The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, April 22, 1905, Page 1

- to westerly. “'GALL PRINTS Forecast made at San Francisco for thirty hours ending midnight, April 22: San Francisco and \'h:lnl!s'—('loudIJ Saturday; light south winds. changing | A G. McADIE, | District Forecaster. MORE NEWS THAN ANY OTHER PAPER P S ET S B R e A THE THEATERS. ALCAZAR—"The Man From M: CALIFORNIA—"The Crossways. COLUMBIA—"Red Feather.” CHUTES—Vaudeville. | ORPHEUM—Vaudeville, 1 TIVOLI—Comic Opera. l Matinees at all thes -~ SAN FRANCISCO, SATURDAY, APRIL 22, 1905. PRICE FIVE CENTS. -L—R drawn into the complications-in the Far East. | last August, has been ordered disarmed by the French Government. ojestvensky has sailed with his fleet from Kamranh Bay for Vladivostok. Moves Promptly to Escape Being Embroiled. i Gives Orders tol Disarm Russian | Cruiser. JESIRE 10 RESIG) MinisterDelcasse May| Japan Is Incensed; th the FreflCh by Kamranh Bay Incident. e s ST. PETERSBURG, April 22, 2:40 & m.—Reports are current here that the Russian second Pacific squadron has already left Kamranh Bay and is or way to Viadivostok, but the the Government will proceed with acton on &q the Js adron panese protest as if the had not continued its voy- A service was held in the Church yesterday to offer s for the safety of the squad- its successful arrival at Viad- The service was attended by imiral Grand Duke Alexis, Ad- pectal Avellan, chief of the Admiralty; prominent naval officers and a ! ich anxiety rnment quarters. e heels of the over Indo-Chinese sent to Gov- etersburg by the dmiral the It was Minister holas in order &ssure respect. T most significant devel- o} ym the energetic measures & as the receipt of a dispatch t n g that imperative or- ¢ ven for the disarma- an cruiser Diana, ge in the harbor of s ago for the pur- n portion of ry must now be French naval au- ate in the Cham- e question of neu- d owing to the ient. The only ref- ct was the inquiry #pd the brief reply ho said: agents in Indo- e absolute peutrality hinese waters.” Foreign Office no represen- | ad been presented | erning neutrality. I “ipated that will the British Em- icis Bertie, has given and will return 2_conference Lansdowne, s view. How- ons existing be- | t Britain would representations from serious sig- | ng like an energexlc] at Britain at this | y wound France, who Anglo-French entente as | to Germany’s menaces | —_— ORDERS DISARMAMENT. French Government Proceeds Against the Russian Cruiser Diana. IGON, French Cochin China, April | s have been given for the | of the Russian cruiser | ch took refuge under one | e coast forts in August, 1904. She | dergone important repairs to | 1 portions of her marhlnery,] ow will be handed over to the h authorities here. { atches under date of September | 904, stated that the French Min. | Tokio had informed the Jap- | -se Government -that the Russian | er Diana, which sought refuge at | Saigon on August 10, would disarm. It appears from the foregoing dispatch from Saigon that the disarmament of . Colleagnes Request Him to Reconsider His De- termination. Declare That Interests of Country at This Time Requirs That He Retain His Pertfolio. PARIS, April 21.—After a notable ser- Vice of nearly eight years in the divis- of foreign affairs, Theophile Del- of the re and in- announcement s des came as a surprise and shock to M. Delcasse’s colleagues of the Cabinet, who immediately took steps to en- deavor to secure a reconsideration of his determination. A Cabinet council was held this evening at which M. Rouvier, casse, laid the ters. situation before the It was the unanimous de- of the counecil that the of the country at this time that M. Delecasse retain the of foreign affairs. Accord- the conclusion of the council, T proceed: the Quai where he held an extended erence with the Minister of For- president of the cing the wishes dent Loubet and the Ministers, earn- besought M. Delcasse to retain ace in the Cabinet. It is evident that M. Rouvier's earn- al caused M. his determination. he Council came from the he stated to his colleagues ore a favorable impression ts sults. M. Delcasse, he said, given no final answer, but had promised to reserve his determination until to-morrow, when a final answer will be given. It is believed that M. yield to the insistence of President Loubet and the President of the Coun- cil The motives leading up to casse’s sudden determination from the Cabinet are primar uted to internal controversies over the Morocc: question; and this to some extent Mas been accentuated by simi- lar controversies over French neutral- ity in the Far East. The opposition has been quick to seize upon both questions, and, headed by Socialists and Nationalists, have directed their criticisms against M. Delcasse. The Soclalist criticisms have been particu- larly vehement during recent days on the Moroccan question and this ap- pears to have already decided M. Del- casse to surrender the question into other hands. It is feit that his retire- ment now would be hailed in Germany as a German triumph, and this is one of the main considerations leading M. ination interests required portfolio M. Del- to retire v attrib- | Rouvier to earnestly appeai to M. Del- casse to remain in the foreign office. The news of M. Delcasse’s inten- tions made & profound impression in the Chamber of Deputies, where it was first received with incredulity. Later, however, when M. Deloncle, (R.) ques- tioned the government on the neutral- ity question and M. Rouvier replied in- stead of M. Delcasse, it was realized that the report had solid foundation. Several Deputles stated that M. Del- casse had sent a letter of resignation to the President of the Council and that M. Rouvier had declined to ac- cept it, saying he would be obliged to present it to the council of ministers. It was as a result of this presentation to the council that M. Rouvier per- suaded M. Delcasse to withhold his final decision until to-morrow. ——— OPINION OF DIPLOMATS. Believe That Moroccan Affairs Are Cause of Threatened Retirement. WASHINGTON, April 21.—Diplo- | mats in close touch with European Chanceliories hold the opinion that Morocco more than the menace to | French neutrality in the Far East is responsible for the threatened retire- ment of M. Delcasse, the French Min- ister of Foreign Affairs. It is learned that ¥France has informed Germany that nothing could have been further from her intentions than to injure German interests in Morocco and even has gone so far as to say that the French position there not only fur- nishes a protection to the commerce of other nations, but insures rather | than threatens the integrity of Mo- rocco, and thereby the maintenance of the status quo, which was the espe- cial cause of concern to the Berlin Government. So satisfied is Germany, it is said, with the attitude of France, afd so different is that attitude from Continued on Page 2, Column 1. Continued on Page 2, Column 5. in the absence of M. Del-| of Presi- | Delcasse will | ANOTHER NEW HEIR 1 FIUND Hospital Chef Lays Claim to Part of Fair Estate. Says He Is a Brother of Deceased Wiie of Late Millionaire, Asserts That Kunowledge of the Re- lationship Came to Him Through Death of Mrs. Nelson. e TOPEKA, Kans., April 2L.—Another claimant for the Fair millions ap- peared here to-day in the person of Frank Smith, chef at the Santa Fe Railroad hospital. Smith says he is a brother to Mrs. Charles Fair, who with her husband was killed on Aug- ust 14, 1802, in an automobile acci- dent at Evereux, France. Smith's knowledge of the relationship came through reading a dispatch in a news- paper a day or two ago of the death last Sunday in Newmarket, New Jer- | sey, of Mrs Hannah E. Nelson, mother of Mrs. Fair. Smith at once recog- nized his mother. On telegraphing to Newmarket he found he was correct. Mrs. Nelson had been buried by the time the telegram reached him and he j was therefore unable to attend the { funeral. Smith says he left New Jersey in 1877 and has been in Kansas since then. He has not corresponded with his family for years, and had lost all track of them. Smith said to-night that he was cer- tain of his relationship with Mrs. Fair. | He has retained attorneys who will look after his interests in connection with the Fair fortune. SEEKS SLAYER OF HER SPOUSE Special Dispatch to The Cail DENVER, April 21.—Hoping almost against hope to find here some clew that may fix the identity of her hus- band's murderer. believed to be a Den- ver man, Mrs. G. A. Schmidt will come to Denver within a few days from San Francisco, according to a letter re- ceived here by the officers of the local lodge of which Schmidt was a member. Schmidt sold his ranch near Brighton last December for slightly over $2000. With this money sewed in his clothes he started for the State of Washing- ton, where he expected to reinvest the money in farming lands. It is be- lieved that men who knew he had the money followed him. On the night of his arrival in Seattle he was lured to a deserted cabin on the edge of the town, where two unknown men mur- dered and robbed him. Then to cover their crime they cut the body into four pieces, which, after being sewed securely in oil cloth, were weighted and sunk in the waters of the bay. The authorities at once began a search for the murderers. One was arrested in February in San Francisco. The other cannot be found. Schmidt was insured for $1500 and the lodge of- fered a reward for the apprehension of the murderers. FORTUNE MADE BE SHOPLIFTING NEW YORK, April 21.—Thres mem- bers of a gang of shoplifters, which came here two months ago from Chi- | cago, were sentenced to eleven months’ | imprisonment each to-day and a fine lof $500. If the fine is not paid it will ientail a further, term in the peniten- ! tiary of one day for each dollar. The | prisoners are Abramovich, | Sophie Steinberg and Dora Glenor. The last named is known as ‘“‘Queen | Rachael.” | Bank books'showing deposits of $30,- 1000 were found on the prisoners when they were arrested. The police also found, among other things at that time, thousands of dollars’ worth, of the finest silks, velvets and laces in their flat on the East Side. ———— Portuguese Ministry Changes. LISBON, April 21.—E. J. Coelho, Minister of Public Works, Industry and Commerce, has been appointed Minister of the Interior, succeeding A. A. Pereira de Miranda. Joao Alarcao becomes Minister of Public Works, Industry and Commerce, FRANCE 70 NAINTAIN STRICT NEUTRALITY France desires to maintain neutrality in the Russian-]Japanese trouble and has taken steps to escape being The Russian cruiser Diana, which took refuge at Saigon It is reported that Vice Admiral + ¥ HOLD-0P FSALOON T. Reilly Falls Dead in Fusillade of Bl Masked Man Opens Fire on Bartender Who Shoots From Cover. Stevedore Laid Low During the Duel and Folice Are Puzzled Over the Strange Case, ——— A hold-up man whose face was con- cealed behind a black mask stealthily entered the saloon of John C. Brutt at Second and Brannan streets shortly | before midnight last night. When the bartender refused to throw up his hands the robber opened fire and in the pistol duel ‘that followed, Thomas Rellly, a customer of the place, fell dead, his heart pierced by a bullet. ‘Whether Brutt or the intrudér fired the fatal shot remains toihe proved. The burglar made his escape Ly & side door. Reilly and Brutt were the sole oc- cupants of the place when the man en- | tered by the side door. In deliberate | tones he commanded Brutt “to hold up his hands and no fooling.” Instead, the bartender reached for his revolver behind the bar. When the robber saw this he opened fire. Brutt raised his head above the bar and returned the fasillade. In all five shots were ex- changed and Reilly fell dead during the volley. The position of Reilly’s body would indieate that he was shot by Brutt. He was found face downward on the fleor near a small door that leads from the grocery store to the bar. The door is plerced by a bullet hole and the mis- sile ‘entered from the barroom side. The big mirror behind the bar is shattered by two bullets, both of 32- caliber, which were fired by the hold- up man. Brutt used a 38-caliber re- volver, so when the autopsy is held on the remains of Reilly it will be ascertained whether he was killed by the” bartender or the robber. That two men were mixed up in the job is a likely theory, though Brutt says he saw but one. H. Verney, who resides in the neighborhood, says he saw but one man run out the front door of the place and down Second street, while Brutt positively asserts that the man who tried to hold up the place ran out of the side door. He was not seen after making his ---ape from the saloon. Police Officer J. S. Cook was the first to arrive on the scene after the shooting. He heard the shots from where he was standing a block away and ran quickly to the scene. He saw nobody hastening from the place. He thinks the man or men probably turned into one of the numerous side streets in the vicinity and made haste toward the water front. S Cook picked up the robber’s hat in the barroom. It is black, well worn and dusty. Brutt says the robber had it turned down over his face, so as to hold the black mask in place. The saloon man describes the robber as be- ing a man of medium. build, about & feet 6 inches in height and wearing dark clothes. He talked in a steady voice and seemed cool ana collected. - Brutt tells the following story of the hold-up: “I was standing behind the bar talking with Reilly, when a man wearing a black mask and displaying a revolver entered the side door of the saloon. He sald, 'Hold up your hands and no fooling!” I reached behind the ‘bar to get my pistol and he fired. I ducked down and returned the fire as quick as I could “I fired two shots and the robber fired three. Reilly was standing at the end of the bar. but I was 8o excited I did not see him drop till it was all over. The robber ran out the side door. I found Reilly lying face downward. He was dead. Policeman Cook came in m{}w atter and found the robber’s The saloon-keeper was very much ex- cited over the affalr and was not able to give a clear account of what hap- pened. He does not know whether Reilly tried to escape or not. He does not know whether the robber aimed at Rellly, but if he did he could not have been shooting at Brutt, for the bar- tender was directly in front of him, while Reilly was standing hand 'side and he would have to turn directly around to have killed the lat- ter. Detectives Ryan and McManus came on the scene to make an investigation. They are not convinced as to who fired. the fatal shot, as there were no wit- nesses to the affair save Brutt, and he ‘was ‘too t up to give a clear version of the ably be held pending an investigation. Reilly was a native of Brooklyn, New York, and 47 years old. He was a stevedore by occupation and resided ' He was turned over to the police. { MAN KILLED | HARRY E. Accused of Taking a Dress Without Pay- ing Bill. H. Kramer Avers the : Clubman {ssued | Bogus Draft. — A warrant is out for the arrest of Harry E. Wise, son of former Collector of the Port John H. Wise, on a charge of grand larceny. The complaining witness is H. Kramer, a ladies’ tailor, who alleges he delivered a dress to Wise for his wite last February and that the latter gave ga worthless draft in payment. Kramer says Wise promised to pay the - bill, amounting to $77 50, but failed to make good his promise. TN - SRR N T R T 54 [ Harry E. Wise, prominent young business man, former club swell and | bon vivant, is wanted by the police | on a charge of grand larceny. A war- | rant was igsued for his arrest yester- | day afternoon by Police Judge Fritz| on complaint of H. Kramer, ladies’| tailor, 20 Sansome street, who accuses | Wise of giving him a worthless draft for $77 50 in payment for a lady’s Qdress. Kramer says Wise came to him last February and asked for credit on a lady’s dress. Kramer told Wise he did not give credit, but agreed to make the | dress for Mrs. Wise and deliver it C. | O. D. According to Kramer, the dress | | was delivered on February 20 and the | messenger who took the parcel was handed a draft by Wise on the old firm of Christy & Wise for the sum | of $77 50. ‘When the messenger arrived with the draft, Kramer discovered it was worth- less. He was quick to notify Wise of the fact and s-ys the latter agreed to pay bill ‘at onee. According to Kramer, Wise has been agreeing to settle ever since, but when the tailor tried to collect the money he was in- variably turned down. Kramer complained to the police several days ago and the bond and warrant clerk wroté to Wise and asked | him to settle the account in order to | avoid trouble. Wise promised to.make ; gocd the amount without delay, but jagain his promise counted for naught, and the warrant for his arrest is the | result. ’ That Wise has been in -financial straits for some time seems to be the general opinion of all who know him. He told several of his friends that he was in all kinds of trouble and had a hard time in settling his accounts, so that is probably the reason he kept Kramer waiting. ‘Wise is the son of John H. Wise, for- merly Coliector of Customs of this port and prominent Democratic poli- tician in the old days. Young Wise cut a wide swath in club and busi- ness eircles a few years ago and was known as one of the best dressers in town. Since that time he ‘has lost a great deal of money and consequently ihe clubs and resorts have not seen as much of him as they formerly did. Wise {8 believed to have lost heav- ily in the stock markets within the last few years. He budded out as a political power on the strength of his father’s reputation some time ago, but did not last long as a shining light. He was married only a short time ago. He could not be found last night. The warrant will probably be served on him to-day unless the case is settled out of court. —_——— COMMISSIONER GARFIELD COMING TO CALIFORNIA ‘Will Leave the Standard Oil Investiga- tions in Kansas in Charge of His Assistants. TOPEKA, April 21.—James R. Gar- fleld, Commissioner of Corporations, left for California to-night. Garfleld will not return to Kansas to take fur- ther part in the Standard Oil investi- gation, which he has been conducting for two weeks past, but will leave the work In- charge of several agents of the Department of Commerce and bor. Garfield held conferences this lernoon with Governor Hoch and Judge Pollock of the United States District Court. He refused to discuss his work in Kansas or the probable time for the completion of his report. PHILADELPHIA WANT3 REMAINS OF PAUL JONES W o an Urges Thad It Is Fitting to Bury Him ‘Where He Received His Commission. PHILADELPHIA, April 21.—The upper branch of the City Council by a unanimous vote has adopted a reso- lution that the Government be re- quested to designate the city of Phila- delphia as the place for the burial of the remains of Admiral John Paul Jones. The resolution makes the re- quest on the fact that the American navy had its origin in Philadelphia in revolutio! times and that the com- mission of John Paul Jones as leu- tenant in the American navy and his were recelved by him from the eral street, a small off Second near Brannan. He was known as a sober and man this afternoon. His aged mother is prostrated over ‘death. Shortly fatality. He will prob- mnmm-mmm B & Samam it badhiieetol 1o 1 Py holdup of Brutt's barroom. ! 4 WISE MUST FACE CHARGE OF GRAND LARCENY — =k 3 YOUNG MAN FORMERLY WELL KNOWN IN CLUB AND BUSINESS CIRCLES, | WHO HAS-BEEN FORMALLY CHARGED WITH THE CRIME OF GRAND | LARCENY BY H. KRAMER. A LADIES’ TAILOR. REFERS HORSESDIE MURDERER 1N FLAMES 10 BAOTIER ~ OF STABLE Kansas Girl Offers Fire Destroys Big to Trade Him for | Market- Street Bandit. Barns. —— Special Dispatch to The Cail Fire broke out in the Nevada JEFFERSON CITY, Mo., April 11.— |stables on Market street, near Sev- Since he has been in office, GOVernor | emyh, shortly after 2:30 o'clock this Folk has received hundreds of letters from Kansans on matters which inter- | 0FRing, and before the Sames wore ested Missouri and the entire nation as | subdued about fifty horses had per- well. He received a letter to-day, how- jshed. Several men were asleep’ in ever, from Rosedale, Kansas, that is t - v i aluie so frae m - | o e S o - gestions to the Governor is congerned. The letter is as follows: “To Governor Folk—Dear Sir: My sister and I have decided that, If you will exchange, we will lét you take our brother and hang him instead of Mr. “Bill' Rudolph, as our brother is no ac- count and never will be, and maybe Rudolph would be if you would give him a chance. . We got his picture out | of a paper and put it up in our parlor. We think he is a fine-looking man Now, if you will please exchange for | the maddened beasts on the second our brother Jim, let us know through | floor fell through to the ground floor the newspapers and we will be on hand | while tearing frantically about in their for our man. Yours truly, wild endeavors (o escape and were ‘A KANSAS GIRL. Ssalied to denth Bill Rudoir* - the condemned Union, Mo., bank rebber, who killed Detective Shumacher while resisting arrest. KILLS HERSELF IN CATHEDRAL MILAN, April 21.—In the midst of a great throng attending Good Friday services in the famous Cathedral, the Marchioness Maria Pallavicini, Vis- countess of Trent, Austria, committed suicide to-might by shooting. The suicide of the Marchioness oc- Resumed. be ROME, April 21.—Thé Senate to- L day passed the Government's railway bill. The strikers’ committee of agita- tion has officially decided to stop the curred at the moment of the most in- | :::::; ::x::\ed :?:’a: m-" tense religious concentration in th cathedral, where were mm‘iwx service has been practically re- 15,600 Catholic worshipers.