The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, April 8, 1905, Page 5

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, B300KS THROW LIGHT ON SWINDLE jlish WESTERN oRIGIN <o o MICH LIVING ADELPHIA, April 7.—Examin- £ the books and papers of the | t I n Company, in| h f a receiver, 1g &h report of F. K. L iverpool branch the nglish com checks drawn by mpany to its own onverted into cash at cks, it is iuals who invested the books show, banks by General Checks were also ounts from a Beck, ident substantiate the Sophia Beck, when she dis- th her a large sum intrusted to the vent wh yed conspicuous its a is b d " the po- had a ho by she rched for wn that nds of the con- f $ a week from the t was doing business. She jotous life when away from and soon earned for herself e of “the woman with money to had a strong hold on the the Storey company and com- wisted them about her fingers at her After several matrimonial ven- | s that did not turn out to suit her, ard Graham, the son of a highly cted widow of Jenkintown, fell as xt prey. Graham had been driv- ng a wag for his brother, who was n the feed business. After a short ourtship in which she played the lead- NOW IS YOUR CHANCE TO BRING YOUR FRIENDS OR RELATIVES FROM EUROPE Threugh Rates to California From: QUEENSTOWN $71.25 LIVERPOOL.... 71.25 LONDON. ............ 74.25 GLASGOW . .......... 74.25 DUBLIN .>. ......... 74.25 COPENHAGEN 75.00 so developed the | paid to the | $1000 | In- | “Miss ; part | she fled, drew a Investors Among {/ict‘ims of Storey Cotton Cor’npany' THAN DWORCE r WOMAN WHO W TIC EY ol AND PROMOTERS IN THE GIGAN- L FORMER WIFE OF AN RN. BANKER DIES BT DROWNING , Mass., April 7.—Shortly after | the beginning of the autopsy on the body of David K. Phillips, the wealthy banker of Swampscott, which was ind on the beach there yesterday »rd was received that Phillips’ wai coat, containing his watch, had been found on the beach near where t body was discovered. These articles | were missing last night, and this fact led the family of Phillips to ask for | an autopsy, foull play being suspected. | | After the autopsy to-day the med- | lk‘al examiner announced that the | banker came to his death by drown- | ing, and that there was no indications | of foul play. The drowning must have | been accidental, he added, although | the circumstances would indicate that the drowning was deliberate suicide. E= - ing role she married him and at once commenced to teach him so that he might be her assistant in conducting the gigantic swindle. He proved a ready scholar and when the crash came that exposed the crookedness of the company he disappeared with her. Mrs. W. H. Latimer, first wife of “Handsome Harry” Latimer, manager of the Provident Investment Bureau, an allied fraud of the Storey Cotton swindle, has no love left for the man who deserted her thirteen years ago. | She is at present living at Wilkesbarre | and says that she hopes he will get | the punishment he deserves. | + SENATOR BURTON SOON | TO HAVE NEW TRIAL| Accused Eansan Pays Visit to St Louis, but Refuses to Talk. BT. LOUIS, April 7.—United States Senator Burton of Kansas arrived | here to-day, but declined to discuss | JORY ACQUITS BANK OFFICER | DENVER, April 7.—By order of Dis- | trict Judge Johnson the jury in the case | of E. M. Johnson, former president of | the defunct Fidelity Savings Associa- tion, charged with embezzlement, to- day returned a verdict of not guilty. While lamenting the fact that thou- sands of poor persons had been made penniless by the Fidelity failure, Judge | Johnson said the worst that had been | proved was mismanagement, which | was not on trial. District Attorney George Stidger sald that he would now prosecute the in- dictments of Johnson which charge vio- lations of the Colorado banking law. — [RAFFIC (LD GIVES BANQUET PITTSBURG, Pa., April 7.—For the first time in the history of the Traffic League the three aspects of raflroad traffic were represented to-night in Pittsburg, the greatest tonnage orig- inating point in the world. The oc- casion was the third annual banquet of the Traffic Club of Pittsburg at the Hotel Schenly. Samuel Spencer, presi- dent of the Southern Rallway, spoke for the railroads; Willls L. King, vice president of the Jones & Laughlin Company, Pittsburg, presented the in- terests of the manufacturers, and Judge Peter 8. Grosscup of the United States Circuit Court, Chicago, upheld the rigats of the people. There were 475 railroad traffic officers and Pittsburg manufacturers around the board. The verdict of those pres- ent was that the discussions were more TERROR SFREAD BY WILD MAN LAWTON, O. T, April man, of hideous appearance, with ragged garments, emaciated features and lacerated body, has for the past two weeks been terrorizing the citi- zens of the southern and southwestern portions of the Chickasaw nation, In- dian Territory. On several occasions he has assaulted, women and children and injured men who sought to capture him. He invariably makes his escape and shortly turns up in some other section of the country and renews his operations. Two deputy United States Marshals and a posse of citizens recently came in touch with him in a heavy thicket, but he made good his escape. All sub- sequent efforts to capture him have been futile. No one knows his name or where he comes from. ey PRODUCE GAS AT SMALL C05T NEW YORK, April 7.—Figures giv- ing the actual cost of producing illlu-~ minating gas and electric lighting cur- rent were brought out to-day during the examination of officers of gas and electric companies by the committee of the Legislature which is Investigating lighting conditions in New York City. It was testified by President George ‘W. Doane of the New Amsterdam Com- pany that his concern produced gas at an actual cost of 32.5 cents a thousand cubic feet, selling one-half of the plant’s production to the Consolidated Gas Company at 32.88 cents and dis- tributing the rest to consumers at $1 per 1000 feet. According to Vice President John W. Lieb Jr. of the Edison Company the average actual cost of {lluminating cur- rent for the last four years was 4.50 cents a kilowatt hour, the net returns from customers being 9.017 cents, the 7—A wild net profit for last year being $2,293,838. ! Lieb testified that the net profit of making electricity per kilowatt hour is 1.716 cents. He sald the company had paid interest for all the five years of its existence on $40,000,000 of its bonds, and gave the net income of the company for the last five years as follows: 1900, $334,606; 1901, $624,127; 1902, $946,967; 1903, $1,552,533; 1904, $2,293,838. Auditor Henry M. Edwards of the Edison Company APRIL 8 1905. DEATH RATHER !Joseph Homolka, Former San | Francjscan, Takes His Life Because of Domestic Woe SEQUEL TO ELOPEMENT His Child Bride Soon Tires of Him and the Separa- tion Proves Unendurable bt Special Dispaich to The Call ST. LOUIS, April 7.—Love for his girl wife and the fear that she would leave him caused Joseph Homolka to commit suicide by asphyxiation to- day at his father-in-law's home. The tragedy followed a partial reconcilia- tion between husband and wife. He agreed to allow her to get a divorce, as she had refused to live with Mim again. The Homolkas were married in Buf- | falo, N. Y., whither they eloped dur- ing the Pan-American Exposition, | when Mrs. Homolka, who was then Freda Lang, was a girl of 15. They ! went to California on a honeymoon, and later Homolka engaged in the sa- | loon business in San Francisco. The' young bride soon became dissatisfled and left her hushand. He gave up his new enterprise and followed her over ®he country, trying to induce her to come back. Five months ago she dis- appeared and nothing was heard of her until two months afterward, when it tives in Germany. | A month later her father met her in New York City and brought her back to St. Louis. He says he knew she was dissatisfied, and he was trying to establish Homolka in business in San Francisco with a view to affecting a reconciliation. DUNNE SPEAKS AT NEW TORK NEW YORK, April 7.—Fresh from his triumph in the recent municipal election, Edward E. Dunne, Mayor- elect of Chicago, to-night addressed a | latge meeting in Cooper Union under | the auspices of the Municipal Owner- | ship League of New York City. He told how he expected to carry out his pledges made in his recent campaign in Chicago to attain municipal ownership, | of the benefits, as he conceived them, of city control of public utilities and] congratulated the local league on being pioneers in the movement in New \ York. { In concluding his speech Judge ! | Dunne said: “The movement in favor of municipal ownership of all public utilities has taken deep root among the intelligent people of this country. It is no passing sentiment. It is here to stay. Munici- | pal ownership and operation of these | utilities and governmental ownership | of railways, telegraphs and express transportation is a practical question | upon which the people must pass with- | in a very short time, and the politicians | and parties who ignore this sentiment | must be prepared for a short lived ca- | reer before the people.” —_— HAWALLTO HAVE TRUST INQUIRY HONOLULU, April 1.—Private ad- vices from Washington are to the effect that the Attorney General of the United States has concluded to take a hand in the affairs of Hawall and that the Fed- eral Grand Jury, which will meet on April 10, will be asked to consider some matters that have been more or less | well known to island people for some i little time past. In short, it is said that the Attorney General of the United States has lately exhibited some anxiety to know wheth- er or not there is a lumber trust, a meat trust and a steamship trust in Hawall, and whether certain combina- tions that are commonly reported to have been entered into by firms and | corporations here can be properly classed as “combinations in restraint of trade” under the provisions of the Sherman law. v S POLITICAL ECONOMISTS MEET IN ANNUAL SESSION General Theme Under Discussion Is ' “The United States as a 3 ‘World Power.,” was learned that she was with rela- | ¥ Our New April The rapid growth Store on 15th of our business has no parallel in the history of merchandising in the Western States. Ina very few years we have grown to be the largest store of our kind west of Chicago. We have seven departments devoted to men’s and boys’ outfittings, but these are inadequate tc handle our fast-growing business. We require a second store, which will be opened April 15th in the James Flood Building, at the corner of Powell and Ellis streets. Then with fourteen depart- ments we hope to handle all the goods necessary to satisfy our numerous patrons. Do you know why we have grown? Do you know that there is a reason behind all this expan- sion? Yes, and the strongest kind of a reason: We sell direct to the public and positively save them at least twenty-five per cent. Stepping into our store is just like entering a manufacturing establishment and buying at whole- sale. It is this climination of middlemen’s profits that has started the tide of public favor in our direction. And, by the way, our new store will be the swellest store on the Pacific Coast. San Francisco may well be proud of such a store when we open the doors April 15th. SNWO0OD (0. Manufacturers Wholesalers and Retailers of Clothing 740 Market, Street. and Corner Powell and Ellis SPINAL MENINGITIS REAPS DAILY HARVEST OF DEATH Seventeen Who Succumbed Thursday Make Total of Eighty-One for the Week. NEW YORK, April 7.—Seventeen deaths from cerebral spinal meningi- tis were reported during Thursday in Greater New York, making a total for the week thus far of eighty-two. An | average of twenty-five new cases have | been reported daily. A new treatment is being tried at Bellevne Hospital. It consists of drawing off the fluid from the spinal canal. This is being done every other day and greatly relieves the patient. —_————— TROQUOIS CLUB MEETS.—The Iroquois Ciub held its reguiar meeting last night at headquarters. 121 Eddy street. The eommit- tee on organization made its report and adopted several resolutions regarding the plans of the club. TRIAL OF JOHANN | TO BEGIN HOCH XT TUESDAY | Reputed “Bluebeard” Will Have to | Answer to Charge of Murdering l One of His Many Wives. CHICAGO, April Next Tuesday Johann Hoch, reputed bigamist and | “Bluebearl.” is to be placed on trial | for the murder of Mrs. Mary Walck- | er-Hoch, one of his many wives. The | proceedings were expected to have be- gun to-day before Judge Kersten on a new indictment, but the Judge was unable to take the matter up. ————e—e = Encounters Terrible Weather, | HONOLULU, April 1.—Vessels ar- ’r‘vlng here report trying experiences in the storm of March 12. The ship Marion Chilcott, the bark Gerard C. Tobey and the barkentine Archer have all arrived here with reports of hav- ing encountered terrible weather. AD Removal Notice. The Singer Store, located for many years at 22 Post Street, has been removed to No. 210 STOCKTON STREET, where our patrons will receive careful attention. By this sign you may know and will find Singer Stores Everywhere These machines are now sold atlcwer prices, quality considersd, than any other. Reedles and Repairs for All Makes of Sewing Machines SEWING MACHINES RFNTED AND EXCHANGED Singer Sewing Machine Coxppan_g PHILADELPHIA, April T.—Many T H .E men prominent in the fleld of social testified that the company had a cash| balance on December 31, 1904, of $881,- 800, but that all, or the greater part of | exhaustive and comprehensive than at any previous meeting. When the speaking began Willis L. | the purpose of his visit or the report | | that he had come to see District At- MALMO 75.00 GOTHENBURG . . 76.00 Proportionate low rates from all other points the Old Reliable Cunard ine. fest and Quickest across the Atlantic. These rates Line only for lmited time. Purchase tickets at once. If you can't czll, send the money and we will furnish you with the tickets. §. ¥. BOOTH, Gén. Agt. U. P. B. B. Co. “unard S. 8. Co,, No. 1 Montgomery St. San Francisco, California. ER S = visit DR, JORDAN’S érear %IIISEI!I OF ANATOMY 1011 T, bet. 7th 5.0l b4 ‘FLJO.»A!‘W-.I‘lH“flflL.&fi. -4 1 EARKET ST. bet. 6thé — AGHE. T ERS) CURE SICK. HEAD The Largest Aoatomical Musenm in the TTLE Genuine Must Bear IVER a! PILLS, l World. Weaknesses of Sny eontracied Fac-Simile Signature Pr it | torney Dyer relative to his new trial, | which comes up in the May term of | the United States District Court. | The Supreme Court of the United | States reversed and remanded the | case of Senator Burton, in which he | was found guilty of having received fees from the Rialto Grain and Se- | curities Company of St. Louis for weork with the Postoffice Department ; on behalf of the company. $ COUNTY GOVERNMENT ACT Measure as Finally Amended Takes Away Considerable Power From the Territorial Officers. | HONOLULU, April 1.—The Terri- | torial Senate yesterday passed the | county government act on third read- | ing with a number of amendments, in | which it is belleved that the House will | concur. The bill provides for the | establishment of a system of county | government throughout the islands |and takes away considerable power Efrum the Territorial Government. It i contains provision for an election to be [ held next June to choose county of- “ ficials. ! ——— | April 7. e Merchants' and i HAWAIIAN SENATE PASSES ] | | | Exchange National banks have been consolidated as the Mechanies' American National Bank, capital, ' §2,000,000; surplus, .500,000: total deposits, $25,000,000- King, vice president of the Jones & Laughlin Steel Company, spoke for Pittsburg and her manufacturers, de- tailing the enormous shipments by rail He was followed by Judge Grosscup. President Spencer followed Judge Grosscup. ———— OFFER OF FREE BONDS ATTRACTS THE FARMERS Proprietor of Mining Company Ac- cused of Fleecing Agriculturists of the Northwest, BUTTE, Mont, April 7.—Federal officers are looking for Henry A. Ever- ett, proorietor of the Imperial Globe Mining and Leasing Company. The company 18 alleged to have secured a total of about $35,000 from nearly 400 persons, principally farmers of Missouri, North Dakota, South Da- kota, nsas, Minnesota and Nebras- ka. The special inducement held out to investors is said to have been a promise that they would receive sev- eral thousand dollars’ worth of Gov- ernment bonds free, ' ‘Wedding Invitations And all that is exclusive and best in so- cial engraving for weddings, receptions and visiti cards. Cm-re.l?ndenee pa- pers in exclusive brands. ices always reasonable. Sanborn, Vail & Co. 741 Market street. - it, had gone back into the plant. The total recelpts of the company for last year, he said, were $5,744,207, —_——— HAWAITAN LEGISLATURE OVERRIDES THE GOVERNOR Passes Over His Veto the New Sunday Law, Which Removes Many Restrictions. 3 HONOLULU, April 1.—The Legisla- ture has passed the new Sunday law over the Governor’s veto. There were seven votes to sustain the veto in the House and three in the Senate. The new law removes some of the strict features of the law which has been in eftect. It wijl allow Sunday baseball and other similar amusements, which have been prohibited, and stores may remain open for the sale of some articles, —————— Coasting Schooner Wrecked. TIVERTON, R. L, April 7.—The lit- tle coasting schooner George and Albert was wrecked on Cormorant Rocks, off Sachusett Point, at the en- trance to the Seaconnet River. to-day and will be a total loss. The crew escaped. —_— !I:l:fl- Fish and Game Show. Lal Day to-morrow. Special “.!3.. sion Mc.l.y and political economy are attending | the ninth annual meeting of the Amer- | lcan Academy of Political and Social | Bcience, which began to-day. The general theme under discussion is “The United States as a World Power.” The various aspects of this main ques- | tion were taken up to-day and will be | further discussed to-morrow. The an- nual address was made to-night by Seth Low, formerly Mayor of New York, who took for his subject “The Position of the United States Among the Nations.” The president’s address, by Professor Leo S. Rowe of the Uni- versity of Pennsylvania, was also de- 1 livered to-night. At the afternoon gession the subject under discussion was “The Position of the United States on the American Continent.”” Those who spoke on this phase of the general theme under dis- cussion were Francis B. Loomis, First’ Assistant Secretary of State; Julio Lar- rin: Porto Rican Commissioner at Was| ; Professor E. R..Johnson of the University of Pennsylvahia, Professor Lindley Miller-Keasbey of Bryn Mawr College and Talcott Wil- liams and Henry J. Hancock of Phila- | delphia. 3 ve rla n a luxurious through train EVERY DAY IN THE YEAR, less than three days en route San Francisco to Chicago, over the double-track railway between the Missouri River and Chicago. Electric lighted through- out. Three trains daily via the - GHIGA UNION PAGIFIC AND -WESTERN LINE. Direct connections for St. Paul and Minneapolis. Fast time. The Best of Everything. For tickets, sleeping car reservations and full informa- lil::’w to nearest ticket agent, or EE A n-.n-:mmmuu. &