The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, June 5, 1903, Page 1

iR LI 3808 S BRAZ Q TALE . - VOLUME XCIV-=NO. D SAN FRANCISCO, FRIDAY, JUNE 5, to th This Isaper not be taken from e Library.++»» 19038. PRICE FIVE CENTS. JHIPYARDS TRUST PLAN MAY FAIL Holders of Bonds Make Charge of Fraud. —_— Will Fight Reorganiz- tion Scheme in the Courts. They Were Deceived the Combine Was Formed - vialin - - AN-UP AT DAWSON IS NOW IN PROGRESS to iten- from oc- the were at than a hundred feet Government cabin, with the Sam have been ejected from jon by Lieutenant Gibbs per- le claims he was told that amsters Ariving jhorses could mot stop stations be e the horses the trail, but dog drivers n they tne bushes withou the rrdometer 60 degrees below zero tc | MOTHER DRAGS CHILD | FROM A BURNING HOUSE ILROY, June 4.—A house belonging to nson of Alameda was burned to- ed by Charles| all his household furni- amp exploded and in al-] E s badly burned about the | s Hmbs. e narrowly escaped rore serious burns. Her mother, hearmg ber screams, dragged her out of the room. | ity 'PRESIDENT TO ATTEND RUTH HANNA'S WEDDING Episcopal Bishop Leonard of Ohio Will Officiate at the Marriage of the Daughter of the Ohio Senator to Joseph Medill McCormick of Chicago o ——e — — e 4.—The mar- | ss Ruth Hanna, daugh- Senator 1. A. Hanna, to McCormick of Chicago: is forward to with intergs Th g will occur on June 19, %1. apna a yea arch. M s, the lit t Side, to which her of which her father A, @ she ymer from edding. s, four m > place of h be performe William A. Leonard, B « wssisted by the Rev. Mr. 1 gs of m, Masg. There will be a b 1st at the palatial home of H na- ore—on Lake ave- Roosevelt and Miss Roosevelt ™ he wedding and will be guests S Hanr Other guests 11 be Mrs. Payne enator Hale ardy, the closest friend , will be maid of honor and nts of the bride will be and Miss Floren eral and Wetmore, nator and’ Mrs. and o ide Hamilton of C ira McGinley and Miss Vir nson of Pittsburg, Miss Frances :d, Or., and Miss Mary shington. ns of W erford McCormick of Chi- will be William Wil- Robert Allerton, Joseph Medill Patterson of. Miner . of and Howard Hanna of Cleve- whom were classmates of the Yale ounces with pride that eau has all: been made y, most of it in New York. gown will be of white peau de soie, with decorations of lace. WILLAMETTE IS RISING HIGHER THAN THE DOCKS Grain Companies at Portland Are Warned and Remove Their Wheat Stock. PORTLAND, Or., June 4—The Willam- ette River rose this afternoon at the rate of an inch an hour and by nightfall had covered nearly all the lower docks in the Owing to the timely warning given by the Weather Bureau, dock managers had made all necessary preparations and none were caught unawares, To-morrow the river steamers will land and embark passengers from upper decks or from im- provised stagings. The grain docks in the lower part of the harbor are higher than the steamboat docks farther up strei but at the rate under water in another twenty-four hours. The grain companies-are‘ready for the freshet, however, h-vm; moved thelr stocks of wheat to the upper floors, | nguish the flames Miss | the river is now coming up they will be . Miss Eleanor Patter- t man will be the bridegroom’s | Cincinnati, | y of New York and Malcolm | \ | STATESMAN'S DAUGHTER WHO WEDDING PRESIDENT ROOS VELT WILL ATTEND. FEROCIONS TURKS LAY the Smerdash Massacre. MONASTIR, European Turkey, May 31 Horrible details are arriving here of the ghter of the Inhabitants of the vil- of Smerdash, south of Lake Presba, May 21, by Bashi-Bazouks. On the | rival of the Bashi-Bazouks Chakalar- ul off's band of Insurgent§ withdrew to the without sustaining loss. els were left in the village the s experienced no anxiety until suddenly, at sunset, the Turks, who had completely surrounded the place, com- menced a bombardment, whereupon' all the villagers assembled In the streets. Though-the artillery ceased firing during part of the night the Turkish infantry fired all night long. The artillery bombardment was recom- menced at daybreak, but as it was inef- fective the Turkish troops set fire to the village on all sides and commenced a gen- eral massacre, slaughtering women, chil- dren and the aged. About 300 houses were burned and more than 200 persons, mostly women and children, were killed. Whole households were slain. - Not a liv- n was left ini the village. The many of /them half-burned or otherwise injured, fled. Some of the flee- ing villagers were captured and their ears and’ noses were cut off before they were butchered. Thie report adds that 1400 villagers were in the mountains without food or cloth- ing. One band of these, consisting of forty women and children, were caught by soldiers in a ravine and were killed after horrible treatment. SALONICA, European Turkey, June 4.— There was a renewal of the trouble on the frontier last night. A band of 1200 Bul- garfans crossed the frontier near Djuma- bala and Turkish troops encountered an. other band of twenty men north of Pe- trich. Threg of the Bulgarians were killed and the remginder escaped in the dark- ness. A courtymartial here has condemn- ed four Bulgarians to death. LONDON, June 4.—According to dis- patches published in this morning’s Times a serious situation exists in the vilayet of Adrianople, where the Turks are car- rying out searches for arms and punitive measures among the refugees. Several fights have occurred between Bulgarian bands and Tusk= and Bashi Bazouks, in which many were killed. A Greek not- able who was kidnaped by a Bulgarlan band near Sarkina failed to pay his ran- som and was promptly crucified. —————— Weds a Business Man of Kansas. KANSAS CITY, Mo., June Underhill, one of the best knewn bu ness men of Mound City, Kans., was mar- ried to Miss Francls Coe of Palo Alto, Cal., at Pleasanton, Kans., to-night VILLAGERS ‘Awful Details of DETEGTIES SIHO0P UFON ) COMPAN Arrests Cause Sen-! sation in Los Angeles. 'President_; and Secre-| . tary Are Accused | " of Fraud. | | | | Charge Made That They| Deal in Gef-Rich-Quick Swindles. —_—— Special Dispatch to The Call. | LOS ANGELES, June 4—Through the | work of detectives sent here from San Francisco who have been engaged for weeks on the case, another alleged get- rich-quick concern was put out of busi- ness, for a time at least, by the arrest | to-day of Henry Christie, president of the National Construction Company, J. Taylor, secretary of the same concern, | on warrants charging them With obtaii, ing money by false pretenses. It is al- leged that they are concerned in frau aggregat $10,000. The warrants, of which there are twelve, were issued at | the instance of the Continental Bullding | and Loan Association of San Francisco, | and the first arrest was made upon a | transaction in which $2800 was Involved. | The accused were taken into the Police | Court and ge bond in the sum of $3000 for thelr app to-morrow. Late| to-night both men were again arrested on | | a second warrant and were obliged to | cpend the night in jail. Thus only two | of the twelve warrants were served, and if they be released to-morrow they will be again arrested MANAGER IS WANTED. “RTF Masterson, who was local man- ager for the building and loan association, | was also mentioned in the warrants, but| he has disappeared and canfiot be found. | The accused priso lay the éntire blame upon the missing Masterson and | declare they were « with the bufld- ing and loan association only through himh as the agent for that association. According to the complaints filed in court the manmer in which the alleged frauds were perpetrated combine with them the crime of forgery. The Contl- | | nental Bullding and Loan Assoctation | lends money on improved realty, and be- | | fore such loans are made it is necessary that a board of appraisement the risk. It is alleged that Masterson, as | local agent; Christle and Taylor, togeth- | er with two other persans whose names | are not mentioned, constituted themselves this board of appraisement, and by giving | false values on pretended risks secured | money from the association in a number of instances. | The one case on which the first arrest | was made was that in which the build- | arance | pass upon | ing and loan association advanced $2500 | | on property said to be owned by C. G. | Rowan. Rowan never applied for a loan, | but some person sent to the association a forged application and instructions were sent to the board of appraisers to inve: tigate the property. They reported that | it was worth what was asked on it and | the money was advanced, but Rowan | never got the check. It was sent to him | | through Masterson, but what Masterson | | did with it is not known. It'was pre- sented in bank with what appeared to be | Rowan’s paid. i CHARGE OF DETECTIVES. Investigation proved that the property | had been bought for less than $1500 and | that its owner knew nothing of the appli- cation for a loan upon it. The detectives | say the accused have been doing this | kind of business with a score or more of loans. How the alleged fraud was dis- covered the agents for the building and | loan associatjon refuse to state, but they say there will be a number of other transactions of similar nature unearthed. The defendants’ side of the story is that they did all their business through | Masterson, whom they knew to be the {agent of the building and loan assocta- tion. According to their statement Mas- terson came to them and asked that cer- tain property be appraised at a certain value, saying it was to the iInterests of the association that the appraisement be | made as high as possible. They deny that they handled any of the money and say if money was paid 1t was pocketed by Masterson. Christle formerly oper- ated in Bakersfield, and when he came | here he established offices in San Fran- cisco, Pasadena and Pomona e CONDITION OF HAYWARD STILL VERY SERIOUS Aged Capitalist’s ‘Life Is Pro- longed by the Use of Oxygen. SAN MATEO, June 4.—The condition of Alvinza Hayward, the aged million- aire, continued to excite alarm during the day and this evening. Several times the | physicians at his bedside deemed it neces- sary to use OXygen as a means to prolong his life. He has lost all physical strength and it was stated that he is clinging to 1ife solely through the force of an indom- jtable will. The physicians sald to-night that Mr. Hayward's condition is very se- rious, but they ventured no opinion on the outcome of his iliness. ————————— : ¥ Customs Official Reported in Jail. SEATTLE, June .4.—A.special to the Post-Intelligencer from Dawson says that the deputy collectdr of Unitéd States dus- toms at Forty Mile is in jail, charged with embezzlement. The report says the amount is $40,000, but this does not soun reasonable 2 ndorsement and the money was and A. || | as in the declaration of principles. Ohio Convention’s Results in Brief E recommend Presi- dent Roosevelt’s fidel- ity to duty, his adherence to President McKinley's policies and his own proved ability in his high office, showing=him in every way worthy of election by the people to be their chief magistrate. We favor his nom- ination for President in 1904.” For Governor—MYRON T. HERRICK. For WARREN G. HARDING. For Auditor—I. D. GUIL- BERT. For Treasurer—W. S. Mc- KINNON. &’ For Attorney Genéral — WADE H. ELLIS. For Judge of the Supreme Court—A. N. SUMMERS. | For School Commissioner— . A. JONES. For Member of the Board of Public Works—GEORGE S. WATKINS. 6 Lieutenant Governor— INDORSE R 1OHIO REPUBLICANS OOSEVELT AND NAME HERRICK TO LEAD TICKET | =" = G ) ge Se. Convention Only nator Hanna Utilizes His Control of Stat (5] to Restore Har- mony Between the Factions. OLUMBUS, Ohio, June 4.—The | proposed Senator Foraker as permanent | Republican State Convention nominated a State ticket and adjourned to-day. It seemed to be the policy to have “har- mony” on the ticket as well While all conceded that it was *“Hanna's year,” yet he would not use his influence ex- cept for the head of the ticket in nam- ing his neighbor, Myron T. Herrick, for Governor. The Senator's great friend, George B. Cox of Cincinnati, certainly named Warren M. Harding for Lieuten- | ant Governor and Wade Hampton Ellis for Attorney General, as well as being the most potent factor ¢in nominating Judge Summers. Auditor Guilbert and others, especially McKinnon for Treas- urer, were strongly indorsed. While Senator Foraker expressed his gragification on the ticket generally, he was especially gratified over the unani- mous adoption of a resolution which in- dorsed. President Roosevelt's nomination, as well as admlnlllra(l,on. It had been expected that Senators” Hanna and For- aker would lock horns over the indorse- ment of Roosevelt's candidacy, but in- stead they have locked arms, and are now leading the Ohio Republicans in this campaign more harmoniously than ever. The ticket: Governor—Myron T. Herrick. Lieutenant Goyernor—Warren M. Hard- ing. Auditor—W. D. Guilbert. Treasurer—W. §. McKinnon. Attorney General—Wade H. Ellis. Judge of Supreme Court—A. N. Sum- mers. School Commissioner—E. A. Jones. Member of Board of Public Works— George S. Watkins. NO CLASHING OF FACTIONS. The Auditorium was packed again to- day when Senator Hanna called the con- vention’ to order. -The report of the com- mittee on. credentials, seating the Rouse delegates from Monroe and the Sands del- egates from Hocking, was adopted. Before. the convention assembled Booth-' man withdrew for Lieutenant Governor and promised to present Harding's name, so that there was no contest for any nom- ination of general interest or importance. The general good will of the peacemak-’ ers was shown in the early proceedings, especially in-<the speech of Foraker com- plimenting Hanna. o After the report. of.the committee . en permanent” organization Sengtor Hanna /| support of the entire Republican party when the latter received a | great ovation. Senator Foraker said: “This was Hanna's year. Yesterday was Hanna's day, which he improved to the chairman, *—the best he ever made Next year is Roosevelt's ye tinued, and he eulogized the President amid continued cheering. He congratu- lated the Republicans on being united on their leaders for this year and next year and, most of all, on their principles. OHIO REPUBLICAN PLATFQRM. The reports on rules and order of busi- ness were then made and the following platform, presented by General Charles Dick, was adopted: The Republicans of Ohlo rejoice in the re- sults of the Republican administration in the State and nation. It has promoted the wel- @are of the entire country. Past achievements insure the faithful performance of new du- tles, Ohlo enters upon her second century of Statehood with a record unequaled. Repub- lican gontrol has aided immeasurably in plac- ing our State in the very forefront of the union of States comprising the world's great- est nation. We commend President Roosevelt's fidelity to duty, his adherence to President McKin- ley's policies and his own proved ability in his' high office, showing him in every way worthy of election by the people to be their chief magistrate. We favor his nomination for- President in 1004 The Ohlo Republican delegation to Congress has honored the State in both houses. Sena- have splendidly maintained Ohio leadership. The re-election of Senator Hanna is a dis- tinct national demand upon our State and we hereby cordlally promise him the unreserved in Ohio. Governor George K. Nash, with his able assistants in the State offices, for their faith- ful and successful administration deserve the genercus commendation and gratitude of the people. BUCKEYE STATE’S PROGRESS. In Ohio, in the nation, Republican achievements compel popular approval. Our 1 State debt is canceled, the cash surpius in our treasury s at record figures, the State insti- tuticns were never more efficlently or ecco- nomically.conducted. We.favor removing ltm- ftations which prevent a more just system of “ | taxation. A Oolthwd on Page 3, Column 1. PR S SR utmost extent in his great keynote speech | he con- | tors Joseph B. Foraker and Marcus A. Hanna | BUCKEYE STATE'S CHIEF AND ; LEADER WHO INTRODUCED PARTY PLATFORM. AGED POPE 15 FAILING GhADuALLY 'Passes Most of the Time Now in Sleep. e | ! Dispatch to The Call, i ROME, June 4—The Pope is slightly in« disposed. He is ffering from a refrac- | tory attack of diarrhoea. The only audi- | ences granted by his Holiness are those | that cannot be dispensed with | LONDON, June 4—A dispatch from | Rome to the Pall Mall Gazette, speaking | of the Pope’s health, says: “The decline in the strength of the | Pope has always been so gradual that it | could not be sald there was any per- ceptible difference noticeable until now. The few who have seen his Jioliness late- |'ly say the difference is ndt so much in the capacity to accomplish as in the de- sire. His motto” has ever and always | been, ‘Do to-day what you can:’ now he often says, ‘Tt will do to-morrow,’ and perhaps it- is never done. He is still wakeful at night, but he now seldom rises | to compose Latin poems or to study. Not once this spring has he expressed a de- sire to go into the garden of the Vatican, though the first trip in the open had al- ways been a cause of struggle between his physicians and the air-loving Pontiff. ““The real truth is that Leo XIII, when | not giving private audiences, which are now made as short as possible, is usually resting, which means he is half asleép, and this rest sometimes almost degene- rates into a state of coma.” I —— GATES AND ASSOCIATES “CORNER” JULY CORN Twenty Million Bushels Are in the Control of a Speculative Combine. CHICAGO, June 4.—John W. Gates, as- sociated with Colonel Isaac Ellwood, “Tin Plate” Reed and a few other mil- lionaires, has engineered a cormer in July corn. Reports on the Board of Trade to- day were that the Gates crowd was “long” 20,000,000 bushels of July option. Profits ready to pocket are estimated at $500,000. Sharp traders on the board have long been suspicious of the Gates contingent ard when the market boomed up to-day the belief was regarded as verified. Trad- ers and farmers alike are now loth to let go of their stock. At the close July had gained 1’4 cents during the day.