The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, June 23, 1909, Page 1

‘ s “Horsewomen “of San Francisco” ARTICLE AND MANY SADDLE PORTRAITS IN THE SUNDAY CALL VOLUME CVIL—NO. .-4). SAN FRAXNCISCO, WEDNESDAY, JUNE ALL 1909. e PRICE FIVE CENTS. SIGEL GIRL = Chinese Companion of Alleged Murderer Watched Prepara- Pri tions for Boxing Body isoner Breaks Down Under Pressure of “Third Degree,” but Denies Complicity Drugged With Chloroform and Yo esterday wa Je Then Choked to Death in Room of Oriental ung Woman Seen Lying on Bed With Blood Stained Towel Over Mouth )RK, June 22.—Baited and dated by detectives, prosecution rapid fire q time roommate afternoon of iinese ad- the body he R in had warm her mouth She was pressed her no ggled re Cc ).000 bail t yroner nd a arrested \‘C" 1 at and s brought to rome Secures Conf:sslon fter his arrest and this ci e was i persua and s mot until late, however. t his rit was sufficie broker suff- nt inducements were offered for cast asi is air of stolidness an of the death of the young mission- ary. Then the Chinese told brokenly put with bri bluntness of the girl's death Assistant District Attorney Ward and Jistrict Attorney Jerome were present sna from what can be learned it ‘was Jerome himself who finally drew the ot from Chung Sin’s lips. He was get No ma at Leon id the blame h ung Sin's) shoulders to- er with the persistent. hammering the prisoner, brought the confes statement of the gist of rks was made public, but the more came known about:the building. Girl Drugged and Choked From the story it is apparent that! Elsie Sigel first was drugged with cholorform and then choked to death.| she June littie mixed in his dates. a was killed apparently the night of although stood | Ling had been captured ! his re-| ent facts of the confession soon be- | Chung Sin appeared | INDEX OF THE FRANCISCO CALL'S NEWS TODAY WEATHBR CONDI’I‘IONS YESTERDAY southwest wind; mum temperature, winimum, 52. FORECAST FOR TODAY—Fair; warm in the forenoon; light southwest winds. EDITORIAL Give the TUsited Railroads a much lesson st the polis tomorrow. We want no Japaness guardia rue ¢ angel. P, Dipiomatic homors go-a-begging. P ‘eI CITY United Railroads to the wtock aceounting. files techmical holders’ wuit d-mum' to compel Page lfl San Jose boosters come 1o iavite San Fran ciseo to fourth of July celebration Page 168 Eastern of gerr botel clerk accused for- Page 7 she has new daughter to PageT service employ- Page 7 but in watch Page T Woman let Engiand writes r delivered by Ninety-nine test and 20 ment men pass get clity’s immediate civil Prescher catches burglar frudler escapes while og. in church. physician Jory is impeneled to try James embestlement charge. Tresdwell on Grand President Knowlar N. 8 sames his staff of deputies. Three officials defs mayor's order offices open election day. Allan Herbert of Honelnlu, MANIAC TAKES WA |- S kil Siipar maxi 10 KILL AUNT :lnsxne Patient Fells Attendant, needed | | o | While Out Exercising and Flees to San Mateo | Son of Physician Hired to Drive, Fugitive in Rides Across the Bay | ’ OAKLAND, June 22.—W. C. Wilson, & chauffeur and son of Dr. W. L. Wilson, a prominent San Mateo physician, | drove his machine from San Mateo through San Francisco and into Oak- | land today on mythical errands, with R B. Verres, an escaped Iinsane paf'f-‘nl from the Beimont sanatorium, as his coercing .passenger. The de- mented man had gained his freedom a few hours by assaulting a| keeper and Wilson's thrilling tour with {the mantac ended only when Police- | man J. F. Flynn arrested Verres at | 718 Tweifth street, where the lunatic | ! had gone to fulfill earlier PRI 2.3 threats to kill his | come from his fsland bome to go in | aunt, Mrs. H. W. Robinson | bis aufomebile through the wilds of Oregon 'y -~ | and Wasbington rage 3 Keeper Felled With Cudgel | & r'u‘ of Calkins sradicate publications sold Verres reached San Mateo at noon to- | M"‘: Page 10| Gay, hawing gained his freedom from | Subecaliber guns at the Presidio make 3 : the Gardner sanatorium at Belmont, T s x4 F et td where he was considered the most dan- SUBURBAN 7. = gerous patient. Verres and a keeper Umion men's orphamage will hold tag = ' o % | went for a walk into the hills. The; Five Chinese girls resened from den by Oax. | LT2MPed nearly five miles from the in- land police and placed in Berkeles is. | Stitution, and when urged to return sion Trouble with workmen on the Doe fhe university amicably adjusted Page s Drill team of OaMland Elks gives fme displar of military -evolutions Page 5 J. M. Eshelman. wite of Imperial county | strict attorsey, visiting mother. Page 4 umereus thefts of horses during last two ks batSie Berkeley police. Page 4 Winners of medals at 8t. Mary's college an- aounced. int ed by woman. Page 5 Alameds city assessor advecates ammexation of No Man's Land” for park purposes. Page 4| A ch afternoen. Page4 | Young bride’s tears meft heart of stern | father. Page s Neglected woman secures divorce for being cheap lodging homse with little pruning. Womsn sues for wages as sieuth, demanding 50 a day for shadowing umnamed per. wous Page 5 College lecturer declares minds of lower ani- | mals and buman beings are governed by similar impulses Page 4 Davoust case to be tried again after 11 years of litigation. Page 4 COAST Burlingame sues for land occupied by realty | ompany and D. 0. Mills estate. Page s Hewalian sugar planters threaten to drive striking Japazese from plantations Page 1 Sporismen discover little auk, supposed to be Page1 | Bribery charged in bridge building in Bonner | anty, Idaho Page3 | Gienn county will vote em “wet” or ‘dry” proposition Page 10 or hbundred and fifty Italians bave left the McCloud tumber camp. Page 10 EASTERN prisoner in reading of wrong ver in Chicago court. Page 1 dies aged 112 and man passes away aged Page 1| Higbway man robs Texas benk in broad day- ight. Page 1| roommate of Leon Ling, tells b of Elsle Sigel after arrest in| New ¥ Page 1 Maode ' Adams and’ company of 2,000 play Joan of Arc cors at Harvard. Page3 Senate passes amendment for 15 per cent dats on hides. Page 2 Mix. Gould is sllowed $10,000 additional tor tee. Fondness for cocktails Page3 | FOREIGN R n prince to visit America and studr im migration problem. Page3| Former (alifornla mining engineers accused | When it was opened Verres leaped into | Page 3 | the house with a hand in his hip pocket. of fraud SPORTS Page 1| Verres seized a cudgel, library at | dealt Page 4 | Alleged heldup appears in eourt with wounds | course lectures at umiversity to be neit | PoSed as Gould’s Agent with which he a heavy blow on the keeper's ear, and fled, leaving the keeper stunned Verres = walked on to San Mateo. | | where he talked rationally, and en- | gaged Wilson for a hurried trip to San | Francisco and Oakland. The ordeal be- gan in earnest when the couple were under way, the passenger screaming petulant orders until San Francisco and the Monadnock building reached were | | Verres then informed Wilson that heg | was an agent in that place for George Plerpont Morgan. Verres fmmaculate attire seemed to bear him out, but his manner was alarming. Leaving .the Monadnock building, | | Gould and PageS | Verres had the machine driven to 140 First street, San Francisco. He went into the place, made inquiries, and be- fore Wilson could summon aid had re- | entered the automabile and shouted or- ders to be taken to the Bacon building, | Oakland. i Again the automobile was halted at the desired place, the maniac having kept his seat beside the chauffeur dur- | ing the ferry trip and kept his mastery over Wilson. When the chauffenr be- came us at his employers anties | and made inquiries, Verres replied that his own private office was in the Bacon block. - Leaving there, he complained in | embittered tones, “They have sold my |turniture and typewriter.” ‘\Landcd in City Jail Verres then demanded that driven to the home of E. C. Dodge, an Oakland traction company inspector, in | Forty-fifth * street. Dodge Verres' er(h-r in law, and he warned the po ‘lltt that he be is Wilson was driving a maniac | through the city. While at Dodge's home Verres de- clared his intention of speeding to 718 Twelfth street and slaying his aunt, | Mrs. Robinson. Seeing a chance fo in- | | tercept the maniac with the automobile, Captain of Police Lynch sent Police- {man Flynn to”the place. Flynn waited behind the door, and | but Flynn grappled with him and found | Baitling Nelson whips Jack Cliford in five | that the lunatic was not armed. He | rounds at Oklahoma City. Page 8 | was in such a mood, however, that he | Amateur assoctation -germits Tagler 9 Sex il yoniy womld have done- violenics ko T Iva Page s | ) offered for race between Mahpe and three | the Woman. e i Paged| Flynn took Verres to the city jail, e Athletic games planned for third amnual pic- |ang Mrs. Robinson telegraphed to \nr.‘ of Gaslic dancing club. Page Mrs. P. H. In the downs Fresno in a spirited battle. Hazs the mat delphia St. Marr's asnual diner. Reliance clob meeting building project Page$ Autos racing across comtinent will resch goal at Seattle today. Page 8 Cross Hyland probably will be matehed onel temnis champlomship in Phila- 8 collegs athletic association holds called to with Neleon or MeFarland for July. Page 8 | MARINE Liner Alameda breaks a few wireless regorils du w the round trip between here and | Honolulu. Page 15 LABOR | President Kelly of the labor council adds 42 | names to tbe Labor day committee. Page 9 THINKS HE HAS SOLVED PERPETUAL MOTION *M-n With Twelve Spokewheel Seeks Patent NEW YORK, June 22.—Another man registered a claim today a discoverer { of perpetual motion. He is Frank Me- He says that early in the morning of |Mahon, a white halred carpenter of une 10 he Leon's reom adjoining his,-and, look- | of the spo e | 1yix tow thr 10 heard a strange noise in over the transom, saw the girl & on the bed with a blood stalned over her mouth. ough the room, he said, to go out his hands, and as he did so el wash Contizued o= Fage 5, Columa 1 He passed | make one side of Brooklyn, who has Invented a wheel with 12.spokes. On the end of each is a sliding weight, which is connected with a piston on the spoke behind. These sliding weights, McMahon says, the wheel heavier than the other. The mv\ty makes the wheel revolve. Fearing that some one’ might steal his invention, McMahon will show it until he hears from the pafent office. Page S | conslder | opening contest of the series Oakland |°5 MOther, Page 9 | roy. Hotehkiss of Berkeley picked to win |and send him back to the sanatorium. | Marysville and Chico Exper- | earthquake shock was felt here at 11:35 She will call for her son tnmnrrnwv i | 1 EARTHQUAKE SHAKES UP SACRAMENTO VALLEY ience Lively Shock MARYSVILLE June 22.—A severe o'clock tonight. The vibration was from north to south. The shock was severe and continued for 15 seconds. Although no damage was' done, there was some alarm among the people. Chico Is Awakended CHICO, June 22.—An earthquake ghock sufficiently strong to awaken many people was experienced here at 11:25 tonight. No damage was done. Two Shocks at Grass Valley GRASS VALLEY, Cal, June 22— Ap earthquake, the most severe shock ex- 1 perienced here in many years, occuried | at 11:25 o'clock tonight, and almost caused a panic ‘here and in Nevada City. So sharp was the shock that many people rushed out into the street, but no damage has been reported. A second and lighter shock came at 11:49. A report from Colfax says that that town also was severely shaken. e |state that if the | Pacific_coast. | today. | the shade. Strikifig ]apanese May— Be Driven EIGHT BOND Plantations PROPOSALS DEFEATED 1Polyte«:hnic High School Voted $600,000 at Election Involv= ing Total of $11,005,000 Civic Center and City Hall Pro- ject Fails to Carry in Single District | Less Than One-Third of Regis- ! tered Voters Cast Their 1 Ballots Either Way | Parks Only Get Necessary Sup~ port im the Neighberhoods | Directly Afiected RESULT OF THE BOND ELECTION CIVIC CENTER POLYTECHNIC LOST WON DETENTION HOME.LOST are cheering their leaders, who had been arrested on the charge of inciting murder, when they were released on bax' OUST ALL STRIKERS Threaten to Order Orientals From Plantations if Labor Troubles Continue HONOLULU, June getting a jury to try five of the Jap- anese strike leaders charged with con- spiracy in connection with the strike of the I on the sugar planta- | {tions began today. Several of the leaders sald today that the strike will be resumed on the Ewa and Waialua plantations July 1 when they will again call out 3,000 Japanese who have returned to work.| They declared that all the Japanese in the islapds are affiliated in one large organization. Representatives of the planters threatened plan of intermittent strikes on alternate plan- tations, enabling those working to support the large num.her om strike, is carried out the strikers will be or- dered off the plantations. This would mean that the Japanese would have | to vacate the homes furnished by the lanters and would leave thousands of | them homelens. The 15 Japanese laborers employed| lon the Kahuku plantation who were lindicted for rioting were arraigned to- {day and their cases were set for next Friday. The Planters’ association has re- ceived from its agent at Washington, {D. €., encouraging reports regarding {a plan to secure efficient.labor from Europe through immigration channeis. | TRAINING SQUADRON DUE The Japanese training squadron, composed of the cruisers Aso and which has been visiting the is expected to arrive here Admiral Ijichi and Soya, tomorrow. Rear | the other officers of the squadron will be entertained by Mayor Kerfi and the territorfal officials, SCORES -DROP DOWN IN SWELTERING SUN One Death and Many Prostra- tions Caused by Heat NEW YORK, June 22 —_Twenty per- sons were prostrated by the heat here Thermometers registered 90 in One Dead in Boston BOSTON, June 22.—One death and 16 prostrations in Boston from heat were recorded officially up to 11 p. m. Philadelphia Feels It PHILADELPHIA, June 22.—The helt continued unabated today. The maxi- muni temperature was 91. More. than 25 prostrations were reported. — . LITTLE AUK IS FOUND ON TRIANGLE ISLAND Bird Supposed to Be Extinct Is Discovered VICTORIA, B. C.. June 22.—A notable ornithological discovery has been made on Triangle island, Where ‘Warburton Pike and W. F. Burton, two’ well known :porumen. Wweére encamped. They have found some rare birds, in- cluding the little auk, supposed to h-vg been extinct, and have an e88 nl that bird. 4 —The work of | IN BUSINESS HOURS Finds Cashier Alone. Takes Bills | at'Pistol Point and Joins { Crowd FORT WORTH. Tex., highwayman, described genteel in | appearance, robbed branch bank- ing house of the Wugsgoner bank and | trust company in the center of Fort Worth's business section this afterneon {and ‘escaped with $3,100 in currency. Cashier .Walter E. King was alone in the bank. | walkea in, June 22.—A s the .|and said: | “Make a move or a noise of any kind.and ¥l kill you." | The visttor then {$8.100 in bills ranging from $1 to $20, | backed out of the door under cover of his pistol, and as King ren to a tele- phone he saw the man walking down the street and mingling with crowds with apparent unconcern. The police Teached 'the scene five minutes later, but the stranger had disappeared. Seiioganr o CRUEL TO PRISONER IN READING WRONG - VERDICT Clerk of Chicago Court Raises tHope of Freedom CHICAGO, June 22.—A fleeting. hope {of freedom held out to a prisoner in ‘rvwered that the clerk should -have read the jury’'s verdict as stead of “Not guilty.” * The prisoner was Frank O'Donnell, accused of robbing a citizen at the! | point of a revolver. The jury had been out but' 10 minutes. The foreman handed the clerk two forms, one for guilty and. the ‘other for acquittal. “Not gunz{ read the clerk absent mindedly, falling to note that he was reading the unsigned form. O’ Do citedly laughing. and wrung his law- yer's hand. He started from the room with his head in the air “and his eyes sparkling. - Thén the mistake was dis- covered and O’Donnell was brought jback. His head was sunken on’ huw | chest as the real verdict was deliv- {ered: “Guiity and condemned to serve the term of. his natural life in prison.” Even the ?relecutorl and their wit- nessés exhibited evidences of regret at the unintentional cruelty. PLANTERS RESENT THE TALES OF ILL TREATMENT Spanish Laborers Lured From ‘Hawaii by False Promises HONOLULU, June 22.—Sugar plant- ers here resent the statements of number of Spaniards who departed from the islands some 'ime since and are reported stranded In San Francisco, where they complained of unfair treat- ment. The planters declare that the men were given houses, lands, w: and the other perqul anted to plantation that they le: mlnst the advice of| Span! nsul to go to Mexico, lured gy PNMIM LIVED LONG ON THE BORROWED YEARS Woman Dies Aged 112, Man 7 Passes Away at 100 SEDALIA, Mo., June 22— Mrs. Eliza- beth Fox, aged 112 years, died at Smithton, near here, today. - She was a native of Kentucky, but had lived ln this county so years. 5 June 22.—J ons; ,‘.‘.’",’a‘... oia. s expired 15 minutes after “M" PLANTERS PLAN T0. ROBS TEXAS BANK FIVE CHINESE GIRLS A well dressed stranger | leveled ‘a revolver at King| took possession of | the | Judgée ‘Brentano's court . today_ was {snatched from ‘him in a way that | created ‘much pity when it was dis-| “Guilty” in-| nnell jumped from. his seat, ex-' luwbk”" forbidding street meetings. They 3 TELECRAPH HILL . LOST POTRERO PARK...LOST AQUATIC PARK....LOST BAY VIEW PARK..LOST PLAYGROUNDS ...LOST GLEN PARK.. .LOST ted the co at the election yesterday failed to secure RESCUED BY POLICE Oriental Owners Retaliate and Attack Berkeley Mision to IGHT out of nine bonding propo- sitions subm to Ve of San Fran special | two-thirds vote necessary for rati i |'.ior|. Out of a total of $11,005,000 pro- BERKELEY, June 22.—Following a| » - 3 ? » posed only $600.000 was authorized sensational raid on a house from 3 : g - The one proposition to escape from which five Chinese slave girls were . 2 he wreck incident 1ed by a squad of police, under the direction of Miss Carrie G. Davis, heaa Strong local prejudice of the Methodjst Oriental mission, at | ing $600,000 ic high | 1918 ' University avenue, this city, an |school attempt was.made. this afternoon by| The ci 1 propo- | several groups of Chinese to gain an | sition, carry a total of $8480.000, entrance into the mission where the | failed to se he necessary two- sirls - were : confined, - knd' only - the | (nivds vote 1n a stigle- district. shd watchfulness of Miss Davis prevented | majority votes were polled against it them from carrying out the plot. b ouniial- Bhiteta She noticed the Chinese gather at the Less Than a Third Vote The whole mission house shortly after the girls vote cast 3 3 approxima were brought to this city, following 22,000 or a little more than o hal thelr’ rescue from Oakland, and, barri- - that cast at the special election called the Het Hetchy project. The cading the house, she stood guard for ratification of the | | _Several of the Chinese attempted to | force open but_ Mj ana they mu icipal water the door, Davis fled They are believed to be agents total vote cast was tor | considerably less shoutéd at them, than one-third of the registered safety. - and bat a little more than one-third of Jue Look, a notorious Chinese slave ‘ the average vote cast at municipa dealer, whose house at Harrison and 3 general elections. Second streets,. Oakland, was raided this : The returns indicate but light differ- i ence of attitude on the part of the Raid Well Planned voters as related to these propo | . The. utmost care was used in pre. tions which involved purely ecomomical | venting - the Chinese occupants from problems and those which invelved in )knowmg of the plans of the police. 'mss Davis and United States Commis- | stoner of Immigration de la Torre con- | | ducted tHe rald, with the aid of four | patrolmen who. had besn detailed by | 1Cnnu|n Pnersen of the Oakland de- a greater or le the socio- r degree ogical question. The civic center proposition, which was largely an econom propositicn, ai led of rat ation in every et Local Flavor in Ballots The juvenile detention home propo- lllls Clara H. Paimer of the mission and two Chinese girls 80 in the party. | - Carefully recomnoitering before the { raid was made, the squad placed patrol- men on the roof and at all the en- | trances to the den and then made a {rush for the main doorway. There | Ithey met with a stout resistance, and it was only by pounding in the door | that the party gained admittance. Once inside, Miss Davis and Miss | Palmer seized the slave girls, five in number, ranging in age from 18 to 21 i years, and made them prisoners. They | cried bitterly at their capture, and were | | ot reassured of their fate until their | removal to Berkeley. were sition, which involved a bonded in- debtedness of only $160,000, and was in consequence almost exclusively a so- ciological question. failed to secure the but necessary two-thirds vote in all t three districts, and in those three the margin was in no instance in excess of five votes, which was | the fortieth distriet. the margin in In the fortieth district the detention home was ratified by the exact two- [ thirds, recelving 246 out of a total of 367 votes cast. In the forty-fourth dis- jtrict the proposition received four Jue Lock Escapes votes more than the necessary two- Jue Lock had made good his ““".xmrds or 254 out of a total of 333 at the appearance of the police and he | could not be found. Two old women | °** {and a cook, with several men, were | While it was to be expected that the the only occupants of the den boslde- vote would have a strong local charac- the ‘captive girls. Jue Lock, owner of the slave girls, ls,““ as a whole tdok on something of sald by Miss Davls to be one of the most motorious characters in the busi- | e wpaiiin e s ness on the coast. He was arrested in | local park got the support of the local- Los Angeles and held prisoner for a | ity immediately affected and, generally year, but made his escape to renew tho«.m““ of none other. nefarious. business. The girls who were rescued today PIl’k Profinalse Defeated are Yu Ah Chow, How Choy, Gung' The $230.000 proposition for a park Hung Sue, How Moy and Gung AR|,n Telegraph hill came through with Yow. Miss Davis is undecided as to| 1 the f = 1 TP fiying eolors in the forty-fifth assembly ugh they will be held at|district. The Potrero park proposition, mwmm-mm carrying a total of $400,000, got the | ter, the local flator of the vote consid- a grim humor.