The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 31, 1906, Page 1

Good Queen Bess had the choicest col- lection of sweetmeat recipes of Luckily the recipes did not die If read about this old cookbook in The Sunday Call her time. with her. you would be amused and instructed, 1 SAN Graham’s Preced Dt A GOLLISION OF TRAINS Thirty-Eight Persons Killed and Fifty Injured in Dis- Near Washington| APPALLING WRECK DURING DENSE FOG aster Special Carrying More Than Two Hundred Passengers Crashes Into Empty Train WASHINGTON, Dee. 30—An appall- ing disaster, resulting in the death, as far as can be learned at midnight, of thirty-eight persons and the Imjury of about fifty mere, oceurred about 6:20 o’clock on the Baltimore and Ohio Rall- road at Terra Cotta, a suburb of Wash- ingtom. Frederick Oity (Md.) loeal train No. 64, on the point of starting from the statior, was rum into by a train made up of eight empty passen- ger coaches, bound from the West for Washington. More than 200 passen- aboard the {li-fated train. gers were is said the engineer of the ed to see the red that another train plunged ahead on FOG OBSCURES SIGNAL drizzling rain pre- | night, and to engineer of the rear signal showing that s in the block is at- The where the tragedy and the tracks se of the accident ace wnward, ppery. { The Frederick tratm, whith 18 run on | Sundave only, is largely for the accom- | ton of those who ks~e gome into urbs on Sunday and for the ben- efit of ¢ srchgoers who desire to attend Washington at night. Pre- number of the latter were The train is scheduled to tta about 6:15 o'clock, on time tonight when | { owing to the impenetrable | sible to determine the ru- ster, and early number of killed at res than those which proved | When the news ngton people began to go Terra Cotta, and many who had rel- atives killed and injured remained at scene of the wreck until the spe- conveyed the dead apd in-| An earlier train that dispatched to Terra Cotta e injured, whose wounds had | and they were| jous hospitals. Three died | and one death | ur: e city. dressed, on the way to the city, urred in one of the hospitals. ENGINE CREW ARRESTED The engine of the rear train is said | of the largest and latest types of passenger engines used on the The fact of its size probably it from total destruction—the to be one road saved | principal damage to it being confined to | the front of the engine. Because cl‘ Engineer Hildebrand and his fire- | man escaped. Hildebrand is sald to have been a substitute. He and his fir n were arrested. No charges have been placed against lhem; pending an investigation. The wrecked train was composed of | en engine, & smoking-car and two day | coaches. The two rear coaches were| reduced to kindling-wood and the rear| of the smoker was telescoped. | So great was the impact that the| train was scattered along _the| rack for a considerable distance. For-| tunately the wreckage did not take fire Tra and it bodies c was delayed by the accident| was after midnight before the! of the dead could be brought the city. There was an entire ab-| sence of any attempts at theft. As| soon as possible the bodies were cov- | ered and laid aside to awalt the com-| ing of the train sent from the city. | MANY SOON SUCCUMB From the appearance of the bodies it is belleved that nearly all the vic- tims were killed outright or died within few minutes after the accident. Of the dead bodies some were buried be- neath debris, with the result that they | were recovered with difficulty. Dr. E. O. Bolt, one of the most promi- | nent physicians of Washington, and his sons, Edwin, 7 years old, and Sin-| clair, aged 5, were passengers on the| train. Edwin was killed and the father and the other son are missing. It is feared they are among the list of unidentified dead. A most remarkable.escape was that of Dr. Parker of this city. It was said that he was the only man amdng the passengers who eecaped without a| to Continued on Page 2, Column 1 | County to petition for deeper channel for Pajaro | | River. | DOMESTIC | tion in France to immense congragation. Page 3 | electric ear accident in Cincinnati. | try’s diplomats sn Europe. | lie Erminte Rives and Post Wheeler at Tokio. P. § | condition of the track. INDEX OF THE FRANCISCO CALL’S | NEWS TODAY | WEATHER CONDITIONS YESTERDAY—Rain; precipitation, .07; masi- mum tempersture, 52; minimum temper- ature, 48. FORECAST FOR TODAY—Rain; _cooler; brisk southwest wind. Page 11 EDITORIAL Jndge Graham is plainly told to let the graft cases alone. Page 8 Bad faith of the United Raflroads is exposed before arbitration board. Page 8 In the hands of men entirely great, like Taft and Roosevelt, the English language becomes Jupk. Page 8 Saloon-keepers and whisky-sellers must turn | over & new leaf on New Year's day. Page 8| GRAFT SCANDAL Judge Graham states that his rule has been never to transfer a case without comsent of trial Judge, which would indicate that he will not grant Schmits’s motion to get new jurisdiction. It is reported that Schmitz wants to get in | Hunt's or Troutt's court. Grand Jury will meet | today and continue investigations. No further | indlctments will be filed until the body s resdy | to adjourn sine dle. Pages 12| CITY { Secret Service Agent Moffitt investigates Jap- | e anarchists and may cause deportation. P.1 | Dr. H. W. Coe of the Medical Editors’ Asso- | ciation will make inspection tour of American and confer with President Roosevelt upon its conclusion. Pego 9 | Rev. Willlam Rader delivers sermon on “The | New Year” to large audience at the Colonial | Tinatee Page 14| Tt of front wall of old Palace Hotel puuefl down by wreckers, e 2, Sun@ay school Christmas festival of ehuuuu1 of St. Francis parish. Page 3 | Man who claims to have seen Summerfleld, | the trusty at the O'Farrell-street station, enter Fitzgerald's room surrenders to police. Page 68| Dorso admits that Central Theater fiasco was | merely used as sdvertising scheme. Page 14 | Local building contractor is accused in Bast- ern court of pretending to receive busimess aid | from spirits. Page 8 | SUBURBAN 2 | Alameda County Hibernians unite to give an- | nual New Year's eve ball. Page 4| ty Attomey McEiroy of Oakland calls con- | ?r-nr‘? of Western Paclfic, Santa Fe and San cisco, Oaklsnd and San Jose raiiroads rep- ves for franchise discussion. Page 4| Return of an Oakland girl who mysteriously ' disappeared for twenty-four bours. Page 4 | Negotiations on for transfer of stock of Union National Bank to Western Pacific Baliroad, P, 8 President Jorden and Treswurer Lathrop wi Stanford purchsse sutes and sdter agalnst WW ‘rescinded. on any of the bodies that chines on the campus is COAST Five tramps mangled to death beneath freight cars shattered in wreck. Page 1| Government unable to aid dismasted bark be- lieved to be the Great Admiral. Page 14 Land-owners of Santa Cruz and Monterey Page € 5| Pacific Cosst student conterence of the Y. M. | C. A. convenes at Pacific Grove. Page 9 Tulrty-eight persons killed and more than fifty injured in collision of passenger and freight | trains on tbe Baltimore and Oblo road near Weshington. Page 1 Taft will run for President if party sentiment points to him as logical leader. Page 5 | First Assistant Postmaster General advocates incresse in sslaries of postoffice employes. P. 6 Young woman shot by man she would mot promise to marry until she «&d obtained divorce from aged busband.. Page 5 Arrangements for President's New Year's re- | ception are completed. Page 5 Archbishop Ireland delivers sermon on separa- | Thirty persons are hurt and one killed in an Page 2 FOREIGN Constitutions] Democrats of Russia make ad- | vances to opposition. Page 3 Chilean Senator resents slurs cast upon coun- Page 5 Notable persons attended the marriage of Hal- SPORTS Dealers will assist the Automobile Club to. secure better roads and needed laws. Page 6 Welter Miller secures a substantial lead in the | struggle for jockey bonors at Emeryville. Page 6 8. C. Hildreth still heads the list of w.nning | horse-owners at Emeryville track. Page 6 Amateur Baseball League srranges a schedule of games and will open season next Sunday. P. § Many borses entered for the New Year's han- dicap are likely to be withdrawn owing to muddy Page € Gans and Herman belleve that there is 4 flaw | formal | | the moving-picture contract and may prevent | crecy before he sailed. the tsking of photograpbs of the New Year's dsy battle. Page 7 Speedy greyhound Clyde leads a picked field of dogs at Ingleside Park. Page MARINE Passengers on Clty of Sydney witness exciting battle between a whale and a thrasher, lhe lat- ter alded by a swordfish. Page 11 MINING Szle is made of Mildman-Mahoney and Ma- boney mines in Amador County. Page 10 SOCIAL Oakland society plans many elaborate club and bome events for celebration of the new year's arrivel. Page 9 ‘Women's clubs actively preparing for the State Federation eonvention. Page 8 THE CALL’S BRANCH OFFICES Subscriptions and Advertise- ments will be received in San Francisco at following offices: 1651 FILLMORE STREET Open until 10 o'clock every night. 518 VAN NESS AVENUR Parent’s Stationery Store. 642 TURK STREET At the Sign of the Lamp. SIXTEENTH AND MARKET STS. Jackson’s Branch. 653 HAIGHT STREET Stationery Store. 3096 VALENCIA STREET Rothschild’s Branch. 1531 CHURCH STREET George Prewitt’s Branch. 2200 FILLMORE STREET ‘Woodward's Branch. }wrerk at Floriston Station, a short dis- MABELLE GILMAN SHATTERED GARS|Sc MANGLE FIVE TRANIPS Unfortunates Are Killed in Wreck While Steal- .ing Ride on Brakebeams GROANS OF ONE MAKE FATE KNOWN Bodies Are Removed to Truckee, Where an In- quest Will Take Place -_ SACRAMENTO, Dec. 30.—Five men, all unknown, were killed at 10:30 o'clock this morning in a freight train tance beyond Truckee. A broken truck on one of the box cars caused the wreck, and four cars went into the ditch. The track was torn up for fifty feet and it required the services of the wrecker from /Truckee to clear the road before the line was open for traffic. / The five men who were killed were | beating their way on the train from Nevada into this State, and when the | smash-up occurred they were ground to pieces beneath the wheels and in the wreckage. The groans of one of the men. who was mortally injured, at- tracted the attention of the train crew to where he lay pinned down by pieces of a car and one of the wheels. He died before he could be taken from the wreck, and his name was not learned. When the wrecker arrived from Truckee and one of the cars was placed on the track four other bodies ere found underneath. All were to the identity of any of the remalns. The wreck occurred as the train was passing the switch a short distance from the station. The rear truck on one of the heavily loaded box cars left the rails and pulled four others after it. Three of the cars were loaded with merchandise and some of the freight was damaged. The fourth car was empty, but badly wrecked. The track was cleared at 2 o'clock this after- noon. The bodies of the five dead men were taken to Truckee, where the Coroner will hold an inquest tomorrow. In the report received in this city today it was stated that all of the men were tramps and not workingmen. AWAIT GOREY NEW YORK, Dec. 30.—William Ellis Corey, president of the steel trust, it was learned today, sailed under an assumed name for Europe last Satur- day. He is due to arrive on the other side today. It is stated that he will meet Mabelle Gilman, the actress, in Paris. According to their plans, they are to be married quietly at once, in acordance with arrangements made before his departure. Corey took every precaution for se- At the offices of the streel trust all information con- cerning him is denied. Miss Gilman has been motoring near Paris, where she has maintained an/ elaborate suite of apartments. She was accompanted by Corey's sister, who is the only member of his family who sided with him in his troubles with his wife. It is understood that Corey, with Mrs. Corey No. 2, will arrive in New York before February 1. THAW WORSE THAN GIOLGOSE 'NEW YORK, Dec. 30.——Dr. A. McLane Hamilton, the alienist, returned from'a trip to Lomdon on the steamship Ca- ronla foday. Spesking of Harry K. Thaw, who is soon to be tried for the murder of Stanford White, Dr. Hamil- ton, who some time ago uxunund Thaw, said: “Thaw is in a dangerous pmmmmv. tion mt Olw was the editor of uw It is the first time in the history of our country that a lunatic ‘wants to try his own case. In my opinfon Thaw is worse than Czolgosz. I think that Dis- trict Atorney Ieromo would accept a plea of insanity.” LS Dr. Hamilton said he had met. Thaw's hi!-hrml‘ in WMM m Pl N SN/ S 7% y they recommend the annihilation Roosevelt and the Mikado, and finds the offense of such a grave nature that he will report the matter to Chief Wilkie of the secret He will also place the case before service, in. Washington, D. C. Aassistant U. S. District Attorney Alfred P. Black today for his cgnsideration pending information from headquart- ers. Attorney Black, when seen last night, was unaware of the exact status of the case, but said ithat the publishers of the paper who expressed the anarchis- tic views were liable to deportation. He said that the matter would probably be taken up by the authorities at ‘Washington. The affair is regarded by Attorney Black as being extremely del- icate. The deportation of the editors of the anarchistic paper following the school controversy, is, in his estima- tion, a matter that will cause the au- thorities at the capital the:greatest concern. 2 The postoffice officials have not con- sidered. the affair within their. juris- diction. Postmaster Arthur C. Fisk has not reported the affair to the postal inspectors, @8 he belleves the Secret Service should deal with the publish- ers. James H. O'Connell, postal inspec- tor of the city, said last night that as the Japanesé printers had not applied for a permit to send the paper as sec- ond class matter the case could not be touched by him. MOFFITT INVESTIGATES CASE Harry W. Moffitt of the Secret Ser- vice took up the case when the matter ‘was brought to his attention and feels justified In infgrming the head of the department at Washington of the cir- cumstances. It is not known whether he had located the editor or determined if there 'is any such personage. Shigeki: Oka, the Japanese who .is supposed to be connected with the paper, was Dot to be found yesterday at_his headquarters on Post street. Several Japanese were on t.heynfll‘l. % however, and volunteered the m‘m tion thgt Oka Wwas absent preparatory to mblwmu _himself ‘in the yxm ing business. They denfed the T Mulut leader thc Soell Me,-(m this city. lbm evider ,rnh chance re- Yo tkm Face Deportatlon Secret Service Works on the Case United States Secret Service Agent Harry W. Moffitt yesterday investigated the case of the anarchistic paper published by Shigeki Oka, the Japanese, and his twelve assistants in Berkeley, in which ‘were | with of all rulers, including President the probabllity of Oka starting a paper of his own. The colony of Japanese who are re- sponsible for the publication are known -to the authorities of Berkeley. JAPANESE EDITORS PLEASED A dozen Japanese youths make up the ‘“editorial board” of the Revolu- tion, the anarchistic paper which star- tled the San Francisco Board of Edu- cation, and yesterday they leaned back in their chairs in the blg red house they, occupy on Parker street, Berkeley, apparently well pleased with the furor their sheet had created. Uncommunicative as ever, these Japanese anarchists, who desire “the overthrow of the Mikado, the President or King, and are not particular as to the means,” still declined to name the man who was their editor-in-chilef, and they Insisted, as before, that they had no commander. If the authorities real- ly-do put ' a hand on the anarchistic group, they will discover as slippery a band of Orientals as lurk in this at‘ml}. During my mcumbency,' vever, 1 have never exermetf m; nor transferred any m from any department in the court without the written consent of the Judge before whom the case is pending This rule has never ‘been departed from yet.”—Presid- ‘mg Judge Thomas F. Graham. | e Y e S Tnck of Executive May Be Foiled in Court to a transfer while Schmitz's co-de- fendant, Abe Ruef, have set aside the indictment that holds | both Mayor and boss. READY FOR THE TRICK Schmitz's attorneys will present evi- dence and legal points this morning in their efforts to have the case trans- ferred from the jurisdiction of Judge | Dunne and thus confuse the records with complicatioris of procedure. This move will be met by Francis J. Heney and Hiram Johnson of the District At- torney’s office with authorities con- troverting those polnts and showing the case has progressed so far that a change cannot be made. When Judge Graham was asked last night to define his position on the transfer of the Mayor's case he made the following statement: “The Supreme Court has decided in three cases that the Presiding Judge of the Superior Court is vested with section of the coast. Boys in years, they have the Oriental smoothness that baffles inquiry, and which leaves their Questioners at the end of a hunt for in- formation regarding their business at about the place where a start _was made. PUBLISHERS WELL EDUCL’I’ID T. Olval, who_is put forward by this colony of Japanese soclalists, or an- archists, as spokesman, speaks English well enough, and he talked with great glibness and at length, but he revealed little of real value. Olval is a student in a private school in Oakland. He disclaims direct re- |pon-lbimy for the Revolution, as do| all his brethren. Olvai sald today: “It is no. use demanding the name of. our editor, for there is no editor of the Revolution. The paper is prepared by |a number of Japanese men who live - | in this house, and who are bound to- gether umh’nnl. No one man writes the articles for the volution or edits them. - The paper is a community oduct. - All mnmbouhvotodo getting advertisements . for i, wrlup‘ for it snd uteuhru u.. absolute power to assign and reassign cases at will. During my incumbency, however, I have never exercised that power and have never removed nor transferred any cause from any de- partment in’the court without the written consent of the Judge before ‘whom the case was pending. This rule has never been departed from yet.” A pause before the final word was detectable, though it may have been accidental and not significant. When questioned further on the case Judge Graham asked to be excused from dis- cussing an affair that is now before him in his court. Rumors that emanated from persons close to the Mayor had it that the head of the administration was confl- dent that Judge Graham would take the Schmitz case out of the hands of Judge Dunne and gtve it over to anm- other Judge for trial. Judge Hunt was mentioned as the jurist who might have the hearing. It Judge Hunt would refuse to hear the case, which belongs through original assignment to Dunne, Judge Troutt may have the refusal of the trial. In the event of ‘Judge Troutt sitting in the matter his former law partner, Martin Stevens, is to be chosen, the well circulated story goes, 'as of counsel for the Indicted head of the eity.. being heard, and this morning at IOOclockrtistobl decided by him whether he shall adhere to his firmly es- tablished precedent or make a conspicuous exception in the case of Mayor E. E. Schmitz, under indictment on five charges of felony. Judge Graham stated his firmly set principle last night in an interview given to The Call. judicial .position would not permit of his discussing the future of the case, but he was clear in outlining the posi- tion he has already taken, and if he rules today as he has in every other similar case, Mayor Schmitz cannot perpetrate the trick he contemplates by having his trial taken from the jurisdiction of Judge | Frank H. Dunne, where it belongs by | pasted together to strengthen the hope virtue of the original assignment and of the administration’s adherents can- the disinclination of the court to agree | not be said, but it lacks nothing in de- tail. report that Herrin of the Pacific and shrewd representatives of the United Railroads, the Paciic States ‘Telexrlph and Telephone Company and }other large public service corperations | have banded together to effect the ac- | quittal of Schmitz, leaving Ruef, “the | bad co-defendant,” {hold he deserves “trustful and guileless Mayor Into Juch a terrible scrape.” among the corporations and vested in- terests that Schmitz was to be ! nated their “fair-haired boy,” was to repay them when he got free, if he ever did. is still seeking to | | | | | | perlor Court to transfer cases only om special grounds, on the motion of am grafters and transfer the Judge Dunne has passed on tion of the validity of the raised by the astute Ach, the wish of Judge Dunne, would be violating a rule aside a nneodql that has always Grand Jury Will F'indsWaytoAvoid filed in court the Grand Jury has stlent- Iy voted other accusations, but grown too wise to return them to judicial files and then spend the rest holding them as witnesses. At 2 of their days In court, while Ruef Schmitz block further investigation this afternoon the Grand Jury will again in Native Sons’ Hall after & and involuntary recess. and will up the pending cases. After bigger grafts will be gone into. journ sine die,” said Assistant Attorney Francis J. Heney 1 His ‘Included in the scheme is the Southern to the fate they for leading the It was agreed HAS STRONG RULE It has been the practice of the 155?. and he, j and 81l lnfictmenh Secret Obstruction Tactics Since the last Indictments have “Not until the jury is ready f Continued om Page 3,