The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, October 28, 1907, Page 1

Impertinent Question WHAT ARE YOU AFRAID OF? | See Bottom of Page 3, Columns 1 and 2 No. 22 VOLUME CIT—NO. 150 NIXON 15 VICTOR OVER RICKEY IN INDEX OF THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL’S NEWS TODAY TELEPHONE KEARN PENNANT AAAY BE 56 MONDAY, OCTOBER 28, 1807 e | WEATHER coNDITIONS J + | YESTERDAYClear; maximum temperature, Nevada Senator Defeats His | . mismum, 5 . 3 3 | FORECAST FOR TODAY—Fair; light west Banking Rival in War |wue Page 9 to Obtain Funds NEWS BY TELEGRAPH LS EASTERN | Vice admiral's pennant may float over flagship BOTH RETURN HOME{ of Rear Admiral Evans on crulse of fleet, if con- s gress sanctions president’s plan. Page 1 Army of clerks engaged at Washington in com- Statesman Able to Borrow|pumg swstics on asorce cases. Page 1 President Roosevelt passes forty-ninth birth- Large Sums Here, but day quietly, attending church and recelving Hun- . 5 > . ; 3 Rlckcy s Pleas Fail garian club members. Page Archbishop Farley aids banks by sermon on R | money in which be advises parishioners sgainst ISSUES A STATEMENT | witbrawel of deposits and hoarding money. P. 2 | Osatholies of China lodge protest against United e States judge in Shanghal. Page 3 ad | Cesare Lombroso, noted European alienist, de- Heqc Of the State Company‘r]lna Harry Thaw was insane. Page 3 | Oliver Curtiss Perry, noted crimipal, grows Says That New LaW | .oy 1o prison though he has retused to eat 3 | tor tour years. Page 1 Protects His Banks sl —_— Mariner says 4,000 Spanish are held as slaves 3 | by Tagalos, who use them for plow borses P 3 The fierce fight for financial suprem-| King shows signs of illness that acy in Nevada, that has been waged|elarm his ects. Page 1 b : Chinese empire will enter protest against plan for years between United States Sen-| ;¢ 1ava1 board et Tokyo to establish large squad- ator George Nixon and Thomas B.|ron of Japanese warships along the South China Rickey, has reached its climax in the ““"'"‘AET Page 3 Fairmont hotel in this city, and Nixon < - R aa e e e R e has won first blood. The Struggle| fecees tnat be forged many checks In coast| has been conducted quietly in the big| cities. ey f’lse 3] R | Two unidentified men killes by train near caravansary for nearly a week. Both| el rumy Page 3 sides have employed a corps of stenog-| Popular Fresno girl plans to marry newspaper- » raphers, agents, attorneys and messen- | man despite wish of mother. Page 3| gers; the wires between this city and| EDITORIAL | t mineral zones of the sagebrush The On:l!ndx;;ltor;rwtdfllh l;lse:j > S Al o 3.| What the buflders heve done. age ave been kept tingling with ad b s sy iyl d messages. The first shock POLITICAL subsided yesterday Pt B A \'1)01’\) returned| Rev. Cecll Marrack delivers sermon on local W " N o political situation. Page 2 a, victor in the initial clash. obtained the money he came to get in.order to carry his & of banks past the shoals of runs; | t been as successful i considerable sums from ank, which, w enable him to open up his roing with millions of y to meet any panicky flood ¢ which » timid throng of fght let 1068e." Rickey re- Nevada last night without ifident that his banks at n, Blair, Tonopah and were more than solvent. Nixon | no extension of the additional was granted yesterday rks, 1 ask no rter. If ur money,” says Nixon, get it” Rickey ieved to be equally solvent, is the lack of immediate funds, and ask his depositors to be t and give him time. HAVE FAITH IN RICKEY ituation ? reans a B! put there is also be able to meet and w and retain the confi- people in tal soundness, which » present crisis, been ckey's private fortune times larger than the sum of the State bank and trust t which he is president. the fight, and Rickey himselt t Both men are re- his common- say have been so for years. that party have been long time, and it is com- n Nevada that Rickey minently for United Nixon, who has been tial agent of the Southern he state for years, holds that es the work. Rickey, as e oldest and wealthiest Ne- would not, it is sald, sniff at biicans and s in vadans, the honor of a seat in the national cap- He would have secured the honor, ned, if Nixon had not been r on his political feet. So their commercial and financial operations have not fostered any friendly feeling. They have been bitter competitors for the business of the state. When the tidal wave of depositors’ lamor threatened both institutions; when the bottom of the stock market dropped out and securities went beg- ging at pauperizing prices, both bank- came to San Francisco to get Both enjoy the confidence of but Rickey ob- ained no money, while Nixon secured plenty. It is said that Nixon sold 20,000 res of Merger last Saturday the local stock market for $4. He offered $0,000 more, says Rickey, with no takers. Nixon realized $80,000 on the deal, which helped materially, and ers money the financial worl enabled to return to Nevada with e necessary “jingle.” How Nixon managed to get the yoney and how Rickey was unable to do so, the latter said yesterday that he did not know, but added that a senator wielded a whder influence than an or- dinary banker. The fact that Nixon was waging a war on him, Rickey would not deny, either in its political or financial aspect. “But, of course,” ne said, “I could not say anything on that score. I am only concerned now in putting my banks on their feet.” Riekey was flooded with telegrams expressing the confidence of many of the largest operators and capitalists in Continued on Page 2, Column 5. with aid from New | will throw open | claiming | th the aid he got from a local bank ! Great gains sre made by Mayor Taylor and | McCerthy men now demand 2 to 1 in. bet- ting. Page 1 Strength of Mayor Taylor in the Mission dis- * | trict is growing, says Percy V. Long. Page 2 | | CITY Lutber Brown, former head of the Calhoun de- tective bureau, is to be set aside by Calhoun, | who fs @issatisfied with Brown's methods. P. 12 | | Body of unidentifed man found floating fin | | bay oft Poist Bonita. Page 12 | Fate of G. A. Plessow, imprisoned as robber of houses in Potrero, bangs on word of child who will be eslied upon to identity bim 4o | court. Page 3 ! Thieves take musical instruments while mem- | bers ot misston pray. ¥ Page 12 National guard officers of the Eecond infantry elect & new lleutenant colonel. Page 8§ | | TLost anchor of the cruiser Maryland is recov- { ered from bottom of bay and vessel sails for | Santa Barbara while crew mourns ending of stay | n port. Page 12| Tokyo Puck seizes upon the occasion of Taft's visit to publish insulting &nti-American car- | toons. Page 12 Two tame automobiles and three dancing girls | | are potable features in ‘“The Vanderbilt Cup,” | says Critie Crawford. Page 7 | One burglar sitting on wall to warn partuer results in loss of $1,000 by contractor, whose children see outside man of- daylight rob- 1 bers. Page 12 | | Senator .George Nixon is vietorlous over | Thomas B. Rickey in fight waged in this city to obtain funds for relief of their banks in Ne- vada Page 1 i SUBURBAN | | Memortal services held by Pledmont, Athens and Berkeles pariors of Native Sons. Page 4 Jesult priests from St. Louls celebrate mass at St. Mars's 1o vakland. Page 4 SPORTS Thistle soccer team defeats the Independents, iB goals to 1, and the Robert Burns eleven trims the San Franciscos, 5 to 4. Page 5 Whitney and Adams defeat coast champlons McLoughlin and Janes fu tennis match. Page 9 Jack Johnson and Jim Flyon box before big crowds at training quarters. Page 5 Osklands win two games from the Portland aggregation Page 5 | S. C. Hildreth, the well known turfman, ex- pects to win several of the blg stakes at Emeryville with bis $30,000 colt Uncle. Page 9 Game birds to restock overdepleted coverts may be eecured in Mexico. Page 5 Fast Flower Girl wins Class stake at Ingle- side coursing park. Page $ MARINE Salmon ship Star of Italy, from Pyramid Harbor, suffers damage in heavy gale Page § MINING The total minersl products of California in 1906 amount to $45,000,000 and copper surpasses the $5,200,000 mark largely. Page 8 A PARENT UNDER ARREST ON CHARGE OF KIDNAPING Benjamin McWilliams of Santa Rosa Is Accused of Having Stolen Two of His Own Children Special by Leased Wire to The Call SANTA ROSA, Oct. 27.—Word was | received tonight from San Diego that Benjamin McWilllams is under arrest | there on the charge of having kidnaped |nis own children from here 10 days |ago. Sheriff Smith will leave for the | south tomorrow to return the prisoner ere for trial. McWilllams and his wife lived on a {ranch near the Sonoma-Napa line. A short time ago Mrs. McWilliams left | her husband owing to alleged fll treat- ment and with her four children went to Guerneville. McWilliams followed, the couple were reunited temporarily and came back to Santa Rosa. The | following day McWilllams disappeared | with two of the children. Mrs. McWilliams then breught suit for divorce, alleging that she married McWilllams while she was under his hyprotic influence. —_—— DEATH OF NATE ROFF RENO, Nev., Oct. 27.—Nate Roff, state auditor of Nevada, supremo rep- resentative from this state of the Knights of Pythias, and one of the most prominent men in Nevada, died at 10:30 o'clock at his home tonight as the result of internal injuries rcceived in a runaway acident 10 days ago. A remarkable story of two stowaways and their hairbreadth esc from de- tection and death in the Suez canal ap- pears, with realistic photographs, in The Sunday Call PRICE FIVE CENTS VICEADMIRAL'S -JWARDED EVANS President Plans to Raise Rear Admiral Who Will Command Fleet WILL ASK CONGRESS Greatest Armatda Requires Leader of High Rank Is Argument |{GRADE EVANESCENT |New Rank to Cease on the Retirement of Man Who Merits Honor WASHINGTON, Oct. 27.—The | great battleship fleet which is to make its way from the Atlantic to the Pacific will | officer is now Rear Admiral Robley D. Evans. Of course this is conditional on congress giving its sanction to the proposal that will be made by the president to establish this new rank in the navy. Conditions now are be- lleved to be more favorable than ever | before for this project. Rear Admiral Evans is going to sall in command of the most powerful fleet that ever gathered under the American flag. Not only that, he commands more battleships of modern type than any other naval officer in the world, and the only commander whoss blue pen- nant floats over a more numerous fleet of all kinds of warships is Lord Charles Beresford, and he is of greater rank than a vice admiral, being an admiral, like Dewey. On this crulse the American fleet will look upon many forelgn.powers.angd ex- change courtesies with forsign fleets in tries. The American commander, it he were to retain Mis present title of rear admiral, would be outranked, for the navies of all these countries contain| officers of the grads of vice admiral, | which would make the American com- mander's ‘position humiliating. It would be pointed out in Admiral Evans' case that not only is he by his remarkable service entitled to this ad- vancement, but any objections to the creation of this new grade that might be broached in congress might be over- come by pointing to the fact that as Admiral Evans retires next August the office will be of short duration. OPERATION PERFORMED ON ETHEL ROOSEVELT’S NOSE Daughter of President Is Patient at Episcopal Hospital in Wash- ington Special by Leased Wire to The Call WASHINGTON, Oct. 27.—Miss Ethel Roosevelt, daughter of the president, is a patient at the Episcopal eve, ear and throat hospital here, where a slight operation was performed on her nose today. Miss Roosevelt has been under treatment since her return form ‘Oyster Bay. - Mrs. Roosevelt accompanied her daughter to the hospital and the presi- dent arrived shortly afterward. Both remained throughout the operation. It is not known how long Miss Roosevelt will remain at the hospital, but prob- ably it will not be more than a day or so. —_— LORD NUNBURNHOLME IS DEAD LONDON, Oct. 27.—Charles Henry Wilson, first baron of Nunburnholms, dled today, aged 75 years. Before he was elevated to the peerage in 1905 he had represented Hull in parliament for 32 years. Lord Nunburnholme was head of the great Wilson line of steam- probably be com-| manded by a vice admiral, and that| Brazil, Chlle, Argentina and other coun- i RERE'S SoME MORE FOR You NEW, v BUILDING. -+ 'Noted Criminal Waxes Fat Thrgg_h Tube | Oliver Curtiss Perry Refuses fo Eat While Imprisoned Special by Leased Wire to The Call NEW YORK, Oct. 27.—Efforts which are being made by a few of his stead- fast friends to have the sentence of Oltver Curtiss Perry commuted have re- vealed the fact that for four years the daring criminal, who in 1892 startled the country with the boldness of his exploits, has not eaten a particle of food mor worn a stitch of outer cloti- ing. They have also disclosed the fact that Perry is regarded as the most remarkable patient ever confined in the state hospital for criminal insane. Once Perry was on the verge of starvation, but he absolutely refused to take a bite or drink anything and the physicians, satisfied that he would dle rather than yleld, fed him through a tube. Since November 19, 1908, he has received nourishment through a tube, not because it is necessary, but simply because he was determined to dle rather than eat the regular prison fare. Perry declares he will never take a bite of food so long as he is in Danne- mora hospital and Drs. North, Town- send and McDonald, his physicians, be- leve him. Perhaps the most notable feature of the case, which has nothing even ap- proaching a parallel in the prison rec- ords of the state, is that Perry now welghs more than he ever did and is in ers. + perfect physical condition. have been made. rich bribe givi 3 : : ers. SEpoRERLstand Prosecutors Heney, Johnson, Langdon Speak Tonight N REAT public interest has been aroused by the announcement that Francis J. Heney and Hiram W. Johnson would spealetonight in Mission rink in Mis- sion street, near Nineteenth, at a meeting to be held under the auspices of the Langdon Central club. Preparations to accommodate a record breaking crowd Heney, who is a wonderfully forceful speaker, will tell the audience what the re-clection of District Attorney Langdon and the continuance of the graft prose- cutions mean to San Francisco. He can also be counted upon to shoot some large holes in the “no immunity bath” plan advocated by Frank McGowan. Hiram W. Johnson, who has been associated with Heney and District At- torney Langdon in the graft prosecutions, will be chairman of the meeting and will address the gathering.- His ability as a publig speaker and his earnestness in be- half of the prosecution promise to arouse the enthusiasm of the assemblage. Dis- trict Attorney Langdon is also on the list of speakers. He will present convincing t t for even handed Jjustice, fmt for the salvation of THE EXAMINE i 23 ST PERFECTLY 600D (TEM FOR THE TRIBUNE. ET GRS WIDE By YD Final Week of the | Campaign Brings Stampede 'Slide of Ryan fo Defeat Nears Inglorious End McCarthy—’s Friends : Demand 2 to 1 in Betting Union Men Work Hard fo Increase Langdon Vofe il { | Political Meefings Today? | FOR TAYLOR Duveneck’s hall, 24th and Charch streets. Columbia hall, Harrison and Har- riet streets, mear Stxth. FOR MCARTHY Noonday—Broadway deck. Night—Cascade hall, Dwight st. and San Brune av. | Sackenreuder’s hall, Eugenia av. | and Woel st. Open alr—Silliman and Goettin- gen sts., San Bruno distriet. } FOR RYAN i | | New Washington hal, 2011 Fm- | | more st. | | Hamilton ball, Geary and Steiner i wtu, | | Foresters' Ball, Teanth av. and 1 | | Sunset. all, 1843 1 st., near 19th | av., Sunset. | FOR LANGDON King of Spain Shows Sigas of Weakening Alfonso’s Health Is Subject of Deep Concern to His People . Special by Cable and Leased Wire to The Call | MADRID, Oct. 27.—Spaln is disturbed | by the physical condition of the young | king. Public anxiety is aroused be- cause of the emaciation apparent in the monarch, which seems to grow week by week. ' The restlessness which marked the beginning of the fatal malady in the case of the father {s particularly marked in Alfonso. The supreme hope of the king's physicians lles in his love‘ for the beautiful young queen. It is/ hoped that open air life may eradicate the seeds of consumption, which all} fear have been implanted. The visit to Nice subsequent to Al- fonso's visit to England was planned upon the advice of his physicians, who dreaded the effect of the rigorous win- ter weather of Madrid. Whether the king of Spain will go is a grave ques- tion, for there has been friction be- tween Spain and TFrance over the Moroccan affair. FOREST RESERVE INCREASED Special by Leased Wire to The Call ‘WASHINGTON, Oct. 27.—The presi- dent has ordered the withdrawal of 84,965 acres of land In Trinity, Shasta and Glenn counties, along the eastern border -of the Trinity national forest, and it is proposed to add thls acreage to the forest. 3 - * | | | Night—Mission Rink, Misslon st. | near 19th. | E = “Let’s make it a clear major- Army of Clerks Works on Divorce Data |ity over all opponents” is now S {the slogan of the prominent Classifies Aggregaie of 'rsool“workers in the cause of Taylor 000 Cases of Last 20 Years |and good government. They S L | beli is ca ily be don Special by Leased Wire to The Call |Pelieve this can easily be done WASHINGTON, Oct. 27.—An aggre- |and will work harder than ever gate of 1,300,000 divorce cases during |during the final week, which be- the past 20 years will be shown by a| . a I ; inted report being prepared at the censua‘glns today- ol gul bureau. A total of 2,900 clerks and |that Saturday night's great special agents have been at work for | PG : months gathering this data and about | ‘Dol pre?mlmd rink. S 140 are still engaged in the task. ‘mshed convincing proof that There are about 40,000 cases to be 2 or Taylor has made ] investigated out of the number statediM;ay S A g\:eat betore the fleld .work s finished and |gains since his opening meeting. the work of compilation proper can be-| Then the rink was crowded gin. It is estimated that two-thirds| a s of the persons seeking divorce have | and an overflow meeting was been successful in their suits. The re- | necessary. Saturday not only port in detail is not to be made public » R until early next spring. |was the rink packed to its ut- Tl VISR | TR DEATH CLAIMS CONGREssmay | 1OSt Hmit, but many thows | were turned away and the over- |flow meeting was much larger, Even more convincing was the LEXINGTON, Mo, Oct. 27.—John ‘Welborn, member of the fifty-ninth con- gress from the seventh Missouri dis- triot, dled at his home here tonight, aged 51 years. One i;lunared Dollars for Election Guesses OW do YOU figure out the result of the coming election in San Francisco? Whom do YOU forecast as the people’s choice for mayor? By what vote do you predict he will be clected? Here's some easy money for YOU—zll you have to do is to guess and guess better than your competitors. Down below is a coupon for you to fill out with yodr forecast, your name and address and then to mail to Election Returns Editor, The Call For the prediction that comes nearest the winner’s piurality as shown by‘ the semiofficial returns to the registrar The Call will pay Fifty Dellars For the second nearest prediction The Call will pay Thirty Doilars For the third nearest prediction The Call will pay Twenty Dollars (Fill out this coupon and mail it to ELECTION RETURNS ED- ITOR, THE CALL, SAN FRANCISCO.) Taylor will be elected mayor by a plurality McCarthy } NO PREDICTION WILL BE CONSIDERED THAT REACHES THIS OFFICE LATER THAN MIDNIGHT, SATUR- DAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1997. .