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THE WEATHER. Forecast made at Ban Fraaelt<v» for thirty bourm endlnx ml&nUbt, July 15: San Px-andsc© and vicinity — ClQt£? Eaturday; 11* ht west winds. o. h. vthjl-jboh, Local Forecaster, Temporarily la Chafge. VOLUME XCVIII— NO. 45. GERMANY WILL AID KING OSCAR TO REGAIN THRONE OF NORWAY. rromise is Given at the Meeting at Gefle. Swedish Ruler Is Made Fleet Admiral. Denmark Favors the Crowning of Charles. BERIXSr, Joly 14^-1 hear that the Gexnuu* Emperor aanxred King; Oacar m± Gefle jrerterday of hi* wannest 17m pathy- amd promised to aid la restoring* fcto* to the taroae of the dual kingdom. Am m public proof of his •e*tlmen.t» the Kaiser haa made Klnc Oscar a stand admiral of the German fleet. COPENHAGEN, Denmark. July 14.— At to-day's Cabinet meeting It de veloped that the Ministers were In full agreement that Prince Charles of Den mark should accept the crown of Nor way, If King Oscar and the other courts most nearly concerned expressed their approval. King Christian and the other members of the Danish royal family are also favorable to Prince Charles be coming King of Norway. BERLIN, July 14. — The substance of a statement made in Stockholm yester day that a German-Swedish alliance was contemplated was submitted to the Foreign Office here to-day and the au thoritati\-e statement made that the question of an alliance between Ger many and Sweden had never come be fore the Foreign Office, nor had it been discussed to the slightest extent. Of course, . the Foreign Office could not deny that Emperor William and King Oscar had spoken of an alliance during iheJr interview at Gefle yesterday, be cause the subject of their conversation is not known here. No indication of the result of the meeting between Em peror William and King Oscar at Gefle, Sweden, yesterday has reached Berlin, r.or is any report of their conversation likely to be made public, as it 1b ex plained here that this was a strictly private visit of one sovereign to an o«ior. Th« inlt!atfr«^^prtrrjaTJty*''vrill come from this side, as the Emperor desired to have first-hand knowledge of the Norwegian-Swedish situation. The German Government's policy ' is flne of complete aloofness — almost in difference — according to the Foreign OlF.ce. It is expected here that as a result of. the meeting yesterday Em peror William and Germany will be de scribed in some countries as taking un due interest In Scandinavian affairs and in seeking for a way to influence a settlement- Such an idea is disavowed In advance by the Foreign Offib*-. WOBAX SEXT TO PHISOX FOR CRUELTY TO CHILD Bin. Anna West of San Jose Admits Beating: Little One and Holding It Under Faucet. SAN JOSE. July 14. — Mrs. Anna West, who was arrested for cruelty to a two-year-old child a couple of weeks ago, was to-day- sentenced to ISO days In the County Jail by Justice Davison. It was proved that the woman was In the habit of beating the child until It was black and Mue and at other times held It under v faucet until It was nearly drowned. She admitted her guilt. Mrs. West came here irom Oakland several months ago. The child was not her own, but one she had adopted. Since her arrest Mrs. West declares that her husband has run away with an other woman. She also Informed the officers that her husband was wanted in St. Louis by the officers on a serious charee. '^^x^;,^:* ;\u25a0; REFUSES TO GIVE XAMES OF OFFEXDLVG SHIPPERS CTttaeM Before Interstate Commerce Commtnlonen Shields !><mia- Tlll* Men. LOUiaVILLE, Ky.. July 14.—In.rer •tate Commerce Commissioners Cock rell and Clement to-day began a hear ing of the charges made by East St. Louis shippers that rates to the South east are manipulated. M. P. Washburn, chairman of . the Southern and Missis sippi Valley Transportation Associa tion, testified that as a result of an Investigation here In 1901 Irragularitles were revealed, but he declined to tf ye the names of the guilty persons. Sen ator Cockrell then said: It la too late new to punish tbrse people, for the statute of limitations prevents. However, I think Mr. Weshburn oocht to epeak out, even thocsb the offenses were committed by rcrut&ble merchanU of Ixwlsville. licfn»r» to Accer*. Pardon. PARIS. July 15.— Paul Derolede, former member of the Chamber of Deputies, who Is In exile in Spain for connection with a revolutionary con spiracy in 1599, refuses to accept the pardon by Presidential^ decree,' saying he prefers to await full amnesty. Torpedo-Boat« for Defense. WASHINGTON, July 14.— The Navy Department is making; arrangements to form a flotilla of torpedo-boats : to be attached to the coast squadron.-. The. torpedo-boat destroyers heretofore " at-! tacbed to the coast squadron will be at tached to the battleship squadron. - Heed of Xa»-y Training Serrlcei WASHINGTON, July 14.— Rear. Ad miral Thomas has been detailed by the Navy Department as. superintendent of the naval training service. This is a new detail, the purpose" of its creation being. to place the. training service un der one bead. Germans Buy Welsh Estate. LONDON. July 15.— The Daily u Tele graph Bays to-day that a German J syn dicate has purchased for $1,250,000 the Whlteworth: estate near Neath^inHbe couth ofWales, covering.6ooo acres of coal lands, containing the finest steam' tozL : i;,. :' , i \u25a0 ..\u25a0\u25a0.•. The San Francisco Call. PRINCE AND PRINCESS CHARLES OF DENMARK WHO WILL, BECOME ICING "AND QUEEN*. OF NORWAY/I F THE OFFER 'I, MADE BY THE PROVISIONAL GOVERNMENT AT CHRISTIANIA BE ACCEPTED. IT IS SAID THAT THE! ROYAL FAMI- I LIES INTERESTED SANCTION THE PROPOSAL.- -' - \u25a0 . >>\u25a0••• ;. .-->;. | POLICE DUTY MAY DEVOLVE UPON MILITIA Strike Is Exhausting Chicago Depart ment's Fuiids. Epeclal Dispatch" to The Call. CHICAGO. July i 14.— Chicago ;, will ; soon face a double crisis, unless the teamsters', strike soon draws to a close— a financial shortage and .'a; police department de pleted through Inability of , the city, to pay Its men. With; emergency^ policemen ex hausting the appropriation of the rate of $4000 a day. In addition to the expense of maintaining a regular, force, the total ap propriation of, nearly. $4,000,000 : promises to be exhausted ; within ' three ; months.". ;. Calamity; howlers among the; apprehen sive - members of : the \u25a0 departments , pre dict the , possibility of : having fto appeal to Sheriff . Barrett \u25a0to ] maintain order: and police the clty.: ; As he,, too.l faces jlan emergency through inability to \u25a0 command funds to ,: pay X his ; present - staff i*of \u25a0 emerr gehcy deputies," the >\u25a0 pessimistic are ' in dulging .in doleful^ pictures of : the._possi bility of the ultimate policing of Chicago by militia. \u25a0 -;\u25a0;: ..;;:, . r :r_--y \u25a0\u25a0,:; :;•;-;\u25a0•. fe UCK ASTRONOMERS . SAIL". FOR LABRADOR Prof e»»or« ' Curtin ; and , Stf-bblns \to Ob. \u25a0erve the Solar Kcllpse on 4aa-aict SO. \u25a0 \u25a0 . ST. JOHNS. V.-t F.. , July > 14.— Profess scrs Heber: Curtis andf Joel Stebblns;bf the I Lick i Observatory, sailed | for. Labra dor.' last? night> on ithe]; mall? steamship to arrange forjobserylngthe, total -solar eclipse < visible -there j.on^August" 30^ TA number ~off other gastronomers;? : >.-ffoin ! Great? Britain,": thY- Unltedf State's/'j; arid Canada, will follow on the next steam-* ship.? ..;\u25a0\u25a0 \u25a0 •\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0.\u25a0 - .' ... ' SAN/vFRANCISCdvSATM DEFICIT CROWS $8,000,000 TWELVE DAYS Eederal Treasury Sur^ plus Rapidly Dis Special Dispatch . to .The Call. -WASHINGTON, July 14.— 1n twelve days of the /current; fiscal year thie treasury.' deficit is "; $B^ooo,ooo and" it Is still growing. -. Fon the, month- It prob-, ably; wlllV reach .$14,0001000, or half ; as much . as , It ; i was for the entire fiscal year, of i 1 9 05. - For two years and ' twelve days.the deficit' has been: -:• :'. Fiscal 'year*! 1004. . . '.\u25a0'. '. ';. . r. . .$41,000,000 Fiscal; year. lWSiT^fti'.'i I . .'. 1 24,000,000 Twelve ' day* of fiscal year. .. 8,000,000 . Total .!.. ... . . . . . . .'. .. .f 73,000,000 ;* In other^. words, during.: the past*; ten years, the ; treasury has .: paid j out ' : $73,"-' 000,000 '- more ! than "it 'received.' \lt iwas enabled ;. to do v this y simply; f rom^ the fact" that It' had a large balance on '\u25a0 hand and .of : this ' or, surplus," nearly $120,000,000: was national? banks of ; the couritry.";T>Thls' has'; been.) called in f until *but^ss5 1 000,000/ of; Government funds : will remain •in * the ' banks i after : July/15."7v:;-C.,':.' J^\.' %1-f- ~ : - : -'--'X : ;J-; In , the , .opinion ,> , of < officials \ * ot; ( the Treasury,^ Departmerit, s! ithe ' amount v of money ?3 in i actual^ clrculatlon'ijwill % not be « decreased A materially^ by^ thel $1 1,000,*-; 000 to\be paid ; in r under Secretary Shaw's* caUr^whlch" matures? tof morrow.^ It \l s believed " r thatti7s| per/cent,f if J riot fprac-' tlcally.all^ofithe-suhirderived'fromithls^ the f second of ! the^call'^will at\oncel go \ Into I national jbank fclrcula-' tlon^lThatlwasltrueJofithelsumTpald into .'the I treasuryj under*, the 0 first »? inf! , stallment, 1 which^ matured* in; January? OCTOGENARIAN FAILS TO KEEP PLEDGE TO WED Notecl Names^igiire in ; Suit for Breachof Special Dispatch it to The CalL ; : LYNN, Mass.,' July ; 14.'-|-An* attachment for;; J25.000 « was il levied 1 to-day ' upoiTi, the proper ty^of ; JohnXW.^Hutchihson, the .fa mous; abolitionist,' ' in ia . breach ' of. promise suit In^which iMiss*^: Ellen' F." c Wetherell appears V as "* plaintiff.^- ' /Cv . "\u25a0''.' „• • Miss \u25a0': We'therell,* who - is? about i 60* years cld,;isorie'of ; the best known »w6man'suf-; f fagis ts and labor" advocates' ; in ' New Eng i land;!' She 'was \ an ) intimate « friend 'of \ the* late !, Mary • vLJvermore i and has appeared .upon j the f lecture], platf ofm jln behalf fof -.woman's > r lght 'f and \ labor j measures " in most \u25a0of i the :- large >New| Engjand I cities.^ ~i Miss 'Wetherellt saystthat \ MrS Hutching ' soii,^ who *is i 85 1 years 1 old^i proposed f mar riageTandiwas'accepted by^her. about^two years? ago.ts She | alleges J. that f he I was 'per 6istent j in i his J proposals f and i that \ it \ was" only,: after; she j had \ considered | the t matter - long 'and '.well! that ? she ? pledged I her.; word to^someiidayjbecomejhls^jvife^ ;V':' . . s * .'Mf^Hutchlnson; not. only ("denies that he Is J engaged Uo^marryf Miss iWetherell, 1 . but - says'the lsferigaged'.to; another^ womanTof Lynn.*?;- Mr>3 Hutchinson J met % the 'i latter wcma^kwho|is!26iyejars|old?and;*an'ac- musician,*? Beveral '1 years ? ago." gl 'IShe ; played ] soj sweetly fpnla^vlollnl that the 1 ji music % moved myj^ heart ias '] it |waa never; moved sbefore."^ said jthe^aged man. Liberal |Cnndl«ate , Wlna. } I C ARLISLE 4 Englandrf Jul y] 1 HZjpSVr} Chance^ LiberaJiS to-day S| defeated &£ U SandersonTiConseryativeAbyj ai majority of j| lttSOj ih^the^byef election ' 4 for,? mem- 1 ber! of; Parliament foWCarlisle."- FREE HOTEL TO SHELTER THE NEEDY City.of New York to Build Big XlUoLull Vi Six Hiihdred Lodgers ; "^iil : ' Be - Cared ' VForl)aily? Ample-Provision for the v Health and Comfort of Indigent 'Guests. Special Dispatch to Tho Call. NEW YORK, July 14.— Poor men and women of New. York are to have a lodg ing- house -which. In point of comfort and hcalthfulness, ia not equaled. Plans for it havo been completed by the archi tect/and work^on.tlie building, will bo started in about two weeks, so that thi house will ,bV ready for lodgers •in next January?; While providing, every com* fort and' every necessity, the charge to lodgers will bo simply, that they abid* by.the rules andKetpclenn. .•'\u25a0., _\rAs%the--nrst-iustalhrent for the ex pense L; of : the new lodging-house,^ the «;ity" will pay - : out $ 175,900 for j its \ con struction. "-. The , site selected for the building Is on ; the 3outh side of ,Twea ty-tifth street, just east of First avenue '"' '-With^a "\u25a0':_ largt* "dining-room, (where good ;food; will be -many^baths. comfortable- beds," a 'large court and a roof garden,; those who go to" the iodg ing-house.wiir flnd better accommoda : tions^thah^they ,-, receive ; In *uny -, of; the' 'lodglng-noußf-B,'"; ih" r ! ,the : "city, where ;a ctiarKelSjhiaHe.r'lhtne new house there wjll^be^ accommodatior e \ t qr: ...'6oo\ per sdn«~66o'"nienj'andylOO! women. 1 • \TherV wlli^bertwo-entririces'on ;Twenty,-fitfh7 |Btreet.^one- f 01 the Mother, fqr womeriri who,'; on^enterihg-VtheT building," wULbe^ishered*3ntO;Separate reception rooms.^:. From '\u25a0• there ? the - men \will Wgo to" the basement/, where .they leave itheir^ street garments^ and " pass . : under warm shower baths Into a drying-room, where they will be givvn night 'clothes. After thatithey .will =be: taken back .to the Qrst floor Into a , large dining-room, where- * ( meals , ,0' .healthful" food will be served, 'after which 'they either may sit in. the {court; or on the roof r or.- go to the comfortable enameled . beds pre pared for., them Voh- the third.- fourth an-I fifth ;: floors. : " Before -going to;thelr baths ; all » the ; nien will >be \u25a0 examined. Those suffering, from' disease ..will-", be sent Ito separa te~ bat h.s, and. , at ter - that, to ; separate slceping-rooms<. \ On , the/second fioor of ,' tho -building are"the'baths;for women. .Each of .these is separated : from- the others by % a-par tition.-Vv '-.; ? - .,'..\u25a0.— , ':\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0 .'.\u25a0-.,-.;:-\u25a0 After disrobing -..n0 man or woman wlll : be t allowed;to touch his"* or "her clothing \u25a0until he \u25a0, or ; she Is ; ready /. to leave Xhe,^ next ; In the mean time all. clothes will be. passed through a disinfecting room. \, ' ./ '\u25a0..'>\u25a0 Althoughilt will ,be extremely easy for XaUv persons -to"; get into, the new lodging-house,* it ,-v, III be another, mat ter/foraS'omeUo get out. '" Every person must {pass 'a window, where .watchers will ; be.: stationed.!'.. Here men .' wante-1 for • jrifnes .will .be' taitenrout and de mined. " . . . . *» ' TEARS W THE TRACKS: OFA RIVAL RAILROAD Peniisylyania: Company i De frays Wabasli Switch- > System^ Special , Dispatch 'to The ' Call. PITTSBXmG, July . 14.^-Open .; violence between' armed; forces \u25a0 is threatened \u25a0In the bitter^flght? waged by the Pennsyl vania 'i Railroad ; against ; the Wabash r sys tem; iln an ?' effort^ to "prevent ?\that , road from gaining -a : permanent and i valuable foothold in : this city. ATo-night' two forces of; men r are f eyeing • one » another in ".'\u25a0:. the West End,"; where ;"Pennsylvania ; men ; have d estrdyed a switching system \three-quar ters of aTmlle | long,*; connecting I the j Pan handled tracks 'with - the ; West , Side 'i, b«lt road; 3 .: and' costing; $100,000. W;_ : " \u25a0 ; .The ; . workffof I demolition": of . track's \u25a0 and grading -connecting { the ?. belt - : line,', which isf owned %by \ the ;. Wabash^and ; the i Pan handle, which is part ' of the Pennsylvania system,*! was • done f at 'i night /and ] thus I the Pehnsylvanlaj had I dealt j another blow to the Gould ; plans ; for^which 'Ramsay of the Wabash -?. had V 6 worked :- so ; lon*.~^ The switches /from ] the j Belt i line l to I the'; Pan handle" had been ?of /.advantage -, tot both roads, ' but i the is 'greater ," suf •: f erer ; from!- their } destruction!, and ; what \is to^besdone7now2nb:,one|here;Beems?;to know. \u0084That i there I can 'i be > any/ peace ) between the ! two ; Is out (of . the I question (despite the reports of • "community, of .Interest", plans. Peary* ' Arctic - Ship, Fined. 'NEW? YORK; v July '\u25a0: 14.-^-Ah~ , : attempt to "detain^ Peary's f Arctic ;shlp^Roose velt' had v i been s made '^ by a persons .a. who notified ' the Department X that the vessel \ had ? left t port: without f clear£ ance ! papers^ The Government! offlcials orompUy^ imposed \si% fine ; of ; $500 I ? and members ; of the Peary < Club } supplied; a bondj'';--*.?:-;. .-.."- \u25a0'\u25a0;v-;.-> : j vj; - '\u25a0\u25a0•'• - -'. Ma»V^"Vlctlm« [ of ; a Wind atorm. .WINNIl > EG,*Manitobiu > July>l4.— Duri ing a r !high\wlndst6rm l ;at'mldnlßht,7f6l2 lowin gr a ; severe : rain 1 and felectfic storm; thelwallsf of|albrick :bulldln>rg in S the course^of {Construction ; on^Janieß istreec werb"lHowni \u25a0 down 5 and% a^ouraber -of persons iWcrelburied^beneath' the jrulns. It) Is 1 feared Teifiht^orj ten^are dead.H!f : '. -1 '*'- I £«* THE ,THH4TERS. ALCATHUt— "On Probation." CALIFQRjn/fr-'Ty* of th« CUrbw. \u25a0OCNTiSS^^Hq/t ! of tba - Klondika." - -CHtlTES^'^litceas Fan Tan.". Mat ' i WCTiCSfA— "The 1 Jewish Priest. "^Matinee. "The - Interrupted Wed dlns-"-" — -\u25a0 - ' \u25a0\u25a0' •• • GRANO-^-"A Turkish Texan." MAJESTIC— "Barbara Frletchla." ORPHEUM— VaudeTlll*. TlVOLl— "Amorita." n-'.. . Matlneea at all theaters. Ttvoll ex cepted.» ACTOR FOLK WILL FIGHT THE TRUST Leadmg Players in Strong Combi nation. Davidßelasco and Mrs. Fiske Announce Plan of Campaign. Independent Organization Ex ; pects to Have Big Cir cuit of Its Own. NEW -YORK. July 14.— Announcement of a new : combination of actors in America against what Is known as the theatrical trust was made -to-day by Lee Shubert. The pleading companies in the new com bination are those headed by David Be lasco and Mrs. Minnie Maddern Flake. Lee Shubert will manage the line "of the aters, .which, will be placed at the dis posal of 'Belasco, Mrs. Fiske and others. •The new combine will back fifteen com panies; on the road and such actors as Sarah : Bernhardt, Ada -Rehan. Jefferson de Angells. Henry Miller. Lillian '\u25a0 Rus sell, David Warfield.* Blanche Bates, Bertha Galland. Robert Hllliard. Mrs. Fiske and Mrs. Leslie Carter. The actors, under the new management expect with in another week to have a separate num ber of theaters on their own circuit in America -to play; the. year round. Shu bert -announced that this company now has fourteen ; playhouses under its con trol, including . theaters in New York, Philadelphia. Chicago. St. , Louis and Lon don,; England., arid that within a week he ' would Ibe * able to " open aya v dozen . more to*~hJs rattractions.v"vßesidesr attractions. v"v Besides these ' places the new -combination Is'countlng on the aupportr of | lndependent^houses. -all-over the country. VThe "amendment by the the atrical syndicate -managers of a'' contract which] Shubert*' says ' he " made , with them, agreeing, to: pay .them 25 per cent i of. -the profits oh all : of l the' syndicate's attrac tions * booked :at his theaters, was the cause of his; break from the trust ranks. His friendliness •:' toward David Belasco during the last few months, he said, was a further cause of- the new combine. "We signed a contract with the theatri cal syndicate which : Is headed by Klaw & • Erlanger, ; agreeing \u25a0 that the syndicate could book their attractions in our houses for 25 per cent of the profits for a period of five years." said Shubert. "After we had signed this contract a letter was sent to us by the syndicate asking us to amend the, contract by agreeing not to \u25a0 add any more" theaters to our own. circuit. Shubert says at this point he has only eight .theaters in hi 3 own circuit and did not feel strong : enough ; to make a fight against the j syndicate. ~ Y "When I asked." Shubert continued, "why \u25a0 this new amendment was required. I was told that our' company had violated its 'contract s wlth the syndicate by refus ing :to accept some of. their attracions which they had booked at our houses. "They said this was a violation: of our contract with them, .though that docu ment J contained the : provision that - the syndicate 'attractions were at all times subject" to our. order. After ; this.;con versation the ! matter 'was allowed to- rest for' a' tlmeT /; Meanwhile the Lyric Theater Company : was~extendlng ' Its • own circuit and 'acquiring, new attractions. \u25a0 >'. '."When* our company was building the Garrick ; Theater - ! in i St." t Louis the syndi cate-told'^ us ;that 'we would not-,be al lowed to book our own attractions in our own I houses "If we pursued our policy. And yet at their, convenience they always filled ,thelr»tbeaters -with ' om% attractions. '\u25a0- s "On' my return ' from Europe last June I ; was ; met .by Mr..' Erlanger. and > had \u25a0 a chat- with i him. about patching up our difficulties.' \u25a0"•* He told me that if I , did not book i Belasco ; in 1 * any *of : our theaters I could have * anything I wanted. Because I booked-Belasco in one of our houses, the Garrick, ihe said that ithe tours of "The Royal Chef , and of .."Fantana," already booked.^: were . otLmfS&tNJ&B fSBQBBtm \u25a0 VLet \me ; say that . to the present move we • are not attempting . to . fight i the : syn dicate, but merely,' In \ self protection. try- Ing :to • find . a place ; for 1 our ' own attrac tions." v, . - / . CAiItpENI^ASPHALT ? yCJHOSEN !AS THE BEST SaiiiFfaiicisco; Man Secures i^oo^l7^aterworks Con- CincinnatL Bpeciai '.' Dispatch :to * The - Can. ; July 14. — The last big ' contract for; the new, waterworks.' ex cept rf or -the filtration plant, yrda ' awarded by the I commissioners * to-day, i It lls for the completion and lining with asphalt of the' Calif ornia/i reservoirs." I ' and was award ed ito'J. : 3.* Jackson ; of ? San- Francisco, at $298,517, 60. %BBggßfEl ' * \u25a0•\u25a0'- .\u25a0-- ; -- : \u25a0• ~-'i ' s*! Chief 5 Engineer;.!, Benzenberg * < \u25a0\u25a0 reported that^ the i analysis j of? the -asphalt which Jackson -will iuse, i a) California i petroleum product, 1 ; showed f It .-; superior £to ! any^.re fined :j: j asphalt 5 and ; ; was i accepted though the bids I called : : tor) Berinudese ] asphalt or something as"? 'good. H • Jackson ' put ; the lin ing: > in * the •" great ~ Philadelphia - - rservolrs wlthjthe." sameVasphalt j and : it \ has * stood a^ test ? of ; seven j years. %-}].?'\u25a0.- Togo Will \u25a0Be Invtted. ; -NEW YORK, ;! Julyil4.-^-The , r commlt tee; named ?by Mayor. McClellan I to, con-. 1 slder,' plans i f orj submission I to'l the i next Mayo V.i for! the i'centennary^ celebration lnft 1907i0f -r the Jflrst J;use ;. of* steam In waterJ navigation 5 has * decided ;. to j send ' an> invitation Ito .j Vice 'Admiral ; Togo of the navy; to"' attend on his flagship. ; '." v ':'7 PRICE FIVE CENTS. BIG NAMES AS A LURE FOR DUPES Psendo Reporters Swindle New Yorkers. Pass as Newspaper Men and Sell Space in a Periodical Portraits of Roosevelt, Cleve land and Others Adorn Their Letter Heads. Special Dlapateb to Tb« CalL NEW YORK. July 14. — Folio wlnjr the sensation created by a Town Topics man's arrest for alleged extortion of money from the "400," it became known to-day that a similar scheme, though less ambitious, has been operating suc cessfully. Having ..as associate members such men as President Roosevelt, former President Grover Cleveland, Cardinal Gibbons, Bishop Potter. Lyman J. Gage. Andrew Carnegie, David R. Francia, Senator Depew, the late Secretary Hay. John Jacob Astor. Dr. Charles W. El liot, president of Harvard University and Washington Roebling, If one may Judge from its letter-head, which bears the photographs of these men. the "Re porters' Association of America" haa been operated so successfully that It now. occupies, a , handsome office fur nished with mahogany desks In the Whitehall building on State street. It Is needless to say the reporters on the great New, York newspapers are not mfmbers of this association. HKB ;.To James P. O'Brien Is ascribed th« chief 1 credit for, the success of the as sociation. t although, except for the ex treme'generosity of many well known men 'in New York its present success could - not » have been attained. On the theory, that men actually attached- to New jTork newspapers as reporters were beneficaries sof generosity, money has ben flowing freely Into the asso ciation's treasury. One man alone con tributed $S3 0, while many others havo given somewhat smaller amounts. In some Instances the money was paid for the notoriety that was sup posed to follow the contribution, while in others the men gave their money on the supposition that they were engag ing In a charitaSle enterprise. It Is through the medium of the "Public Inspector" that most of ithe money has been obtained by the con cern with the high sounding name. .This Is a monthly publication in which the : praises are sounded of those who have in one form or another contrib uted to the association's treasury. . Health Commissioner Darlington 1j one of those who have aided this "Re porter 3"" Association. Not only has ha supplied "Public Inspector" with ar ticles having to do with the public health, but he has paid for their.ln sertion, though possibly In an Indirect manner. Wallace Jackson, an attorney. , has been one of O'Brien's most generous friends. Paying $300 to have a cartoon and a notice of himself printed, he crave a like amount to have a picture of hts wife inserted In the next issue. When he. learned that she objected to the plan he paid to have the picture sup pressed. CAIXS FOR TO>VX. TOPICS* BOOKS. District Attorney's Office to I. earn HoW Much the 400 Contributed. . NEW. YORK. ; July 14.— With Charles* H. Able held for the action of th* XJrand'Jury, Accused of attempting to extort $500 from Edwin M. Post, a member; of the Stock Exchange, who says , he was led to believe that If he did not subscribe for a volume of "America's Smart Set" an unpleasant revelation , about his personal affairs would be * published , In ' Town Topics. Assistant District Attorney Krotel con tinued to-day hi 3 inquiry Into the af fairs of the Society Editors' Associa tion.'which was publish ins the work. He decided, too, that he would llk» to know something about the Internal management of Town Topics, ] and for that purpose requested W. I* . Daniels, secretary and treasurer- of the - Town Topics Publishing: Company, to produce before htm the books and accounts .which would show what was done ' In the way of obtaining, subscriptions for the work "Fads and Fancies," for which the company received subscriptions amounting * to . $150,000. although . ths book,~ after four, years of preparation, has not been Issued yet. \u25a0 Daniels j asserted r that he .was ; not the proper person to bring .the books, saying , this \u25a0 request would have ta .be made of Judge Deuel of the Special Sessions Court, who ia one of the three directors of, the 'company, holds a large share of Its stock. : has . personal supervision of all articles that go into it weekly and 13 Colonel W. D. Mann's representative m his absence. \u25a0 But when 'I Daniels ~ was tef ormed ; that, i should he not do as requested.' he would be taken ] before a Judge on Tuesday and a subpena issued which would bring, forth the i required books. -he 'said he would do all he could 1 , to produce ' them. . * . Judge :DeueV: talking further \u25a0< about his connection .with Town „ Topics, told how one man paid i a certain amount .to; have an , unpleasant Item about , him kep,t" from Town .Topics," but all he had to pay.; said the ' Judge, was . the expense of the print er's bilL , The names of other wealthy society men and i women ".who paid ' a ' fancy price , for "America's Smart Set" were made public to-day. The first : subscriber >to the .work. It was learned,' was John Jacob Astor, who paid In $500 on July 30 of last year and a similar summon* the; last day of the follow ing November. Mrs. ' Howard Gould > also Continued on ) Pace 2, Coliuna §»