The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, February 8, 1913, Page 1

Q;\)F an, W :Clty Papers THER FORECAST: Hizhest Temperature Vesterdey, 62; Lowest 'n-ru‘ai 3 cooler; brisk southeast winds. Night, 54. For detalls of the Wenther wee page FOR SALE OR EXCHANGE WAL sell ny 80 acre ranch on terms or ex- LOST—Lads's gold watch either in McAllister or AL Gib And. Market sts.; reward: Phone West The State of California sent 13,353 Fine Ounces of Gold to the government mint in San Francisco in January. v OL[ ME ( XIIT. _\0 AOCKEFELLER GHASE CLOSED ABRUPTLY BY THROAT SPAGM Standard Oil Magnate, at‘ Hearing Held in Apart-‘ ments on Jekyl Island,‘ Georgia, Owned by Mil-| lionaire’s Club, Answers| Four Questions and Then‘ Breaks Down, a . Stran- gling, Trembling Old Man, | on the Verge of Collapse| NO DOUBT LEFT AS * | TO HIS CONDITION | Chairman Pujo and Attorney | Untermyer of the Money Trust Investigating Com-| mittee Desist When Finan- cial King, Whispering His! Replies to Secretary, Is| Racked by Paroxysm That | Causes Physician to Warn’ Against Fatal Termination | ¢ | 7—Al am | g old | the verge of nervous ccilapse, | ISLAND, Ga., Feh e throat that left W a strangling, trembl ated his examination | and Counsel \’!mh@.; house money trust ittee here today. Rockefeller was asked just four | tions, all practi the attack fo hearing. The te was ly Immaterial, ced conclusion of | aged Standard Oil| soted with the gow 12 minutes. At the| fsted to his | his patient ex- en for only time he was a Walter F. ¢ declared his ppelle, P ter | Dieckmann, SIX MONTHS' SEARCH ENDS 1 Rockef tment in} ent house on the sland owned by an exelu the 72 old sibmitted to the res' year There ended the six months’ of the government process who soughit the reluctant wit- New York to the Bahamms sieged his New York h the exar ot nation rust Investigation ¥ noth- | | ord. It d atisfaction Pujo th was 1 dem- of M. at Mr a fit subject | ng r\"\"v(n:\tih‘)“ details of his financial career. of the Jekyl 1 club and F.: Chappelle shook their | tonight when asked | trufly Rockefeller’s physical con- Mr ONLY ABLE TO WHISPER Mr er is in a very serious Chappelle. wth y had throat, He sald of a malignant formed in Mr and that se W to be expected at hands of once powerful Standard gro d on the rms of his chalr ose to'greet He did not remain stand- long, however, and his| rd of greeting was tnaudi- mbling of the the of kers sett as he s visitors Continued on Page 3, Column 3 L Hugh Fuallerton, the lmding b Fullerton wrifes: “This is the first of a series of nally for the last 12 year: some excep tion of the Philadelphia Natio rican and Natiopal leagues uh’ have done. T N ————1 N accuracy is a stupendous one. play jof | when |to take a shart cut up an alley. | atley, [ painting, | proximately with -an idea of findiig how they probably would finish. seasons the task' is comparatively easy. WIRE LINES CUT BY SUFFRA GETTES Telcgraph and Telefihone Cables Severed in English “*Votes For Women™ War LONDON, Feb. have begun a campalign of cutting tele- phone and Thirty telephone wires were cut today. near Dumbarton, Scotland, and many. tele- graph wires between Birmingham and Coventry. = Much 7.—The suffragettes telegraph wires. inconvenience " wae caused. BARON SECTION WORKER. INSANE, OETS WEALTH German Noble, Northern Laborer, Returned - to Fatherland, Finds Fortume GRAND FORKS, N. D, Feb. 7.—An |elaborate home and an annual “Income §4.000 from the German gov- ernment was what Baron von Falken- stein, for elght years a section labarer on the Gre## Northern railwdy, found he reached his native country recently. This celved by the local insanjty board to- day from Thbmas Monley of Everado, who was delegated to accompany Fal- kenstein across the Atlantic when the latter was adjudged insane a few weeks ago. Monley says that Falkenstein, who is now in the custody of relativés, is recovering rapldly. WIFE LURES SPOUSE INTO ALLEY TO BE MURDERED Missouri Woman Says Cruelties Infifcted for Twentyrtwo Years Imduced | Her to Commit Crime WEBB CITY, Mo., Feb. 7.—Mrs. Lige | Gillmore confessed to the police today that she and James Lynn of Galena, Kan., murdered her husband here last Thursday. night. Both are under ‘ar- rest, charged with first degree murder. Mrs. Gillmore sald that cruelties in- | flicted by her husband In 22 years of married life had induced her action. Thursday night, she’sald, on the way from a theater she asked her husband In the she d, Lynn shot her husband (PLANE FALLS INTO GULF, TWO DROWNING Prudsinn Navy Flyers Lowe Lives vn.. Machine Collapses in Flight Over Water DANZIG, Prussia, Feb. 7.—Two navy aviators, Lieutenant Commander Wal- Janetzky and Machinist's Mate were drowned today in the gulf of Danzig when their aero- plane collapsed. The aviators were 150 yards above the sea when the aero- plane fell into’ the water. Boats were rushed to the spot, but neither coyld be found. the recently established marine station at Putzig. GAINSBOROUGH A TARGET] Face of Famous Portrait Bullseye for Rector's Sons LONDON, F¥eb. 7.—"This Galnsbor- ough portrait was used as a target by outhful archers,” was the statement made today by an attorney in account- for marks of restoration on & e possession of which#s the subject of a lawsuit. . The portralt was recently sold for $42,000. The lawyer |sald the picture had been hung on the walls of a rectory and that the two sons of the rector had used it as a tar- get. The face was the bullseye. STRAPS ENRICH COMPANY “No Seat, No Fare” Would Mean Loss of $1,500,000 Annually (Spectal Dispatch to The Call) CHICAGO, Feb. 7.—Statistics com- piled in the traction war in Chicago show that practical operation of /the “no seat, no fare” system on the city's transportation lines would lop off ap- $1,500,000 of anhual rev- enue from the companies. Traction ex= perts estimate that 30,000,000 passen- ing gers hang on to the straps in surface | )or elevated cars in a year. T ] Expert “Dopc on Big League Ball CIubs | X Hugh F ullcrtbn Writes Forecast for Call e < aseball writer of the country, will, in The Sunday Call tomorrow, begin a weekly analysis of the baseball teams in the National and American leagues. the individual players, discuss their records in the past, and show what may be logically expected of them in the future. In starting his series Mr. Mr. Fullerton will take ‘dope’ articles on the major league s I have doped the major league In, Last year, with the nals, a team that was wrecked and and Washington, which moved up suddenly, the clubs of both finished approximately where they “This season the task of ydoping the teams with any chance of ow, given a team of experienced rs, with a manager of known ability and a smattering of young- su;s wilo can/be figured on their minor league performances, and one who studies baseball closely can cal leulate with a fair degree of accu- racy just.about what percentage of games that team should win.” As stated abave, the first of Mr. Fullerton's articles, which-are of interest to every baseball fan in The Sunday Call tomorrow. Call's territory, mII appear in The Bl:lt Years Great]| information was re- | This is the first fatality at| SPHINE VMLEY Secretary Forwards Offer to Mayor Rolph, Who Will Present It to-Super- visors Monday SEVERAL OF LATTER FOR CONDEMNATION All Interviewed Declare City Does Not Want the Entire Plant Spring Valley is ready to arbftrate the value of its plant or to'facilitate the speedy determination of a con- demnation suit. The company refuses the city’s offer of '$37.000,000 and half the impounded money, thus . sustainfng the stand taken by .its negotfating committee. This, in brief, was the ‘formal an- swer’ transmitted to, Mayor 'Rplph by the water company. yesterday in.reply to the formal offer mada by the super- visors. ‘On receipt of the letter, Mayor Rplph stated he would. take:the com- pany’s arbitration’ and. condemnation propositions under consideration and submit the letter to the supervisors Monday. “These_ propositions are not new suggestions,” sald the mayor. “I can net say at this time what actfon will be. taken.” CONDEMNATION FAVORED Several supervisors, discussing the alternate plans,. expressed themselves in'favor of condenination rather than | arbitration, indicating when the board meets Monday the former plan will be fayored. ; Spring Valley admits in its letter | Continued on Tage 2, Column 5 PUBILISTS FIND NEWWAY TOPUT PRONESS T0 St “Kid McCoy,” Mike Dono- van, Who Sparred With T. R, and Jack Good- man Deputy Sheriffs (Special Dispatch to The Call) | NEW YORK, Feb. 7.—Sheriff Harbur- ger has three yew deputies, including the most married living pugilist and the one time sparring partner of a for- mer president. The third man is a “mitt"” artist, too, Norman Selby, known as "Kid Mec- at the New York Athletic club, and Jack Goodman, who has kept his beauty unscarred through many a mill, were | invested with the badge of office to- day. 5 “In these three men,” said the sher- iff, “I have a force that can stop al- most any sort of disorder without re- sorting to the use of firearms. Any one of the three will accept a chal- lenge to ‘disarm a man, if he has a revolver drawn.” Donovan, who boxed with President Roosevelt at the White House, {llus- trated his ability in disarming a per- son at the office. Deputy Sheriff ‘Jacob Bier took the place of. the person to be suppressed. He placed an unloaded revolver in his pistol pocket while the former pugi- st was about 12 feet from him and then attempted to draw it and snap { the lock. The pistol was on the floor and the deputy sheriff held powerless before he had even got the weapon into position to be fired, BABS P 7 AL BILL GIVING WORKERS REST RECOMMENDED Law and Legislative Committee Sub- mits Report to San Francisco Labor Couneft The law and legislative committee ot the San Francisce Labor council recom- . |mended to thaf body last night that no action,be taken in the ‘mattéer of bill No. 207, commofily called “th® Sunday law bilL” but ft recommended the pass- ‘|age of another memsure which has for its purpose the setting mpart” of ;one day of rest in seven for wage earners, Tho representatives, of the Barbers' lunion, led by D. F. Tottenham, spoke {earnestly in favor of the Sunday law bill, contending that it is the' only measure that will benefit the barbers, After a discussion Jasting neardy an hour the Sunday law bill was turned down and the other indorsed. e 2 L B35 MONARCH SAILS OVER CITY Spanish King 'l'lknl n-n Hour's Trip Balloon - RID, Feb. 7.—King Alfonao t06) s mk hour's trip today in the airigible “ctreuft’ WILL ARBITRNTE Coy"; Mike Donovan, athletic instructor | Live Girl Appeass to flefute Story She Sleeps ”?& of Murder, in %- “I'M NO DEAD ONE,” SHE TELLS@i!RDRS Fist Fight Betwefi'f Wimesses Is 1 Averted by ; (Special Dispatch to The Calfy. OAKLAND, Feb. 7.—Ethel Grant ap- peared before the grand jury today to prove that she had na“"'been mur- dered. The girl round whom #tories have clung that she had been ilain in Pleasanton and then buried under mel- odramatic circumstances in Palomares canyon several years/ago, was willing to answer questiohs.:. ¢ Miss Grant's appefirance, and her subsequent examination will probably set at rest for all time the rumors that she had been the victim of assassins. Notwithstanding the -proof Mrs. Mary Amador cf Pleasanton reasserted that some woman or girl had lost her life and had been burled secretly. Backing up Miss Grant's appearance as a 1iving belyg and relfilu her from the_world of shades, s Wallace, her companion In: Efvermore -and Pleasanton, testified. hhh the grand Jury. 4SLAIN® GIRL TRACES mvm"s “Miss Grant s the omly woman I ever had in my company in Pleasan- ton,” safd Miss Wi “The stories. s was Widow' of Clubman Back From Paris, Says Rumor; Denial From Brother in Law (Special Dispateh to The Call) SAN MATEO, Feb. 7.—Speeding along Ppeninsula roads in 2 new automobile, a mysterious woman whose features are concealed ‘beneath a heavy vell has given rise {0 the rumor that Mrs. Lil- lian McCarthy -Moore, widow of J. J, | Moore, is back from Europe. For three days the velled worhan has | been seen. Several persons who knew { Mrs. Moore declare the woiman 6 be her. No one seems to know wher's the mysterious newcomer s staying. Thomas B. Eastland, brother in law of Mrs. Moore, says that she has not returned. . His last word from her was by letter from Paris three weeks ago, he says. Mrs. Moore's attorneys in San Francisco also assert that she has not { left Paris. Mrs. Moore left for Parls shortly after Chauffeur S. R. Timothy was acquitted of the charge of murdering Mr. Moore. It was rumored that Tim- othy also went to Europe to join Mrs. Moore, ANDREW AT ELLIS ISLAND Carnegie Gladdens Heart of Scotch Immigrant Girl (Speetal Dispatch to The Call) NEW YORK, Feb, 7.—Andrew Car- negie visited Ellis island today, lunched with Commissioner Williams, gave ‘a little Scotch Immigrant girl a $2 bill and saw several hundred future Amer- ican citizenis awaiting admission to New York, Mr. Carnegle's party, which was organized by Miss Amy Townsend, in- cluded Mrs. Archibald Murray, Mrs. John Carter Brown, Mrs. Carnegie, Mrs. R. Fulton Cutting and Mre J. B, A._,: i S i SR 3 CHICAGO: BLIZZARD STAYS Poor Suffer From C.Ill. ‘With No M of Weather in Sight. (Special Dispateh to The Call) i CHICAGQ, Feb. T.—The prolonged sufferings of “thousands of Chlcago poor today. Prof. Heafy J.°-Cox, weather forecaster, tonist¥: said-there ‘was no prospect of change, Mflu‘ that the temperature would remain at a cold weather continued to add to ‘the| & iss Inez MW most was { armouncemml of the beheum Miss Inez Milholland’s Claim tothe Crown of | Loveli nessContested (Special Dispatch to The Call) ‘WASHINGTON, Feb. 7—Who is the prettiést young weman In the suffragist movement? ‘Is it Miss Inez Milholland of New York or is.it Miss Gladys Hink- ley of Washington, or is the crown of suffrage loveliness to be worn by some young woman from the Wwest, now or soon to be a voter? There is a lot of rivalry on' this question. Washingtonians declare their entry to be the better looking, but the New Yorkers are willing to back Miss |} Milholland to the limit. Miss Milholland 'came nence in New York because of the assistance she gave to the striking shirtwalst girls. She s a college gradu- ate who wanted to be a lawyer, but a1d not succeed in fier ambition. g - The public will have a chance to de- clde’ between these rival beauties ‘at the woman's suffrage pageant March 3. Fwver 'since the pageant committee announced that Miss Mllhollnnd. !h! “most . beautiful : suffragette in _‘ world,” would lead the parade, drenefl as a herald/ there has been trouble in the camp. Washington suffragists fm- medlately took uxr,brage and declared that Miss Hinkley /could give Miss Mil holland cards and spades and beat her out. Miss Hinkley was . immediately drafted for the pageant and will ap- pear a8 Joan of Arc. Other rival beautles have since been enteréd, including Miss Crystal East- man Benedict, heralded ag .the -most beautiful woman' of Wisconsin; Miss other of New York's besutles, and )llu n ‘assigned tnent parts in: the buunt:_ llle- Burns and Mrs. " lfikn.::; lead & ngtm of 'th mounted .upon snow ' white, char into promi- | For Continuation of These Advertisements See Classified Pages. : PRICE FIVE CENTS l Mragefle in the worl arge of the suffrageite parade to in which Miss Milholland will NEPHEWS AND A NIECE 70 CONTEST WAL 0F * WLLIAM B, BADBURY Notice Filed of Intention to Attack Bequest of Entire Fortune to Widow (Speem Dispateh to The Call) s,uv RAFAEL, Feb. 7.—The will of illfam Blackstone Bradbury, million- alré of Corte Madera, a document of 50 ‘Words, ‘Bequeathing o his widow, Mrs. Mary Brldbury, an immense for- tune in personal property. 1s to be contested. Briefer and ‘as comp?ehenllve was the document filed in the county clerk’s Loffice here today by Attorney Albert H, Elliot of San Francisco setting forth that the terms of the will would. be contested by Walter L. Bradbury, Phjl- ander O. Getz and Lillian Mehitael Jor- dan, two!nephews .and a niece of um “‘4 man. ‘Hiram. Johnson Jr. and D, M. Dufty, f6r Mrs. Bradbury, have pe- s testamentary to en- ’pdhuw. named as execu- ix without ‘bonds, to make & distribu- n of the ‘property. . The lnbsrbotlng duumem was read ‘court today and superlor Judge Zook set the hearing of the case for March 7. No mxmqmon of “the. grounds upon | ich the efln!ut WII' be ‘made was rven hy tsy ftorney. In view, how- m is long t\n nuhl 1o uuunumty wlfiéo&um three bombs, GREEKAVITORS AN BOMBS AT TURKIGH FLEET IN DARDANELLES Hellenic Army Officers, in Daring Night Flight in Hydro-aeroplane, Make a Thorough Reconnaissance of Islam’s Fighting Ships and Then Drop - Deadly Missiles on the Arsenal at Maidos, at Southern Point ' of the Gallipoli Peninsula GUNS OF VESSELS BARK AT BIRDMEN Balkan Allies Continue the Movements Along Tchat- alja Lines—Engagement Near Palaia Develops Into Severe Battle—Enemy of Mussulman,” = Occupying and Fortifying Heights South of Xamilo, Subject- ed to Heavy Artillery Fire ' War Zone ])evelgwents 09> Summary of Activities Greek army aviators fly over straits of Dardanelles in kydro- meropianes, make thorough recomnoissance of Turkish fleet, which , fires upon them, and 7 bombs on ships and reports repulse of allies Tehatalja lined; counter- claim from Sofia. Bombardment of Adriancple con- tinues night and day, but dam- age is unimportant. Turkish battleship bombards Bi- yuk Chek Modyo on ‘sea of Marmora. Negotiations hetween Bulgaria and Roumania to be resumed. Advance of Bulgarian troops sends civil fiying panie stricken from Gallipolli; over- loaded boats capsize and hun- dreds drown. ROME, Feb. 7.—A Special dispatch received here from the Island of Lem- nos, in the Aegean sea, says that Lieu- tenant Mutusis, the Greek aviator, accompanied by Captain Maraftmis, an- other Greek, made a daring flight last night over the straits of the Dardan- elles In a hydro-aeroplane. The dispatch says that a thorough reconnaissance ot the Turkish fleet was made and that the aviator then flew over Maidos, near the southern point of fhe Gallipoll peninsula and overlooking the Dardan- elles, and dropped four bombs on the arsenal there. The aviator reports, according to the dispatch, that as his machine passed over the fleet he saw flashes from the vessels’ gufis ad they fired at him. The hydro-aeroplane was not hit. Captain Maraitmls says that he was abld to make observations during the flight that were far more valuable than he had expected. Fresh Fighting at Gallipoli CONSTANTINOPLE, ‘Feb. 7.—There was fresh fighting today in the region of Gallipoll and an aeroplane made a fiight over the Dardanelles and dropped These were aimed at the Turkish warships. Two of them fell into the water and the third exploded on the shore without dofng any dam- age. An official dispatch says: o ¢ “The enemy continues their move- ments along the Tchatalja lines. Sev- eral encounters have occurred during these operations, all of them ending in the retirement of the enemy. An en- {ssued tonight TAUCTION WEDNESDAY lj'esmary 26, 1913, Noon " Post and Leavenworth Sts. ‘Grand _Building Lot 112:€ on, Post by 87:6 on Leaven- i worth, with Ell 25x30. ‘By Order of the Trustees of the 8. F. Verein Assoclates, in Liguidation, at Office of ‘lmign Weidenmaller Co. 345 Montgomery St l. L