The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, August 18, 1906, Page 3

3 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, AUGUST 18, 1906. = ‘Destruction | of Valparaiso by Earthauake, Valparaiso Is Center of Chilean Enterprise. Continued I‘rnm Page 1, Column 7. old but city the sped in the row, the and the ecob out in n as one of the world. | the Amen- business Lack of News Due to | Severance of Wires| Officials | Days May Elapse re Facts are Sent. 1e State Department gation, to the fact troyed telegraphi ation. The au. ar that sev re al ial any ide world . Charge on, this but at the same time to the impossibility of approached the of news DR. PIERCE’S REMEDIES. DIED SUDDENLY OF HEART DISEASE. How frequently does a head line simi- ar to the above greet us in the news- papers. The rush, push and strenuous- ness of the American peopie has a strong dency w lead up to valvular apd other affections of the heart, attended by ir- r action, palpitation, dizziness, red sensations and other diswress- symptoms. ma tos Ky Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Dis- whi d is made are recommended by some edica covery of the lesding writers on Materia the cure of just such cases. Goiden Ux1TED STATES DISPENSATORY, & stand- grd authority, "to impart tone and in- rreased power to the heart’s action.” Numerous other leading authorities rep- resent Golden Seal as an unsurp: tonic for the muscular system in general, and the heart is n‘lmon iwl:o ty ml:ln- posed of muscular tissue, it nsturally follows that it must be greatly stmng.h ened by this superb, general tonic. ut probably the most important ingredient of 'Gofdeu Medical Discovery,” so far as its marvelous cures of vslvular and other affections of the heart are con- cerned, is Stone root, Prof. Wm. Palne, Epitomy of Medicine, author of Paine’s says of it: - ince, had & patient who was wglfif‘:;’:fl‘m& with v ar diseass of the heart &nt his friends were obliged to up-stairs. He, however, graduslly CETTY g under the infiuence of Collinsonin {medicinal principle extracted from Stone root), and is now attending to his business. Heretofore physicians knew of 1o nlaedy for the nmcn.é)! w“q::‘t‘rusmt and so dan- gerous & mal S e g ness-work, and it fearfully warnt fifihmod that desth was near at hand. Col- s » unguestionsbly sffords relief in lxx:,:fn cl:aeu.nqmd in most instances effects & cure.” [} oot is also recommended by Drs. Hallron:;d Ellingwood, of Chicago, for valvular and other diseases of the heart. The latter says: "It is & hur: tonic of direet and influence.” “Golden Medical Discovery,” not only cures serious heart sffections, but is a most efficient gex tonic and invl‘?r- stor, strengthening the stomach, lnvr orating the liver, regulating the \fiwe .fi and curing cstarrha: affections parts of the system. Dr. Pierce’s Pellets cure Constipation. e —————————————————— MR‘I‘ERS Genuine Must Bear Fac-Simile Signature W REFUSE SUBSTITUTES: unn’s Probable Detense Temporary Insanity. % EMPORARY insanity will be the plea of Lieu- tenant Dunn, accused of immoral conduct aboard the training ship Independence, at Mare Island. Itseems asif this is his only possible defense. 5 = 4 _ ComradesTellof Naval Officer'sWild Time JO. Aug. 17.—As was predicted in The Call several days ago, temporary insanity will be the plea when the defense in the case of Lieutenant Edward H. Dunn opens tomorrow morning in the court-martial proceedings under way at the Mare Island'navy yard. ALL This was as good as admitted this afternoon by Attorney J. T. Ryan, who let drop the only point that he has yet given out as to the plan of\Dunn’s counsel The prosecution concluded this afternoon and it does not seem that anything more is needed to prove the charges of immoral conduct against Dunn. Tt may be that the defense will take a bold chance and close the case without the presentation of any evidence to refute that of the prose- cution, but will simply endeavor to show that Dunn must have been tem- porarily insane from his dissipation for a month previous to his arrest. It h a course is pursued the case will close tomorrow. CAPTAIN HARBER RECEIVES THE NEWS. The more important witness today was Captain Giles B. Harber, com- manding officer of the ship, whose absence was taken advantage of on last, by Dunn to bring the immoral woman, Marion Churchill, i. Harber told of his return to the ship and of his being informed by a committee of officers of the fact that Dunn was entertaining in his quarters a woman of disreputable character. George Woyisha, the Japan- ese mess attendant, who, it is said, was requested by Mrs. Harber, wife of the captain, to spy on Dunn and the woman, was one of the strongest witnesses yet furnished by the prosecution. He told of being in the pantry on the evening when Dunn and Marion Churchill sat down to their dinner July 16, abo and hurricanes. ee of the prominent iWnu of | eal root, for instance, is said by the | or Oollinsonia Cam., | them it was all | in the wardroom of the officers’ mess and of the conduct of the two at Later the Jap- Dunn's quarters and late that night On these visits he saw Miss that time anese took two bottles of beer to Churchill in the room with Dunn. DUNN ASKS KUTZ RATIONAL Q Passed Assjstant Pavmaster Kutz of T His testimony will not Dunn asked Kutz if there was not h 16. her aboard, he said, but she refused to assist him In answer to a question, Kutz t being given and recalled that the v D the beer cold. Chief Yeoman W. E. Richmond SAY WHISKY WAS THROWN OV Paymaster Rish Nicholsen, cisco sor , was listened to with a testify, as it has been whispered tha subsequent ones than he is telling. conduct which have been covered in told of the search made of Dunn's w v in the room. isky thrown overboard. Keough, who acted as an escort for moved from the ship. room by the officer of the deck and of by the couple after Dunn's arrest. They ate their meal alone, but not in silence. answered a call with a bottle of champagne. elf of the woman without creating a scene. v the Churchill woman sitting on the bed. v and was able to perform his duties. "ERBOARD. He told of hav! UESTION. told of meeting Dunn on the afternoon help the plea of temporary insanity. some manner .in which he could rid He was tired of having to leave the ship and he asked Kutz Kutz was friendly, but he did not desire to mix in the case. old of overhearing an order for beer oice sounded very much like that of A moment later a woman's voice followed with instruction to have told of having been in Dunn's room Dunn was drinking one of the familiar figures in San Fran- ttention when he was called upon to t he knows more of the incident and He told of various incidents of Dunn's the testimdny already published. He quarters, under orders from Captain Harber, and of the finding of several bottles of beer and a demijohn of The beer was returned to the pantry and the whisky The last witness of the day and for the prosecution was Master-at-Arms Marion Churchill when she was re- ing been ordered to keep near Dunn’s his examination of the room occupied & |buildings are all low, he said, rarely if ever exceeding three or four stories in height, and so Bolidly constructed that it is questionable, whether a shock, even as severe as that which visited California, could destroy them. “¥ou know that earthquakes are not at all uncommon in Valparaiso and at other points along the coast said Senor Vega. “In fact, Valparaiso, our greatest port, is frequently visited by seismic disturbances and has suffered from earthquake shocks, tidal waves Hurricanes sweeping the coast and into the harbor down are as common as earthshocks.” Neither Minister John Hicks at San- tiago, nor any of the twelve United States consuls in Chile, has communi- cated with the State Department up to a late hour tonight, and the Navy De- partment has no ship in those waters. Secretary Root, on the cruiser Charles- ton, is scheduled to arrive at Val- |paraiso on August 25, and it is not |known whether the earthquake will in- |terfere with his plans. At the Weather Bureau here it is believed that the shock was general throughout both North and South | America® INSURANCE LOSS, Not so Great in Valparaiso as in San Francsco. LIVERPOOL, Aug. 17.—Most of the British fire insurance companies have interests in Valparaiso, Chile, but the amount involved is not nearly so great as was the case in San Francisco. LIVERPOOL, Aug. 17.—Up to a late hour this evening the insurance com- panies had not heard from their repre- sentatives at Valparaiso. Little Damage at Mendoza. LONDON, Aug. 17.—The earthquake | shock felt at Mendoza, Argentina, last | night did not have any serious results, according to a dispatch to the Reuter | Telegraph Company from Buenos Ayres. T0 WED WILL GO3T 510,000 A YEAR, ST. PAUL, Aug. 17.—Judge Hallam decided today that the ante-nuptial agreement between Dr. E. W. Appleby and Cornelia Day Wilder, which pro- | vided that Dr. Appleby should draw on | the estate of<Mrs. Appleby annually for | $10,000 after her death, providing he did not marry again, is valid. The estate of Mrs. Appleby was valued at $850,000 and is a part of what | is known as the Wilder charity, which by the wills of Mr. and Mrs. Wilder and | their daughter, Mrs. Appleby, all de- | ceased, was left in trust to the worthy |poor of St. Paul. The entire estate | amounts to about $2,000,000. Dr. Apple- | by sought to have the ante-nuptial | agreement declared void. He also tried | to have set aside the charitable bequest in his wife’s will on the ground that it |was vold and that the Wilder home, | with a fund of $5000 a year for mainte- | nance was rightfully his, whether or ‘n% he lived in it. | ‘he Probate Court decided adversely to Dr. Appleby on all these points and lnn appeal was taken to the District Court, which today decided with the Probate Court. BUILDING PERMITS. — 'Zplluuau for bullding permits were flled vesterdsy by C. C. Mobun & Co. for a structure on Fell street, near Van Ness avenue, to cost $34,000; by M. J. B&hlam. southwest m of iton Park and Guerrero_ stree! ,000, and Eugene Len! Howard street Ald"ll’eld-l alley, $21,000. b UNGLE SAM TO DI 0N DITGRES, H SPECIAL DISPATCH TO THE CALL. WASHINGTON, Aug. 17.—Recent | failures of contractors on Shoshone and | other irrigation plants, followed by | the Government’s confiscation of their | outfits, may lead to a complete reor- | ganization of the methods of conduct- |ing reclamation works. The Interior Department is making a thorough in- | vestigation of the systems and meth- |ods of the various contractors on reclamation works, which is said to | promise some remarkable revelations. | Great profits have been made by soma | contractors. The apparent impossibil- |ity of getting work done by contract | unless an immense profit is assured is | causing officials to consider seriously | the desirability of quitting the whole | coutract system ana doing the work | directly, | built. as the Panama tanal is being Indeed, contract system in reclamation work |13 one of the strong arguments em- ployed against its adoption on the canal zone. The most serious part of the present crisis in reclamation work is that it will cause considerable delay io" important projects, and also that it | may jar the confidence of Congress in | the | the hands of Eastern critics who were | never very friendly toward the enter- | prise and will gladly take a weapon | with which to oppose the work. | Eastern and Southern States are itch- | ing to get their hands into the reclama- tior. fund to drain their swamps and | do like work, and if they once get it | fairly started the West will have small chance for more irrigation in the near future. ENGINEER RESIGNS. | Irrigation Expert Leaves Government Service for That of Los Angeles. WASHINGTON, Aug. 17.— Homer Hamlin, district engineer in charge of the Yuma irrigation project in Cali- | fornia and Arizona, has tendered his resignation and will accept the posi- tion of City Engineer at Los Angeles. His resignation will take effect Sep- tember 1. Hamlin's resignation was accepted with much regret by the offi- c.als of the reclamation service, as the demand for good engineers is greatly in excess of the supply. This is es- pecially true in Government work on | account of the low salaries paid by the United States as compared with those received in private practice. —_—— |FIAT OF STANDARD MAY ] SHUT DOWN OIL WELLS i’l‘lree-cent Reduction, It Is Fe ‘Will Prove Disastrous to Indian | Territory Producers. | . TUISA, I T, Aug. 17.—Robert Gal- {breath, one of the largest operators lin the territory, was quoted yesterday |as saying that the three-cent deduction by the Standard Oil Company in the price to be paid producers of oil will have the effect of stopping operations in that field and the shutting down of all wells now in operation. —ig i P Riverside Ferryman Kills Himself. RIVERSIDE, Aug. 17.—The body of W. L. Hutchinson was found hanging in his livery stable this morning. He had evidently committeed suicide while temporarily insane. He was 46 years of age. His wife left him some time ago, and he has appeared unbal- anced since. Telegraphic News Bulletins on Trains. of_the up-to-date feat o Tokang Limiten e e L frtling, Dews the train, © I s . the breakdown of the| reclamation work and strengthen | psible. BOARD OF ELIEF WL ERECT BARRACKS Forced, Through the Lack of Funds, to Give Up Plan for Individual Homes NO MORE LOANS TO REFUGEES Claims Against ' Treasury Reach Enormous Sum and Bring’ About the Change HE Relief Corporation has un- officially decided to receive no more applications for building bonuses, or for loans lon build- Ings, or for the purchase of buildings on the installment plan. This action lacks the official touch, to be sure, but those who know the condition.of the relief fund, the demands on that fund and the tremendous expenses which drain it see in the unofficial action of vesterday the ending of the original plan of the corporation to house the people in individual homes. If any other evidence were necessary the fact that the members of the executive committee appeared yesterday before the Park Commissioners and secured permission to erect barracks in the parks in which to house the people this winter would be sufficient. CLAIMS NEARLY A MILLION. The informal action was taken at a ltncheon yesterday which the five members of the corporation attended. The figures showing the inability of the corporation to carry. out its plans for building houses were gone into. They made a depressing array. The fact was apparent that on the present showing the corperation had no $2,500,- 000 to invest in buildings to be sold on the installment plan. No definite de- ADVERTISEMENTS. cision was reached—that is to be passed up tewthe special meeting of the | directors to be’ held next Tuesday—but! it was decided that no more applica- | tions for bonuses, loans or houses| be received, and that aetion on the ap- | riications already received should be | delayed until after the meeting of the | directors next Tuesday. It is interesting to note that the | Tuesday meeting was called originally to consider the disposition of claims against the relief fund tor goods al- leged to have been confiscated during the fire. These claims aggregate about $800,000. 5 DOHRMANN GIVES WARNING. The plan which the executive com- mittee has practically abandoned had three features. The first of these set aside $500,000 for bonuses for those who wished to build on land in the burned district. These bonuses were not to be more than one-third the cost of the bullding and in no case to be more than $500. The second feature provided $500,000 to be loaned to per- sons wishing to build, security being taken in the form of second mortgage on the property. The third feature involved the expenditure of $2,500,000 in the purchase of land and the Bulld- ing of houses, the Houses to be rented or sold to tenants on the installment plan; the payments to be completed in five yvears, Early last week Chairman Dohrmann of the rehabilitation committee point- ed out to his fellow directors that it was possible to exhaust the fund in ninety days. Gradually the several members have come to his way of thinking. Garret McEnerney’s state- ment at the meeting of the directors last Tuesday that the claims for con- fiscated goods should be paid even though the housing of the people were allowed to g0 is in line witn the policy of those who have advocated payment of the claims. BARRACKS IN PARK. James D. Phelan, chairman of the executive committee of the Relief Corporation, admitted yesterday that applications for assistance under the building plan have been suspended. “No more applications for bonuses, loans or buildings,” said Phelan, “will be recefved for, the present. We have received so many applications that we must stop for a time and find out how we stand. We must measure our cloth. Those who have already made application for bonuses will be given consideration, - but applications for loans and for houses to be built by the corporation will be suspended until further notice. “We found many difficulties in the way of carrying out our plans. We did not secure the necessary land as réadily as we supposed would be pos- Then, there was the enormous cost of building the houses, which we found beyond the limit of our funds. On Tuesday next the matter of claims for goods confiscated during the fire will come before the directors.. The whole matter will be brought before them. Some definite action will prob- ably be taken. “You may,” continued Phelan, “tell the people to look out for houses out- side the relief fund. At present the committee will use all haste to secure portable houses and build barracks in the parks against the neceds of the winter.” BUILDING MUST WAIT, Chairman Dohrmann of the - litation committee stated in regr:?d.btlo the proposed change of plan that the matter would probably be decided at the meeting of the directors on Tuesday. “Our first duty,” said Dohrmann, “is to house, feed and rehabilitate the people. If we find that we have not money enough to do this, the building plan. will have to be abandoned. “We have been criticised for chang- ing our plans,” Dohrmann continued, “but when I am convinced that I am in the wrong I am always willing to change my plans. This is no exception to the rule. If the bullding of the houses is not practicable, the plan will have to be abandoned. ASK FOR PARK SPACE. Yesterday the directors of the cor- poration appeared before the Park Commissioners and asked permission to erect barracks jn the parks of the city to house the refugees this win- ter. 3 The desired permission was granted, with the understanding that the bar- racks are to be removed within one year. Just what part the disagreement among the directors as to the dispo- sition of the claims for confiscated Marion Melius’ account; gressive, but simple plan/ chusetts, is_bringing hér children of low intelligence and! small opportunities up'to the higher level; Then Teagfié showing .. how ¥ victims £ of _ bucket-shop. swindlers 4can, recover their lossés, and how bucket-shoppers_cang be driven out of busifiess, 1éaving the field _clear to légiti- mate investors and._saving the millions, and .the horior, Guilty ! He who' tears down for the jc;;' of it or for the at- tention_he may draw tdward himself, should himself be torn down.%vBut he who points out the evils of the time and indicates how they may be remedied ; he who points to the good that is being done,,and the’good that may be done—he, we_believe, Jhas a place in our progressive;. y?which.h and even the: lives of good: Americans! Just ou /453 t active,’ strenuous,” earnest, American,life—whethe be amaror a magazine, ,Just pick up the September; number of, Everybody's® :and,look for the ‘tearing down. . ! See,Riissell—how 4 he { pictures theFabolition of S e & Ko e s (] slavery in Australia==didn’t you know, there,was;actual’ hurhan slavery there six years ago 23 How. a small .body of workingmen did_work , too_ big _ forZexperienced§and able legislatorsecontrolling strikes and}a ,land-domina- rahe” tion equal to our Trust and Railroad domination’§Read e~ big, broad-minded,"pro: Springfield, § Massa, gazine 15 Cents _wAnd that’s why EVERYBODY’S pays advertisers" CLEANS [P MILLIONS. SPECIAL DISPATCH TO THE CALL. NEW YORK, Aug. 17.—Winners of millions in the Harriman lines coup: E. H. Harriman, $5,000,000. King Edward VII; $200,000. ‘William Rockefeller, $1,000,000. Alfred G. Vanderbilt, $1,000,000. James R. Keene, $2,000,000. John W. Gates $1,000,000. H. H. Rogers, $1,000,000. William K. Vanderbilt, $1,000,000. James Stillman, $1,000,000. | The executive committee of the Union and Southern Pacific companies | announced today that the following | dividends had been declared: A semi- annual dividend of 2 per cent on the preferred and a semi-annual dividend of 5 per cent on the common stock of | the Union Pacific, and a semi-annual | dividend of 2% per cent on the com- | mon stock of the Southern Pacific. 1 The 5 per cent dividend on the com- | mon stock of the Union Pacific com- | pares with a previous dividend of 3 per | cent on that stock. The dividend on | Southern Pacific common stogk is the first ever declared on that stock. The | official announcement says: | “It is understood that of the dividend | of 5 per cent on the common stock of the Union Pacific 3 per cent is charged to surplus earnings of the raflroad and 2 per cent to income from investments.” EXCITEMENT AMONG BROKERS. Amid scenes of frantic trading on the Stock Exchange Union Pacific stock rushed upward 17% points a share and that of Southern Pacific 6% points today, after an announcement of divi- dends far in excess of what traders had expected. The result was that a large number of traders who had sold the stock short suffered sharp losses, and, according to an estimate reported by the Evening Post, a pool in Union Pa- cific stock realized profits amounting to $17,000,000 and a similar pool in Southern Pacific $10,000,000. Notwithstanding the meeting of the executive committees of the Union and Southern Pacific roads in this city yes- terday, the majority of brokers were totally unprepared for the announce- ment of dividends which was made public soon after the opening to to- day's market. SHORTS UNPREPARED. Brokers were swept into a mad struggle to buy the two stocks within a minute after the announcement was circulated and the excited scenes which ensued has hardly been exceeded since the great struggle to control Northern Pacific five years ago. The shorts in both Pacifics were surprised and un- prepared for the upward rush which followed, and led the scramble to cover. ‘Within half an hour after the an- nouncement, Union Pacific had bounded up more than 8 points and Southern Pacific nearly 7. Feverish activity prevailed in the two stocks throughout the session with various halts in the upward movement when the traders sold to realize profits. Except for these halts the upward movement in¢Union Pacific continued throughout the day to the close, when there was a slight recession on profit taking. goods played In the change of policy is problematical, but that such dis- agreement exists is evident from re- cent statements of the directors. The heaviest of these claims are for goods taken from the docks and warehouses of the transportation -companies in the days of and following the fire, it 25, NEWPORT GETS THE TIP. Big Winnings Made by the Soclety Folk From Gotham. NEWPORT, Aug. 17.—Newport, be- cause of Wall street, had a needed boom today. The four society broker firmg on Bellevue avenue Wwere inundated|, with orders to buy Unlon"Pacific, South- erm Pacific and other stocks at the opening. Harriman, who has a branch office next door to Ullman Brothers, with Elisha Dyer Jr. the popular co- tillon leader, was early on the ground, having arrived on his steam yacht, but he was as dumb as an oyster, even though he did give “tips,” as did Wil- liam ‘B. Leeds, a former president of | the Rock Island Railroad. Huhn, Edeye | & Co. and Hornblower & Weeks also had the. tip. | Scores of society men, headed by Og- | den Mills, scooped fortunes which they | will spend in social entertainments. Harriman refused to speak when the| report came over the ticker of the divi- | dends ‘declared by Union Pacific and| Southern Pacific. It was the greatest| |day ever known in financial circles in! Newport. Ogden Mills made a profit of $30,000. | Two of his friends expect checks to- morrow—one for $25,000 and the other for $12,500. | FLURRY IN LONDON. Pacific Rallronds Absorb Attention in British Market. LONDON, Aug. 17.—The American section of the Stock Exchange opened quiet on the receipt of the New York prices accompanied by reports of the dividend announcement of the Union | Pacific and Southern Pacific Railroad companies. Union Pacific immediately jumped 8 points from 1673% to 175%, and Southern Pacific advanced 6% points from $43% to 91. Trading was active and- excited and the closing prices were a few points below the best. These shares absorbed the at- tention of the market, other shares be- ing practically untouched. Forty-Three Killed in Warsaw. WARSAW, Aug. 17.—It is now known that forty-three persons were killed here August 15, of whom eight wéra policemen, and that eighteen police- men and about a hundred citizens were wounded. . R O O p 9 NOT How Cheap but How Good. Q That’sthe WayOur Clothing Is Made. gqQValu e.--H onest Value---at Every Price. BROS Fillmore at O’Farrell