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THE SUNDAY OREGONIAX ' PORTLAND," - JUtY 18, ;' 1920 ' EX-WIFE IS SLAIN; KILLS SELF ALL THIS WEEK Shooting at Walla Walla'Fol lows Divorce Suit. LiBIRXV CORNEFLT BOTH DIE INSTANTLY IN L I l I I H All X S II V Slayer Goes From Idaho to Walla "Walla Couple Meet ' on. Street by Chance. WALLA WALLA. Wash., July 17. (Special.) Sanfora Warden Hill this j arternoon snot nis lormer nuo n-nu then killed himself at the home of Mrs. Hill's cousin, James Hobbklrk, East Oak street. Mrs. Hill had ob tained a divorce from Hill yesterday on the ground of non-support. Hill called on his ex-wife at the home of her sister, Mrs. May Clark, on Chestnut street this afternoon and asked her to accompany him to her cousin's home to get some photo graphs from a trunk. Mrs. Clark ac companied them to Hobbkirk's house. Mrs. Hill suggested that the . trunk be carried from the bedroom -to the sitting room, where there would be more room and Hill stepped into the bedroom with her. Shots Heard by Family. The members of the family, includ ing the woman's father,. J. F. Wilsoji and Mrs. Hills sister. Mrs. Belle Kisher, heard two shots. in quick suc cession and rushed Into the bedroom to find the couple dead. . The couple had not quarreled, members of the family stated. . . The couple were married In Huron, S. D., in 1909. Mrs. Hill in 'her divorce complaint said she had left Hill sev eral years ago because she grew tired of supporting him.- Hill came from the mines in northern Idaho ten days and, meeting his wife on the street, told her he would not contest the divorce action. The hearing was held yesterday and the divorce, was granted by default. Early this morn ing Hill went to the place where his wife was staying and the murder and suicide followed soon after. Both Hill and his wife were about ZD years of age. Mrs. Hill leaves her parents and four sisters. The where abouts of Hill's relatives are not . known. Life Threatened by Hill. Hill came here recently from Burke, Idaho, where he had been working in the mines. He went to the Fairview school, where Mrs. Hill was teaching, and told her that he had a revolver and that ha would kill her. but she thought he was joking. After school had been dismissed for vacations Mrs. Hill obtained work as cook on the ranch of Gus Newberg, near Clyde, and did not come to town until Thurs day, when she appeared at the divorce hearing. She saw her husband on the street the next day, and he told her he would not appear against her at the hearing, and he did not. Mrs. Hill charged non-support and drunkenness, testifying that for six of the ten years of their married life she had supported him. She left him four years ago at Wessington, S. D., and came to Walla Walla, she said. She had been teaching in the country Echools since. Hill fell, heir to $2000 from his mother's estate and soon spent that, according to J. F. Wilson, father of Mrs. HilL When Hill reached Walla Walla he had no money, and Mr. Wilson, who had known him in South Dakota, arranged board and lodging for him at the Hobbklrk. home, where Mr. Wilson was staying. Hill told Hobbklrk Friday night that he had nothing to live for since his wife had obtained a divorce. Incoherent Note la Left. Hill left an Incoherently written letter to Hobkirk in which he ex pressed his intention to shoot his wife and) himself, blaming her. He wrote that ho had first intended to kill himself and later decided to kill her also. He asked that the bodies bo Interred together In South Dakota. Ho expressed regret that ho had to do the deed In Hobkirk'a home, but said he would commit the crime at the first opportunity. Hill's body will be sent to South Dakota and his wife s body probably will be buried here. a smau Dottle or crystals was found In Hill's pocket. The crystals win do analyzed; the coroner believ ins that the. drug is a narcotic. BANK PRESIDENT ROBBED Concrete Vault in Basement Dyna mited and $20,000 Stolen. OAKLAND. CaL, July 17. The res ldence of Joseph Carlston, president of the Central National bank of this city, was entered late last night by six roDDers, operating -with an auto mobile. They gagged and bound a Japanese cook, dynamited a concrete vault In the basement of the residence and es caped unhindered with $20,000 in cash and valuables. MEN: V"lfcK )f, -vO i ALSO , .MACK SENNETT COMEDY ' "THE QUACK DOCTOR" Thirty- Minutes of Girls, Whirls, Spills, .Thrills and Joy "THE THAT TRIO" Hay den, Hall & Snyder TODAY AT 12:30 CONCERT ON OUR $50,000 ORGAN 1. "STRAINS OF KILLARNEY" R. Becker 2. (a) "LOVELY NIGHT" Offenbach (b) "TRAUMERIE" Schumann 3. "ESTUDIANTINA" Waldteufel 4. (a) "A PERFECT DAY" Carrie Jacobs Bond (b) "CHLOE" Lyons (c) "DEAR OLD GIRL" (By Request) Hayden, Hall and Snyder. 5. "A IDA" Verdi Here's more good news concerning this real clothing sale . During the past few days I have received by express one hundred new fall suits. I have placed them in my stock now on sale, therefore, .so long as this sale continues, they will be offered at the identical reductions at which my spring and summer suits are offered: ' One-Fifth Off Regular Price! All $40 Suits Now Only $32 All $50 Suits $40 All $60 Suits $48 All $70 Suits $56 All $80 Suits $64 The above reductions include every man's and young man's suit in my store I BEN SELLING Leading Clothier Morrison at Fourth SLOW SAILING VOIDS RACE (Continued From Flrat Page.) The committee waited until nearly half an hour before the time limit expired for starting the race. In the fight for place at the start. Burton on Shamrock was the aggressor through out. but he failed, and before he real ized it Skipper Adams had him nicely pocketed under Resolute and crossed the line nine seconds in the lead. The wind was very light, but Reso lute beat to windward and Shamrock fell off. In a half hour It was clear ly seen that the challenger was no match for the defender in going to windward in light airs. Firmt Lfk la Very Slow. The first leg was very slow until a mile from the mark. Then the wind gave Shamrock a lift so that she drew np until she was only 100 yards to leeward of the defender. For a few minutes the race became exciting. Then came a remarkable piece of wind chicanery. Both yachts tacked to star board three-quarters of a mile from the mark, with Resolute 100 yards to windward. The breese gave her such a lift that she stood for the mark, but although Shamrock was scarcely biscuit toss away, it passed over her entirely and left her practically be calmed. Resolute nearly fetched the mark on that starboard tack and wore around It with another short hitch, going quite fast. A mile away Sham rock lay flapping helpless in the long ewell. Five times Burton sought to coax the green yacht up to the mark and each time she shied like a horse at a hurdle. In the sixth try she reached it, nearly half t hour after Reso lute. The second leg was planned to be a reach, but Resolute finally turned Into the second beat of the day. Tfa time limit expired at 7:45 day light time and at 7 o'clock Resolute reached the second mark with 10 miles to go in 45 minutes. She sailed few miles under balloon Jib top sail and then signaled for a towline and started for her moorings in the Sandy Hook horseshoe. Shamrock reached the mark half an hour later ai-' her tu immediately took her in tow. Next Race Is Tuesday. The yachs will meet again on Tues day over another triangular course. Summary second cup race not com pleted. Yacht Resolute: Owner, R. W. Emmons, II.; start. 1:46:28; first mark, 4:33:49; second mark, 7:01:29. Yacht Shamrock IV.: Owner, T. J. Lip ton; start, 1:46:37; first mark, . 5:10:05; second mark. 7:35:51'. Elapsed time on two legs: First leg Resolute, 2:47:14; Sham rock. 3:25:28. Second 1 g Resolute, 2:27:47: Shamrock IV.. 2:25:46. NEW YORK, July 17. With the America's cup races of 1920 has come an innovation in newspaper reporting. Whereas 17 years ago, when the last international yachting classic was held, the Associated Press cov ered the event from ship and shore. this year it is reporting the races from land, sea and air, by wireless, telephone and land wire. This, according to -aircraft experts, is virtually the first time that an important event has actually been recorded from a seaplane, althougn planes recently have been employed to rush reporters to the scene of action or to relay stories and pic tures to newspaper offices. Base Maintained at Kockiwiy. Using the Rockaway naval air sta tion as a base, the Associated Press assigned two men to the seaplane it had chartered. One flew over the race, viewed preparations for the start and returned to telephone a descriptive story to the New York office. The other stepped into the plane and covered the start and tele phoned his story while his companion was up in the air again, viewing the finish. Land telephone was used because with the air filled ' with wireless messages It was considered quicker than employing wireless telephone or telegraph. Meanwhile staff men aboard naval destroyers were gathering news along the course and flashing bulletins by wireless. Trained obervers at Nave sink, Highlands, Rockaway and Long Beach sent added facts by land wire while aboard the steam yacht Vic toria a staff man was with Sir Thomas Lipton's party. vessels seemed almost frequently as fixed and motionless as If posed for a photograph. Even the sea was hardly ruffled by the air. When the race was called off the sun was just beginning to sink into the smoky haze which hung over New York City and which during most of the afternoon hid the jagged sky line of the metropolis from the view of the aerial observers. " Fair weather had attracted to the scene a great fleet of vessels or all sizes. Before the appearance of the two racers the White Star liner Celtic crossed the course and with a blast of her siren saluted the long neck lace or destroyers and tugs making their way to the cove to escort the yachts to the starting point. The seaplane in which the Asso ciated Press correspondent was rid ing was one of the small swarm of craft circling above the indistinguish able triangle over which the yachts were to race. Up to the moment when the starting signal fluttered on the masthead of the control boat, far below the aerial observer, the swarms of little craft had held back from Ambrose light out of respect for the formidable fleet of destroyers which played traffic po lice and kept non-official boats at a distance. Immediately the start was made, however, the little boats, some ere specks on the water, spread out into fan formation and followed closely. H. rreea stamps for etit tioiman fuel Jo. -Adv Main 353. RACE PICTTJRESQVE FROM AIR Fair "Weather Attracts Groat Fleet of Spectators to Contest. FROM A SEAPLANE OVER RAC ING COURSE, July 17. (By the Asso ciated Press.) Viewed from the air the race today between Shamrock IV, British challenger for the America's cup, and Resolute, American defender, proved more picturesque than excit ing. The fairest of blue skies, fading through the medium of a veil of light mist Into the deeper blue of the sea, lent a luster to the snowy white of the racers" sails, which suggested two costly 'pearls exhibited on 'back ground of azure velvet. Seldom catching enough Of the er rant breeze to cause more than a barely perceptible list, the two fleet Two Baby Monkeys. See the Zoo Today COLUMBIA C BEACH Jewels -the Gifts That The Buying of a Diamond NOW or later you will buy a diamond. The upward tendency in price amply justifies an early purchase. 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