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VOLIBIE GV..— NO. 15.
FORAKER SLAPS
AT PRESIDENT
IN SENATE BILL
Seizes JVlessage on Brownsville
Affair as Pretext lor Attack
on Executive
Would Take Case Out of Hands
of Administration and Give
It to Special Tribunal
Congress Urged From White
House to Reinstate Soldiers
-f Who Confess
WASHINGTON, Dec. 14.—Sen
ator Foraker today intro- '
duced an amendment to the
bill providing for the re-en
listment of the negro troops discharged
\u25a0without honor because of alleged par
ticipation in the affray at Browns
villa and addressed the senate con
cerning the amendment. He proposed
in his new measure to establish a
tribunal consisting of retired army
officers before whom evidence might
be submitted as to the guilt of the de
fendants and before whom the de
fendants themselves might appear to
answer to charges. The measure was
fo drawn as practically to take the
matter out of the hands of the execu
tive and to give a tribunal appointed
l>y congress full authority io consider
i lie Brownsville questions and by Its
lindings provide for the re-enlistment
of the discharged negroes.
Object to Sleuths
In addressing the senate Foraker
raid that during the summer letters
lsad been coming to him from these
discharged negro soldiers declaring that
detectives were constantly engaging
them in conversation. The senator
of the activities of the detectives
as outlined by his correspondents, say
ing that in many cases they went so
far as to take up their dwelling with
the discharged soldiers for the purpose
of .securing their confidence and spying
upon their movements.
\u25a0H?"Spproveil ferreting^crtiT "in*?* f acTsT
but declared that there was a right way
to do it.
Upon the conclusion of Foraker's re
marks, Culberson asked that the presi
dent's message on the Brownsville af
fair be read, and Vice President Fair
banks directed it be done. All the sena
tors present remained in their seats
and much interest was shown in the
document.
Senator Foraker took .the floor as
soon as the prcsidenrs message and
the accompanying reports had been
read. lie read a letter from Boyd
Conyers, a discharged soldier, who is
alleged to have made a confession to
Detective Lawson.
Scores Detective
In his letter Conyers speaks of the
visit of Lawson to Monroe, Ga., where
Conyers has been living. • Conyers
pays he learned that Lawson was
there to "pick" him and that he had
the "high sheriff" arrest Lawson. As
Lawson had not had an opportunity to
have a. private talk with Conyers, ac
cording to the latter's letter, it made
him angry and Conyers says Lawson
"told lies" to the sheriff about him.
Foraker referred caustically to the
negro detective, calling attention, to
"his high sounding, smooth, logical re
port, signed with his mark," and then
added:
*'Ob, Mr. President, when this thing
ix gone to the bottom of, all honest
men will be ashamed of it."
Foraker said that the president's
statement concerning this investigation
by detectives' showed the propriety of
adopting such a provision as that em
bodied in his amendment •
' "It seems to me," he said, "that one
of the worst features of this whole un
fortunate business is that this man
should now be pursued In this way by
secret service detectives In the manner
I have described."
Senator Foraker read a letter he had
written to Conyers, in which he said
he would "look after the detectives
who .are visiting him."
"That promise will be made good,"
declared Foraker.
Create a Tribunal
"Enough has been shown to make it
the imperative duty of the senate to
create a tribunal before \u25a0which men
«an go and receive a hearing. Is there
anything more atrocious than this case
against these men? This is the sixth
time they have been put on trial and
five times they have been acquitted in
my opinion."
Forakcr concluded by declaring that
the president's statement that the es
pionage against -the soldiers of the
Twenty-fifth regiment would be con
' tinned was additional reason for prompt
action by the senate.
President's Message
In his message to. the senate Presi
dent Roosevelt said in part:
IVjuelose herewith a letter from the
*( Cretary of war/transmitting a report
of the investigation made by Herbert
J. Browne, employed by the depart
ment in conjunction with Captain W.
G. Baldwin, to investigate as far. .as
Continued on Page 3, Column 4
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INDEX OF THE
SAN FRANCISCO CALL'S
NEWS TODAY
TEL.ErHO.M3 KEAUXY 80
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 15/ 1908
WEATHER CONDITIONS
YESTERDAY— CIear; west wind; maximum
temperature, 54; minimum. 46.
FORECAST FOR TADAY— Fair; frost* In morn
injt; light north wind. Pajfe 15
editorial"
Peace with balloons. Page 6
Taxation !>.r railroad*. raped
A clprsj-man 1 * advertising. Page 6
POLITICS
Senator rerklna a*kt support for reflection
of Assemblyman elect Callan and la reply gets
40 "reasons n hjr" lie will not set it. l'age 7
GRAFT •
Patriot Calboun'a trial is set to commence on
January o. ' Page 4
CITY
Army doctor's dream of command shattered by
load of lradsim:. l'sipc :i
1 vi.iy of two wrrfcs occurs in Ealrd \u25a0will con
test after, clash of attorneys. Page 3
Attorneys for "Chang, the Korean who killed
D. W. StercDs. allege patriotic mania and care
lcssncss of surgeons. Ptu?e 10
City of Paris will more to its old , location, ;
Stockton and Geary streets, Marcit 13, !
1300. Face 8
Supervisors pass $000,000 water bonds ordi
nance to print. l'asrc S
Conference arranged between representatives \u25a0
of tie transcontinental railroads" aad the local
shippers. - Pace S
Police investigating incendiary blaze in dress
maker's heavily insured effects. Page 3
Aged man is run down by speeding Sutter
street car at Steiner and may die. Page 1
William Mc-Donougu, pay clerk of the battle
ship Missouri, leaves vessel in China to Join
sweetheart In San Francisco and is arrested as
a deserter: Page 1
Mrs. Ada I»ng MeCormick, daughter of
millionaire syrup refiner, to be examined for
sanity. . \u25a0 Page 1
White steam car will be pitted against elec
tric car in shopping contest by Sirs. Gertrude
Bradford. " Page 10
MaaJulin nuuicale will v be given Thursday
nijrht in Lyric hall. Page 5
Judgo Van Fl^et sustains demurrer to first of
the many suits tiled against Spring Valley com
pany by fire victims. Page 4
Mrs. Sadie Campbell Is shot by S. W. Van
Sirklin, whom she spurned on learning he bad
dcherLed family in Vancouver. Page 4
SUBURBAN
BorkeJeyaus favor commission form of govern
ment end expect new charter to carry. Page 4
Peter Claudianes will be placed on trial
Wednesday morning. Page 4
Plucky Berkeley girl routs two burglars in
hand to hand street battle. Page 4
Board of public works recommends TOte of peo
ple on proiwsed water front grant to Southern
Tacifie. \u25a0 Page S
Defaulting cashier I-e Beuf gambled in spite of
wife, according tt> charges. Page 4
COAST
Jackson Ilat«-h. the lawyer charged' with em
bezzlement, has bad day in court. • Page 4
I Cracksman is captured in San Jose living with
JystutiiKivSfasirtr « r^?rf n> above scene -of . i*i»
crime. -» . Page S
Ijirge force of secret service men Join search
for Mrs. McKillop's missing $10,000- diamond
necklace. Page 2
EASTERN
Japanese government makes pact to stop all
emigration. \u25a0 Page 1
All Japanese immigration to United Stares, to
be stopped by Tokyo government. Page 1
Admiral Evans refutes critics of navy and sys
that American ships are superior to the Dread
nought. Page 1
Senator Forakcr introduces bill in congress
relative to Brownsville affair intended as slap it
president. Page 1
Ways and means committee will give special
attention to sleel tariff. Page 7
Mrs. Taft 6ubmits report at session of national
civic federation. | Page 7
Six Jurors secured to try T. Jenkins Hams,
author, on charge of complicity in murder of
W. J. Annie. Page ~
First waard ball is held in Coliseum in Chicago
and newspaper cameraman who tries to take
\u25a0picture is mauled. Page 2
Supreme court decides interstate commerce
commission can not press questions relating to
President Castro of Venezuela welcomed upon
arrival in Berlin and claims to care nothing
about seizure of vessel by Dutch. Page 3
SPORTS
IjOS Ancelcs fight followers are pulling . for
Hugo Jvelly to beat the Illinois tthundcr
bolt. C Page 9
C<»l gives talont a cruel shock in second race
at I>os Angeles. Page 0
Public school league will hold big Indoor meet
here next Friday. » Page 0
Pride of the mighty Uoneben In humbled by
President Williams' crack sprinter, Fire
stone. . Page 10
MARINE
Pacific Mnil liner Newport makes record run ;
from Mazatlan and arrives from Panama two
days ah<ad of time. Page 15
SOCIAL
Monday Night skating rlub hold* last meeting
of scries at Coliseum rink. Page 0
LABOR
The ifon trades council thanks the board of
public works for aiding bomo industry. Page S
FRITZI SCHEFF WEDS
JOHN FOX K1R... 1N < EAST
Famous Actress Married to Nov
elist and Playwright in
New York City
[Special Dispatch to The Call] l
NEW YORK, Dec. 14. — Fritzi Scheff
was married Sunday afternoon to John
Fox Jr., tlie novelist and playwright
The ceremony was performed by Rev.
Dr. Wallace, pastor of the Mount Kisco
Methodist Kpiscopal church. * John C.
Hunt acted as best man. There wore
no guests at the wedding. Miss Scheff
appeared as usual at tonight's perform
ance of "The. Prima Donna" In the
Knickerbocker theater.
DYING MILLIONAIRE
SETS FIRE TO 'WEALTH
Russian Money King Burns En-
tire Fortune and Congratu
lates Relatives
L/ONDON, Dec. 14. — A special dispatch
from St. Petersburg; to the Daily Mail
states that a dying Moscow millionaire
named PeterofC had liis Whole fortune
withdrawn from the bank and the bank
notes brought to the sickroom. They
were then piled before him- and set on
flre. Peteroff then called liis " relatives
and showed them what " he had done,
congratulating them on escaping from
the evils of wcaltx."
• SAN FRANCISCO; TUESDAY^ DECMIBER '15," 1908.
NAVY CRITICS
ARE SCORED BY
FIGHTING BOB
Evans Says Latest American
YVarships Are Superior to
England's Dreadnought
Asserts Uncle Sam's Fleet Could
Never Be Compared With De
feated Russian Ships
ReuterdahTs Criticisms , Are
Separately Refuted; by
Noted Admiral r
XEW YORK,. Dcei 14J— "Of i»ll the In
acvarate and mlsleiulliij; Mut rmrndt fii
this wonderful Reuterdahl ertilclum,"
says Admiral" Robley •d! Evans, \u25a0 "the
iuottt incorrect in that the buttlesni}** of
the United State* are exactly the Manic
as .were the Russian Kbip* after the
Huwso-.Jaiiaue.se light In tl'e nea' of
Japan— not temporarily but permanent
ly
••I assert that the battle fleet of the
United Mates never was and never will
be, i never can be in the condition of
that Russian fleet when it went into
action for the last time."
That the latest battleships built by
this country are vastly superior to
England's Dreadnought is also emphat
ically insisted upon by the admiral in
an article written by him wherein he
strongly defends the American navy
and replies to criticisms of it made
some ago by Henry Reuterdahl and
others.
"I do not for a moment claim. that the
Indiana and her sister ships are equal
"to the Dreadnought *ofr the English
navy," says Admiral Evans, "only that
she is the equal of the English ships
designed at the same time. But, I do
claim that our latest ships^are .vastly
superior to the Dreadnought and I be
lieve that every fighting man Who has
given the subject intelligent considera
tion will agree with^me.",-
Big Guns Superior
Evans urges' the .superiority
of the 13 inch'gun'oVer tlie 12 inch gun.
and asserts that the change to the
lesser caliber to conform to' England's
type was a most serious blunder.- This
is changeable, he says, to the sea going
ofHcers of the navy, and not to any staff
corp?. Regarding the water line armor
belt he said:
"I am sure, after many weeks ; of
close observation, that the lower edge
of the armor belt is too" high rather
than too low." . .. .
It had been strenuously contended by
critics that the low location of the^belt
was a vital point of weakness.
"As the upper edge of the belt is al
ways even with or above the level of
the protective belt," continues Admiral
Evans, "the danger to be apprehended
from a projectile penetrating above the
belt, beyond the wrecking effect of such
projectile, is that due to the amount of
water that may enter the hole.
Damage Improbable ;
"It is {he damage. that may be done
by such prqjectiles entering below that
may cause the, ship to sink by explod
ing; magazines or boilers, but this is
jmprofcable. It will require many^ 12
inch shells. on the water line, or on any
other, to disable or sink such a ship if
the officers and'menknow their busi
ness and want to fight."
Admiral Evewis declares the statement
"that a wound on a turret may disable
tlie turret's guns" is absolutely inac
curate, unless by "wound" penetration
is meant. . •
The leading, features in battleships'
designs. Admiral Evans concludes,- are
the battery, the armor protection and
the motive power. \ V>v:
- Any one of these unduly sacrificed in
favor of the other means weakening of
tlie lighting machine. '
WARNS THE PRESIDENT
- AGAINST AFRICAN BUGS
Visitor to Roosevelt Says In-
sects Are More Dangerous
Than the Animals
WASHINGTON, Dec. : 14.— J. O."; B.
Thompson of Richmond, Ind., who has
passed much time in Africa, was intro-;
duced \tQ tho president today, .by
Representative Bede of Minnesota.
Mr.; Thompson told the president'
that his greatest danger in Africa
would not come from the wild ani
mals nor reptiles, but from poisonous
insects. -lie said! that tho bites of some
of; these had been known to produce
blood poisoning. "»He recommended
that the president sleep at night in
insect guarded places. The president
asked Mr. Thompson to write him 1 all
the information he had .at hand on
this subject.- . • ,v, !'
RUSSIAN AMBASSADOR
STRICKEN IN ITALY
Nicholas V. Muravieff. Dies in
Rome Soon^After an sAt-
tack- of Apoplexy /
HOME, Dec. t 14.— Nicholas -y.iMuVa-'
vleff, tho. Russian ambassador^ to - Italy;
was seized • with an- attack^ of apoplexy
while walking on -the ' CorsoUoday^Ho
was I carried into \ a hotel-. •-; arid - died
.shortly afterward.
Woman Once Reigning belle
Prisoner in Detention Ward
Mrs.' ; Ada Long .'\u25a0• McCormick if
. and her husband, Joseph \Mc- 1
Cormick.. ; ; U -.., \u25a0-\u25a0 T-
MAN RUN DOWN
BY CAR MAY DIE
Speeding Su tter Street Trolley
Maims Sixty Year Old Mer
chant at Steiner f
John M. Moran.a retired merchant 60
years of age, was struck by. an ; east
bound Sutter street car at Steiner street
at 6 o'clock last evening and sustained
injuries -which may result in his death.
Moranwas "crossing: the etreet'-when
the car bore down upon him. ' The 'toes
were cut from his left foot and his skull
was fractured. lie was taken to St.
Mary's hospital," where ho ; was .at
tended by Dr. 1... A. Craig. • ,' .« \
Peter G. penson, the motorman, -was
taken into custody, but later released
on; bail/
Moran and his brother. DariielVW. Mo
ran, conducted : a large dry. goods store
in -Sixth street -between /Mission : and
Howard before the fire. After the dis
aster they retired, from business. 7 They
have made. their home at, the Hotel 'Boh
Air at Oak and Stanyan streets. - Daniel
Moran was. recently, taken ill" and'is a
patient:at St. Francis hospital. . -. -v.
SOLDIERS r OF FOREIGN
LEGION HOLD UP TRAIN
Fifty French . Soldiers -With
Fixed Bayonets in Strange
':\u25a0;:>! Escapade '\u0084•,\u25a0.\u25a0-. \>
ORAN (Algeria), Dec.:i4.- r -Soldiers of
the foreign legion, numbering, about
50, with fixed bayonets, held up a train
recently on its way to this city. Gen
eral : Charles' Tl Vigy, the com
mandant of infantry, who was aboard
the \u25a0 train, alighted and addressed tho
men, urging them to remain loyal. No
attempt was made to rob the train or
molest the passengers and the motive
of the strange: escapade is, a mystery.
The men listened to • the . general '\u25a0> and
departed. (Some have since been -ar
rested and. others are wandering in the
country districts. , :^.,,
BEN HENEY ELECTED^
MAYOR OF TUCSON
EfrotJher of; Fearless Graft Prose
\ cutor ' Defeats thejSocialist '\u25a0'.: ?\u25a0•
\u25a0 ' ;-:. \u0084-;\u25a0;':N omiiieeJ";%''.V; ; '; •;? ;.;
. TUCSON, . Ariz., ;Dec -.1 *.~Beri> Heney /
b roth er"; b if • Fra nc i s • JHeney* , *ther Saiv
Francisco' graft prosejcu_tor,\wasfeiected
mayor of . Tucson {''today - 'Charles
MJ MurpliyLrafter,a<splrited^; election?
Ileney/vrwasvarnd^
nwhile - Murphy was'- the :" socialist • nor-
iVlrs/Ada Long lVlcLoimick:
Will Be Examined for
Millionaire's Daughter Arrested for Stab
bing Husband Was Once Famed on
i Two Continents as Social Queen
and Noted Beauty
JAPANESE TO STOP
ALL EMIGRATION
Agreement With Tokyo Govern=
ment Reached After Long
Negotiation
, WASHINGTON', Dec. 1 1.— All , Japan
ese immigration to the United States
is. to be stopped by the Japanese gov
ernment.. When the .Japanese diet
meets, 'a few weeks .hence, Baron Ko
rnura,^ mintster of foreign affairs, will
make;-' official, announcement - that the
government • ha.s decided to prohibit all
emigrationpto the'-United States>fter a
glvenvdate.VThus^.wjllv disappear rth^fl
.lastTremalning "dll Terenc- or ,pos*ibl?
eause-*.of itrouble.y between the United
States and Japan.
Though the "announcement, in Tokyo
may be'made upon the assumption that
the Japanese." government has volun
tarily agreed upon this course, as a
matter of fact the decision was'reached
through a; long series .of negotiations
between Secretary Root and Baron Tak
ahira, the: Japanese ambassador to the
United States. _ The order of the Jap
anese government \u25a0will prohibit all emi
gration, but will, 'of course, leave travel
f ree, . so that merchants, students and
tourists from Japan may visit America
at will under the passport agreement
with, the .United States government.
In settling the Immigration matter,
it Is understood thereis no treaty," nor
even an exchange of formal notes, but
that none the less- the so called "yellow
peril" is a ghost laid to rest.
BIG EFFORT IS MADE
TO TRACE DIAMONDS
United; ' States Secret Service
Men Join - Hunt for . Mrs.
; McKillop's Necklace
[Special Disp%tch to, The Call]
. / BELLI^GHAM,- Wash., ; Dec. 14. —^The
sensatlonar loss of 'a $15,000 diamond
necklace, owned by Mrs. A. M. McKil
lop* of. 'Vancouver, has brought a horde
of \u25a0 United States secret service agents
and railroad \ detectives to Belllngham,
whence ;lhey^- arc working "north to
Vancouver.' From clews secured so far
it is believed that the -valuable neck
lace was lost either at Blalne or Sumas,
indications pointing to the latter place.
Mrs/.Mckillop, is very much worried
over her " loss and. has set . the entire
customs department iby.lhe ears.
No* Local Clew
iv • Although the search for the collarette
of 100 diamonds lost by Mrs. A. M.'Me-
Klllbp'ori^he'r trip froniv.Vancouver to
this 'city was continuedTyesterdayiwith
unabated zeal -by special railroad~tle
tectives~and.'agents]of;tlio federal!serv
ice, no ,word as to its discovery. was re
'c^lvedlby'Mrs'.'slklcKillop. Mrs.^ McKil-.
lop haTs delayed 1 her, triplto f Los Angeles
await i n"g some word" f roni^ the "detectives
In charge."^ .;' :'. ;. ; .; : '.="\u25a0", -.\ .'\u25a0 ):-' -\u25a0-
GROWER, FATALLY
HhOOTS BROTHER IN LAW
Dead \ Man's Wife Rela-
ti ye's; ; Protection J and; Xi 11
i'ingifollows * ' .
PORTEUVILLE, pec.^l 1 .-fT. T.Bow
iihgiwasfshdt^i^dfinstantiy} killed to
day ' by] hls^ brother.! lif* law.^Otis \\ Bruff ,*
at \ the 'h atter'ai i hpme. s '?;*; Bowl in g ; Is
leged, to ' h'aVej mistfeatedf hlsj,wlf e, « Who"
lef t : her] husband ; and .went Jto .the home
of ; her \brother - several JdaysVago. V ',-.:..'
made ? th^eataj^galnstj^
Inoon^he^wenV^toJ^
iwasVmeV^t^'e^ooriy^iWßibrother^lii
I a" w,7'and -3 djafinsStho|alteVcation(fthat
followed Bruff (firmed ;andJiriVtaritly, killed
Bowling. \u25a0 « - \u25a0 ;. /'\u25a0, • •_
rs Bjraff.^wtio/j*s:j * s : . a ; prominent ; orange
• grpw^rJ^l^^iß^^cUi^JjmmedlateJy*
.pave -himself tip to ;thV- sh"e£iffj|ilfc
.says^he shot^irraelf 'defense. ;^
lace Irwin. nmSisj^jJT^prj
will appear next Sunday An
The Sunday Call
Mrs. Ada Long McCormick, daughter
of James M. Long, the millionaire syrup
refiner of this city, once th« guest of
"Whltelaw Reid -when Reid was United
States "minister to France; successively
a prominent belle of San Francisco, St.
Louis, Denver, Paris or wherever she
might be, slept last night under an as
sumed, name in a bare, barred' cell for
the detention of insane patients in the
central emergency hospital. She is
about to be examined regarding her
sanity.
At one time she was the sensation
of Parisian circles. According to her
first husband, Joseph Vincent, general
manager of the Colorado syrup com
pany of Denver, she ruined him finan
cially. "It cost me $200,000 to learn
that she and I were not mated." he said
yesterday, and added ungallantly, "she
was a beautiful woman, but I always
felt that she would end badly. She was
\u25a0 - - •-\u25a0 -. i - - \u25a0 \u25a0 . \u25a0
too fast for me."
BeJLated Prophecy"
~" There seemed a sorry touch of belated
prophecy, in the former husband's
words. While the woman, who in s llka
and jewels once conquered as an In
ternational queen of beauty wherever
her gay path led, rests on a hard, cold
cot in. the rough ward of the detention
hospital for the insane, her second, and
present husband,- Joseph McCormick, a
waiter by occupation, \u25a0 moans in a char
ity ward at the of Califor
nia hospital, south of the park, suffer
ing most intense pain from an ugly
knife wound in the thigh, inflicted by
his wife, Mrs. Ada Long Vincent-Mc-
Cormick.
And at .the same time Mrs. McCor
mick's elder son, Madison Vincent, her
one champion of all her , broad court,
whose father was 12 years ago di
vorced ,by the mother, was at the
proud Long home, -2647 Pierce street, a
supplicant in the cause of his wretched
parent, who once was the beautiful cen
ter of the family circle.
>. From .Denver, the former home^of
the young woman, there came yester
day news of an exciting career which
Mrs. McCormick had in that city.
Mother of Two Sons
She is the mother of two children,
Madison, the manly lad of 16, who
has been the , champion of the mother
here, and. Harry, who Is now in Den
ver. They are the sons of Mrs. Mc-
Cormick's first husband, Joseph Vin
cent. The couple secured a legal sep
aration twelve years \u25a0 ago and after
that Vincent - showed great bitterness
toward the. woman. Vincent has since
remarried.'
r It was also .reported that at one
time; she shot at a man who, she said,
had /insulted > her.
The accident which affected Mrs.
McCormick's •; brain occurred on t July
'27,-1906, at Denver. That was before
she had met McCormick .and was liv
ing.' In the Colorado city on ..remit
tances from her family. - To prove the
bitterness ;6f her first husband at- the
time ofvthe accident, which it 'was
thought; .would terminate fatally,
word.was sent to- him concerning his
former wife and ' he was asked v if he
would not come to see her before she
died*' '
.."I'll not go; to : see her until she is
a corpse," Vincent is quoted as saying.
Released on Bail
Captain of . Detectives, James Kelly
released. Mrs.' McCormick from, detinue
at the city prison yesterday morning,
her bond of >100 still standing. Cap
tain^ Kelly \u25a0 said that he learned, that
McCormick : \- would .not prosecute her
and "Jthat'lt was possible that 1 the stab
wound was accidentally ' inflicted.
r'John J. ' Sullivan, the attorney fe
talned-by the -woman and the bonds
man'for,'her, had an Interview with her
"yesterday, that showed .the cruel ; pathos
In (the woman's HfeJ \
i" "Why did you tell me?" he asked, re-,
ferring r to ; the story that she was con
nected with the wealthy Longs, - "why
did' you tell me that you had no friends
in^thisf clty?;*;v ::'"' 'V
"I have relatives," replied Mrs. Me-
Contlnned on Page 2, Column 2
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
ROMANCE OF
FLEET ENDS
IN IRONS
Pay Clerk Leaves to Join
Sweetheart, bat Is Ar
rested as Deserter
William McDonough Held in
Custody on Prison Ship at
Mare Island
Disappears From the Missouri
in China and Makes Way to
San Francisco
Fails to Comply With Regula
tions of Service and Alust
Face Charges
WILLIAM McDQNOUGH. pay
clerk of the battleship Mis
souri, Is held In irons on the
prison ship Manila at Mare
island because he thought more
of his sweetheart than he did of
his job. It was in far off Amoy on the
Chinese coast that McDonough decided
to cut away from the life on the sea
and to join the girl who had waved
him goodby when the fleet sailed from
San Francisco. In his haste to return
the young official cast to the winds the
strict regulations of the service and
reached San Francisco only to be ar
rested as a deserter. Before he could
communicate with the young girl who
awaited his coming he was put in irons
and under orders from Washington he
was sent last night to the prison ship
at the navy yard.
McDonough is prominently- connected
in the east and came to San Francisco
with the fleet with letters to people pi
consequence in the commercial as*!,so
cial life'of the cityl. He attended "many
of the dances and receptions given In
honor of the visitors, and before he left
he had secured the promise of one of
the girls he had met that she would
become his wife. Her name he refused
yesterday to reveal. -
Returns to Claim Bride
'The celebrations at ' Honolulu, and the
ports of Australia held out but «m»n
pleasure for McDonough, for his
thoughts were of San Francisco. It waa
during the festivities at Amoy, China,
that, he resolved to risk all to return
and claim his bride. There was a con
cert on board, ana from the brass
throats of the instruments came the
familiar rhythm of The Girl I Left Be
hind Me." It had a new message for
the pay clerk.
That night he wrote out his resigna
tion. Then he joined one of the launch
parties to the shore. The next day the
formal letter of withdrawal from the
service was found on his desk. Mc-
Donough had disappeared. An examina
tion was made of his accounts, but
no irregularity has been charged. Then
it was learned from one of McDonough'a
comrades that he had often spoken of
leaving the ship to join his fiancee in
San Francisco.
Classed as Deserter
According to the rules of the depart
ment no officer may leave the service
until his resignation has been acted
upon. McDonough was therefore
classed as a deserter. Ort?ers \u25a0were
wired out from Washington to Tratch
every ship coming into San Francisco.
McDonough had made his way from
Amoy to Manila and had there taken
passage on the transport Thomas.
When the Thomas came into port he
was captured and placed under arrest,
lie Is said to have admitted that he
had returned to join his sweetheart. •
The young man was taken to the
navy yard by ' the . federal officials last
night and placed In irons on the prison
ship Manila. It- is believed that some
of his influential friends in the; east
will intercede in his behalf.
WOMAN CREATES SCENE
IN F. J. HENEVS OFFICE
Says Her Name Is Mrs. Walter
Gallagher and Insists on
Seeing Prosecutor
A woman, \who gave the name of Mrs-.
Walter Gallagher, called at the office of
Francis J. Heney in; Franklin, street
yesterday ! afternoon and created a dis
turbance refused permission to
see the.prosecutor. Heney had gone to
his office for a conference with his
partner, t C. W. Cobb, when the woman
entered. She was told that Heney, un
der -instructions from his physicians,
could see; no one on 'business; matters.
She insisted that sh*. t>e granted -an' in
terview", but refused to state f or~ what
purpose. , She spoke in a, disconnected
way of j the graft cases \u25a0 and ' professed
an acquaintance with Ttuef, Schmttz
and other" graft defendants. ; It required
more than half an hour for J.jH.^JUori
dan, a - clerk In Heney's : ; office, .'and
James Foley, Tleney's "bodyguard, to
convince her; th&t her request 'could not
be granted. Heney learned of her visit
just'; aV, he was leaving! his office to re
turn to Kentfleld.