The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, March 19, 1906, Page 1

Tomcas: for March 19, 10085 co and vicinity—Cloudy bably showere; fresh south- 6. H. WILLSON, Local Forecaster. —_— ncle Tom's Cabin.” ALHAMBRA- ALCAZAR—“A Modern Magdalen.™ CALIFORNIA— “‘Avenue Giris™ CENTRAL—'"The House of Mystery." CHUTES—Vaudeville. ORPHEUM Ve TIVOLI—"The Isie of V,\« IN—NO. 109. SAN FRANCISCO, MONDAY, MARCH 19, 1906. SAY WRECKERS ARE DESPERATE Fe L uR B B — | | | An attempt to wreck ome of the fast cars on the San Mateo elec- tric line by placing = tle across the track was made last night at the Italian Cemetery, just below Colma. The car, with twenty-five pas- sengers aboard, was derailed, but fortune favored and mo ome was hurt. The cormen declare that the kidnapers of the Toso boy undoubtedly planned the dastardly crime in & blind effort to wreak vengeance on the conductor who informed the police that he had seen the little boy and his captor riding into the city on a car. The kidnaping theory Is losing weight with the police, however, and they do mot share in the carmen’s views. Policeman Frank W. Esola, who has been investigating the Toso case, has about come to the con- clusion that the milssing child toppled over a precipitous cliff at the oceanside, within a half-mile of his home. Derailing of C:r Is Ascribed to Kidnapers. iBelieves Toso Bo&‘ Toppled Over | CLiff i Policeman Esola Scouts ‘ Revenge on Witness in Theory That Child | Toso Case Motive Was Kidnaped. Suspected. Declivities Along Ocean Give Plausible Explanation | for Disappearance. {Tie Placed Across Track of San Mateo Line Near Italian Cemetery. An unknown miscreant made a das- tardly attempt to wreck inbound San Mateo electric car No. 1244 about 8§ o'clock last night. At a point above the €éntrance to the Italian Cemetery and about 100 feet on the city side of the Southern Pacific bridge crossing he sud- denly placed a heavy railroad tie across the tracks, ran down toward Colma and then lost himself from sight in the woods. A moment later the San Mateo car came speeding at the rate of twenty-five miles an hour. Motorman Thomas St John saw the deadly ob- struction ahead of him in timie to shut off the current'and set the air brakes, but the momentum was so great that the car struck heavily and was thrown from the track. s fierce venge- f 2-year- care s humbig s that break | mile and | come t0 little boy steep de- seaside, from his esterday that the| the yard into/ ay. but every clew g . that Johnule m‘ — ~shat the E n down without of the e car was the work appears 1o men whe are alleged to have | kidnaped little Johnny Toso a week ago. Revenge against Comductor E. J. Moslin, who stated that he saw an italian om his car carrying a small child resembling the Toso baby on the day of its mysterious disappearance, is sald by the street-car men to have prompted the act. There were twenty-five passengers, many of them women, in the car when the accident occurred, but not one of them was seriously injured. They were badly shaken up and frightened, but they were not bruised or cut by the glass of the windows. As so0n as the car left the track and came to 2 stop Conductor A. H. Banning and Motorman St. John ran out on the track and threw off the heavy tie. It had evidently been picked up fiom the right of way of the Southern Pacific Company, for it was of heavy oak. The frightened passengers crowded around and complimented the motorman on his quick manipulation of the brakes. Trafic was delayed for a short time only. A wrecking crew was sent for, but before it had time to arrive a ceme- teries’ car passing by attached a chain to the San Mateo car and pulled it back on the track. Dinan's “opin vestigation that | would be distance who have tzation kid- said Police- Italtan xed up with the While Toso fis us as a gardener, he can ns be regarded as in affuent s no enemies to purpose of kid- olding o » this risky method heory is that the v s home and top- : - auarter or half a |, Detectives were sent at.once on the - b s back from | tFail of the miscreant who attempted to wreck the car. The children who saw him sald that he was a heavy set, flerce looking man with a black beard and that he seemed to be a tramp. He hid in the willow brush near the road untll he heard the whistle of the San Mateo car and then he ram out and threw the tic across the track. He evi- dently expected to fasten the tie to the track, but the nearness of the ap- proaching car prevented him. He looked at the tie a moment to see that it was all right and then turned quick- ly to the west, running to the rallroad tracks and up toward Colma. The officials of the United Railroads e child in precipice. Kk there would not be for life, even for & grown T have not given up the strongly of the trecless in the sweep of the cold sea. Only the acres of e Italian gardeners dil- e can make the battle of P he tragic winds come | » s the ocean’s expanse and sing dis- :::1 ‘l“ & loss to account for the at- a e eaves of the lowly Pt to wreck the car. They believe that it was the work of some crank or some one who has an imagined griev- ance. The theory is also advanced that the miscreant had an enemy aboard the car whom he wished to kill and that he was willing to sacrifice the lives of the twenty-five in order to satisfy his desire for revenge. It was fortunate | that the tie was thrown across the |track at a smooth spot in the road, | where there was plenty of room for the derailed car to make its way. Had the accident occurred under the bridge a fearful loss of life would have been sustained. + T i | argue that the dozen hired men of the vegetable ranch have searched the can- yon and the ocean cliffs. But the pos- sibility that the tiny body could easily be overlooked must be admitted. FATHER IS PERPLEXED. “But why should they steal my child?” demanded Toso as he sobbed in.deep re- flection last night. “I am not a rich man, and if money was the object why not steal a wealthy man’s child, where hope | of ransom money would be high?" He | shook his head, utterly heartbroken, per- | plexed and shuddering as the night wind howled about the house. He remon- strated, however, that the canyon had been searched by his men. “If Johnnie fell | over the cliffs, then he is dead,” and the - | father's eyes were swimming in tears. Johnnie toddled his way from | The mother, strikingly beautiful, with s of his parents to a point along | Ner soft, dark eyes alight to catch the line of treacherous brink | 4rift of the conversation in English, that plausible theory to Policeman | She could not understand, suddenly start- n the weird surmising that |©d. Kindly the husband assured her that tiaws or fooolhardy kidnapers |it Was but the dog that whined outside. vay with the child, when nei- | Eagerly the mother listens with a cease- ‘e nor reasom ¢an in any way | 1€ss vigil for Johnnie to call to her. 1y ascribed. Three men, neighbors and friends, sat r and mother of the little | @bout the kitchen table last evening with 1 heaftbroken and cling to | the husband and wife. “My friends come here to talk with my wife about other beyond, the break- seless turmofl, crash 0 feet high with a ter- | or up to the very crest 1 have the surging wa- undermining the soil and rock | es of sheer decliv- IN CANYON LIKELY. worked a strange canyon, also wita eds of feet high, ex- ocean, reaching e of ti along this ca: oceanside Johnr y have toppled over to thick brush hangs many places is brobably g in depth from a ndred feet. The ong it and then n border for two or three n length, civcling almost within mile at the farthest from the e hope that their baby boy has been kidnaped. To them this bolds out bope that the child is still glive. They Continued on Page 2, Column 2. Storer’s Recall Due to His Wife, ‘Embassador to Return From ( Austria. Special Dispatch to The Call. WASHINGTON, March 18.—Enough was forthcoming retirement of Bellamy storeri of Ohio from the post of Embassador to| Austria-Hungary to Indicate that a dlplo-; matic sensation will be provided if the! whole story is allowed to become known. | To Mrs. Storer, who is an aunt of Rep-/ resentative Nicholas Longworth, the| President’s son-in-law, is attributed the| creation of the friction which has led to| the ‘prospective change in the American Embassy at Vienna. | Mrs. Storer was formerly Miss Matia Longworth of Cincinnatii, Ohfo. Her first husband was George Ward Nichols and their daughter is now the Countess de Chambrun, who attended the Longworth- Roosevelt wedding heré last month. Mrs. Storer is a woman of great force of char- acter and accomplishments and has al- ways made her influence felt wherever her husband was stationed. Her devotion 1o the Catholic faith is sald to have ex- ercised an influence which, in the opinion of the President, hampered rather than assisted her husband’s service at the Aus- trian court. Mrs. Storer is sald to have interested herself especially in the question often discussed in ecclesiastical circles of es- tablishing another Roman Catholic Car- dinal in the United States. The influence of the Storers in this direction is said to have been extended toward the President in the hope that he might assisat to the destred end. President Roosevelt, although friendly with the Catholics, many of whom he ' has appointed to office, felt himself in no position to exercise hia in- fluence in the affairs of the chureh or to aid any one who might cap, should an additional 1 understood, entered into the President’s final decision to send to the Sepate at an early date, possibly tomorrow, the name of Mr. Storer’'s successor. Who this will be has not been given out. While those who are in possession of all the facts are extremely cautious about talking of the matter, they Indicate clear- ly that an interesting situation arose which the President deemed it {nexpedi: ent to allow to continue. A report that charges had been preferred against Mr. Storer has not been confirmed. Other than admitting that Storer is to retire immediately from his post, Secre- tary Root declined to make any state- ment regarding the change in the office. The Becretary refused to say who the new Embassador will be. SILION HEN LI 10 PY HCH LIENSE New Ordinance Adds Millions to Chicago’s Revenue. —_— ’ Spectal Dispatch to The Call. CHICAGO, March 18.—In spite of pre- dictions of a decrease in the number of saloons, the passage of the §1000 license promises to have no such effect and the city’s total revenue from dram shops during the coming year may reach more than $8,000,000—double the amount of last year—and, perhaps, even more. Since the passage of the Harkin ordi- nance limiting the number of saloons in the city business has been brisk at the saloon license window in the City Col- lector’s office and from two to ten new licenses have been issued dally. Many other persons are planning to take out permits on May 1 to open saloons, and it is predicted that when the Harkin or- dinance goes Into effect on May 15 the maximum number of salfons in Chicago will have reached 9000. If this oredic- tion prove true the additional revenue given to the city by the added license fee will reach ‘more than $4,000,000, and, besides furnishing the city a first-class police force, will provide funds to carry out many needed public improvements and fill the present depleted treasury. —_————————— WOMAN SHOOTS GUEST AT A DINNER PARTY Kills Man She Was Entertaining Result of Remark to Which She Objected. KANSAS CITY, Mo., March 18.—Mrs. Ida Donielson, while entertaining a party of friends at dinner today. be- came enraged at a remark of E. C. Harris, a painter, one of the guests, d shot and killed him. Harris had made a remark about Mrs. Donielson to which C. R. Riggins, the woman’s nephew, took exception. The men quarreled. RIggins and his wife finally went for a policeman and while they were gone Mrs. Donlelson killed Harris. At first Mrs. Donielson sald she shot s in self-defense and later she ' told the police that the shooting was accidental. There were no witnesses to the tragedy learned today of the reasons for the| | WOMAN CAUSES A SERIOUS ROW - —e i PO R - ¥ AMBRICAN W TRIA-HUN . WH BEEN GIVEN. HIS RECALL. INEBRIATES St. Louis Philanthropist to Rescue Liquor Victims, Howe, the philanthropist, who refiised to accept an inkeritance because, he sald, he had no it to money he had not earned, and who Is epending his life in practical worl of philanthrophy, now plans to establish a sanitarfum for in- ebriates and victims of the drug and cigarette habits. To this end he iy try- ing to get possession of the old City Hospital building, at present unoccupled, and mafy petitions have been signed re- questing the Mayor to turn it over to l!‘n his dealings with the lower classes and the unemployed Howe has found that a great percentage of them are addicted to intoxicants to the point of inebria- tion. He has been studying medicine at the College of Physicians and Surgeons. Next winter he Will receive his degree, and, if he is successful in obtaining the hospital, he will devote much time to the cure of victims of harmtul habits. Howe belleves that hundreds of men can be saved by treatment from becom- ing wrecks and. that the charitable peo- ple of St. Louls will contribute to the cause that may yet make good cltizens of these unfortunates. In his work Howe has.impressed upon many boys, for whom he has established classes and a gym- nasium, the evils of liquor, drugs and cigarettes. THrough his Influence: many of them have signed a pledge ‘not to drink, smoke or-swear for a year. POLICE GALLED QUT WHEN STORK ARRIVES Father Becomes Excited and Summons Bluecoats and Firemen. Speclal Dispatch to The Call. NEW YORK, March 18—Joseph Pow- ers was dozing in a rocking chair at his home this morning shortly after mid- night when a matronly woman, who is temporarily a member of his hgusehold, entered the room and whispered in his ear. He put on his hat out and, throwing his coat over his shoulder, ran down the stairs three steps at a time. He pulled ‘several door bells out by the roots without getting any response from a phvsiclan and then called up police headauarters. 3 ‘Within five minutes two fire engines and 3 water tower deployed In front of Powers' house with jingling of bells and the rattle of wheels. H _men ran about hoarsely shouting, ‘men came up on mg%l e “Where's the fire?” , the police. “I got excited,” sald Powers in explain- ing that his wife had given i girl baby. 5 C ‘Mo.. March 18.—A coal famine prevalls to an alarming extent. Two carloads of coal “last night were delivered In sn ties to each today, -| visitors it caused a great deal of talk in ’qm‘fl-. was .c‘lm TRUST KINC SAID 10 Bt COLLAPSING Rockefeller's Mind Suffers From Strain, Neighbors Believe He Is on the Verge of a Breakdown. Billionaire in Constant Terror | of Being Kidnaped or Assassinated. Special Dispatch to The Call. LAKEWOOD, N. J., March 18.—Has Johnr D. Rockefeller's mind given way as the result of the nervous strain he has suffered for a year or more? Has he withdrawn from his business and church connections and gone into voluntary exile because of mental trouble? These and similar questions LaRewood's residents have been asking one’ another for the last few days. Gossip in the vil- lage assumed this trend when the resi- dents heard of the extraordinary precau- tions that were taken at the Rockefeller place to keep visitors away. When armed guards suddenly appeared op the grounds about three weeks ago and soon afterward heavy timbered gates were erected at each entrance to exclude the village. - Up to February 9-last, when Rocke- Leller is-supposed to have arrived here, ges ‘withdfawn and visitors were roughly, ordered away by husky that carried long sticks.: At night three big-searchlights swept every nook and corner of the grounds at frequent Intervals. for the detection of intruders. All of these doings caused much won- derment among the quiet Lakewood folk. ‘When they finally learned that Rockefel- ler was here-they concluded that these war-like precautions were taken because Rockefeller sought to evade the service of a subpena in an action which Attor- ney General Hadley. of Missourl has be- gun against the Standard Ofl Company. But pow that it i{s known that the subpena in this action is not valid in New Jersey and that Rockefeller need have no fear of Hadley's process serv- ers the reason for the Standard Oll miag- nate's voluntary exile becomes a mys- r tery. That Rockefeller is in seclusion here is no longer doubted. As to the reasons for his self-imposed imprisonment various storles have been circulated in the vil- lage. One of these was that Rockefeller was in mortal terror of being kidnaped. Another was that Rockefeller lived In constant fear of assassination by an- archists. It was for these reasons, ac- cording to report, that Rockefeller al- ways rode In a closed carriage. ¥ ‘Worry over the condition of his favor- ite daughter, Mrs, Charles A. Strong, who has been at Cannes, France, for th last two years undergoing treatment for mental allment, is sald to have driven Rockefeller to_the verge of mental col- lapse. Mrs. Strong, who is under the delusion that she is doomed to die poor, is being treated by the best European specialists. Mrs. Rockefeller, who regularly attends the Baptist church, was not present at the service today and her absence was commented upon. Rockefeller's secretary assured the newspaper men this after- noon that Mrs. Rockefeller was not 1Il, but he declined to say anything about Rockefeller. SWIFT TO BUILD PLANT IN OREGON ‘Will Erect ing House to Cost $1,000, in Portland. PORTLAND, March 18.—Louis F. Swift, head of the packing concern of Swift & Co., is In Portland to compléte arrangements for a million-dollar pack- ing plant, which his firm will bulld in this city. The output will be 500 cattle, 1000 sheep and 1000 hogs a day, and employment will be provided for 1000 hands. The purpose of the plant is to enable Swift & Co. to enter the Alaska and Orfental markets, besides further- ing their interests in the Northwest. ———————— NEAR DEATH IN NEBRASKA Has Served in Indian Wars and Held Seat in the United LINCOLN, Nebr., March 18.—In his eighty-seventh year, General John Mil- ton Thayer lies tonight at his home In this city at the point of death. Dr. Houtz, his atjending physician, said to- t: M"‘(‘;enonl Thayer may survive for two or three days, but I belleve there is no chance for his recovery.” AGED possible for him to rally. two sons were summoned to his bed- side, Dana Thayer of Medker, Colo., g hn M. Thayer Jr. of Alton, IlL e Nebraska since | which has been Thayer has lived in uil He was a brigadler general and| major general in the Indian wars of PRICE' FIVE 'CENTS. NEW YORK LIFE MEN REBUKED Policy-Holders Object to Use of Company Funds in Fight for Officials’ Re-Election. PRESIDENT OF m‘} NEW YORK REPRESENTIN! ING TO PROTECT NEW YORK, March 18.—Samuel Unter- meyer, counsel for the international policy- holders’ committee of the New York Life Company, today sent a letter to -Alex- ander E. Orr, president of the New York Life, protesting in the name ef the pollcy- holders against what he terms the extra- ordinary effort that is being made by the officers of the company to obtaln proxies for the annual election, which is to be held early in April Untermeyer’s letter explains the objects of the committes and declares th: election $hould be held until legis! affecting the insurance business have been enacted. Addressing Orr, Untermeyer says that, as the representative of upward of 5000 agency printed letters and circulars issued from your head office, signed by the cashier of the y, with an accompanying form of proxy, addressed to policy- holders, enclosing a blography of each HAMILTON ON WARPATH. Actively Campaigning Against the New York Life’s Trustees. + ALBANY, N. Y., March 18.—Judge An- Hamilton said tonight that he LIFB THE INTERNATIONAL THE INTERESTS OF INSURANCE COMPANY AND CQUNSEL THAT 1S ENDEAVOR- POLICY HOLDERS. he has characterized as he did the New York Life trustees in his speech before the legislative committes last week. Judge Hamilton tonight expressed the opinion that when the bills proposed by the Armstrong committes were re- ported they should contain a provision that no trustee legislated out of office next November, as recommended by the committee, should be eligible for re~ election until a full year had elapsed. “The propriety of this is obvious™ sald Judge Hamilton, “and I belleve a demand for it is coming to a‘head. -You know we have adopted from the Eng- lish common law the precaution that {no Sheriff can be re-elected umtil a fterm of service has elapsed. The term of years and yet be known to them.” ST ENORMOUS CAMPAIGN ¥FUND. NEW YORK, March 15.—Axn Albany spe« clal to the American says: “The New York Insurance trust com- tributed over §1,000.000 to the McKinley campaign fund of 1396 and 1300 and the Roosevelt. campalgn of 134 The ‘Bigy Three’ put up at least $750,000 of this ‘E"Fg:al | :