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I PORTLAND, OREGON, FRIDAY, AUGUST 16, 1912. PRICE FIVE CENTS. VOL. LII 0. 16,140. AMERICAN FORCES RELIEVE Marines Are Ordered to Stop Bombardment. BATTLE CASUALTIES ARE HEAYY Hebe) Colonel Killed, .Federal General Mortally Wounded. GERMAN CONSULATE HIT State Department Will Send Rein forcements If Xecessary, Being Determined to Protect Innocent Victims. WASHINGTON. Aug. 15. The col lier Justin, the State Department learned today, arrived at Corinto yes terday with 350 marines, nnder com mand of Major Smedley Butler, who reported at once to the senior officer, Captain Terhune, commanding: the gun boat Annapolis, who has full authority to deal with the military situation in Nicaragua as it affects American in terests. It is believed this marine force was at once dispatched to Managua, a six hours' run over the railroad from Cor into. Because of delayed cable advices, offi cials here can only conjecture what happened after the arrival of the marines in the Nicaraguan capital. Helnforcementa May Be Sent. How this force has been used depends entirely upon the will of American Minister Weitzel, but as he has pro tested to the rebels against the bom bardment of Managua.' filled as It 'is with women and children and non combatants, it is believed he has driven the insurgents away from their posi tions and stopped the bombardment. If his force is not sufficient for this pur pose, officials feel assured he will hold the city until reinforcements from Panama or the bluejackets of the Denver, now en'route to Corinto, can be placed at his disposal. The State Department hau let it be , understood that It does not propose to tolerate this lawless shelling and kill ing of helpless people, endangering American lives and the destruction of American property. Officials are em phatic In pointing out that General Siena, the head of the revolution, has completely alienated the sympathies of this Government by his conduct of the rebellion. Attack Made on Penitentiary. Belated cablegrams received at the 'State Department from American Min ister Weitzel give a vivid picture of the conflict at Managua, which began Saturday morning, when General Zele don. in command of the rebel forces around Managua, opened Are on the city from the vicinity of Monotombo. At 4 o'clock In the afternoon in surgent officers. General Murello and Colonel Rostran. attacked the peniten tiary with Infantry and rapid-fire guns In an at.tem.Dt to. liberate the prisoners, and at 8 o'clock 100 men under cover of artillery attempted to enter the city from the lake, but were repulsed and 25 of them were -captured. Through out the. night firing continued at In tervals. Of the rebels, Zeledon had 800, Thomas 600. and Murlllo 500, while the government force under General Emillo Chamorra was about 3500. The government firing line in the east, under command of General Orutos De Janco, faced Zeledon's division and re ceived the brunt of the fire. President's Palace Shelled. At 6 o'clock Monday morning Zeledon renewed the attack, firing shell and solid shot from a three-inch rifle into the city at the rate of 20 an hour, directed principally toward the presi dent's palace. Only one projectile reached the executive mansion and the President and his cabinet continued with their official duties. The Chilean consulate and the house of Mr. Hamm, the American collector-general of cus toms, were hit and the residence of the German Consul suffered severely. It is estimated a total of 200 shells fell in the city, resulting In the death and wounding of 12 women and children. In the course of the bombardment General Thomas attempted to take the government position at LaLoma by as sault from the southeast, to which the government vigorously replied with cannon and the fire from the men In thu trenches. The government's heavy guns were directed away from the city. After an engagement lasting two hours the fire of government forces compelled the rebels to withdraw. Later they resumed firing upon the city and government forces planted field' pieces 1000 yards east of the American legation, while two of the government boats protected the lake front. Under the government's cannonading the rebel forces retreated until night. They continued to drop shells into the city during the night. Loaaea Reported Heavy. The casualties are reported heavy, particularly among the rebels. The government captured 25.000 rounds of ammunition and two rapid-fire guns, disabling two more. Colonel Rostran was killed. General Thomas is said to be seriously founded, while Captain Emmanuel Chamorra. of the govern ment forces, was mortally wounded. The American foreman of the electric light plant, upon which the rebel fire was concentrated, was wounded. MANAGUA GIRL FINDS FIANCE IS WEDDED LUNATIC WOOER'S GIFTS OF RICH GEMS LEAD TO HIS ARREST. Los Angeles Man Found to Be Hope lessly Insane Bronze Art Trcas tire Adds to Mystery. LOS ANGELES, Cal., Aug. 15. (Spe cial.) Miss Helen Dean, said to do member of a. srood family in Seattle, nrnstrsiterl at her room at 1417 South Hill street, following the revelation that her fiance Is insane and has Deen ever since before he began making love to her and presented her with more f diamond Jewelry. J. J. Charlebols, bank accountant ana financier, Is the man she thought sne was to marry. He is chained to a cot In the Emer gency Hospital and it is feared by his friends that he is hopelessly Insane. The doctors -eee no hope for him. Charlebols is married and nis lamny iffe ha hn almost ideal until recent ly overwork for he was connected with some of the most important worn in the city unset him. Soon after he met Miss Dean he went to Brock's Jew d offered to lend them what they say Is the finest piece of bronze art they ever saw. They placed the pieco In the window. Soon after ward Charlebols bought an $800 dia mond ring on credit and later several pins. All these he presented to Miss Dean. She did not learn he was married un til he was arrested today. . The history of the bronze is not tmnn.-n hut it la believed to be from some big collection. Where Charlebols got it or how long he had it is not known. MUDDY WATER IS HANDICAP Lower Columbia Salmon Fishermen Forced to Stop Seining. ASTORIA, Or., Aug. 15. (Special.) The catch of salmon in the lower har bors and close to the mouth of the river was slightly better last night, although it was far from large. Above those points, however, the catch was prac tically nothing. As a result of the re cent cloudbursts In Eastern Oregon the water la becoming extremely muddy, even opposite the city, while above Tongue Point It Is almost red. This condition will practically put a stop to seining and trap fishing, temporarily at least. Trolling outside tne oar is still engaged in with considerable suc cess, but so soon as tne muaay water reaches that section, it will interfere with operations. Yesterday one boat that was trolling brougnt in auu pounds of fish, the- greater portion being line chinooks that averaged over 25 pounds each. The muddy water will be an aid to the glllnetters, provided, of course, that a run of salmon comes in, as they will be able to fish both day and night. HIGH FARES MENACE CROPS Canadian Farmers Find Difficulty In Getting Help Increased. OTTAWA, Ont.. Aug. 15. Vigorous criticism of the railroad companies for raising rates on tickets west bound, oarticularlv as the Increase affects men going west in. the harvest fields, ap pears In today's citizen. According to this newspaper practically all harves ters will be brought into Winnipeg. leaving the farmers to get their help to the fields as best they can. a he Cit izen says: Many of these men have practically no funds, and would be unable to pay their fare to. the wheat f)e.lds. Alto gether the situation Is one which threatens the whole Western crop. It is a matter of National importance that this difficulty be settled at once. "A rtelav of even a few dav3 may sDell ruin to hundreds and undoubtedly the uncertainty of securing nelp is injur ing the West to a greater extent than can be imagined,'." NATION TO MAKE EXHIBIT United States Will Show Dry Farm ing Products In Alberta. LETHB RIDGE. Alberta. Aug. 15. The United States Department of Ag riculture today telegraphed the Dry Farming Congress officials here asking for 4000 square feet of floor apace, with wall space also, for an exhibit at the congress. To give an Idea of tne united states exhibit, it is only necessary to say that the amount of space applied for is equal to the floor space of the whole wing of the main exhibition hall, it possible, the exhibits of the Dominion Government and the United States Gov ernment will be placed side by side. POLICE TO LOSE CLUBS Shooting In Denver to Result In Complete Shakeup. DENVER, Aug. 15 As a result of the shooting of Leo L. Fike, of Lincoln Neb., Monday night, a complete shake- up of the Denver police department is contemplated by the fire and police board. Kike was shot by Patrolman Joessel because he is alleged to have Insulted Mrs. Mollle AVebster. Joessel has been summoned to appear before the fire and police board Monday to answer a charge of brutality. All clubs have been taken from po licemen. CHINESE REBELS CHECKED Sensation Caused by Discovery of Conspiracy Against Republic. HONGKONG. China, Aug. 15. The Chinese manager of a secret society of revolutionaries, whose headquarters are In Kwan Tung Province, was arrested today and sent to prison. Documents and. badges found on him Indicated that the revolutionaries had selected their own officials to succeed those at pres ent holding positions under the Chinese government. ' A great sensation has been caused in Chinese circles here by the discovery of the revolutionary conspiracy. TWO PORTRAITS OF E Defendant Ends; Prose cutor Begins. SHARP CONTRAST DRAMATIC Darrow Says of Crowd: -"In Way I Love Them." FREDERICKS LAUDS BURNS People In Courtroom Weep When Accused Briber Speaks State's Attorney Makes Reference to "Maudlin Tears." LOS ANGELES, Aug. 15. Two word portraits of Clarence S. Darrow, wholly different, were held before the jury in the Darrow bribery trial today. The first, by Darrow himself, at the close of a remarkable plea in his own behalf, painted him as the lifelong friend of the poor and oppressed, ready to sacrifice himself to better their con dition. The other, drawn at the be ginning of the final argument by Dis trict Attorney Fredericks, presented Darrow as an enemy of society, invit ing class hatred and "shedding maud lin tears of sympathy for murderers and dynamiters." The prosecutor will consume all of tomorrow in concluding. Still under the spell of the defend ant's eloquence, hundreds thronged the courtroom at the afternoon session to hear Fredericks make the closing ar gument for. the prosecution In the trial, which began' Ha fourth month today. Ho said he would not attempt to com pete In oratory with Darrow, whose persuasive eloquence and pathetic plea had caused jury, court officials and spectators to weep. Ability Not Proof of Innocence. "You have listened," said Fredericks, to one of ' the most marvelous ad dresses or orations ever delivered In any courtroom when you heard Mr. Darrow." But that only reflects upon the ability of the man and has mighty little to do with his guilt or Inno cence. History teaches us that the most brainy men have ' gone wrong. This defendant's unfortunate predica ment is the result of those peculiar philosopohical views which go to make up his nature. His insidious hand en tered Into bribery from the very be ginning of the McNamara case; bribery is in his very nature. He had the idea that there was no Integrity that could not be bought." After reciting the substance of the principal evidence Introduced by the state. Fredericks declared that no one but Darrow could have been the man who provided the bribe money. He scouted the theory that the Times dy namiters did not intend to do murder by quoting from a statement by J. B. McNamara, in which he was reported to have expressed regret that he did not kill Harry Chandler, the general (Concluded on Page 8.) MIGHTY t DARROWAR DRAWN NIPPON ROMANCE REFLECTS ON SON CITIZENSHIP DENIED TO CHILD ' OF JAPANESE MOTHER. Washington Law Student Has Ger man Father but Cntled States' . Looks Askance at Birth. SEATTLE, Wash., Aug. 15. Although Albert H. Young, a law student at the University of Washington, is a subject of the German Emperor, he cannot be come a citizen of the United States be cause his mother was a Japanese. Such was the decision today of United States District Judge Edward E. Cushman who took the .same view of the' case as Judge Cornelius H. Han ford, who recently resigned and who had denied Young's application for citizenship. Young's father was a German who married a Japanese woman from Yoko hama. Their child was born in that city but on land under the protection of the German flag, making him a German, Young contended that as a German, he was entitled to naturaliza tion in the United States, but Naturali zation Examiner John Speed Smith resisted his application under section 2169 of the . Revised Statutes which provides that only aliens who are free write persons or who are of African nativity or descent may become nat uralized. Young maintained that he was en titled to be classed as "free white," but the court ruled that his mother's having been a Japanese barred him from citi zenship. Young has been a resident of this state since 1905. CRATER LAKE NEEDS ROADS Travel Through Klamath Great In Spite of Poor Highways. KLAMATH FALLS. Or.. Aug. 15. (Special.) The refusal of the House of Representatives to pass the appropria tion for Crater Lake Park, for the pur pose of building roads throughout the park, is a great disappointment to an lovers of that scenic wonder. Travel to the park has been much greater this season than ever before, notwithstanding that the season was late. Hardly a day passes that several automobiles from Portland, Los Ange les. San Francisco, Sacramento and other Coast cities do not pass through this place bound to the crater or re turning from that point. The resorts on the upper iaae are all crowded to their capacity and there are many campers. There ha3 been no excessively hot weather, the nights are always cool, and the entnusiasm oi those who enjoy an outing here in the Summer is uniform. LAND CASES TO BE FOUGHT Special Counsel Provided for by Board 'Savage Tract Rejected. SALEM. Or.. Aug. 15. (Special.) The State Land Board today decided to secure special counsel to assist Attorney-General Crawford in the appeal of the .Corvallls & Eastern tldeland cases, trie selection of the counsel being deferred by the Board. The Board also decided to reject the purchase of the Savage tract of land which was recently condemned, the Board deciding that the purchase price of $2000 for the five and a fraction of acres waa too much. The costs of the case have been turned over to the su perintendent of the prison, the law pro viding that such costs be paid by the Institution which is to be benefited. As a result It is probable that Gov ernor West will order the bill of $11.20 for automobile hire to pay for the Jury being taken to view the premises be refused. LITTLE PROTECTION FROM A HOT SUN NAT GOODWIN RISKS LIFE WHIMSICALLY Actor Bravyy atfrt to Carry Woman's Note: COMEDIAN IS SERIOUSLY HURT Act Follows Refusal of Boat Captain to Attempt Trip. SKIFF UPSETS ON ROCKS Much Married Thespian Throws Coat Aside, Grabs Letter and Goes in Small Craft Amid Breakers in Act of Knight Errantry. LOS ANGELES, Aug. 15. Nat C. Goodwin, comedian, was seriously In jured today. The actor, ex-husband of four wjves, from three of whom he was divorced, came to grief In at tempting a whimsical piece of knight errantry, in endeavoring to deliver a note through a dangerous surf for a woman companion on a launch to an Indian on shore. In making the at tempt Goodwin disregarded the warn ings of Captain Albert Hyder. of Santa Monica, master of the launch Nora, who told him that the strong tide and heavy breakers made the surf danger ous, and jumped into a light skiff and started on the trip. Goodwin was thrown from the skiff on the rocks by the strong breakers and then was struck by the boat It self as it was dashed ashore. Woman Ketones to Give Name. The launch Nora was passing Rocky Point, about 12 miles south of Hueneme when the accident took place. Good win had as a companion a woman of his company who refused to give her name. He was on the way up the coast with the view of locating some land which, he said, he wished to buy and convert into a Summer resort. The note which led to the mishap was for an Indian who lived near Huememe. Spying an Indian's hut about 12 miles south of there, the woman demanded that Captain Hyder take the note, ashore and deliver it to the Indian. Hyder refused, citing the dangers of such an attempt, but the comedian, taking off his coat and vest, grabbed the note and jumped into a rowboat, telling Hyder to follow him. As - the boat reached the breakers It was overturned. Goodwin was thrown upon shore and stunned, Hyder being thrown several feet away from him. With the next roll of breakers the boat was brought ashore and thrown upon Goodwin, rendering him unconscious. Captain Regcues Actor. Captain Hyder finally succeeded in getting Goodwin Into the launch and hurried him to Santa Monica, where the actor was placed in a hospital. Physicians tonight at first announced the patient's condition as grave, but a more thorough examination showed .(Concluded on Page 3.) ELOPERS PURSUED 70 MILES BY AUTO ARREST FOLLOWS CEREMONY AT JUSTICE'S ALTAR. iSffllrl'ie, Boy 19, Scions of Wealthy Montana Residents, Chased to Spokane by Mothers. SPOKANE. Wash.. Aug. 15. (Spe cial.) A thrilling elopement from Missoula, Mont., Saturday night, pur sued 70 miles by automobile by two determined mothers and a sister, arrest this morning and marriage in Justice Fred H. Witt's court, is the story of the romance of Miss Blanche Flem ming, 16 years of age, and Carl Hard ing, 19 years old, the children of wealthy residents of the Montana town. The youthful couple were taken In charge this morning by Detective Wil liam Ulrica, in company with the pur suing relatives who reached here to day. A telegram received Sunday at police headquarters told of the fleeing pair and ordered their arrest. They were found in a rooming-house and made no objection to the marital cere mony. "We don't object to the marriage, but wanted to be sure a ceremony was performed," said the two mothers, Mrs. Harding and Mrs. Fleming, who with Florence Fleming, an elder sister of the bride, came to Spokane. After taking In the circus Saturday the couple slipped quietly away from town in an automobile. They were followed 70 miles by relatives, who then took a train for Spokane after noti fying officials to look for the boy and girl en route. HOOD RIVER FRUIT SELLS Carloads Start for Alaska Sunday and Monday. HOOD RIVER. Or.. Aug. 13. (Spe cial.) Carload shipments of this sea son's fruit from the Rood River Val ley will begin Sunday, when the Na tional Apple Company will route out a carload of Gravenstelns and Kings for Alaska trade. Another car of the same varieties of fruit will be shipped Monday. A. P. Sprague, who is In charge of the local office of the Applegrowers' Union, says that the union will begin carload shipments the first of next week. Wilmer Sieg, general manager of the union, who has been on an ex tensive Eastern tour, will return to morrow. H. F. Davidson, president of the Davidson Fruit Company, who has been attending the National Apple Shippers' convention at Chicago, will return Fri day. The "Davidson Fruit Company will begin shipments of carload lots soon. It has already snippea smauer consignments to Alaska. C0R0NAD0 OFF TO ALASKA! Ship Will Curry Cargo to Northern Whaling Station. SEATTLE, Wash., Aug. 15. (Special.) Because the nearest custom house is more than 100 miles distant from Aku tan Bay. Alaska, the destination of the barkentine Coronado, which tomorrow sails from Seattle with a cargo of coal. crude oil and general merchandise, a special clearance has been granted by the Customs Department. The Coronado will take her cargo to the station recently established in the North by Captain Sverdrup, the noted Arctic explorer, for the Alaska Whaling Company, which Is operating a number of whaling vessels built this year at the Duthle Shipyards. Seattle. Her crude oil taken from this port will be "swapped" for real whale oil boiled from the carcasses of the big mammals speared in Bering Sea. The crude oil will be used as fuel for the whaling steamships Kodlak and Unl mak, attached to the Akutan Station. EMPLOYMENT BUREAU WINS Typographical Union Adopts Meas ure After Debate. CLEVELAND, O., Aug. 15. Nash ville, Tenn., today was chosen as the 1913 convention city of the Interna tional Typographical Union by the con vention in session here. The only roll call of the session came on a resolution to establish an employment bureau. It carried after debate. A thousand telegrams were sent to Senators and Congressmen protesting against the proposed increase in postal rates-on second-class mall matter. As a result of a division In the woman's auxiliary over the right to recognition of Mrs. Frank N. Long, of Cincinnati, international secretary and treasurer, Mrs. Long and a portion oi the delegates convened separately and, electing Mrs. C. A. Bennett, of Spring field. O., president pro tern, made plans to recognize no other organization or convention other than their own. TAFT FORCES STAND FIRM Progressive Olive Branch Provision ally Offered Is Declined. LINCOLN, Neb., Aug. 15. The Re publican state committee has unof ficially declined to accept the olive branch provisionally extended by the Progressive Republican committee. The Taft forces decided to perfect their state organization and an execu tive committee was empowered to take control particularly of the electoral ticket campaign. "Flying Switches" to Cease. SALEM. Or., Aug.' 15. (Special.) Flvlng switches," practiced on loaded passenger coaches at the Jefferson- street station of the Southern Pacific, will be discontinued In the future, ac cording to a letter received by, the State Railroad Commission today. The Commission objected to the company allowing - switching in this, manner charging that It was a common prac tice at that point. Boston Gets Famous Gainsborough. T nvnnv A n t IS Th nnrtrait of John Eld, of Sleighford Hall, Stafford, a iamous ijainsoorougn, n&s oeen sum to the Boston Museum. IN SHOOTS WIFE AND 2, KILLS SELF Charles Gehrig Fires Upon Household. SISTER-IN-LAW HIT BY BULLET Ex-Husband, Boarding at Spouse's Home, May Die. TRAGIC SCENES SEPARATED Enraged Spou-e. After Wrecking Home He Deserted Week Ago Lurks on Street for Third Intended Victim. One man is dead, another may die and two women are wounded as the result of two murderous attacks made last night by Charles Gehrig, a gate keeper at the Oaks, on his wife, her sister, his wife's former husband and his stepson. Mrs. Carrie Gehrig, who is seriously wounded, and Mrs. Nellie Oliver, her sister, slightly hurt, were shot at 408 Fourth street, their resi dence. Wlnfleld Scott Holmes, a hack driver, and former husband of Gehrig's wife, was shot down and, it is thought, fatally hurt, at Third and Mill streets. Gehrig took his own life. The dead: Charles Gehrig, aged 45 years; a gatekeeper. Wounded: Wlnfleld Scott Holmes. 47 years old, a hackdrlver, shot In the abdomen; be lieved fatally hurt. Mrs. Carrie G. Gehrig, aged 45 years. shot In the hand and right side ot abdomen; Is given a chance for life. Mrs. Nellie Oliver, aged 37 years; shot In the right knee. Former H unhand Returns. Gehrig, who separated from Mm. Gehrig about a week ago, was the sec ond husband of the woman, her first being W. S. Holmes, from whom she got a divorce 16 years ago. AfVr be ing separted from her for 15 years Holmes went to board with Mrs. Gehrig, a week ago, when Gehrig, after a quar rel with her, left her. In the household were Mrs. Gehrig, Jimmie Holmes, her son by W. S. Holmes, Mrs. Oliver and James O'Rourke, a hostler In a livery stable. Mrs. Gehrig and Mrs. Oliver' wera sitting about a table on which was ail oil lamp in their rooms at 408 Fourth street about 9 o'clock, and O'Rourke was sitting at the stove across the room when Gehrig entered silently with the gun in his hand. The first Intima tion they had of bis presence was when he shouted: "Now I have you," and fired three times.' , Light In Shot Out. The first shot put out the light, says O'Rourke. who turned when he heard Gehrig speak, and who saw the face of the man with the gun. The second and third shots, fired In the dark, struck home, one In Mrs. Gehrig and one in Mrs. Oliver. They fell to the floor together, and Gehrig ran out of the door. O'Rourke ran to a neighbor'a home and telephone for a dejetor. Fifteen minutes later, as Jlmmln Holmes and his father approached Third and Mill streets, on Mill, on their way home. Gehrig stepped out of the shade of a tree with the revolver In his hand. He fired twice, says Jimmie Holmes, the first shot striking the elder Holmes In the abdomen. Then Gehrig ran down Mill street to Second. Jimmie Holmes ran to Patrolman Mallon, who was attracted by the shooting, and together they ran down Second street. A block toward town they stumbled over the body of Gehrig, who had taken his own lite. Holmes Likely to Die. Acting Captain Harms, of the first relief, rushed Motorcycle Policemen Schlrmor and Nelson to the scene of the first shooting and, with Sergeant Carlson and Patrolman Dillon, went to Third and Mill streets. The younger Holmes and O'Rourke were both taken to the police station at Sergeant Carl son's order to clear the affair, which had assumed the appearance of two separated assaults. After telling their stories, they were allowed to go. City Physician Ziegler attended the wounded man and women at St. Vin cent's Hospital. At the hospital it was announced that the wounds of Holmes were likely to cause death In 24 hours, and that Mrs. Gehrig was also serious ly hurt, although she was given a chance to recover. Hospital' officials praised the quick work of the Red Cross ambulance In which the wounded were taken to treatment In five minutes after the ambulance reached the scenes of the shootings, in spite of considera ble traffic on the streets. HUSBAND FINDS WIFE DEAD Edmonton Woman Mysteriously Killed by Shot Through Window. EDMONTON, Alberta, Aug. 15. A mysterious muraer was nrouKnt 10 ugni, at 6:30 o'clock today, when Phillip Mc- Eachren returned to his home near Fair Grounds and found his wife, aged 35. lying dead on the floor with a bullet hole 'through her head. The woman had been dead for about an hour before discovered. There was a bullet hole through the screen and In the wall the bullet Itself was found.