GASOLINE'
OCCUPANTS OF, THE BOAT WE2E
THROWN INTO TWELVE
t FEET OF WATIX ,
T.TTT.T.ASP TTTTTi' .13 ." DROWNED
JJoat Struck Glancing; Blow on a Tre
j One End of Which Stack Out
of the Water.
Story of tSe Tezible Experience Is Be
Uted Ej . Boy Price, Student of
Willamette Unlyersity Narrow Es
i cape of Mrs. C. D. Smith : From
I Drowning.
H" From Sunday ' Daily.)
. ' The gasoline launch owned by : Hill
Bros, was overturned at 5 o'clock last
evening while cruising in the' govern-
jnent slough two miles above Salem, and
-Millard Hill was drowned before help
arrived. Mrs. C. D. Smith, who was
- also in the boat, went to the bottom and
when resened was uneonseious, but by
,., dint of great exertion life was again
. YirAncrHi infn tKa l.si.lw am1 afiA la
' jast all danger.
' The gay party started out on a plea
are trip at about 9 o'clock yesterday
v afternoon and proposed to spend the af
ternoon fishing. In the party were
Uillard Hill, one of the proprietors of
;.j the Hill elgar store. Boy. D. Priee, asto
" 'lent of Willamette University, who was
invited to join the fishing party, and
LUr. and Mrs. C. D. Smith. '
r After fishing under the steel bridge
r for a, short time and having no luck,
. the lanneh was headed up stream, and
t.A the party went up into tho old river
' channel, known as the government
. sloughs They cruised around for some
. si me, and the engine began to wdrk
tAllv. Mr. TT ill was at th wheel, and
Mr7 Jrice wen to work on the engine
in an endeavor to correct the trouble.
fljeslie Garber, a boy resMing in West
'' ftalem, happened along with a small
! 1'iftat, and Mr. Smith transferred to his
j nkiff, and "started for the Tiver, propos
ing to fish in the river at the mouth of
the slough, where there is a rapid, for
rnnt - -
The boat had hardly gone out of
i eight until they heard screams, which
were rapidly repeated, and Smith was
j immediately blanched with fear, and
rriod: "They are drowning." lie seized
' the oars a ad at the first mighty stroke
)roke one of them. Their progress was
- then very slow, crippled as they were
lor motive power, and they did. not ar
v jive at the scene of the troubwer ten
minutes, when Hill had disappeared,
leaving no trace of his whereabonts,
and for tome seconds the body of Mrs.
'I Smith could not be located. They fin
ally found tresses of her hair floating
on the water, and by catching the oar
in her dress, Mr. Smith -managed 'to
lT the help of young Oarber, drew her into
..the boat. She was in an unconscious
-4 condition, and frothing at the mouth,
but Mr. Smith and the boys laid all
" else asiile and within ten minutes as a
' result of their efforts to resuscitate her,
she began to breathe. -
'They rolled her on the scat of the
boat and by artificial respiration and
" determination to succeed, finally re
V stored bTeath to the body. Leslie Gar-
ber then began rowing the loat to his
liome i a West Salem, and while on the
: way Mr. Smith worked constantly with
" him wife.
Their progress was painful and slow
ob account of the broken oar, but by the
j time West Salem was . reached Mrs.
" (Smith was breathing . more regularly.
Fhe wsj carried to the home of Sim H.
' White in West Salem, near the river
2ak, and pTi-W. B Morse was imxnc
; diately summoned by telephone. Dr.
, Morse resKnded at once and after a
half hour 'a work succeeded in bringing
tier bark to consciousness, and left her
entirely out of danger. Later in the ev
ening she was brought to her home in
r this city.. She is still suffering from her
harrowing experience, but is doing re
? markably well for one brought from
'ihe very jaws of death.
; ; .. . A Terrible Experience.
.The story of the terrible expericuse
fit is best told in the words of Eoy Price,
r who is tle only one who" saw the aeci-
lent, and Jitill retained consciousness
nd his fseiHties." lie is 19 years of
3 age, a student of Willamette Universi
' tj and lives with his father, Rev. W. C.
Iriee, on the Garden road. He said:
e 'I was invited -to go fishing with
, Wr. Hill and Mr. and Mrs. 8mith, and
ras glad te avail myself of the oppor-
Jtaaitv. After apeadiag a short time
near the bridge we went to the old viv
: er, about two miles above Salem, where
; the engine began working badly. Mr.
..ilUL, who usually, operates the engine,
was at the wheel, so I went to work to
repair the machinery. Hill was paying
M no attention to the running as we were
, motionless, onW a short distance from
, me snore, ana in aeep water, onaaeniy
the engine started with a jump, and
-- went at fall speed. The launch shot
.ahead rapidly, and almost instantly
;.i there came a terrible ehoc,kv : The bow
f the boat shot up into the air, and
v she turned turtle,' the 'stern going
T tlown, carried by the weight of the en
- jrine. We were all throj- at least ten
, feet from the boat, and tnd ourselves
; t niggling in about t iien feet of
""rater. '
'fThe boat' had struck a glancing
. llow en a tree, one end of which stuck
tout' of water about twelve inches, and
t coald'h'ave been seen by the pilot had
' .tie been, expecting sueh a.thing p hap-
r nr. The log waa struck about six
'inches below the water, and a glancing
blow. As soon as we went into the water
I .began to scream to the boys in the
boat for help, and heard them answer
and coming in our direction.
' Price Swims to the Boat.
"I swam to the upturned boat, but
rould not hold on until I got; hold of
the bow, when I saw Hill . and - Mrs.
t ISmith fighting in the water, eaeh secnt
ingvto have hold of the other. .1 got
bold of an oar and gave the woman one
- end, while with the other I held her
partly out of the water. I asked Hill,
" ran you swim t and he replied 'I think
bo. I then tild him to swim to the
boat, and he said get an oar; I replied,
I only have one oar and I gave that
to the woman, and again I said 'swim
to the boat.' .The girl finally went un
launch ; , strikes ah
obstruction
der, still holding to the oar, and when
the boys in the skiff arrived neither
were in sight, but the -blade of the oar
was sticking out of the water; and the
woman still had hold of the other end.
I showed the boys where she was and in
a short. time they had her in the boat.
We could find no trace of Hill, and so
started for Salem, to, save the life of
Mrs. Smith. ; , - -
When we were first thrown iato the
water, I caught hold of Mrs. Smith, but
she struggled and I was unable to do
anything, so swam for the boat and
gave her the oar. . If Hill' could have
swam four strokes be would have been
able to reach the boat and save him
self.' ' - '
Friends of Mr. Hill say be was a good
swimmer, and if this is the-, case he
must have been struck when the boat
hit the log, as he was able to talk to
Mr. Price, but unable to swim.
) Hill's Body Becovered.
' The accident caused a sensation and
a feeling of sorrow ia Salem where Mr.
Hill was a .popular -young many- and
within a short time crowds of 'people
were hurrying to the scene of the acci
dent with boats and rigs. The point at
whieh the boat went down was near the
truck garden run by-the familiar Chin
aman, Gong, 'and owned by Hop Lee.
Maay drove to this point and secured
boats, and with pike poles, fished and
dragged the bottom of -tho-slough for
the body. At 8:07 o'clock last evening
Sim H. White, who had taken charge of
the search, raised the body, to the sur
face and- into the boat. It' was lying
on the bottom about. twenty "feet. below
the boat ,and in twelve feet, of water.
The' remains were immediately brought
to Salem in the boat and taken to the
morgue. Coroner dough went , to the
seene of the accident as soon i as he
heard of tho trouble,, and assisted in
the search. ; ne decided that there was
no occasion for an intpuest, as it was
simply a sad accident, -with no ome to
blame, especially not criminally, "and
could not be helped. Mr. Price -worked
heroically to j rescue the unfortunate
persons, and to him is due the rescue of
Mrs.. Smith, as the oar enabled-her to
remain above water for a mueh longer
time than did Mr. IlilL 1 As yet no Jir
rangements have been made for the
funeral. ' I
. I Popular Toung Man.
Millard F. Hill was aged 25 years,
and a member of the firm of Hill Bros.,
proprietors of the - Hill cigar atoro on
TWO PROMINENT
I
Miss Clara Barton, the first and
who retired recently, has devoted her
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- KISS CUaA BSBIOS.. r JTRS- JOHir X.UOQAM. '
. of humanity Mrs. John A. Logan, who, by virtue of her position as first vice
president of the Bed Cross, is in tempo
the late Senator Logan, who was the
lican party in 1884.
Commercial street, near the office of
Balfour, Guthrie & Co., and is-onpiOf a
family of four boys, the others being
Lafe, Clarenee and .W.W.' HilL..- He
was well liked , by all -who knew him,
and leaves many f riends to mourn the
sudden snuffing 'out of a promising
young life. He has been interested in
the cigar store fdr about two yeais, and
formerly engaged, in tap. 'logging, busi
ness on the Santiam river.
i i ; m -.-nr.
FEMININE HOBO.
Jennie . Morrison Boams Over
L300
. Miles With an Oregon.
, , . Convit. ,
BUTTE, Mont., June 17. Jennie
Morrison, the young Baker . City, Or.,
maiden, who waa.arrestetl in this City
after she had hoboed over 1300 miles,
disguished as - a boy,: in - company with
Ed Grant, a eonviet from the Oregon
penitentiary, will be brought back : td
Butte and tried on a burglary eharge
preferred by Mrs. A..Vandergouch, who
befriended the girl after she had been
released from the Batte jail. Miss Mor
rison and Grant are now confined in
the county jail at Billings, where they
were sent up for thirty days on the
charge of carrying concealed weapons.
The two were arrested as they were rid
ing into Billings on the brakebeams of
a frieght from Butte.
HONOB T.rw
A Number of Salem People Selected for
j Honors by the Grand Lodges
of the State.
, The state' eonventioas of various of
the fraternal and secret orders of Ore
gon have- taken place -recently, . and a
number of people known locally to the
readers of this paper have1 received
honors thereat,',.;-'; V '"x'tC,:7
Mr. D. Wcbtser of this city was elect
ed a member ox the t;ounett of 'Admin
istration ot the Grand Axmy of theji
public, while Viol. Z. iL-.Tarvin ytte
named as one of the delegates from Or
egon : to the "National Encampment,
which will take placer at Boston, Mass.,
in August. MIssXiizie Smith and. Miss
Helen Southwiek of this city were elect
ed members of the executive boari f
the Woman's BeUef Corps at the
eampment at Hood Biver.t J V
- At -the-Maeonie Grand Lodge h
met in Portland, Dr. W. T. Willianiteon,
a former Salem resident,, was elected
Senior Grand Warden, and Lot L.
Pearee of Salem, Junior Grand Warden.
Lot L. Pearee was also elected Grand
King. L. Steiwer of Salem, Grand Cap
tain of the Host; Judge Geo. II- Bar
nett of Salem, Grand Lecturer of the
Boyal Arch Masons.
At the grand Lodge of the L O. O- F,
at Astoria, recently, Salem fared re
markably well, Grand Master Mills be
;nr from Salem: Denntv Grand Master
Hodson coming from Stayton, and while
Grand Warden Carter is not a Salem,
man, bis family relatives cause him to
stand well with Salem people.
A' PIONEER GONE
: ... , , .
GBOBOE H. JOKES.. VKNER A BT.E IN
TEAES, SUCCTXM3S TO THE
GBIM. EEAPEE.
Came to.' Oregon. , From Ohio hi 1852
- Crossed the Wide Plains and Bugged
Mountains. Along the Emigrant Trail
Well Known and Bespected Citizen
(From Sunday's Daily.)
Old residents of Salem were
very
much shocked . yesterday morning
. i
reading a bulletin, posted at the office
of this paper announcing the .death of
another of Oregon's pioneers, George
Hossmer Jones, of South Salem. .
Mr. Jones came to Orecon first in
1852, following the weary trail across8!
tne plains, as uia many
time. He returned to the East via the
Isthmus of Panama in 1854,- but again
in 1855 came back to Oregon and form
ed a partnership with the late Hon. E.
N.' Cooke, they having for eight or ten
years the principal merchandising bsui
ness of Salem; in what was known as
the Headquarters building, which then
stood onfthe present site of Ladd &
Bush's bank, on the corner: of State
and Commercial streets. ,
They furnished a great deal of mer
chandise and. other ? supplies to " the
soldiers during the Indian war of 1855,
BED CBOSS WOMEN.
only president of the American Bed Cross,
life to the alleviation of the sufferings
rWy charge of affairs, is the widow of
Tice Presidential candidate of the Repub
part of which was never paid for.
eii'Mxj Jones opened" a 'financial agency
upstairs in the same building and dealt
heavily in government ' script. Mr.
Jones also brought a large drove of
cattle through from California in tho
early days, and had a. hard time getting
through Southern Oregon.
Mr. Jones was .born in Livingston
county, iew f lork, August 30, 1822.
When 9 years old be moved to Findlay,
OEio, from whence ho came to Oregon.
He was married five times, and his fifth
wife survives him. . He also leaves a
son, DeWitt Hamilton Jones, of Port
land, and two daughters, Mrs. Genella
Parker, of Ballard, Wash., ' and Miss
Franees P." Jones, of Brooklvn, N. Y.
Mr, DeWitt Jones is here, having come
up last night, Mrs. Parker will arrive
today, and Miss Jones tomorrow.
The funeral will occur at 4. o'clock
p. m. today, from the. residence on Nob
Hill, and will be ; conducted by Bev
Dr. W. C. i Kantner. The interment
will be had in Bural cemetery.
f OTHEB BOATS LOST. !
TOKIO, June 18. In aldition to the
sinking of the ; Japanese transport
Hatacbi and the shelling of the Sadoa,
the Russians sank the Idzumi, a trans
port Homeward bound, carrying a few
sick soldiers. Three boats from the
Idzumi reached the shore. The losses on
the Idzumi-are net known.
: a -aal a i .
Impure Drinking Water
is always a source of danger; dysentery
and bowel troubles follow its use, ev
ery person should have handy a bottle
of Painkiller; (Perry Davis');' -which
will quickly cure these distressing ail
ments. Be careful and see that the
storekeeper does not pawn off some
worthless substitute upon ' you as is
sometimes done for the sake of a. few
cents extra profit. Large bottles 25
and 00 cents. . f ,
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PASnjG;:OE;,:::v
BIGTARSHIP
DESTKU CTION " OF EABOE ' ZBON
FIGHTINa MONSTEB IN EAST
EEN WAE, CAUSE OF
CHANGE.
SMALL ' WARSHIPS IN DEMAND
Great Britain May Take the Lead In
New Naval Construction to Se
ji , cure Greatest Security.
Fighting Ships of the .Future Appear
to be - a Compro raise Between the
Great Metal Laden Battleship . and
the Swift Armored Cruiser Speed
the Better Factor.'? p
. LONDON", June 18. The day of the
smaller battleshio is eomine. The in
stant destruction of the. Petropavlovsk
and the Hatsuse by floating mines has
furnished conclusive proof that naval
warfare in the future will be attended
by dangers which no armor can guard
against; There ia. therefore no object
in putting more money in a single bat
tleship than is absolutely necessary in
order to obtain the needed speed and
strength sufficient to carry big guns of
long range. -!
Mr. Philip. Watts, the director of
naval ' construction, is now busy with
bis plans for the present -year, and the
next ships laid down will be of eonsnl
erably smaller tonnage than those de
signed by Sir William . WThite. Com
menting on this matter the Express
says: ;
"It is Dfitain s duty to take the
lead in nav&l, , construction. The
strength of our navy lies hot only in its
numerieal power, but also in its dexter
ity. . Our ships must conform as closely
as . possible to the conditions necessary
to obtain the highest degree of security
possible m modern, navallwarf are.
,- """ !;' Lessons of the East.
The Far Eastern conflict has added
muchi new ihfori(aYnv' to our previous
knowledge, based largely on, theory, as
to what might happen in this age of
high explosives. Wo have now to turn
these . fresh f acts . to . our advantage.
Mr. Watts lias always been in favor of
the smaller battleship, and tho wisdom
of his belief has been fully confirmed.
Nor' enly wrlr less money be locked up
in " "Single structure, but there-will be
greater speed, whicn, in war time, is al
most as important as fighting power.
"Tho fighting ships of the future ap
pear to "be "a compromise ' .between the
great gun-weighted, metal-laden battle-
shin.andthotrow, ellicient and swift
armored 'ernisrV" Speed Is the chief
faetor This vital' essential has been
upheld time and again in these columns.
The slow, unwieldy, man-o'-war is as
obsolete as Nelson's three-decker."
DP70BCE SUITS FILED.
One Wife Alleges Cruel and Inhuman
Treatment, the Other Deser-
Julia A. Paulson, vesterdav insditu-
4ted divorce proVeelings against her
husband, Paul f. Paulson, in depart
ment No. 2, of tho circuit court, her
complaint " being based upon the
grounds of cruet e and inhuman treat
ment,! Mr.' and Mrs. Paulson were mar
ried in -Winn elixir rounty, Iowa, " on
October 2, 1885, the issue5 of their mar
riage being eight ' children, seven of
whom are living. .
The plaintiff asks for an absolute di
vorce, the care "and custody of the
seven minor children, and a deeree of
the court setting aside for the plaintiff
a just portion of the proerty owned by
tbo defendant, and also an order re'
quiring the defendant to pjiy into court
a reasonable sum of nionoV to be used
by the plaintiff for paying her expenses
of the action and for the support of
herself and children "during the. pend
ency f the case. Grant Corby and II.
J. Bigger ate ' the attorneys for tho
plaintiff. .
An action was - also commenced by
Huldah A. Griswold, who desires to be
come legally, separated from her hus
band, Phillip CiKiawold. The parties to
this suit were, married in Hersey, Osce
ola .county, Michigan, on November, 14,
11KJ1, ajid the plaintiff alleges that her
husband deserted- her on December 20,
1901, without cause. or provocation, ami
has ever since refused to Hto with her.
Turner & Inman appear as the plain
tiff 's' "attorneys.
BOABD OF TRUSTEES MEET.
Tonight Win Occur the Annual Com
mencement Exercises of the
Oregon Institute,
There will be a meeting of the board
of trustees of Willamette University
today. Among the trustees who have
already "arrived are Itev. B. F. How
land, Ph. D., of. , Faigcne; Bev. L. F.
Belknap, of Forest Grove; Dr. L. K.
Rockwell, presiding elder, Portland dis
trict;? Dr T. B. tord, presiding elder,
Kugene district; Dr. M. C Wire, of
Albanv. . , ,
Large Clxsf WOl graduate.
This! evening will occur the annual
commencement exercises of the Oregon
Institute in thePift M. E. church.
This-eviftit arwW"fcttraets a large and
interested audiesce. es it is the graudat-
mg exercises of tte preparatory depart
ment, and there wil! be a large class
of ycung people, and the exercises will
te xnicresnng. . ...?
HIGH LICENSE AND NO MUSIC
LAJ GRANDE." June 17. Mavor J.
E. Foley has issued an order that no
more music be allowed in the saloons
of this jpityt wMrhhas been ia effect
for thw7Jay"i''Tne licenses of saloons
will be "raised from $500 to $1000 short-
y. '
TOBFEDO BOAT GOES DOWN.
AJACCIO. Corsica. June IS. During
the. night of June 16. two British tor
pedo boat "destroyer collided off I'ort
Torres, Sardinia. One of the destroyers,
the Bat, sauii",iThe crew was saved.
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Their Advantages over all other Binders are brleriy theses
The force Feed Elevator, jwhich1 prevents chokinj: and loss of grain.'
m Frronfvtc i'ihppl which a ives increased power for binding:, and re
Lttt31lll 11 If llvvl lieve tlie machine and horses from strain during
this operation.
Thi Doliof nnfD which keepsthe inner, endof the cutter bar clear of weeds
1 110 iiCllGl sidUU, and undergrowth in aU conditions. i "
; These inventions sdre found only'oif thcGHAIPION Binder. In all other
features the Champion is at least as well adapted for all kinds of work as other
binders. In many other features besides those of supreme importance above
mentioned it is superior to all others, j .
We lack the room in this advertisement to say all that we would like to
for Champion Binders.; There is so much that can be said in favor of each and
every part that we would refer you for complete information to the faciory
catalogue, which-can be had for he Vasking. We will simply illustrate here
some of the principal features, trusting to the well-known keen perceptives of
the American farmer to see at a glance the advantages claimed.
GMAMPHON FORGE FEED ELEVATOK
The Back is taken off to show how the Elevator works.
ranted to waste less grain
"When the needle is up compressing the bundle the .driving chain is pulling
over long spokes. This gives greater leverage for thd bard Work and lessens
the strain on the machine and on the horses.' There is no jerk or strain while
the bundle is bound, as, on other binders. . ..
The chain continues to pull over long spokes until the bundle is started out.
Then it pulls over short spokes and brings the needle quickly back to' position.
In heavy grain the eccentric power-giving wheel has a great advantage over a
wheel with spokes of equal length, j r
The eccentric wheel of the CHAMPION BINDER is warranted to give a gain of
16 2-3 per cent in power for binding over any other binder. '
: The Relief Rake of the Champion will keep the inner end
of cutter bar clear in all conditions. In clean standing grain
tho relief rake may not be needed, but is not in the way and
takes no power to run. In weedy or grassy grain, or in down
and crinkled grain it is worth $25 in a single harvest. With
the Champion the driycr never has to get down to pull-grain
from the corner or use a long stick: or whip for clearing it, or,
as is often done with other binders, he need never, drive out arid not out a full
swath because the inside guard fingers are clogged by an accumulation of weeds
and grain. ' ! 'V. ' iJ-'
CHAMPION Machines arc modern. They work well and e've no trcahle In Harvest time.
iMitctelL
Z&ti icles,
inPEOVEfEHTG UIIICE? GIVE THE j
ARIPG(E)N IPMm
The . Force Feed Elevators do riot thresh the
grain against the binder cover, nor let it stop at
the top of the binder deck,1 but deliver it posi
tively to the packer arms. There is no choking
at the top of the elevators. There is no grain
lost;between the elevators and binder deck.
The. force feed on. the Champion Binder is war
than the elevator on any other
"With the same size wheel, when spokes are of unequal
length, there is greater leverage on the side of the long
spokes, j- "'r: ' '- '!';: :'v
J This explains Ihe gain of power by the eccentric wheel on
the Champion Binder, the-operation of which is shown in
these illustrations. -i
CHAMPION RELIEF
Lewis
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SALEM BRANCH
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binder.
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Salem j Oregon
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