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

THE WEATHER. For San Francisco and Vicinity : Fair Thursday; fresh west winds; fog 1 morning. - ~ AN \N'exf.'ifiunday's Call, tells why ‘yofing‘ li;ér;\‘should get into politics. SAN FRANCISCO, THURSDAY, AUGU ST o9, 1906. PRICE FIVE CENTS. K0S A MOTIVE TRANSATLANTIC FOR SLAYING EASTEN FUND O0F WHITE. ATTACHED, crome Has Evidence That|Over Half Mfllion Do“ars3 Chorus Girl's Prank| in New York Seized for| San Francisco’s Assured 'POLICY HOLDERS READY TO FIGHT Will Carry the Battle for Just Treatment Into the Courts of the German Empire | HE $565,000 deposited in New| York by the Transatlantic Fire| urance Company of Ham- has been attached by the| of San Francisco to pre- sration from United States | a Moved Thaw to Homicide MASQUERADED AS EVELYN NESBIT Architect FJ Into Trap Wrote Note That Husband and o | b the nraged cor the from ng across the water with this ng in New Walter I York by agents of Attorney inforth, who acted in the tew policy-holders whose ut $6 ). The entire is a trust fund for policy-holders and in case the courts | of the assured just > distributed propor- | it of all of this count the ¢ antic’'s policy-holders | afternoon and decided | organization to fight as a| it for their ri The battle will | An | the German probability orney for the Ger- San ¥ will atherland to prosecute the inst the Transatiantic. 1 ar hts. serman courts. ersant with ws, 4n all ancisco, be ag EXPECT A S ETTLEMENT. | It is believed that after a show of fight has besn made ih Germany and the exaci sijnetion In San Franciseo on | ned before a German court Company will offer| ms on an equitable 1f the corporation should refuse ts will be brought by 1 of the policy-holders. The expense ding an attorney to Germany will be borne by the body of assured Headquarters will be opened for the this morning at 1100 The policy-holders er their names there so that to be to Germany 11 information necessary FINDS TWO DEPOSITS. y-holders SENDS NOTE TO MRS. — THAW. sent asket of ses to her ad- It was Attorney Walter H. Linforth discoverefigtt ets of the man ¢ in New York. These as- to be the attachable ds of the company in America. Two ndred thousand dollars of the sum| in New York is deposited with or 3 the Insurance Commissioner. The re- £ ng $365,000 is in the hands of three trustees, 3. C. Hults, Paul Lich- k tenstein and Joseph Andrews. This . est of Mr Jerome. | s was placed in the hands of these s will be ome of | trustees as a safety fund It was done by Transatlantic for advertising purposes to help its United States busi- . Being a trust fund it must be| ided among all the creditors of the corporation : | It has been learned that the assets of Transatlantic, including the rei amount to nearly $5,000,000. nt will amply cover the San about $4,000,000. A | rolling interest in the stock Is y the Blumberger estate, an old an estate worth many millions of | lars. The personal liability law of | is to that of Cali- nesses for the COSTLY SOUVENIRS 60 70 DFFICERS BUILDING, the nce, isco loss of rmany similar fornia ANXIOUS TO HANG e Department pro- fesse es from Manila 3 s wing feel I e officer of | 2 American A rom ved in the| AL n y will be SPECIAL DISPATCH TO THE CALL. ed be Is com-| cAN QUENTIN, Aug. S.—Willlam JI. g 2 Staxid ihe - antire Trebilcox, a miner, who murdercd his ccupation of the|Wife in Grass Vallay on March 14, 1905, | are sald to is anxiously awaiting the hour set for officer | 1is execution. He will be hanged| Friday at 10:30 o'clock. When Trebil- cox appeared for sentence he asked the | eneral as well nors and ) the work y should d there costly lands made the >ps crossing the Pacific their friends. and vice ai governors ners for officers Judge to fix an early date, saying he was sorry for his crime and wished to| the penalty as soon as possible. Judge asked him to name the day | the murderer answered “Friday, | The Judge proved ;more | stream of pay The d August 10.” s t the officers now pressing the | agrecable than Trebilcox expected and | tion, who believe it Is im-|fixed Friday as the day. The miner the whole truth should come | geemed grateful when the Judge an- been beneficiaries of the s¥s- | ncunced the time, saying the best in- terests of the world would be sub- served by his removal, as he had been Great Damage by Floods. i | WORTH, Tex. Aug. S.—Re-| y . .qay morning he went into the | the floods in the Territories | , iy chamber, where he will pass his| at the damage will be great. | . o 4 ,g on earth under the vigilant estimates place the 1088 |, o5 of Alvin G. Kelly and F. E. Arm- | strong, the death watch. IRIESER et P =0 S ative time at $1,000.000, suffered | by the raliroads. to t mostly | a month. Blood on the :oft blonde hair | | just back of the temple,- indicated the | thought to be a woman sitting on the |and about 8 o'clock a. m. was found dren, murdered. He had been shot | under the eye, the bullet passing| through his head, causing instant | death. HOEOUS CRIME Government Awakes to the Stea of T'imber LLand 1n State. DSELOSED CHANGE Murdered Woman Found in the Lonely Glades of Santa Monica Canyon IDENTITY OF THE VICTIM UNKNOWN Found Seat; Where She Died,” a Bullet Hole Through Her Skull ©OS ANGELES, Aug. 8.—Seated on the hillside in the underbrush of a lonely canyon two miles above Santa Monica, the body of an un- Xnown woman was found this after- She was bent slightly forward, with legs crossed and hands in lap. The indications are that she had been murdered and had been dead at least noon. and a wound on either side of the head, probable course of a bullet and told of | a canyon tragedy that will unquestion- ally prove difficult of solution. { The woman was slight of build, be- | ing about five fect two Inches in heigh® and probably in life weighed not to ex |ceed 110 pounds. The hands are frail and the body delicate. The hair dressed in a fashionable style and held in place by the ordinary shell hairpins and back comb. CLOTHING INDICATES TASTE. The clothing was all of fine material, | indicating the wearer to Lave been | woman of good taste, although the ab- scnce of rings or jewelry of any de- | scription would lead to the belief that | she was not a person of wealth, unless the purpose of the murder was rovbery and she was stripped of her gems after death. There was neither hat nor wrap. “he walst was of white material, em- | vas | broidered, the skirt of changeable red | eilk, trimmed Swith white embroidered | braid, and the shoes of zood quality| of the blucher gut, the marks thereon | havinz beern ebliterated, except theE word “Pingree.” No fillings are ob-| served in the teethi but one or two front teeth, both upper and lower, ars | missing. | The body ‘was discovered by Thomas | | Horton while driving through the can- | yon. When about 300 feet from *the | mouth of the arroyo he stopped for a rest. Unhitching his horses, he started through the underbrush in search of a place to water his animals. While on this quest his eye was attracted to a piece of silk cloth lying among the bushes. It seemed of good quality and excited his suspicion. Looking dGeeper in the undergrowth he saw what he| side of the hill. Approaching he was horrified to discover that what he had| presumed was a picnicker was a corpse. } Fhe hands and face were fleshless. The in immediate vicinity | looked as though it had been soaked with blood, although there were no in- | dications of a struggre. | NO WEAPON IN No weapon was vound, although diligent inquiry was.made in the vi- cinity. The absence of a revolver pre- cludes the theory of suicide. ground the | THE VICINITY. | o The identity of the woman is a mys- There are no records of any one ing from this section who in any menner answers the description of the body found today. Who she may have| been, how she happened to be in the| nyon when she was killed and by whom and why will be inquired to-| morrow morning by Coroner Trout. aNOW MAN KILLED FROM AMBUSH. COVELO, Aug. 8.—Jacob Frej, supplies Covelo with snow to be used tery. mi ca: who in place of ice, left his home, sixteen miles from here, for Covelo with a pack of snow at 1 o’clock this morning near Parrington's schoolhouse, half a mile from his home, by school chil- | Frel was leading one of his pack- horses and when found still had hold of the rope. Indications show he was shot from lambush. Frei leaves a wife and three chil- dren. —_— Forger Jailed in Petaluma. PETALUMA, Aug. 8.—Constable James R. Sullivan of this city arrested | H. Walker of San Francisco at Monte| Rio yesterday on a charge of forgery. | Walker did not deny passing the| papers, but said another man had given them to him. <+ tigate in Plumas [ | and Butte. e - a3 HE United States Government has been aroused at last to the timber steals | Was]'lington to [nves- in the northern part of California.. The acquisition of vast tracts of forested land in Butte and Plumas counties by a few individuals is to be in- vestigated, and prison threatens some of the thieves. i - - GENERAL W/LZIAIMT HENRY 77000y e e O0JESKA INJURED INHEWY FALL SPECIAL DISPATCH TO THE GALL. LOS ANGELES, Aug. 8.—By a hair's | breadth Mme. Modjeska missed having an eye knocked out last evening at the home of Dr. John H. Martinflale on | Lucas avenue. As it was Mme. Mod- | jeska sustained a severe bruise of the temple and a slight laceration of the cheek. : Saturday Mme. Modjeska left the An- | gelus Hotel to pay a visit to tue family of Dr. Martindale. Last evening while walking upon the polished floor o: the | beautiful Martindale home her foot | slipped, and she fell heavily, striking | with her face the sharp corner of a | heavy table. It was a glancing blow | and just grazed her right temple and | eye, her cheek receiving the force of | the blow. She was* attended by Dr. Martindale and went to the’ home of | her former companion, Anafovia Fkow- ronska, in East .wenty-eighta street. Because of the accident Mme Mod- jeska was forced to cancel a number of engagements in this city. Today Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Rice of Tustin came to Los Angeles, and the well known actress and her friends! went to San Diego, where Mme. Mod- jeska will Test quietly for a time. — % THEATRICAL FOLK WHO LOST i BY BIG FIRE RECEIVE AID Madame Sembrich Deposits With Ac- tors’ Union $11,000 Collected t for Their Use. NEW YORK, Aug. 8—President Harry de Veaux of the Actors’ Na- tional Protective Union announced to- | day that Madame Sembrich, the prima donna, had deposited with the union | $11,000, collected for chorus singers, actors and others, who lost their ward- tobes during the San Francisco disaster. The money will be deposited as soon as demands are made. ‘\\\\\\\\\\\\ meda, + ‘High Officials Order =1 Thorough Inquiry Into Fjauds. EPRESENTATIVES of the Secretary of the Interior and the Attorney General of the United States, of the Chief of the General Land Department at Washington and of the Director of the Geological Survey will prosecute an investigation in Plumas and Butte coun California, to determine to what extent frauds have been mitted in the acquisi of mineral lands by placer entries in the counties mentioned. ties, com- H. H. Yard alone has focated 365,000 acres in Plumas County as placers. B. Walker and others have takem up as much more in Plumas and Butte counties. There has been a demand for an investigation ever since 1902. State Mineralogist Aubury has been officially informed that the Federal Government has finally resolved to learn all the facts and to proceed without delay Three quarters of a million acres of nd are the immediate subject of the quiry. The conduct of hundreds of] ¢n in Plumas and Butte counties who helped Yard and Walker and the others to gef“such vast tracts of land will be brought into review and pris- ons may be opened to receive pere jurers by the score. Experts to Arrive Soon. Every tract of land entered by par- ties who are suspected or ‘who are accused of grabbing the public do-i main illegally will be visited by men from different departments of the Government. Skilled geologists will with practical mining men decide what lands are mineralized and the: general extent of such mineralization, to determine whether the entries as placers are justified. FTTENPTS T0 KILL BABIES AND SELF.. ALAMEDA, Aug. 8.—Mrs. Helen Her- sey of 2304 Buena Vista avenue, Ala- took her two little baby boys into the sleeping chamber with her to- night, undressed them, tenderly ‘put on their night dresses, sat them down on the bed and as she began to tell them a good-night story turned on the gas in the room. At 10:30 o’¢lock her husband came home, and smeiled the escaping gas. “Helen,” _he cried, in sudden fear o an accident, “where are you?”" He ran to the sleeping chamber and found his wife and the two baby boys lying unconscious in each other’s arms across the bed. He carried them out on ,to the lawn and ran for help. Sev- eral doctors arrived and succeeded in restoring both the mother and babies to consciousness. They will recover. One boy, Bert, is 6 years old; the other is 4. The husband, W. D. Hersey, is em- ployed by the A. C. Tibbitts Company as a printer. He can give no reason | for his wife's attempt to kill herself and both the children. CALLED BY DRATH ON WEDDING DAY CHICAGO, Aug. 8..-While preparing for his wedding Dr. Samuel B. Craw- fcrd. 32 years old, dled suddenly today at the home of his prospective bride. Mrs. Rose Sykes. Dr. Crawford had been living at the Sykes home for several years. The wed- ing had been set for today. Mrs. Sykes | was in her room donning her wedding garments when she heard a moan from Dr. Crawford's room. Hurrying to the room she found him lying on the floor scarcely able to speak. A physician was immediately summoned, but Dr. Crawford died within a few minutes. On a dresser in the room a small vial containing chloral solution was found. At first it was believed that this might have been used by Dr. Crawford in ending his life, but later it was learned that he had been ill and was using the medicine to ease his pains, Miners wi!-] repm"z w'ne!'n‘er the proper assessment work has been -—- | done to justify the holding of mineral lands on placer locations. A repre- sentative of the Attorney General's e E: office at Washington will look into the legal phases of the several trans- ions that are under question and evidence will be acguired that may be " very useful if prosecutions are ordered. This information is given out by State Mineralogist Aubury, to whose - KLU A OEER, Little Jean Boalt Wkeelsr, year-old daughter of Attorney Charles the 10- Stetson Wheeler, has distinguished | persistent efforts, extending through | herself as a markswoman by shooting a period of four years, the pending a deer at 100 yards straig through | extensive inve ation is due. Aubury been in communication with the Secretary of the Interior during many months. He was informed yesterday that a party of experts was about to start for California and would arrive about the 1st of September to begin work. the heart. Little Jean was up at her country home, The Bend, the McClond River, with her parents and Benjamin Ide Wheeler when she | made the remarkable shot. | _The party -stapted from The Bend lat 4 o'clock last Saturday morning on horseback. - As they rode up ihrough the forest little Jean asked that she be | {allowed to lead the way. Her father| | consented and little Jean, wha was dressed in knickerbockers and boots | to the knees, went forward as the ad- {vance guard. She had only | | short distance when she | brought her horse to a stop. Three hundred fect ahead of her she | |saw a buck standing with head high {in alr. The beast turned suddenly and | was_ about to bound away into the woods when little Jean raised her rifie ané fired. She shot the animal straight through the heart and it fell dead as 5lt turned. | The deer weighed ninety pounds |after it was dressed. The skin and | head were brought to the city vester- |cay and are now in the hands of the| taxidermist. The Wheelers have spent part of the summer of every year at their home| | on the McCloud River for the last ten years. This year their stay there has | been short. During the sojourn -there this time C. S. Wheeler shot a six-point and Benjamin Ide Wheeler a four-point| The pending investigation results § | | acer. ¢ from a recent decision of Secretary M S et Hitcheock of the Interior Department Whesler oturned”home on Tuesdhy. | —5 ity o F s e el Little Jean and her brother, . s.|that he will, n every 3 Wheeler Jr., are still at the McCloud | Proper complaint has been made by looking for more game. | the forest service, notify mineral e e | locators to appear before the local Tinwieging Nutve - Shtt. | land office and show cause why their SAN BERNARDINO, Aug. S.—Georse| |ocations should not be declared in- }A. Bailey, a prominent mineralogist, to- ‘[ valid. The Secretary of the Interior Bori he“filxtl:‘:’:.z:?eph Lo N"L | has also agreed to detail to the forest! son to col nt commission | 2 S on 'the sale of the Copper King group | SCTVice capable SCOFo‘g'!d:ts t‘; gather of mines In this county. Balley u-;evlde.nce as to the validity of mining leges that he made an agreement to lOcations that have been made in the, sell the mines on a commission buulforest reserve. last: March Hundreds of thousands of acres of father's on Sell Oaths. These experts will first investigate the methods and acts of H. H. Yard. Then they will proceed to take up other cases and inquire into various gone a|vast ownerships of Government lands suddenly | that have been acquired by the simple expedient of entering thousands of acres as placer locations. The announcement will cause great excitement in Plumas County, where land-grabbing has been a ‘vastly profitable industry for some years and where the Government has parted with areas of royal size to see them all pass into the control of something like a dozen indivduals and corpora- tions. Perjury in Plumas County on an unparalleled scale is alleged Men are reported to have taken oath in aid of land grabbers at the rate of $5 per oath, which is considered to be very low when perjury is likely to land the perjurer in a felon's cell.