VOL. XLVIII. "0. 1,780.
PORTLAND, OREGON, 3IONDAY, APRIL 13, 1908.
PK1CE FIVE CENTS.
MS
DEVOUR
CHELSEA
Square Mile of Bos
ton Suburb Is
Destroyed.
FOUR BODIES M FOUND
Gale Scatters Burning Rags
and Foils Efforts of
Firemen.
MANY CHURCHES BURNED
Congregation Only Just Es
capes Before Roof Falls.
LOSS MAY BE $10,000,000
I'l.vlliK Fmhrrs Ignite liu-lories.
Tenements, Retail Buildings,
C'hnrches, Hospital About
1500 Families Homeless.
Bl RXED BY fHKIF,A HRE.
Thlrta cburche.
T w. hropltalt.
Public library.
Clly
Tm aehoolhouse.
Twenty hu.lneca Mocks.
N.arly art fHftorl.i.
Ovr 3rt tnmnt ami dllinjn.
Total oas, about $10.in.nt',
Kamlllrp hnmtlets, about lXt.
rl. 4.
Injured. frV
HUM ON, April 12. An Apparently
inniKnuirani urc tvnicn started anion?
tlir rs8 on a dump in the City of.
''helflcn today, n-s fanned by a north
west Rale into a con f la prut ion which
ibllteratert ne.irly one-third of the
rtty. Five hundred dwelling houses
and -piihtir buildings were destroyed,
HOD families were driven from their
liomes and in. ion people made llOme
lcSS. Two Uvea are known to have been
"M and at a late hour tonight It was
reported that two other persons had
jerlshd. one. a woman, having shot
herself in a frenzy over her inability to
rave her property. From SO to 100 per
sons were injured.
The Seriously Injured.
Among; the more seriously injured are:
Fireman Carroll, of Charlestown. over
come by smoke and burned about head;
rendition critical.
Knglneman Charles Carroll, Boston,
overcome and badly burned: condition
critical.
Mrs. Rosie, Flaw. Marine Hospital, in
bad condition. Gave birth to child yes
terday and removed from burning house.
Captain Treble. I,ynn Fire Department,
clannerously burned.
Chief Kvans, Meirose Fire Department,
fare and hands burned.
' Captain Williams, Chelsea, head and
anoulder burned.
Frank A. Chase. Chelsea, overcome, by
amoke, and suffering from heart trouble;
condition serious.
At least two children were born during
the fire.
Accurate estimate of the loss is im
possible. Ono estimate gives It at
I10.000.00n. The fire raged before a
45-mile gale for more than 12 hours,
defying Ue utmost efforts of the com
bined fire departments of Chelsea and
sewral nearby cities and a large de
tachment of Moston firemen and ap
paratus. The fire area, which was in the form
of an ellipse a mile and a half long
and half a mile wide at its broadest
part, extended diagonally across the
cWy from a point near the boundary
between Kverett and Chelsea to the
waters of Chelsea Creek. It was use
1'ss for the firemen to attempt to
t heck the on-rushing flames before
the gaie, and their main efforts were
to prevent a spread of the fire on
either side. Their last stand was taken
nt Chelsea Square late In the afternoon
and for hours a doubtful battle was
waged. At 9 o'clock word was passed
that the firemen were winning and
with renewed energy the contest was
pressed. At 10:50 off It lal announce
ment was made by Chief H. a. Spencer
that the fire was under control.
A great majority of the buildings
were of wood .nd were completely de
stroyed, but structures of other ma
terial were almost as quickly and thor
oughly Incinerated.
All the banks, more than three-quarters
of the churches, half of the business
blocks and nearly all the schoolhouses
were wifTed out. One hospital and a
day nursery were destroyed. In the
turmoil many of the sick and Infirm
found difficulty in obtaining assistance
and several of them narrowly es
caped. I-ate in the afternoon the wind had
carried burning embers across Chelsea
Creek and ouildings in East Boston
caught fire, but extensive damage
there was prevented by prompt and
energetic work by the firemen.
&PUEADS BY RAPID LEAPS
Fire Advances Vntil One-Third of
Chelsea. Is Destroyed.
BOSTON-, Mass., April 15. Fire today
devastated the manufacturing, tene
ment and retail sections of Chelsea,
burning over one square mile of terri
tory and leveling many of the city's
best structures. Late tonight, fdur
gww-wagsgsMi: "swi" ''"J- ft.'-v.affs?
Carter H. Harrison, leader of the
Bryan Korcei, la Their War on
linger Sullivan.
bodies had been recovered from the
ruins. The fire started at 10:40 A. M.,
and ws not under control until 9
o'clock tonight, notwithstanding that
half of the Boston Fire Department's
strength and steamers from a dozen
other cities and towns went to the aid
of the Chelsea brigade.
The Are originated in the rear of the
Boston Blacking Company's works on
West Third street, near the eastern
division of the Boston & Main Railroad,
In close proximity to the Everett City
line. A terrific gale from the north
west, which at times had a velocity of
60 milea an hour, carried burning
shingles, embers and myriads of sparks
to a score of wooden buildings, most of
them of cheap construction.
Flames Travel Mile and Half.
The fire started almost from the ex
treme southwest section of the city, and
cut a path to the end of Maverick street
at the extreme outheastern end of the
city, which borders Chelsea Creek. This
is about one and a half miles from
where the fire began. The flames
spread through the heart of the retail
business aection, which 'was about mid
way between the two extreme limits
reached by the Are.
Among the structures destroyed we-e
13 churchee?, two hospitals, the Public
Library, City Hall, five Schoolhouses,
20 business blocks, nearly a score of
factories, and upward of 300 tenements
and dwelling houses.
Buildings That lYere. Burned.
Among the places burned were:
Frost Hospital, Children's Hospital,
Fltz Public Library, Stanislaus Polish
Catholic Church, Chestnut etreet; First
Baptist Church, Central avenue; Central
Unitarian -Church. Hawthorne street;
St. Luke's Catholic Church (old build
ing), Hawthorne street: First Methodist
Kpiscopal Church, Carey avenue; Elm
street Synagogue; Walnut-street Syna
gogue: Chelsea Presbyterian Church;
People' Afro-Methodist Kpiscopal
Church, Fourth street; Universalis!
Church; Second Adventlst Church; New
Kngland Telephone & Telegraph Com
pany's central office; Austin & Youngs
cracker factory; Chaplls A Sodden Car
Company's shops; Kosenfelt Bros."
three-story rag-picking factory; the
Tide Oil Company's three Immense
tanks near the east end of Margin
street.
St. Rose's Roman Catholic Church,
Broadway, loss $25,000; St. Rose Roman
Catholic School, loss 140,000; State Arm
ory, loss 10o.0fO; Sacred Heart Convent,
loss J40.000; Y. M. C. A. building, loss
rs.000: Boston Klevated Railroad station
and barn, losa ISO.OlX); County Savings
Bank. Chelsea Savings Bank, Chelsea
Trust Company, the Providence Co-operation
Bank. ,
The funds of all of these banks with
the exception of the County Savings Bank
are still in the vaults. The money and
securities of the County Bank were taken
to Boston before the tire reached the
building.
Spread by Flying Embers.
The streets over which the fire
reached Included Carter, Maple, Spruce,
Arlington, Ash, Walnut. Poplar, Chest
nut and Cherry to Broadway. From
Broadway the fire spread to Belling
ham Hill. From Sumner street the fire
cut another pathway, running diagon
ally across Third street, Everett ave
nue and Fourth street to Belllngham
street. The flames reached Broadway,
the principal street of the city, at a
point between Third and Fourth streeus.
ami destroyed the Masonic Hall, Odd
fellows' Hall and Bennett block. The
flying embers and the showers of
sparks were carried across Chelsea
Creek to the Kast Boston district, and
the Kast Boston engines were obliged
to return from Chelsea to protect prop
erty In their district.
Soldiers and Marines on Guard.
A militia, tall by Mayor Beck, of
Chelsea., brought out the First Com
pany, Coast Artillery. CAptain Renfrew
commanding, in order to guard prop-
HVncluded on I'axe 4 '
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REGARDS
BRUKFN
BY CEREAL CROP
Season's Grain Busi
ness About Ended.
TOTAL OF 80,000,000 BUSHELS
Forty Millions of Wheat Are
Shipped in Ten Months.
YIELD OF THREE STATES
European Business Erenly Divided
Between Portland and Combined
. Puget Sound Ports Prospect
Good for Another Big Tear. .
1907 GRAIN CROP IS OREGON,
WASHIXUTOX AND IDAHO.
Bushels.
Wheat RR.OOO.OOO
Barley to.000.000
Oata 12.0O0.0O0
Total 80.000.000
Miipmenta by Water to April 1.
Wheat 37.7O0.00rt
Barley . . ' 1.057.000
Shipments East by Rail.
Wheat ... lOO.rtnO
Barley 2.7--4.000
Oats 300.000
Storks -on Hand. April 1.
Whest lt.2eO.000
Barley 1.85HOOO
Oats 2.240.000
BY E. W. WRIGHT.
With the departure this month of
seven chartered ships now loading at
Portland, and five loading on Puget
Sound, the greatest season in the. his
tory of the North Pacific grain trade
will be practically, over. There are a
few straggling ships coming along for
May-June loading, and at least two
more steamers will load wheat for the
Orient, but the movement has been so
rapid this season that May 1 will find
the business nearer cleaned up than In
any previous "big crop" year. When
the returns are all in for April, it will
be found that Oregon, Washington and
Idaho for the first time In their his
tory, have shipped (flour included,,
40.000,000 bushels of wheat, and still
have some on hand to tide over the dull
season until the new crop arrives.
The 1!07 wheat crop of the three
states was a record-breaker by nearly
10.000,000 bushels, reaching a grand
total of 6(1.000, 000 bushels, and on ac
count of the good prices prevailing
throughout the season, it moved more
rapidly proportionately than any of its
predecessors. Not only was the wheat
crop the largest, on record, but barley,
which has been steadily Increasing In
prominence as one of the great staples
of the Pacific Northwest, also estab
lished a new mark with a crop of near
ly 10.000,000 bushels. Oats, exclusive
of the crop grown in the La Conner dis
trict on Puget Sound, Is credited with
a yield of 12,000.000 bushels in the three
states.
Figures of the Kailroada.
These figures which show a grand to
tal of 80.000.000 bushels of the three
leading cereals, are compiled from ac
curate statistics, kindly supplied by the
railroad companies, which moved the
big crop and by prominent grain ex
porters in various parts of the three
states. The figures fall short of some
of the earlier estimates made on the
crops, and naturally are several million
bushels smaller than the Government
figures on oats and barley.
Washington's 40.000.000-bushel crop of
wheat dwindled to about 35.000.000: that
of Oregon was slightly under 18.000.000,
and Idaho's was somewhat over S.000.000
bushels. The season happened to be one
of those rare ones, where a good crop and
good prices come together, and the ag
gregate value to the farmers of the three
cereals was not less than 150.000.000, the
clearance value for that portion of the
crop that was shipped, of course, being
much higher after freight and handling
charges were added. A decrease of more
than 500.000 barrels In the Oriental flour
trade had the effect of sending a larger
proportion of the wheat crop out In the
form of raw material than during the
preceding season.
Portland Leads on Coast.
This Kuropean business was remark
ably evenly divided between Portland and
the three Puget Sound ports, Seattle.
Tacoma and Everett combined. The
shipments from Portland sines the sea
son opened July 1. 1907. to April 11, 1908,
were 10.58$. 554 bushels, and from the
three Puget Sound ports for the same
period, they were 10.50. 750 bushels. Pu
get Sound handled more of the Oriental
wheat business than was handled from
Portland, but most of the California trade
came to Portland, wheat shipped to Cal
ifornia ports to April I reaching a total
of 1.200.000 bushels.
While the export wheat trade will be
practically over by the end of the pres
ent month, there will undoubtedly be a
continued demand from California for the
remainder, of the season. This demand,
together with at least a small amount of
Hour business, will enable the two ports
to swell the 40,000.000-bushel shipments
that will be reached by May 1. to about
42.000,000 bushels for the 12 months end-
EVENTS OF COMING WEEK
With several state conventions and
a large number of districts meeting
for the choice of delegate scheduled,
politics will once more have a prom
inent place In tb news of tha week.
remocrats will meet in stale con
vention at New York snd at pover,
Del., on Tuesday; the ilinneaota
Republicans will meat at Minneapolis
on Thursday; and Republicans will
bold territorial conventions at Hono
lulu on Monday and Tuesday.
With the exception of a revival of
the discussion over the Brownsville
affair nothing; or particular Interest
la expected to develop in either 'house
of Congress.
The right of George B. MoClellan
to the office of. Mayor of New York
City, which is challenged by Wil
liam R. Hearst, will be determined at
a trial scheduled to begin before the
Appellate Division of the Supreme
Court in New York on Monday. Tha
Mayoralty contest has been dragging
through the courts for more than two
years.
ing July I. In addition to the 37.600.000
bushels shipped by water. this season, the
railroads hauled 100.000 bushels of fancy
wheat East for use In the manufacture of
breakfast foods. i
Status of the Stocks.
The stocks on hand April 1 at tide
water. Interior warehouses and in farm
ers' hands were 11.250.000 bushels. The
estimated . requirements for seed and
home consumption for the nine months
ending April 1, were 9.000.000 bushels,
practically -all of the demands for seed
coming out of this nine months' allot
ment.' As there will be no new wheat
available for use before August 1, the
home consumption demand for four
months must be met from the old crop.
As no allowance for. seed Is necessary,
this demand will not require more than
8.000,000 bushels (making a total of 12,
000,000 bushels for seed and home con
sumption for the year.) Deducting this
3.000.000 bushels from the stocks of 11,
250.000 bushels on hand April 1, and there
remains available for shipment or carry
over, 8.250.000 bushels. -
April engagements, .flour included, will
reach a total of 2.500.000 bushels, and May
and June will probably require 2,250,000
bushels to supply the California demand,
flour for the Orient, and an occasional
ship that may be chartered for special
business. This would leave available for
shipment or for carry-over on July 1.
when the new cereal year begins, only
3.500,000 bushels, which is a very small
percentage considering the slxe of the
crop, and the further" fact that from It,
must come whatever shipments are made
during July and August, although the
carry-over from July 1. 1907. will of
course offset some of this business.
Barley Held Also I,rge.
- t- ' " ' i. V'
Portland's barley ' shipment by water
will this season reach a total of more
than 1.000.000 bushels. To March 1. they
were 803,668 bushels and the French bark
Bretagne now due Is under charter to
load -120.000 bushels. The barley ship
ments Included a cargo to New York by
steamer, and a cargo for Australia, both
transactions being the first of their kind
ever bandied from Portland. From Puget
Sound the barley shipments were 57,500
bushels.
The eastern movement of barley by rail
was also a record breaker, amounting to
8,734.000 bushels. ' The demand for feed
barley in the Pacific Northwest and along
the coast Is so great that most of the
crop is consumed at home and of the
stocks of nearly 2,000,000 bushels reported
on hand April 1. nearly all will be used
on the Pacific Coast. Stocks of oats at
railroad stations April 1 were 2,240.000
bushels.' The eastern movement was
slightly under 500,000 bushels, and the
remainder of the crop was sold on the
Pacific Coast, there being no over-sea
demand for this cereal.
More Acreage Is Planted.
The remarkably good markets during
the period when the crop was moving
most freely were unusually advantageous
to the farmers, for the high prices were
most In evidence at a time when the
financial stringency was making the pro
cess of converting wheat Into cash very
expensive. As the cost in the end came
out of the farmer. It would have been
disastrous. Indeed, had the price of wheat
been low. While the crop of 1907 over
topped that of any preceding year by
nearly 10.000,000 bushels, a repetition of
similar climatic conditions would un
doubtedly establish a new mark well past
60,000,000 bushels, for there is a larger
acreage this year than last, and if the
price should hold good, the future will
witness still further increases In acreage.
Just at present, dry weather is causing
some misgivings among the farmers who
have considerable Spring grain, but the
damage to date has been inconsequential,
except in limited areas In the western
part of the Big Bend and at one or two
points in the river counties in Oregon.
The Willamette Valley is still growing a
little more wheat than Is needed for
home consumption but "Oregon" wheat, as
the valley product was known in the
world's markets, has vanished from the
price lists in Liverpool and London, never
to return.
DESIRE NO RACE RIOTS
Exclusion League Brands as False
Stories Sent Out.
SAN FRANCISCO, April 12. Speak
ers at the monthly meeting of the
Asiatic Exclusion League, held yester
day afternoon in the hall of the San
Francisco Labor Council, roundly
scored titose who have been dissemin
ating reports, that the league expected
to accomplish its purposes by incit
ing riots In the various cities and In
San Francisco when the battleship
fleet arrives. These stories, which
emanated from Vancouver, and which
caused Chief Biggy to Investigate the
organisation, were branded as false
hoods, gwen out for the sole purpose
of undermining the league's work in
attempting to bring about legislation
to exclude the Japanese from this
country.
LOVE STORY OF
HELIE OE SAGAN
Says That Anna Gould
First Proposed.
SHE TOLD HIM WITH HER EYES
Modest Prince Feared He Was
Too Old for Her.
BUT THE LADY INSISTED
Statement Left IVilh Friend Before
Departure Says Love Began Day
After Divorce From Boni.
Will Marry Quietly.
NEW YORK. April 12. Another chapter
was added to the story of the affairs of
Prince Helie de Sagan and Madame Anna
Gould, who sailed on different steamers
for Emrope yesterday, when tonight G. G.
Netter, of this city, made public a state
ment given to him, as he explained, by
the Prince and intended for publication
after the St. Paul, upon which Prince de
Sagan took passage, was well out at sea.
Mr. Netter Is a personal friend of the
Prince and was Intrusted by the latter
with the statement that he and Mme.
Gould were betrothed. The statement of
Prince de Sagan follows in part:
When Their Lore Began.
"When trouble developed between
Count Bonl and the Countess, I sought to
aid them as a friend sincerely interested
in their affairs. It was at that time that
her friendship was really tested. She
stated at that time that she appreciated
my efforts very much.
"Our love for each other began the day
after the divorce decree had been en
tered. Ixng after the courts had acted
I chanced to call at her home one day
and by one of those Intuitive divina
tions a meeting of the eyes sometimes
brings the knowledge I knew for the
first time .that I really loved her and she
loved me. '
Anna Said First Word.'
"It was on the first day of last August
that the first word about love or marriage
was uttered between us. In the course
of a conversation she suddenly said to
me:
" 'Oh. Prince, why didn't I marry
man like you?'
"i replied that 1 was afraid I was
too old, but she asserted that she did
not think so. I had known her well.
I had studied her thoughts, her hopes.
her inclinations and understanding all
this. I realized what a good wife she
would make, and I believed It might He
in my power to make her happy. We
betrothed. ,
Quiet Marriage Intended.
"Madame Gould and I contemplate
quiet marriage. When that event has
taken place, my wife and I will live
for some years in complete retirement
in some quiet suburb of Paris.
"We are marrying, I repeat, for
nothing else except that we love each
other."
ASQUITH'S NEW CABINET
PROMOTES YOCXG MEN AND
MAKES OLD OXES PEEKS.
Lloyd-George Made Chancellor and
Morley and Fowler Lords Pa
pers Approve Changes.
LONDON, April 12. Official an
nouncement was made tonight of the
new Cabinet appointments and they are
identical with the forecast made by
the Dally Chronicle a few days ago
and announced in these dispatches, as
follows:
Herbert Asqulth, Premier and First
Lord of the Treasury.
David Lloyd George, Chancellor of
the Exchequer.
Lord Tweedmouth, President of the
Council.
Earl of Crewe, Secretary of State for
the Colonies.
Reginald McKenna, First Lord of the
Admiralty.
Wins.ton Spencer Churchill, President
of the Board of Trade.
Walter ftiinclman. President of the
Board of Education. '
John Morley. Secretary of State for
India, and Sir Henry Fowler. Chancel
lor of the Duchy of Lancaster, have
been made peers, but retain their pres
ent offices.
Now that it is officially confirmed,
perhaps the most striking feature in
the new Cabinet is the leap of David
Lloyd George to the front rank in
political life. Some further minor ap
pointments outside the Cabinet will be
announced after the King's return to
London.
The condition of Sir Henry Campbell
Bannerman is reported by his physi
cians as being unchanged.
CABI.VET MICH STRENGTHENED
Newspapers Approve Particularly
Lro.vd-George's Promotion.
IXjN'DON, April 13 The newspapers re
reive the new cabinet with great favor.
The changes are less than expected, the
net result, as far as actual cabinet offices
are concerned, being that Sir Henry
Campbell-Bannerman and the Earl of
Elgin are dropped and Messrs. Churchill
and Runciman have entered. But the
new blood and the regrouping of port
folios are considered to have greatly
strengthened the government.
While Mr. Asqulth seems to have man
aged to make the necessary changes in
the cabinet without offending his own
party, the substitution of the Earl of
Crewe for the Karl of Elgin is admitted,
even by the Conservative press to be
admirable, and David Uoyd-Georges
promotion is universally approved as
having been inevitable.
As to the political aspect of the
changes, the acceptance of the title of
Viscount by Mr. Morley and Sir Henry
Fowler is held to imply that the Idea
of reforming or abolishing 4he House of
Ixirds has been dropped for the time
betng. while Mr. McKenna's removal from
his office as president of the Board of
Education will enable the government to
abandon the Torney education bill for
the present session.
It is understood that Mr. Asquith will
himself make the coming budget state-
i
Hon. John Morley, Britihb Utxrml
Idr, Raitml to Peerage.
ment, although he has resigned the
Chancellorship, there being a precedent
for this course.
CALL JAPAN TO ACCOUNT
ROOSEVELT WANTS THE FACTS
ABOVT MVKIEX AFFAIR.
Prompt Measures to Enforce Repar
ation Likely Tactics of Japaa
Insufferable.
WASHINGTON. April 12. ( Special. )
The attack on Consul-General Straight
and the servan t of the America n Con
autate, at Mukden, by Japanese rowdies
led by a postman has attrred the Ad
ministration to action. It Is regarded as
a much more serious affair than appears
upon the surface, and prompt action will
undoubtedly be taken to obtain the rep
aration that Japan has so far refused.
A conference upon the subject was held
at the "White House late tonight by Presi
dent Roosevelt. Secretary Taft and Sec
retary Root. It was assumed at the con
ference that Mr. Straight had made a
report of the incident to Minister Rock
hill, at Pekin, and that Mr. Rockhlll
would communicate the facts to the State
Department without delay.
To Insure his doing no, cable messages
were sent tonight to both Mr. RockhiU
and Mr. .Straight asking for all the facts.
A reply Is expected tomorrow. A promi
nent Cabinet officer said tonight;
I don't think I am betraying any
secret when I say that the decision to
send the fleet to the Pacific was largely
determined by the insufferable tactics of
the Japanese In official intercourse."
CONTENTS TODAY'S PAPER
The Weathnr.
TBSTERDA Y'S Maximum temperature, 71
degrees; minimum, 40 degrees.
TODAY'S Probably showers m and cooler;
southwest wind.
tire at Chelfcea, Ma.
One square mile of city destroyed. Tops
mav reach $10.0O0,00n. Four persons
dead. .". Injured. Over 10,000 people
homelens and dentitiite. Troops on guard
and martial law proclaimed. Iair 1.
Foreign.
Asquith announces new Cabinet, which
meets general approval. fag 5.
National.
Roosevelt will travel abroad when term ex
pires, rage 1.
Payne a failure as leader of House. Page 4.
Roosevelt to exact reparation from Japan
for outrage on Consul Straight. Page I.
Politic.
Bryan Democrats in Illinois will fight to
out Roger Sullivan. Page 3-
Paul Morton says there's nothing but Jap
sentiment In the West. Page 3
How Denver wil entertain Democratic con
vention. Page 1-
Scheme of New York politicians to make
Hughes Vice-rresldent against his n 111
Page 3.
Domestic.
Entire Florida Militia to suppress rioting at
Peniacola, Page
Letter from Helle d Sagan tells how he
and Anna Gould fell In love. Page 1.
Pacific (oast.
How San Diego will entertain the fleet.
Page ::.
San Francisco restored two years after
earthquake. Page II.
Heney continuous attHck on Fulton in speech
at tiafem. Page 4.
Seattle man and wife badly beaten hy
butglar with bottle, page 2.
Marine.
Schooners St. Helens and Amelia in colli
sion at Astoria. Page 10.
Portland and Vklnity.
Reord grain crop in the pact he Northwest.
l'age I.
ndhiatea for nominations seek indorse
ments from various organisations.
Page 7.
Believing the gun Is not loaded, boy pulls
trigger of rine ana snoots sister through
bean. Page 6.
Ex-lnited States Attorney Bristol denounces
present s) stem of law enforcement.
Page ti.
Dr. Benjamin Young makes plea for Chris
tian citizenship. page U.
Two French automobllists reach Portland on
endurance race around the world..
Page 11.
Alfred H. Grant, postmaster at Bend, found
to be short in accounts i:;2fto. Page 7.
Demented Spokane real estate agent disap
pears xrom x uri.ia.aa xrieoas. "age 1U.
WILL GO ABROAD
WHEN HE RETIRES
Roosevelt Tells Plans
to the Hunters.
LEAVE TAFT UNTRAMMELED
Will Answer Call of Wild as
Well as Civilization.
GIVE CRITICS NO CHANCE
Thy Will Have No Opportunity, If
Tuft Js Kleoled, lo Say Hp nic
tates Plans Quiet Summer
After Chicago Convention.
WASHINGTON. April 1. Should
President Roosevelt's present desires be
realized, he will spend the first year
after his retirement from office in trav
el outside the United States. Mr. Roose
velt's Itinerary, however, has not been
determined. His plan is to see some of
the ruesed and little frequented por
tions of foreign lands, aa well as to
travel the beaten track of the tourist.
That the President will indulges In his
fondness for hunting big game is be
lieved by those to whom he has con
fided his Intentions.
It was at the reeent dinner of the
Boone and Crocket Club In this city
that the President last told of hie in
tentions for next year. He was told
of the opportunities for hunting In
Alaska, and urged to arrange for a trip
there. This, he said, would Interfere
with his plan for foreign travel and
would have to be considered, if at all,
at some future time.
Alms to Avoid Criticism.
Mr. Roosevelt is quoted as adding at
this time:
"It William H. Taft la nominated and
elected President, 'which would be very
gratifying. It would make Impossible
criticism if I were abroad, to the effect
that 1 was dictating to him and being
followed, or that I had dictated and had
been turned down In my suggestions."
Plans for the occupancy the coming
Summer of the President's Sagamore
Hill home are being considered, and it
is expected "the Summer capital" at
Oyster Bay . will be opened for busi
ness before the end of June. It ia thn
President's Intention to remain at the
White House until the returns from the
Chicago convention have been received,
but it is likely that Mrs. Roosevelt and
the children will be settled In the old
estate before the President reaches
there.
Quiet Summer at Oyster Bay.
It Is predicted that the usual regime
of "quiet" will prevail at Oyster Bay.
Secretary Iocb la working out the old
plans for keeping the calling list down
to the minimum, and nothing but the
most important business will be al
lowed to come over the. direct White
House wire, and through the special
mailpouch from Washington.
As to politics, It is Bald, tha Presi
dent will simply be an "interested ob
server." and politicians will find no
cause to make pilgrimages to Sagamore
Hill.
Before the return from the Summer's
outing, the President will undoubtedly
have prepared his last annual mes
sage to Congress, besides doing many
other important tasks, all of which are
made to lit Into his perfected plane of
rest and recreation.
ASSUMES HALF THE LOSS
Northern Pacific Voluntarily Fays
Fire Damage at Big Timber.
HfciLEXA, Mont., April 12. Residents
of Big Timber, Mont.. Lhe town which was
almost entirely destroyed by tire last
month, have been notified by the North
ern Pacific Railroad Company that they
will be paid 50 cents ou the dollar to
cover their losses. This action is taken
from the fact that the disastrous fire which
left hundreds of people homeless, was
siait'-tl by a spark from a Northern Ta
cifki locomotive.
The decision is not the outgrowth of
civil suits, but is a voluntary action on
the part of the railroad officials.
STUDENT SLAYS GOVERNOR
Three Bullets End Career of Kulcr
of t-nlicla.
LKMBURO, April 12. Count Andreas
Potoki, Governor of tho Austro-Polish
province of Oalicia, waa assassinated thfc,
afternoon by a student, Mteroslap
SJoseyneki by name, while giving an aud
ience to a delegation of students. The
assassin nrcd three shots from a revolver,
all of which look effect. The Governor
died soon afterward, hut first asked hi
secretary to Inform his majesty at once.
"Tell him," said the dying man, "I was
his most faithful servant."
Sixty-nine Days In Trance.
I.OS ANGBhKS. April 12. Mrg. Beulah
Hawkins, the woman who fell Into a
cataleptic trance on February 6, will to
morrow enter the 6!th day of her sleep.
Her condition is apparently unchansr!.