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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
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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
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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.