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TOiwnrB SFOBTTNO NEWS WILL BE FOUND ON PAGE FOTJR' PRICE TWO CENTS. President Will Issue Call for In ternational Conference at The Hague. Final Step in Connection with the War Between Russia and Japan. Vew York Sun Special Service. Washington, Sept. 15. President Roosevelt will, -within a week, take his final step in connection with the Russo Japanese war. He will issue a call to the powers to hold an international conference which shall amend the treaty of The Hague BO as to make it more difficult for two nations to go to war, and should they do io* to compel* them to adopt more humane tactics than were observed dur ing the struggle which has ^ust closed. The Horrors of War. The idea to call such a conference has been in the president's mind for more than a yearalmost, in fact, from the time, the war between Kussia and Japan began. The action of the belligerents in planting mines so thatv they drifted in the path of neutral commerce, causing the loss of innocent shipping and death of persons who had no interest whatever in the hostilities the capture and sinking of neutral ves sels because they had aboard what was construed to be contraband of war the immense damage done to private prop ertyall these things of first impor tance to every people in the worldde termined the president to use his ef forts to induce the powers to make large amendments to The Hague treaty. PRESIDENT TO MOVE AS WORLD'S PEACEMAKER ROOSEVELT WILL THERE'S WHU Hi CALL HAGUE MEET Rovers Hesitated During War. He communicated with the powers last year as to the advisability of hold ing a conference, but while there was provisional acceptance, it was evident that fear of offending Russia and Japan by adopting proposals which might re flect upon their course and limit their future action, made several nations hes itate about appointing representatives. Russia and Japan were not prepared to participate in the congress while they were engaged in a deadly'struggle. The president has decided, therefore, to issue a second call and to suggest a meeting some time during the winter. The American Commission. The old commission of the United States comprised Andrew D. White, for mer ambassador to Germany Seth Low of New York Stanford Newell, minis ter to *he Netherlands Captain A. T. Mahan, retired, df the nav^r, and Brig adier General William CrozieU, chief of the army bureau of ordnance. Some of these men may be reappointed. As Mr. Newell is no longer minister to the Netherlands, he probably will not serve, "but an appointment will be given Dr. David J. Hill, formerly assistant secre tary of state, who is accredited to The Hague government, and who always has taken especial interest in the peace movement. Subjects for Conference. It is expected that the president, in the circular he will issue, will make suggestions as to the subjects which should be considered. The president acted boldly in step ping in during the Portsmouth negotia tions, and has today international fame as a result of the way in which he brought those negotiations to a suc cessful conclusion. By calling the sec ond Hague conference, and having adopted measures .which will limit the hardship and sufferings in future wars, he will still further increase the debt humanity and civilization owes him. With American prestige at such a high point at the present time, the pres ident will be able largely to guide the work of the proposed congress, and thus will emphasize his rignt to the title of peacemaker. Japan Remains Friendly. Tho the president had so much to do in making Japan realize the neces sity of granting costly concessions to secure peace, the people in the land of the rising sun bear no animosity to him or to nis country, according to reports received by the state depart ment. A cablegram was received yes terday from Lvold Griscom, American minister at Tokio, describing the riot ing at Yokohama and stating that troops had been sent to establish or der. His dispatch added that at the time he was cabling quiet prevailed. Some' apprehension has been felt here that the people of Japan would become embittered against the United States as they had against Russia, follow ing the Chino-Japanese war in 1894-'95. Russia, in a combination with Germany and France, forced Japan to evacuate the Liao-tung peninsula. The pressure exercised by the president was not of a military character. It was moral, and the people of Japan evidently un derstand it. Ambitions of Japanese. Mr. Griscom does not think there is any danger of the development of anti American feeling. There is not, of course, a single cloud upon the relations of Japan and America, but the riots have indicated the ambitious .character and Aspirations of the Japanese people. That they would not have objected to the expenditure of a large proportion of the indemnity they hoped to get from Russia in increasing the navy is no longer doubted. The peace of the world, therefore, is advanced in the view of high offi cials of the administration. YOUNG HYDE WINS BRIDE Miss Warren Is to Wed the Equitable's Late Vice President. New York Sun Special Service. New York, Sept. 15.Following the departure for Paris on Tuesday oi Mrs. Whitney Warren and her daughter, Miss Charlotte Warren, comes the re port that James Hazen Hyde, "the most eligible bachelor in America," ac cording to the Newport estimate, has won Miss Warren's hand, and that the trip of mother and daughter to the land of modistes and milliners is fpr no other purpose than to purchase the trousseau. Gossip today went even further, and asserted that young Mr. Hyde would follow his fiancee abroad, and that the wedding would be celebrated in the French capital. -n 1/ TO FIGHT OYER Despite War Tarns from Scan dinavia, Everything Points to Peace. Karstad Conference Calls in Some Swedish Military. Experts. BY W. B. CHAMBERLAIN, Managing Editor of The Journal. Despite the bellicose tone of some of the dispatches that have been jsoming from Scon'dinavia, I still believe that Sweden and Norway will find a peaceful way out of their difficulties. It is true that the delegates of the two kingdoms now in session at Karl stad do not appear jfo be making much progress. But it must be remembered that the sessions are absolutely secret and that the newspaper men present have been quite unacde to secure a'n'y "authntic information as 'to what is happening in'the confernece. It must be remembered, too,\ that Premier Nicholson of Norway, and others pre dicted early in the conference that its sessions would be lohg. Scandinavian statesmen are as fond of argument as a Scotchman, and they will thresh out every phase of the ques tion and from every standpoint before reaching an agreement. Nothing to Fight Over. What, after all, is there to fight over? Sweden, in the proposal of its riksdag, practically guaranteed that the inde pendence "of Norway would be granted. That is the crux of the whole question. All ""other questions are merely mat ters of detail. Sweden naturally wants some con cessions as a salve to her pride. One of these, the demolition of the frontier forts, touches Norway's pride. And so there is a dispute over this point, which gives the sensation-mongers an opportunity to cut the leashes of the war dogs in their inflammatory cable grams. But it is impossible to sup pose that the brother peoples will go to war over such a dispute as that. The arbitration treaty Norway wants will be granted by Sweden, when this mat ter and the recognition of the new Nox way are settled. The Wallenberg Interview. The interview of Captain G. O. Wal lenberg of the Swedish riksdag's lower house, in London yesterday, was can didly pacific in tone. You may remem ber that I interviewed Captain Wallen berg in Stockholm last July. His utter ances then were pacific and representa tive of the opinion of the great liberal party of Sweden. He is a captain of industry of great influence and what he sayB is most significant. He knows that the business interests of his coun try will never consent to the folly of what would be almost civil war. He knows that the moment war was de clared, more than 100,000 socialists in Stockholm would go on strike. He knows that the Swedish nation as a whole would never stand for war. And no matter how much wrangling there is at Karlstad, no matter how stoutly the representatives of each na tion stand outin the end, there will be peace and amity. SWEDISH MILITARY EXPERTS They Attend the Karlstad Conference Today. Karlstad, Sweden, Sept. 15.The meeting this morning of the delegates of Norway and Sweden who are dis cussing the dissolution of the union was postponed for an hour at the request of the Norwegians. Subsequently the delegates met at noonNand 'ABSURD/ SAYS WACHTMEISTER Swedish Foreign Minister Punctures Stories of War. Special Cable to The Journal. Stockholm, Sept. 15.Prominent political leaders and military authori ties assure me that talk of war with Norway is absurd, so far as Sweden is concerned. Count Wachtmeister, the foreign minister, authorizes me to say that the suspension of the Karlstad negotiations for a week hi no way de noted that the situation had become more aggravated. It was decided at the first meeting of the delegates, he says, that the conference should consist or two sessions. The second of these ses sions is now taking its regular course. Count Wachtmeister added that there was no reason to doubt that the peace ful and conciliatory spirit which char acterized the first session would con tinue until the end. DENMARK MAKES A/MOVE 3 after some discussion, adjourned at 2 p.m. until 5 o'clock. Swedish military experts attended today's session. This is taken to indicate that the question of the frontier forts an# their military bearing are under discussion. Ridiculous Rumor. The Norwegian premier, M. Michel sen, one of the delegates of Norway at the conference here, says he knows nothing confirmatory of the report that Great Britain, France and Germany had made representations to Sweden on the subject of the crisis. The Swedish representatives declare the rumor is ridiculous. i Invites Powers of Europe to Help Set tle the Dispute. New York Sun Special Service. Washington, Sept. 15.Denmark has invited the powers of Europe to settle the dispute between Norway and Swe den. One of the European embassies here received a dispatch today from its government, stating that the king Qf Denmark had addressed an invitation to Great Britain, Germany,* France and Russia asking them to utfe their influ ence to arrange the differences between the disrupted Scandinavian kingdoms so that peace would prevail in northern Europe. The action of the powers on the Dan ish invitation has not developed. The language of the Danish note is such as to leave it entirely to the governments whose intervention has been requested, to determine what they should do, whether there should be merely moral pressure or military measures, in case Norway and Sweden refuse to listen to their counsel. Inquiry in official circles shows that Continued on 2d Page, 4th Column. *^*A/o.3K*^j:* fc*3^^^ *3& &J THE in the Sunday issue. RAMSEY FIGHTING GOULD-FOB WABASH Former Head of Road Leads in Big War to Gain Control. New York Sun Speoial Service. New York, Sept. 15.The enemies of George J. Gould, with Joseph Ram sey, Jr., at their head, have began an open fight to wrest the control of the Wabash railroad system from the Gould family. If they succeed it is said they will hand the road over to interests al lied with the Pennsylvania or New York Ce'n*tral lines. This means thSt the Goulds would lose their proposed transcontinental line. It is a big war and a bitter one. For a long time the enemies of Mr. Goujd have oeen lying in ambush waiting for a chance to attack him on' several ac counts, but principally because of his determination to extend the Wabash thru Pittsburg to the Atlantic sea board, thereby creating, in connection with his Western Pacific a complete transcontinental line. Ramsey Issues Appeal. Ramsey has come to New York and has established headquarters, at the Hol land house. From there n"e has issued an appeal for proxies for the annual meeting of the directors, which is to be held Monday, Ocfc'10, at Toledo, Ohio. In his letter which is addressed to ^,11 bond and stockholders of the Wa bash, former President Ramsay says he has been denied access to the stock books of the company and has no other way to get the names except by a pub lic appeal. Mr. Ramsey in his appeal claims the credit for the Pittsburg ex tension and a great many other devel opments. Up to a week ago it was generally believed thdt at the forthcoming an nual directors meeting in October Mr. Ramsey would retire from the Wabfesh without a struggle. The break be tween Ramsey and Gould is said to have occurred over the sale of the Kanawha Coal company by Ramsey to interests hostile to Gould. Who Controls the Wabash? Ramsey's open fight on Gould will now be taken in Wall street as an in- Uncle Sam (the agent) A FRIDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 15, 1905-3 WILL COMMENGE THE PUBLICATION 0M REGULAR Sunday Morning Edition OCTOBER FIRST The same high standard of excellence which has characterized THE JOURNAL as a daily paper will be maintained ^4sxxxxx^.xx^x*x#i JOSEPH RAMSEY, JR., Who la Fighting to Oust Gould from Control of the Wabash. 3, dication that the control of Wabash has passed from the Goulds. In railroad circles, however, it is- said to be the policy of the Goulds to retain 40 per cent 'of the stock of their properties so that in the event of a contest it would be 'Bto great effort for them to maintain a controlling'interest. It was semi-officially stated^only re cently that Mr. Gould expeoj^S to be come the active .head, of, $ktf Wabash system to ^uceee^MCtBamsey, FIYEMliten FRPM OMAIA JAIL Omaha, Sept. 15.Five men confined in the county jail here obtained their liberty early today by drilling out the bolts and breaking one of the hang ings of the steel lattice work inclosing their cells. No trace of the men has been found. All of the prisoners except Harry de Lacey, who, a few days ago, was sen tencect to two years in the penitentiary on the charge of swindling, were serv ing" sentences on minor charges. De Lecey was arrested in Council Bluffs two months ago while on his wedding trip, and it is said he is of a prominent family. TO MAKE HIM SAFE. Say, What1 tj- MmMIMIWHiitllmHlllllimnlllHIWIHHHWMtMHWlHMHHIIMIIWIMHlMWIHIIIIIII RL IS YELLOW ^PAPER 'S VICTIM Father Identifies New York Sui cide and Traces Deed to Untrue"Story. New York, Sept. 15.Lorenzo Berry, a carpented of West Medf ord, Mass., I today identified as that of his daugh ter, Ella, the body of the young woman who committed suicide on Wednesday t, in the Hotel Manhattan. She was a stenographer in her home town, he said. Mr. Berry declared that the publica tion of an untrue story in a Boston pa per a year ago that his daughter had run away with a married man, was tho cause of her self-destruetion. Tho next day, Mr. Berry said, it turned out that she had merely been on her vacation alone. Altho the paper published a re traction, Mr. Berry added, the injury done her was great, and she never re covered from it, but grew more and more downhearted and morose. Finger of Scorn. "Wherever my daughter would go," Mr. Berry said, "it would seem as if somebody was ready to point to her as a girl who had been mixed up in a dis- from raceful affair. Then she went away home to seek employment in other cities. She would be a short time in' a place when the story would reach the ears of her employers saw! she would be told tha^ she could not remain. This happened several times until my child CjOuld not bear it anylonger." Elmer Berry, the dead girl's brother, who was with the father, said that a letter had been received by the family from the girl, in which they were noti fied by her that she had decided to put an end to it. I carirtot bear this false stain on my character,'' she wrote to her father, "and I see nothing else left for me to do thanf to kill myself. Please forgive me and believe that I would not do this thing if it were not that I am nearly out of my mind with grief and horror at the awful story which everybody seems to think is true." The young woman registered at the Manhattan hotel Wednesday afternoon under the name of "A. W. Wildley of Washington, D. C," and that night killed herself with poison and pistol. You Need,.Old Man, Is to Take Out a Policy With Me. ke drink 'M \ji fiyer, the Employer of.tfte Latter, Says the Confession was Genuine. Believes That Young, Who Killed Himself, Was None Other Than Herzig. Speoial to Toe Journal. Minot, N. D., Sept. 15.Frsjik Byer, the claimholder residing near Hid/den wood, at whose shack was famnd the alleged confession of Charleo Herzig, was in Minot last night on hjis v/ay to Montana. In an interview wi^th the Daily Optic he said the stotry of the finding of the confession ana tAie pub lication of its contents and t/he note which accompanied it, were absolutely correct. "Herzig, or Frank, as he was known about the claim, came to wtofk for me about six weeks prior to his disappear- ance," said Mr. Byer. "Fie was well dressed, carried a gold watceh and had the appearance of a man undergoing a season of hard luck. /He was per haps 50 or 55. I was surprised when, he made ap plication for farm work. His appear ance was that of an offioe man and he looked weak, haggard qmd sickly. I was in great need of helpf and employed 1 him. He proved a goo worker. He pipeTbut "dirfT not"chew or neve spo ni bu na man in myf employ Olsoa told me that he had made a similar confession to him, but that he thought the fellow was something of a romancer and did not give tho story a second thought. Theory as to Young and Herzig. "After finding the confession I in formed the harvesters at the claim of its contents and we started out in search of the missing man. We did not find the body, dead or alive. I heard the story, Vioiwever. of the find ing of the body of Herzig in Wallace county. I am not in a positioivto con firm this portion of the story, as 1 was not with the party, as reported. I was anxious to see the body of the man Arthur Toung, who commit ted suicide near Minot. I am 6^1^ of the opinion tha fc this body was none other than that Herzrg. Thtallie scription that I 7 24 PAGESFIVE O'CLOCK. MINNEAPOLIS SECURE* AGAINST YELLOWfEvTife WERE YOUNG AND HERZIG THE SAME? to me about a te nij disappearanee hi giggednamed confession sign* de- have obtained with my manclothing, figure and all save the age in this the authorities may have been mistaken, as well as in the length of thrje the body had been There have been several newspaper men at my claim, southeast of Hidden wood, and many pictures of the shack and shed in which Herzig slept have been taken. One sketch artist made a picture of Herzig as I described him, which, after several revisions, proved to be a fair likeness and one which could be easily identified by acquain tances of the man. Herzig the Real Murderer. I believe that Herzig is the real murderer of the Grombacher girl. The story is so big^ ansd wonderful that some ersons question its authenticity, but can assure you that it is reliably founded. I would advise you newspaper men to take up the theory that Young, who committed suicide near Minot, is the man. There is a bare possibility that the body has been found in Wallace county. The story was brought to me by men returning from the west, one of whom said he saw the body." Mr. Byer is about 80 and came to Ward county early last spring from Kansas and took the claim south of Hiddenwood. He is apparently well educated and of sound judgment. He is anxious to have the mystery cleared up and will make further investigation when he returns from Montana. Mr. McCann, representing a- Grand Forks paper, left for the Byer ranch last evening to investigate the jrtory. but no word has as yet been received from him. ST. PIE 'S SCARE /IS FLAYED OUT 1 Isolated Patient Discharged from HospitalHad Only Malarial Fever. City Health Officer Says There Is Absolutely No Need to Fear, Contagion. St. Paul has a .yellow fever scare. A case diagnosed as yellow fever was dis covered last night at the^union depot and the patient was promptly taken to the city hospital and completely iso lated. J. C. Wilson of Fair Oaks, Ark., at tracted the attention of the depot offi cials last night by his strange actions. The police were called and the man was at once taken to the central police station. It was apparent that he was, suffering from some form of fever and was delirious. He was at once trans ferred to the city hospital, where more careful examination divulged symptoms that the doctors believed to be signs of yellow fever." The man was quickly isolated and the news that a yellow fever patient had been discovered in St. Paul spread like wildfire thru the hospital and be yond. Considerable excitement was occasioned by the rumors that told not only of one case but of the exposure of many people and of the imminent dan ger in which the saintly city popula tion stood of a yellow fever epidemic. "Herziff may h^ve gone by the name pect. Consequently travelers must have of August Young when he married that a 'clean bill' or take a rest in quar: woman in Colora fto. He said he had a child by her and in the notebook found Young wanted, his watch sent to his boy, who, it itf presumed, lives Ore gon City. Frank, or Herzig, lived in Oregon for a while, and I feel sure that Young is the nuui who worked at my claim and left tHe confession. "The fact thut the authorities have heard nothing from Young's relatives in Oregon confirms my belief that Young and Herzig are one and the same person. Young's body was badlv de composed and there is a possibility that I would not have been able to identify it, had I been there. I think it will later develop that my theory is cor- EAST NOT CONVINCED Youngstown Satisfied the Story Was In spired by a Joker. Youngstown, Ohio, Sept. 15.There is little doubt that the alleged confession of Charles Herzig at Minot, N. D., is a fake. The man who died is Arthur Young, a wanderer. He left a note on his body when he committed suicide saj'ing his name was Young, and that he formerly lived at Oregon City, Ore. This was printed in the Minot Optic on the same day that the story was sent out from that city. A copy* of the paper was received here today containing the story of the suicide, but making no mention of the alleged confession. The fact that the story was sent out from Minot and that Charles' Grow was in that city is fairly good evidence of the source of the story which the newspaper men made use of. Grow is a joker and probably told the newspaper men of the murder. He sent the paper to a friend in this city. WELCOME FOR TWIN CITY MEN. Chicago, Sept. IB.Members of the In ternational Brotherhood of Electrical Workers from Minneapolis. St. Paul and points in the northwest, on the way to the electrical workers' convention In Louisville next week, were entertained today by the Chicago organization. ^CARMELITE NUNS EXPELLED. Paris, Sept. 15.-The tittle Carmelite sisters, having resisted expulsion, the doors of their convent were forced open today and the institution closed, the si*- inters taking trains for elsewhere, Cannot Spread Here. "There is no danger whatever from yellow fever in -this state," said Dr.4jf P. M. Hall, commissioner of health, to-j-Vi day. "The disease will not spread as'ifi far north as Minnesota, but according?^ to modern medical science a yellow-* fever patient coming into these lati tudes cannot communicate the disease to persons who come in direct contact with him. The case of J. P. Wilson at the city hospital in St. Paul is inter esting, but nothing more, for there ia^J no danger whatever. Neither would|s there be any danger if a large numbers{ of yellow-fever refugees should arrive, here from the south. Many doing South. I am greatly surprised oveat the"5 large number of northern people who are going south at this season of the year, in spite of the hot weather and the yellow-fever scare. I am asked every day to issue certificates of health to people who are going southland to Cuba, There is quarantine against the fever district in Louisiana, and every stranger must show a health certifi cate to the^^effect that he is not from the stricken district or is a fever su- antine. Not all the people who call on me are from Minneapolis. They come from all parts of the northwest, in fact, but I was truly astonished to learn that there was so much travel from this part of the country in that direction at this time of the year." The St. Paul patient was discharged from the hospital this afternoon. The physicians decided that he had only a mild ca9e of malarial fever. FEVER PERIL IN CINCINNATI Sick Refugees from South Scatter Over the Ohio City. Cincinnati, Ohio, Sept. 15.Of 200 refugees from the vellow fever districts of Louisiana who arrived here yester day, five are held on suspiciorf of hav ing the disease, while it is unofficially reported that a score of others who are scattered thruout the city are sick and may have the fever. Dr. Clark W. Davis, health officer of this city, being notified by General Pas senger Agent Rinearson that he was bringing about two hundred persons from the south in a special, sent Dr. B. F. Lyle and an assistant to board the train at Lexington, examine the people aboard and wire him. j. Ambulances were at the train to re ceive the patients in response to a mes sage from Dr. Lyle. When the train reached Lexington,, several persons who were sick, attemp ted to escape, but were caught by the ?olice and forced back on to the train, hey were taken to the Branch hospital on their arrival here. All the" other fo iassengers on the train were allowed go to their destination, but the names and addresses of all were taken and they can be reached bv the au thorities if needed. Reports that a large number of these were also sick were investigated by physicians dur ing the day. Fifty of a party of 200 came up to this city absolutely penniless, tho each carried a lot of hand baggage. These fifty gathered together in a group at the Grand Central station. Congressman R. E. Ransdale of Lake Providence, La., was on the train, and he and his family rendered every (as- sistance to the stranded group of fifty. At Tallulah, La., seventy-five persons boarded the train, but they did not get on at the station. Knowing they would have difficulty in getting out of town, which is in the heart of the fever district, they walked a mile and a half, and there, when the engineer stopped for them, the crowd of men and children got aboard. Some of these are among the penniless ones. 'FEVER OUTSTRIPS SEXTONS Patients at Leeville Die Faster than They Can Be Buried. i| New York Sun Special Service. New Orleans, Sept. 15.Conditions at Leeville, La., a town of 400 fishermen and farmers, twenty-five miles from here, has been appalling. Yellow fever had been raging there for three weeks during which time scores have died, in cluding the leading business men. Re port of the full horror of the situation reached here yesterday. So many per sons died that the authorities and citi zens could not bury them fast enough. Whole families were %iped out by the disease and for several days the peo ple were without food or medicine. The supply of coffins was also exhausted and some of.the dead were buried without^ them. TOT FALLS DOWN PALISADES. Hoboken, N. J., Sept. 15.Florence Buchanan, 2% years of age, fell down the Palisades at Mountain road, near West Hoboken. this morning and still Jives. At that point the palisades are Hubout 200 feet high, and the little girl fell to the bottom. She was rescued as -soon as aid eould reach hep. Doctors iear eh* cannot live. 1 a*