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PART TWO
< VOLUME CXIL—NO. "lip!
PROGRESSIVES IN
DOUBT ABOUT A
NAME FOR PARTY
The Formal Relinquish- j
ment of Republican Title,
Desired by Some Call- j
fornia Leaders May Be
Agreed Upon at National
Committee Conference
Called by Senator Dixon
for Chicago Next Month*
DAVIS FROWNS ON
BOURBON LEAGUE
Chairman of Democratic
State Central Committee
-i'Disapproves of Plan of
Former Party Leader to
Form New State Body—
Says Purpose Is Factional
and That the Regular
Machinery Is Sufficient
GEORGE A. VAN SMITH
The conference called by the national
committee of the progressive party to
meet in Chicago, December 10 and 11
may result in determining under what
partisan banner the progressives of
California will march into the next
campaign.
TCarly In the primary campaign John
W. Stetson, president of the Roosevelt
Progressive league, declared publicly
that the California would
retain the republican name only for
the campaign of I!U2 and that the leg
islature to meet in 1»13 would provide
additional partisan legislation.
Aside from the statements made by
Stetson, the progressive leaders have
heard im announcement of policy and
some of them, who regret that Senator
Boynton'a plan to relinquish the re
publlcan name was rejected last fall,
are unwilling to hazard a about
the future. They believe that had
Governor Johnson been in the state the
Boynton motion which failed to secure
a second in the state central committee
would have been adopted. Now they
prefer to await an expression of the
governor's desires in the matter.
MADE TWO PROPOSITIONS
Boynttm'm proposition involved two
alternatives. He proposed that the pro
e majority in the convention per
mit the Taft men to nominate their can- J
dtfates for electors as republicans, or
piymit them to name candidates to be
nominated by the progressive majority
in the name of the republican party.
Then the progressives were to name
their elector candidates and put them
on the ballot as progressive party men
by petition.
Charles R. Detrick* secretary of the
railroad commission and former secre
tary of the state central committee, said
yesterday that he and Chester Rowell
of Fresno favored the Boynton plan,
and that they wished to submtt it to
Governor Jrhnson by mail and to Roose
velt personally when he visited Califor
nia a few days later. Detrick explained
that an appreciation of an adverse ma
jority sentiment was behind failure to
second the proposition formally made
by Senator Boynton.
Ralph Bull of Eureka, chief of the
progressive leaders in northern Califor
nia, said yesterday that he was one of
those opposed to the retention of the
republican name and place on the ballot.
Bull will not attend the progressive
national committee meeting in Chicago,
but he Is of the opinion that what
ever the plans agreed upon at that
meeting, a single party name should
be used by the progressives in every
state.
"There is nothing to be gained by
usingr one name In one state and an
other elsewhere," said Bull. "If we are
to go ahead as a national party we
should fight under the same party
name In every state."
Chairman J. O. Davis of the demo
cratic state central committee does not
approve of the meeting called by Theo
dore A. Bell for the organization of
the Democratic league of California.
Neither does he approve of the proposed
league, for which he says there was no
need, since in his judgment the demo
cratic state central committee has the
confidence of President elect Wilson
and is capable of presenting the de
sires of California's democracy to Wil
son.
I.KAOUE \OT XEEDEI)
In a formal statement given out
-rday Davis said:
"Mr. Bell has extended hie invitation
only to a select few. and in his zeal for
bringing abou* an organisation of
democrats in California has overlooked
a great many of the most active, pro
gressive and distinguished members
of the party.
"As a matter there is no oc
casion for the formation of a demo
cratic league In California, and all
members of the party should clearly
understand just what Mr. Bell and
those acting with him hope to accom
plish.
"The activities of the proposed league
can not but come in conflict with those
of the state committee and county
committees; hence it can only create
confusion and work to the detriment
of the party. This Is no time for or
ganizing side shows to promote the
ambitions of any man or set of men.
Tn view of the fact that Mr. Bell has
so carefully discriminated in sending
out invitations to his organization
meeting no doubt remains that the ob
ject of the league is. factional organi
zation."
Bell said last night that the purpose
of the meeting to be held at the Manx
**otel on Saturday was the organization
Of a state democratic league with sub
ordinate organizations in every county
in the state.
"The purpose of the organization,"
said Bell, "it! not antagonistic to the
state central committee, but to get the
■party in organized shape for partici
pation in the campaign of 1914. The
league can be helpful to the state cen
tral committee, and its organization
will give voice in party affairs to
many democrats who are not favored
with places on the state central cojrn
mittee. We expect to have every
county represented on the executive
committee and working subordinate
" leagues in every county. The meeting
promise* to be one of the biggest of its
kind * v.-r held by the democrats of
this state."
AGED WOMAN IS MURDERED
Son Suspected in Mysterious Tragedy
Sketch of Mrs. Lena Jonas, "victim of strange tragedy, and her son, Joseph, who
is held by the police, pending investigation of her death.
Lena Jonas, 81 Years Old, Found Bound and
Gagged in Home in Mission
Mrs. Jonas, SI years of age.]
; was brutally slain yesterday morning ■
lin the dining room of her lonely home I
on Hernal heights, 236 Precfta avenue.
Trunks were split .open and their con- j
tents spilled on the floor: bedding, ,
: chairs and furnishings of the bed
j chamber and the room were
j thrown over in confusion, and more
than a thousand dollars' worth of jew
elry and silver ware, scattered " near
her body, indicated that robbery was i
t not the motive for the crime.
Her 4S year <>ld son, .Joseph Jonas, a
; crippled second hand dealer who lived
with her, was arrested and is held at
; the city prison on suspicion that he
i committed ,the murder to inherit her,
J $30,000 estate.
Shreds of the peculiar kind of rope
j with which the woman was bound
' found on the blade of his pocket knife:
I warm ashes of parchment paper, pre
| sumably a will, found in the coal stove,
i and the inexplicable actions of Jonas in
I notifying a neighbor of his "finding of
! the body" are the main developments
la the investigation.
Jonas ran across the street from
his home at 11:16 o'clock <n the morn
i ing and told Mrs. Rose Hayes, who
i lives at Precita and Powers aye-
I nues. thnt his mother had been mur
dered. Mrs. Hayes went to the Jonas
house with the crippled man, who
showed her the body on the dining
room floor covered with a quilt.
He reached down, as if touching the
face, and said:
"It's warm."
DIES IN AMBULANCE
He did not offer to remove the quilt
or further touch the body, and Mrs.
Hayes rushed out to telephone to an
j emergency hospital. Mrs. Jonas was
1 alive and still breathing when the am
! bulance arrived, 1"> minutes later, but
her body had not been touched by the
son. On the way to the hospital the
ajfed woman died in the ambulance.
Surgeons said if the son had removed
the gag at the time he says he dis
covered his mother, she would not
have died.
Detectives Harrison. La Place and
McGrath arrived shortly afterward and
were soon convinced that neither roh
bery nor brutal assault was the motive
for the crime. The son who remained
in the house was questioned on his
whereabouts. He said he had left the
house, and returned at 10:30 o'clock
and discovered his mother dying. He
failed to account for the time between
10:30 o'clock and 11:15 o'clock, when he
notified Mrs. Hayes.
It developed that he had quarreled
with his mother on many occasions
over disposal of her property, consist
ing of a parcel 50x122:6 feet in Mission
street between Seventeenth and Eight
eenth, and a parcel 80x235 feet in Pre
cita avenue, in which her home was
situated. The son had made efforts to
lease the property, and the mother re
fused.
PROPERTY LEFT TO SON
Jonas asserted his mother made a
will four years ago by which half of
the property was left to him. He said
he knew the will was kept in her
trunk, but she always kept her trunk
and room locked and he was never
allowed to enter the room.
The rope with which the woman was
tied and the cloth and handkerchief
with which she was gagged all be
longed in the house. Jonas admitted
that. The two trunks of Mrs. Jonas
were split open with an ax, which had
been kept secreted in the kitchen. So
far as the detectives learned, nothing
was taken from the house.
Gold watches, jewelry, silver ware
and large nuggets were strewn in the
trunks and on the floor in disorder,
forming loot which would have attract.
led a burglar. The papers were ran
sacked. The will which Jonas told
about could not be found in the broken
trunk, but parchment ashes in the stove
indicated that either the will or some
other legal paper had been burned, and
the condition of the fire and ashes indi
cated that the paper was burned about
the time the murder was committed.
The son's room, adjoining that in j
THE CALL
SAN FRANCISCO, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 1912.
which the body was left, was not ran
sacked. Chairs were overturned «'md
bedding: was thrown on the floor as if to
create confusion, but a locked trunk
was undisturbed, and the ax used in
breaking the other trunks was found
lying , on its top.
Mrs. Jonas was gagxed and trussed.
Her ankles were tied together. A rope
was secured around one of her legs
above the knees, passed around the
thighs' tightly, wound around the
body, then tied to the right wrist
securely; the left wrist was laid
ovt?r it so that her hands crossed on her
bosom and the hands were tied together
tightly, with the rope wound several
times around. .A handkerchief was stuffed
in her mouth and held in place as n gag
by means of a heavy napkin over the
J mouth and face tied at the back of the
! head. The body was placed on the din
[ ing room floor, face down, and a heavy
yuilt thrown over it.
One of the trunks was within a few
feet of the body. Her handsatchel,
taken from the other trunk and which
contained her valuable papers and
jewelry, was placed on the floor be
side her, but open by means of an ax
and Its contents spilled on« the tloor,
j partly on her body.
I RKAL MOTIVE HIDDEN
The condition of the overturned
I furniture indicated it had been thrown
over merely to render confusion and
to Indicate that the rooms had been
ransacked by robbers.
No one In the vicinity heard
screams, and no suspicious persons
were seen near the house. One woman.
Airs. lAzz\<* Coutts of 196 Precita ave
nue, said she had seen Mrs. .Jonas in
the backyard of the Jonas home about
ilO o'clock In the morning. She said
J while washing she looked out of her
I window and saw Mrs. Jonas run ex
citedly up the yard. She took the
detectives into her house to show
the-m the window from which she be
lieved she saw Mrs. Jonas, but they
found that Mrs. Coutts was unable to
see into the Jones yard and that* it
was probably a visionary idea on her
part.
Asked why he did not attempt to
assist his mother when he discovered
her helplessly bound and dying by
suffocation Jonas asserted that he
"hadn't thought of it." When he
called in the neighbor, Mrs. Hayes, the
body was face downward on the floor,
with the quilt on top. Jonas said he
had put his hand to her cheek and
found it warm, but the detectives
found thai the bandage of the gag
so covered the face that Jonas could
not have touched the cheek. This was
the first break in Jonas' story.
The inexplicable circumstance that
Jonas could have gr»ne into the house
and found the body of his mother on the
floor covered by a quilt, and rushed out
without even lifting the qutlt to see
what was the matter with her, and then
went to a neighbor and said his mother
had been murdered, was the first thing
to arouse the suspicion of the detectives.
SON TELLS STORY
"I came into the house at 10:30 o'clock
and found everything ransacked and
my mother on the floor with a quilt over
her," said Jonas. "I put my hand under
the quilt and touched her cheek, and
found it warm. I then rushed across the
street Tvnd told Mrs. Hayes. I don't know
any motive for it and I don't know who
could have done it. That's all I know
about it."
Jonas" stepbrother, Alfred Nathan, was
located by the detectives and established
an alibi, which was thoroughly verified,
and convinced them he knew nothing of
the affair.
Joseph Jonas underwent a sweating
in the detective bureau, but evaded
questions. The detectives failed to gain
any new statements from him. When
confronted with the pocket knife, which
he had previously asserted that he had
not .used for several weeks, he calmly
asserted that the shreds of rope "muet
have always been there."
The detectives secured ashes of the
legal paper found in the stove and they
will be submitted to a microscopic ex
amination.
The body" was removed to the morgue.
PHILADELPHIA ART
EXPERT IS COMING
John E. D. Trask of Pennsyl
vania Academy Accepts Post
With Exposition Managers
Special Dispatch to The Call
PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 26.—John E.
D. Trask, director of the Pennsylvania
academy of fine arts, has resigned to
be the director of fine arts at the
Panama exposition. He -will leave this
city Thanksgiving day for San Fran
cisco, where he expects to remain
three years.
Trask is one of the best known art
critics of the east. He was formerly
from New York, where he served as
the critic of the Mail and Express and
later with the Sun. He has been sec
retary of notes to juWes of award and
has been eagerly sought by some of the
largest academies in America.
Under his direction the Pennsylvania
Institution became the leading school
of Its kind in this country.
GOVERNOR OF BERMUDA
ENTERTAINS WILSONS
Prenl«Jrn» l'l«vt nt State Dinner Itr
itlvci llom.-iicf I'Muallj- Paid
Only to Royalty
Special Cafol* to Th* Tall
HAMILTON', Bermuda, Nov. 26.—Sir
George Bullock, governor general of
Bermuda, and Lady Bullock entertained
j President elect Wilson and family to
night with a brilliant state dinner at
! the palace, the most elaborate since
I the visit of the present King George
tO April, 1890.
Local society, army and navy officers
and members of the colonial parliament
were invited to meet the Wilsons, who
received homage usually paid only to
royalty.
Governor Bullock sent carriages
bearing , the official coat of arms for
Governor Wilson an<i family and they
were driven to Gibbs Hill light.
The health of Wilson showed an im
i provement today following his attack
of indigestion yesterday.
CONTESTANT LOSES IN BKCOUINT
RfOriWOOD CITY. Nov. 26.—The con
test between F. J. Rogers and James T.
Casey, both candidates for supervisor
in the first township of San Mateo coun
ty, ended today and did not change
matters any as far as Hosers wan con
rernod. Tnpte.id of a decrease in Casey's
majority the flnal count added five votee
to )iis credit, this making his majority
M Iqajtead of 42. The contest was con
ducted in the courtrooms of Superior
Judge George H. Buck.
ffhl ' Thanksgiving
jf\ / Suggestions
\J o \ Is everything in readiness to prepare
\ / your dinner? You can delay making
Var your purchases no longer, as the holiday
is nearly here. The following items may
JfflWßlT |/w be of interest to you : Look them over.
iapL- 3fl Vegetable Slicers l*e up
Apple Corers 10c each
111 \|| Wooden Butter Tubes 20e and 4Qe each*
£2SS i Dri P Pans for Roasting.. .lee, 20c and See each
«3*Kp {I Pie Tins .... 6e, 10c and 15c each
UJ & Food Choppers $1.00 and $1.50 each
cCJ \l Rubber Pastry Bags and Tube 45c
<S$ vW - Individual Molds for Ice Cream or Plum
Pudding 50c, Isc and 40e up
" ' " j " I.. —
Natj^ppKrmannfo
I Geiryaid Stockton StUJnRmSq.. San FraieiscoV]
TAFT IS LAUDED
FOR PROTECTION
GIVEN CHILDREN
Suffragists Commend Crea
tion of National Bureau
and Appointment of
Woman at Head
CONVENTION GIVES
PRESIDENT THANKS
Equal Standard of Morality
Demanded; International
Arbitration Favored
CONSTANCE CARRUTHERS
Special Dispatch to The Call
deeply deplore the exploiting of the
children of this country In our labor
markets. We commend the creation of
a national children's bureau andPresl
dent Taft's appointment of a woman as
head of the bureau."
When President Taft was mentioned
before the suffrage convention today
there was a deafening burst of ap
plause. One lone delegate asked If It
really were necessary to specially
mention Taft. Several women got up,
evidently with the intention of an
swering the question. Dr. Anna How
ard Shaw, the presiding officer, how
ever, took this office into her own
hands.
PRESIDENT DESERVES MENTION
"It is necessary, right and proper,"
said the woman president. Taft did
women and children a service by tak
ing this office out of politics and then
choosing a woman without regard to
political influence.
"Theodore Roosevelt when president
promised to make such an appoint
ment. Rut he failed to do so. Presi
dent Taft deserves, personally, our
heartfelt thanks."
Before the convention adjourned sine
die this afternoon perfect peace was
restored with concessions in full meas
ure to the reform demands which came
out of the west. The old constitution,
which was the vortex of trouble, has
been consigned to the waste paper
basket. A committee of five was ap
pointed, on the motion of Mary G.
Hall of Illinois, to draft a new up to
date charter.
DR. SHAW MAKES SUGGESTION
Doctor Shaw herself made fhe sug
gestion gracefully, which was accepted
without a dissenting note. It also
was decided that voting for officers
shall be done by the delegates present
Instead of by delegates undpr the rule.
Although I ventured the prediction
several days ago that the suffrage
"steam roller" never would flatten out
the advanced thought of another con
vention, It se«med possible until this
morning that the "old guard" would
put up another flght. As it is the
new constitution will not be reported
until next convention meets. The next
place of meeting will be decided (with
the naming of the five constitution
builders) at a meeting of the execu
tive board to be held tomorrow in
New York. It is more than probable
that a western city will be chosen In
the interest of fairness and peace.
TERM "WHITE SLAVE" BROADENED
The convention placed Itself in
strong approbation of the term "white j
slave." These words were ordered
stricken from a resolution attacking
j the social problem with the demand i
I that penalties for transgression he
I equal without regard to color or sex. '■
"There are brown, yellow and black
I slaves, as well as white," observed
Dr. Shaw, "and we must draw no j
color line."
i The resolutions demand an equal •
I standard of morality for man and
woman: commend the government for
Its efforts to end commercialized vice; :
and favor arbitration among nations
"to the end that wars might be pre- i
vented."
An amuslifg incident of the morning:
was the rending of a cablegram of
congratulation from Rotterdam, Hol
land. The cablegram was addressed;
"Mr. Convention." The "Mr." caused
! much merriment among the women, i
which Increased when Dr. Shaw said i
I that the telegraph company had been
! for three days trying to find the "Mr."
! The cablegram was for "Martina.
Fairness to all, malice toward none i
is the policy of the Ncr» Independent ,
Call.
Clara Blattner,
Who Is to Give
Japanese Dances
"Japanese House and Its
Mistress" Topic of Char
ming Auxiliary Lecture
"The - Japanese House and Its Mis
tress" will be the subject of a stere
optlcon lectur*e to be given Tuesday
afternoon, December 2, In the social
rooms of the First Unitarian church by
Mrs. E. J. Blattner, assisted by Miss
Clara Blattner. The lecture will take
place under the auspices of the Chin
ning , auxiliary.
The evening previous the Japan so
ciety of America will give a reception
In the ballroom of the St. Francis, at
which Mrs. Blattner will lecture on
"The No, the Classic Drama of Japan,"
during which Miss Blattner will give
the "\o" dances In costume.
Mrs. Blattner and her daughter re
sided in Japan for five years, and they
arrived from that country last week.
HORSE RUNS AWAY, BUT
DELIVERS LETTER MAIL
When Sack I* Opened by Poatmaater
at \orth Fork, Content* Are Found
Ground Into nit*
Special Dispatch to The Call
WEAVERVILLK, Nor. 26.—A pack
animal used for carrying: the mails be
! tween Junction City and North ' Fork,
j becoming? soared, broke away yester
! day and ran over the rougrh mountain
[trail for four miles, dragging: a, sack
;of letter mall the whole distance. The
I horse delivered the sack intact to the
postmaster at North Fork, but when
it was opened not a single letter was
recognizable. All were ground up into
torn bits.
PLAYER PIANO lHj
Lies not in the ownership of the
indifferently good instrument, but
in the satisfaction derived from
the perfect rendition of good
music through an instrument
which is perfect in its mechan
ism and control.
Our stock of player pianos is selected for its musical qualities, the
only idea being to furnish our customers with the most perfect instru
ment at its price that American manufacturers produce. Player Pianos
$485 upward; easy payments. Your old piano taken in exchange.
VICTOR TALKING MACHINES
WILEY B. ALLE\ BUILDING
135-153 Kearny and 217-225 Sutter Street
Oakland: 510 Twelfth and 1209 Washington St.
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PAGES 11 TO 18
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
ANY LOST KELLYS
AROUND? IF SO,
YOU'RE WANTED
Not by the Police But by H
Kelly Jr. of Commerce,
Ga., Whose Relatives
Are Missing
ANY OF THAT NAME
IN CITY? HE ASKS
Mayor Requested to Send
Their Addresses; Only
639 in Directory
"Has anybody here seen Kelly?"
And, furthermore, are there any Kel
lys in San Francisco? H. Kelly Jr. of
Commerce, Ga., wants to know. He has
lost a relative or two of that name. ITe
does not say how many or of what sex,
but he wants Mayor Rolph to find them.
This is his letter, addressed to the
mayor:
Some of.my people have disap
peared. Have yo.u any Kellys listed
in your directory? If so, would you
give me their names and addresses?
Thanking you in advance, I am
yours respectfully, H. KELLY JR.
Fortunately for his piece of mind,
Mayor Rolph Is In Washington. But
Secretary Edward Rainey Is on the Job.
After diligent search he has succeeded
in finding a few Kellys. The city direc
tory has four solid pages of them—
eight columns of small type containing
639 bona fide, slmon pure Kellys.
"Have we any Kellys in San Fran
cisco?" repeated Rainey. "What does
he think this is—Constantinople?"
If the Georgia man's long lost rela
tives are women there are plenty of
them here of that good old Celtic name.
The directory tells of five Margaret
Kellys in a row and seven Mary Kellys.
to say nothing of all the little Kellys
that are not old enough to get their
names in the book and of all the other
Kellys who do not care whether their
names are in the book or not.
There is , also Martin Kelly, the old
time republican boss, Joe Kelly of the
coroner's office and John A. Kelly, who
was chairman of the finance commit
tee of the supervisors under the Mc-
Carthy regime.
Yes, Mr. Kelly of Georgia, we have
a few Kellys here.
GIRL SAVED BY NEWSIE
SORRY FOR BOY'S DEATft
•r \\ l»h Billy Could Hire Lived," She
Saya Aβ She I*aTea
Hospital
GARY, IncL, Nov. 26.—Ethel Smith,
for whom Billy Rugh, Gary's news
boy, sacrificed his life, left the hospital
today and returned to her home.
Her life was .despaired of until crip
pled Billy Rugh offered to go to the
operating: table and furnish the live
skin necessary to save her from effects
of burns. The skin grafting restored
the girl to health, but Billy Rugh died
from pneumonia from the result of the
amputation of his crippled leg.
"I wish Billy could have lived," said
Miss Smith as she left the hospital
room.
