The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, June 26, 1905, Page 3

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL. MONDAY, JUNE 26, 1905. YOUNG LADY AND ROBBED AT HOME Surprised in the IS SEIZED Dark, Burglars Gag — s 7 L7288 Frzancss O’Coxwore. | < < < < Victim and Get Plunder. was te d e hea of it. Sh have been As she a man's burgiars felt she started to Then she must covered con the =ofa in men had evi- remembers that save the was borr of the robber e tried to She was at at the time of ng ladies are t Company fiss W1 same h: cash taken 1Ee n Missien d Fifth, short- ay. Cap- Conboy were besides Policemen J. Cullnan b woman = struck her rar Fourth reepted him, but he y and ran across the ane and Conboy were saw him coming and t to trip him up as he within a few yards of Dolan pounced upon 1ewi: nd held m The stolen watch was ud in his pocket, but he had own the purse away. He was identi- tied by Mrs. Wells and charged with rob- bery . HELD UP BY MASKED FOOTPAD. Theodore Kapha ing Theodore Kaphan, a waliter living at 1226 Folsom street, was held up by a masked footpad with a revelver Eighth streef, between Mission and Howard, about 2 o'clock vesterday morning and his purse, containing $s 75 was taken from him. The footpad's coolness showed he was not new to the business. i Kephan was on his way home and walked from Market street along the east side of Eighth, keeping on the outside of the sidewalk, a8 he was afraid of being held up. There is a vacant lot between Mission and How- ard which is surrounded by a high fence having a gateway in the center. ‘When opposite the gateway a masked Waiter, Has a Thriil- man stepped out and, pointing a re- er at Kaphan, said: “Halt; come to Ka n was badly frightened he promptly’ walked inside the ) * said the and Kaphan's hands went into He went through Kaphan's taking his purse containing e ook the money out of the handed the empty purse to arking that Kaphan could luck. “Now stand right you are,” was his parting in- nction, and he walked rapidly away direction of Howard street. han reported the hold-up to the He was unable to give an ac- description of the footpad, as ssed he was too frightened to uch notice of him. He thought out six feet tall, smooth- . had gold in his front teeth and ark clothes and a dark hat. H and - RICID CONTROL | | PARIS, June 25.—With the settle- ment by the Chamber of Deputies of | the controversial point in the cburch and state separation bill relating to the formation of governing bodies destined to take over control of the churches, | the debate was practically concluded. The basis of reform, including the cut- ting of the bonds uniting the church and state, the abolition of financial provision for members of the clergy ex- " VER CHURCHES DESPERATE FICHTING IN Neéither Oyama Nor Line- vitch Succeeds in Attempt to Advance the Battle Front of His Army | Continuea From Page 1, Column 3. the Fifty corpses were left on 200. The enemy’s loss was fully guns. field. Our loss was insignfilcant. i che SUNK BY A RUSSIAN CRUISER. British-Indin Steamship Tighonn Sent to | the Bottom by the Terek. SINGAPORE, June 25.—The British- |India Steam Navigation Company's steamship Ikhona was sunk by the Russian cruiser Terek on June 5 150 miles north of iongkong. was landed here to-night by the Dutch steamship Perlak, which the Terek met on Junec 19, The Ikhona was carrying mails and rice from Rangoon to Yoko- hama. The Tkhona wa tons, built at Glasgow in 1900. 410 feet long. with fifty-foot beam and The was equipped with elcetricity. 16 steamship left Rangoon on Mav 17. Her cargo was valucd at $450.000. i PLENIPOTENTIARIES ARE NAMED. WASHINGTON, June ~It is re- | ported unofficially that the President |at a late hour to-night was informed | by Mr. Meyer, the American Embassa- at St. Petersburg, of the selection the Ru LONDON, June ent of the Morning | dor of —The corresnond- Post at Shanghai “M. Otaghiri. the Japanese Consul here, has been recalled. He leaves on Tuesday in order to proceed to Wash- ington as one of the peace plenipoten- tiaries.” —— Russlan Warships Refloated. | ROME, June 2 | pateh received from an Italian engineer {who is engaged in raising the Russian | ships sunk in the harbor there, says | that three ironclads have been re- floated. LEAVES A NOTE ADMITTING ht 1S EIMEEZILER | Sphcial Dispatch to The Call. | oS ANGELES, June 25.—Lewis { Sheets, for the last seven years assist- ant cashier of the local freight offices of the Santa Fe Railroad, is a fugitive from justice and an embezzler to the amount of $5000. That he is short this cum is positive and the investigotion of his accounts is by no means complete. No suspicion attached to Sheets until his disappearance last Monday and the receipt of a letter admitting his guilt and declaring that all the money taken | had been used In unsuccessful attempts [to “buck” the stock market and lin playing the races. He ad- | mitted defalcations. -and falsifica- tions of his books covering a period of more than three years, successfully meeting the monthly check of the ex- | perts of the auditing department. He was in full charge of the frelght col- | lection department and carried paid ac- | counts over from month to month as | unpaid. He had received the 'money ’and by liquidating defaults of previous months with money abstracted from payments in current months he was able to keep his accounts in apparently | proper shape. | The company has kept the matter a ! secret in the hope of assisting the Na- | tional Surety Company, in which Sheets | was bonded for $20,000, to effect his capture. Sheets had frequently told his wife that he contemplated suicide and | it is thought he may have made away with himself. His mother, residing in Minnesota, is reputed to be wealthy and | his family here is attempting to prevail | upon her to make good the amount stolen in the hope that the prosccution | will be dropped. | Shcets achieved considerable no- | toriety several months ago by corre- | sponding with Miss Emma Nelson, a | pretty Chicago school teacher, through |2 matrimonial burcau. and proposing marriage to her. She borrowed money {to come to Los Angeles, only to find -~ MANCHURIA The crew | fan peuce plenipotentiaries. | -—A Port Arthur dis- | on! cept those entitied to pensions, the fu- ture disposal of religlous edifices and onstitution of parish socleties, | Sheets married and living with his wife |and 15-year-old son. He was de- | nounced by the young woman, who is used heated discussion. | now living In €an Diego as a governess Ihe last named question attracted the | in a private family. The railroad com- close attention of the opponents of the | pany stood by Sheets through this Lill, the desire belng to prevent church | scandal and ‘never doubted his integ- properiy becoming the object of fur- |rity, but is now determined to hunt him ther political strife It was finally de- down and prosecute. cided that the governing bodies shall | In his confession to his employers iave power to make church collections | Sheets charges his associates in the d charges for ceremonies and to form | office with engaging with him in gam- reserve funds for the maintenance of | bling ventures, and the management the clergy and the edifices, but they | has ordered an investigation, which are not 10 be allowed to receive lega- may result in a thorough cleaning out cles, | of the office. The section permitting societies to |- federate into diocesan unions .eventu- | ¥ to . form a national federation| ~ PARIS, June 25.—Jean Jacques Hen- oused a Strong protest from the So- | ner, the painter, who has been serious- | cialists and Free Thinkers. The chair- |1y ill here for some time, is'in a pre- man of the committee maintained that |carious condition. The last sacraments ,the state did not desire to render the | have been administered to him and his church impotent to continue its work, | death 1s momentarily expected. He { which would be the case unless mutual | was born in Alsace in 1829. intercourse and assistance were al- lowed. Finally, with a proviso for of- | ficlal supervision of the finances of the socicties, In order to prevent the funds | being used for political propaganda, the clause was accepted. The only point left for discussion is egulation of public worship, with ar ——————— French Painter Near Death. WHEN SCHOOL CLOSES | Why Not Go to Yosemlte Valley and the | Hetch Heteby? For the summer vacation why not send yogr family and children to Yosemite National Fark? The Sante Fe offers extremely low i rates and.will be glad to . { penclties for brenches of the law. | ek Sxtcill B4, S0 Thb suew | CHICAGO STRIKERS MAY to spend your vacation In this grandest spot in the world enjoying the most beautiful of ail GAIN FRESH RECRUITS | 5cenery s to waste 1t in one of the worn-out places where everybody goes-and which costs just as much. i ,Possible That Struggle Will Iavolve | . e will be clad to tell you about an eas All of the Thirty-five Thousand po S AL arket strest, Banta Fe , ffice. The best fishi fornia Union Teamsters. Hletch _Heteny Valiey o o CHICAGO, June 25.—Unless the ref- erendum vote to be taken by the strik- |’ - __ADVERTISEMENTS. ing teamsters to-morrow night result in the men agreeing to accept the terms A of settlement offered by the employers, y -\ § there is a probability that the struggle 5 s By may extend to & contest Involving ail | -~ For Infants and Children, of the 35,000 union teamsters in Chi- cago. The conservative element will use every effort possible to check a sympathetic strike and the chances ai said to be about even that they will be successful. - WOMAN DUPES |YOLD IS AFTER |NEW ARRIVALS STOREKEEPERS| THE STATE FARM Los Angeles Merchants Vie- tims of a Female Who Sue- cessfully Works 0ld Dodge [STEALS $1000 IN A WEEK Obtains Goods by Repre- senting Herself as Matrons. Well Known in the South | | i Special Dispatch to The Call. LOS ANGELES, June %.—For two days the detectives have been looking for a | woman who by cleverly working on-an | 0ld game has fleeced many stores in the | retail district out of hundreds of dol- | lars and seemingly hds made her escape | with all of her booty. The police esti- | mate that during the week in which she | operated the woman secured goods to the | value of nearly $1000 | 'Because of the fact that her appear- | ance was different at different places it is belleved she disguised herself at some of the stores, but the plan of her opera- tions was such as to make it ceftain that only one woman was in the game. She had supplied herself with the names of some of the most prominent women in Los Angeles, learned where they traded, where they had accounts at.the stores, and by seeking clerks who did not know | these women the thief was able to suc- cessfully impersonate them. | She would order a hig bill of goods and | direct that it be sent to an address which she gave usually to another store or to | some parcel delivery depot. Then she | had only to call there and get her booty. | The fraud was discovered Friday, when | the woman cntered the Boston store and impersonated Mrs. J. 8. Chapman, wife of a well-known attorney. She ordered $130 worth of goods from a clerk who | happened to know Mrs.. Chapman by sight. He became sueplcious, telephoned | { | | | [to Mrs. Chapman and thus discovered | the fraud. Meanwhile the woman ‘es- | | capea. ) | DRIVES FAMILY INTO STREET AND THEN TAKES OWN LIFE LOS ANGELES, June 2%.—Herman An- derson, a carpenter, living at 934 Tennes- see street, came home to-night crazed ' | with liquor and in'an infurlated frenzy drove his family out of the house at the | | point of a gun and then shot and killed himeelf. | tion, and all other features neces: Woodland Chamber of Com- merce Issues Cireular Tell- ing of the County’s Merits FINE SITE IS OFFERED Tract of Land Near Mullen tation Said . to Be Just the Place for the Big Ranch - Special Dispatch to The Call. WOODLAND, June 25—The Woodland Chamber of Commerce has set forth the reasons why the State Agricultural Farm provided for by the last Legislature should be located near Woodland. Fol- lowing are the claims of the Woodland people: Woodland, the county seat of Yolo County, js in the center of an agticultural district, where the sofl, location, climate and general environments are typical and representative of the best general agricultural conditions in Cali- | fornia. The town of Woodland has a population of 3500 {nhabitants, and is weil adapted to fur- nish professors, students and ors with accommedations of every description. having four banks, two first-class hotels, several room- ing and boarding houses, three livery stables, one of the best cquipped and conducted high schools in the State, opera-house, churches of nearly every denomination, free public library and many other attractive and convenient fea- tures necessary to the success of such an in- stitution. J The Mullen Station site is only one and a half miles south from Woodland, on the main Oregon line of railroad between San Francisco and Portland, and besides being located In the center of a splendid agricultural district, it Is separated from the dieturbing influences of & large city. Mullen Station is located near the center of the site offered. The land is under an irrigation system which has been In active cperaticn for more than twenty years, being under the old ‘‘Moore diteh’ system, which has a prior right to the water of Cache Creek. and furnishes to this land an unfailing suppiy of water at all times of tre year. The Chamber of Commerce of Woodland is the pioneer in the movement to establish a Stzte farm. and has been working for the past eight vears for the passage of some law requiring the Swate to own and maintatn an experimental farm. “'he State sgricultural farm should be lo- cated in a typical agricultural section of the State. Yolo County sofl, loca- ry to meet provision of the bill in the highest de- nossesses clima eve cree. Yolo County has no State institution of any deseription within her borders. She has con- tributed yearly a liberal share toward the sup- port of all State Institutions. The Mullen Station site Is near the center of and so situated that the farm. would benefit equally each Whatever benefits aris— Yolo County, :if located there. izection of the county. { In_sweatshops. “BREA RECOR End of June Will Show More Immigrants for the Fis- eal Year Than Ever Before NO CHECK IN STREAM Total Number for the Twelve Months, It Is Estimated, Will Exceed One Million Special Dispatch to The Call. NEW YORK., June 2.—Streams of im- migrants continue to pour into New York through Eilis Islana, breaking all pre- vious records. More than 72,000 immi- grants have landed since June 1, and the official estimate for the full month is £4,065, as against 51,731 in June of last year. This is. even a larger proportion- ate increase than in May this year, when 94,712 entered as against 70417 in May, 194. The high-water mark in Immigra- tion is usually reached in May. The census office approximates the to- tal immigration for this fiscal year at 1,061,639, which indicates a record-breaker, the high-water mark being 857,046 for the year ending June 3v, 1903. For the fiscal year of 1904 the figures were §12,870. There has been little change in the general character of the immigrants in the fiscal year about to close. Lithuan- jans and Bohemians have been rushing here, mainly to work in the coal mifes; Poles and Russians come and scatter throughout the country, many settling Italians crowd in to do manual labor. Swedes and Greeks find their way to the Northwest. There are fewer Germans than in former years, and Ireland seems to have Been pretty thor- oughly drained. ———ee “Do not trust an alchemist who is poor, nor a doctor who is sick,” nor a store that has not enough enterprise to advertise—for that would imply too little enterprise to have secured desir- able goods. g - S TR NEW YORK. June .25. t the home of his daughter to-night It w: announced that James W. Alexander. former president of the FEquitable Life Assurance Soclety, was getting along nicely. His condition last night was crave. - —_ ing by virtue of location would accrue to Yolo County without detriment to the Stats nor the best Interests of the institution. INVESTICATORS ARE APPOINTED Affairs of Dental Board to Be Probed by State Offi- cial and Two Assemblymen COMMITTEE 1S NAMED AR R Devlin of Vallejo and Crom- well of Petaluma to Find Cause of Recent Seandal Spectal Dispatch to The Cail. SACRAMENTO, June %.—Acting Gov- ernor Alden Anderson to-day announced the appointment of a commission of three, specially deputized to investigate the ru- mors of scandal and graft affecting the State Board of Dental Examiners. The commission will be composed of A. J. Pillsbury, secretary of the State Board of Examiners, and two members of the last Assembly, F. A. Cromwell of Peta- luma and ¥rank R. Deviin of Vallejo. Unofficially it is stated that there is no probability of important action being taken until after August 1. The fact that this committee would be appoined was announced exclusively in The Call several days ago. Publications reflecting upon the integ- rity of members of the Dental Board had attracted the notice of Governor Pardes before his departure for Oregon and at that time, after conference with Lieu- tenant Governor Anderson, he decided upon the action made public to-day and authorized the Liecutenant Governor to act. In his letter to Secretary Pillsbury Act- ing Governor Anderson says that he will leave to the good judgment of the com- mission the selection of a method of pro- cedure. As to the purpese, he explains that the commission is to sift the rumors relating to charges of improper conduct which have been given public utterance, both in the press and by members of the State Dental Board. He expects that the commission, if it finds the charges um- substantiated by fact, to vindicate the members, and if false, to expose, and, if possible, punish the guilty. He adds that the scope of the investigation should be broad enough to cover all the causes of the recent controversy. —_—— MEXICO CITY, Jume 25.—President Diaz's Cabinet will be enlarged on July 1 by the addi- tion of a Minister for a Department of Pubile Instruction. It is probable that Justo Sierra, a noted litterateur and authority on educatiom, will be the new Cabinet member. you will have to hurry up if price inst&d of at a regular We will not repeat such Fircworks Free to Boys Box of assorted fireworks free' with every boy’s wool- en suit from now until July 4th. We close our stock-taking sale this week. This means you want to buy at a reduced price later on. a sale as this for some time— | cannot afford to give such big reductions because we will not have an accumulation of broken sizes. It will pay you to go without a few other things right Youths’ Suits $7.45 These suits comprise a splendid assortment of fancy cheviots in shades of gray and brown. They are just the pat- terns young men want for sum- mer wear. Ages 12 to 19 years; formerly $10 and $12.50, each suit now $7.45. Sailor suits for little fellows of 3 and 4 years only, in blue serge, neatly trimmed, differ- ent styles; former prices $3.50 and $5.00, now $1.35. , Norfolk suits, with belt an box plaits, small patterns, in fancy mixtures, ages 9 to 14 years;. « formerly $6.00, now Three-piece suits, made with coat, vest and knee pants, from fancy mixed cheviot, in gray, tan and brown, ages 9 to 15 years; formerly $6.00 and $7.50, how $3.85. Russian blouse suits, made from all-wool fancy cheviots and serges, Eton collar and extra linen collar, ages 215 to 6 ‘yvears: formerly $6.00, now $3.85. Wash suits in sailors (ages 6 to 12 years), colors positively fast: formerly $1.50'and $1.73, now 95¢. Thesa surts ara cn sale in both stores. Negligee Shirts Worth Z5c for 45¢ * You generally find warm weather on_your summer vaca- tion. so take along some negligee shirts. We have just reduced The materfals are madras, sateen and cheviots, in light. medium and dark grounds. in stripes and The colors are woven into the cloth and will Each shirt liberally cut—we can fit any man wear- Buttonholes are well made; seams double sewed; it is a sightly shirt, just syited for outing purposes. On sale in bo.h S.ores. our 75¢ shirts to 43¢. checked effects. wash well. ing from 14% to 1T. Mail orders -filled — Write at once — Expressage ; free within 5o mil?, Two now and take ad santage of these reduced prices. Clothes Hats and Fyrnishings Reduced---Last. Week of Our St.ock Taking Sale Buy Now at. Reduced Prices Instead of at, Regular Prices Later Think of getting a $17.50 suit for $8.85, a $5.00 Panama for $3.65, 2 $1.30 soft felt hat for 85¢, a $3.00 suit case for $1.85. Every one of the values can be had at this sale, and there are many other articles for men and boys reduced in like pro- portion. Be sure and come this week if you want your dollars to do double duty. Men'’s Suits $8.85 These suits are a collection of . broken sizes from our entire stock at both stores of suits which for- merly sold from $10 up to $17.50. The suits as a whole contain all sizes. The man measuring from 34 to 42 (chest measure) can find his size in almost any pattérn that pleases him. Think of coming into one of our stores, selecting a ready-to- wear suit worth $17.50; putting it on and taking it home, and all you have to pay is $8.85. In the lot are a number of suits for tall, slim men, and also men of short, stout build. Such men ordinarily find it difficult to get a proper fit in ready-made clothes. Here they can get what they want for only $8.85. The suits comprise black thi- bets and cheviots, fancy worsteds and cheviots in the prevailing spring and swmmer patterns and also medium weight; Styles single and double breasted; for- mer prices $10, $12.50, $15 and $17.50; any suit in the lot now is yours at $8.85. In the collection are several outing suits in Norfolk style with belt and box plaits;” materials are crashes, homespuns and flan- ~nels; former prices $12.50 and $15, now reduced to $8.85. Svils on Sale at Roth Stores Each store has a splendid assortment of these suits at $8.85. $2 Straw Hats for 85¢ ‘We have col- lected all our odds and ends in straw hats, which formerly sold at $2.00 and $1.50, and marked them All our $3.00 Panamas, in Fedoras, Opti- Large Stores 740 Market Street and Corner Powell and Ellis | _Penemes on saie in both stores.