The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, April 22, 1905, Page 3

/ PLOT IN CRETE AIMED AT PRINCE GEORGE. Plan to Kidnap OSEPH JORDAN ON THE STAND AMENTO, April —The new e of Joseph 8. Jordan's testimony e trial of Harry Bunkers, charged bery, to-day had to do with the y H. W. Johnson of San Fran- to testifying before the “ommittee. {r a witness before the 1mittee, Jordan d no immunity | £ “He said he had been | st aed and that Attorney Hiram P, hnson told him that if he took t would be a bar to all Fred H cution, so far as he was irect examination the witness t his attorney had read to him section of the law providing that uld he test. prosecution for any- g but pery in his case would be ed. The impelling reason, how- ety ever, was because Tirey L. Ford, at- arity ir torney for the Uni Railways in § e Wilmon torney for the United Railways in San Francisco, had advised him as a friend, not as a lawyer, to go on the stand and tell the whole truth. 1 objection that what was said at the conference by others than Bunkers | could have no bearing as a confession and could not be admitted was over- ruled. The witness said he did not iike to divilge what was said by oth- ers at the conference without first consulting Attorney Johnson. Judge Hart sald the District Attorney could ist upon a reply if he desired to do District Attorney Seymour said he to protect a TO FILL VACANCIES IN GENERAL STAFF Generals Wade, Grant, Baldwin, Bliss and Mills Are Named as a Board. WASHINGTON; April der has been issued by t appointing a_board of of- did not feel like compelling the wit- sisting _of M General | ness to proceed without consulting his Brigadier Generals Fred- | attorney, and in the end Jordan was Frank D. Baldwin, | excused from further testimony until H. Bliss and Albert L. Milils, uch time as he might have conferred t the War College here on to make selections for | icipated va- corps. with Lawyer Johnson in cisco. An absent witness caused adjourn- ment, by agreement, until Monday morning. Pears FOR THE CANAL nds to water in- S()ap rCSPO WASHINGTON, April 21.—A session stantly; washes and rinses the executive committee of the 1a (anal Commission was held day to consider contracts for the omplete equipment of the Panama | Railroad. The most important conclu- | reached by the commission was | t5 purchase a number of locomotives | for the special purpose of carrying off | the earth excavated in the digging of | the canal, especially in the Culebra cut. A large number of proposals were | before the commission, and it accept- | ed the lowest! bid—that .of the Ameri- lcan Locomotive \\'or;s for twenty- four locomotives at $12.350, to be de- | itvered at Colon by July 1. The new | locomeotives are to be of the eighty- | five ton double-ended type, this design | being accepted in order to cbviate the recessity for numerous turntables and to save time in excavating. A number of proposals for freight cars and other kinds of rolling stock were considered and contracts soon | will be awarded for these. | _ Secretary Murphy of the commission | has been iestructed to leave Washing- ton for the isthmus with a part of the office force of the commission here on May 13. Murphy will open permanent neadquarters there for the purpose of conducting the major portion of the clerical work necessary at close range. pidadoiaaci et b McCARTHY JURY SECURED:—The remain. ing four men to complete the jury to try Michael J. McCarthy on & charge of were obtained in Judge Cook's court The case was continued tiil Monday morning, when the examination of witnesses will begin. McCarthy shot his young wife Octavia in a lodging—house 424 Market street on ber 21, and she died on December 5. San Fran- ' [ Pa off in a twinkling. |- It is the finest toilet soap in all the world. Established over 100 years. QUARTE CLUETT, PEABODY & CO., maxERe ©F GLUETT ANS WORARON SwETS Him Reported| al advice by Jordan from | 0 a question as to how | THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, APRIL 22, 1905. FQUITABLE MUSS PLACED SOCI ALBANY. N. Y., April 21.—The af- fairs of the Equitable Life Assurance Society were laid before Governor Higgins at the executive chambers this afternoon by the committee of thirty- | five of the managing agents of the so- ciety, which earlier in the ‘day at Syracuse had made an appeal for the | mutualization of the society to Super- intendent Hendricks of the State In- ! surance Department. The views of | the agents were presented to the Gov- | ernor by John Bowes, manager for the | Equitable at Baltimore, as chief | spokesman. The agents also presented | to the Governor the resolutions adopt- | ed earlier in the week at the agents’ 1conven!ion in New York City. j , Governor Higgins made very evi- dent his appreciation of the great seri- | ousness of the situation in the Equit- | able Society. His reply to the agents | was greeted with applause. He said | that the Governor and Legislature had }nm the power to settle the Equitable difficulty; that the matter was in the courts, properly, he thought. He con- tinued: { | I do not feel at the present moment {that I can assure you as to whether, the time will come in the immediate | future when it will seem to me wise to | communicate with the Legislature and ask it to pass any particular bill in }referencp to the Equitable Life; but | I can say to you this, with the utmost | frankness and sincerity, that at all | times I shall be interested more in the interests of the policy-holders of the | Equitable Life Assurance Society than | in the Interests of any other person or | party connected with it. And if I come to the conclusion that I can fur- ther the interests of those policy- holders, if I should come to that con- clusion, you can rest assured that no act will be left undone by me that will bring about better conditions for that society.” ST SRS | APPEAL TO HENDRICKS. Insurance Superintendent in Favor of { Mutualization Plan. :v SYRACUSE, N. Y., April 21.—Prefer- | ably mutualization, the turning over of substantial interests to the policy holders, or some other remedy to re- lieve the embarrassing situation in the affairs of the Equitable Life As- surance Society, was the burden of the request made of Superintendent of In- surance Francis Hendricks by the committee of general agents who laid | their wishes before him here to-day. About forty members of the special committee of seventy-two, appointed {at the meeting of general agents re- cently held in New York, were pres- ’en[ at the conference held at noon in ‘Super(nlendem Hendricks’ dffice at the State Bank of Syracuse, of which he is president. Among the prominent agents present were: Wyman Ellis, Helena, Mont.; W. S. Bowen, Albu- iquerque, N. M.; J. H: Allenberg, | Spokane. Mr. Hendricks said: { “As far as the mutualization of the ! company is concerned, I have already expressed myself very clearly. I am very much in favor of that outcome. I am not sure, however, that you can obtain the relief by legislation. Of course I speak to you as Superintend- ent of Insurance. You know I have no | | control over the Legislature and can- not say what that body will do. The question has got to be determined by the courts. If Judge Maddox decides that 1 have no power to put in force the amended charter, an appeal will| be made either to the Court of Ap-| peals cr the United States courts. “I will tell you frankly that I do not believe the Lord suit was instituted by | Hyde interests. Mr. Lord is only anx- fous that I shall not approve the amended charter for the reason that he believes that the value of his own stock would be endangered by such approval. “The first proposition, you know, I| refused to accept. The second one, which is now in the hands of the At- torney-General, 1 am disposed to ac- cept. 1t provides that the policy hold- ers elect 28 of the fifty-two directors and I believe that under it, it will be only a question of time when the pol- icy holders will be in full control. “I will assure you, though, that whether legislation is feasible or not, I'm heartily in favor of mutualization. Before we get through the insurance department will disclose absolutely if there are dummy directors. You can | rely on this. When we get done, we wiil tell y8u the true condition of that society. 1 can’t say how long it will take, whether days, weeks or months, but it will be thoroughly done. “‘Meantime the Frick committee has asked questions of the officers which will take them thirty or forty days to answer.” After the conference the agents gen- erally expressed satisfaction at the re- ception by Hendricks and with his i statement. e S | ASK FOR RECEIVER. | Grave Charges Made by Policy-Hold- ers in Chicago, CHICAGO, April 21.—A bill for the appointment of a receiver for the Equitable Life Assurance Soclety and for an accounting was filed in the United States Circuit Court here to- 4 day by Attorney D. J. Schuyler. The petition is filed in the name of Abraham Sitron and others, | policy-holders of the soclety. Sitron says he holds a $2000 policy in the so- ciety and that his interests are being disregarded by the officers and direc- tors of the soclety. He names specifi- cally President J. W. Alexander and Vice President James H. Hyde. In the bill Alexander and Hyde are charged with misappropriation of funds and mismanagement. The bill also de- clares that for ten years the charter of the company and the laws of New York have been violated inasmuch as the officials have failed to distribute the profits of the company among the pol- icy-holders. The complaining policy- | holders are seven In number, each holding a policy of from $1000 to $3150. i i e HYDE ISSUES STATEMENT. NEW TYORK, April 21.—James H. Hyde to-night issued a statement in agents which waited on him yester- day. In this statement he says in part: “xnkumwxm ing to make for the welfare of iEncraats e o true afuatl, 57 bl fack originally When BEFORE THE GOVERNOR Appeal Made to Authorities of State of New York. ETY FACES MORE LITIGATION ‘pronounced and the markets therefore |in 1903. 1120,712,997 last year, and 133,672,023 TRADE REPORTS ARE IRRECULAR Weather Conditions Are Not | Favorable and in Con—‘v sequence DPrices Fall Off | g sl 1 NEW YORK, April 21.—Brad- | street's to-morrow will say: Trade | reports are irregular in character, dis- | tribution of seasonable goods at retail | being retarded by cool or rainy | weather at the West, Northwest and | South, where truck fruit, products and | young cotton are reported damaged | by frosts. Industries, however, are | active, jobbing trade at some centers | is still good and retail business toward | the latter end of the week became more animated. Building is brisk, money is firmer, bank clearings having increased heavily, ~ prices in general display a downward tendency, weakness in | grain and securities being especial fea- | tures. Railway earnings are still on the up grade and Western wheat crop | prospects continue favorable, timely | rains helping with the wheat, though | cold weather has delayed spring wheat | and oats seeding and plowing. While | iron and steel still continue buoyant, | demand for pig and other iron is léss present a quiet appearance. Inquiries for foreign billets are numerous, their scarcity here being the immediate fea- | ture in the market. American houses | are said to be figuring on the con- struction of iron and steel works in p s 3 . e R ER/ANTALCY T e BB o BT . ST e L - 'S, ¢ x s . 9 l rJov THEY BRine | “ToFveryHome ! as with joyous heart§'and smiling faces they romp and play—when in health —and how conducive to healthrge games i}l"’l whigh the)l'3 irydulge. the outdoor life they enjoy, the cleanly, regular habits they should be taught to form and the wholesome diet of which they should parfake. How tenderly their health | should be preserved, not by constant medication, but by careful avoidance of every medicine of an injurious or objectionable nature and if at any time a remedial agent is required, to assist nature, only those of known excellence should beé used; remedies which are pure and wholesome and truly beneficial in e[fec_t, like the gleasant laxative remedy, Syrup of Figs, manufactured by the ‘California Fi yrup Co. Syrup of Figs has come into general favor in many millions of well informed families, whose estimate of its quality and excellence is based upon personal knowledge and use. Syrup of F igs has also met with the approval of physicians generally, be- cause they know it is wholesome, simple and gentle in its action, We inform all reputable physicians as to the medicinal principles of Syrup of Figs, obtained, by an original method, from certain plants known to them to act most benefici— ally and presented in an agreeable syrup in which the wholesome Californian blue figs are used to promote the pleasant taste; therefore it is not a sacret rem- edy and hence we are free to refer to all well informed physicians, who do not approve of patent medicines and never favor indiscriminate self-medication. Please to remember and teach your children also that the genuine Syrup of Figs always has the full name of the Company—California Fig Syrup Co. —plainly printed on the front of every package and that it is for sale in bottles of one size only. If any dealer offers any other than the regular Fifty cent size, or having printed thereon the name of any other company, do not accept it. If you fail to get the genuine you will not get its beneficial effects. Every family should always have a bottle on hand, as it is equally beneficial 000 —— e e ) () 0 == Japan and China. It is usually a quiet | season for jobbers, but paints, oils, | lumber, plumbers’ supplies and build- | ing material are active, while agri- cultural implements are in good re- quest. Here and there industrial dis- turbances have cropped up, but so far | the situation in this respect is very ' satisfactory. MARKET QUIET BUT FIRM. Coke prices have softened con- siderably during the week. Anthra- | cite coal is active, but the soft coal | situation is rather unsatisfactory, re- | cent concessions in the district having | placed those sections at a disadvantage | as compared with Western regions. The wool market is quiet but firm as« regards old supply of wool. Foreign grades, however, are in good demand. On "' the Pacific ' Coast the outlook seems without a flaw. A very heavy export trade with Asia is looked for on the coast this year. Business failures in the United States for the week ending April 20 number 183, against 196 last week, and 199 in the same week in 1904, 152 in 1903, 181 : in 1902 and 214 in 1901. In Canada failures for the week num- | ber twenty-one, as against twenty-one - last week and eleven in this week a year ago. Wheat, including flour, exports for the week ending April 20 are 1,242,267 bushels, against 1,292,301 last week, 1,- 645,425 this week last year, and 3,885,542 From July to date the ex- 51,087,914 bushels, against in ports are 1903, RESULTS ARE SATISFACTORY. R. G. Dun & Co.'s review of trade | to-morrow will say: | Erratic weather has tended to make trade reports somewhat irregular, but on the whole the week's results were satisfactory. Early delays were fol- lowed by increased activity, particular- ly in what might be termed REaster times. It is noteworthy that much business for fall delivery has appeared and more supplementary spring and summer contracts are bein, than jobbers anticipated. Igercp::l:lel: payments are also increasingly prompt. Industrial activity expands, iron fur- naces and steel mills maintain their good record, textile plants securing larger orders, and footwear manufac- turers are able to hold full prices | without curtailing operations. Labor | controversies are few and cause little inconvenience, while immigration for | the last week will be more than double | that of the corresponding week in 1904. Transporting interests are able to han- dle the increased business with little congestion, railway earnings thus far | reported for April exceeding last year's | by 10.2 per cent. Foreign commerce at this port for the last week showed a gain of $2,069,861 in value of merchan- | dise exported and imports were $3,- 415,922 larger than in the same week of 1904. Jobbin~ trade at Salt Lake City is nommal for the city and scmewhat bet- ter than a year ago. San Francisco real estate is active, building contracts large and money abundant. Packer hides are strong and active. Foreign dry hides are unchanged. Failures this week number 200 in the United States, against 241 last year, and twenty-one in Canada, compnre(i with twelve a year ago. i + . are known to the policy holde : A1 right minded men Among them it b a indignant as 1 am with the methods that have | been employed by my enemies for their own ' ends, in pursuing which they have not hesi- z::g: .‘:4‘:2"4':“ n::fl blehc: Interests of the so- | e foiay MI;:'T: proper pmlec(lnn"ol i You probably know in a general way of {he | clrcumstances under which T was hastily sum. | moned to the offices of the president by tel phone from the country on the eve of tl annual meeting and shortly before the expi tion of the trust under which my. stock fs held: that T was there confronted without previous notice or warning with a memorial of officers and employes which had secretly circu- lated and in many instances signed under coer- clon; that my immediate retirement was de- Tereed. (6. petires wmd tha such o followed by the immediate Inbml::lfyun“tlo‘:;: o e e e the stock of the soclety. e WOODMEN NAME for the parents and the children, whenever a laxative remedy is required. rCounly, vice M. F. Brotherton, re- signed; Alice S. Jamison, at North | Cucamonga, San Bernardino County, vice' N. S. Millikin, resigned; Esta C. | Stiffler, at Norwalk, Los Angeles Coun- ty, vice Carrie T. Stiffler, resigned; George L. Campbell, at Silsbee, San Diego, County, vice Daniel Browning, deceased; George T. Hare, at West- minster, Orange County, vice Francis | M. Watson, resigned. —_——— ! To Help Build the Canal. } engineers of the Panama Canal Com- mission. Noble constructed the “Soo™ canal and is the consulting engineer of the Pennsylvania road in charge of its tunnel project at New York. —_———— Good Pictures for Little Money. We have an immense collection of beautiful pictures. framed in the newest and prettiest styles. on exhibition in our new art gallery. Visitors cordially in- vited to inspect this collection, whether wishing to_purchase or not. ~Sanborn, Vail & Co., 741 Market street. . ——— e ST. PETERSBURG, April 21.—With a great roar and a crash which startlsd St. Peters- burg the ice broke and rushed out of the Neva to-day. HEAD OFFICERS LOS ANGELES, April 21.—The Pa-| cific Division of the Woodmen of the World to-day elected officers for the. ensuing year: I 1 Boak of Denver| WASHINGTON, April 21. — Secre- was chosen head consul by an over-|tary Taft to-day received the accept- whelming majority. Only one other ance by Alfred Noble of his appoint- name was placed in nomination for the | ment as one of the board of consulting office—A. B. Keith of Butte, Mont. John H. Foley’s name was withdrawn at his request. The other head officers | chosen are: P. E. Snodgrass, Eugene, Or., head banker; F. P. Bertschay,, Denver, Colo., head auditor; Dr. T. A. Hughes, Denver, Colo., head physician. There were but three head managers to elect, A. D. Stillman of Pendleton, Or., and C. V. Benson of Loveland, Colo., holding over. T. M. Robinson | of Oakland, Cal.; W. C. Hawley of Salem, Or., and Dr. James Stenhouse of Denver received the honor. Elmer F. Connor of Seattle, Wash., was elect- ed head escort and A. Argalt of Ever- ett, Wash., head watchman. Charles Ronner of Salt Lake City was elected head sentry. At the convening of the session this morning the matter of fixing the sala- ries of the head managers brought about considerable discussion, which finally resulted in the members of the board not members of the finance com- mittee being allowed a salary of $800, and those who are members of the finance committe a salary of $1200. The compensation of the head physicianj was fixed at twenty-five cents for § each application acted upon. It was then decided that these sala- ries shall be full compensation for all gservices rendered the order and that no per diem be allowed except to the head consul as heretofore provided. WIFE'S BROTHER 1S HIS TARGET LOS ANGELES, April 21.—Strug- gling desperately in the arms of his wife, against whom he is prosecuting a sensational suit for divorce, Colonel H. L. Gordon, a local millionaire capi- } $1.30 talist, drew a revolver and fired a shot at W. J. Kennedy, brother of Mrs. Gor- don, in a corridor of the Gordon build- } 7 SRR IR ST T THE NEVADA WATIONAL BANK. OF SAN FRANGISGD early this morning. The shot went | WELLS FARGO & CO. BANK, SAN FRANCISGO from the building, followed by Mrs. Gordon. | Have completed their arrangements for consolidation, and on Monday, April 24, 1905, WevesFanco-NevaoaNanionac Bane OF SAN FRANCISCO defense against Kennedy, who was trying to draw a revolver. Mrs. Gordon and Kennedy deny this and say that Will open its doors for business at the NW. corner of Market, Sutter and Sansome streets, the quarters heretofore occupied | by Wells Fargo & Co. Bank, San Francisco. Gordon attempted to. shoot Kennedy Capital paid up Surplus ADVERTISEMENTS. Special To-Day ARABIAN COLORED LACE CURTAINS —Good patterns; an excellent grade of material. While they last, PARLOR TABLE— Solid oack, golden finish; turned legs, _shelf; made and hi ished: 24 x V) oo SRS [ SR | & well ighly polished 24 in. top. Each .. Mrs. Gordon. M —_——————————— BOY OF SEVENTEEN SENT TO PRISON FOR LIFE TERM Pleads Guilty to Charge That He Mur- dered an Old Man Near Bakersfield. BAKERSFIELD, April 21.—Phil ‘Walker, 17 years old, was sentenced to life imprisonment last evening by Judge Bennett for implication in the murder of William Nicoll, an old man, who was killed and robbed at Vaughn last October. He pleaded guilty. et Issues New Commissions. SACRAMENTO, April 21.—The fol- lowing commissions in the National Guard were issued from Adjutant General J. B. Lauck’s office to-day: ‘Walter N. Kelley, D. A. Hagens and ‘William Hyde, all of San Francisco, to be major, first lieutenant and sec- ond lieutenant in the | and was prevented from doing so by 1y, resp Infantry, and H. O. Higgins of g’v’:lfl:a to be second lleutenant in the Seven WASHINGTON, April 21. — Post- ‘masters th Infantry. have been appointed as fol- Dorsey at Grub " B. Davis, at Jenner; | ein Jr., at Naranjo, Tulare #