The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, July 18, 1903, Page 1

Sl j gu g i aRREE A Call, VOLUME XCIV—NO. 48. SAN FRANCISCO, SATURDAY, JULY 18, POPE SHOWS JOME al6N5 OF STRENGTH Venerable Pontiff Appears to Be Improving. Cardinal Is Received by the Eminent Patient. Story About a Cancer Denied by the Doctors at the Vatican. RO\ZT, 18, 4:10 r having he Pontiff 1 rested frequent | Lapponi | Centra. he Dr. up - b eved the tedium to about | . al con- - ¢ = who pray to God_fc g € & Monsignor y et iis elevation ¥ new his la erview w Agliard m to-day t quarters of d w they the ave over Leo XI17. election of cessor to Drs. Lappon Mazzon fre e Leo is s nd ridicule it as an th e same view —e——— MAY TRANSFER LANDS TO UNCLE FRANCE SAM Rum at Tahiti Tells of Probable Donation of Island Pos- sessions. July 18.—A dispatch from We N 3 the Daily Mail ca rumor emanating from . at “Papeete, Tahiti » ent in New Zealand, that sfer its possessions ic to the United | e respondent of the Daily . known of the ru- | r and Colonial of- fice | TEXANS MAY BATTLE l WITH THE GAHBLEBS“ July 17.—The Law | SOUR and C which is composed of five deterr ns, has given notice to the sever: ndred gamblers who are here that the must leave town. Many | of the n who were driven out of | town several nights ago by a mob of gamblers are returning, having been promised protection by the Law and One. der League 'WHISTLER, FAMOUS PAINTER, ANSWERS LAST SUMMONS AT HIS HOME IN ENGLAND N WIDELY KNOWN AMERICAN AR- TIST WHOSE DEATH OCCURRED SUDDENLY IN LONDON. ARBITRATION WING PRAISE OF JURIST Eloquent Plea of Supreme Court Justice. 0 2 L5 Spectal Dispatch to The Call DES MOINES, Towa, July I7.—Justice Brewer of the United States Supreme Court took z rong stand against the re- " | moval of the power of ‘injunction in an address before the Iowa State Bar As- sociation, of which.he was formerly a member, this afternoon. He said he Kknew labor organizations were sensitive on the question, but that this was due to a misunderstanding, that injunctions are m for the purpose of preventing loodshed and disorder or other irrepar- ;. He made an eloquent plea gement and acceptance of universal arbitration and In ely this connection lauded the work of Sec- retary Hay. Among other pithy sayings by Justice Brewer were the following: To take away theé restraining power of nction 15 a step backward toward rism. The restraining power of a court of ity is more valuable than the correcting power of a eriminal court. “Laboring men at times are opposed to an in bart injunctions, but they will come to see that there is no thought of restraining their rights and liberties, but only to maintain order. We should educate by restraint ‘more than by correction. Di- vorce suits should be conducted publicly, | although their unpleasant disclosures and | revolting facts be brought to light. “It is not the purpose of the law to conduct trials secretly. Better no divorce than divorce granted secretly. Appeals of sympathizing friends should not be in- fluential in granting a pardon.” SRS P Czar Offers His Services. WASHINGTON, July 17.—The Czar hav- ing signified his willingness to nominate the arbitrators who are to meet at The, Hague to settle the Vienezuelan indemnity issue, provided all parties concur in the request, the State Department has com- municated with the London, Berlin and Rome Foreign Offices on the subject, suggesting that they join in the appli- cation. & Genius in Art's World Passes From Life Suddenly. L ican artist, Walk, Chelsea, at the age of 69 year: death who: nius | European art of the | While admitting that greatly present generation. it is for posterity | to decide his exact position as a painter, EATH AIDES IN THE PATH OF TORNADD Lives Are Lost in Great Storm in . linois. Two Million Dollars Estimated Loss of Property. ll {Fears Are Entertained That Towns Have Suffered | Destruction. o HICAGO, July 18— [ There were unconfirm- 1 ed reports that the || town of Gardner, in Grundy County, had been destroyed and many people killed. All wires leading to that town are down and no definite { | information can be secured. < STREATOR, Ill., July 17.—Five persons | were killed, vinetcen were fatally in- jured and property loss estimated at $2,- 000,000 was caused by a tornado here this evening. The dead arep LARRY DOYLE. N. H. BEVINE. RICHARD PURCELLs CHARLES SNYDER. WILLIAM BROWN, a negro. The tatally injured are: George Doyle, | Mrs. Doyle. Bessie Boucher, Fred Cone, | fractured skull; Mrs. Crone, Mrs. Smith, | Miss Smith, Captain Peabody and wife, | Ralph Boucher, Mrs. Henry Pease and ONDON, July 18.—James Abbott Me- | paby, George Hunter, George Doyle's lit- il Whistler, the celebrated Amer- | tle child, three children of A. J. Dough- 1 vesterday after-|erty and a man employed on the latter's H noon at his residence, 74 Cheyne | farm. A score or more are reported to His | have sustained broken bones. came unexpectedly, aithough®for| The first building struck was the West- ome-time he had been seriously fll. {ern Vuleain Works, which was entirely This morning’s papers publish elaborate | destroyed, causing a loss of $150,00. The obituary notic recognizing the distin- | fifty employes had left the place. Only hed and unique-personality of Whist- | one man, Richard Purcell, the night dominated | watchman, was in the factory and he was | killed. | _A auarter of a mile northes | Stauber’s clothing factory was t Adolph razed. it is generally conceded that he was a | About 100 people were employed there, but consummate etcher. | all had left half an hour before. Next The Daily Telegraph s: | the tornado caught a number of small “It may safely be prophesied that the | houses, wrecking some, turning ®others | light of his genius will but burn the | half Way around, twisting huge trees and | brighter when his self-asserted individu- | Preaking them off at the base. The base- | ality has been a little forgotten, or at any gP2!l Park, the strect rallway park and ate obscured.” I"the driving park were next in the storm’s | path. All the buildings, fences and grand James Abbott McNeill Whistler was |Stand at these three places, including a born at Lowell, Mass., in 1834. He studied | $15,.000 amphitheater in course of construc- first at the Milltary Academy of West | tion, were destroyed. At the driving park Point, and afterward, in 1857, under |about fifty carpenters had just stopped | Gleyre, the artist, in Parls, There he|work. There were four persons killed was a fellow student with George du |outright and about fifteen injured. Maurier, who so amusingly caricatured | At the dairly farm of A. J. Dougherty, him in “Trilby.” In 1859 he began to ex- | on the edge of the town, a house was hibit at the Royal Academy,/and in 1563 | blown down and several who were in it | settled in London. His most important | @t the time were badly injured. paintings are “The White Girl,” “The| The Indiana, Illincis and Iowa bridge, Last of Old Westminster’” and “Portrait of My Mother,” now in the Luxembourg in" Paris. v Whistler's fame as an etcher was aven higher than his fame as a painter. His theorfes on art were eminently original and individual, and in consequence were made the subject of much criticism. In 1575 he sued Mr. Ruskin for disparaging | | his art in “Fors Clavigera,” and at the [end of a legthy trial was awarded 1 farthing damages. | In 1888 he married the widow of the late E. W. Goodwin, architect and writer, and daughter of J. B. Phillp, the sculp- tor. In 1890 Whistler published an amus- ing book, “The Gentle Art of Making | Enemies,” and it had a large sale. He | also wrote another book, “Ten O'clock.” | In 1588 he was president of the Interna- | tional Exhibition of Art, which was held | at Knightsbridge. |OF GREATER INTEREST TO CLEVELAND THAN POLITICS Stork Is Hovering Over Gray Gables, the Former President’s Sum- mer Home. BUZZARD'S BAY, N. Y., July 17.—The stork is hovering over Gray Gables, the summer home of former President Grover Cleveland, and preparations have been made for its descent. Dr. Bryant is in constant attendance upon Mrs. Cleyeland and nurses have been here for several days. There are four Cleveland children— Ruth, Esther, Marlon and Richard Fol- som. Ruth was born October 3, 1891, at 816 Madison avenue, New York. She was named after Mrs. Cleveland’s grand- mother and as “Baby Ruth” ruled Wash- ington soclety during her father’s second term in the White House. Esther Cleveland was born September 9, 1893, in the White House.” Marion Cleveland was born at Bus- zard’'s Bay, July 7, 1895. Richard Folsom Cleveland was born Oc- tober 28, 1897, in Princeton, N. J. | @ ettt oot .‘ costing $1,000000, was partially wrecked, and the hoisting works and buildings at Spring Hill shaft were ruined. Many buildings in Kangley, four miles west of | Streator, were blown down and several | persons were injured there. Many houses | were unroofed and otherwise damaged. | Wires are nearly all down and details are meager. At Emington several houses were ut- terly demolished and four persons were seriously if not fatally injured. At Cam- pus one man was killed, while two others | sustained injuries which may prove fatal. | The tornado was accompanied by a ter- rific rainstorm, which washed out bridges, culverts and thousands of feet of rail- | road track. The loss of crops is very | heavy. MENDOTA, TIL, July 17.—Four persons | were killed and ten others seriously in- | jured by a tornado that struck the north- ern part of this city to-night. The path | of the storm was about eight miles in | length. Everything in the storm's track | was leveled to the ground. The known dead are: CORA BOISDORF, aged 15. ORA LUNA, aged 15. —— SCHAMEL, boy, aged 13. —— SCHAMEL, boy, aged 4. The injured are: Mrs. James Wirschem, | Miss Wirschem, Mrs. Oscar Milligan, Je- | rome Milllgan, Eda Austin, Alice Wilson, | James Smith, Henry Schwitzer and Mrs. | James Smith. Besides the foregoing nearly every member of the Boisdorf famiiy, who teok refuge in their cellar, was injured.. The house fell in on them. ——————————s President Names Commissioners. | WASHINGTON, July 17.—The President has appointed Dr. W. G. McGee of the Bureau of Ethnology, Volney W. Foster of Chicago and Professor Francis W. Kelsey, University of Michigan, to- rep- resent the United States on the Ameri- can Archeological and Ethnological Com- mission, an outgrowth of the Pan-Amer- jcan Congress in Mexico. 1903. llfl GRAND JURY BRINGS IN INDICTMENT AGAINST JACOB EPPINGER ON FELONY CHARGE OF OBTAINING MONEY BY FALSE PRETENSES ND the said Jacob Eppinger, in the manner and by the means aforesaid, did thereby | tional Banking Corporation of the said goods and personal property last hereinbefore described and set forth, contrary to the form, force and effect of the statute in such case made and pro- vided and against the peace and dignity of the people of the State of California.” — (Extract from indictment against Jacob Eppinger.) willfully and unlawfully, knowingly and designedly cheat and defraud the said Interna- ‘ | . Jz‘gfl‘%;liryer/.f £ | f— SENSATIONG WILL MARK THE INQUIRY Shipbuilding Trust to Be Deeply Probed. Special ‘Dispatch to The Call. NEW YORK, July 17.—Members of !h!I protective committee, with the assistance of a receiver, propose to conduct a search- ing investigation into the affairs of the United States Shipbuilding Company, ac- cording to statements made to-day by Roland R. Conkling, chairman of the bondholders’ protective committee. Mr. Conkling declared that he 'had been ap- proached with a view to settling his grievances against promoters of the com- pany and those who sold bonds on what he termed “fraudulent representations.” It is asserted that tremendous sensations will result. “More than once,” Conkling said, “I have had an opportunity of selling my securities for every cent I paid for them, so that the investigation which we pro- pose to conduct could be called off, I have refused, however, and my friends and I propose to find out what has been done with the money received by the ship- yard trust from the sale of its securities. “In our suit we hope to find what was paid to promoters and those intefested in the formation and launching of the gom- pany. We also propose to examine the contracts which were made with each of the subsidiary companies and’ see the amount of money that was paid for them and what profits the promoters received. We can't be bought off now, no matter what pressure is brought to bear. “About $8,000,000 was received by the shipyard combination from the sale of its first mortgage bonds. What has become of that money? How was it'spent? How much was paid to the promoters? These are questions whieh the company of bond- holders” which we represent are anxious to discover. 4 “The names of John W. Young and John J. McCook have not as yet been brought into the controversy, so far as we are concerned, but we propose to find out through due proceses of law and investi- gation what compensation for their ser- vies these men obtained.”” Other members of the protective com- mittee have told somie of their intimate friends that they have been offered the AUTOMOBILE THIEF NOW AT LIBERTY Harvard Student’s Big Motor Spree Costs $500. = B AR BOSTON, July 17.—John Lankershim, aged 19, a Harvard student and sald to | be a son of a Los Angeles millionalre, | may now take passage to Paris as was his intention last week, Tuesday. Lan- kershim is the student who was charged with stealing one of Kennett A. Skinner's automobiles and touring around New England with a party of chorus giris. The case was nolle prossed to-day at the request of the District Attorney's office. During both attempts to settle the case young Lankershim had been led around the courthouse by lawyers, Mr. Skinner and others interested in the case, the de- fendant completing a party of six. This morning’s audience was with Judge Bol- ster and it was with a feeling of relief on Lankershim's part that the case was fin- ally disposed of. Mr. Skinner acknowl- edged satisfaction in the sum of $300, for which he signed a receipt and the in- cident was closed. —_——— RUSSIA WILL OPEN PORTS IN MANCHURIA Japan and the United States Are In- formed of Concession in Orient. “WASHINGTON, July 17.—The Japanese Minister, Kogora Takahira, yesterday re- ceived a cablegram from Tokio announc- ing that the Russian Minister t6 Japan had on the previous day called at the To- kio Foreign Office and officially assured the authorities that the Russian Govern- ment would see to it that two ports would be opened in Manchuria to the world's commerce. The Minister went at once to the State Department and informed Sec- retary Hay of this fact. He there learned that similar assurances had reached this Government. . @ siriieimiveieini il @ full amount of their bonds in order to satisfy them and thus frustrate the in- vestigation. They say, however, that the matter has gone beyond this stage. It is predicted in banking circles that the reve- lations will be astounding. MEMBERS OF BANEKRUPT FIRM, — | | i i ) ' ——————— ONE OF WHOM WAS INDICTED BY: THE GRAND JURY YESTERDAY. Aged Broker Bear.; Up Well Under Trouble. Appears in Court and Is Released on Bonds. ACOB EPPINGER, one of the members of the bankrupt firm of Eppinger & Co., was indicted yesterday by the Grand Jury on the felony charge of having ob- tained money by false pretenses. The aged grain broker appeared in court ac- companied by his attorney, Henry Ach, and his bondsmen, Charles S. Laumeis- ter and J. C. Franks, and obtained his release on $10,000 bonds. That the Eppingers knew they were to be indicted yesterday was evidenced by the fact that they came prepared. While the Grand Jury was in session Jacob Ep- pinger and his brother, Herman Eppin- ger. paced the corridors of the City Hall and anxiously awaited the outcome of the meeting. Their counsel, Henry Ach, was with them, as were also their relatives and friends. Herman Eppinger also came prepared to secure his release if he were indicted, but he was permitted to leqve without the, formality of putting up se- curity for his appearance in court. The Grand Jury intende@ indicting Her- man Eppinger yesterday, but was unable to do so by reason of the fact that Dis- trict Attorney Lewis F. Byington could not obtain possession of the necessary pa- pers that were to be used in the Indict- ment. These papers are in the hands of one of the banks and owing tq the ab- | sence from the city. of its presi¥ent the | !Cl!rks had no authority to turn the pa- | pers over to the Digtrict Attormey. At the next meeting of the Grand Jury, how- ever, an indictment will be flled against | Herman Eppinger. At 5 o'clock the grand jurors filed into Judge Murasky’s courtroom. There were a large number of Interestéd spectators. Herman Eppinger d his brother Jacob occupied seats in the rear of the court- room and were kept busy dodging camera artists who were anxious to photograph them. Judge Murasky ordered the clerk to poll the Grapd Jury, and the following answered to their names: Foreman W. J. Bryan, John F. Merrill, Charles Fish- er, James B. Smith, Frank B. Peterson, Samuel Polack, E. J. Gallagher, Joseph I. Lawless, Adolph Unger, Wesley Hefdt, Adam L. Vercevich, James W. Reilly and M. F. Hrubanik. HIRSCH MUST EXPLAIN. “I notice that Alphonse Hirsch is not present,” said the court. “He has not been present at very many meetings of this Grand Jury. Some two weeks ago 1 admonished one or two gentlemen who failed to attend meetings of the Grand Jury. I told them they were not doing justice to their fellow members who did attend the sessions and were failing to comply with the law under which their body was selected. Mr. Hirsch has been cautioned before and his absence must be | explained. A therefore order that you draw up papers and serve the same on Mr. Hirsch to show cause why he should not be punished for contempt, and I set Wednesday of next week a3 a day for the return of the writ.” Foreman Bryan then stepped forward | and handed the court the indictment and | the crowd waited ekpectantly. District Attorney Byington was called up for con- sultation and he suggested that the bonds be fixed at $10,000. When this was announced, Attorney Continued on Page 2, Column &