The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 21, 1905, Page 1

THE CALL THE WEATHER. l Fopecast for December 21, 1906: San Francisco and vicinity—Cloudy Thursday: fresh northwest winds. A. G. MoADIE, District Forecaster. vl PRINTS MORE NEWS THAN ANY OIHE R PAPER PUBLISHED IN. SAN FRANCISCO nee. ALCAZAR—"Brown's fn Town." ALHAMBRA—* CALIFORNIA—'‘The Thoroughbreds.” CHUTES—Vaudeville. Matines. COLUMBIA—"The College. Widow." GRAND—*‘Camille.”” ORPHEUM—Vaudeville. TIVOLI—"Orpheus in Hades.” MAJESTIC—"If I Were King." Mati- THEATERS. “East Lynne.” Matinee. Matinee. SAN FRANCISCO, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1905. PRICE FIVE CENTS. BABE MAY ACT AS PEACEMAKER Christmas Tree for Child Recom- mended Instead of Divorce. JUDGE ADOPTS A not de- ple sometimes, and commented upon the fact that it is a painful duty to separate a mother and child o CHICAGO, /Dec. 20.—The plans of Chi- cago's big bus! he to act the part of Santa Claus toward thelr em- ployes are now practically completed. The result indicates that their Christmas gifts be more generous ore. will sands of men and women will re- as t y one, even to last team- after the woman. Turkeys form the ot want | favorite present, t ts of gold coin he do- | also are popular. of the firms, in- stead of follow rule, are exer- sing thefr in provide new pleasure for the workers every year. MRS. CARTER TOO OLD FOR STAGE TRUST. Thus Asserts a Member of the Theatrical Syndicate in Court. " Special Dispatch to The Call. NEW vers of the so-called records in court. t said the reason Mrs. Carter and o es asked were such UPSETS QUAKER CITY BROKERS Firm Unloads Twenty Thousand Shares of| Stock Through Misunderstanding.’ e Ol Special Dispatch to The Call. 1d them to prepare for a - £ than that of the recent a oY s k failure. Taking the tip ¢ ' " & the firm at once took steps x ad the threatened stock by unload- y ng it k Later it developed that the telegram m as one that had been put out by Thomas W. La and that the New York correspondents had sent it out over their own signatures without investigat- it ing WIFE IS HIS JAILER ] 1d 1 1 Must Remain in Prison Until He Pays Alimony. Special Dispateh to T1a Call Judge Mack to-day, charged with failure t tis wife $1100 alimony. Mrs, Heard L. 1 compelled to support herseif and iree children any financial assistance from her hus- and. Heard pleaded iliness. The Judge said Heard must remain in 2il six months, or unti} his wife asked for release. Any appeal must be made to the CLEVELAND RABBI ,CONTRIBUTES T0 FUND BLAMES PRESIDE) TO DEF}E AT THE LAW T Says Mr. oseve ‘aused | Ger ia Li 1‘\“ 'lx lflm'm‘l ll[. idlht(l Germania Life Insurance Part of Encyclopedia to Company’s Money Used Be Suppressed. ‘ at Albany R ; . Epe Disp The Call | NEW YORK, Deec. ! 7 EVELAND, Dec REOE R (- e gy éfimp?,{:;.“;;;h“}rg;‘ ges filed t Browne al 1d Rabbi BEd- that through nt Roosevelt and a the first volume dia written by him was | it contained strictures statesmen. retained, be claims, at a month as editor and | $25,000 worth of stock. He was write the first volume, which was tory of American Judaism. E alleged breach of contract, the rabbi | deprived of valuable assets, tters from President Grant, feld and Jefferson Davis. have been retained by | ts, Charles 8. Britton and says 303 prominent men paid | have their biographies in the mania Life Insurance Company g Bankers' Life Insuranccn{,:‘::rfp::d tdr:e vided the attention of the Ar;ns{ron' committec to-day. John Tatlock, prec. ident of the Washington Life, fl!;c]ar d that he favored a distributlon of oo ing every five years, b Cornelius Doremus, Germania Life, abbi was president of $500 of the sald that g - third of his company's busgxneus[a O::. done In Europe, principally in Qe many, and that this business In many respects Is better than any done 14 America. He declared it to be more stable, there being fewer lapses, while the cost is a great deal less than in America. The medical directio better in Germany, he said. acterized the American way: business as “wild methods.” Tk avers, the de others He char- He each to book | The only contributions of a fegisia- B | tive character paid by his company SHOT BY HIGHWAYMEN | were 3500 to a fund having for its ob- IN COLORADO SPRINGS | Jject the defeat of the mortgage tax law | and $250 to further the passage of the | lien Dbill In Albany in 1904. No cam. { paign contributions Wad ever been | made. E. L. Baylies, who collected the funa to defeat the mortgage tax law, said on the stand to-day that he secured a fund of $22,000 for this purpose. e ) followed, the bullet penetrating his breast, coming out of the back. The highway- men thews turned and ran. Scott was re- moved to the-hospital, where an opera- tion was performed. The lower limbs are paralyzed and no hopes are held out for hig recovery Frapk Scott Fatally Hurt When About to Tuke Train for Cali- fornia. COLORADO SPRINGS, Dec. 20.—Frank L. Bcott, 3 years of age, vice president of the Davey Real Estate Company, was fatally shot on Pikes Peak avenue at 10 o'clock to-night. He was on his way to A the Santa Fe depot to take a train to join his wife and son, who are at Long ch, Cal hen within two blocks of the depot two men passed him and immediately afterward commanded “hands up!"” He refused to comply and the shooting NOVEL PLAN than _ever | Many companies which employ ; heatrical syn- | dicate to produce their business accounts | ard L. Bloom of the Cahn & Grant attractions were not booked never Belasco offered a good that o profit in it for the book- afeguard those of its customers who | for three years without | n s also ; s of doing INSURGENTS SLIZE THE TREASURY Russian Store of Gold at Tucum Captured. Strike Movement Prom- | ises to Be Far Reaching. Leaders Exgect to Have the Active Support of the Army. PN L ST. PETERSBURG, Dec. 20.—The strike promises to be om a far more extensive scale than any previous movement of the kind. It was ascer- talned to-night that many of the | largest works, Including the Putiloft and Nobel comcerns, will cease opera- tions to-morrow. | Almost all the mewspapers | pended by the eemsorship | ing under new names with huge sales. 1t is said that the insurgents have | seized the state treasury at Tueum, | province of Courland. | The Railway Union at Moscow has | resolved to run troop trains from Man- |churia and to convey grain to the | famine-stricken districts. If the general strike can be success- | fully begun and maintained fhe revo- | lutionaries are confident that it will break the Government's back. In Gov- | ernment circles, however, confidence is expressed that the proletariat organi- zations cannot effect a complete tie-up, as the extreme programme of the reds | has alienated the sympathy of a large | proportion of the real workmen and also because the organizations are without funds. The Government's cal- culations have proved at variance with the true situation in the past and the strike leaders declare the Government is again hopelessly ignorant of the magnitude of the struggle before it. EXPECT THE ARMY’S AID. | Their Blans are exceedingly am- | bitious. From the nature of the ap- | peals of the leaders tp the troops it is | evident that they expect to precipitate | a crisis in the army. | The central committee of the railway | men at Moscow, which determined the issue last might by voting in favor of a strike, has telegraphed over the rallroad lines that the employes of twenty-two roads are ready to stop. all traffic. The decision is to close everything in the em- | pire, railroads, manufactories, wholesale | and retail stores and all Government works except the water works. The bak- eries in the citles, however, will not be closed 8o long as they do not raise thelr prices. If they raise the price of bread even the bakeries will be closed. It was proposed in Moscow to exempt the elec- tric light plants, but this was defeated. Although the blow is tmed for to-mor- row noon, on account of the difficulty of communication, the strike leaders do not hope to bring the life of the empire to a standstill by a single stroke, but they will labor for a gradual extension of the strike movement. SUPPRESS ALL NEWSPAPERS. The nature of the manifesto of the Workmen's Council of Moscow to the army is so inflammatory that even the Radical papers are afraid to print it. During the strike it is proposed to stop all papers and, to print and dis- tribute only the organ of the Work- men’s Council. The police are hunting down and ar- resting the strike leaders as rapidly as they can be found. Comparatively few captures have been made, as the leaders keep in hiding, avoiding their residences and meeting in secret, each time at a different locality. The helplessness of the Government in this crisis is demonstrated by the inabil- ity of Interior Minister Durnovo last night to get through instructions to arrest the members of the Workmen’s Council of Moscow. He attempted to use the rafl- road wires, bul the operators obeyed the dictum cf the council and refused to send the messages. The Government is unable to forward Instructions to General Line- vitch, commander of the Manchurian army. Five operators in succession on the railroad lines declined to send a cipher message signed by the Emperor. S il ety VAST AREA LAID WASTE. sus- All Bulldings on Estates in the Riga District Destroyed. ST. PETERSBURG, Dec. 20.—The Con- gul of a continental power, who arrived here this morning from Riga, on a train heavily guarded by troops, says that throughout the district extending 120 miles on this side of Riga the land has been laid waste, all the bulldings belong- ing to the landlords having been burned. The situation in Courland, the Consul says, is even worse. At Riga the garrison Is too small to attempt to wrest power from the hands of the workmen, who have organized a police force and are. administering the affairs of the city. The workmen have sent a deputation to Governor Reginsk, notifying him that he had been deposed, The city is terror-stricken, but compar- atively cuiet. Killings take place in the streets daily, but the workmen's militia is successfully preventing pillage, show- ing no mercy to rowdies, several of whom have been shot or The Novoe Vremya prints a d tch from Riga, dated December 18, that the Letts are completing their armed organizations and are ambushing and driving the troops from the country, destroying the bridges and transforming the castles and residences of the land- Continued on Page 2, Od-\-‘l. CHINA WILL PUNISH-THE DISTURBERS —_— First Steps Taken by Empress Dowager. Commander of Army to Investigate Riots in Shanghai. Action of a British Official Said to Have Caused b the Trouble. PEKING, Dec. 20.~The Dowager Empress to-day Issued an edict com- manding the Viceroy of Chili Province, Y Shi Kal, commander of the Chi- nese armmy, to proceed to Shanghai, in- vestigute the disturbances, secure the | punishment of those tmplicated and im- peach the civil and military officials re- | sponsible for the muintenance of order. The success of the boycott in secur- | ing concessions from the American | Government undoubtedly encouraged the Chi to engage in the recent demonstrations. The Chino-Japanese treaty will be signed on December 22, The utmost is maintained regarding the - forelgn legations and of the secrecy agreement. T Chinese officials are ignorant terny: SHA 3 £ 20.—All is quiet in the town to-d Business has been resumed, but the volunteers and sallors landed by the warships in port remain on duty as. a precaution against 4 re- newal of the rioting. The United States | gunboat Villa Lobos has arrived to re- jinforce the Baltimore, and the British | cruiser Andromeda Is expected to'rein- force the Diadem, 5 o The deadlock growing oit of “the mixed court dispute cohtinues. The Taotai adheres te his demand for. the dismissal bf the British assessor and police inspectors, while the British Consul refuses to yiéld. = The forei residents support the Consul's attitude. CHEFU, Dec. 20, 10 p, m.—A promi- nent European official who is visiting Chefu, crystallizing the opinion of per- sons thoroughly acquainted in China and with the present disorders, states that the Shanghai troubles were the di- rect result of the anti-American boy- cott. He thinks the American officials at Washington should have opposed the Chinese demands for a revision of the exclusion laws and insisted upon the immediate suppression of the boycott. He characterized the boycott movement as an excuse for an exhibition of the anti-foreign feeling resulting from an inflammatory propaganda carried on throughout China since the commence- ment of the Russo-Japanese War. WASHINGTON, Dec. 2).—The State De- partment has received a cablegram from Shanghai announcing the landing there last evening of the men -from the Bal. timore. The State Department advices of this morning are to the effect that the Brit- ish were preparing for a large demonstra- tion by both the army and navy. 'Ger- man, Japanese and Austrian cruisers are on thelr way to Shanghal. Quiet pre- vailed yesterday evening, but only be- cause of the armed force controlling the city. The mixed court ‘was still closed. There was no report of trouble at the outposts, but the missionaries ara be- coming alarmed and are arriving in Shanghai. As understood here, the trouble arose from the action of the British assessor levying a tax upon a Chinese resident of the foreign settlement. The court is a curlous body made up of a Chinese mag- istrate, who holds sittings every week day. On two days of each week an American official from the consulate sits with him In the capacity of assessor, on two other days & similar German official sits and on the remaining two week days a British representative. This court had jurisdiction over all licenses and taxes payable by the Chinese in the for- eign settlement of Sh: hai. The Cht- nese municipal authorities have always been jealous of thi8 court, and there have been many clashes in the past, owing to the efforts of the Chinese to collect these taxes themselves. The court also possesses the power to purish culprits, and frequently causes the cat-o’-nine-tails to be used, while the | Chinese whip culprits with bamboos. For a long time past the Chinese have been trying to reduce the’ authority of the mixed court, and it {is inferred here that the present trouble has arisen froml the assertion of jurisdiction by the Brit- l ish over some of the Chinese merchants. LONDON, Dec. 20.—According to of- ficlal advices feceived here to-day from Shanghal, it 1S belleved that the situa- tion, while most unsatisfactory, can be controlled by the warships already there. The only danger is that dis- affection may spread to the interior. Ity is thought that it will not be necessary to send troops, as the Chinese Govern- ment is taking every precaution-to pre- vent an uprjeing. - 3 % The Foreign Office has disapproved i the action of the British . ssessor in confining Chinese women prisoners in a_foreign jail. .i has 8o instructed the Minister at Peking. Sir Ernest . Satow, who has ordered the transfer of the prisoners to a native jail. It is al- leged that this action of the Assessor was the cause of the recent rioting. | l T ‘s estate has been laja ‘waste by then burned the mansion and other bufldings, killed 100 horses, drove ofr | ‘When Cossacks ap! ance was all over: lScntcnccd to One ts, who plundered and | d the - distarh: | ATTORNEY HUMMEL ' DECLARED GUILTY BY GOTHAM JURY IN CONNECTION WITH THI E_DODG] TENCED TO PAY A FINE AND SPEND A YEAR IX PRI SN\ prg— ~ NEW_YORK ATTORNEY WHO HAS BEE.N FOL;ZND GUILTY oF COS:‘P(RACY DIVORCE CASE D SEN- Year in Prison for Conspiracy in the Dodge-Morse Divorce Case. O B R < P NEW YORK, Dec. 20.—Abraham: H. Hummel, the lawyer, to-day was con- victed of conspiracy in connection with the Dodge-Morse divorce: case. Hp was sentenced within a few minutes after the jury’s verdict had been pronounced to one year's imprisonment and a fine of $50¢, which is the maximum penalty for the misdemeanor of which he was adjudged guilty. A motion of his lawyers for an Aarrest of judgment for twenty-four hours was denfed, and Hummel was taken to the Tombs. One of the unexpected features of the trial ending. to-day was the: fact that one of Hummel's own counsel, John B. Stanchfield, made the first proposal for a speedy sentence. Depending upon the result of this case arg actions in other indictments against: prominent - persons which have' grown out of the Dodge- Morse divorce case. An indictment for subornation of per- jury is still pending against Hummel, in connection with which he is under bond in the sum of ,$2500. Hummel(was re- leased from the:Tombs. at 10 o'clock to- pight under $10,000 bail on a writ of reasonable doubt, secured from - Judge Woodward of the Supreme Court of Brooklyn. 3 ks 2 In m:' charge.to the jury Justice Rog- ers referred to the papers in the original action brought by Mrs. Dodge for di- vorce from Charles F. Dodge. “The judgment ‘roll, -while not artis- tically made up,” he said, “‘contains all the papers that go to make a valid de- cree of divorce, and the marriage was Quly dissolved and under the record Mrs. Dodge was entitled- to - remarry. She did so, and as the wife of Charles W. Morse lived happily with her husband until August, 1903, when Captain James T. Morse of Boston, for reasons best known to himself, conceived the idea of breaking up the marriage that had taken place between his nephew and Mrs. gg‘:;taln Morse had no right to inferfere, but he went about the breaking up of the marriage, and in doing so engaged Hummel and spent large sums of money five years after the divorce. The crucial point in this case is whether there was an agreement, a conspiracy by this de- fendant and others to falsely maintain an action of special proceeding or to pre- vent the due administration of law and j“'!'Bl::h Mr. and Mrs. Morse have con- ducted themselves with the utmost pro- priety during the whole of this trying time. If the evidence is to be believed in this case a great wrong was perpetrated n!;l:x‘:;:el is ore of the most widely known of New York's lawyers. He has been connected with a number of cele- brated cases. His partner, Howe, was one of the attorneys for the defense in the Guldensuppe case. Hummel had-a large practice in the theatrical and di- vorce litization. He entered u...v_].',* fice in which he is now the ‘senior part: ner many years ago as an office boy, and worked his way. to the prominent place he has held for some time past in the city's legal circles. AR 2 The charge upon which he was con- The object of this was marriage to Morse, who Is 3 owner of WIFE ENDS LIF Bride of Unhappy Romance Drinks Carbelie Aecid While at a Late Supper Shortly after 1 o'clock this morning Mrs. George R. Wells, a beautiful young woman who had been separated from her husband, a deputy County Clerk, ever since a day or two after her marriage, went to the Oyster Loaf, on Eddy street, in company with Sig Heller. Before the waiter could take their orders Mrs., Wells drank half the’ con- tents .of a bettle of carbolic acid and Shrieked. Immediately her companion called for help, and in a twinkling a score of belated diners from down- stairs rushed to the suffering woman's side and one of them at once rang for an ambulance. The rapidly sinking young woman was rushed to the Central Emergency Hospi- tal without delay. In the excitement no- body asked the name of the despondent visitor, and when newspaper men arrived the night manager of the place did all in his power to suppress facts and in- sult questioners. In the rush of getting away the green velvet hat of the victim was left be- hind, a thing of beauty, trimmed with fur. A the hospital with the bonnet and when he got there the patient was sinking fast. A hasty examination showed that the acid's work had been so fatal that there was _no hope of recovery. The young woman fell back in her chair as soon as she had taken the potion, and at the hos- pital she was unconscious. Heller made his escape, with the aid of the night manager of the Oyster Loaf, as soon as the woman's shrieks drew a crowd. It is sald that he and 4 the woman have b:en companions for some wee Much has be&prlnted regarding the infelicities of “Mrs. Wells and her husband. Wells and his bride were separated the day after their marriage. Mrs. Wells was a Miss Jewett of Sac- ramento. At 2 o’clock this morning the victim was sinking fast and there was no hope of her recovery. Frate ot SO JAPAN READY TO PAY OFF E $30,000,000 OF WAR DEBT NEW YORK, lec. 0.—S. Uchida, Consul General of Japan in New York, recelved to-day a cablesram from the Department of Finance in Toklo to the effect that 100,000,600 yen (about $50,- n000) cf fourth exchequer bonds. bearing 6 per cent interest, will be paid off as follows: $20,000,000 in March, $20,000,000 in April and $10,000,- 000 in May, 1%06. These bonds were Is- sued in Japan in March, 1905 i , grandson of A CEORCE WELLS ssing policeman hurried to , TWO CIRLS SAVE LIFE OF A BABY Rescue Son of Wal- ter Starr From the Flames. AgnesRingerand Delia Brennan Act Parts of Heroines. While the Infant Sleeps, Fire Begins to Fill Room It Occupies. OAKLAND, Dec. 20.—Unmindful of the peril to themselves, Agnes Ringer, a nursegirl, and Delia Brennan, a domestic, saved Walter A. Starr Jr., the infant sen of Mr. and Mrs. Walter A. Starr, and . Moore, the prominent attorney, from being burned to death at the Star: residence, 3% East Twentieth street. Into the bedroom where the boy was sleeping, half smothered by amoke and near to death from flames that had their origin in a lace curtain, the two girls made their way and seizing the sleeping baby fought their way through the fire and downstalrs to safety, though both the heroic young women were al- most stified by the heat and smoke. The rescued child was borne quickly to the Moore home, across the street. where the little one was speedily revived, nome the worse, for the experience. Startling as' was the experience of the young heroines, the occurrence was doubly dramatic from the fact that the parents were away from home, attending the wedding at Berkeley of Hugh Good- fellow and Jean Downev. The first warning of the fire, which it Is supposed started by the cate tains from a gmEJet, ia Brennan, who saw the upper part of the Starr residence in flames from the Moore honte. She aroused Miss Margaret Moore, | the ouly member of the family who was at home, and ran over to the Starr dweli- ing. FIGHT WAY TO BABY. Miss Ringer was downstairs, oblivious of the flames that had got under head- way, to the great danger of the child in the bedroom. Miss Brennan found the door locked and she rang and rang the bell, arousing the nursegirl, who was then for the first time apprised of -the fire. With a scream the nursegirl, followed by her sudden caller; ran upstairs. The smoke had begun to pour out of the bed- room and fill the hallways. Nothing daunted Miss Ringer and her fought their way to the baby's erib, and were as auickly out of the house. Miss Moore, ag soon as she learned that the baby was safe, telephoned to the Downey residence and gave word of the fire to her brothur, Stanley Moore. Ha summoned the Starrs, who with Mr. and Mrs. A. A. Moore and J. J. Valentine Jr., left the wedding scene hurriedly and in the Starrs automobile headed for home, making a record-breaking run, for the Starrs did not know then whether the child was unharmed. In their ignorance of what had occurred the wedding guests whose pleasure had been so seriously dis= turbed hastened home in distress. It was with much rellef upon arriving that they found the infant was safe. The automo-~ bile was at the Starr home while the firemen were extinguishing the last sparks about the roof. CAUSE OF BLAZB. The fire broke out shortly after § o'clock. While Miss Margaret Moora sald she belleved the flames caught from a gas jet. the firemen thought a defect~ tve flue caused the blaze, because it was confined mainly to the roof and attic, Migs Moore notified neighbors of the fire after the boy had been rescued, and Harry Litteral and Ernest Mathies turned in an alarm from box 145. Neighbors formed a rescue brigade and saved much of the furniture and other househoid effects. The damage will be $4000 or $5000 to_the residence and the contents. Miss Moore was loud in her praise of the girls who had rescued the baby. She sald: “lI had been talking with our second girl, Della Brennan, and had gone up. stairs, when I heard cries of fire. I ran down and discovered that Delia had seen the flames in the baby's room at my sis- ter's house and had gone across t street and aroused Agnes Ringer, t nursegirl. Afterward I learned that the icscued the little ome with greag danger to themseives and fell severa times as they were going down the stairs. “When I saw the babe was safe I called up Mr. Potter, who Ilives near us. by phone, and Harry Litteral and Ernest Mathies, boys who live in the neighbor- hood. turned in a fire alarm, and then } turned my attention to notifying my sis. ter, who was attending the Goodfellow- ! Downey wedding in Berkeley.” —_——— LADY VIOLET WATT GIVES EVIDENCE FOR HUSBAND Testifies im Behal? of Spouse Charged | With Hirlng Agents to Kil First Wife. LONDON, Deec. 20,—The defense of Hugh Watt, the former member of Par- liament, charged with inciting hired agents to murder. his divorced wife, jJulila Watt, and Sir Reginald Beau, champ, whose divorced wife 18 mow - Lady Violet Watt, wife of the defend, ant, closed to-day with the evidence of Lady Violet Watt. She gave an enw phatic and categoric denial of all the material statements of the witnesses for the prosecution and sald she heard Marshall, the private detective, who iy _ sald to have been bribed by Watt ta procure poison, threaten to “make it hot” for Wa.t unless the latter v him $1250. Counsel then ta address the jury