The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, November 18, 1903, Page 9

DIGTMENT TR ANGER IF DIETRIGH Senator De- ounces Political Enemy. e y: Fzlse Testimony Was v Before Federal irand Jury. =S ttorney Whom He Sought iave Ousted Responsible for the Lawmaker's Troubles. ————— Nov. ator of his ctment narge of piracy the ap- DEAL WITH POSTMASTER. h was renting it was worth e of holding the postof- e — POSTUM CEREAL. AN OLD TIMER Has Had Experiences. used Postum Food e up he market om experience sing Postum in place es health and a nows Finally I decided to 1'1](- b vice and try : 2d had it f delicious to the taste. So I its use and very soon its s convinced me of its t well of my nervousness wad been drinking c« until it had affected his y. 1 persuaded him to and it was easy to get change, for the Pos- r depress and does not teadlly and s honestly nerves and the stom- ug story short, our now used Postum vith completely satis- £ £hown in our fine con- nd we have noticed ted improvement in . Name given ttle Creek, Mich. nerve power al- Postum in place of coffee, sometimes in a very marked manner. Look in each package for a copy of the famous little book, “The Road to Wellville.” It certainly work- | FRANCISCO CALL, WEDNESDAY THE SA BENEFIT FOR ACTORS’ FUND PROMISES GREAT RESULTS All That Is Good in Current Bills at the City’s Principal Playhouses Will Be Presented Next Friday Afternoon at the Columbia by Associated Theatrical Managers FwWr KERLEY At JULIA HERNS GUSTOMS FRAUDS ment Loses $1,000,- 000 Yearly. PRI AL vantage of Inefficient | Consular Service PR, . 1.0, CALL BUREAU, 1408 G STREET, N. W., WASHINGTON, Nov. 17.—Frauds ! | In the declarations of goods exported | | to the United States, which cost the | | United States $1,000,000 a year, are lald | bare in the report of Third Assistant | Secretary Pierce on the American con- | sular service in Europe. These frauds are made possible by‘ | faulty methods of certifying invoices, | | and, according to Plerce’s report, are | the Qirect result of a short-sighted pol- | { icy in the payment of the Consuls and | | | ! Consular Agents and clerks, Exporters | are taking advantage of the United States at practically all ports where goods are exported to the United States | | upon which ad valorem duties are col- | | lected. Shrewd merchants are especial- | ly active at French and German ports, | | where the exportations to American de- | partment stores swell the volume of | bustness and make it impossible for the | overworked officials to go through the| involces with care. The expense ac-| | counts of Consuls are shaved so closely | that they are unable to employ agents who are expert in judging expensive | | wares shipped to the United States. | | Valuable laces and other finery pass; through the hands of inexperienced in- spectors and escape their share of tax- ation. Under the present system a fee for| certifying an invoice is $2 50. It mat- ters not whether the invoice is for $100 or $100,000 worth of goods. No charge is made for certifying an invoice of less | | than $100, and no maximum limit is set | as to the amount which may be placed on an ol In consequence large shipments of goods are frequently list- ed in invoices of less than $100 and| scores of distinct invoices are often combined in one to avoid the payment | of more than one fee. Thomas W. Peters, United States| Consul at Plauen, Germany, reported one case to Pierce, in which a promi- nent American merchant had combined | 105 distinet invoices in one. Many cas | have been listed on separate invoices. Pierce recommends a complete revi- sion of the method of certifying in-| voices. He would have certificates of | | every invoice worth more than $25 and | | would not permit any invoice to exceed | | $100,000. He would have a minimum fee of 25 ceats and a maximum fee of 350. e increased income of consular agen- | cies under this stem would make it { possible to employ additional expert | help, which would, in Pierce’s opinion, | bring about an increase of at least | $100,000 a year in the Government's re- | ceipts. THESPIANS WHO FOR THE BENEFIT E THEATRICAL MANAG VIC THE HAV Only forty-three American clerks are employed in United States consular of- | fices, The salaries are so small that only foreigners will take the places. To underpaid foreign clerks, who are anx- THEIR SER- BE GIVEN BY -;4 r | REAT interest is fested in the fifth | efit to be given by ciated Theatrical Franei for the on. The benefit Columbia Theat on. Since the mans ears ago they have complished untold good and no unfc HJ:iu(— actor has ever appealed to the annual ben- the Managers o D unfor- pians \\hu have died here have been given decent The programme for Friday afternoon ncludes all that is good in cur- bills at the principal theaters. William Kelley, the Ben Hur of the great production at the Grand Opera- house, and Miss Julia A. Herne, the Esther of the cast, have volunteered, and Virginia Harned, now playing v owners, it was suggested that erence in the rental be made up ubscription from the interested prope the by a parties. At tk juneture the Senator was lled upon to indorse for the pnfllmn postmaster one of the applicants the comj etition having narrowed down to the Mayor, Jacob Fisher, and the editor of the Hastings Tribune, Adam Breede. An understanding was finally reached by which Fisher was to eive the appointment of postmaster n that he purchase the post- fixtures belonging to the Grand r post at the price which it had id {nr them, and it is said Fisher also eed to reimburse the Senator for the difference by which he had been compelled to reduce the rental from his original figure of $1500 in order to meet the offers that had been made on be- haif of a location at the other end of the street. This difference of $200, it is said, was to have been made up in equal portions by the postmaster and his deputy, and it is alleged that it was paid for a few months, and then, when the Benator discovered its questionable character, the money was returned to Postmaster Fisher and Deputy Francis. DISTRICT ATTORNEY TALKS. The charge has been made against Distriet Attorney Summers that he had not treated some of the witnesses fair- ly, two of them, William Dutton and liott Lowe, being mentioned in par- cular. These men are said to have ked the court for protection. Attor- ney Summers had this to say: “I have never bullied or browbeaten a witness in my life, either before a grand jury or elsewhere. I never had a conversation with Mr. Dutton about his testifying unti®he came to me in person and said that he wanted to go before the grand jury and tell the truth and all the truth. Mr. Lowe came to me and said he did not know anything about the matters that were the sub- ject of inquiry, and I answered that, such being the case, he probably was subpoenaed by mistake. Mr. Lowe this morning denied any connection with the | request for protection.” | On the allegation that he was ani- { mated by political differences against | Benator Dietrich, Summers said: “I never asked him for.indorsement. As to the charge that 1 have brought this matter before the grand jury as a means to compel the President to re- appoint me, there is absolutely nothing in it. This investigation is made be- cause 1 believe it my duty as an officer and for no other purpose whatever.” Postmaster Fisher to-day appeared in Judge Munger’s court, gave a bond for $1000 for his appearance later, and was released. At the Federal building it was said that a United States Senator was im- mune from arrest on charges of the na- ture of those named in the indictment | while Congress is in session. As a con- being mani- | Pinero's | sent for the f ¢ | Queen’s Messeng: A @ e @ | fice for the benefit of the surrounding | sequence, Senator Dietrich will not be | when he can conveniently do so. ( - the Columblia, as- | Courtenay, will pre- | time in America “A | ' a one-act drama | nners, also of the Mr. Manners was co- Langtry in her play, The Alcazar stock > the third act of fous to piece out their incomes, Pierce | says, much of the inefficiency of the | American consular service and many | of the charges of dishonesty are due. | He urges the employment of only Americans as Consuls, vice-consuls and clerks, and suggests that native- | born Americans are much more satis- | | factory than men of foreign birth, who are naturalized in the United States and sent back to the land of their na- | “Ir sisted by Wil at Hartley M by T P.n- ro's the contri- ity third act o lley Forge,” and | INTERSTATE COMMERCE | principals and chorus of the Tivo- | ! nd opera company will be heard COMMISSION INTERESTED | in the sextet from “Lucia,” under the Will Look Into Matter of President | of Porter Brothers Company Receiving Rebates. CHICAGO, Nov. 17.—The testimony of former employes of Porter Brothers Company regarding rebates said to have been received by James S. Wat- son, president of the commission con- cern, has led the Interstate Commerce Commission to look into the matter. | Watson has been testifying before | Bankruptcy Referee Wean at irregu- lar intervals for the past few weeks and an agent of the interstate body has been attending the hearings. ! direction ‘,r P pheum Steindorff. The Or- r four of the best acts vaudeville and the Chutes startling acrobatic turn. | 1t of the length of the pro- | 1e the overture by the best musi- s from the various theater orches- tras will be played at 1 o’clock sharp. | The performance will be continuous, | the programme having been so arrang- ed that there will be no waits of any description. o apprehended at this time. He will be 2 1 The examination of Wi v notified of his indictment, however, and | gtarted at the request of %:f;‘on “?; it is expected he will appear in court Doe, formerly manager of the New York branch of Porter Brothers Com- pany. At several previous hearings when Watson was asked for informa- tion regarding rebates he refused to testify on the ground he might incrim- inate himseif. ————————— —_————————— NEW RAILROAD MAKES AN AGREEMENT FOR LAND Western Pndfic’A;u:gel at Sacra- | mento for Property in Ala- | ABSENT COUNCILMAN | meda County. ‘ SACRAMENTO, Nov. 17.—The VVEM- ¢ N0 10, DB BOTKD ern Pacific Railway Comapny filed in | Santa Rosans Continue to Puzzle the County Recorder's office of this | Over the Disappearance county to-day an agreement entered i . | of Veirs. i into between that corporation and the J Sacramento and Oakland Railway | SANTA ROSA, Nov. 17.—The search | Company whereby the latter company | for Councilman and acting Mayor L. agrees to sell, transfer and convey unto | L. Veirs to-Gay has proven unav: ailing, | the Western Pacific Company certain | and his friends are beginning to believe lots, pleces and parcels of land sit- | that he has taken his departure for uated in Alameda County, together | good or that something serious has with all rights of way, all terminal happened to him. The financial diffi- culties in which he was involved were | not such that would necessitate his | hiding, although he is now freely charged with having forged the names of relatives to notes at the Exchnnga* Bank, and a number of private indlvid- | uals are also holding notes which are alleged to contain forged indorsements | as security. | Velrs was to have presided at a meet- | ing of the Commdn Ceuncil to-night, | but owing to his non-appearance, the sickness of the Mayor and the absence of two Councilmen no quorum could be had and the meeting was paatponed. | —_———— JAPANESE TAKES LIFE | SANTA CRUZ, Nov. 17.—Peter Bat- | - B T tagliola, 2 wealthy hotel-keeper and a | Crime Committed Near Watsonville man very prominent in the Itallan col- | and Officers Are in Chase | ony, killed himself this morning. He of Murderer. was found a mile from his hotel, lying 1. ¥ in the middle of Soquel avenue, with | WATSONVILLE, Nov. 17.—A murder | three knife wounds in his throat. Two | Was committed early this evening at years ago his wife died and since that | the Japanese colony located on "the time he appeared insane. Martin ranch. From the meager de- | tails at hand it appears that H. J. For twenty-two years Battagliola had X Zumni, becoming enraged at his broth- ad resided in this county. His estate & "Dicked UD an ax and nearly sev- is worth $20,000. He was 46 years of d Ve ered his relative's head from his body. eyt He then fled. Officers have started in pursuit of the murderer. Berkeley Flyers 5 5 A L e el Steamship Texan Makes Record Run. properties, depot sites, cars, tools and equipments of every kind, !ranch(aes.“ ete. The Western Pacific agrees to p;yi for all this $28,870 86 at the time of the | execution and delivery of the deed and | also to transfer and deliver as further | consideration 20,000 shares of the fully paid up capital stock of the Western Pacific Company. e WELL-ENOWN HOTEL-KEEPER TAKES HIS OWN LIFE Suicide of a Prominent Resident of Santa Cruz Surprises the People. Of the Southern Pacific now run in both ai- rections daily, except Sunday, leaving Berry- man T:05 0t & os“.. = u;:. Berg‘alnor ';l‘:‘n PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 17.—The an returning, leave steamship Texan, Captain Morrison, of sinco 8130 ‘ind 408 5. m. * |the American-Hawaiian ~_Steamship 3 % | Company, .rx:ved‘rhere 10~ él;.y after a record run from Tacoma, Wash., hav- WATCH FOR THE ing made the trip to Delaware Break- BEAUTIFUL PICTURES water wimoan:ys-tomdf?r co;l or water in fifty-six and four hours. She IN THE BIG left Tacoma September 21. Her aver- THANKSGIVING age speed was 10% knots an hour, or EDITIO lbout 250 miles a day, for the 13,998 v ke, tatiioped trom Hopolats. ts m onolulu to Tacoma, and a gene NEXT SUNDAY CALL. also ral cargo o | Tacoma and Seattle for New York. | interiors, NOVEMBER 18, 1903, DISCOVERS VAST NOTED PAINTER DIES SUDDENLY Official Finds Govern- |[Edwin L. Weeks Passes Away at His Home in Paris. Foreign Exporters Take Ad-|Soc’ety of American Artists in France Loses Distin- guished Member. L b siniin 2 Spectal Dispatch to-The Call PARIS, Nov. 17.—Edwin Lord Weeks, the American painter, dled Monday evening at his residence, 12 Rue Leon- | ard de Vince. He had been {ll about two months, but was not thought to be | in danger. He had a complication of ills resulting from fevers contracted several years ago in Indla, where he had passed much time studying Ori- ental subjects for painting. ‘Weeks was about 55 years old. He was a member of the Society of Ameri- can Painters in Paris, his colleagues being Bishpam Bridgman, Melchior S. Gay, Dannat and Vail. He was a pupll of Bonnat during his early days when he studied in Paris at the same time with Pearce, Blashfield and Beckwith. He was famous for pictures of life in Oriental countries. On Monday he told his wife he wanted to go into his stu- dio, where the sight of his pictures and other familiar objects, it was thought, would encourage him and give him more strength, but after reaching the studio he was obliged to lie on a couch, where he remained until b died. Weeks was born in Boston in 1849 and went as a youth to Paris, where he entered Ecole des Beaux Arts. While pursuing his studies there he frequent- ly visited the studios of Bonnat and Gerome and acquired his love of Ori- ental subjects, decoration and art from his former master. He afterward returned to Boston and there lived for some years, making oc- casional journeys to Egypt, the Holy Land and Morocco. He exhibited at the salon and at displays of the Paris Societe des Amis des Arts and received many honors. At the salon of 1885 he | received honorable mention and at the salon of 1889 he was medaled. He was also medaled at the exposition of 1889. The artist found his subjects for the most part in the Orient and has been well called “the American Gerome.” He loved to depict the architecture, costumes and street and home life of the Arabs and Moors, as well as the wild life of the same people in the desert. He was a strong draughtsman, a master of composition and a good colorist. His pictures ara truthful, pleasing and strong. —_———————— Californians in Washingt: WASHINGTON, Nov. 17. —The fullow- ing Californians registered here to-. day At the Ebbitt—Samuel Shaen, Samuel Shaen, Miss Edna Shaen and Mrs. H. G. At the New Willard—Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Gray, Mr. and Mrs. William Moller, | Miss Ernestine Moller and Miss Edna Moller of Oakland; Mr. and \Irs C BA Scovill of Pasadena, and J. A. lor and A. B. Butler of San Frlncl:(‘o —— SEATTLE, Wash., Nov. 17.—The Alaska Packing and Navigation Company | has opened a large clam _cannery in Alaska within two miles or Wrangel, the first output, consisting of 1000 cases of | clams and clam nectar, having been | placed on the market at Juneau. It is | stated that the company has received | orders for more clams than the can- | nery can supply during the winter. ADVERTISEMENTS. A *3° TRUNK for *6™ brass tra) S, 4] An _excellent trunk, durably made, with all heavy brass trimmings, lock, two extra double strapped, extra good value arS080. Dur speclal price SUIT enume sole e Tar. manaty s ricaly: Sns ished and very handsome in _appearance. Worth $9.50. Our special PRlEe: - b 3o D fHetten dnd New hollday leather goods arr|v|ng daily. All very attractive and em- brace chatelaines, bags and suit cases. Prices are the most reason- able in town. Come in and look them over. A. B. SMITH CO. Trunks and Leather Goods 128-132 Ellis Street, Above Po\nll. San Francisco. One Bottle Cures ‘Rheumatism or Neuralgia. McBURNEY'S KlD— a strong tonic in bullging up the weak and d:bulnteau It cures Acute or Mus- cular Rheumatism, Stift Back and Pains in the Hips and Loins Chronle Rheumatism, Sciatice, Lumbago an almost inva ‘me}:: cures betore one bot- been us N :;' Disease, Brick Dust Deposit, Bed Welfln(, ouvol. Dropsy, Diabetes cured with one bottle McBurney's Kid. lnnl Bladder Cure. Relief in 20 . Express prepaid $1 50, Send B, By Meburmer for e days' a1 Spring Angeles. sdd by dr\ltlm- street, Los Angel FOR BARRIR! BA- lacks, bath- BRUSHE wm huun.nt tables, brewers, bookbinders, candy-makers, canners, dyers, flour mills, foundries, laundries, paper- hangers, printers, painters, shoe factories, stablemon, tar-roofers, tanners, tailors, etc. BUCHANAN BROS. Brush Manufacturers, 609 Sacramento St. —— Sehools and Callgg.v; LEADING BUSINESS COLLEGE OF m THEATER MONDAY WEST, 24 Post Ban VEMBER 23, at ’:fl e "‘""mn year. | The lecture is free -u -.bllllol ‘Write WMM Strausfier of San Francisco. | way to beauty Is to cleanse the blood, for Beauty's Blood Deep. The first rule for purifying the blood is to keep the bowels free, gently but positively with CAS- CARETS. Alldruggista, 100,280, 60¢. Never sold in bulk. The gen- e uine tabiet stamped C C U. Sam- ple and booklet free. Address STERLING REMEDY COMPANY, Chicago or New York. 0 good.” ANNUAL SALE— RILLION BOXES @reatest In the World ( AMUSEMENTS. COLUMBIA THEATER SPECIAL! FRIDAY AFTERNOON, NOVEMBER 20, AT 1 O'CLOCK SHARP. FIFTE ANNUAL BENEFIT UNDER THE AUSPICES OF THE ASSOCIATED THEATRICAL MANAGERS OF SAN FRANCISCO. IN AID OF THEIR CHARITY FUND Protession. | i | Devoted to the Relief of the Sick and Needy in the | MONSTER CONTINUOUS PERFORMANCE. TALENT FROM GRAND OPERA-EOUSE, COLUMBIA THEATER, CALIFOR- NIA THEATER, Om ALCAZAR, TIVOLI OPERA-HOUSE, CEN- TRAL THEATER, CHUTES. Tickets Are on Sale st the Box Offices of All Th 'GOLUMBIA v || ,,CALIFORNIA.. | ENGAGEMENT LIMITED TO TWO WEEKS. LOCK.. After the Imitations Hers is the Real One! BEVENINGS AT 8 O'C] & ROSE MELVILLE, MATINEE SATURDAY AT The Original SPECIAL MATINEE THANKSGIVING Dax. | SIS HOPKINS. Charies Frohman Presents | VIRGINIA HARNED| In A. W. Pinero’s Masterplece, Next Sunday— AT THE OLD CROSS “IRIS,” The Most Talked Of Play nl the Past Decade. e, NEXT FRIDAY—At 1 p. m. Sharp, Reserved seats, $2, §1 Friday Afternoon, Nov. 20. at 1 Sharp, CHARITY FUND BENEFIT. COLUMBIA THEATER. GRAND CHARITY FUND BENEFIT Every Theater Represented. iR At the Columbia Theater. Every Theater Represented. Belasco & Mayer, hvnrmon. . Price, Manager. TO-NIGHT—THIS WFEK 0\1!’. | ALCAZA | MATINEE TO-DAY, WEDNESDAY, Nov. 18. h I“b’s Only Fun Parquet, Any Seat, 26c; Balcony, 10c; Chil- I In Town. dren, Any Part Excevt Reserved, 10c. Immense | EPICUREAN VAUDEVILLE. Bab Langniag { WRIGHT HUNTINGTON AND COMPANY: e e®ee® eoee | W= TR 2oL AR SRR A i aan | Eve., 25¢ to The: Mats. Sat. & Sun., 13 to Soc. | ROSA; THE BRITTONS; BELLMAN AND | MOORE: WARREN AND BLANCHARD: | JACK THEO TRIO; PHIL AND NETTIE PETERS AND THE “VILLAGE CHOIR" QUARTET. £3 | FRIDAY AFTERNOON, Nov. 20, at 1 Sharp, GRAND CHARITY FUND BENEFIT, At _the COLUMBIA THEATER. Every Theater Represented. sl THE ONE | THAT THE HOUSE LINE f At the box office never breaks [RuBES AND ROSES | Crowding the House Right Alons. A Musical Comedy of Cyélonic Fun. Next Monday—First Stock Production of Sol Smith Russeil's Great Success, A POOR RELATION. EXTRA MAT. THANKSGIVING! | NEXT FRIDAY AFTERNOON at 1 Sharp, GRAND CHARITY FUND BENEFIT AT THE COLUMBIA THEATER EVERY THEATER REPRESENTED. Mayer, CENTRAL:=:- Market st, Near Eighth. Phone South 334, TO-NIGHT—ALL THIS WERK, MATINEE SATURDAY AND SUNDAY. The Gorgeous Dramatic Spectacle, UNDERTHE POLAR STAR Introducing for the first time in the United THEATRe P Belasco & Our “'All-Star’ Inciuding: KOLB | States the Esquimaux and Esquimau Dog AND DILL, BAl BERNARD, WIN- | Train of Koltchoff's Arctic and Alaskan Ex- FIELD BLAK! AUDE AMBER, GEOR- | hibit, en route to St. Louis World's Fair , M. GIA O'RAMEY, BEN T. DILLON. | GREATEST ATTRACTION OF THE WEEK. B .10e to S0o 10e, 18e, 280 Chinatown."* Friday Afternoon, November 20, at 1 sharp, Grand Cuarity Fund Beneft at the Columbis ovember 30. Seats now on sale. N TINEE ON THANKSGIVING. TR0t R ey Y. 'OPERA ors | TIVOLI 22222 TO-NIGHT, Friday and Saturday Nights, Bellini’s Romantic Opera, “PPURITANI” Thursday and lllndly Nl‘h(l. Saturday Mat- GRA_N_ HOUSE MATINEE TO-DAY. To-night and All This and Next Week. Evee, at 8 Mat Wed. and Sat. at 3. RLAW AND ERLANGERS Stupendous Production of Gen. Wallace's “BEN HUR?” Dramatized by William Young. Music by Edgar Stiliman Keil Positively Last Performance of Hur* Sanrday et ovember SPECIAL M. EE FHANKSOIVING DAY. Friday Anemoon‘ Nov. 20, at 1 Sharp, CHARITY GRAND FUND At the Columbia Theater. Every Theater Represented. Racing !Q&Hadag! OAKLAND RACE TRACK.| ™Siown i Movive Picromes - T SHOW EV NEW CALIFORNIA JOCKEY CLUB, AN IS v e st o oo Commencing November 14. * Racing Fach Week Day, Rain or Shine. | SEE THE COLORED BABY IN THE INFANT Six or More Races Daily. INCUBATOR. hmulla’- Greatest Work, “ZAZA” FRIDAY APTERNOON, November 20, at 1 GRAND CHARITY FUND BENEFIT at the COLUMBIA THEATER. EVERY THEATER REPRESENTED. Races commence at 2:15 p. m. sharp. For lrcll.l trains llo ll the track t.’: AMATEUR NIGHT THURSDAY. 3 street, ‘When Phoning Ask for “The Chutes.” 1906, 77:30 or 3 o'clok. . Mo smoking in m”.gflr Rl R ‘fl'l“ rmgu' AFTERNOON. Nov. 20, st L Sharp, At the COLUMBIA THEATER. "Ret: leave track at 4:16|and 445 oy~ e u\:- the last l Jute Theoter Sevecnsntel. THOMAS H, PERCT W, TRBAT, Becrotary, o dent- [ 2 | MISCELLANEQOUS mTI.| CHRISTIAN SCIENCE. 2 JUDGE SEPTIMUS J. HANNA, C. 8. D., of Colorado_Spri: lo., A member of the Cheistian Science Board of First Church Christ, S, e Gtvs. & LECTURE on ! SCIENCE Vited.