The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 3, 1904, Page 1

ber 3: to easterly. -_— Forecast made at Sen Francisco for thirty hours ending midnight, Decem- San Francisco and vicinity—Fair Sat- urday, becoming cloudy and unsettled at night; light north winds, changing A. G. McADIE, District Forecaster. SRR A SR e Ak THE WEATHER. THE -— CALIFORNTA—' the Corner. COLUMBL THE THEATERS. ALCAZAR—""The Christian."” CENTRAL—""The Little Church Around “Her Own Way.” CHUTES—Vaudeville. FISCHER'S—Vaudeville. GRAND—““The Show Girl." LYRIC HALL—"The Star of Bethle- . . MAJESTIC—"In Mizzoura.” ORPHEUM—Vaudeville. TIVOLI—*King Dodo." Matinees at all theaters to-day. AT SO 2 R “Finnigan's Ball." "y 0. 7 VOLUME XCVII—NO. 3. SAN FRANCISCO, SATURDAY., DECEMBER 3, 1904. PRICE FIVE CENTS. CCUSERS OF POLICE | | ¢ e T the investigation begun by the Police Commissioners yesterday no proof of bribery in China- town was shown. Two important witnesses, R. A. Crothers and Fremont Older, failed to appear. Citations will be issued for them if necessary and the matter may be taken into the courts to test the Commissioners’ authority. Gambling houses flourish, reap large profits and regularly charge up sums of money to a mysterious “Incidentals” account.. Commissioners Investigate Charges of Bribery. Ruef Makes a Butter Attack Chinese WillNot Talk Unless Assured of Protection. furnis! & any positive evi- e existence and distribution r the protection of gam- Chinatown the investi- i by the P e Commis- sterday afternoon was a fail- itnesses, R. A. Crothers and who had been sub- | r and tell what they | h doings in the Chinese q t present. Their fail- aroused the ire of Abe scathing terms, some of h had attacked the de- n of his address Ruef you, ued for the arrest at if necessary the nent, fortified with beds that they either verify lled to may the objections of Attorney senting = v fail to come at I be issued and will result in an hem for contempt. there is some pppones | 837 in proceedings to comply with Commissioners may atter into the courts. s anxious to have as he contests the sioners to hold the the section such power was waved it aside con- g: “There has not hat charter brought he Supr Court yet that has n declared unconstitutional.” GAMBLING NOT DENIED. the bitter denunciatory f and some tiffs between key, the proceedings of the e somewhat prosaic, but TERE of t gambling games ly in Chinatown was not A e of inquiry was started, rdance with the report made by Hutton, tending to show was an agreement between ce and the owners of the gam- uses as to which house should on what night and how should be arrested and prison record was consult- of this theory of the here was no reference distribution of funds to the Commissioners, the e Ruef, Everybody admit- ng heard of the existence of ack,” but when it came down facts the bag of coin seemed sive as the pot of gold which fondly believe hangs on the a rainbow. It was all passed he naughty highbinder men and same highbinders formed the f making a novel if not alto- w proposition to the police. missioners were informed ntire frankness that several Chi- cmbers of the Educational So- uld willingly testify as to the ways of the guardians of the e provided they were as- Jlice protection. It was to ctly understood that the Ce- d not want the police officers hem about the streets. They ed an officer stationed out- orways of their abodes to one came in to molest plan was not looked on The Chinaman is noted for and the protection of the he manner suggested would excellent opportunity for a f Celestials to secure a “‘cor- in gambling houses without fear or witness called was Irving g nger boy, who accom- ssioner Hutton to China- Monday old d.of y town on night. He said he did not know who Hutton was, but that Hutton had given him a sealed pe and instruct » Bergeant Ellis of the Chinatown i squ ad. This was at 7:50, After mak- ing numerous inquiries he finally found Eliis in one of the Chinese thea- ters and delivered him the message at ©:25. He knew nothing of the contents of the envelope. Commissioner Hutton then took the stand and told of sending the messen- ger to find Ellis. He said the envelope contained instructions to Ellis to meet him at the corner of Powell and Clay streets that they might visit bling houses together. Eilis met him st 9:30 and they ted several places, but found them all deserted. A pecu- liar circumstance connected with this, however, was the fact that a short time before the note was delivered to Ellis the streets in Chinatown were ically deserted, but when the two to make the rounds the streets filled with “chattering Chinamen, i i denounced | r of the even- | gentiemen, | have made or admit that | turned loose to drag | Crothers and | ty of the board | | | mise of rich things in the | were | | find any direct evidence of guilt. | instance, him to deliver | all looking in the direction from which we were coming,” as the Commissioner expressed it. He further said that El- al number of men on the street and said that “they s! 1 be turning out to have a look HUTTON'S RAID. Commissioner Hutton then related how on Tuesday night he had visited one of these same resorts at 820 Wash- ington street with Attorney L. G. Car- penter and Officer Minehan and suc- ceeded in arresting more than eighty Chinese. 1In it were eight tables, a desk and four iron safes. Men were playing at the tables and the money was carried to and from the the center of the room in wicker bas- kets running on wires, similar to the method in vogue in the department stores. The coin was usually wrapped in handkerchiefs. When a search of the premises was made, after the play- ers and lookers-on had been removed to the City Prison. several dollars, chiefly in silver, was found in the desk. Some of the coin was wrapped in linen handkerchiefs, some was loose and the remainder done up in cartridges. ©ommissiener Hutton said he had very I difficulty in getting iato the room. With Carpenter, he stepped from a couve and walked into the room on the heels of an entering Chinaman, while Officer Minehan ran around to the side and blockaded the “getaway.” He was surorised at the great number of men in the room, as when he had vis- ited it the night before there were but two or three persons there and no evi- dence of any games being played. One man was feigning sleep and the others were making a pretense of cleaning up the room. ‘I had always heard,” said Hutton, “that it Commissioner to visit Chinatown with- out his advent being heralded, soll tried the experiment. On Monday night no one knew of my plans, yet within five minutes after the delivery of my note to Sergeant Ellis all the houses were deserted. On the following night, when it was utter'y impossible for any one to have known of my plans, I found a room full of men, with games in full blast.” At this point Attorney Ruef inter- rupted with the question: “Did you dis- | cover any evidence to show that any| money had been paid by the Chinese | for protection? “I did not,” was the reply. “I will say that Commissioner Drinkhouse has at times expressed dissatisfaction with the way in which things were run, and said he would like to see everything cleared up. Like others, I havel heard many rumors, but have been unable to in March, when Sergeant Cook was transferred, I was told tha* on the following Safurday night attorney for the Chinese told me that | money was to be pald for the privilege, and mentioned the amount. I went up | there that Saturday night and found | that the houses were all wide open.” “Did you hear such rumors before you were made Commissioner or prior to the election of Mayor Schmitz?” was asked by Ruef. “I did,” was the response. “Are you able to confirm the state- ment that there is a sack?" “No.” Hutton then told his experiences and observations regarding the number of Chinese arrested. duced that to make things easy the oc- cupants of gambling-houses were noti- fied a few minutes before a raid and all but a handful escaped through the “‘getaways.” “It seemed strange to me,” he said, “that out of a houseful of 100 | or more all could escape but from five to ten men. In fact, it is ridiculous. If eighty or a hundred men could escape, all could. Now, in support of this let us refer to the prison register for the last month.” The November register was brought | in and showed the following arrests by Sergeant Ellis and posse: Novem- ber 7, 6 men; November 11, 20; Novem- ber 19, 6 men from Waverly place; No- vember 21, 8 men from Jackson street: November 22, 5 men from Ross alley; November 28, 8 men "from Waverly place; November 29, 7 men from Spof- ford alley. Hutton passed this show- ing up without further comment. “INCIDENTALS, $40.” The evidence captured by Hutton in his raid was then introduced. It con- sisted of the books of the gambling- house, coin and gambling parapher- nalia. An interpreter was brought in and translations made from the books of the firm What would correspond with the white man’'s daybook showed some interesting features. While small items like matches and stationery. some of them amdunting to not over 50 cents, were carefully itemized, there was an ever-recurrent weekly item of 340 for incidentals. In fact it seemed 80 ludicrous when the interpreter read oft: * , 50 cents; soap, $1: in- cidentals, $40,” that notwithstanding the desire of the Continued on Page 3, Column 8. | murdered. desk in' hundred | was impossible for a Police | gambling- | For | the | | gambling-houses would be opened. An | From these he de-| COURT PUTS A RECEIVER 'Appointed to Handle Property of Mrs. Chadwick, | Another Rich New Yorker in Case to Have Her De- a clared Bankrupt. 1 —_— ‘Lawyers Still Insist That a Person of Wealth Will Settle the Woman’s Affairs. CLEVELAND, Deec. 2.—Late to-day Nathan Lesser, an attorney, was ap- pointed receiver for all the property of every kind and deseription belonging to Mrs. Cassie Chadwick, and his bond was fixed at $10,000. NEW YORK, Dec. 2.—Interest in the affairs of Mrs. Cassie L. Chadwick of | Cleveland took a new turn late to-day, | | when a dispatch from Cleveland an-| | nounced that bankruptcy proceedings | | had been brought against her by| Jacques Krakauer, a New York lace | dealer, with an establishment on Fifth | | avenue. Krakauer in an interview to- | night said that Mrs. Chadwick had | been a customer in his establishment | | for some time, but that he had not in- | | structed the Cleveland attorneys to | | take action against her. He said: | “I simply followed my usual custom | of having my Cleveland attorneys to | look after my interests.” Mrs. Chadwick’s movements to-day were also a subject of much interest, | and when she left the Holland House, | where she has been living, and went to the Central Trust Company building in | Wall street her appearance attracted crowds of people. The result of her| visit in Wall street was not announced, | but it is understood she called on a| | firm of lawyers there. AGAIN VISITS LAWYERS. There was & story in circulation that Mrs. Chadwick contemplated leaving for Eurone to-morrow. Philip Carpen- ter, one of her counsel, however, said to-night that his client would not leave for Europe, and added: “In fact, she will not leave this coun- try until every dollar of her indebted- ness has been paid.” Carpenter also made the statement that Mrs. Chadwick is a “‘very wealthy | woman,” and “amply able to care for all the claims against her.” Mrs. Chadwick was in consultation | this afternoon with the firm of Butler, Notman, Joline & Mpynders, lawyers of Wall street. It was said on good au- thority to-night that this firm has been Mrs. Chadwick's counsel in this city for a number of years, and one of her lawyers said that the fact that the firm had done business for a prominent millionaire, whose name has appeared in connection with notes in this case. was simply a coincidence. DELAY IN NEWTON CASE. It was also stated to-night that no money or securities had been passed in the Newton suit, but that Newton had been given assurances as to a settle- ment and that the money would proba- bly be paid in a few days. Rumors were current to-day that there had been | a hitch in the progress of the Newton suit, but these stories could not be | confirmed. Attorney George Ryall, for Banker Newton of Boston, said: “Statements that Mrs. Cassie L. Chadwick is to pay only $78,000 of Mr. Newton’s claim at this time are untrue. The person who came to Mrs. Chad- wick's relief will pay to me the full amount of the claims of $190.800 with a reasonable amount of interest besides. I will give that money to Mr. New- ton and he will never know who paid it to me. 1 cannot reveal the identity of Mrs. Chadwick’s friend."” PITTSBURG, Dec. 2.—John W. Her- | ron, president of the Commonwealth | Trust Company and one of.the three trustees of the American estate of Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Schenley, to-night i made a positive denial of the state- | ment that Mrs. Schenley had lent any I notes to Mrs. Cassie Chadwick. ° CHARGE, FAIR GROUND “I never heard of the Chadwick ‘woman,” said Herron. “Had there been any such notes I could not have failed to become aware of their existence. You can make a positive denial of the report.” Mysterious Death of Mate. SEATTLE, Dec. 2—Mystery sur- rounds the death of Second Mate Thomas Kelly, who was lost overboard from the British ship Muskoka on No- McDonald for his dirappearance. It is that he met with an accident or com- satiors hat Kely' was mitted suicide. culated by the - | i | RE RAGES ON WORLD'S Incendiaries ADDlY Torch to Several Buildings. Concesslom Destroyed Together With Valu- able Exhibits. Rare Collections of Art, Porcelain, Bronze and a Painting Brought Here Under Bond Are Lost. Special Dispatch to The Call. ST. LOUIS, Dec. 3.—A general alarm of fire was sent in from the Pike, at the Wirld’s Fair ground, .at 13:30 o'clock this morning, and was followed a few minutes later by an alarm from the Varied Industries building. Fifteen minutes later another alarm came in from the Palace of Mines and Metal- lurgy. These alarms caused the wildest ex- citement, and for a time it appeared that the entire exposition was doomed to destruction by fire. “At 1:15 a. m., however, it was reported that the Va- ried Industries and the Mines and Met- allurgy building fires were under con- trol end that the World’s Fair fire de- partment and Hale's fire-fighters, which were working desperately on the main fire on the Pike, hoped to prevent the spread of the flames beyond the territory in which they were then rag- ing. At 12:50 o’clock the police arrested a man giving the name of Arthur V. Dunn in the Hereafter building on the Pike. They claim that he was in the act of setting fire to that structure when caught. They believe that all the fires, which started one after an- other, were the work of incendiaries and that they have captured one of the gang who deliberately set out to burn the exposition buildings. ART COLLECTIONS GONE. The first fire on the Pike was in the concession known as “Fair Japan. Some of the most valuable collections of,art, porcelain and bronze to be found at the exposition were in these buildings. The structures were all of frame and burned fiercely and the en- tire concession was badly damaged. “Quo Vadis,” another Pike conces- sion, and quite near “Fair Japan,” caught fire almost simultaneously and burned as fiercely. The fire spread rapidly to the Old St. Louis and Bow- ery concesisons and in a short time these frail structures were wiped out of existence. 5 Carl Hagenback’'s wild animal show is but a stone’s throw from “Fair Japan,” and it was at first reported that this great concession was burn- ing, but the report proved untrue. At 1:15 the World's Fair fire de- partment believed it would be able to hold the conflagration in its present limits, Persons connected with ‘“‘Ancient Rome” say that a watchman whom they knew as “Scott” has been missing since the fire was discovered and they belleve that he was burned. LOSS WILL BE HEAVY. In addition to the loss of the build- ings a collection of oil paintings, de- picting scenes in_the novel “Quo Vadis,” valued at $75,000, were burned. They were painted by Jan Stytka, a Polish artist, and were brought to this country under a bond of $50,000. The German Government was the first to begin active work of demolish- ing its World’s Fair buildings. A large force of men yesterday began to tear down the Prussian railway ex-! hibit, which was one of the first in-¢ stalled. ' | | Director of Works Taylor stated to- night that the first of the exposition’s buildings to fall before the onslaught of the wreckers will be the stockbarns. Of the exhibit palaces the Horticul- tural budlding probably will be the first selected for razing, and, as all of its perishable exhibits will be removed in a short time, it may be less than a fortnight before work on it is begun. As for the other exhibit buildings, they probably will stand all winter, as it will be fully ninety days before they are cleared of their contents. They will be turned over to the wreckers FRIENDS OF FORESTS REFUSING TO TESTIFY MEET WITH EXPERTS. Recommend Bill to Create State Commission J Z.A STIRLINCG . PRESIDENT'S “DOUBLE” IS 1 PRISONER Jailed on a- Forgery Charge by Police of Chicago. Speclal Dispatch to The Call. CHICAGO, Deec. 2.—“De-ligh-ted,” said a prisoner, held at the Central sta- tion for forgery, to-day. The police call him the “President’s double.”” He has the height, weight, mustache, teeth and all. “I have lots of trouble on account of my resemblance to the chief executive,” said the prisoner, whose name is Rob- ert S. Dollard. “I understand that 1 was captured by the detectives through a description of the President sent out through the different cities. But I don’t want to mix up Mr. Rooseveit in this.” Dollard was arrested by Detective Sergeants Gallagher and Burns of the Central station. They have been seek- ing him for months through California, St. Paul, New York and Milwaukee. Learning that he was to arrive in Chi- cago, they watched all the incoming trains. At the station of the Illinois Central Ralilroad they learned that a man answering to President Roose- velt's description had arrived. Owing to his muscular build and his striking appearance Dollard was easily recognized, and Detectives Gallagher and Burns traced him to the North Side. Detectlve Sergeant Gallagher sighted him and laying a hand on his shoulder remarked, “Well, how is the President to-night?” The man, who proved to be Dollard, turned around and tried to wrench himself free, but Detective Burns came up at this time and seized him. Dollard is wanted on several charges of forgery. In December, 1902, it is al- leged, he induced A. E. Lamar, cashier of the First National Bank of Spencer, Towa, to cash a draft on the North- western Land Company. It was after- ward found that the land company had no funds and Dollard could not be found. ——————— ALIFORNIAN TO BUILD g A RAILROAD IN MEXICO Davis Richardson Secures Concession to Comstruct Line One Hundred Miles Long. AUSTIN, Tex., Dec. 2.—Davis Rich- ardson, representing the Richardson Constructicn Company of Los Angeles, Cal., has just been granted a conces- sion hy the Mexican Government to build and operate a railroad from Guaymas, Mexico, to Tonichi, Western Mexico, a distance of more than 100 miles. Richardson deposited $25,000 in the Federal treasury as a guarantee that the terms of the contract would be complied with. The road must be completed in u1x§ yvears The company is granted au- thority to import the material neces- sary to build the road free of duty. Richardson and his associates operate rich mines in the Durango mining dis- trict, which will be reached by the new road. e REVOLUTIONISTS CAPTURE LARGE CITY IN PARAGUAY t Forces Now Hold Only the Capital and Its Sur- roundings. NEW YORK, Dec. 2—It is reported that the Paraguayan revolutionists donate to have captured Villa Encarnacion, the second largest city in the country, Herald from sa; a . LIPPINCOTT ‘}%E?g‘fi“v‘fé‘: GOVERNMENT EXPERTS AND | SECRETARY OF SIERRA CLUB, INTERESTED IN THE FORESTS. | nia Water and Forest Association, which was held in the rodms of the Chamber of Commerce yesterday, was made interesting by reason of reports that has been performed by the Gov- ernment engineers and others employed during the last year by the United States Government to aid California in its attempt to improve its forests and its uses of and conservation of water. Prominent among those who were present was a cluster of United States employes. F. N. Newell, the chief en- gineer of the reclamation service of the United States, was there. So were J. B. Lippincott of the United States Geo- logical Survey, W. C. Hodge Jr., E. A. Stirling and L. C. Miller of the United States Bureau of Forestry, Professor Fortier of the agricultural department of the University of California, Secre- tary‘W. E. Colby of the Sierra Club, Chief Justice Geatty, Marsden Manson and others wel: known In this State. The attendance was not large, but the body dealt with matters of great concern to California. The subject that largely engrossed the attention of the delegates was a proposed law that was submitted for approval, the purpose of which is to provide for the protection and manage- ment of forest lands within this State. The measure was prepared after sev- eral conferences by the Bureau of For- estry of the United States in co-opera- tion with the State of California, in ac- cordance with an act of the California Legislature passed at its last session to provide for the formulation of a State forest policy. The act as proposed is in twenty-five sections. Its principal pro- visions are as follows: NEW LAW IS PROPOSED. There shall be a State Board of Forestry, to consist of the Gavernor, Secretary of State, Attorney General and State Forester, to super- Vise all matters of State forestry, and management. The State Forester shall be a technically trained forester, who shall be ap- pointed by the Governor. Whether a candi- date v:: the position is a ted S trained forester determined by certificate from the tes Secretary of Agriculture. The all receive a salary of 32500 the appointment of & clerk . The forester shall execute al | ters relating to forestry under the super- vision of the State Board of Forestry, direct the management of State parks and forests, collect data relative to forest destruction and forest conditions and take such action as is authorized by law to prevent and extinguish ! forest, brush and grass fires and prosecute violators of laws. The Big Basin redwood park, the Mount Hemilton tract, the Santa Monica forest sta Hon. the Chico forest station and the Yosemite State Park, Government authorizes the , shall be under the jurisdiction of the State Board of and the board shall have all the powers and duties now | bz _persons or éommissions with regard to the and tioned In the act and also of any forest or brush that may State property. ed land, shall be the Board of “at the flfl‘%(. The State Forester -n:n in preparing plans for the manage- The annual convention of the Califor- | that were received concerning the work | IROVILLE AN FIGHTS -~ WILDCAT Beast Springs Upon Him From Under a Residence. - - e st Spectal Dispatch to The Call. OROVILLE, Dec. 2.—Travers Wood- man, an employe of Wells, Fargo & | Co., had a most remarkable encounter with a wildcat this morning in one of the most thickly settled portions of the | residence district. | ‘While Woodman was on his way to work Mrs. Ham, a widow, who resides - on Montgomery street, east of First avenue, called to him from her. door and in an excited manner told him that {here was some wild animal under her house which had offered to attack her when she had left her porch a few minutes before. The house stands three or four feet from the ground and Woodman, without hesitation, crawled under the building to investigate with- out taking the precaution to provide himself with a weapon. He had hardly disappeared under the porch before he came out, his exit he- ing hastened by a wildcat, not quite { full grown, but with all the ferocity of a tiger, he had disturbed. Almost before Woodman could | straighten up the animal leaped at him. Its jaws closed on his trousers leg. Woodman grasped the beast by the neck and forced its head to the | ground. He has muscles well hardened by toil, but he could not hoid the cat, which, though it broke Woodman's hold, still kept its jaws fastened to his trousers. In the struggle that followed in some manner Woodman—he does not know how—got hold of the animal’s hind leg. Exerting all his strength he broke the beast's hold upon his trousers. High in the air he swung it and then brought the cat's head crashing down upon the hard ground. The hammering process was kept up until Woodman could feel i that there was no life left in the ani- | mal’s body. Then he carried his prize to_the express office. How the wildcat happened to get into Oroville is not known. ———————— CREDIT FOR SHOWERS CLAIMED BY HATFIELD Professional “Rainmaker” Avers He Is Responsible for Rain in Los Angeles and Vicinity. LOS ANGELES, Dec. 2—For sev- eral days past Charles Hatfleld, a pro- fessional “rainmaker,” has been dis- charging gases and chemicals into the atmosphere from an eminence in the mountaing above Pasadena in an ef- fort to induce rainfall and he is claim- ing credit for the showery conditions now prevailing. Light drizzling rain set in at 10 o'clock and continued intermittently for several hours with occasional showers. Notwithstanding the Gov- ernment forecast of no rain for Seuth- ern California the indications appear favorable for a considerable down- pour. | WEARS FINGERS TO BONE IN SEARCH FOR WATER RENO, Dec. 2.—The body of William Howe, a miner from Breckenridge, Colo., was found on the desert near Stone Cabin, about twenty miles from Tonopah, to-day. He had been dead for & couple of days and on his face were traces of much suffering. His lips were parched and swollen, showing indications of great thirst before death claimed him. Near his body was a hole, which he had dug with his hands in an endeavor to water and his fingers were worn to the bome from aigging z in the