The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, March 12, 1906, Page 3

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, MONDAY, MARCH 12, 1906. . BELIEVES HE HAS MEN WHO ROBBED STAGE. Santa Clara Sheriff Arrests Suspected Youths in Cabin Near the Mount Hamilton Road. TS VI FOWARD = —— TFHHEN BY D.J HOWRRD JUST BEFORE FHOTo oF Fbr THE HOLDYP ound ¢ e trail t Hamiiton road they was inadvertentl sald as Sheriff king town, “You don't suspect n age, do you?” No n of thelr ion d Storey’s remark had knowledge the some near the spot sed a number ack which were y robbers. These direction of the Storey cabin and were followed nearly to the gunnysacks men wore on and it is prob- r as there had n the stove in the Storey before the officers ar- e griver of the stage, is a Ross. He called at the dentify the men. He stat- Mason’s voice is e robber who re- he description given sengers on the stage and a red hief similar. to that bber's face was found wer vears old and is the son resident the Grand View scction. When the Mount Hamilton stage was robbed last April he was arrested on spicion and there was strong circum- antial evidence against him. None of ¢ passengers could positively jdentify however, and he was finally set free. n was at one e an inmate of an phansge and has no relatives. He is wo years younger than Storey and fs not bright. He has been employed re- ntly at the Mount Hamilton vineyard, mile from the geene of the robbery. The robbers secured only $6 and a silver atch, although there was a iarge mount of money in the party. From the count of the heldup given by the pas- engers it is obvious that the robbers novices. This is aiso indlcated by fact that four other stages which )assed the same point within a short time were not molested. tre P LADIES ELATED AT ADVENTURE. Interesting Tale. The holdup was a startling deed of violence, and of course we were fright- | had not known of his presence i Real Holdup Wi I.h‘ we would not have missed ‘the ad- ure, now that it is all over, for any- It will so beautifully round out California and give us y exciting to talk about stgun with two fearful into our faces did we realize that Cali- still had left a brigand as bold those we have read about in of adventure.” a composite declaration built sting bits from the several cally wom: the books D. S. Howard of Mrs. C. M. Rothschild Ohio, and Misses Laura Mamie Greisheimer of Rochester, —who were on the buckboard held ingly near Grand View on the Mount Hamiltonyroad from Lick tory about 10 o'clock on Satur- vening. The sole man of the 1 the exception of the driver, Howard of Brockton, Mass., dubs the adventure with the as a joke. The entire arrived in San Francisco yes- morning, none the worse, ex- our Brockton, of Cinc da N. Y up so lonely ysery cept for a slight nervous condition among the ladies, for the experience. Mr. and Mrs. Howard are a young married pair on their wedding tour. Mr. Howard is a young.man, a recent grad- ate of the University of Pennsylvania i a business man of Brockton. His They married in January and started once. They came up from Los and the south and stopped at Jose on Saturday to take a peep at moon from the great telescope stretching out from the dome of Lick Observatory. PARTY GETS PRIVATE OUTFIT. At the Hotel Vendome they met the Rothschild and Greisheimer party. Mr. nothschild and Mr. Greisheimer did not wish to take the trip and so, with Mr. and Mrs. Howard, the ladies of the party hired a buckboard, with the fam- ous Bert Ross as driver, to make the ascent. The party started at 10 o'clock in the morning, two hours ahead of the regular stages. “It all happened so quickly that we did wife Is young and fair and brave. were - | not at first realize what was going on,” said Miss Mamie Greisheimer in telling | of the affair yesterday. '“We were riding along, and had already made the change of horses and had begun to grow sleepy when the bandit appeared. - He yelléd, | “Stop!” and our driver put on the brake, I don’t blame him, for he was looking straight into the front end of a shotgun. “What's the matter? asked Mrs. Roths- child, who was sitting in the middle seat with me. The driver said that he guessed |1t was a holdup. We knew just what to do, and before we put up our hands, as he was shouting at us to do, we dropped our purses to the bottom of the buck- board. Then we hurried up and put our | hands in the air. | “Mrs. Rothschild was wearing her hus- |band's overcoat, and the man kept yell- ing at her to get out, thinking that she !was a man. My sister wore a cap and | he thouzht that she was another man. Mr. and Mrs. Howard were in the back | seat and they got out, as did my sister. | Mrs. Rothschild and I sat in our seats. | “Mr. Howard was very brave. He was |ready to fight, and I believe that he ! would have pitched into the highwayman {had not we women been along. But he {gave up some change that he had in-his ! pocket and his watch. ANOTHER ROBBER IN BUSHES. *“The robber kept shouting for us to get out, but the other man in the bushes, we then, ened, although we kept our keads and |said that we were women and to let us dropped our purses on the floor of the buckboard before we raised our hands, | alone. Then the first robber asked us if | we had any money and we told him no. ome. We had read of | happenings in your West, but til that man stepped out from k on the road from Lick Obser- Saturday evening and stuck a barrels | drawn statements of the | N BRIDAL PAIR AMONG THOSE STOPPED BY ROBBERS AND VEHICLE CONTAINING PARTY. % ——p Do you think that was a bad lie, for we really had auite a bit of money and some | pretty valuable diamonds. The driver did not get down because he had to hold the horses, and the second robber again said to let him alone. Then the first rob- | ber told those of us who had stepped out to climb In again, and he watched us drive off. I was glad enough to get back to the hotel and my fatner.” Howard describes the robber as a fair- sized man about 32 years old. “I would not have been afraid to have tackled him,” sald Howard, “had he not kept that shotgun on me. It was lucky that I kept still, for the second. fellow In the brush had his gun within a foot of my ear. The first robber had a bandana handkerchief over his face and head, and wore a big apron with a bulging pocket in front. He had sacks tled to his feet. He told me to throw my change into the pocket and I contributed $5. ‘It was all that I had in change, but I had a wallet in my inside pocket that would have been worth while for the robber to have captured. He did not search us, but he saw my walch ‘fob and made me throw that and the watch into his pocket. The watch was worth only a little. He asked my wife if she had anything.and she said ‘no.’ He did not question her.” Mrs. Roth#child was wearing diamonds of considerable value, as were the Misses Greisheimer. Mrs. Howard wore a dia- moud brooch at her neck and had her en- gagement ring on her finger. Miss Mamie Greishelmer had a great solitaire diamond on her finger. None of these the robber saw, .nor did he get, the pocket- books dropped to the bottom of the buck- board, The Rothschild and Greisheimer party will remain in 8San .Francisco several days. They are touring the West. Mr. and Mrs, Howard will continue their wed. |dmg journey toward the East at once. NAPA MAN IS MADE LIEUTENANT COLONEL Staff Officers of Pythian Reg- iment Promote Two Comrades. NAPA, March 11.—An important meeting of the staff officers of the Fifth Regiment of = the Uniform Rank, Knights of Pythias, including repre- sentatives from Napa, Vallejo, Ukiah, Woodland, Dixon and Healdsburg, was concluded here today. Colonel A. Marks of Ukiah presided over the meet- ing. Major G.A. Wright of Na; com- manding the Second Battalion, was elect- ed lieutenant colonel, vice J. Fifield of Vallejo, resigned. To fill the.vacancy in the rank of major caused by the promotion of Major Wright, Captain John Davidson of Washington Com- pany of Vallejo was elected major of the Second Battalion. - The matter of holding a general en- campment of the Fifth Regiment was discussed at length. ————————— “Your luck” may improve if you watch for chances and openings in the want ad. columns—make these little ads. your favorite literature for a while. fi:‘:' luck” endures that test for N THE S0uTH ot a Done Los Angeles and Little Damage Is B SHASTA ALSO VISITED Downpour, Accompanied by Fierce Gale, Disturbs the Northern Part of the State SO Lk Special Dispatch to The Call. ~ LOS aNGELES, March 11.—A stiff gale accompanied by - tremendous = rainfall swept over this sectlon of Southern Cali- fornia, this afternoon and tonight, :the precipitation in this .city amounting to 178 inches up to midnight, the heayiest of any storm this season. . The wind was heaviest along the coast, and off Point | Firmin, near San Pedro, it was blowing more than forty miles an hour tonight. All the vessels within reach ofthe har- bor, including most of the lumber craft | at Redondo, sought refugé dquring the ‘aft- ernoon behind the big breakwater at San Pedro, and some of .them encountered very heavy seas in making the short trip. Tonight at San Pedro an effort was | made to secure the services of a seagoing | tug for the purpose df searching forithe | power fishing schoon:zr Vice, which was | reported to have left Port Los Angeles | during the afternoon for San Pedro. The | vessel was commanded by Captain Peter | Vorsich and his créw ‘consistéd of Nick | Pecarich and A. Johnson. Relatives of | the captain having” been informed that the little vessel had left Port Los Ange- les went to San Pedra to look for him, but there found no tidings of vessel or | erew, | The ocean was so rough outside. the | breakwater that nome of. the owners of | small tugs would dare to goout into’the storm. At midnight no uews ‘had been | received of the missing vessel, which may | have put in at some of the smaller ports. | It 1s considered certain that if she-tried | to weatter the storm she has bgen lost, | | because no vessel so small could live in |such a aea. | In the mountain districts to: the north | and east of Los Angeles the raintall was | much heavier than here. At Fernando | nearly three inches fell and the>rush ‘of | water out of the Pacoima canyon-endan- ‘grrod the Southern Pacuic tracks, which were covered with water for more than a | mile. In Pasadena more than two inchés [of rain fell. In the great orapge belt | toward Riverside the rainfall varied from | one to two and a half inches. No dam- | age other than the. washing out of some | portions of some of ‘the electric lines re- | sulted from the rain. f It was just one year ago today that | the *disastrous storm which put. Santa | Barbara out of communication with the rest of the world for several days and washed out miles of rallroad track oc- curred. REDDING, March 11.—The heaviest rain of the season fell to-day. Nearly two inches fell this afternoon. The river and creeks are high. A heavy gale | from the south is bluwing. . The Great Western smelter at the Afterthought mine is closed down as the result of bad aprivak of Rain com menced falling this morning through- out the eounty, Heavy showers at fre- quent intervals prevailed all day, with 1S AT AN END Zion. City Intimates His Chief. Has Been Deposed WITH A SPAIE Water Falls in Tprrexit's-in Deputy. General Overseer at|Neighbors Quarrel Over Dogs and One Deals the Other a Blow Which Causes Death CHANGES IN THE POLICY |SLAYER UNDER ARREST Administrative Abuses Be Vigorously Suppressed Under the New Regime CHICAGO, March 11.—Wilbur G. Voliva, the new deputy general overseer of Zion City, speaking before 1500 Chicago mem- bers of the church today, announced sev- eral striking departures from the polley of John Alexander Dowle in the manage- ment of Zion City and its industries. The overseer spoke reverently of Dowie as the founder of the church, but con- demned the administrative abuses which are’sald to have existed under his gov- | ernment. Among the reforms which are prom- ised are the abolition of female labor in | the lace’ factory and other shops; the es- | tablishment of an agricultural community in connéction with Zion City; courteous treatment of newspaper correspondent: the toleration of other creeds and a rele- | gation of all sensational and emotional | religion. . The new overseer led his hearers to believe that Dowie had been permanently | deposed. “‘Concerning the general overseer, we will attend to that at the proper time,” said Voliva. “Moses led the children of | Israel out of Egypt and afterward, for | Bood reason, the Lord set Moses aside. ,Do some thinking. Read between the ines."” +- occasional high winds. the season is 27 inches. =3 The rainfall for g P ROUGH WEATHER NORTH. District In Throes of One of Worst Storms in History. PORTLAND, March 11.—Reports to the Qregonian from all parts of the Pacific Northwest indicate that the district is in the throes’ of ‘one of the worst storms | ever ‘experienced in March. A snowfall | varyibg from 15 inches at Weiser, Idaho, jto 3 inches at Huntington, Or., and Eu- | gene, Or., occurred last night and today. | Albany, Or., is experiencing a snow and | sleet storm. Snow "blocked one of the Oregon Rail- | read anc¢ Navigation branches in South- west Washington last night, and at ‘Walla Walla severely cold winds threat- en the fruit erop. At North Yakima a bitter wind, reach- ing the proportions of a gale, unroofed several buildings and did property dam- age aggregating thousands of dollars. | At Aberdeen, Wash., ice formed a quar- ter of an inch thick. In Portland the weather is not alone ! unseasonably cold, but a penetrating east wind is blowing. According to the dis- trict forecaster the weather tomorrow is expected to be considerably warmer. — UNDER MANTLE OF HELENA, Mont,, March 11.—Reports *all averothe State indicate that ne of the ‘flercest storms of the winter Is raging. At sundown at Marysville, a few miles west of here, it was 12 de- grees below, with the wind blowing a gale and a foot of snow on the ground. to|Vietim of Man’s Rage Drops Dead in Saloon After Fight With: One-Time Friend ‘Special Dispatch to The Call. LOS ANGELES, March 11.—Investiga- tlon by the Coroner's autopsy surgeon into the death of John Rooney, a Hollywood rancher, who dropped dead yeésterday In a saloon sup- posedly. from acute alcoholism, day disclosed the fact that the man had been murdered, his death be- ing due to the rupture of a blood ves- sel on the brain, caused by a blow sustained Saturday morning in a fight. G. Chapman, Rooney's next doer neighbor at Hollywood and a man of considérable means, is in jail, charged | He confessed tonight | with murder. that he had struck Rooney on the head with a spade. The men had long been friends, but yesterday Chapman's bird dog was at- tacked by a_bulldog belonging Rooney. . Rooney madé no effort to call off his dog at Chapman's request and Chapman tried to beat the dog off with | a club. . This caused a fight between | the men, In which Chapman was worsted. Leaving Rooney, Chapman went into his barn and secured a spade, | and returning, dealt Rooney a blow on the head, knocking him to the ground | Rooney soon revived and | unconscjous. walked home, swearing vengeance. He came to Los Angeles, it is sald, for the purpose of causing Chapman’s arrest. He enterd a saloon and while In the act of taking a drink dropped dead. +- . In the eastern part of the State it is below zero, registering 18 degrees be- low at Livingston. eral. Livestock men do not look for any losses unless’ the storm is of un- usual dyration. INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., March 11.—The heaviest snowfall of the winter, rang- ing in depth from four to twelve inches, covers Indlana tonight. In the north- ern portion traffic on steam and elec- tric roads has been impeded. Fanieen "ONE VESSEL ASHORE. Steamship Transport om Rocks Near Port Angeles, the Crew Escaping. The wire from Tatoosh Island is down at the” ‘entrance to Port Townsend, aceording to advices received at the Merchants’ Exchange. The wind Is blowing fifty miles an hour in the Straits of Fuca. The steamship Bellingham, which was reported over- due fr¢m Port Angeles, and for which a Government tug and three private tugs went out in search, arrived safely at Port Townsend before her would-be rescuers.returned. The steamship Transport is ashore near Port Angeles and will be a total loss. All the crew were saved. There were Lo passengers. —_—e———— CHINESE GALIBLERS RAIDED.—Alameda, March 11.—Police Sergeant Albert Kamp con- ducted another Jone raid on Chinatown gamblers this afternoon. Ah Ching and Ah Fan were captured With a fantan layout. to- | to | The snow is gen- | HEAVY STORM [DOWIE'S REICN |KILLS RANCHER |DAUB STUDENTS WITH RED PAINT Juniors Captured by Seniors of Oregon School and Given Liberal Coating of Color i J I | IBATTLE AT MIDNIGHT | Youngsters Get Even by Us- | ing Brushes on Men Left to Guard Flagpole on Campus PENDLETON, Or, March 11.—War has broken out between the senior and | junior class of the Pendleton High Sechool, and as result today nine members of the senior class have been scraping white paint and axle grease out of their halr, while their fond par- ents are calculating the cost of col- lege education. A number of the juniors hoisted the class flag to the top of the high school flagpole, cut the halyards and greased the pole with axle grease. The banner flaunted before the eyes of the seniors all Saturday. In the evening the full class, girls and all, met at the campus | after dark, bullt a bonfire and began | to use half a barrel of red palat in dee- orating the walks and buildings. The | junior flag was torn down, while the senior flag was railsed. Two juniors | were captured and taken to the { campus, where they were painted from head to foot with the senior red paint. The juniors in the meantime rallied | thelr classmates and. after the girls had gone home at midnight, pounced upon the remaining guard of nine senlors. The prisoners were painted a ghastly white, hair and clothes, while what extra materfal was not needed in greasing the flagpole and palnting out the senior 1906 was poured down the necks of the captive senlors. {FALLS TO HIS DEATH | FROM HIGH TRESTLE REDDING, March 11.—With his face {lying in about two inches of water In | Backbone Creek, just south of Kennet, | Herman Schmidt, a woodchopper, about | 45 years of age, was found dead last } | evening by a couple of tramps, who | were walking the ties out of Kemmet. | Sehmidt had started from Kemnet to &0 to his home early last night. On |the way he had to cross a rallway | trestle thirty feet above the creek bed. He fell from the trestle and was killed on the rocks in the creek. He leaves |a family in Oregon. |CARRIED TO DEATH ON AN EMPTY CAR REDDING, Mareh 11.—Charles Smith, a miner, employed at the Afterthought | copper mine, fell 200 feet down the | shaft early this morning and was killed. { Every bone in his body was broken. | Smith was wheeling waste out of level | No. 1. On the return trip his car went | over the edge of the level. Smith main- | tained his grasp on the rim of the car and was carried over with it. He leaves a widow. —_———————— The common little rhyme beginning “Thirty days has September,” if not as | old as the hills, at least is as old as 159, for in that year it was printed in London in an old arithmetic. Mail Orders a Specialty s m— Write for Samples made-to-measure .sle Our self measuring system sent upon requests ¥ Mighty few tailors equal our tailors" do, price. : and those that demand twice our An exhibition of reliable woolens from the best American mills em- bracing every pretty pattern that is popular and correct. 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