The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, March 1, 1906, Page 3

THE N FRANCISCO CALL, THURSDAY, MARCH 1906. TWENTY-FIVE SALOON MEN ARRESTED FOR RUNNING CASH SLOT MACHINES on the sud Langdon Says He Will| Drive Out All . Gambling. | Police Raid Leides-‘ dorff Street Pool Room. , o 2 { Rumors of New Polit-| ical Conditions | Stir Sports. den crusade against gambling. ment of San Francisco is'frightened over the arrest of twenty-five saloon-keepers yesterday for running cash- over the raid of the noted Leidesdorff poolroom. Rumors of an entire change in political affairs in the city & TAFTAIN JOMNN B FMARTIA ng along Ha | great spolit in the machi | Labor party controlled by y sald that County Clerk Mu Attorney Burke and I y Langdon have co their former leader that the o more to do with him; t | run their offices to suit th t they will not depend upon him for political support. ~Mulcrevy and Burke deny this and say at the same time that they are now and have been running in- dependently of Ruef. Langdon says that have will at they will selves and one was turned bar-rooms where to be bs no one will interfere in the conduct of | his office. Burke and Mulcrevy are now | organizing a new Democratic party for the purpose of plaging a ticket In the field at the next municipal election. It may | be that Ruet is losing his grip right where he imagined h 1f strongest. istrict Aetorney Langdon spoke de- | terminedly yesterday about his stand on the routing of the gamblers. “By tomor- row morning,” he sald, “there will not emocratic | e g cash paying slot machine running in r n th he seized | ynyg city. We have warrants for the ar- this 1 farewell 1o Ruef | rout of t{wenty-five saloon-keepers who This idea gained|yp,ye these machines in their places of | business and their cases will be made Grrpd Jury | tegts, There is some question over the he rovement. | 15y " Under the old city ordinance, 141. big ralf several| nseq in 1900, slot machines of this kind papes fman that | 5re jegqiized. But the State law. section wutild not be hose who say acted as he did beaten him wowledge of what ded to do spurred 1 reap the credit. | 330 of the code, prohibits them. I believe that the State law shall rule. In the meantime we will warn all others who operate the machines to turn them to the wall or be arrested. “All other forms of gambling. will be rigorously Investigata# and driven out of e are won- f gan Francisco. We will have a decent . to study | yo0n We are after the pool rooms now. - section 39| 1 pave perfect confidence in Chief Dinan. § I am not sure what action will be taken about the poker clubs about town.” Chief Dinan, Langdon and Police Com- missioner O'Grady talked over the situa- tion for an hour yesterday afternoon. They decided to push the work of ar- j resting and prosecuting the gamblers. COMMISSIONERS TAKE STAND. At the meeting of the Board of Police Commissioners last night the subject of recent raids and the progress made was the first thing Aiscussed. All of the ap- plications for liquor licenses were held over until next week, when evidence will be obtained in the case of each appiicant 1o show that he had no cash-playing slot machine in iMs possesslon. Applications { for renewals were treated in the same manner. The owners of the saloons in front of which cigar stands are conducted. | are being held responsible by the com- | misston forSthe selling of pools by these | cigar dealers. The Police[Commission i cannot control the cigar dealers except through the saloon-keepers who lease to them. The commission threatens to take away the license of the saloon un- less the cigar dealer is given notice to vacate. By their actions last night the Po- ice Commissioners seem to be endeav- oring to correct the Impressfon that ‘they have really legalized slot ma- chiges or are in favor of allowing the poolsellers to operate without molesta- tion. Commissioner O'Grady spoke for the board in defining" its attitude. He was emphatic in his declaration that all forms of gambling must cease, O’'Grady sal CHANGES RUMORED. the City Hall clean, oW new “bargains Chickering (squa Needham 2 Wexman Stuy vesant Kingshurg . Clark Wise & Co Schuefier =3 Fuk Piano Player ..... Lizht & Bradbury. . Autinell .. A Any of the above ranted the same &s they would be as re) .. Geary Street. San Frauvcisco sell the only plano made {n the world todey that is sold with a lifetime - guarantee, the EVERETT. . | e want it understood that this Police Com- | mission is working in harmony with the Dis- | that there. will be no difficulty in showing | [INER CANPS ON FOES” TRAL Watching Movements of Per- sons That Tried to Have | His Bride Cast Him Out RSS2 Epecial Dispatch to The Call, NEW YORK, Feb. 28.—Wilson Mizner, the athletic young husband of Mrs. i Charles T. Yerkes, is practically in hid- | ing in a fashionable apartment house, not far from Hotel Astor, in order that he may watch the movements of certain | malicious enemies of Mrs. Yerkes-Mizner, | who, while masquerading as close per- | sonal friends, have endeavored, ever since | the marriage, to estrange the pair and di- | vert the millions bequeathed by the late | traction magnate into other channels. “Now, please do not g6 and tell the public where I am,” pleaded Mizner to- day. -*We picked out this quiet place be- cause 1 wanted to lay low for a week or two and get a line on some people. “The way all this stew came about s this: Right after the wedding I had business out in San Francisco, and I left my wife on the best of terms and started West. 1 went by way of Washington, and got no further than that city before I heard rumors of trouble brewing for me. Some of my enemies, masquerading as friends of Mrs. Mizner, had begun malicious attacks upon my character and my intentions in marrying Mrs. Yerkes. Threats were made that something would drop on me, 80 1 quietly hustled back to New York to be in the game.” Two large rooms and a bath form Miz- ner’s modest establishment, costing him $15 & day. A valet attends to his clothing and totlet needs. Photographs of his wife bedeck the dressing table and bureau— not one, but many; perhaps a half-dozen. “Look here, old man, you just do me & personal favor, won't you,” sald Mizner. “You say for me that, reports to the con- trary notwithstanding, the tall | | i Cal- |- WA NNOYS EDi HOPPER Actress Causes the Arrest of ‘'the First Violinist in a «New: - York Theater Specfal Dispatch to The Call NEW YORK, Feb. 28.—Edna Wal- lace-Hopper will appear in the Jeffer- son Market Court tomorrow as com- plainant against Max H. Hilderbrandt, first violinist of the Garrick Theater orchestra, whom she charges with hav- ing annoyed her for the last four years :y sending her letters and following er. Hilderbrandt was arrested on a war- rant sworn out by Miss Hopper as he was entering the Garrick Theater to- night. He was taken to the West Thir- tigth-sireet station and locked up on a charge of disorderly conduct. Miss Hopper says that Hilderbrandt ing his undying love, four year ago. She paid no attention to the letters and later Hilderbrandt wrote to Miss Lulu Glaser, demanding an introduction. His letters were of such a*character that Migs Glaser caused his arrest and he was sent to jaill, This was the last Miss Hopper heard from the man until last summer, when more. letters began to arrive. Then Hilderbrandt began sending postal cards and telegrams and on many oc- casions followed Miss Hopper to her apartments, 208 West Thirty-third street. The annoyance grew so that Miss Hopper had some friends see the man and he promised to cease his at- tentions and letter writing. Hilderbrandt did not remain qulet long, however, and a few months ago again began to write letters. Then, re- celving no reply, the letters became threatening in tone and Miss Hopper received packages containing pistols and bullets. Postal cards resembling Mafla communications, with skull and crossbones drawn In ink, came to M Hopper and only a few nights ag Hilderbrandt wrote a card to Wallace Ettinger, who is playing the opposite part to Miss Hopper, which stated that if the love scene In the last act were not tempered there would be a row. In the Garrick Theater it was said Hilderbrandt is an excellent musielan and had been considered qulet and sen- sible. His arrest caused considerable surprise. TLAMB IS BORN WITH THE HEAD OF AN OWL Animal Dies and the Body ‘Will Be Preserved as a Curiosity. fornian has things pretty well in hand. I've got a free rein and am running strqng. I've got all the money I want. And its my own tin, too. I don't have to g0 to Mrs. Mizner for cash.” trict Attorney in @ strong determination to cleanse the city from gambling of every form. We have been after the slot machine m in fact we started after them long before the Harvey and Daroux raid. We will have every #lot machine that pays cash driven from the cit The poolrooms are much harder to land. The “ordinanc Geclering Ghem Tiegal s e fective and lawyers make 80 many legal points that it s almost impossible to The courts do not back us up. We have made dozens of arrests and In {oluauhnl conviction been obtaned. In that case the seller became frightened and confessed, he would have escaped. convictions. Margherita Not to Visit America. ROME, Feb. 28.—It 18 officially an- o P S er] al T trip to thé United States. else |to San Francisco, where it will + “Bpecial Dispatch”to The Calls . CHICO, Feb. 28.—John F. Swear, the foreman of J. J. Hale's sheep ranch at ‘Mud Creek, sent to this clity late this afternoon g natural freak which has ex- cited the wonderment of every one who saw it. The curfosity s a lamb which was born Monday and which according to the herders was sufficlently alive to walk about for two hours. The body of the animal was somewhat larger than | that of a lamb at birth, but the striking feature was that it had the head and face of an bwl. The eyes were large and very “prominent and there also' was' a’ weli- . defined beak. The local sheepmen are greatly interest- ed {n the matter and will send the | began sending letters to her, express- | ten feet of iltum, or small intestine, Ar- ! BRIDE LEFT FORLORN IN HONEYMOON ——— New Sensation in the Eames Di- vorce Suit, Many Accusations in a Cross. Bill Filed by the Wife, Former Mayor of Buffalo Is Drawn Into Feud of Chicago Couple. CH: N. Speclal Dispatch to The Call ICAGO, Feb. 28—Former. Mayor J. Scatchard of Buffalo, N. Y., who was at the head of the board of managers of the Pan-American Exposition and who is a millionaire, was brought into the divorce suit of John H. Eames against Mrs. Henrietta Eames, the “modern Por- tia,” In a sensational light today when che filed her cross bill asking that Eames be made defendant. Besides Scatchard there are brought into the case several housemaids of Mrs. Eames, with whom Eames is accused of having been familiar and whom he is said to have supplied with rich attire and costly entertainment. Eames is accused of having passed the first seven days of his honeymoon in orgies at the Everleigh Club, while his wife waited for him in the Ontario Hotel. Mrs. Eames alleges that her husband finally “made a date” with her by tele- phone for 10:39 o'clock at night on Jan- uary 1, seven days after the marriage, at the Great Northern Hotel, but did not appear until the next day at 11 o'clock, when he coolly informed her that he “had met a swell fairy,” and that the honeymoon had “slipped his mind.”” She further alleges that, when they started from the hotel, Eames” condition was such that he collapsed and had to be as- sisted from the place. John H. Eames is assistant manager of the Sherwin-Williams Paint Company, and s widely known about town. The bill alleges that Eames was In the habit of bringing home companions and “'proceeding to make night hideous by his debaucheries, and he left orders with your oratrix that any of his friends who | might call during his absence should be | entertained in a proper manmer.” In the month of April, 1905, sfie alleges, J. N. Scatchard o Buffalo, N. Y., called at her residence. She invited him into the house and let him sleep in the “den of sald John H. FEames, and he was found there by said John H. Eames when he returned home, and that sald Eames complimented yo®r oratrix for taking his friends and extending the hospitality. of his home and begged him to do the same in the future.” In the bill filed by Eames allusion is made to the return of Eames to his home to find that a man was there. It is In explanation of the charge that the poli- ticlan was brought Into the case. 4] ‘The case will come up for trial on the charges and counter charges in Judge Gary's court Friday. ————————— Poeticnl Names for Cars—Shore Line Limited. ! The observation cars have recessed plat- ! forms, thirty-two armchairs and drawing- room with five seats. Will be known as “‘Santa Clare,” “Santa Susanna,” “Santa Monica' and Santa Anita’ The parlor cars have twenty-four chairs, drawing-room with five seats and smoking-room. ~Are named ‘'Gera- nium,” “Lavender,’ ‘‘Marjoram” and ‘Sun- flower.”” ' Ask the agent, Southern Pacific, for | pocket card. . Japanese Survives Rare Operation. RIVERSIDE, Feb. 28.—Fifty-six hours after the removal of more than thur Higashi, a Japanese, still lives and is llkely to recover. Dr. H. R. Martin | of this city diagnosed the case as myxo { that killed her parents. RULEROF CHINA SAID 10 BE DcAD Rumor States That Empress Dowager Has Passed Away, but No Confirmation of the Report Is Received e e NATIVE POPULATION OF NANCHANG FLEES In Fear of the Forces From the European and Ameri- can Gunboats Dispatched to the Scene of Disorders Spectal Dispatch to The Call. HONGKONG, Feb. 3S.—~An uasub- stantinted rumor says the Empress Dowager is dead. Telegrams received here from Nan- chang say that the sub-Prefect Is in a dangerous condiifon from = wound re- ceived when he was stabbed by a Chi- nese Roman Catholic comvert. This stabbing is said te have beem the cause of the recent riot at Nanchang. SHANGHAI, Feb. 25.—The Nanchang | magistrate, the injury to whom ~was the reputed immediate cause of the at- tack by natives on Catholic and Prot- estant missionaries a few days ago, is still alive, though his wounds are dan- gerous. The native population of Nanchang is fleeing, dreading the ar- rival of armed forces from European and American gunboats. There have been many arregts. PEKING, Feb. 28.—Rliots have taken place in the southern part of the prov- ince of Honan. Several native Chris- tians have been injured. The riots are the result of anti-Catholic uprising. The massacre of Roman Catholic priests at Nanchang was the result of the priests’ action in issulng an appeal for subscriptions to their church in a form and with characters used for offi- cial documents. The authorities pro- tested and the priests refused to ac knowledge that they had done anything wrong. The Government has instructed Governor of Nanchang, provines Kiangsl, where on February 2 six French Jesuit missionaries and four | British subjects were killed, to punish severely all participants in the massacre and declares its willingness to make with- out question any reasonable reparation demanded, Many foreigners, at Peking | know the Governor of Nanchang and con- sider him efficient and friendly. They be- lieve his version of thé trovble and credit his statement that he was unable to pre- | vent the disturbance. American, British and German gunboats are proceeding to the nearest possible point to Nanchang. River navigation, is seldom safe beyond Poyang Lake. British and German gun- boats have been stationed at the lake for two years despite frequent Chinese pro- tests that it was an infringement of China’s river regulations. LONDON, March 1.=The Daily Malil's correspondent at Shanghal reports that an American gunboat (the Quiros, prob- ably) has arrived at Nanchang. On the same authority it is stated that Rev. H. C. Kingham's eldest daughter has died from the effects of the injuries inflicted upon her by the Chinese mob the of The correspondent at Shanghal of the Tribune says that eye-withesses at Nan- chang assert that a priest named La Cruche stabbed the magistrate twice in the throat. > The Morning Post's Shanghai cor- respondent says that a dispute about land was the origin of the trouble at Nanchang. The correspondent adds: “It is felt here that the official rank of Catholic missionaries is a source of difficulty and ought to be withdrawn.” SEATTLE, Feb. 28.—Rev. Dr. Young J. Allen, for fifty years a resident of Shanghai as a Government employe, Britisher and missionary, has arrived on the steamship Dakota. Speaking of the causes of the boycott, he said: Had 1t _not been for the money contributed by the Chinese on this coast and elsewhere in America the boycott inaugurated by the sarcoma of the mesentery of the small intestines, declding upon an operation. He was assisted by Sawyer. Drs. Griflith Indl merchants of China against American wares would have dled out long ago. Money from this country enabled the boycott committee to keep the agitation alive. With money earned in America placards were distributed and posted throughout China ‘that fomented CONGAES HEARS OF THE FREMEN Considers Measure Calling for Appropriation to Fam- ilies of the Meade Heroes NO ACTION YET TAKEN —_— Kahn Will Introduce a New Bill to Accomplish Pur- pose of Original Document Spectal Dispatch to The Call CALL BUREAU, POST BUILDING, ‘E'ASHLVGTOV Feb. 28.—Representatives Kahn and Hayes today made a strong fight to have the House appropriats $5000 each to the familles of Captain Dakin and Thomas J. Hennessy of the San Francisco i fre Department, who lost their lives in the fire on the transport Meade. The California Congressmen sought to se=~ cure this legislation.in the form of anm amendment to the army appropriation bill, but objection was made by Repre- sentative Underwood (Democrat) of Ala< bama, a member of the committes on Tules, who sald that the matter should be referred to the committee on claims. Representative Grosvenor of Ohio de- neunced the objection as contemptible, especially in view of the fact that a 5000 gratuity is voted to famflies of members and Senators who die in office. Representative Kahn read a letter from General Funston, commanding the Divi- sion of California, suggesting that Con- gTess make provision for the familles of the deceased firemen. The War Depart- ment officialg indorsed General Funston's recommendation. Hayes, In supporting Kahn's amend- ment, sald the proposed rellef was not in the nature of a cialm against the Government, but a reward for heroic ser- vices in saving its property. Wililams of Mississippl, the minority leader, endeavored to show that the case of the San Franecisco firemen was on a footing of its own, as the Meade would have been destroyed but for the fire de- partment of the city. Nevertheless Un- derwood persisted .in his point of order, which was sustained by the chair. Kahn subsequently introduced a bill providing for the payment of the amount named to the families of Dakin and Hennessy. He expects favorable action upon it by the military affairs commit- | tee, to which it was referred. —_———— Kirkmon Probably Fo Guilty. WASHINGTON, Feb. 28.—The record of the court-martial in the case of First Lieutenant FHugh Kirkman, Eighth Cavalry, trled in the Philippines on charges of forgery and financial irregu~ larities, has been recefved at, the War Department from Manila, an Indication that the court has found the defendant gullty and recommended dismissal. The case will be submitted to the President for final action. L SR T A Negro Confesses Two Murders. SHREVEPORT, La., Feb. 28.—After repeating the Lord’s Prayer with a ne- gro preacher who visited him In his cell today Charles Coleman, the negro con- demned to be hanged tomorrow for the murder of Margaret ar, made a con- fession. He also admitted having mur- dered a negro named Helton at Hinson Springs, Texas, two years ago. PSRRI S-SR Russia Rewards an American. TERSBURG, Feb. 28.—The svernment bas conferred upon Thomas Smith, the American vice con- sul at Moscow, the Order of Anme of the second degree in recognition of his services in looking after the Japanese prisoners at Medeved during the recent war. —mm the trouble. At first they were a plain state- ment of fact. Later they became libelous and inaccurate. The boyeott could probably have been stamped out by the Government. The Vieeroy at Tientsia took energetic steps to stamp out the agitation and he succeeded. He rec- ommended strongly that this be done. [ be- leve it could have been done. Now the boycott has spread beyond comtrol. 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