The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 12, 1905, Page 1

: v TS MORE-NEWS THAN ANY OTHER PAPE P ST i THE CALL PRIN — m-sese" m - —_— e D IN SAN FRANeISCO THE THEATERS. ALCAZAR—"The nelle.” ALHAMBRA—*Resurrection."” CALIFORNIA—"“Merry Burlesquers.” Matinee, CHUTES—Vaudeville. Matinea, COLUMBIA—""The College Widow." GRAND—““The Fires of St. John.™ MAJESTIC—""Christopher Jr. el & — THE WEATHER, Secret of Polichi~ Forecast for December 13, 1006: San Francieco and vicinity—Increas- east | | ing cloudiness Tuesday; lght changing to southerly. A. G. McADIB, winds, ORPHEUM—Vaudeville. TIVOLI—Comic Opera. LYRIC HALL—Bmil Sauret. District Forecaster. e SR | % WILL MOBILIZE COSSACKS TO CR USH THE REVOLT ST. PETERSBURG, Dec. 11.—The Czar has declared for war upon the revolutionists. Four hundred thousand Cossacks will be mobilized to erush out rebellion against the throne. Unless the revolutionists triumph in the ensuing struggle they will lose all that they have gained, for the Government having General suffrage will not be granted the people — BODY FOUND ON MOLE IS IDENTIFIED AS THAT of FrANCIS B MceraTE 10 DIVULCE EVERYTHING Will Be Recalled The body found on the QOakland Mole last| in - Insurance I the failed to bring peace through concessions has determined to return to old conditions. RUCBY CANE IS DEFENT CIVIL AR SOONT0 8F . FORBERKELEY OSTMASTERSH. | | RSN INTRODUCED | Wil Remaia | 1S CERTAI Will Remain College Teams Will | i Emperor Heeds Ad- Play Under New || vice of Reaction- — S F.WRICHARDSON ADMITS HIS DEFEAT Thursday has been identtied as that of Francis H. McGrath of Sausaliro. McGrath killed two men of that town in fist fights, his first victim being| Arthur C. Gilligan and bis second George Taylor| It 15 thought that he was murdered by friends of | one of these men. Declares Gover- Rules. —_— Faculty Committees Decide to Abandon Old Style. Will Be Governed No Longer by the Select Body of Eastern Nen. S 5 gre aptain-e the pr football manimity over Rughy ot game both nd orni t the present game ok 1i agreed that some s of lessening the Ganger of the game should be adopted. They all ed football should not be € preparatory schools. The members present were Dr. s Starr Jordan, Dr. Willlam F. s 4 Dr. Frank Angell from Stanto President Benjamin Ide seler, Colonel George C. Edwards Protessor H. B. ersity of California. fon adopted s as follows: by the joint faculty athletic the University of California Stanford Junjor University, nend to the facuities of the fes in egiate football contest shall no heid under the regulations of football rules committee. We nd as a substitute the present Zlish Rugby game, or else the present erican game, with such modifications nate the present promise evis NO DANGER IN RUGBY. b is not at ail like the mass formations ce work, where most of the are not allowed. In- g a game with a team acting a game of individuals. off. The player who with it or kick it back. 1 he is tackled, not below the r the style of the hard-smash- of & about the hen he sees e cries ‘Held,’ and the others let The ball is then given to the Gmpire, rows it among the forwards, who run with it or heel it back to acks behind them. When a man th the ball his team mates must nd him all the time. Goals and ne are much the same as in the game. The roughness of play ated by the absence of mass play terference. It will take the Ameri- blic a long time to become used seeing individual work instead of the Gontinued on Page 2, Column 6. to elimi game re. In it " the Torrey from the | question that the in-| nor Was Not in Fight. BERK controvers Berkeley, months and Cabinet officer, innumerable minor politicians, EY, December 11.—The over the Postmastership of has lasted for ten States which involved a United a State Governor and ended to-day when F. W. Richardson made a | public announcement in his newspaper defeat by George midt, the present Postmaster. | Schmidt's na is to be submitted |to President Roosevelt by Congress- man Joseph R. Knowland on Decem- | ber 16, and no opposition to the ap- |pointment is anticipated. Richardson | has written to the Congressman ask- | |ing that his name be withdrawn and dmitting his me | ena. | The Call printed the facts relating to Governor Pardce and Secretary Met- | calf’s controversy over the Berkeley | Postmastership a fortnight ago, - ex g LA R TRASONS. WhY. - INENOY AT~ Ti'polr\w«v( this sort had served to I POSTMASTER BERKELEY, WHO WILL REAPPOINTED AFTER BITTER FIGHT. AT | rupture relations between two | guished Californians, — | plications affecting important | State officers, including the place of 14 ” |the Warden of San Quentin prison, now filled by J. W. Tompkins. =De- nials of the story were heard, but F. | W. Richardson admits to-day that he | was defeated by Secretary Metcalf be- other cause of his alliance with Pardee’s supporters, garding this ing as follow Governor his statement re- The truth of this matter is that the Post- mastarship fight was a fight between big poli- ticia I never dreamed that it would take in Secretary Metcalf, or I wouldn't have be- gun it. I reasoned that Metcalf was too big a man and occupled too important a position in the affairs of the nation to interfere in o matter. 1 knew he had cause to sup ertainly would bot mix in the matter. I as mistaken, as were many of his friends and mine. 1 knew the patronage belonged to Congress- man Knowland, and of course thought he would dispose of it-as he pleased. 1 have been informed that Metcalf has in- sisted that 1 should not be appointed because a Musician to Death. | e e s oo Loty Eais {but I fiave not been identified with any fac tion quring my nearly five years' res Berkeley, as my Republicanism is built on stronger and firmer lines. In justice to Gov- ernor Pardee 1 will say that while he has al- ways treated me at take any part m this little contest, absolutely had no part in it. An investigation of the supporters of Schmidt Fear of Paralysis Drives el ol e Dis Special to The Call. NEW YORK, l;f- X —~Melancholy con- templation of approaching death imparted mystic quality to Emil Frank's weird, rendition of the “Swan. Song"” from|,;q myself in this fight will show that the Lohengrin” when he played it on his | many iocal admirers of our splendid Governor piamo to.day just before he killed him- | Bave been bedly mixed, some standing for me and others for Schmidt. T had an interview with Knowland just be- fore his departure for Washington, and he promised to make one raore effort to get Met- calf to withdraw his request. On his arrival in Washington he found Metcalf as firm as Frank was the victim of a highly organized artistic temperament, burdened with its complement of nervous tension, which caused him to end his life while In | T 50" her than have a breach with the fear of insanity and paralysis that would | Secretary, he will hand Schmidt's name to the v President. cause his fingers to become powerlese. T firmly believe that Congressman Knowland k's father, Ferdinand, with whom ved on East Eighty-eighth street, is jcian of some fame. The elder s genius is shared by his other nildren While coming home on Saturday night young Frank, who was 30 years old, fell and struck his head on the sidéwalk. The injury was trifiing, physicians at the Presbyterian Hospital assured him. All of yesterday he moped and hung about the piano, strumming minor chords, in spite of his family’s endeavors to cheer desirous of recommending me, and would have done so had he not feared such action on his part would have caused a breach between himself and Mefcalf, Bnd that rather than cause such a breach be complied with Met- calf's demand, even though It was against his own_wishes and his interests. 1 have no regrets whatever. I bave enjoyed the fight while it lasted. I had all the trump cards, but Schmidt held the joker. The joker was in the deck by mistake and I now fully appreciate the joke and the joker. - P have been able to hold the matter up for ten months_ and could probably hold it stiil Jonger, but I feel that it is better to have it de- clded before the end of the year and made that request of Congressman Knowland befors his departure of Washington. —_—e————————— him up. NS ARE MAKING After breakfast to-day Mrs. Frank [POLITICIAS B A NAILROADS heard her son strike into the “Swan RS Song.” Frank repeated the Impressive |«no Passes, No Franchises” Is the finale, closed the piano and walked away. Five minutes later she found him dying in a bathroom. He had cut his throat. R L LT FORTUNE IN GOLD LOST IN A WRECK Ninety Thousand Dollars Be- lieved to Have Been Melted. Motto of Councilmen In Pittsburs. PITTSBURG, Dec. 11.—Because the Pennsylvania, the Baltimore and Ohio and the Wabash have shut off free passes a clique in the Pittsburg Coun- cfl, controlling the majority vote, has banded together to block all raflroad legislation. “No passes, motto. Unless a compromise be effected the ‘Wabash may be blocked in its fight to get to the seaboard. Th(}amB:mmgra - gien - - and Ohlo ordinances for wharfage for ROCK BPRINGS, Wyo., Dec. 11.—Nine- | .- $1,000,000 depot are held up.. Select ty thousand dollars in gold belonging to | Councilman Burns to-day started. the a shipper, whose name the raflroad and {fight against the Baltimore and Ohio express companies will not disclose, was | ordinances. in one of the cars of the Overland Lim-| The Pennsylvania Company has sev- ited which was wrecked and burned last | eral important bills pending. They will week near here. The gold cannot be|Pot get out of the committee until found. Probably it melted. some new deal has been made. *Soon after the collision armed guards OLE R\ E AP R were rushed to the scene and several peo- | SULTAN BOWS HIS HEAD 5 ple were prevented from searching vic- TO WILL OF THE POWERS tims of the accident for valuables. One % — man who attempted to rob a passenger | Accepts the Scheme for Financial Con- was threatened with death. trol of Macedonia as Pre- W. C. Muiford, chief rallway mail clerk sented to Him. of the Omaha-Ogden division, announces LONDON, Dec. 12,—The correspond- that one of the incidents of the wreck | ent of the Daily News at Constantino- was the consuming of a big consignment | ple says: 4 no franchises,” is the of 300 sacks of Australian mail. All of “The Sultan has yielded. He acc the mail, which included the registered | the scheme for the financial control of pouches from San Francisco and Pacific | Macedonia, as embodied in the last col- Coast points, was destroyed o lective note of the powers. that the opposition to Schmidt, as far | |as he is concerned, be considbred at an distin- | and led to com- | phase of the matter be- | ather than oppose me, and hence thought | with courtesy and consider- | n, and is my friend, I did not ask him to | and he | aries. St. Petersburg Resem- ' bles a Great Mili- tary Camp. | Populace May- Be Deprived of | Measure of Liberty Al- ready Won. | | [ ST. PETERSBURG, Dec. 1l—Abso- lute amarchy prevails in Livonia. A | messenger who arrived here this morn- ing declared that the streets of Riga were’ lowing with blood, After a meeting the railroad men of Riga were mowed down by the fire of machine guns and artillery. } ST. PETERSBURG. Sunday, Deec. 10.— LThe situation is exesedingly ominous. Public opinion is practically unanimous that the Government has enteéred upon the fatal path of reaction and that De Witte’s ministry must fall. Reaction and revolution confront one another in a death struggle. Both General Trepoff and General Count Ignatieff, acording to the popular impression, are being held in reserve to execute the pro- gramme of repression. It is said that the entire Cossack strength of 400,000 will be mobilized in a supreme effort to crush the revolu- tionary force. General Parsenoff said: “I think we are coming to rivers of blood in which the revolutionary party | will lose their game and Russia her lib- | erty.” Certainly the appearance of St. | Petersburg and the events here to-day | seem to justify this black picture of the future. The capital resembles a great military camp. The patrols everywhere | were doubled to-day and grim-looking | cannon Tumbled though the streets. | What occurred smacked strangely of the old regime. A large workmen's meeting was dispersed by Cossacks. The building in which the executive committee of the League of Leagues meets was surrounded by troops and no one was permitted to enter it. The colonel in command replied to all in- quirfes, “I have my orders.” At the same time a vast meeting of “loyalists” was freely permitted, at which speeches were made extolling the Emperor and the Government. To cap the climax the funeral of | Lieutenant General Sakharoff, former at Saratoff on December 5), with an im- posing array of military, representing all arms of the service—artillery, horse guards and foot soldiers—passed up the Nevsky Prospect between sullen crowds. RETURNS TO OLD POLICY. 1t is learned on high authority that the Government has finally decided against universal suffrage and practi- cally in favor of the old project of twenty-one workmen representatives and the extension of the ballot to the small rent-payers, merchants and the educated classes. However, the law must still pass the Council of the Em- pire and receive the imperial approval. If the decision be upheld it is apt to end all question of the support of the Zemstvoists. The railroad men claim they have been informed that several sections of the Bouthwestern systems have already re- sponded to the appeal for a general strike. Cooler heads, however, are ad- vising against precipitate action, which might result in failure, and are urging postponement of action until the organi- zations throughout the country have been consulted. Tt is belleved that if the attempt at re- action is persisted in the moderate liber- als, who are disgusted with the tactics of the revolutionists, fearing anarchy and being inclined to support the Govern- ment, will surely be driven back Into the camp of the extremists. DE WITTE’S POWER WANES., Premier de Witte's friends declare em- phatically that he has never been in fa- vor of armed repression, and they inti- mate strongly that the arrests of the strike leaders must be charged to Interjor Minister Durnovo, who insisted that he had preof which could be established in the courts that M. Krustaleff was plan- ning an armed revolution and that, be- sides attempting to subvert the Govern- ment, he had attacked its credit in cir- culars advising the workmen and peas- ants to withdraw their funds from the savings banks. Notwithstanding this, doubt is expressed as to whether Dur. novo can establish his case, as the spe- cific law making agitation for political strikes wm‘mxn;s:cn :fih_th‘l» roads, telegraphs, posts, et criminal offense has not yet been promulgated. It is ex- pected L before the end of the week, when, it is|th said, the Government can probably allay the influence of the agitators. It is understood that General Dedulin, Minister of War (who was assassinated |, _— —_— it s FRANCIS HALL McGRATH, WHOSE DEAD BODY, FOUND ON THE OAKLAND MOLE LAST THURSDAY, BAS BEEN IDENTIFIED, AND THB DOG OVER WHICH HE KILLED A MAN IN SAUSALITO. that the law will be promulgated | Evidence Strong That Sausalito Man Was Foully Murdered. Bright sajd: sure of it.” Bright took the first boat to this side of the bay and crossed to Oakland. Though the features of the corpse are blackened and distorted Bright recog- nized his former friend. He positively identified portions of the dead man's clothing which were shown to him. The lure that drew McGrath to the Oak- land side of the bay, where it is thought the murder was committed, was probably & woman. While he was in the Marin County Jail awaiting trial for the second homicide the woman visited him con- ;unuy. McGrath was madly in love with er. _That is all that the police know of the murdered man's antecedents so far. He left Marin County last February in fear | of his life. Since then he has been in this city and in Oakland trying to hide from n.‘?mh who had threatened to “get McGrath went to Sausalito in 1901, a soldier who had seen service in the Phil He The body that was found stranded on the breakwater rocks of the Oakland mole last Thursday has been positively identified as that of Francis Hall Mc- Grath of Sausalito. McGrath killed two men in brawls in that town, and the po- lice of Oakland and this city are working on the theory that friends of his victims ered him out of revenge. ln"l“"v“o years ago McGrath with his flsts fatally injured Arthur C. Gilligan, pound- keeper of Sausalito, in a quarrel over a dog, which appears in the accompanying photograph. On Deecember 4, 1904, Mc- Grath ‘gave George Taylor, a sailer on the revenue cutter Bear, a fatal beating. He was acquitted of manslaughter last February and left Marin County imme- diately, saying that ‘“some fellows had sworn that they would get him.” An anonymous letter from Sausalito to Chief of Polict Dinan gave the first clew to McGrath's identity. The letter declared that the body f on the mole was “That is he; I am pretty worked there as e an expressman. He was something of an Coatinued om Page 3, Columa 5. Inquiry. Harriman’s Threat to Be Revealed to Committee. Sensation Is Probable When the Equitable Magnate Again Testifies. NEW YORK, Dec. 11.—The Legisla- tive Life Insurance Investigating Co: mittee appeared to-night to have suce | ceeded In its attempt to make Thomas F. Ryan divulge what E. H. Harriman said or threatened to do to influence him to divide his control of the Equi- table Life Assurance Society. District Attorney William T. Jerome, who was asked by the committee to take steps to punish Ryan for refusing to answer the questions about Hazriman,. repoct- ed to the committes to-day that he had informed Ryan's coumsel that Ryan ought to answer. Jerome also wrote to the committee that he believed Ryan would answer If brought before tha committee again. Ryan, who bought 502 shares of tha stock of the Equitable Life Assurance Soclety last summer and placed them in a trust to be voted by three tr! tees, of whom Grover Cleveland is one, was on the witness stand before the Insurance Investigating Committea last Friday. He testified that on tha day he got possession of the Equitable stock E. H. Harriman, president of tha Union Pacific and Southern Pacitia railroads and a director of the Egqut- table Soclety, asked him for a share of the stock. What Harriman sald to him to Induce him to part with that stoclk Ryan refused to tell the committaee. RYAN READY TO TESTIFY. Hughes declined to say when Ryan would be recalled, but it 1s presumed he will take the witness stand to-mor- row or the following day. Subsequent- ly Guthrie, Cravath and Henderson, counsel for Ryan, gave out a state- ment that they had advised Ryan that he should answer the questions. and that he was prepared to do so when- ever recalled by the Investigating committee. The committee was engaged for a part of the time to-day In inquiring into the affairs of the Provident Sav- ings Life Assurance S« ety of York. Charles E. Hughes, counsel the committee, had brought out questioning Edward W. Scott, president of that company, that when Frank F. Hadley of New Bedford, Mass., secured control of the company in 1896 he borrowed $162,000 from tha company on his collateral notes to pay up for the stock of the insurance com- pany. Scott testified that Hadley never repaid those loans and that tha insurance company realized only $30,000 on the sale of the collateral, Companies in which Hadley was in- terested fafled and he committed sui- cide. “It cost the insurance company just $132,000 for Mr. Hadley to get conmtrol of it,” sald Hughes. SCOTT BACKED BY MecCALL. Besides the $162,000 Hadley had bor< rowed $200,000 to pay for the assur- ance company's stock and had put up that stock as collateral. Scott testified that he bought that stock at auction after Hadley's death and borrowed the money to do it from the New York Se- curities and Trust Company. John A. McCall, president of the New York Life Insurance Company, Scott said, “stood back of him™ in the negotia~ tion for the loan. Other witnesses have testified that the New York Life Insurance Company controlled the Security and Trust Com- After he got control of the company, Scott sald, John A. Horne, brother-in- law of John A. McCall, was made comptroller of the Provident Savings Life Assurance Company at $10,000 a year. Scott testified also that his four sons and a nephew were employed by the company, of which he was presi- dent. Hughes read from a statement of the legal expenses of the Provident Life Company a list of five payments made to Andrew Hamliton, the legis- lative agent of the New York Life lan- surance Company, who is now in Paris and who has been asked to come to New York and testify. The payments covered a perfod from 1598 to 1901 One was $500 and another $2500, the amounts of the others not being stated. The witness said that Hamilton had visited the Insurance Departments of Illinois and Kansas and possibly some other States to secure permission for the Provident Savings Life Insurance Company to issue a policy on the first year on which no resérve would be re- the permis- quired. e company §ot sion. ® ~