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"WHEN LEES WAS CHIEF"
A series of "inside" detective stor
ies of famous crimes of San Fran
cisco, in -which Chief Lees' secretary
tells just how the old master
worked.
SEE THE SUNDAY CALL
VOLUME ' CVnL—NO. 176.
Mexico in Throes of Rioting and Rebels Fire on Train of Soldiers
LINER SINKS
STEAMER AT
SEA AND
TWO DIE
Norwegian Ship Selja Rammed
in Fog by the Beaver and
Gees Down With Chi*
nese Sailors
TREACriEROUS MIST CLAIMS
ANOTHER MARINE VICTIM
Faithful Celestial Servant Car
ries Children to Safety and
Falls Exhausted in Boat;
Is Hero of Wreck
CAPTAIN'S WIFE SAVES
LIFE OF DROWNING MAN
THE treacherous fog whjch has
hung along the California coast
for the last two weeks claimed
another ship as its victim when the
Norwegian steamer Selja, bound from
Yokohama to this port, was rammed
and sunk by the coast line steamer
Beaver at a point about five miles due
\u25a0west of Point Reyes at 3:17 o'clock
yesterday afternoon. The Beaver
opened up a 20 foot hole In the No. 2
hatch of the Selja, just forward of
midships, and 15 minutes later the
Selja turned its bow downward and
disappeared under the waves, carrying
death to two members ofHiiTcfiinese
crew who ventured below to obtain
clothing.
Five minutes after the boats struck,
"S O. S-." the international wireless
call of distress, was flashing up and
down the coast, and half a dozen ships
were preparing to make the run to
the aid of the Beaver when the flash
came that the coaster was slightly
injured and had picked up the officers
and crew of the Selja and was . re
turning to San Francisco. Six hours
after the Beaver had put to sea the
steamer was back at its berth at pier
40 with all excepting two of the Selja's
crew safe and sound.
Scores on Beaver
The Beaver left port at 1:15 in the
afternoon with 105 passengers for
Portland. Just outside the heads a
heavy fog- was encountered and Cap
tain William Kidston rang down the
engine? to half speed. Just off Point
Reyes the fog whistle of the Selja was
heard. The Beaver answered. The
signal:* were repeated. Ten seconds
later the outJine of the Selja loomed
through the fog and the Beaver's en
grin^s were Immediately reversed. The
Selja. which was putting off from
shore to get back on its course, at
. tempted to cross the bow of the
coaster. The momentum of the Beaver,
aided by a heavy tide, set at naught
the efforts of the officers to avoid the
collision, and with the sound of
ripping plates and splintered timbers
*he knifelike prow of the Beaver cut
• into the side of the Selja.
Fro mall accounts there was no great
excitement on board either steamer as
the Beaver backed away and the Selja
with its engines shut down drifted on
the placid sea. Two boats were low
ered from the Beaver immediately and
two boats dropped from the port and
starboard side of the Selja. . The only
jnlshap In the transferring of the crew
of the Norwegian Bteamer to the Beaver
occurred when the boat on the star
board side of the Selja, which con
tained three of the Chinese crew and
the ship's papers of value, was smashed
against the side* of the steamer and the
men thrown into the -water. Another
boat was quickly lowered and the three
men picked up, but the papers were
lost.
Transfer Speedy
The tranfsr was made with splendid
speed. The first boat to put out from
the Selja contained Mrs. v O.:Lie. wife of
the captain of the sinking ship: Chris
tine Lie. her 7 year old daughter; Hans.
her 3 year old son, and Lee Tung, a
Chinese servant of the captain, besides
a dozen members of the Chinese crew.
This boat was closely followed by the
three others, and before the Selja had
settled half way in the water the crew
and officers were 6afely aboard the
Beaver.
The calmness of the sea when the
ships struck undoubtedly accounted for
the small loss of life. The passengers
on the Beaver 1 epoke; mostly of the
service rendered to Mrs. Lie
and her two children by Lee Yung, the
Continued on Page 4* Column . 1
The San Francisco Call.
OFFICERS OF LOST SHIP, CAPTAIN'S F^
At the top arc the officers of the steamer Selja and Captain Lie and his wife with their children seated on theh laps; just below are the steamer Selja and
and Captain William Kidston of the steamer Beaver. The Beaver it j;in the middle. . . \u25a0
SCAFFOLD READY
TO HANG CRIPPEN
Wife Slayer Will Be Executed
This Morning and Buried
in Quicklime
i LONDON. Nov. 22. — All preparations
have been made for the hanging of Dr.
Hawley H. Crippen tomorrow morning
at S o'clock within the gloomy walls of
Pentonville prison, which stands in one
of the most dismal locations of London.
It is probable the execution will take
place between 8 and 9 o'clock.
Public Executor Ellis of Rochdale,
who hanged a wife murderer at Liver
pool this morning, arrived in London on
the evening train. The scaffold .was
erected today. A few tenements over
look the prison yard, and- to bar the
tenants from a glimpse of the tragedy a
big canvass cover has been p^t up over
the gallows.
Only a small group of officials will at
tend andevery effort has been made to
prevent morbid crowds from gathering
in the neighborhood. Even the custom
ary official announcement^ of the hang
ing ; is not likely to be posted uwtil
evening. The body probably will be
buried in quick lime in the prison yard.
This is the custom at Pentonville, al
though not in all English prisons.
Father Carey, who has visited Crip
pen frequently, entered the prison at 6
o'clock this evening to spend the night
with the condemned man. He will ac
company Crippen to the scaffold.
An evening paper caused a sensation
by flooding the city with placards that
Crippen had made a written confes
sion. Every one in a position to know
denied this.
Ethel Leneve said, when asked about
the rumored confession:
"I was the last person to see Doctor
Crippen. So far as my knowledge ex
tends, he has not made such a state
ment."
It was also reported that Crippen to
day wrote a statement for a Sunday
paper, which bought a previous story of
his. The paper, however, denied that
it Has his confession.
An evening • newspaper, republished
the report current that Doctor cVip
pen had confessed. Scotland "yard of
ficials persist in \u25a0 declaring that they
know nothing of such a confession. f
Solicitor Newton • of 'Crippen's " coun
sel says that so far as he is aware. the
report is untrue. •\u25a0 • *\
This announcement of; the time of, the
execution was made- today and with; it
passed any hope that' the condemned
man might have .had of, an .eleventh
hour delay. From the time that .his
wife. Belle Elmore, the actress,-disap
peared, up to the day of y his convlc^
tion, public sentiment. against, Crippen
grew stronger but in his last hours the
"American is not ..without sympathy.
Clare Ethel Leneve, : the womanjfor.
whom, the crown * alleged, . Crippen
killed his -wife, has continued to. be a
visitor to the prisoner's .celL. Miss
Leneve, at the request-of' the prisoner
paid a farewell visit . to . Crippen | this
afternoon. She reachedj-theplace ; ln a
closed cab and was; accompanied by an
elderly man, who remained- outside. . ;
Miss Leneve remained for a half hour
in. the visitor's room -with the doctor.
During her stay the wardens watched
the condemned man closely. She has
booked passage on the steamship; Ma
jestic; which sails from Southampton
for New York , tomorrow.
Cilppen slept well last night and this
morning ate a hearty breakfast.
Will Not Talk of Father
LOS ANGELES, Nov.; 22.— r Local > in
terest In the Crippen case was accen
tuated by the fact that Los • Angeles
was the home of the father and; son
of Dr. HI H. Crippen. '
The attitude of the two ; toward the
condemned man was so opposite as to
cause comment. Myron Crippen, more
than 80 years old, believing' Implicitly
in • the ; innocence • of the; physician, ; was
so deeply grieved \ that he died last
Friday of a broken- heart. " :
\ Young- Crippen; 'who .is in ' the em
ploy of a' telephone , company, has | from
the \u25a0 first : refused . to .\u25a0 discuss the 'affair
of Ws.father.i-'lMßKWH^^^^^^ii
SAN^MGISCO,
DELAY IS GAINED
IN BALDWIN SUIT
Beatrice Anita Turnbull; Wins
First Viciory Through >a
Continuance
[Special Dispatch to The Call]
LOS ANGELES, Nov. 22.— After a
sharp legal skirmish today Beatrice
Anita Turnbull obtained a delay in^tlie
hearing of her suit for a 'daughter's
share of the estate of .the* late,- E.; J.
(Lucky) Baldwin, .whom.. she; alleges
was her father. \u25a0*' •\u25a0•\u25a0;:. .. \
Gavin McNab, representing" known
legitimate heirs of the dead millionaire
turfman, came down ,fronv- San
cisco to head the opposition, and Ges
ner Williams, A. W. Huttbn and Isidore
Dockweiler appeared in f behalf of Miss
Baldwin, in whose interests they asked
for a continuance. , \u25a0. .. ;• .
The postponement .was asked because
of the inability of> Walter. 8.- Grant of
Boston, one of the young: alleged heir's
eastern attorneys, "to come to Los An
geles by December I,' and also because
it was asserted that a petition forpar
tial distribution of Uhe.estate already
filed would be affected by the will con
test. , :: : ,".:;.
Judge Hives was asked : to. continue
the contest until ' February, but •he re
•Xused to grant . a s continuance until
later than , December jjj 12, saying that
his principal reason for doing so »were
because of the inability; of Grant -to
'come here until that time and because
his. legal associates represented \u25a0 that
he-is -needed at the hearing. \u0084
By the action of the court,in-grant
ing.- the cotinuance. there will 'be no
partial distribution: of •« the estate as
asked by Mrs. Clara -Baldwin j Stocker
and Mrs.'*; Anta Baldwin \u25a0 McClaughrey
of San , Francisco, r the millionaire's
idaughters, iuntil-the; court determines
who are the heirs and whether the 16
year old daughter, of .Mrs. Lillian Ash
ley. Turnbull*is;one» of -them. .- . ' :
SUPERVISOR COLEMAN
... NOT UNDER INDICTMENT
Name Through ' Error, Coupled
With That of Blackburn
c.' A ..telegram published jjj by The r Call
yesterday from Redwood City, in , which
details) were' given of a, stormy, meeting
of ] the ; San \u25a0 Mateo ; supervisors,
contained .by, mistake "the, name of,vSu
peryisor.". John >R. ;.Coleman as among
those under" indictment. " His name T was
coupled with that of Supervisor Black
burn, ,who.was in the recent
furniture^contract scandal. ; The article
was-incorrectin so far as it referred to
Coleman 'as being under indictment,^
and the error occurred in the trans
mission of- the- message.
HUNTER SWIMS FOR
DUCKS AND IS DROWNED
Harry - Beck of San Francisco
Loses His Life ;
f Special Dispatch to The Call];
MILBRAE," Nov. .22.— Harry . Beck ? of
1319 Church ; street, San FAnclsco,"
drowned in the, bay shore , off . this , city,
this morning, . when .he ; swam to re
cover two I ducks he had shot.' "\u25a0":\u25a0
"'Two /companions were ; on the shore
when Beck sank beneaththe water and
were. unable to lend'aid.v.
--Beck's body was recovered. He was
28 i years "old > and leave* ai widow. i,'and
two '\u25a0'• children; i'". -'-\u25a0 - -ii* ;-'..'\u25a0" • :: L— — U". \u25a0
TRAPPED MINERS BUILD
WALL TO KEEP OUT FIRE
;1 60- Workmen biU^OtKers^Are - Gut^Off ? by
Flames :WhichJßum^Fiercely:iniMain^ Shaft r
: -CANYON- CITT^ C010.,^. Nov.^22.—Min
ers caught In I the workings, of the Fre
mont .'mine \ot^ the! Colorado; fuel- and
iron .company, . which took; fire I . in ; an
underground \u25a0;* mule J. stable,, late , this
afternoon,' are 5 beings hoisted to the ; sur
face ,one. v by ' one; through; an air;shaft.
* \u25a0 More.' than v 160 ; have . reached ;' thej sur
face,-andimine officials 'declaresthat; all
but :. two-; of i the * men * employed
ground:- have been'communicated ,with
and are' safe -so far. ~ \u25a0; ;';-j -\u25a0 ; \u25a0' •'.". ;\u25a0 ;'.
BRADBURY, SUPPOSED MILLIONAIRE,
SWEARS HE IS NOT WORTH A CENT
- -It; is ;; all- a , mistake ;to - s suppose ,that 1
.William jB., Bradbury,; the. agedVcitizeh;
who served a "year • in ; San ' Quentin "f or '
! perjury, is a millionaire.'." He; took oath J
yesterday . that he'is-.not able to'satisfy .
a -judgment -for* $68. v ; -\
;- "I ihave^not-got accent 'in-, the world,"
declared^, Bradbury swith what^appeared 1-.
'to* be' sincerity. ;He f was-belngvexam-
Ined | in" Justice^of 'r- ;the'\ Peace ;, Smith's 9
court; with freference, to;, his .ability to J
pay >lichael Conlan: &:Sons $68 heowes
for.;- horse •hire:: Judgment .for the
amount iwaa^glven i against^hlm : four;
years: ago.. Even the clothes and scarf
pin: hel was ,, wearing k belonged ; to/his :;
wite, \ Bradbury; declared. There Is a|
corporation \u25a0 known"; as tithe Ji Bradbury;
investment \ company, : In « which i t ;was ;.
supposed .the defendant was -heavily;
GREATER PERCENTAGE OF BABIES BORN
IN ALAMEDA THAN ANY CITY OF STATE
• Alameda enjoys ; the .special." distinc- ',
tion. r among cities; of -Calif ornia,^as . the-;
favorite \ of -the * stork. Sacramento ;. is
the most' shunned. -This is tne;conclu —
slon 'reached ~-by ; the ! state "-[board of
health after a "compjlation of .the Cvisi-'
tations {over- a period/V-Ala
meda leads': with ,'a birth? rate ' of \u25a0: is" 1 per '\u25a0
cent.- Sacramento: lags with* aVpercent-^
age;of ; l2;3^ '.r. r . \u25a0 .[';' -^ \u25a0-""\u25a0 \u25a0_ \u0084 'S'/S'Q'C's..
•V. The; bay. cities ;iead > the- southern fsec'-V:
tion * by fa * comfortable v margajn^ • iThe j
average baY,; vicinity* wasjioi9 "\u25a0;\u25a0
\u25a0\u25a0-/ : The fire'has-beenjdrivenUojthe main
I haulage .'shaft ' by f ventilating, air cur
. rents, 1 ' and "the '\u25a0' main; shaft sis^ burning
j fiercely.'.. Many, of 'the. miners "(still: un-
S derground f have^ bratticedX themselves
2 iri, f in ; chambers where"- the , air is 'good,
>and.ywHl£ await,' rescue . parties V before
\a£tempting : to reach the -air shaft. • The
'ifnain^ passages 'are i fulls of .-smoke,, and
I tb"ey were ordered . to /wait .uritilUne ": fan
. : at the' ? ; air. shaft;.' could ; clear.ithe' pas
sagesi before' attempting to escape. *
- - ' v\u25a0\u25a0 \u25a0 .-\u25a0 m '•\u25a0''\u25a0 • - ..* '. -*•
interested. He , swore,,- on \u25a0 the, contrary,
. that vhe \ owned | but * a} single"*- share -. in
it, for the Jpurp'bse/of .qualifying, hinr to
act Yas> a /director,' and vthat* the ; other
19,999 ;shares belonged ' to Y Mrs. Brad
burjy.yj \u25a0\u25a0**'\u25a0 V; •.-\u25a0\u25a0'}\u25a0; -.;*\u25a0\u25a0--> V '.'- ' -.\; ; ;
"What > money - ' have - i you -. in ~- your
pocket?" r asked Justice Smith.
•"Notv a j cent,** -/ Bradbury /answered,
and vjto v them .out ' in
\u25a0 proof fo'f; his] assertion.' -^ '
j "Is;it not* a*i fact ;,that: you offered
provide? a : large ; sum ; of I money; forrthe
assistance of: discha i rged prisoners?" ; he
wasasked. :, };
" '.'lt; is ; not,"., answered ; Bradbury ... In
vieW'Of-his sworn; declaration no steps
could*, be.taken in ) satisfaction of the*
judgment and .it -still stands ; - against
him.-;.: ; \u25a0:\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0:]\u25a0 r' ' ;:-"\u25a0 \u25a0 ;
percent" About- Los, Angeles, it; fell',to
15.2.'^ San ' Francisco, showed high in the
list; wjthf 16.2.7 Oakland,*^ with 14.3, 'was
somewhati negligent/: The i greatest in
creases ; are noted in, San . Francisco and
Berkeley.". Pasadena sliows^ the greatest
decrease... \u0084 . " <-. ' * ..,'"'-• ;
-rßerkeleyi has- the -lowest (death -rate,
with 1 1! 10.7 .per cent. -. San ; Francisco's
death-rate was. ls per, cent. In (almost
evVryflafge -city Mn>the state . the - death
rate|has;been v r'educ*edi greatly :.'during
the «last; two years.' \u0084,_;2._;._; .^
Trainload of Rurales Entrain at Chihuahua
for Casa Grandes, Where 5,000 Laborers
Expected to March on Town and Seize
the Big Mining Camp at Corralitos.
HEGIRA OF -LABORERS ON TO MEXICO
Fighting Is Reported at Cuatro Ciegas and
Ciudad Porfirio Diaz Is Under Military Law;
Excitement Is Intense All Along the Border.
EL PASO, Nov. 22. — A trainload of state rurales with horses and
provisions entrained at Chihuahua early tonight bound north.
The men, it is practically certain, will disembark at Villa
Ahumada and go west rapidly to Casas Grandes to anticipate, if
possible, a move by revolutionists to seize stores and the railroad
property there. The rurales should reach Casas Grandes by 4 o'clock
tomorrow afternoon.
Casas Grandes is the construction- headquarters for the Mexico
Northwestern to Madera. and large stores of provisions are on hand.
Felix Barcenas, Jefe Politico of Casas Grandes, Chihuahua, tele
graphed Governor Sanchez at Chihuahua this morning, asking for
troops.
5,000 RAILROAD LABORERS READY TO REVOLT
He said he had reliable information that a large portion of the
laborers engaged in construction of the railroad from. Casas
Grandes to Madera would march on the town tonight' and loot the
stores of arms and provisions preparatory to seizing the big mining
camp of Corralitos, where large stores of provisions are stored. It is
said that they are determined to seize rolling stock and start an
expedition against Giudad Juarez from the south. There are several
large : Mormon colonies immediately west of Casas Grandes and these
people are all well armed.
AMERICAN BRINQS TALE
EL PASO, Nov. 22.— A. G. Springer, a New York traveling man,
arrived here this morning direct from the scenes of disorder around
Torreon. In an interview Springer said:
: "The whole county through which I passed is in arms and in
many^places a state of terror prevails. I was in Monterey Sunday.
\u25a0T^ c * roo P s were in full control and everything was quiet. At the
station I saw 30 men, each carrying a rifle, get off a train. The police
and, rurales immediately surrounded them, but I do not know the
outcome, as the train pulled out.
TORREON BESIEGED BY REVOLUTIONISTS
"I" reached Torreon Monday and found the Gomez Palacio in
the. hands of revolutionists. Everything was closed at Torreon,
banks,^ stores and saloons, and business was at a standstill. A min
ing'engineer an( j m yself visited Gomez Palacio on a tram car and we
saw, dead bodies lying about the streets and were told that a battle
had. taken place between the revolutionists and the rurales. It was
said that 200 soldiers Had deserted and joined the insurgents. There
was fighting around the palace for several hours and we saw some
some of it: The 'chief of police was shot dead.
'"The rurales fought desperately, and were better armed and
drilled 'than the revolutinoists. They fought behind piles of rail
rqadlties and finaly forced the mob to flee to the his.
sixTY.SEVEN KILLED AT PARRAL
,"It.was impossible to send a telegram, buy a paper or get any
thing ; to at at Torreon. We heard rumors of battles at other places,
specially at Parral, where it was reported that 67 persons had been
killed. 'The rumors piled upon each other so fast that it was im
possible to verify anything. I took the first train for the border,
gladtp get out of the danger zone." ; *
; ; A' passenger train on the Mexico Northwestern railroid, ran
ning'between Chihuahua and- Madera, was fired into last night and
several second class passengers \u25a0 killed. : The - number, names and
details- could not be secured,. as* the "telegraph-wires have all been
cut; ,' Fighting hase taken place at San Andreas arid Temosachi,
r -An; order was issued today by the 'Mexican postal officials to
refuse admittance to all; American newspapers containing reference
to the Mexican revolution. The ,- postal" officers- -at Juarez received
the-order this afternoon and announced that no newspapers would
be accepted ' for./ transmission •to • the interior.
A; trainload of federal troops arrived in Parral today from
Jiminez ahead of another train of state rurales. The ' 'attackinj^ mob**
fled to the hills' soon after midnight.
It is reported the leaders escaped southward on the Parraland
Durango .railway by impressing a : train which had beta unabte to
get a crew the day before during the riot?. A number of casualties
are; reported,; but it;can not be learne dat this hour if any Americana
were killed. Wholesale arrests are being- made.
TROOPS ON TRAIN REPULSE REBELS
Additional details of the attack on a .passenger train »neai!
Madero, on the Chihuahua branch ; of . the Mexica Northwestern rail
way-show that the train contained a squad of soldiers and was fired
upontby reyolutionists, several of the soldiers bein gkilled.
Twobridges were then burned and the road tied up. '
\u25a0 •An unconfirmed report is current here at 10 o'clock that the big
Mapula bridge on^ the National or Mexico line, below Chihuahua,
j\ THE WEATHER
YESTERDAY— Highest temperature, 60;
lowest Monday night, . 50.'
FORECAST FOR TOD A V—Rain; brisk
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
