The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, November 14, 1905, Page 3

¢« LIFE INSURANCE FO FAVORED BY SAMUEL G WL e Proposal Made i His Annual Report. n He Also, Advocates Exclusion of Chinese. Takes Firm Stand for American Ca nal. R Ly REPORT MADE BY GOMPERS. Dr- Graves’ Tooth Powder makes the teeth white, bright and beautiful, why not use it twice every day, the way people do who have teeth you like to see. Itis » froe anticeptic. Ask your dentist tbout this; he will advise you. 1n handy metal cans or bottles, 35c. br- Graves’ Tooth Powder Go. 1 - MBER 14. 1905. 1 At the annual conven- | t107m of the American Fed- . opened in Puttsburg yes- |terday, President Gom- | pers tendered a long re- among the labor unions. big Ilife insurance com- panie exclusion. eration of Labor, whick ort, the most startling Sfeature of which was his advocacy of nsurance His proposal was called forth by the exposures re- cently made of flagrant abuses of trust among the Gompers takes a firm stand for Chinese SO0 000 Z w0 = 1S 23 Govre=rs, (IO v, S\ IR0 OO U QD | Y\ ¢ n in bring to permit their brother industrial We want interna- hv yearns for it L apart FOR INSURANCE, ason our thelr protective, become the PROPOSA why trade the guarantee to of benefits by ing, " aeath, stigations travel have on how largely the wage nulcted by exces demon- Our unions, by their r experience, interests, do and dues paid than of some who assert Y functions of the sverent in the interests of the are without limit s of opponents, we ily demonstrate n for associa- t rank and file povement a: honorable, high mind- ful and honest as any of our critics or either in their individual or asso- n that the accumulation payment of benefits as e features would prove nione which have alrcady established teatures manifestly disprove. | v appear paradoxical, but it is never- theless irue, that there has been less dishon- esty or maladministration in unions having ac- | cumulated large funds than in those in which | large funde have been conspicuous by their absence FAVORS CHINESE EXCLUSION. is carcely ne he reasons for Chinese are not appropriate a idly by and without ns of eome Who, to their fel- parent jmmediate greed of to inaugurate a viclous policy race, and_destroy our very lives. We make no priense that the exclusion of Chinese can be defendec upon & high ideal, ctbica] ground, but we insist that it is our eential duty to maintain and preserve our condition and standard of life and and thus 1o mesure us the OppoT- ¥ the development of our intellactual and moral character. Self-preservation has al- regarded as the first law of nature. It is & principle and a necessity from which we ought not and must not depart. Surely, America’s workmen have enough to contend 'with, have sufficient cbstacles con- fronting them in their struggle to maintain themseives in their humanizing movement for 2 higher and a better lize without being re- quired to meet the enervating, killing, under- eeliing and underliving competition of that nerveless, wantiess people, the Chinese. There can be no question that Japapese immigration ful_influence into Hawail has had a most bane- nd result: but it is a queer no- tion that will seek relief from the evils re- i sulting from Japanese immigration and work by turning to the Chinese, and it shows a per- verted conception of real economy, justice and Americanism. We insist that the Panama capal and its zone nnot be regarded as American In ope particular and non-American in another. We re just as Intensely interested as any can be in the necessity for and the advantages that will result fiom the construction of the Panama eanal. but we equall ehall be the resuit of American genius and A Wholly apert from the consideration of the lsw excluding Chinese Jaurers from America. its islands and possessions, the economic, po- litical @ad social features must have a deter- minizg influence. The experience which we in our own ocountry had witn Chinese laborers on the Pacific Coast and emsewhero forbids the thought that Chinese should be employed upon the canal. e ! insist that it ASSAULTED BY UNKNOWN.—While ml was standing at the corner of Fifth and Na- toma streets yesterday Michael Wall was dealt a blow from behind that rendered him un- corscious - for several minutes. The police bave no clew. to his assaflant. . . . we are in | ¢ gratitude the act of vho found arnage and war tics to the the tfunctions of | nevitably lead to the deteriora- | undermine our civilization -~ -~ (110} X Q00 000 o) LABOR LEADERS WHO PROMINENT IN BIG CO. TION OPENED IN PITTSBURG. L] ADERS COFFI BORROS CO Special Dispatch to The Call. | BELLINGHAM, Nov. 13—W. H. Mock, an undertaker of this city, was aroused at mldnight last night by a telephone call | at_his house, asking him to come to his office. He did so and ‘there met Chris Bachman, who said his wife had died at Marietta of pneumonia in the afternoon and that he wanted to select a casket then so it would be sent out early in the morning. The undertaker showed him the stock, from which the customer se- lected one costing about $100, and gave | directions for its delivery. Bachman | stated that his wife was named Elizabeth Bachman, aged 45 years. Just before | leaving he asked for 25 cents to buy a | meal, saying he had left home hurriedly. | The undertaker gave him half a dollar. This morning when the casket was taken, according to directions, to Mari- etta, seven miles from town, it was learn- ed that such a man as Bachman had never lived there and no death had oc- curred in the community yesterday. In- | vestigation to-day shows that Bachman is a bachelor, 58 vears old, and is em ployed in a dairy. Mock threatens his arrest unless he receives the 50 cents back and the cost of hauling the coffin to Marietta and return. - LEONCAVALLO TO TOUR w — — PARIS, Nov. 13.—Rudolph Aronson, who has just returned here from Ital announces that he has concluded ar- rangements with Ruggiero Leoncaval- lo, the composer of “1 Pagliaccl,” for an American tour beginning in:Octo- ber, 1806, Signor Leoncavallo will per- sonally conduct “1 Pagliacci” and ex- cerpts from his latest opera, “Roland von Berlin.” which he composed for | Emperor Willlam, and also his “Bo- heme,” “Zaza” and “Chatterton.” ~ VICHY CELESTINS | R UNIONS . THE UNITED STATES | OMPERS | | | 1 | APPEALTO LA STOPSBI WORK ON, Nov. 13.—As the result of an n granted by Thomas D. Molloy, States Bll; WORK Commissioner at Yuma, Tnited Ariz., the Government has been compelled to suspend all work on the mammoth | dam being constructed across the Colo-| rado River north of that place, and un-| less the injunction is dissolved here to-| | morrow the work may not be resumed. The Irrigation, Land and Improvement | Company is seeking to restrain the Gov- ermment from making use of its lands| while the dam across the Colorado River | | is being constructed. It is essential that| | the engineers in charge = of - the . work| hould have the use of the greund. The| rernment has appealed to Judge Camp- ucson. wno presides in the First , of which Yuma County is a part, olve the tempor: injunction. Hearing on the matter will he held in| champers on Tuesday. J. C. Clausen, the| | Government's chief engineer, and the | United States attorney will be here to| represent the United States. | e The More Discerning The investor the quicker he is to grasp the rare chance he has before him in Halfmoon Bay. And to see that Liptom- by-the-Sen he pick of the bunch.” | Why? See to-morrow’s Call. W. D. Potter Co., Inc., 304 Montgomery st. * I MERIWETHER TO FACE * | A COURT MARTIAL| Md., Nov. 13.—Midship- | man Minor Meriwether Jr., who was the | opponent of Midshipman James R. Branch in the fist fight in which the latter received fatal injurles, is under arrest in his quarters. Midshipmen A. ‘W. Fitch and Leigh Noyes, referee and timekeeper respectively in the fight, and four others who acted as seconds to Meri- wether and Branch, will be summoned as witnesses In the court-martial proceed- ings, which have been ordered. ' The trial will begin next week. Those connected with the fight, other than the principals, will not be tried by court-martial, but will be punished by the superintendent, the evidence adduced before the court-martial of Meriwether determining the degree of guilt in each case. Minor Meriwether Sr., father of Mid- shipman Meriwether, arrived in Annapo- lis last night. He was closeted with Ad- miral Sands, superintendent of the acad- emy, for a long time to-day and after- ward saw his son in the latter's quar- ters. MA ANNAPOLIS, N WITH AN AX TQO MUCH FOR BEAR TACOMA, Nov. 13.—A large black bear invaded Monroe yesterday. It walked up the main street for several blocks and turned into the resident part. Three citi- zens organized a bear hunt, and with an ax and pitchforks \followed the bear Into a barnyard. Thomas Perkins attacked the bear with the ax, but reached a little too far and hit the bear’s nose with the handle. The ax flew out of his hands, but he succeeded in knocking the bear down. ‘W. 8. Perkins then jabbed Bruin with a fork. The bear started to climb a fence and Thomas Perkins again hit it with the ax, finishing Bruin's career. CUBAN GOVERNMENT FEARS COUP D’ETAT HAVANA, Nov. 13.—It Is belleved that the Government fears a coup d’ctat as the number of police at the palace has re- cently been trebled and for the last two nights the policemen have been com- pelled to sleep on the palace floor, Statements, which could not be verified, were made to-night regarding an alleged plot against the life of General Andrade, Secretary of the Interior. The would-be.| assassins, according to the story, intended to waylay the Secretary on his farm, but | their plans miscarried. e e NEW YORK, Nov. 13.—At the sani- tarium where Mrs. Edna Wallace Hop- per underwent an operation Sunday | Postal | Schitf, New o | thilda Isberg. $50; Mrs. J. J. Mack, | Licht THROWS CHECKS T0 THE WINDS Thief Rifles Postoftice Boxes and Takes Letters Whieh | Contain Valuable Paper FOUND IN THE STREETS Inspector to Trail Robber Who Deliberately Throws Away His Booty B Special Dispatch to, The Call. ey i BAKER CITY, Ore., Nov. 12.—For sev- eral days letters containing checks for sums ranging from $15 to $500 have been found scattered ail over town. The let- ters were to local people and firms and the checks were good. The letters had all been opened. Une check for $500 was found this morning in an alley back of the elcctric light company, one for $200 | was found back of Baer's store, several | letters containing checks for smaller amounts were found under the steps of | the bank and two checks for 315 and $22 | were pulled out of an fron post | postoftice by thief has been tampering with the private | in the Postmaster Mooma. Some mail boxes In the postoffice and stealing the letters. The postal inspector is now | en route here to investigate. { HEBREWS SUBSCKIBE T0 ALD BRETHREN Throughout San Franeisco| Svnagogues Are Gather- ing Relief Funds. San Francisco has again given proof that her people are the most generous of any city in the United States. The subscriptions to the Russian rellef fund up to yesterday afternoon com- | pare most vorably with those of any city of twice {its population. P. N. Lillenthal wired $10,000 to Jacob H. York, early yesterday, though he had up to that time a little less thtn $7500, but he knew the senti- ment of California people, and the cone | tributions before evening amounted to a day or two he ex-| | pects to wire an additional $10,000. $12,169 15. In Some of the contrihutions have special significance, not so the munificence, but as coming from | those of scant means, and again from many non-Jews, whose hearts respond | to the appeal of the unfortunate of all nations and every creed. The children attending Rabbi Levy's Sabbath-school contributed their little savings and sent $114 to Mr. Lilienthal | for the starving Jews of Russia. The Gemilus Chasodim Associatlon, a society which advances moderate sums to respectable indigents, without inter- est, at a meeting held last Sunday, donated $100 to the fund. The employes of M. Siminoff tributed $44 75 collectively. A public meeting will be neld under the auspices of the Hebrew Free Loan con- Association to-morrow. evening in Lyric Hall, 121 Eddy street, to voice a protest of this community against the outrages and appalling crimes com- mitted by lawless mobs against the Jews in Russia. It is also intended to appeal to President Roosevelt request- ing him to take steps in the name of the people of the United States to pre- vent further slaughter of peaceful citi- zens and innocent women and chil- en. The following is a partial list of yesterday's contributions: Greenebaum, Weil & Mich I Stein- hart, $180; J. Brandenstein, '$1 Herman Shainwald, $100; Morris Hyman, $100; Joseph Myman, $100: Castle Bros.. $100; M.’ Brown, $100; Jonas Bioom, $100; Tillmann & Bendel, 3100; Louls Metzger, $100; L. Schoenberg, $1uu; Jobn T. Sullivan, $100; John T. Boyd, $100; Shreve & Co., $100; Chevra Gemilus Chasodim, $100; Lewis Meyerstein, $100; John M. Wright, $100; J. Loewenberg, $100; Mrs. Caroline Kut- ner, $100; W. Wolf, $100; Sol Lewlis, $50: J. B. Toplitz, $50; Ludwlg Schwabacher, $50; Al- fred Kutner. $50; M. Samuels, $50; Judge M. C. Sloss. $50; Miguel Latz, $50: Hon. E. E. Schmitz, $50; E. S. Pillsbury, $50; em— ploves of M. SIminoff, $44 75: Welsbein Bros., £25: Dr. Albert Abrams, $25: M. Dusenbury, $25: Mitchell Phillips of San Jose, $25; Amella Bremer, $25; M. S. Wahrhoftig of Sacramento, $25. Eastern Outfitting Company, $25; Willlam Lewls, $25: Phoenix Packing Company, $25 Prager Company, $25; Marle Louise Esberg, $20; E. Myron Wolf, '$20; H. Levinson, $20: Mendelsohn Bros., $20; G. Greenzweig, $20 Marcus Rosenthal. $20 Greenebaum, $20; Moritz M $10; L Eisenberg, $10; B. Miller, E. Ediin (second), $10; B. Mish, $10: M. Davidson. $10; M. Spiro. $10; F. Phil- $10; Hugo K. Asher (second contribution), M. H. Lichtenstein, $10: A. H. Stein, $10: Brown, $6 10: D. Davis, $5; enstein, §5; Henry Eisenberg Tash, $8; Mrs Rosalle Jacobs, : L z 0: . C E. - Wolf, $3. Louise W. Ki $5: AL 3 $§3; J. Silve tz, §5; J. M. Ellis, §5; M ¥ Debralle, $2. Relief for Russian Jews. OAKLAND, Nov. 12.—The Oakland relief committee, organized to ralse a fund for the aid of the Jewish sufferers in the Russian massacres, this morning telegraphed $500 to Jacob Schiff of New York, who is president of the natfonal relief committee. Hugo Abrahamson, = much for | . Gelst, H. Wolf, | NTHIRITES FTER FRADS | | | Questionable Land Deals Arouse Suspieions of Pos- 1_W 1 i tal People in the North! {ONE ARREST IS MADE Deeds Made by Supposed | i ’ University Officials Are to ! Special Dispatch to The Call office officlals began an investigation of rests are expected any time on charge: of using the malls for fraudulent pur | poses. Bert Conners, under arrest for| swindling” owners out of property here, | will be tried to-morrow, when much im-| | portant evidence is expected. | Conners has been operating with a man | ! named Frank Dowling, who cannot be | found. Their deals were put through by Some of the fraudulent deeds and mort-| | gages used in the transfers have been| signed by Henry Clough, secretary of the Odessa University, supposed to be located in Lincoln County, Washington, and his instituti These instruments concern | owned by the couple or the university. Clough, who has maintained a downtown office for months, cannot be found. Fraud- ulent Spanish land grant deeds from| | Christian County, Missouri, are playing| an important part in several local cases. | —_———————— SOCIETY WOMEN TACOMA, Nov. 13.—Garfleld has eleven women who made a record for themselves | Saturday by picking up potatoes. These women are among the prominent soclety people of Garfield. Eleven members of the Ladies’ Ald Soclety of the Christian Church learned Thursday that T. S. | Plummer needed helo in his forty-acre potato patch. The soclety was In need of money for foreign missjonary work | | and the members decided to help Plum- mer out and also put money .into the treasury of the soclety. They went in a body and Plummer agreed to give them seven cents a sack for all the potatoes they could pick up. In four hours they had filled 100 sacks of spuds. As the men digging could not dig fast enough for them the women took hoes and dug enough potatoes to fill the last sacks. When they had finished Plummer wrote | them a check on a local bank for $7. | ENGLAND AND JAPAN ‘ MAY BUILD A CANAL CITY OF MEXICO, Nov. Mexican Herald prints a story claiming it has information that the ments of Great Britain and Japan have practically decided to construct a ship canal of their own across Nicaragua, practically on the lines of the plan re- jected by the American Government, Great Britain to furnish the capital and Japan the labor. ————————— JAPAN PLANS TO ISSUE A NEW FOREIGN LOA ~ LONDON, Nov. 13.—The Japanese Government has decided to immediate- ly issue a new foreign loan of $250,- 000,000 at 4 per cent, which will be used partly for -the redemption of the internal loans. It is understood that France will participate to a consider- able amount, the Rothschilds’ Paris house being the issuing house there. The exact date of the issue has not yet been decided upon. o+ -+ George Mosbacher and Fred Kahn are the members of the local committee, and those who subscribed to the fund are: Hugo Abrahamson, $100; Rabbi M. Friedland- er, »0; Helen Abrahamson, $10; Jack Abra- hamson, $1¢; Mrs._ Matfida Jacobi, $10: Trained Nurse, $10; Mrs. Fibush, §5; Kabn Bros., $25; Victor Rottman, $20; G. Mosbacher, $10; Smith, §10; J. Heymann, $2 50; C. D., Nathan _ Rosenberg, $100; Mrs. White, eaine Frank, §2 o0: A. Sebrecht, §2 50; M. Deinstag, $3; Mrs. A. Fox, $2 50: A. Schar- man, $10: A. Jonas, Cheura Kurusha Soclety, $10: Henry Abrahamson, $50: Jacob Rosenberx, $10; Oakiand Bank of Savings, $25; Daugh- ters of Israel Rellef, $250: P. Hoas, 32 30: H. M. Jacobs, $3; B. Kirschbaum, § Casa, $25; Harriet Marks, $10, and S. £2 50. Mre. Blener, NEW YORK, Nov. 13.—Jacob H. Schiff, treasurer of the Jewish relief committee, to-day received $10,000 from San Francisco and $16,000 from St. Louis as a result of the appeal sent out to citles and towns throughout the United States. Be Given an Investigation | wife, Anna, who s vice president of the| land not| ALK UP SPUDS 13 —The | Govern- | f | SEATTLE, Nov. 13.—To-night local post-| { the real estate f auds, extending from St.| ! Louis to Seattle and San Francisco. Ar-| the real estate firm of W. P. McQuillin. | | OMEN VICTIMS OF AUTO WRECK R Machine Hits Pole and Two Woodland Girls Are Badly Hurt, the Driver Eseaping i INJURIES ARE SERIOUS Attempt to Turn a Corner Results Disastrously for Oceupants of Motor Car —_—— Spectal Dispatch to The Call WOODLAND, Nov. 13.—While riding n an automobile last evening T. D. Orr and the Misses Fannie and Lula Dinzler had a narrow escape. While traveling at a air rate of speed they attempted to turn nto another street. An electric company Pas a big pole on the corner and the city has a short pole about six feet farther ov. There is no light on the corner, conse- 'quently the posts were not seén by the motorists until they were very close. Orr applied the brakes, but too late, and the machine struck the short pole with full force. Lula Dinzler was thrown ahead of the machine about eight feet. Her ankle was fractured and she received several severe bruises on her head and neck. Miss Fannle received an ugly cut over her left eye and her skull was frac- tured on the left side. Orr was thrown forward over the frunt wheels, but did not sustain any injuries. DEPUTY 15 SHOT BY OLD FRIEND CARSON, Nov. 13—C. S. Emerson, deputy sheriff of Ermeralda County, was shot by a friend near this city last even- ing. Emerson, in company with Fred Short of Virginia City, was driving to this city in a buggy. When near this city Short suddenly took a revolver from his pocket and shot Emerson in the back. The wounded man grabbed his assallar and in the struggle that, followed four more shots were fired. The bullets tore through Emerson’s clothes, but inflicted no injury. After firing the shots Short jumped from the rig and Emerson jumped after him. As Short was intoxicated he made little headway and the wounded man caught him, rolled him up in a bugsy robe and delivered him to the Sheriff in this city. At a doctor's office it found that one bullet had ploughe through both of Emerson’s shoulders, # flicting a very painful wound. The two men had been the best friends for years and the cause of the shooting is a mystery. Emerson declines of to prosecute Short. The Distriet Attor- ney has the case under advisement. ———— ITALIAN BANK OCCUPIES NEW QUARTERS Following the lead of the prominent banking institutions in the United States, the Banco Colombo is now es- tablished in its own bank bullding. sit- uated on the NE. corner of Montgomery and Washington streets. Constructed of granite, with fire and burglar proof safe deposit vaults and an up-to-date office equipment, this building cost over $100,000 and is one of the hand- somest structures in this part of the city. Established in 1893 as a savings and loan institution, the Banco Colombo is the pioneer Italian bank of this city, and the move is In keeping with its steadlly increasing business. A new feature is the safe deposit boxes, and business men of this section will no doubt find it a great convenience. The officers are: I W. Hellman Jr., presi- dent; G. Bacigalupi, vice presMen!;“F. N. Belgrano, cashier; directors—I. W. Hellman Jr., V. Garibaldi, Jos. Cale- aris, Dr. C. Barsotti, Walter J. de Mar- Sint, . Belgrano, G. Bacigalupi, Glov. Cuneo, Carlo Seracco. CAPTAIN A. P. BERRY WILL BE DISMISSED WASHINGTON, Nov. 13.—The papers in the case of Captain Alga P. Berry, detailed in the quartermaster’s de- partment of the army, have been re- ceived at the War Department. The case :as been sent to the President. as the sentence of the court was dismiss- al from the service. CaptainA\Berry was charged with conduct unbecoming an officer while In charge of one of the transports om the Pacific Ocean, In attempting to enter the room of a woman at night. He was appointed from Kansas to the military academy In 1392 and after his graduation he Served In the infantry until detailed as a quartermaster. — Cologne Gazetts pan: Government has ng to embassies of the Gar- Toklo and the Japanese Le- man Legation at gation at Berlin and that the German Govern- ment has agreed to the proposition. $27. Thanksgiving day is close at hand. Good time to particularly good when you can buy it for a third less than its uarter-sawed golden uk.‘ 42 inches wide, dining-t, lue. a fretted Vi Weat! gracefully sh glass 4 ANDSOME BUFFET, oom oak or polished And well constructed, stylish ones at that. 'ou will not be dluvr Just & shade better than the We night, it was sald to-night that she| .| was practically out of danger. are rarely offered as g xlctnrl tl like to have you find things ed ped mirror extending the entire width. TS, OGAK DINERS, $1.15. 00d a chair at less than two dollars—at the very least. inted on coming to the store and seeing the chair. No mail or telephone orders accepted for the above advertised articles. .00, put the finishing touch to drawer fronts, Furniture Compan L1 26 S GLIARMET SY. OSITE RIS ALLISTER