The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 16, 1905, Page 4

PALACE IS GAY WITH FRIDAY NIGHT DANCES BY SALLY SHARP. w & Wl Sheut Pl o where more needful than —s0 thought a dozen of s ball at the Palace, horb White was sover- t—this tells the t e new leader s, and r debatable. the second of the wi & dwiched 1 ter's se- twixt a iigh to sup- a few young hat thus pop- t social really host- neing men, s ced at the w froeks. gowns a pale biue in a pale blue 8 very handsome aborately trimmed in white ink silk, and with a e & dainty white net roses over pink silk, n was of white pretty in a of black span~ re a white —_——— . D. ROCKEFELLER” GIVEN JAIL TERM Man Arrested in Chicago Says He Is the 0il King. CHICAGO, Dec. 15.—“John D. Rocke- feller,” 6 years old, was fined $% in Jus- tice Mayer's court to-day. He was un- able to pay and will serve thirty-three days in the Bridewell. The man was ar- n he was He then informed the police that the ofl king, but every one seemed ifferent. In court this morning *“Rock- ller” sald he had fainted while at work and was given a stimulant, which made him intoxicated. dred of men, maids| e a white lace robe | 4 yesterday afternoon for drunken. | THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 16 1905. CLEVER AMATEURS ARE TO LCSSAY/LPS SELED INTERPRETATION OF MASTER. "MERCHANT OF VENICE" WILL PACK MAJESTIC -MONDAY NICIH_'I; [ _4{ =S OLGA TrERrON, B = BY SALLY SHARP. Last week Geor was the man. This wee kespeare, the »od old reli all came about igh th al of the Doctor's aughters and the response from a lot good people who wanted to help, with fun thrown in for embellish- the fun is on—such fun as a 1 ensel ¥ clev- er folk get play, study- t, rehe ng it and— < i 1 h t's all And Monday : the town 1is I bring with e ex are left don’t suit the matinee on is thought by some the seats t get them , for that, it will be the smoother perform- irtue of ov ht produc- As a matter of fact, however, Richard Mansfield had not a smoother rehearsal came to town than that which of Richard Hotaling The elligently Hotaling ock, as you will sce—is the person- 1 of the play: Richard Hotaling iss Hilda Clough Olga Atherton John J. Housman J. Alien Dunn 2. de Lassaux Courtney costuming nothing of more sumptuous has been vouchsafed us in a dozen years—at least since Dick Hotaling an ge Frank Murasky trod the boards Richard 1II"” and Riche- rere are many survivors of those pe: es who will tell you, if you ask, great stunts these were A smart house—a caparisoned house, a pastel house, if ve players, when the curtain rev Stroliers. And especially smart will the boxes be - one of which is sold out, the last two going yesterday to Mrs. Abby Par- rott and Mrs. Horace Pillsbury. Did you say you wanted a “Doll's House"—not Ibsen’s, but Reid's—for a Christmas gift to somebody’s baby girl? Then put a dollar or two in your vest pocket for a ‘chance” upon the most sumptuous doll's house that e'er- was builded. There will be a bunch of charm- ing Doctor's Daughters in the lobby to accommodate you, and if you think you need a talking machine—just to keep things going when your wife is silent— just step up to Miss Jennie Blair or Miss Susanne McEwen and tell them so, They will put you in the way of winning one of them—one of the machines, of course —for the ridiculous sum of one dollar. Programmes, too, will be sold by the tireless Daughters, who thus- far have demonstrated what a lot of earnest wo- men can do—or have done—when they | really get busy A | Once again—if you cannot get what you want for Monday night—don’t fail to get vour seats for Tuesday's matinee, for, my word for it, Mr. Hotaling will show | Mr. Mansfield a few poirts on how to p rlock, and provincial pride com- pels us to be in at this elucidation by | our townsman. | Tl L A A Novel Christmas Gift. | There could be mo more inexpensive or ap- | propriate Christmas gift than a subseription to | Sunset Magazive, 31 a year. The publishers offer an artistic Christmas card, designed by Martinez, Which may be sent to one's £ri as a graceful and effective way of notifying fhews of the citt that bas bem made, These c cards < Seriptions at Tntommation Bureas, 618 Marior J grs=y; ot o Y01, GSY Caltormi. st a3 126 Post street, o2 O, ON THE STAV Witnesses in Hummel Case Refuse to Reply to the 223 THE €O} WHO WILL PRODUCE OLUMBIA THEATBR MONDAY E AND TUESDAY AFTER- NGON FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE DOCTC e X3 SRCHANT OF VENICE WLL OPERKTE LCHTINC PLANT Soeclal Dispateh to The Call. VALLEJO, Dec. A new rival of the Bay Counties Power Company in the pa Valley is developing, District At- terney Raymond Benjamin of Napa has made an application to the Board of Su- pervisors of Napa County for a franchise for a lighting and power plant, which will generate its power at Napa and which will supply all of the towns and villages from Napa to Calistoga. The company has secured a franchise from the Board oY Trustees of St. Helena for an electric power line and permission to lay gas mains through the streets of that town. Oakville, Yountville, Helena and Calistoga. | The company is being organized by J. S. McDonald of San Francisco, whq re- cently built a new plant at Ukiah and | has another electric lighting plant under | construction at Rio Vista. His plans are said to have the backing of a number of { Ban Francisco capitalists, whose aim it Rutherford, St. " |15 to supply light wnd power to the small- | er towns throughout this section which | are now without electric lights. California Calendars for 1906, California poppy, poinsettia, Chinese, red- wood and all other new and Interesting calen- ders. Sanborn, Vail & Co., 741 Market street.® {NEW ELEMENT WHICH 3 ACTS LIKE RADIUM | Tnstructor Studying in Lon- | don Said to Have Made 1‘ Discovery. Special Dispatch to The Call. CHICAGO, Dec. 15.—Instructor O, Hahn, working under Professor Ramsey at the TUniversity College in London, claims to have found a new radlo-active element. Word to this effect was received to-day at the chemistry laboratory of the Uni- versity of Chicago. It is sald that the new substance is nearly as active as ra- dium and Is a constituent of thorium, used in the manufacture of gas mantles. The substance has been named radio- thorium. Its discoverer says that more revelations of the nature of radium prob- ably will follow. —— NO ONE BLAMED FOR BOY'S DEATH.— An inquest was held by Coroner Leland yester- day on the body of the boy, Arthur Noel Gwynn, 2369 California street, who dled at the Children’s Hoepital on August 80 from teta— nus. The boy had been vaccinated and it was supposed that the vaccine had caused death. There was nothing in the evidence to support that theory and the jury could find nobody to blame. v —————— Seareh m.l'tl all impurities and expel them from the system through the nat- ural channels by \ulnt\mh‘g Bitters,* The towns to be supplied will be |. TROUBLE AHEAD FOR THE CADETS WASHINGTON, Dec. 15.—Whether the superintendent of the naval academy or the Secretary of the Navy, both con- jointly, have the power summarily to dis- miss from the naval academy without trial by court-martial a midshipman guilty of hazing, and whether such action it taken would prove a bar to proceed- ings in the civil courts for assault or oth- er criminal elements involved in the of- fense, are two questions upon which the Attorney General, at the request of the Secretary of the Navy, will render an opinion to-morrow. The character of this opinion will shape the future action of the Navy Department on the recom- mendation of Rear admiral Joseph H. Sands, superintendent of the naval acad- emy, for the summary dismissal of Mid- shipman Trenmore Coffin Jr. for hazing, and of Midshipman Warren A. Vandervere for countenancing the practice. If Attor- ney General Moody rules that the Secre- tary has such power these midshipmen will be summarily dismiésed from the academy. If such power is lacking, then immediate trial by court-martial will be ordered. Otherwise Secretary Bonaparte will direct that action be brought against the dismissed midshipmen in the courts of Maryland. The doubt in the mind of the Navy De- partment regarding the limits of fts Jurisdiction arises from the apparent con- flict between an act of June 23, 1874, which calls for the trial by court-mar- tlal for cadets found guilty of hazing | and that of March 3, 1903, which provides that “any cadet found guilty of partici- pating in or countenancing such praetice shall be summarily dismissed.” Hazing at the academy was the sub- Ject of two conferences to-day between Admiral Sands and Seeretary Bonaparte. The admiral informed the secretary that the cadet officers and caget petty officers, at a conference which the admiral hela with them several days ago, voluntarily pledged him their support in his insis- tence upon a strict obedience to all rules of the academy. The ovinfon is expressed at the depart- ment that hazing has existed at the Naval Academy for a long time under cover. Admiral Sands returned to Ann- apolls this afternoon, where a thorough investigation of the conditions there af- and of Midshipman Warren A. Vendervere A search is being made for evidence against midshipmen who have hitherto Ween guilty of hazing, and these, as well as any hereafter apprehended, will be recommended for dismissal. An immediate Congressional investiga- tion of hazing at the: Naval Academy probably will not be made, as provided for in the resolution of Representftive Loud of Michigan. Members of the rules committee have agreed to delay consid- eration of the resolution until they learn of Secretary Bonaparte's purposes. ———— Sorrow is PR iiia often one way of spelling Questions of Prosecution ———— CONSPIRACY IS ALLEGED CENTHE 2zoro, Attorney Said to Have Re- ceived Fifty Thousand Dol- lars From Captain Morse NEW YORK, Dec. 15.—The prosecution | opened its case to-day in the trial of | Abraham H. Hummel, the lawyer charged With eonspiracy in the celebrated Dodge- Morse divorce case. Assistant District Attorney Rand, in opening the case, sald: “In this case the act of conspiracy as described in law was committed and the 8oods were delivered and paid for. This It was almed not only at the laws of the State, but its objeet of attack was nothing less than the institution of marriage and | the administration of justice. | “Captain James Morse of the city of Boston, a ship owner, had heard Mrs. | Morse was a divorced woman. He started | to work to see if he could not break up | the . He went te the office of | Hummel, this defendant, and a few days later Hummel telesraphed to Morse in| Boston that he had found such clear traces of fraud In the case that he would | take the mattér up if Captain Morse would pay him $15000. Captain Morse pald Hummel the $15000 to upset his| nephew’s marriage. “In January, 1804, the Grand Jury pre- sented a charge of perjury against Dodge. On the same day Dodge was at the St Charles Hotel, New Orleans, on his way to Mexico. He knew about it before the District Attorney. Why should Hummel | want to get Dodge across the border?| But Dodge was pulled off the train in Texas. ‘‘Hummel telephoned to Captain Morse: | ‘They've got our man; send us money.” There was a constant demand by Hum- mel from Captain Morse, and nqf less than $50,00 was paid by him.” The first witness was Apraham H. Kaffenbergh, a member of Hummel's law firm. He was asked whether he had em- ploved counsel in Texas to prevent the extradition of Charles F. Dodge and also | whether under Hummel's instruetion he | attempted to keep Dodge in a perpetual | state of intoxieation, but to this and to other questions he replied: “I decline to answer on the ground that it might de- grade and ineriminate me.” He was ex- cused after a shert questioning. Alleged payments of (aptain James T. Morse of Boston to Hummel were then taken up with Nathaniel Cohn, a member of Hummel's firm, in the witness chair. He was asked whether he did not receive | sums of money varying from $1500 to $21, 250 at a time from Captain Morse. Cohn | declined to answer all these questions. The eourt then adjourned until to-mor- row, after a mass of documentary evi- dence bearing on the divorce and annul- ment proceedings had been introduced. TRY TO HIDE CRIME BY BURNING BODY Grewsome Evidence of a Foul Murder Is Found in [ %) S =y ASS = PIANIST HOFFMAN IS NOW A BENEDICT Writes to a Friend in New Nevada. York Informing Him of Sveei! Dimeteh to The Call. 7 | His Marriage. RENO, Dec. 15—A party of_hunters > yesterday discovered the partly burned NEW YORK, Dec. 15.—In a letter re- | skeleton of a man partially concealed by ceived here to-day Josef Hoffman, the | rocks and ashes at a point on the Truckee noted ist, states that he and Mrs.! River known as Sixth Crossing. The skull had been crushed in at the top, and the supposition is that the man was mur- { dered and an attempt made to burn his body in order to destroy all traces of the bloody work. Who the man was is not known, nor is there any trace of the mur- derers. It is the opinion of the Coroner, however, that the man was an employe on the Government canal and that he is a victim of the “Derby Thugs.” The re- mains are those of a large man. The crime was evidently committed some time ago. The discovery near the body of a brass instrument krown as a “wireman’s Marie s were married some weeks | previous to the announcement of their | engagement which was made public Octo- ! ber 5. The time and place of their mar- | riage has not been announced. Hoffman and his bride sre at present in Biarritz, France. —_—————— Small ad. ndvertisers can only be cer- tain of their ads. appearing in Sunday Call — Christmas Edition — upon the | enrly delivery of thelr copy at this of- fice. No ads. will be received later tha; 7 & Saturday umizht, T oe JURY SAYS LADDER WAS UNSAFE.— An inquest was held by Coroner Leland ves- terday cn the y of A. M. Beach, a painter, } Who dled at his residence, 1123 Stelner street, { from an anesthetic administered to him by Dr. Bixby preparatory to an operation. Beach about nine weeks azo fell from a Jadder at- tached to tic residence of Dr. A. T. Leonard, i Post and Gough streets, and the jury found jfrom the testimony that the ladder was in poor condition and unsaf Mol o EMBEZZLES FARO OUTFIT.—H. C. Smith was arrested by Detectives Taylor and Braig yesterday morning on a warrant charging him with felony embezzlement. The complaining witness is L. Branchini, who alleges that Smith got from him in May last a faro outfit, the man was a lineman. —_—————— Denth of Broker Kullman. Simon Kullman, the well-known Mont- { gomery-street broker, passed away this city on Thursday. He was a native of Alsace and 65 years old. The widow and two sons, Jules and Leonard Kull- man, survive. —————— THREATENS TO KILL WIFE —Mrs. Inez Perez, 10 Mentgomery court, obtained a war- rant from Police Judge Mogan yesterday for the arrest of her husband, Raymond Perez, on a charge of battery. . She says her hus- valued at , on the representation that he | band, a marine engineer, ck her and later intended to surchase it, but he falled to re- | threatened to kill Rer. She will swear out a turn it Smith returned to the cify yesterday | wasrant for his arrest on the more serlous morning from Nevada. charge of threats to kill. - ¢ AGAIN - Once more Chickering & Sons are in advance of the age. For 83 years these grand old makers have been in advance of their competitors by many years. First to make successful upright piano. 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