The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, November 23, 1905, Page 1

THE WEATHER. sco and weather southwest G Thursday, wi McADIE Forecaster. FST FIGHTS THE CUSTON | AT ACADENY Cadet Who Killed a Comrade on Trial. Startling Conditions at Annapolis Are Revealed. “Code” Among Midshipmen Calis for Encounter to Put End to Disputes. 4., a memt Acade befc Naval -day ning from re- g from forma- them. These y brought out in the by —~Liedtenant +om| defense luded Branch's timekeeper of seconds. All s degree ¢ the fight, the cadets as to put sroughly Fitch, who refereed ollowed by Branch's officiated in and Midshipman he had taken accounts were ments by which mid- | uiesced in absences | derelictions in | n. The | ithough fre- d from often had nothing fur- This the ss-examina- ed to show jes also winked at the | d fights under it. | “CODE.” | hazing or the acad- stimony of | Meriwether | had R sting s ULES OF THE d he said, | ¥ " that is, | was explal t abide by | s laid down f govern- | he lower en. Some of | ese were at he »uld never enter Lovers’ Lane,” an academy walk: that he should turn all corners at right| gles, should not look at an upper ssman, and should answer most re- ctfully when addressed by one of | m; that he must never touch the | table nor ask for anything during a meal, and under mno circumstances “fuss,” that is, be in the soclety of young women. These rules and many others are| contained In that part of the “code” relating to the government of under | Branch had been one of class men. the midshipmen who, according to the testimony, determined to make life “not worth living” for Meriwether, because he would not abide by these rules, and from that the enmity arose. Midshipman Earl W. Pritchard was te of Branch and is also from Louisiana. His testimony was of the utmost importance, covering the facts in the incident that led di- | to the fight. Meriwether had, | se said, come to the room occupied | by ,self and Branch, accompanied | Midsk an Yeager. Meriwether | b of acting unfairly to-| using his official posi- | idshipman in charge of the| port him about the matter | 1it case containing civilian | charged Branch with . The| admitted. Meriwether | wat Branch was a “low g coward.” | then told Meriwether that | could compel him to leave| .y and to this Meriwether | t he did not care if they s not going to be used dly any o After Meriwether and Yeager had ich asked the witness what should do, and was told that a f was necessary. Afterward Branch told him that he bhad not reported Meriwether. An upper class- man, Noyes, had spoken to him about it apnd he had come to the conclusion‘ that it would be a dirty trick to do so. FIGHT TWENTY-TWO ROUNDS. Midshipman Hareld V. MeKittrick, who acted as a second for Branch dur- ing the fight, told of their engagement and the insistence of both boys that the fight should be to a finish. The fight itself, he testified, lasted over twenty-two rounds of two minutes each, with one minute Intermission. The | | Charles A. Dobson, | months ago, but she saw it only a few THE THEATERS. rs. Dane’s Defense.’* CHUTES—Vaude “The Utopians.™ COLUMBIA—"“The Sho Gua. GRAND—"“King FISCHER'S—Vaudeville. MAJESTIC—"“The Matinee. ORPHEUM—Vaudeville. TIVOLI—Comic Richard IIL" Matinee. Light Eternal” Matinee, Opera. g FRANCISCO, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 1905. WSS ALCE NISEVELT ITE SICK Confine_d-.?) Her| Couch at Home | of Aunt. Tllness Follows Excite-| ment of Witnessing | Gridiron Game. Ak o Relatives Say She Is in Need of Rest and Do Not Fear Serious Outcome. Special Disp ch to The Call 22.—Miss | HARTFORD, Conn., Nov. Alice Roosevelt is very sick at the home aunt in Farmington, Mrs. William It was sald at the Cowles to-night that Miss Roosevelt was | and resting and that her iliness was not serious Miss Roosevelt attended the game the Yale and Harvard_ freshmen on Saturday and took un-| in the contest, owing to fact that her hrother, Theodore Jr., s one of the Harvard warriors. The sident's daughter was very excited she arrived at her aunt's house on night was fatigued on Sunday and did not leave the house. Quite a number of | persons called pon her on Sunday. It was said then that Miss Roosevelt would remain in Farmington two or three da; No- apprehension was felt until to-day, when Miss Roosevelt was obliged to take to her bed. DENVER BANK HOLDS $30,000 IN HER NANE Advertisement Conveys News to a Belmont Woman. Cow me be- Special Dispatch to The Call. DENVER, No —Mrs. M. C. Dob- son of Belmont, Cal., is believed to be entitled to $30,000 awaiting a claimant in a Denver bank. She is the widow of who owned an in- terest in mining property near Aspen, Colo. Recently this. property was sold, and, as her whereabouts was unknown, the other owners advertised for her, stating that her dead husband's share was $30,000. Mrs. Dobson bhas retained Charles D. Hayt of Denver as her attorney and wiil come to Colorado to establish her claim. The advertisement was published five days ago. Dobson was killed by an explosion fif- teen years ago, and soon after the acci- dent Mrs. Dobson and her family. re- moved to California. However, both are well remembered at Aspen. AS Soon as she arrives Attorney Hayt will go to As- pen with her to seek old acquaintances. was closed, but he was holding his own. At the end of the twentieth Meriwether fouled by hitting in a clinch and offered to forfeit the fight. This Branch and hts seconds would not allow, insisting on a finish. Another time Branch was on his knees and under the rules could have been hit, but Meriwether would not hit him. Both of these were points in Meriwether's favor. On cross-examination an effort was made to show by the witness that fights generally had the effect of abro- gating the ill-feeling between the fighters. The witness said that it was always the custom to have a general handshaking .at the close of the fights and that th.s was done in this case. Meriwether, he said, begged the par- don of Branch for the insulting lan- guage he had used and the apology was accepted. Earl W. Prichard, the roommate of Branch, was recalled to tell all the cir- cumstances connected with Branch's | treatment after the fight, He said that Branch had been given a hot shower bath and treated with towels soaked in hot water and applied to his head and body. Branch, he said, hal com- plained about soreness in one arm and parts of his head, but had talked natrrally about the fight and other matters. Prichard had noticed some movement of the lag during Branch's sleep, but had thought nothing about it. The witness retired at 2 a. m. and| arose at 5:30 a. m. He then saw that) Branch was unconscious and one leg and arm bad a convulsive movement. He then notified the medical authori- ties. Midshipman Prichard said that when Branch first returned to his room in his weakened condition he had sug- gested a drink of whisky asa stimulant, | the Hotel Tuileries. but that Branch refused it, saying he had promised his father not to taste intoxicants until he was 25 years of Early in the fight one of Branch’s eyes | age | daughter, BANK OLL L0S BY MORGAN f R 'Money King Drops It Overboard at Pier. He Accidentally Jerks the Bills From His Pocket. Longshoremen Plan to Dive to Recover Treasure From the Water. Special Dispatch to The Call. NEW YORK, Nov. 22.—J. Pierpont Morgan’s bank roll, the one he had with him to-day, is at the bottom of the North River, near the pier at which the White Star liner Oceanic was moored, and the longshoremen In the vicinity are calculating on the number of dives per day they can take before pneumonia develops. Morgan went to the dock to meet his Mrs. Hamilton, who, with her little daughter,* was returning from Europe. The financler stood in a pla in the galléty which had been reserved for him next to the rail. As the ship swung into the pier the little girl, who was in her mother’s arms on the deck, caught sight of her grand- father at almost the same moment that he saw her. Morgan was standing with his right thumb and forefinger in his waisfcoat pocket. When he saw little Helen he cried, “Jump, baby, jump,” and play- fully held out his arms to her. In do- {ing this he quickly jerked ‘his hand from his pocket and with it came a big roil. The bill on top of the roll was of a rich yellow hue. The bills were all bound with a rubber band and fell lightly on the water. “Morgan’'s bank roll is overboard!" The cry rose from a hundred throats. Morgan deft the pier unconcernedly, while half a dozen longshoremen pre- pared to dive for the lost roll. HEARST’S TOTAL GAIN MAY BE 1200 VOTES Many Errors Found in Re- turns of New York Election. Special Dispatch to The Call. NEW YORK, Nov. 22.—Almost startling lack of intelligence on the part of election inspectors was disclosed to-night in the Aldermanic chamber of the City Hall, when the men in charge of the returns from a dozen districts were called before the Board of Canvassers to bring into ac- cord their figures. So hopeless was the tangle in which some of the inspectors found themselves that it was necessary to insert figures practically arbitrary in the returns where figures were found to be omitted. In one set of returns eight errors were found. Hearst made a gain approximately of twenty-three votes as a result of the day’s work. According to the state- ments of his counsel he has kept up a proportionate gain of a little more than one vote to an election didtrict, which means that, if continued, his total gain will be about 1200 votes in New York County. James A. Maguire, chairman of the Election Board in the Ninth Election District of the Nineteenth Assembly Dis- trict, was arrested yesterday on a charge of violating the election laws. He is ac- cused of having left the polling place in his district at 8:30 o’clock in the after- noon of election day and gone to the Twentieth Election District polling place and voted there under the name of Harry W. Jennings. Maguire was held in $5000 bail. He is a Tammany lieutenant. J. J. Cahill, ex-Assemblyman, charged with registration frauds in the recent election, was arrested to-day and gave bail. MARSHALL FIELD JR. ACCIDENTALLY SHOT Millionaire’s Son Is Fatally Hurt While Cleaning a Gun. CHICAGO, Nov. 22.—While cleaning a gun preparatory to going on a hunt- ing expedition Marshall Field Jr., son of Marshall Field, the well-known dry goods merchant of this city, accident- ally shot himself. He was taken to a hospital and will probably die before morning. —_———— FRESNO BUSINESS MAN TO WED EASTERN GIRL Bruce Shute Will Marry Miss Miriam Goss of Roxbury, Mass., Next Month. BOSTON, Nov., 22,—Cards have just been issued by Mr. and Mrs. Francis ‘Webster Goss of Roxbury, a Boston suburb, for the marriage reception on Deceember 17 of their daughter Mirfam and Bruce Thurber Shute of Fresno, Cal; business man. The ceremony will be private and will be performed by the Rev. Mr. Dewart of St. James Church. The reception will be held at Miss Goss is a society girl with many friends, and the groom is a Harvard graduate of the <lass of '02. The young couvle will re: side in Fresno 'UNIVERSAL SUFFRAGE FOR RUSSIANS —— : \ NEW YORK, Nov. 23.—The Times this morning publishes the following copyrighted cablegram from and sccret suffrage. Moscow : The Russkyia Vadomosti announces that the authorities have decided to grant universal, equal | It is not certain, however, whether the elections will be direct or indirect. l f—— ———— INSURES HIS FINGERS. FOR -~ $5000 EACH Violinist Ku—l;a-lik Car- ries an Accident Policy. Special Dispatch to The Call. NEW YORK, Nov. 22.-—-Jan Kubelik, the young Bohemian violinist now jour- neying to this city on the steamship Amerika is bringing with him some re- markable insurance policies. They are not risks upon his life, but upon his fin- gers and violins. The insurance upon the virtuoso’s fingers amounts to $50,000 —$5000 for each finger and thumb—and was taken out in Lloyd's, London, by Kubelik’s manager, Hugo Gorlitz. Gorlitz has arranged a tour around the world for his star, going to much ex- se; This money he would lose should Kubelik have to cancel contracts. e insurance policy contains accidefit clauses only. If Kubelik's fingers should be temporarily injured so that he would have to miss one Or more concerts, | Lloyd’s agrees to pay Gorlitz §2000 for every non-appearance up to twenty- five. If the violinist miss that number of performances the tour will’be con- sidered ended and the face value of the policy will be turned over to Gorlitz. The violin insurance is Kubelik’s own. He possesses three fine instrumnts—a Stradivarius valued at $14,000, a gift from Emperor Francis Joseph, and two Guar- nerlus violins, valued at $9000 each. Kube- lik has these insured against theft or de- struction for $5000 each.’ . OPERATION PROVES' FATAL TO ACTRESS Miss Helen MeGregor Dies ‘When Apparently on Road to Recovery. Special Dispatch to The Cail i Gregor, leading lady of the “As Ye Sow” company, which has been having such a remarkable success in this city, died to-day as the result of a ¢ operation on her right ear for de s, | She remained in the hos; e after the operation until afi" day evening, when she was the theater and went through her | in her! usual brilliant. manner. ¥ BOSTON, Nov. 22.—Miss Helen Mec-| surgleal | w — Great Victory for the LONDON, Nov. 23.—“Count de Witte | suffered at the close of last week par- tial paralysis of the left arm,” the St. | Petersburg correspondent of the Stan ard reports, “sccompanied by brief a tacks of fainting. This paralysis of the arm lasted several hours. De Witte was similarly affected once before.” The Daily Express correspondent says: iThe Premier was sitting at his desk | when suddenly he fell forward uncon- | scious. Since the publication of the | Czar's manifesto, De Witte has worked | practically day and night. Last week | he mever quitted his office, save for a | fifteen-minute walk in the evening, and | frequently took his meals at his desk.” | e ‘WHOSE ST. WHICH 1S SUPPORT TO PREMIER DE WITTE'S GOVERNMENT. TESMANSHIP WON THE A’ CERTAIN TO LEND ITS TWO POWERFUL RUSSIAN LIBERALS DAY IN THE ZEMSTVO CONGRESS, Dr. Dillon, the Daily Telegraph’s cor- respondent, says: “De Witte had an audience with the Cazar on Tuesday, subsequently presid- ing at a lengthy Cabinet council.” SUPERVISION OVER CUBK'S - DIPLOAC United States to Act in the Role of a Guardian. POt o iy MOSCOW, Nov, 22.—A resolution out- lining the proposed programme of the Zemstvoists as favoring the support of the Government in its efforts to obtain the liberties promised by the imperial manifesto of October 30, but asking for the transformation of tne first Douma into ‘a constituent Assembly to be elected on the basis of direct and universal suf- frage, wnich was Introduced by the exec- utive committee iIn the Zemstvo Con- gress to-day, was the subject of a pro- debate in which nearly forty ferred back to the committee for the in- corporation of any modifications made necessary by the criticism of It and it will be voted on to-morrow. The leaders of the “Octoberists,” as the party ta..ng a stand against the mani- festo is called, and other Moderates, con- centrated their attack on the section of the resolution calling for a constituent Assembly, for which M. Guchkoff, Count Hayden, Prince Eugene Troubetskoy, Professor Kovalevsky and others declared that Russia was not ready; but it is be- This information has veen elicited from an authoritative source in the course of efforts to ascertain the reason for the complete silence which the spokesmen of the British Government are keeping, de- spite the agitated state of public opinion The section calling for a thorough and severe investigation of and the placing of responsibility for the recept disorders met with general approval, though M. Guch- koff demanded an investigation not only of the police but also of the “reds.” in the United States r the treaty | RESOLUTION PROVES POPULAR. in question. The subject has been The resolution reported by the execu- fectually censored in the news tive committee of .the Zemstvo ess wfl.;cglmdmwmfl!f after four days’ debate was greeted with ordinarily well posted men do what is meant when the treaty Is imperial mani- tioned. T satisfles all the demands voiced A ¥ v TRV the Zemstvo Congress of a year and . that the lberties accorded by ‘manifesto indispensable to the COUNT DE WITTE SUFFERS STROKE OF PARALYSIS Czar's Premier in the Congress of the Zemstvoists. Support of the Government's Programme Will Be Voted by the Delegates. Special Dispateh to The Call means of guaranteeing the authority of the Government, the paci tion of the country and the support of the people’s representatives. are immediate pro- muigation of universal suffrage in elee- tions to the Douma, the stormation of the first Douma into a constituent As- sembly, with the approbation of the Em- peror of a conmstitution for the Russian empire and the organization of territorial reforms. ““Measures for the realization of the liberties granted by the manifesto are re- garded as immediately imperative. “It must, moreover, devolve upon the Douma to establish a fundamental basis for land reform and to decide any mo- mentous question in the domain of labor legislation.™ The resolution concludes by enumerat- ing various measures which, it says, must be carried out before the Douma meets. These include investigations into the re- cent occurrences in various parts of the country, the trial of I officials and police who became culpably involved in the disorders, the maintenance of publie security, the proclamation of full amnesty for political and religious offenses up to the date of the imperial manifesto, and the abolition of capital punishment. SOCIALISTS ARE DISGRUNTLED. M. Guehkoff and Count Hayden opposed not only the demand for a constituent As- sembly, but also that for direct elec- tions, for they said Russia was not suf- ficiently developed. M. Guchkoff, who is regarded as Count de Witte's spokesman, defended martial law, saying that extraordinary mmsures were necessary in extreme cases. e was continually interrupted by eries of “Engughl’ from. the Sgcialists in the au- dience and the extremist delegates. Prince Troubetskoy rebuked the disturb- ers. He said he was oppesed to martial law, especially in Poland,-but the dele- gates ought to give a respectful hearing to all opinions, especially if they were unpopular. The decision practically of the Congress to co-operate with the Government of Count de Witte is extremely distasteful to the Social Democrats, the party organ- ization of which sent a letter to the Con- gress saying the delegates had sold them- selves to the Government, but that the Socialists would show them up to the peo- ple as traitors and would continue to prosecute the campaign for a democratie republic. : The Socialists also created a scene in the Congress of peasants, which opened here to-day and to which they demanded admittance, with the right to vote. The Congress refused to grant the right to vote, whereupon the Socialists left in a huff after declaring that the peasants did not know who were their best friends. SRy S TROOPS COWED BY PEASANTS. Rioting Proceeds Unchecked in the Distriet of Subsha. KURSK, Bussia, Nov. 2—The agra- rian disorders in the distriet of Subzha have assumed such violence that the troops are unable to cope with them. The whole northern half of the district is in the hands of peasant rioters, who are pillaging the estates and burning the harvested crops. During the pillaging of one estate a company of Cossacks looked on, being unable to interfere. MOSCOW, Nov. 2.—The excitement among the peasants in the central and southeastern provinces Is spreading rap- idly, and it is feared that it will be im- possible to suppress the movement, which promises to develop into a general upris- ing, bringing devastation and untold hor- ror to the wkole country. The revolution- ists among the peasants are industriously spreading the story that the imperial reform manifesto really decreed a di- vision of the lands, but that the nobles, intelligencia and Jews distorted it and teok all the freedom for themselves, and the peasants, therefore, have the right to possess themselves of the lands which the Emperor granted them. The peasant congress will assemble here to-morrow. It is largely under the domination of men from the villages who, during residence in the cities, have become imbued with socialistic ideas. These men are preaching the expulsion of the landlords and the division of the es= tates and are advocating the refusal of the peasants to pay taxes until a con- stituent assembly is called. Some of tha radical members of the Zemstvo con- gress are in negotiation with leading members of the peasant congress. PBERNAU, Russia, Nov. 2.—During a prayer meeting in the Esthonian Church to-day a crowd of Socialists cntered the church and threw the pastor from the pulpit. The congregation fled In panic. VLADIMIR, Russia, Nov. 2.—in the Jurieff and Alexanderovsk distriets of this government peasant mobs are de- manding the surrender of the stocks of provisions and are threatening to apply the torch to the whole locality and to storm the county treasuries. S RUSSIAN ARMY WELL CARED FOR. Percentnge of Deaths From Sickness Lowest in Military History. WASHINGTON, Nov. 22.—Colonel John R.,Van Hoff, medical depart- ment, U. S. A, who has recently re- turned from the Russian army in Man- churfa, with which he went tarough part of the campaign in the war against Japan, has been authorized by the chief of staff to give out excerpts from his official report. According to Colonel Hoff the num- ber of killed and dead of wounds was 87,642 men and the number of deud from disease 18,839, These statistics u of at Port Arthur and show almost exactly two Continued on Page 3, Columa & {