The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, March 9, 1906, Page 1

) SAA 1aco Forecast for March 9, 1908: and Vicinity — Fair probably it east winds, changing to A. G. McADIE, Forecast Official. THE WEATHER. fox in the If-Prints More News Than Any Other Paper Published in ““THE THEATERS. ALHAMBRA—‘Hamlet." ALCAZAR—"The Little Prince: CALIFORNIA—* inee. CENTRAL— ORPHEUM—Vaudeville. TIVOLI—*Isle of Spice.”" “Whirli-Gigsle. A Tale of Two Citles.” Y DUR MEN R0B SALODN AR FRONT — | William Ellis, Cus-| tomer, Is Badly | Wounded. BrutalThugShootsHim, g | i | Though He Offers No Resistance, B i Henry Muller, Proprietor, Gives Up $100, a Ring and His Watch. BT i . 1 Turning, er of t wo strangees | t Ellis' head. At the'] past the two | [INSURANCE s If in a rear | b apparently art's move- s e se of the duo ai-| TWO MORE ROBBE compan- rst word g Muller and front of BRUTAL WOUNDS revolver th THUG the stepped inside the s scarcely on e of the robbers heir direction. El- tely and Muller ed no resistance y. In a second all ppeared, but it was efore the salgon man ome out on the sidewalk and es Bralg, Taylor, » arrived on the scené Ellis had been shot he bullet that entered ured both bones just 4 the surgeons at tal consider this In- amputation is likely w that entered the eft leg grazed bone, but splintered sue r that serious results n fol from this also. The ¢ cantemplated -another robbery e in the evening in the s n of B. Mobr, according to tter made to the is located at ts, and he says e robbery com- loon, four men, ption of the rob- 4 asked for a drink. to serve them a spe- polic ed in the door and if all was well. Mohr replied in firmative and the four customers, are assumed by the police to be in nswering rs, entere s he was al parties who visited Muller later, the place. o e NS s Big Stemmships for Northwest. SEATTLE, March 8.—The steamships rizaba, Yucatan and Saratoga of the Ward Line, New York, have been pur- ased by the Northwestern Steamship Company for use on the Seattle-Alaska te. They are each 3000 tons register nd have a speed of fourteen knots. The Orizaba is_due to arrive in Seattle on May 20, She will leave for Nome on June 1. The Saratoga will arrive on J 1 @nd will g0 on the Valdez run, and the Yucaan is due here some time ais fall —_———— Uruguayan Revolution Coliapses. MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay, March 8 — Peace continues throughout .the re- public. A pumber of additional arrests bave been made, but the revolutionary movement has completely collapsed. | allegea which had been brought against offi- | Nichol J | made | ham and one by the company. { posed | the pending legislation and representa SAN FRANCISCO. FRIDAY MARCH 9, 1906, PRICE FIVE CENTS. MEN HALED INTO COURT Mutual Reserve§ Officials Are In- dicted. | —— s Grand Larceny and Forgery the Charges | Against Them. Accused of Having Used the Company’s Funds for Personal Ends. March §.—Indictments € grand larceny in the first de- d forgery in the third degree | Frederick A. Burnham, president; | | D. Eldridge, first vice president, and George Burnham Jr., second vice president of the Mutual Reserve Life I irance Company, were found by the Grand Jury tod In all five indict- nents were brought against each of- fal, two for grand larceny and three orgery. The ged larceny and forgery were | brought about, according to the indict- | ments, by payments of $3000 of the company’s money to law. firms, the ap- rent purpese of which is alleged to «n to settle claims against ny. while the real object is to have been to settle actions e com cers of the company as individuals. The indictment on which a charge of larceny is based alleges that the of- ficers embezzied two sums, one of $§7500 and the other of $1500, on Ogtober.24. 1901, The three officers appeared in the Court of General Sessions, where Judge O'Sulllvan fixed their ball at $12,500 for | each, and set next Thursday as'the time for pleading. ONLY A TECHNICAL CRIME, George Burnham Jr., when seen at the company’s office .after the jury" action had been announced, said: We had been expecting this and engaged” eounsel to defend us. de from stating that, If there has any crime committed, it is but a wnical one, I do not care to discuss case.” In the first case of alleged forgery e indictment charges that $7500 was entered in the cashbook as paid. to Is and bacon, attorneys for P. mstrong, to settle a claim of Arm- Strong against the insurance company arising out of a contract between him 2nd the company. In fact, however, the indictment charges, the money was paid to Nicholls and Bacen in settlement of an action which they, as attorneys for | J Douglass Wells, had previously brought against Frederick A. Burnham ally. second indictinent for forgery charges t the defendants cAused the item of $1500 to be entered on the com- pany’s books as made in payment to James Schell and Elkus for legal ser- 3 dered by them to the company. declares the indictment, tie ey was pald with instructions to turn it gver to the attorney of J. Doug- lass Wells to reimburse Wells for dis- | bursements which he claimed had been | made by him In defending n(‘flunsi | A brought against him by Frederick A. m individuaHy and by George D. | ige individually, and in order to induce Wells to consent to a discon- tinuance of these actions. | MONEY PAID TO SETTLE SUITS. The third indictment for forgery is baged upon the payment of $5000 of the company’s money on September 24, 1801. That payment, the indictment charges, was entered In the cashbook as to James Schell and Elkus for legal services. The real purpose of this | payment is, however, alleged to have been for delivery to Baldwin and White, attorneys for J. Thompson Patterson, for the purpose of settling an action | which Patterson had previously brought against the company and against Fred- erick A. Burnham and George D. Eld- ridge individually, and three actions which had been brought against Pat- terson, one by George D. Eldridge in- dividually, one by Frederick A. Burn- In addition to the transactions of the Mutual Reserve Life Insurance Com- pany, the Grand Jury has before it a general consideration of the insurance situation. Regarding this general sit- uation the jury recently asked Judge O’'Sullivan of the Court of Gencral Ses- slons questions for guidance In the pro- investigation. Today Judge O’Sullivan and 2iso District "Attorney | Jerome advised the Jury to awalt be- fore beginning its Investigation the opinions of legal authorities on the questions invelyed. Sl INSURANCE MEN GATHERING. Hundreds Will Appear Before the New York Legislative Committee. ALBANY, N. Y., March 8.—Represen- tatives of life Insurance Interests throughout the United SBtates were as- sembling In this city tonight to partici- pate tomorrow in the hearing to be given before the special legislative in- surance investigating committec on the measures proposed to perfect the State insurance laws to correct evlls in the management discovered in the recent inquiry and to better protect the pol- icy-holders. Officers, attorneys, ac- tuaries and committeds representing companies which will be affected by tive organizations-of life insurance un- derwriters are here and their number will be greatly augmented tomorrow e i &5t sttt el Continued on Page 3, Column 4 .. | egate Revpil's only }given before the Ministry's fall—to stand 5 t!gno dead and thirty-nine injured. STATESMEN DODGE POST OF PREMIER Several Decline to Head French Cabinet. Bourgeois and Sarrien Are Offered Chief Portfolio. e Strong Reaction in Favor of Rouvier Follows His Retirement. PARIS, March 8.—President Fallieres’ efforts to Induce one or another of the several statesmen with whom he con- ferred today to undertake iae task of forming a Cabinet have not yet borne re- sult. Sarrien, who declined either the Premiership or a portfolio, suggested Bourgeols, whom Dubost, president of the Senate, and Doumer, president of the Chamber of Deputies, also put forward. Bourgeois, however, declared that he did not feel physically strong enough to un- dertake the Premiership, but would con- sent to accept the foreign portfolio un- der Sarrien, whom he deemed the best fitted man to take the reins of power. Fallieres refused to accept the decision of either Bourgeols or Barrien as final, but both persist in declaring that they will not undertake the task of the forma- tion of a Ministry, It is understooa that Polncarre will be called to the Elysee tomorrow and the indications are that a Cabinet under his Jeadership will be accep to the ad- vanced Republican groups, Ribot's name also is mentioned, which, Is due to. his moderation regarding the application of the chuvch and state separation law. Doumer also suggested Millerand. It is expected a decision concerning the | Premiership will be reached tomorrow. Members of the Chamber of Deputies, however, foresee a possibility of the crisis lasting six or eight days, owing to the difficulty of finding a man sufficlently strong to ¢ope with the pending serious internal and external problems. A strong reaction has set in In favor of Rouvier. The newspapers today severely criticised the action of the Chamber of Deputies in defeating him when he was | performing a patriotic duty which prom- ised to produce the most notable diplo- matic success of recent years. It has now become quite evident that France will not waver in her policy in the conference at Algeciras. Indeed, Del- instruction is that firm—and this cannot be modified until the formation of the new Ministry. Rouvier appears to belleve a Franco- German agreement is In sight. He said today to a friend: | “Like Jules Ferry, my success will be realized after I was defeated.” TR T SETTLEMENT IN SIGHT. Germany and France Now Seem Likely to Rench an Agreement, ALGECIRAS, March 8.—Success of the conference on Moroccan reforms cannot be described as absolutely cer- tain since two of the maln points. in dispute, the allotment of bank capital and control of the police, are not yet settled. Hopes, however, run high that | these outstanding difficulties soon will become subject to arrangement. Delegates of the neutral powers gen- erally regard the Austrian police pro- posal as being not feasible, but con- sider that It will serve the purpose of providing a basis for negotiations for an eventual compromise, The ,opinion gains ground that France finally will consent to 2 diminu- tion of her financial influence in Mo- rocco by accepting a reduction of the voting power allotted to French sub- scribers to former loans and in return for this concession, it is thought, the police will be placed under the direction of France and Spain, with a neutral in- specting officer, who shall report to the powers, but not exercise command. MILLIONAIRES’ RIDE ENDS IN THE JAIL Policeman Guest “Pinches” Carload of Wealthy Men for Fast “Mobiling. A carload of millionalres was dumped out at the Hall of Justice last night. The men of wealth were 8. G. Murphy, president of the First National Bank; Thomas Barbour of . the Risdon Iron Works, David Oaks of New York, James D. Phelan and Enrique Grau. It all hap- pened because of their impatience to see the moonlight effect on Murphy’s new Dutch windmill in Golden Gate Park. They were speeding millward at a fifty- mile clip when Policeman Guest of the Park station overhauled them. The en- tire cargo was rushed to the City Prison, The chauffeur, J. Munford, was charged with exceeding the speed Ilimit in the park. The carload of money wanted to bail him out immediately, but the bond and waitant clerk was out on a case and capital was compelled to wait. Finally Phelan decided that the New York guest had seen enough of the prison and after leaving ball money for the chauffeur the crowd departed to the Pacific-Union Club, Phelan acting as the driver. e speed limit was not ex- ceeded this time. Avalanche Ruries Fishermen's Huts, TRONDHJEM, Norway, March 8.—A snow avalanche at the Lofeden Islands yestel men’s huts. Rescuers extricated twen- BOY FATALLY SHOOTS STEPFATHER Alexander Racouillat Defends His Mother Against Her Brutal Husband In defense of his mother, Alexander Racouillat, a youth of 17, shot and fatally wounded his stepfather, Earl Waterman, last night. Waterman, though divorced from the boy’s mother, was brutalizing her as he had in mar- riage, and Racouillat, securing a revolver, shot him. + Fatal Ending to Sordid Story of Vio- lence. Woman Borrows Gun and Son Uses It in Her Defense. Wounded Man Refuses to Make a Dying Statement. RS . Sy Alexander W. Racouillat, a 17-year-old boy, fatally shot his stepfather, Earl E. Waterman, last night. The lad shot In defense of his mother, who was being threatened by Waterman, her divorced second husband. Waterman is a house- mover and lives at Twenty-first avenue South and J street. According to the sto- ries of mcther and son, the wounded man was brutally treating his. divorced wife and threatening to do her "great bodily harm. The shooting is the outcome of years of suffering and brutal treatment, experienced by her at thes hands of a drunken man, The Waterman family has been disrupt- ed for years, it is alleged, on account of the brutal disposition and drinking of the head of the house. Last night at about 7%'clock the mother went to a friend's house and procured a revolver for her protection. Young Racoulliat secured the weapon.. When chased by Waterman, who, he alleges, had an open knife in his hand, he fired three shots at him. Two of the bullets took effect. &p used a slight flesh wound in_the left ehést and arm. e other which. Y0 | into the right leg. N Last April Mrs. Waterman ed & divorce from her husband on the ground of cruelty. She was awarded $5 a' month alimony and possession of the homestead, Which was community property. Water- man was her gecond husband, Alexander being by her first.husband. . After the di- vorce, Waterman came to his wife and pleaded for a reconciliation. The woman was loth to consent, fearing a repetition of the life that had ended in the separa- tion. She refused to remarry, but suf- fered her former partner to live in the house. Things went along quietly for a while, and then Waterman began again to be bruta). Last night Waterman returned to the house from Millbrae, where he had been working. He started a dispute, and, ac- cording to statements of Mrs. Waterman and her son, attempted to choke her. She | left the house and immediately went to a Mrs. Kane's at Twenty-first avenue South and K street, where she borrowed a revolver. On her return to the house, Alexander took the pistol away from his mother and went out of the house. He was in the yard when, he myu,d;ls father ¢ame toward him with an n knife. The boy says that he believed that his life was in danger and he fired. Watermlan was taken to the Potrero Hospital and later transferred to the Cen- tral Emergency Hospital, where Drs. Mil- lar and Tliman operated on him. It is not expected that he will live. The boy was arrested by Policemen Murphy and Gaughran and taken to the City Prison. He was placed on the detinue book pend- ing the outcome of Waterman's injuries. Waterman was interrogated by Assist- ant District Attorney Kelley. He refused to give a dying statement and denled all of the allegations made by his former wife, including relationship with his as- sailant. Mrs. Elizabeth Waterman, mother of the boy, made the following - state- ment: . I have been married to Waterman for over ten years, durlng which time he treated me most brutally. Last April I secured a divorce cn the ground of cruelty and was awarded the custody of the three little children and given the house to live in. Waterman lived here part of the time, and yesterday morning he came in and would not.allow’ Alexander, who is only 16 years of age, to have any break- faet, and when the boy returned from work in |- the evening he was faint for the want of food. ‘Waterman came in and began to abuse the boy again, and because I sided in with Aleck 1 was thrown bodily out of the house, with or- ders not to return. I Went to the home of Mrs, Thomas Kane and got a revolver I had left there and started to return, when my son met me and took the revolver from me. We then walted outside for Waterman to leave the Eouse, but he, ‘seeing us standing there, came out and, drawing his pocket knife from his pocket, made toward the boy. After giving him warning not to come any closer, the boy fired three or four shots, and after that 1 did not remember any more until my son told me that he had shot Waterman. % 1 advised Alexander to 5o and give himself up. which he did, and soon afterward the ambulance ‘came a&nd. took Waterman away. “He has becn sich a'brute to both myself and the children that I can hardly help wishing he will dle. * - g e ——————— YANKEE MINING PROMOTERS ' ' LANGUISH IN LONDON JAIL t rduy buried a number of fisher- | le Harry Stmmons and Franklin K hart Chdrged With 6btataing - Vast Sums by Fraud. : LONDON, - March’ 8.—Harry Samuel Simmons 'Franklin Everhart, Amer- icans, were. arrested here today and h remanded in . $10,000 , bail on harges Of ‘conspiracy and obtaining large sums of. money by fraud, The prisoners are described’ as stock and share brokers and are alleged to hayeé issued forged shares and certificates connection, with Alaska, Ol s Cripplo * Creek ‘and Manitobh mining companfes. > o the pqllen‘..'nv.rbbnxu “Mining | ri- f— i 37RO —p Wi HOT HIS STEPFATHER LAST NIGHT AT SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, THE LAD'S MOTHER, IN oS “'gohi %E SHOOTING OCG"URRED, AND THE MAN WHOSE ALLEGED BRUTALITY TOWARD HIS DIVORCED WIFE MAY RESULT IN HIS DEATH. DEFENSE OF LURES BANKER | MARCHIONESS 10 HOTEL WITH FORGED LETTER Penniless Man Plans to Rob New York - Financier. Spectal Di: NEW YORK, March 8.—An attempt was made this afternoon, for what the police belleve to have been the purpose of rob- bery, to ‘entice Robert R. Moore, presi- dent’of the New Amsterdam Bank at Broadway and Thirty-ninth street, to the Hotel Astor by means of a forged letter. Perry Pillsbury, a' ticket speculator 29 years of.age, who forged the name of John Cornish-of the Pinkerton Detective Agency to the communication which re- quested Moore to come to the hotel on important business connected with the bank, himself delivered the letter and escorted Moore to the hotel, where he was arrested by Detective Scrgeant Carey of thé detective burean and John Duhain of Pinkerton's_agency, as he was entering his room. . X Pillsbury refused to say what he in- tended to do with Moore when once he was alone with him. It Is believed that the precautions taken by Moore averted a possible tragedy- such as startled the city on June 15, 18%, when George H. Wyckoff, president of the New Amster- dam Bank, was shot by a man named George H. Semple, who afterward fired two bullets into his own body. Semple dled the next-day. Wyckoff lived five days before he succumbed to his wounds. The object was robbery. There is little doubt that Pillsbury iad ed to submit Moore to an unusual experience, whereby he might obtain money. The man was without funds. He had ‘been driven from the St. Andrew's Hotel and from the Hotel Belleciaire. On | “Tuesday he registered at the Astor. It LOSESLIFE IN VY OFFICERS MUST NOT USE AUTOWRECK| ~ SWEAR WORDS Runs Car Off Bridge to Avoid Hitting a Cart. y s 3 ROME, March 8.—The' Marchioness of Corsinl, formeriy Princess Barberini, was killed this evening by the overturning of an automobile in which she was riding' with' her husband, who is King Victoria Emmanuel's master of horse. The Marchioness, who was 62 years of age, was driving the automobile, her hus- band, aged 69 years, sitting beside her. While crossing a bridge in the suburbs, the Marchioness, seeing.a cart approach- ing, essayed to turn out to give the cart safe ‘roadway, but ran the automobile into the parapet of the bridge with such Violence that the parapet gave way and the automobile was thrown from ' the bridge into the ditch, fifteen feet below, turning completely over as it fell. “The Marquls 2nd the chauffeur, escaped without ‘a_scratch, but the Marchioness was crushed to death. e . Norway Appoints Ministers. * CHRISTIANIA, March 8.—Dr. Fridjof| Nansen ha$ been-appointed Minister to Loriden; Baron A. von - Wedel-Jarte, Ministef. to: Paris; J.-C.. W. Prebensen, Minister to St. Petersburg; T. von Dit- ton, Minister to Copenhagen; Benjamin Veogt, Minister to Stockholm, and O. Gude, Minister to Berlin. . —_——————— | Paris Suicide Not an Amerfcan Girl, - PARIS, March 8.—The Ethel A. _Brown, whose 'body was found recently ‘in the Riyer Seine and who was sup- fram Losdtn 10T oa tod sulcide. . e Order Prohibiting Pro- fanity Is the Latest. : —_—— > VALLEJO, March $.—As the result of the trouble between the employes of the Mare Island navy-yard and Lieutenant John White, United States marine corps, at the yard gate recently an order has been posted in a number of conspicuous places about the island stating that “no swearing or profane language will be al- lowed on the yard from either the men or_the officers. - The word “officer” is in big type. This is the latest incident of the trouble over a dog which grew into large proportions and over which Vallejo people and the naval colony on Mare Island have ~ been laughing for some ‘time. SCHOOL MA’AM PROVES GALLANT FIRE LASSIE Climbs Ladder and Subdues Flames While Children . Yell for Help. AUROQRA, Ore., March §.—Miss Hattle played Fisher, a school teacher,