The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, May 21, 1903, Page 5

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, THURSDAY MAY 21, 1908. MY BLIZZARD'S DAMAGE GREAT Losses of Stockmen in| Montana Become Enormous. BIVIG AID [0 THE JEWS I RUSSIA o e Citizens Donate Liber- ally to Relieve the Persecuted. Frost Adds to the Havoc by | Ruining the Season’s | Fruit Crcp. of —Ten feet , near and >;>eakers.00ndemn Kishenev Outrage at a Large Mzass-Meeti 1 Well-Known Hebrews of Give Voice ed high with ¢ e estimates Their Indigna- tion. of head ¢ th ! and bliz —the antle teau and Lewis ow in their hist to peakers, a sub- the. the heavi ts from : rem vre are report miraculons cording this city was ces in the country rature was ree prostrations the Weather B at Washington ed heir oppr May 20.—The con- of the past three dz icaths and many to-day ADVERTISEMENTS. Rabbi and Meyers seconded they were the unanimou: J. Murasky an vered short spee g the contribu d Dr. Sal- the lat- | by a check for $100. Resolutions thanking Mayor Schmitz for of a B'nai eeting 1o be he B'rith Hall nex night. CABSINI TARGET FOR ATTACK. Receives Flood of Letters From Jew- | ish Sympathizer: WASHINGTON, May 20.—Every mail that comes to the Russian embassy brings abusive letters to the Embassador, Count Cassini, frcm sympathizers of the He- brews who have been subject to suffer- ing in Kishenev. It was sa:d at the Rus- sian embassy this afternoon that none of these letters had threatened violence and there was no truth in the report that the Embassador had taken unusual pre- | 2 utions for the safety of the embassy. | Count Cassini does not regard the~ let- | and sees no reason why | alarmed or require for more protection than Ny is | hington. Letters, newspaper clippings and peti- from Hebrews and from some i iristians continue to flow into the State | Department and already therc is a gen- | erous sized pile of them on Secretary | Hay's desk. There appears no way | which the United States can make any | representation on this question of in- | ternal administration to the Russian Gov- | ernment. It was recalled to-day that sev- | | eral years ago, in a Democratic admin- | istration, a resolution was intrcduced in | Congress and pasBed directing the State | sentation in behalf of Hebrews who were | lll-treated in Russia. The petitions which | had been sent to the State Department { were accordingly forwarded to Russia, but | that Government simply refused to accept them and that was the end of the inci- | dent. ——— MAKES STARTLING CHARGE. Dr. Kempster Ea_yl Russians Da- | proved by thousands of suf- | stroyed American Official Papers. | o | MILWAUKEE, Meay 20.—Dr. Walter | ferers“to be unequaled for |gempster to-night made the startling | dispelling disorders of the |statement that a report which he made | omak sall i &= | as @ Commissioner of the United States | ’ | Government appointed to investigate Beecham: the condition of the Jews in Russia at | | Sold Everywhere. Inboxes10c.and2e. | - | | A Reliable Remedy, the time of the last exodus. in 1891, and | ordered printed by the Congress of the | United States, was suppressed and all of the Government edition made way with and destroyed by the Russlan rep- | resentatives in Washington. He said | that he had received letters from United | | States Senators and Congressmen and officials of the Government asking him where they could obtain copies of the report, but neither he nor they were | ever able to fathom what had become | | of the Government edition. | s Soaisry | HAY SUBSCRIBES TO FUND. RUSS HOUSE American and European plan; 400 rooms; Up-to-date head commercial men. apd cavy bedguarters Samplel | e sic 8t dinper bour. Located & e vemient to all car lines. | | Secretary of State Aids in Kishenev | HAS. NEWMAN CO., prop., formerly pr: Relief Movement. rietor of Richelieu . Montgomer - > Jush & Pine sts.; telephone in every room. NEW YORK, May 2.—Daniel Guggen- | heim, treasurer of the Israelite Relief | Fund, to-day received a check for $209 ! from Secretary of State John Hay for | relief of Jews at Kishenev. Danfel Guggenheim sent $10,000 to the | Allance Israelite Universelle, Paris, by | the Ivernia last Saturday, and a similar NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. DRUGGISTS MUST BE CHARY. They Sell All Kinds of Hair Prepara- tions and Fear to. Discriminate. Druggists- sell all kinds of hair prepa- ratidns and as a rule they are wisely | chary of giving preference to any par- ticular one, but many of them have come | out plainly for Newpro's Herpicide, the new treatment that absolutely kills the dandruff germ. H. Swannell & Son, Champalgn, Ill., say: “One customer of ours who did not have a hair on top of | his head when he began to use Herpicide OF RESFONSIELE HOUSES. Czialogues zrd Price Lists Mailed 3 «n Application. FEESH AND SALT MEATS. JAS. BOYES & CB. S03P D Mmer it Clay. Tel Main 1204 CFFICE, EANK FURNITURE, ETC, GEc. H. FULLFR BESK C0. aficd’s. 5 OILS. now has a fair start toward a good head L LBRICATING OILS. LEONARD & ELLIS, | of hair. We belleve Herpicide to be by ___ %35 Front st ¥. Phone Maln 1719. far the best preparation of its kind on the e market.” Hundreds of similar testimo- PRINTING. nials from everywhere. Sold by leading PRINTER, druggists. Send 10c in stamps for sample @11 Sansome st. 8 ¥. | to The Herpicide Co., Detroit, Mich. | Department te make to Russia a repre- | S WITH PARTN ' JOERGENSEN IS IDENTIFIED ER OF HIS CRIME Clever Work of Postoffice and Other Detectives Results in Tracing Defaulting Cashier of Copenhagen Bank to His Retreat in Oakland : —_ - - - i | | | | | i ANTON JORGE SNHAGEN, DENMARK, AND JuLits COF | 1 \ | i 0 i BOOKKEEPER IN THE BANK, WHO ARE SEN, DBFAULTING OFFICIAL OF BANK OF JENNIE MOELLER, FORMER NOW IN PRISON. | - HERE was a crestfallen air about | fcan and Canadlan police to be on the Jullus A n Joergensen as he | lookout for the pair who had left Den- Stood in the courtroom of United | Mark with the two children. Mrs. Joer- States Court Commissioner Hea- | fi;v wnn was abandoned in & destitute con- vesterday ¢ ' « ) ™ A . s _cock yesterday afternoon to be| “rpe'Danish Government, determined to identified by the arresting officers, Dep-| pupjsh such crimes as a warning to oth- uty United States Marshal George H. | ers, sent a special agent on the trail. Burnham and Detectives Holland and | He traced the pair to New York Clty and Shorey and Policeman Andrews of the | learned that they had departed for the West. The postoffice detective force of Oakland force. Doubtless he realized that there was no escape from the punishment due his transgression and he seemed al- most overcome with shame, remorse and | fear. That the arm of the law is long and | that the way of the malefactor is hard | he realized when too late. The woman, Johanne Moeller, who had won him from his wife, was by | his side, a prisoner charged with srime. She is by no means handsome and dresses as a woman of the poorer class. | The proceedings were of the most un-| interesting character. After the identi- fication the complaint on extradition was sworn to by H. H. Birkholm, Consul at this port for Denmark, and June 22 was | set as the date of the preliminary exami- nation on the charge of embezzling 40,000 francs from the Bank of Copenhagen, | Denmark. At the request of the United States At- torney United States Court Commissioner Heacock made an order authorizing and directing the United States Marshal to re- tain in his possession subject to the fur- ther order of the court a bankbook of the Farmers' and Merchants' Savings Bank of Oakland showing a deposit of $3000 by Joergensen and a bankbook of the Central Bank of Oakland showing a deposit of $330. together witlf $376 on the person of the prisoner. The detectives did splendid work In run- ning the fugitive to earth. After Joer- gensen had left Copenhagen with Miss Moeller, a bookkeeper in the bank, the Copenhagen authorities riotifled the Amer- @ il amount will go by La Lorraine to-mor- row. The executive committes of this rellef fund consists of Jacob H. Schiff, Danfel Guggenheim, Cyrus Sulzberger, Emanuel Lehman and Judge Isaacs. Con- tributions have been pouring in at the rate of several hundred dollars a day from all parts of the country and froin persons of every faith. Dr. Stevens Wise has telegraphed that the Jews of Portland, Or., are contributing $5000. Arnold Kohn, treasurer of the central relief fund for the Jews of Kishenev, re- ceived $1200 to-day, making in all about $20,000. iy Kishenev’s Police Chief Dismissed. ST. PETERSBURG, May 20.—The Chief of Police of Kishenev has been dismissed for failure to suppress the anti-Semitic riots. —_———— Rifiemen for All-American Team. SEA GIRT, N. J., May 20.—As the out- come of the three days’ competition, end- ed this afternoon, the following marks- men were selected to-night for the ali- American rifle team that will be sent to England In the hope of recapturing at Bisley, July 11 next, the Palma trophy: Captain Horace B. Bell, Second New | Jersey; Lieutenant K. K. V. Casey, Sev- enty-first New York; Private George Cook, Company A, Third Battalion, D. C. N. G.; Sergeant George Doyle, Seventy- first New York; Lieutenant Thomas Hol- combe Jr., United States Marine Corps; Quartermaster Sergeant J. H. Keough, Sixth Massachusetts; Private H. H. Lei- zean, Bixth Pennsylvani; Captain Wil- liam B. Martin, Second New Jersey; Cor- | came to | and the Danish Consul at this clt B e e B T e e e e B S R S S the United States, by order of the Post- master General .ient their assistance to the akent gnd a watch was kept on the mails for anvthing that might be sent from Denmark to either of the two fugi tives. After a few days of waiting a box t.e New York postoffice from Denmark addressed to Joergensen at Oak- land, Cal. The box was allowed to go on its way and the United States Marshal were advised by telegraph and a watch was set at the Oakland postoffice. Tn due time Joergensen presented himseif at the post office and claimed the box. He was shad- owed to his residence at 24 Isabella street, 'th Oakland, and heé and the woman were placed under arrest. He made no effort whatever to his identity, but declined to make any | statement that would tend to criminate | himself or the woman. Judge Heacock made an order that the prisoners should be confined in the Alameda County Jail until the date set for the preliminary ex- amination. At his recuest the children, a boy and a girl of 11 and 9 years respec- | tively, were allowed to accompany him to the jail and quarters were provided for them in that institution. Up to the time of the commission of his crime Joergensen had been an exemplary citizen of Copenhagen and had a host of friends. The utmost confidence placed in him by the bank, and the won- der is that he did not take ten times the amount which he is accused of embez- zling. Totetoint @ poral W, D. Short, Seventh New York: Corporal Charles B. Winder, Sixth Ohlo; Private Samuel B. Wetheral, Company A, Third Battallon, D. C. N. G.; Lieutenant A. E. Wells, Seventy-first New York. —_———— South Bay Yacht Club Opening. SAN JOSE, May 20.—The South Bay Yacht Club, which is composed of San Joseans, will open the season on Sunday at Alviso. A fine clubhouse has just been completed by the organization and will he used for the first time. A large num- ber of invitations have been issued. There will be a clam bake and barbecue, fol- lowed by a cruise in the afternoon on the bay. Commodore H. A. Spencer will be master of ceremonies. Each Sunday after the opening the vachtsmen have prepared a programme, which includes cruises, clam bakes nad other festivities, —_———— Long Chase Ends in Capture. GUTHRIE, O. T., May 20.—After a fu- tile and swift chase through Missour! and Illinois to Chicago and back again through Colorado to California, officers have arrested at Foss, O. T., Charles J. Beauchmin, the Santa Fe agent at Holly, Colo., charged with grand larceny. A requisition was forwarded to-day to send him to Granada, Colo., for trial. The spe- cific charge against Beauchmin alleged that he stole and sold property of Santa Fe passengers. —_—— PRETORIA, May 20.—The . :rlnl\'nlj Pl-r“lm!,nl Wi Dven:dmw-dal;“ll')c ir Arthur Lawey, Lieutenant Govern Sy e or of the deny | was | GREAT FRUIT CONGERN 13 IN TROUBLE Porter Bros.’ Affairs Are Put in Hands of Receivers. | | Small Creditors Allege the Corporation to Be Insolven®. ATl 2 Local Representatives Say Farmers Will Lose Nothing and That Business Will Continue as Usual. > | i 1 i | In response to an order of the Urited | States District Court for the Northern | District of Illinois, Port Bros. Com- | | pany and all of its agencies have he_en fn the hands of recelvers. No- | placed | tices were placed in all branches yester- { day. This news concdrning the greatest | fruit shipping concern in the world, long identified with and originating in Califor- nia, is the commercial sensation of the day. John McLaren, formerly vice presi- dent of the Union National Bank of Chi- cago, and Henry L. Wilson, an attorney, were directed by Judge Kohlsaat of Chi- { cago to take charge of the assets of the | corporation. Soon after this order was sued dispatches were received In this ity Instructing Thomas H. : | Charles B. Bill, managing the principal ranch on this coast of the Porter Bros. Company, to represent the receivers. Yes terday the business of the concern was moving along in this S | entire coast, the chain of agencies extend- |ing from Southern California couver, Wash., being in charge of the receivers and the agents of the receivers. In this city the manager of Porter Bros. entertain the opinion that the company has greater assets than liabllities and is solvent. The proceedings in Chicago to | throw the company into the hands of re- | cefvers were based on allegations of in- | solvency. Attorneys De Frees, Ritter & | Brace of Chicago say they could not es- | timate the assets and liabilities with ac- curacy In the absence of James 8. Wat- | son, the president. Watson has been re- cently on the Pacific Coast and left San Francisco <last Monday nighi to go to Chicago and is suppesed to be now en | route. When he was in this city he talked to those concerned about the af- fairs of the company and asserted that the corporation was solvent. The Porter Bros. Company has been | doing a great fruit business for many It has twenty-five agencles in Cal- situated at the several centers for the shipment of green and dried fruits. It has been doing a business of about $1.600,000 to $2,0%,000 per annum in the fruits of California for some years. The Porter Bros. Company and the Earl Fruit Company control about 9 per cent | of all the shipments of dried and green California fruits to the Eastern and Eu- | ropean markets. FARMERS ARE PAID. The fruit growers of this coast, so sald Thomas L. Lynch yesterday, are not cred- ftors of the Porter Bros. Company. All debts to frult growers are pald and, | in addition, they have been advanced | $200,000 on the ripening fruit crep. Con- | sequently no farmer stands to lose. Some | money is owing to banks. The amount of | such indebtedness, Mr. Lynch said, was | not_ascertained. As soon as possible an “m!—nlor,\ and accounting would be pre- | pared. The assets of the concern on the Pacific Cogst, said Mr. Lynch, exceeded the liabflitles. A special dispatch from Chicago to The Call that was received last evening con- tained the information that it was thought | in Chicago that the debts of the company exceed the assets $150,000 to $200,000. The | proceedings against the company were be- gun secretly in the United States District | Court in Chicago. Action was taken at | the instance of several creditors, who al- | leged that the company was insolvent and | also that its officers had made preferential | payment: | The hea dquarters of the company are | in Chicago, where two large stores for dried and green fruit are maintained. | There are also two stores in New York | and branch houses in Beston and Minne- | apolis and twenty-five agencies in Cali- | fornia, besides branches in Washington | and Oregon. In all respects the company 4s equipped to do a great amount of busi- ness. The concern wa¢ capitalized at $1,- 000,000 and has had high financial rating. It was started in 1869 by Washington his brother, Fred Porter. retired from the business : The officers are James S. Watson, ; Stephen C. Palmer, vice presi- . E. Chapman, secretary, and John | R. Adams, treasurer. Owing to the high | rating of the corporation the application for receivers causes great surprise. The receivers will hold on until the solvency | of the company is determined. SMALL CLAIMS FILED. A meeting of the members of the firm | will be held to-morrow in Chicago. Re- ceiver Wilson sald yesterday at Chicago | that he believed the difficulty would be | settled at that time. The receiver’s bond | is $200,000. | “Some time ago the Porter Bros. Com- | pany =old its green fruit business in | this city, largely because of the contro- | versies between the commission men and the fruit growers in this State, who are represented in this city by the Co-opera- Lynch and | to Van- | Endorsed | Congressman Powers From Ver- mont. ‘Congressman H. Henry Powers of | Vermont writes from Morrisville, vt “Peruna I have used in my family with success. I can recommend it as an excellent family remedy and very | good for coughs, colds and catarrhal | affectio H. HENRY POWERS. | Regisicr of Treasury Judson W. Lyons. Hon. Judson W. Lyons, Register of the United States Treasury, in a let- ter from Washington, D. C., says: “I find Peruna to be an excellent remedy for the catarrhal affections of spring and summer, and those who suffer from depression from the heat of summer will find no remedy the equal of Peruna.” | JUDSON W. LYONS. Senator Butler From South Carolina. Senator M. C. Butler, United States Senator from South Carolina two terms, writes from Washington, | D. € “3 an recommend Peruna for dys- pepsia and stomach trouble. I have been using your medicine for a short period and I feel very much relieved. It 1s indeed a wonderful medicine, and besides a great tonie.’ M. C. BUTLER. Ex-Consul to Venezuela. Hon. Almont Barnes, late U. S. Consul to Venezuela, A., writes from Washington, D. “Peruna is not only a remedy for catarrhal troubles, but equally as ef- | fective for colds and aches arising from the same. It s a most excel- lent tonic for debilitated systems. “Many of my friends have used it successfully, and I have no hesita- tion in giving it my recommenda- tion.” ALMONT BARNES. Senator Mallory From Florida. United States Senator Stephen R. Mallory of Pensacola, Florida, in a recent letter written from Washing- ton, D. C., says the following: “1 have used your excellent rem- | edy, Peruna, and can recommend it, both as a tonic and a safe catarrh e )STEPHE.\' R. MALLORY. by ADVERTISEMENTS. Great Men. Mahon From Penn- sylvania. Copgressman Thad. M | Chafbersburg, Pa., writes “1 take pleasure in commending your Peruna as a substantial tonic and a good catarrh remedy THAD. M. MAHON Congressman Barham From Cali- fornia. Congressman J. A. Barham o Santa Rosa, California, w A tation of runa and ecan E >mmend it as an excell edy for all catarrhal troubies. indeed a wonderful medicine.” 3 J. A. BARHAM Congressmaa Brookshire From Indiana. E. V. Br | Congressman Mahon of a friend [ erful- rem It is used Congressman | from Indiana, in a recent lette Washingtgn, D. C.. “From what my frie runa is a good tonfe ar tarrh cure Ay's is E BROOKSHIRE. Congressman Sparkman From Florida. Congressman M. Sparkman, from Tampa. Florida, writes “T can indorse Peruna as a first- rate tonic and a very effective cure for catarrh.”—S. M. SPARKMAN Men of prominence all over the United- States are recom- i mending Peruna. Over fifty | members of Congrese have | written their endorsement of it. Scores of other government offi- | cials speak in high praise of it. Thousands of people in the humbler walks of life rely upon. it as a family medicine. Send for frse book of testimonials. If you do not derive prompt and satisfactory results from the use of Peruna, write at once to Dr. Hart- man, giving a full statement of your case, and he will be pleased to give you his valuable advice gratis. Address Dr. Hartman, President of The Hartman Sanitarfum, Columbus, | Onhto. tive Agency. But this did not dispose of the green fruit business outside of San Francisco. President Watson of the Porter Bros. Company is also the president of the | North American Fisheries Company of Seattle, which does a large business in salmon. During his recent visit to| this coast he spent some time looking after his interests in the fishing concern at Seattle. The fisherles company is sup- posed here to have been conducted at a profit, but lately has had sharp competi- tion. BUSINESS TO CONTINUE. Thomas H. Lynch said last evening that the business of the Porter Bros. Com- ton, the local manager, received a tele- phone message from the coast headquar- ters in San Francisco to prepare the fol- lowing notice and post it on the door: This property is now in the Henry L. Wilson, receiver ap May 19, 1908, by the United S Court_for the Northern rict of Illino's, said Henry L. Wiison having been appointed as such receiver in the matter of Forter Bros. Company, bankrupts. Chilton was also informed to continue business as usual. When questioned to- day he professed to know little about the trouble. He said he had heard it inti- mated that there was trouble among the management and that the receivership was undoubtedly the outcome of a dis- agreement among the high officials. pany will continue without interruption in the hands of the receivers. With all| contracts out, no other course could be | pursued. This is a great year for Califor- | nia fruits, owing to the very large short- | age In the East, due to frosts that have | reduced the yleld of Eastern orchards. | News has also been received that the French prune crop is small. The outlook | for California this year pecordingly is | good. Mr. Lynch said that nothing was | known in San Francisco concerning the | cause of the proceedings at Chicago. The | first intimation that there was any | trouble was received Tuesday evening. | A dispatch was then received from Re- | celver Henry L. Wilson. | A story is current that Watson bor- rowed considerable sums from California banks during his recent visit to Califor- | nia, among them being the Bank of Call- | fornia. There-was no difficulty in ber- | rowing money, for the credit of the Por- ter Bros. Company was excellent. The story is also current that the company has been overloaded with northwestern apples and that money has been lost in that way in a bad speculation. There are algo reports that the fisheries company in which Watson is concerned has been hav- Mg a hard battle with its rivals and has had to fight to avojd being crowded out | of its northern territory. AT INTERIOR POINTS. SAN JOSE, May 20.—A notice posted on the door of Porter Bros. Company’s office in this city this morning that the firm w4s in the hands of a receiver caus- ed general surprise among the local fruit men and growers. The exact cause of | the financial embarrassment is not known. Early this morning James Chil- He doubted that the finances of the firm were involved. He felt confident every- thing would be straightened out in a few days. Other fruit men In the city hold a dif- ferent view ‘of the appointment of a re- ceiver. They say Porter Bros. had been doing an immense business under ad- verse conditions. One dealer asserts that in some instances the firm» sold fruit on the market at the actual figure paid the grower. Aside from this notice the business of the firm went on as usual here. A force of employes was busy packing prunes and making cherry boxes In preparation for handling that fruit, which is now ripen- ing. Manager Chilton went to San Fran- cisco this afternoon. N BAKERSFIELD, May 20.—At the local offices and warehouses of Porter Bros. Company in this city a notice is posted on the door to the effect that the prop- erty is now in the hands of Henry L. Wilson, recetver. The company, however, is transacting business as usual, Man- ager Rigney having been instructed to continue work. The company does a large shipping business in Bakersfleld. —————— Prohibition Worker Returns. Secretary Taynton of the Prohibition State Committee has returned from Napa, where he has been arranging with the Prohibition Alliance of that place to lay the cornerstone and_dedicate a building to be erected by C. T. Clark, a veteran Prohibitionist. Clark has been working on the structure for two years and the exer- cises will be held July 9, followed by a two days’ conference of the Prohibition workers, a meeting of the State Prohibls tion Committee and a general conferencé. absorbed. Sold Pigprune Cereal Co., Sen Jose, Cal. ADVERTISEMENTS. 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