The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 17, 1905, Page 67

e o e v THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1905. 67 The Victor Talking Machine a Favorite with Santa Claus If you want your children to remember you gratefully for years to come, give them a " Victor." They will forsake all - other Christmas presents for that. They will never tire of it, because it has always something new to offer. It is full of fun and music and pleases everybody, big or little. Spend Christmas with a Victor. It whistles, it plays almost any piece. It talks, it sings— 50 like the human voice as to almost defy detection. It makes home happy because it provides such a variety of good, clean, wholesomne fun. The Victor tells its own convincing stary. Come in and bear . Upwards of 50.000 Records to choose from, many of them are especially adapted to children. A Victor as low in price as $20, larger machines at $25, $32.50. $45 to %65 and up. Pay by the month if you wish. TAKE ELEVATOR TO SECOND FLOOR. SHERMAN, CLAY & CO. STEINWAY PIANO DEALERS Liocated for thirty-fve years ot Kearny end Sutter Streets, San Francisco. Oskland Store Brosdwsy and Thirteenth Street An Interesting Feature of To-Day’s Call Is the ARMY ORDERS. in the Philippines, to take effect A nd will proceed to San ort for further orders. commissary, co are amended so as n to report to the 1 of the Philippines yinston Pilcher, Fifth » Brigadier General an Francisco, bsence of one month and d Captain Philippi Collins, n and Fort a Walla, xamination of officers for len C. report to Major urteenth (¢ Walla, when requi XMAS FURNITURE AT REDUCED PRICES At $1 Down, 50c a Week A Rare Chance to Buy Hol- jday Gifts at & Great Saving ECE | 3PI | Parlor Suile y fic Roman Chair Solid Oak Diner Mahogany fin- Braced arms, cane scat, ish, gpretty pat- exita well made; reg. terns of wverona to select from; a suitable gift; reg. SPECIAL $1.80 $3.50. Special 95¢ Oaly four to a customer. § Morris | Chair ( ike cut) Sol- ~ id o2k, claw LATIFFE] feet, highly ";:_}fi;w"\ \polished, splendid vero- Full size,well finished; reg. $8. SPECIAL cushions; na different pat- terps; reg. $15 | i G Special $6.95 ' COUCH | (like cut) Selid oak molding, claw i AT e LT | $16. Special $8.25 “BRILLIANT FURNITURE COMPANY 338-342 POST ST. EveRiNGS HOLDS INTEREST Witness Testifies to Rather Peculiar Proceedings in the First Divorce Suit MORSE ON THE STAND Banker Says the Defendant Told Him That Annulment Case Was Corrupt and Bad NEW YORK, Dec. 16.—The crucial legal point In the celebrated Dodge-Morse divorce case, namely, the question wheth- er Dodge was ever served with the sum- mons to divorce proceedings with his wife, who later became Mrs. Morse, was taken up to-day at the trial of Abraham Hummel, the lawyer, for conspiracy in this case. The first ‘witness, W. A. Sweetser, was the lawyer who represent- ed Mrs. Dodge In her divorce proceed- ings. Sweetser testified that he served the summons in question on Dodge on March 31, 1897, at the Everett House in this city. He then said in reply to questions that in 1803 he identified as Dodge a man whose real name was Herbitch. This was at reference proceedings in connection with the case, The prosecution in the Hum- mel trial has charged that Herbitch was used st the reference to impersonate Dodge, who, they charge, was being kept away from the city. Sweetser said Mrs. Dodge was to pay all expenses of the divorce proceedings, including her husband's counsel fees. Charles K. Herbitch, whom Sweetser | testified he identified as Dodge in 1903, as then put on the witness stand. He id that he went to the reference pro- | ceedings in question at the request of Hummel. went to his office,” testified Herbitch, | “and he told me ke wanted to use me | for about fifteen minutes at a hearing | | but did not want me to testify. He sent me to Judge Hall's office at 62 Willlams street. Hummel afterward entered the office with Steinhart.” ADMITS POSING AS DODGE. “Did vou receive anything for services? es, 32. | “What did Hummel say to you?’ “He. told me that he wanted to see if a certain man would mistake me for some one else.” | " “You knew by what you heard there that there was a dispute as to the serv- of a summons?” I did.” Justice Rogers, who is trying the case, asked at this point: “And when' Sweetser greeted you as Dodge did you not make any response?’ | I did not.” | Charles W. Morse, banker and or- your to pro- | when | tion by the retiring | ine | Keyes, | 1 to determine his fitness | | to be Interstate Commerce | sioner has been referred to a special | WASHINGTON, | timber belonging to the McCloud River ganizer of the American Ice Company, | was next called to the witness stand. It was in order to secure an annulment | of the marriage of Mrs. Clemence Dodge to Morse that the alleged con- | spiracy was entered into by Hummel. Morse testified that Hummel told | him in 1902 that Mrs. Dodge's divorce | from Dodge was corrupt and bad. | Morse said he answered that if any- thing was wrong he wanted it set right. The witness said that ‘Sweetser showed him a newspaper picture of Dodge, which the witness said he had with him when he served the sum- mons. Delancey Nicholl, Hummel's at- torney, then said: UNCLE OPPOSED MARRIAGE. | | “And when you called his attention to the fact that by the date on the paper the picture was not printed un- til months after the service of the sum- mons what did he say?” “That he would have to frame up some other excuse,” was the reply. Morse testified that his wife said she preferred a new divorce from Dodge and that she had started an action for one. He said that Hummel was to act | as Dodge's counsel in this new divorce, but the case was stopped by interven- tion proceedings. Morse was asked about the attitude of his uncle, Captain James T. Morse, thé New England ship owner, regard- ing the marriage with Mrs, Dodge. “You have heard him say that Mrs. Dodge was an unfit woman for you to | | 1narry?” he was asked. es.” You have heard him say also that he would take steps to break your | marriage?” Morse said that he was in District | Attorney Jerome's office and that | Jerome was present when Captain Morse saiG he had taken legal steps to break the marriage. Judge Ernest Hall, who acted as ref- eree in the Dodge divorce case in 1903, testified that Sweetser took Herbitch | for Dodge at one of the hearings and that he afterward understood that Her- bitch was there simply that it might be known whether Sweetser would rec- ognize him as Dodge. Judge Hall said | that Dodge himself was present at a | later meeting and that he did not at all | resemble Herbitch in appearance. The | case was then adjourned until Monday. | e | LANE'S NOMINATION GOES TO COMMITTEE Judging From Present Out- look It Will Stay There Indefinitely. Special Dispatch to The Call. BUREAU, POST , BUILDING, Dec. 16.—Senators Perkins and Flint to-day recommended | to President Roosevelt the reappoint- ment of Collector Campbell at Eureka, and Register Swayne of the land office at Viealia, Cal. The nominations will be sent to the Senate soon. The nomination of Franklin K. Lane Commis- CALL sub-committee of the Committee on Intersinte Commerce, where from pres- ent indications it will remain indefi- nitely. Senator Flint has introduced in the Senate a bil providing for the erection of a public building at Bureka, Cal. at a cost of $250,000, and a bill ap- propriating $350,600 for a similar building at San Diego. The marking of thirty million feet of Lumber Company, California, under the supervision of the Forest Service has been completed. An application has been received from the lumber company near Sierra Forest Reserve asking the forest service to take charge of the lumbering and cutting on its timber lands. The Comptroller of the Treasury to- day approved the application of J. A. Graves, J. S. Anderson, John H Bartle, E. R. Jeffrey and others to organize a United States national bank at Azusa, Glove and Merchandise 4th Floor Oriental Rugs Orders Issued Xmas Week Entire 3d Floor The WhiteHouse Open Evenings Until Xmas Entire 3d Floor TOYS Handkerchiefs, Fans, Perfumes, Hand Bags, Opera Bags, Ostrich and Marabout Stoles, Muffs and Scarfs, Gloves, ...ART JEWELRY... Silks, Woolen Dress Goods, Du Barry Scarfs, Ribbons, Hosiery, Gentlemen’s Furnishings, Umbrellas, Wraps, Suits, Costumes, Fine Furs, Japanese Wrappers, Waists, Lingerie ' Art Rooms i now Electric K Vil f G S CoR.PosT & KeARNY Sts. Lamps MONTANA JUDCE BECOMES IRATE Brands the Jurors Serving in His Court as Cowards and Orders Their Discharge BUTTE, Mont., Dec. 16.—Branding the jurors as cowards afrald to do as they had sworn and so. permitting crime to rule with a high hand in Butte with the result that murder follows murder and holdup follows holdup with appalling fre- quency, Judge Michael Donlan of the criminal branch of the District Court has summarily discharged the entire jury panel with a caustic scoring geldom heard in any courtroom. The climax was reached when the jury falled to reach a verdict in the Gordon highway rohbery case, in which the de- fendant had been identified as the robber almost beyond the possibility of a doubt. This disagreement is about the sixth in criminal cases this term, four occurring in first degree murder trials in which the evidence was apparently overwhelmingly in favor of the State. Several days ago Judge Donlan was nearly taken off his feet with surprise when the jury in the Hill gambling case returned to him and politely informed his Fonor that unless he could reduce the $500 fine imposed by defendant guilty, they would acquit him, which they did upon being informed by the Judge that He could not alter the laws of the State. Then came the acquittal of Pat Rogers, charged with killing Harry Richards, whom he shot dead while he (Rogers) was out gunning for a saloon- keeper who had thrashed him during a drunken brawl. This saloon-keeper later Kkilled a man and was tried for murder in the first degree, but as the jury failed to arrive at a verdict the liquor man was set at liberty. - B"\i"’hen the jury in the Gordon case re- ported that: they were unable to agree Donlan’s ire knew no bounds, and with a face almost livid with indignation he told the jury that criminal trials had become a farce in Butte and the brunt of all jokes. In the course of his remarks the urt satd: co"Bmte is becoming the Mecca for the criminals of America. It is up to the jury to stop these flagrant infractions of the laws. 1 demand the services of a jury panel which will respect the laws and the rights of the taxpayers. Gentle- men of the jury, I intend to get another . You may g0.” J“‘:l’yked to reduce Gordon's bond in view of the disagreement, the Judge increased it from $2000 to $10,000. Acting with an iron hand, he committed & witness in the Gordon case, discovered in the court- room with a revolver in his pocket, to five days in prison ¥ith a fine of $500 for contempt of court, lrz:rueunc the County Attorney to begin pr eedings against the man for carrying concealed weapons upon his release from the county bastile. Liner Poasves n Huge Iceberg. PLYMOUTH, Eng, Dec. 16.—The ‘American line steamer St. Louis, which arrived here to-day from New York, reports having passed, December 12, in latitude 45 north and longitude 4) west, an jceberg 300 feet high. The jceberg was right in the track of At- The United States naval transport Cal, with a capital of $25,000. Supply will be delayed at Mare Island about six weeks for the purpose of be- ing docked and receilving general re- pairs, after which the vessel will take Commander T. M. Potts to Guam he will hecome governor of the 1y and commandant of the naval station. jantic liners, and is regarded as being @a serfous danger to navigation. IS B SACHRAn Y The lication of W. H. Glass of Redlands 5‘" permision to construct a telephone line over the San Be dino forest reserve lands for commn between his resort and Redlands hgs been granted by the forest service. the statutes, although they believed the | SOMNAMBULISTIC NEGRO KILLS expressing his pride over the gift. The|the personal guards of President HIS SLEEPING ROOMMATE | possession of the weapon is belleved to | Roosevelt, has resigned from the have occupied his mind so completely | United States Secret Service, and in & few days will assume the duties of United States Marshal of the Southern district of West Virginia. The Presi- dent presented to him a handsome seal ring, in appreciation of the personal services rendered him by Tyree. —_————————— The Alsatian city of Malhausen not only provides free baths for its school children, but free medical inspection and dental treatment. Gets Up From His Couch- While Dream- | that he dreamed of it all night and ing That He Was Belag Attacked | Whileasleep got up from his couch this and Shoots Companion. morning at 5:30 o'clock and, imagining LOUISVILLE, Ky., Dec. i6.—Archie | that an attack was being made on him, Harris, a negro car driver, was shot [ ired on his phantom assailant. The and killed early this morning by Louts | bullet struck Harris, who was asleep Whitney, also a cabman. It is sunposedl at the time. Whitney did the shooting while asleep. RS S £ R Yesterday he was presented with a Receive Present From President. hammerless revolver and spent the re-| WASHINGTON, Dec. 16—Frank H. mainder of the day exhibiting it and | Tyree, who is widely known as one of X ! a1 @ Hristn?as There is just a week left to do Christmas buying, but for your own convenience do your shopping as early as possible, and mornings, if you can. We have ample facilities and plenty of competent, intelligent and courteous salesmen; yet during the last two or three days the store is certain to be crowded, and buying will not be as pleasant as we like to make it for you. As for the Slippers—they’re here for every one, prettier, more styles and more reasonable than you can find them anywhere else in San Francisco. Kaufmann’s is THE Holiday Footwear Store. What lo Give a Man What to Give a Lady Open Evenings. What (o Give a Boy or Girl Kid Slippers in tan or black. $1 and $1.23 black or wine colored hand-turned, _ like L$L.50 ‘quality, prettily .50 Tan, Slippers, arawing v Slippers, fine in_ bleck or tan__kid, g Yo ‘anc; pers, made Zus sk $3.50 Blue or, pink satin Jullets, | Children’s black and red Felt .......... o4 Blue or pink satin Juliets. or walrus skin slippecs ‘of ‘quality. and_ worin | White fur trimming and warm- | Romeos, fannel = lined, fur c, $1 and $1.25 | 1y lined trimmed— black, gray and Ladies’ Slumber Slippers, to | Sizes 5 to 8.. SSe bed, prevent cold red, blue and be worn in Sizes 8% to 11 feet, made of = Sizes 11% to 2 “Toe finest felt, hand- TBe turned and handsomely orna- S T T R 1.50 | Ppink elderdown .....cceeees Children’s Romeos in blue or Gray or brown felt Juliets, Ted felt, fancily trimmed, like drawing above— Sizes 5 to 8..... Sizes 11 to 2. Sizes 11% to Red Felt Ron trimmed with richest fancy fur and ribbon, very handsome, fine Men's Slippers, Everett cut, and durable, as drawing above.. as illustrated. tan or black: hand-turned, very pretty.$1.50 Men's tan or black kid Ro- meos. $1.50, $2, $2.50 and $3 Men's wine ~colored Calf Ladies’ Felt Slippers, as 1= lustrated, in blue, red or black. ofnamented with brald, hand e gurra s Ladles' Boudolr Slippers, without heel, made of blue, red. tan and black kid, also af gTay Sizes 11 to 2.. 50 and 1.73 Men's tan kid Fausts, Ladies' kid Juliets, .black vur .'h like 4 drawing, band made.$3 and et topa, . Band- G lined, just like drawing... $L.T5 Ladies' tan or black kid Ju- lets, fur trimmed. lined .. Ladies Red and Felt Romeos: b e Fur. trimmed, “hade. with fancy ornament. Sold M yi2or™ ke drawing woover: everywhere at $1.25".......... ceer OO R G000 8.80-13. - ... - s1.z5 Ladies’ Ry Flannel LSl & les’ Biack. Brown or Red ed Romeos and-turned, flannel lined; worth $1.75; for Christ- Men's Cavaller Slippers, like drawing, in tan cal e 1f skin. . ek 8230 .50 mas Week ...o.oeiiaen uilt omeos: , flarnel lned 75¢ it s ,I?i l&nflu’ l? Satin Q l=hrn genuine buckskin Moc- “A !lu‘t ul and warm_house shoe, Sizes 2 to 5. BSe Sizes 814 to 11. ol ax’-ns to 8. % -.u Sizes 1134 to. S3¢ == by 7 AR g ore: hout with teatn- || A Pretty Toy for er; $2 regular . . . ERREY % ---l\'.'! M... Our Shoe Orders make ideal Christmas Gifts. 7 U packed i ial iy Boses. ity filled, nely illustrated cial Catalog of Holiday