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THE .MORNING OREGOXIAX, THURSDAY, AUGUST 6, 1914.
CITY IS APPALLED
BY WAR'S REALITY
Crowds Gather Half Horrifed
at Recognition That Great
Conflict Is On.
BRITON DEEPLY AFFECTED
Cermans of Portland Become Grave
in Considering Odds, but Ixy
altj Stays Strong Pre
dictions Vnccrtaln.
Thj realization of the great war of
nations, grim and more horribly tan
gible than It had been since the first
rlasU scarcely a week ago. fell over
the city Tuesday night with a sudden
ness as appalling as though it were un
expected. Germany and Great Britain have
declared war." ,
The whole people, when the cry went
through the streets, seemed to pause,
to take a deep breath of finality and
to look with a sort of helplessness,
one to another, as though whispering:
"It has come, after all."
Throughout the afternoon, notwith
standing the fact that the wires
hummed with ominous bulletins. In
the gathering places of both the Ger
man people of Portland and those of
other nations there seemed to be a
doubt, a sort of hope against hope that
the Impending break between the Brit
ish and the Germans might not come
to pass.
Many Explanations Given.
On the curbstones, in hotel lobbies.
In offices and other meeting places
there were innumerable long discus
sions and explanations of why and
wherefore England would refrain from
mingling in the conflict, or Germany
would avoid the overt action that
would concentrate England's purpose.
Into decisive action.
"It is even possible." said one of the
editors of a German publication." that
the reports are exaggerated; that the
skirmishing now going on may sub
side and the conflict finally dwindle
down to nothing more than a fight
between Austria and Servla, after all.
It seems not possible that all the na
tions should become Involved."
Vn hour later came the news that
overturned in a breath all the theories
of all the factions. The beginning of
the great conflict was a fact.
Heretofore there ha. been wide
spread interest In the calls for reserves
and preparations of men of different
nationalities to go to the front if nec
sary but it seemed somehow as though
all the preparations were for some
struggle that was hardly real, afte." all.
British Consul Deeply Affected.
Thomas Erskine, consul for Great
Britain, was deeply affected by the
announcement of the war declaration.
"11 that I can say in this moment
Is that I am profoundly sorrowful that
this must have come to pass.
When 5 o'clock came with still no
news that the war had been declared.
I began to have some hopes that tne
breach might be avoided. It seems
that this could not be. It seems ap
palling to think what the consequences
of this war must be, not only to those
immediately involved, but to the peo
ple of all the world.
Here in Portland there will be little
change in the consular office activi
ties, we are so far removed from the
actual theater of war."
fls SSjl Crowds Gather.
All evening long after the news
broke on the streets, the talk of the
war flew from lip to lip and great
crowds gathered in public places and
talked and talked over the condition.
And the burden of the talk was
never exultant over the sudden full
blossoming of war, but rather it was
a burden of half-horrified recognition
of a truth appallingly real, to which
men had been trying half to shut their
eyes until it became too certain to be
longer closed from their vision.
Hour by hour the interest and the
gatherings on the streets did not abate,
nor did the current of war talk
slacken.
Red Moon Rides In Sky.
"Look yonder," said some one. Soon
from any street corner one might see
eyes turned upward in a fascination
that was half superstitious.
Glaring through the film of smoky
mist that has been overhanging the
citv these days, the moon rode in the
sky. round as a war shield and as
bloody red as the moon that Is said to
liave glared down on Waterloo 100
years ago.
German-Americans of Portland were
watching news with intense interest
and when It became certain that the
war was on. they were greatly ex
cited. Germans became grave in con
sidering the odds against the father
land. Their loyalty to their native
land was never stronger, however. All
ieit the situation is extremely serious,
but they placed their hopes in the
thorough preparedness of the German
army.
German Consul HopefuL
"What the end may be we cannot tell.
Naturally I believe that Germany will
be successful," said Frits Kirchoff, Ger
man Consul. "What the cost to her and
to the world will be no one knows. 1
imagine that there will be probably
there great engagements In the war
one in France, one in Russia and one
on the North Sea."
POLICE IN FOUR RAIDS
Jloral Sqaad Liets Out Dragnet In
South Portland District.
Fnnr rida in South Portland marked
the activities of the moral squad Tues
day night.
Kosie Babcock. well known in po
lice court circles, was arrested at 1
Clay street on a charge of vagrancy
by "sergeants Harms and Stahl. with
Patrolmen Martin and Wise.
V. Sumlda. the proprietor of a Jap
anese rooming-house at 320 Front
street, was arrested on a charge of
conducting a disorderly house. Allnto
Chite, a laborer: Edwardo Leviero, a
gardener, and Seizer Plgner. a cook,
were arrested on charges of disorderly
conduct in the rooms above 320V4 Front
street. Lilian Jones. Bessie Black and
Iteta Courtney were arrested in the
same house on charges of vagrancy.
Anna Stone, a dressmaker, 35. was
taken at 326Vs Front street on a va
grancy charge, vhile Nellie BlacK was
arrested at 32 Front street on a sim
ilar charge.
WOMAN MAY ASK TOGA
Sirs. J. .1. Brown Says She Would
Make Herself Heard In Senate.
NEW YORK. JuiyS0. Mrs. James J.
Brown, of Colorado, who aspires to be
the first woman United States Senator,
consulted Judge Ben Lindsey and Helen
Ring Robinson, a Colorado State Sena
tor here recently as to the advisability
of 'undertaking the campaign for the
United States Senate. Mrs. Brown gave
out the following interview:
"If I run for the Senate it will be as
the candidate of the Progressives and
Democrats, and to succeed Senator
Charles S. Thomas, whose term expires
next year. But I am not at all sure as
yet that I will run.
"The suffragists of the East are
eager that I should. They want to see
a woman elected to the Senate, and so
be sure that through her influence the
cause of equal suffrage will be given
more attention. I am anxious for the
same reason to be elected. When
women vote in 10 states of this coun
try it would seem only fair that they
should be represented by one of their
own sex In the Senate.
"I don't intend, if I undertake this
! EMPRESS DANCER REVELS IN
DEL1UHTS Ut mini-..
! ''lin?innnMMnnnW
Miss Gertie Carlisle.
Gertie Carlisle, the dainty little
pocket edition musical comedy
star, who, with her "seven sweet
hearts," is now headlining the
bill at Marcus Loew's Empress
Theater, is having an exciting
week.
ui.d r?o-Uci's narAnts are liv
ing In Portland, and she also has
a number of old friends within
hailing distance, several of whom
have been rounded up at the
Carlisle residence. 735 Vanderbilt
street, University Park, for a joy
i r.nninn. The little Thespian
Is "commuting" to and from the
Broadway vaudeville house every
afternoon and evening.
to minntpq on the car."
said Miss Carlisle last night, and
I have fairly to scramDie miu
mv pitiiTnp and makeup, but
It's worth all the extra trouble
to be a real girl again in a real
home, w,ith my father and mother.
We Wre Dlanning to build a
pretty residence here, so that
when I get aged and infirm, and
I can t elng and dance any muro,
I can come here and settle down
to a lovely old age."
campaign and get elected, to be side
tracked, either, and be shoved off and
made a member of the rules committee
or something else of the sort where I
could not have much active influence
in working for a constitutional amend
ment enfranchising women.
"I want to go into politics now,' she
says "At 41 I feel as though I were
Just beginning life. My family doesn't
need me. and there is work which I can
do to help other women in the country
get the franchise. However, i uuu .
intend to fight my way into the Senate.
If I am advised that there will be a
great deal of opposition and hard feel
ing about having a woman sent to
represent Colorado, I don't know that
I shall care to try to break my
way In."
KEflIINDIVOeCED
PORTLAND MAN'S WIFE GETS
DECREE IN CINCINNATI.
Extreme Cruelty Is Allegation
Heiress Cellar Declared HI
Resting Place.
CINCINNATI, O.. Aug. 5. (Special.)
"Extreme cruelty," was the grounds
on which County Probate Judge
Eeuders, acting as insolvency Judge, to
day granted a divorce to Mrs. Alice H.
Keating from John H. Keating, of
Portland, Or.
The wife has been living with her
wealthy and prominent parents at 524
Hale avenue, Avondale, Cincinnati, since
January 15, 1913.
Her father is August E. Muth, mil
lionaire baker. The wedding date was
October 26, 1912. The wife testified
that almost immediately after the wed
ding she and her husband had gone to
Portland to live and she gave him a
considerable sum of money, which her
father had given her, beside paying
her own transportation to Portland.
She claims that while living in
Portland her husband neglected her,
often passing all of a Sunday in the
cellar, "leaving her alone." When she
decided to come home in January, 1913.
she testified, he told her she might as
well prepare to stay. She said she sent
him a telegram asking for a reconcilia
tion without avail.
Mr. Keating resides in Laurelhurst,
and is connected with the St Charles
Land Company, according to the Port
land directory.
John H. Keating, familiarly known as
"Jack." Is one of the principal officers of
the St. Charles Land Company, which
has offices in the St. Charles Hotel. His
residence address is given In the direc
tory as 143 Laurelhurst avenue. Mr.
Keating was formerly a song writer
and has written many popular hits.
Mrs. Keating has visited with friends
in Portland as recently as several
months ago.
MONEY
SITUATION
FOUND EXCELLENT
Secretary of Treasury McAdoo
Issues Statement After
Long Conference.
BIG SUM READY FOR CROPS
Nation Has Ample Funds for Busi
ness Demands and Currency Bill
Enables Banks to Add
Greatly to Circulation.
WASHINGTON. Aug. 5. After two
days of conferences with bankers from
many sections and a careful investiga
tion of conditions throughout the coun
try. Secretary McAdoo in a fqrmal
statement last night declared the situa
tion to be excellent and announced that
there will be sufficient currency to
move the crops and meet all the de
mands of business.
The Secretary's statement said:
"The passage by unanimous vote of
the House and Senate this afternoon of
the amendment to tne Federal reserve
act, whereby the Secretary of the Treas
ury is vested with power to issue addi
tional National bank currency in such
amount, exceeding even $500,000,000, as.
In his Judgment, may be necessary to
protect the business situation in this
country, puts at rest any question as to
the ability of the banks to take care of
the situation.
Fund for Crops Ample.
"There need be no fear whatever of
Insufficient currency to move the crops
and to meet the demands of business.
T,1 1411 o D n.lrt nllthnHZBS the
Secretary in his discretion to permit
national Danas to nave uuiouvuunie
maximum of circulation notes equiva
lent tn 195 noT rvnt nf thplr unimpaired
capital and surplus. This provision will
cnaDje DanKs wnicn nave huw uuioinu-,.
lng circulation equal to their capital
stock to obtain a large amount of addi
tional circulation. Applications have
been received from a number of Na
tional currency associations throughout
the country for additional currency, and
these applications are -being responded
to promptly. Already $100,000,000 of
currency has been shipped to the sub
treasuries In New York, Chicago, St.
Louis, Cincinnati, San Francisco, Bos
ton and Philadelphia, that the needs of
the banks may be promptly supplied.
In many cases banks have applied for
additional currency merely as a precau
tionary measure.
' "The situation throughout the coun
try is excellent, and no greater testi
monial to the inherent strength of our
financial and economic position and
condition could be given than the way
in which the country has withstood
the shock of the greatest European dis
turbance in the last 100 years.
Currency Shipments Continue.
"The unanimous vote in the House
and Senate is an inspiring evidence of
the patriotism of the representatives
of the American people, who, when
ever there is a threatened danger, for
get party lines and present a solid
front in support of the common in
terest." The Treasury Department today con
tinued to ship out additional currency
to associations throughout the coun
try, but the move was looked upon as
purely precautionary , the Secretary
said.
The fact that President Wilson nom-
eral Reserve Board was taken as an
indication tnat tne Aaminisirauou ia
!,, tUa TTarlArnl rMPrva hank
ing system can be put into operation
within a comparatively short time.
The Reserve Board, under the currency
law, has power to fix- the discount
rate, a factor wnicn, in European coun
tries, leads to the control of the expor
tation or importation of gold. It is ex
pected here that when the Board
DmAc rtffif it will hp ahle to eto
a long way toward keeping gold at
home.
President Wilson tonight signed the
amendment to the Aldrich - Vreeland
law vesting the Secretary of the
Treasury iviui uisci euvwu y pww
tr the amount of currency to be issued
under that act.
Late today the Secretary sent to tne
propriatlon of $301,465 for the printing
Of OUUU SneeiS OI rvtlLluUili uttim u-uu.
United States notes.
MEXICAN JUJNDS GONE
Carbajal Finds No Money to Pay
Salaries of Employes.
MEXICO CITY, July SO. With the
treasury completely stripped of funds
it is feared that the Carbajal aamnus
tration will not be able to pay even the
salaries of government employes due
soon.
It was admitted today that President
Carbaial has found himself in an em
barrassing position, and it is probable
that he will face a grave situation if
it is found that the government will
not be able to pay the salaries iue.
There is hope that local banks may
come to the assistance of the govern-
mfn t
President Carbajal expected to find
the treasury department depleted roi
lnwlnsr the abdication of General Hu
erta, but he believed he would at least
find funds with which to meet expenses
Incurred in the government offices.
WAR CREDIT $1,250,000,000
Bethmann-Hollvveg Tells Story of
Events Leading Up to Hostility.
nEHI.lN. Autr. 5. Chancellor Beth-
mann-Hollweg before the German Par
liament today outlined the procedure
of Germany in an endeavor to maintain
peace, saying:
"From the very outDreaK 01 tne aus-tro-Servlan
conflict we worked to con
tv. VinetmtioK tn Austria and Ser
vla. All the cabinets, particularly that
nf r.rpnt Rritain. used the same en
deavor. Russia alone declared that she
mnai hav-A something to sav as to the
solution of the conflict an thereby
raised the danger 01 European compli
cations.
is snon as the first dlflnite news
was received regarding the Russian
military preparations we. directed a
friendly but strong communication to
at. Petersburg, pointing out that war
like measures against Austria-Hungary
would find us on the side of our
ally; that military preparations against
us would force us to corresponding
counter measures and that mobiliza
tion would not be far removed from
war. Russia assured us in solemn
... i, f hor Tvieh for neace and de
clared she would not enter Into any
sort of military preparations against
us.
"In the meantime England sought to
mediate between Vienna and St. Peters
burg. We warmly supported ner. un
July 28 the Emperor of Germany re-
. V, Pmnprnr of Russia bV tel-
IJUCDltU 1UC - -
egraph to consider that Austria-Hun
gary had the right ana auiy to pruieti
herself against the great Servian plots
and Intrigues which were undermining
her existence.
"About the same time and prior to
the receipt of this telegram the Rus
sian Emperor urgently asked the Ger
man ''.mperor for his aid and request
ed the German Emperor to council
moderation in Vienna. The German
Emperor undertook this role of me
diator, but he had scarcely set in mo
tion his offices to this end when Rus
sia mobilized all her forces against
Austria-Hungary. The ual monarchy
itself had only mobilized against Ser
via. It had mobilized two army corps
In the north, far from the Russian
"During this time Russia spontane
ously renewed its assurances that it
v,i-M... nn tnilitarv preparations
against us. July 31 came. A decision
was to have been maae in Vienna. ur
mediation already had been successful
to the extent that Vienna, under pres-
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BEN SELLING fcE&?5.R
MORRISON STREET AT FOURTH
Boys' Suits
Genuine price reductions
on the best boys' clothes to
be had.
New Norfolk styles ordi
narily priced at $5, $6, $6.50,
$7.50, $8.50 and $10 are sell
ing now for $3.95, $5.10,
$5.95, $6.75 and $7.85. Bar
gains indeed, when you con
sider the superior quality of
the fabrics and the excel
lence of the tailoring.
For August days dress the
little fellows in cool wash
suits. There's a host of them
here from which to choose,
and every one is half price
now. Selling at 50c, $1.00,
$1.25, $1.50, $2.00 and $&50.
sure from us, again had entered into
direct 'conversations' with St. Peters
burg, but before the decision could be
given in Vienna the news reached us
that Russia was mobilizing ' its entire
forces and against us also.
"Later, in the afternoon, a telegram
arrived from the Russian Emperor to
the German Emperor. In it the Rus
sian emperor declared that ills' army
would not take any provocative action
toward us. But the Russian mobiliza
tion on our frontier had been in full
progress since the night of July 29.
While we, at Russia's request, mediated
in Vienna, the Russian forces were
raised on our almost open frontier;
and France, though she did not mobi
lize, admits that she took some military
measures.
"We deliberately had abstained up to
that time for the sake of the peace
from calling a single reservist to the
colors. Should we have waited pa
tiently until the powers between which
we are wedged in were in a position to
choose the time to deliver their blow?
To have exposed Germany to this dan
ger would have been criminal.
"Therefore, on July 31, we demanded
of Russia the demobilization of her
troops as the sole measure which
could yet preserve the peace of Europe.
The Imperial German ambassador in
St. Petersburg was given the commis
sion to declare to the Russian govern
ment that in case of rejection of our
demands we should be obliged to de
clare a state of war.
"When the allotted time expired, the
German emperor was compelled at 5 P.
M., August 1, to order the mobilization
of our forces. We were compelled at
the same time to make sure what atti
tude France would assume In the situa
tion. To our definite question whether
she would remain neutral in German
Russian war, she answered that she
would do what her interests bade her.
tT...a1.(!c tVi nurman Emneror
gave orders that the French frontier
should be respected aDsoiuteiy. iiikc
i .trimiv wprp followed without
UIUCIO
exception. France, wh' i mobilized at
the same hour that we did, told us
that she would maintain a zone ten
kilometers back from the German fron
tier; but what took place in reality
was that French aviators cast bombs
upon and cavalry patrols entered the
Imperial lands ( Alsace - Lorraine ).
France thereby broke the peace and
actually attacked us, though a state of
war had not yet been proclaimed.
rinr in this HmP Small fl & -
tachments of French troops had crossed
the German rrontier, rrcotu ""'"
had thrown bombs on our railways and
French troops had attacked our fron
tier guards at Schluchpass. Our troops,
in pursuance of their orders, remained
wholly on the defensive. These are
the actual facts.
"We are acting in self-defence and
necessity knows no law.
"Our troops have occupied Luxem
burg and perhaps already have ad
vanced into Belgian territory. This
Is against the law of nations. The
French government has declared in
Brussels that it would respect the neu
trality of Belgium as long as it was
respected with reference to herself.
But we knew that France was ready
for an Invasion. France could wait;
we could not. A French invasion in
our flank on the lower Rhine would
have been disastrous. So we were
forced to set aside the justified pro
tests of the Luxemburg and Belgian
governments. The ir;ustice that we
thereby committed we shall rectify as
soon as our military object is achieved.
"T-io whrt is as menaced as we are
and Is fighting for dear life must
think only how to cut an opening iu
get through.
..rx-l -A.lni1 rt Krt VfJT" which Vflll
l x it; jiti ivi J
Moltke said we should remain armed
in order to defend our gains oi ioiu nas
ai.n..H Thn Ereat hour of
nut 0". ! ,
trial for our people has now struck,
but we advance to It with confidence.
Our army is in the field; our navy is
ready for battle; the whole German
nation is behind them."
PENURY PROMPTS "FAKE"
Man Found Bound, Gagged and Cut
Confesses Lying.
DHiT.mCT.PHlA Pa.. Julv 31. Con
fessing that he tie his own hands,
.KKa himsAlf in the chest and told
an untruth when he said he was
bound and gagged on tne canton
pike near Baird avenue, Camden.
George Elton told Captain of De
tectives Schegler that he was driven
to the desperate act ior an excuse ior
being without money when he re-
Elton had told his family that he
had obtained a position witn a moroc
co company, but when Saturday ar
rived he had no money to give his
TIM fo tiaPQURA he had not been working.
It was then that he decided to "become
a victim of highwaymen.'
From the time he started the in
v.ntinn citv Detective Stanley de
clared the man was faking. Elton
was severely reprimanded.
GRASSHOPPERS HIT EAST
New York and New Jersey Counties
Invaded and Fields Ruined.
ROME, "N. Y., July 30. An invasion
of grasshoppers has struck Oneida
County, and millions of them are de
stroying ail crops and vegetation on
manv farms in Anvllle, Vienna and
Camden. . , .
Commissioner Hudson is being oe-
seeched to aid in checking the plague
that is stripping pastures.
ROSE FESTIVAL IN
1015 IS ASSURED
Delegates From 52 Organiza
tions Vote for Show in
Perfect Unison.
FIRST COMMITTEE NAMED
Officers Make Reports of Work of
Past Year, While Men Chosen to
Select List for Next Board
of Carnival Directors.
Portland will prepare to hold in 1915
a Rose Festival still greater than the
fBRtivnl of this vear.
When the meeting of the delegates
from the 52 organizations which are
represented in the Rose Festival Asso
ciation met at the Commercial Club
Tuesday night, they overthrew all the
rumors of a movement to set aside the
festival next year by voting with
unitv and enthusiasm In favor of its
continuation.
President C. C. Colt, of the present
board, submitted his report and the
financial report of the festival for
1914.
While this report shows a cash deficit
of about 500. the retiring board turns
over to the association permanent
properties that were acquired this
year and which will be available in
coming years, the value of which far
offsets the cash deficit, and in reality
amounts to a surplus fund. This Is a
record which outdoes that of any
previous festival.
Dean Vincent, chairman of the con
vention, appointed the following com
mittee of five to nominate the 30 rep
resentative men from whose number
the 12 directors for the coming year
will be selected: C. V. Cooper. Guy W.
Talbot, W. J. Hofmann,. Frank Mc
Crillis and J. E. Werleln.
"I have endeavored to pick as mem-it-q
f tia cnmrnlttee." he savs. "men
who have been active in the work of
the Rose Festival Association and who
are acquainted with the capable and
active men of the city who will best
serve on the board of the Rose Fes
tical." BOULEVARD IS OPENED
TERWILLIGER HIGHWAY DEDL
ICATED BY MAYOR AND CROWD.
Parade Marches Along Brtlllantly-
LlBhted Route, Band Concerts
and Speeches Are Given.
"nrith the dedication address of May
or Albee, the new $350,000 Terwllliger
Boulevard, also known as mnsiae
Parkway and the South Parkway, was
formally opened Tuesday night in the
presence of a large crowd.
Promptly at 8 o'clock more than 200
automobiles, led by the administration
band, moved from the corner oi sal
mon and Park streets up to anu
tVi entrance of the boulevard.
by way of Clifton, Broadway, Grant
and Sixth streets.
At the head of Hamilton avenue a
concert of several patriotic numbers
rendered bv the band and the pro
cession, augmented by several hundred
persons traveling afoot, moved on to
Elk Point, where additional musical
numbers were given and the short
dedication speech of the Mayor was
delivered.
Mayor Albebe in his dedication
speech called attention to the remark
able beauties of Portland's boulevards
and particularly those of the Terwilli
ger. The entire length of the paved boule
vard was brilliantly lighted for the
first time. The following organiza
tions formed groups in ttfe parade:
Fulton Park Improvement Club, South
Portland Boosters' Club, Bancroft
Heights Improvement Club and the
Portland Automobile Club.
CHILD DRAGGED BY AUTO
Car in Parade Strikes Boy, but He
Emerges Unhurt.
The five-year-old son of Sam H.
Pinto, 663 Fifth street, was run down
during the parade on Terwilllger Bou
levard Tuesday night by an automobile
owned by R. F. Cox, 332 East Twenty
first street North.
Mihnncri the c'liM was dr.iuKfd
about 30 feet under the machine, it
apparently was uninjured. Sergeant
Stahl reported that the car was driven
by a 16-year-old boy, and was going at
a reckless speed.
Another accident occurred last night
when the fire dispatch automobile col
lided with a streetcar at Thurman and
North Twenty-first streets. The dam
age was small.
LIQUOR FUMES EXPLODE
Bartender Burned on IJg-hting Match
in Stock Cellar.
PHILADELPHIA, Aug 1. James
Fitzgerald, a bartender employed in
John McBrlde's saloon, was burned
about the arms and legs by an explo
sion of alcoholic fumes in the cellar
of the establishment. The cellar had
been closed tightly for some time, and
an explosion severe enough to break
most of the glassware in the place
was caused when Fitzgerald lighted a
match on his way downstairs.
A blaze caused by the explosion was
extinguished by the fire department,
with a loss of about $500.
WIFE HURT; MATE SUICIDE
Jealousy Leads St. Puul Man to At
tempt Mulder of Woman.
ST. PAUL, Minn., Aug. 1. N. J. Rup
pllnger aged 27, is dead and ills wife,
Irene, 26, is in a serious condition al
the City Hospital as the result of a,
quarrel recently. Ruppllngor struck
his wife on the forehead with a fiat
Iron. Then he drank two ounces of
carbolic acid. He died before the am
bulance arrived.
The tragedy occurred at the liome of
W. O. C'ompston. where Rupplinger and
his wife were boarding.
Mrs. Ruppllngcr was married to Rup
pllnger seven yearB ago In Waterloo,
la., and left there for St. Paul last Sat
urday, and has been boarding at the
Compston home. Ruppllngcr arrived In
the city Wednesday.
According to Mr. Compston, the cou
ple quarreled a greal; deal. Recently
Mrs. Ruppllnger went to Minneapolis
and did not return until her husband
went for her. They returned to the
Compston home and the tragedy fol
lowed soon after.
The cause of the quarrel is said to
have been Jealousy. Mrs. Ruppllnger's
home Is In Keokuk, u
Dyyptlaa Writes for Joh.
NKW" YORK, July 29. Fire Commis
sioner Adamson has received an appli
cation from Mahomet Kamal, 22 years
old. who writes from Alexandria,
Egypt, that he has Deen employed ther
for 12 years as a "fireman soldier."
The Commissioner will advise the ap
plicant it will be necessary for him to
pass a civil service examination.
In his rarch for fond 1h vulture la
never guided by a aenaa of smell, but relies
upon theal;ht. .
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