The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 29, 1906, Page 1

A great many poems have been written on San Francisco's doubtful if anything that has equals in real which will be found on the front The Sunday Call disaster, but it is appeared magnificence the poem page of o e O-lly/4\. . Just fancy a King of Poland being born in California! That’s what it looks like, and the baby is the grandson of the officer who executed Maximilian of Mexico. Read the story of this remarkable baby in The Sunday Call VOLUME 'CI.Z\'of 29 OFFER BLOCD TO oME LIFE OF | DYING MAN For Reward of %2500 Two| Declare They Make Sacrifice VOLUNTEER TO RISK DEATH BY POISONING Transfusion From Prisoners Would Arteries Agreed Upon to Prevent Ravages of Deadly Virus OAKLAND, Dee. 28—~To stake one man’s life against that of another, dying from blood polsoning, purse of $£2500 in goid as the reward to him who would make the sacrifice, was the dramatic climax today in an effort to save from impending death David F. McWade, a prominent young attorney of this whose life is slowly ebbing at Fabiola Hespital. Only the decision of skilled physi- cians prevented the move by which a man was to take the risk of 100 to 1 #hat he would not survive the self- chosen sacrifice of blood transfusion. John Thomas, elty, soon to be discharged from the ( And, as the at the outset A gusrantee of im- responsibility in the | h was signed by the eclared himself nce for a chance had been of ectey s ex n gold by the frie the ds PLAN IS ABANDONED B after these arrangements had nysicians decided be ned, ben for the so serious Dar- de- ition grew r consultation, law partn heroic effort to ac- ing for the stricken sfusion of blood plan De to d with upon and Golia | the find a » good health who would make search led him to the out coin T , where two of the inmates, »mas and Hayes, were chosen. Dr. §. H. Buteau and Dr. O. D. Hamlin ex- was desired and empha- | ongly as they could the d there be a flow of blood back from the patient to the subject. TWO MEN VOLUNTEER what “you say there is $2500 in it?” queried Thomas. “Yeg, the money will be paid vou as soon as the operation is concluded,” rp»} ed De Golia | “I'1 take the chance for that amount | pl of money,” declared Thomas. “So will L” echoed Hayes Then came further medical confer- ence. Later Dr. Buteau explained as follows why abandoned: “Microscopical examination of the pa- tient's blood showed a large nymber of corpuscles, which are the destroyers of the bacteria These were formed artifi- -not by mnatural process. After completing our plans we reconsidered them and decided that introduce fuld from *the proposed Subject's ar- terfes might reduce the bacteria-fight- ing quality of the patient's blood and | not accomplish the desirsd result. This decision was reached after several con- | therefore the operation neces- the operation had h:t»n‘} | to ferences, gary to transfuse the blood will not be| attempted. The men who had expressed | 2 willingness to submit knew that they were taking an almost fatal chance.” McWade's condition resulted from in- fection in a slight wound in his neck. He started on a hunting trip a week sgo today. A pimple bothéted him and | he pricked it with a penknife, but, not peing relleved, he opened it a second time. McWade continued on his trip, but was taken ill and returned early this week to Oakland. “Ilis entire sys- ! tem was poisoned when he arrived. Dr. Buteau sent him to the hospital. The physicians have been unable to check with | | eap. | Rbyolite, INDEX OF THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL’S NEWS TODAY TELEPHONE TEMPORARY 86 SATURDAY, DECEMBER 29, 1906 WEATHER CONDITIONS YESTERDAY —Clear; west wind; maximum temperature, 56 minimum temperature, 45. FORECAST FOR TODAY~Fair; light north nd Page 7 w EDITORIAL Apology 1s about due from the Chronicle for story of theft of million from relief fund. P. 8 “car famine” has been advanced to the of a popular mystery. Page 8 Alaska’s needs are not many, but they are of the bighest importance to the people of that Titory. Secretary Metcalf's neglect of his duty to ex- amine both sides of Japanese question obvious from his report. Page 8 1t is not clear why Japan should undertake to double the size of its army at this particular time. ./ Pages GRAFT SCANDAL ( Judge Dunne grills Preslding Judge' Graham for entertaining motioh to separate Schmits and Ruef, who seek separate trials. 12 Ruef is trying to hush the seandal involving ome Bassity's Haymarket Theater. Page 2 Ty Governor-elect Gillett gives out word that only those applicants who are indorsed by their | county committees need expect places under his tration. Page 5 Cook denies motions for change of isdiction and special commission in murder trial of Jobn Siemsen. Page 14 A Brandensteln will erect a five-story build] to cost $119,000 at Mission and speurl street Pago & Significance sttaches to announcement that | Judge Grabem will take up probate work in Su- * Page 14| “Moore and Albert Jobnson escape coming to blows in heated tlt | ation proceedings. Page 14| d case results from efforts of mis- | to secure guardienship of Chinese | Page 14 | 2 Babeock, vice principsl of the Han- | ool and formerly Superintendent of les at bhome of Dr. Ragan. Page 14 Commissioners vote to enforce ordl- obibiting side-door entrances to saloons | e use of “boxes.” age 14 | nd ‘educators will have to deal with | of segregating white and anlnele Page 9 | Keyes, capitalist and clubman, found n bed at Pacific Union Club. Page 3| SUBURBAN | Accidental encounter on Alameda local train leads to engagement and marriage withip a few after the meeting of pair. Page ¢ de whose husband was arrested on their | wedding trip for theft sues for a divorce from | spouse. Page 4 George H. Goddard, one of the most promi- i ploneers and a civil engineer of early Cali- dies at Berkeley. Page 4 | makes crippled lad the target of bis | Jeklend and shoots bim in the eye, | its- sight. Page ¢ Pacific Company plans extensive | 0 in trackage and seeks freight yard facflitfes nmorth of Oakland mole. Page 4 Two Oskland prisoners offer themselves for $2500 reward as subjects for transfusfon of blood to dying man, though operation would mean slmost fatal results to the volunteers. P. 1 COAST Explosion at Dupont Powder Works, Sun(l‘ Cruz, wrecks part of plant abd Injures one | man. Page 2 DOMESTIC | President will send messaze to Congress call- ing sttention to break in Colorado River and mepsce to farmers. Page 3 George W. Perkins and George S. Fairehild, formes New York Life offictals, indicted in con ‘ nection with “Prussfan Lo Page 1 Alexander J. Cassatt, president of the Penn- | sylvania Railroad, dies of heart disease. Puezi \\(mL trade reviews show unparalleled volume | of business at close of year and outlook for 1907 s very bright Page Colored. soldier tries to rob Chinaman in Okla- | boma and shoots bim when he resists. Page 3 | Judge Williams, who disappeared from Den- | ver eight years ago, returns there and says be | Las been perfecting Wynn gold- extracting pro- | cess. Page 3 | in case of Colonel Mann of Town Topics | s verdict of mot guilty. Page 2 FOREIGN Severe storms coutinue throughout Europe, de- laying all maoner of traffic. Page 1 Sixteen persons killed and more than thirty injured in raflroad collision in Scotland. P.1 French Senate pesses new church bill. which will be completed in detail probably today. P. 2 Governor of Russian province is shot to death by two unknown anarchists. Page 1 PORTS Tony Faust runs another phenomenal race at Emeryville and wins tbe Fallen Leaf handi- Page 6 Champlon Jim Jeffries agrees to meet Squires. the Austrslian, in 8ght for a $30,000 purse at Nes, Page 6 Bookmakers at Ascot Park are reported to be beary losers for the season. Page 7 Tennis tournament commenced by juvenile players Thursday will be completed today on the Golden Gate Park courts. Page 9 Gans and Herman complete their bard training work for their fight. Page 2 LABOR Labor Commissioner Stafford’s report shows that labor disturbances are rapidly decreasing throughout the State. Page 8 MARINE Liner Dorlc encounters beavy head winds after leaving Honolulu &nd arrives a day late. Page 7 MINING = Struggle for control of the Belcher mine on the Comstock list is under way In the San Fran- cisco Stock and Exchange Board. Page 13 SOCIAL Mrs. Henry T. Scott is hostess at ball at Burlingame Club. Pege 8§ Henry A. Butters will entertain holiday house party st bis Pledmont bome. Page 4 REAL BESTATE ULl Brothers lease Academy of Sciences’ prop- on Market street for thirty-year term at more than $1,500,000 and will build eight-story class “A" structuore. Page § Place Your Want Ads FOR-THE undayCall | the insurance company. | indicted. THIS MORNING the deadliness of the poison, and Mc- Wade's condition has grown gradually worse. —_—— COUNT BONI'S ELECTION VALID PARIS, Dec. 28.—The Chamber of Deputies today decided that the latest election of Count Boni de Castellane to ‘the Chamber was valid. Send them to Maim Office or through Branch Offices— or telephone them. PEHKINS. Mfl FAIRCHILD Men Prominent in the New York Life Are Indicted for Third-Deg;'ee Forgery TRUE BILLS RESULT OF ‘““PRUSSIAN LOAN” Transfer of Stock Foreign Law Demanded Should Be Sold Is Specific Charge NEW YORK, Dec. 28.—The Grand Jury, which has been investigating the New York Life Insurance Company, re- turned indictments today forgery in charging the third degree against George W. Perkins, formerly vice presi- dent of the company and a member of J. P. Morgan & Co., and George S. Fairchild, formerly Secretary of the Treasury, president of the New York Security and Trust Company and a member of the finance committee of Perkins was in court when the indictments were an- nounced. He entered a plea of not guilty and gave bonds in the sum of $10,000, his sureties being J. P. Mor- gan Jr. and Cléveland H. Dodge. Fair- child is in Europe. Six indictments were returned against each of the two defendants, but all were based on the transaction known as the “Prussian loan,” the spe- cification as to forgery being alleged falsification of bookkeeping entries. It is asserted that certain railway stocks | were transferred by the insurance com- pany to the Security and Trust Com- pany in order to comply with the Prus- sian law, but that the transfer was not bona fide. INTERPRET LAW STRICTLY The Grand Jury coupled with the in- dictments a presentment in which it places itself on record as convinced that Perkins and Fairchild were “in- fluenced by a desire to benefit the pol- fey-holders.” . MMM further says the Indictments were returned only under a strict interpretation of the law as laid down by District At- torney Jerome. It has been an open secret for six days that Perkins would probably be The indictment of Fairchild came as a surprise, for he had nc | been publicly connected with the in- | vestigation. The New York Security and Trust Company, of which Fairchild was presi- dent, was at the time of the “Prussian loan” controlled by the New York Life Insurance Company. The railway shares were transferred by the New York Life to the Security and Trust| Company, and it is contended that if |a crime was committed Fairchild must have been cognizant of it and a party to the transaction. It is said that the discharge of the December Grand Jury, which followed the presentment of the insurance in- dictments, . does not end the inquiry into the New York Life. THE PRUSSIAN LOAN The “Prussian loan” matter was de- veloped during the Armstrong investi- gation. Some years ago the Prussian Government adopted a law which ex- cluded all American insuranée com- panies from doing business in that country. American life insurance com- panies were active there and the law was a serious blow. They at once made an effort to re-establish themselves by complying with the new law. As a result, a Prussian commission came to this country to investigate various (‘Ompanies\ Among these was the New York Life. The Commission returned to Prussia with the recommendation that the companies be permitted to write insurance again, provided they sell all stocks held_as securities, it being a fundamental principal of Prus- sian law that no insurance company should hold as collateral any stock. Only bonds were permissible, To meet this demand the New York Life agreed to sell 10,000 shares of Chicago and Northwestern preferred and 5800 shares of Chicagd, Milwaukee and St. Paul preferred. It is charged that instead of selling these stocks out- right, the company merely transferred them to the New York Security and Trust Company, a subsidiary concern, where they were held In trust, not be- ing actually disposed of until about one year later, when sold on the Stock Exchange at a profit to the company of $155,000. RUSSAN GOVERNOR aHOT T0 DEATH: OMSK, Asiatic Russia, Det. 28.—Gen- eral Litvianoff. Governor of the Prov- ince of Akmdlinsk, was assassinated in ‘the street close to his office today by two unknown men. ‘The attack was made in daylight. The men were armed with revolvers, and six of their shots were effective. The murderers escaped in a cab. + GMMI‘ GRANAMT. BBy T35ED INTD onnfiu. ash., Dec. 25— The 18- months-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert BaKer of Olympia was found burned to a crisp today-in -the smokestack of an engine following ‘a railroad acci- dent at Little Rock, this county, on the Northern Pacific. Mr. Baker, his wife and child had been riding in the ca- boose of the freight train, which had stopped at the station near a curye. No flag was' put out to warn other trains, and & wild engine running forty miles an hour came around the curve and crashed into the caboose. Mr. Baker had stepped off the train and was uninjured, though a witness to the accident. His wife was thrown against a hot stove and severely burned. The baby was tossed into the air, and when found was. dead, lodged in the smokestack of the engine. (The caboose caught fire and' burned to the ground. A male passenger escaped by breaking through the windows. et we g i A BLACKMAIL, SAYS WINGFIELD, DISCUSSING SCENE AT HOTEL Woman Who Claims His Name Denles She Created a Disturbance or Was Even in This City SAN JOSE, Dec. 28.—“How ridic- ulous,” sald Mrs. Gegrge Wingfield of Whitney street, San Jose, this after- noon, when shown the account pub- lished in San Francisco this morning of a sensational fracas in the St. Fran- cis Hotel, in which she was declared to have played a conspicuous part. “Why, T entertained friends here yes- terday evening and can prove I never left San Jose. Some one must surely have impersonated me, but I cannot imagine who woyld wish to do such a thing. The statement that I threat- ened to fill Mr. Wingfield full of lead is absurd. I know he is in San Fran- cisco on. some business and I am mot sure when he will return. But you can say that I am not jealous and that our relations are most cordial.” “Just a plain attempt at blackmail,” sald George Wingfield yesterday, dis- cussing the visit to the St. Francis of a woman who pretended to be his wife, bent on revenge and in search of money. “When that woman was ejected from the hotel,” continued Wingfield, ‘‘she threw & note at the clerk, in which the writer demanded $3000. The note was signed ‘May.’ Now, this note was-not in- the handwriting of May Berick, with whom I am ac- quainted, and it may have been that some one hired the. woman to visit the hotel for the purpose of annoying and blackmailing me. However, I would advise that the experiment be not re- peated; it might result seriously. “The woman in San Jose who an- nounces herself to be Mrs. Geéorge Wingfield is not my wlt-. She 1s May Berick, to whom I have referred be- fore, and has no right to use my name. | However, I believe her statement that |- she was not in the city.” UNIONC!“ Tenn., Dec. 28.—Rev. B. L. Holder, a Pres ‘minister, was assassinated last night at Troy, Tenn. EMBER 29, 1906. PRICE FIVE CENTS. moved ifirm Judge Dunnc's court. ‘rule, escapes severe winter Arouses Dunne’s Anger REMC JUDGE CRAHM hak. agreed fo consider the motion of Mayor Schmitz that his case be re- Angered at this interference, Judge Dunne announced that if Judge Crahcm ’s lnterference in Case of City’s |Gives Ear to Schmitz's Cry for Separate Trnal Caustically arraigning the methods of Presidng Judge Graham as an interference with the proper and orderly conduct of the prosecution of Mayor Schmitz and A. Ruef, under the five joint indictments for extortion, Judge Frank Dunne emphatically refused yesterday morning to permit the further procedure of the Grand Jury examination farce in the Ruef trial, and with equal em- phasis announced that if Graham took it upon himself to — 2 - -+ Theanx 77 Dowmr: = <= ML EUROPE HELD N STORMS 6AI LONDON, Dec. 28.—It is many vears since Central Europe has suffered so severely from an Arctic visitation as it has this Christmas week. From France, Belgium, Switzerland, Germany and ‘Austria-Hungary the same tale is re- Peated of heavy snowstorms, interrup- tion of telegraphic and railroad com- munication, loss of life and general discomfort. . While Great Britain, as a weather, she has suffered this vear to an almost unprecedented degree. According to reports tonight from northern points, the storm is growing worse. Railroad traffic in the northern part of "England and especially in Scotland is becoming completely tied up. Large cities .like Edinburgh, Dundee and Perth are . almost isolated. The tele- graphic services are disorganized and ‘would be completely uspless but for the éxtension In recent years of the un- derground wire system. The ‘snow- storms continue with equal severity in Northern Wales and in Ireland. None of the trains that left London Thursday over the Midland Railway has reached Edinburgh, while other trains are snowbound and passengers are suf- fering from cold and hunger. In London snow continues to fall at intervals and is bringing much dis- comfort besides involving the authori- ties in heavy expenses to clear it away. Londoners who live in the suburbs are indulging in the. unusual nuuma of tobogganing. In the mountain districts of France there is much suffering from the heavy fall of snow and consequent floods are reported from the highlands of Ardennes. In Belgium drift ice is forming on the Scheldt and other large rivers, and all communications with points in the mrfi:en forest is at a standstill. ‘In Switzerland the weaunr is of un- usual severity._ Austria and Hungary are also In the grasp of wintery weather. Traffic on some of the railroads in Galicia- has been suspended. In Budapest snow has pnt an end to street travel. mowrail in g S e distorted. JELD/ANLWAY DISHSTER N SCOTLAND DUNDEE, Scotland, Dee. 28.—In a railroad collision caused by the heavy snowstorm today sixteen persons were killed and more than thirty injured. | The aceident occurred near Arbroath, on the North British Railroad, between Edinburgh and Aberdeen. Among the persons injured is Alex- ander William Black, member of the House of Commons from Bannoskshire, | Scotland. Owing to the heavy fall of snow trains from London for Aberdeen we: heid up at Arbroath. During the after- noon the line was cleared and one train proceeded for Dundee. It had stopped at Elliott Junction and the danger sig- nals were thought to have been set. They failed to act, however, being clogged with snow, and an express train dashed into the rear of the wait- ing train. It is recalled that the Arbroath ac- cident occurred on the anniversary of Scotland’'s worst railroad accident, the Taybridge disaster of 1879, and within twenty miles of the scene thereof. In that wreck a bridge collapsed and pre- cipitated a train with more than sev- enty persons into the river. No one escaped. e WHISKER ~ PULLING MUT a10P SPECIAL DISPATCH TO THE CALL. CLEVELAND, Dec. 28.—By order of the court Johanna Glade today was enjoined from pulling out the hair or whiskers of her husband. John Glade. The injunction also restrains the wo- " tionally sarcastic Separate the codefendants he would refuse to sit in the prosecution of Ruef. The bunko attempt of Schmitz and Ruef to create a revulsion of popular sentiment through the demand for a eparate and immediate trial of chmitz brought the graft prosecutions 0 a dramatic sub-climax yesterday morning. The climax was produced by Superior Judge Dunne, when he summarily continued the Ruef case until Wednesday morning and at the same time flayed the presiding mem- ber of the Superfor bench. The court expressed itself in terms chosen with judicial exactness to convey a sensa- estimate of the “large sympathies” of a member of the bench who could be played upon at | the expense of the proper adminiztra- tion of justice. DUNNE IS INDIGNANT It was said briefly Ifi terse sentences, | delivered in a slightly heightened pitch ‘of Judge Dunne's modest voice, but every word carried the sting of righteous indignation. Its very quiet- | ness served to add to its effectiveness. | The crowd in the courtroom had filed out into the corridors before it grasped its breath and an appreciation of the the defendants, but to a co-ordinate Judge. The thrills began in Presiding Judge Graham's court when Attorney Barrett for Schmitz presented his client's mo- tion for a separate and immediate trial. Notice of the motion was served on the prosecution daring the after- noon of the day before while engaged in Judge Dunne's court watching the dilatory tactics of Ruef and his coun- sel in an examination of the members of the Oliver Grand Jury. The prose- cution had not the time to fille af- davits in answer to the contentions of the defense, but relying on the rule of the Superior Court of San. Francisco, which unequivocally provides that all motions in connection with any case must be made in the court where the action is pending. came into Judge Graham’'s court expecting to hear the motion dismissed out of hand. BARRETT'S CONTENTION Barrett for Schmitz contended that the presiding Judge had the right te | take the case from Judge Dunne and | that inasmuch as Schmitz, the Mayor of San Francisco, had been derided for demanding an immediate trial, it was imperative that it be given him and in some other court than that to which it | was originally assigned. The attorney |nlso declared that Schmitz's co-defend- | ant, Ruef, persisted in the prosecution of a play for delay that made im- mediate trial impossible. Hiram Johnson's attempt to answer the arguments advanced by Barrett and to show that the court under the rules should send the defegdants and’ their motion to Judge Dunne, ‘was 'promptly squelched by Judge Graham's announgement that he would entertain the motion. After the exchange of some unpleasantries by the attormeys, Judge Graham granted the prosecution until Monday morning to file afidavits, at the same time announcing that he | tion at that time. Attorneys and audience flled across the hall to Judge Dunne's court, where they were firsf regaled with a reading of long-winded motions to set aside the Indictments against Chief of Police Dinan individually and against Chief of Polce Dinan and A. Ruef jointly om the conspiracy charge. Arriving at & resumption of the Ruef trial, the de- fense had put Witness Robinson on the stand for a prolongation of the farcical examination of the members of the Grand Jury, when the court broke in with the inquiry: “I want to know something about this petition filed by one of these de- fendants; this motion that is pending. ‘What is it? GRAHAM IS GRILLED would peremptorily dispose of the meo- man from “jawing” her husband in| The Judge's mild eves snapped as the street until his suit for divorce | Hiram Johnson offered a terse tech- has been settled. In his petition for |nical explanation of what had oe- divorce Glade says that his wife has a |curred in Judge Graham's courtroom & particularly bad temper when she has |few minutes before. Then, his voice been drinking. and that even when she | cold with biting sarcasm, the words has not been drinking she h:- N‘- way | dropping slowly, Judge Dunne said: Wm"'xfl i o ry | “1.am not untamiliar with ‘tactien