The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, November 14, 1904, Page 1

-+ THE WEATHER e Forecast made at San Franctsco for thirty hours ending midnight, Novem- ber 14: A San Francisco and vicinity—Partly cloudy Monday; fresh southwest wind G. H. WILLSON, | Local Forecaster, Temporarily In Charge. — 1ly." COLUMBIA— — THE THEATERS. - ALCAZAR—'‘The Climbers.” CALIFORNIA—'A Friend of the Fam- CENTRAL—'"Winchester.”" ‘The County Chairman." CHUTES—Vaudeville. FISCHER'S—Vaudeville. GRAND—"The Fatal Wedding."” MAJESTIC—"Hearts Aflame.” ORPHEUM—Vaudeville. TIVOLI—""The Messenger Boy.” 2 JME XCVI—NO. 167. SuAN‘ FRANCISCO, MONDAY OVEMBER 14, 1904. PRICE FIVE CENTS. LERATIO Accompanying the Officers of the Executive Council Are Here to Attend Twenty=Fourth Annual Convention DELEGATES OF LABOR £ RESIDENT SAMUEL GOMPERS, ten officers of the Executive Council and one hundred and ten delegates to the American Federation of Labor arrived in San Francisco yesterday. To-day they will begin a two weeks’ session, during which questions of | vital importance to the labor. movement will be decided. EAST SWEPT BY. G STORM. WIND AND SNOW PLAY HAVOC IN NEW YORK HURRICANE CUTS OFF CITY STOLIDLY FACES ACCISERS Adolph Weber Main- fains His Air of Indifference, B ‘Shows No Sign of Grief When Told of Funeral ol Re.atives. e Shows Pleasure Over Stories of Awful Tragedy. Spectal Dispatch to The Call. | AUBL of conver —The sole topic here to-day was the — + | SUNSHINE HERE. | EAST HAS SNOW. : ‘; In San Francisco yes- Reports from the East | | terday a warm sun shone | tell of a fierce storm | | from early morning until | which yesterday raged | ] in the afternoon. | along the Atlantic sea- ‘ nds crowded the | board. From New York ; seashore or gathered un- | to the southern States | der the trees and on the | snowand rain were driven | grassy slopes of the Park. | before an icy wind that | The mercury recorded | in places amounted to a ‘ 70 degrees. It was in | gale. Intense cold pre- | truth but a typical Fall | vailed in all the large | iay in California. cities. \ o - o= -3 York is | harbor the ith and | land we Rurrd battles boats to Staten Is- to tie up. The Missouri, which ne b | ere Iy tead off Tomkin: 3 ¢l but have fuli L Staxs- a © anchors out. the storm | At Bellevue iiusnital the storm was up the coast | felt severely. One of the large elms ding on the campus was blown n avd half a dozen men narrowly d being crushed. Later on cupied by eighteen tubercul £ was wrecked by the wind morning d. which nd veered ring people were exposed to ly assumed s. They were removed to 6 o'clock to as soon as possible, al- Weat i % of them were drenched - e midnight the local weather bu- au said 148 inches of rain and melt- ed snow had fallen. It was predicted the storm would be ‘centered off provinces‘to-morrow, thence pass ing out to sea . e PROBABLY CREW LOST. Schooner Goes Ashore and There Is No Trace of Her Sailors. WOODS HOLE, N. 8., Nov. 13.—The two-masted schooner Earcularius, C tain Nason, of Rockland, Maine, went ashore in a severe northeast gale short- before dark to-night, about three- = quarters of a mile west of Tarpaulin . Cove, on the island of Naushen. At sunset the seas were breaking over the s craft. No trace of the crew has been found. The vessel is in a particularly ITE BREAKS THE WIRES. s " <% | exposed condition and the ‘chance’ of her being saved is slight. Keeper Carson of the Tarpaulin Cove lighthouse apd a man named Robert- gon, one of the keepers of the Forbes estate, saw the schooner when " she struck. It was just before dark-and a terrific gale was blowing. The schooner was coming through Vineyard Sound from the eastward and was proceeding under her foresail, the gale being too fierce to permit more canvas being car- ried. The schooner tacked and tried to work into the cove for anchorage, but the wind bore her off, and as she swung away she struck with a crash | upon a ledge of rock not more than 100 yards from the lighthouse. | Carson and Robinson were unable to s reported ng the putting and, was only uninter- until the render any assistance to the men on can communicate with the territories | board. The crew mumbered four men affected. Every effort is being made | and all were plainly secen when the ves- to-night to make repairs so that busi- | sel struck, but darkness set in almost ness will be open to-morrow. Special | immediately and nothing more was seen of them. The nearest life-saving station on the north side of Vineyvard Sound is at Cuttyhunk, twenty miles from Tar- paulin Cove. On the south side of the sound there is a life-saving station at Gayhead, but that is too far away to have been of any service in to-day’s disaster. Keeper Carson had no boat that could be launched, and, besides, the seas were 5o high that nothing but a surf boat could escape almost instant destruction. No lights were shown from the schooner after she struck and no answer was given to the frequent hailings of Carson and Robinson. A careful watch has been maintained | in the hope of rescuing any sailors that might be swept ashore. According to were engaged on most of the out of Jersey City and spatched late this aft- den with wire-repairing gangs. BE SLOW. REPAIRS WILL Owing to the completeness of the tie- up the men do not antcipate much n repairs until daylight en- to examine thoroughly the e damage. The long-dis- | company has also been apped in its service. ther Bureau yesterday sent gs advising sea captains to 1 port ¢ Sunday. me damage was done in and around Y the ferryboat between College h street, went ledge in Bowery |for the men to attempt to reach the were ten passengers and | ghore in a small boat. ard. Owing to the heavy | At 9 o'clock to-night it was feared ssible 1o gend wrecking | that all on board had perished. The but a police boat has gone | ceas were breaking over the craft and the crew There im er the rescue. Oving 19 the ferce downpour the |iogether until daylight. She struck in serted to. » reh{:;ru\::,ilr};‘i a particuiarly exposed position, and no ed havoc with the street signs, "‘.fls;g] ponld dbr exvec(l;fl ;O !:}ndo!‘;: jch fell in showers. Many windows | L ) ehpo:n ng onb e(edx_ss rocl were broken and a few passérs.by | '° "Dich she was subjes) were cut by the signs and flying s : Ee and WIng Elas | mEs DOWN IN BAUTIMORE. DAMAGE IN THE HARBOR. | The full force of the gale was felt | wind, Rain and Snow Almost Isolate The in the harbor. Several boats anchored the Cit; off Staten Island dragged their —p anchors. Late in the evening a freight BALTIMORE, Nov. 13.—A snow, barge, apparently unloaded, was|wind and rain storm which developed blown ashore during the height of the | here early this morning and continued gale in Sandy Hook Bay. The vessel | tnroueh o 8 ap- | Carson it would mean certain death | it was not believed that she would hold | lies in & very bad position, with every | sca sweeping her decks. The life- savers are standing by, but are unable to board the wreck. The fate of the crew is unknown. Owing to the high seas in the upper through the day and night caused an almost complete wreckage of the elec- tric light, telegraph, telephone and trolley service. A number of acci- Continued on Page 2, Column 5. In every hotel and place of public meeting the one ques- | tion has been: Who committed the | deed and what was the motive? Be- |ing Sunday, many peopie from the rounding country came inte town and nearly all 6f them went up to the hill to view the ruins of the once beautiful home of the Weber family. | At 7 o'clock this morning the re- mains of the four victims of the awful tragedy were placed on the train and taken to San Francisco. A large num- ber of sorrowing friends gathered at the station pay mute respect to to those who had been so suddenly cast | bowed her head. They were all bid- |ding a sad farewell | loved. | by ler Fulton this morning that the remains of his father, mother, sis- ter and brother had been sent to San Francisco he said nothing, and when | asked if he did not want to go to the funeral in San Francisco he turned away and made no reply. Suddenly he looked up and asked the jailer to send him the San Francisco papers as soon as they When the pa- | pers came he read them all carefully COMPLAINTS AMENDED. attorney, Ben Tabor, assisted by Pullen, made an attempt this 3. morning to get him released on a writ of habeas corpus, as they had ascer- | tained that the original complaint was | . s | not legal. | the spot and filed an amended com- | plaint charging young Adolph Weber | | with the murder of his father. | complaints were also drawn up charg- |ing him with the murder of his | mother, sister and brother. | To-morrow at 9 a. m. Attorney Tabor will appear before Judge | and demand an immediate Hearing for | his client. How soon this hearing will be held rests with District Attorney Robinson. It is reported that Adolph made a statement to-day to the effect that rob- bery was the motive for the murder of | his family. He could not imagine any | other motive, it is sald he remarked. | Adrian Wills, whose name figured conspicuously at the inquest last night in connection with the coon hunt, the overcoat and the pistol, said to-day: “I am placed before the public in a very unenviable position. Adolph and 1 | were friends in early boyhood, but about four years ago we drifted apart. | He suddenly became inclined to follow solitary pursuits and gave up his time to reading and a study of the occult. He read all kinds of books, both good |and bad. He only read the bad books to make him understand and appreciate the good in the good books. In fact, we had entirely drifted apart until the coon hunt. Then one of the boys invited | Adolph to go on the hunt. Adolph came. Previously to this time Adolph had been apparently full of vigor and life and was Inclined to athletic sports. He had been a baseball player, and a good one. On the coon hunt he suddenly de- veloped signs of weakness, and gave out before the hunt was half finished jand returned home. TALKS OF COON HUNT. “Now, so far as the overcoat is con- ! cerned this incident has no connection | with the coon hunt. After the fire and the discovery of the tragedy Adolph | came to me and stayed at my home all night. Other friends were there with me. He was composed. In the morning I loaned him my overcoat. There was no pistol in my overcoat, and this pistol story has no connection with the coat. “When this horrible catastrophe hap- pened Adolph seemed to have no one to turn to, and simply out of old time friendship I offered him a place in my home for the night. I think he is en- tirely guiitless of this awful charge that he is now accused of. I shall stand by him so long as I feel sure he Other Continued on Page 2, Column 1. |Asks for San Francisco Papers and | |into eternity. The son, Adolph, was not there. When the train slowly pulled out of the station every man | stood uncovered and every woman to friends they Young Adolph still maintains a stolM. indifference to everybody and ng. When he was informed | {and thoroughly and commented upon | the different statements. e was satis- | some of the statements and | | pleased with many of the E}‘Q Smith | — < Samuel Gompers, president of the American Federation of TLabor, to- gether with ten other members of the executive council of the federation, ar- rived yesterday. afternoon in San Fran- | cisco and were escorted to their quar- ters at the Russ House. Accompany- ing the labor leader and his fellow offi- cers were 110 delegates to the twenty- fourth annual convention that will hold la two weeks' session here, beginning | to-day. Upon the arrival of the special train that brought the delegations from Chi- | cago, the visitors were met at Port | Costa by a committee consisting of O A. Tveitmoe, chairman of the local | committee of arrangements: John | AR G i | DELIBERATIVE SESSIONS TO BEGIN THIS MORNING AND WILL OCCUPY -+ TWO WEEKS \President Gompers Discusses Progress of Labor Movement i+ it B —————Y 1 i | ] HONORED HEAD OF AMERICAN FEDERATION, WHO WILL PRESIDE OVER CONVENTION. % The Sheriff was quickly on | | Kean, its secretary, and J. E. McDou- gald, treasurer. This escort accompa- nied the party across the bay to this | side, where the larger delegation ferm- | ing ‘the committee of arrangements es- corted them to their headquarters at the Russ House and the Lick. In the party that accompanied the | president of the federation were the otHer members of the executive coun- cil: Frank Morrison, secretary; John B. Lennon, treasurer; vice presidents —James Duncan, John Mitchell, James O'Connell, Max Morris, Thomas I. | Kidd, Denis A. Hayes, Daniel J. Keefe and Willlam J. Spencer. Little of federation politics was dis- cussed last night at the headquarters and the leaders refused to predict any defiuite convention action. There is an 'anti-Gompers sentiment in evidence, however, among several of the dele- gates and the rumor was around that Gompers may be retired from the pres- jdency and that James Duncan of New York elected to succeed him. ‘" Another rumor is that Gompers is to be appointed United States Labor Commissioner to succeed Carroll D. Wright. President Gompers declined to make any predictions regarding the work of the convention, as did also Vice President Duncan, successor. Duncanhas betn mentioned as a candidate for Several years, but he | has never made the race, and this fact, the Gompers champions declare, is re- sponsible for the mention of Duncan’s name. 35 Although declining to discuss the’ ru- mored change of officers, President Gompers, when interviewed yesterday afternoon, said that he could not fore- tell the action or business of the con- duced by separate resolutions at no set time. The sessions will be open to the public and the resolutions introduced will be taken up and threshed out on the floor of the convention hall. In re to the withdrawal of the charter ¢rom the Chicago Federation of Labor, thus depriving it of affiliation with the American Federation, Presi- dent Gompers said that such action had been taken before the council left Chicago. As to the seating of Delegate William G. Schardt of the Chicago body, Mr. Gompers said that the com- mittee on credentials would report on the S of socialism, Mr. Gompers said: “I cannot give expression to my official views, but personally I do not his possible | | , | ! 1 | LT SET 0 Special Dispatch to The Call. INDIANAPOLIS, Nov. 13.—General | Lew Wallace is starving to death and has only three weeks longer to live, ac- cording to his own words in an inter- view with a Minnesota editor and busi- ness man. The famous author of “Ben Hur” declares his stomach is afflicted with a strange malady and he cannot assimilate his food. His doctors have fixed the limit he puts on his life. — believe that this federation will be committed to any political party, whatever its name, whatever its claim or whatever its pretense. The only safe course for organized labop to adopt iIs one of absolute non-comniittal to any political party. There may be five or six delegates with socialistic leanings, but any resolution looking to- ward the adoption of socialistic tenets will, T am sure, meet with the disap- proval of an overwhelming majority.” The main questions that will come vention because it would all be intro-{up, according to the president, are the oft-repeated discussions of trade juris- diction and affiliation of labor bodies. In the opinion of President Gompers the time is not vet ripe for the gather- ing of foreign labor bodies into an in- ternational federation, with the possi- ble exception of a combination of the longshoremen of the world. President Gompers left Washington last Sunday and stcpped over in Indi- | anapolis and Chicago for conferences with labor leaders. On the long jour- ney to the coast’ the executive couneil met ly on the train, the sessions often lasting all day. During this time the secretary and treasurer formulated their reports to the convention, as did also Mr. Gompers. These reports will be presented at the session to-day. AUTO RIDE LIFE OF | EXDS WITH WALLACE A FATALITY Epecial Dispatch to The Call. STOCKTON, Nov. 13.—Miss Anna Hudick was thrown from an automobile on Main street at an early hour this morning and almost instantly killed. The unfortunate young woman was one of four in the auto, the others being Tony Gillis, Sabe Gist and Mrs. Kluetch, a widowed sister of the de- ceased. The machine, which was a small one. was speeding along Main street about 4 o'clock this morning. Miss Hudick and Gillis were on the box with their backs to the other couple. In some unaccountable manner the skirts of the dead girl were caught in the wheel. She was jerked out and thrown with great force against an iron hitching | post. In trying to hold her, Gillis was threwn-and slightly injured. The machine was stopped as soon as Gist heard the cry and the young woman was carried to a nearby restau- rant. She expi as she was laid ubon the floor. Her skull was crushed and her clothing had been nearly all torn from her 2 ‘With her companions deceased had been in the country to a dance. She resided with her mother and a sister and brother on Weber avenue and was quite well known. Miss Hudicks was about 20 years of age and was of at- tractive "appearance. The remains were taken to the morgue and the Coromner will hold an inquest. ——— e Secretary Hay's Brother Dead. WASHINGTON, Nov. 13.—Major Leonard Hay, U. S. A, retired, brother of Secretary of Stafe John Hay, died ‘last night at the Hay homestead in Warsaw, Ill., in his seventieth year. The late Major Hay was the head of the family in this country. Hay will leave to-morrow to attend the funeral. SHERIFF - SHOOTHG S DEADLY SALT LAKE CITY, Nov. 13 —-One outlaw is dead and another is in jail mortally wounded as the result of a battle between cattle thieves and offi- cers near Deeth, Nev., to-day Sheriff Clark ‘and a deputy of Elko caught Jim McKelvey and Charles Winslow in the act of skinning a steer of the Graham brand. When called upon to surrender they dropped behind the carcass of the animal and began firing at the officers. The latter sought shel- ter and for twenty minutes the firing continued. Finally McKelvey sprang to his feet and fired. The shot was returned and McKelvey fell dead. A few minutes later Winslow surrendered and was found to be mortally wounded. He was placed in jail at Elko. Elko County has been troubled with cattle thieves for some time, and the officers have heen on the lookout for them. McKelvey was well known throughout the county. pos e 5 . TR POSSE MAKES CAPTURE. Suspected Cattle Thief in Custody in Oregon. LONG CREEK, Ore., Nov. 13.—The first suspect of the organizad gang of stock thieves which has operated in Northern Grant County for several years has been found. and a dozen armed men have surrounded the camp in which the other members of the band are belleved to have hidden. “Jim” Male is the man arrested by Deputy Sheriff Coffey. The posse came upon him while he was sleeping in a cabin in the mountains several miles from here. The deputy and his posse feel confident that once the gang in the mountain camp is captured, cattle rustling in this part of Eastern Ore- | gon will come to an end. MAY HAVE BEEN KILLED BY MURDEROUS TURKS CONSTANTINOPLE, Nov. 13.—The death is announced of the Vicar Ca- tholus Ahtemur, together with his secretary near Van. It is presumed they were assassinated. ., Asiatic Turkey, Nov. 13. been received here