Newspaper Page Text
Highest Teiiipcratare Yesterday, s;>. Lowest Wednes day -Sight, i***. ??- For details of the Weather Sec rage 15.? BAROMETER OF BUSINESS The bank clearings of San Francisco for the week ending -April? 24 -showed a f GAIN OF 91,323,247* over the same week .of? last-, year. VOLU X i\ fcft-NO. 146. PORTOLA BANQUET AT PALACE IS BRILIANT AFFAIR Consuls Representing Twenty-four Nations Present With Delegates EIGHT OFFICERS SUSPENDED ON GRAFT CHARGE; FOUR SILENT Convict Gallo Accuses Frank Esola of Accepting Hush Money to Protect Mur derer Wanted in Portland , —Suit Is Brought by Vic tim of Swindlers Against Police ' and * Bunko Men Alike to Recover Plunder —Grand Jury to Start Inquiry Into Case Today POLICE COMMISSION HAS INVESTIGATION Only Two of Suspended Po licemen Give Their Evi -3 dence Willingly, While Four Bluntly Take Refuge in Constitutional Privilege Which Requires No Man to Give Evidence Against Self—Two Half Heartedly a Tell Their Stories to Board Four day? of accumulating graft charges against members of the police force and the detective department brought results yesterday .in swift .of ficial action. ' =---»'-•■ '—..-.--'. '-Y-'YjY,, -- •"- ■■ . . '. " 1 ■ ■■' Fight patrolmen and detectives .were suspended at noon by Chief "White. The police commission, in special ses sion, heard their testimony in the aft ernoon. In the snnerior court suit was filed against bunkomen an,] detectives alike tn i ever **.",.053 money lost in one of th«» bunko transactions. This afternoon at 2 o'clock the errand Jury will held a special ."meeting, for mally to delve into the maze of con flictins: evidence and statements. Of the eight members of the police department under suspension four re fused to submit to the questioning of the j* police commission Mi the ground that they might incriminate them selves. Two others testified most grudgingly, although they : were told that th* examination was voluntary. IfKH **ISPF\nEI) The men suspended are detective ser geants Arthur Macphee and James Mc- Gowan. patrolman and former detec- j lives Frank Esola. Louis F. Drolette. j i Jack Sullivan and William McHugh. Patrolman Charles Joseph, and former Detective Charles Taylor, now with the board of works. Joseph. Esola, McHugh. and Sullivan declined to talk before the police com mission. Some difficulty was experi enced with Prolette and McGowan. The others testified without reluctance, as did Detective George McLaughlin who *#» <* previously mentioned In the accu sations of the bunko men and was brought before the commission, al- Continued on Page 5, Column 1 . / i 'j,Yri^:Y?,?; ;^.Tii*if v*?: j ;Sm?i'Jt^fgFg r '^Utji-I^tV^'' : ~^cS"l;iatiiV*> g'^fff"trji lsl^^l^j ; g^gu^L£i<^^yyr , >^^|'|gt'" ,l|| ■•-'--. ■*'? yVjt^v LJ /Ti • 1 /1 It's Corning— *^^L fl The attention of all Cali- */.*;s• / y fornia is centered upon ■ (I ' the four \ page '-* -^ — M - . announcement ,;,- f>, -'~''< L^f* \ *i«. which is f'.W|a ill! scheduled to ; /<• ; M^i appear in l|/ -^ ¥ /ly :— * I 11 -'• T*»? lYjr%f "*Jf ♦■J^stS I The Call- \ fg|f jjggr'• gj§§ iS C I ?J3 si ?*" L -I. ' " ■ <" e ** l '' :l| W{^lssi-* s ~ :^!^ THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL BALDWIN HEIRS GET BIG ESTATE Court Orders Final Distribution of Property That Has Doubled In Value in Four Years ' | (Special Dispatch to The Call) ?? - LOS AXGELES,? April 24.—An order, 1 for the final distribution of '.the $25. --000.000 estate of the late E. J. (Lucky) Baldwin was "made by Judge Rives this afternoon! The estate has more: than doubled In .value since Baldwin's* death and otherwise is in a far more satis factory condition. The appraisal, four years ago (esti mated the value' of 7 the real estate at, $10,612,025.61-personal property at Tal-' lac. $28,758.18; personal property?Jn the form of notes and mortgages. $92,230.11; other personal .property, $197,787172; I to tal. $10,930,801.62. 7\?Y ' - *|1 7 .- The. items as presented for distribu tion today-are as follows: Cash, .$445, --080.41; real, estate at original appraised value? $4,352..">54.52; .mortgages (paying 7 pcr 7cent interest,*, $4,738,807.03; per sonal property, $75,642.12; miscellane ous' stocks, mortgages and notes, $42, --54*",.64; accounts due .estate, * $51,415.35; real estate sales in escrow.?si4,ols; in terest accrued and not paid, ; $60,553.52; total, $9,780,644.39. ?/*' ' \ The; actual value * today of the .real, estate is estimated at fully $10,000,000 more than «thej. original appraisal,, so that the two heirs, Mrs.- Clara Bald win Stocker and Mrs. Anita .Baldwin McClaughry, receive approximately $10,000,000 each in? addition ?to ? more than $2,000,000 which already has been turned over: to each of them by the administrator. . ??,. ? In accordance with - an agreement made with the heirs, trie court awarded Executor Unruh and * Attorney Lee $180,000 each as their fees for the four years' work. '?';!, MANUFACTURER TO CELL Sale .J. Jackson, Once Leader in -His Line, Goes,to Penitentiary s 1 ..*■ NEW YORK. April 24.—Sale J. Jack son, president? of the bankrupt 'Jack son-Mack company, -once said to have been the largfest manufacturer of silk petticoats? and ; kimonos in the world, received ?'a* prison sentence of from -j three and; a half .to seven years 'today after pleading guilty, to grand larceny in the first degree. 7 .--'■ "CANAL SHOULD BE FREE" Norwegian Minister of State ?So -* De clared 'In Address X WASHINGTON, April 24.—"The navi gation of the Panama canal should be free and open to.all and ' ought to be exercised on equal terms for all. This is a lofty point of view on which all nations may concur." This was the declaration of 1 Gregers W. . "W. ' Gram, minister of state of Norway, in an ad dress here tonight. BURTON SLAYS HIS FIANCEE Wlth Wedding One Day Away Jealousy Causes Brutal Murder .? ? ,-" HONOLULU, April 24—With their wedding planned for the next day, Na thaniel Burton, formerly employed :in the United States quarte*onaster's de : partment, ended a quarrel with Elma Snyder .by shooting her to death and iby killing himself. It is reported the quarrel was caused by a woman's jeal ousy.; ROPE MAKER'S LONG SLEEP Seventy-seven Days In 7 Bed—Surprised to Find Himself in Hospital ? CHERBOURG, y France, April 24. When Leon Jean,. a rope • maker.? woke up today he was amazed to find himself ih a hospital instead* of, at home. He had been asleep 77 days. although he thought he had been *.in? bed only a few hours. - **-.*■ - '' * "The People's Newspaper" ■:". SAN FRANCISCO. mSrfmkSswL 25, i9w^p^®BsSE«®o!^S ADMIRER SLAYS WIFE OF BURGLAR Englishman Then Kills Him self Beside His Victim in Los Angeles Hotel (Special-*nispafch : to Tbe Call) • EOS * ANGELES. "April? 24.— 1 An son Pearl Piddle', wife of* a man held in J the county, jail -on a charge of bur glary, was .shot and instantly killed today by Earnest Wells. .1710 East Twenty-second street Immediately after slaying the v woman .Wells' turned the weapon -upon - himself and sent a bullet J. through his own ** brain, falling dead against*• the; lifeless form of ?the woman. V* f''X i-■":..:: The crime occurred ■•*-, at the : Antlers hotel- in West Fourth street.? ? ? The tragedy is said to have been the aftermath of. Well's' firstl love. Tears ago, according 7*to7 his relatives, he loved,' Mrs. Piddle, who was a beauti ful ;girl in '• Beliefontaine. O. ? Later they parted. A few weeks ago Wells learned Mrs. Piddle was in the City and that her husband was in jail as a burglar. He went to see, her, succumbed to her charms a second time and' today in a frenzy of love killed her. ?.'.?? ,??. , Riddle, the : prisoner,»said today?that Wells was heir to a?large? estate? in England. He claims "to* have known of-no infatuation between his wife -and Wells, nor of • their previous * acquaint ance. '* * ** ■ * ' ; - The attire of - the 7 woman ' and a steamer: ticket" to San / Francisco?found in * her/ purse told the police the story of the tragedy. She • was fully .'»dressed for the steamer, her trunk was packed and- she was about to leave the hotel" for ; Sari Pedro. He was ./seen to *knock at / the woman's door, pause a moment? then enter, presumably at - her bidding? An hour later the shot-was heard. . - .. In [ Mrs?? Riddle's ' purse* was ; found an unsent'telegram to her. brother, Harry Sheilbacrier? 1522. Franklin '""'street;! Oak*-. land,? reading: ",. Y/Y..-Y f, 7??.:?, YY? -'V?, "Be sure arid ■'• meet ? me. ?I* leave on Thursday." . ?. - ~, :-' WILL WED MOTHER IN LAW * •' -. Herbert 1 MeCormlek Takes ; Ont , License I ' 7 V for" First Wife's Parent ? * 7 V? COLUSA*: April 24.—Herbert y McCor mlck? took out a license here today to wed his y mother in If law, J Mrs? ~} Lillie Mable Smith/:?? McCormick's -'first wife, Mrs. Smith's daughter, died a year ago. McCormick is 29, new wife /44/' * ? ; ) .' - -"» "*" .' *~""'., "' *- ~YY~%, FERRY GOES OVER A DAM Three Girls Drown In Troy, N. V., Boat Disaster TROY, N. V., April 24.—Three girls employed ! in; collar 1 factories 1 here were drowned today when 7 the h steam ferry boat Ambrose went over the state dam at Ingalls avenue. ,*_ •. •/ SCENE AT THE PORTOLA BANQUET AT THE PALACE HOTEL-LAST NIGHT. Flashlight picture of the .guests and portraits of the toastmaster and.some of the prominent speakers. Great Enthusiasm Shown Those Present; "Make It Annual Affair" Is Great Thought Manifest 1 When ;Mayor*Roiph gives a 1 party it is. ? "some part but? when .he gives one ?Iny con junction with the 'executive committee?-of y the' ? ? Portola festival. well—all rules 'of | gram '-. have ;tos be suspended, for' no mere• superlative ;will describe the 1 * feast held in ' the ' ballroom of the -"Palace y hotel last night and which"?conscientious- historians /of? Cal ifornia will record as * the greatest Portola ? banquet -ever held. - . .Consuls representing .24 countries were?, there and every county in ?the state had -at least one of leading men at ? the ; gaily decorated tables, while at the long table reserved for. the y' speakers ? were the mayors of nearly y all ,'the ? transbay , cities.?? And every son: of 'em stood on? their feet and drank ?»a toast In which they agreed? to?do"? all in. their power to assist .the? 191.1 Portola celebration. • MAKE?IT "ANNUAL EVENT X" '<'.?> "Make it an annual? affair," cried every .-.one? when ' the speakers- men tioned the holiday of 1 1909. arid this seemed to be? the great thought? of the night, to keep the Porto!,** celebrations alive and .keep them in .San Francisco/ ys When7yasco*Nunez de Balboa "hap pened" on the '," Pacific some? 4 00? years ago he little "realized what; a nice time he was causing? for .some 300 Califor nians in the year 1913,, and according ! one impromptu speakerlast/riightHif he• could have foreseen, the '* Portola~lfesti vals he would; have /devoted/ his /life; to > discovering other oceans. 7? *.?>; --??: In « the American and 'Spanish? flags? which?? were the theme? of? the color AMERICAN pilgrims UNABLE TO SEE POPE Physicians Attending Pontiff "Will Not .; Relax in Any Manner? Their Restric- H t'???" / "?ri* tions 5 on * His / Movement* * fY'ltflff •ROME, April 24. —Monsignor Ken • « , , -• .. nedy, rector of , the American college, gave a dinner 7 tonight *>Jn" honor of Right Rev. Joseph ./ Schrembs/? bishop of Toledo,-*, who is In charge *of. an Ameri can pilgrimage to Rome. '? ? , y,* f ! ,4/ Bishop ' Schrembs * has /made : , every .; ef fort Jo obtain a panel audience for the American's,. but »in-vain, as the physi cians attending the pope absolutely =re- fuse to relax in any way the restric '■--- ■:- 7-V' - '--■'■-;-*i.:*j : -7<.y- -">v* »~''V * ' **- "- s - "* *'.-■_..»'*' >*.*- -. * ...*. t .t - T -.-.-"v. tions imposed the pontiff. -,*.' The pilgrims will* be received Sun day by Cardinal Merry del . ■ Val "and they ? may : have a glimpse of the pope, who may be permitted to show himself at a window of the apostolic palace. BOMB IN 'COUNTY COUNCIL Kettfli*- -■ *- : -> v .-• •'■' : -? J 3^^^H Newcastle/ England, Officials Lay .Harm i'-)a * '»*• **•■■ Explosion to Suffragettes •** ->•>;;. NEWCASTLE, Eng., April 24.— bomb exploded in the offices of the county council .'tonight. _ - The damage was slight. The explosion is attrib uted to suffragettes. 'A ..- pjYu^j aMMMMI I III! SB I "An Independent Newspaper" scheme of the /decorations,, was ; ex pressed, the? sentiment of the evening/ for.what "England was to the Atlantic seaboard, so was. Spain to California. Yellow and red roses entwined on lat tices were delightfully suggestive -of the? 1 , romance V arid'? coquetry of * the earlier y.days and?, the entertainment /.provided .to supplement the quips of the speakers assisted/ this? idea. *..". ? ' GIRLS IX SPANISH COSTIIWE ?'f ?? "Most* of the girls ; wore -Spanish costumes • and>the music was the kind used by. amorous toreadors to win their bold eyed chulas. . •, 5 ■ ?> ■??Tn•/mentioning the good things 1 pro vided, by --the? chef it may-;be? said that the punch Juanita'. possessed?a> "kick" almost as good: as that of the;Juanita who 7 danced, while the mignonette of lamb was served 1 Don "Gaspar. Sir Henry Hey man f directed his ?.* orchestra in playing many Spanish* airs, and "La Paloma'* and "Seraphina" were followed by others less! known to American ears but unmistakably V Iberian 'because' of the ? thumping/clatter of tambourines and the click of castanets? ;*:< '■ ;.. ■"/?. Y> : Toaitmas te rl P. T. : Clay, who 'is chair man vof the Portola executive 7 commit tee, kept ' things?' moving, arid? the In tervals between courses were -filled^by! songs by Spanish nightingales, regular en'ertainers, dancers ,* and y girls ? whose only ;*.■■ p.\cufp for. being among-those present* was their hammer lock and bar hold on pulchritude. ?*' '*?-" '? "/ V y The 'guests? were met .in I the recep tion room* of the Palace hotel by a y/*7Y Continued on * Page ('4."Column 1 l?Y?y J • McMANIGAL WILL WALK /FROM PRISON FREE MAN Confessed Dynamiter Intends, So? He '■ ■ Says,, to Lend - "an Honest, - / Upright. Life (Special Dis-pitpli to* Tlie'CalO - LOS ANGELES; April 24.—Within 30 days ; Ortie ?E.Y McManigal, "confessed*, dynamiter, will be : released. This was the /positive : announcement made today by representatives of the district attor ney's office. . \ : : Speaking of his future. McManigal today* made the following statement: "I have no plans for the future. I am in the hands of my friends and will do.ae they advise. I have been offered several positions, but have decided on nothing. I do not want to know the day of my release, if I am to be re leased, for the days would seem years. , lSp«S ass *-'j. *, - . .-. ~->-< I want It to come as a- surprise. I in *."--'• ■--*. -:'" '-".' -*" } - -'■'-*■'■''» t» .-■• ; %....;'.■ tend to lead an honest, upright ' life ;if I am fortunate enough to be freed." EIGHTY: MINERS// ' MISSING . PITTSBURG, Pa.. April 24.—When darkness fell tonight 35, bodies had been taken from the;. Cincinnati mine in Fin ley ville,lthe I scene yesterday of a dis astrous explosion. Many other bodies, It is said;, have been located. Eighty -miners are unaccounted for tonight. *' "*A %EATHER FORECAST: - . tjFfmm", TOntinvfed 'warm; north ;to west winds; 4 TO THE MINUTE J #Vclock a. m. i edition.of The Call ?** prints all; news that develops after city : r ? editions ;of other? newspapers are printed. TONG WAR ENDED; PEACE PACT MADE Warring Factions Sign an Agreement to Keep Peace Hereafter v.. Bin fir Kongs and Suey Sings. .who have been at war three months, during which 'nine. lives have been' taken, will fight no longer. , -Officials.. of • the organizations signed a peace agreement at the Chinese Six /companies'* building yesterday after hboti.l V' fx ?'*"'"' 7" • *•? ' V /? ■"_./ The ; prosecution of the; Chinese now in i custody will; continue regardless of the peace,pact? :•;■• * ■•*..-- ;>:".-".' ** «.,< -v..- ■' ■■-.- - :..*'• ' '" ■": YEE t MEE BRING S PEACE V-• Yee Mcc,. Chinese • gambler and' presi dent of the Hop Sing tong, the most powerful^/ organization in the local celestial quarter, was instrumental *in bringing about the peace agreement. Monday': word was circulated that un • less the tongwar was settled within'4B hours the Hop Sings would 1 join* in the fight. The peace agreement was signed 48 hours after the threat was circu lated,* v -- ' * *-. * */ it was : * announced after : ., the > tongs came to a settlement that a new /organ-: ization would formed Sunday night. j when; aY banquet /is given at the Hang ! Far, Low restaurant.? The new associa tion is to /act / as'- an arbitration '■' board in future) tong. wars. :■■■ Two. representa tives from each tong in San Francisco 1 will "be* elected to sit in the arbitration committee. " TWO CHINESE CHARGED The ? coroner's jury that investigated the death /of Lee Sing, killed ApriL 1, returned | a verdictcharging Yee Lick of ./.the Bing Kong Tong, the president and secretary, and its individual*mem bers, with murder. * ~-,...- ~-,... ~ -. ■■ .. ~ - _ . v* ; x he .verdict, -with its accompanying recommendations and suggestions/? Is Ketary, and its individual mem th murder, -•rdict, with Its accompanying ndations and suggestions, '.s an 2,500 words in length. It charges,/ that V the V tongs were ] first X or by Little Pete for the pur pose blackmail and murd-jr, to se cure control of the gambling interests in Chinatown, and . for the purpose of obtaining control of police, witnesses?; jurors, judges and other ..'officials with whom they might come In contact. ?Y NO RESPECT FOR "* LAW ; '■■ : '■ --' \ - The jury declares that the . tongs have ; absolutely no respect for civil authorities or 7 law; that they annually cost the city from $50,000 to $75,000; that they are conducting and promot ing schools .of? crime and that the American **born? Chinese is the worst type of tong gunmen. , . ■ ■ ;. Coroner Leland;was directed to com municate with Secretary of State Wil liam Jennings Bryan, directing his at tention to conditions existing, in Chinatown and that -transcripts of all testimony taken at trials of tong men be : forwarded to him. ?" ' - - i f PRICE FIVE CENTS:; NEW LAND BILL BEING DRAWN; FEDERAL ALIEN BARS INCLUDED Redrafted Measure to Deny Ownership Rights to Per sons Whom United States Refuses Citizenship Go vernor in Statement Holds ? Discrimination, if It Ever Occurred, Came and Went When Nation Drew Line - - "RESTRICTION IS NOT - CALIFORNIA'S FAULT" Bryan to Face Latest Propo sition When He Arrives in Sacramento on Monday— Johnson Clearly Defines Stand of His Administra tion and Legislature's Ma jority and the New Law Seems Certain to Pass CALL7BITREAir. ' • - j ; ; ; ' SACRAMENTO HOTEL; * '.' 7 Sacramento. April? 24. * Governor Johnson's statement, vig orous and timely, that was issued this' morning,: as' predicted in The Call, cre ated a stir ' : among opponents of the anti-alien bill. , , \ At : first glance, from the attitude of southern • Californians, It was suspected that the governor's : stand .would. be subjected to the cross fire of corpora tions and others 7 who have for* their particular object a maximum Y of'labor for a minimum of cost. . Pressure came from every side up to the time the governor's?statement was? issued. The desire was to hold back. any expression that might mean California would not'bow to? the' de mands of a, foreign' nation. STATEMENT IS , FINAL ? The governor stood his ground after acting advisedly. ■ The? explanation of his policies are regarded "as?'final In placing him on record in believing that California has* a right to determine for itself, the sort of legislation it requires, provided such legislation is In accord with V the federal statutes V and in ac" cordance with the ideas of' Californians. V The assembly and senate this after noon received advices \ that the move ment toward preventing "ineligibles"' obtaining lands in this* state or any ;'. other pacific coast state, had met \ with approval Yin Washington and Oregon. The democrats of both' houses ftave arranged to, ask the governors of Ore gon ': and Washington to; meet Bryan here. -■?-■? .-'.■' " .-"'*' Senator Caminetti and other leader? of th* democratic forces in the senate are arranging to meet. Secretary Bryan, x and a delegation may! be sent up the line to accompany him. to Sacramento. WEST WILLING TO COME The first ', intimation that a north west coast delegation might come tc Sacramento and take part in the re ception tof :. Mr. Bryan... was made knowr tonight, when a message was received from the executive office in Salem by a? democrat who is close to the Wilson administration. This said 'that Gover-y? nor West would, with a little coaxing, ; take -the?train for this city and dis cuss the operation of , the law, in the northern commonwealth. Idaho and Washington:? democrats Spring Fashions > KNOX, STETSON, & CARROLL HATS ;?'"- , ' t; - ■-■.-•'"-"-at'. : ';'*..:.^*' v / ; 708 Market St., onp. 3d St., and 25 Geary St. Vi- C ••<-; •'■■""! ■■.. .■■.-',■:. 'v.. ' .... ■—.-,: • .■•-'.'". -7"./ ■■'"..■■■. •■..'■" __ 7-./ 7*' -", , . - . ? «' Fine rine ' 7'• .;; ,■/■ ■' -- ,7:-. ■ * .- Furnishings for Men Six Doors West Fron: Our Hat Store 724 Market Street Opposite Call Building Paul T. Carroll '• :"■"■■■>; '■■? Detail J Distributer. ** for Star Shirts Kelser Cravats ' *1 i ' TV* ' W " * Cravats De Luxe '..?"- ■ -.- .* |... -.-.«,- ■..v>i--- ; -7l'-';-v *j •"•' '- ■ -'■*'•*' i Dents and Fownes Gloves rDeipark Underwear * and a Pajamas I