The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, April 13, 1908, Page 1

(Can a young man without money see ; the world if he wants to? A young man | who has done just that thing tells the if! ils of his method next Sunday in The Sunday Call The great ing. fiction contest grows excit Was the Pemberton or the Free- man installment of yesterday the best? Please send in your vote at once, care of The Sunday Call VOLUME CIOI—NO. 1: PRICE FIVE CENTS. 3Deadand 100 HurtinChelseaConflagr GOADEDINLINE, BOSS YIELDS T0 LEAGUE DEWAND Republican Machine of Alameda County Agrees to Confer- ence on Primaries *] BEWARE .QF THE DOG! Backdown of Organization Is Victory for the Lincoln- Roosevelt Forces | | Do you want te take a hand in the May primarfes? Are you in- terested in the fight to oust Her- rin from political contrel tn Cali- Honest Government Army Ral- | | lies to Standard and Winning > | | i | 4 Campaign Is Planned fornia? Them get your mame om the register. = % g There are only three days more OAKLAND, April 12.—Under the b - S Meday, of a public opinion strength- Tuesday and Wednesday. are mot registered by Wednesday midnight you cannot take part in If you || solidified by the energetic 11 Lincoln-Roosevelt the presidential primary om May 5 | | league, leaders in Alameda county and you cammot take part im the other parts of the third con- bond election on May 11. Om Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday the registration office in the city hall will be opem con- & : t sly from 8:30 In the morain 1 a conference of his committee s . until midnight. | the league on the dema‘nd that Thice Wil ho Sleaiy hE ‘et d in the third dis- | gere wo you won't have to watt | f deleguies to the | | 4, yne. It only takes a couple of | minutes to register, Surely you | can spare that much time whem so much is at stake. nal district, the congressional committee chairman, Dr. . L. Tisdale of Alameda, has agreed INDEX OF THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL’S NEWS TODAY BE HELD NEXT WEEK TELEPHONE KEARNY 6 . MONDAY, APRIL 13, 1308 28 been ten WEATHER CONDITIONS YESTERDAY —Cloody; west wind; ratore, 54; minimum, 46. F CAST FOR TODAY—Cloudy with fog, | and possibly light sbowers by mnight; fresh soutbwest wind. Page 8 next week the ranks maximum EDITORIAL The character of Herrin's champions is help- 8 er to defeat him. Page ¢ Mr. Hearst's Chinese. Page 8 | | 2t the conference that Colonel Straight had made a report of the incident to |- | hill and Consul Stralght asking for all AMERICA WILL MAKE DEMAND FORREPARATION Attack Upon Consfil General Straight by Japanese Row= dies Is Serious Nippon Government to Be Called Upon to Act Promptly in Mukden Outrage Cabinet Officer Tells of Tactics That Caused Sending of Fleet to Pacific SPECIAL DISPATCH TO THE CALL WASHINGTON, April 12.—The attack on Consul General Straight nd the servants of the American cosulate at Mukden by Japanese row- dies, led by a postman, has stirred the administration to action. It 13 re- garded as a much more serious af- fair than appears upon the surface, and prompt action will undoubtedly be taken to obtain the reparation that Japan has so far refused. | A conference upon the subject was | held at the White House tonight by the president, Secretary Taft and Sec- retary of State Root. It was assumed | Minister Rockhill at Peking and that | he would communicate the facts to the | state department without delay. | To insure his doing so cable mes- | sages were sent tonight to both Rock- the facts. A reply is expected tomnor- row. i A prominent cabinet officer sald to- | night: | “I don’t think T am betraying any se- | cret when I say that the decision to | | send the fleet to the Pacific was largely determined by the Insufferable tactics of the Japanese in official intercours MOTORCYCLIST IS RUN DOWN BY AUTOMOBILE Collision in Santa Clara Is Like- ation-Loss $10,000, REEEELANRI S % NOMINATION IN THE SHADE OF THE SHELTERING LIGHTNING-ROD MR. TOASTMASTER GENTLEMEN, AND w.J BRYAN THE GREAT COMMONER IN A THINKING PART (BY _REQUEST) I SUPPOSE ALL THE SENATE DOOR-KNOBS BRE N THAT 8aG PARTING 15 SUCH SWEET SORROW! On Their Way 3 CONSTRUCTIVE STATESMANSHIP MR.TAFT IN THE CYCLONE COUNTRY DON'T FIRE UNTIL YOU SEE THE WHITES OF THE ENEMY'S EGGS | | y T HERE COMES ELTIERY BB TERM ’ 10EA MUNICIPAL OWNERSHIP A -MOULDERING Wy THE GRAVE — 000 WIPES OUT THIRD OF THE CITY Ten Thousand Persons Rea- dered Homeless by Devouring Fangs of Flame Fire Sweeps Diagonal Path Through Heart of Business and Tenement Section {Martial Law Declared by Mili- tary Forces Who Come to Aid of Helpless Town | Hospitals Go in Conflagration and Sick Are Hurried fo Safety in Boston ————p fflavoc Wrought by Fire | in Chelsea, Mass. l Persons killed . ... "Persons injured . Area fire-swept, 1’4 square miles. Buildings burned......500 i | BOSTON, April 12.—An apparently insignificant fire which started among rags on a dump in the city of Chelsea, today was fanned by & northwest gale nto a conflagration which obliterated nearly one third of the city. At an early hour this morniag the ruins of the burned district in Chelsea were under guard of 14 companies of the state militia and marines from the * | Charlestown navy yard, and the city was put under martial law to prevent looting. The soldiers were supplied with ball cartridges. Five hundred dwelling houses and Another phase of Spring Valley variety.P. 6 | POLITICS | Goaded into lins by pressure of public optnion, | republican machine of Alsmeds county yields to | Gemand of Lincoln-Boosevelt league for primary | conference. Page 1| Hearst toy to grow larger, but only be- cause of closed Te r's office. Page 14 CITY . “Brown's Ia Town" fis presented at the American theater by company of more than | ordinery merit. Page 14, Iy to Lead to Suit for Damages SPECTAL DISPATCH TO TH® CALL ' SAN JOSE, April 32.—John Fox, a| San Francisco motorcyclist, was run down this afternoon in Santa Clara by an automobile carrying license number 9333. The force of the collision put a| heavy crimp In the motorcycle, but Fox | Rev. Bradiord Leavitt Arraigns Tainted Papers That Impugn Motives of Prosecutors ‘Scores Twisted NewsFalls Eighty Feet tofiTrusteesAreAccusedo}‘ - of War on Grait - Death in Canyon | Being In Plot Hiram Millard Trips Over Stake While Following Buggy and Brothers Find Body | public buildings were destroyed, 1500 } families were driven from their homes |and 10,000 persons rendered homeless. { Three lives are known to have been | lost and at a late hour temight It was | Alleged Attempt to Prevent De- reportsd that two other persons bad | perished. one, a woman, having shet | herself in a frenzy over her inability to save her property. livery of Temperance Lec- ture by Judge Artman in- Rev. Bracford Leavitt scores tainted news. | escaped with a severe shaking up and | | | From 50 to 100 persons wers o sdale shou have mdous force of the in republican politics e bowed to t storm is as one of the most significant te political affairs today. papers that in charges th: of n motives of graft prosecu- | Page 1/ rn banker is stricken with fatal aftack disesse 1n botel lobby. Page 8/ Governor Gillett and large perty goes south welcome fieet to California waters. Page 14 Members of Asiatic exclusion lesgue repudiate they will incite riots during visit fleet Page 4 Robbers who Jooted jewelry store eppear to have tried similar operations in liquor store last | Wednesdsy. | Page 8| Walter J. Bartnett is reported to be making overtures to district attorney's office to testify | Chauffeur's name. ld have realized that an 1 even as the re- ine of Caj the assa. ntative gover: for regerding dissppearance of Colton securities and | to fastep gullt on J. Dalzell Brown. Page 4| Hines' creditors fail to sgree on terms and Krageos store will rematn closed. Page 4| Cruiser Almirante Grau of Peruvisn navy ar-| rives in barbor to §o into drydock. Page 4| powert those who the right many bruises. Fox says that the chaf- feur stopped long enough to ask if he had been injured. Deputy Sheriff Buffington located the automobile, which was driven by a chauffeur named J. W. Hudson, and contained a party of women from San Francisco. As he held no“warrant he contented himself with making sure of the license number and seouring qn According to the register of licenses, car carrying number 93323 belongs to Verrilac & Bertrand of 605 Van Ness avenue, San Franclsco. Fox, who lives at 1308 Sixteenth ave- n the ad- Clergy of Roman Catholic churches begin boly | nue, San Francisco, says that he will week with solemn services. Page 4 SUBURBAN | City trostees of Sen Rafael gre accused of | being in attempted plot to prevent nnwruul lecture by Judge Artman. Page 1| Feflure to vots bomds for school department | likely to cause closing of schools. Page 4 Saloon problem is thrust ints politics of San Mateo county, to disgust of politicians. Page 4 COAST VIR Hirem C. Millard, brother of Bailey MIIIary, the aut Killed by falling over s preci | pice. Page 1| Francls J. Hepey scores Semator Fulton, se- | cusing him of bribery in legislature and land he district 5 demand that the plan delegates be abandoned and com- of 5 held throughout the | fravds. Page 3 g et 5.5 | Atlentic fleet s mearing San Diego and the 8 people ready with hearty welcome. Page 4 1ISDALE AGREES TO HASTEN | EASTERN was given the assurance that| Three persbos are killed, 100 fojured, 10,000 | renfered bomeless &nd damage of $10,000,000 Gone in fire in Cbelsea, Mass. Page 1 Demand to be made upon Japan for prompt reperation for attack by Japamese rowdies upon Consul Genersl Straight and servants of the e would be arranged as | at Chairman Tis- | © communication at | teemen and that| e o announced for American consulste at Mukden. Page 1 late as possible FOREIGN w has been done by lhpi New British cabioet announced by Premier since ¥ night, when the | ASUE : e gh o 2t & meeting in the | SPORTS Boxing promoters have a lively time trying ounced by ! 45 jand the Nelson-Gans match, Page 5 a Rapid Water, Jobnny Lyons, Rose Queen and to grab the| Big Bow lesd in stake winning at Emery- { vilte, Page 5 | W. C. Collins makes record rua with motor- | escle, climbing Fillmore street il in 20| he call of the re- | seconds. Page 5 committee and of | Seals succumb to Beavers in the morning, but state executiv: | win the afternoon game: Foas B ‘ st Automobile dealers plan & Tun to Monterey in yas declared to be in di- violation of national publican com- mittee: State Senator Charles M. Bel- | time to wi AL e Bk Pae B shaw of Comtra Costa county, Assem-| Albion Rovers defeat team of alleged stars in biyman John W. Stetson of Oakland, | 506cer game, 2 t0 0. Page & na others exposed the knavery of the |, kly follow the Berkeley g the appointment committee, composed | Continued on Page 2, Column 3 ) | park. MARINE coming from Honolulu apd third officer is in- Jured Quring & storm., Walla Walla adds apother stake to bLis list winning Champlon event at Ingleside coursing Page 5 . Steamship Nevadan encounters rough weatber Page 8 begin & suit for damages against the chauffeur in charge of the car. —_— STUDENT ASSASSINATES GOVERNOR OF GALICIA Deed Occurs While Official Is Receiving Murderer’s Com= panions in Audience LEMBURG, April 12.—Count Andreas | Potocki, governor of the Austro-Polish province of Galicia, was assassinated this afternoon by a Ruthenian student, Mieroslap Sjoseynski, while giving an audience to a delegation of students. The assassin fired three shots from a revolver, all of which took effect. The governor dled soon afterward, but first asked his secretary to inform his ma- jesty at once. “Tell him,” said the dying man, ‘I was his most faithful servant.” The assassin dld not resist arrest | When led through the governor's ante- chamber he sald to the Ruthenian peas- ants who were walting for an audi- ence: “I have done this for you.” The assassin’s brother, who had been informed of the plan to kill the gov- ernor, committed suicide shortly before the murder. —_— TACOMA TO GREET SEBREE TACOMA, April 12—Elsborate prepa- rations have been made for the enter- talnment of the cruisers Washington, Tennessee and California this week. The Washington will arrive about 2:30 Tuesday afternoon and the other ves- sels about two davs later. The street ana nouse decorations will surpass any. thing of the kind ever planned for public event, Tainted newspapers that tempting to impugn the motives of the graft prosecutors by insinuating cartoons and twisted news reports were severely arralgned from the pulpit of the First Unitarian church yesterday morning by Rev. Bradford Leavitt in & Palm Sunday address. Choosing for his text, “Because he was nigh to Jerusalem, and because they thought that the kingdom of God should appear,” Doctor Leavitt showed how the high motive which inspired Christ on that memorable day, was mis- understood and mistaken by the palm waying muiltitude, Who Delieved that Jesus was going to Jerusalem to a ma- terial victory instead of & epiritual con- quest. “Palm Sunday is not merely an an- niversary of a bit of history in the life of Christ,” sald Doctor Leavitt, “but also a setting of a tragedy which might find analogy in the life of men today. The multitude misunderstood, and therefore cheered Christ on his way to Jerusalem. They blessed him for one reason and he was going to the city for another. ‘“We decided today to go to the Jerusalem of honesty, simplicity and temperance, and we start on our way. At every turn of the road we meet those who smile and sneer at us and our honest resolves, insinueting that instead of good motives We have chosen £05d because it leads to some material gain, and that we are really hypocrites. “There are many people and several papers in San Francisco that are now attempting to swing popular opinion against the high minded men who are working day and night to make San Francisco clean. The graft prosecutors, the men who are doing what is right and best, are being assailed on all sides by newspapers anll. people who put wrong constructions on all their acts and insinuate that instead of the good motive inspiring them in ‘lheir titanic | battle against the thieves of San Fran- cisco’s honor a base motive is in reality impelling them on in the struggle.” Five hundred people listened to the v L d | are at-| | SAN JOSE, April 12.—Hiram C. Mil-| SPECIAL DISPATCH TO THE CALL lard, manager of the Grant mineral springs and brother of Bailey Millard the author, was instantly killed by accidentally falling over an 80 foot precipice into Alum Rock canyon last night about 7 o'clock. The body was recovered by his brothers before day- light this morning and brought Into this ecity in Dr. F. H. Bang's automo- bile. , Millard, who had been in poor health, was given the position as manager of the springs about three years ago, pure mountain . air being prescribed by bis { An alleged attempt on the part of the saloon element of San Rafael to pre- vent the recently delivered temperance | lecture by Judge Samuel Artman from | | being held has just come to light and has set the pretty Marin county seat by the ears. The large audience who listened to Judge Artman in the San Rafael opera house March 23 are wroth to learn of a supposed plot to throttle | jured. Accurats estimate of the less is impossible. ' One estimate sets it at $10,000,000. The total Insurance was about $5,000,000. The funds of the burned banks, with the exception of the County savings bank, are still in the vaults The money and securities of the County bank were taken to Boston before the fire reached the bdullding. Among the more seriov-ly injured were the following: Fireman Carroll of Charleston, over- come by smoke and burmed about the head; coadition critical. Engineman Charles Carroll of Boston, his speech and developments are looked for at tonight's meeting of the city board of trustees, inasmuch as two of that body are alleged to have lent| themselves to the scheme. The detalls of the machinations of physician. His duties brought him in |the saloon element were exposed by and out of San Jose about twice a|Dr. 8. M. Augustine, one of the most week, usually making the trip with a |prominent and respected residents of team. Yesterday two women, daugh-|San Rafael, and for many years identi- ters of mountaineers, agcompanied him |fled with the Hoteling bank and the to San Jose and also returned with |estats of A. P. Hotaling. Dr. Augus- him. At Alum Rock he got off the|tine, in a letter to the trustees, has rig and asked the women to drive on |made known that Trustees James Beg- ahead, saying that he would catch up. |ley and J. Lovell, as members of the ‘When they reached home and he falled | fire cdmmntne, March 21 ordered City to appear they sounded the alarm. Clerk Eugene E. Smith to notify the Byron Millard, Joe Millard and|Hotaling estate that the San Rafael George Borchers went to the scenme.!gpera house was not properly equipped At the edge of a sharp bluff on a dan- | ggainst fire and that no meetings would gerous turn where more than one fatal |, permitted to be held therein. Dr. accident has occurred they notloed,|sygustine, in scathing language, points with the aid of a lantern, a footprint with the toe pointed agalpst a sur- veyor's stake. N The brush at the side of the road was also disturbed and believing that Hiram had tripped on the stake while running in the dark and plungeéd over the cliff, the brothers decided not to wait for daylight for further investi- gation, as there was a chance that he might have survived the terrible fall. A rope was accordingly made from the harness on the team they were driving and Joe was lowered into the darkness below. Eighty feet of line was exhausted before a signal from below announced that be had reached the foot of the cliff and that thelr Continued om Page 2, Column 4. tion—and the briefer the Impertinent Question No. What Is a Telephone? ' For the most original or wittiest answer to this ques- overcome and badly burned; cendition eritical. Mrs. Rosie Flas, marine hosptal, In bad condtion. Gaye birth to child yes- terday and removed from burning house. Captain Predls, Lynn fire depart- ment; dangerously burned. Chief Evans, Melrose fire department; face and hands burned. Captain Willlams, Chelsea; head and shoulder burned. Frank A. Chase, Chels=a; overcome by smoke and suffering from heart trouble; condition serious. The fire raged before a 45 mile gals for more than 12 hours, defying the ut- most efforts of the combined fire de- partments of Chelsea and several near- ! | better—The Call will pay FIVE DOLLARS. For the next five answers The Call will pay ONE DOLLAR each. Prize death In that spot was correct. e PASSES SAN LUIS OBISPO _SAN LUIS OBISPO, April 12.—The fleet will not stop at Port San Luis. Ad- aall 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,