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, THE WEATHER Fair tonight and Wednes- d a y; n o r t h w e t e r 1 7 'wind a. .. COAST TEMPERATURES ---.-- 1 11 A. M. Today. Bou . , . . eo Seattls , , ... 64 1 Bpoksns ....,....,,, Rj San rrancUoo ............. El Portland v, 61 Jtossbnrr ...,,. 63 Manafleld 43 VOL. XI. NO. 112. PORTLAND, OREGON, TUESDAY , EVENING, JULY 16, ; 1912-TWENTY PAGES.' PRICE TWO . CENTS Tn8 km r Man Charges Son Slew Connors Girl Jealous Woman Shoots at Husband,, Kills Baby, and Fatally Wounds Herself : . ,. ST. , I . 1 .,, , - Kill Gambler Who Accused Police; Old CIO FLEES BUT BULLET PIERCES US UTILE Missiles Fired by Mrs. Nettie Walsh Miss Husband; She Then Slaughters Her Four-Vear-Old Babe. THIS ACCOMPLISHED, - SHE SHOOTS HERSELF Woman Jealous Because of Husband's Attentions to Stenographer, Stated. Crazed with Jealousy because of her husband's Infatuation for another wo man, It Is said, Mrs. Nettle Walsh shot and killed her 4-year-pld son. Vincent, then fired two bullets through her own head, which will probably prove fatal. The shooting- occurred at the Walsh home, 843 East Stark street, at 10 o'clock this morning, after she had shot twice at her husband, Robert H. Walsh In an attempt to kill him. The woman was rushed to the St. Vincent's hospital, where she Is now In a critical condition. Little hope is held out for her recovery. Robert Walsh was in the dlnir room of the house, which is a small bunga low. Just after finishing breakfast, he was talking to his wife about a trip they had planned to take to Seattle to attend the Potlatch. The couple were to leave this afternoon. Mrs. Walsh was standing near the kitchen door when suddenlv sh cried: "Well, this 1s tha way we are going to finish it." ' rises Troin Home. Hardly had she spoken before she pulled out Walsh's large- S8 Colt re volver from "behind her back and opened fire. Walsh grappled with her and be lieved he had wrested the gun from her, hand before she fired agin, the bullet passing within a few Inches of his head. Walsh made for the kitchen door and ran. , Kearlng the worst, he ran across the street and telephoned to the police sta tion, saying that his wife was murder ing ths baby. Patrolmen Sherlll and Caison, and Detective Tlchnor rushed to the scene In the police automobile. After firing at har husband Mrs. Walsh went into th front bedroom where the baby had hidden as soon aa the first shots had been fired. Point ing her gun at her only baby, she fired, the bullet striking the little fellow In the back. The child ran screaming through the parlor and dining room Into the back bedroom. Hardly had he reached the door before the woman shot again, the bullet crashing through the back Of his head, killing him Instantly. Keloids Revolver. Reloading the revolver she fired two shots at herself, one of the bullets ploughing through her cheek and the other lodging in the right side of the head. Hardly had she fallen to the floor when the police ran up the steps and broke into the house. The little boy's tblri .W99 afire,. JDetectiye Tlchnor, who '. reached the room in, the rear first, put out the blaze with his hands. Thinking that the little fellow was only wounded he lifted htm tip. The lad, however, was dead. Mrs. Walsh was still breathing but with! much difficulty. The Red Cross ambulance was called and made the run (Continued on Page Four.) DESTROYED BY BLAZE II Sparks From Flue Light on Roof, Starting Fire; New Structure to Be Built, Fire, which started from sparks that lit on the roof when a quantity of debris was being destroyed In the furnace yes terday afternoon, destroyed the Fulton Park school at Tcoond and Logan streets, resulting in a loss of about $3500, of which $3000 is considered the value of the building and the balance on furniture and fixtures. The school, which last year accom modated 126 pupils, was a one story, three room frame structure that had been built about 10 years. No- effort will be made to Immediately replace the structure, on. account of a lack of suf ficient funds, hut portable buildings will be erected before school opens to accom modate the pupils of that district. When the school is rebuilt a modern structure will be erected. Engine company No. 10, assisted by engine company No. 5 at tended the fire. STEAM BARGE BURNS FAR OUT IN LAKE rtnlted Pp-m Ld WUe.t Cleveland, July 16. An unknown Steam barge, supposed to be a lumber carrier, burned to the water's edge to---day abont thrwnrtfer-otit tn tBe1ak off a point five miles west of Cleve land, Two rtug3 are standing by the burning vessel and they are believed to have picked up .the crew, n FULTON PARK SCHOOL LOSS IS ABOl 31 ALL ERICANS TEACH 'EM BASEBALL International Athletes See the Jumpers, and Sprinters of East Beat West, 6 to 3, (United Trrai Lessrd Wire.) Stockholm, July 16. Americans showed the other athletes of all nations fflls ufternoon how to play baseball. They did It In the Olympic stadium, and probably two such nines never were gathered together before In the whole history of baseball. They were divided Into easterners and westerners, and the eastern tam beat the western one by a score of 6 to 3. Among the eastern players were C. E. Brlckley, the Harvard hop-step-and-Jumper; James Thorpe, the Carlisle In dlun all around athlete; Ben Adams, the New York Athletic club's high Jumper; A. R. Kiviat, long distance phenom;- E. R. Mercer, broad Jumper from Penn sylvania university; L. Whitney, Boston shot putter, and H. P. Drew, tho negro sprinter,, from Springfield, Mass. The western stars included E. F. Llnd berg, the Chicago Athletic association 100 yard man; H. B. Haff, another 100 yarder from Michigan university; Leslie Byrd. Jumper, from Chicago university; F. O. Irons, Chicago Jumper; F. V. Be lote, sprinter, from the same city; I. N Davenport, still another Chlcagoan; Q. L. Horine,- high Jumper from the Pa cific coast; Ira Courtney of Seattle and J. A. Menoul, the Chicago A. A. all arounder. It was perhaps the fastest collection of players seen on an amateur field, and they demonstrated the game to a big throng of International athletes. ENT HAVING OUTRUN NATIONS LESS THAN MILLION SP PARKER AUGUS T BELMON New York Financier Tells Senate Investigating Committee That He Can Not Remember the Exact Amount He Gave, but That as Demands Arose He Furnished the Money; Never Intended Vhen He Under took to Serve on the fnuwUhw t-Gtt& Jtitf Such Sum. (United Preti LeiMd Wire.) Washington, July 16. -That the Demo crats presidential campaign of 1904 cost less than $1,000,000 and somewhere in the region of $600,000 or $700,000 was the opinion expressed today before the senate committee investigating cam paign contributions by August Belmont of New York. The financier admitted to the committee th,t he had given something like $250,000 to- the Parker campaign. This Included what he gave that year to the state and local cam paigns. Senator Clapp Insisted that Belmont give some exact statement of the amount in the campaign fund. "I might say figures of $600,000 or $700,000 were right, but I am not cer tain that It Is a close estimate," Bel mont said. "There is never enough money In the campaign fund." Belmont persisted that he could not remernber exactly the amount of his contribution. "Did you give more than $100,000?" HE CONFESSES SO SLEW HER CHILD "I Told Hirrrto'Kill Himself," - Says Aged Father, "and I Am Certain That He Did So." MOTHER'S WAILS WRING ACCUSATION FROM SIRE Seated in Grand Jury Ante room He Gives Way Before Woman's Grief. fnlti-d l'r- Lnrd Wire. I New York, July 16. That Nathan Rwartz confessed to his father that he was the slayer of 13-year-old Julia Con nors was admitted by the father, Daniel Swartz, In the grand pury anteroom to day. He stated that his son told him he was responsible for the child's death the Sunday morning that her body was found. - "I told him," said the old man, "that the best thing he could do was to go out and kill himself and save the family further disgrace. And I am cer tain he did so." Cast Was Hot Strongest. A score of witnesses were summoned by the grand Jury, Including the coroner and hlR physician, police officers who (Continued on Page Nine.) ON CAMPAIGN OF IT asked Senator Clapp. vYes." answered Belmont. Pressed further, the financier said he probably contributed more than $200, 000, and he was "willing to have the committee consider the amount $250 -000." Asked why he had given such a large amount. Belmont erplained: "I consented to serve on the cam paign committee, and I never intended to contribute so much, but as demands arose I furnished needed money." "Did you expect anything In retura In the event of Judge Parker's election as president?" asked Clapp. Expected Nothing In Return, "Judge Parker fully understood me," said Belmont, "that there was nothing I could accept from his administration if he were elected. My Interest In the campaign was purely as a Democrat." The only specific record that he had of advances of money to the campaign committee,- Belmont said, was a loan (Continued on Pago Nine.) mam crowd to costly soon arrive with HOUSECLEANING SAC AND FOX INDIAN YOUTH WINS DECATHLOl Jim Thorpe, who won the all-around athletic event at the Stockholm Olympic games, comes from the Carlisle Indian school. He is six feet tall and weighs 180 pounds. Thorpe has done (he 100 yard In ten seconds, broad Jumped 23 feet, high jumped fl feet 216 inches, has nut the shot 44 feet, run the high hurdle in 15 3-5 seconds and 1 !. the low hurdles tn seconds Sixty Million Dollar Matrimo nial Durbar Is Celebrated Followinq Marriage of Cal ifornia Heiress to Lawyer. (United Pre" Lt Firs.) Hlllsboro. Cal.. July 16 In the pres ence of the greatest gathering of the ultra-fashionable rich ever seen In the west, $60,000 matrimonial durbar was celebrated here today, rouowing me wedding of Miss Jennie Crocker, Cali fornia!" $15,000,000 heiress, and Mal colm Whitman, New York lawyer and toinier tennis star of tho cast, which was performed at St. Matthew's Epis copal church, Han Mateo, Dy me til. Bev. Bishop William Ford Nichola, at high noon. Bishor; Nichols was assisted In the ceremony by Rev. Walter II. Cam bridge, of San Mateo, and other clergy men. The" bride was given away by Charles Templeton Crocker, her brother. (Continued on Page Nine.) FASHIONABLE RICH AMERICANS ARE TO in conrge meets. Finland Sails Tomorrow for Dover, Carrying Popular Load of Winners; Water Sports Will Finish Games. Standing- of the Teams. All Track, Country. Events. Kie'ld. 4 Vnited States 128 85 Sweden 104 ;t 4 Great Britain.... fifi II 4 4 Finland 46 21 4 Germany 31 4 4 France 23 4 4 South Africa.... 16 5 4 Denmark 14 0 4 4 Canada 13 74 Italy 13 1 4 4 Australia 1? ft 4 4 Belgium 11 (T 4 Norway ........ 10 0 4 4 Hungary s 14 4 Russia 5 04 4 Greece, 4 4 4 4 Austria 4 "4 4 Holland 2 0 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 444 (United Press LmspiI Wire.) Stockholm, July 16. Germany secured first, the United States second and Sweden third, With 118.20, 117.40 and 117.07 points, respectively, In the riding tests held' today at the stadium. The rliiing, like the rowing and a few other contests included in the Olympic games, follows, instead of accompanying, the regular athletic program. Thf Ameri can hgrsemen did much better than four years, ago in London, and were cheered enthusiastically. Stockholm, July 16. The American participants In the Olympic games were photographed in the Stadium today and it was almost as much of a function as yesterday's award of the prizes by the King of Sweden. Thousands of people turned out to see tho winning athletes grouped together, cheering them with tremendous enthusiasm. One of the pleasant things about the American victory Is that It seems to have succeeded In making themselves exceedingly popular, and even the rivals whom they defeated luive noth ing but kind things to say of them. The atmosphere- is much clearer than (Continued on Page Four.) GEARIN WILL BE CHIEF SPEAKER AT DEMOCRATIC SESSION 4 John M. Gearin will be the 4 4 chief speaker at the meeting at 4 4 the Armory Thursday night to 4 4 ratify the nomination of Wilson 4 4 and Marshall. It will be the 4 4 first meeting of the 1912 cam- ,4 4 paign, and tha opportunity of 4 4 hearing Gearin discuss the issues ' 4 4 of the day Is alone counted upon 4 4 to bring a big crowd. 4 4 Before the meeting there will 4 4 be a parade, with the newly 4 4 organized marching club and the 4 4 Jackson club In line, headed by 4 4 a band. A glee club, or vocalist 4 4 will be heard at the Armory. 4 4 Additional speakers will be 4 4 . called upoa.ior. short talk and - 4 4 the Democrats of Portland will 4 4 turn loose the enthusiasm that 4 4 has gathered since the ticket was 4 4 named, at Baltimore. . 4 44444t CROP IATI LA E 1911:5,500,000 Heavy Stand on Heavy Land Went Down Under Unusual Rains; Acreage Not Quite So Great as Last Year. By Hynian 11. Cohen. Athena Or. Julv IK 1: nintilla .nun ty will in all probability produce 5,500.- uuu ousneis. or wheat this season. This Is a conservative estimate, It may be a inrie too much so. The only drawback to the wheat crop of Oregon's nremicr whpnf crrnn-lnr county this season Is that the wheat grew 100 wen. This statement needs no qualification among those most fa miliar with the situation. .In, tlia eetWiv triimtary 4r Athens, both east and west, wheat grew so high Hlld heavy tills SCSSIIn that nnulrlariiHI. of It is lying down. The total outnut 01 wneat in Linatllla county this sea son will depend much upon how much of this grain can be waved by the thresh ing crews and combines. The greatest damage in this respect was done within a few miles of Athena, A Country of 40 Bushels Average. In the country east from Pendleton there Is everv imtlrar Inn .,r n o,,r better than 40 bushels per acre. Some of the wheat will ro 50 bushels but the avtrasre will be we.U within 40 bushels. While tho present season is a remark able one 111 thn 1 lit l.inri ati, tv,. --O"-. DVVltVHO, llIU rainfall which helped the wheat there was raurer nurmrul to the growing grain in the heavier lands. In tho normal season when there is but Uttlo wheat to harvest in the light land sections, the country from Pendle ton to Weston and over to Mlltoh. al ways comes iorwara with a good yield. Therefore the present crop yearmay be considered rather freakish inasmuch as it has built up the ylejdji of the ground usually called poor while It fcas really harmed the sections where the best pro duction is usually found. Ellffht Decrease In Acreage. Taking Umatilla conntv oc j U there Is a smaller acreage of wheat growing mis season. rnis decrease Is generally estimated at about 10 per cent although some consider tho slight increase in the light land planting will make up most of this. There Is uniformity among the grow ing wheat in this section, such as Is not shown In other parts of the state. Only where the grain has fallen, due to excessive growth of heads and stormy weather, does an uneven surface show. (Continued on Page Eleven.) 'S 1TI (t'n)td Preu T.eaard Wire.) San Francisco, July 16. Headless and trmlua th fnVt)t woman was found today on tha beach nere a mne soutn .or tha carf house, where It had been washed u$ from the ocean. The body has not been Identified. 1 mm LATED BODY CAST UP BY SEA vj AI ITfl (!AW(!QTfDQ r nuiu unuuuiLiiu i , SHOOT GAMBLER ' MO "SQUEALED" Notorious Gamester Murdered ' ; Under Glare of the "Whiter. Lights" of New York's New 'x Tenderloin. 50 PATROLMEN VAINLY CHASE FLEETING MOTOR Supposed Chauffeur Arrested in Garage Where Bandits -Housed Car. . : - (United Pt'-m tossed Wire.) New York, July 16. Tha most sen sational "gang murder" In the history . of New York was committed at 2 O'clock this morning In the very heart of tha new tenderloin. Herman Rosenthal, noted gambler, and the storm center -of the city's latest gambling scandal, wa shot to death in the glare of the.llgita , -of the Hotel Metropole. His murderers, utilizing modern methods, came to ths ' scene and escaped In a high power auto mobile, which outdistanced the taxlcabs pressed Into service for pursuit by th police. One Important arrest had been mads) up to the middle of the morning. Ths accused man is Louis Llbby, 35 years old, of No. 35 Stuyvesant street. Hs was picked up In a garage at 72 South Washington square two hours after ths killing. Deputy Police Commissioner Dougherty, who was In direct chargs of the man hunt. Insisted that he hd- three witnesses who knew Llbby and" " who had positively Identified him as i the rhauffeur of the car In which tha murderers made their escape and ono witness who swore that Llbby llrsd at ,.; Rosenthal. , , 'i Murdsr Carefully Planned. The murder while the culmination of a war with tha police and with ths up town gamblers, was probably ths most"? carefully planned and cold blooded of the recent gang killings in this" city. . Rosenthal was one of the best known ot the so-called "cheaper" ganiblers of tha city. He was recognized its the agent , of certain Influential downtown poll--' tlclans and In most of his undertakings ' h represented simply the bankroll nf a prominent sporting man and politician, of national repute. It was openly asserted that hs had been ojdered by his patron to leavo ' town for a while as he had "talked too much." It was In connection with thesa--orders that he went to tha Hotel Metro-. pole, outside of which he waa killed, to hold a number of conferences. .-"r Murderers Make Their Escape). Four shots were fired some of thS ' witnesses put the number at a dozen, but the police are now certain only four ." were used and one struck the jambler -on the bridge of the nose, crashing lnt his brain. The murderers then escaped. . ; Rosenthal had been In the 'Metro- pole for some time and came out. of.. the Forty-third street entrance juat' about 2 a. m. He met a roan thera and stood chatting with him for a few minutes. Ab he turned away a - biff slato colored touring car drove"trp-irnd--some men alighted. The first man out -began pumping bullets from an UtOr; matlc gun. The first bullet sped true (Continued on Page Seven) EOF Realty Associates Members. Answer Charge in Relation to A, R, Diamond. Flat denial that they had taken any advantage of an illness of A.. R. Dia mond to induce him to transfer to them his Interest in the Prospect Park com pany at. an unfair price as was charged In the suit of Elwood Wiles, a con tractor, was made today by members of the Realty Associates, ths present owners of the property. Several mem bers of the Realty Associates also flatly denied that Wiles has any claim against the property, and assert that he was debtor to the company instead of a creditor. Thomas D. Honeyman, president Of the Honeyman Hardware company, and treasurer of the Associates, dsctsred that the suit was absolutely without merit, and tha charge that advanUf a was taken of any possible weakness; on the part of Mr. Diamond was falss In ..every particular. ',-,', Oava SUm lao.ootv Mr. Honeyman declared that Mr. Dia mond, who was formerly a member of the Realty Associates, cam to him and asked that the Associates purchsss ths Prospect Park company's holdings, be' cause he was financially embarrassed. After a number of Interviews, Mr. Honeyman explained, th Associate agreed to take tbs property, giving Mr. Diamond $20,000 to square his debts, an t a. mom lily Inwoina jliJAflUteC lit a4a.aa . change, for two thirds Interest In ths Proapect company's propsrty owned Diamond. The monthly Incoms was to be divided between Diamond nd )' DENY Ml 11 ADVANTAG I 1 REALTY Dl (Continued on Tais Thlrtata) r . ....;.., vsy-.