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The Call Prints More News T-lian Any QtEer Papei^W^^d in San: Francisco
THB WBATHER.
rorecaat for -Xfeeembwie:
" \u25a0 : .\u25a0 - i
San rranolaoo and Tlolnltr— Clouay.
-nsetUed weather Saturday, probably
"i&ht reinj frert south wlnda,
A. O. MoADm,
. District F*ortvcttjter.
VOLUME XCIX— NO. 16.
LAND FRAUD
DEFENDANTS
ARE MISSING
Federal Officials
Want Puter and
McKinley. \
Alleged Swindlers Drop
Out of Sight After
Conviction. :
Government Hopes to Secure
Them as Witnesses in
Oregon Case 3.
"WASHIKGTOX, Dec 15.— Th© Depart
fn«nt of Justice and the State of Oregon
pre much concerned regarding the where
abouts of S. A. D. Puter and Horace G.
McKinley, both of whom were convicted
In Portland in connection with the ex
tensive land frauds in Oregon. In their
cases sentence was deferred on condition
that tbey furnish the Government with
all the information possible concerning
others Involved in the land swindles. It
elso was agreed with them that if they
withheld nothing the other cases against
Them would not be pressed.
According to special Assistant Attorney
General Francis J. Heney of the Depart
ment of Justice, who is now in this city,
\u25a0they were needed particularly in the case
« gainst Representative Binger Hermann.
Hcney further says that through infor
mation imparted by them the Govern
ment would recover more than $700,000
v. orth of lands disposed of by the. various
parties to the alleged frauds. Since their
trial and conviction, however, Puter and
McKinley have been charged with being
implicated in the frauds in State school
land?, by which Eajstern bankers were
*wiTj<Jl«"d_out of thousands o£. dollars. And,
that en account of these later indict
ments their apprehension is likewise de
eircd by the State authorities.
The last heard of either of the men was
about the middle of September. Puter
reported himself as being in Chicago, and '
McKinley sect word that he and his wife
were in Seattle. About that time the
c ase against Hermann was coming up
for trial, and Puter wired Heney asking
if he could not postpone the trial until
September 20. This was agreeable to the
Government's attorneys, who, however,
Jn the meantime had decided still further
to put off Hermann's trial. All trace of
the two men since has been lost.
BEKIXS IXVESTIGATIOZV.
Fon of Banker, Duped by I.nnr) Srvln
f dlcrs, Reaches Orejron.
SALEM. Dec. 15. — R. H. Goddard, son
t>f Hiram Goddard. banker and timber
jnan of La Crosse, Wis., arrived here
to-day from the East to make investi
gation of the numerous fraudulent cer
tificates of sale which his father holds
for Oregon school lands. Goddard
"brought with him certificates covering
7000 acres of land, nearly all the paper
being fraudulent. Goddard also lias
\u25a0with him .- certificates covering 7000
ecros- of land which S. A. de Puter,
bow a fugitive from justice, sold to H.
,\. Salzer o' La Crosse through a Chi
cago attorney for $IS,OOO. In a pre
vious transaction with Salzer the swin
clers obtained about $12,000. Just how
much of the fraudulent paper was pur
chased by Goddard and Salzer has not
been ascertained, but it is thought that
most of the paper now in Goddard's
ropsepsion is forged. R. H. Goddard
expressed great surprise when in
formed that Kay McKay, who was ar
rested in Seattle in connection with
the land frauds, had been released on
instructions from his father. Further
developments are expected within a few
days.
SAYS DOCTOR
REALLY OWES
MONEY TO HIM
Clubman Hen-iman's
Version of the
Allen uiiiti
\u25a0\u25a0.\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0• -. • c .
NEW TORK, Dec. 15.— Joseph Herri
man, a wealthy clubman, swore before
Judge Keogh in the Supreme Court In
Flushing to-day that Instead of being in
debted to Dr. Thomas 11. Allen in the
sum of 523.000 for professional services,
the physician really owes money to him.
Herriman der.lcd that he ever had asked
the physician to treat Mf» Maud Con
verse, daughter of Rear Admiral Con
verse. I*. S. "N.. explaining an $800
check by saying he had employed the
physician to purchase from Miss Con
xx r «'rsc- a piece of property in Norwich. Vt.
He denied ordering treatment for Mrs.
Gibson' or Mrs. Dunn. .
Judge Krcffh vratched the case very
closely' and not once could the attorneys
Ijt-lng out the. nature of the ailment of
11 v of the physician's patients. In one
<£?<?, Cfcarlr.n D. Paffcn. who married
Mrs. Dunn.viaid.his wlfr» had fallen and
"broken*' both kcs. Dr. Allon said he bad
beeu ordered to attend Mrs. Paffen by
Herriman.
The San Francisco Call.
CONFESSION
AMAZES THE
SPECULATORS
Lawson's Story of
Heavy Losses
Doubted.
Many Believe Finan
cier Is Only Playing
a Deep Game.
Think He Is Forcing the
Oil Trust to Invest in
Amalgamated.
Special Dispatch to The Call.
BOSTON, Dec. 15.— State street to-day
confessed Its amazement . at the public
announcement of Thomas W. Lawson that
every dollar of his private fortune is be
hind the bear campaign in Amalgamated,
the total amount of his own and his
friends' money involved being $15,000,000.
One-third of this great sum Lawson put
into the pool within the last few days, and
he admitted Thursday night losses of $3,
400.000. The Lawson pool is said to be
short 170,000 Bhares of Amalgamated, and
if this is true the losses would amount
to-night to about $3,453,000. What the
street cannot understand is why Lawson
should advertise his impending bank
ruptcy if there is any danger of his finan
cial collapse, and those who think they
know his methods are . extremely skep
tical.
Opinion is divided as to Lawson's deals
of to-day, and many think he saw a
chance to execute a quick turn, and that
instead of sustaining a further loss to
his pool hec leaned up a tidy sum. These
observers call attention to the fact tha"t
wnife- Lawson -arfwxtiset...* loss of :"3,40Cr,-.
000, he makes no mention of his profits in
Amalgamated and other coppers. A care
ful" reading- of \u25a0 Lawson's announcement
regarding' his Amalgamated pool shows
some important things. A rise of about
twenty points has cost the pool $3,400,0d0.
according to Lawson. He says he still
has $11,000,000 left. It will jrequire a rise
of nearly seventy points to*wipe out this
sum. When Amalgamated sells at 170
State street and Lawson's close friends
will believe he is broke, and not before
that time. ...
One significant fact came out to-day
which is believed by many to point to the
meat in the Lawson cocoanut. A Boston
banking firm which six months ago was
carrying many thousand shares of Amal
gamated for itself and its customers to
day had less than 2000 shares in its safe,
the balance having gone to New York.
The deduction from this is that Lawson
has for weeks been compelling Standard
Oil to load up with Amalgamated in sus
taining the advance in its price. This i 3
thought to be just what Lawson wants.
He has repeatedly said that the only way
for people to get even with the "system"
is to compel it to buy its own stocks at
higher prices than it sold them for.
ADVANCE IX AMALGAMATED.
Report That the American Smelting
Company Is Heavy Purchaser.
BOSTON, Dec. 15. — A story is cur
rent on "the street" that the Amer
ican Smelting and Refining Company
has secured control of Amalga
mated and United Copper through
heavy purchases of stock in the open
market. A controlling, ownership in
these ' two concerns would make the
smelting company the leading factor
in the copper world. The Helnze propo
sition, through the acquisition of the
Lexington group, which will be in
operation next month, is destined to be
as big a one as the Amalgamated, as ex
perts believe the ore bodies are a con
tinuation of the North Butte's rich
veins and predict that they will prove
the richest in the Butte camp.
JURY FIXH9 REMARKABLE
PU.MSHMEST FOIt A THIEP
Decrera That He Be Imprisoned tor One
TbonsanA Years In Texas *> .;
. State IVnitrntlnrr.
GAL.VFSTON. Tex.. Dec. 15.— Mat
Porter, aged 7S years, charged with cat
tle theft, was convicted to-day at Vic
toria, and the Jury assessed his pun
ishment at 1000 years In the State pen
itentiary. A* Porter is already in a
somewhat enfeebled state of health, he
cannot live much longer. The Jury
wished to give him the heaviest pos
sible sentence, 'as he has been respon
sible for numerous cattle thefts in this
community, but heretofore it had been
Impossible to secure the necessary evi
dence to convict him.
JURY SAYS PRATT
IS NOT A MURDERER
Slayer of Farmer Bryan,
Near Gilro.v, Acquitted
in San Jose.
SAN JOSE, Dec. 15.— C. F. Pratt, who
was charged with the murder of Ferdi
nand Bryan near Gilroy on September 1,
was found not guilty by a Jury in Judge
Welch's department ot the Superior
Court to-nJght. District Attorney J. H.
Campbell completed his closing argument
late this afternoon and the case went to
the Jury at 5 o'clock. The 'verdict of
acquittal*" was brought in shortly after
9 o'clock this evening. •
Pratt and Bryan lived on neighboring
ranches a few miles from Gilroy. There
wass ill-feeling between them and the
feud culminated in theshqoting of Bryan
In "front rot 'Pratt'" home. There were' no
eye witnesses to the shooting. The de-,
fense maintained that Pratt killed Bryan
In . self defense.
SAN FRANCISCO^ SATURDAY^ DECEMBER 116,^1905;
HARRIMAN
BEFRIENDED
BY HIGGINS
NewYorfcGovernor
on the Watck
Railway King Tells of
Political Power at -
Says He Gave ; OdeU His High
. Standing and Takes Rap
at^Ryan.
• — y
NEW YORK, Dec 16.— Before the leg
islative investigating committee" another
chapter was added to-day to the 1 chrdni-'
cles 'of what Thomas A. Ryan called
"strenuous" interviews "between himself
and E. H. Harriman. Ryan ' gave * his
version of the conversations to the com
mittee a few days ago when he said that
Harriman, at the time of the acquisition
of the James H. .Hyde stock in the
EaultabJe Life Insurance Company, de
manded an equal share and "threatened \u25a0
to use his political influenoe against Ryan
if he did not surrender It. -To-day Har-"
rlman ' recited to the committee his ver
sion and added some- interesting state"
ments affecting his relations with former
Governor B. B. Odell Jr., chairman of the
New York State. Republican Committee,
and also as to a request to watch legis
lation affecting the Equitable Society
which he had made' upon Governor
Francis W. Higglns and the late S.F red
Nixon,;, Speaker .of 4 the New York ,„ A
ssembly. . \u0084" . .'.'.
. . In substance Harriraan. testified .to-day
' that. rwhenj Ryan bought: the .Hyde" stock;*
carrying control Tof the -KQuitable Society,"?
he asked. Harrlirian:' to co-operate*"* with'
him in saving the " property ,• that} HarrtV
man\ agreed to -do it if satlsfled ~ that
I Ryan was acting from pure and "unselfish
motives; that Ryan did not satisfy him
as to the" purity of his motives, and that
Harriman then informed - Ryan that he
would use his influence agf'nst him. The
test which Harriman said ac applied to
determine Ryan's purity of motive was
an offer to take one-half of- the Hyde
stock and to name * two trustees of the
society. Ryan refused to agree to that.
Harriman' testified that Ryan should
have assumed that he would use his po
litical influence against him. ""• He was
not certain whether he said anything
about legislative action as a warning to
Ryan, but declared that he had nothing
to do with starting the present insurance
investigation.
HIS POLITICAL FRIEXDS.
Charles E. Hughes, counsel for the
committee, informed Harriman that it
has been charged that he got his.politi
cal influence through his relation with
former Governor 8.J3. Odell. Jr. . .
Harriman said: "Well, I should, think
Mr. Odell had his .political influence **e
cause of his relation with me." Laughter
followed the remark. Later Harriman
said to the Dress that- .the remark was
meant in a Jocular sense.
• LastgSprlng, Harriman said, /when the
management of the Equitable Life As-^
surance Society, was divided into two fac
tions, one headed by President James ."W."
Alexander and. the other by James H.
Hyde, an attempt was made by ; the Alex
ander \u25a0 faction to induce the Legislature
to mutualize the society. Harriman said
he asked members of the Legislature to
watch out for any legislation favorable
to the Alexander faction and to report
to hiny If It appeared.
. He was averse, to disclosing, the names
of the men to whom he made this re
quest, and only consented to do bo after
repeated urging. He then stated that it
was Governor , Higglns ' and Speaker
Nixon. whom he had. asked to watch out
for the legislation. ' He added that, no
suoh legislation was introduced and that
he took no steps through Governor Hlg
gln« and Speaker Nixon to prevent it
<lU ESTI OX S RYAN'S MOTIVES.
Harriman "was called to the stand, when
the insurance . Investigating: committee
opened' its session to-day. He i said. he
learned of the sale of the Hyde stock on
the day that Ryan bought it. He tele
phoned to Ryan and asked him if he had
\u25a0bought' it. /. ' •\u25a0- : ' " :- :yi<, \u25a0\u25a0'\u25a0\u25a0.
"Ryan said the purohase \u25a0\u25a0 was . condi
tional," said Harriman, "andv.that he
wanted ito see me and talk . with •; me and
that he wanted my /help.- I criticized his
plan and wanted to know what he meant
by it. Ten or fifteen minutes later I went
to Ryan's office.- He told ma he had de
cided "to buy the " stock and said it was
time for 'him to make: a' name' for himself.
He said he ; bad .'decided to • buy Hyde's
stock* provided- he: could get his nominee
elected chairman of " the < board. ]He said
he had made a 'good deal of • money and
never had done anything to make a name
for himself. \u25a0 I - questioned C his : motive. He
had told me ** he wanted '- my help; \u25a0 that I
was the one; man* in -New York whose
help he desired.'-' ..:\u25a0' \u25a0> '\u25a0\u25a0 :=.---•
_ "What kind of help?".asked Hughes^
counsel- for'the Investigating, commit-;
tee. ' . . 'J[: ''\u25a0\u25a0 -y$Z ':.\u25a0' '\u25a0\u25a0-\u25a0 :-;- ".
"To holp him to .get his nominee
elected chairman of the board," replied
Harriman. . \u0084: ; \ ,>'
Asked upon what;- grounds; he. had
criticized Ryan's : plati;; HarrimaiL re-,
plied: - "Well. It was: rather, staggering'
to -anybody. .that Ryan' wanted jto 'con.-'
trol the Eauitable \u25a0or should : have con
trol of it. '\u0084..: , ... kV. :../,:;\u25a0";'.-\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0-,.
•'I \; told r him,"« continued ? Harriman,"
"that if J. was (satisfied that he. was,'act-
Ingifrom a. -pure ; and i motive
in the • interest of : thel Equitable . l would
help • him. He < told; me \ his j plan, t : I -did
not , tell'. him" th"en "that Tl' wanted • a share
in" the Hyde ' stock. :" 1 1 assisted i him .- to
get. his, nominee Elected." .."
Continued on Page 2, . Column « X.
FATHER CONNOLLY BELIVES COLLINS
MARRIED CHARLOTTA NEWMAN.
George DsGtilltris summoned the* R Father
Connolly says: he has but. a faint^recollection oj Hibej. ceremony but believes, according to tbe records^ that
he marrted 'George Collins tc y Charlotta Newman, The defense closed ]tts case at noon.
Clergy mail Wjho Performed tlie
Ceremony Takes tlie Stand.
Relies ©it? the- Records Which
"I -.believe* X married Gebrge; Collins
to Charlotta Newman, Judging: from the
reoord," declared the Rev.; "M.\ D. Con
nolly yesterday upon." the witness stand
in the "trial of George D.* Collins. The
statement was made In response to a
question by Attorney Hiram Johnson of
the prosecution, after Father, Connolly
had given .testimony, on *. preceding:
cross-examination regarding: the un
swerving custom of the' Catholic
"church in relation to ; '. the ~ marriage
ceremony.'. Objection . upon "<\u25a0 .objection,
poured forth from the attorneys for the
defense, with constant' oyerrulings by 1
Judge Lennon, whose day,, .upon I the
bench '\u25a0 was a 1a 1 particularly trying one. •
.'Father Connolly was called, to" the
stand In the beginning of theafternoon I
session as -a witness for Collins. t Word
soon spread that the' priest*. who had
united Collins arid one of the Newman
girls In marriage was to appear, and the
small courtroom, quickly filled. Promi
nent Judges, attorneys, daintily gowned
women, attaches at the Hall of Justice
and.a small army of .newspaper,, men
and artists filled the court when Father.
Connolly ascended to the witness chair.
\u25a0" Collins I began, the examination in
rapid-fire fashion.' with^questions' that
elicited -I the Information: that Father
Connolly has but a vague recollection
of the marriage. «.nd does, not remem
ber the .woman to . whpm the 'defendant
was married. ; He said* that he saw -the
woman .several, times, before 'the mar
riage', .but not' Once ..
\u25a0;V; ;^-.- PRIEST^OX} TH^STAND.';^^ .
->*' ;I?istrlctSAttorrvey Cyingto.n\tKen*,:t^k}
..th.eicroM'-ijxe mittsllon*? of witness
inihand.^Father^Connp/llJj^teßtifled-that
the;"handwritmg in/ the /marriage
tlflcaje /was hjs own. •" The Isame } testi
mony" was 'given regarding ;hahdwritlng
on the church; marriage- memorial" and
the church record, of' marriages. '. Con
stant' objectlons'r.camei from',:Collin3,
McPike and Boardnian, * all * the j attor
neys" for tlie defense often Bpeaklhg^at
\u25a0once. \u25a0 .-.:„- - !•,'.\u25a0 \u25a0 .. ,\u25a0:,,\u25a0... .;.'\u25a0"->',•.• :•.•\u25a0/•-\u25a0\u25a0
' Attorney , Johnson, . for ...• the prosecu^
tion ( asked the^ witness:
'."Are you familiar, wlth'the .marriage
license required by^ law before" church
ceremonies "can, be performed?"
The ' witness ' replied in { the affirma
tive/ v, \u25a0/\u25a0".' ".- ;\u25a0\u25a0' *: -\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0":'\u25a0-.'. '\u25a0. ' \u25a0 -T ,
"Do you. require the marriage license
before performing ' the . ceremony ?'! ;
& "Object!" shouted ". Collins, "McPike
and Boardman simultaneously.- The
objection was overruled and Father
Connolly answered in the affirmative.
Johnson then asked if require
ment ia universal 'in the church? -and
again the : objections that poured- forth
were overruled. Fattier Connolly /an
swered that | the custom was universal.
\u25a0 With the '•'objections-' eliminated— the
discussions over many of thorn, occu
pied several minutes and tested. the pa 7
tience-of Judge Lennon— the- following
questions by the prosecution .were
asked and answered, while the specta
tors • leaned forward . to catch; every
syllable that ' fell from : the ; priest's
mouth: ;
. "Do you state the names of the parties
in pronouncing the marriage?" : '
-.••YeS."- . '.'• \u25a0 \u25a0'\u25a0 ''*J' '\u25a0: \u25a0*- "'- v ' \u25a0-:-:- ' "'•
"Presuming -thls-to be a license, will
you tell the jury how you pronounce the
names of the parties in the, ceremony?"
"We ask: each- person .separately. if : he
and she will take the other, in marriage.
We ask the parties to : Join -their- right
hands and ,the words \ are, -.'Wilt " thou,
George, take Agnes (or Charlotta); to' be
thy lawful wife?' , and- in like manner,
'Wilt thou. "rAgnes \ (or * Charlotta), ' take
George to be thy, lawful husband?'." . ;•* '
"Do the parties, to the marriage, hear
th» ceremony\and.doea the priest have to
hear their responses?" , . . .. > . \u0084 '
"Yee." :,'""\u25a0'".'." '-\u25a0 -\u25a0 - ' ' • •"
•'Whence do you obtain th» names ofthe
parties?" < -v- .' %- -\u25a0'\u25a0 \u25a0 ' •-\u0084/.
"From the marriage license.', . :..*."...:
."Have you any. doubt, whatsoever, as to
the verity/of your, records T ' ; *> ' , . ' ; ,
If 6 . DOUBT -.AS ,TO ; RECORDS. / j
' "I . have- tio • doubt.. The '* ruler of i the
church "Is to keep a record of ' the ?mar
riages performed. -My -recollection IB;that
I married \u25a0 the/ defendant to^a^peraon .by
the name of Newman. -I believe I married
George Collins,- to .Charlotta Newman,
Judging 'l from .the record. 1 ' '_;, , ; v
; An I attempt - t was made bjv th c „ prose
cution to", question Father Connolly." as
to whether, there was cyer/any question
regardlng.'the -marriage.; bbutt t the" court
overruled it as not in the scope of direct
examlriatloh.?;'.-- \u25a0\u25a0<:,-.;\u25a0\u25a0 -\u0084;\u25a0• f;-: ,- : ; .v. v";: ; v
> : Collins began'the. day. by introducing:
W. W . Meade. " f or nierly; a; watchman at
the Crocker.buildlng. :to.iShow.,that;he
wan not 'aUhls^omce ,oh' the; night , of his
alleged interyiew.i.wlth'J Cnarlotta.^AThe
witness -failed r effectually^ to*^. establish •
ithc fact."- Collins **.theh., resumed : the
stand to -;testlfv;iri"hls'owri: defense and
closed-hlsltestimonyiatmoon.A . ,
\u25a0 • He \was -*v questioned y, regarding:^his
fight agalnnt— returning s, to jCallfornla
and denied \ that "while in t Canada he^had
said that ; a Jn ry iwas .'being "put .up" on
him" in i Sanj Francisco. vj He^charared
•Charlotta's interest i in; his.. prosecution
to ;,the ; f ailurft -.of .- blackmail7proceec"J
ings.- . v ,He ;denied :that ;he "serit^a'iteler
;gram\tor'Oharl9tta; addressed^ "Mrs. :'C/
•CollJns,'Ufrom;Kansas.City.iMo.f'or j 'th'a.t !
: he :; sent onfi"; from V; the- same •* placel to
' Judgo' Hart] in ; Sacramento. - -. :• ~ :.'\u25a0" "-:'\
i: On the- re : direct ./examination, •'a- letter,
was preseTi ted ; by .the , defense/ in'Jwhich '
'CharWtai<7bJlJnejbeggedH v he;' defendant
'lor • moneV'f or .the; care! of it lie •children;
signlngi.the t communication,' "Respect
fully, :Charlotta. 1 :--; . -^ -i'">
' OCCUPIES* CULL' WITH HOWE.
- In' the afternoon^* after (Father. Con
Nolly left the * stand. Isadore . Krb, ' dep;
uty cleric in the Supreme Court,, testi
fied to the, filing . of .""charges ' against
Collins by the Bar 'Association. Miss
M. V.vCollins, stenographer, for. the last
VrecejJing Grand Jury/ told ' of a state- :
ment made by Collins in -the* 'District.
Attorney's office in (which .'no reference
was made to a marriage contract or; to
a man named Mulcahey." She was. sub-
FATHER CONNOLLY* IDETNTIFYING THE RECORT)-OF-THE V M-ARRIAOE OF ;
CHARLOTTA NEWMAN AND OEORQE D.:COU,INS..ASJMADE OUT BY HIM '•
vAT THE TIME HE PERFORMED THE CEREMONY... x'-'. > . ;-.-*: . ,
stantiated In this, by Detective Tom
Gibhon. \u25a0\u25a0';\u25a0'• '\u25a0
-W. O. MoGeehan, a Call reporter," wa3
called' to testify regarding, an Inter
view in which ,Collins denied that he
intended '"to use in- his defense a. mar
riage contract with Agnes. He was
not permittedito testify, owing to the
incomplete state of the record, and will
be ."; called . : later. ! Ed." : Gorevan; a . gro
ceryman, told of ; his visits, to the Col
lins home, -wtiere'he met "and addressed
Charlotta as Mrs. Collins.
• .At this > time an. adjournment was
taken ; . until Monday morning at ,10
o'clock. . ' ' - > :
Collins, at the conclusion of the day's
proceedings.' wasitalcen * ; back .to " the
Broadway. jail,, where, as ohanoe willed,'
he occupied: a; cell V?with Georgo .W.
Howe." recently ( sentenced : to an - eigh
teen* months' term ; in* San Quentln for
using ithe.rnalls to "defraud. . Howe, was
defended by," Collins." who? has his • case
on ; . appeal) before the, Supreme, Count ;•
\u25a0 This; morning, William .and Henry
Newman' will appear .before Judge Len r
lion to show cause ..why they shouWlnot
bc'pnnir.tedjfor contempt of - Court for
-.ii;«.kin>r,. an. Attack up'jn Jacob S. 'Meyer,'
a : witness; vnder tho"» protection of ')>e
'court/; 1 - ."-.- • \u25a0;," /Tr,'; s.''":5 .' '": X '"' "'*\u25a0'. ['\u25a0'.:\u25a0 '".'-']
'CYGLONE/IN PARNOI : •
RUINS- MA^Yt/HOMES
Several Hundred Persons Are
In j ured. Many of Them ;
Serious^'. ,
Soeelat 'Dispatch'; to' The Call.
;. NAPLES," « Dec. f. IS^Accordlng ;to a '-. dis
patch • from Salernp'.'aCterflble" cyclone has
damaged" almost" all- thi^houses . in^Parno,
afcity'of 22,000 inhabitants. • Many, houses
fell'in ruins^and? more -than', ay hundred
persons . were ! in jured," many . of •,thenV*se"rl-£
ously.^The Tdamage \u25a0 amounts ' to ; two \ mil
lion 1 lire* ($400,000)1 .'The; authorities are ] at-'
tempting, to .render" ald^to thel victims; but"
this; is :.made- difficult, by a torrential rain
iwhlchfis; falling." ""V,;:; • J-
•": A' great , tempest f is '\u25a0. raging' in Uhe harbor
of | Messina.^ Many; small ' boats "have ""; been
capsized "and fifty 'people have] been*- in
jured, of . whom '".twelve 'are lln a' cMtlcal
condition.; " :o' : r-" r+?y^
'. THB THEATERS.' /
r At.CA2AR— "The Secret ot Pollchl
, Milt." . *';. . *
ALHAllKRA— "Rssurr^ctSon. 1 '
ICAIJFpRNLA-7"M«rry.1 CAlJFpRNLA-7"M«rry . BurlwquaT*."" 1
dUTTES— Vau<J»vtU«.. ," . *..
COLUMBIA— "Th« Co"!*?* Widow."
'ORANIV^'The! Fires of at. John."*
MAJESTlC"— "Christopher Jr." "
OBPHEUM— Vaudeville.
TIVOU-^Cwnlo Opera. •
MatlaaM at all thaaton.
ARMY OFFICER
SENTENCED TO
IMPRSONMENT
Lieutenant IBurbankto
Serve Ternr at JFortC
v OMAHA." . Xeb., Dec.'^S.— It- was Van
nouriced! to-day' at ; the' headquar ters of the
Department ", of, the* 'Missouri.;' that First.
LJeutenant ,» Sidney -?S.' Burbank >of the'
Sixth .United' States 'Infantry,*, noW in? the
Philippines, /whose sensational • marriage
to, a .Filipino -woman iand :i subsequent' en-"
gagement -to -a iLcavenworth i "."society -.girl
led ; to*, hi JH court-martial, * has 'been found
guilty of embezzlement : and' sentenced to
dismissal/ from"-th©:army 'and a term -of
flf teen'i months \u25a0 in . the military prison \u25a0at
Fortf "Leayenworth.':,': Not -•i only *_ was ,'the
versatile'/iieutenantVfouhd-guilty^of* em
bezzlement, but" also of wife desertion. : ,
, v *> Burbank ' first • came*". - Into T^ prominence
three ' years • ago.Vwhen •' he,*, went : to - Fort
Leavehwqrth ; wlthVhls .'regiment 'and at
once -'became* a darlirig\in" social circles
because of 'his ..; dashing'.- qualities.".: After,
his engage inent'to "a • young lady- just out
of : wa9< greatly
shocked iby> the lieutenant's jsuit ' to;, set
'aside ah l al leged fto f V Filipino"
woman, • ; Conqepcion ;>Vasquez^ v Burbank
testified ". repeated ly, on \ the_ stand \u25a0 that •th c
alleged 1 marriage ' 'record \ was "• a;• forgery;
brought; forward for, the purpose of black
mail.' The > case < was ; knocko'd ; out^ of court
and " last^* year - Burbank"; retnrned to {the
Philippines jßlth \ his *.; regiment. 'l "Friends of
the^ .woman'' then .* secured ""! a > divorce i f oV
her,* 'with"] s3o alimony and '.the "custody*- of
her-chiid.'s:*, \u25a0;;_: v;^ : ;.-\u25a0 . " .:. ' ".-. \u25a0", '•.-.
.' PRICE FIVE CENTS.
TELLS A NEW
STORY OF THE
FRICK DINNER
Miss Held* Says
* Many ;of;.tfie GuestS;
- Weifclfrimk.
€p*clal C*bU" to.Th* Call and .%'•» Tsri By
aidv "Coryrlglu. 1903, by • tb«.N«w. Tork
' \u0084 Herald "Publishing Company. *^^l^^||
y PABIS, > Dec. 15.— Miss -Anna "Held re
ceived " ybnr fcorrespondenf .at|her> horn*
>ere ito^day. ... I : told her. of . thefstory that
William E.* Corey, president or the Amer
ican steel trust, had threatened to mak«
revelations involving the actions of prom
inent Pi ttsburg men who took part in a
banquet at which Miss Held sang unless
these • men 'ceased ' criticizing , Corey. The
dinner took place at - the "Duqtiesne Club.
Pittsburgh and it ' was . reported that Miss
Held, '.who sang, ' was roughly t treated by
Eome.of. the diners.
•. Miss Held s&ld: "Yes, there was. a din
ner given •by r Henry rC. - FYlck at the
Duquesne • Club. * Ptttsburg. I was in
Pittsburg and was asked to sing at tha
• dinner -and' consented.
- "I : arrived ' there.* it was » late in
the evenlngrand many of the guests were
drunk. « They ; were excessively ; noisy:
Before I. got away my clothing- was
slightly torn.- . . -.
f "I cannot remember, the- name of the
man " who took r his coat off. ; Mr. . Friclc
was • there^ I saw him. The dinner was
hot stuff.'vSHH'BBH'HBSBHfeIHK
SULTAN FORMAiLLY
YIELDS TO PO^V^ERS
International Fleet^ Will Be
iWitljdrawh Froni Turk
•l- '\ ' ish^Waters.
...^ CONSTANTINOPLE, Dec. 15.— -Turkey
last*. night. formally^ surrendered to the
demands Tof 'the , powers .and *" accepted
the^' scheme 'providing for the financial
control ' of • Macedonia.' A'Tcommunlca
tion^to this effect handed by the
Porte , to ' the Austro-r Hungarian Embas
sador/ißaron von] Calice, and the.ques
tion J which . has been, jthe subject of
"negotiations for eleven -months; was
closed.'' .The* International ' -fleet will
promptly; be iWltlidrawa. ,:

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