The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 21, 1910, Page 1

- »l 4 L How CHIEF LEEs UNRAVELED THE MYSTERY OF THE CELEBRATED [ Case oF THE PoisoNEp CaNDY WILL BE TOLD IN TH ] ‘ E SUNDAY CALL &fi 9 VOLUME CIX.—NO. SAN FRANCISCO, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1910. ‘'LOOKING FOR DUGATS™ WROTE MRS. TURNBULL In Letter, Lillian Ashley Told Fresno Banker She Wanted “Whole Souled Youth” Defense in Baldwin Case Strives | Vainly to Break Woman'’s Composure ldwin w ANGELES, Dec. 20.—More Jet- ters came out of the past today to confront Mrs. Lillian Ashley Turn- the star witne: the “Lucky” i remark- contes and a wariness ov. he fighting for r's share of the v met the t fre- set courtroom then th is agree- idera- etters were for- defiantly, refer- relatt s e million- “Yes, I said n detect. testimony, Pope 1 Pope Pasadena wee Turnbull was Tu \lrs, Mrs. rt archives of San Fran- ne marveled tt e of 1906 ur ssives had not been t 1 been returned ght them ston some weeks ago for use e case now on tria IcNab, in his cross examination, con- ow spotle: bland- s she al- roduced she had to Lewis nk dent Cal rmers’ bar me in 1889. In her ous nony the witness said that this letter . e of a serles written by her to us horsemen znd that one of these addressed to Baldwin had started ‘the | rrespo e which led to their meet- ng 1891 Telltale Letter The letter read “I was born and love horses almost to distraction; am alone in the world, my own mistress and have o earn my own Iving. 20 years old, Saw your mame in the Horse. man, in connection with the great in- | ternational running race. As I want to have a borse loving friend in Cali- fornla 1o secure me a nice position, also further my interest in various ways, wo that T can go there in the mear fu- ture, 1T have written you. pfince is Wesley P. Balch, but as T am going te California te live for a while whall need a ‘count’ on the Paclfic coast. Now if you are a whole souled youth with the ‘dueats,” good figure and fair looking face, write me and inclose photo, and on receipt of same will tell more about yours truly, A. ASHLEY, or ‘The Blonde’.” ¥o “MISS L. Defense Wins Point McNab later declared the estate had scored a tactical advantage by Mrs, -nbull's admission of this letter. It was the only one, he asserted, that she refused to admit at the trial of herseduction suit, and that all the oth- ers, which to be forgeries, she then admitted were genuine. in one of these alleged forgeries oc- qurred a passage describing an oath Mrs. Turnbull took regarding the pa- ternity of Miss Beatrice Anita Turn- Sull, the plaintiff in the present case. As written, it read: “May God smite me into a thousand 'oms it Colonel Albert Pope is not t..e father of my child.” “That is a forged interpretation,” promptly interrupted Mrs. Turnbtll. *“I did make such an oeth on my knees in om- i SADEABITSNARY” [ GRGRCEE T R Sontinued on Page 2, Column 5 e opposing | iry that of | some | raised In Vermont, | My easterm | in this case she declared | Hartman Prevents Theater Fire Panic With His Children [Special Dispaich to The Call] LOS ANGELES, Dec. 20.—What threatened for a few moments to develop into a theater panic hor- ror was avoided today by Ferris Hartman, the comedian of San Franeclsco, who is appearing with at the Grand opera | | { | | i | nhis company he theater was packed to the doors, fully half of the seats be- ing-occupled by childr The performance W pro- ing smoothly, when a woman sitting close to the stage nped from her seat, stumbled nd ran hysterically to the exit, crying “Fire!” The gallery started to stam- pede and in the parquet crying children began an unreasoning scramble for safety. The chorus tried to drown the noise in the audience by singing loudly as possible. Then Hart- his appearance. Turn- g to the wings he called to his ldren. They answered thelr father's call and he took them by the hand. man made is no danger,” he said. children: I | , ladies, just as you love | vour children, and if there was ; danger I assure you I should try { 3 to et them out of the theater in- | § stead of holding them here on the stage.” ! After Hartman's speech some {3 one started to applaud. The ushers took it up and in another | ent the danger had passed. | New heating apparatus, used | § for the first time, emitted smoke, | h caused the panic. HAHN HELPS GAUSE OF SAN FRANCISCO There Philip Brown expired on the ‘(r]’\hrAth table five minutes after he had been carried from the limousine. There also Detectives Flynn and Me- | Sorley met Sedgebeer, whom they ar- Southerner Is Outmtted and | House Told of West's Independence [Special Dispatch to The Cali] WASHINGTON, Dec. —Representa- | tive Kahn accomplis good piece | of work for San Francisco today by | getting recognition in the house and | asking unanimous consent for the with- | vided for an appropriation of $5,000,000, | drawal of his exposition bill from the | ommittee on industrial arts and exhi- | bitions. This bill, he explained, pro-| BOY KILLED BY AUTO CARRYING BANKER'S WIFE Mrs. William G. Henshaw, Two Daughters and Niece In- volved in Tragedy | Society Women Return Home While Child Struck by Ma- chine Dies in Hospital [Special Dispatch to The Call] AKLAND, Dec. 20.—Mrs. William G. Henshaw, wife of the presi- dent of the Union savings bank; two of her daughters, Miss Florence Henshaw and Mrs. Harry Chickering, and her niece, Miss Grimes, became involved this afternoon in a singularly pathetic tragedy, when the limousine in which they were riding | {crushed out the life of Philip L. !Bruwn. a schoolboy of ‘10 years. Struck by the heavy automobile as | he stepped from the rear of a street- car at the corner of Twelfth and West streets, one block from his | widowed mother’s home, the child was | stretched dying on the pavement. Charles Sedgebeer, chauffeur for the | Henshaws, was driving the automobile. Unnerved by the accident, he left his | seat to pick up the unconscious boy. | Mrs. Henshaw also stepped out of the | car, gave directions to the chauffeur | regarding the injured lad, and de- parted with her daughters and niece. { While the women went to Rosecrest, their home at 116 Adams street, Sedgebeer took the victim of the acci- dent to the receiving hospital. | rested charge of manslaughter. The driver was released later on his own recognizance. Henshaw limousine in killing | Puilip Brown brought a new sorrow into the lome of the ehildisanother; Mrs. Charlotte A. L. Brown. A widow for several years, the mother has sup- | portea her two children, the elder, of whom is James, 12 years old, by work- ing as She is registrar of the | Alameda County nurses’ association, in charge of the nurses’ home at $06 Thir- It was there that Philip, on a | The | a nurse. teenth street. Continued on Page 2, Column 2 ;| GERMAN 1 | ! Continued on Page 2, Column 4 “|AMERICAN FLEET RILES NAVAL EXPERT |Count Reventlow Says Talt and Whole Government Are in Conspiracy 20.—Count Reventlow, is bitterly the the eminent naval | | BERLIN, Dec. } expert, angry over the fraternizing of American, English and French fleets the omission of the American fleet it Germany is a deliberately unfriendly act toward the kaiser and | his subjects. 3 | Wilhelmshaven is within a few hours’ of England, and no alteration in English - and French programs would be necessary to enable the Amer- ican ships to extend the courtesy of a He says to v sail the | visit to the German port. As the program was drawn up by President Taft and the heads of the to Slight the Kaiser [Special Cable to The Call] navy and state departments, the whole government is implicated in this anti-German demonstration, Reventlow holds. The count complains of Admiral Murdock’s remark at the London Guild- hall banquet that England’s former colonies are filled with a burning spirit of lyalty to the motherland, like the existing colonie: He takes equal ex- ception to other speeches delivered at public entertainments of the American fleet in England, which derive unusual importance, he says, from the fact that the officers spoke under the auspices of Ambassador Reid, who himself par- ticipated in anti-German oratory. FIRING FIVE SHOTS MAN PURSUES WIFE FROM BUILDING TO BUILDING REDONDO, Dec. 20.—Charged with assaulting his wife with intent to kill, as the result of which she is seriously | wounded, Harford Noble, who came here recently from San Francisco, was arrested today and is in the. county jail in default of $3,000 bail. Mrs. Noble has been employed for the last 11 weeks In a restaurant, and officers state that Noble followed her |1ast night to her room in the Savoy, | where the shooting began. She ran | down stairs to Pacific avenue and into ia hardware store, where two shots CHICO, Dec. 20.—A. L. Willlams, 18 vears old, was arrested here today by Postoffice Inspector W. G. Swain of San Francisco, charged ‘with using the mails in defrauding the Oregon nursery company of Albany, Ore., out of several hundred dollars. Willilamd was year sent to the Preston reform school and later paroled. The charge against him was petty larceny. 2 N POSTAL AUTHORITIES ARREST BOY ACCUSED OF USING MAIL TO SWINDLE [Special Dispatch to The Call] last [Special Dispatch ts The Call] . were fired. From there she fled into the street again and sought refuge in another store, farther north in Pacific avenue. Five shots in all were fired. Mrs. Noble is being attended at her room in a lodging house here. She has one bullet wound in her right arm and another in her head. Jealousy on the part of Noble he- cause he thought another man was paying too much attention to his wife is said to have been the cayse of the shooting. Noble will be given a hear- ing Satuvday. Williams was taking orders for nurs- ery stock on commission. It is claimed that he sent in fake orders to secure the commissions. When he received a small order he - increased it. The amounts vary from $25 to $1,200, the names of his customers having been drawn from his imagination. & 1t is also claimed that he raised some of the checks recelvéd from the nnnm ttorneys Indulge in Fisticufs in Court: Formcr Judgc Falrall and Gould chd 1 Two belligerent lawyers who were fined for induléi(ng in an altercation in a Stockton court. e C.H .TAIRALL LAWYERS PAY DEAR FOR BRIEF FIGHT Judge Acts as Referee and Charges $250 for His Services [Special Dispatch to The Call] STOCKTON, D 20.—Attorney Frank H. Gould of San ancisco and former Judge Charles H. Fairall of Stockton and San Francisco;, had 2 misup in the suit they were trying Afrw” Buperior udge CodKorion 1e dust had -settled Fairail was fined $150 and Gould $100. It was not stage money that the embattled barristers had to pay over, but real coin. They paid. The conflict came in the trial of the action of Jerome Smith vs. the Gate City oil company, in which W. R. Jacobs and others were interested. Fairall, representing Smith, made an insinuation that Jacobs had improperly secured money belonging to the oil company. 3 “I object to counsel making any fur- ther false and lying statements,” de- clared Attorney Gould. That started Fairall. . He advanced toward Gould and struck him. There was a lively mixup. Subsequently Gould was discovered with Fairall's hea dbutting him in the stomach. J. ‘W. Moshier and Deputy Sheriff Barnéy Cassidy joined in the struggle and separated the ‘combatants. T‘alrn.ll was still full of fight, and put up lively struggle to be free from the bailff. Judge Norton rapped loudly for or- der. When the fight was finally stopped tlie case was adjourned until afternoon, when the court assessed the fine on the two lawyers. Neither bore any marks of the struggle, beyond their deflated bank accounts. ¥ BERLIN CLAIMS PICTURE AS STOLEN VAN DYKE Customs Officers Detain Canvas to Determine Ownership BOSTON, Dec. 20.—Customs officials today refused tp deliver to a local art dealer an oil painting which is said to have been purchased abroad for $40 and is thought to be a famous Van Dyke, stolen from a private gallery in Ger- many. The painting was held at the request of the government authorities | until its ownership should be fully es- tablished. The missing Van Dyke rep- kesents a boy and is said to have been taken from a private art gallery in Berlin some years ago. . GRAND CENTRAL TRAGEDY REMAINS A MYSTERY Explosuon Investigated Without 'Any Satisfaction NEW YORK, Dec. 20.—Searching in- quiry failed today to throw any new light on direct causes of the explosion vesterday In the power substation of the Grand Central, which resulted in the death of 10 persons, the injury of more than 100 and a property damage estimated at $2,000,000. District Attorney Whitman said to- night: “As yet there is no evidence in my possession which Jjustifies any arrest or the pratarfln: of © any erimlnu charge. “If exnlo-lve- were improperly stored or illegally kept upon the premises there is a violation of the law, and it is the duty of the district attorney to bring it to the attentien of the grand Jury.” " The body removed from the ruins yesterday has been identified as that of | li‘rnk J. Nagle, a plumber's helper. —_— Fhe .fi.a: Sheni CONSTERRATION IN REND GOURTROOH Judge Actually Doubts if Fair Seeker of Divorce Really Lives in Nevada [Special Dispaich to The Call] ' RENO, Nev. Dec. 20.—It will not be such an easy matter for persons seeking divorces to secure decrees in this city hereafter, if the action taken by District Judge John R. Orr in the case of Corrine Bell of San Franclsco and San Jose, who is suing Frank Gay Bell for divorce, is made a prece- dent. After Mrs. Bell had recited a tale of - cruelty following her marriage in San Jose in April, 1908, in which she said that her husband blackened her eyes and otherwise abused her, Judge Orr gues- tioned her closely as to her residence. Her attorney, W Mz Sehniggor. Yeced to proffuce rent f“em..zs a8 proof of residence, sworn testimony of Jlandlords and others with whom Mrs. Bell stated she resided. This request came like a thunderbolt. A short time ago a weekiy paper pub- lished an item to the effect that Mrs. Bell, after a three months of the state, had returned to Reno to secure her divorce, It is said this caused the inquiry to be made by Judge Orr, and now it will be necessary for petitioners for divorce to bring forward wltnesges to testify as to thefr actual residence in this state. This will affect many of the cases coming up before the courts, for it is well known that the complainants, after securing residence, make long visits to San Francisco and other cities. visit out but the court wanted the | KING CALLS FOR ViCTORIOUS LEADER Premier Asquith Summoned to London to Discuss Election With British Ruler LONDON, Dec. 20.—The ‘king tonight unexpectedly summoned the prime min- ister to London from Edinburgh. The nature of the his majesty is to have with Asquith is not hflo&’n‘ but g Thsely hat-the general political aspect will be gone into thor- conference which oughly. King George has taken a marked in- terest in the general election which has just ended, and it is certain he has no wish to see another dissolution of par- lament for a long time. As the new parliament now stands, the liberal gov- ernment in coalition with the national- igts, regular and independent, and the labor members, hold 398 seats as against held by the unionists, a majority of 126. The ministerial majority in many cases, however, has been much smaller than this figure, as the independent nationallsts are hostile to Redmond and therefore to some of the measures pro- posed in the government's program. SHAW’ DIVORCED WIFE MARRIED TO CHAUFFEUR Massachusett’s Senator Who Opposes Lodge Hears that Daughter of Wealthy Brewer is Mated [Special Dispaich to The CaH] BOSTON, Dec. 20.—Mrs. Nettie El- dredge Shaw, who divorced State Sena- tor James F. Shaw, has been married to H. Keno Marble, formerly Shaw's chauffeur, with whom she disappeared in, May, 1908. Such is the news re- ceived from Bridgeport, Conn. today. Mrs. Marble's decree of divorce became absolute two months ago. She is the daughter of H. Fisher El- dredge, a wealthy brewer of Ports- mouth, N. H. In 1895 she married Shaw, who ls presldent of the Interborough railroad here and leading opponent of United States Senator Lodge within the republican party. ‘When she left Shaw’s home she took their son, Eldredge Fisher Shaw, and went to her father's house. From there she and the boy went to California, and simultaneously Marble left Shaw's em- ploy. MRS. HERMANN OELRICHS VISITS CITY - TOINSPECT HER REALTY HOLDINGS Mrs. Hermann Oelrichs arrived from New York last evening to inspect her San Francisco realty holdings. She has not been here previously in two years. Hermann Oelrichs, her son, accom- panied her and they took apartments’ at the Fairmont. Miss Lily O’Connor, an old friend, met her at the depot and accompanied her to the hotel. richs the Fairmont hotel, which is Of the various holdings of Mrs. Oel- leased to the Palace hotel company, is the only piece bringing in an income. It is said that her mission here is to do something with the old Crossley building site at New Montgomery and Mission streets, which is unimproved. Her other interests lis between the Presidio and Fort Mason on the bay shore. Thomas Magee looks after Mrs. Oel- richs’ property here. She refused to say anything about her mission. “FIREBALL BILL” MONTAG, A SALOON PORTER, HEIR TO $116,000 ESTATE [Snecial Dispatch to The Call] MARYSVILLE, Dec. 20.—Arthur Mon- tag, known here and at Sacramento and Fresno as “Flrmfl sm." a porter in a local saloon, | ll hdr t0 an estate worfli un.noo h nguny. He will leave n s to. . Mon- at San Fracisco. Montag left Germany 29 yiab- ago, coming direct to California. 'His parents sent him remittances for a time, but when he failed to return home the remittances stopped. That is the last he heard from them. It is learned his ‘parents have been dead some time and mfl”wm ‘a sister mifln “fi. wfiah lnv.l g 3 “him sole heir. | ELWEATHER i YESTERD. jtllgbesl enfperafure, 536; lowest Mo rfl {.\ £ ) FORECA, OR TODAY—LCloud erate mogt * P f PRICE FIVE CENTS. LOGAL MEN INWIRELESS LOMPANY San Franciscans lacorporate a $25,000,000 Company in Arizona BEACH THOMPSON IS HEAD OF GIGANTIC ENTERPRISE Statlons Are Already in Opera- tion in the South and Nearby Cities WILL OPERATE UNDER THE PATENTS OF POULSEN 25,000,000 corporation, designed A to operate throughout the United States in wireless telegraphy and telephony, has besn organized by San Francisco millionaires. Already they have expended approximately $250,000 in the enterprise, and such is their faith in the patents they have acquired that they are preparing to finance the project along gigantic lines. Working quietly and keeping their plans from the public, they have erected and equipped stations in San Francisco, Los Angeles, Sacramento, Stockton and El Paso, Tex. Beach Thompson is the president of the new company. Thompson recently sold the Stanislaus river power com- pany to the United Railways invest- ment company for $5,000,000. Among those associated wit Thompson are the following well known local capi- talists: E. W. Hopkins of the Hop- kins estate, president of the Union ice company, and director of the Bank of California; George A. Pope of the Pope estate, member of the lumber firm of Pope & Talbot, and director in sev- eral local banks; Howard P. Veeder, formerly interested with Thompson in the Stanislans river power company; J. Henry Meyer of the banking firm of Antoine Borel & Co., and director of Wells Fargo Nevada national bank and the Union trust-company, and S. E: Slade of the Slade lumber company. Incorporate in Arizona- Connected with the new company are also Charles D.jMarx, professor of civil engineering at Stanford uni- versity, and C. F. Elwell, an electrical engineer recently graduated from Stanford. While these constitute the main financial and scientific personnel of the company, it is understood that sev- eral other local businessmen are in- terested in the big enterprise. The concern has filed its articles in Arizona under the name of the Poulsen wireless company, It takes its name from the Poulsen patent, which forms the distinguishing feature of the com- pany and the special element which its promoters believe will bring success. A year ago C. F. Elwell. the elec- trical engineer, and some of the pro- fessors in the engineering department at Stanford became deeply interested in the wireless device of Valdemar Poulsen, the Danish inventor. Through a series of experiments they demon- strated to their own satisfaction its value as a means of successfully com- mercializing the wireless system. They formed a little company among them- selves. Later Elwell visited Poulsen in Copenhagen, made an Intensive study of his invention and obtained the American rights. Upon his return he and his associates at Stanford in- terested Beach Thompson, who In turn interested his fellow capitalists. Have Station at Beach It was not the intgntion of the pro- moters to divulge their plans at this time, but through the incorporation in Arizona their purpose was disclosed. It was stated yesterday that the company would not be ready to enter the commercialfield for some months yet. Its work at present, it was said, consisted of a series of experiments and tests. Communication, both by wireless telegraphy and wireless telephone. has been established between - San Fran- cisco and Stockton. Messages have been exchanged with the station at EL Paso. The local station has been estab- lished at the beach and has been an object of mystery as well as interest since its construction a few weeks ago. It comsists of two mighty muts and recefving apparatus. The Poulsen patents have Been ac- quired in France and Germany by ths respective governments and installa- tions have been begun. Its value, ac- cording to the local wireless magnates, lies in the fact that it has been abie to surmount three obstacles that have to the present hindered commercial wire- less. These three obstacles have been: Inabllity to transmit messages during the daytime, failure to transmit over the land, and the openness or lack of privacy of communication. Heretafore, it is sald, thle wireless system has been suecessful only at night, and then only over the water. The suu bas exercised 5 4 o