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SPORTING 111 I If If A
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VOLUMK (XL—NO. 176.
I. W. W. FORMS
BAND TO KILL
CITY OFFICIALS
One of Men Chosen to Murder
Mayor and Three Others
Reveals Plot
Ten Members of Organization
Trailed on Arrival at
San Diego
Raid on Headquarters of Con
spirators Left to Federal
Authorities
•Br Associated rr«*sp)
SAN' DISOQ, May C".—That six
armed Industrial Worker* of the
Wnrld. selected by lot drawing,
at a Los Angples meeting of the
organization, to murder four city and
rounty officials hero, wore la San Diego
tonight, was asserted by Chief of Po
lice J. K. Wilson.
According to Chief Wilson, the plot
was conceived a month ago in Ix>s Ang
eles and 10 men originally were de
tailed, after drawing lots, to come here
to kill Mayor James E. Wadham; Cap
lain John 1/. Behon, superintendent of
police; H. S. T'tley, district attorney,
and Chief Wilson himself.
Warning From Plotter
The plot became known to the San
l'iego officials by one of the men who
was scheduled to engage in the crimes.
Chief Wilson said, but who rebelled at
the idea of committing murder, and
wrote to the authorities, warning them, i
He was said to have told the police !
in a note when the men were due to j
reach San Diego by steamship, giving '
the additional information that they j
would not be armed, but that they j
would be supplied with arms by friends :
here after their arrival.
Ten Men Trailed
"Officers watched the vessel named
in the note," Chief Wilson asserted j
tonight. "The 10 men arrived as sched
uled, but broke up into twos and threes.
They all were trailed to the same house I
here. T would have searched the house, S
but was advised that the federal au- (
thorities wished to take action in the!
matter. Later arrests of many Indus- i
Continued on Page 2, Col. 2
An Advertiser's Earnest Request
To All of the Readers
Of Advertising
By J. R. HAMILTON
Former (Advertising Manager of IVanamaker , s, 'Philadelphia
Copyrighted, 1912
In spite of all its drawbacks, advertising is many times over the
cheapest method of marketing goods.
And the principal drawback of advertising is the non-reading public;
It costs many times more than it ought to simply because you have not
acquired the habit of consciously reading the ads. It costs that much more
to put an idea into your heads subconsciously than it would if you received
that idea consciously and willingly.
Now why don't you do your share toward lowering the cost of market
ing merchandise?
Practically every standard thing you buy is an advertised article. And
it is always cheaper because it is advertised. The volume and the dis
tribution more than make up for the advertising cost. You can't send a
salesman around from door to door as cheaply as you can a newspaper.
But the pity of it is that most advertisers have got to get their ideas
into your mind when you are not looking. The greater part of advertising
impression is subconscious impression. Your eye registers the thought
against your will. ♦
If you would only learn to read consciously and even eagerly what an
automobile manufacturer or a clothing merchant or a shoe store has to say
about its product you would bring down the cost of each article immeasur
ably.
After you have read what a man has to say for his product, whether he
be a retailer or a manufacturer, then you measure the goods themselves up
against his claims for them, and in a very short time you know where to get
the best of everything.
It is all so simple. It is such a money saver; it is such a time saver.
And since every good thing you buy, you do buy through advertising,
whether you know it or not, why not look for the advertising instead of
making it constantly look for you.
If you will do this, the whole problem will be simplified immediately.
The advertiser will not spend sixty per cent of his money trying to get your
attention. He will already have it and he will be able to devote his entire
attention to his selling talk. When this is done, the selling cost of every
thing will again be lowered and you, the buying public, will be the ones to
gain the benefit.
Advertising as it is, is a so much cheaper method of salesmanship,
that the non-advertiser is simply clinging on by his teeth. So think how
much cheaper even- product is going to be, when the cost of selling is again
reduced, and you learn to turn willingly to the ads.
Get the habit now. —for your own sake*
Would-Be Suicides
Nursed to Health
To Go Behind Bars
[Special Dispatch to The Call]
REXO. Nov., May 23.—50
zealous is the state of Nevada
to retain its population that
seven of its citizens are in
danger of serving terms in the
penitentiary because they were
so thoughtless as to endanger
the census figures by attempting
suicide.
Only by dying before going
into court can these seven citi
zens of the Sagebrush state
cheat justice in this state and
avoid terms in prison because
they attempted to take their
own lives.
One case exists in Reno, an
other in Virginia City, another
in F.iko and four in remote parts
of the state. The seven would
be suicides arc in hospitals,
being nursed back to health so
that the district attorneys con
cerned may endeavor to have
them sent to prison because they
bungled in their attempts to kill
themselves. The prosecutions
will be carried on under a law
enacted by the last legislature,
effective January 1, which makes
it a felony for any person to
attempt suicide. No law was
passed regarding those who suc
ceed in their attempts.
THREE SISTERS QUARREL
OVER FATHER'S BURIAL
Question of Disinterment Comes
Before Court
[Specie/ Dispatch to The Call]
SACRAMENTO, May 23.—The dis~
i agreement of three sisters as to
I whether the body of their father. Daniel
! Carr, should be left to occupy a grave
:in the Catholic cemetery or should be
; disinterred and moved to the Odd Fel
j lows' cemetery, came before the su
i perior court today •when Mrs. Lizzie
. King and Mrs. Jennie Keenan brought
jan injunction suit against the superin
tendent of the Catholic cemetery to
prevent him from carrying out the
i -wishes of their sister. Mrs. Annie Don
nelly. A temporary injunction was Is
sued by Judge Shields and the matter
■will be heard June 3. Mrs. King and
Mrs. Keenan in their complaint aver
that their father wu a devout Catholic,
! and for that reason his body should be
J allowed to remain in a Catholic burial
I ground. ,
THE San Francisco CALL
SPIRO-O'GRADY
OUSTER CHARGE
IS DEFECTIVE
Judge Seawell Issues Prohibition
Against Hearing on Tech
nical Grounds
i'lflyor Kolph L)cm3nds Copy ot
Grand Jury Testimony to
Polie* Commissioner Tsaac H. Spiro
and Alexander L». O'G-rady secured a
writ of prohibition from Superior Judge
.1 ML Seawell yesterday to stop Mayor
Rofph from proceeding today with the
hearing of the charges preferred
against them for misconduct In office
frncaUntt *tfiry voted to grant Frank J. j
Con- a retail liquor license for the '.
southeast corner of Market and Fifth;
streets.
The writ waX granted on purely tech
nical grounds, it being held by the j
court that the charges were not spe- j
eific enough. Judge Seawell's verbal ■
decision pointed out the insufficiencies .
of the charges. The. writ was granted
without prejudice to the filing of
amended charges against the two com
missioners.
Rolph Ready to Act
Mayor Rolph signified a willingness
yesterday to resume his attempt to |
oust the two commissioners as soon as
a citizen would renew the charges
against them. When charges are made
to conform with the views of Judge
Seawell Mayor Rolph will suspend the
two commissioners and fix a new date
for their examination.
Not only is Mayor Rolph Insistent on
proceeding against Spiro and O'Orady.
but he is also determined to demand
the removal of all commissioners who
have transgressed the charter provis
ions. In this connection he took cog
nizance of the recommendations of the
grand jury and yesterday sent a let
ter to Ctty Attorney Percy V. Long,
calling upon him to obtain from Pre
siding Judge Thomas F. Graham, if
possible, a copy of the testimony taken
by the grand jury against all the com
missioners recommended by the In
quisitorial body for removal.
Request for Testimony
Rolphs letter to Long follows:
"My attention has been called to the
Continued on Page 4, Col. 5
S&N FRANCISCO, 24. 1912!
SOCIETY WOMEN
DEMAND RESCUE
OF SAXON MAID
Knox Bombarded With Tele
grams Asking Dispatch of
Cruiser After Steamer
Deportation of Marie Purtz on
Ship Carrying No Other of
Sex Is Branded Outrage
[Special Dispatch to The Call]
NEW YORK, May 33.—Horrified at
what they describe as the barbarous
conduct of foreign find federal officials,
New York women o| wealth and nation
al influence to Secretary of
State Knox in behaif of the Saxon girl,
Marie Purtz, demanding that a United
States cruiser give chase to the ore
tramp Excelsior and rescue or convoy
the girl confined between decks under
going the "third weak
woman prisoner in mortal terror of two
detectives and 48 rough seamen—as told
in yesterday's Call.
Messages flashed by telegraph and
over the long distance telephone to
Philadelphia and Washington. When
confirmation of the news dispatch was
received the women of New York sus
j pended club work and social engage
ments to get together and transmit to
• Secretary of State Knox a courteous
I demand that a cruiser b« sent at once
to chase and overhaul the German
tramp steamer and save the girl, even
if this has to be done at the cost of a
diplomatic entanglement.
The petition forwarded to the secre
tary of state is as follows:
New York. May 28, 1912.
Hon. Philander C. Knox, secretary
of state, Washington:
The undersigned American women
have been Informed with amaze
ment that a young Saxon girl,
Marie Purtz, charged by the Ger
man authorities with an offense
against the Gerraarf law, has been
placed on an ore tramp steamer.
Excelsior, by Unite* States officials
at Philadelphia for extradition, and
is now on the high seas subjected
to the "third degree" by two Ger
man secret service nttn, with 48
seamen and not erne aboArd
her prison ship. It is further stat
ed to us that this young woman
begged permission to return with
her captors to Germany on a Ger
man passenger steamer, where she
would have the protection of the
presence aboard of other women.
The quick action demanded by the
enormity of this charge against the
decency of official application of ex-
Continued on Paj?e 4, Column 7
CARNEGIE PENSIONS
A WOMAN SERVANT
Laird of Skibo Tells How He
Manages to Keep Free of
One Vexing Problem
[Special Dispatch to The Call]
NEW YORK, May 23.—Andrew Car
negie, who sailed on his annual trip to
Europe today, celebrated the event by
presenting to Miss Maggie Anderson,
who has been a servant In his house
hold for 23 years, a handsome gx>ld
watch, a life pension of $500 and a
round trip ticket to San Francisco,
where she goes Monday to visit her
brother.
"The servant problem has never
bothered me," said Carnegie today.
"There is one cure way of avoiding- any
servant problem. Treat your servants
fairly, pay them well and they will
give you good service and stay by you."
Carnegie was asked to say whom he
thought would be the next republican
candidate for the presidency. He side
stepped by saying he was no prophet.
When told the result in Ohio he said he
did not think Taft's chances had bsen
Injured.
"But are you not a friend of Roose
velt?" he was asked.
"I was a great friend of Roosevelt,"
he answered. "He is an honest man
and has many virtues, but he has done
the wrong thing in opposing Taft.' ,
1,000 YOUNG TURKS
DROWNED IN RAIN
Tragedy Occurs at Chico and Not
in Tripoli
[Special Dispatch to The Call]
CHICO, May 23. —Driven into the ra
vines by the wind and a downpour of
rain, 1,000 young turkeys, comprising:
most of the production of Butte coun
ty, were drowned at Nord, seven miles
north of Chico, following , a cloudburst
last night.
N. L* Johnson, an extensive poultry
raiser, living two miles north of Nord,
suffered the heavtefct loss, 700 of the
dead turkeys having belonged to him.
The rain, which was the heaviest that
has fallen in Nord for years, came
when his entire flock of 1.000 was out
side the turkey houses. Several hun
dred birds were piled high on , each
other in a single little raviee oa John
son's place.
All the damage was done 1» 15 min
utes, the duration of Xhm •tacto.
WALL DEFIES CUPID
Hounds Ward off Intruder
Miss Irene Sabin and two of her famous v>olf hounds.
Mother of Heiress Raises Stone Barrier
Against Suit Attorney
When love laughs at locksmiths, it is only enjoying a joke that is as old as
love itself, but when it mocks the distance between the high social register
and the humble office of a young attorney, it shows a sense of humor that
makes the whole world catch its breath.
If not the whole world, at least that part of it included in the peninsular
smart set, is catching its breath these days and wondering how far love will
Continued on Page 4. Column 6
MUMBLED REMARK
ACTS AS TALISMAN
Muttering of Delirious Octo*
genarian Brings About
Restoration to Family
[Special Dispatch lo The Call]
WILMINGTON. Del., May 23.—A story
of a wealthy western miner's lost mem
ory regained and the successful end of
an 11 year quest for Alvin E. Crocker,
now SO yeare old, was told today by the
old man's son, Oliver Crocker, nephew
of Mrs. Simms of Berkeley, Cal. A
chance remark at a sick bed led to a
family reunion and the solution of a
mystery which for years had baffled
skilled detectives.
Four years ago an elderly man came
here and lodged with Mrs. John H. Tal
ley, 307 West Eighth street.
"Your name?" Mrs. Talley asked.
"I have none," the old man replied.
"I have forgotten my name."
She learned that he had met with an
accident several years before. At the
hospital in Philadelphia he could not
recall his name or a single incident of
his previous life. He had more than
$50,000 in his possession. Prom Phila
delphia he went to "Wilmington. Re
cently he grew sick and one night he
talked deliriously. He mentioned the
name of Mrs. Simms and spoke of
Berkeley. Mrs. Talley had friends of
her own at Berkeley. She wrote them
and the result was the arrival here of
Oliver Crocker and an affecting scene
at the bedside of the old man. whose
memory was restored by the shock of
the meeting with his son.
The elder Crocker remembered then
how he had wandered in Mexico and
had made a fortune, in mining. He
started for Boston to look up some rel
atives. Through an error he left the
train at Philadelphia, where he suf
fered a fall that resulted in the loss
of his memory.
HOKEY POKEY MEN COOL
SUNDAY SCHOOL ARDOR
Cones Coax Pence From Collec
tion Plate; Ban on Venders
SLEETWOOD. Pa., May 23.—Not only \
because they "disturb peace on the
Lord's day," but also because they re
duce Sunday school receipts "by gather
ing in the pennies intended for the col
lection plate, the borough fathers have
placed an embargo upon the peddlers
of ice cream within the corporate limits
on the first day of the wcejt, * *" v >-'
WIDOW TO CONTEST
WILL OF ASTOR
First Wife Dissatisfied With
Provision for Her Daughter
and Force Angry
[Special Dispatch to The Call]
NEW YORK, May 23.—Lawyers in
terested in the will of Colonel John
Jacob Astor, which has been admitted
to probate, said today that it was
practically certain that Mrs. Madeline
Force Astor. the second wife, would
contest the document.
Young Mrs. Astor is said tr» be
wholly dissatisfied with the manner in
which her husband disposed of his
$150,000,000 estate. Of this he left her
only the income from $5,000,000, gave
her $100,000 outright and the use of
the Astor mansion in Fifth avenue,
with the proviso that if she married
again she would forfeit all.
Former Judge iHenry A. Gildersleeve.
representing , the second Mrs. Astor, de
clined to say what action would be
taken concerning the will., but his re
plies to questions gave the impression
that some sort of legal proceedings
were contemplated.
It was also said that Mrs. A\ a Will
ing Astor, the first wife, was contem
plating legal proceedings in behalf of
her daughter, Muriel, who was ieft the
income from a fund of $5,000,000.
From a trustworthy source It was
learned today that William Force, the
father of the second Mrs. Astor. is in
anything but a satisfied frame of mind
over the tem.s of the will.
At the offices of L.ewis Cass Led
yard, who represents «he Astors, it was
said that in the antenuptial agreement
drawn by Colonel Astor he did not
give his bride to be $5,000,000 outright.
as was at first supposed. Instead she
received $300,000 in 4 p#r cent New
York city bonds, and an income of
$200,000 a year from New York real
estate.
AMERICAN VICTIM OF
ACCIDENT IN GERMANY
U. S. Consul General Hill Falls
Over Railing
FRAJSTKFORT-ON-AIAIN, Germany,
Jday 23. —United States Consul General
Frank D. Hill of Minnesota was killed
by falling over the railing of the stair
case in a hotel here today. He was
found on the ground floor with a
brblcen skull. Jt is assumed that tke
accident was caused by an attack of
giddiness, .^
WEATHER
Y&tEßjt?>kY — Highest temperature, 64;
lotixkl' Wedn&Aay night. 54.
e&RgCAhT ftOR TODAY — Cloudy;
I inoHcrate jouthtoest wind.
Tov*Dil(i¥\p of the Weather See Pag. 15
FRIGE FIVE CENTS.
LIEUTENANTS
CANVASS
FIELD
Result at Chicago Depends on
Taft's Ability to Hold Dele
gates Pledged
COLONEL'S MEN DISTRUST
ILLINOIS AND OREtiOW
T. R.s Advocates Figuring If|
They Can Recall Taft Na
tional Committeemen
MEANWHILE "BOLT ,, TALK
IS LIKE BANQIXTS GHOST
IRA E. BENNETT
I [Special Dispatch lo The Call]
WASHINGTON, May 23.—
With comparatively few
more delegates to be elecjted.
President Taft and Colpnel
Roosevelt, fighting it out in New" Jer
sey, and with little remaining to be
done as far as the election <yi dele
gates is concerned, the political mana
gers of the two republican candidates
I in Washington have started to go over
the field already covered, with a view
of determining just how many of their
delegates will "stay put" to the finish.
The campaign has settled down to
a contest of endurance. It is admitted
in both camps that the result in the
Chicago convention depends almost
entirely upon the ability of President
Taft to hold the delegates already
pledged to him. A great deal depends
on the faithfulness of the uninstructed
delegates from New York.
New York Canvassed
Director McKinley of the national
Taft bureau has had a representative
\nw V(s-k stat<f, and this represen
tative, after a careful ranvaas, has re
ported that only It delegates from that
state win vote for Roosevelt.
The Roosevelt people have been
claiming at least 24 delegate*.
Lucius Llttaure, glove manufacturer
who has been supporting Roosevelt, is
reported to have informed representa
tives of the Taft camp that he would
be willing to throw his support to a
compromise candidate- It is said that
his support of the colonel is mea.ni
simply as a protest against Taft and
that he would be glad to sidetrack
both candidates in favor of a "dark,
horse."
Are Uncompromising
The Taft supporters have rejected th*
proposal, announcing that there can b<*
no compromise unless it includes the
nomination of Taft.
Emissaries of both Roosevelt and
Taft are now going from state to state
making a final roundup of all dele
gates elected, testing their allegiance
and taking precautions. The Taft peo
ple are taking particular paine to see
that there are no desertions from south
ern delegations, while the Roosevelt
people are most concerned about their
delegates in Illinois and Oregon, who
are said to be leaning toward Taft, al
though elected as Roosevelt men.
New Kind of Recall
The advocates of the nomination of
Colonel Roosevelt are fearful that they
will not obtain much recognition from
the republican national committee and
are trying to determine whether ther*
is any authority for the "recall" of
Taft committeemen.
Some of the Roosevelt men have as
serted that it might be possible for
the delegates elected in the various
states, to "recall" their committeemen.
and elect successors who would be fa
vorable to the colonel, but seasoned
politicians say that such a move before
the convention is called would be with
out authority.
There also has arisen considerable
bitterness and anxiety over the distri
bution of ticket 3to the Chicago conven
tion, each side being anxious to get the
bulk of the important pieces of card
board so that it may count on most of
the enthusiasm for its candidate.
Talk of independent republican tick-
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gold by "Know How" salesmen.
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