The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 23, 1906, Page 7

THE SAN'FRANCISCO CALL, TUESDAY, JANUARY 23. 1906. _ MANACER'S RULE PIQUES SINCER Miss Vera Michelena Is Noti Allowed to Receive Flo-| ral Tributes on the Stage| FAIR ONE WAXES WROTH | ———— Friends Sent Handsome Gifts of Posies, but Only One Passes the Footlights —— | e was a little side play behind sce f the Columbia Theater on £ y ght which the audience € on This one-act spec < Kee that the end n Miss Vera Mich: egarding anger assert- rough and | con- to not wu i made suc array the gorgeous imderstand th Miss Michelena after per- ercome h feel- x and in her when ot permit ywner B £ s " S RTS Tas Pleads Gullty. vember 2 Jail fc duced g ol six months from for- - 899, he was , s for for- I veing dis- Wants Money for Bruises. and Henry yesterday i al- the without 1 severely beat | would make an aggregate of $300,000. ADVERTISEMENTS. : PILES CURED QUICKLY AT HOM Suffer Agony Any Longer When Can Get a Quick, Sure Cure r Your Piles by Simply Send- Your Name and Address? 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CARTERS, Genuine Must Bear Fec-Simile Signature Cure hoarseners and sore throat caused by cold or use of the voice. Absclutely barmless. | for 1z | maintain FRIEND OF CHILDREN PLEADS FOR LAWS. SAYS DEPENDENTS NEED STATE AID| —_— viz., 25 cents per day, this would equal $31 25 per child for the year, or a total of $145,178 75; this, added to the expense of the State agency, would give a total of $153,077 75, or $87 % per capita for State and county support. ““Califorhia, with 500,000 less of popula- tion, last year pald $433,701 for the care of 7301 dependemt chiliren, and on the authority of A. J. Pillsbur§ there were | in addition to this 1230 more cared for in | orphanages by private donations. “The number of children placed directly in family homes in the State of Indiana | by the various orphanages was 510, and | the total number in family homes at the | end of the year under the supervision of | orphanages and State combined was 2832. | BROWN MAKES COMPARISONS. Prays for Family In- fluence Instead of Orphanages. Julius A. Brown Tells What Is Done in Homes. MR 00005 = P _| “The total number of dependent chil- A strong address on the care of de-| 4. on record that received suppokt from | pendent children was delivered by Julius | 5)) of the orphanages in that State last | A. Brown at the fourth State conference | year was 2452, 1527 of whom were present of Corrections and Charities held ut L.os | at the end of the previous fiscal year and | Ange Brown Is president of the |35 were received during the year. This Children’s Home Society of California | gives one to every 1015 of tne population, and s devoted his life to the study of | as against one to 275 in California. \ this problem. His address in full fol-| “That the orphanage’fosters child de- 3 | lows pendency in other States, as in California, | “Those who have given charitable work s Otate any consideration are forced nciude that there is great necessity emedial legislation relative to de- end: children. ‘“The Blate of California, with a'l its prosperity, shows to poor advantage when compared with other States of the Union this regard. The records show that 1t is supporting or contributing to the sup- ort of twenty-three dependent children cne in the States of Michigan, Min- sota and Wisconsin. The difference, however, is not in the destitution of the but in the method of relieving it is evident from last year’s report of the | Indiana State Board of Charities, wherein the statement is made that during the | past six or eight years and since the | home-placing method was jadopted the | number of dependent children has de- creased two-thirds in many counties of | the State. “It is aleo stated in this report that of the ninety-two counties in the State, | thirty-six of them, representing 54 per | cent of the population, possess all the | orphanages and care for 79 per cent of | the total number of dependent children, to ¢ people, while 46 per cent of the population, | { mention these three States because | with no orphanage, furnish and care of the!r acvanced method of dealing with { for only 21 per cent of the dependent | dependent children and the similarity of | children within the State. These or- | phanages are generally supported by | a legal per diem paid by the countles, “It may be well here to. emphasize | the fact that in these Eastern States, | as in California, there are more good | homes offered for the reception of chil- | dren than there are available children | to place | “The National Children's Home So- | ty is organized to receive and place | dependent children In family homes. | their system to each other; and through- this discussion 1 use them collec- tively. California, with a population of about 2,000,000, last year pald $433,701 for this department of public charity; while in the three States named, with a combined population of 6500,000, the cost was $146,534. ¢ “The dependent r the greater part, confined in in- children of California | ¢ are, f ! stitutions or orphanages which receive @ | This society is represented by separate | per capita bonus from the State for their | organizations in twenty-five States of support. Those of the three States named | the Unfon. These societies generally maintain homes for the reception and | detention of their children and last | vear placed in family homes an aggre- | gate of 1987, while through their agents are placed out in family homes and vis- ited periodically by agents of the State. “The advantages to a child placed in a family home over that of the institution are so great that there is no room for | they maintained supervision over 11,000 argument. The records of these Eastern [ of minor age placed in previous years, | States show that about %0 per cent of the | The aggregate expense of all these so- children placed in family mes give | cieties fast year was $274,289, or $21 10 every promise of becoming good and per capita. 1 citizens. Dr. Walter Lindley, who FIND HOMES FOR CHILDREN. e years has been president of the | .ppe Children’s Home Society of this of Trustees of Whittier Statelgiate which maintains a receiving in his address last year on U4 nome in this city, last year placed sixty_ Institutional Childhoo fls rv child placed in & good home with seven children in family homes, and at | the end of the fiscal year had 504 wards of minor age in family homes subject to visitation. The cost to this society was $9959 or $19 76 per capita. “Afi analysis of the foregoing state- ments justifies this summary compari- 80 I of ‘Eve family stands at least five times becoming a valuable it t the child reared in an institution od NEED FAMILY IN UENCE. every State with whom & 4 correspondence on this sub- testify to the great benefit to the ¢hild of the family home over that of the titution “California, with 2,000,000 population, with its institutional system, cares for one dependent child for each 275 of the | population, at a public cost of $433,701, or about $59 per child, or at a tax of 21 cents per head of the entire popula- tion of the State. “Michigan, Minnesota and Wisconsin, with 6,500,000 population, with State school, State agency and private homes, care for one dependent childfor each 6250 of the population, at a public cost of $138,636, or about $36 per child, by a tax of 2 cents per head of their entire population. % “Indiana, with 2,500,000 population, with no detentfon home, through or- phanages and private homes with State visitation, cares for one dependent child for each 1015 of the population, at a public cost of $153,077, or of $67 25 per child, or 6 cents per head of the population. “These results known, understood and appreciated, should move the taxpavers to demand, and the legislators to enact, the better system for the support of these unfortunate wards of the State.” —_—— e CAPTAIN COLBY DELAYS DEPARTMENT AT FIRE | | | | | ate Board of Charities, Boston, Lusetts, writes: ‘After long expe- in the judgment of this board i& no question as to the immensely superior advantage of the family home Even our reform schools, viz.: the Lynn School for Boys and the State Industrial School for Gi have a larger number of children in outside homes, under the caie nd supervision of the trustees, than are ned in the institutions.’ A= already ated, it is the unfortunate and unwise method pursued by this Stato, viz., the unrestricted payment of subsi- dies, that is responsible for so much ap- parent destitution. The effect has peen to foster child dependency by placing a premium upon pauperism. “California pays annually to the various institutions for the care of its dependent children, $100 for each orphan under M4 vears and 375 for each half-orphan or abandoned child. The number provided t r in this manner was 5283, and in addition to this the State, through ihe arious county Boards of Supervisors, as- sted in the support of 2018 others, mak- g a total of 7301, at a cost of $433,701, or about $59 per capita. It is estimated that an amount equal to that paid by fHe State is annually contributed by private citizens to the support of these institutions, which e New Man Bungles as When Chiet Wittman Punished Him for Similar Offense. Complaint has been made by the members of the Fire Department about the dilatory manner in which the police kept in control the crowds at the fire in Kingston's grocery, at Fourth and Mt sion streets, Sunday night. The, police work was in direct charge of Captain Colby. Complaint will be made to the Chief concerning Captain Colby’'s ineffi- clency. The conflagration occurred in the early evening and an immense crowd gathered. Men, women and children overran the fire wagons and engines and hampered the work. Captain Colby, lately a lieutenant, was removed from the southern dis- trict a year ago by Chief of TPolice Wittman for a similar offense. Colby had charge of the police at a big third- alarm fire at Howard and Seventh streets, Wittman appeared on the scene and found that no effort had been made by Colby to keep the crowds back and allow the firemen to work. Owing to the pecullar methods of do- ing police duty adopted by Captain Col- by the culprits who attempted to kill Antone Moscini of 617 Seventh street Synday night have completely covered up their tracks. The shooting occurred at 9 p. m, but no officers were detailed on the case until two hours later. The Commissioners may be asked to Inves- tigate. SIXTY-ONE YEARS AGO THEY WERE WEDDED Aged Petaluma Couple Cele- brate Anniversary of Their Marriage. Special Dispatch to The Call. PETALUMA, Jan. 22.—Rev. and Mrs. A. Hutchinson celebrated their sixty- first wedding anniversary in this eity yesterday. The venerable couple were mar- ried at Kilbride, Scotland, on January 21, 1845. Rev. Mr. Hutchinson has been a minister of the Methodist denomina- tion for fifty-five years. Rev. and Mrs. Hutchinson are the parents of Mrs. Olive Street of San Francisco, Mrs. C. H. Taft of Oakland, Mrs. S. Verne of Willits, Mrs. Barnes of England, Wil- lam Hutchinson of England, Walter Hutchinson of San Francisco and An- drew Hutchinson of Mexico. The couple have twenty-five grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren. ——— TRIES TO END LIFE AFTER ARREST ON TRIVIAL CHARGE SAN LUIS OBISPO, Jan. 22.—Joseph Cauza became despondent and took a dose of cyanide of potassium this aft- ernoon. It is doubtful If he will re- cover. He had been arrested for dis- turbing the peace. . the United ? P HAVE SPECIAL SCHOOLS. three States I have named each a ‘State Public School,’ espe- ally for the reception and detention of dependent children. In these schools the “The children are detained,an average of about six months, belng mental famil t during which time they are ucated and prepared physically, apd morally for placement in homes. The attendance of these schools averaged 519, and the en- he schools aggregated making a per capita ree re expense for t 1ast $122,515, school cost of $236. These three States also maintain a ate Agency. the officers of which re- efve the children from the State schools and place them in family homes. The of- ficers also visit the homes of all those previously placed and report upon their ndition. The aggregate expense of these three State Agencles last year amounted tc $16,121, which, added to the expense of the schools, makes a total of $138.635. The number of wargs in family homes under age and subject to visitation was 381, in- cluding those in the schools awaiting placement. These figures show that for maintaining both the schools and the neies, the cost to the State of family care was $35 per capita. “These three States, with a combined population of six and a half millions, last year supported in their State schools 1039 dependent children. This total represents the number received during the year, to- gether with those present at the end of the previous fiscal year, and gives one child to every 620 of the population. “California, with a population of two millions and 7301 dependent children, shows @ percentage of one to every 275. With this statement, however, consid- | eration should be made of the dependent children which are cared for and placed in family homes In each of these three: ‘States by orphanages owned and con- trolled by societieg and supported by pri- vate charity, of which no information is published by these States. METHODS USED IN INDIANA. “Indiana, with a population of 2,500,000, does not have the ‘State public school’ for the reception and detention of dependent children. This department of the work is performed by the various orphanages, some of which are supported by countles and others by private charity. Indlana, however, maintains a State agency, con- ducted on lines similar to these in the three States named, and the children that are placed in family homes by this agency are taken from these orphanages. The number so taken and placed last year was 182. The number piaced by the agency in previous years and subject to visitation, 503; the expense of the agency last year, $7898 96, or $11 53 per capita. “There were present in the various or- phanages of the State of Indiana at the end of the last fiscal year 1581 dependent children, and assuming that this repre- sented the average number present during the year, and assuming further that they each received for thelr support the legal per diem paid by the various counties, | any crime, and the records bear him out. | against him. Both men are employed by 'to three years at 155 ETHEL PIERCY DIES OF TYPHOID FORCE N ARe e R N THEY ARENOT | SIFECRICKERS William . Jones’ and Frank Benson’s Statements Borne Out by Police Investigation —— STILL WRITHE IN PAIN Mining Engineer Says He In- tended Buying Powder and Final Test Was to Be Made The police after a thorough investiga- tion are satisfied that the statements made by William Jones and Frank Ben- scn in regard to the powder explosion in Jones’ rcom in Charles Montgomery’'s hotel, 227 Second street, on Sunday even- ing are true. They are also satisfied that | they are not safecrackers and that neither is an ex-convict. M. L. Bancroft, a mining engineer, called upon Captain Burnett yesterday afternoon, accompanied by Detective George Graham. who had been working on the cascs Pancroft said he had been negotiating with Jones to purchase his white smokeless powder for blasting pur- poses and had been supplying him with funds to conduct the necessary experi- ments, He and Jones had intended to go 10 the Oakland foothills yesterday morn- irg for the final experiment. He said it was fortunate that the explosives had not been mixed with the powder that exploded in Jones' room. Detective Graham was told by Jones that his real name is Pidgeon, but when he was a boy his father died and his mother married again, He adopted the name of his stepfather. He denied that he was arrested and convicted of oF POPULAR YOUNG WOMAN OAKLAND WHO SUCCUMBED TO Benson said he had been a teamster for the Government at Manila and had lost his job. Being unable to get another job, he was arrested in Manila and deported as a vagrant, but that was the only thing R. — Young Oakland Girl TYPHOID FEVE the Golden Gate Metal and Polish Com- pany, 733 Brannan street, Jones as a can- S b Af s T uccumbs After Captain Burnett has ordered the police detafl at the City and County Hospital | to be discontinued. Both men are still writhing with pain at the hospital. Ben- son’s condition is serious. —————— “UHRIST CHILD" CONON THIE Man Exploited in Youth as ng Fight. Lo It is seldom necessary to record a case more sorrowful than that of the passing a of Miss Ethel Plercy, | only daughter of Dr. and Mrs. A. T, Plercy of 368 Nineteenth street, Oak- land, yesterday afternoon. Miss Plercy was studying at St Luke's Hospital in this city to become a trained nurse, when in the line of | duty she contracted typhoid fever, which, with its attendant ills, finallx ‘caused her death. She was in the first blush of womanhood, of a commanding physique and lovable character, and had always enjoyed perfect health. She | Reincarnation of Jesus Is|was several times brought close to v g death during her fllness, but her in- Jailed Near Los Angeles|domitable will, aided by the medical skill of her father, who fought inch by inch for the life of his daughter, | | stayed for nearly six months the in- | | evitable result. & | Miss Plercy was born at Columbus | Junction, Iowa, and was 23.years of ge. She was graduated at the Oak- land High School and was well known { | B o TP | LOS ANGELES, Jan. 22.—The sharp eyes of an observant woman were re- sponsible for an arrest to-day, which, the police believe, will solve the mys- tery attending many robberies com- mitted on Pullman.cars rupning in and out of this city. J. B. Kelly of Chi- |asan elocutionist. Besides her parents cago discovered this morning when he | she leaves two brothers, Osseo and awoke in his Pullman berth near Bar- | Clare. stow that he had been robbed of $40. e His purse was later found ' near the Pullman porter's valise, and the porter was accused. Mrs. Elizabeth, who oc- cupied a berth across the aisle from Kelly, informed him that she had seen the man who had been in the upper berth drop down and then climb up again with something in his hand. The man was well dressed, wore diamonds, and had showed a big roll of money. He said his name was Ellis. Kelly accused him of the theft and the train- men decided to hold him until Los Angeles was reached. After the train had passed Pasadena the suspected man tried to escape, but, after a desperate fight, was subdued. He was turned over to the detectives 014 Restdent of Stockton Is Summoned. STOCKTON, Jan. 22.—Joseph Hewlett, aniold resident of Stockton, died yester- day at the age of 67 years. He was one | of seven brothers who came to Califor- nia in the early days. Only two are liv- ing—Samuel of Stockton and Louis of Oakland. The deceased was a native of Long Island. He came to the coast in 1559 and located in Nevada, where he was an ergineer In the Comstock mines, and for some time superintendent of the Gould and Curry mine. The deceased leaves a ! large estate here and some valuable property in New York. He had been a Mason fifty veats. Two daughters sur- vive him. | into the street. HIRCE BROKER WITH A FELOR Grand Jurors Find Indiet- ment Against R. B.| Mitchell for Embezzlement | | FOREMAN IS EXCUSED Says Personal = Acquaint- ance With Missing Stock Dealer Disqualifies Him R. Brent Mitchell, the stockbroker who failed for a large amount and fled from | the city after neglecting to make good | a promise to pay all his creditors in full, was indicted by the Grand Jury yesterday on a charge of embezziement. Though Mitchell left owing $109,000, he was indict- ed only on one count, that of embezzling less than $1000 from George T. Plowman. | After short dellberation, the body hav- ing previously heard testimony in Mitch- ell’s case, the Grand Jury ascended from its quarters at the City Hall to Judge Sloss’ courtroom, District Attorney | Langdon and Assistants Duke and Har- | rison accompanying it. Harrison said | that Foreman Mitchell feit himself dis- | qualified to sit in the matter at hand, and Juror Radke was appointed tempor- ary foreman. The jurors retired for a few minutes to Judge Sloss’ chambers, then returned the indictment, after which Foreman Mitchell again resumed his of- ficial position. He stated that Intimate personal acquaintanceship was all that | had made him feel disqualified, and de- | nied that he was any relation to the missing broker and that he had invested any money with him. Mitchell is said to be in New York. Jurors Atkins, Bender and Russ, the committee that visited Branch Jails 2 and 3 and investigated in line with th sensational charges made against the ad ministration of ex-Sheriff Curtis, filed a report on what they had seen and learned, which will probably be considered to-day. The Grand Jury also considered the case of Patrick Grant, former president | of the Blacksmiths' Helpers’ Union, charged with embezzling several hundred dollars“from that organization. Several ‘witnesses were examined and the matter of returning an indictment will be con- sidered to-day. ————— HEALTH OFFICER HASSLER TAKES SAMPLES OF MILK i Dairy Product Arriving im San Fram- | cisco Will Be Analyzed by City Chemis: ibbs. Dr. W. C. Hassler, health officer of the local Beard of Health, made a de- scent last night upon the - wholesale milk dealers at the Ferry building and at the Third and Townsend-street sta- tion for the purpose of examining the milk received by local dealers from out of town. Seventy samples were taken | from the cans at the Ferry and thirty- | two at the Third-street depot. To-day City Chemist Gibbs will make analyses and report the condition of the milk to the Board of Health. The health officer expresséd himself as pleased with the condition of the cans furnished by local dealers to re- | ceive the milk and added that the con- dition of the milk could only be ascer- tained by analysis. He said, however, that no dirt was found in any of the cans and therefore no milk was poured Assisting in the exam- Ination last night were Dalry Inspec- tors W. E. Lendrum, John Durham, Henry D. Miller, M. J. Brady, E. B. QConnor and T. Leydon. —_—————————— Dr. McKanna's treatment for liquor habit re- quires only 3 days to effect a cure. 14 Geary.*® —— e Fire in Wholesale Distriet. The fruit packing establishment of L. Otsen & Co., at the corner of Drumm and Pacific streets, was damaged by fire to the extent of $3000 last evening. The fire originated in some mysterious manner, but the department had little dificulty in extinguishing the flames. The bullding is a two-story structure cwned by E. B. McCleary. 3 | the Board of Supervisors. WANTS BETTER CAR SERVICE Board of Supervisors Would Proceed Legally to Have Company Fulfill Compaet OCEAN SHORE OPPOSED Municipal Ownership League Desires Conditions Tmposed in Franchise to New Road —_— About one hundred residents of the Mission district who own property on Hampshire and York streets assembled at Maénnerbund Hall, on Potrero avenue and Twenty-fourth street, last night to perfect a petition in opposi- tion to the Ocean Shore Railroad run- ning its tracks on the streets men- tioned. Chairman Henry Zitch and Secretary W. Moore had prepared the petition. It was read and voted on and Is now ready for presentation to That body is urged to deny the application for a franchise over the streets, the plea be- ing that of injury to the values thereon. George L. Center, a real es- tate agent and the owner of muech property in the Mission; Thomas Mit- chell, who has lived on Hampshire street for the last forty years, and John Kenney tried to convince the people that they were making a mis- take in their opposition to the road. —_———— HOLD MEETING IN MEMORY OF SLAIN RUSSIAN STRIKERS ersary of Bloody Incident at Win- Palace, St. Petershurg, Ob- served by the Socialists. The memorial of the massacre of trikers and their sympathizers in the Winter Palate Square, St. Petersburg, on January 22, a year ago, when 100,000 of the plain people, urged on by Father Gapon, attempted to present a petition to the Czar, was observed in this eity last night by the socialists and the In- dustrial Workers of the World at a joint meeting. The gathering was held at Lyric Hall One of the main objects of the memo- rial meeting was to raise funds to as- sist the revolutionists of the Russian empire. The cash contributions of the andience amounted to $169 ‘and the va- rious labor organizations pledge 372 10 more, Michael Lesser presided at the meet- ing and delivered an address. The other speakers were Fred Seibert, president of the Tailors’ Unilon; G. E. Morgan of Colorado; George Speed, president of ¢ the Industrial Workers of the World Lodge of this city, and A. C. McGinty of the Hod Carriers’ Union. Chairman Lesser sald the meeting was not called alone to volce the pro- test against oppression of the Russian masses, but to furnish means to put bullets in their guns for the slaying of Cossacks. Othérs of the speakers de- clare@ that the revolution in Russia was nothing more than was coming on in this country, and the red flags waved throughout the hall, amid the yells of the assemblage. In which were many women and children. ————— Wanted—A Health Drink. Here it is—Evans’ Ale, the best of all ales brewed. Try the ale cure when going backward. Sherwood & Sherwood. —_——— Trouble Over Lodging-House. J. R. Whittington, 756 Bush street, obtained a warrant from Police Judge Shortall yesterday for the arrest of J. R. Flinn on a charge of obtaining money by false pretenses. Whittington alleges that he purchased from Flinn the lodging-house at 756 Bush street for $350 on the representation that It was free from incumbrance, but he found that there were several claims against the furniture. BURIED UNDER LOAD OF FURNITURE. Frank Greerberg. an expressman, was driving along Californfa-street hill yesterday, where- upon his wagon overturned, and he was buried beneath tho load of furniture. -He escaped se- rigus injuries. upon the arrival of the train here, and was immediately recognized as William Elmer Mead, an ex-convict, who has served at least one term in San Quentin for larceny. The crook is widely known as the “Christ Child,” because of a re- ligious sect formed by his parents, who exploited the boy as the reincar- nation of Jesus of Nazareth. Mead acknowledged his identity and offered to make restitution to Kelly if released. He will be sent back to San Bernardino County and prosecuted. USES GUN AS CLUB AND MEETS DEATH Hunter Killed in Strange Way While Fighting Panther. Special Dispatch to The Call GOLDSON, Ore., Jan. 22.—John R. Goldson, a sawmill man, was acecldentally killed by a shot from his own rifle dur- ing an encounter with a badly wounded and infuriated panther in the mountains near his home Sunday afternoon. Gold- son was out hunting with several other men, when he became separated from them. A few moments later Goldson was found dead with a buHet hole through his chest. The panther, badly wounded, was afterward found in a tree near by and was killed by one of the men The butt of Goldson's rifle bore the marks of the panther’s teeth. The leaves and dirt were torn up, indicating a fight between man and beast. Goldson had evidently supposed he had émptied his rifle and used it as a club. WILL CONNECT LINE WITH YOSEMITE ROAD Representative of Western Pacifie Asks Stockton Trus- tees for Franchise. STOCKTON, Jan. 22—H. H. Griffiths, the local representative of the Western Pacific and who secured the city fran- chise for the Central California Traction Company, now building eight miles of electric lines in Stockton, to-night ap- plied to the City Council for additional franchises to connect with the traction company’s city lines. The important con- nection is at the southeastern corner of the city, from which point he plans to extend the road through Modesto and on to Merced to a connection with the Yosemite Railroad now being bulilt from terurban Mo That llh:no of t'}'-heh e n from the southern city limits to a landing on the water front. z e SAN LUIS OBISPO, Jan, 22.—H. W. Laramle, who wss found guilty of at- tacking sixteen-year-old Mabel Mor- rison last w»: hel: the court spell- bound with a fl)w of oratory this aft- ernoon, when he addressed ‘the Judge || on his own behalf. He was sentenced