The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-09-11

NEW YORK, sept u--Thst Sheriff
Bob" Chanler viii be exrieated IN some
manner from the financial morass into
which he was drawn by the naost-tzIksd
Of beauty in the world. LIMA Cavaliers,
who first married him. thea sheared hinn
OF his fortune. and held him. up 70 nEhIi-
ridicule. IS generally believed in New
York today.
While the artist-cIuoman has flown 70
some friendly harboT in the country, af-
Ter Threatening to assault a number OF
connections and region Of personal
and matrimonial affairs, his powerful
connection and legion of personal
friends. VIII put Up the hardest kind OF
8 fght 70 rescue him from tie position
IN which ne has been placed.
Trustees In Conference.
The trustees Of the ChanieT securities
and bonds which gave Robert Winthrop
ChanIer an income Of S50.000 a year are
ysrs are needed 10 20 through the mazes
Of keepinE this fortune from finding d
resting place in the hands OF the opera
singer, whose entanglemenJs with Eu-
ropsans OF high rank have kept gossip
mongers abroad entertained for years
Just how Chanler is 70 be saved from
/ the consequences Of his fOllies none Of
the trustees viii say. international law
yers are NEEDED to go through the mazes
OF the French law, as ii relates 20 pa
trimonies, dovries, and odd financial
twists and turns
No Attempt At Excuse
II is believed here by ChanleT's inti-
mates that no attempt viii be made 70
excuse his expensive infatuation oy
/ adopting methods similar TO those which
we're used in the case OF his eccentric
/ brother, John Armstrong Chaloners who
/ changed his name because his family
+ had placed him in a sanitaTium-
Bob" Chanler, until he met Cavalier.
/ IS conceded 10 have been as sane and
healthy a specimen Of a vigorous young
! American as could be found his poPu-
I laTity and democracy and hner qualities
are particularly impressed upon Dutch
( ess county, where he ran fer sheriff and
was easily elected
( Il is said in Poughkeepsie that Chan
/ Ter could win anything there IN the po-
IiticaI line that he wanted His methods
Of campaigning were closely linked TO
| those OF genius.
! Made Himself Popular.
When running for office he got close
20 the soil. He stopped al farm houses
/ in the morning and borrowed the farm
ers' razors to shave with, asked the
I housewives for breakfasts, MIXED cows,
/ helped do chores. and made himself
! immensely popular with a thousand
/ clever tricks.
/ His Poughkeepsie outings for the
| populace reminded old politicians of
/ The days on which Big Tim Sullivan
and other Tammany chieftains entertain
/ their constituents at College Point and
other clam chowder resorts
That Chanler's powerful friends viii
! Try to buy off Cavalier and get her
. out Of the family is more logical
and more possible mode Of procedure
/ in the opinion Of shrewd observers,
They believe that cash viii make the
prima donna listen TO reason, and the
/ interviews she has been giving in Paris
/ bear out this conclusion
She has adopted the pose that there
is no real trouble between herself and
her eccentric young American husband
and that he viii soon return to her.
Had Scores of Admirers.
It is not generally known how enor.
4 aously rich is Cavalier Soon after
: graduation from the ranks of the flow
er girls and cafe chantant singers shs
began to accumulate powerful protect.
!! 0Ts, and the present favored admirer
Continued on Third PaEe)