The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 19, 1905, Page 1

—_— THE WEATHER. @ Forecast made at thirty hours ending midnight, ary 19: San Francisco and San Francisco for Janu- vicinity—Rain Thursday; brisk to high south wind. A. G. McADIE, District Forecaster. GRAND—*‘The Silver Slij LYRIC HALL—Burton ture. ORPHEUM—Vaudevllle, olmes - Lec- [ Matinee to- |7/ ay. TIVOLI—*‘Traviata." _:' VOLUME XCVII—NO. 50. PRICE' FIVE CENTS. arrived from New York. - HANISOME. WOMAN' MYSTER! Miss Gertrude Wells,” who is' well known in San Francisco, recently : Seven days ago she disappeared from the St. Francis Hotel and all efforts to gain knowledge of her have failed. DUSLY ~ DISAPPEARS Miss Gertrude Wells, Guest at St. Francis, Is Being~Eagerly Sought by Friends. YOUNG WOMA. NEW_YORK AND LOCAL | TY, WHO HAS DISAPPEARED. DEPOSITORS ARE REPA BY CARNEGIE ‘Funds Advanced for Chadwick Victims, —_— ELYRIA, Ohio, Jan. 18.—Andrew Carnegie placed $15,000 in the hands of Rev. W, E. Cadmus, pastor of the First Congregational Church of this city, to-day to be distributed to the depositors who lost their money in the fajled Citizens’ National Bank of Ober- lin as a result of the Chadwick loans. Carnegie in a letter asked Cadmus to investigate among the students at Oberlin College and learn the amount they lost. When thie is done, it is un- derstood, more money will be forth- coming. Judge Steele of Oberlin will appoint a committee to investigate the most worthy cases, Carnegie has also given Cadmus $3000 to reimburse the Oberlin Young Men’s Christian Asso- ciation. CLEVELAND, Ohio, Jan. 18.—Two phystcians were called to see Mrs. Cas- sie L. Chadwick in jail this afternoon. She is said to be suffering from physi- cal 'and mental collapse. Attorney Dawley says she is afflicted with heart trouble and would not be able to stand a trial in court in her present condi- tion. Mrs, Chadwick is said to have frequent fainting spells. The announcement that Carnegie had decided to reimburse losers. by the | failure of the Oberlin National Bank )n:u lzeemed to greatly affect Mrs. Chad- wicl ——— FATE 'OF DR. KOCH IN HANDS OF THE JURY Accused of Murdering Dr. L. A. Geb- hardt, His Rival in Business, - in Minnesota, NEW ULM, Minn., Jan. 18.—The question of the guilt or inn Dr. G. R. Koch of the murder on No- vember 1 of Dr. L. A. Gebhardt, his rival in business, was placed in the bands of the jury this afternoon. The Jury retired immediately. There are Be prospects/of a verdict to-night. nce of . v e ACCUSATION NAMES BIG FINANCIERS Alleged Expose of Land Steal in Colorado. — Special ‘Dispatch to The Call. DENVER, Colo., Jan. 8.—The Denver Post to-night charged that influential men in several departments of the cated in a land steal in connection with the opening of the Uintah Indian reser- vation in Utah. The Post says: “Ex-Governor Odell is orfe of the large stockHolders of the Raven Min- ing Company, which has the practical ownership of the elaterite beds. Jo- | seph Leiter of Chicago is an owner of stock. The American Steel and Wire Company, a part of the great United States steel trust, in which J, Pierpont Morgan s the moving spirit and John D. Rockefeller an important factor, is also interested and is using large quan- tities of elaterite. Henry C. Payne, late | Postmaster ‘General, was a director of the Raven Company. ' “There {8 no place in the known world where elaterite exists except’ on the Ulintah Indian reservation. The mines there cover an area about twen- | ty miles long and forty miles wide. The | ore sells for 5 cents a pound. The Ra- ven Mining Company and the Florence | Mining Company, which are harmoni- ously blended together, have exclusive control of the beds. “The Ulntah Indian reservation was created an act of Congress in the year 1869. In 1891 the Raven Company secured its lease from the Indians. | Five Indians had to sign the’ papers. | The redskins were feted in Chicago for a week or more before they were taken to Washington. They were driven around in a tally-ho, dined and wor- shiped as heroes. As soon as they signed the lease in Washington they i were dropped like cold potatoes. “‘About two years ago the deal was made in Congress whereby the Raven Company was given extensive tracts of land in return for the lease made by | the Indians.” Phe president of the Raven Com- pany is Charles F. Pfister, a Milwau- |kee capitalist. A. H. Morgan, the ‘treasure?, {s president of the Chicago Varnish Works. Other officers are D. D. Thoman, secretary and manager; T. J. Boggs and W. 8. Potwin, directors. ‘The company has 100 claims and the deposits of elaterite and gilsonite are sald to be worth milllons of dollars. ‘The Post says United States. Senators aré involved, whose names will be Eiven. T " United States Government were impli- | AP S Miss Gertrude Wells, who is widely known in San Francisco, is among the missing, and much anxiety is felt by her friends regarding her whereabouts. She left the St. Francis Hotél seven days ago, and since then not the slight- est trace of the young woman has been discovered, although her friends and | the management of the St. Francis | have been making diligent inquiries | about her. The missing woman is the sister of Mrs. Fred Webster, widow of the late well-known San Francisco clubman. Mrs. Webster and her sister have been living in New York for some time | since the death of the former’s hus- band. Early in December Mrs. Web- | ster came to San Francisco for the purpose of settiing up certain matters connected with the estate of her late husband. She was afterward followed to this city by her sister, who arrived heré shortly after Mrs, Webster had given up her apartments at the St. Francis. Apparently Miss Gertrude Wells expected to meet her sister here, for upon her arrival at the St. Francis she asked for Mrs. Webster, and showed her disappointment when the clerk of the hotel informed her that her sister had left for the Bast. Miss Gertrude was assigned to com- | fortable apartments, and for three weeks she was frequently seen about the hotel lobby and ladies’ rooms. At evening she was often observed go- | ing in and out of the hostelry. Seven days ago she walked out of the hotel and that is the last seen of her. FRIENDS MAKE INQUIRY. The first intimation the management of the hotel received of the disappear- ance of its fair guest was when the maid on the floor on which is located Miss Wells' apartment reported that the room had not been occupied. Think- ing possibly the occupant was visiting friends, no heed was paid to her ab- sence for several days. Meanwhile fre- quel inquiries were being made for { the young woman at the hotel and her eontinued absence resulted in an in- vestigation’ that led the hotel manage- ment to suspect that Miss Wells had possibly met with some mishap. Inquiry among Miss Wells’' friends in this city failed to reveal her where- abouts, and an effort to get some in- formation regarding ler from her sis- ter's local attorney, Ludwig M. Hoef- ler, was egually as fruitless. An in- spection the missing woman's apartments revealed many circum- stances that would suggest that she had not departed on a long trip, for her abundant supply of wearing apparel was found hanging in the closet, and her combs and brushes and jewelry and trinkets were lying carelessly upon her bureau. In short, there was noth- ing in the way of evidence In Miss Wells' rooms that would indicate that shre had made any preparations for a prolonged absence. In discussing the sfrange case last evening, one of the representatives of the St. Francis said that the careful investigation made by the hotel had fafled in its purpose of bringing tc light the slightest explanation for Miss ‘Wells’ absence. She had paid her first week's bill, and the fact that she had not promptly settled for the second week had caused no particular concern, ble person, and no thought of her de- linquency had entered the minds of the hotel management. Two days ago the woman’s effects were gathered together and placed in the hotel storeroom to await a claimant. A theory that Miss Wells may be Iying ill somewhere in this city sug- gested Itself yesterday after the fact became known that she had come to San Francisco for her health. This bit of information was gleaned from At- torney Hoefler, wWho, while discussing the case last evening, said: ATTORNEY HOEFLER WORRIED. “Migs Wells’ disappearance is as much a mystery to me as the people in the St. Francis Hotel. I cannot dis- cover any cause for her strange absence unless it be that she has been taken ill somewhere, and In that case I would imagine, that those with whom she might be staying would notify her friends. Certainly the young womgn would need clean clothing, and that fact would necessitate her friends vis- iting the Sf. Francis. As to any finan- cial embarrassments that Miss Wells might have experienced, I will say that her sister left with me certain funds that could readily be applied to Miss Wells' needs. Recently Mrs. Webster advised me that her sister had n il in New York and was coming San Frnnclsc#the hope of bettering her health. fere is a bare possibility that unexpected sickness be the solu- tion of her absence.” Attorney Hoefler said he would re- to-day and would advise her sister of the facts in the case. Miss Wells is an attractive woman, whose stately fig- ure, properly gowned, made her an ob- ject of attention among the other guests of the St. Francis during her short stay there. During that period she made no complaint of iliness to those she met, and when seen, leaving the hotel, she ap) in the best of spirits. SIR CHARLES WYNDHAM SERIOUSLY INJURED English Actor Knocked Down by = Trolley Car and His Shoul- der Dislocated. new the inquiry for the missing woman ¢ for it is known that she is a responsi- | 8ylvania. | NEW YORK, Jan. 18.—Sir Charles | for nearly: 1000 years, | having bee! b A et i ety FIVE TOTES PUT SHAYNE N DISGRACE House by Narrow Majority Votes to - [mpeach. Gillett of California Makes Vain Plea for Florida Federal Judge. RRRSESSC 7SR . WASHINGTON, Jan. 18.—The House of Representatives to-day adopted the twelve articles of impeachment against Judge Charles Swayne of the Distriet Court of Northern Florida, which had been presented by its special commit- tee of investigation. The Speaker was authorized to appoint & member to pre- sent the case to the Senmate and con- duct the impeachment proceedings be- fore that body. This$ action was the culmination of a debate which has been in progress for more than a week, apd which has de- veloped much partisan feeling. The first vote, that to table the first arti- /eles, which related sto the. falsification of = expenfes, went' Bwayne by the n votes. This was vote, as the charge regarding was the only one eomcurred in by the members of the committee signing the minority report. The motion to table these articles were. lost, 160 to. 165. Twenty-four Republicans voted with the Democrats against tabling, and three Democrats voted with the Re- publicans to table.. On roll’ call these three articles were adopted. Articles 4 and 5, relating to the free use of a private car by Judge Swayne, were made the subject of a separate vote and adopted. Like action followed on articles 6 and 7, charging him with non-pesidence in his district. This was the last roll call, as articles 8, 9, 10 and 11, relating to the Davis-Belden con- tempt case, and article 12, relating to the O'Neil contempt case, were de- clared adopted on viva voce votes. The last time the House voted to pre- sent articles of impeachment was in 1876, when it voted the impeachment of ‘W. W. Belknap, Secretary of War un- der President Grant. The debate to-day was chiefly nota- ble for the closing arguments in the case. That for Judge Swayne was made by Gillett of California and that for impeachment by Palmer of Penn- Gillett made an earnest plea for the Judge and Palmer spoke strongly for purity on the beach and for impeachment. Gillett read a telegram, signed, he said, by the leading merchants and cit- izens of Pensacola, Fla., condemning the impeachment proceedings and ex- pressing a sentiment friendly to Judge Swayne. Judge Swayne, he said, would never have been proceeded against and “persecuted” if it had not been for the O’Nell contempt proceedings, Gillett spoke of the car incident as having occurred years ago and said it would be trifiing to present seriously such a charge. He asked 'where it would end if Congress started to im- peach men for riding in a private car. He said he had statements showing it was the intention that $10 a day should be charged by Judges, and that he had a statement from the Secretary of the Treasury showing other Judges had charged $10. Bell of California was one of the three Democrats who voted against impeachment. A I IR ABDIL'S HARE LOSES CAPTIVE Bpecial Dispatch to The Call. ‘WORCESTER, Mass., Jan. 18.—Torn by Turkish scldiers from the ai her mother, who was killed in a massa- cre; reared in the palace of Sultan Ab- dul Hamid, whose harem she refused to Join; dragged through the underground passage, to be drowned in the Bospho- rus, Esther Blumengarten, a beautiful Hebrew girl, arrived here to-day after rescued through the efforts of agents employed by the banking house of Ernest Cassel & instance of her father, a Harlem mer- | chant. She has gone to New York, in'| charge of Joseph Kahlin of the banking | firm, to join her father and two broth- | ers, whom she has not seen for years. In the history of the Ottoman Empire this is the first ‘YRe ‘test dham, the English actor, was bad- | escape from the Sultan's harem on rec- Wyne 1y injured to-night by a trolley car. |ord. Those who do not die a natural is right shoulder was dislocated and | death come to a sudden end or go He was unable to appear to-night in | through the secret passages that lead {The Case of Rebellious Susan” at|to the ‘the Lyceum Theater. ‘While on his way to the theater ‘Wyndham was knocked down and the mo(m:‘l;.n barely dvoided - running Jover whooi.“';‘.cnw thm!ng: Esther Blumengarten is the first The rescue of the girl required mmuwntp:ndmw.'u Kiosk, to emerge alive. . 1 CZAR AGAIN OUTWITTED BY CLEVER DIPLOMACY OF STATE DEPARTMENT Hay Balks Move Directed at China. Wins Support of Germany and England. RUSSIA_CHINA MUST REMAIN NEUTRAL. WAN-WEN-TSAO, VIRTUALLY PREMIER OF CHINA. WHO IS BEING GUIDED BY THE AMERICAN SECRETARY OF STATE IN THE DIPLOMATIC TASK OF CHECKING RUSSIA'S ATTEMPT TO COMPLICATE WAR SITUATION. ence as would end the war. the dominating factor in confined to a specified area. WASHINGTON, Jan. 18.—Secrctary Hay has assumed the master hand in the Far Eastern situation. mated Russia in her designs upon China and established his influ- In his anxiety ‘to preserve ‘the China, which Is the great ambition of his life, Hay is again pledg- ing the powers of Europe'o a strict compliance with his note of Feb- ruary 10, which resulted in the agreement that hostilities should be By a bold move he has check- peace negotiations which finally integrity of Special Dispatch to The Call. WASHINGTON, Jan. 18.—It was offi- clally admitted to-day that Cecretary | Hay had sent a note to all of the pow- ers, except Russia and Japan, asking them if they still were in favor of pre- gerving Chinajs integrity and main- taining the opdn door. This inquiry, which Hay had had in mind for some time, was hastened by a hint from some source that is not divulged that ussie was- preparing to make an im- ;!:ortl.:t movvm ‘Without any definite information, he suspected that the Russian move would be a declaration involving charges of violation of neu- trality by China, which would be made an excuse for the invasion of China proper. The developments of the next few days proved the correctness of Hay’'s guess, and the results, which are here stated for the first time, show how cleverly he has headed off the Rus- s in their plan to complicate the sl lon. Great Britain. Germany and Italy have replied to Hay’s inquiry as to their intentions and have bound them- selves anew to preserve the integrity of China and the open door. The other powers have not been heard. :rom, but it is expected that their replies will be equally favorable. Whether they are or not, Hay believes that he now has sufficient influence behind him to pre- vent any extension of the war zone, on any condition. With the United States, England, Germany and Italy standing firmly for Chinese integrity and the open door, Hay considers it certain that Russia will not dare to invade China or succeed by any means In in- volving China in the struggle. GERMAN INTERESTS MENACED. This country would not fight to pre- serve either China or the open door, but England and Germany must, for thelr -interests in the Yangtse Valley and on the Shantung Peninsula would be menaced by any extension of the zone of actual hostilities. Russia must jgse that they would not be dis- turbed, but in the light of recent events Hay has no idea that the Russian promise. would be accepted by either or Germany. It is Hay's con- viction that the Kaiser's friendship for 'he Czar would be broken the moment an interests were ened, as they would be by any invasion. of China by Russia. also moyed by a desire to .mmn his hands in the final peace negotia- ‘{ ing pigtails.” powers to a new | the tions. It now will be impgssible, he believes, for any dlvision of China to follow the close of the war, whether Russia or Japan wins. Hay believes that Japan will win, and he does not wish to see the Japanese deprived of the fruits of their victory, as they were in their war with China, by joint ac- tiomw of the powers, which would give Russia a slice of China as balm for her wounds, each power at the same time taking another slice on general prin- ciples. E With England, Germany and. Italy| adhering to the principles which he has laild down, regardless of what the other powers may do, he believes that Rus- gia soon will be forced to opep negotia- tions to end the war. JAPAN’S COUNTER CHARGES. TOKIO, Jan. 18.—The following re- port has been received from Japanese Manchurian headquarters: “In the recent engagements it be- came evident that the Russians were being alded by many Chinese regulara. A Japanese detachment surrounded Russian cavalry and Chinese soldiers in the vicinity of- Sanchia, west of Newchwang, on January 14, and dis- persed them. The Russian casualties ‘were more than 300. The Japanese captured a quantity of arms. “Lieutenant General Mistchenko’s rajders were between - 5000 and 6000 strong. After they were defeated at Newchwang they retreated to the north, passing Laotuniulu. Japanese cavalry encountered the exhausted Russians in the neighborhood of Lao- hoshe on' Monday evening (January 16). They report that the Russians wore Chinese coats and caps, and that among them were many entirely clothed in Chinese costumes and wear- ST. PETERSBURG, ’Jnn. 18.—The Foreign Office expresses satisfaction at the action taken by Secretary Hay regarding the neecessity for China’'s ad- hering rigidly to neutrality. It is dis- tinctly asserted here that Russla does not desire to extend.the area of hostil- ities to China, unless forced to do so. Russia’s notification to the powers that she considers herself free to act in pro-. tection of her own interests, it is point- ed out officially, is in the nature of a formal warning of her position. As a matter of fact, a very pessi- mistic view is taken here of the situa- tion in China, regardless of the profes- slons of the Peking Government. Ac- cording to Russian official regorts, both Chinese Government ~and people are falling more and more under Jap- anese. especially since the fall of Port Arthur. wis WILL TEACH MONKEYS T0 PICK PRUNES San Jose Grower Plans @ Novel Experiment. SAN JOSE, Jan. 18.—The proposition to train monkeys to pick the prune crop has been advanced by Martin V. Sceley, an orchardist, who resides at 861 South Sixth street in this city. He | conceived the idea of training the ani- | mals to do such work while a resident of Central America. Seeley asserts tha: he has made arrangemenrs with | A. B. Janes of Acapulco, Panama, for 500 native, tamed monkeys, and that this shipment is now on its way to Cal- | ifornia. The securing of help to pick | the prunes off the ground has been a perplexing problem of orchardists be- cause of a scarcity of help. Seeley de- clares that he will have no trouble in training the animals to pick up the fruit, and will place muzzles on them to prevent them eating it. Orchardists in general doubt the practicability of Seeley’s plan. LEE FOO'S TOGGERY TAKES PORTLAND BY STORM. Appears on Streets Clad in Gaudy Clothing. i o PORTLAND, Ore.,, Jan. 18.—China- | town was all agog this afternoon at | the appearance of Lee Foo, a wealthy merchant in the orfental section. Clad in_the gaudiest of “Melican togs” and i with a shiny high hat, Lee was a sight to behold, and many were tHe subdued exclamations of . condemnation and ridicule from the older Asiati the: approving smiles of the ones ‘were marked. Foo's glad clothes set him back con- siderably, but he tried not to look /proud, and explained that they were ladom«} to celebrate the New Year's festivities. ~His trousers were of a gaudy check, with yellow silk stripes down the side. The waistcoat had Jo- | seph's coat taded to a last year's scare- | érow, while a much-braided ‘smoking- i Jacket completed the suit. Patent leath- er shoes covered Foo's feet. fingers he wore diamonds of many kar- ats; a huge gem glistened in his neck- tie, and a big, black cigar gave a high finish to his get-up. So as not to get into trouble with the Chinese priests, Foo's was neatly coiled about his head and covered with a wik of ¢ 'Melican bair.