The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, August 17, 1908, Page 1

The first of the cash prizes were award- ed yesterday for cleverest household ideas and best recipes. More next House keepers’ page of The Sunday Call Sunday. alley’s comet, after 73 years, is again the earth. Do not be alarmed, but read the stpry of it next Sunday in The Sunday Call + { | Bayonets of 3,000 I roops H old Sprmgfleld Mobs at Bay ' EE4 O e AL X Scemes of the rioting in Springfield: I—Public square and courthouse, where Chafin, prohibitionist candidate for pro-ment was struek by brick while talking. 2—Governor Deneen of Ilinols. 3—West side of Public square; arrow polnts to l»operl res- taurant and cress marks position of stand where Chafin spoke. 4—State capitol. 5—St. Nicholas hotel, where negro who assaulted white woman and precipitated riot was employed. 6—Camp Lincoln, where the fugitive negroes first were quartered. 7—Franklin Life | building, near which rioting occurred. S—East side of public -qn-re, scene of rioting., 9—Municipal lighting plant, where {roops were masscd. 10—Armory, where troops and negro refugees are quartered. 11—O0dd Fellows’ building, one block west of Loper's restau- rant, scene of riotx, S £ U = -~ — £ G N g A2H “UNCLES” WL FURNISH BONDS FOR DYNAMITER Peculiar Alacrity of Efiorts to Secure | publican party the Release of Peter Claudianes Felix Pauduveris’ Promise of the Backing of a Million May 4 Be Verified Tool of Higher Ups Is Taken to Oakland and His Story of Plot Substantiated For ths first time since the fateful night in April when a dynamite bomb was exploded on the porch of the house occupied by James L. Gallagher in East Oakland, imperiling the lives of the household, Peter Claudianes yesterday saw the premises at which he made a diabolical attack on the chief witness against Abe Ruef and the defendants in the graft cases. Peter was in the custody of District Attorney William H. Langdon, Spe- cial Agent William J. Burns and De- tective Charles Goff. He had been ken over the route of Oakland movements prior to the murderous ex- piosion. He was positively identified by creditable witnesses in such a way at the story he told of his fearful crime was perfectly corro UNCLES TO FURNISH BAIL b 4 plans of Peters friends carry he will not be long ih jail Both of nis attorneys, Naihan C. Coghlan and J. W. Boott, sald yeste that they would secure soon the 000 bail necessary to secure Greek who is now se of the the city held at prison on & charge of conspiracy to cpmmit a felony. When asked who was to furnish the securities Coghlan and Scott replied that uncles of the young prisoner would come to his re- Jief. One of the kin is named Claund- janes and conducts a saloon in Oro- ville. The other surety is sald to live this city. Neither of the attorneys. could ex- plain why Peter, the worst criminal of the two brethers, according to_ his own confession, should secure his re lease so readily after his arrest when the family made no effort to come to the aid of John Claudianes. John's testimony did mot bring the crime as close up to its instigators -as Peter's does. Coghlan, when questioned on t point last night, declared himself able to explain the paradox. for un- ~] am not attorney John, you remember,” he said. Peter had a fear yesterday morning that he might have talked too much and in a comversation with- Chief of Police Biggy made what he considered P = shrewd point. “Nothing that I have said escept in the presence of my at- torney may be used against me, I gi you warning on that” said he. WEALTH BEHIND PETER | The alacrity with which the wheels that produce bail money have be- gun to spin since Peter has been in jall bears out the promise made to the confessed dynamiter by his “employer” | and accomplice, Felix Pauduyeris, “If ever you get in trouble over this busi- ness there will be $50,000 in bail money available and $1,000,000 behind your de- fense,” Felix promisegd | According to Coghlan, part of that| bail money is about to be produced.| Coghlan has ever been a henchman of| Abe Ruef’s. 1t is .understood by the prosecution that only. the picturesque first confes- sion of John Cuadignes saved Gal- Jagher from & third explosion. Peter was in Reno at the time of the con- } fession and circamstances strongly in- dicate that he was there 1o purchase dynamite for a third explosion. After the failure of the second outrage to do anything but partly destroy Gallagher's | Continucd on Page %, Bottom Column 3 INDEX OF THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL’S NEWS TODAY KBARNY \‘ 1-l'<T 1 TELEPHONE 86 MONDAY, WEATHER CONDITIONS | YESTERDAY—Cloudy; west wind; maximum temperature, 58; minimum, 50, FORECAST FOR TODAY—Fair, with dense fog in the morning; fresh west wind. Page T EDITORIAL { Shifting control of the senate. Page 6 Mr. Harriman's agreements. Page 6 Mountain states for Taft. Page 6 POLITICS Enquirer shows that Brran bas of election owing to unity of Te Page 2 Bryan to make active campaign on plank guar- Page 2 chance anteeing bank deposits. Cendidate William H. Taft going on wrmkn, fishing trip before taking up active work campaign. Page2 | { CITY Peter Clavdisnes Is taken to Oakland and his | story of dynamite plot corroborated by credible witnesses: bonde for prisoner’s release. Page1| Wife braves death to stop pistol duel between her busband and policeman. Page 1 Big electric sign at American theater falls, | Page 4| Locsl Methodists inaugurate campaign to pre Page 12 Woman's life saved by small bushes when she | is by Au barely missing Manager Dailey. vent re-slection of Speaker Cannon 4 to clif’s edge in auto wreck Page 12 0 endurance contest from San Francisco to o — CHINESE FATALLY STONED BY BOYS “uncles” are preparing to tormies ljured Oriental’s Companions Force Way Into Home Seeking Assailants , Aug. 16.—Fook Chung, a hinese employed in a cannery enth and Pine streets, was stoned ning until he fell to the side- walk at Twelfth and Chester streets, bleeding and unconscious from a frac- Los Angeles may be declared off Page7 tured skull He is probably fatally AL She SN Ochon, BtV plonses @ndic | 5 ugene Sankey, a 13 yedr old boy, is at the American theater, May Nannery rec ing | in detinue in the city jall on suspicion cheers Page 12| 0f leading other boys in a savage on- Market street bank depositors urge district | Slaught against the Chines Sankey sttorney to investigate affairs of bank.Page 13| 1oy 2'7ested at his home aleritne At Native Sons make elaborate preparations for |~ Chung was struck by two heavy celebration to be held in Monterey on Septem- | rocks while walking with five other S Page 3| Chinese, who are under arrest on E e 4 | Charges of forcing their way into the pervisor W. G. Stafford afes at age of 52| jo;e of C. A. Mears, a railroad en- after long illnes: Page 12 gineer living at 1462 Twelfth street. throughout city open with neressed attendance. okeys—human and real M among the attrac ns of good program at Orpheum. Bohemian club will Tepeat melodies of jinks Page3 | Page 12| Mears, awakened by the intrusion, sprang to the front room and held the e Chinese at bay with a chair, while ear old Charles Carter, whom the orientals were pursuing, escaped by the rear. The Chinesel it is said, were enraged and conduct thelr own compositions at anoual | ang threatening the life of the lad, concert Page3| whom . they accused of having taken 5 | part in the stoning of Chung. This is WOMEN’'S CLUBS | discredited by the police, who say that Clubwomen show great advance in rnnnt;:}:" :fi‘;‘c"}: boy was not implicated in e d B T Page8| The police arrived while the five | SUBURBAN Chbinese is probably fataily stoped by boys and alleged lesder of young rested. assailants is Page 1 Plucky Oakland girl fights fire with bare hands and saves home from destruction. Man awskens friends hy tapping om door for 2id in dead of night and falls dying when door 1s opened. Page 4 COAST William H.* Horn, a former professor of the University of Kaneas, is drowned in the Russian ar river. tostitute pagade in Sacramento. Page 12 EASTERN Beyonets of 3,000 soldiers hold Springficld mob at bay. unappeased and megroes In panic fiee to country- Page 4| Page1 Thousands of visttors view big Young Men's | Thirst of whites for blood of blacks is | comrades of Chung were searching the | neighborhood for the Carter boy and | arrested them. Meanwhile Chung was lying unconscious on the sidewalk. The Chinese in jall are Ah Toy, Lim Leong, Hang Yee, Ah Yit anid Ah Sing, | cannery workers. The melee caused several riot calls to be sent to the police station. Angry men threatened the Chinese, in the be- {llef that the Carter boy was in im- minent danger. He and Clarence Mc- | Keegan and Willie Mulligan, two other boys of the neighborhood, were ques- tioned at the police station and released | Charles Carter lives at 1036 Chester | street. The Sankey boy lives with his father, John B. Sankey, an engineer for the | Southern Paci company, at 10560 | Peralta street. Mrs. L. T. Stevenson, | wife of a member of the board of edu- |«cation, reported that from her window | she saw young Sankey throw two rocks ‘whlch felled Chung. | WESTERN PACIFIC PUTS { 1,000 MEN ON IN NEVADA | Gould Line to Be in Operation | From Salt Lake City | by Winter side Page 1 Jobn Berry makes a successful flight in bis mew dirigible balloon from St. Louls to| Troy, TiL. Page 3| Captain Peter C. Hains and his Srother | will be amaigoed today for killing Willlam Aunis. Page 3 American bar association recommends that | courts of appeal decide cases on their merits and not op purely technical potnts. Page 4 FOREIGN Pope honers request of Cardinal Gibbons on | fortieth anniversary of his consecration. Page 2 SPORTS Barbarians defeate the San Francisco cricket team and Wanderers win from the Golden Gates. Page 8 Charles Foley wins honors in singles and Nor- man Ambrose and Miller Hotchkiss win in doubles In temnis tournament. Page 8 In practice with the Barbarians Rugby foot- ball ‘team the Olympics show great aptitude for | the game. Page 8 Turfmen belleve Maskette will easily win the classic Futurity at Sheepghead Bay.. Paged Joe Thomas and Stanley Ketchel are walting for the bell tomorrow night. Page 5 San Francisco winds up series with Oakland by taking the double header. Pages Los Angeles delu(l Portland by a secore of 5 to 3. Page 5 State league scores: San Jose 7, San Fran- | cisco 0; Stockton 4, Santa Cruz 3; Alameda 7, Oekland 6; Sacramento 4 Fresno 2. Page 35 Jerry ('Shea’s greyhounds run first and second in the cass stake nt Ingleside park. Page5 MARINE Liner Manchuria arrives from the orlent with big passenger list and 7,000 tous cargo. Page7 SPECIAL DISPATCH TO THE CALL RENO, Nev., Aug. 16.—After nearly a | year of comparative inaction the West- |ern Pacific railroad is to be rushed to completion in Nevada. Yesterday 1,000 laborers and twice as many horses and mules were placed at work on the route east of Elko in this state, and are head- ed this way. 5 Grading is to be carried on night and |day along portions of the Joute and it is figured that before snow flies this season the line will be completed and in operation from Salt Lake City to ‘Winnemucca, ‘the center of. Nevada. From this end work is also to be started. It is now believed there will be no further cessation of work unti] the road is completed. —_——— CRUISER COLORADO UNINJURED WASHINGTON, Aug. 16.—The cruiser Colorado, which ran aground at Double bluff,; in Puget sound, yester- day was n6t seriously damaged, ac- cording to a telegram. received here today by Rear Admiral Pillsbury, chief of the bureau of navigation, fro» Rear Admiral Sebree, commander of the sec- fleet. ond division of the Pacific Wife Throws Herself Between Husband and Policeman While Both Fire Revolvers Fight in Darkened Hallway Fol- fows Attempt to Arrest Man for Assault Patrolman Secures Prisoner as His Spouse Falls Senseless Across the Stairs Heeding not a perfect hail of bullets smashing around her, Mrs. Hicks, a young wife, brought a sud- den and intensely dramatic ending to a fierce revolver battie tween her husband and Policeman Thomas F. Mechan in the darkened hallway of the Hicks residence yes- | terday afternoon. At one end of the hall, taking what shelter he could, stood the policeman. | At the other, a few feet behind a staircase, was Frank Hicks. Each man was emptying his revolver at the other. Shot after shot was being fired across the few feet interven- ing between them, and into the smoke and the din of the battle plunged the young wife. SEE WOMAN IN FLASH “For God's sake, for God's she screamed. “He'll surrender; surrender!” Meehan, thinking at first he was be- ing attacked from another quarter and sake!” he'll ‘not recognizing the woman in the dense smoke and dim light, spun around with leveled revolver. Hicks, from his corner, again pulled the trig- ger and in the brief revolver flash both men saw the woman's flying hair and outstretched arms and the upraised re- volvers dropped. The next moment Hicks pitched his gun' at the feet of the policeman and stepped forward, hands above his head. The wife heard the handcuffs click and fell across the stairs senseless. Meehan had gone to the Hicks resi- dence at 148 San Carlos avenue to ar- rest him. A short time previously Hicks had become involved in an alter- cation with Frank Broderson of 152 San Carlos avenue, each accusing the other of having insulted his wife. FIGHT FOLLOWS QUARREL A fight followed the quarrel and Hicks beat the other over the head with a revolver. As he was doing so J. J. Klapperich of 2946 Folsom street ran up and Hicks fired two shots at him, neither of which took effect. He then ran inside his house. Hearing of the trouble Meehan went to Hicks' house and as the door was opened showed his star and started to enter. Meehan was im plain clothes and Hicks said he did not recognize him as a policeman, but he took him for one of Broderson's friends, He jumped back quickly, drew a revolver ana fired. The bullet furrowed a line across Meehan’s forehead. CHARGED WITH CRIME Though blinded With blood the po- liceman pushed his way in, firing as he advanced. Hicks answered the shots. The wife, who was upstairs, ran down at the first shot and when she appeared on the scene the men were biazing away at each other. Except for the slight wound across Meehan's forehead neither was hit. Hicks was arrested and charged with assault to murder and assauit with a deadly weapon. He is the superintend- ent of the Hicks iwachine company, which is owned by his father, and is 27 years of a&% S PISTOL DUEL Frank | be-| EDUCATOR DROWNS IN RUSSIAN RIVER William H. Horn, Former Pro- fessor in University of Kan- sas, Meets Sudden Death MONTE RIO, Aug. 16.—Willlam H. Horn, a former professor of mathe- matics at the University of Kansas, was drowned in the Russian river here this afternoon while in swimming. Horn was spending the weekend as the guest of Mrs. Edna Plow of 620 K street, .Qan Francisco. A few minutes after 5 o'clock Horn, together with several Ir)thf‘r members of the summer colony, went in swimming. Horn started to | swim across the river. When about in {the middle of the stream he was seen 'to sink. It its believed Horn was | seized with cramps, as he failed to rise. Several members of the bathing { party went to the spot where Horn was last seen. Rowboats and launches were pressed into service and several minutes were spent in diving for the missing man. Captain Meadows, river boatman, recovered the body'a little less than an hour later. The dead man, who was about 30 years old, was sald to have been the chief book keeper of the American can company in the San Francisco offices. Horn is the son of a wealthy family in Stafford, Kan. He was engaged to | be married to an eastern girl. The body was teken in charge by | the coroner and telegrams were sent to the young man's parents in Stafford. Giles N. Easton, secretary of the American can company, disclaimed all knowledge of Horn when told of the drowning last night and stated that there was no man in the employ of the company by that name. SEEK CARPENTER AS HEIR TO A FORTUNE Worcester Police Search for Edward J. Gallagher, For- merly of Cleveland SPECIAL DISPATCH TO THE CALL WORCESTER, Mass, Aug. 16.—Ed- ward J. Gallagher, a carpenter, is being sought by the police, who want him notified of the death here at 64 Vernon street of his sister, Miss Isabelle T. Gallagher. Police Chief Mathews was asked to lend his aid in tracing the former Worcester man, who will -now inherit a fortune. He was last heard from at Cleveland and wrote then that he was leaving for San Francisco, that he had secured work on a big job and would live there. Chief Mathews wired San Francisco and from the answer concluded that Gallagher is in .San Francisco, as he wrote, DESTROYED OIL VALUED AT ABOUT _$5,000,000 Vain Efforts Made to Check Great Conflagration From Miniature Volcano SPECIAL DISPATCH TO THE CALL TAMPICO, Mex., Aug. 18.—An effort is being made to stop the flow of burn- ing oil that is pouring from the minta- ture volcano in the San Geronimo fiel 260 miles southwest of Pampico, by pumping enormous quantities of mud and sand into the crater. Powerful centrifugal pumps have been installed and are pouring a steady stream of the earth materials into the flery vortex, but, the fire is still burn- ing as fiercely'as ever. The flames mount more than 1,600 feet into the air. The crater is more than 300 feet in diamater. The most conservative estimate places the amount of oil destroyed daily at more than 100,000 barrels. Since the fire stafted on July 4 more than 5,000,- 000 barrels of oll, valued at $1 a bar- Tel, have been urried. The spectacle of the burning voleano of ofl is the grandest ever witnessed 2229477 NS 4 Race War Smolders Under fron Check of Martial Law — . |Blacks Terrorized by Awful Vengeance of Whites Flee in Panic to Countryside SPECIAL DISPATCH TO THE CALL SPRINGFIELD, IlL, Aug. 16.—Although today was not marked by the scenes of violence which were witnessed in the rioting of Friday night and last night, in which negroes were lynched and negro homes destroyed, it was manifest on all sides that the blood thirst of the people is not appeased. Only the presence of the 3,000 soldiers scattered in the strategic points throughout the city has prevented a renewal of violence. As it is, several negroes have been attacked by whites in the outskirts of the city, One negro was stabbed by a gang of hoodlums who caught him straying from the protection of the soldiers on the state fair grounds. Mysterious fires have occurred in many parts of the eity. The life of every negro in Springfield would be unsafe tonight were it not for the presence of the soldiers. Seven regiments hold the city in the iron grip of martial law. A regiment of cavalry will arrive from Chicago in the morning. With the arrival the organized and enforced military resources of thes- s state will practically be exhausted. But | Bawarg streets last night, was takenm al one regiment yet remains to be called, and as that is the eighth, a colored regiment of Chicago, it will hardly be| summoned here. So if the state troops can not control the situation Governor Deneen will be compelled to apply for | federal troops. PEOPLE OF LINCOLN’S CRADLE DECREE BLACKS MUST GO The white people of Springfield, the home of Abraham Lincoln, who eman- cipated the black race, have decided that the negro can have no abiding place in their city. The negro himself | realizes the import of the edict and he| is ‘going. A careful estimate plnces the number of negroes who have left SpriAgfield since the beginning of the race war at 2,000. fourths have gone out of the county on railroads and interurban lines. The rest have gone by wagon and on foot | and are located in the rural districts. STAY WITHIN STATE The great' mass of the scurrying blacks are still within the state. Some have gone to Missourl, Kentucky, In- diana, and a few to the south. Mason and Dixon line as Louislana. There are still many negroes left in Springfield, but of these there are many | who. are planning. to go at the first opportunity. In another week the negro guarters of Springfleld will be depopulated. The | only negroes seen on the streets today were - those skurrying in fear haunted groops for the railroad trains. Every group of fleeing blacks was accom- panied by a squad of soldiers. It was a common sight to see a half | dozen negroes, old men and women with babies, being escorted down the street to the railroad by a squad of soldiers. In a week the negro colo- nies will ‘be like deserted villages. In the levee districts especially the results of this exodus can be noted. There the few houses which were not destroyed by the fire on Friday night are empty and all their former occu- | pants and furniture have gone to other cities. Another victim of Friday night's vio- lence died early this morning at St. John’s hospital. Frank Delmore, a miner in the employ of the Capital coal company, was the second man®to die of wounds received at almost the begin- ning of the riot. John Colwell, another coal miger, was shot at the same time and at the same corner. He lived only a few hours. FEAR MINERS' OUTBREAK Colwell is to be buried Tuesday. ' The police fear that the thousands of coal | iners who will attend the funeral vy become riotous after their com- rade has been lald in his grave. Ex- traordimary precautions will be taken by the militia to prevent any trouble. There are between 7,000 and 8,000 coal miners employed in ‘the mines in and avound Springfield and Colwell was well known to most of them. If his comrades should be incited to violence the loss of life would be Major General Young has no fear of trouble, but he says he is prepared for it u it does come.. Abraham Raymen, the man arrested last night on suspicion of being one of the mob that lynched the aged ne- ‘m. William Donigan, at Spring and Of this number nearly three- | Some | are known to have gone as far past the | terrible. | {from his cell this morning and put through a “third degree” examination. |Raymer has been ip Springfield only a {few monthe. 'He is & Humstan Jew sad |talks broken English. After an hour's | gruelling he broke down and admitted {that he was one of the mob that strung the old negro to & trees after slashing | his throat with a razor. He also gave | the police tha name of four or five of the mob which he knew. Officers are |searching for them, but’it is thought | they left the ecity. {NO PROVOCATION FOR ACT From Raymer’'s story of the lynch« ing there was no provecation for the | wanton action, enly that Donigan was |married to a white woman. Raymer de. nies any part in the actual lynching, but the police believe he Was one of | those ‘who placed the rope around the old man's neck.- At -3 o'clock Friday morning ‘Raymer was one of the fore- | most_of ithe ‘crowd that lynched Scott | Burton,, the. negro barber at Twelfth {and Madison strects. He realizes that | he can be hanged for the part he took in° Friday might's work. Governor Liéneen tonight forced the city-authorities to take stegs which he | expects will put an-end to the rioting, | which “has. held sway in Springfield since Friday night. He summoned States Attorney Frank L. Hatch before him and ordered that a special grand jury be convened tomorrow to indict the half hundred riofers who now are | prisoners in the county jail. The in- vestigation will be as direct and force- | tul as a military court martial. It is | expected that true bills will be voted | with regularity and precision. Tha gov- | ernor informea the city authorities that the ensulng prosecutions must be real and vigorous. RACE TROUBLE .IN SOUTH Governor of Arkansas Asked to Send Troops to Scene SPECIAL DISPATCH TO THE CALL | MEMPHIS, Tenn, Aug. 16.—Serious trouble is brewing at Truman, Poin- sett county, Arkansas, over the race issue, and Governor Pindall has been asked to send troops to avert blood- | shed. The Springfield lumber company imported 12 negroes to work in their sawmill and last night several white men took the law into their hands, declaring that no negroes should live in the county. The camp where the negroes was | housed was visited and they at once fled the eounty. The negroes were not molested beyond a warning to de- part from the county. Not a shot was fired. It Is not believed that negroes | can be brought back to work in the sawmllls unless Governor Pindall or- ders out the troops and this action is not looked for by the citizens. MOB RIOTS IN CHICAGO Crowd Cries for Blood of Cap« tured Black Murderer SPECIAL DISPATCH TO THE CALL CHICAGO, Aug. 16.—The lynch lust of Springfield proved contagious in Chicago today when a negre who had just beaten out the brains of a woman ed b armed ::I?'eo;w:;?rm li-.(l.‘.uun filvu n: