VOL. L. NO. 15,489.
PORTLAND, OREGON, ,. TUESDAY, .JULY 19, 1910.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
PRETTY TEACHER
DIES IN FLAMES
Imcw nnwir qtfwq
GANNONSTILL IN
RAGEFDR SPEAKER
KAISER PENS VERSE'
TO PRETTY GUESTS
ASSEMBLY TICKET
; IS COMPLETED
CHINKEE RICHEST
SEATTLE PRISONER
HIGDON. MYSTERY
CLEARED AT LUST
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ZION CITY PRIZE
SELF-STYLED KING OF SOCTH
SEAS REACHES CHICAGO.
GIRLS ASK TO GREET EMPEROR
AND ARE INVITED TO TEA.
CHIXAMAS HAS COIN AVD PA
PER WORTH $150,000. '
Lonely Cabin on Home
stead Scene of Fate.
BABE, TOO, CLAIMED BY FIRE
Careless Rancher Starts Blaze
Now Beyond Control.
GREAT DISTRICT BURNING
Section Around Spokane and in the
Coeur d'Alenes Is Fiery Caul
dron Life and Property of
No Regard to 1-"lames.
SPOKANE, Wash., July 18. OBpeda!.)
A forest fire driven by a sweeping- gale
through the dry pine forest on Mill
Creek, 18 miles northeast of Colvllle, yes
terday surrounded the homestead cabin
of Miss Pearl Brewen, aged 22, a teacher
in school district No. 156. Before assist
ance could reach her she and her little
niece, 1 year old, daughter of Hon. J. S.
Wyman, of Plains, Mont., were burned
to death. Dozens of determined menn
vainly sought to reach the cabin, but
were driven back.
W. W. Clark, residing on the south
fork of Mill Creek, arrived at Colville
this morning and reported to Prosecuting
Attorney H. G. Kirkpatrlck the harrow
ing details of the pretty schoolteacher's
death. She was In her lonely homestead
cabin, her niece spending the Sunday
with her.
Carelessness Starts Fire.
The grewsome tragedy was the result
of a foreBnire set by W. A. Trowbridge,
a. near neighbor, clearing a slashing.
Mr. Trowbridge, bookkeeper for the
Lane 3k Bronson Sawmill Company, went
to his ranch Saturday night and on Sun
day morning, with Messrs. McNitt and
Nichols, his neighbors, lighted the pile
of brush.
A gale sprung- up from the south aud
awept the flames to the woods and on
up the valley and to the mountain sides,
covered with a dense growth of pine,
fir and tamarack, and with heavy
undergrowth as dry as tinder. A. A.
Hanson, Deputy Fire Warden, who was
attending a meeting at the schoolhouse,
was the first to see the danger In store
for the settlers up the valley, and he
immediately summoned every able
bodied man to his assistance. Many
people at the meeting- whose homes
were in the path of the fire doubtless
escaped a horrible death by the fact of
being away from home.
Trowbridge I'nder Arrest.
Trowbridge has been arrested, and
two other men and he will be taken to
Jail. The settlers are very angry, and
Sheriff Graham is prepared for emer
gencies. Millions of feet of timber have
been burned in the last two days.
Warden Hanson about 10 o'clock ar
rived at Colville with Trowbridge in
custody, and Prosecuting Attorney H.
O. Kirkpatrlck. who, with Coroner A. B.
Cook and Undertaker W. s. Prindle,
was Just leaving the Courthouse for the
scene of the death of Miss Brewen,
ordered the prisoner to the custody of
Sheriff W. H. Graham. It was an
nounced that McNitt and Nichols would
also be arrested and held pending an
investigation.
According to Mr. Clark, . Trowbridge
had been warned personally not to set
fire, that It was contrary to law.
Mrs. Wyman is a sister of the dead
woman, and the aged mother, who is
also a homesteaderr in the neighbpr
hood of the fire, but whose home was
fortunately outside the path of the fire,
is prostrated.
Four Killed at Kaslo.
Fleeing from Sunday's forest fires near
Kaslo, B. C, four men, escaping into
the mouth of the Lucky Jim zinc mine,
were suffocated with the choking and
sickening smoke that followed them,
the open mouth of the tunnel shaft
acting like a forced draught to the
smoke and flames. The names of the
dead are: S. W. Pierson, Charles Nor
ma. W. A. Chestnay and David Peter
son. Ted Lucas Is missing. Four bod
ies have been recovered and are at
the undertaking parlors at Kaslo.
The fires Burned the boarding
house, the compressor building-, the ore
house and a powder magazine of- the
Lucky Jim. only the office and small
buildings at the portal of the tunnel
being saved. The Are has swept ev
erything from 'Three . Forks past
Whitewater. Nobody was Injured at
Rambler but several buildings are re
ported destroyed. The Pavne and
Rambler mines lost all their buildings.
All bridges between Bear Lake and the
Payne River, and all buildings at Mc
Guigan and Whitewater are gone.
Bridges are threatened east of White
water. The forest fires which are raging
along the south and west forks of
Pine Creek in Northern Idaho are re
ported to be gaining headway today
and many settlers have abandoned
their homes and are fleeing lor safety.
Twenty-five men were sent from this
city this morning by interested timber
companies, to join the large force of
fire fighters already in the field.
George Thompson, who fled from his
homestead yesterday, has not been
heard from and is believed to have
ben lost. .Among: other refugees who
were driven from their homes in the
Pine Creek district are William Bur
rows. Vincent Beck. William Tyson
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Brother or "Elijah I" Issues Proc
lamation to Followers of Cult to
Rallj to Standard.
CHICAGO, July 18. (Special.) "King"
Dowie, alleged brother of the late John
Alexander Dowie, "Elijah II" and self
styled monarch of the South Sea Islands,
arrived in Chicago today to wrest from
Wilbur Voliva control of Zion City.
Dowie claims the mantle of Elijah by
right of kinship, and to back him up
with spiritual authority has brought along
"Pope" Schrader, who has a church of
his own in San Francisco. They are stay
ing at 1612 Wabash avenue, from where
they have issued a proclamation to all
true followers of the Dowie cult to rally
to their standard.
The $900,000 estate of Zion City, which
Overseer Vollva has contracted to buy,
is the goal of their ambition. To the
King this sum is a small matter, a mort
gage on the South Sea Islands will pro
duce the coin, provided some one can be
found to buy the mortgage.
"King" Dowie looks something like his
brother, and "Pope" Schrader has a flow
ing beard and curling locks.
M0R0S ATTACK WORCESTER
American Saved From Assassination
by His Bodyguard.
MANILA, July 18. Dean C. Worces
ter, American Secretary of the Interior
for the Philippines, was set upon by rene
gade Moros on the Island of Palawan to
day and escaped assassination only
through the alertness of his bodyguard,
who shot down the outlaws, killing three
of them.
Secretary of the Interior Worcester was
touring the island, which is the most
westerly of the larger Philippine group,
and was present at the installation of
the new Governor. In anticipation of
his coming, a band of Moros planned his
death. Armed with bolos, they laid a
trap for the Secretary. He found him
self the object of a savage rush. Cap
tain Moynahan, of the scouts, was the
first to recognize the hostile movement,
and he ordered the scouts to fire. Three
Moros who led the attack dropped dead,
while several others received more or less
severe wounds. The rest fled.
ADVERTISING MEN GATHER
Arthur Brisbane to Be Among Speak
. ers at Omaha Convention.
OMAHA, July 18. The sixth annual
convention of the Associated Advertis
ing Clubs of America opened today in
the convention hall of the Rome Hotel,
with several hundred delegates in at
tendance. The programme for today
included addresses by Ralph S. Sunder
land, of the Omaha Club: Governor
Shallenberger, Mayor Dahlman and
Congressman Hitchcock, and responses
from J. M. Chappell, of Boston: A. M.
Vanderberg, of Grand Rapids, and
Peter Clayton, of St. Joseph, Mo.
Other addresses scheduled for today
are by Arthur Brisbane, of New York;
A. E. Frost, of the Billposters Associa
tion, and Lafayette Young, Sr.,; of
Des Moines.
JUSTICE ACTS QUICKLY
Fake Federal Agent Hurried to
Prison on Conviction.
CHICAGO. July 18. Within five min
utes after he .had been convicted of
impersonating a Federal Secret Serv
ice operative. Ivan La Rochelle was sen
tenced to two years in the Government
penitentiary at Leavenworth, Kan., by
Judge Landis here today. La Rochelle,
under guard of a Deputy Marshal, left
for Leavenworth tonight.
The convicted man Is said to have
served a term In the state penitentiary
at Cannon City, Colo. While masque
rading as a Federal agent In Chicago,
La Rochelle secured considerable money
from certain people upon his represen
tation that he would put them in line
for "easy" Government jobs.
GIRL, 15; BOY, 17, TO WED
Parents Give Written Consent to
Marriage; Father Comments.
VANCOUVER, Wash.. July IS. (Spe
cial.) Theodore Brothers, 17 years old,
son of Mrs. Ellen C. Brothers, and
Laurenda Fay Forbes, 15 years old.
daughter of J. M. Forbes, all of La Cen
ter, were granted a license to marry to
day. The parents were present and gave
their written consent to the marriage.
Mr. Brothers, father of the boy, said he
thought his son was marrying at about
the right age.
CHECK FORGER IS INSANE
Man Arrested With (217,000 in
Bogus Cheeks Goes to Asylum.
r
CHICAGO, July IS. William S. Clarke,
of Newport. Tenn.. who was arrested Fri
day with J21T.0OO in forged cashier checks
in his pocket, was pronounced mentally
unbalanced today and sent back to his
home in charge of friends.
His arrest followed an attempt to de
posit J40.000 in checks In a local bank.
TERRY HAS $500,000 FIRE
Northern Pacific Loses Warehouse
and 300,000 Pounds of Wool.
TERRY, Mont., July 18. (Special.)
The Northern Pacific Company's ware
house and 300,000 pounds of wool were
destroyed today by fire, entailing a loss
of 1500,000.
The are is believed to have originated
from a spark from a locomotive
"Muckrakers" Can't
Compel Withdrawal.
IF CAUCUS CALLS WILL SERVE
"Uncle Joe" States Position in
Speech at Emporia.
MADE SCAPEGOAT, HE SAYS
If Life Is Spared, Statesman Says,
He Will Be in Congress Again.
Does Not Seek Speakership, but
if. Named, He Will Run.
BURLINGAME, Kan., July 18. Joseph
G. Cannon will not drop out of the race
for the Speakership of the next House
of Representatives. This he made plain
near the conclusion of his speech at Em
poria, Kan., this afternoon. He said he
would abide by the will of the Republican
caucus if the Republicans control the next
Congress, but that no "muckraking busi
ness" could make him say he would not
be a candidate.
In other words, he said he would not
make, an effort to win the Speakership,
yet the emphasis with which he spoke
made it plain that if the Republican cau
cus should nominate him . he would be
willing to serve. Speaker Cannon's re
marks on the Speakership were made just
before he left the platform at Emporia
to catch a train for Burlingame, where
tonight he makes his third political
speech in the Kansas primary campaign.
Speaker for Eight Years.
Speaker Cannon's utterances on the
Speakership follow verbatim:
"I am Speaker, and in March next I
will have been Speaker for eight years,
a longer continuous term than any other
man ever served as Speaker since the
foundation of the Government. There
was only one man who -has had a longer
service as Speaker than I have had, and
there was an interim of four years in
his service. That was Henry Clay, who
in the aggregate served 10 years as
Speaker.
"Somebody has got to be the scapegoat
through magazines and letters. Candi
dates for Congress are asked, 'Will you
pledge yourself not to vote for that old
Czar for Speakerr
If Alive, Will Be In Congress.
"Oh. the scapegoat! This little 154
pounds of clay cannot bear many sins oft
into the wilderness. If my constituency
is as kind to me as it has been for 36
years, I will go back if God spares my
life and be In the next Congress, either
In the majority or In the minority, and
I would rather be there in a Republican
minority, a real virile Republican minor
ity, than to be one of any apparent ma
jority that could not take account of
stock and know from one day to another
whether it was the majority or the mi
nority. The'y wanted me to pledge that
I would not be a candidate for Speaker
if the Republicans have a majority of the
next House.
Will Support Caucus Nominee.
."They will meet in caucus and select
a candidate for Speaker. I will be in
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'HERE'S DISCOUEAGIN' NEWS, AFTER A FELLOW HAS GONE AN' MUSSED HIMSELF UP
THIS WAY FOR THE CAUSE OF GOOD GOVERNMENT."
Students of Physical Culture Delight
Ruler of Germany, ' Who Pays
Them Poetic Tribute. '
BERLIN, July 18. Twenty German
girls who are studying physical culture
at Loftus, near Odde, sent a telegraphic
request to Emperor William last week
that they be permitted to visit his majesty,-
and" bring- an offering of fruit and
flowers while the imperial yacht Ho
henzollern was in the vicinity of Odde.
The Emperor replied, inviting .the
girls to tea.' - -
The delighted young- women arrived
bringing- with them a quantity of
chocolate to make doubly sure their
welcome. -
After the yacht had sailed the Emperor
telegraphed to the girls a quatrain, which,
translated Into English, reads as follows:
You with ms your chocolate drank.
r"air maiden, one and all. we thank:
And wish your lives as sweet may seem
As sugared chocolate, crowned with cream.
The verses were signed "William II,
and Traveling Companions."
Railway Mail Clerks Needed.
OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU. Wash
ington. July 18. Civil service examina
tions for candidates for appointment as
railway mail clerks will be held at
Portland, Grants Pass and Pendleton,
and regular examination points in
Washington and Idaho, November 12.
INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS
The Weather.
YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature, 84
degrees; minimum, 53 degree.
TODAY'S Fair; northerly winds.
Politics.
Roosevelt will name Republican slate In New
York. " page 2.
Tart keeps hands off Ohio situation. Page 3.
Brlstow attacks Cannon and argues for
tariff reduction. Page 2.
In speech at Emporia, Cannon says muck
rakers" can't make him withdraw from
race for Speaker. Page 1-
jDt. Coe says appointment of "Colwell is
recognition fcy Taft of aid rendered by
" regulars. Page 11.
Assembly completes Legislative ticket by
recommending six additional men.
Page 1.
Domestic.
Oirl drowned In cloudburst following long
drouth in Nevada. Page 3.
Crop failure reports send wheat prices soar.
lng. , Page 3. '
Mystery of Rigdon shooting in Chicago is
cleared by Mrs. Deufex, who admits she
is Mrs. Young. . Page 1.
Pacific Northwest.
Grants Pass sends big contingent to Ashland
- Chautauqua.- Page 6. .. , .
Progress of Carey act ' projects please En
gineer XjCwIs. Page 5.
Ballot titles for 32 initiative and referendum
measures now completed. Page 5.
Idaho Democracy now faces serious situa
tion. Page 6. -
Sports.
Pacific . Coast League results:' Vernon 8,
Lros Angeles 0. No other games sched
uled. Page T.
Question of Pacific Coast League expansion
to be discussed this week. Page 7.
Tom Corbett decides interesting points about
bets on Jeffries-Johnson fight, page 7.
Past tennis play opens Oregon state tourna
ment. Page 7.
Commercial and Marine.
Army engineers to turn over supervision of
aid to navigation to Navy. Page 16.
Higher prices bid for wheat do not produce
offerings. Page 17.
Chicago wheat market nervous and unset
tled. Page 17.
Stock prices close firm and higher. Page IT.
Portland and Vicinity.
O. R. & N. will increase working force on
new bridge. Page 16.
New issues to come before Woodmen con
vention. Page 11.
Charles H. Hunt, ex-Chief of Police, dies.
Page 12.
Hibernians will open National convention
this morning. Page 12.
Fuel prices advance. Page 18.
Margaret Anglin's manager boosts "open
door." Page 10.
Blunder may give ballot to women. Page
Benefit fund for Marjorle Mahr reaches
1.026.17. Page 10.
Tax Commisslohei-s "suggestion" stirs up
hornet's nest. Page 10.
Six Additional Recom
mendations Made.
DELEGATES SHOW ENTHUSIASM
Adjourned Meeting Urges Men
for State Legislature.
SLATE CHARGES DENIED
Republicans Express Themselves as
Keady to Exert Themselves for
Success of Party McArthur
and Clarke Define Positions.
After three close ballots, the six addi
tional men needed to complete the legis
lative ticket to be recommended by the
Republican assembly were selected last
night at an adjournd meeting in the
Masonic Hall. The men named are H. r.
Ang-el, H. E. Collier, Peter Hobkirk.
Frank W.. Stapleton. Peter Hume and
E. L. Ray bum.
Over 350 delegates attended the session,
which was marked by the same hearty
enthusiasm that attended the assembly
of Saturday. A number of rousing- ad
dresses were made by representative Re
publicans while, the ballots were being
counted. .
When its labors had been completed,
the delegates adjourned with three rous
ing cheers for the assembly, and every
man went forth pledged to take off his
coat and work for the welfare of the
party and the success of the ticket as
recommended.
Assembly Called to Order.
The assembly was called to order by
Chairman Stapleton a few minutes
after 8 o'clock. A roll call by precincts
was attended by 358 responses. Hence
180 votes were required by each can
didate for recommendation in order to
win. . , , s
It was seen shortly that the dele
gates had not assembled by precincts,
and suspicion was voiced in several
quarters that persons other than dele
gates might attempt to vote.. In order
to forestall any such fraud, the chair
man of each delegation was required
to deliver his votes to a teller openly.
It was wtiile the- tellers were count
ing the vote that calls- began to de
velop for well-known candidates 'and
Republicans to address the meeting.
Ex-Governor T. T. Geer was the first
called to the platform, and he took
occasion to denounce the unwarranted
charges by enemies of the assembly
that a slate had been put through. He
also went into the subject of the direct
primary, of which, in its fundamental
principles, he said he was a warm ad
vocate, r
Ex-Governor 'Geer Talks.
"Without desiring to speak of myself,
I may say that I was the first, or one
of the first, to recommend the direct
primary," he said. "This I did in one
of my messages while I was Governor
of Oregon. And I still favor the pri
mary in its fundamental principles.
But I do not believe any law made and
passed by human beings can be abso
lutely perfect. Flaws will develop as
time goes on. So with the direct pri
mary law in Oregon. I am not in fa
vor of a law that ignores the right of
a political party to organization. I
think the direct primary law is de
fective in that respect and would be
Improved by amendment.
"It has been charged by our enemies
that there was a slate put through in
this assembly on Saturday I was not
able to see any evidence of a slate and
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1
Oriental Is Arrested for Possessing
Opium, and Officers. Kind Treas
ure in His Cabin.
SEATTLE. Wash., .July IS. (Special.)
In the person of Chin Kee, a Chinese
laundry owner who has operated laun
dries in the cities of the Pacific Coast.
Kitsap County has the wealthiest lodger
ever incarcerated in its jail.
When Kee was brought over to the
Kins County Jail this afternoon he oc
cupied the same financial honor here. For
Kee, when arrested, had i in gold coin,
paper money and certificates of deposit
HSO.000.
Kee waa arrested by United States In
spector Harrier Friday afternoon for
having opium in his possession. Under
the statutes It is now a crime to have
the poppy drug, even for one's own use.
When Kee was arrested in his room, the
officers . discovered two huge wooden
chests. These they decided to seize , and
search, believing they contained opium.
When they attempted to carry them
from Kee's room, they were too heavy
to move. How they were carried into the
room has not yel been discovered. It was
decided to open the chests' in- the room.
The officers found no opium, but they did
find sack after sack crammed full of
certificates of deposit, gofd coin and,
paper money. They carried the sacks to
a place of safekeeping, after estimating
that the Chinese's wealth amounted to at
least $150,000.
WAR FOR OPEN SHOP RAGES
Attempts to Arbitrate at Stockton
Meet With Failure.
STOCKTON, Cal.. July 18. (Special.)
The war for open shop Is on in earn
est in Stockton, and both sides declare
they will not recede from the stand
takr.n.
Today the citizens committee, which
has been making an effort to arbitrate
the differences between employer and
employes, resigned, as It had reached
the conclusion it was useless to make
any further attempts to adjust matters.
Last . week the carpenters offered to
make the new scale $4.40 Instead of
14.80, the original 'amount they de
manded, but the Contractors' Associa
tion held out for the flat sum of $4,
and declared they would not pay an
other cent.
About a dozen meetings were held by
the committees from the contractors
and carpenters, but at no time was the
dispute in a Itair way to " settlement.
The contractors notified the carpenters
that unless, they returned to work by
8 o'clock this morning, other men
would be secured to take their places.
Very few mechanics went to work and
building is at a standstill. The con
tractors say they will at once advertise
for men in other cities, and soon re
sume operations.
CHILD HORRIBLY BURNED
Girl Steps on Match and in Moment
Is Enveloped in Flames.
WALLA WALLA, July 18. Anna Degn,
7-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. O. S.
regn, of this city, was burned so severely
this afternoon at 6 o'clock when she
stepped upon a match that she will prob
ably die.
Rushing to the kitchen where her
mother waa washing dishes; the child
screamed for help. Mrs. Degn poured
the contents of the dishpan upon the
flames and rushed the girl to the bath
tub and turned on the water, finally ex
tinguishing the fire.
The mother was burned severely about
the hands and arms, while her daughter,
according to the physician, is partially
cooked from her knees to her bead.
VENEZUELAHAS PLAGUE
Precautions Being Taken Against
Dreaded Malady.
CARACAS, July 18. Several of the 1
gations have cabled their governments
that there are a few suspected cases of
plague r.ere.
The New York and Bermudez Asphalt
Company, which recently settled its dis
pute with the government, has been
granted a petroleum concession on
Paris Peninsula and Pedernales Island.
President Gomez left today on a trip
through the interior.
DYNAMITE HURTS THREE
Premature Explosion Comes Xear
Having Fatal Results.
EUGENE, Or., July 18 Dominic
Estrada and Augustine Estrada, Mexi
cans, and O. Callurgo, Italian, are
lying at the Eugene General HosDital
suffering greatly as the result of a
premature dynamite explosion on the
Southern Pacific's Natron extension.
The accident occurred as the men
were lighting the fuse of a charge,
which went off unexpectedly. All the
Injured will live.
STATE WOULD OUST MAYOR
Executive of Ottumwa, la., on Trial
for Intoxication. "
ES MOINES, July 18. Proceedings
to oust Mayor Thomas J. Phillips, of
Ottumwa, came to trial at Ottumwa to
day. George Cosson, Assistant Attorney
General of Iowa, is prosecuting the
case, which is brought under a law
providing for the removal of a Mayor
when charges of Intoxication have been
substantiate i ...
"Mrs. Deufex" Admits
She Is Mrs Young.
RIGDON INFATUATED WITH HER
Business Relations Led to
Frenzied Passion.
JEALOUSY CAUSED SHOTS
Mrs. Young Says She Sought to
Sever Business Association Be
cause Rigdon Accused Other ,
Men of Being Too Friendly.
CHICAGO. July 18. (Special.) Discov
ery at midnight last night that "Mrs.
Emma Deufex," victim of the revolver of
the suicide, Charles W. Rigdon, was in
reality a Mrs. Young, 6erved to clear up
the whole mystery today.
Lying in the shadow of death in St.
Luke's Hospital this afternoon, the wo
man lifted the veil of doubt and de
scribed in detail the circumstances of the
shooting of herself and the suicide of the
wealthy real estate man in the office of
John C. Fetzer. '
"Mrs. Deufex" admitted she is Mrs.
Coretta Young and said she is a sister
of the attache of the Norwegian Em
bassy at Washington, whose name is
Trajman. The mysterious "Miss Wilson,"
who was present when the shooting oc
curred, is a half-sister of Mrs. Young.
She was a student in a convent at Wash
ington. Her name is Theresa Trajman.
Rigdon Infatuated With Woman.
Inspector Lavin believes the story told
him by Mrs. Young today is the true one. '
She said she had been employed for six
years by Rigdon in his mining schemes.
She traveled with him over the country
and sold stock. "
It does not appear from the story of
Mrs. Young as reported by Inspector
iMxria that Rtgdon had other relations
with her than those of a business nature.
He had fallen in love with her and his
Infatuation became a frenzy.
Her husband died eight years ago and
during her employment by Rigdon she
supported her invalid mother, her sister
and her brother.
Woman Tries to Escape.
A few days before the tragedy, said
Mrs. Young, she was living at the De
jonghe Hotel. Rigdon took a room near
her. She did not like this plan and
moved, not letting Rigdon know her des
tination. Rigdon seemed to be furious
because he could not find her. He was
In a violent state of mind, according to '
Mrs. Young, when he went to Fetzer' s
office.
According to the story, Rigdon drew a
revolver and threatened Fetzer's life,
charging him with being too friendly
toward Mrs. Young. Fetzer thereupon
summoned Mrs. Young by telephone to
come to his office and calm the man.
Mrs. Young went to the office with her
sister. She carried with her a letter
Rigdon had written to the. proprietor of
the Dejonghe Hotel, in which Rigdon
complained that the hotel man was too
friendly with Mrs. Young. When they
met Mrs. Young rebuked Rigdon for writ
ing the letter.
"Then you are not going to have any
thing more to do with me?" asked Rig
don. "That's what it amounts tos" was the
answer. Fetzer was in the room at the
time,
Rigdon Shoots Her in Back.
Rigdon then drew his revolver and
shot Mrs: Young in the back. The wo
man fell to the floor and could not see
in what direction the other shots were
fired. She believes from Rlgdon's ac
tions he fully Intended to kill her and
Fetzer both, and that the unexpected
presence of the sister rather upset his
calculations.
Fetzer had denied knowing the women
or being a witness of the shooting.
Following this announcement, an un
verified report was circulated that Mrs.
'Annie Hawbecker Rigdon, widow of
the dead man, would file a charge of
murder against Mrs. Young and file a '
civil suit to regain stocks and bonds
now held by Mrs. Young and which
Mrs. Rigdon alleges belonged to Rig
don. An attorney has been engaged
by persons whose identity is sur
rounded by mystery to defend Mrs.
Young and her step-sister.
Complete Is Confession..
A complete confession of her iden
tity and of circumstances leading up
to the shooting was made today by Mrs. '
Young, who still ia dangerously ill.
Her relationship with Rigdon recently I
had .been severed, she declared, be-I
cause of his intemperance. Rigdon Is '
charged by Inspector Levin with hav- !
Ing visited Mr. Fetzer's office -with the j
purpose of killing teh real estate dealer '
and the two women.
Mies Trajman. the younger sister, came
here from Washington July 2. She said
she had told untruths about the tragedy!
and herself and sister to shield her fam
ily from disgrace.
Explosion Kills Five.
NAZARETH, Pa., July 18. Five men,
all foreigners, known only by number,
were killed this afternoon in the quarry
of the Nazareth Portland Cemeni Com
pany by the premature explosion of a
charge of dynamf';
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