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ll I PAGS1T0121 43 PAGES VOL. XXV-NO. 33. PORTLAND, OREGON, SUNDAY MORNING, AUGUST 19, 1906. PRICE FIVE CENTS. EVERY CITY Hi CHILE IS DESTROYED Valparaiso's Death Roll Runs Up Into Many Thousands. RUINS ARE STILL BURNING Santiago Streets Piled With ' the Fallen Buildings and Corpses of Citizens. PANIC PARALYZES THE PEOPLE Many Populous Towns Re duced to Utter Desolation. ARGENTINA TO THE RESCUE Repealed Earthquake Shocks Keep Cnnerved People In State of Ter ror Railroad In Rains. Water Supply Cut Off. CITTES RCIXED BY EARTHQUAKE. Name Population. Santiago 250,000 , Valparaiso 150,000 Los Andel 6,000 Qulllota 0.000 Liny Day 2. ,',00 Mapet ...-r;T:;.'.rr.T.'"s.ooo Vallenar . . . .' 5,000 Ban Fellp 12.000 Vina del Mar 12.000 Qultorxne .000 lrfmnch 4,000" Great confusion and contradiction pre vail with regard to the number of dead and wounded as a result of the earth quakes and fire at Valparaiso. The' dis patches reaching here evidently come from sources more or les In a condition of panic, and are not wholly trustworthy. According to a dispatch from Santiago, fully 6000 people lost their- lives in the Valparaiso disaster. Santiago also suf fered severely. Thirty people were killed there, and the property loss is placed at $3,000,000. Another message places the number of dead at 6O0i while a third dis patch from Santiago, vlo Buenos Ayres, places the number of killed and wounded at 10,000. Panic reigns in both cities. The people are In the grip of fear of further shocks and are fleeing. Refugees from Valpa raiso are getting into Santiago, 42 miles away. Havoc Over Wide Area. The disturbances have covered a large area. Shocks were felt In Tacna, in the extreme north of Chile. A number of minor towns have either been destroyed or materially damaged. Valparaiso has been described as "nearly destroyed," while another message says half that city has become a prey to the earthquake and the flames. The loss of life and property undoubtedly was heavy. Telegraphic com munication has been established with Chile, but no messages have yet been re ceived from Valparaiso. The first shock occurred Thursday evening about 8 o'clock and was fol lowed by others at intervals throughout the night. Panic prevailed and the streets were filled with hysterical, wailing and crying people. Fire Destroys Remains. Half the inhabitants of Santiago stayed on the streets or fled to the country Thursday night. Fires followed In Santiago, but were quickly extin guished by a providential downpour. Valparaiso suffered much from fire. Many people have left the two, cities and the stream of refugees is continu ous. The disturbances are confined to the Pacific Blope of the Andes, but Iqulque, the center of the nitrate industry, has escaped Injury. The disturbance was re corded in Washington, Honolulu, Ham burg and Goettingen. Various Arms in Europa and America, with business interests in Chile have received messages announcing the safe ty of employes. Many Other Towns Wrecked. Among the places reported to have been damaged or destroyed are Vina del Mar, 12,000 people, three miles from Valparaiso; Quitorque and Ltmaehe. of 4000 people eneh, both In Valparaiso Province: Qulllota, 26 miles from Val paraiso; Ulopet, 50.10 people. 130 miles northwest. ,f Snntliifro: Vallenar, 5000 people, 3"0 milts north of Santiago, and other small towns Houses in Valparaiso and Santiago, ns well as otiier towns in Chile, are built to withstand earthquakes. They ar made of stone with thick walls and are seldom more than two stories high. They are not very combustible, as was the case In San Francisco. WHOLE CITIES AND TOWNS LOST Direct Dispatches Add to Immensity or the Disaster. BUENOS AYRES, Aug. 18. (6:30 P. M.) The Associated Press has received au thoritative Information confirming the worst reports of the earthquake in Chile. Valparaiso Is partially destroyed. Most of the damage was done In the cen ter of the city, extending from the Plaza del Orden to the Plaza Prat. Many lives were lost, but the number is not yet known. Hundreds of persons were in jured. . A state of panic prevails at Val paraiso. Santiago also suffered severely, and there was much loss of life. Los Andes, IS miles east of San Felipe, and having a population of 6000, was al most totally destroyed. The finest build ings of the town government house, ho tels and public offices were completely wrecked. Other towns on the Chilean side of the Andes wholly or partially destroyed are Qulllota, with a population of 9000; Llay Llay, with a population of 2500; Illapet, with a population of 6000; Vallenar, with a population of 6000, and San Felipe, hav ing 12,000 Inhabitants. Qulllota Is a mass of ruins, and there was great loss of life there. From Santiago to the Andes every bridge and tunnel on the railway was ut terly wrecked and the railway lines torn up. The shock is supposed to have been caused by the eruption of a volcano near Jenin Los Andes. It Is Impossible to estimate the dimen sions of the disaster at the present mo ment, owing to the circuitous route over which the news is received. There is no doubt, however, that the catastrophe was of terrible proportions. The disaster has caused gloom over the Republic of Argentina, and all festivities have been suspended. The ordinary means of communication with Chile are closed. There is great anxiety here. The public is waiting to ascertain the fate of relatives and friends in Chile, and the government of fices and newspapers are - besieged by anxious Inquirers. CITY FULL OF TEX THOUSAND DEAD AND WOUND ED IN VALPARAISO. Fire Sweeps Through Ruins and Water la Lacking Homeless . Floi k to Hills. . BUENOS ATRES, Aug. 18. A dispatch received here by tile Havas Agency from Santiago de Chile, says: News of the catastrophe at Valpa raiso is beginning to come in here. Fugitives who have arrived on 'horse back from the stricken city describe a condition of horror. It is believed, however, that the condition of extreme panic has resulted ' In exaggerated statements of the occurrence. Almost all the houses in Valparaiso are said to be down. The fugitives esti mate the number of dead and wounded there at 10,000. Entire streets are burled In ruins. Fires, which broke out immediately after the earthquake, added to the ter ror and danger. Sixty thousand people have taken refuge on the hills sur rounding the city. Lack of water pre vents efforts to extinguish the flames. It is reported that the buildings of the Arsenal, Naval School and Navy Department have fallen, as well as the Custom-House, the Hotel Royal, the of fices of the Mercurlo and the houses of Ross and Edwards. The Bank of Chile and the Bank .Tarapacay Argentina also are In ruins. HIGH ESTIMATES OF DEATHS Business Districts Ruined and Ar gentina Is Asked for Aid. BUENOS ATRES, Aug. 18. (4:20 P. M.) (Special.) Advices received from the scene of ' the earthquake in Chile indicate an enormous death rate both in Valparaiso and Santiago. The latest reports, which have been received parity by the overland route, show that the dead in Santiago number 6000, and that the dead in Valpa raiso are between 7000 and 8000. The greater part of the business sec tions of both cities and .their suburbs are in an absolute state of ruin, and urgent appeals for aid have been received here during the last 48 hours. While the earth quake had been expected In Western Chile, Its severity has been such as to ruin every building along the coast that was constructed with an Idea of perma nency in view. An appeal for aid which was circulated here today has resulted In prompt re sponses, and a large sum of money has been collected for the sufferers. FIVE THOUSAND ARE KILLED' Aalparalso Loses Most Lives Mil Hons Damage at Santiago. SANTIAGO DE CHILE, Aug. IS. It ts reported from Valparaiso that 6000 deaths resulted from the earthquake there. De tails are incomplete, as there is no direct communication between Valparaiso and Santiago. In this city there were 30 deaths. The value of property destroyed will reach $22,000,000. FUNCTION'S FOR ROOT ALL OFF Santiago Too Busy Burying Dead and Mourning Over Ruins. SANTIAGO DE CHILE. Aug. 18. One third of the City of Valparaiso was de stroyed and 600 lives were lost by the earthquake. Quillota. Vino del Mar and Limache are completely destroyed. The functions arranged for the enter lkiment of Secretary of State Root will be abandoned on account of the universal mourning In Chile. MYSTERY IN THEFT OF BAGS OF GOLD Four Canvas Sacks Containing $2500 Taken From Vaults of Allen & Lewis. DETECTIVES ARE BAFFLED Three Weeks on Clews Have Re sulted In Nothing Beyond Pos sible Suspicions Members of Firm Refuse to Talk. Twenty-five hundred dollars in hard cash gone stolen and absolutely no clew to the thief. These are the. cold facts that have been confronting the officials of the firm of Allen & Lewis, wholesale gro cers, and a large number of Portland de tectives for the past three weeks. The money disappeared from within the walls of a fire and burglar-proof vault which is located in the office of the wholesale store, at 46 Front street, north. Every effort had been made to keep the robbery a secret, and so carefully have those connected with the house guarded the matter that few except the officials employed .in the building are aware of it. An air of mystery has prevailed around the office, but not even the clerks have known the truth. Several detectives were engaged. They worked hard and lost sleep over the pos sibility of making a mark in the sleuth world. But one of the "eagle eyes" said something to a friend about the missing coin, the friend repeated the secret to another friend, this one told it to a par ticular friend, and well, here is the story anyway. Money In Sealed Canvas Bags. The money was in four canvas bags, neatly tied and properly sealed. But that only helped the robber. If the gold had not been arranged In sacks. It would have been a difficult matter to carry It away. How did the gold get out of the vault? That'ls the question. Who got the coin? is another, more important than the first. Had some one learned the combination of the lock on the vault door? Perhaps. Did some safe expert, one who follows the business for a living, enter the office, work the lock, get awaywlth the money ajvd-.Jo-he--vtult doors? Perhaps. If he did, where were the employes, or. If it happened at night, where was the trusty night watchman? Not Enough Light for, a Shadow. But these are all questions the. detect ives are trying to solve. As time elapses the mystery deepens, and there is not enough light on the whereabouts of the missing gold to cast even the slightest shadow Naturally, the owners are not inclined to talk, and if they have any one under suspicion It Is being kept an abso lute secret. Of course, the detectives have suspicions, but that's another view of the affair. There are several versions of the mys terious disappearance. Business has been unusually brisk at the house of Allen Sc Lewis for the last few months, and on a number of occasions men have been en gaged at the office during the evening. Quite a number were at their desks the evening following the afternoon, the money was put carefully away, never again to be "checked" out. It is said to be a fact that the money was there this particular night at 8 o'clock. The doors were closed about 10 o'clock, it seems, and there is consid erable speculation whether the money was In Its proper place at that time. Anyway, this gold, seven or eight pounds of it, in different bags, to. $10 and 120 pieces, was missing the next morning. Detectives were called in Immediately, those of the force who were told of the affair sworn to secrecy and the search for the perpetrator began. Parallel Case at Merchant's Bank. Only a few months ago several thou sand dollars disappeared from the coun ters of the Merchants' National Bank, and has never been recovered. Detectives from the same agency that la working on the Allen & Lewis robbery were put on the trail at once, every possible clew run to a disappointing end and men are still working on the question, but the cash has not been replaced. JOHN D.'S GREED REBUKED Oil King Feasts on Watermelon and Pays Usual Penalty. CLEVELAND, O., Aug. 18. (Special.) The Rockefeller family Indulged In the luxury of a big watermelon last evening, and today the venerable head of the oil trust is confined to his bed with cholera morbus. The old-fashioned remedies that find favor at For est Hill, the Rockefeller country home, were applied, and tonight the oil mag nate is resting easily and expects to be out again within a day or so. Watermelon Is a delicacy that Mr. Rockefeller cannot resist and last eve ning he indulged himself rather more freely than usual. The result was that for a time his recent troubles with. trust investigators were entirely over shadowed by Internal dissensions of a purely personal character. BLOODSTAINS ON PISTOL Weapon Used by Bay City Boy Ban dits 19 Unearthed. SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., Aug. 18. (Spe cial.) The boy bandits who have con fessed to the killing of Fred Mulllnlx and to several hold-ups along Ocean beach, take their first step toward the gallows Monday next. Monday morning Fred Peterson, the youngest of the quar tet, who admits that he did the shooting; Walter Westwood, whom the others de clare planned all the crimes, and William Mears and Frank McAultffe. who are now striving desperately to shift all the responsibility for the killing upon Peter son and Westwood, will be arraigned in Police Court. The pistol with which Peterson shot Mulllnlx was found late yesterday after noon. Peterson had burled the weapon in a vacant lot and two youngsters who visited the hiding place found the blood stained weapon. WILL REVIEW WARSHIPS Naval Demonstration in Honor of President at Oyster Bay. WASHINGTON, Aug. 18. (Special.) The Navy Department tonight made pub lic the details of the great naval rendez vous to be held off the entrance to Oys ter Bay on Labor Day. When President Roosevelt sails from his Summer home on the converted cruiser yacht Mayflower he will see before him three columns of America's best warships, aggregating 40 vessels, and will be saluted by the dis charge of 604 six-inch guns, the biggest and most costly salute In the hitory of the American Navy. When the President visits each flagship he will be saluted on arriving and departing by each of the six flagships, numbering 256 guns, making the grand total of salutes during the review 766 gung. The President's salute is 21 guns. , The President will be accompanied on his yacht by Secretary Bonaparte and Assistant Secretary Newberry. He will also be accompanied by Commander .Key, his naval aid, and possibly a few special Invited friends. There will be no ladles aboard the Mayflower. CONTENTS TODAY'S PAPER The Weather. YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature, 77 cleg.; minimum. 50. TODAY'S Fair and warmer. Northwest wlnda. ' Earthquake In Chile. Valparaiso totally destroyed and loss of life estimated from 500 to 5000. Page 1. Santiago terribly damaged and many Uvea lost. Page 1. Many other cities In Chile destroyed. Page 1. People flee In panic 'to hills and ships. Page a. Foreign. Governor of Warsaw seriously Injured by bomb. Page 3. Gossip of London and other European capi- t tals. Page la. . France excited about church separation law. Page 3. Pan-Am erica conference acts Anally on Irago doctrine. Page 18. National. Strike threatened In Government Printing Office. Page 2. Alaska cable to be extended. Page 2. Many Immigrants -smuggled through Mexico. Page 2. Politics. Senator Cullom declares for tariff revision. Pago 1. Illinois prepares for red-hot conventions. Page 2. Perkins men In Iowa bolt Cummins. Page X Bryan's chances of uniting Jeraocracy.. Page 18. Domestic Bank examiner's report on Btensland's frauds. Page 1. Thr killed by automobile collision wlta train. Page 14. Boom In Harrlman stocks continues. Page 2. Railroads voluntarily reduce grain rates in Minnesota. Page 1. Longworths return to Cincinnati. Page 2. Brownsville's passionate appeal for removal of negro troops. Page 3. Sport. . Oakland unable to hit Gum and Is defeated by Portland, 4 to 0. Page 17. Open handicap tennis tourney begins on Irvlngton courts next Saturday. " Page 17. Harry Corbett says Nelson will be 10 to 7 favorite on day of light. Page I ft. Automobile Club to agitate measure for state license of professional chauffeurs. Page 16. Yachts finally selected to race for Roosevelt cup. Page 17. Pacific Coast. Definite offers of 22 cents are made for hops In Yamhill County. Page 4. Wealthiest man In Baker City owns A pal ace, but lives In a cottage. Page 5. Walla Walla shippers are granted lower rate by Northern PaclHc and O. R. &, N. Page 5. Secret Service men collect damaging evi dence against Puget Sound crimps. Page 4. Cramming makes idiots of schoolchildren, says Secretary of California Board of Health. Page 4. Commercial and Marine. Average pack of Columbia River salmon ex pected. Page 35. Good harvest weather weakens wheat mar ket. Page 35. Fear of over-speculation In stocks. Page 35. New York banks lose more cash than ex pected. Page 35. Longshoremen's strike at coast ports as sumes serious aspect. Page 11. Steamship HUonlan due from Honolulu to day. Page 11. Portland and Vicinity. Four bags of gold, $27i00 In all, mysteriously stolen from vaults of Allen c Lewis, wholesale grocers. Page 1. Board of Trade committee censures Harrl man steamship line for freight situation, but praises his railroad south. Page 11. O. R. c N. decides to fight joint wheat rate and will forward papera tomorrow asking an injunction. Page 8. Local authority gives scientific causes for Portland's equable Summer and Winter climate and shows that present appar ently dry season is normal. Page 9. Insanity charge against Mrs. G. W. Stewart brings up delicate point of whether any alleged professional gossip is deranged. Page 8. History of wagon road grants shows that land frauds flourished -In early days. Page 24. Instances of phenomenal advances In Port land downtown realty, in every case on legitimate values. Page S3. Mahesh Charan Slnha, Hindu student and O. A. C. graduate, solves problem of de termining percentage of chicory adultera tion in coffee. Page 14. Order of the Right Hand, a nurses organiza tion, one of latest in fraternal circles. Page 80. W. H. Taft, real estate man with numerous alleged victims and creditors, supposed to be without resources. Page 8. Governor Chamberlain returns from Ameri can Lake, where he visited Oregon regi ment in camp. Page 10. Resident of South Portland asks for In junction against blasting in Mar qua m Gulch stone quarry. Page 24. Coe ' D. Barnard, Wheeler County Mand frauder," gets two years at McNeill's Island and $2000 fine. Page 8. Dr. David T. Day says capital to develop steel industry from black sands Is held back by publicity given discovery. Page 14. Features and Departments. Editorial. Page 6. Church announcements. Page 11. Classified advertisements. Pages 18-28. Great power plant on Rogue River. Page 38. Bandmaster Sousa condemns "canned" music. Page 41. Richest forests in the world. Pa pre 44. Bringing water into Jerusalem. Page 40. Paris beauties give up the corset. Page 42. Some famous plungers and spendthrifts. Page 39. Ned Townsend's Hamilton Burr. Page 48. Judge Williams' recollections. Page 41. Susan Clegg. Page 46. Social. Pages 26-27. Seashore news and notes. Pages 80-31. Dramatic. Pages 28-29. Household and fashions. Pages 42-43. -Youth's department. Page 47. . BANK EXAMINER'S REPORT IS MADE Admits That He Was Com pletely Fooled by Banker Stensland. FULLY $1,000,000 STOLEN Case One of Most Remarkable In History of Banking Says Many Employes of Institution Had Guilty Knowledge. SPRINGFIELD, 111.. Aug. 18. Bank Examiner Jones, in his report to the Aud itor of Public Accounts on the Milwau kee Avenue State Bank of Chicago, which was received by the Auditor today, esti mates the total defalcations through the manipulation of the affairs of the bank by President Stensland to be $1,000,000. and possibly more. He says the closing of the bank was the consummation of a career the most remarkable and, in his opinion, the most conspicuous in the history of banking. On his examination of November 1, 1906, everything appeared to be prosperous and satisfactory, but it has since devel oped that in the figures were many questionable and forged notes, the exact amount of which nobody but the presi dent can determine. He is of the opinion that Mr. Aisborg, theVhlef clerk; Frank Kowalskl, the assitant paying-teller, who has since committed suicide; John Gully ski, the receiver, and Mr. Fedohr, the paying-teller, and, without doubt, others of the employes of the bank, had guilty knowledge of many things which were not divulged by the directors to him. Cashier Perjured Himself. Mr. Jones declares that Cashier Her lng in swearing to the statement of January 30, - 1906, perjured him self to the amount of $184,839, and in the April statement to the extent of $202, 123. He declares that the executive1 com mittee and the examining committee of the bank never acted in any official ca pacity, and that had they done so each member of the two committees would have found his forged note in the as sets. Cashier Hering, ha says, denied forging the notes and,, failinh to Implicate Pres ident Stensland, gave him to understand that an Italian named Demarlo, employed in the bank, had been the guilty party and that Stensland had given $0000. State's Attorney Healey learns that De marlo is now In Italy. Steel Ball Paper 'Worthless. Mr. Jones finds that the Steel Ball obligations aggregated $180,000, and that they will not pay 10 cents on the $1. The P. O. Stensland paper aggregates $145,000, according to his examination, and the paper of the Milwaukee Avenue Co-operative Store and its ramifications, $76,000. The capital stock of the bank, amounting to $250,000, and the surplus and undivided profits of $300,000, are wiped out, and there is still a deficit of $450,000. The notes which carried this deficiency were forged papers, or at least paper, to say the least, which was questionable. Three hundred thousand dollars worth of Stensland's sub-division notes were shown under the head of "real estate." In former examinations, these notes were shown minus the matured coupon, and Mr. Jones ' was always informed that the Interest had been paid. Now he finds that this was not the case, and that the coupons had been put into a package and kept in the cashier's private box and never exhibited to the examiner in previ ous examinations. How Losses Are Divided. The losses, are divided as follows: Forged and worthless paper, $466,500; at least questionable paper, If not forged, $200,000; Steel Ball losses, $180,000; real estate losses, $153,000. The report says that the examinations of the bank for years past have always shown it to be In fine condition, and that the last examination showed absolutely no suspicious circumstances. Mr. Jones considers it one of the most remarkable examples in banking that crookedness on such a scale could be so concealed. He says that even prior to the organ ization of this bank it is now common re port that many crooked tilings were done by the Stenslands when they conducted a private banking Institution. Jones Makes Excuses. As an excuse for his failure to detect the fraud extending over Ave years on past examinations, Jones says that he took the forged notes at their face value, especially Inasmuch as many of them were endorsed with Interest payments, such payments extending back for years. He also says Stensland was able to pre vent a checking up by keeping many of the accounts in the books of the Stens land Real Estate Company, to which the examiner was not allowed access. DEPOSITORS THREATEN RAID Woman nourishing Revolver Leads Angry Crowd to Bank Doors. " CHICAGO, Aug. 18. (Special.) There was an exciting few minutes in front of the Milwaukee-Avenue State Bank today. Flourishing a revolver and declaring she would kill Stensland If she could find him, a woman led a crowd 200 strong In a charge upon the doors of the wrecked bank. The crowd was made up 'of the de positors, who had been led to believe through the order of Judge Brentano that a 20 per cent payment would be made im mediately and that they would get their money at once. Frenzied at the efforts of those In charge to prevent their entrance to the bank, the crowd refused to dis perse. Denouncing Stensland and all concerned with the bank, the crowd responded to the cries of the woman, who elbowed her way to the door of the bank. Swinging the revolver around her head, she onllcd on the officials to open the doors and pay her the money she had deposited. Balked in her effort to enter, she turned and de livered a harangue to the crowd. Ex cited by her words, other depositors pressed close to the doors and were fast reaching a point where at a signal they might have stormed the bank, when the police ari ived. SHADOW THE WRONG MAX Detectives at Midway, B. C, Decide to Release Sten9land Suspect. SPOKANE. Aug. 18. A stranger who was suerected of being Paul O. Stensland, the fu.c'tive president of the failed Mil wanker Avenue State Bank of Chicago, and wi'o was detained several hours at Midway, B. C, has been permitted to go his way. The Constable at Midway to night stated that the man and the young woman who accompanied him did not correspond to the descriptions sent out by the Chicago police of Stensland and the woman who Is supposed to have ac companied him. The provincial officers concluded that a mistake had been made and decided to drop the matter. The man under suspicion, who was ac companied by a young womai, arrived at Midway several days ago. E. P. Noe. manager of a bank at Midway, came to the conclusion that the man was Stens land, and notified the provincial officers of his suspicions. The stranger, who gave the name of Montgomery, said he was a mining man from Los Angeles. Following his experi ence with the officers, Mr. Montgomery left Midway, going by stage Into the min ing regions. SPOKANE, Aug. 18. A dispatch from Midway, B. C, this afternoon, denies the report of the arrest there of Paul O. Stensland. A Btranger named Montgom ery registered at the Spokane Hotel In Midway, and some characteristics, nota bly his hair, attracted the attention of E. P. Noe, manager of the Eastern Town ships Bank, as corresponding to - the Stensland description. The Provlnlcal Police were notified and shadowed Mont gomery for a couple .of days. A tele graphic request for a detailed descrip tion was sent to Chicago Thursday, but was not answered. The officers concluded there was an error and the matter was entirely dropped. STENSLAND CASE GOES OVER Twenty-Two Thousand Depositors Organize to Demand Protection. CHICAGO, Aug. 18. Theodore Stens land, vice-president of the Milwaukee-Ave. nue State Bank, charged with violating the banking laws, failed to appear before Justice Severson In Police Court today. The case was continued to August 2S. The 22,000 depositors in the bank, roused by the entry of a dozen or more lawyers into the fight over the assets of the wrecked bank, have organized and will hold a mass-meeting tomorrow to de mand protection against legal complica tions they fear. TWO VICTIMS GO INSANE. Man and Woman Robbed by Stens land Raving Maniacs. CHICAGO, Aug. M. (Special.) A man and woman who lost their savings In the Milwaukee Avenue Bank, which failed 10 days ago, are raving maniacs at the Detention Hospital. Bereft of her reason by loss of her money, which rep resented her only means of fighting star vation since her husband deserted her, Mrs. Mary Jara struggled desperately to throw her baby from a third-story win dow. When two men went to the woman and finally overpowered her, she ex claimed: "Let me kill the child. Rather that it die now than starve to death." When the police arrived Mrs. Jara fought desperately and bad to be dragged to the ambulance which conveyed her to the hospital. She had $150 in the bank. Gustav Burkhardt Is raving over his financial ruin. His wife says he was per fectly sane until the bank closed. Three deaths have occurred as a result of the bank failure. T FIT FAIR BAY CITV REFl'GBB SCORNS . RELIEF. Sends Packuare Containing- Red Cross Clothing; Gift to President and Mrs. Roosevelt. WASHINGTON, Aug. 18. (Special.) Because Klla Clements, an earthquake sufferer' of San Francisco, was given No. 8 stockings to wear with No. 3 shoes, she Indignantly returned' the misfit package to President and Mrs. Roosevelt with a warm letter of pro test. The letter and package were sent to the National Red Cross Society headquarters. The offending articles will be given to some more apprecia tive person in need. The rejected pack age contained three pairs of new No. 8 tan stockings of a good quality; a pair of tan shoes, considerably worn, that appeared to be larger than No. 3 size, half a dozen handkerchiefs, a blue cal ico waist with white dots and a rough nightgown of unbleached 'muslin. The letter of rejection to the Presi dent and Mrs. Roosevelt follows: "President and Mrs. Roosevelt A few weeks ago the White House of San Francloeo gave out tickets for suits and clothing. Today this package was left for me. I Bend It to you to see the relief. This is a special package sent me from the vice-president of the Red Cross, Mrs. Merrill. This being 'spe cial relief; what do you think of the relief? I wear No. 3 shoes. No. 8 stockings for No. 3 shoes! No greater insult could any woman give me, an American. I am sincerely. "ELLA CLEMENTS." Plot to Kill Alfonso Fails. LONDON, Aug. 19. It Is stated on au thority that only through the activity of the police was a plot to assassinate King Alfonso of Spain averted. According to the authority, it was the intention of the anarchists to hurl a bomb at the King of Spain while the latter was attending a regatta at the Isle of Wight. SENATOR CUtLOM WANTS REVISION Thinks Gannon Stood too Pat on Tariff. MIGHT ELECT OPPOSITE PARTY People Will Revolt Unless Re vision Comes Soon. RADICAL STEPS NOT NEEDED Criticises Cannon's Speech as Too Stifr on Tariff ' and Possible Cause of Republican De feat in 1908. CHICAGO, Aug. 18. (Special.) Senator Cullom created mild surprise among his friends today by the statement that he was not a stand-patter. He said he thought it the part of wisdom to revise the tariff as circumstances require, rather than permit conditions to reach1 such a point that the electors would put In some one who would make the desired changes. Mr. Cullom is a friend of the "Iowa idea." although probably not so radical In his views as Governor Cummins. Much to the surprise of every one who listened to his comments, the Senator made his atti tude known when replying to a question as to what he thought of Speaker Can non's speech before the Danville conven tion. Too Stiff on Standpat Issue. "All In all," he said, "It was an excel lent speech. However, he went a little too stiff on the 'stand-pat' Issue. We must nut lead people to believe that there Is no hope of our ever changing the tariff schedules or they might put us out of office. But I want you to understand that I am not criticising 'Uncle Joe.' I am for him all over, and the doctrine he preaches as a whole will do the party a great deal of good. He Is one of the ablest and safest men In the whole coun try. Revise From Time to Time. "But. as I said before, we have got to get away from the notion that It won't do to revise the tariff from time to time, as the changes In conditions may require. I do not advocate wholesale revision, and never shall, for that would be suicidal. Furthermore, the people do not demand radical action, and they would not stand for it. My notion about the matter is that a few of the Dingley schedules could be lowered with benem to our business Interests." "The tariff." he concluded, "will hardly be made an issue In this cam paign. Of course the Democrats -will talk about It, as they always do, but it will cut no figure. The people have never forgotten thrft terrible experi ence this country passed through un der free trade ten years ago, conse quently It Is not likely that, when the time does come to revise the tariff, the people will entrust the job to a Democratic Congress." Senate Would Block Radicalism. Should the next President be a Dem ocrat and have a working majority behind him in the House of Repre sentatives, Mr. Cullom called atten tion to the fact that he could do noth ing In the way of passing tariff laws that would upset the business condi tions of the country, for the reason that the Senate, still under Republi can control, would prevent it. How ever, the senior Senator of Illinois Is losing no sleep over the possibility of William Jennings Bryan or any other Democrat becoming the next oc cupant of the White House. But he does expect that, as a result of the 1908 campaign, the succeeding Con gress will find It advisable to revise the tariff schedules. GOMPERS OPENS CAMPAIGN Addresses First Meeting In Little field's Maine District. LEWISTON. Me.. Aug. 18. (Special.) Samuel Gompers, president of the Amer ican Federation of Labor, opened the campaign against Congressman Llttleneld Jn his own district tonight, when he took the platform for organized labor to secure the election to the House of Representa tives of men who will support labor's de mands. He arrived here today and was met at the station by representatives of labor organizations in Lewiston and es corted to his hotel. At dinner this evening he was the guest of numerous city officials and "Maine Democrats." A procession through the streets was followed by, a rousing meet ing, at which Mr. Gompers called atten tion to the fact that for years labor rep resentatives have been unable to secure ordinary recognition upon the floor of either branch of Congress, and cited the many bills that have been killed because they were preferred measures of the American Federation of Labor. DEMOCRATS INDORSE BOTH Roosevelt and Bryan Both IxxVi Alike to Ohioans. COLUMBUS. O.. Aug. 18. The Twelfth District Democrat convention today nominated Colonel W. A. Taylor, a vet eran newspaper man, for Congress. The convention Heartily indorsed President Roosevelt for his flght against the trusts and also W. J, Bryan.