The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 18, 1905, Page 1

, THE CALL PR San Franelsce and Monday; G. H. WILLSON, Local Ferecaster. THE WBATHER. Forecast for December 18, 1005: vicinity—Ratn fresh southerly wind. — ALHAMBRA—" ‘ TIVOLI—Comte ALCAZAR—“Brown’s in Town.” ~ CALIFORNIA—“The Thoroughbreds.” CHUTES—Vaudeville. Matinee. COLUMBIA—"‘The College Widow.™ GRAND—“Magda.™ ORPHEUM-—Vaudeville. Opera. L VOLUME XCIX—NO, 18 CZR NOW BTTLIN IR LFE Fate of Romanoff Dynasty at Stake. General Strike Order Issued by Revolu- tionists. | Government Invites Terrible Reprisals by Arresting Agitators. O GRS CONSTANTINOPLE, Dec. pateh received here from Batoum, | | | | 17 —A dis- in the Governmment of Kutals, Tm | caucasia, reports the outbreak of a revolution there. It says that the streets were barricaded and that flerce fighting took place. The military ployed artillery and many persons, in. cluding subjects of the Ottoman empire, were killed. *In response to a reqnu(’ made by the Turkish Consul, the Porte | arranging for the dispatch of | Batoum bring back | refugees. The dispatch says that a sim- | flar state of affairs prevails in Poti, in the Government, and in the town of Kutais em- is now vessels to to same 17.—A shud- nvulsed Russia. The t has given battle tionists, but the es that the ed. Already riat agitation, turday night , and even men filukoff are in E BURG, Dec. s o y understands give blow for wers, , to de- pro- | tionary offi- | e advantage to terrorize imagined, me petty e revolution- APPEARS. v er, Mes- e cen- n of censor nded ar, d to print the | at organization. eral strike it is tionaries will | ha old methods of | et ment. It is stated hat zations held a meet- | of this morning. ere he is residing, is heavily guarded. most significant news comes from skoe-Selo, where, in view of the res- ition of the Government to put its foot down on the strike, a regular campaign s belng conducted, with the purpose of ng the loyalty of the guard regiments. day & regiment from St. Peters- js reviewed and addressed by Em- icbolas, and with much ceremony | y passes up and down the llnes | aks personally to officers and Grand Duke Nicholas is present at | ceremonfes. wh On Saturday after the review of the Preobrajensky regiment Grand Duke | Nicholas and the - officers of the t or's hand, which called forth an outburst of enthusiasm from the sol- ders. On Monday the Mafloveki regi- ment will go to Tsarskoe-Selo. 2 GOVERNMENT FIGHTING FOR LIFE. The Government has chosen a desperate moment to repress the proletariat. It is fighting for its life in the Baltic region, | where & revolt is admitted to be in full | vlast, with almost a practical certainty that if it cannot be crughed its flames will spread to Pdland. The mnative popu- Jation of the anclent kingdom of Lithua- nia is made up of a hardy and headstrong people, who, having raised the banner of revolt, w fight to the bitter end. The Government to-day succeeded in re- storing cable communication abroad, hut it is utterly unable to guarantee how long it will be able to keep the cables in opera- tion. gl DE WITTE LOSES HOPRE. Premier's Resignation Is Expected at Any Moment. £T. PETERSBURG, Dec. 17, 7:30 p. m. A report that Count de Witte has re- #igned is in circulation, but it is false. It may, however, become true at any mo- Continued on Page 3, Column 4 CARNECIE'S YOUNG MEN RECKLESS Fresh Scandal In- volves Steel Trust. Breach of Promise Suit Against Packer Causes Stir. Name of a High Financier May Be Dragged Into the Case. eI S Special Dispatch to The Call. PITTSBURG, Dec. 17.—Another scandal is bubbling and boiling here, Involving a number of United States Steel Corpora- tion and Carnegie Steel Company offi- cials, as the result of Mrs. Mary 1 Vet- ter's suit against Gibson D. Packer for 000 for alleged breach of promise. As sual in all cases of wealthy men in gheny County, the papers in the suit are not in their proper place in the office records, and the county offictals are ing their official positions to keep the ntire scandal from becoming public. Love letters, diamonds and magnificent | presents will form part of the evidence offered by the plaintiff. The Vetter vs. Packer suit threatens to bring into prominence one of the biggest men interested in the United States Steel Corporation, for it is this big man who 1s alleged to have introduced Mrs. Vetter to Packer eight years ago. This big man | ¥s now fuming and fretting because Pack- | { er did not settle the case with Mrs. Vet- ter, and he is said to have scored Packer roundly for being mean enough to endan- ger his position for the sake of $100,000 when he had aided Packer in making mil- lions of dollars. Packer was a protege of Andrew Car- negie and one of his young partners. An- drew Carnegie made him a millionaire. When the United States Steel Corpora- tion bought out the Carnegie Steel Com- pany Packer was attached to the law de- partment of the Carpegie Steel Com- pany. He seldom if ever appeared in the local courts, and is unknown to the mem- bers of the Allegheny County bar. He is said to have received a princely salary as head of the Carnegie Steel Company le- gal department. It is & fact known in Pittsburg that no- where in this country does there exist such a nest of scandals as among the set to which Andrew Carnegle refers as his oung men.” Mrs, Vetter arrived here yesterday and has been indisposed at her hotel. When asked about her suit against Packer she “Yes, I have brought suit against Mr. Packer for $100,000 damages for breach of promise. He has treated me shamefully. I have known him for eight years. I be- came engaged to Mr. Packer two years ago while in Philadelphia. He had been paying me attention a long time before that. Last February Mr. Packer broke off the engagement without any apparent res , and he declined to marry me. When he broke off ,the engagement I made a tour of Europe and on my return lived iIn New York. I am here to spend the holidays and will return to New York.” - CIRLS, HERE'S YOUR CHAKCE FOR A HUSBAND A Thousand Wyoming Men Are Pining for Sweethearts, Special Dispatch to The Call. MEETEETSE, Wyo., Dec, 17.—A call for maidens has gone out to the land. One i thousand are needed at once in Big Horn country, According to the figures of the State census, just completed, there are 1262 bachelors, mostly desirable, to a mere handful of 118§ maids of voting age. Among the excess of more than a thou- sand men, an organization has been form- ed, known as the Grey Bull Club, which has undertaken to bring about a change in the conditions in the shortest possible time. It is believed that many young women who would make desirable wives are toil- ing twelve hours a day In the factories and stores of the big cities simply because they have no knowledge of the conditions here. Articles truthfully depicting the real condition, soclally and climatically, with the many opportunities for employ- ment to be found, it is thought, would certainly attract many to this garden spot of Wyoming. A fund ie being raised for advertising in the metropolitan newspapers. The many attractive business openings for the fair sex in this county will be recounted, It will be made known that school dis- tricts are seeking in vain for teachers and that business and professional men would employ more of this class if it could be found. And in the advertisements it will also be set forth that the demand for sweethearts is the greatest of all. SAN FRANCISCO, MONDAY, DECEMBER 18, 1905. PRICE FIVE CENTS. RODSEVELT RULES NEW YORK STATE Platt and ,Odell' Driven From Field. Smaller Bosses Alone Remain to Be Routed. Republican Party toBe Purged' | ‘of Politicians of the | Grafter Class. ‘ LS S T Speclal Dispatch to The Call, NEW YORK, Dec. 17.—The reorganiza- tion of the Republican machine in New | York State at the hands of President| Roosevelt and Governor Higgins has been | begun with much turmoil and bitterness. | Platt has been driven from the field and | | Odell has run up the white flag, but the | | subordinates whom they made prominent | | in the Repubjican counclls—the represent- atives of corporate interests and ordinary “grafters’—are still. holding out, banded together for mutual protection. Of the ultimate result, the President and | the Governor on one side, backed by the tremendous power of Federal and State | patronage, and the minor bosses, ‘backed | by the forces of corruption, on the other, | | there 1s no real doubt that the party will be reorganized from top to bottom. The | | cnly question is: How long will the or- | santzation hold out? That the men who | have loaded down the Republican machine | | with their selfish schemes will be able to | make trouble before they are finally re- tired to private life is conceded. In New York, Kings and Erfe, the larg- est three countles in the Staté, the fight is already on. In New York County a co- terfe of leaders who have been using the | local organization for their own ends until they have destroyed its influence and reduced it to a mere instrument for ob- | taining petty places for themselves and their friends, are opposing the reforms | proposed by Herbert Parsons and :eeklngJ to bind his bands. Governor Higgins will make a statement | to-morrow of his position in the fight for | the Speakership of the Assembly. He has already obtained control of the party ma- chinery in the important counties of Mon- | roe, Onondaga and Oswego, and prob- ably of New York and Kings, with Erie| to be added. DEVDTES HS FORTUNE 10 JEAD CHILD Bereaved Father Pro- vides a Splendid Funeral. BN ol Special Dispatch to The Call. PITTSBURG, Dec. 17.—Lying in a $3000 casket and dressed in a burial robe which cost $1000, the body of little Marie Bar- clay reposes to-night In state in the humble home of her father, an Itallan fruit dealer. She was all the world to him and now that she is dead he is spending all his worldly possessions in giving her proper burial. The magnificence of the preparations for the funeral attracted so much at- tention in the poor neighborhood that the house was thronged this afternoon and there was almost a riot on the part of those who could not get in. Police re- gerves had to be called to disperse the crowd and a strong guard of police re- mains about the house to-night. The casket in which Barclay’'s only jchild will be burled is covered with lbflby-blua velour silk and lined with white satin. The company which fur- { nished it agreed to-make no more of the same kind. The burial robe is of blue silk trimmed with point lace. The child's stockings.| are of blue silk and the shoes of blue kid. There will be 3500 worth of flowers and the other expenses will bring the cost of the funeral up to $5000. Marie died on Wednesday of meningitis, after her father had spent thousands of dollars in efforts to cure her. He was heartbroken and, saying ‘he had no further use for money after the death of his child, he decided to spend it all on the funeral. —_———————— ANGLO-GERMAN ENTENTE IS FAVORED IN BERLIN Commercinl Men of the Kaiser's Capi- i BERLIN, Dec. 17.—A meeting of 2000 members of the Commercial Commu- nity was held at the Boerse to-day in favor of Anglo-German entente. Herr Kirschner, Burgomaste: of Berlin, many members of the Reichstag and several well-known savants were pres- ent. Prince Schoenaich-Caroloth, Pro- fessor Frelderich Paulsen and others ‘spoke strongly In favor of such an en- tente. A resolution in accordance with the views of the meeting was adopted. | car. THREE PEOPLE ARE SERIOUSLY HURT IN CAR COLLISION. Three people were seriously injured last evening in a streetcar collision at Fillmore and McAllister streets. A score more were painfully hurt. as a result of the accident.. It is feared that the lad, Rudolph Wolfe, may not survive. One boy’s feet had to be amputated and two men may lose their feet Overcrowding of cars and slippery rails, together with alleged lax methods of carmen, were responsible for the smash-up. The motorman of one car says the accident was caused by his slowing down to save the lives of two women who got on the track in IR SRS S B Boy May Lose His of Others front of him. Life, Two Men Are Permanéntly Maimed and Score ‘Wounded. Hundred More Passengers Escape Injury When Street Vehicles Crash on Crossing. Three people were dangerously in- jured and a score more painfully hurt last evening, shortly after 5 o'clock; in a collision between a MeAllister-street cable car and a Fillmore-street trolley Fully 100 people miraculously es- caped Injury. Onme of those seriously hurt, a little boy, may mnot survive his injuries.. To the manner in which the United Railroads gives service to the public, allowing the overcrowding of its vehicles, is due much of the blame for | the accident. According to eye-wit- nesses, Motorman Horton of the Fill- more-street line did wrong in starting bis car across the tracks before the cable car hud been brought to a stop. If the story of the motorman is cor- réet, two women, who became “rattled” in front of car and caused him to slow down, in order to save their lives, are responsible for the accident. It was a question of killing them or taking a chance of being too late to clear the MeAllister-street ear, he says. The tracks were slippex:ihtmm fhe day’s ! rain. Car No. 272 of the cAllister-street line, in charge of Gripman D. Milan and Cenductor J. Messner, was descending the grade between Steiner and Fillmore streets. The heavy vehicle was crowded so0 that passengers clung to all the stan- chions. A small boy gould not have sand- wiched in anywhere.s When the rahble car was about a third of a DIock fragm JHi-- more, Motorman J. L. Horton of Fill- more-street car No. 764, south bound, started across the tracks, He belleved he had time enough to clear the cable tracks. Half across the rails of the in- tersecting car tracks, Horton slowed down his car to prevent rumning down two women, who became confused upen the rails. He saw the rapidly approach- ing cable car and realizedgthat a collision was imminent. He had to think quickly. Should he run down the women and avoid a possible collision, or should he ring the femaies out of his path and take chances of the gripman on the oncoming car seeing his predicament, thus giving him a chance to throw on full speed and clear the tracks. ¥ CARS COME TOGETTIER. Horton chose the latter course. He clanged his bell frantically. As he put it, “My hair stood on end: my God, I was powerless to do better.” When the wo- men had cleared his tracks he shot his car ahead with a full current. Gripman Milan saw the impendirg collision and threw, on ali brakes. His vehicle was too heavily laden, though, to respond to the impediment intended to arrest its rapid flight. ‘fhére was a crash. The cable car struck the trolley full in the ‘center, careening it and throwing it diagonally across the tracks. The screams of frightened wo- men, mothers crying for lost little ones, crashing glass and the report of the ter- rific impact caveed a reign of terror for a few moments. Policeman Winters, i § R o Wolfe's right leg had to be amputated. His left one, though badly torn, may be saved. It is feared that the lad is in- ternally injured and may not survive the shock. Fritz sustained compound com- minuted fractures of both ankles, also ex- tensive lacerations. Doyen renei=a? ser 5 7. . euswunea a compound comminuted fracture of the tibia and fibula of the left leg, a comminuted frac- ture of the ankle, lacerations of the chest, fractured wrist and some broken | | i standing at the corner, saw the collision and ran to succor the maimed. For a mcment men and women stood stock still—the lull after the crash. For a mo- ment, hcrror-stricken onlookers and mi- raculously saved passengers, stunned by the shnek, allowed pictures of awful dis- aster to Mlit through their brains, -Then came the reaction. Willing hands grasped the Injured and hurried them into near-by stcres. Policemen Bunner and Harreil and Sergeant Griffin were soon upon the scene and rendered every aid. Ambu- lances and patrol wagons responded promptly, and in a comparatively short space of time those most seriously hurt were at the Central Emergency Hospital. ‘When the troliey car received the force of the collision it seemed as though it would turn over. The wet pavement alone prevented this accident and prob- ably greater injury’ to the passengers. The electric car, turning rapidly at right angles to its own track, sped sideways for a distance of 150 feet along the slip- pery street and then ran into the curb at the sidewalk. Three who fell from their places ‘on the steps were run down by it. The heavy wheels ground the legs of Ru- doiph Wolfe, a 13-year-old boy, of 1508 Turk street to a pulp. BEdward “Doyen, an upholsterer, of 325 Langton street, who was thrown off, was caught beneath the swinging car and both his ankles were badly crushed, his ribs fractured and he was generally contused and lace- -rated, as well as being cut by flying glass. Gustave Fritz, an iron worker, of 252 Lombard street was hurled as from a catapult and struck the stones with awful force. While he lay there the derailed car caught his legs and tore them fear- fully. MANY ARE INJURED. Fully a score of people were more or less injured. Women crying in search of lost children lmped about among ' the wreckage, while many made their way painfully to their homes before their names could be ascertained. Wolfe and Fritz were carried into the drug store of Dr. Evans, at McAllister and Fillmore streets, where hemorrhage was stopped and wounds were dressed. Doyen was taken to a nearby saloon, where an ex- clted German proprietor refused to even donate a towel with which to bind up the injured man’s légs. A mob of infuriated moment towels in profusion were at hand for dressing. Wolfe, Fritz Doyen | were removed to the Central heroic ‘work. fmw the Injured were attended to. el e O PASSENGERS INJURED IN THE STREET-CAR COLLISION AT Mc- ALLISTER AND FILLMORE. — e THE INJURED. || Rudolph Wolfe, 13-year-old boy, 1508 Turk street; am tated foot, lacerated foot; may ate. Edward Doyen, 325 Langton street, upholsterer; serious lae- eration and fracture of bomes of both feet, fractured ribs; possible amputation. Gustave Frits, 2535 Lombard street, ironmolder; severe lac- erations and fractures of bones of feet; possible amputation. Marcel Merke, boy, 926 Fill- more street; cuts on face and head. Miss Abbie Leroux, 370 Pre- cita avenue; bands crushed. William H. Abendroth, caval- ryman; sprain of knee. William A. Mundell, news- paper man, 1281 Market street; sprain of shoulder, lacerations of hand and head. Dr. T. J. Crowley, 665 Fill- more street; bruises. Jet Lloyd, 10238 Fiilmore' street; cut by flying glass. George Amendt, 673 McAllis- ter street; cuts and bruises. James Courtland, 144 Silver avenue; sprains of wrist and shesk . 3 Drs. Millar and Glover say that Deyen's and also entertain a fear that like pro- ‘cedure will have to be taken in the case Fritz. In case the feet of these victims 2 the stift useless when healed. Dw’m‘z'mm mfl?fi to the Francis foot probably will have to be amputated, | grip > operating-room, she saw: the dripping blood and the paled countenance of her little son and nearly swooned. The lad bore his injury bravely. He was just re- turning from the Alhambra Theater. where he had secured tickets to the show. The coveted pasteboards were in the lad’s hand and he clung tightiy to his treasure through 1t all. “I guess I won't be able to go to the theater now, mother,” he said, and his little form gave a violent twitch as a pang of pain plerced his torn leg. Though most seriously hurt of all, the brave boy never utteréd a cry, but took his lot like a little man. Mrs, Wolfe is a nurse at the Adler Sanitarium. Others who were not so badly injured and who went to their homes were Marcel Merke, boy, 926 Fillmore street, face and head cut; Miss Abble Leroux, 370 Precita avenue, both hands jammed; Willlam H. Abenroth, first sergeant, Troop J. Fourth Cavalry, sprain of knee, lacerations; Wil- liam A. undell, newspaper man, Market street, sprain of shoulder, cut by flying glass; Dr. T. J. Crowley, 665 Fill- more street, bruises and shocs; Jeff Lloyd, 1023 Fillmore street, cuts by glass; George Amendt, 673 McAllister street, cuts and bruises; James Courtland, 144 Silver ave- nue, sprains of wrist and shoulder. Many of those slightly hurt went away before their names could be learned. Most of those injured were riding on the Filimore-street car. Motorman Horton and gripman Milan were arrested and booked at the City Hall station for battery. They were re- leased on $20 bail each. . MOTORMATWS STORY. Motorman Horton's story follows: “1 had just started across the M ter-street tracks, when two women got in my path. I slowed down, clanging my bell to warn them. They seemed con- fused. 1 saw the approaching cable car and realized my predicament. Was I to run down the women, or take chances of a collision? My hair stood on end, I had to act quickly. My God, I did only what any man would have done, When the women got out of my way, I threw full speed on, but it was too late. I did my best, but.this Is awful”" Horton was visibly affected by the ac- cident and distractedly explained how he was not to blame. He and Gripman Milan visited cne hospital soon after the accident and condoled with the injured, showing sorrow at the result of the accl- dent for which they are held responsible. flan's account of the acci- e B, T TRCO8 Nt B R sk B hrchanbal Sl Badle TSI S B o o R B LK 0 W oA IS H. HYDE ACTS 4 HIST T0 BERNHARDT Select Dinner Given in Honor of French Actress. —— e NEW YORK, Dee. 11.—Sarah Bernhardt dined as the guest of honmor of James Hazen Hyde to-night, and ten men sur- rounded the French actres at Hyde's ta- ble. It was the express wish of Mme. Bernhardt that no other woman be fn- vited and aiso that there be only a few guests. Hyde achieved his desire to make the Bernhardt dinner a gorgeous feast,and the ten men present represented various professions rather than “soclety,” as the term is generally applied In New York. This is the first time the former vice president of the Equitable Life Assurance Society has acted as host since his cele- brated Louis XIV ball in Sherry’'s January, when Mme, Rejane was present. H Sarah was,there to shine alone. She took genuine délight in being the only among the men. To meet her were In- vited Edmund L. Bayliss, Heinrich reld, Perry Belmont, David Belasco, Kyrie Bellew, Antonio Seottl, Samuel Untermeyer, M. de Max and J. H. Mecin- tyre. $1,000,000 and John D. Rockefeller, is whispered .ne::‘ -:::tem 1s nlhn ho has pled; money. considered probable that Rockefeller house at Euclld and Case nv*afll be razed to make room for the /