LEOPOLD'S REIGN
SHE SAYS HUSBAND
PLAYS CRUEL JOKE.
SIX CHILDREN
FIND VOTE-GETTER
4 BARED BY NOVEL
JOSEPH MEDILIi PATTERSON'S
IiATEST BID FOR FAME.
TRIED TO KILL HER
ONMONEYGETTERS
OF BLOOD AT END
F
PERISH IN FIRE
SAX BERXARDIXO PLANTER'S
W IFE FILES SCIT.
TEXAS SLirOR DONATES YEAR'S
SALARY TO BRYAN FUND.
SOCIETY SECRETS
PRISON
CHARGES
AGING
WOMEN
ADVISES PRESIDENT
Party Leaders Discuss
Hughes at Oyster Bay.
HITCHCOCK AND OTHERS MEET
Anxious to Settle New York
Governorship.
SHERMAN AMONG VISITORS
Vtce-Presldentlal Candidate Goes tc
See Roosevelt Prominent Re
publicans Participate In
Conference.
OTSTER BAT. X. T., Air?. 20 "Ascer
tain who is the man the beat vote-getter
and not who is not the man." wu the
substance of President Roosevelt's advice
to the Republican party leaders who met
In conference at Sagamore Hill to dtecuss
the New Tork Governorship.
Prominent among the Republican lead
ers who gathered here today was James
8. Sherman, the Republican candidate for
Vice-President. Among the others were
Chairman Hitchcock, of the Republican
National committee; Representatives W.
8. Bennett and W. W. Cocks. W. W.
Youngs. United States District Attorney
for the Eastern New York District;
George J. Smith, formerly a member of
Congress, and recently appointed treas
urer of the state committee: Robert
Bacon. Assistant Secretary of State, and
Michael Ready, of Brooklyn. Captain
Cameron McR. Wlnslow, commander of
'the battleship New Hampshire, also was
at Sagamore Hili.
Being Interviewed at the railway sta
tion, Mr. Hitchcock said the Hughes Gov
ernorship question, would be eonsidered
at the conference, and he expected some
announcement could be made later show
in the sentiment voiced at the gathering.
Since Chairman Hitchcock's visit .to
President Roosevelt a fortnight ago he
has spent considerable time in considera
tion of the National situation. The Gov
ernorship question for New Yorjc has
been uppermost In Ms mind, for he has
realized that It was one of the first Im
portant matters that must.be settled be
fore the National campaign can be
opened In this state. To all of his call
ers he told that the National organizers
have no disposition to dictate who shall
be the nominee of the New York state
convention, but at the same time It is
his duty to Inquire Into and determine
what Is for the best interests of the
National ticket.
President Roosevelt approved of the
policy of Chairman Hitchcock and made
number of suggestions Intended to fur
ther bring out the sentiment of a ma
jority of the Republicans' of New York
State.
To this end Chairman Hitchcock has
listened to party leaders and prominent
Republicans of the state whether they
are for or against the renomlnatlon of
Oovernor Hughes. He has examined his
state correspondence and lias taken from
his letters such expressions as bear upon
the Governorship question. The Indica
tions today are that some conclusion has
been reached in the mind of Mr. Hitch
cock and that he Is ready to recommend
to President Roosevelt what action ho
believes should be taken. The prepon
derance of the evidence which he will
submit to the President is thought to be
in favor of the renominatlon of Governor
Hughes.
Mr. Sherman said lie did not care to be
Interviewed concerning the Governorship
t this time, as his visit was solely for
the purpose of paying his respects to the
President.
Mr. Sherman was warmly greeted at
the railway station and again when he
arrived at the President's home.
President Roosevelt thanked Mr. Sher
man for the declaration in his speech
of acceptance, that the question of the
hour was "Shall the administration of
President Roosevelt be approved?"
The President assured Mr. -Sherman
that he was very anxious that, his admin
istration shall be approved, and that was
his reason for desiring the election of
Mr. Taft as his successor.
National Issues were taken up at the
conference and It was agreed that at
tention must be paid to the currency and
banking questions. It was said the Dem
ocrats Intended to make an Issue in the
"West of the plank of the Democratic
platform which declares for a guaranty
by the Government of National bank de
posits. Republican leaders take the stand that
Government guarantee of bank deposits
is unsound in principle and would be un
safe, In practice. Chairman Hitchcock
told the conferees today that he Is ar
ranging to have speeches made and ar
guments Issued in pamphlet form bearing
upon this subject.
. CONFERENCE RESULTS SECRET
Hitchcock Back to w York, bnt
Makes 'o Statement.
NEW TORK, Aug. 30. Contrary to ex
pectations, no announcement was made
tonight by Frank H. Hitchcock, chair
man of the Republican National Commit
tee, as to the sentiment developed at the
Oyster Bay conference for or against the
renominatlon of Governor Hughes.
Mr. Hitchcock and James S. Sherman.
Concluded oa pax .
Chairman of Finance Committee
Reads In Last Line of Letter
Stipend Is $1.
CHICAGO. Aug. 20. (Speclal.V-There
was Joy at the Democratic headquarters
today. It lasted part of a minute, then
blew gently out of the window. The glad
news came from the publicity department
that the Mayor of Tlmpsonr Tex., had
agreed to give his entire year's salary to
the National campaign fund.
Colonel Wetmore, chairman or me
finance committee, was pleased. Visions
of an amount ranging anywhere from
i'MO to $3000 danced merrily before his
Frank Hitcheook, Chairman of
Republican National Commit
tee, Wko Conferred ViJ
Roosevelt Regarding ev
York Situation.
eyes. He never had heard of Timpson,
Tex.; neither had anybody else around
headquarters, but - in these days when
corporation gifts are receiving the "get-
thee-behlnd-me" signal from National
treasurers, he thought that the salary of
even a village Mayor would look at
tractive, considered as an Individual con
tribution. The Colonel's face was fairly radiant
until he reached the last sentence of the
report, which read:
"The Mayor's stipend Is a year."
IN HARMONY WITH M'CREA
Pennsylvania Railroad Board Denies
Humor of Dissension.
PHILADELPHIA. Aug. 20. The first
official denial of the reported dissension
of President McCrea with the board of
directors of the Pennsylvania Railroad
was made today In the following state
ment, made by the directors:
"The recently published statements as
to dissensions between Mr. McCrea, pres
ident of the Pennsylvania, and members
of. the board of directors of that com
pany are not true. There never have
been and there are not now any dissen
sions between President McCrea and any
member of the board, nor have there
been, nor are there any differences In the
board ns to the policy of the Board as
carried on by Mr. McCrea.
"Kvory roemWr of the board of direc
tors has the greatest respect for and
the most thorough . confidence In Mr.
McCrea." .
URGES WAR ON RATS
Tacoma Health Commissioner Sug
gests Action by Coast Cities.
TACOMA, W3".i., Aug. 20. (Special.)
Health Commissioner Dr. Bplro Sargen
tich will so3n Issue Invitations to the
health officers of all Coast cities to at
tend a conference in Tacoma, when the
subject of fighting bubonic plague and
other dia?as3s will be discussed.
Dr. Sarge-ntlch has already conferred
with numerous hea'th officers In Wash
ington, Oregon and California, and his
Idea has met with the epproval of all. A
number of Kadirg physicians of the Coast
cities, as well as the health officers, have
sig lined their wilfinsriess to attend fhe
conference. It is believed the conference
will result in the boards of health m all
Coast cities uniting in a vigorous cam
paign agali.st rats.
GIRL ENDS HER LIFE
After Suffering From Toothache for
Three "Weeks, Takes Poison.
SEATTLE. "Wash.. Aug. 3D (Specials
Cecelia Marcuson. 21 years old. after suf
fering from toothache for three weeks,
drained a vial of carbolic acid and died
an hour lattr. The girl had suffered a
great deal and at times was despondent.
Her two sisters, who were going to a
dentist to have thlr own teeth treated,
asked her to accompany tliun, but- she
declined. Not long afterward her mother
found her In her room with the vial that
had contained the acid lying beside her.
TURKEY WILL WITHDRAW
Agrees to Evacuate Positions Proven
to Belong to Persia.
CONSTANTINOPLE, Aug. 20. The dif
ficulties between Persia and Turkey are
aViut to be laid at rest. The grand
vixler has promised! to withdraw the
Turkish troops from all position that
axa lncontesu.ljlj- Persia a
House Burns During
Absence of Parents.
MOTHERS ATTENDING THEATER
Little Girl Fatally Burned Try
ing to Save Victims.
TRAGEDY NEAR PAL0USE
One Child Escapes to Give Alarm,
but Help Arrives Too Late.
Charred Bodies Mutilated
Beyond Recognition.
FALOUSE, Wash., Aug. 20. (Special.)
While their mothers attended a theater
six small children were roasted alive and
two others so horribly burned that one
will probably die. In a Are that destroyed
the farmhouse of H. W. Schultx. near
this city, late last night. The little victims
of the awfur tragedy are the four daugh
ters of Mrs. W. W. Fix and the son and
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Schultz. The
parents were all absent from the farm
at the time of the tragedy, the mothers,
who are sisters, being at a theater in this
city, and Schultz and Fix on a neigh
bor's farm.
Eleven-Year-Old Heroine.
Little 11-year-old Rose Schultz' proved
herself a heroine and at the same time
probably gave her life to save her smaller
sisters and cousins. She rushed Into the
burning building to rescue them and sus
tained injuries from which she will proba
bly die.
The six little corpses were brought to
an undertaking establishment here, and
the wounded children are In a local hos
pital. The charred corpses bear no re
semblance to human beings, so completely
were the children cremated.
.Schultz lives on a farm near Palouse,
and the family of Fix was visiting at his
home. There were four children in the
Fix family, whose home Is In Walla
Walla, and five in the Schults family.
The dead children are: -Arthur Schultz,
aged S; Gladys Schultz, aged 6 months;
Esther Fix. aged 5 years: Lucille Fix,
aged 4 years; Mlra Fix, aged 2, and Celia
Fix, aged 2 months.
May Schultz. aged 14, was severely
burned about the -head, but will recover.
Alma Schultz, aged 12, escaped injury.
Awakes W ith Bed on Fire.
Rosa Schultz, the 11-year-old heroine,
discovered the fire. The children were all
In the house and, according to her story,
several of them, herself included, were
lying on the beds.
When she was awakened her hair was
on fire and the bed on which she was
lying was burning fiercely. She sprang
quickly from the bed, and, frightened,
ran out into the yard. Others ran out
also and then she remembered those left
lrside the building. With her -hair still
burning, she rushed back into the build
ing and tried to Bave her baby sisters
and cousins.
The cause of the fire Is unknown,
though it is generally believed that one
of the children, in playing about the
(Concluded on Page S.)
ONCE
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Xn' v - ) .. .Wfbio civil wr mmi'-
Fashionable Folk Brutally Scourged
by Erratic Son of Famous
Chicago Editor.
CHICAGO, Aug. 20. (Special.) Joseph
Medill Patterson, the brilliant, though de
cidedly erratic son of the editor of the
Chicago Tribune, related to a dozen ot the
richest and most socially prominent fami
lies in the United States, has capped the
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if
imsiniWIII ' iTiiiilT" in
Joseph Medill Patterson, Who
Severely Criticises New Tfork
Society in Sensational Novel.
climax of his eccentric career by writing
a book called "Little Brothers of the
Rich."
Sensational to a degree in it's theme,
daring in Its treatment, brutally frank in
Its language, lashing society and its prac
tices as it has never been scourged be
fore, young Patterson's book will beyond
question excite such wrath and indigna
tion among his friends and associates that
by publishing it he is virtually signing his
own social death warrant among those
whom he and his wife, his sister and his
family have been brought up.
Toung Patterson's career, however, has
amply prepared the world to expect any
thing from .him. He has furnished it
with one seneatlonal episode after another
all through his strenuous young life.
Summed up in a sentence, Mr. Patter
son's book presents a picture of society
and incidentally of the stage, which, if it
Is true, discloses a terrible situation.
According to "Little Brothers of the
Rich," every fashionable woman drinks
to excess, is untrue to . her marriage
vows, is animated by " absolutely no
thought except vulgar display, the grati
fication of . animal passion, and an in
satiable greed for money, and cares
nothing for the means by which this
money Is obtained.
HE WAS A FOND PARENT; BUT
Belgian Deputies Adopt
Congo Treaty.
DESPOTISM OF YEARS TO END
Annexation of African State to
Kingdom Assured.
KING WILL LOSE LITTLE
Allowed $10,000,000 in Cash and
40,000 Hectares of Land at Ma
yumbe Retains Life Interest
in All Concessions.
BRUSSELS, Aug. 20. After a bitter
struggle of several months, the Cham
ber of Deputies today adopted the
Congo annexation treaty by 8S votes to
55.
Although ' today's action will prob
ably Insure the solution of the great
Congo problem and put an end to King
Leopold's reign of blood, there still re
mains open the Important question of
Belgium's financial responsibility. This
action on the part of the Chamber had
not been expected, and at the last mo
ment nearly caused the collapse of the
Cabinet.
During the first reading of the
colonial bill, which provides for the ad
ministration of the Congo Independent
State, and which, with the treaty, was
adopted today, Herr Woostee, leader of
the Right, secured thei adoption of an
amendment relieving Belgium of the re
sponsibility of guaranteeing the pay
ment of the Interest on the Congo debt,
but yesterday the government made a
determined effort to secure the restora
tion of the stipulation that Belgium
would make advances to Congo In case
of necessity.
Swallow Bitter Pill.
The government wa defeated in this
however, and it was generally believe
that the Ministers would be forced to
resign. They determined, however, to
swallow the bitter pill.
The passage of the treaty by the
Chamber means that the annexation of
the state to Belgium Is now practically
assured, as the 6enate and King Leop
old are ready to indorse the bill.
The personal rule of King Leopold in
Africa is now drawing to a close. In
the future he will have nothing to do
with the state, which Us to be admin
istered by Belgium and the hope Is
widespread that there will now be an
end to the atrocities and maladminis
tration in this part of the world, which
for years past has been a subject of
investigation and bitter complaint by
humanitarians all over the world.
The government became deeply in
terested in bringing about the Intro
duction of reforms In the Congo, when
It became known last year that Great
Britain and the United States had
about decided to interfere in the Congo
administration unless conditions im
proved. The. members of the Cabinet and
King Leopold held a long conference
(Concluded on Page 5.)
NOW!
Society Circles Startled and Hus
band's Attorney Says He
Will Have Story, Too,
SAN BERNARDINO, Cal., Aug. 20.
(Special.)-JIrs. Edith Sheldon today
sprang a sensation In society circles by
bringing an action for divorce against
Herbert Sheldon, a wealthy planter of
the Coaohella Valley, charging that he
chloroformed her and that he had plotted
to take her In a yacht and far out to sea
and throw her overboard.
The Sheldons have always stood high in
this community. Some months ago Mrs.
ShtJdon returned here from India, but no
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tm.m trifor - it ii-mni J
Kins; Leopold, of Belglnm,
Whose Personal Relen Over
Congo State Is Soon to End.
suspicion arose that domestic troubles
were Involved. In her complaint she
avers she came here for protection, be
ing afraid her husband would carry out
his oft-repeated threat against her life.
Sheldon's side of the story has not yet
been told. His attorneys declare he will
be able to reply to every charge preferred
by his wife. It is understood the suit
will be contested merely to protect the
large property interests of the husband.
MEET NEXT AT LOUISVILLE
Rational Life Underwriters' Conven
tion at Los Angeles Ends.
I J ANGELES, Aug. 20. Officers of
the National Association of Life Under
writers were elected today. Charles
Jerome Edwards, of Nw Tork, was re
elected president, and John W. Whit
tlngton, of Los Angeles, ex-thlrd vice
president, was made first .vice-president.
Among other officers elected are:
William Tolman, Bridgeport, Conn.;
second vice-president; William A.
Walte, Detroit, secretary, re-elected.
William M. Wood, of Pittsburg, was
chosen third vice-president, but with
drew, as it is customary to have Can
ada represented among the officers.
Louisville, . Ky., was selected as the
place for holding the next convention,
at a time to be determined by the ex
ecutive committee.
POPE GREATLY IMPROVED
Grants Audience to Cardinal Gotti
and Other Visitors. -
ROME, Aug. 20. The Pope, who . has
been suffering with a cold, was feeling
quite well today. He granted audiences
to several persons. Including Cardinal
Gotti, who reported the reasons for do
laying the discussions before the Con
gregation of the Propaganda of the ap
pointment of a Coadjutor Bishop of San
Francisco, for. which office Rev. Edward
J. Hanna, Rochester, N. Y., is one of the
candidates.
STEP ON DOCK; ARRESTED
Six Hungarians, Accused of Mur
der, Hounded by Detectives.
NEW YORK. Aug. 20. Six Hungarians
were arrested today as they were about
to step ashore at Hoboken from the
steamship Deuttschland. The spe?iflc
charges are the alleged murder of a mer
chant at Vaei, Hurgory, and the robbery
of his home of fSOOO. It was said that de
tectives haI followed the band all over
Europe.
TEN KILLED; MANY HURT
Overloaded Excursion Train
Wrecked In West Virginia.
Is
GRAFTON. W. Va., Aug. 20. Ten per
sons are reported to have been killed
and many others Injured tonight when
an overloaded passenger train on the
Pennsboro & Harrisvllle Railroad, bearing
excursionists from the Ritchie County
Fair, one mile from Pennsboro, broke
down.
CANNON TO TAKE STUMP
Speaker Will Make Tour of Country
In September.
CHICAGO, Aug. 20. It was announced
at Republican headquarters that Speaker
Joseph G. Cannon will make a speaking
tour of the country, beginsitis: In September.
Alleged Smugglers
May be Indicted.
FR1ENDSAGGUSEMRS.GARDNER
Claim She "Duped" Mrs.
Chadbourne in Deal.
NO FUNDS TO PAY DUTY
Boston Woman Declares She Has
Spent All of Her $1,000,000.
Relatives Not Likely to Re
cover $70,000 -Loan.
CHICAGO, 111., Aug. 20. (Special)
Mrs. Emily Rockwell Crane Chad
bourne, daughter of Richard T. Crane,
who, with Mrs. Jack Gardner, of Bos
ton, engaged in an alleged attempt to
smuggle JSO.OOO worth of art goods
through the United States Customs Of
fice, will face charges of conspiracy be- j
fore the Federal grand Jury which will
convene In Chicago In September, It :
was asserted today in the Federal
building.
Mrs. Gardner, to whom the art collec
tion belongs, and the mysterious third
woman who acted as Intermediary be
tween Mrs. Chadbourne and the Boston
dllletante, may be accused of conspiring
to defraud the United States Government.
Acting upon the advice of special agents
of the Treasury Department, the District
Attorney's office will take up the matter
soon.
Victim of Boston Woman.
Friends of Mrs. Emily Crane Chad
bourne are becoming more than ever
"convinced that she was. to put It mildly,
the dupe of Mrs. Jack Gardner, of Bos
ton, in evading the customs laws by
bringing in SO,000 worth of art objects
as household goods.
The relatives of Mrs. Chadbourne, who
paid the 'Government the J70.408.18, In
tend to force Mrs. Gardner to reimburse
them and to hold her responsible for any
other claims that they may have to set
tle in connection with the case.
"I'm Broke," Says Mrs. Gardner.
If stories from Boston are true, there is
a possibility there may be soma trouble
in securing the case from the eccentric.
Bostonlan. Special Agent Webb, of the
Treasury Department, who. In the course
of his investigation visited Mr?. Gardner
in Boston, says tliet she admitted to him
that she practically Is at the j.d of hex
resources.
"I ani dend broke," she declared, "and
I couldn't pay the Government a dollar.
t ,o aIv ti.000.000 clear in my own name
and I spent ail that for trt. Now I am
living on the Interest of the principal tnat
was left In trust, and I am spending
every cent of H."
MRS. GARDNER IS IXDIGXAXT
Denies Attempt to Smuggle In Val
uable Art Treasures.
BOSTON, Aug. 20. Mrs. John L. Gard
(Concluiled on Prg T. )
INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS
The Weather.
TfSTERDtT'S Maximum temperature, 82.5
j .. fiO.8 decree.-.
TODAY'S Fair and cooler; westerly winds.
Foreign.
Admiral Sperry insists and Imperial British
law i set aside at Sydney to permit land
' ' Ing of armed American marines. Pace 3.
Bow In British Cabinet; Premier called hur
riedly from vacation, i r u.
Belelan Deputies adopt Congo annexation
treaty KlnK Leopold's bloody reign in
Africa' aoon to be ended. Pago 1.
Political.
Brvan leaves Lincoln on speech-making
tour; will confer with party leaders in
Chicago. Pase 7.
Pick best vote-Ketter," Is Roosevelt'a advice
regarding New York Oove.rnorsh.lp.
Taft begins to enjoy campaign work. Page T.
Texas Mavor plays eroel Joke on Democratic
campaign committee. Page 1.
Mrs. "Jack" Gardner denies smuggling
charge. Page 1.
Army men to test Wright's aeroplane next
week. Page 0.
Domestic.
Springfield Inflamed by accidental shooting
of grand Jury witness. Page 5.
Attorney-General Hadley. of Missouri, raps
Standard Oil decision. Page S.
Beneatlonal novel Just Issued by Joseph
Medill Patterson. Page L
PacJfle Coaot.
Claudlano fcrothera indicted for Oakland
dynamite ontrage. Page T.
Coast League scores.: Portland 6. Oakland 3;
Lo Angeles 8. San Francisco 1. Paga T.
Commercial and Mrlne.
Local butter market will advance today.
Page 15.
Record prica tor cash wheat at Chicago.
Page 10.
Stock market closes firm. Page 1.1.
Heavy pack of salmon on Pacific Coast.
Page 13.
Portland holds third place aa wheat ship
ping port for month of July. Page 14.
Portland and Vicinity.
Hill and Harrlman plan new roads In Ore-
gon. Page 14.
T. M. Stevens undergoes severe grilling at
lawyer's hands. Page
Auto thief Diebler caught. Page 1L
Mayor calls meeting of charter revision
commission. Pago 8.
Councllmen criticise Mayor Lane's North
End crusade. Page 10.
Lafe Pence says J. Thorburn Ross tried to
fleece him. Page 11.
Favorable rates give impetus to lumber
market. Page 14.
Mrs Collins declines to surrender books of
Hawthorn estate. Page 10.