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i - . -'I, " t FJOT SECTION Pdge$ l to 6 t A- ; ' - i - -; -'' ''ik' w (4 5 f f .1 SEVENTY-SECOND, YEAR !''';':" : '?! - " 1J ,-- v Guard Shoots 12 Year Old i .; 7 . Boy;' -turd Wounds-Father ' : Following lash -at Clin- - 111' , . . STt)RES; FOR FIREARMS Efforts of Polfce to Stephen i Futile Sheriff 'Appeals ' " . For Troops CLINTON,' 111., July 8 ' By the -Associated i Press). First trouble in' the Hllroad shopmen's strike - occurred here today when i a guard employed by the Illinois Central i railroad f shot and killed James rFiUgerald. a tweWe-year-old boy, . -woniided his father, - James Ptrerald Sr., a striker, 'by shotttinr hhn hrough the leg and wounded:a passerby Elmer Hankinson. The latter was shot throagh both legs. iBTitea r Shot It is said the trouble started -when the gaard told a -number of atrikb aynipathtseri to keep olt the right of way, declaring he would shoot the (first man who stepped brer the! deadline. Fits- gerald. It was claimed, stepped over, whipped f oot1 a pistol d Invited the guard to "begin shoot ing." ' ; : -:!.- ' ' fc The boy died shortly: after be 'ing wounded. He was shot : through the right lung. The "rather and Haiiklnson were taken " to the hospital her; for" tratment. , Strikers XJet Firearms .: Early tonight about 60 strik ers and strike sympathisers were 1 collected near the Illinois Central shops end' irouble s expected. .Thls afternoon ,t they stormed Idown town stores in attempts to ' Iparihhse flretms. Policemen jandl deputy ' sheriffs-were inside ' the 'stores attempting to keep the s,nen out, but' their efforts' were. ' iractlcally" futile. I . ' , sheriff J. W, Persons sent a telegram' to"X.reutenant GoTernor sterling at Rockfprd, III., asking tor troops. ' I . Feeling' At Fever Heat , am man wttrklQg at' the Clln- i -v k.u Julorlnil their ; jobs and the- guards stationed at l the anope nave neu. f j Aniletr Is expressed by many residents who fear a further out break before the arrival of troops. Fnellnc Is still at fever bitch and Jt would not take much, residents say. to start another outbreak. sThe Clinton shops of the Illi ncls Central employed about 500 - ncn before the strike and 400 of thee walked .out July 1. No strike breakers' Were Imported by the roads, it is said and outside of ' thA 100 men or so who re- fmatned at work, only a few "drifters" came Into to augment their forces. Between 70 and 75 guards were stationed about the shops. u President Harding Ends Busy Week on Road WASHINGTON, July 8 Pros Ident Harding returned - to the White HoUBe late today from his week's automobile trip to Ohio During his absence President Harding attended marine Inaneu vers at Gettysburg, the centennial celebration at Marlon, Ohio, and a reception in his honor at Co lumbus, Ohio, In addition to tuak- ' ing several stops along the route for hie addresses, i The final day . of return trip which was the 31st wedding anniversary of the presi dent and Mrs. Harding, was spent in traveling over the mountains between Unlontown, Pa.,vhere the last overnight stop wa made and here. . U. S. Hospital Gets 50 New War Cases , WALLA WRLLA, July 8. -FJfty new patients - have come' - to the United States public health hospital for former service men here during the last week, and the number is increasing daily. There are now six doctors on duty. , The patients at the hospital are publishing a weekly news paper, the Salamander, whicb contains about ' 20 pages of mim eographed matter. - Ambulance patients . are taken . for a picnic, one every ten days. Entertainments - are given from 'ttmt to time' at theliosprtat: ' 7 CHAP INSIDE HEARSE YELLS DRIVER STOPS Investigation Shows it Wasn't Ghost but Workmen Who Had Been Tinkering One doesn't have to be a very ardent 'Spiritualist to let h's knees knock- together and his teeth chatter; and. ibis hair stand 6a end 'When he hears some one from the inside of ' the hearse he is! driving, rattle on the door and demand to be. lot m or ' i n knock your block if.'; A , Salem dnver !was taking a hearse out for service. He -had a good long way to gio, and he wa3 bowlihg along at a more than sol- emn ' gait. ; Suddenly he heard the tap-tap of a spirit on the panels at his back. Did he flinch? Ask him ', he w ill say , yes or no but be "knows exactly what he did. Then when the spirit began to holier in an Increasing crescendo, what more did; he do? Ask hlmr ask anybody who has ever met with a genuine ghost. Fortunately it was daylight, and not the witch ing, hour of the moon and the black cat and the frOggish cfoak -or he might have neen running yet; some men would even at noonday. But when he failed to run. and stopped and investigated instead. that ended the story. A' Workman who had been In the hearse, mak ing some minor repairs, hadn't noticed when the driver slammed the door, thinking the hearse was empty, and the vehicle was over the hills and-' far away before the InBide rider began to make him self heard. PUSH CAFi TRACK; 5 HIT One Man Bruised Beyond Recognition When Car ' Just Misses-Canyon LEWISTON, Idaho, July 8. Paul Miles, a bridgeman, was cat and bruised beyond I recognition, and five ' other members of a bridge crew suffered painful in juries when a push car on which they were riding jumped The track at the end of a bridge 20 miles east of this city on tl'i Camas' Prairie railroad this after noon. The men 'were placed on a speeder, and rushed to a local hospital, where it Is said all will recover. The car, "with eighteen men aboard, ' was coasting down the Culdesac grade to the 'cook 'shack when the accident occurred. Had It happened' a. few seconds soOher it Is probable that all jwould have been thrown into the canyon be low. : WEATHER OREGON: Sunday; fair. , Sunday Fair. HIT BY i JUMPS ANDSEVERELlff Mrs. O. C. Kennos. aged escaped death at 10 o'clockjast night when shejwas hit .by an unidentified automobile three different timei at Liberty and Union streets and left lying on the pavemerL suffering Xrdm serioug bruises and lacerations by the diver of the mysterious machine. Neighbors of tnat district n earing tne womtn s groans, rushed to her assistance and Immediately Caller the police. Chief Moffitt and Patrolman George. White' toot up the in vestigation, but up tintil an early hour this mornfrig had been unable to -get any trace of the According to the story told Chief Moffitt by the injured wo man after she had been taken to her' home and received medical assistance, she was returning to her home and was crossing the intersection going east on Union street.'! i Kpeedlng Car Hits Her '- She k was less than three' feet from the curbing and waa about to step up onto the sidewalk when the speeding car. going north on Liberty, made a sharp turn east onto Untyn. striking the woman and knocking her several feet. Apparently the driver of ! the car was going at such a high rate of speed he was unable to control the car for he again, struck 'Mrs. Kennos,-dragged .her some dis tance and -then one wheel passed over her body." :-',,," 8 Huntua lit i t Situation in Merville Distrivl! Reported Better Siir Wind Likely to Ref Flames. . REFUGEES WILL RECEIVE IMMEDIATE ATTENH01 Damage to Standing Tirrrtja is Heavv With Ml Ari- l ditional Fires1 Ragirig $ VICTORIA, B. C, Jaly 8. While the forest fire situation on J Vancouver island and the main land coast of British Colombia was reported somewhat Improved tonight, fear was expressed that the flames might be whipped in to renewed fury by a strong wind picking up in districts' already ablaze. In an effort to lessen the flame hazard". Lieutenant .Governor W. C. Xichol this afternoon issued a proclamation forbidding 'logging operations in the affected terri tory until the danger is averted. Settlers Flee Flames' Settlers in the fire-swept ler ville district were hurrying into Courtenay, efforts to control the flames faaving been abaadoned. Attention was being centered on the. care of . refugees. Premier Oliver announced that tie sol dier settlement at Merrills would be restored. . . j The situation in the jjanalmd district was reported as Improved, with all firea under control. Fires which have been raging at Cow- ichan lake, threateniagv aluable timber, .were also-- repor under control. Timber Lom r The damage to standi timber has been heavy but not definite .estimate of jthe oss been made. J Chief Forester P. ajJaverhill declared the situation fenight to be still extremely erltal. Total of 291 additional fires were reported in advlceifreaching the forestry department today PORTLAND, Ore.. Jly 8. Though no catastrophe or heavy losses have resulted fm forfest fires- in Tillamook, Colambia and Clatsop counties the general 'sit uation was today. jronouneed critical by Carl C. Bcott of. the forest patrol associatio. The forest fires, at &rry, Ore., were still burning aid "doing a great amount of danftge. 'One railway trestle was Sported to have bieen destroyed'oil the KerV railroad. It waaao feet In length! Telephone , tnes were torn down by the flamag timbers. 50, 542 Union stretf, narrowly mactiine or dnv of the car tnneses There jwre no vitnesses to the accident as far as cjald be learned at a late hour last light and there was no way In wljch the 'police could trace the ct other,, than by a broken wt ashield. Glass was scattered Ssb it the streets, giving the police t eir clue. Chief Moffitt was SHIT orking oh tin ease at an early inc. : jur this mora- Inrortnatjo: Winfed ' While Mrs snnoa Injttrtes were extremely ' A Intul It Js not thought tuejr willfcrove serious, i " Chief Mottitt ruests that'any one having' lntonjation' of an -au tomobile wftQ bifcten windshield or' headlights,' H otherwise 'ac counted for.rlnfjrm the ih'M' m Lail RT ; salem, Oregon; Sunday BOY, 12, WINS GIRL , BURNED AT STAKE - KIXGSVILLE. Ont., July Earl Sandison. 12-year-old Beiringham, Waih.,! lad, came to Kingsville ai few , lays ago with his mother. le was a clean, looking lad. j-. nd .made a great hit with a ipular Kingsville girl about ihls ago. . i .-- fEarl took her out walking j t Id bought her Ice cream X nd candy, thereby briagW .Ine the Jealonsy of three les : fortunate swain j upon his i head. They simply could not stand to see the popular belle bestowing her atteU- tions entirely upon an "out- aider,, . ' The three jealous boys kidnaped Ihhn and carried him into the woods. Men ? passing by , some timber lter ; . arrived on the scene in timp ' '-to resciie Earl from burning ; at the stake. The pther boys had already touched off the" fire. .Earl was not burned ' seriously and was reluctant . In squeallng" on his would be torturers. ; Postmaster Farrar and Em ployes Cavort Yester I day at Oaks Park i Pttcttcaliy the whole force of the dalem postoffice attended the Postal Welfare association picnic ttinhet and business meeting at the Ohks park in northeast Sa lem.' $ata rtiay- evening. They; ate a scnrkiptious dinner, sang songs, playedvgamesdanced ring-around the-rosey, and Johnny Farrar, postmaster generalissimo of the Salem Jrffice, led the - rest of the little tajjs to a glorious swim in Mill, crfetr? Jnst below the rail road brtdge; ir-wis1 kifveSilng of royal good times for - every body. Hays Plan Followed ''Postmaster General Will Hays, who recently resigned from the president's cabinet, started this 'welfare association in all the first and second," and- the larger ot the third-class offices of the country. 'Automatically, every employe is a" member, and it is framed up for the good of all. If there is a grievance or a ETOuch pf any kind in the local Dffice, there is a committee to look after it, and if possible to find a remedy for it. They do not attempt to enre erysipelas or hasty marriages or Ingrowing toe nails but they actually do Cure a host of office ills; such as bad Ventilation, bad lighting or other working conditions, and unpleas ant things that need fixing. Here in Salem the grievance committee is made up by election, of three carriers, three clerks, two rural carriers and the supervisory head of the local office. ,. Monthly Meetings Held The general association meets ence a month for a business meet ing, the first Tuesday of the month, and once a quarter for j genetal session. The office main thins a "question box," where the matters of interest to the depart ment may be posted, and then taken up at the meetings for dis cussion. The postoffice depart ment at Washington has had the assistance of some of the great est authorities on bis business welfare work in America, . in starting and. carrying out the 4Lganizatiqu plans, and the out come of the movement is being shown in a marked improvement in postal conditions all over the nation. . Five Reported Dead . In Railway Wreck BURTON. Kas.. July S persons were Beriously Injured here late today when Santa Fe passenger train No. 4 crashed into an oien switch and a string of oil cars which tooks fire. jURTN, Kas., July 8. The passenger train, eastbound, tan into an-open switch at the Juttt "tion of the Frisco just 'west of the Bit: ton -depot. The dinning car and bagget car were telescoped andv all of the injured-were in these two ears. WICHITA. Kks.. Jaly 8. Five were killed in a Santa Fe wreck at isnrton. according to first re ports received here late-today.by the chief despatches of the .Ar kansas Valley Interurban com pany. Later reports, aald mo.bne w( known to hare ben "ktUed bnt the fireman was missing He waa ' seen to Jump Nf rom 4 the cab. SevicaUwere reported injured. VOSTAL FOLK l HAVE PICNIC morning, july 1922 COlinEE IS New Organization Selected to Guarantee Chautauqua Next , Year, With Women Added to Personnel. SOME OF OLD GUARD DECIDE TO DROP OUT Early Steps to Be Taken for Closer Cooperation With Management Ellison-White Chautauqua will return to Saiem in 1923 under guarantee of one of the strongest committees gotten together in all the 10 previous years of Salem's Chautauqua-history. - A number of the veteran boost ers of past years, while pledging unfailing support of the Chautau qua, have asked to be relieved this year and their places have been filled by new material who, if able to emulate the example of their predecessors, will, no doubt, realize sufficient growth ot Chau tauqua spirit lu the next few years of community development to make the Chautauqua a fixture as long as the organization main tains fts standard of excellence. ''Nucleus of Women Formed A strong nucleus of active sup port by the women of the com munity has been incorporated in the local committee for If) 23 in the personages of Mrs. Lamoine R. Clark, head of the local Wo man's' club, Mrs. B. J, Hendrlcka and Mrs. W. S. Anderson. Among the 26 names constitut ing tne committee of guarantors of the Chautauqua for 1923 will be found many of the eld guard, bowvr-whe- return with deter mination to give hearty coopera tion toward perpetuating the Chautauqua. Early Action Promised Active members of the local committee have expressed them selves to the effect that early steps will be taken with a view to closer cooperation with the man agement in workingout several minor problems having for their object the still further strength ening of popular regard for the Chautauqua. The committee of Chautauqua guarantors for 1923 is as follows: H. H. Vandevort, F. A, Legg, U. G. Holt, Dr. E. t. Fisher. Dr. H. E. Morris. R. A. Harris, Vick Brothers. W. I. Staley, head of Capital Business college, Dr. F. L. Utter, Dr. M. C. Findley, Otto K. Paulus, J. C. Perry. P. L. Frarier, B. C. Miles, Edgar H. Leach, E. S. Tillinghast, superintendent state school for the deaf; Mrs. Lamoine R. Clark, Joseph Barber, Paul B. Wallace. J. H. Lauterman, Benja min F. Pound. Harry Wels, F. L. Wagar of Valley Motor com pany, Mrs. R. J. Hendricks and Mrs. W. E. Anderson. . , Plane Falls in Bay; Alaska Flight Halted BELLINGHAM, Wash.. July 8. Ignition trouble which devel oped last evening and caused him to land in Chuckanut bay, six miles south of here, was prevent ing Lieutenant Roy Jones from continuing his hydroafrplanc flight today from Seattle to Ket chikan, Alaska. He started from Seattle yesterday evening at five o'clock, and expected to land here about 6 o'clock. At 6:30 this evening. Jones tried his engines out but was towed back to his moorings.' Jones', mother and a brother live here. Tourists Caught in Mountain Blizzard FORT YELLOWSTONE, Wyo., Jaly S. Caught in a blizzard on Mount Washbnrn. in Yellowstone Park and lost for some hours, to -day the party of tourists headed by Mrs. Percy Rockefeller. of New York, was finally rescued by for-J esc rangers, -who. were -guided to the scene by a fire lit byMrs. Rockefeller herself. JCTICE ,TAFT SAILS LIVERPOOL. Jujly 8. By the Associated Press) Chief . Justice Tatt and Mrs. Taft sailed for the United States today on the steam er Canopic. Mr. Taft told ; inter viewers that his visit to London was "one of the most delightful episodes of my life." He said it was somewhat difficult to say how much of value will result of his Investigation of English' Judicial procedure. ' - KUKLUXKLAN GIVES $20 FOR CRIPPLED GIRL Money Sent Editor for Relief of Student Made. Invalid in Auto Wreck WOODLAND. Ca I.. July 8. The editor or the Woodland Mail early today received a letter en closing $20 la cash which pur ported to come from the Ku Klux Klan and which it was directed should be contributed toward a fund being raised for tho benefit of -Miss Opal "MeNaughton, sole survivor or the school bus tragr cjy at Red Blurf last winter. The letter , was written on Klan stationery and sighed "Klan.", Miss MeNaughton was one of 12 . students riding lu a bus that was struck by a Southern Pacific train near -Prdperta crossing;. w,hlle they were en route from Dairyville to the Red Bluff high school on November 30, last year The MtN'aughtoB girl has been confined to her bed at Dairyville since, a cripple for life, it is 'be lieved., . Chief Fires Five Shots at Fugitive in Making Ar rest Last Night , Following a fight lasting seve ral minutes and covering nearly a block of territory during which time five shots were fired. Chief Lof Police Moffitt and Patrolman George White late last night ar rested "Cul" Riessbeck and Ches ter Foster at Capitoi and Union streets. Riessbeck and Foster, both of whom are said to be un der parole from the justice court, were lodged in the city jail and are. being, heltjUoa, four separate charges, without bail. Hurried Call Comes The arrests followed a hurried call to the police at 11 o'clock last night that two men were dis turbing the peace at Union and Capitol streets. Thinking that the rowdies were possibly the ones responsible for the running down of Mrs, O. C. Kennos a few min utes before, Chief of Police Mof fitt and Patrolman White rushed to the scene in a car. As they stepped from the' car they recognized Riessbeck and Foster. The two men permitted themselves to be searched, but when the officers found a pint bottle of liquor on them and at tempted to place the men under brrest, Foster broke and Tan down the street. Officer White gave chase, overtaking the man after about half a block. It was necessary to use force in subdu ing him. Riessbeck Resists In the meantime, according to the police, Riessbeck attempted to resist arrest, breaking away from Chief Moffitt and attempting to put over a telling blow. The of ficer knocked the man off and, drawing his revolver, warned him that if he continued to put up a fight he would be shot. Riessbeck failed to heed the warning, made another attempt to hit the offi- cer, then started on a run down the street, Moffitt after . him, shooting as he ran. (Continued on page 2.) HEIRESS SEES CITY SIGHTS FIRSTH1E PORTLAND, July S. Mifs Veil a Parker, 22, heiress-atpar3r.t to a central Oregon ranch as bfg as some counties, came to Port land and took her-first street car ride today Then she enured an elevator idr her first ride of that kind. She Jikeed It so welt that she jBtayed an hour, riding to tne top ;flopr of . a big department store aud down again to the sub basement repeatedly ; Miss; Parkftt1'ffrom Butbs. Ore. This is her first visit to a city. TOb, but I've been way; from home before," said Miss Parker. . "i went clear oer to Daker last fall. Of course, though toft isdifferent." . Mirs- Barker expressedl d'-sap pointment that there va not a. horse available tor. her to ride down Broadway. MWhea1"ai come to Burnsi;"sheVsaitf; ?w can't five any car rides, but we ran - give you a - darned Jarzy D0K1B: 'mm . Canoe Capsizes With Two Boys With Fatal .Resells . Heroic Attempt Made at Rescue, btit Unfertile Lid Struggles Away i bom 1 Helpers Yhen Hear B&sl;--Brother Despairing Tries to Save Boy , ;v Donald Dunnstte, 16-year-old u. uunnette, 575 North Cottage street, met death by drown ing in the Willamette river oppositeRiverside park yester day ajternoon while out canoeim? with Lester ArzelL in. Dunnette was a Western Union itnessenirer. Arzell was. able! to. swim the 130 feet to shore,' WhUe Life Guard William Hunt and Jatnes Fargo, 833 Mill street, rnjuh a desperate but futile effort at rescuing the-Dunnette boy. They managed to get the drowning lad within a few fee b of the landing when he fought loose from them and sank. SllRlOSE " ''-t ' Present Warden j of Deer Lodge on -Witness Stand' Denies He is "Gunman" HELENA, Mont., July "Guns" and "gunplay" " today formed the major portion ;ot .the testimony In the case of the state against former Warden Frank Conley of the Montana peniten tipry, on trial before Judge A. J. Horasy. ' , 1 ' ' M. Potter, who succeeded Con ley as head of the prison, was called vin rebuttal by Attorney General W. t. Rankin f The wit ness denied he had j ever made throat to "get" the defendant or had ree4vMl- InstructioBs'U frera- Gorernor Joseph M. pixon rela tive to ''taking care" of the form er wcrden. Ho said be "abhored a gunplay man.'! j " I'm not a two gun man."' de clared Potter. "One is enough.'.' Potter said that when he went to Deer Lodge to succeed Conley he took with him a rifle, a rfcot gnn and an automatic pistol These, he explained, he kept In the prison office. i , , J j Conley, through Sauls, did not offer to turn over any farm ma chinery owned by the state' tho witness said. He also denied be was getting food supplies from the prison store or that any were be IfC furnished him , by the state. It is expected the cae will "end either Monday or Tuesday of next week. . VALLEY GR G. F. Kurtz Files With State Engineer for Water from Willamette River - Irrigation is spreard ing rapidly. G. F. Kurtz, north of Salem, is now starting in to irrigate this prunes and -potatoes I from the Willamette river. e will start on a five-acre tract, with a farm tractor driving a saiem Iron works centrifugal pump, but -hopes to get far jbe yond the five-acre mark - Jin Saturday a filing was mfdelby Sir. Kurtz for water, tn tfre state engineer's ofTice. for 0 acres of irrigation. The estimate of s Cost in ouittit eiiuugn oniy J 30U. The application does not I state i lust Lwhat the items of expense : arc, JT 'y ' mey ! cover Only the irtUhp andhe hoseand Uucp; t'oh pipe,' and ot the icost of -the farm tractor already in use. Irrigation1 Comes Cheap i I " vu mvesiment win wat er a 4 eacre! farm that Ig only l i.s9 an acre; down jla Caltfor- nia, the farmers' pay'iip to g5fl an acre for good water supply ana can u dirt cheap. Mr. Kurtz is known! as 'one of the most. progressive' and success ful farmers on the "valley, He W ttodied the question' of water sutf- piyand ;haa reached the diff fculi coaclualon. -for a- native Oregon- fian, - that- ven a 5-Inch anaual recipUationUthat. comes" mow ly in November; December 'of Jaa uary. isn't hn adequate 'supply ot moisture. 'r Distribution Neonary It has to be ', distributed One IS i Continued page- 5) PRICE : FIVE CENTS Tfi son of Mr. andilrs. Charic3 The two bora had not entered the, river from the Riverside jiark resort, but had paddled down the river and were opposite the park when the canoe capsized. Body Lone la Water The body waa raclvared aa tout and 7 14 minutes -, later by J. A. Overdorf and Captain J. IL Epon; of Spong'a landing who grappled for the body. Mr. Overdorf work ed tor some time over the body, bat realised that it had been In the water too long to respond to artificial respiration. " , Everett Dunnette,' older brother of the drowned' boy; made a dea- perate effort at resuscitation and for nearly three hours employed artificial respiration, refusing to permit the - cpronera assistant to Uke charge ot the body until he was satisfied all hope of restora tion waa exhausted Dojr Is tlcrole ' , James. Fargo-or Jimmy as h is known, to his4 boy, friends a mere sua of a youth. , deserves great credit "for hi heroic at- temp nLrasttlBg,jthe drownir.-: ooy, diving time and time again. even though his own Jungs were filled with water as a result of tL? vigorous fight which he and Hunt had In getting the DunnctU boy within a few feet of shore. , According to those who wltnes aed the accident. R was the, oli story or.two playful youngsters, i canoe and;a treaeheroua river. ' . Boya Itock Canoe'.,. .': J'"' . The boya had been la the aligtt craft on the water for. some time and daringly started to rock th canoe when within 130 feet of it a park landing. According to youn ;; Arzell he had warned Donald tha- they were . taking' despcrat chances in rocking the crart, bu' the other boy laughingly answer ed that he could swim. The word were .no mora than , past, his 11; when the canoe capsized plans!: both boys into the water Realizing that he had no chanrc at saying bis paL Arzell struct out for shore and was barely all. to take the last few strokes. V Ibescae Attempted ,' Mr: Hunt1 and Jimmy rarg-j rushed Into the water, the bey reaching the drowning lad first. He fought with all his rneasre strength to overcome tho flaltlns arms of young Dunnette and was himself almost exhausted wher Mr.' Hunt reached their aide. j'Taklng Donald between thcr they struck for the shore, but e they almost had their hands c the landing, certatd of soon hav ing the drowning boy out ot tL water. Hunt's hold on the 'other': fingers, slipped oft and Faxgo wb unable toehold the drowning . bo; by himself Dunnette immedlatr-ly aank.f not coming to 'th a surface again. '; ' , ,. i- Coroner Rigdon took cha'oI the body last, .night and .funeral arraangements will be made later. 4 4 First Drowning of Year This is the first drowning In th" river, sf Salem' during the present summer.: Its Is aald that the rive r is-, particularly - treacherous ai: along the waterfront and 'wL!!' the' scene of yesterday's drow n i r. -is outside of police Jurisdiction t Is possible'' . that" the police cl n -mlttee.of the city council wl'.i m deavor to take some action to pre vent a 'repetition of yesterday's ac cident by putting" the waterfron' under police'.: supervision. Joh-Giesy,- member of the police corn mtttee' stated last night. MIEIUFFH U'lLlr COS VC vWALLA; WAUA,'..Wash.. J 7 .--Sherlffs from every cou ty in- the'state" will gather 1 WnJla ? Walla tomorrow ' and JT -dayfor the'.' opening 'sessions r the' stated aheritfs, eonvpn! here Jaly 10121- ExtensiTe fn tertalnment and - a full pr"-r for the three days wIJI".te r-r the, sheriffs! . , I