The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, November 21, 1905, Page 1

g Call Prints More News Th THE WEATHER l THE THEATERS. an Anu Other Paper Puh ished in San Franmsm 7T 7] | ALCAZAR—'‘Mrs. Dane's Defense.™ CALIFORNIA—“The Utoplans.” Mat-" inee to-day. CENTRAL—“Sapho." CHUTES—Vaudeville. COLUMBIA—"The Sho Gun." GRAND—‘“The Merchant of Venice."” FISCHER'S—Vaudeville. Matinee to- San Francleco and vicinity—TFair Tues- day; fresh north wind. A. G. McADIB, “The Light Eternak™ ORPHEUM—Vaudeville. TIVOLI—Comic Opera. District Forecaster. ] O\’EMBER 21, 1905. WILL FIGHT FOR COIN . OF MRS. BUCKMAN. UARTER OF A MILLION THE STAKE SA\Y }'RA‘\TCISCO CITY OFFICIALS-ELECT MAY BE: DISQUALIFIED. LOCK CANAL FAVORED BY PRESIDENT —_— WIDE INQUIRY IS SET ON FOOT According to the records of the registration office, Dr. William J. Walsh, | Coroner-elect, has not been a qualified elector of this city for the five years next preceding his election as the charter of San Francisco requires. He was { a minor five years ago. (,ontests are expccted to Besides this case there are under inquiry those of "u#rvlsors elect Andrew M. Wilson, ]enmngs Phillips and John J. Furey. be filed before the first of the new year. | Doubt Cast on Coroner and Others. e Dr. Walsh'sAge Said to Bar Him Out Several of the \h Dervisors %n\mus O g— ,[. SRS o = &S Al cagdny D UL el ualified under the provisions e charter. The same condition is de- to exist in the case of Jennings J. s, one of the Supervisors-elect, and Andrew M, Wilson and John J. Fure; also Supervisors-clect, are among the men whose records with regard to eligibility are under further Investigation. The fact that an inquiry was on foot h went to the legal qualifications of y of the. elected nominees to serve ir | various capacities to which they had ed became public yesterday, .and caused a hurrying and a scurrying among the candidates who were sald to be affected. How far the results of these search- ings will go cannot be determined un- il the records have been exam- The trouble appears to be that s were made by the Union y convention without thor- examination into the legal quaii- of some of their candidates. hich the candidates uck s in a provision charter which re- certain city and county ls ehall have been electors of the city y for at least five years next preceding their election. CORONER-ELECT UNDER AGE. Dr. Walsh, as disclosed ation records, s the to light. Ac- t on file in the Dr. Walsh is now 24 hs of age. Under mo 1d he have been a r of the city and county ars next preceding his was not qualified to five years ago. the registration office that Willlam J. Waish was reg- al of ined The case of by the circumstances qualified ele: show istered as a physician, residing at 801 M slon street, on March 10, 1904, His was recorded at that time as 23 re. His age therefore a* the time T his election, according to the rec- rde, would be as before stated. Dr. Walsh, the data indicates, has been an elector, or has been entitled to a vote for only three years and elght months. Gontinued on Page 32, Columa 4 DIVAE SHAA I FINARCIAL DIFFICULTIE 'Hopes Amerlca Tour Will Restore Her Fortune. L T Special Dispatch to The Call. CHICAGO, Nov. 2).—The Daily News this evening published the following Paris cablegram: “When Sarah- Bernhardt opens her en- gagement in Chicago to-night the per- formance wiil be, she hopes, the first step toward the rehabilitating of 'her finances, which have come to a bad pass in Paris. Despite Mme. Bernhardt's' re- cent denial of statements in the Ameri- can press that her home affairs were not in a flourishing condition, the fact re- mains that no such institution as a Sa- rah Bernhardt theater really exists here. | | | | { | glven over to other theatrical intetests, | with the probability Back rents are due the Municipal Coun- cil to the -extent of ‘1,800,000 ‘francs- ($360,- 000), although this debt is not likely to count of the public’s recognition of her as an educational force in France. ““The real explanation of Mme. Bern- hardt’s embarrassment is her extrava- gance in artistic matters, coupled with lack of public support. Beveral new dra- | matic masterpieces, though staged .lay- ishly, have falled to make a successful appeal to the public. Her generosity to her family aiso s given as a partial ex- planation of her financial straits. “Even though the present tour should be a success as regards money, well in- formed. persons here say that they can- not see how her theater can be reopened on the old lines.™ - The house that bears that name is now | of 80 remaining. | cause the actress much trouble on ac-| SSSS \\\\ > /// s fi 00 e SSESSSSY S | 2> IR i Wz (U QA A0 N [ 7 L0000 EN s . J.’”/Jl/fis - F 3 -~ TURBIN'S CREW PERISHES WHEN "« VESSEL SibKS (FIE S Norwegian Steamship Founders in Ter- rific Gale. i CLARKS HARBOR, N. S., Nov. 20.—The Norwegian steamship Turbin, with her captain and crew of about sixteen men, is belleved to have foundered in a ter- rific gale, which swept over Nova Scotia last Friday. The coasting steamship Edna R, which arrived here to-day from Mud Island. brought news that on Friday afternoon at 5 o'clock a large steamship supposed to have been the Turbin struck Black Rock Ledge, off the south coast of Prov- ince, backed off a few minutes and then disappeared in the raging sea. Persons on the island “who saw the steamship strike on the ledge were a considerable distance away and owing to tne tremen- dous sea running it was impossible to launch a boat. No person could be dis- cerned aboard the craft and so quicly did the steamship go down that no oppor- tunity was given the crew to Sght for thelr lives. No boat could have lived an instant in the sea that was running. While the craft hung on the rocks the seas made & clean breach over her. Sud- | @enly a glant wave lifted her from her | resting. place and the next instant she took the fatal plunge, carrying, it is be- ! lieved, all down with her. The people of the island have no means of communicating with the mainland un- | til & steamship calls there or the weather is sufiiciently moderate to permit them to launch their boats. The Turbin was bound from BSydney with a cargo of coal for Yarmouth. She was'in command of Captain Knudsen ang ihad a crew of nlxuen or eighteen, all Norweglans. ' —— i Prominent Mason Dead. GREENW!CH, Conn,, Nfi'- e | Adolp! 31' Lockwood, one of the st emin. members of the Masonlc fra- ternity in' the United States, author of - Lockwood Masonic - Jurisprudence, dled of pneumonia here '.o-lly. He was 71 years of m 2 May Set Aside the Report of the Advisers, Executiv—e_lo);szres That Ditch Be Dug With All Speed. « Lively Discussion as to Type of Waterway Expected in Congress. L Speelal Dispatch to The Call. CALL BUREAU, POST BUILDING, WASHINGTON, Nov. 20.—With the re- port that the canal advisory board of engineery has voted in favor of a sea level ditch and even before the findings of the board have heen put in writing | signs of dissatisfaction on the part of | the administration and Congress have | | appeared. It s sald ‘that . President | Rooxevelt is disnppointed that ghe. nd- | | viors should have decided m favor of a seu level canal and aiready inspired | stories are appearing that the Isthmian | | Canal Commission will ignore the ree-! | omnendations of the five foreign em- | | gineers and the three American engi- neers uand urge the President to favor a lock camal, which can be completed j within the next eight years. The basis of dissatisfaction is that the ad- | ministration has educated the count into expecting. xome Sort of a ea: within a few yeurs, even If it be a Tovk | canal. A, seu level canal may cause the country to w-n,ygn;! than a dosen years, Under the instructior s,.qvcn uszn Oyster Bay, ‘the advisery engingers | have striv to prepare an - opinion. without ence, to the wishes of other officials, for ‘the very best kind of canal that can be built at Panama. The American desire to do things | quickly does nat fit in well with the | sea level canal, which may be a gen- | {eration in building, especially since | | the public has been led to expect that | | the rcanal will be finished In a very | | few years. | 1f he sea level plan be adopted it will be necessary to repeat entire work of educating the public. There 1s doubt that this feature of the work | | will forns the subject of bitter conten- tion in Congress. It is, of course, still an open ques- | | tion whether the Panama canal. shall |be a sea level or a lock waterway. | The decision of the board of consult- ;y-.w engineers Is not final. The decl- vote of 8 to § In favor of the sea level project, General Davis Parsons joining with the five foreign engineers against a lock canal. The report of the board of engineers probably will not be submitied to Presi- dent Roosevelt for five or six weeks. As to the character of the great project, the report will mot be unanimous. In fact, two reports, one by the majority and the other by the minority, will be submitted. - These reports the Prestdent | will lay before -the Canal Commission | 1 Chief Engineer Steyens for consid- on. Stevens will come to the United States from the imus to take up the subject with the commission and with the Presi- dent. It is conceded by the advocates of a sea level canal that to construct such a watepway will cost much more money and tif% than to build a lock canal. It| is known that in the mind of the Presi- dent these are vital elements. It is his desire, expressed to some of those who have discussed the subject with him, that the canal should be built as expeditiously as possible. He has Indicated to some of those to whom he has talked that he himself ‘favors a lock canal, but he is determined éflly that the subject shall be considereli thoroughly from all points of view beforc a final decislon is reached. Chief Engineer Stevens of the Panama Canal &Comm!ulun will ‘leave Colon for Washington next Thursday. He is com- ing to give the commission information upon different phases of the work on the isthmus, but more particularly his views as to the type of canal. These views are already known to the officials who ‘are { in charge of the canal work, but an offi- cial statement from the engineer is de- sired. Stevens told officials who' recent- ly visited the isthmus that if a sea level canal was to be constructed, the Govern- ment ought to put boys under 20 years of age in charge of it so that they would last until the work was completed. The visit of Chlef Engineer Stevens for the special purpose of giving his views as to the type of canal indicates that the judgment of the consulting board of én- gineers is not definitely to determine the type, but that the commission will earn- estly take up the subject and make rec- ommendations. From what bas been said by members of the commission and the views already . officially expressed by them, there seems little doubt that they will disagree with the recommenda- tion of the consulting hoard, which has voted to recommend a Sea level ca 3 ‘An estimate of $16,000,000 for work .on the .canal has been sent to Treasury Department from the War l}o— partment to be sent to Congress, estimate js. for expenditures up mm n- cluding #he fiscal year Jun 1907. A ~of this money, sary at once and an emergency ation will be asked as sood as conven- in m nm r.lm work unku mn-x—ww S5 little | sion of the board was reached by a ! and Burr and | | THE LATE MRS. ORA R $230,000 A BITTER FICIARY UNDER MR ¢ WILL KMAN'S WILL. DOW OF A SACRAMENTO SALOON-KEEPER, FOR WHOSE FORTUNE OF MADE BY HER MOTHER AND A MAN WHO BENE- 1S SAID TO BE THE CITIZENS WAR LPON DOCS IN " JEASEY TOWM Mad Camnes Spread Fear of Rabies Epidemic. Woman Not Buried, but the Battle Is Being Waged. Dispatch to The Call. SACRAJKEI\TO ‘Nov. 20.—A legal bat- tle is on for the $350,000 left by Mrs. Ora Runyon' Buckman. On one side is a man Who many believe was secretly wedded to the widowed heiress, while on the other s her mother fighting to re- store to the Runyon fortune the legacy willed to Ora Runyon Buckman by her millionaire father. The case presents many dramatic features, not the least of which: developed to-night, when Public Administrator 8. B. Smith, surrounded by a dozen lawyers and a score of in- terested relatives of Mrs. Buckman, en- tered her residence, where her body still lies coffined, and acting upon an order of court, sealed up the safe containing her papers, wheeled into the room a heavy HACKETTSTOWN N. J.,, Nov. 20.— | bureau and sealed up the drawers, and Fear of a hydrophobia epidemic seized this ‘town, and the citizeng' alarm has been increased by the new has | then closing the doors to the room, sealed them up also. This action was the out- come of a.preliminary battle among the that Mary Harris, 3 years old, is dead | lawyers to-day in what promises to be of rab}em Several other persons are | the most sensational their tried in this part of the State. said to hdve been . bitten, but names are withheld by the authorities | in an effort to allay the fears of the | Neal, executor citizens, The whereabouts of the dog | first will, child’s death —and | Johnson. - that caused thé spread rables is not known. Dr. Frank M. Cook, Mayor of Hack- will ‘contest ever One of the lawyers for Stephen A. under Mrs. Buckman's is ex-Congressman Grove L. After his appearance in court this afternoon he went home, and was geized with a hemorrhage of the lungs. ettstown, to-night [issued the latest of | His- condition to-night was such u to three-proclamations, ordering the kill- ing of any dog found.in the streets, even. if it be muzzled or attended by its owner. ~ Special officers have béen au- cause his son. Hiram W. Johnson of San Francisco, to be sent for. ~ Albert M. Johnson, another son. is as- sociated ‘with him iIn the case. He was thorized to ‘enter homes and destroy | askea to-night with reference to the re- dogs when such action is belleved to be M that Neal had been secretly married necessary: !or< the general welfare. 3 Special “offl rs, armed ‘with shot: guns, patrol the streets day andnight. Mrs. Buckman some time prior to her dulh and .was practically. the sole bene- flclary in her- will. He ‘would not deny Within the last three days seventy dogs | or affirm the report, saying the relations have been killed'and a special cemetery has been m-wfiod in wm:h ‘the car- 'between lawyer and client forbade it, but probably B ‘Mayor »&9}. speclal oflu:erl Affairs are now at a standstill between Dosse of &"'«mmn all armed hmfi to-night. for a which at it wak a matter. due time. would be gone into in thm The Runyon interests are D e e R e s - m‘-—m’.cfl—s BRITONS BACK CF BOYCOTTIN THE FAR EAST. Compelled By Their Home Government to Yield. —_— mm«omm CALL BUREAU. POfl BUILDING, WASHINGTON, Nov. 20.—According to advices received at the State Department, the British Government for the colonfes has succeeded In breaking up the boy- cott which for a long time has existed in the Straits Settlement and especially in Singapore against American goods. It was recognized at the State Depart- ment that the anfmus in this part of the world was stimulated more by English- men than by and although no official statement made in the case there was apparently a distinct feeling against Great Britain on that account. ‘The Department did not have to rely entirely upon the statements of its agents. in that quarter of the world, for English missionarfes in China and others had in interviews in newspapers throughout the world. sald emphatically that they were in sympathy with the Chinese in m out of the Eastern markets all American