The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, April 2, 1904, Page 1

urday; possibly Forecast made at San Fran- cisco for thirty bhours ending midnight. April 3: San Prancisco and vicinity— Cloudy, unsettled weather Sat- light southerly winds. A. G. MCADIE, District Porecaster. light showers; SAN FRANCISCO, SATURDAY, APRIL 2, 1904. PRICE FIVE CENTS SENATOR SIMMONS RENEWS ATTACK ON ADMINISTRATION OF THE POSTAL DEPARTMEN COMMANDER W ARBURTON ENDS LIFE Commits Suicide on Board Battleship Maine. Bullet From His Revolver Goes Crashing Through His Brain. No (sose Is Enown for the Deed, s He Appeared to Be in the Best of Health and Spirits. PENSAQOLA. F 2 N tenant Commander Edgar Townsend Warburton, chief engineer of the bat- tieship Maine, mow in this harbor committed ide his ¢z on from a revolver was crashing through the brain and death resuited The executive of- ton’s cabin the report of after came bullet, brain. uck the rail abin was forced open the floor of the vas found g« his right hand sse is known for the suicide bur best of few weeks duty ers express the be- PLINGE FROM HEICHTS PR USRS DEADLY Despondent Broker Leaps From the Twentieth Story " of a New York Building Sydney J but probably stock twen- just com- afternoon ar he bu “his lez made into a new stree is descent tched him ke th described by those who w horrified but s and slow of a ‘man high His body curved but did not make hen he struck et which first k He was dead onlookers reached him VIELE, Ky., April 1 Sidney J ton Hayden, who committed sui- cide in New York by jumping from the floor a skyscraper, was well own and related to many prominent Kentuckians. During his residence at some years ago he was one ¢ the'chief clerke in ‘the auditor’s office the Louigville and Nashvilie Rail- from a rd backy - La ville d. After leaving Louisville he be- ne auditor of the Choctaw, Okla- oma 1 Gulf Railroad. Later he ened office expert accountant New York. Haydew was a bachelor. A cousin, James J. Buckner Jr. is president of the Louisville Board; of Trade —_— Coal Famine Confronts Jowa. DES MOINES, lowa, April 1.—Des Moines and. the entire State of Iowa are confrontéd with a coal famine as a result of the lockout which " closed every mine in the State and that sec- tion of Missouri included in the terri- tory émbraced by the affected district. Jays Fear Complete Inquiry. Democrats to Make Issue of the Frauds. WASHINGTON, April 1.—The fea- ture of to-day’s session of Senate was spirited debate between Simmons and Beveridge on the ques- of a Congres- » the irs of Dey prospect tmer of the two political parties | xt campaign were freely dis- he time until 2 o'clock was devoted to consideration - of the « hack resolu proposing an in- quiry into the legality of the recent executive old age pension order. Sen- tor Mallory was the principal speak- | . he was frequently interrupted b pub Senators. He ‘contend- ‘ ¥ Hitchcock had tran- s limits ‘of executive au- n issuing the order. e latter half of the day was de- | to the flice appropriation ciable progress was sure biil made the speeches in t main political and of & ral characte Pa =on introduc bill for the ne of the Ch se exclusion 2, giving ice than on Wednesday next he would address the Senate on the bill. In giy this no- tice he said he s he had received what he considered definite informa- tion that the Chinese Government had denounced the treaty between that Government and the United States and the treaty would expire December 7 mext. Unless the law shopld be ex- tended nese could come into the | obstru i States after that date without tion. Platt of Connecticut ex- dissent from this view, ATTACKS PENSION ORDER. Mallory then addressed the Senate on the Carmack resolution instructing Committee Judiciary to make to the legal right of the Sec- the Interior to issue the old- disability pension order recently He gaid the only point at sue whether the legislative branch the Governmeni had- not transcended its authority and usurped functions not its own in establishing the rule by the new order, He con- tended that such usurpation had oc- curred, and argued that this order was not in line with «the order given by General Lochren during Cleveland's administration. He acknowledged, however, that Lochren had transcended |the law in fixing seventy-flve years as evidence of total disability. Mallory had not concluded when, at 2 o'clock, the postoffice bill was takén up. Before the consideration of the post- office bill could be proceeded with | Perkins presented a partial conference report on the fortifications appropria- tions bill. He stated that an agreement | had been reached on all the items of | difference e: pt those relating to the | submarine boit and to an elevated gun- | carriage, both of which matters were | still in dispute. He added that the | House provisions concerning the pur- chase of a site for fortifications in the Hawalian Islands- had been accepted. age mulgated. was But little cal is for sale in the State. | The report was accepted and a further Unless the situation is eased within the next few weeks manufactories will | was again taken up, be compelled to shut down. conference ordered. The postoffice bill and Simmons spoke in favor of the desirability of a — Republicans| during | e Presidential | — | | | | | [ 1 - | 8] 1 TAL FRAUDS AN ‘ISSUE. + | Congressional investigation into Post- | office Department affairs, DEMANDS INVESTIGATION. Simmons d ared that the | | investi- gation into the affairs of the Postoffice | rtment had been limited to only | one branch of the department and said | that “wherever graft was looked for, there graft was found; wherever crime | was looked for, there crime was found; wherever swindling and corruption was looked for, there swindling and cor- ruption was found.” If all this had been found in one branch of the department there was no right to assume that similar con- | ditions would not be found to exist in | other branches. Hence there could | be no justification for a denial of an inquiry by Congress. | Simmons said the reason the in- quiry had not -been extended to the entire Postoffice Department was found in “‘the fear that such 2 con- | dition of things would be discovered as would make mecessary an inquiry into the affairs of the entire executive departments in Washington and that such an investigation might uncover a condition that would cause the defeat of the Republican party in the Presi- dential election.” In response to questions from.Bever- idge, Simmons said that he dtd not doubt that if crime wasbrought to the immediate attention of the President he would disapprove of it. -He did not concede, however, that the Presi- dent had done any more than his duty, and he repeated his charge that an in- vestigation by Congress had been re- »d only because of the fear of the sagreeable developments. Notwithstanding there had been | thirty-three indictments as a result of | the Bristow report, ‘only two of the | fifteen vernment employes indicted had been tried-and it was now pro- claimed that both are Democrats. ISSUE IN NEXT CAMPAIGN. Beveridge asked if Simmons would not concede “that the source of the fountainhead of the corruption dis- covered had been found in the last | Democratic administration 2™ | “So far as Machen is concerned,” | the North Carolina Senator replied, | “Bristow says that is true.” | Beveridge wanted Simmons to ad- | mit that all the corruption discovered | had centered in Machen, but Simmons | would only say that he.had no infor- mation on the subject except that sup- plied by Bristow. ‘He charged that | the effort had been mdde to divert at- | tention from the department, bug said that the Republitan party need not build any hopes on success in that di- | rection, for despite such efforts the | postoffice frauds would be an issue in the next campaign. Speaking of the next campaign, Sim- mons said that the Repulicans already had in effect named as their Presi- dential candidate the present occupant of the White House. He described the President as "‘a man 6f spectacular pro- pengities, rash, hard-headed and impul- sive; a man believed by thousands, aye, by millions, including many in the Re- { publican party, to be by nature and temperament unfitted for the office of President because he was dangerous to be intrusted with supreme power.” Simmons admitted that there are now Continued on Page 3, Column 4, B | | badly cut. “Whittell was badly cut and SEVEN HURT [NWRECK OF AUTOMOBILE (George fhlfiéll’s Car Collides With a Bugey. Both Vehicles Are Over-| “turned and All Are Injured. — George Whittell Jr., son of a local millionaire, a party of friends and iwo Elmhurst. women were badly injured | last night in an automobile accident on the San Leandro road. Whittell, {who was driving his $12,000. machine, | collided in the darkness wilh a bugsy, in which were the Misses Neill, elderly sisters, of Elmhurst. Orne of the Misses Nelll suffered a fracture of the collar- hone and a dislocated shoulder! The other injured internally. The buggy was overturned and demolished. The machine, running at a twenty- | five mile an hour clip, was turned com- | pletely over. Whittell and Miss Alice Day, were pinned under the capsized | vehicle. Mi Day was taken out sense- léss, with her head badly gashed and | | her limbs and body cut and bruised, She | complained cf internal injuries. g Miss | Lois Henry, another of Whittell's party, | was pitched headlong into the road and | { I | | | was riding on the front seat with Whittell, were bruised, but not seriously hurt. | TREATED AT SAN LEANDRO. The Misses Neill were taken to San Leandro. for medical treatment. The meiibers of ae Wylelell party.safter | they got themselves: together, were | attended by Dr. J. H. Callen, after tem- porary aid had been extended at War- drug store, KEast and Fruitvale avenue. | | | driven to Fruitvale, where they were | | Fourteenth After ren’s street teli and his guests returned city. The party left Oakland last evening bound Haywards, where they had intended to dine and then return to| San Francis It was at 8 o'clock when the accident occurred. Whittell was sending the big machine along the smooth. level road at a lively clip, the chauffeur directing the owner’'s han- dling of it. On the inside sat Otts,” who was blowing the mobile horn. Opposite Hawley avenue, near the Moss Tract, the Neill' buggy suddenly locmed up in front of the rapidly mov- ing automobile. Before Whittell had a chance to avert the collision the auto- | mobile crashed into the buggy. Whit- tell gave a turn to the wheel lever just as the two vehicles came together arfd over went the automobile. HURLED INTO THE ROAD. Miss Henry, Otts and the chauffeur were thrown oit. while Whittell and Miss Day were caught under the over- turned machine. The -womeri in the buggs were hurled into the middle of the road, but-they managed to crawl away from the wreckage and were given speedy assistance by the crew and passengers of a Haywards electric car, who also took a hand i getting Whittell and Miss Ddy from under the machine. ! : Both the young women and Whittell were unconscious when they were res- cued from their dangerous position. Neither Whittell nor Otts was quite positive concerning the exact cause of the upsetting of the machine. Otts said: . 5 2 “I was tooting the horn while e were running out thé road at a rapid clip. Suddenly the chauffeur yelled and I saw the buggy in front of us. There was not time to.do a thing. The first thing I knew there was a smash and a velling and I landed in the road. As soon as I could gather myself together I hustled around to see what was do- ing. The machine lay bottom up and underneath it was Whittell and one of the girls. We didn't lose any time about rescuing them. THINKS lz A FIERCE SPORT. . “It was a_badly mixed up mess. Au- te this | tomobiling is fierce sport. My game is easier.” Otts was very careful to assure himself that he was not hurt to amount to anything. He has a match at Salt Lake City on May 6 with Jerry McCarthy. Otts ‘said he would be -in shape in a day ‘of two. Whittell declared he was at.a loss to know why the machine upset. “I didn't see the buggy until we were so close that I could not turn out,” he said. ““1 suppose I must have sudden- Iy turned the wheel in an involuntary effort to get out of the way and the quick swerve upset the machine. I am mighty thankful things are o worse. No, I don’t know how much the machine is damaged. I left the| chauffeur out there with it and he will have the thing towed in to-mor- row."” Whittell said he had a $25,000 m. chine and an imported chauffeur com- ing from France, so the temporary disabling of the Automoblle he was using did not cause much disturbance. Whittell resides at 1150 California street. The ladies in his party also reside in this city. e . bruiséd and had an ankle badly |- sprained. “Billy” Otts, the boxer, and | the professional chauffeur, who was | | their injuries had been dressed Whit- | | D < | MRS. ANNIE FALLON, WHO WAS MURDERED BY THE HUSBAND ' FROM i WHOM SHE HAD SEPARATED. HE IN°WAIT FOR HER AND SHOT i HER FOUR TIMES, KILLING HER INSTANTLY. Family Separation Causes Killing of Wife. Annie Fallon Slain by Husband at " Her Home. “My wife was living with anofher man and I could not live without her. My iife without her was miserable. I did not mean to shoot her, but now it’s done, I can't help it!” Such was the statement of Thomas Fallon, a railroad switchman employed by the Southern Pacific Company, who shot and killed his wife shortly before 6 o’clock last night, The woman, whose body now lies in the Morgue, was Annie Fallon and she eked out her existence by stripping to- bacco in a local cigar factory. --About a month ago she began divorce pro- ceed'~~s against her husband. Since then she had been living at 949 Mission street with a man named John Fleming. Last night she met. Fleming at the corner of Sixth and Mission streets and chatted with him for a few mo- ments. She did.not know that, watch- ing from the opposite corner, was a She had not vet gained release. rallon watcied his wife. When she left Fleming he hurriedly preceded her and, gaining admission to her house, in the basement of the building at 949 Mis- sion street, lay in wait, his hand on his revolver, with but one thought in his mind—murder. 1 3 Unaware of the fate that awaited her, the unfortunate wife entered the room in which her husband sat. waiting: A quarrel ensued, in which Mrs. Fallon made a futile attempt in a death strug- gle to obtain possession of the weapon. Enraged at her combativeness, Fallon wrenched one hand free from her vise- like grip and, with a curse on his lips, fired the shots that sent her ‘soul.into eternity. Four times he fired in his great rage. One bullet struck her in the right, breast, another in the left, a third in the center of her neck, just above the sternum, and the, fourth tore a great wound in her right arm. | With a scream that brought a dozen pedestrians into the house, Mrs. Fallon died almost instantly. Policeman Cook was riding on a Mission-street car and was notified of the crime, Cook entered the room where still sat the husband, surrounded by a dozen neighbors. On the floor, in a pool of blood from her many wounds, lay the dead woman “Who did this?” asked the officer. For a moment no answer broke the gilence of the room. Then, with an air of bravado, Fallon rose from his chair ‘and, handing his revolver to the police- Jous, enraged husband from whom' Worthless Husband ' Fires Shots at His Wife. May ‘Tob.elmdnn Is Struck by Four | " Bullets. - Enraged by the refusal of his wife to longer abide with him or to contribute | to his support,” Frederick Tobelmann riddled her with bullets yesterday aft- ernaon, and the surgeons at the Cen- | tral Emergency Hosbital hold out but little hope of recovery. 2 ‘\ The shooting occurred ih the home of Ernest Harrub; 608 Minna 'street, a brother-in-law of - the -woman, about | 3:30 o'clock yesterday afternoon. The | crime was deliberately . planned and executed. Fhe shots were fired while | Tobelmann' and- his wife were sitting | on a bed, where he had coaxed her un- | der the pretext that he -wished Yo dis- cuss a reconciliation.. The criminal got | the revolver from a back réoom at| Grauffel's grocery, 297 Fell street. Tobelmann has had murder in his| heart for sofne time. About two months ago he and his wife resided at 225 Hickory avenue, but because he would not work or contributé to the support of his wife and three children, aged, | respectively, 2, 4 and 7 years, Mrs. To- belmann was compelled to give up the hous¢ and went to live with her sister, | Mrs. Harrub. o Three weeks ago Tobelmann visited the Hatrub household and pointed a | revolver under Mrs. Harrub’s nose and threatened his wife. Yesterday after- noon he went to the house undef:the influence of liquor, which has been his condition for many months. -Mrs. To- belmann chided him for his refusal to work, whereupon he ordered¢ her to. shut her mouth. He then stated that he thought his wife should contribute 2 cents a day to him. She replied that she would not live with him again un-’ less he went to work, which remark brought forth the declaration that he would never do hard work. Mrs. Har- rub and her ‘husband were in the room during - this conversation, but Tobel- | mann gave no sign of his intentions. | Mrs. Harrub was called out, and when she left Pobelmann asked his wife to-| stép into the bedroom with him, as he wished to speak privately with her. He threw open his coat and slapped his! pockets to signify that he was unarmed in view of' the threats and gun play he had previously made. ‘ Tobelmann went into the rdom and his wife followed. The 4-year-old child was standing at the door, and Tobel- mann requested Harrub to take the boy away and close the portieres. At * Continued on Pn_ce!.coh-_L | volve | what. OMESTIC TROUBLES BRING DEATH TO ONE WOMAN AND FATAL WOUNDS TO ANOTHER COMPROMISE: TERMS NOT ACCEPTABLE Priends of Parker ~Want Delegates PedeL Resolutions Outlined by Tammany Boss Do. Not - * Satisfy Them. —ie Epecial Dispatch to The Call. WASHINGTON, April 1—Tam- many Hall's offer to compromise with the Parker forces in the New York - State convention by passing a resofu- tion of indorsement, instead of a resolution of instruction under the unit rule, is understood to in- a4 resolution = reading - some- like this: “Resolved, That ‘we commend to the Democrats of the country ~ for their consideration the name of Hon. Alton B. Parker, pre- siding Judge of the highest tribunal of this State, whose -abilities are ad- | mitted by all, whose character is un- | assailable, and whose Democracy is above reproach and criticism, and whose record in public office hag al- ways been marked by conservatism, dignity and honor.” The resolution has been outlined to friends of Judge Parker and.they have been asked to accept it in ljeu of a resolution : which, -while commending the Judge in some’ such terms, would add a clause instructing the delegates from the State of New York to vote for him as a unit in the St. Louis con- vention. ' The Call is informed that Judge Par- ker's friends are more than ever con- vinced that the peculiar nature of the present national situation requires the adoption of instructions by the State convention in language that can ad-’ mit of no doybt. They have practically canvassed the entire Democratic sen- timent .in Congress from the Atlantic to the Pacific and have learned from this canvass that the demand is practically unanimous that New York shall in- struct in favor of some candidate and bind its delegates so that there shall be no”question about how the Empire State stands. 8 3 The' consensus of opinion is that if New "York instructs the contest BHe- tween the radical and the conservative ends of the party will all be over within three weeks thereafter or before the | middle of May, and that easy contro! of the convention for Judge Parker will hdve been assured. . On the other hand, if New York should refrain "from instrueting and merely pass complimentary resolutions which would still leave the delegatcs free to vote for any man for whom the ccnvention might be stampeded th contest would go on up to the very meeting of the convention, always with a chance of a mistake being made and a weak ticket nominated. Thus the demand for instructions does not come from. Judge Parker's friends in New York, but from the Democracy at large. The argument that Tammany had made against the instructions and in favor of a compromise is, of ‘coursc, largely prompted by a desire to aveid humiliation for Charles F. Murphy, the | Tammany leader. Perry Belmont of New York, who has been here for several .days, quietly meeting his old friends in Congress, is of ‘the opinion that the State conven- tion will instruct for Parker by a large majortty. The popular demand fur Parker is in reality but a cloak to rid the party of Bryan and Hearst, for if New York State, which the Hearst party represents in Congress, should indorse another New York man his own candidacy would be made ridiculous. SR DI 7 BRYAN GIVES HIS VIEWS, NEW YORK, Aprl 1 — Without equivocation William Jennings Bryan declared to-night that the vote of New York State was not necessary at the national election, next fall,’ to insure the success of either the Democratic or Republican ticket. In this connection Bryan said the citizens of this State still seemed to forget that the center of population was several hundred miles west of the Empire State. At the same time Bryan declared that the pational Democratic convention in St. Louis would be controlled by the “regulars” who stood by the Democrat- ic party in 1896 and again in 1900. He said that the #Bt. Louis convention would not be controlled by New York's choice of a candidate. (S P e S Hearst Forces Are Defeated. TRENTON, N. J., April 1L — The Lemocratic primaries in this city to- night to elect delegates to -the State convention that will name delegates to the national convention, at St. resulted in a signal defeat for the porters of W. R. Hearst, who ‘only one of the fourteen wardss