The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 7, 1907, Page 1

When the Palace hotel is greatest dinner ever given. story of it is exciting. See Francisco is to be the scene of the The Sunday Call completed Even the The federal government finds that there ve been 1,300,000 divorces in 20 years. ome amazing facts and some opinions are set forth in The Sunday Call e i “VOLUME CIIL—NO. -~ SAN FRAN CISCO. SATURDAY, DEEM MEN N MINE DEAD Company Says 38 Went to Death in Explosion Cave-In Holds Back Alli but Five in Fire Damp Gas Fills Whole of% Mine’s Lower Workings Dying Refugees Tell of Seething Mob in Panic MONONGAH, W. Va, the improvised , five men near death the hospital and 369 men isoned by tons of coal, d mine debris in the the hills surround- mining town, with against a single them being alive, is e« SUBURBAN the 1 st accurate summary Two youug Salvadorans d in San Fran = accused of many bberies in Oak | 1ol ~f +1a - i M ged wit r of Vernie Carmin, bhe- ight of the results of a mine|Shamed with fhe matler of Tersie SABS = ex v court Page 4 on today, which, in all rily after loc ged head- rELL STRUGGLE m ne officials ning that penetrated ajority of o and o- for —Six charred bodies ! | asse: INDEX OF THE SAN FRANCISCO €ALL’S NEWS TODAY SATURDAY, | WEATHER CONDITIONS YESTERDAY—Rainy; southwest wind; pre | eipitation, 285 of an fnch; maximum tempers- {ture. 50: mintmum, 52. FORECAST FOR TODAY—Clondr, un- settled weather with sbowers; brisk south winds Page 11 EDITORIAL ing consolidation Page 8 to stop thuggery Page 8 euckoo and the oriole, et al Page 8 | Down with shex g & |cIry | Following the fling of 2 petition by the | |1awyers for-the contestant in the Coiten will | | contest esse, allaging frand and mismanagement. | 7. Barvett bas been suspended as special { | waiter administrator of the estate in litigation by of the superior court of Senta Oruz| | county Page 1 | Real estate market shows notable inquiry by | merchants for locations in the downtown | | distriet Page 8| Mre. W. H. Broome of Santa Barbara appeals to Br » help her get back ol srfeited for $480 streot bill Page 18 Chbief Bigsy mande assigning captains to fre depertment be removed for politieal ar. ity Page 5 Finance committee of hosrd of supervieors | bolas il pass, e of Oliver them up expense au o zrand Jury Tater. Page 5 like those bis mother used to ot bority on mived | meals not cook, is criticlsm that leads w to seck Givoree Page 9 While mother sleeps prettr Santa Barbara burriedly packs and joins man she mar- afternoon ~omed: e tra ber. ss Gladrs Van betrayed 1 be McOarth: the point of shoviog lia Chivese is slain by Sen Jose Liga and murderer is captured smobile cases assigned to Judge Page 16 this’ mora- California shall to strengthen will decide ompany per cement that the institution has been | vent be pational bapk ex-1 Tage 4| Prisoner ) Alameda temporary Jail onis.u: h intoxieation the voung engineers. fessor Stephens savs neers who' blaze the way for ci¥ilization re men who bave romance conmected | eir lives, Page 4 fo Ratfles” {5 suspected of the theft of jewels worth $2,000 from a fasbionable apar ment house in Berkeley Page 1 Death claims Augustine Galindo. aged 80, pio peer cltizen of Oakland snd mémber of ove of jest Spemish Californian families In the Page 4 aied boy held 18 mont tell of bardships DOMESTIC Page 1 of dead or even on Kansas City 5 fixes numbe o nd is Page 1 b Wes Virginia at 380. o bave ordered coffins I Bristow, forme | geveral, iovest L. 7 assistant postmas establish Franciscn s plan 1o | ment steamship trom San Panama Clara Bloodgoeod's sul due to sbe while mauuge one nigi Page 7 ntr's pt made to wreck Krut | special train in Texas. COAST Droamite is used on power poles in att e Gol in darkness: protest en ainst ca troops: eight companie gulars depart from California for the sc ze n Imperial valles t Wling occurs in police department as temalt | Page 16 | Tarlor asks that three members of the | Page 12 | Page 16| Page 5| al bank of Oakland | mattress and escapes 1o be recan’ | administered, Page 4| . | Bartnett and Brown testi :r | sets of the ide explained by frionds | Of various kinds. | | on deposit with the California safe de- Page 12 posit and trust company and constituted °d | come into the hands of Bartnett as spe- 9f | cial administrator. *1| the sending of any of such assets from | Following his testimony as to the dis- CONVERSION OF COLTON ESTATE SSETS CHARGED Serious Accusation Against Walter J. Bartnett and J. Dalzell Brown DECEIT IS ALLEGED Said to Have Concealed Knowledge of Impending Bank Failure BONDS AND COIN GONE | Trust Officials Accused of Shipping Securities Out of California Pending a thorough investigation into the affairs of the estate of the late Ellen M. Colton, widow of the late David D. Colton, the superior court of Santa Cruz county yesterday iscued an order suspending Walter J. Bartnett, vice president and general counsel for the California safe deposit and trust company, as special adminis- trator of that part of the estate which is in litigation. The order was granted on a petition filed by the lawyers for Helen M. B. Sacher, granddaughter of Mrs. Colton, and a contestant of her will, making allegations against tempting to deceive the court. These | petition, Bartnett and J. Dalzell Brown are guilty of concealing their knowl- edge ‘of the impending failure of the California safe: deposit and trust com- | pany for some months béfore the It is alleged that they failed give notice to the attornays for the contestant of the coming trouble. ‘The petition -also recites that, despite the fact - that the court of Senta | county. in. which the estafe j& being had ordered that the constituting thé assets of should be safeguarded in of the safe deposit com- and J. Dalzell Brown to the bank éommis that $75,000 in money had been burned in the fire and that $200,000 in stocks and bonds had been sent to New York for safe keeping. SAFETY OF ASSETS ame to securities | the estate the vaults pany, Bartnett admitted The petition goes on to say that seven 1906, ed under oath before the superior court of Santa Cruz months after the fire of April 18, county that posited company at that time there was de- the vaults of deposit the entire amount of the as- tate, consisting of approx- in bonds and stock in cash or negotiable paper in the At that time the court ordered that the entire assets of the estate be placed that company the official depository for such stock and bonds and cash as might The order forbade the state under any pretext whatever. Bartnett of breach of trust and at-| lawyers are Barclay Henley, J. F.' { Riley, Benjamin K. Knight and Crit-| tenden Thornton According to the“ ash | Cruz | ioners | taint % position of the funds of the estate, flowing Well proves south ¢ 2 : 3 = Seld a great producer. Bartnett gave bonds of $20,000, with Death st Santa Rosa of Jobn Taylor Bowe ,‘J‘m\..a J. Walker and J. Dalzell Brown a well known pioeer, Who was ap active me- |acting as sureties. Since the suspension {'ber of the vigilantes Page 12| o 10 o : ; : e trust company these suretles, so Majority of Sonoma county hep srowers ap-| { prove the proposed coast organization. Page 11| the etition declares, are “each of them Despite protests, a Japavese church will Le | utterly insolvent.” built in the finest residence section of [ In contfnuing the charges the order | vacaitte Page 15| ¢ suspension asserts that “the said | Andrew C. Cozad, foander of Norris & Rowe's | 7" ” e o el | circus, bills himself at Santa Cruz, Page 1§ | California safe deposit and trust com- \ Portugucse fshermen in | against high seas on ocean for seven days and are finally picked up by vessel and towed 1o | capitola. Page 11 FOREIGN Prediction made that Taft's visit will resuit in Russian-American alifance. Page 1 Latest Parisian style of dress for women fits the figure with marked tigbtuess Page 8 e ne SPORTS % ° | Edith R at 100 to 1 and four other long 4 n alive when |SBots win races at Emeryville in sloppy 3 C g e b | goinz Page 10 - | George Memsic coming te San Francisco fo ur. aug back of a hea ave | range match with Battling Nelson Page 10 ould not have survived more than a| Ten starters in Crocker selling steke inake = adly gases with |Pard picking for the-tasent. Page 10 Three winners at New Orleans races come - as s00n as the|fom P. Dunne's barn. Page,10 ng system was interrupted HAVE LITTLE HOPE ere is more hope for those in more emote mections of the mine, as they B e reached workings where ipplied by other openings at best only the most slender hope entertained for the survival of any e of the men in the mine when the be cleared away and com t outside re-estab- mines regularly employ working in two shif and best 500 during the oh- the day nE information d the Jle at this time is that 380 men of force gone to work this and that all were caught. Tt 10 o’clock when the had after Centinued on Page 2, Column 4 1. Scott Leary defeats George Bromler iu.a match swimmipg race at the O) Tub Page 10 | SOCIAL } Winter's garety opens last night with cotill | at Fairmont botel Pag | Mrs. Crrus Walker is bostess at largest oridge whist party given im this city in several | years. Page § | LABOR | Three contributions frbm the international | unlon have been received by the carmen of this oity. Page » | MARINE | Suorting southwester makes floating property e to a lively tune apd keeps ships from | going to ses. Page 11 Japanese liner America Maru ends stormy vorage across Pacific and brings rich cargo from | the orfent. Page 11 MINING Sending of | stock market, [ troops to Goldfield strengthens affecting Goldfield Consolidated avd Florence partienlarlr, Largest trading of many weeks experiepced. Page 15 launch batlie | | person to act as special administrator | TEMPO! o | Bartnett to show cause why his sus- |4t is ordered to deliver to the court, or {2 full gccounting of all ‘its actions in pany is likewise insolvent and unable to pay its debts and that its officers are not in possession of the stock and bonds as aforesaid receipted for by it, and that its officers have concealed, embezzled and tranzported the| said #tock and bonds out of the state of California, which amounts to a conver- sion of and an embezzlement of them, and that its officers have given false and inconsistent accounts of the where- abouts of the said stock and bonds, and that the said Walter J. Bartnett s lack- ing in integrity as to make him an unfit of the estate.” LY SUSPENDED In actinf on this petition the eourt zued a perfunctory order enjoining pension should not be made permanent and suspending him untii furtker order of the court. ‘ The officers of the trust company are crdered to appear and show cause why | that company should not be displaced and removed from its position as de-| positery of the funds of the estate, and | to to a receiver appointed by the court, regard to the estate and its affairs, This action on the part of the court of Santa Cruz county scores a strong peint for the contestants in the long fight | would not come to the front with any LISTTO CHICAGO LODKS BAD FO B0OM OF THFT {Lake Metropolis Awakes From Apathy to Bid for Convention CANNON MEN ACTIVE On Choice of City May Hang Nomination of President ROOSEVELT IS SILENT | Shakes Hands of Men on Committee, but Says Nothing J | 1 SPECIAL DIS! WASHINGTO! the rapublican PATCH TO THE CALL. Dec. 6.—Members of national committee avre inclined to t k the convention will | be held in Chicage 2nd not in Kansa | City. Chicago has been lukewarm until today, but Frank O. Lowden, commit- teeman from lilinois, came forward this i | i | morning with an invitation from Chi- | cago that made Kansas City's teeth 2 \ | | rattle. Chicago offers ah zuditorium | seating 14,000 and will meet all expenses of the subcommittee. Sev- eral miembers holding out te get a bet ter offer from Chicago admitted pri- vately that they were doing it more to tease Lowden than anything else. They were for Chicago anyhow, they said. |- | | 1 persons, | { i i i PRICE FIVE CENTS. —p PR Edward H. Pearce. - | | | | i | Commander of United States troops sent to Goldfie officers who will assist him. Reynolds. Lower row left to right—Lieutenant H. A. Ripley, Major J.'F. Kreps, Licutenant Robert H. Whitfield, Licutenant 1d and Upper—Colonel Alfred W. | DYNAMITE [5 USED NEAR MINES Attempt Is Made to Put Goldfield in Darkness R Sherifi, Who Is Friend of the Strikers, Disappears Protest EEntered 1 Against - Calling Troops Eight Companies Start for ihe Scene of Trouble Belief that permanent garrisom of reg- ular troops will be established at Goldfteld; attempt is made to dyna- mite power poles and have the town in darkness; sheriff, who is friemdly to miners and conducts a saloon, dis- appears. | Eight companies of the Twenty-second infantry, commanded by Colomel A. W. Reymolds, depart for Goldfield. | Governor Sparks’ appeal for troops | comstrued by the Washington au- therities to Indicate Imminence of great pertl in Nevada. | General Funston sends report to Wash- ington on comditions at Goldfleld, saying there iz danger of mimes be- ing blown up before the regulars ar- | rive. | President M. J. Momnette of the Los | Asgeles-Nevada minlag exchange hlanres Harywood for stirring up trou- ble among the Nevada miners. SPECIAL DISPATCH TO THE CALL GOLDFEILD, Nev., Dec. |6.—The residents of Gold- field have not recovered.from |the surprise of the intelli- |gence that troops had been |ordered to this point. There had been nothing to indicate that trouble was imminent {until tonight, when it was |discovered that an attempt -+ had been made to dynamite 7 % | and even if Chicago made no offers they would vote for her. It the convention goes to Chicago] it will be taken by politicians to mean that anti-Taft forces are in the sad- dle. The national committee is be- lleved to be against Taft. The selec- tlon of the convention city will be a| test as to the truth of this suspicion. | Kansas City is in the heart of the Taft| sentiment, while Chicago will be garded as a Cannon center or a rally ing ground of the fleld against Taft. LOOKS BAD FOR TAFT The sudden strength of movement for Chicago is universally regarded to- day an exhibition of anti-Taft strength with the presidential candidates who do not appear to be considered in this connection. Tt is the field against Taft, or rather the field against Roosevelt over Taft's shoulder. Arthur Vorys, Taft's manager, said he did not care which city'got the con- vention. This announcement was a blow to Kansas City, and Jay H. Nefr, the chairman of that city's delegation, admitted that there had been a lessen- ing of Kansas City sentiment. “We will be sorry,” he said, “it the big game of politics is played now to our disadventage. e are not taking part in the national aspect of the se- re- as other lection. Our organization is nonparti- san.” Other considerations, however, ap- peared to enter into the apparent change in sentiment, and to account for the growth of Chicago talk. A promi- nent member of the national commit- tee explained it as follows: CHICAGO LAY DORMANT “Up to now Kansas City has had the swing, taking it by default. Chicago kind of a proposition. That was not the kind of spirit to he countenanced by the national committee. Moreover, when it began to look as {f Kansas City was really likely to get it, ob- jections were raised. “The mnewspapers complained that telegraphic facilities were inadequate jn Kansase City. Eastern men thousfit the additional 12 hours’ railroad travel would be an item of expense to he con- sidered. These questions will _be fought out when we hear the cities talk tomorrow ~ through their representa- tives.” Aside from the selection of acting €hairman Harry S New to fill the for the estate’ of Mrs, Colton, -which remainder. of . the unexpired term of more | “Ratiles” at Work in Fashionable Abode r Theft of $2,000 Worth ot Jewels. From Berkeley Apartment | House Baffles Police BERKELEY, Dec. 6.—Bafled by (he‘\ | mysterious theft of jewels valued at} $2,000 from the apartments of :Miss W. | G. Wilkinson at the fashionable.Ox-| ;_America and Russia the local power line. The success of this attempt would have left the town in dark- ! ness, and brought to fruition the Friendly Again Pge | threat of the hot heads in the Predicted That the Aftifude of| . ion to prevent the hoisting of Japan Will Bring About New Alliance water- and to flood the mines. | This phase of the trouble is most | important, as the cessation of all ST. PETERSBURG. Dec. 6.—Secretary | o will entail destruction of Taft's visit to St. Petersburg has causel : 5 é Sumerous political rufnors regarding Workings in the mines through caving. the far east. A well informed Russian ford house, Allston way and 4'lx((\rdkpulil ian bothh Russia and sireet, the police have virtually decid-}America are likely to resume their old ed that a real “Raffles” is the gulilty|close friendship on account of Japan's person and that a “gentleman” bur;|threatening attitude in the Pacific. A glar found access to the rooms of me{diplumu of hign standing savs that thief's victim. {Russia wishes an alliance with America, For several days détectives of thelbut it is not popular at present in ths Berkéley department have been work-!republle, and, js not strong that says besides. enough to be of any use to the United Patrolmen discovered 100 sticks of giant powder scattered around . three poles near the place where the line crosses the railroad track, two miles from the city Holes had been bored into twe of the poles, and ;(lp:,hld been exploded, but the pow- ing hard on ‘the strange disappearance of Miss Wilkinson’s gems. = For =as many days the utmost caution has been observed both in police circles and at the ‘Oxford to conceal the news of the theft, which is surrounded by so many peculiar circumstances that the detec- tives have reached the conclusion ‘that a persom intimately: acquainted with the interior of the fashionable apart- ment house is guilty. Miss Wilkinson notified the police as| soon as she discovered the loss of the! jewels. She said that she carried them to the bathroom last Tuesday morning in a chamois bag. This contained a| variety of rdiamond rings, brooches, | pins and other articles of adornment. ~ Miss Wilkinson left the 'pouch acel- dentally in the bathroom on the floof when she returned to her room to €om- plete her toilet after her morning bath Sbé did not miss the jewels at once,| but within a few minutes remembered | that she had left them. behind. Going) back to the bathroom to get the gems, Miss Wilkinson was thunderstruck at not finding them. / The Oxford apartments is one of the| high class houses of the character in| the citys On account of the location overlooking the. university the suites! are most eagerly sought for by the| elite and numbers of society folk are| registered as guests. | { oo e S DEATH CALLS D. H. PEERY LOS ANGELES, Dec. 6.—D. H. Peery of Salt Lake City, prominent capital-| jst and democratic national committee man from Utah, died at the Lanker- | Continued on Page 3, Column 1. | l * Continued on Page 3, Column 3 - 3 siim hotel today after an illness of several weeks from Bright's disease. - States. ! der, being frozen, falled to ignite. rlmpertinent Qfiestion No. 28 What Do You Want -Most for Christmas? For the most original or wittiest answer to this ques- tion—and the briefer the better—The Call will pay FIVE DOLLARS. For the next five answers The Call will pay ONE DOLLAR each. Prize | winning answers will be printed next Wednesday and checks mailed to the winners at once Make your answer short and address it to IMPERTINENT QUESTIONS, THE CALL Winning Answwers to “What Is the Matter With Teddy?” 45 prize to Edward Briggs Jr., 1306 Masonle avenue, citr. Chronic honesty; diagnosed as incurable by Dr. Trust. $1 prize to F. W. Sanderson, 897 Noe street. city. He is lonesome, being in a’class by himself. $1 prize to J. D. Martio, Hayward. Has his hands full tryving to please 80,000,000 people. $1 prize to €. H. Chase, box 264, Chico. He is only a human being. $1 prize to W. F. de Samno, 2607 Howard street, clfy. You mean the other fellow, don't you? $1 prize to F. P. Bonham, 1527 Telegmuph avesus. Ouaklsnd Oh, lots of things; but what do they amount 1 i H | | |