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ANOTHER NAVAL
SCANDAL AIRED
SURGEON ROBNETT ON TRIAL
BY COURT MARTIAL
QUARREL OVER TELEPHONE DUE
TO SOCIETY HOP
Sensational Incidents at Dance la
Charlestown Reviewed —Repri.
' mand Not Allowed to Give
Immunity to Accused -
[ Associate-. Press]
BOSTON, Feb. 7.—The second of the
"women's court-martials" was opened
at the Charlestown navy yard today
when Passed Assistant Surgeon A. H.
Robnett was put on trial for his alleged
participation in the expulsion of Dr.
Edward S. Cowles of Boston from a
dance at the navy yard on the night of
December 1.
Resentment of the attentions of a
civilian to his fiancee, Miss Dorothy
Hesler, was the basis of the defense of
Dr. Robnett.
Dr. Robnott's trial on a charge of
conduct unbecoming a gentleman, and
of profanity, lasted only four hours.
Much of the interest has been robbed
by the testimony at the trial of Pay
master George P. Auld on charges
growing out of the same Incident.
The trial was simplified by the admis
sion by Dr. Robnett that he did use
objectionable languago when he called
Dr. E. S. Cowles, the ejected civilian,
to account for his attitude toward Miss
Hesler. Dr. Cowles denied that he at
tempted to make clandestine appoint
ments with the young woman, and in
this he was substantiated by his wife.
She also supported him In regard to
Robnott's words over the telephone,
which formed one of the charges. Then
Miss Hesler took the witness stand,
and flashing a diamond ring In the eyes
of the court, declared that she had
been engaged to Dr. Robnett since
November, and that Dr. Cowles not
only tried to meet her, but wanted to
send her (lowers and candy. MJss Hes
les says she appealed to /Robnett to
save her from Cowles. and the Inci
dent followed. Tomorrow there will be
arguments and by Wednesday the find
ings of the court will be sent to Wash
ington.
A verdict in the case of George P.
Auld, who was tried last week, has
been forwarded to the navy department
for review.
There were two charges against Rob
nett; the first, that he "did aid and
abet Paymaster Auld in the expulsion
of Dr. -Cowles from the navy yard
dance December 1 last, Cowles being a
properly invited guest, and the action
being unauthorized and unwarranted;
and second, that he subsequently used
insulting language to Dr. Cowles over
the telephone."
Like Paymaster Auld, Surgeon Rob
nett received a reprimand from the sec
retary of the navy following the first
complaint of Dr. Cowles. Dr. Cowles*
wife then pressed the charges to the
officials In Washington, and the court
martial of the two officers was ordered.
Fiancee Witness
Included in the list of witnesses for
the defense were Miss Dorothy Hesler
of Evanston, 111., who is engaged to
be married to th— young surgeon, and)
Paymaster A^__s-T Much of the same
evidence presented at tho trial of Auld
was expected to bo used in the pro
ceedings against Robnett, and it is
thought that the case will be completed
within two days. .'
After the court had refused to dis- '
miss the charges on Major Leonard's
motion that Dr. Robnett had already
been punished by reprimand. Dr.
Cowles was called as the first witness.
He again went over some of the inci
dents at the now famous dance of De
cember 1. and said that when he was
Interviewed by Paymaster Auld and
Dr. Robnett outside the hall and asked
to withdraw ho gained the impression
that both men were acting for the
dance committee.
The next day came the conversation
that Dr. Cowles and Robnett had over
the telephone. In which the latter de
manded the return of Miss Hosier's
picture.
Dr. Cowles explained his effort to ob
tain an appointment with Miss Hesler
at an elevated station by saying the
young woman had been Invited to dine
at the Cowles' house, and Mrs. Cowles
suggested that the doctor meet her on
her way from Maiden.
Problem Argued
When Major Leonard asked Dr.
Cowles why he did not offer the same
explanation at the Auld trial last week
the judge advocate objected, and the
testimony was suspended while argu
ments were made on the question.
After the court had allowed the ques
tion, Dr. Cowles stated he had told the
Incident last week as he remembered
it at the time. Now he recalled addi
tional details.
Ho denied he ever aggravated Dr.
Robnett or that he ever accepted a
challenge for a fistic encounter. Neith
er did he call Dr. Robnett a "cur."
A letter from Dr. Robnett to Dr.
Cowles was introduced in which the
former stated that his sense of justice
to Dr. Cowles* parents Induced him to
retract his utterance over the phone, aa
to Dr. Cowles' parentage.
"In' regard to a personal matter,"
continued the latter, "I will accommo
date you at any time agreeable to both
parties."
Dr. Howard E. Ames of the naval
hospital, who was Dr. Cowles' host at
the dance, said ho asked Dr. Robnett
why he used the telephone to speak In
such language to his guest.
He said Dr. Robnett replied, holding
up his hand, that he had taken an oath
not to say anything about .he affair.
HOT SOAP PLUGS SEWER
ORANGE, N. J., Feb. 7.—The burst
ing of a tank of hot soap In process
of manufacture has given the sewer
department here the bigegst job . of
cleaning it over has had. Several tons
of the slicky mass got Into the pipes
and congealed there, stopping the
mains completely. For a mile along
the sewer men are working at each
manhole day and night, trying to
pierce the mass. The soap is as hard
as if it had dried for weeks, and It
looks as if there was a long job ahead
of the department.
MAD DOG SCARE IN CANADA
OTTAWA, Ont., Feb. 7.— Fearing a
serious outbreak of rabies, the.Cana
dian authorities are Imnosing a fine
of $200 on owners of dogs found at
large without muzzles. Since a mad
dog crossed the suspension bridge at
Niagara Falls some time ago and bit
other dogs without being captured,
forty-two persons have been bitten.
SALESMEN FORM ORGANIZATION
NEW YORK, Feb. 7.—The National
Association of Salesmen, with 500 mem
bers from thirty states, has Just been
organized here. Traveling men from
all'parts of the country will be eligible
fur membership. The principal objects
of the association are to promote ef
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FLAYED BY PASTOR
WEALTHY CLASS SCORED BY
FASHIONABLE PREACHER
Says It Is Up to Workingman to Wake
Up to Evils of the Ameri
can House of
Lords
NEW YORK. Feb. 7.—The American
worklngman has come in for a stirring
indictment at tho hands of the Rev.
Alexander Irvine of this city.
Preaching last night to the wealthy
congregation of the Church of the As
cension, on Fifth avenue, the Rev. Dr.
Irvine said
"The American worklngman Is a
composite of superstition, stupidity and
cowardice. He refuses to ■ see his
plight and refuses even to try to help
himself. Ho is even more of a dullard
than his English brother, who has be
gun to realize the oppression and sub
servience under which the domination
of the house of lords has placed him.
"There Is a house of lords in this
country— dangerous and more
subtle than the English institution. It
is comopsed of those who live on that
which they have not earned, and who
pride themselves on the fact that they
do not and cannot work.
"In rare moments of lucidity the
American worklngman realizes that the
wealthy leisure class is living by his
toillike a parasite sucking his blood.
Yet once in four years, when it is In
his power to lodge active protest, he
casts his vote unthinkingly for the fat.
Jolly, smiling, thinking, patronizing
politician, who Is long on promises but
woefully short on performances."
CONSERVATION OF HUMAN LIFE
DUTY OF NATION, SAYS PASTOR
DENVER, Feb. 7.—"The whole cry
of the nation Is preservation of prop
erty and accumulation of gain, even to
sacrificing human life," declared Dr. R.
F. Coyle, pastor of the fashionable
First Presbyterian church. In a sermon
yesterday on the value of human life.
Dr. Coyle denounced the present sys
tem of mining, child labor, sweat shops
and saloons as "products of this infer
nal disregard of the value of human
life." He said: .
"If running automobiles through our
streets at thirty to fifty miles an hour
endangered property, actually de
stroyed banks and stores, law would
meet these conditions wtih a stern
hand and it would not be tolerated for
a day."
Declaring that more than 600 men
had lost their lives In mine accidents in
Colorado, Illinois and Kentucky alone
since last October, Dr. Coyle said:
"The state should lay on mine opera
tors the supreme function of protect
ing human life and not merely exploit
ing it for gain. The government, ni
addition to conserving forests, streams
and wtaar power sites, should adopt a
policy of preserving the lives of human
beings. This work should be the prime
object."
FEDERAL COURT RULES
ON LAND COMMISSIONER
Mineral Bearing Lands Given to the
Northern Pacific Must Be Re
' turned to the Government
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 7.—That the
clear Intent of the United States land
laws cannot be set aside by a decree
of the land commissioner was the de
cision of the United States court of
appeals today In overruling the appeal
of the -Northern Pacific Railway com
pany against the revocation of certain
land grants made to that corporation
in Montana. When certain claims be
longing to the railroad were Included
in the Mount Rainier forest reserve
other non-mineral-bearing claims, to be
selected by it, were promised by the
government in their place. . The rail
road selected some claims patented by
the land commissioner as non-mineral,
but known to the company to be min
eral-bearing. Suit was brought to
compel the railroad to relinquish these
claims, and the government was given
the judgment which was affirmed here
today, - . '. . ' -
LOS ANGELES HERALD: TUESDAY ./-MORNING. FEBRUARY 8. 1910.
FIRE LOSSES IN U.S.
GREATEST IN WORLD
BIG WASTE BY FLAMES DUE TO
FRAME BUILDINGS
Americans Pay $1,500,000 Daily for In.
surance, but Government Erects
Structures Fireproof and Car.
ries No Policies on Them
WASHINGTON, Feb. Fire levies
on Americans each year an enormous
tax, estimated by United States gov
ernment officials at nearly $1,500,000 a
day and the loss of 1449 lives a year.
As a result of an investigation by of
ficials of the United Sttaes geological
survey it has been ascertained that
cheaper fireproof materials can be
used to advantage in construction; that
three to six times the necessary
amount of material is Habitually used
in structural work In the United
States; that the building codes are
laxly enforced; that the fire kiss in
the United States Is eight times ns
much per capita as In any country in
Europe, and that the great fire waste
In the United States is duo principally
to the predominance of frame buildings
and to defective construction and
equipment.
Not one person in a thousand knows
that the United States government
owns building that cost more than
$300,000,000 and is expending. $20,000,000
a year for new buildings. It will be a
surprise to every one, too, to learn that
not one cent of insurance against loss
by fire is carried on these valuable
buildings, because they are practically
fireproof.
After a careful investigation it has
been determined that the total cost of
fires in the United States In 1907, ex
cluding that of forest fires and the ma
rine losses (in themselves extensive),
amounted to the enormous sum of
more than $456,485,000, a tax on the
American people exceeding the total
value of all the gold, silver, copper
and petroleum produced In the United
States In that year. The cost of build
ing construction in 1907 in forty-nine
leading cities of the United States re
porting a total population of less than
18,000,000, amounted to $661,076,286, and
the cost of building construction for
the entire country is conservatively es
timated at $1,000,000,000.
In addition to this waste of wealth
and natural resources 1449 persons
were killed and 5654 were injured In
fires in the United States in 1907.
■ The actual fire loss in the United
States due to the destruction of build
ings and their contents amounted to
$215,084,709 in 1907. This was $2.51 loss
per capita. The per capita loss in the
cities of the six leading European
countries amounted to but 33 cents.
Comparisons of the total cost of tires,
which includes the items already stat
ed, show that if buildings in the
United States were as nearly fireproof
as those In Europe the annual fire
cost would be $90,000,000 instead of
$456,000,000. - ' V
SHIRTWAIST STRIKE ENDED
PHILADELPHIA. Feb. 7.—Peace
having been declared between the
shirt waist manufacturers of this city
and their striking employes, quiet pre
vailed today in the vicinity of the fac
tories, and for the first day in eight
weeks tho police were not called upon
to arrest strikers. Under an agree
ment ratified by the workers yesterday*)
the operatives will return to work
Wednesday. , :
MAY MAKE SOUTH POLE TRIP
WASHINGTON, Feb. 7.—Whether
the National Geographic society shall
accept the offer of. the Peary Arctic
club of New York and Join it in a
Joint expedition for the discovery of
the south ' pole with ' the steamer
Roosevelt will be decided tomorrow
afternoon by the directors of the geo
graphic society.
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PLEADS GUILTY TO FRATRICIDE
SAN JOSE, Feb. 7.—Fidel Narvez,
who on the first day of last October de
liberately, shot down his brother-in
law, Magnus Mathison, at the tatter's
residence, 181 Bush street .this city, to
day was permitted in the superior court
to withdraw his former plea of not
guilty and to enter a plea of guilty of
murder In the second degree. He will
be sentenced next Friday,
MEAT IN WHITE
HOUSE DECAYED
ROOSEVELT SERVED WITH IM
PURE BEEF
CHOICE CUTS KEPT UNTIL READY
TO DROP APART
Food Inspector Declares Wealthy Per.
sons Accustomed to Purchase
Roasts Which Had Turned
Black and Were Unfit
[Associated Press]
WASHINGTON, Feb. 7.—That bad
beef, some of it ready to fall to pieces,
was served at the White House during
President Roosevelt's occupancy was
the testimony of District Food Inspec
tor Dodge today before the house com
mittee engaged In Investlgtlng the high
cost of living ,in the District of
Columbia.
Mr. Dodge stated It was the custom
of a steward at the White House to
buy a quarter of beef and hang lt up
until it was ripe, or "ready to fall to
pieces," as the inspector described it,
when It could be cut up and served.
Like the president, Dodge continued,
many wealthy people of the national
capital were accustomed to eat from
choice meat that had "turned black
and was well on the road toward de
composition."
He related an incident of one of his
visits to a fashionable Washington
market where he found a quarter of
beef, black and apparently unfit for
human food.
He condemned it and was about to
pour kerosene over it when the pro
prietor Interfered and told him he had
many wealthy customers who always
ordered from such pieces of meat.
While the Inspector was present a
footman from a wealthy family came
In and ordered a roast from the piece
which he had condemned.
"Gratification of canine appetites,"
commented Representative Johnson of
Kentucky, who asked Inspector Dodge
If this class of meat "was kept in the
same coolers with beel intended for
civilized people."
The inspector said it was.
INSURANCE FIRM MUST
PAY FOR CAPTIVE SHIP
Circuit Court of Appeals at San Fran.
Cisco Decides in Favor
of Owners
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 7.— echo
of the exciting days of blockade run
ning during the Russo-Japanese war
was awakened today when the United
States circuit court of appeals con
firmed a Judgment of $15,000 against
the Maritime Insurance company, lim
ited, of London, one of the insurers of
the steamship M. S. Dollar, captured
and sold as a prize by the Japanese
while it was attempting to run into
Vladivostok with a contraband cargo.
Tho vessel was Insured here by the
M. S. Dollar Steamship company to
make a voyage to Vladivostok, and It
was stipulated that she was to have
the right to run" a blockade If necessary.
She carried false papers clearing her
for Mojl, Japan, and it was because of
those papers that the Maritime Insur
ance company refused to pay the ves
sel, when, after the vessel had fallen
Into the hands of the Japanese admir
alty courts, she was abandoned by the
steamship company to the Insurers.
The total insurance of $176,000 was di
vided among several companies. The
court held that when the insurance
company consented to the insertion of
the blockade clause It tacitly consented
to the vessel adopting any means of
disguise necessary to accomplish her
purpose.
GIRL FOUND DEAD; SEVEN
BULLET WOUNDS IN BODY
Authorities Undecided Whether Young
Woman Took Her Life or
i
Was Murdered
. ONEONTA, N. V., Feb. 7.—Whether
a girl could tire seven successive shots
into her breast before expiring is the
question which must be settled before
the authorities can determine wether
Bessie Wheeler committed suicide or
was murdered. She was found dead {it
Davenport, near here. The coroner'?
physician maintains that she could not
have fired the shots herself. Dr. H. W.
Gates, testifying as an expert, holds
otherwise.
SHOOTS HIMSELF 11 TIMES
THEN STRANGLES HIMSELF
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 7.—After fir
ing eleven bullets Into his head from a
22-ialiber six-cylinder revolver, re
loading the weapon to accomplish the
feat, Roman Pritschoff hanged himself
at his home in Alameda Saturday night,
to make the suicidal work thorough.
Six of the bullets entered his brain,
and the fact that he was afterward
able to fasten a clothesline about his
neck and strangle himself puzzled the
coroner and physicians who examined
the body yesterday.
MEXICANS WILL LEAD
PRISONERS OVER BORDER
Men Accused of Double Murder Will
Be Surrendered to American Au.
thorities Without Requisition
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DOUGLAS, Ariz., Feb. 7.— Ygnacio
Antonio and Jesus Bega, Mexicans,
who brutally murdered Ernest Kuy
kendall and Owen Plumb at a wood
choppers' camp in the S.wisshelm moun
tains a few days ago and who were
tracked by burro prints from the camp
through the streets of Douglas, were
arrested this morning at Cananea,
Mexico.
It requires three weeks to get re
quisition papers from Washington.
Through collusion with the Mexican
officers the prisoners are to be brought
to the American side of the border at
Naco. Officers here were notified by
are to be there and capture the Mex
icans when they cross the line. Arl
zonlans are glad to act on this Ignoring
of international amenities when Ameri
can Justice is to be served, but when
Sarabia was kidnaped by Mexican of
ficers in Douglas they raised such a
storm that Captain Wheeler of the
Arizona rangers went to Hermoslllo
and brought back the alleged Mexican
revolutionist without protest on the
part of the Mexican government.
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HERMANN'S PLAN
REECE, ON STAND, ACCUSES
FORMER CONGRESSMAN
Attempt Made to Impeach Witness
PattersonGathering Loose Ends
in Conspiracy Trial an Ex.
, tended Process
[Associated Press,
PORTLAND, Ore., Feb. 7.—The
gathering up of the loose ends of evi
dence today in the trial 'of former
Congressman Dinger Hermann on a
charge of conspiring to defraud the
government of public land, proved an
extended process.
Col. Worthington of Hermann's
counsel said new evidence had de
veloped which he desired to introduce.
This testimony referred to Hermann's
effort* to have the lieu land law of
1-97 amended or repealed. Also ef
fort was made to impeach the testi
mony of H. L. Pattedson, a govern
ment witness who had testified to the
presence of Hermann and P. P. Mays,
an Oregon politician, in the office of
the surveyor general of Oregon in Sep
tember, 1901. The prosecution contends
that Hermann and Mays formed the
alleged conspiracy in connection with
which Hermann is on trial.
William M. Recce a resident of Eu
gene, Ore., who, according to his tes
timony, was clerk of the committee on
public lands in the national house of
representatives from lsi'j to 1907, tes
tified that Hermann appeared before
the public lands committee and urged
that the lieu land law of 1897 be re
pealed or modified so that persons
owning land within a government re
servo could be compelled to take land
of no better character outside the re
serve. Recce testified that Hermann
on several occasions made visits to
John F. Daeey of lowa, chairman of
that committee, in his effort to get
this law chunked.
On cross examination Recce declared
that E. A. Hitchcock, former secretary
of the interior, had also appeared be
fore the land committee. Recce said
Hitchcock's principal complaint was in
connection with the timber and stone
act, which ho desired to have repealed
because of frauds perpetrated under it.
W. C. Greaves of Oregon City testi
fied that Patterson had told him that
for watching former Surveyor Gen
eral Meldrum while Meldrum was in
Washington, whither he had gone to
testify lor the government In the Her
mann case, Patterson had been prom
ised a Job in the secret service in ad
dition to his regu'-»- "ay.
Patterson under cross examination
again today specifically denied that he
had been promised anything in addi
tion to his regul-r per diem.
Recalled by the prosecution, ex-
Surveyor General Henry Meldrum tes
tified as to some of the details of the
alleged conference between Hermann
and Mays in the surveyor general's
otliee in September, 1901.
The development of new testimony
which the defense wished to introduce
and a more extended examination of
the remaining witnesses whose testi
mony the prosecution desired to offer,
prevented counsel from finishing the
introduction of evidence. Counsel stated
lust prior to adjournment of court that
they would finish during the first few
minutes of tomorrow's session.
Should this occur, Prosecutor Heney
will probably begin his argument to
the jury directly after the noon recess.
_■»■_» —
TONGS IN BAY CITY SIGN
PERMANENT PEACE PACT
On Ylck and Yee Families Forced by
China to Suspend Hos
tilities
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 7.—Ten days
before the expiration of a temporary
truce, the On Yicks and the Yee fam
ily, two Chinese tongs whose war in
the last four months has cost ten lives,
sinned a permanent peace pact last
night at the offices of the Six Com
panies.
The war, which started here, spread
throughout California, most of the kill
ings occurring in San Francisco and
neighboring cities. | Members of the
warring tongs fled from the local Chi
nese quarter and sought safety in in
terior towns, but they were quickly
followed by gun men and forced to
continue their flight, some going to
Denver and others farther east.
TRUST THAT MULCTED
PUBLIC FOR MILLIONS
GIVEN PALTRY FINES
NEW YORK. Feb. 7.The Paper
Board association, made up of about 40
paper board manufacturing corpora
lions, indicted some month* ago by the
federal grand jury on the charge of be
ing an Illegal cinobination in restraint
of trade, pleaded guilty to the charge
In the lulled Slates circuit court here
today.
Judge Hough said the charge was (he
same as against the Fiber and Manila
Paper association, upon each of whose
members he ha,l Imposed fines of $2000
about a year ago. in- said he would im
pose similar lines in these Instances,
namely $,'OllO, against each defendant.
At the request of V, 8. District At
torney Wise a portion of the indictment
sgatnst the individuals was nolle
pressed. The Indictment among other
tilings stated that because of this Illegal
combination the association levied an
annual tax of $.1,000,000 a year on the
public. x
BRICKMAKERS MAY RAISE
PRICES OF PRODUCT
Men Who Will Meet in Pittsburg Ask
Why Their Handiwork Should
Decline While Lumber Rises
PITTSBURG, Feb. 7.—Why is - the
price of brick on the decline, while that'
of lumber increases? What may be
done to rescue the brick.
These conundrums suggesting a de
sired Increase in the price in one of
the necessities Of the building trades
are but two of several questions which
some 800 brickm__kers from all over the
country will puzzle their heads about
here this week at the twenty-fourth
annual convention of the National
Brick Manufacturers' association.
Preliminary meetings were held to
day at the Fort Pitt hotel. It is said
that, while the association never under
takes to regulate prices to the extent
of fixing arbitrary rates, it is added
that the suggestions are put forward
whenever improvement is thought
necessary.
Since the brick is to the builder in
quite the same relation as beef to the
housekeeper, tho trend of the brick
makers' action will be watched with
considerable general interest.
The officers of the association are:
President, Lemon Parker, St. Louis;
secretary, T. A. Randall, Indianapolis;
treasurer, J. W. Sibley, Birmingham,
Ala.
NEW RAILROAD LINE TO
TAMPICO IS UNDER WAY
San Antonio and St. Louis. Capitalists
. Are Backing Line Already Begun
to Connect Texas with Coast
[Special to he Herald.]
SAN ANTONIO. Tex., Feb. 7.—Ac
cording to a statement made by G. W.
Nock of New York City, constructing
engineer of the San Antonio, Rio
Grande & Tampico railroad, the line
he is building will be pushed as far
south as Tampico, Mexico. A few
miles of the lead already have been
graded. Owing to the fact that all
financial arrangements had not been
made, work on the line so far has been
slow, but a large force will now be put
in the field.
The road will run ill almost a straight
line from here to Brownsville or a
point nearby, and after crossing the
Rio Grande will follow the gulf coast
to Tampico. One of the richest agri
cultural territories in the United States
will be opened by it. J. F. Edwards of
St. Louis and a number of San Antonio
capitalists are the promoters of the
venture. A bonus of $100,000 will be
given them by San Antonio business
men as soon as the lino has reached
the Rio Grande and is in operation.
HOFFMAN'S BODY NOT FOUND
ABERDEEN, Wash., Feb. 7.—Search
for the body of John Hoffman, who
disappeared about the same time as
Charles Hedberg, whose body was re
covered last week from Indian slough,
and for whose murder Gohl, agent here
for the Sailors' union, has been arrest
ed, has so far been fruitless. It is said
that negotiations are in progress for
the retention of Dolphin M. Delmas of
San Francisco or Clarence Darrow of
Chicago to defend Gobi.
STOCKS SLIDE DOWN
ON GOTHAM MARKET
LOWEST EBB SINCE SUMMER
BOOM IS REACHED '•";".
Quotations on Wall Street BreaK
Through Last Week's Rec.
ord— Big Sale of Cop.
per Shares -
NEW YORK. Feb. 7.—This was an
other day of extreme and almost unex
plained weakness on the New York
stock exchange. Stocks tumbled stead
ily throughout the session under the
pressure of enormous liquidation, which
was acceptuated by lack of support.
Despite the absence of specific rumors
of a disquieting nature, quotations
broke through the low records of last
week, establishing new low records, not
for the year alone but -"or the period
dating as far ba^_ as the boom, of last
summer. , y
Although not the center of decline, as
was the case last week, steel common
dropped today to 75%, a loss of 4%
points over the closing price of Satur
day, 91- points over the, price a week
ago and more than 1", points over the
' quotations of a month back. The sell
ing of copper shares was tremendous,
American Smelting common dropping
to 7754 from 82 at the close on Satur
day. Amalgamated .declined 654'
points to 71%.
Anaconda fell 354 points to 46; Utah
' Copper went down 4 points to 46&;
Reading fell an even 6 points; Union
Pacific dropped I 1.; Southern Pacific
4%, while losses throughout the active
speculative list ranged from 2 to 6
points. The market closed weak and
nervous. A seat on the exchange was
sold this morning for $82,000, a decline
of $9000 from the price paid for a seat
two weeks _ago. .. . . £rM
FORMER BANK OFFICIAL
HALED TO POLICE COURT
William C. Hays Accused of Violating
State Banking Law and of Ob.
taining Money by Pretense
SAN FRANCISCO. Feb. 7.—William
C. Hays, former vice president and
general manager of the Union State
bank, which failed last year, appeared
in two departments of the police court
today.
In the first ho was arraigned on a
charge of violation of the state bank
ing laws and his ball was reduced
from $:1000 to $1500.
He was not arraigned on the second,
where he Is charged with obtaining
money under false pretense, but hi._
bail was reduced from $20,000 to $10,000,
and a petition for a further reduction
was taken under advisement. , Hays
is still in jail.
BENSON FILES APPEAL
WASHINGTON, Feb. 7.—The appeal
of John A. Benson of California from
tho adverse decision rendered in his
habeas corpus proceedings before the
federal district court for northern
California was today filed In the su
preme court of the United States.
Benson is under indictment in Califor
nia on a charge of conspiracy to de
fraud the government out of 12,000
acres of land. S£
HOSPITAL BURNS; NO ONE HURT
SAVANNAH, Ga.. Feb. 7.—Fire this
afternoon destroyed a part of the Park
View sanitarium, a private hospital
containing a large number of patients.
At 3 o'clock the fire was under control
and all the patients were reported
safe. A number were carried from the
building unconscious. ■
MAY REVOKE CHARTER
OAKLAND. Feb. -7.— a result of
the struggle waged by two factions if
the local Socialist party over the pos
session of the party headquarters Fri
day night and the fight which followed,"
the state executive committee, repre- ;
sented In Ookland by A. M. Rayl, Is
considering the revocation of the
party's Oakland charter. i _^J__j__B____K_
MEETS DEATH IN SHAFT
KENNETT. Cal., Feb. 7.—The fourth
miner to meet death in the shoot of
the Mammoth mine> in the last: eight
months was Manual Rodriguez, .'aged
38 years, who fell a distance of ninety,
feet last nliht and was instantly
killed, ( .. «,
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