The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, August 5, 1905, Page 1

QAL PRINTS MORE: VEUAE | THE WEATHER. { “\a Forecast made at s thir n Francisco rcr[ hours ending midnight, August 5: | s ® 4 n Francisco and vicintty—Fair; Saturday; fresh west wind. G. H. WILLSOX, Local Forecaster, ’ 4 Temporarily in charge. | . ALCAZAR—'“The Fortunes King." CHUTES—Soecialties. CENTRAL—"The Cattle COLUMBIA—"“Weather Beaten Ben- GRAND—Matinee: “The Little Rabbl." ORPHEUM—Vaudeville, TIVOLI—“Reb Roy.” Matinees at all Theaters. THE THEATERS. of the King." SENSATIONAL IN THE TAGGART R TESTIMONY CASE. Witnesses Tell of Wife’s Alleged Misdoings. Deposition of San Francisco Woman Presented. pasBeyenN | . TPALS IN A SEN- DRAGGED THB m Taggart | and that d him. | hen legal and > Smyser | FOR A MAYOR .| Executive of Paterson, N. J., Believed to Be on Hls Way Bpecial Dispatch to The Call. NEW YORK, rant has been g the time | urse for Mrs. Aug AAA! last a war- issued for Willlam H. dered to use its utmost endeavors to take the missing man into custody. But that he will be located is doubted by every Paterson who. is at all familiar facts in the case. On the lips sody to-day in the city where for o many years he was looked up to as a model citizen, husband and father was the charge that “the meanest thief” this time placed hundreds of miles himself and his former home. cen definitely ascertained that or several thousand dollars at « - t he disappeared last Monday. During three days just before his flight, alter he had been confronted by evidence rt. The bank examiners and had T childre on of his crimes to them, ' ¥ the & m ¢ to another of those P ggart's bedroom. lcit confidence in his integ- eponent said without any further security m al promise to repay loans e bedro. g at to borrow thousands of dollars. wife once whe many who believe that he had aptain Bash at 2 many thousands of dollars in o'clo ® and that he carried away with Lee ville testified that comfortable capital with which to he going to | make a new start In South America or ¢ He said | some other foreign land. i e held and at-| It is now a well ascertained fact that| wd | ie same place said | Hurd House while ng there, and saw | er and sev- | him go upstairs | Belcher has been a t least a dozen years, level of the common pickpocket in rob- bing those who trusted him with amounts as small as one dollar. He has-on sev- eral occasions escaped exposure only by appiying on his knees to his victims and her al occasions ith her to her r e who Mrs. Peter Bverly lives next | working upon their selfish interest, prom- to the house occupled by Mrs. Taggart | ising that if he were given time he would in Orrville, was called and sald that | make good their losses. on one occasion saw Mre. Taggart These exposures have .convinced the and “Billy” leave the house in the | Paterson business men that he is not the evening and return to it at about § |kind of man who would take his own life, o'clock the next morning. She fre- |Th#it he will ever be heard of again is | quently saw “Billy” bringing quart bot- | doubted; that the warrant issued at the tles of whisky to the house and after | eleventh hour will resuit in his arrest is | not considered within the range of proba- Dilities. Mrs. Taggart left the house they hauled sway a barrel of quart whisky bottles. RS GRICE TAGCGART N\ to Foreign Land| Beicher, who is still Mayor of Paterson, | N. J. He is charged with embezzlement, and the police department has been or- thief and a forger for | descending to the | " MAYOR TABOOS -~ CREANY -HUED -~ BATHING SUITS 1| /Issues Edict to Smart Set Girls at At- lantic City. e, Special Diipatch to The Call ATLANTIC CITY, Aug. 4.—Mayor Story has issued an edict forbidding the fair sex to appear on the beach in eam-colored bathing suits. A num- | ber of the younger society leaders of { Philadelphia and Baltimore, who are both fair and shapely, appeared on the ! beach in the kind of costumes tabooed by the Mayor. No end of confusion fol- | lowed immediately and a crowd of men of all ages gathered on the board walk. i It had been claimed that the suits were practically transparent. Protests were made by several ladies who do ot venture into the surf and the Mayor was moved to issue his edict. It is sald that he strode down to the water's edge with firm tread and determined mien. When he drew close to the wearers of the offending costumes he politely turned his back, and, clearing his throat a couple of times, began: % dies, your costumes are,—ah— very alliterative, and you are doubtless aware of the sensation you are creat- ing, but they are—not—well—it's up to me.” The truth was out at last, and the Mayor hurried away. Later he issued an order to the effect that the only bathing suits allowed on the beach would be those of non-transparent ma- terial, cut to a proper length. FISH IN TRUCKEE DIE OF SUNY ROKE Hot Spell Causes Great Mor- tality Among Denizens i of the River. Special Dispatch 4o The Call, ENO, Aug. 4.—Hundreds of trout hd\e been found floating in the Truckee River in the lower end of this county | old ; died | during the past several days. fishermen state the trout have from sunstroke. Strange as this claim may seem, it is borne out by the facts. | The Fiver at this season of the year is quite low, the trout being compelled to swim over riffies in many Instances !only a few inches in depth. The water, already warm from the excessive hot spell of the past month, is made still Ihotter by the constant rays of the sun in the shallow places. The fish in pass- ing over these riffles are affected and roll over on their backs dead. | CRISWELL INVOLVED N CRAFT New York Editor's Suicide Is Ex- plained. Sequel to the Recent Exposure of So- ciety Writers. Subscriptions Taken for Book Which Has Never Gone to Press. Spectal Dispatch to The Call NEW YORK, Aug. 4—That a prosecu- tion on a criminal charge other than the | indictment for libel already lodged agalnst him awaited Robert A. Criswell, editor of The New Yorker, and editor-in- chief of The Soclal Editors’, Society, who leaped or fell under a subway ex- press last night at Seventy-second street station, was stated to-day at the office of | the District Attorney. say his mind had become unbalanced | through constant brooding over his ar- | rest on July 15, and subsequent troubles arising from the District Attorney’s in- quiry into the Social Editors’ Society, of which he was the head. caused by Congressman Joseph L. Rhi- nock of Covington, Ky., who charged criminal libel, because of the publication in Criswell's paper ‘‘The New Yorker,” of an article entitled “An Insult to Alice Roosevelt.” Assistant District Attorney Paul Krotel was very much surprised this morning when helemned of ‘he 7 of Criswell. Later; he saide ™ “Although no criminal action has been brought against Criswell, we were seri- ously contemplating bringing a charge against him for obtaining money under false pretenses. Every time Criswell was here at the office he seemed greatly wor- ried. I belleve he was frightened into taking -his own life, fearing he was going to be prosecuted. ‘“Upon my supesficial examination of the books of ‘America’s Foremost Fami- lies,” which I conducted last week, they showed that 36,500 had been collected and none of it had been spent toward publish- ing the book. Practically all of the money had gone into commissions and salaries to Criswell and Irving and their two col- lgctors, A. de Wald Bloom and Leo M. Morris. . “I requested Criswell to appear here last Monday and produce the books of his concern. He promised to do so, but I heard nothing from him.” CINCINNATI, Aug. 4.—The tragic death of Robert W. Criswell, in New York last last night, following the complaint made against his paper, the New Yorker, for a publication involv- ing Congressman Rhinock, of Coving- ton, Ky., Miss Alice Roosevelt. Con- gressman Longworth and others, led to the supposition that it was a case of suicide, caused by the results of the publication. Congressman Rhinock reached Cincinnati to-day from a brief absence. He said he was shocked by the news. “It probably was suicide,” he said, “but I do not believe the charge I filed against him prompted the act, for Cris- well knew there was nothing to fear in my case. Affairs that the public have not-been informed of, I think, prompted the deed. As a matter of fact, I do not believe it is revealing a secret now to say that since the publi- cation of his answer to my complaint Criswell had been summoned to the District Attorney's office a dozen times on cases entirely distinct from mine. I believe Criswell saw himself help- lessly enmeshed and decided to end it all. “I belleve Criswell was sincerely sorry for the publication. He did not reveal to me the author of the article, but promised to do so at the hearing in September, if, by that time, the man did not come forward himself and ac- knowledge the authorship. “He was not promised immunity. T told him I would do what I could for him if he told all, but that did not mean much, as it was not my case but | that of the District Attorney. ,I an only a witness in whatever wie case de- | veloped into, even now. Assistunt Dis- trict Attorney Krotel did not promise | him immunity that I know of; but he told Criswell he would be as easy as| he could.” CLINGS TO- RAILING OF SPEEDING TRAIN Passenger Has Wild Ride Until Strength Fails and He Falls. MARYSVILLE, Aug. 4—D. J. Darling, a passenger on the southbound Oregon Express, fell from the train at Live Oak early this morning and narrowly escaped death, gs the train was moving at the rate of forty miles an hour. Darling got off at Gridley to get a drink, and as the train started he caught the rafling of the closed vestibule on the Pullman and clung there for ten miles until he had nearly reached Live Oak, when he dropped off, too fatigued to hold longer In his uncertain position. He knows little of what happened to him, but when he recovered some time afterward he was some distance from the track, torn and bleeding. He managed to reach Live Oak and .took another train for Mary: ville, where physicians attended his in. juries. Criswell’s friends | His arrest was | g WILLIAM COLLIER MAY SEEK A DIVORCE. Actor Cables From London to Long Island Tradesmen 1hat He Will Not Pay Wife’s Bills. | | ! | occasioned by the report in the actors’ | colony that divorce proceedings were | ST. JAMES, L. I, Aug. 4—Consider- able gosstp in theatrical circles was about to be commenced between Wil- liam Collier and his wife, who s known on the stage as Louise Allen. This talk sprang from a _cablegram from Collier, who is in London, to Thomas Garrick, foreman of his country place at St. James, which read: “Will pay no debts contracted by my wite after this date. Notify trades- men.” The cablegram was dated August 3 and signed Willlam Colljer. —_———————— TAFT PARTY WARMLY WELCOMED AT MANILA | Battleship Ohio, Forts amd Bay Craft Fire War Sec- retary’s Salute. < WELL-KNOWN ACTRESS WHOSE HUSBAND MAY SOON BRING su-r FOR A DIVORCE. CARRIES BOOK WITH LEAVES OF CURRENCY Banker Does Away With Necessity for Checks. Pt Spectal Dispatch to The Call COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo., Aug. 4— ‘When you have a hotel bill to pay, dear reader, how would you like to be In a position to go to a book and tear out a page profusely illustrated and deco- rated with fine engravings, h: it to | the cashier and get a receipt ®or the | amount of money you owe? | The Antlers Hotel is taking in mon- i ey by the yard and it comes in sheets | of twenties, too. The bills are not even cut apart and are just as cleam and fresh as when they came from the en- grawver. It is money that has never been spent. A page of these valuable en- | gravings was turned in this morning by Adolph Jacobs, who is spending the summer at the hotel. Mr. Jacobs is vice president of the National Bank of Commerce at Nat- chez, Miss., and is sojourning in Colo- rado Springs with his wife and chil- dren. The new bills, tens and twen- ties, are issued by his bank and bear his signature. ———— EMMETT RIGGINS TO RELY UPON THE INSANITY PLEA MANILA, Aug. 5.—Secretary of War | Taft and party_ arrived here on the steamship Manchuria at 10 o'clock this morning. Their arrival was made the | occasion of a gorgeous water pageant. | Governor General Wright, Major_ Gen- | eral Corbin and Rear Admiral Train, | with their staffs, and the official recep- tion committee met the party when the | Manchuria entered. The battleship Ohio, the forts and [ craft in the harbor fired the regulation salute for the Secretary of War. After the party left the steamship they pro- ceeded to the Governor General's resi- dence, where the officlal welcome was made and where the golden keys of the city were presented to Secretary Taft. Thousands lined the streets, which were elaborately decorated. —_— e———— CANADIAN TROOPS MAY MARCH ON AMERICAN SOIL Permission Is Given for “Duke of Corn- wall’'s Own” to Visit Boston nd Providence. WASHINGTON, Aug. 4—The State | Department to-day telegraphed the | British Embassador and the American | Consul General at Ottawa that the Gov- | ernors of New Hampshire, Vermont and Massachusetts formally consented to passage through those States of the Forty-third Canadian Regiment (the | Duke of Cornwall’'s Own), who are now | in Ottawa waiting to proceed to visit | Boston and Providence—the only re-| striction is in the case of Massachusetts, where the State law of 1902 prohibits | the assembly of visiting troops for drill | or parade. The telegram to the Embas~ sador was addressed to him both at New York and the summer home of the em- bassy at Lenox. ————————— ACCUSES MILLIONATRE OF BREACH OF PROMISE | 1 ‘Woman Brings Suit for $100,000 Against Eugene McCoy of Chicago. CHICAGO, Aug. +—Mary T. Hillyer | has brought suit in the United States | Circuit . Court for $100,000 damages against Eugene H. McCoy, president of the National Printing and Engraving | Company. Mrs. Hillyer alleges breach of promise. Whe Killed Robert E. Deane in Fresno Has Evidence to Sup- port Claim. FRESNO, Aug. 4—BEmmett Riggins, i the contractor who killed Robert E. Deane, the writer, has lost his air of bravado. In the hope of saving his neck, his attorneys have decided upon the insanity plea. Many startling facts of the contractor’s past life have al- ready been gathered to support this theory. When a small boy Riggins in a frenzy of anger, it is sald, hurled a croquet ball at a playmate, now J. L. Maupin, a prominent local physician, knocking three teeth down his throat. ‘When a grown man, he killed a valu- able but disobedient dog with an ax. Drowning of Seven Is Feared, WICHITA, Kans., Aug. 4.—Mrs. Lewis Steinbuchel, together with her three children and three children of Mrs. D. F. Lynch, a neighbor, are all believed to have been drowned in Little River near this city this afternoon. The party went out boating shortly after the noon hour to-day and at 2 o'clock this morn- ing had not been iound. S FISTES (MTIN THE WORLD Den Goes 36 Miles an Hour on Her Trial. One of the Herreshoffs’ Designs Marvelous Motor-Boat. Whole Affair Weighs but 300 Pounds and Draws Only Seven Inches. Spectal Dispatch to The Call BRIDGEPORT, Conn., Aug. 4—Charles F. Herreshoff Jr., a member of a family of world-wide reputation as designers of yachts, achieved a triumph in motor- | beat bullding when his boat, the Den, was launched on Wednesday by the | American and British Manufacturing | Company and traveled over the waters of Long Island Sound at the rate of thir- ty-six miles an hour—faster than any boat has ever skimmed them before. Not even the Unite@ States torpedo-boat de- stroyer Porter when she carried Theo- dore Roosevelt, then Assistant Secretary of the Navy, from this city to New York made such a record. A mile in one minute and forty seconds in a boat thirty-five feet long was the time caughs to-day, and the Den then was traveling with one cylinder of her four-cylinder gasoline engine unlinked from the shafts. Three persons—Mr. Her- reshoff at the heim, Frederick Bages, master mechanic of the American and Britlsh g Company, who bullt the boat under the supervision of the designer, and Mrs. Herreshoff—were on board the speedy little craft in her trial trip to-day. Strange as it may seem, they weighed more than the fully equipped boat. The Den when launched weighed 300 pounds, and of that the en- gine took up about 175 pounds. Séven inches of water is all the Den draws, and when traveling at top speed she fairly skips albng, her bow buried in a smother of fine spray and her stern drawn down slightly by her rapidly moving propeller kicking water away in great curling, foaming waves. She s thirty-five, feet over all and four feel seven inches wide, and tapers to sharp bow and stern. She sits unusually high, even when traveling at her remarkable speed. POLICE CAPTURE DESPERATE THUE Charles Moore Tries to Kill Restaurant Man After Rob=- bing Him of His Money Charles Moore after robbing the restau- rant of Espa Cenopulos, at 1 BEighth street, last night attempted to shoot the proprietor, who made an effort to capture him. Cenopulos owes his life to a defec- tive cartridge, as the thug deliberately pointed the gun in his face and snapped the trigger. After running several blocks the flend was overtaken by policemen and charged at the Southern station with robbery. Shortly after 9 o’clock last night Moore entered the restaurant and ordered a meal. He asked for some fruit, evidently knowing that the proprietor had nenme in stock and would be compelled to go to a fruit store near by to get some. On re- turning from his errand the restaurant man discovered Moore robbing the till. Moore fled and Cenopulos pursued him. At Eighth and Mission streets he over- took the robber and grappled with him, Moore drew a revolver and fired point blank at Cenopulos. The cartridge proved defective, but Cenopulos released his grip and Moore continued his flight. He ran down Mission street, with Special Police- man O'Neil in pursuit. He ran up Sev- enth street to Stevenson, and them through a lot to Market street. Policeman Charles Goff saw the fleeing man cross Market street, near Seventh, with a revolver in his hand. Goff pluck- ily and with a threat ordered the thug to throw up his hands. With the threat “I'd get you if 1 hadn’t thrown my cartridges away,” Moore submitted to ar- rest. Moore had $5 65. He admitted he had taken $4 50 from the till, and brags that he would have killed Cenopulos and Goff if he had had the use of his weapon. He is a heavy-set fellow, about 24 years of age. He says he is a machinist* and is from Chicago. The police believe, how- ever, that they have a desperate man with a record. ———————— FRANCE WANTS BODIES OF HER SOLDIER DEAD Emperor Willlam Orders Remains of French Prisoners of War Trans- ferred With Military Homors. BERLIN, Aug. 4—The French Gov- ernment some time ago expressed a wish that the bones of French soldiers who died while prisoners during the Franco-Russian war should be returned to France. Emperor Willlam bhas or- dered that this be done and that mili- tary honors shall be rendered in every instance during the transfer.