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
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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.
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TODAY
AT
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concerning this real clothing sale
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I have placed them in my stock now on sale, therefore, .so long as this sale
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All $50 Suits $40
All $60 Suits $48
All $70 Suits $56
All $80 Suits $64
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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.
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tioiman fuel Jo.
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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
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