The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, November 22, 1904, Page 1

thirty hours, ending ber San Francisco and Forecast made at San Francieco for THE WEATHER. midnight Novem- vicinity—Cloudy, THE THEATERS. ALCAZAR—*The Village Postmaster.” CALIFORNIA—'‘The Runaways.” CENTRAL—"Queen of the White |TL Slaves.” COLUMBIA—*“Her Own Way.” | CHUTES—Vaudevite. unaettled weather Tuesday: probably | v e rain; fresh »fllhu:t :n:‘;;mm | MA’.!;-‘,ST:IC— nm )Tnmln'l of Helen." = + ;9 . = + e — XCVI—NO. 175 SAN ERANCISCO, -TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 1904. PRICE FIVE CENTS. GOMPERS DERTES N the train in Colorado a Socialist said to me that it made no difference whether Peabody was €lected or not. Colorado nor in the United States. They live in a sphere all by themselves. IN A RINGING SPEECH THAT IS DELIVERED BEFORE DELEGATES OF AMERICAN FEDERATION OF LABOR Of course it didn’t. At the Boston convention there were both applause and hisses by Socialists THE SOCIALISTS The Socialists don’t live in‘ and, after repeated requests on my part that they refrain from demonstrations of either approval or disapproval, and finally a warning to them, | had the| oalleries cleared as a last resort amid the hisses of the retiring Secialists. [ ask no quarter and I tell you now that I will give no quarter! I deny the right of men | \or of any man, to insinuate, as Berger did two months ago, that *‘if Gompers thought changing his mind would elect him to the Presidency of the nation, he‘ lwouyld change his mind.”'---From Speech of President Gompers Before the American Federation of Labor. i DECLARES WAR AND SAYS|DOUGLAS SLOANE WATSON TELLS JURORS THAT NO QUARTER CAN MISS DOLBEER WAS SANE WHEN SHE MADE WILL BE EXP Schardt Wins Chicago Federation Breaks Into Convention| and Gets Vote Pending Mediation. —_— n upon loor of with ration dramatic and Presi- ne work- d in the United the SUSPECTED RESOLU by 2 3 ¥ he sec- o of the Ame airman f . In the are also Ryan, J. C.| hen, R. H. Met-| . D. Mul- | esias, Archie Grant | go Ingl um. afternoon the resolutions, | in the usual y Frank K. F r read made the subsequent i) e President Duncan stood by and from the body of the the first * ereas” | off made an explana- | e ball rolling. The pro- ued until it terminated | fiant, the Socialists re- he delegates other’ one any immediate cause < to the inflammable nvention it was a ted speech that te Maloney, the = convention. Ma- our had been con- made a talk that dercurrent. years old, Irish by| aired, of sandy com- plex nter from Lawrence, | Mass , active as a pan-| inger” as might | ght, far-carry. sed was dis part of the hall nd inflection. | ATTACK. . | ney was on his feet| 1k In a peppery fashion, | n on he did not mince | Close to him at the beginning speech sat Delegate Victor L. | Soctalistic _editor. here,” began Maloney, “not to ! speak in the interest of any particular | party or to advance any political dis- | case, In the convention at Boston 1| listened for 2 day and 2 half to the| debate on Socialism, and I cannot cast | & vote for the diseases of Soclalism.” | At this there was laughter along the seats where the non-Soclalistic mem- bers sat, but silence in the Socialistic neighborhoods in the convention. Ma- ’ | door and Maloney continued. their war paint and ilittle stir | on their part. ECTED. a Big Victory loney did not pause, but went on, his shrill volce rising higher and clearer and more excitedly with each succeed- tence. cialists are opposed to the s of trade unionism in every shouted. “The introduce: )n that we have been con- Mr. Victor Berger, the edi- | Socialistic newspaper in )111-1‘ | As the delegates passed out of this | convention, at the noon recess to-day, were handed a slip of paper, a which was the questio: and Gompers, are they | | _“This question goes with a statement ! that Mitchell and Gompers dined at| the Exchange Club in Boston, with President Eliot of Harvard University as Higginson, and it is al- Exchange Club is an open n house. Any and every of this convention knows that it is a lie that the E: change Club is an unfair club. It hi r been so held.” oney was now so excited that his voice was strained and almost to the cracking pitch. His face was white with excitement that was infectious in the convention, where preliminary talk | had paved the way for an outburst. “In this leaflet it i asked”—was fair- 1y shrieked—“why does the lover of scabs,” referring to President Ellot, s0 | like Mr. Gompers and Mr. Mitchell? At the bottom of the leaflet are the words 2 d 10 cents for ten weeks' trial e Social Democrat, Milwaukee, od keep posted on labor mat- | BERGER WANTS PROOF. Berger was on his feet in an stant and demanded to have a copy of the leaflet about which Maloney had been talking. | Maloney speedily made his way to the stage, calling upon President Gom- | s to deliver to him a copy of the aflet that was in the possession of | the president of the American Federa- { tion of Labor. | Gompers met him at the edge of the | the leaflet held out, and this | ey took and went back to his | place near the front of the hall and | there held up the paper, while the crowd applauded and jeered. 3erger looked at the print and said: “Of course this was sent out by the business office and I, as an éditor, have never seen it before. Of course I am responsible for all that is in the paper | of which I am an editor and I will make good on it; even in what is in aflet.” rger then moved down toward the He de- nounced the Socialists as “‘a dishonest | and hypocritical party”; alluded to a | remark on the floor that this country might have a bloody civil contest and | said that if this were so it would begin ‘. only after a Socialist victory. There | would, he sald, be no bloody revolu- tion. He also attacked the Socialists on the score that they had not come into the convention as men, but had | come under a cloak. He told the con- vention that he was a printer and in that way had determined beyond doubt that the leaflet he held had been kr‘med at Berger's place in Milwau- in- | CAUSE OF DISTRUST. ‘What had already happened was dwarfed in interest by what followed. | Amid cries of “question,” when Ma- loney was through with his talk, the delegates demanded a vote on the res- olution that had made all the trouble. That and the preamble in full are as follows: reas, The unprecedented concentration h in the United States and the rapid | nt of the trusts in almost every | industry make it obvious that capi- 8000 reach its culmination point and | to make room for another phase of ; and, hereas, It is evident that this nation is destined to take the lead in this grand stru gle for better conditions and higher culture; therefore, be it Resolved, That we hereny recommend to all | organizations affilated with the Amerfcan | Federation of r to have their members study the economic conditi to have lectures | vpon these subjects in thelr lodgerooms and at | the mectings set apart for this purpose, and to do everything 4n their power for the enlighten- ment and intellectual advancement of the pro- letariat. The first part of the preamble con- tains the words that the resolutions committee objected to. Early in the afternoon there had been in the debate untll Max| Hayes, the leader of the Socialists in the convention, rose to speak. Then all necks were craned to look at him and all ears took in his speech of twenty minutes, in which he spoke of Social- ism, and the gallery applauded wildly until Gompers called the spectators to order and forbade any demonstration Vice President Duncan, Secretary Foster of the resolutions compmittee, Ryan of the resolutions committee, Treasurer Lennon, Delegate Dempsey, ‘W. B. Wilson and Delegate Zaring all spoke with more or less force against bringing Soclalistic discussions under the terms of the resolution Into the Federation of Labor, and also expressed Continued on Page 2, Column 1, | COLLUSION — NIT SHOW BY. INQUIRY No Frauds in the Railway Mail C(gtga_cts. Epecial Dispatch to The Call. CALL BUREAU, HOTEL BARTON, WASHINGTON, Nov. 21.—In the inves- tigation of the office of the Second As- sistant Postmaster General in connec- tion with the awards of railway mail contracts that bureau has received a vindication. No illegal collusion has been found between any Government official and railway managers, but it is possible that recommendations will go to Congress as a result of this inquiry for changes In the method of awarding these contracts. There is a well ground- ed opinion among administration of- ficials that a system of competitive bids should be introduced so far as possible. President Roosevelt and Postmaster General Wynne- now believe that the Postoflice Department is fairly clear of dishonest practices and that the way is open for administrative reforms. The investigation of the second, assistant’s officé, so far as it has to do with the transportation of the mails, has been going on in secret for several months and was ordered by the President be- fore Postmaster General Payne’s death. It had been alleged that the rajlways were being paid altogether too“much for their service. The amount paid for transportation during the last year was more than $38,000,000—a quarter of the : entire expenditure of the Postoffice De- | partment. { mails for a given period on which to The system of weighing base contracts for four vears was se- verely attacked, and it was said that the railways received notice in advance when this weighing was to take place in order that the mails might be in-! creased at that time. It was even charged that members of Congress were | given the tip when the roads in their districts were to have the weighing pe- riod that they might bulge the malils with franked matter. —————— Kentucky Militia Awes a Mob. LEXINGTON, Ky., Nov. 21.—Be- cause a mob which had formed on the outskirts of the city threatened an at- tack upon the jail in which Ed Taylor, Garfield Smith and John Taylor, negro murderers, are confined, County Judge Bullock advised that the militla be called out. Company C of the Second Regiment was ordered on duty at the jail and the mob abandoned its inten- tion. MISS RUTH A& NUTT rassn eroto ARRAY OF JoczETd sLoanE cEnTisIiED BouSLA (T ~~rsom THE WILL MISS. ETTA WARREN TABER rnoTO aN COURT .. + PROPONENT OF BERTHA M. DOLBEER'S WILL, AND SOCIETY WOMEN 'WHO HAVE BEEN SUBPENAED TO TESTIFY. | ACCUSATION PENNED BY DYING MAY Note Found With Corpse Tells of i, GREAT FALLS, Mont,, Nov. 21.— ‘Word has reached here from Chouteau of the discovery on Friday afternoon of the corpse of Jacob Ralston in his cabin in the Sun River country by Leonard J. Lowndes, who had been dispatched to notify the famous trap- per that his father was on his death- bed. A message was found, evidently written by Ralston when he realized that he was about ot dle, as follows: “I have been up against Jim's gun and am shot.” James Fisher, who lived with Ral- ston last winter, is believed by the officers to be the person referred to in the dead mian's message, and the au- | thoritieg are now engaged in a hunt for him. Fisher is said to be wanted by the Alaskan authorities for some offense. Ralston was a brother of State Sen- ator Samuel F. Ralston of Teton County and was well-known as a trapper and hunter of the Sun River district. He was shot through the abdomen. ——————— Made Head of Female College, NASHVILLE, Tenn., Nov. 21.—Mrs. | 3.°0. Rust, widow of the late John O. Rust, who died in Seattle-some months ago, has been elected president of Bos- cobel Female College in this city. "Her Usual Self” When It Was In.Judge Coffey’'s court, Douglas Sloane Watson, one of the witnesses to the contested will, yesterday told the jury that Bertha Marion Dolbeer was‘ “rational” and “of sound mind"” when she executed her testament in his office on April 23 of the present year. Watson was emphatic and to his “mind there could be no question as to the mental condition of the testatrix at-the.time. He had known. her inti- mately for many years and did not no- | tice the slightest change in her de- meanor. “Miss Dolbeer was just herself,” was the terse way he put it. Not the faint- est suspicion had been aroused in his mind that her mind was aifected, as the contestant now contends. On the contrary, she showed much intelli- gence In the making of the will and in following the formalities of the law. She exercised a wise caution in its preparation and for its keeping. Mrs, Watson was Miss Dolbeer’s cou- sin and one of her closest friends. The ‘husbanad had in some degree participat- ed in that intimate friendship. Mrs. Watson is a daughter of Mrs. J. L. Moody, who gave testimony in behalf of the contestant, but is not in ac- cord. with her mother in her wish to have the testament upset. On cross-examination Watson admit- ted that he expected his wife to be one of the beneficiaries of the will he wit- nessed, but did not peruse. It tran- spired that there was no bequest for Ter, However, but this did not warp Watson's opinipn as to the ability of Miss Dolbeer to dispose of her estate nor affect his Inclination to testify in support of the will. JUROR LUNDSTROM EXCUSED. Owing to a threatened relapse of nervous prostration Juror K. A. Lund- strom was excused from further serv- Continued on Page 3, Column 5. | enterea (IVIL, U S i 0LD WIDOW Yout’s Breach of Promise Case Succeeds. e YR SEES S FOUSDER 1 THE STRAITS Captain of a French Crait Reports Disaster. S —— VICTORIA, B. C., Nov. 21.—Captain | Corbenais of the French ship Guer- veur, which arrived in Royal Roads Saturday night, reports that last | Wednesday he saw a four-masted ship | founder north of the entrance to tu ¥Straits of Juan de Fuca. A hurri- cane was blowing at the time and the | Guerveur was hove to under staysails. | The ill-fated four-master was a long i(listance from the Guerveur, making it { impossible for the French craft to ren- | der aid while the sea Was so tremend- ous. It is thought the vessel that foun- | derea may have been the San Fran- | cisco barkentine Makawell. | b | Stelle in the Croisic, at Fifth avenue and Twenty-sixth street, he first met his life in the Italian quarter on the | per. He was shabbily dressed and Mrs. East side,- where hé met Mrs. Stelle, | geelle took no notice of him until he and his brother had kept a real estate | sang tv the party, during which time and insurance office, the income of | he never took his eyes from his hostess. which was 8o small that he gave his | , Mrs. Stelle i ustomed to spend the evenings to singing at private gather- summer at antic City, and when ings. He traveled about the city with | last spring, aiter she had been Accet- a four-plece string orchestra. ta's patron for several months, she pre- On one of these occasions last win- !pured to remove to thelseaside ecity. ter, when the Itallan orchestra was |she ordered a suite quite as fine as her playing in the apartments of Mrs. own in the same hotel for her protege. Special Diepaich to The Call. NEW YORK, Nov. 21.—Mrs. Fannle Surdam Stelle, aged 62, who has a for- tune of $2,000,000, announced to-day that she is about to marry Edgar A. Accetta, aged 24, the barytone who was brought into public notice under Mrs. Stelle’s patronage, and who recently suit against her for $50,000 damages for breach of promise, As late as last Saturday afternoon her lawyers were working on the suit against her, but on Saturday night a compromise was reached whereby she settled $25,000 cn the barytone as an ante-nuptial gift and then stopped the suit by promising to marry him. Accetta {s tall and fire looking, with a boyish face that belfes even his twenty-four years. He has lived all