The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 5, 1906, Page 1

The Call Prints More News Than Any Other Paper Publl 'THE THE WRATHER. Forecast for January 5, 1906: San Francisco and vicinity—Falr Frides; dight porth winds. A. G. MoADIB, District Forecaster. il | the LiUraiy- THE ALCAZAR—"A Land." ALRAMBRA—! cian.” Mat 1an CALU‘OR}JAA “‘An tinee. (‘OLL!BM— “The American Lord.” ville. ‘ere Twenty- NEW CENTRAL — "By Right of Sword.™ o B A T §an Francisco THBATERS. ‘Stranger in » Strangs “The Heart of Mary- ‘Honest Politl- SAN FR ANCISLO FRIDAY, JANUARY 1906, 5, PRICE FIVE CENTS. 27 ’4\ USINESS MAN TAE\ES HIS LIFE Van Winkle, Lawyence E. Sog B anttng 5.8t af Gcapentency yesterday morn- Gate Park abd, hiding himself in the foliage, sent bellet A recest sult filed against Van Winkle N Sonouia - County farmer, alleging aliena- tion of his wife's affections by Van Winkle, preyed upon the sulclde’s Miss tpusin. of the dead manm, committed sul- vide at the went to: Golden through his brain. by C. Watson, a wealthy mind. Belle Clark; a MeNutt Hospital ‘about three. years ago. . E.Van \\'inkle Slays Himsel 1 ! i ‘!( fill/f_c/b’[[ 4 VAR INKLF RELA o IRT SKIRT VOCATED BY SARA ARCHER Plttsbulg Clubwomen Discuss Subject of Dress. —— BROODED OYER CHARGES Bpecia) Dispatch.to The Call TTSBURG, 4—"1 F. Jan. believe low ‘the knees tar id Mrs. Sarah Archer neeting of the Woman’s Club of tisburg to-night. . That mij do for some women,” terrupted tall, angular member hie club, as she looked at Mrs. Archer’ pretty figure meaningly. Mrs. Archer, i cOndescending to notice the interruption, continued: 1, consider the present style of wo- dress very unsanitary, and, ugh I am afraid my hearers—some them, anyway—will be shocked at my» views. I must give them.” And Mrs. “Archer looked meaningly at the tall and angular woman who had interrupted her. s mever t'a time daily 1 nivnl 4rv - 3 . H!. told his “Women’s Sartorigl Impedimenta™ ‘ he WO uhfz % ‘:h;}:'wfl'\o, was the subject for ‘discussfon ‘at the pe ‘v“." e e Y. o .(‘,.k | meeting. Mrs. Jerome B. Scaub, who arn F ur. Before | {s not tall and angular, read a long pa- inkle emptied his clothes | per discussing women's fashions from except a small card case | the time of Mother Eve to the pres- ent. in which she gave the costume of Mother Eve much the beuex of the ar- nd a bunch of keys, n but & cents for car) park. g | sument. th-avenué‘entrance | _Mrs. W. M. Wray said she never had 3 shot. The deed | been able to forgive Mother Eve fully about 10:30 2. m., | for, having made it necessary for wo- Van Winkle after he left er's home. About 8:30 yesterday Jobn Watson, a laborer in the while working around the foliage, the stiffened corpse in the sh. He notified Policemen and Kissing of the Perk sta- Coroner Charles Meehan f the remains and notified brother, Rigor mortis men to wear clothing, and added that women should wear only «clothing enough to protect themselves from the weather. She, however, was fashion- ably gowned. Other women blamed commerclalism for what they termed the preposterous present-day fashions, “I wonder if we are not all fools to follow the fads and fancies men manu- facture for us? queried Miss Mathilda Kuhn, an's | | Continued on Page 2, Column 1. ] % wonien's dresses should not exteng be-. ASTOUND OF CRIMES — 'Police of St. Louis Are Accused by a Woman. | Million Dollars Netted by Robberies in 1 Her Resorts. | Lot A City’s Guardians of Peace Receive Two-Thirds as | & Their Graft. Sl SR L ! Special Dispatch to The Call JEFFERSON CiTY, Mo., Jan. 4. lice Commissioner Andrew C. Maroney of St. Louls, formerly Assistant Cireuit Attorney under Folk, to-day listened to the most astounding tale of police cor- ruption and graft that ever was told in America. Ollic Roberts, a mnotorious panel | worker of St. Louls, who is serving a | sentence of ten years for the killing of | Jobn Kelly In onme of her Chestnut- street houses, made a full eonfession to Maroncy of all her crimes and gave in detoil the history of police zraft that proceeded uninterruptediy for five years, to her knowledge, during which time $1,000,000 was stolen from men who frequented the three houses run by the Roberts woman and a few other liouses conducted by other women also engaged in the panel-working business. Of this $1,000,000, Ollic Roberts claims, two-thirds went (o the police. She gave, from memory, dates, names and amounts, but for positive details che referred Maroney to her now fa- mous book on graft, which is now in St. Louis and which Maroney will se-Y cure immediately on his return from Jefferson City. This little book, of which so much has been written during the last two weeks, is nothing more or less than a complete, business-like rec- ord of all crimes committed by the Roberts woman and her associates and the amounts paid for police protection. Her method of keeping books was simple cnough. When a man was rob- bed in her place Ollie Roberts would enter a page in her “graft book,” with the name of the victim, the amount taken from him and the date, together with the names of the women who as- sisted in the panel game. Then follow- ed the names of the policemen, detec- tives, sergeants and special officers who participated in the division of the spoils. The confession made by the Roberts oman implicates ninety-one women,, six police sergeants, twenty-five uni- formed patrolmen, twenty special offi- cers and eight detectives of Chief Des- mond’s staff, The incidents she relates cover a period of five years, from 1899, One- of the most amazing parts of the Roberts woman's story is her account of how the police forced her and other panel workers to decorate and furnish their hous “cording to certain color schemes dictated by the police. THhis was for the purpose of identification. Often, she declares, victims of robberies were unable to tell the number of the house in which they were robbed, but the police, eager to hurry off for their | part of the spoils, were enabled to iden- tify the hous thé description. GENERAL McPHE RSON"S SON OUT OF PRISON Graduate of West Point Is Pardoned by Reno Authorities, Epecial Dispatch to The Call. RENO, Jan. 4.—J. A. McPherson, a son of General McPhersol of the United States army, was to-day released from the Nevada State prison by the Board of Pardons. McPherson was serving a sen- tence of one year in the prison for par- ticipating in a jail break at Elko. Eight months of his sentence had already ex- pired. It was shown to the satisfaction of the Pardon Board that McPherson had noi been directly implicated in the break, but bad walked out after the break had been made and did not attempt to es- cape. McPherson is a graduate of West Point. He made a good record in the war against Geronimoj several years ago, and was a lfeutenant 6f volunteers at the battle of San Juan Hilll At the time of the jail break he was serving a ninety- day sentence in-the county jail for dis- orderly ‘conduct. HEAVILY PUNISHED FOR INSULTING WOMAN Son of Wealthy People Gets a LongI '{‘erm in ai Special Dispatch to The Call. SAN BERNARDINO, Jan. 4—Willlam Baxter, the son of J. I. Baxter, a promi- nent and wealthy liveryman of this city, was to-day .sentenced to pay a fine of $100 and serve 100 days in the County Jail for insulting Mrs. R. T. Montana and{ e beating her husband when he asked Bax- ter for an explanation of his conduct, Young Baxter was heavily sentenced be- cause he had been in frequent trouble in this city, He compelled his young wife to sue for a divorce. In passing sentence Judge Vesal intimated that a fine would be no punishment for anur as his folks would immediately pay his way out of jall, and therefore he made the sentence one carrying fine and fmprisonment. - ' Vote Endmg Debate Is Not Decisive After All. Supporters Beat the Report of the Minority. They Fail 1o Poll Two- Third Vote Necessary. PR A i For seven serious hours yesterday the dclegates to the convention of the State ! Federation of Labowtossed the “anti-po-! litical amendment” upon the sea of ora- tory, and when at the end of the day the vote came it was undecisive, By 14,437 noes to 9487 ayes the minority report of the committee on constitution and laws was rejected. This report called for the rejection of the amendment, so that the result was to show a decided majority for the amend- | ment, which provides that no holder «f | political office be eligible to be officer of | the federation. But the victory was a| hollow one, in that the majority did not | reach the two-thirds vote necessary to | the carrying of the amendment, and fo- | day, when the final vote takes place on | the committee’s majority report recom- | mending the passage of the amendment with slight modifications, the minority. beaten to-day, will in all probability show strong enough to defeat the majority by showing it controls more than a third of the convention. The voting resulted in an exciting and pieturesque scene. It was done by rall! call, delegation after delegation, and each | delegation voted the full number ‘of the| union it represented. Every moment some delegation would throw a great block of ayes or noes into the balance, to the wild cheers of a part of the meeting and the consternation of the rem.inder There metremem aj use when Edward of - the | Francisco Seamen proclaimed his 2008 mt- ‘against the mi- nority report and for the amendment. Cheers from the opposite faction followed quickly when a moment later Robert Ewing of the Steam Laundry Workers threw his 1142 ayes against the measure, fallowed by J. J. O'Brien with 1050 ayes from the Waiters. The cheering was followed by laughter when the San Francisco Labor delegation split its solitary two votes, Will J. French voting one no and H. M. Alexander one ves, and President Harry Knox crossed the aisle and shook hands with his oppo- nent, French, in pretty courtesy. Miss Anna Burkhardt and Miss Margaret O’Brien, the two women delegates, also received an ovation when they gave the 550 votes of the Garment Workers to the amendment. The first part of the roll call, taking in the interior towns, 'was top heavy for the amendment, but San Franelsco, coming later, almost evened up the balance, and its votes to-day will effectually beat the measure by prevent- ing the necessary two-thirds majority. ARGUMENTS CLOSE LATE. The arguments on -the amendment closed at 3 o'clock in the afternoon and between that and the voting the conven- tion was visited by a sub-committee of the executive committee of the Korean- Japanese League of San Francisco, com- posed of P. H. McCarthy, Walter Mac- arthur, J. B. Bowen and O. A. Tveitmoe. Walter Macarthur, P. H. MeCarthy and O. A. Tveitmoe addressed the meeting upon the subject of Mongolian immigra- ion and raised much enthusiasm. At the suggestion of McCarthy resolutions were passed requesting the affiliated unions to themselves -1.cent a month per | o furnish the funds necessary for ing on of the propaganda of the apanese Exclugion League. To- morrow strong resolutions will be passed in favor of Mongolian exclusion. Between the polling and the announce- ment of the. result of the votes on the anti-political amendment the convention busied itselt with nominations of officers. There were two tickets, one called the ‘| programme ticket, under the auspices of President Knox, the other the anti-pro- gramme opposition ticket, led by R. Cor- nelius, president of the San Francisco Carmen’s Union. An innovation was the placing of a woman on 6ne of the tickets. Miss Anna Burkhardt of the San Fran- cisco Garment Workers was nominated for sixth vice president on the anti-pro- gramme ticket. The nomination was en- thuslastically received and seconded, and J. H. Hubachek of the San Francisco Drug Clerks, who had been slated for nomination on the programme ticket, withdrew in her favor. This left the sixth vice presidency the only office un- contested, so that the federation is sure of one feminine officer. 'The nominations were as follows: Programme ticket—For president, G. Brower of the San Franclsco Carpenters, B2 ipated by W. J. Atkinson; for secretary-trea: urer, William P, Delaney of the San Fra cisco Machinists, nominated by H. M. Alex- ander: for first vice president, Thomas Gal- iagher. for second vice president, Burt La Rue of the San Francisco Waiters; for third vice president, Daniel D. Sulllvan of the Sac- ramento Printing _Pressmen; “for fourth vice president, Robert /E. Ewing' of the San Jose .Street Railway Employes: for fifth vice preel- dent, C, W. Holmquist of the San Diego Mu- sicians; for seventh vice president, John Guinee ot the San Francisco Brewers, the in- cumbent. NG FEDERATION OF LABOR BATTLES ON POL LS H[V[[Ml[]N ANTL-OFFICE _HOLDING IS STR ONGLY UR GED CASSATT'S SON | T0 TANEL ON PASS NO MORE Family of Railroad| == " President Must Pay Fare. —_— . Special Dispatch to The Call ! PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 4—That the| railroads are determined to observe the “no pass’ order in the strictest sense is evidenced by the fact that .numbered among those who have béen cut off from free trahsportation are members of.the families of the roads’ officers and of com- panies closely -ailied with the railroads. | Among the purchasers of .commutation tickets to-day was Robert Kelso Cassatt, ; son of A. J. Cassatt, president of the! Pennsylvania Raiiroad. Cassatt commutation tiekets for himself a ily between Rosemont and' this.c -1 iThe Reading has even cut off the| passes of officers of the Philadelphia and | Reading Coal and Iron Tompany. coneern, closely allled with the Reading Railroad and owned by the Reading com- | pany, has its offices in the terminal; yet, | because it was not in a’ strict sense 4 raflroad corporation, it came under the’ ban. T. M. Richards, vice president, and W. G. Brown, secretary, who made frequent trips between New York ‘and this city, yesterday purchased fifty-trip tickets to | New York. ‘While Pennsylvania stands by l!l de- termination to stop giving passes, it is unoffjcially stated that several.smaller lines declined to be bound by any agree- ment and declared that they would use their own discretion in issuing passes. YELLOW ASTER MINE | IS SOON TO BE SOLD English Syndiecate Is to Pur- chase Rich Property at Randsburg. Special Dispaich to The Call. fam- | LOS ANGELES, Jan. 4—Negotiations are on for the sale of the famous Yel- low Aster mine at Randsburg, and, ex- i ‘cept for a few defails, the lmportanrel J)whlch are not known, the deal is| It is expected said/to be completed. The anti-programme. ticket nominated | that formal announcement of the trans- as follows: For president, Charles W. Petry ot the Oak land Boot and Shoe Workers, nominated by fer will be made within a few days. That *much was admitted to-night by John Singleton, president of the Yel- “l‘l’luJ French, president of the San mm low Aster Mining and Milling Com- Council; for secretary- nctsco émnan BT e Jice presudent, Lo B, Leagits af the Yaliclo Federal Usion; tor second ‘viee presi- dent, 8. D. Simmons San pany. The prospective purchasers are gorps of experts for weeks at the prop- erty and to whom @ report was recent- e s lor third vi 1 llmoony‘um ce president, | |y made. Singleton stated that uul D. B, Tourth vice SrestientC Bamunds of :;: San Jose cnrm?n. for. m mine has been for sale for the last six ' | months. To W. F. Botsford was given n option on the property and it is this Shillington tux -lxth viee wnlcent ll- Alun, Burkhardt | option that the English syndicate prob- wwfl(u-n: of the Ban Francisco ‘Workers; seventh vice dent, M. A c.unu of the for | gbly will close. The consideration pro- has not been -nnomwcd “The nlnc II mbflfly the ‘most widely known' of any In Southern California. %&- “made ‘millignaires of its owners,’ mflmmufl the llpou- family. bought | ° { This |, = -. FOUR MEMBERS OF THE LABOR CONVENTION'S LREDEJ\TIAL~ LIFE SECRET OF AN AUTHOR 15 REVEALED Claims as Hls Daughter Child Raised by - Strangers. COMMITTEE. ON Special Dispatch to The Call, MOUNT =L\APLL N. H., Jah. —The life secret of Charles F. Lummis, . the | California author and traveler, leaked | out to-day, when It became khown that he had claimed a beautiful girl of 20, known here as Bertha Belle Page, as *his daughter and taken her back to California with him. Early in the '80's a tiny girl was adopted by a kind-hearted couple liv- ing near here, Mr. and Mrs. Orrison’ Page. Her birth was shrouded in mys- tery, but her appearance good parentage. She was named Ber- tha Belle by her foster parents, who gave the little one the best of care. Displaying -musical ability at an early|. age, she studied with some of the best teachers in Boston and graduated with highest honors from the Moddy Insti- tute at Northfield, Mass. The knowledge wi finally imparted to her that her father was Charles S. Lummis of Los Angeles. TLast Christ- mas he caipe east to take her back to | the Golden State and her friends here | are just learning the story. Charles F. Lummis is the Los Angeles city librarian. He also is editor of “Out West,” and is well known as a writer. He won fame by his work in behalf of the starving Pala Indlans. ————— MISS ROOSEVELT TO BECOME A BRIDE ON FEBRUARY 17 President and Hix Wife Formally Aa- nounce Date of Their Daugh- ter's Marringe. WABSHINGTON, Jan. 4—The Presi- ;| English capitalists, who have had a|dent and Mrs. Roosevelt announced to- night that the wedding of Miss Alice Roosevelt to Representative Nicholas Longworth of Cincinnati would occur on Saturday, February 17, at 12 o’clock noon,: in—the East room ot the White House. | —_———————— Dillingbam’s Nomination m WASHINGTON, Jan. 4.—The Senate in executive session to-day confirmed the nomination of Frank Dillingham of Sllifmhm.ho.evnnl General at Co- urg, indicated:| RO A S, LONER &AM COMMON SALT THE CAUSE OF MANY DEATHS — - *|Physician Says It Pro- duces Bright’s Disease. Special Dispateh to The Call. NEW YORK, Jan. 4—“To aveoid Bright's disease use very little salt™ is the advice of Dr. Samuel C. Tracey of this ¢ity. The recent death of Charles T. Yerkes and the increasing | mortality in this city due to Bright's disease were responsible for his declar< ation. “It seems a fitting time to say some- thing of the danger attending the ex- cessive use of common table salf, es- pecially if one has an affection of the Kidney: #aid Tracey “It 1as been -demonstrated by well-known physiologists that only small amounts of sodium chlorigde (common salt) are essential for the well-being of man. “Professor Widal found that when a | patient who had nephritis, or kidney disease, was given tén grams of 3o~ dium chloride for several days he ine creased in weight, due to dropsy pro= duced by salt. Headache, nausea and stupor developed, producing a condi- tion -resembling uremic polsoning. Professor Widal was able to make -dropsy appear and disappear at will by increasing or withdrawing the use of salt.” ADRIFT FOR DAY i IN AN OPEN BOAT Sailors of Wreeked Schooner | Are Rescued When Nearly Dead. | PENSACOLA, Fla., Jan. 4—Six days in an open beat, With waves constantly | dashing over them and with only a few tins of canned beef and one gallon of water, was the experience of Captain Bor- den and the six members of the crew of the Amerfean schooner Nokomis. The ‘men reached here to-day, being brought from.= St. Andrews, where they were washed upon the beach in an almost un~ consclous condition, with limbs swollen and benumbed, and almost dead from exposure. -They were found by a party from a small settlement near by and givem attention until they were able to be placed In a boat and brought to Pi cola. The Nokomis put out from Gulfport about twe weeks ago for Cuba with a cargo of lumber. Shortly after gettmng o sea a leak was discovered and in the h gained rapldly. ed to abandon the ship, and gathered food and nautical instruments, placing them on the cabin-house. Just then a big wave Dr. 4 nru'm-m-vd. The men then set t for shore and for six daye :L&l»v..ttn.