The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, November 10, 1904, Page 1

ber 10: A San Francisco and vicinity—Fair Thursiay; ecoler; fresh east wind. ALCAZAR—*Prince Karl.” CALIFORNIA— ‘Sweet Cloven™ CENTRAL—*Her Marriage Vow." COLUMBIA—"“The County Chalrman.™ CHUTES—Vaudeville. FISCHER'S—Vaudeville. GRAND—"Pretty Peggy.” ‘Y i » Matinee to-day. G. McADIE, ORPHEUM--Vaudeville. Matines to- District Forecaster. day. TIVOLI—*The Messenger Boy." + — SAN FI;\I;ICISCO, - THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 1904. PRICE FIVE CENTS. STEWARDESS TELLS ABOUT THE DOLBEER VOYAGE. MRS, SHERMAN'S DEPOSITION ALSO READ The steamship stewardess’ siory of the voyage of Miss Dotbeer from Cherbourg to New of unusual conguct, but 1t was hardly to be regarded as strong evidence of msanily. She said | Detective Stillwell had sought to have her make statements of much more effective charac- ter, but she refused. | York jast June was read to the jury m the will contest case yesterday. The reading ot Mrs. Sherman’s aeposition was also completea. Her deposition told e WHOSE DEPOSITION W. WILL AND SCATTER TH OMPANION, MISS W AY AT THE TRIAL OF ATHED BY THE UNFOR- ] EVTONBED [ 4 { ex Mathers feet of 3 bottom acant lots near the street and Orangze wona this after- 1 have been rk- extricate him® in v some miracle he nty t the George H. Rudolph 10ving the wooden of an irrigation Mathers was at 1 and Rudolph > mouth of wopped away of the cas- hauling the well. The r timbers lessened te o1 crashing of ns of stones | n upon Mathers | his companion was feet of the ('z\'-l what had hao- summoned assistance | e at work digging to- dathers Mathers and her | ze rs ar ! . s pitiful ta behold. | they stand at the well urging the workers greater zeal and almost mo- | > the buried man in | { getting an answer Mathers has lved jn | a 2 dozen years. His home is at | Pear] street. For a long time been superintendent of the Po- Irrigation Company’s pumping He is 46 years of age. i —— Are Not Betrothed. | LONDON, Nov. $.—~The Spanish bassy here authorizes\an emphatic denial of the report circulated by a news agency In the United States of the betrothal of King Alfonso to Princess Victoria of Connaught. | depositions and withheld f; There was some new testimony in the Dolbeer will contest yesterday— testimony that had been sealed up in rom the pub- 1 The contestant shot “one of his strongest bolts, which was the depos tion of the stewardess of the Deutsch- | land, on which Miss Bertha Dolbeer crossed the Atlantic shortly before her | woman's state- | death. The German ments were that the passenger constantly, bore a ‘“sad expre: her fac and Miss Warren, trol her a child. Miss Warren was with Miss Dolbeer on the voyage in June last. They took the steamer at Cherbourg, after a stay to con- spoke as one would to quiet in Paris, where Miss Dolbeer had gone | to seek rest. /While the attorneys for the contestant laid much stress on this testimony of Miss Wilhelmina ) Pillsbury and McEnerney it. The jury had by this been overtaxed by deposition- ling and it exhibited no sign of arousal from languor. There was a very interesting part of Miss Pflueger’s deposition that did not reach the ears of the jurors, for Judge Coffey would not permit it to be.read. ppears that C. J. Stillwell/ for- a detective in San Francisco but now in New York, approached her in the interest of contestant Schander to ascertain what testimony she might give. She savs he brought with him a typewritten statement for her to sign wherein it was set forth that Miss Warren had told her while the vessel was on the ocean that Miss Dolbeer was insane from melancholia, resulting from the loss of her lover. STATEMENT WAS FALSE. But in answer to the questions pro- pounded to her during the taking of the deposition the stewardess said she had warmly refused to sign the state- ment for the reason that part of it was false—that part in which Miss Warren was said to have made mention of Miss Dolbeer’s mental condition and of a lover. But she had no objection to tell- ing what she knew of the strange man- ner of Miss Dolbeer while crossing the ocean. The most of the day was spent in finishing the reading of the deposition of Mrs. Raymond H. Sherman, a daugh- ter of Mrs. J. L. Moody, a neice of the | contestant and cousin of the testatrix. On Monday her statements were ad- duced to the effect that a “change had come over Miss Dolbeer during the last year of her life,” she *“had become very thin,” and was “indifferent to anything and everything in life.” Yesterday it transpired that Mrs. e M. o i e o S v B Continued on Page 2, Column 1. SALESLADY WINS RICH HUSBAND LOS ANGELES, Nov. 9.—From the modest position of a saleswoman at the Boston Store, to that of wife of a wealthy man of lelsure and great traveler is the step just taken by a beautiful young lady of this city. The news of the marriage which has just been made public, although it occurred about three weeks ago, has created a | sensation both in the French Colony | of Los Angeles and among certain cir- cles in Pasadena. | The pringipal characters in the ro- | mance arfe H. W. Herwitt, aged 52 | years, a wealthy man who has spent | much time in the capitals of Europe |and the larger cities of the East, but who finally succumbed to the charms of Pasadena as a place of residence, and Mile. Eugene Ep. Parrient, the daughter of French parents, whose na- | tive place is New Orleans, and whose age is 21. She came here to find rela- tives, but they had left for Alaska and she was obliged to secure employment as a saleslady at the Boston Store. Wishing_to buy a little gift for a lady, the Pasadena bachelor wandered into the store soon after the pretty French saleswoman was employed and she chanced to wait on him. This led to Herwitt’s going back on other occa- sions to the counter of the new clerk at the Boston Store. Within three days there was a quiet wedding, and now Mr. and Mrs. Herwitt are in New York for a brief stay before starting on a journey around the world. —_————— Security Company Appeals. PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 9.—Argu- ment was begun In the United States Court of Appeals in this city to-day on the appeal of the Northern Securities Company from a judgment from the Circult Court of New Jersey restrain- ing the distribution of certain stock of the Northern Pacific Railroad Com- pany. The argument will be con- cluded to-morrow. { 4 L L s BAYAN DEGLARES THAT THE DEMOGRATIC PARTY MUSTNOW RETURNTO PRINGIPLES HE ADVOCATES { party. i OW that the smoke of battle has ¢cleared away, Democratsare already discussing the reorganization of the In a lengthy statement William Jennings Bryan declares the Democracy was defeated because it ! abandoned radical principles and surrendered to Wall street. the Presidency, it must return to the principles advocated“in 1896 and 1goo. to reorganize the party along socialist lines. Now, says the twice defeated candidate for Hearst and Watson will attempt 7 | | BSSEL HAS ONLY Remnant of Garrison Fighting to the “Last, Food and Ammunition Are Alarmingiy Short in Port Arthur. Fresh Meat Is Exhausted and Even the Supply of Horseflesh Has Given Out. — Special Dispatch to The- Call. TOKIO, Nov. 9.—1 is reported that the Japanese have completely silenced the forts on Rihlung and Susung moun- tains- and- that cheirsoain - strength is | now attacking Etz Mountain, DALNY, Nov. 9.—Stanley Washburn, | war correspondent of the Chicago Daily | News, cables the following to his pa- per: “Desperate fighting goes on night and day around Port Arthur. The | Russian garrison is defending itself | with the strength of despair. ‘It is re- | ported that the Russian numbers are | now reduced to 9000 fighting men. “Prisoners captured by Nogi say Gen- | eral Stoessel tells his men that the Jap- | anese will massacre them if they sur- render. Sorties are made every night. “There is now no fresh meat in the | fortress; even the horseflesh is said to have given out. Rifle ammunition is alarmingly short and shrapnel is scarce. “The Japanese, having offered the Russians favorable opportunities to surrender, are now inclined to let them suffer for the consequences of their | obstinacy.” CHEFU, Nov. 9.—A junk which left Port Arthur on November 1 has ar- rived here, bringing the news that the garrison up to that time had repulsed all Japanese attacks. The junk was intercepted by a Japanese torpedo boat, which confiscated all the correspond- ence on board. Two Chinese who were on the junk were executed by the Jap- anese. § l | TERT LR DOGS DEVOUR THE DEAD. ? Bombardment of Port Arthur Contin- ues and Shells Fall Incessantly. CHEFU, Nov. 9.—The Japanese con- tinue to bombard Port Arthur and the shells are falling so incessantly that the Russians have practically aban- doned the repair of the work protect- ing the harbor. Citizen volunteers and the police are now reinforcing the garrisons of the forts, according to the stories of Chinese arriving here, sixty of whom left Port Arthur on November 7, ow- ing to the high price of food. So many men were killed on both sides during the last assault that many bodies lay unburied for days, and in some instances, dogs, which had been driven from the town, assuaged their hunger by eating the dead. In a few cases where this was seen, the horror-stricken Russian sharp- shooters killed the dogs. Some months ago the Russian au- thorities . ordered that all dogs seen upon the streets should be shot, with the result that half famished creatures | have been roaming the hills, becoming l savage. The Chinese say that the forts on | Golden Hill have done practically no firing for months past, and it is be- lieved that their ammunition has run short. The demolition of the Chinese new town is almost completed, a thousand houses having been destroyed for the valuable firewood they contained. The town is constantly catching fire, and the majority of the warehouses land stores belonging to foreigners ,hu\'e been burned to the ground. ST RUSSIA WILL PAY. Result of the Inquiry Into the Firing ° on the Sontag. ST. PETERSBURG, Nov. 9.—The Russian inquiry into the reported fir- ing upon the German fishing vessel Sontag by the Russian second Pacific squadron {n the North Sea on October 21 having established to the satisfac- tion of the authorities that one of the Russian warships did fire upon the German vessel, that she lost her fish- ing gear, Russia has agreed to pay full compensation to the owner of the Sontag. VaE s | plurality, but where a Democratic Gov- | FORMER REGORD | BROKEN Roogevelt’s Plu rality Greatest in g@s_tg)ry. Missouri increases His FElectoral | Vote to 343, In Pennsylvania Alone He Has Nearly a Hali Million Margin. iisle e o NEW YORK, Nov. 9.—With the| election returns still incomplete the plurality for President Roosevelt in| the nation, according to all indications | to-night, will exceed 1,500,000—the | greatest ever given an American can- | didate. The nearest approach to this| vote was in 1896, when McKinley re- ceived a plurality approximating 850,- 000, and in 1872, when Grant received 762/991. To-night the interest centers in Missouri and Maryland. Late re- turns indicate that the former State is in the Republican column, so far as Presidential electors are concerned, but that Joseph W. Folk, the Demo- cratic candidate, has been elected Governor. In Maryland the Presidential vote probably will be cast for Roosevelt. Late returns to-night indicate that Thomas A. Smith has been elected to Congress by the Democrats in the First District. Congressman Jackson of this district to-night, however, put forward the claim that trick ballots were used and says he will eontest the election. In the other States it is simply a question of pluralities. “SOLID SOUTH” NO LONGER. The “Solid South” was broken by the| defection of Missouri. The figures to- | night show but twelve States, with 133 | votes, for Judge Parker. President Roosevelt carried all the Northern States—swept them in fact—and to-| night he has 343 electoral votes. The banner State is Pennsylvania. Twenty- | four hours after the polls closed the returns from this State indicated that Roosevelt's plurality would reach 485,- # 000. Next came Illinois, where the Presi- dent polled approximately 225,000 more votes than did Parker. Ohio gave Roosevelt 200,000 and New York 174,000. The New York Citv re- turns are still incomplete, but the amazement over the resuit has not subsided. Judge Parker carried Great- er New York by less than 41,000 votes. * In general, the situation is chiefly in- teresting to-night because of the fact that the tickets in many of the, States were cut. President Roosevelt ran ahead of his ticket in many localities. In Massachusetts he had a plurality of 86,000, while the Republican candidate for Governor was defeated by 35,000. In that State the Legislature is Re- publican, and the entire Republican ticket, with the exception of Governor, was elected. In Missouri the circum- stances are similar. NO TOGA FOR BRYAN. In Nebraska the definite announce- ‘ment that the Legislature is Republi- can disposes of the statement that Wil-! liam J. Bryan had aspirations for the United States Senatorship. In that State, too, the Governorship is in doubt. | There is a curious situation in Mln-l nesota, where Roosevelt has 125.000 ernor and a Republican Lieutenant Governor were elected. Chairman Babcoek of the Republican Congressional Campaign Committee has been returned to Congress, but Chairman Cowherd of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee was defeated in ssouri. The situation in Colorado presented an interesting phase to-night. Roose- velt has carried the State by probably 15,000, but the Governorship is still in doubt, both sides claiming victory. s s Clean Sweep in Idaho. BOISE, Idaho, Nov. 9 —Returns from the State come in slowly, one Continued on Page 3, Column 1. Surrender to Wall Street: Says the Nebraskan, Defeated Parker. Goldites’ Reign at an End So-Called Plutocraie Element of the e~ nority Js Fnvited to Set Out. LINCOLN, Neb., Nov. 3.—William §. Bryan to-day gave out an extend- ed statement concerning yesterday’s election, which is intended to serve as his comment upon the result, and as an answer to reports connecting him with a movement looking to the formation of a new party. Bryan said he would not attempt to deny alil the reports circulated as to his future politi- cal action, but would let his statement serve to explain his pesition. He says “The Democratic party has\met with an overwhelming defeat in the na- tional election. As yet the returns are not sufficiently compiete to permit analysis and it is impossible to say whether the result is due to an actual increase in fhe number of Republican vot=rs, or to a falling off in the Dem- ocratic vote. This phase of the subject will be dealt with next week when the returns are all in. The questions for consideration at this time are: What lesson does the election teach? and what of the future? The defeat of Judge Parker should.not be considered a personal one. He did as well as he could under the circumstances; he was the victim of unfavorable condi- tions and of a mistaken party policy. He grew in popularity as the cam- paign proceeded and expressed himself more and more strongly upon the trust question, but could not overcome the heavy odds against him. “'The so-called conservative Democrats charged the defeats of 1396 and 1900 to the party’s position on the money question and insisted that a wvie- tory cculd be gained by dropping the coinage question entirely. Earker’s Embarrassing Telegram. “The convention aécepted this theory and the platform made no refer- ence to the money question, but Judge Parker felt that it was his duty to announce his personal adherence to the gold standard. His gold telegram, as it was called, while embarrassing to the Democrats of the West and South, wad applauded by the Eastern press. He had the cordlal indorse- ment of Mr. Cieveland, who declared that the party had returned to “safety and sanity”’; he had the support of the Demoeratic papers which bolted in 1896, and he also had the aid of nearly all of those who were prominent in the campaigns of 1896 and 1900, and yet his defeat is apparently greater than the party suffered in either of those years. “It is unquestionable also that Judge Parker’s defeat was not local but general, the returns from the Eastern States being as disappointing as the returns from the West. The reorganizers are in complete control of the party. They planned the campaign and carried it on according to their own views, and the verdict against their plan is unanimous. Surely silver ean- not be blamed for this defeat, for the campaign was run on a gold basis. Neither can the defeat be charged to emphatic condemnation of the trusts. for the trusts were not assailed as vigorously this year as they were four years ago. It is evident that the campaign did not turn upon the question of imperialism, and it is not fair to consider the result as a personal victory for the President, for his administration was the subject of criticism. The result was due to the fact that the Democratic party attempted to be con- servative in the presence of conditions which demand radical remedies. It sounded a partial retreat when it should have ordered a charge alk along the line. Plutocratic Democrats Alienated. “In 1896 the line was drawn for the first time during the present genera- tion between plutocracy and democracy, and the party's stand on the side of democracy alienated a large mumber of plutocratic Democrats. who in the nature of things cannot be expected to return, and it drew to itself a large number of earnest advocates of reform, whose attachment to these re- forms is much stronger than attachment to any party name. The Republi- can party occuples the conservative position. This is, it defends those who. having secured unfair advantage through class legislation, insist that they shall not be disturbed, no matter how oppressive their exactions may be- come. “The Democratic party cannot hope to compete successfully with the Republican party for this support. To win the support of the plutocratic element of the country the party would have to become more plutocratic than the Republican party, and it could not do this without losing several times as many votes as that course would win. The Democratic party has nothing to gain by catering to organized and predatory wealth. It must not only do without such support, but it can strengthen itself by inviting the open-and emphatic opposition of these elements. The campaign just closed shows that it is as inexpedient from the standpoint of, policy as it is wrong from the standpoint of principle to attempt any con- ciliation of the industrial and financial despots who are gradu- Tally getting control of all the avenues of wealth. The Democratic party, if it hopes to win success, must take the side of the plain common people.” Futility of Making Compromises. Bryan says that for two years he has pointed out the futility of any attempt to compromise with wrong or to patch up a peace with the great corporations which are now exploiting the country, but the sound money Democrats were so alarmed by the race issue that they listened rather re- luctantly, be it sald to their credit, to the promises of a successful cam- paign held out by those who had contributed to the defeat of the party in the two preceding campaigns. He continued: “The experiment has been a costy one and it is not likely to be re- peated during the present generation. The Eastern Democrats were also deceived. They were led to belleve that the magnates and monopolists who coerced the voters in 1896 and supplied an enormous campaign fund in both 1896 and 1900 would help the Democratic party if our party would only be less radical. The corporation press aided in this deception and even the Re- publican papers professed an unselfish desire to help build up the Demo- cratic party. The election has opened the eyes of the hundreds of thou- sands of honest and well meaning Democrats who, a few months ago, fav- ored the reorganization of the party. These men now see that they must either go into the Republican party or join with the Democrats of the West and South in making the Democratic party a positive, aggressive and pro- gressive reform organization. There i1s no middle ground.” tDill Assist in Reorganization. Bryan says he did what he could to prevent the reorganization of the Democratic party; when he failed in this he did what he could to aid Parker and Davis in order to secure such reforms—and there were sev- eral—promised by their election. Now that the campaign is over, he will assist those who desire to put the Democratic party once more on a strong basis; he wiil assist in organizing for the campaign of 1908. *It does not matter so much who the nominee may be. During the next three years circumstances may bring into the arena some man especially fitted to carry the standard. It will be time enough to nominate a candi- date when we are near enough to the campaign to measure the relative availability of those worthy to be considered. o “But we ought to begin now to lay our plans for the next national campaign and to form the line of battle. “The party must comtinue to protest against a large army, against Continued on Page 3, Columns 1 and 3.