The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, November 17, 1905, Page 1

e i Forecast San Fr co and nset THAN ANY OTHER PAPER PUBLISHMdoai-Sie{ -— il [ FRANCISCO H THE THEATERS. ALCAZAR—“The Little Minister." CENTRAL—‘“The Darkest Hour." CHUTES—Vaudeville. COLUMBIA—"The Prince of Pllsen.” FISCHER'S—Vaudeville. Matinee. GRAND—“Buster Brown." ““The Light Eternal.’” MAJESTIC- ORPHBUM—Vaudeville. VOLUME 170. XCVIII—NO. SAN FRANCISCO, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 1905. PRICE FIVE CENTS. STANDARD OIL S PROSPEROUS Quarter's Earnings Equal 22 Per Cent on Stock. — PRICES STEADILY INCREASED 0IL TRUST'S BIG DIVIDENDS. | ' The following table gives the total dividends patd by the Stan- dard Oll Company each year during the past eight years, together with John D. Rockefeller's supposed share in the profits: Total Per cent J. D. Rockefeller's Year Dividend. Dividend. Share. | 1898 ....cccnssesncss . #29,950,000 30 $9,980,000 | 1899 32,940,000 33 10,980,000 1900 .. ... 46,800,000 48 15,600,000 1901 .. .. 46,800,000 48 15,600,000 1902 . 43,875,000 = 14,620,000 1908 . 42,300,000 a4 14,300,000 1904 . 35,100,000 38 11,700,000 IR A 39,000,000 40 13,000,000 Totals $817,370,000 324 $105,750,000 Outstanding Market Value at J. D. Rockefeller's Stock. $700 a Share. Holdings. $97,500,000 $652,500,500 $227,300,000 Special Dispatch to The Call. 16.—The earnings of the Standard Oil Company for g to an authority in Wall street, have ry of that organization, ané but for the state greed of great corporations and the lax state inance” the greatest dividend in the history declared on Wednesday. ave been $22,000,000, or 22 per cent of the cap- It was not considered wise, however, under re more than 10 per cent, although this dividend the dividend declared in the corresponding quar- sia, which have prevented the normal produc- have made the demands abroad for the American er before. Notwithstanding this increased business, mpany has swelled its profits still more by steadily petroleum to consumers in the United States. industry is in better shape than it has been since 1900 kholders received $46,800,000 in dividends. than ev ad- the ODELL -AND PLATT RESUME FEUD. Ex-Governor Defies the Senator to Depose Him as “Boss.” Special Dispatch to The Call. NEW YORK —Ex-Governor Odell to-night defied his enemies Republ ization, evea with the sympathetic. backing of osevelt, to wrest from him the control of the Republican State he said. “I'm going to hold the Republican ‘m golug to do all T can for it. I'm far from t going to retire, State in powe This was Odell's answer to the interview given k with President Roosevelt in Washix t soon after Senator Plat n war had been declared ng assured himself of his ground out by Senator Platt \gton on Wednesday. s arrival at the Hotel between the factions, in Washington, had e been sent out by Senator Platt to all but seven of the leaders in this city to call on him at their convenience dis the Republican situation. There is nothing in ths e the nature of Senator Platt's plans. He asks the leaders minds,” to see what can be done to rehabilitate rk County. CUBAN TROOPS HURRIEDLY to SENT TO QUELL UPRISING Spread of Revolutionary Feeling in Republic TR Special Cable to The Call and New York Herald. Copyright, 1005, by the ew York Herald Publishing Company. HAVANA, Nov. 16.—A dispatch received here at a late hour says that 1 uprising has occurred at Manzanillo and that troops, supposedly destined ntiago, are really for the latter place. Dispatches from Santiago state that a mysterious movement of the local rural guards has been golng on for several days. One hundred en were sunt from Havana. A special train was asked for on ac- ant the necessity for the early arrival of troops. Officials here deny knowledge of any insurrection, but fear something Information reached the palace several days ago to the effect irbances in the eastern end of the island were probable. Senor e, secretary of the Government, said to The Call correspondent that absolute was known, but that the Government wanted to take all utions to prevent a repetition of the Cienfuegos incident. 1 out here that two more troops of cavalry will be Sent. The assigned by army officers is possible trouble at the time of the elec- December 1 The Isle of Pines matter is still absorbing public attention throughout \ll the Havana papers give much space to the incident. The Govern- b a gunboat with a spécial mesenger to inquire as to the ount of the distance and there being no telegraphic commu- several days must elapse before the Government will be satisfied ng the situation ther pre On 3 MISTAKEN FOR DEER AND SHOT TO DEATH | Oft-Repeated Excuse Is Given | for Fatal Accident in Woods. Special Dispatch to The Call HUETER PROPERTY turer Who Was Slain by . Wife Is Appraised. of the estate of the lgte Gustav Hueter, ACOMA, Nov. 16—Mistaken for|the ploneer paint manufacturer of Sap de ©O. A. Curtis of Buckley, one of a| Francisco who was killed by his wife party of four hunters, was shot and | near Alma last summer, was filed to-day | killed yesterday r Buckley by Matt | in the probate court. The total value of - Devine, another member of the same | the estate is $143,240 94" Of this amount ty. The men € in the woods | $122,000 is real estate; comsisting of the deer hunting. Devine saw something | home near Alma, and realty in San Fran- move in the distance and, thinking it was a deer, ralsed his gun and fired. The supposed deer was Curtis, vine's aim was only too true, and as 8 result Curtls lies dead in the woods. H~ was shot througa the body, tween her and six childrer — WORTH $143.240 94, Estate of Paint Manufae- SAN JOSE, Nov. 16.—An appraisement cisco and Los Gatos. The personal prop- | erty is valued at $21,240. Kate A. Heuter, De- | who was declared to have acted in self defense in the shooting, i= administratrix of the estate which will be divided be- NICHOLAS GVES UP -~ HIS LAND Peasants Will Own Farm Tracts. Czar Signs Ukase Conveying Vast Domain. Russian Strike Proves Unpopular With Workmen, Likely to Be Called Off by Leaders With the End of the Week, LONDON, Nov. 17, 6 a. m.—A dispatch from St, Petersburg to Reuter's Tele- gram Company says that an fmperial manifesto grgnting land concessions to the peasants was issued this morning. By its terms the land redemption tax payments from January 14, 1906, will be reduced by ome-half and from Jan- uary 14, 1907, the payments will be totally abolished. At the same time the capital of the peasants’ bank Is in- creased and the bank is granted annual loan privileges, with the object of fa- cilitating to the utmost the purchase of lands by peasants. It is estimated that the amount of taxation thus lifted from the peasants by the manifesto will aggregate $40,000,000, while the exten- wion of the field of operations of the peasants’ bank will enable vast tracts of crown and private lands gradually to become the property of the peasants. KURSK, Russia, Nov. 16.—Agrarian disorders are in¢reasing. The estate of Prince Kassalkine Rostkoftsky, in the Novoskol trict, has been sacked by peasants, who attacked and wounded the Prince and Princess. Several build- ings were burned and cattle and horses driven off. ST. PETERSBURG, Nov. 17, 2:36 a. m.—Though the industrial tie-up in St. Petersburg yesterday was even more complete than it was on Wednesday, and though no break has been manifest- ed in the ranks of the workmen and strikes have broken out at Moscow and Revel, the most important feature of yesterday's developments was the fafl- ure of the walkout to spread generally outside the capital. The movement ap- parenily lacks the spontaneity and con- tagious nature of the last great strike, which broke out at Moscow, and dis- patches received from the industrial centers of Russia up to this hour show little inclination on the part of the workmen to take up cudgels in behalf of Poland. The factory strike at Moscow, which has assumed considerable proportions, probably 45,000 men being out, has no direct connection with the St. Peters- burg walkout, and dispatches from the old capital say that the railroad men received the request of the St. Peters- burg strike committee coldly. The whole great network of railroads cen- tering at Moscow, except the St. Peters- burg line, is still in operation. At Revel the employes of the rail- road shops struck, but the reason for the strike is not stated. COSSACKS SEE NO FIGHTING. In St. Petersburg yesterday passed with complete order. Patrols were vis- ible in all the industrial quarters and Cossacks were trotting up and down the Nevsky Prospect among the swift- ly dashing carriages and sleighs, but ! the workmen, in obedience to the order of the strike committee, kept gener- ally indoors and did not attempt demon- strations, so that there was no occasion for a resort to force to avert trouble. The strikers forced the closing of the Moscow railroad station early yester- day, stopping outgoing traffic for Mos- cow, and at 10 o'clock last night they | finally succeeded in closing the elec- tric light stations and in cutti off light from the city. Committe ere sent to all the theaters and succeeded in stopping the performances in several of them, and in the outlying districts they went from drug store store, ordering the pharmacists to close and threatening them with the struction of their stocks if they re- fused. Other stores were not interfered with. The action of the strikers with regard to the druggists is in striking contrast with thé course pursued in Finland, where, when every other business par- ticipated in the general strike, the druggists were directed to remain open in order that the sick might not suffer. The course is condemned by a large part of the population, STRIKE MAY END ON SATURDAY. At a meeting of the strike commit- 5 Cortivued on Page 2, Column 1. to drug de- | POLICEMAN HELMS SUSPENDED; INVESTIGATION TO FOLLOW. Policeman Helms, who was accused by his wife in open court of boasting that he and another policeman intended to com- mit a burglary, has been suspended, from the force. He will be tried before the Police Commissioners. that Helms' brutal treatment of his wife will be sufficient ground for his removal from the force. The case recalls many old stories of burglaries committed by policemen. Chief Dinan says < Commissioners Are to Probe the Scandal. ‘ Charges Recall Old| Graft and Rob- | bery Tales. Former Chief Tells| Why the Officers Were Ousted. Policeman John H. Helms has been suspended from the force and Captain Spillane has been ordered to prefer charges against him. Chief Dinan and Police Commissioner Poheim declare that the charge against the patrolman will be fully investigated. The accusation made against Helms | by his wife on Tuesday in Judge Graham’s court is agitating the Police | Department. The sworn chakge that | blue-coated guardians of the péiace who are paid comfortable salaries to guard life and property deliberately planned and executed a burglary has created | more excitament than the discovery made two years ago thdt policemen were taking money from fallen women. Nearly eighteen years ago Peliceman Willilam Langtry, who was regarded as a bright and shining light of honesty | on the force, was caught robbing the | Southern Pacific freight sheds. He was convicted and givel the limi r burg- lary. Four years §go Policman Tim Cullan, whé was 100" ;g u] stole and sold a horse and hypothecated a pair of his captain’s boots on the same day. He was arrested and charged, but jumped his bonds and is now in Mex- ico. The investigations of Chief Wittman in December, 1902, revealed corruption of the rankest sort in the old tender- loin. ~ Policeman Ernest Alexander was trapped by means of marked money in accepting a bribe from a denizen of the half world. He was dismissed from the force. Charges were made against him in court, but they were dismissed for lack of evidence. Policeman Snow- ball, implicated in the same graft, re- signed in disgrace. At the same time Policemen Coleman, Sullivan, Jewell and Wilson were moved to beats in “the fog.” On April 5 Policemen Peter Chapelle, E. W. Gardiner and George W. Nightin- gale were dismissed from the force for being off their beats. Special Police- man Watson accused them of having robbed the Collins saloon at Second and Mission streets. Watson did not ap- pear against the officers at the trial | before the Police Commissioners, how- ever, and Chief Wittman declared that | Watson had denied that there was any- thing in the charges. CLIMBED OUT OF THE WINDOW. It was while the charges against these three policemen were being in- vestigated that Policemen Helms and W. E. Rice, brother officers, were seen climbing out of the window of a store at First and Market Streets at an early hour of the morning. Both declared that they had found the window open and had gone in to investigate. Police- man Walter Logan saw them coming out of the place. He did not report the matter at the time because, he sald, “It. would look ~ad for the boys at that time.” Private detectives employed for the purpose became cognizant of the affair, however, and Chief Wittman and Cap- tain Spillaine got word of “the incl- dent.” Logan was taken to task for not reporting it. The matter was in- vestigated, but gradually dropped. Rice's beat was shifted, but Helms re- mained in the same place until several months afterward. It is doubtful if Mrs. Helms will be allowed to testify against her husband even if she insists upon doing so, as such an action is contrary to the rules of evidence. Chief Dinan and the Bcard of Police Commissioners will consider her statement, however, at the investigation, as they are determined to sift the matter thoroughly. They are desirous of removing the stigma on the department left by the accusa- tion. Ugly whispers are abroad in connec- tion with the charges of the neglected wife, but the heads of the department declare there is nothing to substantiate the wite's allegation against her hus- band. They all profess to believe that the charge was made out of revenge by a woman who was brutally used. Chief Dinan said: “The fact that Helms used his wife brutally will be enough to justify his dismissal from the force. As for the charges made by his wife, there is nothing to prove them. I think they were caused by his neglect of her. 1 know she was jealous of him from talks I had with her. She told me several times that he was slighting ‘her for another woman. The charges of brutality, however, are substantiated by a doctor. A man of that sort should not be on the force. “I do not know anything about Helms having been accused or suspected of robberies. Captain = Spillane told me about Logan's story last night. of course the matter will be sifted to the bottom, but as yet I see nothing to justify me in believing that Helms was crooked. ‘ “Logan, the policeman who saw Rice and Helms coming out of the store at First and Mission streets, declared that he did not believe nor did he ever re- port that they were in the place for any i evil purpose. He said: ‘I saw Police- man Rice and another officer coming out of a store at First and Mission streets. I did not know Helms at the time and do not know him now. I went over and asked Rice about it. He | said they had found the window of the place open and a ladder across the street. They took the ladder and went into investigate. LOOKED BAD AT TIME. “‘I did not think there was anything wrong about it at the time. I would have done the same thing myself. .I did not say anything about it at the time, be- cause it would have been a bad thing for the two men then. There was talk about robberies by policemen and I knew we were all being watched. ‘* ‘Later the affair was reported to Cap- tain Spilfaine by whoever was watching us, and he asked me why I had not re- ported it to him. I said that I did not see anything wrong about it. The men were doing just what I would have done, or any other officer under the circumstances. ‘ ‘Some one said that a lot of stuff in THE the store was bundled up ready to be| % carried. away. 1 don’t know anything FORMER AND PRESENT HEADS OF THE SAN FRANCISCO POLICE DEPART- about that. I did not go into the store. .B(ENT WHO FIGURE PROMINENTLY IN THE INVESTIGATION OF My attention was first called to the affair SCANDAL INVOLVING SBVERAL PATROLMEN IN A THIEVING CONSPIRACY. by seeing the ladder against the window. I waited till the men inside came out. .1 saw that they were policemen. One of them was Rice. The other I did not know, but I heard afterward that it was Helms. They sald that they had gone into the place to investigate, but could the Commissioners. He gave. me his word of honor that he had never seen the three men doing any burglar work, though he saw Helms and Rice com- ing out of the store. “Logan told me he was standing across find nothing wrong. the Board of Police Commissioners said: “The public may rest assured that this commission will not bury anything, but will sift the matter to the bottom. will be afforded a public trial and there is any evidence whatever to sub- stantiate the statement wife, under oath, he will be dismissed from the force. have that class of men in the department and if there are any, we will use every endeavor to clean them out.” quarters yesterday with the object of seeing Chief Dinan, but the chief was absent. Helms told Clerk Frank Nor- man that he wanted a thorough investi- gation into the accusation made against him by his wife. that charges against would be filed as soon as possible and he would have a thorough Investi, believe’ me guilty,” saild Helms, “and I want to show that there is absolutely no truth in what my wife has said.” elle and Gardner were implicated in the daring burglary of Collins’ saloon nearly two years ago was the firm be- lef of George W. Wittman, at that time Chief of Police, but work as they might, Wittman said, the department was unable to fasten the guilt on the men. lect of duty, though the suspicion that they were burglars also cause the Commissioners to take this stern action. said the former Chief last night, though I was firmly convinced of thelr guilt as burglars, I could not get any direct evidence against them. Captains Martin and Spillane, assisted by Ser- geants Mark and their beats one night. were implicated in that robbery of the Collins saloon but could not find the slightest trace. Information was con- veyed to me that the three officers were doing daring burglary work all along the front, but my informant could not prove what he said and I was unable to find any one who could. the street and.noticed the rop window of the place open. A moment afterward he saw two men emerge from the window and noticed they wore policemen’'s uni- forms. He said he went over and asked them what they were doing there and they told him the window was open and they had gone in to investigate. Logan sald he recognized one of the men as Rice, but did not know who the other was, though he heard afterward it was Helms. Logan swore to me he did not pull his revolver, nor did either of the others. He said they did not have any- thing on their persons, for he watched particularly for this. 3 HELMS WAS SUSPECTED. “‘During the investigation that followed, we could not secure any evidence against Helms, though he was suspected at the time. He was apparently paying atten- tion to dis duties and therefore no charges were flled against him. ‘I'do not think that Logan made any written we- port to any one regarding this case. His report to me was verbal and 1 am posi- tive he made no written one to the Com- missioners nor to Chief Dinan. “We never employed any Pinkerton detectives to shadow the suspected men. We did all that work ourselves. 1f any of the other officers on the Har- bor or Southern beats at that time knew anything about thejguilt of the accused men they kept it to themselves. ‘We questioned them all at the time and none of them seemed to know anything about the sypposed burglary, more than ‘was printed in the papers. “When I laid the matter before the Commissioners I told them of my sus- picions, They seemed to share my views and therefore took severe action against the men. Had they not been suspected of burglary- it is very likely they would have been let down with a fine and a reprimand, but the sus- picions were so strong the Commission- ers decided not to take any more chances, so the trio were dismissed.” chairman of Dr. Joseph H. Poheim, Helms if made by his We do not desire to HELMS DEMANDS INQUIRY. Policeman Helms called at police head- Norman assured him on. ‘‘Many people That Patrolmen Nightingale, Chap- The trio were dismissed for neg- tended to “I found the men off their beats,™ ‘and nderson and = Sylvester B owed the three sus- officers and found them all off COLLINS SALOON ROBBERY. ———— TLY “We tried to secure evidence that they | o 0 WARD IS SLIGIT INJURED WHILE OUT HUNTING Trips aud Falls in Windsor Forest and Sprains Ome of His LONDON, Nov. 16.—King Edward, while shooting in Windsor Forest to- day, tri] and fell, spraining his an- The King was driven to the cas- “I summoned Office! before me at the time and asked him_what he | tle, but-the continued. - him this The fllg injury is not as : and my- | serfous. muhtowa‘n!nhl\ self and would never come out before room after arriving at the castle. CREAT ESTATE BEQLEATHED TO UNERSITIES Will of Stephen Salis- bury Disposes of $20,000,000. ———— ‘WORCESTER, Mass, Nov. 16—8te- phen Salisbury, Worcester's greatest benefactor and one of the richest men in New England, dled to-day at the old Salisbury mansion here after a few days’ illness of pneumonia. The name dies with him, for, according to the terms, of his father’'s will, he would have forfeited his immense estates if he married, and he had no Hving kin. He was 71 years old. His fortune, estimated as high as $20,000,000, is to be given to Harvard University, from which he was gradu- ated fifty years ago: Clark University, the Worcester Polytechnic Institute, hospitals and the city of Worcester. He has already given to the city several magnificent parks and buildings, his last public act, announced to-day, being the donation of $100,000 to the Polytec! nic Institute. It is not known in what amounts his fortune is to be given to the warious institutions. —————— TOKIO, Nov. 16.—The number of un- employed, following the return of the troops from the fleld, estimated at 700,- 000 men, is causing uneasiness in view of the industrial depression now' pre- vailing and the unlikelihood of a re- vival in busimess in the near future. ———— © Mikado Proclaims a Holiday. TOKIO, Nov. 17.—The Emperor will worship to-day in the innermost court a rare one and owing to its importance a h has been proclaimed. : the convicts in the beex given s rest