The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, April 26, 1905, Page 1

15C Forecast made &t S nding m 1 i ) Mrs. Marcy Will Re- veal Packers’ Secrets, i Former Stenographer Has In Copies of Incriminating Letters. L Grand Jury 10 U Correspondence Exposing Peculiar Methods of the Combine, ve at the Melba h street. Mrs. visitor” for the She D her pher for the Ar- because of poor and her husband r the Socialistic 1 the meet- TELLTALE PAPERS FOUND. Detective Recovers the Aetna Trading Company's Strongbox. CHICAGO, April 25 by a Heron a Com- Grand Jury. MR. CARNEGIE OFFENDS DUKE Epecial Dispatch to The Call NEW YORK, April 25.—The Duke of Manchester, who is staving in town s few days before returning to Englend, wes asked to-day whether he ad moticed Andrew Carnegie's com Dukes and coachmen with the marriage of his ece, Miss Nancy Carnegie, to James jever. formerly a groom in the fam- He replied: 1 was much edified by Mr. Car-| gie’s announcement t he pre- ¥ coachman to Duke as a! n-law. Perhaps, ali things sidered, it is more appropriate. For - 1 am able to compliment Mr. Car- =& on his sense of fitness.” e Duke and Duchess, with their | will sail nmext week to spend nmer at Tanderagee Castle, in | srth of ireland. There is no truth th. yeport that the Duchess is ill t ppendicitis. Within a year the uke sxpects to return to America and ke ais temporary home in Detroit, where he will devote twelve months | cal work on the railwave of r-in-law, Eugene Zimmerman. | P his fa THE WEATHER i ties is valued at $120,000. Francisco for April 26 O - THE THEATERS. day. TIVOLI—Comic Opera. ED IN SAN FRANG ALCAZAR— " When Knightheod Was in Flower." i CALIFORNIA — “The Etemal Femi- i1 Red Feather ™ obert Emmet." | CHUTES—Vavdeville GRAND—*‘Graus e ORPHEUM — Vaudeville. £ —i 1 Al Matinee to- g < 2 _Skt\\7 FRANCISCO, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 26, 1905 PRICE FIVE CENTS Refugée Finn Tells Story of Outrages — — about for many months in Russia, hoping to avoid the went the sleuths He has finally ¥ to rest his nerves urprising that he was allowed ve the Czar’s domain and was not Begod cit innocence of was sought to speaking of his experiences Sand- the following to say: ately =fter General Bobrikoff ed the town was declared un- rtial lJaw and every one had to 9 o’clock implicated and many ade to suffer. unceremoniously doors of homes, ets, slashed open verings with their ir eager search for incrim- ence. g following the assassi- alled at my home my room. Behind a bu- found reau they an anti-Russian pamphiet and letter from Schau- man, the ass; , the contents of which were no way related to the tragedy. The resuit was that with fifteen other students who had known Schau- man and dined with him every day, I was thrown into jail During the first twenty-four hours of our impris- onment we were given nothing to eat or drink. A request for the latter was met with a slap in the face After being incarcerated for three days and four nights we were liber- ated, but were kept under constant po- lice surveillance. We soon learned that our freedom was for a short time onl and that we were soon to be rearrest- | ed. At opportune times all of the six- teen students except one Ericson, left | Finland. “Three of us finally emigrated to the United States, while others went to France, Sweden and Norway. “Ericson was rearrested and sent to Yakoterinoscioff, a Russian fortress ard political prisen in the - Ural moun- tains. means to be_banished to that place, as all hope is left behind. “I am practically isolated from my | family, as all mail, especially to or from the United States, is first in- spected by the authorities before it is delivered. That alone works a hard- thip on me, as I am unable to receive financial assistance from.that source. I am & graduate pharmacist and feel confident that I.could more readily ob- tain employment were I not a stranger in a strange land.” —_——— TRADES BIG OLIVE RANCH FOR A BLOCK IN CHICAGO | California Property Estimated to Be Worth $120.000 Exchanged for Windy City Realty. REDDING, April 25.—The Alexan- | der olive orchard near Anderson, the largest olive property in Northern Caj- ifornia, has just been traded to J. Cochran for a block of land in the city of Chicago. Each of the proper- This is the biggest real estate transfer in North- j ern California in many years. T G T e ANOTHER BI SMELTER FOR SHASTA COPPER BELT Announcement Is Made of the Install- ment of an Immense Plant Near Kennett. REDDING, April 25.—The an- nouncement was made to-day of the immediate installation of a 700-ton smelter at the Bailaklava mine near Kennett. This will make the fifth big smelter in the Shasta copper bels, made his | A Finn knows too well what it | MR, LOOMIS UNDER FIRE Scandal Tnvolves 0f- ficial of State Department. Alleged to Have Accepted Fees While Minister | to Venezaela. —_— President Castro Is faid to Have a| Check Showing a $10,000 Payment e and New York Her- to The Call - 305, by toe - ew York Her- - CARACAS, Venezuela, April 25.—| i er the American Minister to Ven- | 1d be removed or the First cretary of State should be asked to step out of his office in Wash- ington.,” was the startling statement made by a disp: ionate observer of Venezuelan affairs in Caracas to-day. This same idea has occurred to many persons who have visited Caracas re- cently and who have remained there | long enough to obtain some inkling of | the diplomatic scandal centering around the two officials desig- nated. This scandal racks the entire comm ty and is of such a nature that, whether true or false, it seems impossible that the two officials canl continue much longer in the same de- partment of the overnment. Bri=fly stated, the scandal, which is| ow public preperty in this capital, involves the allegation that while act- ing as United States Minister to Ven- ezuela, present Assistant Secretary | of State Loomis obtained considera- | i ble pecuniary benefits from the New York and Bermudez Asphalt Company | and that a check showing a payment | of $10,000 to him by the company is | now in the possession of President | Castro. This, it is held by many per- | sons, supplies the true explanation of President Castro’s continuous defiance | of the United Statés in the asphalt | matter. It is said to have clogged the | free action of that government, which is not anxious for the ventilation of an administration scandal. Other charges against Loomis are that, while Minister, he purchased for 2 trifling sum a claim for $4000 against the Venezuelan Government and then used HKis influence as Minister lect the full amoust. Still another document is apparently | 4 draft of a contract entered into be- tween Lomis and one Meyer, under | which Loomis agreed to use his in- fluence to adjust heavy outstanding obligations of Venezuelt to the | amount of $10,000,000, for a considera- | tion of one-seventh of that sum, or, nominally, $1,400,000, N [ The allegations against Loomis | have been laid before the State De-| partment in Washington. Secretary | Hay, acting Secretary Taft and Presi- | dent Roosevelt are cognizant of them. WASHINGTON, April 25.—First As- | sistant Secretary of State Loomis de-| clined to discuss in detail for publica- tion the charges current in Caracas, | that he had used his official position on behalf of the New York and Ber-| mudez Asphalt Company for his per- | sonal advantage. “Some of the details of the charges,” | said Loomis, “are already known to| the President. In view of his absence | from Washington, it is impossible for | me to discuss the matter. In due time | | the charges wiil receive all the at-| | tention they deserve.” An official of the State Department saild tbat little attention had been at- tracted by the charges made in Ca- racas until recently, when they be- gan to assume a particularly virulent form. They had now, however, he said, develooed in such manner as to call for some definite and positive ac- tion. This, he intimated, would follow immediately upon the return of Presi- | dent Roosevelt from the South on May 25. to col- | “I feel certain,” continued this of- ficlal, “that President Roosevelt will g0 to the bottom of the case and will call Mr. Bowen from Caracas to sub- | stantiate his charges. It is essentiai that this be done for the honor of the | Diplomatic and State departments.” WITHORAW oS FROM MARKET Special Dispatch to The Call. PORTLAND, April 25.—Oregon hop- ! growers have set the pace for the| world, and every one who buys hops this year must pay a good, stiff price. Of the 17,000 Dales left unsold in this State 13,895 were to-day withdrawn from sale. The holders of the remain- | ing hops are In harmony with the! members of the Oregon Hop Holders' Protective Association, organized here to-day. Conrad Krebs, one of the largest dealers in the State, was elected president. For some months the big hop men have been working up the gigantic hop pool. Most of the prominent hop men are in the city and were present at the meeting held to-night in the Hotel Portland. How far prices will go above 125 and 27 cents remains to be seen, but the hop market of the world has been seriously affected and growers not only on the Pacific Coast. but in Eng- land will realize better prices on ac- count of the big Oregun pool | CARACAS 11 i i | regard for the | his father called it. PRETTY FLORENCE BOYERE TELLS HOW SHE FREED YOUNG WHITTELL. —_— One thousand dollars and a promise he now repudiates to pay $500 more is all it cost George Whittell Sr. to secure a release for his son from Miss Florence M, Boyere of all claims for breach of promise and seduction. Here- tofore it has been supposed that Whittell Sr. pald the pretty woman $25,000 to sur- render her claims, that his son might take as his wife a | pretty socicty bud to whom he was betrothed. These facts came out in court yesterday when Miss Boyere’s suit to re- cover the $500 from Charles F. Hanlon, Whittell Sr.s at- torney, on account of the settlement went to trial. The most interesting fact dével- oped. however, was that ‘Whittell Sr. and his attorney made desperate efforts to | keep the romance from be- coming public, and it was the publication that caused them to repudiaie the con- tract with the young woman | to pay her $500 when six | months had passed and time had placed the seal of | silence on what they termed | a scandal. In the defeat of | their object they found chag- | rin. Now Miss Boyere must 1 fight for what she claims is | | hers. | ] { 5 - Small Sum of Gold Bought Release for Him. PART YET UNPAID| Sues His Father to Collect What Is Due. The story of the colossal fizzle that waited on the effort of George Whit- tell Sr. and Attorney Charles F. Han- lon to keep secret the facts of the pur- ported marriage of George Whittell Jr. to Miss Florence M. Boyere and the subsequent proceedings through which | they secured a separation of the young couple is being told in detail in Judge Hunt's court. Heretofore it has been supposed that the young woman re- ceived $25,000 for giving up the man she says she joined in wedlock, but this supposition was reached thrift that ‘Whittell Sr. to amass his millio Yesterday it developed that the little woman in the case received only $1000 at the time ycung Whittell was taken from her side and a promise that $500 more would be paid to her if no hint of the romance reached the columns of the public press. Whittell Sr. was more than anxious that his son should marry a pretty so- clety bud to whom he was engaged when he yielded to the charms of Miss Boyere and, she claims, wedded her. This society bud, who, it is said, is now betrothed to another, had not heard of young Whittell's escapade, as It was calculated that if Miss Boyere, or, as she sa¥s she was, Mrs. Whittell Jr., could be gotten rid of a quiet explanation could be made to the society bud, and a brilliant wedding would set at rest any rumors that might have gotten around regard- ing the less formal affair in which ‘Whittell Jr. was said to be a principal. ABANDONS HER CLAIMS. Things progressed nicely and pretty Mrs. Whittell Jr., as she called her- self, agreed, after a stormy scene, to quit all claims to membership to the family that held out no welcome for her. Then Attorney Hanlon quietly went to court and secured a decree de- claring that the alleged marriage was not, in fact, valid. first mistake. Thinking to bury the facts of the suit beyond resurrection, he took the papers in the case and carried them East with him. The pa- pers were missed from the files and the storm began. The search for the doc- uments laid bare the story of the al- leged marriage and Miss Boyere's suits for seduction and breach of promise. The whole world was told the tale. The society bud erased the memory of Whittell Jr. from her heart and mind with wonderful alacrity and, it is said, it was not long before her heart was claimed by afiother. Whittell Sr. and Hanlon were aghast at the failure of their plans and when, on May 10, 1904, six months to a day after the original agreement was signed, Miss Boyere demanded the $500 promised her, Hanlon refused to pay it, for, he said, the contract had been broken, the story of the m: and annulment had been printed and all the cherished plans of Whittell Sr. had fall- | en like a house of cards. “But,” explained Miss Boyere, “I had nothing to do with the publica- tion. L refused to see interviewars that called upon me, even after the facts| had been made public.” HANLON INTERPRETS PAPER. “That makes no difference,” said Hanlon. “The agreement was that if the matter became public you should not receive this money.” : Then Miss Boyere took her case to Attorneys I. I. Brown and Gavin Mec- Nab and they filed suit against Han- lon. Yesterday it came to trial. Miss Boyere came to court with her without due | enabled | Next he made his | | W77 PELL S* 22 | aew B xNOZ SELCHLN G 77ARRIAEC N TRRCT PR B P A B Forse | ’ I o icounul. She was gowned in blue, | white revers and cuffs giving a touch of contrast. She is dark and exceed- and loyal little woman. .She glanced nervously at Whittell Sr. as he en- tered the court with Attorney Han- lon, but was fully composed when called to the stand. She testified that no publication of the facts of her romance with young ‘Whittell had been made through any fault of hers and she had respected fully the requirements of the agree- ment exacted of her, the most im- portant clause of which follows: “If during the period of six months no publication in the public press is made of said suit, or the legal pro- ceedings therein, or of any of the mat- ters of said alleged breach of promise or alleged marriage and no mention is made of matters of relationship, or matters of love, or matters of -dis- agreement between the said George ‘Whittell Jr. and the said Florence M. Boyere, then this obligation to pay Florence M. Boyere the sum of $500 shall be in full force and effect, but otherwise it shall be null and vold.” FAOTS BECOME PUBLIC. The first time Miss Boyere knew the facts had become public, she said, was when a reporter called to see her with coples of local newspapers set- ting forth that Attorney Hanlon had stolen certain documents in the suit brought against her and fled with them to the East. Hanlon did not like this reflection that he had “stolen” the papers in the case, and protested ve- hemently, but McNab would have none of it and insisted that the facts stand ! as testified to. “They have taken this little ‘woman,” said McNab, “‘and fixed up a contract by which they hope to swin- dle her out of this paltry sum they } have promised her to right the great i wrong done her. We will prove that she had nothing to do with the pub- lication of the articles in the press, and they cannot escape their obliga- | tion by making any such plea.” Miss Boyere was then questicned at length as to whether she had been a party to the publication of the ar- ticles, but she adhered rigidiy to her statement that she was not. Then Attorney Henry Owens, who represented Miss Boyere during the negotiations looking to a settlement, was called to the stand. He testified it was his understanding that Miss Boyere was to be paid the $£500 In event she gave no facts of her relations with Whittell Jr. to the press, but he did not take it that she was to be held responsible for the acts of others. He said that after the contract was signed and delivered Hanlon had i stated that it would be void in, event anything got into the press through v source, but Owens would not-bind client to any such agreement. The trial, which promises more in- teresting developments, will' be con- cluded this morning. | | ingly pretty, an artist of ability ana, | | her lawyers and friends assert, a good | ENDS HAY'S CAREER 18 STATESWAN Special Dispatch to The Call NEW YORK, April 25.—According to officers of the White Star liner Cretic, which arrived here to-day from Genoa, Secretary of State John Hay almost died on the way to Europe. One of the officers of the Cretic said: “In spite of the stories that Secre- tary Hay had a fair voyage, It is a| fact that he almost died on the way out. There was one time when hope was practically given up. After we left here, Secretary Hay was taken to his stateroom and put to bed. Mrs. Hay nursed him till she collapsed on the second day out. For days it was a question whether Secretary Hay ‘would live or not. The day before we reached Genoa, Mr. Hay managed to get up for the first time. He went to the dining room supported by Lord and Lady Gordon Lennox, but was only able to remain there for a part of the meal.” BERLIN, April 25.—Discouraging re- ports have been received here as to the true condition of Secretary Hay, who recently arrived at Bad Nauheim in the Grand Duchy of Hesse, near Frankfort. He underwent his first ex- amination at the bands of Professor Groedel, the celebrated heart special- ist. on Sunday. Groedel found him in wretched shape. His suffering is ag- gravated by a combination of heart trouble, nervous collapse and anaemia. There is ground for stating that un- less a miraculous change for the bet- ter sets in, Secretary Hay can never again hope to return to activity. He is thin, weak and extremely nervous. The siightest noise disturbs him. His private secretary has frequently to stop reading mewspaper articles and dispatches aloud because Hay iz an- noved by the mere sound of his voice. Dr. "Groedel has prescribed an in- definite course of rigid treatment and absolute rest. The specialist is not willing to go so far as to pronounce the Secretary’s condition hopeless, but is quoted as regarding it as alarming in_the degree. Hay assured his inter- viewer that he was completely out of touch with the political situation of the hour and he did not dare to con- cern himself with public affairs. e PRETTY FLORENCE M BOYERE. WHO If SUING TO RECOVER $500 WHICH SHE CLAIMS IS YET DUE ON THE $1500 SHE WAS PROMISED BY GEORGE WHITTELL SR. TO AGREE TO THE ANNULMENT OF HER TRACT MARRIAGE WITH HIS SON. ALLEGED CON- SAESAL B R HARRIAN ABANDINS BIG PLANS Spectal Dispatch to The Cail. BOSTON, April 2. — Harriman's plans for a union of the New York Central and the Union Pacifie, through the Northwestern, have been aban- doned. The Vanderbilt policy has long been that of keeping its money east of Chicago. The Chicago and Northwest- ern investment was not a family mat- ter, but rather an individual affair, and it is still possible that the ariginal plan of John D. Rockefeller to eliminate the T | | high priced granger roads—the St. Paul and the Northwestern, may be carried out- Under this plan it may be pos- sible to eliminate St. Paul stock by the substitution of a low rate interest bond therefor and making the St. Paul road the exclusive eastern connection of the Northern Pacific, while the Great Northern is permitted to be the domin- ant force in the Burlington. That the plan to have the Union Pa- cific take the New York Central has been abandoned is sufficient reason for the decline in Néw York Central. An intermediate development, or a second- ary fact, is that of the antagonism as respects the present dominant power in Union Pacific. Harriman never had a license from John D. Rockefeller or any one else for the creation of the Northern Pacific panic of the so-called “terrible Thursday.” John D. Rockefeller. Morgan and Vanderbilt are a triumvirate of finan- cial powers in this country to-day and they are united in their plans and P J. J. Hill is absolutely In control of the Great Northern and what remains of the Northern Securi- ties compact and is absolutely domin- ant in the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy system. No possible combina- tion can be made against him and his only present danger is competition from the Canadian Pacific. which is making very important building in- roads into his territory. both directly ard through the control of the Sea Line. If harmony be not obtained in this respect. Hill may retaliats with important construction moves in the present territory of the (Canadian Pacifie. A . —_————————— Passes Academy Examinations. ANNAPOLIS. Ma.. April 25.—J. -B. Oldendorf of California has passed the menta! examination for admis- sion to the Naval Academy.