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FULL CREDIT GIVEN THE CALL FOR CAPTURE OF ASSASSIN
CUNNINGHAM IS
UNMOVED BY A
SENSE OF REGRET
* \u25a0 ' ' mll 1 111 r
jPqlice Find That His Story Told
* to This Paper Leaves Little
to Investigate
Confession Was So Complete
That Case Is Almost Ready
L for Trial to Begin ,
Hot aroused him. Besides the claims
'that Miss Brasch could not have called
through the offlce separating them. His
'"pffice door) too, is always closed.
t^ome Minor. lnaccuracies f
Cunningham makes mention of a
"* - Miss Shirls/r who has been identified
; hub Miss Shirley HartwelU who, be zays,
•tvas standing for a time- beside Miss
\u25a0.Brasch' and laughing at him. Miss
"ilartwell is the. daughter of- the land
lady of the boarding house patronized
•hy employes of .the Smith construction
compauy atr Cragmont, near Berkeley,
,;«nd it". ls thought" that the, crazed la
borer imagined that he saw his former
friend "before him. It is in speaking
•of an. occurrence shortly after this one
>.nd immediately .following the shoot
ing that Cunningham, makes another
remark that it -seems- must be incor
rect. He. declares that one of the men
.in the hallway as he stepped through
•. The door shot at him. But "he admits
that his cars were ringing with the
1 everberations of the shot, and that
this may have misled him.
Iliggins' identification of Cuniiing-
I.am, dramatic as it was, supplied an
element of humor in demonstrating the
•unreliability of ej-c witness testimony.
;3liggins positively identified the pris
oner, but was forced -to admit that the
description he had given the detectives
was anything but correct. Cunningham
: : wa's attired in a soft white hat. Hig
srlns stated that he wore- a brown hat.
Cunningham had on a blue coat and
.vest and light trousers, iliggins stated
«that he had worn a brown coat and
vest and brown trousers, jiigglns was
rertain that the revolver pointed at
i;im by the murderer was very rusty.
tThe weapon turned out to be very
bright and well polished. .Only in de
scribing the mustache was Hlggins cor
tect. He was. right in declaring that
mustache was "sandy."
Dramatic Identification
The identification took place In the
, Jdentlfication bureau, when Cuniiing
3ram.*was measured and photographed.
?Covak was brought Into this room
also, and the two men lined up before
. Jiigglns. AS soon -as, the businessman
lighted Cunningham he became in
tensely agitated and trembled so that it
teemed impossible for. him to control
iiJs powers of speech. Finally, after
several minutes of gazing fixedly at the
jir.isoner, and waving his hands at him
•.in agitatlon r Iliggins gasped, out",
. ••That's the man! That's the man!" and
Immediately "after .he turned and left
ihe room.
.- "Cunningham stood blinking, at the
--f nan' --with the unruffled demeanor that
JCharacteriies his every action.*
;*:\u25a0• That" the prisoner Is erratic and un
balanced can not well be doubted,' for
•"lie suddenly breaks off now. and a sain
Ist -different points in his narrations to
-jialk of mesmerism and the times it has
Veen practiced upon" him, and the ef
fect: it ha* had, upon.lii* attitude to
Cray. Brothers. Other insane ideas.
.' "which could be buVtbe imaginings of
. • fen Insane man. come into his .mind now
. . -4ind again,' end flicker out, to be fol
; • lowed .by apparently cane thoughts.
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•r-fcscaped From Insane.^Asylum
."-• : . \u25a0'•*'! was confined in an insane asylum
-In Phoenix, Ariz., m 1592." Cunning
•_-.. jiam stated yesterday, "but I jumped
; (put of a window and made such a clean
; pfetaway that they never' got nae. I
-•*as put in there for acting in an ir
--. rational way, but also by the Co^grove
• family, who mesmerized me and rail
: spaded me there. I was working for
.-.Jack Dunne in the Red Light saloon
. 3a Yuma, and he got the Cosgroves to
.. tnesmerize me."
\u25a0;. . 'What were the irrational things you
. ilid'r he was asked.
P-^'Why." he answered at' once, "I
dumped a bucket of swill Into the Colo
rado river to feed the fish, and then
carried a hawser up the main street."
Telegraphic advices from Phoenix
last night stated that there never had
. |js£p an Inmate of the insane asylum
Jjy the name of James Edward Cun-
HinEfham. but that in 1596, which Is
four years later than the date Cun
ningham gives, one Frank Cunningham
>vas Imprisoned there. He escaped and
lias not been found, and the man held
liere, it is thought, may be. the man
IVfio escaped so many years ago. The
Phoenix inmate was 26 years of age In
1836, and this would make him 39
>ears of age now. Cunningham claims
to be 37 years of age. The insane man
of 1596, however, was a common la
borer, as Cunningham has been since
liis teens.
Tells of Disputed Wages
Cunningham repeated yesterday his
Statements regarding the • manner in
which his requests for the wages due
Jilm were received by the Gray Broth-
Icrs, and told in detail once more of. the
prjrument6 with Miss Brasch 'which, led
vp to and induced him to do the shoot
ing.- He is rational enough on this
point and goes over the figures with-
CJti.- error. .
J. L.- Brown, the new witness to Cun
ningham's presence outside Gray's-"bf
£ce unearthed yesterday, states that 4
NOVAK SOBS IN JOY WHEN TOLD OF DELIVERANCE |
.Reporter for The Call Bears
• News of Confession of"
Cunningham.
-\u25a0\u25a0 Wlthfctears of joy welling from his
eyes and with his voice choked by
sobs, J. -(Novak, arrested Wednesday.
on suspicVon of -having murdered
Carolina Brasch, attempted yester-.
day morniri\g to express in broken
English hts\ gratitude for deliver
ance f rora j^the foul charge laid
Novak first*learned of the arrest
and confesslon*of Cunningham from
a rqported of The Gall at an early
hourvyestcrdajy morning. The morn-.
Ing roll call erf pri sorters at the city!
prison had just been held and.No
vak, broken in spirit by the ordeal
of the preceding-hours, was march
ing to his cell. when. he was
. moned by a prison official to step,
from the ranks- of his fellow, unfor
tunates.-* r.T.
In the dingy, offlce of the jail
Novak heard the words which lifted
from his soul the burden of an awful
charge. A- Call reporter bore him
the news of his exoneration and
was the first to extend him the hand
\>t congratulation.
For a moment the, Bohemian failed
to understand the import of themes
sage of deliverance and evidently
believed that; some new trick was
being played to force him to admit
guilt. . _
"You came, to me yesterday and
told me I was a murderer," he said.
"But that has been, disproved,"
was the answer. "The real murderer
of the girl has confessed and is now
in jail. You will be a^free man again
In a few hours."
Slowly the meaning of this state
ment found Its way to the prisoner's
mind. Then, without a word, he
staggered to a bench at the side of
the office and, falling upon it, broke
Into a torrent 6f tears. His shoul
ders shook and he was unable for a.
moment to regain his power of ex
he left the stone contractors' private
office at what he thinks, about .1:40
o'clock. He did not take the nearest
course around the building to the ele
vator, which would have led him past
the door of Gray's main office, but went
around the halls by the longest route.
"I had Just turned the corner of the
hall when I heard a noise that sounded
somewhat like a or an explosion
of some sort, and I stopped and went
back a few steps to the corner to gaze
down tbe .hall and see if anything there
was responsible for the noise. All I saw
was a man dressed as a laborer stand
ing outside Gray Brothers' door.. He
was just standing there quietly, and I
turned and weftt on my way around the
building, thinking it was some prema
ture fourth of July celebration. While
waiting for the elevator Harry Gray
came running around and asked me to
get a doctor because one of his girls
had been shot.
"I was so far away from the laborer
that I am sure I could not identify him
or recognize him should we meet again.
I'could not say whether or not he was
smooth shaven, and. saw no revolver in
his hands. I was the length of the
building from him.".
Detective Scores Gray
Detective Drlscoll yesterday scored
the attitude Harry Gray had maintained
in regard to the murder.
"Gray did^not inform us at all that
this man. was continually making
threats." Drlscoll said, "and told us re
ptatedly that never before had the firm
had a dispute with a laborer over
wages. Had Gray come out with all the
information at his disposal at first
Novak, It Js probable, never would have
gone to jail, and it may have been,that
Cunningham would have been behind
the bars much' sooner than he was. ."We
we're working in gnorance of the true
situation in that offlce."
Cunningham is being held under ln
ve'stigation by the police without a
charge against his name.. He will be
charged with murder after theT coroner's
inquest, which will -take place some
time in the early part of next week.
LAW ENABLES EMPLOYERS
TO "STAND OFF" THEIR
WORKMEN INDEFINITELY
"Many laborers/have come to' the
office during the last few months seek
ing redress from the contractors who
have, hired. them and delayed in paying
them/. Among these were many from
Gray Brothers— in fact, most of them—
but we have been helpless because of
the present law which enables these
firms to stand off the payment of these
laborers, Indefinitely."
f " In; these words F. C. Jones, deputy
state commissioner of labor, summed
up the -situation which culminated in
the murder of Miss Carolina Brasch 'by
Cunningham. *' .
Ignorant of -the- laws of the United
States, and conscious: only of the fact
that they, had toiled for many days for
meager pay, many laborers of foreign
birth had faced Miss Brasch in* Gray'
Brothers' office, and had beonVtold by
her that the I firm' would not pay. their
demands, for 30 or 60 days. These "for
eigners and laborers did not know..
THE SAN-t^ 3,^1909;
THINKS THE CALL FOR SAVING
HIM FROM DEATH ON GALLOWS
You have <found thekright man? You have the man who did this 1 awful murder?- Oh, lam glad. ',
I was taken by the ftolice and charged with this crime and I was much afraid. Yes, :1 was : much
.afraid, because Tdo not know the English, language well. The}; told me yesterday) [that I had shot a \
girl. It was wrong. 1 would not shoot. ' lint'
When they fiul me in here,! did not know what it was about. They locked me in prison and I \
had, no friends. Then theytlold metafterwardithat I had murdered aj girl. : 1 was innocent, but what could \u25a0- ;
Yesterday came to me and shook, fingers in my face and said I was a murderer.. I said "No," '
but they, would not believe me. I had not heard of the murder. I was trying to collect my wages yes- \
icrday and trying lo^find a job. J have*nevcr been arrested before. '• • , <
The Call has* saved, me-and / thank, The Call for finding the right man and proving my innocence.^
If it had not been* for .The Call they might have tried tojprove that 1 killed the girl yesterday, and I \
kmw nothing. of, it. ;/ do not know the man who did this shooting and I - have not. seen him since they ;
brought him into the prison. lam sorry for him and do not understand why he should have done such \
a thing. I had trouble with Cray Brothers myself, but I would not shoot a young girl who was only <
a clerk in their office. I had no reason to do such a deed, and lam very, very sorry.
All last, night I lay awake and tried to think how I could prove myself innocent. Everything \
seemed to be against me. I had trouble with Cray Brothers, and I had no one to swear that I was not ;
theman who fatted the girl. It is the first time that I have been in jail charged with a crime and I did '
not know what to do. I could not prove anything and 1 was much afraid^ , • ;
I have cried all night. I H> as alone and everybody who came near me said I had murdered a girl. '<
Now lam free. I thank God* It has made me happy again to know that lamto be free I have i
lost a job that they were to give. me yesterday, but Ido not care for that. The Call has saved me from an •
awful fate. Oh, lam happy! \ 'I
pression. With his face still buried
in his arms he extended his -right
" hand and it .was grasped by the
messenger of good tidings. The ac
cused .man sobbed as he heard of
the full confession of the actual
murderer.
There was" complete silence In the
prison office as the story of'the mur-
der wa3 being related to tho man
unjustly accused. It was a broken
recital, for Novak docs not know the
English language well, and 1 time and
again details had to be gone over
before he' understood. Never was a
man more gratei|.' for a*n unexpected
deliverance.
"I- thank God," ho sobbed. "How
could I make them understand? I do
not know your language well and I
either one of "the Gray brothers, but
saw in Miss Brasch, through the little
paying teller's window, the incarna
tion of the firm which was delaying
payment of the wages "they had earned
by hard labor.
DEAD GIIU. WAS IXTKRMEDIARY
Miss Brasch was the intermediary be
tween Gray Brothers and their labor
ers, and she was acting' in this capacity
when she was murdered by Cunning
ham. .
Many witnesses testify to the fact
that for months at least the girl, who
is now in her grave.stood at' the cash
ier's window in Gray Brothers' office
and calmed laborers and other creditors
who -were clamoring 1 for their money.
To all callers whose questions might
be embarrassing to either of the mem
bers of the firm, the latter were inva
riably "not in."
Employes of the TVells-Fargo build
ing state that on many occasions cred
itors and laborers have left the offices
of Gray Brothers muttering and disap
pointed because of nonpayment of their
just demands.
TRAGIC OCCURREXCE EXPECTED
"We have expected Just such an oc
currence for a long time," said one of
the building: officials yesterday. "I re
member one time a few months ago
jvhen we received a call from the offices
of Gray Brothers to come up and eject
a man from'the building. Itdeveloped
later that he was there for the purpose
of collecting a bill which had been
overdue a long time. Miss Brasch was
the one who was telling him" that his
claim could not be paid. However/the
man was not ejected."
Loyal to her employers, the dead girl"
always Avas at her post. Her loyalty
can not : be fully realized unless it is
remembered that she was the only em
ploye of Gray Brothers in their offices
who could be seen at the little counter
window through which the shot was
fired .which ended her life. Every one
else was safely out, of range of inquis
itive eyes, and the two members of the
firm were ensconced in a beautifully
furnished office far down the hall, the
doors to which were.. securely, locked
from -the . inside.
DEAD GIRL OFTEX IXSULTED
Persons who were present tell of oc
casions when 'Miss* Brasch was sub
jected*' to insults and slurs by irate men
who had repeatedly heard from her lips
the / stereotyped phrase, ; '.'Neither ; one
of the membersiof theiflrm is in."
_ "On ; one occasion," says a witnessj
"I was present when a man was there
to collect; a bill. Miss' Brasch was at
the window and in'her,winning way in
formed the: creditor that' both, of the
members of the firm were put. \u0084 The
man was. enraged.^* *I-hav_e heard that
too often," ' he said, 'and I do' not/ in
tend to be a \u25a0 ?'—\u25a0 — fool for; you or
Gray Brothers any longer. I want this
bill paid and I want It paid — —quick/
The - man's' profanity was such that 1
endeavored to calm him, and I he . de
sisted as : long as he was in the . hearing
of Missrßrnseh, but >on reaching the
hall broke into a violent and profane
tirade."
"liAnoniXG.rEOrLE" BLAMED
, in spite of the; fact, however, that
J. Novak
have no friends. I have been afraid."
At last, beaming with the joy of
what he had just heard, Novak was
led back to" his cell. Detectives in
charge of the investigation of the
Brasch murder had already cor*
roborated all that had been^told him
by The Call reporter, and he had
been assured that he would be a free
man as soon as the necessary techni
calities could bo disposed of to se
cure his release.
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Novak did not sco Cunningham at
thoitime. The latter, had already
been put In a cell, and it was not
until they were brought face to face
in the. bureau of identification some
time later that' the two men saw
each other.. No word passed between
them then, but upon the face of ono
was the look of compassion -and
IF GRAY HAD TOLD ALL
TUB FACTS
"IMlarry Gray bad fold tin nil
of the fac<n In the case /n-hen vrc
examined him, Novak might never
bave been placed In <be city
prlfton, although* be -would un
doubtedly have been kept under
surveillance," said Detective Dan
iel Drlscoll yesterday morning,
when he learned of Cunningham'*
full con fesnlon to The Call. «H e
did not act In good faith with us,"
continued Dri»coll. "We asked
him particularly if t ne flPm had
had any disputes Tilth any of Itn
other employes, and he replied,
'Why, xre have not had a dispute
In yearn.' »
Miss Brasch was able to' calm laborers
and other creditors while they were in
the offices of { Gray Brothers, many of
the lalter, unable to/employ attorneys
to- bring suit, applied to the state labor
commission to obtain their pay which
had been withheld, just as* that of Cun
ningham was. ...
"The payment of these laborers is a
matter Which should be regulated by
law," said F. C. 'jones. deputy state
commissioner of labor, yesterday, "and
to a great extent it is the fault of
laboring people that the abuse is not
corrected. Before the last legislature
convened at the request of, my superior,
Mr. Mackenzie, I sent a communication
to * he state federation of labors re
questing that"a bill be drafted requir
ing, the payment of laborers at lei/st
every 30 days. The necessity of such
a law was apparent.
LABOREns SOUGHT lIEDRESS
"Many: laborers- have come to." the
offlce during the last few months seek
ing redress from, the contractors who
have hired them and delayed in pay
ing them. Among these -were many
from Gray Brothers, , in fact . most of
them, but we have been helpless be
cause of the present law, i; which en
ables. tliese firms to stand- off ] the .paym
ent of their laborers' Indefinitely..
"The practice of making s these poor
laborers wait 80 and' 9o days' fortheir
pay after they have earned it -is vicious
and ' ought to be "Stopped! They are
forced, to give up' a' large part of their
hard earnings to get money "to-" keep"
body and soul together, and at I 'time*'
0 not. wonder that they .are driven
, to, dream's of a Utopia, where they will
have full sway."; v r
HARRY GRAY'S; STATEMENT
Harry Gray, junior., member of- the
firm, .when. asked for, a statement re
garding the various incidents ; /last
nlgtitrfeald: : ; •> '.'. : . "j
->"It .is our custom to r pay our la
borers once a month." ': :
\u25a0 "How do you account for the fact
that Cunningham" was. not paid since
Aprli J 26, and, has" not ; been paid yet?"
•Gray was asked.
' "We11,;. 1 am not up:on tho.facts ;of
that case and am nof^preparedjto make*
any statement," was his : reply. '; '
AVhcre to. Spend the .Fourth
Have i you ,» ever been i- down ,: to i that
quaint: oldrSpanishJtown lot iHalf 'Moon
Bay? ThereUl^bo^ a? big^celebration
there.' : -'Excursion '\u25a0\u25a0 rates ? onit the' Ocean
Shore \. Time'table;paße;l7. >.\u2666
deepest sorrow; In the face of the
other there was mirrored only a
The lives of these men, whVf after
this passing glance, probably never
will meet again, orossed "Wednes
day during the hour immediately
preceding and following the murder
of; Carolina Brasch, In interlocking
courses that all but placed Novak's
head within the hangman's noose.
With the visit of Joseph O'Malley,
clerk in the offlce of the Knox col
lection agency, where Novak's
check -was cashed, was formed a
chain of circumstantial evidence
that bound the Bohemian to the-city
prison as tho murderer.
In the tangled tale of time Joseph
O'Malley was the only exact witness
to^hour and minute. He was cer
tain that he crossed Market street,
going toward his office at 443. Pine
LAWYER TOLD HE
MAY WEAR STRIPES
Defendant in Embezzlement
Trial Attacks Attorney After
Wordy Quarrel in Court
[Special Dispatch to The Call]
SAN* JOSE, July 2.— A passage at arms
enlivened Justice "Wallace's court this
morning just before court convened and
tho case of the people against George
W r . "Wleland, charged with the embez
zlement 'of 41,500 shares' of stock of the
Dead Ilivar. mining company, was called.
James TV*. Itea and Attorney TVill M.
Beggs were the belligerents. Bcggshad
been conversing with Rea and some
jocular remarks i:ad^ passed between
them when Itea became excited, got up
and paced the courtroom, talking In a
loud tone of voice about "thieves" and
using other forcefui and unpleasant
language. ' V
Beggs seemed to be trying to pacify
Rea, saying in a quiet tone, "Keep your
compliments to yourself," and similar
remarks. Rea grew more excited, shout
ing: V.
"Yes, and I'll give you what's coming
tofi-oa. If you don't wear stripes" it will
be Jjecauso the governor, is your friend."
i j Rea then made'a pass'to strike Beggs
across the^ rail; separating the specta
tors from court officers.. Beggs jumped
brfok- and, grabbing a cane from the'
hands of Captain Mo rrell, oneiqf the
witnesses, attempted to strike Rea, but
bystanders separated the - fighters: At
that point Judge Wallace came upon the
bench ; and : upon motion of counsel : all
witnesses except the '\ one. called to the
stand were excluded' from the court
room, i ,
Captain Morrell identified a letter In
which he sald":that he-had! sold J.. TV.
Rea 50,000 shares : pf mining stock on
condition i that" the flatter^ form a part
nership^wlth him- and his wife.
Attorney, O'Neal endeavored to estab
lish the indebtedness of the witness
to"Wieland. ' ,
; Mrs.; Morrell testified as : to the con
traefbetweenher. husljand, herself and
Rea. She admitted that,; she and her
husband v had -been with ' a
felonyjfor. defrauding a number. of poor
persons,' and that* she; nad ; heard f that
.Wieland was- acting in , the matter. ,
Swiss ;vyoMAN ; buried
ALIVE^FOR 7 TEN DAYS
Caught in 'Railroad Tunne
Cavein and Suffered Agonies
'."' ST. ; GALL, Switzerland, July 2.— A
young woman, who,^lo days ago, was
caught In a cayein'bf a railroad tunnel,
was today dug out alive. She suffered
agonies of cold and .hunger during.-this
period, but managed to sustain life by
suckingrinolsturo' from her. clothing, on
which, water occasionally trickled. ; She
continued calling for help until she was
heard;and:rescued.%; ,
C^f^niaris^n^Trayels
?-:• PARIS: JuIy' 2.— Ed ward I Land Mrs."
Gouzr ; of. San i Francisco,? registered at
the 1 Herald office; today. ' L . J_j
Suspect and; Slayer of Miss
BrascK-Meet' in Jail
- for a Moment
• street, at- 1:25 p. M.i Just after he
; had-visltVdt Miss' Brasch at the Gray
! Brothers'*, office , In. the TVell. Farfo
\u25a0 building to have- JCoyak's check eer
y ti fled. Miss Brasch signefl th« time
" check, but found that the ; f6reman
; at the quarry had. made la mistake
; and pujt-.the laborer's board down as
55.75; when It should be *«.40. She
telephoned to Oray," in" his- Inner of
fice, of the mistake, mentioning the
name, J. No%ak, and Gray t6ld her
to correct it.
Novak was waiting for O'Malley
in the Pine street offlce, and he left
there at about 1:40 o'clock. Harry-
Gray told the police that the shot
\u25a0was fired between 1:45 and 2 o'clock,
and but a few minutes before this
Miss Brasch had telephoned him oC
the trouble witb/t~ Novak's* check."
Gray and the police immediately
jumped to the conclusion that Novak
had brought, his. check and shot the
girl In an argument over the
' change in the boara bill. In reality
O'Malley. brought the check, and
Novak was not r near the Gray
Brothers' offlce in, the afternoon.
Novak .was apprehended and the
case against him needed only a wit
ness to declare that he was'seen in
the .Wells Fargo building near th«
time of the murder to make It con
clusive, - '•\u25a0\u25a0•{.*: *\
Cunningham- had made the case
against Novak so black by slipping
into Gray Brothers' office just after
O'Malley- left, provoking an argu
ment and shooting the girl. Noons
knew who was causing the dis
turbance and the net of circumstan
tial evidence enveloped Novak. It
was just about 1:35 or 1:40, accord
ing to Cunningham, when he fired
the shot at Miss Brasch. - Then he
sneaked out of the building, pur
suing a furtive course downstairs
and around to the rear, and dropped
completely out of the case until he
made his confession to The Call.
CHINESE LOTTERIES
TO BE SUPPRESSED
Postal Officials Raid Three
Shops in the Chinatown x
of Washington
WASHINGTON. July 2.— Charged with
using the United States mails for lot
tery purposes, three Chinese shops were
raided tonight and their proprietors ar
rested. -
In place a large amount of gam
bling paraphernalia was found.
The raid represented an efTort of the
postofflie department to reach ths cen
ter of a widely ramifying Cnlnes* lot
tery scheme. It was expected th*t ll'
wou^d be simultaneous with similar
activities in other cities, and It ' was
planned as a result of many dsys of
carefulydetective work of postofSce In
spectors.
Almost in the shadow of the dome of
the national capirei. with hawklike
swiftness, Ij*spect<ks Kean and Barcley,
with a dozen detectives and policemen,
ewooped down -'upon the places and
threw groups of Chinese into conster
nation. The Chinese soon, lapsed into
silence. The six alleged proprietors —
Lee Hlng, Lee Sam, Lee Huen, Lee
Hong, Lee Tv and Lee Kirn —were bun
dled into the police wagon. Great stacks
of supposed lottery tickets, printed in
green.vwere seized In each place.
The inspectors think one of the places
raided was the headquarters of the al
leged lottery system. With apparent
Indifference to all that was going on,
the crowd of. Chinese who frequented
the shops sat and looked on and denied
knowing anything of such matters.
BOKE WORKING FOR
LEAGUES OF JUSTICE
Well Known Berkeley Professor
Booms Movement in the East
[Special Dispatch to The Call] '
PITT3BURG, j uly 2.— George J: Boke
of i Berkeley and San Francisco, friend
of Francis J. Heney. has been in FlttS
burg for the last two days lif the'ln
terest of_the:newly organized league of
justice of San Francisco. Some r of Pitts
burg's most influential citizens have
become interested' In the movement,
among '•.them Rev. Maitlao'd Alexander,
postor of/, the Second Presbyterian
church, T -the ;. most exclusive /religious
body- In Pittsburgh . WSl&i
• The minister. ,has been instrumental
in '.interesting some of the wealthiest
of Pittsburg's citizens in the movement,
especially, those who are'adverae to the
Calhoun-Reed crowd, which Controls the
transit; facilities ' here?, and ft Is likely
that Pittsburg will run a close" second
to San Francisco shortly in an enlight
ened crusade against graft.
Boke came here after visiting Boston
and Baltimore,- where in [his quiet [ way
ho; awakened a sentiment that shortly
is li able Jo bear-fruit and cause an up
heaval jn the political world of those
municipalities.
PRESIDENT RETIRES
9 NAVAL OFFICERS
Selection Made by the Sperry
"Plucking Board" Approved-
Under the Personnel Act
List includes Former Command*
er of Battleship Georgia, Who
Was Suspended After Trial
July *— Five cap
tains, one commander and_ three lieu
tenant commanders of tho navy, the
selections' of tho Sperry "plucking
board," were retired today unde?* the
navy personnel act -after "Approval by
President Taft. .
They include- Captain Edward F.
Q-ual trough, who was commander oC
the battleship Georgia during the trlp>
around the world of the Atlantic bat
tleships, and who was suspended from
duty. for six months following a court
martial at' Tangier on charges of in
toxication ana unbecoming conduct.
The other officers . retired are Cap
tains Dennis 11. Mahon, captain of the
Puget sound navy yard. Bremerton.
Wash.; . Alexander McCrackln. com
mander, of the cruiser .West Virginia;
J. B. Collins, commander. of the battle
ship Indiana apd captain of the Phila
delphia navy yard, and' William. i>.
Hogg, former commander of .the sup
ply ship Glacier; Commander Leo D.
Miner, inspector of machinery at tho'
Mare island navy yard: and Lieutenant
Commanders Glennle Tarpox. who has
been under treatment at the navy hos
pital_at Mare island: William W, Bush.
In charge of /the navy recruiting sta
tion at Oklahoma. City.'.Okla.. and
Charles T. Jewell.fexecutlve officer of
the cruiser Chattanooga. . :
The . captains are retired with- the i
rank of commodore, the .commanders
with the rank of captain and the lieu
tenant commanders with the rank of
commander. .
These retirements, create the-49 va
cancies above the grade of junior lieu
tenant required each year by law. The
voluntary retirements Increased the
number of vacancies .made by deaths*
resignations and other causes to m.
making necessary the choosing of nine
officers for compulsory retirement.
By the retirements William S. Ban
son becomes senior commander; Frank
Marble senlo'r* lieutenant - commander
and Luther M. OVerstreet senior lieu
tenant of th« navy.
Commodore X. Potts, retired,, has been
transferred .to the retired list from
June 30.
COMPLETE REVOLUTION v>:
IN BAPTIST METHODS
President of Northern Conven
tion Makes Statement
PORTLAJiTD, July 2. — The second an
nual meeting of: the northern Baptist
convention- adjourned late tonight.
The last session was taken up with.
addresses on the;' t 'pre-vl0w" from th«
standpoint of layman and .minister, and
the winding up of miscellaneous odds
and ends. •
President Harry Pratt Judson, In de
claring the convention adjourned, as
serted that it had signlfiedhothing less
than a complete- revolution In the Bap
tist methods. The convention. he> add
ed, was successful In' the, greatest de
gree and augured, well for tao future
of the .church. ; \u25a0
The most Important work of the day"
was the selection of Chicago as the
convention city for 1910. The date, was
left to be fixed, by the executive, com
mittee.'
MENNONITES SEEK FOR
: LANDS FOR A COLONY
Will Settle in the Vicinity of
Bakersfield
'BAKERSFIEL'D. July 2:— Estimates
are being received, here by Henry J.
Martens, who. is to place from 5.0Q9 to
20,000 Mennonltes fn colony oh land 3
ailreadr "purchased northwest of -.this
city, for the Installation of 150 pump-
In* plants to' supply the colony with
w»t«r. • _ > . '
The«« plants will cost, in' the ajrsre
[gst*. 5500.000 and some df the well.<t
will be equipped with pumps by early
fall. . . .
Usrtens declares that the 'contract
for the entire numtrcV of pump* will b« '
closad In the near future and that. '.
wholesale drilling of wells .will enabto
the establishment of a water system
within a ycar.r^gp^ . "•
KING ALFONSO OF SPAIN
UNDERGOES OPERATION
Specialist • Operates on Royal
Patient to Cure Deafness .
' BIARRITZ, July 2.— Doctor *Mouret
today^teerated on King: Alfonso, for the
removalTof a polypus. The. king. ca'm-e
to Biarritz to consult with* the special
ist concerning a deafness which he be
lieved to be due to salutes lived In his >
honor during a recent visit to Valen
cia., .An examination showed that the
trouble was duetto a polypus, which
was removed without difficulty.
COHPOHALS ASSIQ^SD— Tar- thr*e new
corporals appointed by tb» police commission*™
Tbnrsday nl>;ht werp asutccned by Cttief Cook
yesterday as follow*: Peter Peabon to com
pany O. Captsla Mooney; P. N. H^riihj t<>
company I. acting Captain Wall, and Jamr* J.
McEntee to company -11. acting Captain Tools.
FEDEHAL GHAKS JURY ETSICTS-Caarte*
F. Scbarlaodt was Indicted bT tbe federal grand
Jury yesterday for n*lng the L'nlted States mills
to d«frand; George Laabenthal for lrnpi>r-«onatln?
a T'nUcd State* navy reerultltfe ofSc«r, and
William Wakefleld «nd Thomas Crowe for mak
lag eonntMfelt <?otD« /md molda. '
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