The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, September 29, 1903, Page 5

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 29. 1903. INDIAN 1RE MAY AROUSE - AN ASSASSIN NOTED FORGER LEAVES PRION Becker Passes Out of San Quentin After Seven Years. | -« n . . 1 Pala Redskins Excite | gonviet Who Served Twenty- Fear in a Govern- Year Term Also Is ment Official Released. AL Special Dispatch to The Call. SAN QUENTIN PRISON, Sept. 28.— Threats in South- Make Threats With dignified ‘read, smiling and in other ways showing every indication of happi- ern California. | ness, Charles Becker, the prince of for- i e | gers, left San Quentin prison to-day, a Demands Are Heard for Supplies free man. He has served sevem years. Which Cannot Be Allowed and a | He stood for a moment as if to breathe the air of liberty, then turned around the Death Is 3 4 Fight to | facing the gate through which he enteyed The Discontented Aborigines Not Improbable. | in 1897, and muttered something unintelli- | > gible. Captain Russell of the prison guard awakened Becker from his reverie by a Special Dispatch to The Call. hearty handshake and a Charley.” suit ow, be good, Other prison attaches followed To each one Becker made some 1y, ing them for their good as well as thanking ent he had recelved ncarceration. k'’ is at 6 o'clock each t Becker asked to other convicts. lied with and at 5 o'clock When he NTO, Sept. 28.—Norton M. holds the position of Indian he employ of the United States ent at the Pala Indian reserva- is duty being to instruct the In- mornin; be or was unfastened. wa oes and a black soft hat. > outside gate it was ached by a Call representa- uncommuni- his ultimate reservat!. from thelr ances: Warner ranch 1. was polite but homes on the big not state that he nor deny > per month £ $500 are those am: have bee Bankers' r forger. month is not abil " sald tans in r of my the stage from San Qu t 0 o'clock. present | At Greenbrae he took the train for San neisco, Ten other convicts left the prison to- day, all but one, 1 er, much later than Becker. ] dwin, No. 14,563, who had been incarcerated for twenty years, went Goodwin, or familiarly known arbund the prison as “Coffee Jose, was convicted of murder in the second 4 ee in hasta Co in 1883. He was en B » San Quentin for twenty years and authority the full time. actically ———————— Driggs-Miller Indictments Valid. NEW YORK. Sent. 28.—The validity of e indictr nst ex-Congressman of Brooklyn .and ew York agent of the Automatic Cashler Com ing them with participation oali frauds, was upheld in a de- sl avnd ded down to-day by Judge mas in the’ United States District unanimou . te ting the Oregon b sufficient | Short L pany its fran- r reserva- | c! 1 other proposed m te s city. The im- P s ements contemplated by the company ive an expenditure of nearly a million N honest construction There’s a kind of furniture you cannot buy here— yet there is plenty of it on the market. It's the kind that is stuck together in a hurry and rushed out of the fectories to be sold by some retailers as “bargains.” Compare this sort of furniture with the kind that goes through our hands and the difference is invariably dis- covered sooner or later. The desk shown here is a good example of our well- made furnittire, Built of carefully seasoned wood and richly finished. A neat, refined pattern in two woods —oak, golden finish and maple, with birds-eye front, The drawer beneath writing surface is of good size and hes a gracefully swelled front. At fifteen dollars it is really an exceptional value, (Formerly the California Furniture Co.) 057 to 977 Market Street, San Francisco attired in a gray suit, | RUEF'S RESIGNATION IS REQUESTED BY THE COMMITTEE ON ORGANIZATION Meeting of the Advisory Council of the United Republican League Is Called --- Candidates on the Party Ticket Will ‘Gather Respectfully, Thursday Night Next---List of the Election Officers Is Accepted e SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 28, 1903. The organization committee 1 J. STEPPACHER, Secretary. R. A. RUEF, City—Dear Sir: Since the receipt of your communication requesting leave of absence from attendance at the meetings of the organization committee you have paid us an official visit and declared to us that you will support a candidate for Mayor against the Republican candidate, Mr. Henry J. Crocker, and also stated that you would support all other candidates on the Republican ticket. in this matter with the avowed purposes which led to the formation of the League or with the public pledges and promises made by all the members of the committee prior to the recent primary election. | The organization committee has, therefore, unanimously decided to request your resignation. A P. WILLIAMS, President. cannot reconcile your position United Republican HE organization committee of | the United Republican League | last night requested the resigna- tion of A. Ruef. The president of the league, Hon. A. P. Williams, authorizes the correspondence bearing on | the subject to be given to the public. Ruef's letter requesting leave of ab- sence is brief and as Yollows: i “San Francisco, Sept. 26, 1903. *To the Organization Committee, United Republican League: I desire to be excused from attendance | at the meetings of your committee for | the period of one month from October 1, | 1803. Very respectfully, A. RUEF.” | The reply of the organization commit- | tee published herewith Is clear and di- | rectly to the’ point. The sentiment ex- ed at le the ig headquarters last night ct that the committee declining to temporize It is erpected tha. he betake himself to the - Schmitz and stay there Crocker is elected u Hon. P. Williams pres the | meeting of the organization committee | last evening. Other m-mbers attending | Thomas D. Riordan, Dr. MeNutt, | C. Lynch, Henry Ach and David | There will be a meeting this evening of | the advisory council of the league. The | council consists of the vice president and were: Joh R! one member of the executive committee | Commissioners Deasy and Everett. Rob- | at room 3, Phelan building, this evening. a2 20 220 O 3 e o ik e ey ) REFUSE TO TAKE ~ PART IN PARADE Chicago Musicians Will Not Play at the Big Celebration. 28.—The marchers in | CHICAGO, Sept. the big Centennial to-morrow night will be compelled tramp over the route | without a musical note to cheer them. | The musicians’ union to-night positively | refused to take part in the parade or to | ! have anything whatever to do with the | al celebration if the marine band | ishington is to play at the mass t the Auditorium on Thursday | h is to be fhe final act of tac to ., wh celebration. i The union declares that its constitution | forbids its members to have anything to | do with vhich enlisted men in the part. The union the ore demands that the invita- e band be withdrawn or n 4 line to fur- | , for the ban vy night or | tennial cele: The committee of arrangements for the | Centennial informed the unlon to-night | that the invitation to the marine band would stand, no matter what action was | taken by the local musicians. The union | at once decided that it could not recede from the position it had taken and it so | informed the committee. It was declded | by the committee to go ahead with therr | plans just as though there was no such | thing as music. The playing by the marine band Thursday night will there- fore be the only music of the celebration. It was not the integtion of the commit- tee to use the marine band for anything but the ma ing. | meeting on that one even- | PROCEED IN HARMONY. Delegates to Iron Workers’ Conven- tion on Their Good Behavior. KANSAS CITY, Mo., Sept. 28.—To-day's sessions of the convention of the Inter- national Association of the Structural Iron and Bridge Workers were taken up entirely with routine matters. The Parks crowd helped clear up the small business of the gathering and no signs of the fight between the two factions promised yes- terday were visible. President Buchanan made an appeal for harmony and his talk had the effect, at least temporarily, of quieting the troublesome New Yorkers. “It's the lull before the storm,” said one delegate, after the convention had ad- journed for the day. The sum total of the day’s work was the granting of a charter to the architec- tural iron workers of Chicago, a strong labor body, which has perhaps 6000 mem- bers throughout the country, and a deci- | sion to send delegates to the convention iof the Building Trades Alliance, to be { held at Indianapolis next month. An im- | portant petition presented by a half- dozen Western locals recommended that | the convention take some action to force | certain Western railroads to pay-standard | | wages or let the bridge work to contrac- tors who are fair to organized labor, ST BISHOP SCANNELL REPLIES. | Denies That He Has Condemned | the Typographical Union. OMAHA, Sept. 28.—Right Rev. Bishop Scannell of the Omaha diocese of the Catholic church to-day made a statement i in reply to that of President Lynch of the Typographical Union, who defended its Catholic members who have taken the obligations of that union. Bishop Scan- nell said: My attitude in this matter has been misun- derstond, if not misrepresented. The Typo- graphical Union has not been condemned in this diocese, nor have its members been refused the | sacrament. A person came to my residence | recently, showed me a newspaper containing an ocath said to have been taken by the members of the Typographical Union gnd asked my opin- ion rexlrdmf it. I told him{ in substance, that the oath in Its natural and obvious sense could not be lawfully taken by any Catholic. That was my whole action In the matter. My ‘opin- fon regarding the wording of the obligation is unchanged. Demands of Union Men Not Granted RUMFORD FALLS, Me., Sept. 28.—The mills of the Internatiogal Paper Company did not reopen to-day, as expected, and the 700 hands remain idle. The mill man- | | | e of each Assembly district club, together with members of the organization com- mittee. The advisory council will consider topics relating to a vigorous prosecution of the campaign. CANDIDATES TO MEET. Thursday evening of this week the candidates on the Republican ticket wilt meet for organization at the headquarters | of the United Republican League, 16 Geary street. J. 8. Partridge, chairman of the Repub- llcan Convention, attended the meeting of the organization committee last night. To- day he will announce the committee of five on vacancies, which the convention Girected him to appoint. The duty of fill ing the vacancy for Assessor caused by the resignation of Charles 8. Laumeister will devolve upon this committee. Later on Chairman Partridge will appoint eighteen members-at-large of the new county committee, or governing body of the party. ELECTION OFFICERS. The Board of Election Commissioners vesterday adopted the list of officers for the municipal election as filed by the Re- publican County Committee and the United Republican League. By this ac- tion the Commissioners virtually rejected the list of officers favored by Commis- sioner Roberts. Commissioner Voorsang- er moved that the County Committee list be accepted, and he was supported by agement refuses to accede to the request that only unfon men be employed. SCORE TEMPORARY VICTORY. United Hatters Secure a Reduction of the Attachment Against Them. BRIDGEPORT, Conn., Sept. 28.—A tem- porary victory was scored to-day by the defendants In the suit of D. E. Lowe & Co., hat makers in Danbury, who are backed by the American Anti-boycott As- sociation, against the officers of the American Federation of Labor, the offi- cers of the United Hatters of North America and 20 members of the United Hatters as individuals. After a hearing before Judge Wheeler of the Superior Court the amount of the attachment was reduced to $60,000. This was a very sub- stantial reduction, as the real estate cov- ered by attachment is held at an assessed valuation of $128,000 and the bank ac- | counts of the individual defendants ag- | gregate $521,000. The hearing was on a motion by coun- sel for the defendants for the reduction of the amount of attachment, for an or- der for the substitution of a bond for the property atiached and for an order re- | quiring the oral examination of the mem- | bers of the firm of D. E. Lowe & Co. as | to the actual amount of damages s tained by the firm in conseuence of the | strike and boycott. The suit of which | to-day’s proceedings was a part Is | brought in the State Court, seeking $100,- | 000 damages, and fs independent of an- | other sult in which the same parties are involved, brought in the United States | c urts, in which 210,000 damages is sought | nd also an injunction restraining the de- | fendants from continuing the boycott on the ground that it is a violation of the Sherman interstate commerce law. TYPE CAS’fERS STRIKE. Employes of Cifigxnati Branch of | American Company Quit Work. CINCINNATI, Sept. 28.—The men em- ployed by the Cincinnatl branch of the merican Type Founders Company struck | this afternoon. The strikers include type casters, dressers, mold workers, ma- chinists, brass rule workers, nicking ma- chine operators and inspectors. The men say that at noon to-day an agreement was presented at the foundries through- | out the country and that a national strike was inaugurated because the company re- fused to accede. The proposition in the agreement that caused the strike read as follows: There shall be no discrimination against union men and any journeyman whe during | the life of this agreement may be given em- ployment to fill any vacancy or increase the force ghall be a membep of the International Typographical Union, provided the union is able to furnish such journeyman. The company members say they are willing to concede all that is asked re- garding wages and hours, but that they will not consent to relinquishing jurisdic- tion of their plants. —_——— Train Smashes Into Wagon. UKIAH, Sept. 28.—John Lucas, aged about 78 years, a resident of Redwood Valley, was struck by the California Northwestern passenger train a short dis- tance above Ukiah this afternoon and se- verely injured. Lucas¢was going home from Uklah with a two-horse team. In makjng the crossing at the Arnold Ford place, where there Is a deep cut both for the railroad and wagon road, the train struck the team, crippling one horse and splintering the wagon. Lucas was thrown | from the wagon and sustained several bad lacerations of the scalp and a frac- ture of the skull. ——— Cadets in First Class May Smoke. WASHINGTON, Sept. 28.—On the rec- ommendation of Cantaln Willara H. Brownson, commandant of the Navy Academy, Secretary Moody has author- ized the discontinuance of the rule pro- hibiting smoking so far as it applies to the members of the first class. In the opinion of the Secretary the members of this class are quite old enough to be re- lieved of such a restriction. — e Yellowstone Park Guide Is Drowned. BUTTE, Sept. 28.—A Miner special from | Monida says that Frank Burnett, one of the best known guides in Yellowstone Park, was drowned in Henrys Lake last night, and his companion, Willlam Shoe- maker, had a narrow escape, being res- cued as he was sinking for the list time. The two men were engaged in a boat race when the disaster occurred. ————— 7 Noted Artist Dies Suddenly. NEW YORK, Sept, 28.—John Dolph, the artist, who has sometimes been called the Landseer of America because of his work | as an animal painter, died suddenly here | to-day from heart disease. He was !8‘ years of age. / { | | | | i publicans, | Franeis L. Cook, A. Newmann and Percy - erts and Boyle voted against the motion. Roberts displayed some féeling because, he said, he had not been consulted. The charge has been made that Roberts' list contained names of men who, though Re- are said to be supporters of Mayor Schmitz. J. Steppacher and T. D. Riordan ad- dressed the Commissioners in behalf of the list as printed by the County Commit- tee. The list embraces $00 names. NON-PARTISANS IN FIELD. The Citizens' Non-Partisan party has filed articles of incorporation and will make a bid for public favor this election | by putting a ticket In the field. The of. ficers of -the party are: J. W. Sparrow, | resident; Fred T. Knoles, first vice pres- ident; Francis L. Cook, second vice presi- | den Percy Beamish, third vice presi- dent; Emanuel A.,Lorenzo, secretary and | general organizer; Professor Joseph H. | Alfonso, assistant secretary; A. New- ! mann, treasurer; James A. Stiger, gen- eral attorney; board of directors—Eman- uel A. Lorenzo, Joseph H. Alfonso, Frank Smith, G. W. F. Cook, W. M. Park, James A. Stiger, J. W. Sparrow, Fred T. Knoles, | Beamish. Several caucuses have been held at room 35, Phelan building, by party lead- ers, who number among them several pol- iticians In the city, and it has been de- | cided to hold the nominating convention to-morrow evening at Pioneer Hall. A | caucus of the party leaders will be held | FIND NO TRACE OF DYNAMITERS Authorities of Monta.na. Are Still Working in the Dark. ST. PAUL, Secpt. 28.—General Manager Thomas W. Cooper of the Northern Pa- cific Rallway to-day confirmed the report of the dynamite outrages against that road in Montana. “It is true,”” said Cooper, “that a de- mand for $0,000 has been made upon the Northern Pacific Company by partles in | Montana and that we have had more or less trouble with them for several weeks past. We do not know who the partles are, but are using all the efforts~possible to discover and arrest them. We have | taken suflicient precaution to make our racks safe. *The Northern Pacific has posted a re- ward of $2500 for the arrest and conviction of the dynarhiters. The State of Montana has posted another reward of $5000 and | Polk County, Montana, has offered an- ;:In $500, thaking a total reward now of | 2000, Cooper, asked if he believed the guilty | court. { been: SOME REVELTION Witness in the Roberts Case May Cause a Surprise. Testimony Now Being Taken in the Intdresting Libel Case. ———e MADERA, Sept. 28.—The taking of tes- timony in the case of Dick Roberts against the Fresno Democrat Publishing Company began to-day and Madera is on tiptoe of expectation. Madera wants to know who shot Sheriff Thurman and the people are waiting for the sworn state- ment of the Sheriff himself. Heretofore he has refrained from discussing the mysterious shooting affray in his own house. Counsel for the plaintiff, in opening to- day, announced that Thurman would tes- tify, when he is put on the stand, that Roberts was not the man who fired the shots which wounded him. However, many belleve that no one but the ex-Sher- iff himself knows what his testimony is to be. Mark R. Plaisted, manager of the de- fendant company, was the first witness eworn for the plaintiff. Plaisted identified the papers in which the objectionable ar- ticles appeared as issues of the Democrat and testified'as to the paper’s circulation. The next witness was the plaintiff him- sell. He told of his doings on the night of the shooting in the Thurman house. He said he was in bed a little after 8 o'clock. The hat which was found in the Thurman house was shown to Roberts and he said he thought it was his. He told of a conversation with one Hedges the morning after the shooting. His tes- timony was at variance with statements which Roberts swore to immediately after the sheoting, and Judge Maguire of coun- sel for the defendant improved the oppor- tunity to try and embarrass the plaintiff. Finally the deposition was handed to the How long Roberts will be on the stand is hard to say. He will probably oceupy the witness box all day to-mor- Tow. e | RUMOR SAYS MONEY MAY STOP SENSATION Mrs. Griffith of Los Angeles Reported to Have Received Offer for Settlement. LOS ANGELES, Sept. 28.—According to the positive statement of Joseph Mesmer, brother of Mrs. Griffith J. Grifith, the attorneys of Colonel Griffith have offered her $35,000 cash in settlement of all prop- erty matters between them. One condition of the offer is that if, by the acceptance of this $35,000 tender, the property contest is amicably settled out of court, Mrs. Grifiith will not appear against her husband in the criminal pro- ceedings for assault to murder. And it is further understood that the wife shall not be hindered in her sult for divorce and guardianship of the minor son. Ever since the shooting of Mrs. Grifith by her husband the public query has “What was the motive?” and in the twenty-five days of interval little it any light has been shed on the problem. | The wounded woman, who is still an in- | mate of a hospital, has not attempted to give to the public any statement as to the motive. —_— Porto Rico Schools Are Opened. SAN JUAN, Porto Rico, Sept. Twelve hundred schools were opened to-day and 60,000 pupils were received. Three times that number of children were enrclled and the struggle for preference was very great. L e e e e e S ] ) persons were proféssional bandits or ama- teurs, said: ““They are dynamiters, and there are not many of them in this country.” == in Porto Rico | MADERA EXPECTS EMPLOYERS CHARGE. I TH THEFT Mpysterious Disappear=- ance of Southern Cali- fornia Cashier. —— Peculations Are Reported to Reach Into the Thou- sands. ——— Excellent Career of Fourteen Years Is Marred by an Act a Canning Company Declares Is Crime. i Special Dispatch to' The Call. LOS ANGELES, Sept. 238.—J. Weller Reed, for fourteen years a trusted em- ploye of the Southern California Canmng Company, and since its organization cashier of the California Frult Canners’ Assoclation establishment in Los An- geles, one of the largest in the assocla- tion, is a fugl A war- rant for his arrest on a charge of felo embezzlement was sworn out to-day. Since Saturday noon he has been missing and detectives have been unable to find any trace of him. The known amount of his peculations is $490 cash, but whether his accounts are deficient to a greater extent will not be known until his books have been experted, and that is being done. Reed pald all bills of the concern with checks which were signed by himself and H. E. Ke dy, the superintende Kennedy frequently signed a number ¢ checks in blank and Reed filled them in at his pleasure. Recentiy Kennedy no- ticed a number of stubs in the check book marked voild. These, Reed said, represented spoiled checks, but it has developed to-day that they were used by Reed. who had cashed them for various amounts. On Saturday, Reed cashed three checks for 3200, §2750 and $3750 respectively. Of this he used $1750 for the weekly payroll, but the balance, $4950, he drew out of the bank in currency and after paying off the employes left his office and disap- peared. When he did not return home Saturday night his wife applied to the po- lice for assistance in the effort to locate him, but he could not be found. It was not until to-day that he was suspected of theft, for he had handled thousands of dollars and had never been short a dollar. An examination of the bank account of the association, however, showed that it was depleted, and when It was learned that Reed had drawn out the money in currency Saturday his employ- ers secured the warrant for his arrest. —_——————— New Steamer Line Arranged. VANCOUVER, B. C., Sept. 23.—To se- cure more direct connection between Eu- ropean centers and the Pacific Coast, the Canadian Pacific Railway Company has decided to operate four steamers between Antwerp and West St. John, the com- pany’s winter port in New Brunswieck. The steamers will run fortnightly after December 1. —_————— New Play Is Well Received. NEW ROCHELLE, N. Y., Sept. 28 —A new play, “Lady Calmore’s Flirtations,” which Miss Kathryn Kidder produced for the first time on any stage to-night at the New Rochelle Theater, tells the story of an international marrfage and deals with the subject in a dramatic and Intelli- gent way. Miss Kidder gave an impres ! sive performance in the part of Lady Cal- | more, and the supporting company ap- | peared to advantage. | BALTIMORE, Sept. 28.—At a consultation of physicians to-day it was decided that an operation was not necessary in the case of Archbishop John Joseph Kain of St. Louls, who is suffering from an attack of appendici- tis. ' ADVERTISEMENTS. . Come to-day if you possibly can. Our great removal sale, the largest ever held on the Pacific Coast, is drawing to an auspicious close. Each day the store has been crowded with customers who wish to get their money’s worth and who appreciate the safety of dealing with a house of unques- tioned honesty and integrity, whose record of 53 years in the lead in the music business on the Pacific Coast rightfully commands the confidence of the public. The ability of Kohler & Chase to offer the best values in the market has maintained the house in the lead during these years, and when Kohler & Chase cut prices the purchaser knows that he is not only receiving exceptional value, but that he is getting a good, honest piano. We take a large number of pianos which are neither up to date nor good in exchange: these in- struments we sell off at low prices, and give each purchaser the privilege of exchanging them at the full price paid within three years on a Knabe, Fischer, Hobart M. Cable, Kohler & Chase or any other instrument we handle. than this. No customer buying a low-priced instrument could desire The purchaser of the cheapest instrument in the house has this privilege. better protection Our stock is now almost reduced enough, but we have advertised that the removal sale will continue up to the day we move, and as long as we have the pianos on our floor we will make this statement gogi. Our new store on the corner of Kearny and Post streets, diagonally opposite the White House, is almost ready, and no more pianos will be unboxed for our retail department at our old store at 30 O'Farrell street. All the instruments now arriving will be held for the opening. Remember that Knabe, Fis- cher, Hobart M. Cable and Kohler & Chase pianos are all included in the sale, and besides a great many organs, Mason & Hamlin and others, damaged and used Pianolas, etc., etc. If you desire an instrument it will pay you to investigate the sale at once. Aecolians, small instruments, We invite everv intelligent purchaser to compare the values offered with those of any other house. We are amply able to prove every statement contained in our advertisements. allow any overdrawn or sensational description of pianos. TERMS—]———— Every instrument in the house can be purchased on our well-known system of easy payments. Our reputation is too valuable for us to The Kohler & Chase plan makes it possible for any one to own a piano merely by making a small payment down and a small payment monthly. NOTE. Fischer pianos. are made to mislead and deceive the public. L KOHLE Now at 36 O’Farrell Street. Established 1830, Later at OPEN EVENINGS NOW. Unscrupulous dealers have advertised that they can furnish the celebrated Knabe and We wish to inform the public that we represent Messrs. Wm. C. Fischer in this territdry and no other house can supply these celebrated goods. Knabe & Co. and J. & All such statements R & CHASE Kearny and Post.