The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, August 18, 1901, Page 23

i § ; ; PRIRONOAINSG : | | Pages 23 10 32 Tall. e Pages 23 10 32 DOHORO P LOXPAPHIE O % SAPHIHIXIRINED | | PROHPUONON( SAN FRANCISCO, SUNDAY, AUGUST 18, 1901. x SIR KNIGHTS PREPARE THEMSELVES FOR LOUISVILLE LISTS AS THE KNIGHTS OF OLD PREPARED FOR THEIR PILGRIMAGES L MARTIN RELL 5 PREPAAING FOR N EVENT The Big Boss Expects to Make the Speech of His Life. —_—— Suggestion That Large Hall Be Reserved for the Local Convention. of unr delegates can Municipal Convention, he is off on a nom rating body toot” has no time ““Whiskers slip in and put f the political s assert that the old r uts did not win ast Tuesday. ming something racterized by bunko steerer The war o account the if not seen. d to meet the boxes ttle was to reason rd. ’ termeddling o represent to speak for He did not e of the pri- m e winners to which side front and ry League Herrin in olls. In the Forty little help would Judge Dibble's sells_nomina- rty. He knifed nominee for Burns. He ited in sight f Governor He made lican Pri. d or pur- Democratic hysterics nted to an rtin Kel hat MTr. ! Boss Kelly elegation in the Candidates for Chairman. w. f the Forty-first " Forty-second e distinction on. Herrin . Crocker to eding the primary -5 = id ation for Sheriff. largest hall in for the convention, oters of whe Twenty- istricts want s great speech. It intends to roast < te admin- nvite Herrin and Lynch to for pure polities, can aspirants for the fon s growing Harold Power of ion to the galexy orge C. Pardee’s causing a deal of rior press. It wi 1y that Pardee woul Flint and Davis delegation. His de- the race on his own e a stormy campaign in unty. It is said that Gover- strong hopes of winning the that county. is_making frierds He is not mixing " in Northern Cal- Governor Neff will at he enter the prize, although of se him to go in. Some Democratic Aspirants. king more t o ng contest for ic list of aspi- mes of Charles D. . Mayor Snyder of Los Yolo, W. T. Jerer on Dodge of San Murphy of Santa James H. Budd of San Joaquin. vernor Budd asserts that he s nt for the office and would e commission if it were ten- friends ad T newspapers ac- recent primary ele a victory for Goverror r hat deputics oined in the fight ry Leagus. ord that the league wother election Is to vember and these 8099, other Republicans, demonstrate the ract of the interfor that the entral Committee made a great intervening in the San_Fran. fight nd indorsing Martin committee busy preparing his led cattle, to | | 1 and Jere | the conven- | % | the “gentleman” burglar, who was cap- Alert Soldiers in Tourney | | —3 POLTE BURGLIA 6 DENTIED B THE POLCE Herbert Thompson the Name of “Gentleman” Housebreaker. Herbert Thompson is the true name of | | turea Wednesday night by Special Officer | Helbush. His home is in Baltimore. Ac- | cording to the information received by the | police last night his father is one of the | best known pilots in the State of Mary- | 1and. In order to keep his disgrace from his folks Thompson gave the fictitious | name of Robert Stone when he was taken | into custody. According to the story of the audacious house-breaker he came to this city several months ago, and, finding himself without | funds, determined on a career of crime. | After committing several unusually bold | burglaries he went to Seattle and soon | | squandered the proceeds of his daring | | crimes at the gaming table. Suspecting | | that the police of Seattle were shadowing | him he engaged as a fireman on a steamer | bound for this Monday. Shows Vicious Temper. After leaving the vessel Thompson went to a saloon kept by Captain Foley at 30 | East street and bought several drinks. ding at the bar at the time were Cap- Captain Anderson and Captain . who is here promoting the of pearl fishing in South ci arriving here last | | America. Thompson had a drink with the party, and at th: suggestion of Captain Nye the dice were shaken to see who would pay | for a dinner for the crowd. Thompson lost, and becoming angry he whipped out | a revolver and placing it in close prox- | imity to Captain Nye's head threatened to send him to the Morgue. Captain Nye promptly grabbed the infuriated man and prevented him from using the revolver. He was then ordered to leave. A few minutes later Thompson unload- ed the revolver and taking out the car- tridges placed them in his pocket. “I'm a desperate fellow,” he is said to bave remarked. ‘“You want to look out for me when I touch the trigger of my 5 gun. He then took from his pockets a pair of brass knuckles and a bunch of skeleton keys, and holding them over his head re- | marked that he was a burglar. ““There is no house I can’'t enter,” he boastfully remarked. “I expect to get some easy money in this town before many da: 4 the Thinking that the fellow was jes(inf ittle saloon-keeper and his friends paid attention to his remarks. Admits His Identity. As Thompson insisted on telling the party that he was a crook of more than ordinary ability. Captain Foley = finally threw him out of the saloon. It was only a few nights later when Thompson at- tempted to enter the residence of Mr. Spruance, on Jackson street, and was captured, after being slightly Wounded in the groin. The empty revolver, brass knuckles and skeleton keys which he displayed in the East-street saloon were found on him When he was searched at the City Prison. On being told last night that the police had ascertained his true name, Thompson seemed surprised and anxiously inquired how they Bot “next” to it, as he ex- pressed it. “Let the worl®know me only as Rob- ert Stone, the gentleman burglar, and I Will go to prison contented,” he safd. Yesterday Detectives Dinan and Wren located Thompson's room on Mission Street, near Third, but found no incrimin. ating evidence in it. There was a news- paper clipping giving an account otl Thompson's burglary of Mrs. A. B. Ham mond's residence on Jackson street. .attired men. The Sir Knights, with flying = HELD IN LOUISVILLE, KY. Drill Corps Reception to Ca TO START TO-NIGHT ON ITS PILGRIMAGE TO SIR KNIGHTS WHO ARE OFFICERS OF CALIFORNIA COMMANDERY NO. 1, KNIGHTS TEMPLAR, WHICH I8 THE TWENTY-EIGHTH TRIENNIAL CONCLAVE TO BE lifornia Commandery Fills Mechanics’ Pavilion With Friends of, the Departing Templars. F the brave men of the drill corps of California Commandery No. 1, Knights Templar, fail to bring the silver and golden trophy from Louis- ville it will not be because they lacked the inspiring encouragement of falr women. The Mechanics’ Pavilion has rarely if ever been the scene of a ceremony £o im- pressive as that witnessed last night. A large open space in the center of the hall was lined on all sides with row after row of brightly dressed women and well- bejeweled capes and flashing swords, lent an Old World light to the occasion. There was the Inspiration of music and the marvel of the clockwork- like evolutions through which the sol- dierly Templars moved in response to the short, sharp commands of their cool- headed captain. But overshadowing every- thing in its beauty and impressiveness was the simple ceremony which preceded. The Sir Knights, twenty-five of them, had marched out into the open space and passed in review before Eminent Com- mander Sir Carroll Cook. A few sharp orders, a few evolutions and the Knights had gathered in crosslike formation around the commandery flag. Beside the flag stood Sir R. P. Hurlburt, the captain of the little company. “In ancient times,” he said, “before knights set forth on pilgrimage it was the cus- tom to go down on bended knee and in- voke the protection of God Almighty. It was also a privilege accorded the Sir Knight of the olden day to take with him on his quest some visible token of the good will of some one fair woman, that the sight of it might inspire strength in his good right arm in time of peril and keep fresh the remembrance of her to whose service he was bound and whose confidence he must justify even with his life. Let us now,” concluded the com- mander, ‘“endeavor to emulate the ex- ample of those that have gone before us.” plumes, Bend Reverently in Prayer. There was no command this time. An almost imperceptible movement of the captain’s sword and every Knight dropped to his knees, doffed his plumed head cov- ering and bent his head. Sllence for a moment and then the sweet tones of strong masculine voices blended in the prayer of many centuries, “Our Father, which art in heaven.” When the echo of the last “Amen’ died out there was silence again. Then an- other signal. The Sir Knights rose to their feet, turned to the standard and with uplifted swords. raised their voices in anthem to the flag they mean to carry to_victory. From beside the reviewing stand came the sound of rustling skirts, and out into the open floated a bevy of “fair ladies.” There was a lady for each Sir Knight and every lady bore a token for her particular champion. When the ladies retired each Sir Knight bore proudly over his heart a blood red Roman cross and in the eye of every soldler was a do-or-die look which " portends trouble for the Sir Knights they meet in the lists at Louis- ville. Then a_ sharp word of command and the Sir Knights proceeded to show their ladies, fellow knights and friends how well able they were to uphold the honor of California Commandery No. 1, Knights Templar. In his introductory remarks Eminent Commander Sir Carroll Cook spoke of the hard work done by the drill corps in pre- paring for the coming competition. He complimented them on their proficiency and thanked them for their efforts. He wished them Godspeed on their journey and expressed the hope that they would return €overed with the glory their ef- forts merited. There were two drills—one jn full dress and the second in fatigue uniform. Each was a gem in its way. Sir Knight Hurl- burt, who officlated as drillmaster, was thoroughly in touch with his little’ com- gany and every one of the twenty-four ir Knights responded with machine-like regularity to the orders which moved them in fours, in threes, In line, by sec- tions, in cross-shaped formations, and put them through evolution after evolution without ever a jar or jumble or even a sign of hesitancy. Dr. Smith Delivers Address. When they reappeared, after an inter- val which was taken up with music and a speech which General Barnes should have delivered, the contrast was startlin. Instead of the plumes and silver-spangled capes of the first exhibition there was the severe but neat fatigué uniform, small, jaunty “Tommy -AtKins'-like caps and dark, close-fitting blouses. relieved with white stripes. In the fatigue uniform, however, the Knights, in spite of the fact that the change seemed to.bring them several centuries along the road of time, looked more like business and gave their friends the opportunity of seeing that it was not the ‘‘fine feathers” of the first drill which made it impressive and that if sackcloth had been selected as the ap- parel for the second appearance the sol- diers would still have been every inch Sir Knights. One of the prettiest features of the sec- ond drill was the sword exercise, at which the Sir Knirhts are as proficient as at marching and counter-marching. Then, for a finale, Captain Hurlburt had his Knights drawn up in front of the review- ing stand, where they went through move- ment after movement with the regularity of clockwork, without ever a word of command. . The drill corps was then marched out of the open and dismissed. Dancing brought the evening to a close. General ‘Barnes was to have delivered an address, but failed to put in an appear- ance. Sir Knight Dr. W. E. Smith was asked to step into the breach and he filled it roynlly.‘ He said he felt rather em- ! R0 barrassed at having to impersonate a real general ag such short notice, but would do his best. He concluded by prophesying the return to San Francisco of the dr corps with the Kentucky trophy in its Ppossession. Commandery Departs To-Night. The twenty-eighth triennial conclavs of the Knights Templar will be held in the | city of Louisville during the latter part of this month. From this city California Commandery No. 1 and Golden Gate No. 16 will attend, each with a drill team, to take part in the competition. California Commandery, or rather as many members as will be able to absent themselves from business, will, in company with their wives, relatives and friends, leave this city to-night on the trip East. Those who are on the list of piigrims are: Most Eminent Sir Reuben Hedley Lioyd, grand master of the Grand Encampment of the United States; Carroll Cook, Mrs. Carroll Cook, William McCormick, Mrs. Nellie McCormick, Miss Mattle McCormick, Miss Ellen Dore, Miss Cbarlotte Dorr, G. H. Umbsen, Zack, S. A. McDowell, S. L. Henderson, Mrs. Dausken, B. R Nickols, F. D. arsh, J. A. Marsh, W. T. Lipman, W. Ghipman, H. C. Porter, Robert Weineke, Wi l, G. W liam Woukowski, F. Strohl, Thomas Morton, _F. R. _P. Hurlbut, George F. Neal, Dorn, " S. "J._ Ewing, G. J. C. Staffer, George H. Dyer, B. N. Rq ley, C. C. Stallman, L. A. Lai Batkins, D. M. Lawrence, C. W. R L. Radke, J. W. Likens, A. E. B. Ridley, M. E. Unger, P. J. Furgeson, T. J. King, Miss Annie Cox, Miss Edith Cox, G. W._ Bennett, E. Huribut, D. Yank, H. Ritzau, F. Borgel, C. Ditmar, Mrs. M. Yank, Mrs. N. Yank. M. Davis, 'Mrs. Davis, H. H. Willlams, L. Gilfillan, W. E. Elsert, J. W. Kenning, H. Snedaker, Colonel J. S. Young, J. B. How- ard, L. Gates, J. B. Richardson, J. F. Hoftel, John Tonningsen, Mrs. John Tonning- sen, Mre. J. Macy, Mrs. W. P. Ink, Mrs. W' llams, P. R. Bjick, Mrs. Bjick and J. P. Stev- ens, Various Pleasant Rests. California Commandery’s pilgrimage to Louisville will be under the direction of the following committee: Eminent Sir Carroll Cook, commander; Em- inent Sir Reuben P. Hurlbut, chairman; Sir George F. Neal, secretary, and Sirs Henry B. Ream, Thomas Morton, John Tonningsen, B. {“ Garratt, T. H. Browne and Clzl‘:lees S Plum. The start will be from the Oakland mole in a train of eight vestibule cars, with dining and baggage cars attached. An officer of the commandery, will be in cBharge of each palace car.’ Sir Jerome . Richardson will have charge of the fruit car and attend jts dis- tribution. Sir Anton Krelg has been ap- pointed commissary and Sir W. H. Sned- aker, an old-time railroad man, will go with’ the party as general superintendent be the ‘boss’ of the train. The com- mandery, of which the Most Eminent Sir Continued on Page Thirty-Two. " Their Drilling Is Like Clock- work. LOGAL BUSINESS 5 INRED BY “TICKET BROKERS Chamber of Commerce Condemns Methods of Scalpers. The agitation over the scalping of spe- cial rate tickets for conventions and the colonist rates that have recently been put in effect by the transcontinental railroads has created a great deal of public inter- est. The railroads claim that if the scalp- ing is permitted to be continued they can- not hope to induce their connections to join them in making these low rates. California roads have been very success- ful in securing through rates from the East for the various conventions, and have done a great deal of work to secure these conventions for California. Tickets have been sold this year at less than half- rates for the Epworth League convention, held in July, and will be sold for the Epis- copal convention, that meets October 2. The Knights of Pythias have been se- cured for next year, and work is being done to get other meetings. A representative of the passenger de- partment of the Southern Pacific said yes- terday in speaking of these low rates that while they were made primarily for the accommodation of attendants upon the conventions, yet an equally important ob- ject was that of the company to create a large summer resort travel to California. The hot weather in the East and the cool weather in San Francisco in the sum- mer have been compared through railréad advertising and brought to the attention of Eastern people to a greater extent than ever before, with the result that there were a number of trainloads of pleasure seekers pure and simple that came West at the time of the Epworth League con- vention, and there will be another contin- gent, though not so large, for the October meeting. It is claimed that within a year or so the summer excursion business from the East to California will equal that of the winter. The colonist rates are also another bone of contention affected by the. scalpers’ work. It is only within the last year that the railroads have. found their way clear to put these rates in effect to California, and tickets are now being sold on the first and third Tuesdays of each month, with the result that thousands of homeseekers are now coming to the State. Realizing this and the benefits to Cali- fornia of these low rates in the summer, which add largely to the State's popula- tion, both transient and permanent, the Chamber of Commerce passed the follow- ing resolutions on Wednesday last: ‘Whereas, The specially reduced rates re- cently made by the transcontinental railroads for homeseekers coming to_this coast from other portions of the United States have in our opinion been of great value in bringing a de- sirable class of people among us, thereby di- rectly and in a mcst practical manner exhib- jting the resources and Industries of our State to those who are thus Induced to settle hére and in time dnfluence others to do likewise, thus tending to upbuild our industries and de- velop our vast natural resources; and wherea in order that these transcontinental rafiro may. continue to furnish this transportation at the reduced rates it is necessary that the re- quirements under which the rates were given be strictly adhered to; and whereas, we are informed that a certain class of ticket brokers make a practice of diverting the uses of these ticksts from the purpose for which they were issuéd by transferring them to others for whom they were not intended. thereby de- moralizing rates and threatening the with- drawal _altogether of these specially reduced fares; therefore, the Chamber of Commerce of San Francisso Resolved, That we deprecate as a great in- jury ts California the attemot now being made y the above-named ticket brokers to traffic in these tickets, and trust that our citizens having its weifare at heart will endeavor to | Kenn; |leg. and this evi. NON-UNION MEN EACHANGE SHOTS WITH STRIKERS Battle on Grant Avenue Results in Wounding of Passer-By. Otto Ekberg and John Kenny Resist Attack With Re- volvers. A battle between strikers and none union men occurred last night about 9 o'clock on Grant avenue, near Bush street, in which revolvers were drawn and used freely. to the imminent danger of passers-by. The result of the melee was the wounding of Thomas Moran, a metal roofer, residing at the corner of Sweeney and Merrill streets, and the arrest of Otto M. Ekberg and John alias “Plug” Kenny, two non-union teamsters, smployed by W. P. Fuller & Co. Ekberg and Kenny reside at 512 Bush street, and were returning to their rooms from the restaurant where they take their meals when the assault occurred. The un- lon men were laying in wait for them, the teamsters claimed, and approached them in a body. Kenny, who was closer to them than Ekberg, warned them to keep away, but they continued walking toward them. One of, the attackers when elose to y_drew’a revolver and fi shots at him. Both bullets E and he then drew his own revolver and returned the fire, discharging three shots. When Kenny commenced firing Ekbers joined ‘in. and the bullets flew thick and fast. None of the men directly concerned in the fight were struck by the bullets, but Thomas Moran, who was walk- ing up Grant avenue. was hit twice. One grazed bis stomach, . inflicting a light abrasion. and the other passed rough his right leg just above the knee. He fell when tiie bullet went through his dently scared the gun- i for they scattered in all diree- tions. The wounded man was picked up by Assistant Fack Insvector Thomas Bowlen and carried into the Snake drug- store, where examination revealed that he was not seriously wounded. He was sent to_the Emergency Hospital. Kenny and Ekberg took refuge on the roof of the building at 512 Bush street, Sergeants Donovan and O'Connor and Of- ficer Cayot surrounded the building and Detective Harry Reynolds went after the men. They made no resistance and were taken to the Hall of Justice and charged with assault to commit murder. Al of the strikers succeeded in making their escape. Ekberg claims that the men who as- ed him and Kenny were the sama ones who fired a shot at him last Friday night while he was caring for his team in a stable at Fourth and Townsend streets. He says he would not be able te recognize any of them. — CHARGES ARE MADE OF BANK SWINDLING Papers Filed in a Maryland Court Tell of an Alleged Finan- cial Fraud. BALTIMORE, Aug. 17.—The details of an alleged attempt to swindle banks on a large scale by means of fraudulent cor- porations and fictitious notes is told in a petition filed to-day in the Baltimore County Circult Court at Towson for a re- celver for the Manor Lumber Company of that town. The amount involved, ac- cording to the petition, is over $1,000,000, and it is asserted that the scheme nas been at least partially successful, It 1s alleged that the Manor Compary was not incorporated for the purpose of fighters. doing a legitimate busin, but formed by Charles E. Corkran as a part of a scheme for alleged swindling. Corkran, being already interested in some legitimate companies, wished, it is alleged, to increase the credit of these companies with the banks of the country for the purpose of “kiting” negotiable paper through them. He organized from eighteen to twenty-one smaller companies, it is alleged, ostensibly engaged in the lumber business, from which he would on demand receive from $1000 to $5000 in ne- gotiable paper, -payable to the order of any of the parent companies needing it. This paper was discounted in enormous quantities. the bill alleges, at various banks in the country. they being led to belfeve that each note represented a bona fide sale of lumber. Typographical Union Ends Session. BIRMINGHAM. Ala. Aug. 17.—The forty-seventh annual convention of the International Typographical Union came to an end at 11 o'clock this morning, an adjournment being taken to meet next year in Cincinnati. An amendment to the constitution was adopted by which the plurality rule will hereafter apply in the election of the president and secre- tary-treasurer, the same as to the other international officers. The mafjority rule has heretofore prevailed. A proposition to levy a special assessment for label agita- tion was adopted. as was also a proposi- tion to make machine tenders’ assistants members of the unfon. A proposition ex. cluding the testimony of non-union print- ers when a union man is on trial was carried. Not Controlled by Chicageans. CHICAGO. Aug. 17.—Chicago packers deny that the Smithfield Market of Lon- don, England, is controlled by them and pronounce the efforts of the signers of the petition presented to Parliament yes- terday as the work of people defeated in fair competition. When informed that they were credited with holding a meet- ing at 2 a. m. every day to fix the price for London for that day representatives of packing firms seen to-day laughed heartily and said the report was not worth denying. Another Victim of Disaster. CLEVELAND, Aug. 17.—The body of another victim of the crib disaster was picked up by a tug to-day near the scene of the holocauist. The body was terribly burned and probably will not be identi- fled. —_——— Flames Destroy a Warehouse. TRAVERSE CITY, Mich., Aug. 17.—Fire to-night destroyed the warehouse of the Wells Highman Basket Company. filled with fruit packages. The 10ss is between $75,000 and $100,000. @ il @ suppress this tiade in tickets as being directly against the interests of the State. THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF SAN FRANCISCO. GEORGE A. NEWHALL, President. B. SCOTT, Secretary. Similar resolutions have also been adopt- ed by the executive committee of the gen- eral convention of the Protestant Epis- copal church, which is to meet here in October next. and the general committes of m"?; international convention of the Ep- w