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GERMANY AND SWEDEN PLANNING AN ALLIANCE

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KAISER AND KING DISCUSS COMPACT

J£wo Monarchs Meet on Emperor's Yacht in a Swedish

Harbor.

GERMAN ARMADA TO VISIT OSCAR'S PORTS |

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Alarmists Are Fearful of Kaiser's Attitude, as Shown by Naval

Demonstration.

L c i h n , J u l y 14.—The substance of the s tatement made at Stockholm yes­terday to the effect that a German-Swedish al l iance w a s seriously contem­plated w a s submit ted to t h e fore ign office here today and t h e author i ta t ive s ta tement was made tha t t h e quest ion of an all iance b e t w e e n Germany and Sweden had never come before t h e fore ign office, nor had i t been discussed to the s l ightes t ex tent . Of course the fore ign office could not deny that Em­peror Wi l l i am and K i n g Oscar had spoken of an a l l iance during the ir in­t e r v i e w a t Gefle ye s t erday .

N o Disc losures Expec ted .

N o indicat ion of the result of t h e m e e t i n g b e t w e e n ka i ser and kin'g h a s reached Berl in nor i s a n y report of the ir conversat ion l ike ly to be made publ ic , as th i s w a s a s tr ic t ly p r i v a t e v i s i t of one sovere ign to another. The i n i t i a t i v e wi l l probably come from th i s s ide , as the emperor desired to h a v e first-hand knowledge of the N o r w e g i a n -Swedish s i tuat ion.

The German g o v e r n m e n t ' s p o l i c y i s one of complete a loofness—almost of indifference. I t i s expec ted here that as a result of the m e e t i n g yes terday , Emperor W i l l i a m and Germany wi l l be described in some countries as t a k i n g undue interes t i n Scand inav ian affairs an<d as s eek ing for a w a y t o influence a se t t l ement . Such an idea i s dis­a v o w e d in advance .

A s t o Oscar's T i t l e .

Professor K o n r a d Bornhak, an au­t h o r i t y on internat ional l aw, dBcussing t h e quest ion whether K i n g Oscar is s t i l l Jring of N o r w a y or not , says a definite reply cantoot be g i v e n . H e i s e t i l l k i n g or N o r w a y , according to the cons t i tu t ion of Sweden, but according t o the const i tut ion of N o r w a y he has ceased t o be k i n g of N o r w a y , but there i s no doubt as to the propriety of K i n g Oscar s t y l i n g h i m s e l f k i n g of S w e d e n and N o r w a y .

J a m e s I I , a f ter h e had been1 deposed fcs k i n g of Eng land and whi l e a guest o f Lou i s X I V of France , cont inued to cal l h imsel f k i n g of F r a n c e as we l l as

. k i n g of England r<altb©-Fian«e-h*d been l o s t to the Br i t i sh crown s ince the t i m e of H e n r y V I . Emperor F r a n c i s Joseph t o d a y , as t h e Austr ian coinage shows, cal ls h imse l f k i n g of L o m b a r d y and V e n i c e (a l tho h e i s a fr iend of K i n g V i c t o r Emmanue l ) and k ing of Jerusa­lem wi thout the sultan of Turkey havir.g objected . The Russ ian emperor names h imse l f duke of Schleswig-Hols te in and duke of Oldenburg w i thout offeWding Germany. The Russ ian emperor also cal ls h imsel f the heir of the k i n g of N o r w a y .

T h e F i r s t Tale of Al l iance .

Stockholm, J u l y 14.—The Assoc ia ted P r e s s i s able to s ta te on good author i ty t h a t a German-Swedish al l iance i s seri­ous ly contemplated .

The quest ion, i t i s said, w a s discussed at conferences b e t w e e n Emperor. Wi l ­l iam and K i n g Oscar on board the im­peria l yacht Hohenzol lern at Gefle yes ­t erday . The conference l a s t ed three hours.

K i n g Oscar and his par ty remain •with EmpcroT Wi l l i am unt i l he departs from Gene, F r i d a y afternoon. Bes ides Emperor W i l l i a m ' s personal v i s i t , Ger­m a n y w i l l soon make the greates t n a v a l demonstrat ion in i t s h i s tory in Swedish Waters.

On J u l y 20 s ix bat t l e sh ips w i l l ar­r ive at Gothenberg and e ight cruisers a t TJddevalla wh i l e on A u g . 3 seven bat t lesh ips , t en cruisers and a torpedo-boat squadron i s due at Stockholm and Norrkoping and five bat t lesh ips a t Karlskrona.

The government has granted these squadrons permission' to enter w a r {torts.

Consternat ion i n Sweden .

Consternation prevai l s thruout the country over the sudden announcement t h a t a German armada wi l l make a demonstrat ion a t five different points

PEACE ENVOYS TO CROSS MINNESOTA

James J. Hill Personally Arrang­ing Itinerary—Seattle to

Duluth and Down Lakes.

Pres ident J a m e s J . H i l l of t h e Great; Northern r a i l w a y i s personal ly arrang­i n g the i t inerray for the J a p a n e s e pleni­potent iar ies in the ir journey f r o m S 8 | a t t l e to Wash ington . The party , whi?% i s headed b y B a r o n Komura , w i l l ar t r ive a t S e a t t l e on t h e s teamer M i n n e ­sota J u l y 20. They w i l l t rave l ea s tward over t h e Great Nor thern t o Dulu th , where t h e y wi l l embark on the s teamer

« . N o r t h w e s t for Buffalo, v i a t h e Great £ Lakes . A t Buffalo the par ty wi l l be <jj t aken b y the P e n n s y l v a n i a r a i l w a y t o

Washington , arr iv ing there ear ly i n A u ­gust .

3 GEORGE F. BAER, g >: Eastern Railroad President and Anthra- £: H oite Operator, in Minneapolis t; 8 Today. ¥

COAL BARON HAS GLIMPSE OF WEST

George P. Baer Greatly Impressed by Its Magnitude and

Resources.

W I T T B C A N M A K E P E A C E

ELEVEN COUNTIES J W E GIVEN OUT

First Report from State Census f:ffcureau Show Increase of 5.6 *'*"' '• ' Per Oemt v&~ --4-tf:

State Population Will Show In-Ofver 180,0gC|, but

Can't J each OO&OOO. 7 orease

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" G r e a t i s t h e w e s t . " T h i s is George F . B a e r ' s e s t imate of

the v a s t country w h i c h he has traversed since l eav ing Phi lade lphia . Mr. B a e r i s t h e rai lroad pres ident w h o w a s charged w i t h ho ld ing t h e doctr ine o f t h e ' ' d i v i n e r ight of m i l l i o n a i r e s . " H e has never been w e s t of P i t t s b u r g be­fore, and i s only at the g a t e w a y today , of an expanse of terr i tory incomprehen­s ib le on mere hearsay i n ex ten t and re­sources t o the easterner. H e has broad­ened his v i s ion b y frequent tr ips t o Europe and now he i s go ing t o see h i s own country. I t w ou ld b e in teres t ing to i n t e r v i e w Georgo F . Baer w h e n h e returns from Port land , wh i ther he i s bound, cons idering t h e amazement ex-

Eressed w h e n he had reached only t h e orders of the great w e s t a t i t s commer­

cial door, Minneapol i s . George Baer and " T o m " and J o h n

A n k e n y of Minneapol i s were brought up in Somerset county , P e n n s y l v a n i a . Baer married a cousin of t h e A n k e n y s . ' ' T o m ' ' w a s nearer B a e r ' s a g e and w a o more i n t i m a t e w i t h him. John A n k e n y h a s n ' t seen h i m for iorty- f lve years . The three m e t t o d a y in Minneapol i s . Las t n ight A . T. A n k e n y d ined w i t h t h e B a e r s a t t h e R y a n i n St.> P a u l , and it. w a s nearly , midn ight be fore t h e twb' ^hroaB b e g a n t o m a k e a n y h e a d w a y on t h e recount of reminiscences w h i c h h a d p i l ed up i n t h e in ter im s ince boyhood.

S e e s Loca l Propert ies .

Bus ines s interes t s had s o m e t h i n g t o do also w i t h the stop made b y Mr. B a e r and assoc iates in Minneapol i s . H e i s pres ident of the Phi lade lphia & R e a d i n g road and of t h e Phi lade lphia & R e a d i n g Coal & Iron company, represented in the northwest and Minneapo l i s b y J . H . Sessions. I n company w i t h Mr. Ses­s ions he inspected t h e loca l propert ies from an automobi le .

Mr. Baer i s accompanied on h i s tour t o Port land b y his w i f e and t w o daugh­ters , his son-in-law, Heber Smi th . Dr . Muehlenberg; and Mr. He i s ter , a l l of Reading . H i s pr iva te car w a s a t tached to the af ternoon overland of the North­ern Pacif ic road. A general inspect ion of t h e wes tern country w ^ t b e made .

George F . B a e r b e c a m e . * conspicuous figure in the la te anthrac i te coal s tr ike . H e i s s ix f e e t h igh, w e i g h s 175 pounds and is about 63 years of age . H e i s conceded to be one of the fore­most lawyers in the country and for m a n y years w a s special counsel for J . P . Morgan. W h e n he g a v e up his prac­t i c e for the general management of h is iron, coal, manufac tur ing and rai lroad interests , h i s prac t i ce w a s sa id t o be worth oyer $100,000 annual ly . Mr. Baer is i n t i m a t e l y acquainted w i t h the magni tude of the country and has long sought th i s opportuni ty of s ee ing t h e v a s t resources of the w e s t .

Gossip A b o u t Boot .

Gossip in connect ion w i t h t h e v i s i t of Mr. Baer throws a s ide l ight on Elilju R o o t ' s entry Into Pres ident R o o s e v e l t ' s cabinet . Mere pol i t ical ambit ion does not expla in w h y a com­parat ive ly young and s trong m a n should g i v e up a fortune in pract ice for a com­parat ive p i t tance of $8,000 annual ly

E n v o y H a s B e e n Clothed W i t h Pu l l P o w e r b y Czar.

S t . Petersburg , J u l y 14 .—It i s be ­l i e v e d tha t M. W i t t e w i l l b e author­ized to n e g o t i a t e a peace t r e a t y w i t h o u t report ing to the fore ign office a t home. I n other words , the pres ident of the council of min i s ters w i l l b e empowered to make peace on h i s own responsibi l ­i t y .

Spontaneous ly al l part i e s recognize t h a t M. W i t t e ' s se lec t ion m a k e s for a successful t erminat ion of the peace ne­got ia t ions . T h e mere f a c t t h a t t h e em­peror a t las t y i e l d e d to the pressure for W i t t e ' s appointment i s accepted as be* i n g a complete assurance t h a t h is ma­j e s t y i s s incere ly determined t o end t h e conflict and m a k e peace i f a possible bas i s i s obta inable . E v e r y influence w h i c h championed M . W i t t e w a s for peace , w h i l e on t h e contrary in* e v e r y ins tance those w h o opposed h i m were for a pro longat ion of t h e s truggle .

RDSS REGIMENT SLAYS OFFICERS

HEAT WAVE KILLS 63 IN NEW YORK

Deaths for Six Days Number Over Three Score—But To­

day Is Better.

New York Sun Special Service. N e w York, J u l y 14 .—Deaths f r o m

heat s ince b e g i n n i n g of hot w a v e : J u l y 9, one d e a t h ; J u l y 10, s i x t e e n ; J u l y 11, t w e l v e ; J u l y 12, t w e l v e ; J u l y 13, nine­t e e n ; to ta l to date , 60.

N o rel ief i s in s i g h t f rom t h e hot w a v e . The breath less d a y s cont inue to c laim more l i v e s each twenty - four hours. The number of d e a t h s y e s t e r d a y w a s nineteen, br ing ing t h e to ta l ' s ince the

p le te census returns from e l e v e n esota counties show a '(population '6.884, and a g a i n over the federal _ ______ . ___

o f 8,29t5. T h e to ta l s for these - fbeg inn ing of t h e hot w a v e up to s i x t y .v j.: , ..__.•,! There w e r e more t h a n s i x t y prostra-ies , and for t h e c i t ies and v i l l ages

.. _ , ined in them* were announced to­days b y the s t a t e census bureau, b e i n g the? first detai led and definite announce­ment f r o m thjS bureau.

The counties embraced i n t h e report are f rom the pirst, -third, fourth , s i x th s e v e n t h a n d e i g h t h congress ional dis­tr ic ts , but do "'not include a n y of t h e three large counties , or those northern count ies from w h i c h the bes t percentage of increase i s ^expected. T h e y make a be t t er showing than w a s ant ic ipated . The o n l y counpies to fa l l beh ind the

.1900 figures ane H o u s t o n and D o d g e , from the first -district. A l l t h e others show an increase , and t h e net increase for t h e e l even i s 5.8 per cent .

This rate of* increase for t h e e i g h t y count ies exc lus ive of Hennep in , Ram­sey and St . Louis w o u l d br ing 70,000 ad­dit ional peoplai and t h e census bureau officials be l i eve a s t i l l b e t t e r showing wi l l be made. I t i s figured t h a t t h e three large count ies wOl show an in­crease of 112,000, o f w h i c h 60,000 w i l l be found in Hennep in , 27,000 i n Ram­s e y and 25,000 in S t . Louis . I t i s there­f o r e sa fe t o s a y tha t the populat ion wi l l show a n increase of 182,000 people sinde 1900, w h i c h would br ing the s t a t e ' s to ­ta l up t o 1,933,000 i n round numbers . There i s no hope t h a t t h e 2,000,000 mark w i l l b e reached, b u t a t e n per cent increase i s no t regarded a s a bad showing .

The totals, for t h e e l e v e n count ies and t h e populat ion of t h e same count ies i n 1895 a n d 1900, are as f o l l o w s :

TRUST KING TREMBLES AS SCANDALS INCREASE

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Sappers Join Revolt Which Is Spreading in Southern

Russia.

Tiflis, Caucasia, J u l y 14 .—A reg iment of Russ ian sappers s ta t ioned a t a smal l v i l l age i n t h e mounta ins near here has murdered al l i t s officers, and, i t i s ru­mored, has jo ined t h e revo lut ion is t s .

Agrar ian disorders are spreading i n southwestern Russ ia , and the s i tuat ion i s a larming. The p e a s a n t s are i n open revolut ion.

Terrorists Captured.

S t . Pe ter sburg , J u l y 1 4 . — A b a n d of terrorists f u l l y equipped t o manufacture bombs and forge passports w a s captured in a house near t h e Fonta&ka canal las t n igh t . The pol ice surrounded t h e bui ld­i n g occupied b y the desperadoes, but the i n m a t e s f o u g h t t h e m off w i t h revol-vjws.~ A f t e r t h e pol ice h a d rece ived re-, i n f o r c e m e n t s the w h o l e g&ng w e r e t a k e n prisoners. Severa l of t h e pol icemen w e r e wounded .

The government censorship, n o w un­der the direct ion of General Trepoff, as ­s i s tant min i s ter of the interior, has been r e v i v e d w i t h a l l i t s pris t ine v igor . A b l a n k e t order has been i ssued posi­t i v e l y prohib i t ing the publ icat ion of a n y n e w s re la t ing to s tr ikes , disorders or revo lut ionary act ion .

OLTJJEST PYTHIAN 13 DEAD. Bock Island, 111., July 14.—Richard Wareham,

tbe oldest member of the Knights of Pythias, died of heart failure at home here today. Be was 70 years old and was the last surrlYing char­ter member of the original league organized at Washington, D. 0., in 1862. Wareham was an engineer in the navy during the civil war.

CHURCH AID FOR ST. PAUX. '-Hartford, Conn., July 14.—A resolution was

passed today pledging the National Young Peo­ple's Christian union to.pay |2,000 toward the erection of a ohurch building in St. Paul, Minn., the total oost of the building not to exceed $15,-000.

T h e E l e v e n Counties .

1900. 11,679 18,416 4,654

15,400 8,935

81,187 14,691 7,281 8,912

' 18,840 18,248

t ions The hospi ta l s are fu l l of heat pa­

t i ents , g i v i n g the doctors and nurses l ong ex tra hours of w o r k e v e r y day.

-The N e w York Assoc ia t ion for Improv­i n g t h e Condit ion of t h e Poor i s doing a b i g b u s i n e s s a t i t s fresh air resort at Sea Breeze . I t has a w a i t i n g l i s t of 3,000 mothers and babies . A l r e a d y 2,000 h a v e rece ived an out ing a v e r a g i n g t e n days .

A l t h o t h e ac tua l t emperature in N e w York c i t y t o d a y w a s t h e same as y e s ­terday , 86 degrees, suffering in t h e crowded t enement d is tr ic t s w a s great ly re l i eved . The chief cause of the im­proved condit ions w a s a remarkable decrease in t h e h u m i d i t y from 36 t o 55 in less t h a n s ix hours. The improved condi t ions were not i ceab le in the great­l y reduced number of deaths and pros­trat ions from heat . Three deaths and about a score of prostrat ions d irect ly due to the v e a t h e r were reported up t o noon. This m a k e s t h e t o t a l s ix ty- three .

ROW A LEAK Ifl TOBACCO BEPORT

Secretary 'Wilson, with Cotton Scandal on His Hands, Is

Near Another.

ROCKEFELLER NOW f FEARS FOR SAFETY

John D.'s Body Guard Increased and Intruders Ordered

from Premises. _, • *-/J

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BUT THE POLICY OF SILENCE IS BROKEN

Out of Tarbell Story Comes De­fense of Rockefeller, Then

More Accusations.

IDA M. TARBELL, Whose "Character Study" Has Hored

Rockefeller to Explain. »;»ara>K«w*a«v^^

County— 1905. Isanti 12,941 Kandiyohi 19,398 Lake - 0,110 Houston 15,092 Grant 9,652 Goodhue 81,639 tyon 16,171 Sherborne 7,537 Benton ..." , 11,256 Dodge 12,747 Chisago . ~ 14,841

1895. 10.195 16,822 8,425

15,556 7,987

82,268 12,425 7,137 7,793

12,753, 13,118

Totals

FOLKS IN " 4 0 0 " BESET BY TROUBLE

Blackmail Attempts, Divorce,Mar-riage to Coachman, Furnish

Wealthy with Gossip.

156,884 148,589 188,979

R e t u r n s for twenty^one c i t i e s and v i l l a g e s in the s8me countieB are an­nounced a s fo l l ows :

T w e n t y - t w o Munic ipa l i t i e s . 1905.

Cambridge, TiUage . . . . . . . . . . . . . 855 Winmar, city , 8,825 Two Harbors, vi l lage. . . . . 4,402 Caledonia, village , 1,405 Houston; rlUage . . . . . . . ~ ~" Elbow Late. Tillage.. . . . Herman, Tillage £..,..^ Cannon Falls, village.. Ztunbrota, villagif,. . l e d vrSfcj-_f]p4. Marshall; village-Tracy, oitr . . . . Cottonwood, Tillage Elk RiTer, Tillage. Sauk Rapids, Tillage 1,652 Dodge Center, village 935 Mantorville, Tillage 484 Kasson, Tillage 1,049 Lindstrom, Tillage 562 Rush City, Tillage 1,041

Totals 86,178 82,199

The rate of increase for t h e t o w n s i s over 12 per cent , a much b e t t e r show­i n g t h a n the count ies as a whole . The banner s h o w i n g i s made b y T w o Har­bors, whi l e small decreases are shown in E l k R i v e r , D o d g e Center, Mantorv i l l e and Kasson . # R e d W i n g , the largest c i t y reported, g a i n e d 625 in populat ion, or a l i t t l e over 8 per cent . Goodhue county outs ide of B e d W i n g shows a decrease.

PIERCE aUITS HARRIHAN. New York, July 14.—Winslow S. Pierce, for­

merly general counsel of the Union Pacific railroad, has resigned from the directorates of all the Harriman properties.

83V 1,891

942 602

1,112 885 987

W a s h i n g t o n , J u l y 14 .—Through t h e receipt of numerous communicat ions f rom t h e south and s t a t e m e n t s appear­i n g i n t h e press a t var ious t i m e s tha t t h e s t a t i s t i c s of t h e department of agri­culture on tobacco were b e i n g manipu­l a t e d in t h e in teres t s of t h e tobacco trust , Secre tary W i l s o n has b e g u n an inquiry in to t h e subject .

P e n d i n g t h e i n v e s t i g a t i o n , t h e publi­ca t ion of t h e tobacco s t a t i s t i c s of t h e several d i s tr i c t s w i l l b e he ld up , a l tho t h e regular m o n t h l y figures b y s ta tes w i l l b e g i v e n out n e x t Monday . .

Spec ia l a g e n t s h a v e b e e n sent t o t h e dark tobacco d i s t r i c t s of Tennessee and K e n t u c k y t o v e r i f y or correct t h e de­p a r t m e n t ' s figures. T h i s act ion, Mr. H y d e , t h e chief s ta t i s t i c ian , sa id , w a s i n de ference t o t h e s en t iment w h i c h had been engendered t h a t t h e depart­m e n t ' s figures w e r e w h o l l y incorrect. Mr.. H y d e h a s tjeeji.jdbgKgn. .direct charge of. t h e iayegtigation.J^ksJi<i_ i,;..<, <..t~-

New York Bun Special Service.. N e w York, J u l y 14 .—Thoro i n v e s t i ­

g a t i o n i s to be made b y Dis tr i c t At tor ­n e y Jerome t o find out i f the wel l -k n o w n men and w o m e n w h o put up $500 for A m e r i c a n ' s Smart Se t , publ i shed b y t h e Soc i e ty E d i t o r s ' assoc iat ion , did so l e g i t i m a t e l y of w e r e b lackmai led in to i t . Th i s w i l l b e &one i n order t o g e t more e v i d e n c e a g a i n s t Charles H . Ahle , a sol ic i tor for t h e S o c i e t y Edi­t o r s ' associat ion, who, i s charged w i t h a n a t t empt to extort $500 from E d w i n M . P o s t of t h e S t o c k exchange .

SILK THIEVES AT WORK IN THE NORTHWEST

Chicago, J u l y 14.—-That a b a n d of s i lk th i eves , w h o s e operat ions h a v e re­sul ted in plunder v a l u e d a t $25,000, are m a k i n g Chicago their headquarters , and t h a t s to len s i lk s are b e i n g sys temat i ­ca l ly sold through a " f e n c e ' ' i n t h i s c i ty , i s t h e be l i e f of t h e pol ice . The burglaries h a v e occurred w i t h i n 800 mi les of Chicago, pr inc ipa l ly in Wis ­consin, I l l ino is and Indiana . Te legrams from t h e pol ice of m a n y t o w n s t e l l of burglar ies in country s tores and depart­m e n t stores of larger c i t i e s in w h i c h va luab le s i lk s h a v e b e e n s to len. The pol ice of t h e f o l l o w i n g places , among others , h a v e reported: F o n d du Lac , Wis . , E a u Claire, Wis . , Madison , Wis . , and Clinton, Iowa .

" T o w n T o p i c s " F igures .

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in Swedish waters . N o fore ign fleet a t tached to the office w h i c h Secretary of such proportions ever came to S w e den before. The disposi t ion of the squadrons wi l l amount to a b lockade or the entire Swed i sh coast .

I t is not too much to say tha t ttiis unexpected and unsol ic i ted v i s i t of the ka i ser ' s navy , whi le not considered a host i le act, exc i tes as tonishment bor­dering on alarm. N o b o d y , not e v e n the government officials, i s able t o of­f e r an explanat ion. The newspapers refrain from comment because , as edi­tors confidentially inform the corres-?ondent , t h e y aTe astonished a t t h i s

resh outbreak of W i l l i a m ' s favor i t e po l i cy of surprise and mystif icat ion.

N o t A l toge ther Beassur ing .

I f he intends i t as a token of friend­ship , i t i s asserted tha t he has over­done i t , and that he ought to h a v e chosen a more amiable and less dis-Duieting form of a m i t y than g irdl ing S w e d e n w i t h a formidable cordon of German bat t l e sh ips .

S tockholm w a s aroused last n ight b y t h e Toar of sa lut ing guns in1 the inner harbor.

W h e n the smoke cleared, the German coast defense cruiser Aeg ir w a s found anchored near t h e palace , h a v i n g ar­r ived w i thout not ice , no twi ths tand ing tha t Stockholm t e n days ago w a s offi­c ia l ly declared a w a r harbor and inac-cessable to fore ign men^o'-war.

Swedish suscept ib i l i t i es are further injured b y the informat ion tha t the German general staff has detai led offi­cers to i n v e s t i g a t e the s ta te of mi l i tary preparations in S w e d e n and Norway^

D a n e s W a n t Pr ince Enthroned , Copenhagen, Denmark, J u l y 14 .—At

t o d a y ' s cabinet m e e t i n g i t deve loped that the minis ters w e r e i n fu l l agree­ment that Pr ince Charles of Denmark Should accept the crown of N o r w a y i f K i n g Oscar and the other courts most near ly concerned expressed the ir ap­proval . K i n g ' C h r i s t i a n and the other members of the Danish royal f a m i l y are also favorable to Prinlce Charles becoming k i n g of Norway^

J o h n H a y has just l e f t Mr. Root , i t seems, has come t o t h e

conclusion* that i t i s b e t t e r to be a l i v e m a n t h a n a dead one. H e has a com-

f ietency; he can afford to quit a prac-ice tha t i s sure to k i l l h im from over­

work, and accept honors inc ident t o t h e secretaryship at $8,000.

Wherever Mr. E o o t w e n t , i t i s said, to h is office or into open court, h i s coat ta i l s were tugged: b y interests w h i c h b e g g e d for an opportuni ty to see him, or eager ly - quest ioned w h e n he would t a k e up their case, or urged h im desperate ly to accept a retainer. This w a s w e a r i n g on Root and i t i s under­stood t h a t afteT mature reflection h e determined to t a k e the remarkable s tep of dropping a l a w bus iness , p a y i n g $200,000 reta iner f e e s he h a d not "earned, and se t t l ing down in» the har­ness at $8,000 a year .

N o t I n t e r e s t e d i n Lawson .

Mr. B a e r ' s neg l ec t of an opportuni ty to hear Tom L a w s o n speak las t n ight i l lus trates the a t t i t u d e of men of the Baer c lass t oward Mr. L a w s o n ' s at­t a c k s on " f r e n z i e d finance. '\ H e ev inced no part icular in teres t in the address. H e seemed t o f ee l t h a t Mr. Lawson w a s w o r k i n g in another field and sa id t h a t L a w s o n w ou ld n o t hurt l e g i t i m a t e business . I f there w a s w a t e r in s tocks he seemed w i l l i n g to l e t L a w s o n help squeeze i t out . Manufac­tur ing bus iness i s n o w reduced to such a water l e s s sc ience tha t m e n connected w i t h actual industr ies had no v i t a l in­terest in Mr. L a w s o n ' s campaign.

$2,000,000 AS SPUR TO , WHITE PLAGUE CURE

New York Sun Special Servioe. .'- " - v >. ;: < R i o Janiero , J u l y 14.-H3enor TVfedei-

ros, a deputv , has introduced a b i l l of­f er ing a prize of $2,000,000 t o t h e dis­coverer of an efficacious razuedy for tu­berculos is .

W h i l e t h e m o n e y w a s os tens ib ly pa id a s a subscript ion for a work ent i t l ed A m e r i c a ' s Smart Se t , t o be publ ished b y the S o c i e t y E d i t o r s ' assoc iat ion of N o . 503 F i f t h avenue , Mr. P o s t declares i t w a s demanded from h im as t h e price of prevent ing a scurri lous art ic le about h i s personal affairs b e i n g pr inted i n Town Topics . A s to w h e t h e r there w a s a n y - t r u t h in t h e informat ion, wh ich , h e says , he w a s to ld w a s in the possess ion of t h e edi tor of T o w n Topics , Mr. P o s t w i l l not say , b u t h e asserts t h a t w h a t ­e v e r , t h e aaaa3g,.rtt^y..liaye been, t o t d h i s w i f e a l l ~w!fctt0fi^W53gztla.i She agreed w i t h him' thatTt*-#ttrIi is t l u t y t o t a k e l e g a l ac t ion .

Trap L a i d for A h l e .

The arrest w a s t h e result of a t r a p ba i t ed for A h l e b y A s s i s t a n t D i s t r i c t A t t o r n e y Krote l , i i whose charge t h e m a t t e r w a s placed b y Dis tr i c t A t t o r n e y Jerome af ter Mr. P o s t had made h i s complaint . A s i f to dispel the i d e a tha t he had tr ied t o extort m o n e y from Mr. Pos t , Ahle , a f t er h is arrest "showed Mr. k r o t e l a large bundle of rece ipts show-u i g tha t men a n d w o m e n of w e a l t h had subscribed for t h e work. N o n e of these , however , so f a r a s i s known,

f iarted w i t h their $500 thru a n y i d e a hat their p r i v a t e .affairs wou ld b e ven­

t i l a t e d should t h e y decl ine t o do so. M. E . Wooster , m a n a g i n g edi tor o f

t h e S o c i e t y E d i t o r s , associat ion, w e n t t o t h e distr ict a t t o r n e y ' s office t o d a y in answer to a subpena,. H e g a v e some in­format ion not on ly concerning h is o w n associat ion, but also about T o w n Topics and i t s publ icat ions . H e says Town Topics w i l l do al l in i t s powqr t o a id t h e distr ict a t torney to conv ic t Ah le i f i t can be shown tha t he i s a blackmailer .

B o o k s for t h e Rich .

T o w n Topics has b e e n g e t t i n g sub­script ions for another publ icat ion w h i c h i s cal led F a d s and Fanc ie s . This i s n o t y e t on the market . Only 100 copies are t o b e c irculated. E a c h book i s t o cost $1,500. T h e ent ire i ssue of 100 copies has b e e n subscribed and i n tha t manner $150,000 has been paid i n t o t h e treasury of T o w n Topics , w h i c h i s t o publ i sh t h e book.

The first ins ta l lment of A m e r i c a ' s Smart Se t i s in t h e form of a large fo l io 12x20 inches , and i s en t i t l ed " A t N e w p o r t . " The pages are sprinkled w i t h photographs of N e w p o r t v i l l a s , of automobi les occupied b y w e a l t h y own­ers; of pe t dogs and coaches. Several of the subscribers are explo i ted , and the names of Astor , Vanderbi l t , V a n A l e n , Brooks , F i s h , Goelet and Gerry are on e v e r y page .

B i q H W I D O W W E D S C O A C H M A N

Mrs. Garth, R e l i c t o f Mil l ionaire Sui­c ide , A g a i n a Br ide .

New York Sun Special Service. N e w York, J u l y 14.—-Reports from

abroad h a v e reached N e w York te l l ­i n g of t h e marriage of Mrs . Granvil le W . Garth t o her former coachman, H u ­bert H a r t i g a n .

H a r t i g a n ' s name has been l inked t o Mrs. Garth's in romantic whispers ever s ince the death of Mr. Garth, mil l ion­aire and pres ident of t h e M e c h a n i c s ' Nat iona l bank of th i s c i ty , w h o i s sup­posed t o have commit ted suic ide Christ-man E v e , 1903, b y jumping in to the Gulf of Mexico from t h e deck of t h e Mal lory l iner D e n v e r wh i l e on a tr ip t o Galveston.

Special to The Journal. Cleveland, J u l y 14 .—It i s sa id J o h n

D . Rockefe l l er ' s f e a r s . f o r h is personal *• s a f e t y have a g a i n become paramount . r

The "bodyguard at Fores t H i l l i s sa id • to have been increased and t o h a v e re- • ce ived renewed exhortat ion t o v i g i l a n c e . ;

Pred ic t ions are added t h a t Rockefe l l - ' er w i l l forego his frequent appearances ' i% in publ ic unt i l t h e a g i t a t i o n shal l h a v e d ied a w a y . I t i s confidently p o i n t e d out ~ that he i s much more s e n s i t i v e to ap­pearance than i s commonly supposed and so e v e n if not afra id of hiij l i f e he would hes i ta t e before a p p e a l i n g a t h i s church or elsewhore w h i l e t h e r e v i v e d scandal i s a present sensat ion .

The present controversy w i t h I d a Tar­bel l , during which the w o m a n ' s maga- • z ine art ic le has ga ined broadcast c i r c u - . la t ion , has made t h e oi l k i n g nervous :

; and i t i s sa id he fears t h a t some crank w h o might have become convinced o f ; the v e r a c i t y of the pr in ted s t a t e m e n t s m a y a t t empt h is l i f e .

Rockefe l ler has a l w a y s l i v e d more or • less in seclusion w h i l e in Cleveland, b u t -? has n e v e r fa i l ed to a t t e n d S u n d a y school regularly. N o w bis res idence on For­est H i l l i s w e l l n i g h unapproachable . H i s p r i v a t e secretary cannot e v e n b e seen. The utmost v i g i l a n c e i s b e i n g mainta ined b y the a t t e n d a n t s a t t h e Fores t Hi l l res idence and every intrud­er, no mat ter w h a t might b e h is errand, i s c losely quest ioned and prac t i ca l ly or­dered off the premises a f ter a brief hear* ._ ing . N e v e r before w a s such v i g i l a n c e y the rule.

S i l ence I s Broken .

N o t only h a v e t h e Rockefe l l er f ears been aroused, but the Rockefe l ler si­lence has been broken. John D . Rocke­fe l ler has spoken, thru a Cleveland at­torney , and an a t tempt has been made to refute charges brought b v I d a M. Tarbel l in her character s t u d y of t h e oil k ing , publ i shed i n McClure ' s Maga­zine.

The " S v s t e m " has b e e n dr^ren t o denial of Dr . W a s h i n g t ^ a G l i n d e n ' s " t a i n t e d m o n e y " arraignments . ' T h e y . S y s t e m ' s " ch ie f s h a v e squirmed under - ," ' L a w s o n ' s excor iat ions . B u t t h i & i a 4

has t a k e n of t h e numerous publication's ref lect ing upon his bus iness methods . •% A l l efforts to i n d u c e h i m t o make pub- \i l ie a defense of the much-discussed inci- -» dents of h is career as master of S t a n d - " ' ard Oil h a v e heretofore fa i l ed .

Frank S e e s L ibe l .

And M i s s Tarbel l h a s st irred up n o t only J o h n D . Rockefel ler , but his broth­er Frank. W h i l e J o h n D . turns h i s at­t en t ion to t h e Tarbel l s tory of a busi ­ness deal , F r a n k takes up her account of his f a t h e r ' s l i fe , and brands i t i s a l ie . H e s a y s t h e truth w i l l b e k n o w n , and sugges t s that the f a m i l y m a y t a k e act ion t o protect the name and honor of h is fa ther .

The Rockefe l l er f a m i l y a l w a y s h a s sa id the fa ther w a s a regular l i censed phys ic ian and a man of small but leg i t ­i m a t e bus iness in teres t s . T h e members are secret ive about his whereabouts and h i s present mode of l i f e .

T H E T R A V E R S E S D I V O R C E D

Sis ter o f Mrs . W . K. Vanderb i l t Sepa­ra tes from Clubman.

New York Sun Special Service. N e w York, J u l y 14 .—Soc ie ty w a s

surprised t o learn tha t Mrs. Wi l l i am R. Travers , s i s ter of Mrs. Wi l l i am K. Vanderb i l t , and a leader in N e w p o r t ' s

os t exc lus ive set , has been granted 1 decree of divorce b y the supreme

So careful ly has the secret been ded tha t n e w s of th i s decree, t e d i n M a y , has jus t become n. For years i t has been k n o w n

rs. Travers and her husband, t h e i the W a l l s treet broker, c lubman

a n d ^ i t of decades ago , were dr i f t ing apii$;. Their marriage t w e l v e y e a r s a g o w a s regarded as a n ideal match . Mrsf Travers i s s t i l l an acknowledged •society leader. She chaperoned M i s s A l i c e Rooseve l t las t winter . , v

P o l i c y of Si lence .

% Whether the publ icat ions n o w m a d e ind ica te a change of po l i cy w h i c h w i l l g i v e the world Mr. Rockefe l l er ' s s ide of his l i f e story, i s not known. I t m a y be t h a t the recept ion these s ta tements h a v e m e t wi l l discourage " t h e w o r l d ' s on ly b i l l i o n a i r e . " for Miss Tarbell . hav­i n g read the John D . Rockefe l ler refuta­t ion , s t i cks t o her guns, and the other persons concerned are equal ly emphat ic .

The Rockefe l ler re futat ion comes i n a s ta tement issued b y Virg i l P . K l i n e , a t torney , and deals w i t h accusat ions made b y M i s s Tarbell in connect ion w i t h a suit b y J a m e s Corrigan of Cleve­land aga ins t J o h n D . Rockefe l ler .

The D e a l W i t h Corrigan. " ;; '

M i s s Tarbe l l ' s s tory of R o c k e f e l l e r ' s deal w i t h Corrigan. in brief, i s t h i s :

Corrigan owed Rockefe l ler $402,000, secured b y Standard Oil, ah»d sh ipp ing stock worth $700,000. Rockefe l l er also held 4,936 shares of Corrigan'a min ing s tock as col lateral for a loan t o F r a n k Rockefe l ler , Corrigan's partner. Cor­r igan w a s hard pressed. Rockefe l l er refused to make a n y terms t h a t d id not include surrender of S tandard certifi­cates . Corrigan obta ined m o n e y t o p a y the entire debt and free the col­lateral . Rockefe l ler refused t o accept the money, as the greater part o f t h e debt w a s not due. I n February , 1895, t h e 2,500 shares of S tandard were sold to Rockefe l ler for $168 a share. A month la ter Standard w a s quoted a t $185. Corrigan quest ioned Rockefe l ­l er ' s r ight to b u y t h e stock, and the case w a s tr ied be'fore a board of arbi­trators , who ruled in Rockefe l l er ' s fa­vor. I t w a s shown at t h e trial t h a t Rockefe l ler w a s Corrigan's trustee . Corrigan declared Rockefe l l er wi thhe ld informat ion of t h e s tocks va lue and de­nied the ex i s tence of a surplus.

N o w comes Mr. K l i n e and term* M i s s Tarbe l l ' s " a part ial and mis­l eading account of the case of Corrigan v s . Rockefel ler , finally determined in-Mr. Rockefe l l er ' s f avor b y t h e supreme court of Ohio some years a g o . " Mr. K l i n e w a s one of Rockefe l l er ' s counsel.

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PROMINENT SOUTHERNER BURNED. ' Charleston, W. Va., July 14.—Colonel George

W. Patton, a prominent lawyer and old resident, was fatally burned and Mont Saukiers, an em­ployee of the county clerk's office, was badly

3 % . 3 ^ f i 9 W ? •* f" ** * r^*mmm **m wm> sa column.

H e cont inues:

H i s t o r y o f t h e Case. Feb. 19, 1895, Mr. Corrigan was in­

debted to Mr. Rockefeller $415,000. Of this sum over $25,000 w a s interest past due, while a large portion of the' princi­pal had also matured. Mr. Rockefeller had also advanced on account of an Iron mining company in which Mr. Corrigan w a s interested, over $260,000, which w a s secured in part by indorsements of Mr. Corrigan and in part by deposits of his stock in that company.

Mr. Corrigan, needing more money, en ­tered into a contract with Mr. Rockefeller by the terms of which he sold to Mr. Rockefeller 2,500 shares of Standard trust certificates at the then market price of $168 per share, and out of the proceeds received $80,000 in cash, and 4,350 shares of his stock in the mining company, the remainder being applied under the terms of the contract with certain securities to