The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, April 19, 1905, Page 7

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 19, 1905. i¢s- THIS OF FER EXPIRES MAY FIRST SEND ORDERS AT ONCE A GARDEN OF ROSES FREE! Send Us a New Six Months’ Subscription or Renew Your Subscri ption to . . THE CALL DESCRIPTION OF THE ROSE PLANT PREMIUM Six (6) Rose Plants Given FREE With a SIX MONTHS’ Subscription to THE DAILY SAN FRANCISCO CALL The CALL, with its usual enterprise and interest in its readers, arranged over a year ago with the largest growers of ROSES in the world to plant and grow es- ecially for The CALL readers, under our direct supervision, several hundred thousand ROSE plants (twenty different varieties) of the latest, most fragrant and beautiful ROSES to be obtained, and is now prepared to place these plants in the hands of its patrons, free of all cost and ready to plant in growing condition. Bride, white. Bridesmaid, pink. SISO 01D Catherine Mermet, 1 Mlle. C. Berthod, yellow. Maman Cochet, pink. Cornelia Cook, white. 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The varieties of ROSES included in this offer are the very latest and areunequaled forfragrance and beauty. @ When Ordering, Indicate the Six Roses Which You Prefer by Stating Their Numbers SEND YOUR ORDER AT ONCE, AS THIS OFFER EXPIRES MAY FIRST WILL NOT LET POSSOFUME GO e, the Ttalian who ar- n street shortly after i was arrested, was | de by Attorney Spinetti to have the n a writ of habeas cor- police believe that Posso- throw some light on the | rder if he dared, and have | tion of letting him go. | was taken into custody | suspicious circumstances. | morning of April § he went to treet house where Vilardo | hered, asking for Torturicl. | mediately placed under ar- nd when searched a murderous- Kir rk was found upon him. This nished the police the means | him. Captain ease: Burnett is | Possofume can give he identity of the gang | Vilardo atrocity. police have no trace At all hours of the day Chief Dinan receives reports and tele- grams from people who are confident t v have seen the fugitive. ¥ ne of these stories is run is received les over all the al- it as soon as erer. All trains eastward searched. Particular atten- d to freight trains. Tor- no money and the police that he might try to “beat” n who was arrested at Grid- | Monday is not Torturici. Chlef ived word from Detective | that the “suspect” is a half- tramp. p came to the police that a man ng Torturici had recently 1 Norris and Rowe Circus at Vallejo. All the employes of the show were lined up by the Vallejo po- | lice, but no one resembling the fugi- | tive was found. A German named Karl Muller recently arrived from New York, told Captain Burnett last ight that he had seen a man resem- g the accused murderer near Sac- ramento, Burnett takes no stock in the story. The furniture of the Torturici home 7361 Green street was taken to the all of Justice yesterday and stored in the basement. R THINKS HE IS TORTURICL Italian Who Attempted Suicide on Train Is Held. HAVRE, Mont., April 18.—The Italian who cut his throat and jumped off the Great Northern flyer at Cut Bank, Mont., on Saturday fis believed to be Torturici, the man wanted for the mur- der of Biaggio Vilardo in San Fran- cisco. His detention on this suspicion is caused by a countryman in business in this city. The suspect gave the name of Mike Rossa. | The authorities say that Rossa an- =wers the description of the man want- though they know no more about , than that. “Rossa” had a letter! alling for $2000°on a bank in Rome, | ITtaly, and some gold when recovered after his wild leap from the train. He = able to talk despite the desperate na- ture of his wounds, but maintains si-; ence since incarcerated in the jail here. He was first taken to Browning for gical treatment and a conductor ed the statement that he had a ticket for Rome, which the suspect says he lost in his leap off the train. He was brought to Havre gratis by the raflroad company for the purpose of | add SMEDBERG MAY BE PROMOTED Colonel W. R. Smedberg, who was chosen recorder of the Loyal Legion thirty-five years ago, when the Califor- nia commandery of the order was es- tablished, and who has been re-elected | to that important position at every an- nual election since, is slated for promo- tion. He will be elected commander at the meeting next month, and theré is gossip that the event will be celebrated | by a large throng of the companions. After serving a year at the head of the “ order in this State Colonel Smedberg may be called on to resume his duties as keeper of the records. There is an active sentiment in Loyal Legion circles in favor of recognizing the services which Colonel Smedberg has rendered to the order. Nothing can to his military renown, as he served at the front in the greatestcam- | paigns of the Civil War and was pro- moted for bravery There are indications that the depart- ment encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic at Marysville next month will be largely attended. The propressive citizens of Yuba County are making extensive preparations to welcome and entertain the veterans. Signs point to quite a contest for Grand Army leadership. At Marysville there may be some agitation in favor of in- dorsing a Californian for national com- mander in chief. Hitherto comrades of the Pacific Coast have not been able | to agree on a candldate for the highest office in the Grand Army. BRIEF CITY NEWS. HAMLET £IRCLE REPRESEN’ BL Alameda, April 18 —Miss Ire; Lt Ay elected & delegate to represent Hamlet Clrcle, Companions of the Forest, at the Grand Circla the order to convene in Woodland on June Miss Marian Mentel has been chosen alternate. WILL OBSERVE HOLY THURSDAY.— Alameda. April 18.—A golemn high mass will be celebrated Thursday morning at 9 o'clock at St. Joseph's Church, at which seventy pupils of Notre Dame Academy will sing Henrl Dumont’s royal mass. There will be & procession of the most blessed sacrament. SMALL FIRE CONTROLLED.—Oakland, April 18.—Fire broke out to-night in the base- ment of the Cottage restaurant, 475 Tenth | street, which for & time threatened to destroy the buflding, but by hard work it was con- trolled before much damage was done. The building was occupled by the restaurant owned by Mrs. P. J. Martina and by the Beckel & Presher Barbers’ Supply Company. COMMITTEEMAN BROWN RESIGNS.— Alameda, April 18.—Brainard C. Brown, who was recently elected a member of the Board of Education, has filed his resignation as a member of the executive committee of the City Republican Club, giving as his reason that he believes a School Director should not take part in politics after assuming his posi- tion. WEDDED AT MIDNIGHT.—Alameda, April 18.—August Grozos and Miss Anna G. Bergez, both natives of France, were married by City Justice R. B. Tappan in his private office last night at 12 o'clock. The groom had neglected to get a marriage license, thinking that the magistrate would furnish tbat n jocu- ment, and the ceremony, which was originally scheduled for 8 o'clock, was delayed four hours until the license could be procured. OAKLAND PRESBYTERY MEETS.—Oak- Jand, April 18.—The Oakland Presbytery, which opened last night at the Centennial Presby- | terian Church in Bast Oakland, was continued to-day. The Rev. Eugene H. Avery was elect- ed moderator and the Rev. James B. Stone clerk. Among_the speakers at the sessions to. day were the Rev. B. E. Baker, the Rev. Ar- thur Hicks and the Rev. Willlam Kirk Guthrie of Ban Francisco. The theme of the discussion was young people’s —_— looking up the source of this ticket, but was at once arrested upon his arrival. Louis Bay, a tobacgonist, is acting as interpreter for the aid of the authori- ties, : on a battlefield | | where he sustained the loss of a leg. Rose has been | RESULL SULTS | ~ LOCAL DNIoN | The decision handed down by the | Amalgamated Society of Carpenters and Joiners of America refusing to| affiliate with the English Union has been well received by the local car- penters’ union. The San Francisco | members did not take kindly to the plan, and therefore the doings of the amalgamated body at Indianapolis have been watched with much interest. When the news of the defeat of the project was received the local carpen- ters were jubilant. While there are no differences exist- ing between the countries so far as union rules are concerned, there is a difference in the financial status. The | English organization has embodied beneficial, death, sickness and lost tools clauses. These bring the monthly dues up to almost twice those in America. The union of carpenters | across the . ocean consists of four | | classes subject to all the rules and | | beneficlal clauses, while the American | | union has only the union laws and each | separate union fixes its own local | benefits for sickness and members in- | jured while at wotk. | To consolidate these two great bod- | les Into one organization has been un- | der consideration for a number of | years. Time and again the matter was | up for discussion before national con- | ventions on both sides of the Atlantic, | until_eventually it was referred to a | board of arbitration, with Strossel, | president of the Cigarmakers’ Union of America, as chairman. The final ac- tion was decided by the delegates as- sembled in Indianapolis by more than a two-third vote rejecting the amal- gamating of the two bodies. This action and its bearing on both countries are what occupied the minds of the members who have given the matter thought for a number of years. The 7000 American members who are affillated with their English brethren were hopeful of better results, as it would be of immense benefit to them to have the thousands of American members join them., But their hopes are dashed to the ground by the vote announced. The Butchers’ National Union, taking it for granted that the New York law on hours of labor was constitutional, before being declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court in Washington, adopted the following as one of the rules of the union: A law regulating the employment and hours of labor of children and minors under cer- tain ages has been recelved at headquarters and was read at the last regular meeting. This law was approved on February 20, 1905, and is now in force. Section 1 reads, that no minor under the age of 18 shall work more than nine hours per day or fifty-four hours per week. Section 2 reads, that no minor un- der the age of 16 shall work between the hours of 10 p. m. and 6 & m. No child under 14 years of age shall be employed unless he has a permit from a Superior Judge, stating that the child is over 12 years of age | | and that the parents of such child are in- capacitated for labor th fliness. No minors under 16 shall be permitted to work, uniess they can and write English or are regular attendants of some night school. Violations cof the above law In any estab- lishment connected with the meat industry should be reported at headquarters at once. The strength of the Bricklayers’ In- ternational Union, as shown by late returns, gives new locals added during the past year, making the total num- ber of 875 locally affiliated with the parent organization. e total mem- bership is set down at 83,000, with a | fund in the treasury of $750,000, which is said to be more than that of any other international organization. ——————— April 18.—J. q N, C. Floyd, who was stabbed In the neck last night by a Mexicun named Juan Dias, dled early this ‘morning at the Recelving Hospital. ~ ROBBERS SLASH (LERKS THROAT Clyde Sanders, a clerk residing at 217 Ninth street, Oakland, reported a vici- ous and daring hold-up to the police at the Harbor Station late last night. An assault for the purpose of robbery was made upon him by two men, and when he offered resistance a knife was drawn across his throat and he was beaten on the head. When Sanders fell insensible to the sidewalk the thieves continued their work and took $130 and a gold watch and chain .rom his pockets. As soon as the injured man recovered he hastened to the station and was later treated at the Harbor Hospital for his injuries. Sanders says he was walking down Sacramento street in the direction of the ferry building for the purpose of going to his home, when two men step- ped from the doorway of a building near Front street and demanded that he pass over whatever money and valuables he had in his possession. Sanders stopped and, seeing that both | of the highwaymen were apparently unarmed, concluded to battle for his property. Instead of permitting the men to search him he stepped to the robber who was closest to him and the two grappled. Sanders proved more than a match for his single adversary and when the latter was about over- come he shouted to his companion to cut the clerk’s throat. With an oath the other highwayman who, until this time had permitted his pal ‘to fight the battle single handed, stepped up to Sanders and drew a knife across his throat. Not content with wielding the blade the robber then walked behind his bleeding victim and dealt him a severe blow on the head with some blunt instrument. Sanders. stunned and exhausted. dropped to the sidewalk and the robbers looted his clothes. It required some time for Sanders to recover. No one was in sight and he lay in a pool of blood feebly crying for help. When he was able to regain his feet he continued his way down Sacra- mento street and spme stranger di- rected him to the police statjon, where it was found he had a deep gash in the throat extending almost from ear to ear and a severe abrasion of the scalp. After telling the police his story the man was hurried to the Har- bor Hospital and when the wounds were dressed he was taken to Oakland by a friend. Detectives got a description of the men, who were not masked, and a watch was kept on the commercial section during the night.! —_—— ACCUSED DEFAULTER WILL BE TRIED IN FRANKFORT George Miller, Who Is Charged With Stealing $5000, Will Be Taken East To-Day. George Miller, who is wanted in Frankfort, Ind., for.embezzling $5000 from the firm of W. M. Shafor & Co., will leave for Frankfort to-day in cus- tody of Sheriff Corns, who was sent to this city to bring the prisoner back there for trial. Miller was a trusted salesman in the employ of the grocery house. Sev- eral. months ago it was found that Miller was short in his accounts. He suddenly disappeared and nothing was heard of him until a week ago, when Detective Harry Braig while on Mont- gomery street recognized Miller from a photograph he had seen and placed him under Miller's accounts were found to be short $5000, and it is expeoted that these. Tm will be largely increased when the investigation is completed. | ’ates him.” And, drat it, one cannot find | PLAY UNWORTHY OF MISS ANGLIN “Dukes at three a penny,” not to speak of possible Prime Ministers, are handsomely scattered over the cast of “The Crossways,” playing at the Cali- fornia this week. “The Crossways,” or “The Cookmaid's Delight"—one takes the liberty of substituting—is a play to ravish the back stairs. It should de- light them almost as deeply as the im- mortal Laura Jean’s works. The way her Grace tears round in sables and spangles, in point d’Alencon wrappers— oh, peignoirs, to be sure!—and in silver opera cloaks that make Lohengrin fade away is simply grand. Of course, her Grace has a lover and a French maid, and a husband who is | mean enough to object to her going to the opera alone with her lover. He is a curious person, the husband. At one moment he tells the bejeweled lady that he would rather have taken a gut- ter maid to the ducal throne than the said bejeweled lady. The next moment he is imploring her to forgive If not to forget, love. To the casual observer it would seem that the forgiving stunt should have been done by the dook. Still, we have the French maid's testi- mony for it that he is *“’orrid, and she either that the duchess has a Past. She has evidently a very present temper and a real high-toned attack of nerves in the second act. Personally, I feel for the dook. The conspirators — collaborators — in the case are J. Hartley Manners and Mrs. Langtry, who acted in the play when it was first produced in New York. Now, Mrs. Langtry should know something about dukes and such. We all ‘know that she was banished from their august society for wasting ice- cream upon the Prince of Wales’ royal spine. Perhaps they do act like Noel, Duke of Keensbury, Lord Scarlett and Sir Charles Croffte. If so, no wonder the Peerage—who is it calls it the “‘Beerage?"—is destined to destruction. For, seriously enough Mr. Manners' puppets crumble at a touch. They are beautifully unreal, glitteringly uncon- vincings Take the lover, Sir Charles Croffte. He is a politiclan who has given up the hope of a premiership for the sake of her Grace. As Peter Rob- ertson asks, Why? There has been no scandal, no cause for scandal. But the piece bristles with “whys?’ Things are done without reason, in absolute lunaccord with what one has previously been told of them, by all of the charac- ters. Naturally the situations, strong in themselves in places, fail of any effect. Miss Anglin as her Grace does all that could be expected. But even Miss Anglin cannot make bricks without straw. Her Duchess of Keensbury is gowned most convineingly, and she is as hoity-toity with the Duke, ae high- minded with the lover—who steals her pearls, and all the rest of the things the score calls for. But Miss Anglin is too intelligent to play such a vart without an atmosphere of re- sentment exhaling from the work. One wonders, indeed, at her presenta- tion of such a play. Frank Worthing as the gentleman who steals th pearls, tries to steal the lady, and then lectures the Duke on. the sinfulness of jealousy, failed honorably. So, too, Edwin Emery as the changeable Duke. Mrs. Whiffen added to the glad unreality of the thing with her usual aplomb as Lady Croffite; Miss Blanche Stoddard was lucky in a one-minute part, in which she didn’t have to turn ethical somer- saults, and Miss Cartwright's French maid a really clever bit. Mr. Manners himself was Lord Scarlett, with herculean self-sacrifice on tap, and did as well as could be expected. One thing. the doors shut with a real bang, in rooms as solidly hand- some as even Henry Miller provided for his settings, but there is little else real about “The Crossways.” BLANCHE PARTINGTON. ————————— POLICE ARE NOTIFIED OF THREE BURGLARIES Thief Who Has Been Visiting Apart- ment Houses in the Western Ad- dition Heard From Again. Miss C. McCarthy reported to the police yesterday that her room in the Hotel McAllister, at McAllister street and Van Ness avenue, had been en- tered between noon and 6 p. m. Mon- day by means of a skeleton key. The drawers of the bureau had been ran- sacked and jewelry to the value of $130 stolen. The police say that they believe the thief to be fhe same per- son who has been breaking into dif- ferent apartment houses recently in that district. Mrs. R. Golding, 2786 Bryant street, reported that her house had been en- tered on Monday afternoon. The only thing missing was a lady’s gold watch. An attempt had been made to break off the lock of a trunk in her bedroom, and it is supposed that the burglar was frightened away before accomplishing his purpose. Entrance had been effected through a window in the rear, which the burglar left open. Frank Sylvestrie, shoemaker, 325 Mason street, reported that his shop had been entered through the tran= som about 7 o'clock yesterday morn- ing and two pairs of shoes stolen. The thief had left one of his old shoes, and Sylvestrie recognized it as one he had repaired about two weeks ago for a young man who had been em- ployed in an express office near his shop. WELL-KNOWN CALIFORNIAN DIES AT NICE From over the seas comes the sad news of the passing of Mrs. Helen S. ‘Woolworth of this city. Her death in Nice on March 30 plungead the American colony of Paris in gloom, where with sorrowing hearts they are keeping vigil with the bereaved daugh- ter. Much as will the mother and friend be missed by her loved ones, as sorely will she be mourned by the American girl students of Paris, to whom she was long a counselor, guide and benefactor. No one knew better than she the temptations, the sorrows and biting de~ privations of many of her compatriots whom.ambition had lured to an alien land. To these she stood as a mother, friend and sister, and bitterly will she be mourned by them In their hour of stress. It is told of her that she heid a. deep appreciation of the hardships of poor students to clothe themselves decently, and made it a practice to provide bun- dles of clothing regularly for such as stood In need. And it is said that even while traveling over the Continent these bundles of clothes for the “girls™ were regularly received. It is not, however, by the material aid she gave the struggling artists that they choose tq remember her, but by the tender, loving, encouraging words she held for each “when the burdens grew heavy and the way long.” Of such is the kingdom of God here below! But who will minister to the students now, so far from home and friends? m ADVERTISEMENTS. R Both Time,; and Money j You will save both time and money if you make your trip East over the direct route. UNION—SOUTHERN PACIFIC Overland Limited reaches Chicago in less than three days. Inquire of S. F. Booth. General Agent Union FPacific, 1 Montgomery st., or any Southern Pacific agent.