other trace of him or his
Hack of hounds has been found. It is
believed the hounds fled when the
wolves set upon their master. At
temDts to Identify the rifle will be
made.
WORST IS FEARED BY WIFE
for
GILL PLEADS flOT
GUILTY; AID OFFERED
Ex -Supreme Court Judge
Bausman to Conduct
Defense of Case.
the Puyallup tribe of Indians,- Mary
Charley, wife of "Burnt Charley," died
at their home In the Puyallup Valley
today. Mrs. Charley is declared by
Government agents at the time of her
eath to have been more than 100 years
age. She Is survived by her hus
band.
Mrs. Charley was the mother of 12
children, none of whom are now living.
Two of the children were born about
the time of the outbreak of the Indian
war here, which was In 1836. She was
said to have been married in 1833 to
Charley.
The Indian name of Mrs. Charley was
Sta-BalL She had never been out of
the Puyallup Valley.
EARLY TRIAL IS PROBABLE
Federal Judge Xeterer Says Date
Will Probably Be Not Later Than
February 2 6 Hodge and Four
City Detectives to Demur.
EVIDENCE CHAIN WELDED
BlBXnC TO DEATH OP 4 CHII
DRE.V REGARDED DELIBERATE.
Can of Gasoline Found Hukuic 1b
Kitchen of Auburn Brakeman'a
Home Hewitt Heavily Guarded.
John B. Hammersly. Woodsman.
Who Is Thought to Have Been
Killed by Ravenous Wolves In
Mountains of Josephine County.
Party Being Sent to Gold Hill
Purpose of Identification.
GRANTS PASS. Or.. Jan. 29. (Spe
cial.) That the bones found In the
foothills of the Cascades, on Upper
Evans Creek, in Jackson County, are
those of her husband, is the belief of
Mrs. John. Hammersly, of this city. A
party to determine the identity of the
unfortunate victim will go to the scene
tomorrow morning from Wimer, on
Evans Creek, on behalf of Mrs. Ham
mersly.
John Hammersly, who was a Govern
nent hunter, employed to hunt and de
atroy predatory animals, left his home
In this city on January 2 to hunt
pack of giant timber wolves that he
knew were killing many deer on the
headwaters of Evans Creek. He took
with him four trained hounds and
three pack horses, and was to estab
lish camp at Willow Flat, in a district
where the Hammerslys had lived for
years, he having homesteaded the flat
and later sold it to a timber company.
He was thoroughly acquainted with
the country, and left with the deter
mination to exterminate the pack of
wolves that had ranged through there
for years. Since leaving here on the
second no word had come from him,
and Mrs. Hammersly had determined to
send a party in after him even before
she heard today of the finding of the
bones of a man a mile from the Ham
mersly camp. The rifle and the car
tridges found are believed to have been
those used by Hammersly. It is ex
pected that identity can be established
by the remnants of clothing and by the
rifle.
Mr. Hammersley had been employed
as a Government hunter for several
years, and had killed numerous cougars
and other animals that prey upon the
deer. Last v inter he hunted on Gray
back Mountain in Josephine County to
assemble a number of animals for
moving picture company and roped
number of cougars and wild cats after
his dogs had treed them. He was one
of the most successful hunters in
"Western Oregon, and has killed scores
of predatory animals while in the em
ploy of the Government.
metit service. He was a crack shot
and his pack of five bloodhounds was
noted.
H. D. Reed, postmaster at Gold Hill,
telegraphed Joseph Hammersly yester
day afternoon that nothing definite was
known of his brother's fate, but that
search for him was being made.
Besides the Portland brothers, Mr.
Hammersly has two other brothers,
Riley Hammersly, of Alaska, and Lu
ther Hammersly, of North Dakota.
The band of timber wolves that ap
parently killed Mr. Hammersly has been
notorious In that section for several
years.
Two years ago "Mut" Brown and his
partner from weed, Cal., cougar
hunters, camped at the Hammersly
cabin. They went hunting one day and
wounded a bear. The leader of their
dog pack was reputed to be one of the
gamest dogs that section had ever seen.
The dog ventured too far away from
the others and the hunters and was
torn to pieces by the wolves, but not
before he had offered a game fight, as
the blood trails indicated.
The wolf pack has been reported on
the Willow Flat, about 28 miles north
of Gold Beach, on several occasions and
residents of that vicinity have been
fearful of it for some time.
TRAINS ON MOVE AGAIN
WIND DIES DOWN AND SSTOW STOPS
FALLING IX WYOMING.
SEATTLE, Wash.. Jan. 29. (Special.)
Immediately after his appearance in
Federal Court this morning to plead
to the indictment returned by the grand
Jury Saturday, Mayor Hiram Charles
Gill waited on Judge Frederick Baus
man, who recently resigned from the
State Supreme Bench, and at the close
of their conference Judge Bausman
Issued a statement that he would de
fend the Mayor when the case comes
to trial.
Associated with him will be Wilmon
Tucker, president of the Seattle Bar
Association, president of the Washing
ton State Bar Association, and one of
the organizers of the old Welfare
League, which was organized for the
express purpose of recalling Mayor
Gill several years ago.
Mayor Is Told Not to Worry.
The Mayor had been assured by his
lawyers that he need not worry about
their fees, that they will take charge
of his case even if they never receive
dollar for their services.
Pleas of not guilty to the allegations
were made by the Mayor and the Chief
In the morning.
Attorneys representing ex-Sheriff
Robert T. Hodge and the accused
quartet of city detectives are preparing
to enter demurrers to the Indictment
respecting their clients.
On hearing the pleas of not guilty
entered by the Mayor and his Police
Chief. United States District Judg
Jeremiah reterer announced from the
bench that it was propitious. In view
of the seriousness of the allegations of
the indictment, that the request of th
accused for an early trial be complied
with as soon as possible. He said that
date not later than February 2
would be set if the Federal docket
would so permit.
Judge RudkJn May Sit on Case,
In view of this announcement th
possibility of bringing Federal Judge
Frank E. Rudkin. of the Eastern Wash
ington District, to Seattle to sit on the
trials is among the probabilities.
Judge Rudkin s appearance In the
cases, however, would only be pos
slble in the event of an early tria
date being set which would preclude th
heading occurring before either Judges
Neterer or Cushman. the dockets
whose courts are now pretty well filled
during the next few weeks.
The demurrers to be Interposed by
the other defendants will probably be
argued Tuesday. As in the case
Hodge and McLennan, pleas of not
gudlty will be entered In the event of
the demurrers being overruled.
The dry campaign committee will
meet this week to outline a plan of
rendering assistance to the Mayor in
case he is unable to bear the financial
strain of the defense.
TACOMA, "Wash., Jan. 29. (Special.)
From disconnected bits of observa
tion of the movements of S. A. Hewitt,
Northern Tacific brakeman. said from
conditions and circumstances surround
ing the murder of his four children and
of the fire which burned the room In
which they lay in their beds early Sun
day morning. King County officers
were building today a chain of clrcum
stantial evidence by which the believe
they will fasten upon Hewitt one of
the most revolting crimes in the history
of tne Northwest. Hewitt denies tie
killed the children.
An early theory that Hewitt, because
of domestic troubles, had determined
in a fit of despondency to kill his chil
dren and then commit suicide to end
misery for all, gave place today to a
theory that Hewitt deliberately planned
the crime for the purpose of getting
rid of those dependent upon him. In
tending later to divorce his wife and
secure his entire freedom.
A can of gasoline was found banging
in -the kitchen today.
Hewitt was brought back to Auburn
by Sheriff Stringer and - kept closely
guarded and handcuffed in an inclosed
automobile.
Mrs. Hewitt was not allowed to see
the bodies of her children. She told
officers that she left home after her
husband had threatened to kill her. To
officers she detailed the story of her
married life.
"I must, I must. I want to see my
babies, my little babies." she moaned
as she sat waiting in the front room
of the undertaking rooms, where the
bodies! lay. Friends, fearing a break
down, cautioned against her taking
such action and she followed their ad
vice.
STATE GETS THAW FIRST
CRIMINAL PROSECmOS WILL PRE
CEDE CIVIL, LAWYER SAYS.
Attorney Walsh's Statement Indicates
Family of Frederick fcump Will
Institute Proceedings.
PROWESS AS HrXTER IS KXOWN tomorrow.
Hundreds of Men Worklnic to Break!
Blockade and 44 Trains In Wyo
ming Resume Their Ways.
CHEYENNE. Wyo.. Jan. 29. Fortv.
four trains on the Union Pacific Rail
road in Wyoming, which has been
blockaded by snow for six days, late last Friday night, people of that lo
tonight were moving in both directions. cality gathered to pay tribute to the
The wind died down and the Enowlall memory of Robert Burns. The audito
ceased. I rium was decorated handsomely and an
i'.ailroad officials expressed the belief entertaining programme was given.
that with extra equipment and hun-1 Miss Beatrice Doty, instructor of
dreds of men trying to break the women and girls in physical culture,
blockade, considerable progress toward presided. Professor Hoerlein, of Reed
normal traffic conditions might be made College, gave a piano number and Alex-
BURNS CELEBRATION HELD
Tribute Paid Scotch Poet at Sell-
tvood Community House.
At the Sellwood Community "House
John Hammersly Leaves Widow and
Child at Grants Pass.
John B. Hammersly was the brother
of Deputy District Attorney Joseph L.
Hammersly and Police Detective
Thomas Hammersly, of Portland, and
a. brother-in-law of G. A. Cobb, a local
attorney. He was a native Oregonian
and well-known throughout the state.
As a hunter. Mr. Hammersly at
tracted much praise and for the past
two years had been in the employ of
the Federal authorities concerned with
the Btamping out of mountain lions and
wolves which infest the wilds of Jo
erhine County. Last March an exploit
related in The Oregonian was the rop
ing of a cougar by Mr. Hammersly. in
company with, two other woodsmen.
The animal was turned loose and re
captured before the lens of a moving
picture camera-
Mr. Hammersly was -well-to-do.
leaving considerable property in Grants
Pass and Gold Hill. He leaves a widow
and 10-year-old son. Dale Hammersly
In Grants Pass. His hunting this last
year had been from cabin headquarters
30 mile!" from a rallrostl, and he had
OMAHA. Jan. 29. Union Pacific
trains left Omaha on schedule today.
Announcement was made that the road
is open to Denver. Mild weather pre
vans throughout Nebraska and the
storm in Wyoming had not seriouslv
affected passenger or freight schedules
on tne union Pacific east of Denver.
DENVER, Jan. 29. Owing to the
blockade on the Union Pacific system
in Wyoming, comparatively little West
ern mail has reached here for the past
four' or five days.
Local officials said thev were not
detouring any of the mail for the Pa
cificCoast and Northwest states which
normally would go over the Union Pa
cific
SALT LAKE CITT. Jan. 29 Salt
Lake City has been without mail from
the East since last Thursday and busi
ness firms of this city have suffered
losses as the consequence. Rislner
prices in iooastuns have also been
noticed due to the Lack of freight ship
ments. Potatoes are selling at 65 cents
peck, tne highest price on reonr
here. Railroad officials declare that
tne snow oiocKade has been hrnkn
and that eight trains carrviner mail
win arrive here early tonight.
UNIVERSITY HEAD RESIGNS
President of Idaho Educational In.
stitution to Leave Post.
BOISE, Idaho. Jan. 29. (SDeciaI.
Melvin A. Brannon. president of the
University of Idaho, telegraphed his
resignation to the State Board of Edu
cation tonight from Moscow. When
the board meets tomorrow it will be
accepted. President Brannon is said
to have placed his resignation in the
hands of the board last December.
Later it was withdrawn. In his tele
graphic instructions tonight he con
I firms that resignation. He will prob
ably remain at the head of the univer
sity for the remainder of the school
year.
Axel P. Ramstedt. president of the
Public Utilities Commission, also pre
scnted his resignation to the Governor,
It has not been accepted.
INJURED MAN RESTS EASY
Fred
Jenning's Condition Serious
From Auto Accident.
Skin Torlurcil Babies
Sleep After Cuticura
It's really wonderful how quickly a hot
bath with Cuticura Soap followed by a
jrentle anointing with Cuticura Oint
ment relieves itchint, burning eczemas.
rashes and chafings, permits sleep for
infant and rest for mother, and points
to speedy heaiment in most cases when
it seems nothing would do any cood.
This is only one of the many things Cu
ticura does for the skin. Use them for
every-day toilet purposes and have a
clear skin, clean scalp, good hair and
oft hands. Samples free by return
mail for the asking. Address rost-
card: "Cuticura," Dept. lit, Dot-f who was with Mr. Jennins. sustained
ton. sola everywhere. 1 only minor injur lea.
Latest reports from the Good Sa
maritan Hospital are to the effect that
Fred W. Jenning. salesman for the
Portland Furniture Company, who was
seriously injured Sunday night when
his automobile skidded and pinned him
to the ground at East Twelfth street
and Holladay avenue, is resting easy
Mr. Jenning s chest was crushed and
he was otherwise injured.
W. H. Pierce, of the San Marco hotel.
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SHOULD not like for a man
to come to my store and pay
me fifteen dollars for a suit
or an overcoat, if I were not
certain that he would receive
full worth of his money
more, in fact, than he could hope
to receive at an ordinary store.
But I know these fifteen-dollar
clothes I know that they are
good clothes; my knowledge is
shared by hundreds of satisfied
customers who buy them season
after season.
The entire third floor is
devoted to men's $15 clothes
. LMorrison at fourthC
Morrison at Fourth
ALBERT HESS, 40, DIES
EX-PORTI.AXD MAX, NEPHEW
BEN SELLING, STRICKEN.
OF
the minister gave up active work he
still kept his friend and took his pleas
ure by riding about to see his acquaintances-
and attend to their spiritual
needs.
ander Potts was heard in Scotch read
ings. accompanied on the piano by Mrs.
E. I. Eisert.
Vesta Anderson played violin solos,
for whom Ruth Stoughton was accom
panist. Professor L. H. Morgan, of
Reed College, gave a sketch of the life
of Burns and Marguerite and Lila
Nathie danced the Highland Fling.
Earl Crow and Park Superintendent
Convill spoke.
Mabel Williams, librarian at Sell
wood, announced lectures, to be given
there shortly and the programme ended
with the singing by all of Auld Lang
Syne."
GERMAN SOCIETY ELECTS
t
Joseph Woerndie and C. T. Haas at
Head of Federation.
Joseph Woerndie and C. T. Haas were
elected president and secretary, respec
tively, of the German reoperation tuer
Deutsche Bund) at the annual meeting
held by the federation Sunday after
noon at the German house. The offi
cers were elected for two years.
The other officers elected were:
Ernest Kroner, vice-president: Otto
Berg, treasurer; Joseph Woerndie and
C. T. Haas, delegates to the National
Association of German-Speaking Socie
ties. The following were elected on
the advisory committee: W. J.
Schmauch. Max Fischer, Charles Feld-
man, Michael Barber. Fritz Kruger,
Valentine Gebhardt and Wr. E. NageL
ir-SA5 CITT. Jan. 29. Civil pro
ceedings against Harry Thaw for his
alleged detention and beating of Fred
erick Gump will not be instituted until
the criminal side of the case has been
rnmnleted. declared Frank Walsh, at
torney for tne ijump innu, '
return here today from New York. It
th first intimation of civil pro
ceedings against Thaw by tne oump
family since the alleged mistreatmen
of young Gump.
NEW YORK, Jan. 29. George
O'Byrne, wanted in connection wim
the charge brought against Harry K.
Thaw by Frederick Gump, Jr.. of Kan
sas City, has been louna in rsew Hamp
shire by representatives of District At
torney Swan, It was announced utro
tonight.
The prosecutor attacnes more inn
ordinary importance to a statement in
his possession, which, it was said, was
made by O Byrne to nis attorney, no
would not disclose what this state
ment contained.
Mr. Swan said he expected Thaw
probably would return voluntarily here
from Philadelphia to face the charges
against him as soon as his self-inflicted
wounds permit him to travel.
PEDIGREED FOX IS SOLD
Most of Fur-Buying Capital in
World Represented at Auction.
Victim of Spinal Meningitis Resident of
Seattle for Eight Tears Widow
and Sam Survive.
SEATTLE. Wash.. Jan. 29. (Special.)
Albert Hess, 40, a nephew of Be Sell
ing, of Portland, died at a local nos
pltal Sunday night, after an Illness of
week of spinal meningitis, a wiaow
and one son, 10 years old. survive. Mr.
Hess came to Seattle from Portland
eight y.ars ago. and engaged in the
printing business. He was active In
Republican politics, and was affiliated
with the principal organizations. He
was a member of B'nal B'rith, Seattle
Lodge. No. 29. The funeral will be held
here tomorrow under the joint auspices
of these organizations.
Mr. Hess resided in Portland about 10
years. He was born in San Francisco.
He was employed on the business
staffs of Portland newspapers and had
a wide acquaintance inthis city. Mr.
Selling will attend his nephew's fu
neral today
REV. R. H. PETER, 85, DIES
Retired Methodist Minister Promi
nent Flg-ure in Tacoma.
TACOMA, Wash., Jan. 29. (Special.)
Closing a long career as Methodist
circuit rider. Rev. Richard Hamilton
Peter, aged 85. died at his home here
today. - He was horn near Alton, 111.
and had lived in Tacoma 28 years. Al
though retired from the ministry, he
had preached at Edgewood and other
small places outside the city.
Rev. Mr. Peter was a familiar figure
riding & bay horse about the street.
His horse had carried him for years
between otitlylnir mlpMons and after
SIGNS ON AUTOS OPPOSED
City Health Officer Says Advertising
Hampers Work.
City Health Officer Marcellus has
recommended the removal of the '"City
of Portland" signs from two small cars
In his bureau, one used by a man who
gathers samples of milk from dairymen
and the other used by meat inspectors.
He declares the advertising hinders the
work of the officials.
Milk Inspector Jacobsen has com
plained that dairymen see him coming
and make it difficult for him to get
representative samples of milk. Meat
Inspector Chase says slaughter-house
people and farmers are given a warn
ing by reason of the sign on the auto
mobile.
canned goods In carloads, minimum
weight 50,000 pounds, from Ashland to
Portland, t-ast fortlana and Interme
diate points. Commercial clubs and
others Interested all along the route
of the Southern Pacific have been noti
fied as to the time of the hearing.
POET-PRIEST, 96, DIES
Rer. John H. Greene Ends Career
Begun as Reporter.
BALTIMORE, Jan. 29. Rev. John II
Greene, the oldest priest In the South.
died here today at the age of 96. He
was a native of Ireland, and after
working on the Dublin Nation came to
this country and began as a reporter
on the Cincinnati Enquirer. After the
war he became editor of the Catholic
Telegraph.
Father Greene was ordained as
priest in 1875 in London. He had writ
ten extensively, and his poetry enjoys
some reputation.
Answering the
Question
Many a family must soon solve
the piano question. We can help ,
you with the answer.
The last word In pianos Is the
little Grand and of all small In
struments the Aldrlch Baby Grand
In three years has achieved a re
markable popularity. A delight
ful tone artistic in design oc
cupies no more room than an up
right. A postal inquiry will bring you
chart showing space it occuplea
on your floor.
Price M85 on the easiest terms.
Sherman.iay &.Ca
PORTLAND
Suf'ntpay and othtr 'Pianos.
iPianolas. Victrola and 'Rteordt
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Rate Hearing Set.
SALEM. Or.,Jan. 29. (Special.) The
Public Service Commission today set
Friday, February 9, at 10:30 o'clock In
the morning as the time for hearing
the formal complaint on the proposed
rate of 20 cents per TOO pounds on
New Perkins Hotel
Fifth mad Waabtnirtom Sta, Fortlaad.
Ore iron.
MOST CENTRAL, i
REDUCED RATES.'
ST. LOOTS. Jan. 29. "Sir Roger." a
pedigreed silver fox, was sold at auction
for 15000 today. It will be presented
to the St. Louis Zoo. The sale was
one of the first events of the great fur
auctions which opened here today. The
300 buyers present represented about
95 per cent of the fur-buying capital
in the world.
In the first 30 minutes of the auction
more than 2000 seal skins were sold
for the United States Government. This
lot brought about 80,000. Ward T.
Bower, Government agricultural agent
for the Alaska fisheries service, said
the prices paid for seal skins today
were 20 per cent higher than paid at
the auction here last September.
OLD PUYALLUP INDIAN DIES
Mary Charley Never Out of Valley in
Her More Than 100 Years.
TACOMA. Wash.. Jan. 29. (Special.)
Declared to b the oldest member of William A. Shea attended them
2 WOMEN STRUCK BY AUTO
G. S. Reams Runs Down Mrs. Good
ell and Mrs. Courts, Police Told.
G. S. Reams, S30 East Thirty-second
street, manager of the Shell Oil Com
pany, reported to the police late last
night that he ran down a Mrs. Goodell
and her daughter. Mrs. Courts, 1114
East Morrison street, with his automo
bile at the intersection of East Thirty-
ninth and East Belmont streets. Mr.
Reams collided with a telephone pole
in the effort to avoid striking them,
causing considerable damage to his machine.
The two women, who were cut and
bruised as a result of the accident,
were taken home by Mr. Reams. Dr.
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy
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Cough Remedy acts on Nature's plan,
relieves the lungs, aids expectoration,
allays the cough, and aids Nature in re
storing the system to a healthy condition.
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