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CIPHER MESSAGES
BRANDED FAKES
Hcaey Says Cryptograms Were
Written After Events
Occurred
Fickert Silent as to Reason
for Rushing Story to
Publication
Continued from Pace 1
the Examiner. That Holzberg was not
acceptable to the prosecution at any
time and that, according to the court
records, Heney had started an attack
on him four days before the publica
tion of the personal, that the prosecu
tion was in possession of information
at that time which warranted an attack
«n the previous answers of the pros
pective juror to the effect that he was not
unduly favorable to Calhoun. and that
the defendant's detectives had learned
that the prosecution had this informa
tion regarding the talesman, were
brought out by the graft prosecutor in
his answer and in support of his decla
ration that th<» cryptograms were the
concoction of Luther Brown, a member
of the Vnited Railroads detective force,
and Earl Rogers, one of their attorneys.
HOLDS THE SENATE
WITH HIS FAREWELL
Veteran Senator From the South
Bids Colleagues Ooodby in
Impressive Address
"WASHINGTON. Feb. 2*.— What Sen
ator Depew characterized as a fare
well -jniquft in the senate's history, was
delivered today by James Gordon, sen
ator from Mississippi, who said good
ty to the senators with whom he had
served for 60 days.
Practically the entire senate listened
\u25a0with rapt attention to the address of
the venerable Mississipplan.
Etesrinninc with the statement that
the deadlock in Mississippi had been
broken and that Percy had been chosen
,to take his plate, Colonel Gordon said
that he had felt a desire to express
Ms feeHngrs toward the senate before
returning to his home in Massissippi.
He then told how. when 5 years of
fLfCP. he had been presented with a toy
board chooked over *ith different ob
jects, some Kood and some bad. One
of these objects was the capitoJ of the
United States, and his mother had told
him. he said, that if he would be grood
and would live a correct lift, he might
s-ome day hope to sit in the seat of
the blgr man who was pictured there.
AMBITION GKATIKIKD
"<he had never told me a lie, and I
knew that what she said was true. I
•knew that I would some day occupy
the scat of that big man. and, God
helping me. I got there yesterday," re
fTrinjr to the fact that for a time yes
terday he had occupied the seat of the
presiding officer.
••J was born a multimillionaire." said
Colonel Gordon, "but I never was
happy until I .pot rid of my surplus
money. I spent much of It on my
slaves and the rest of my funds I
sp^-nt like a pentleman and got rid of
the entire encumbrance;
"I have listened with interest to the
speeches h*»r*». and Hip more I hear of
them the sorrier I am for the million
aires. Why, if there is a fellow in the
United States that I am sorry for Jt Is
Rockefeller. He can't j?o on the street
with one of his grandchildren unless he
Js afraid that some one mijjht kill him.
Why. 1 know that he loves one of
those children much better than he
loves all his money.
jjgggXf think Mr. Rockefeller $g a good
man. I see his employes speak well of
him. and I am told that he never had
a strike.* I am told also that he has
given much money to churches and edu
cation. Now I don't suppose that
everybody will like that, but those who
don't like it can put it in their pipes
and smoke it. I'd like for Mr. Rocke
feller to come down to Mississippi and
run his pipelines through my land."
Mf AFTER MI^ED HIM
Referring to some of his exploits in
the war. Colonel Gordon told how he
had captured General Coburn of In
diana and General Shafter. Shatter,
he said, had fired at him five times in
the confederate charge without hitting
him. He saidthat whenever the union
and confederate soldiers, met they were
always good friends. Asserting that
he loved the ne/gro, he declared that he
wanted Mason and Dixon's line ob
literated from the map of the United
States, because he did not want any
more strife. Paying a tribute to sol
diers of both the north and the south.
Colonel Gordon said:
"You may as well try to storm the
heights of heaven Md pluck the diadem
from Jehovah's crown as to try to take
away from either of them any of the
glory of the records of the two men
who stood under the tree at Appo
mattox and brought the war to a close.
Again returning to the negro ques
tion, he said:
'•We don't want to hurt the 'nigger';
why I love him, and, to convince you
that I do. I will quote from my own
poetry concerning him."
He then read two of his poems in
which strong personal sentiment for
the negroes of the south wag expressed.
Referring to. Senator Heyburn's re
cent protest against General Lee's
etatue being allowed, to remain in
Statutory hall. Colonel Gordon Invited
Senator Heyburn to visit him on his
plantation, and said that was cure that,
after the Idaho senator had seen the
south through his spectacles, he would
take off his hat to Lee. as he, Gordon
was willing to doff his to Grant.
Local Brevities
FALL PROVES FATAL— Dr. Fr<*i«lek ran Boe-
Tm of 210 Vlckrtmr* street. 80 ye»r« old who
frarnLWlhU t-kull by f«llin* down suirs «t
ill,, central cmergonc.v taospiUl.
t tttttrE ON PUBLIC . HEALTH— "lnfection?
Ll sS£s ™ Tbrtr Relation lo Public H-.lth"
£ ," "übj^t of « lecture to be jrfTen this
iftlrnoo,, in I* Mi«i« WrtjAool by former
Health Offlcer Dr. K. O. Brodrick.
COMPLAINT AGAINST POULTRY— W. C. Ham
ifr vblft sanitary insjxrtor. swore to a c«m
laint Morf rolice Judge Deacy yesterday
f,, n of th<- »H-alth laws Jn offering for sal*
Ifouitry con*l*tivs io wbole or. la. part of
Bitty animal substance.. .
rAR CONDUCTOR CONVICTED— John VT. Crum-
C i?r roSurtor on a Minion fttreet car^ w.*
;r. Pr T, rTf of »<*» day. Io Jail, for aa«aultln ?
n\T«Dds<i. -odfl w«tor manufacturer, 1321
Howard rtrert. January £5.
roOD TEMPLARS MEETINO—D Jrtrirt . lod*e
kW I linSciwiidrnt Order of Good Trmplara,
W UI Wdt^iinit fn Red Men". Hall tomor
row nffht. .Craod Chfcf TwnpUr-W.-I. Hall
«»ni« Monica wiH addrew the meeting.
"?»^ Virf Templar .-Mr». Robert luf ram of
prrtelrr I^l Or/nd Trea.ur.r W. S. .WiUiam.
of Oakland will *l*o,*>e present- _ —'- > ;\u25a0;,
Heney Says Court Record
Shows Cryptogram a ; -^Fake^ h
Statement of Francis J . Hehey in regard to cryptograms": published in
the Chronicle rviih the "approval and consent" of Patrick Calhoun:
"I distrusted Holzberg and made up my mind that he -pas biased
in favor of Calhoun during the first, two. minutes of his examination by .
Stanley Moore on January 26, 1 908. In the. very first minute, of, my
otvn examination of Holzberg on the same, day I- openly antagonized him;'
as the court record will show. I did this for the purpose of thus getting
nim to express his true sentiments. Stanley Moore's examination of the
talesman had made me suspicious, and on that same night or the following
day I had in my possession a report from one of our men which confirmed
my suspicions. This report is now in the possession of Charles M. Fic^erl,
district attorney of this'city. All of this happened before the publication
of the alleged cryptogram in the Examiner.
"The defense became, cognizant of the fad thai we had the in
formation about Holzberg from their: examinations of his partner, and J
a United Railroads sleuth manufactured 'the cryptogram, -being reason
ably certain that before the jury, was completed I would request per
mission to further examine the juror and woulq\ spring the information
for the purpose of disqualifying him.
*7 am satisfied that a careful examination would "disclose a similar
stale of facts' as to all these cryptograms, where they \u25a0 purported Jo be
giving us information. / . . . .' "\u0084• ;
"There is a great deal of dynamite in these cryptic mc'ssages. They
were certainly direful." \ , \u0084.."'. .. . '\u25a0•
DENIES POLITICS
IN FIGHT FOR JOB
Detention Home Superintendent
Explains Reasons for Con=
testing Removal
\u0084 :
"There is no element of politics.con
nected with my effort to retain my po
sition as superintendent- of the juvenile
detention home in the face of my dis
missal by the probation committee. I
have taken my present attitude be
cause I believe that the superintendent
should have authority over the : em
ployes of the home and for the purpose
of keeping this institution out of, poli
tics if it is possible to do so. While I
may have the sympathy of the mayor
and board of supervisors, the fight
which I propose to make is a purely
personal one and I have received- no
promise or intimation of receiving any
favor at the hands of the administra
tion In the event that I should be un
successful in my suit."
Such was the declaration made yes
terday by Harry A. Knox, who was re
moved Wednesday as superintendent of
the detention home on order of the
probation committee. Knox. who re
fused to give over his post to Luke Liv
ingston, named by the committee as
his successor, yesterday secured from
Judge Sturtevant a temporary injunc
tion preventing Livingston and the
members of the probation committee
from interfering with" him in the dis
charge of the duties of superintendent
of the home. The writ of injunction
was made returnable Friday, March. 4,
when Livingston and the members of
the probation committee will be re
quired to show why the order should
not be made permanent.
Knox's defiance of the probation com
mittee savored strongly of a political
move intended .to test the power. of the
probation committee and to put the de
tention home, if possible, under the
control of the municipal officers, but
Knox yesterday made the positive as
sertion that such was not his intention.
KNOCKED DOWN BY BUGGY— WhiIe Jake
Rnuer, collector, wac driTlnz his horse and
buggy along Market street Wednesday after
noon he knocked down Mrs. Fred Orde of .132
Forty-second avenue, and her daughter. 4 years
of age. Both wheels of the buggy passed orer
the cbild'f body. She was carried to the hos
pital in the Flood . building, where Doctor Cas
non attended to her injuries. Later she was
taken borne by ber mother.
CONTRACTOR'S CLAIM UPHELD— The supreme
iHwirt yesterday banded . down • a decision in
favor of Andrew Dahlberz, a contractor. In bis
auit agaiDtt Paul Glrsch inrolTlng the con
»tru<-tion of a building. The trial court, after
having Eiven Plaintiff Dablberg judgment for
$3,492.8] us balance due him on the contract,
racated the judgment and entered a new Judg
ment for J933.78. The higher court affirmed
the original Judgment of $3,492.81.
I If F\ -WT^L B^" I B W"^ i fli
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:•; THE II S AN ' ?FR A^CISGO.: CAIjIa uERID AY, FEBRUARY 25, 1910.
40 HINDUS ARRIVE
ON THE MONGOLIA
Left Honolulu Because Work
; Was Too Hard and Wages
' Were Too' Small
Only about .40 Hindus arrived here
yesterday on the liner Mongolia,- and.of
; these all^but five were from Honolulu.
One. explained that \u25a0 they had been in
Honolulu for about five months. They
left there, he said, because the work
was too hard and the pay too small.
They were paid. $18 a month and it
cost them $10 a month to live. They
had been told, he continued, that ea^y
work at high wages was plentiful in
California, and they are here to find it.
There -was a Hindu passenger in the
cabin. .Rajah C. S. Rao. . \u25a0
"I am a member." said the rajah," "of
an aristocratic family." lie explained
that poverty'! was" responsible for the
wholesale .exodus of his lower coun
trymen to the • United States. "They
are very poor and ve,ry ignorant. "They
are very much overcrowded, in India
and their attempts at farming are so
primitive that the soil there will, not
support them. A number of them went
to Australia, but the Australian govern
ment will not receive them .any more,
so there is nothing "left for>tlieni but to
come to America.."
Rao is 23 years, of, age and is going
east to attend college. :
The Mongolia landed 2SI Filipinos
and. 3 15 Russians 'at Honolulu. The
Filipinos suffered terribly from the
cold on the . Asiatic coast and two of
them died. Russians are. said to
be, the finest type, of European -immi
grant ever landed at Honolulu. They
were from Manchuria. Among the Rus
sians were 75 children.
GOVERNOR WILL OPEN
PURE FOOD EXHIBITION
Governor Gillett has notified the ex
ecutive committee of the cooks' associ
ation of the Pacific coast and the mas
ter bakers that he has accepted their
invitation to open the pure food show
that these organizations will hold durr
ing the "week of March 21 at. the Audi
torium. This exhibition promises to be
the most extensive of its kind ever held
in the west. Secretary Claus of the
executive committee states that most of
the; large manufacturing concerns
throughout the country have contracted
for space. -
FALSE PRETENSE ALLEGED— C. Ogiilntclc,
1069 Sutler street, obtained a' warrant yester
day for the arrest of P. Howell for obtaining
« $01.55 from C. X. Douglas February 21 by
falsely representing that he was the. equal
partner of Ogijlnlek and entitled to half of the
money held by Douglas. . _ ; .
TESTING PACK OF
REGULAR INFANTRY
Government Has Detachment of
Soldiers in Field Experiment
South of Monterey
. ' The testing, of the new. United- States
infantry equipment is now^golngon in
the territory immediately south of
Monterey. It, is in "charge; of .Captain
James P.' Harbesori, Twelfth' infantry,
who was sent by the war department
especially, for this trial. He lias under
his command 108. enlisted men of the
Eighth infantry, all of whom have seen
long service in the army.
The object of the experiments is to
ascertain whether the present weight
of the pack now carried by the infantry
soldiers can not- be .reduced. -'For this
purpose a new style of shelter tent and
a new light blanket are • being. -''tried
out," and 'besides' these improvements
there-is a general --.modification \of the
pack. , . \u25a0 '' \u25a0\u25a0-\u25a0 ;
The troops* will be.Jn' camp '17 days,
during which time' they; are under field
conditions...- Before returning ito Mon
terey they will go into a short target
practice. It is the first- experiment in
this line that has b^en carried on for
many years on such a large scale and
its results are looked forward to with
great Interest in army .-circles "a II over
the country. . :-. •
.The transport Logan sailing" March
5 for the Philippines will'carry-Troops
L and M of the. Fourteenth cavalry, the
Thirteenth coast artillery and : Batteries
A and Bof the First field artillery. It
will also take a large number of-cas
uals. • .; '• ; ' • \u25a0'\u25a0 ' ' •' .. V.: .•\u25a0,.\u25a0*.
The . field sports postponed '\u25a0 from
Washington's birthday will- take place
at 2 o'clock this afternoon at Fort Ma
son, weather permitting. Should the
elements prevent, they will take place
Saturday morning at 10 o'clock.
Major Day, who has charge of the
games. .extends a cordial invitation to
all townspeople who desire to.visit the
post, to be; present. The -grounds are
located near the foot of Van Ness ave
nue. . " ' '•
General Barry is still kept- -at -his
quarters by the injury to his leg, but
is steadily improving.: •
General and Mrs.' Barry gave.adin
ner party last night at theirVquarters
at Fortr Mason In honor of Admiral and
Mrs. Sebree, Admiraland Mrs.;Harber
and Admiral Barry. .
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Chaplain R. R. Fleming Jr., Nine
teenth infantry, on leave, registered at
headquarters . yesterday.
... .•..-.* *
Lieutenant .Francis W. Healy, Twen
ty-ninth infantry, U.S.A., died yester
day, after nine months' illness, at the
gene.ral hospital at the Presidio; \
\u25a0 ' \u2666 -\u25a0#.\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0-•. -.:.:\u25a0
, The transport Thomas, bound •. from
Manila to this port, arrived at Naga
saki February 20. It has 'on v board the
Fourteenth, infantry.
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." The following army orders have been
issued at "Washington:
' First Lieutenant Edward A. Keys, re
cently promoted, is assigned \to the
Twelfth cavalry, and will proceed to
San Francisco, and report to the com
manding general, department of CalU
fornia. for duty pending .sailing of
transport. for Philippines, where he will
join .his regiment. • • \u25a0> \u25a0 ••'-. .';
Captain Alvin X.* Baskett, ' recently
promoted, is ."assigned to the Ninth in
fantry, and will join the Ninth infantry
at San Francisco "and proceed to the
Philippines. , ' '
First Lieutenant John S: Upham, re
cently promoted, 1 is assigned -to the
Third infantry, and will report : to the
commanding general, department of
California, for. duty pending/sailing of
transport for Philippines, .where he
will join his regiment. "
Captain Charles ;L/ Foster, medical
corps, department of .California, will
return to his proper station.
•\u25a0*- - * •
Nevy orders: \u25a0 Lieutenant A. Cren
shaw is detached from the Colorado
to the navy yard at Mare island; Chief
Gunner- J. R. Ward, retired, is detached
from the navy yard at Mare island to
home; Chief Gunner J. C. Evans is or
dered to duty at the navy yard, Mare
island. : \u25a0
ARBITER CHOSEN FOR
VENEZUELA DISPUTE
THE HAGUE, Feb. 24.— Prof. Hem- \
rich Lammasch ,of the • University of |
Vienna was chosen today by the other
two as the third arbitrator in : the dis
pute between the United States and
Venezuela" growing^put of .the claim of
the Orinoco steamship company against
the latter country. -v £, ;-;
SPRING VALLEY
FORCED TO PAY
The Spring Valley • water company
will contribute $6,000 a year hereafter
to the revenue of the water front. The
water company has "always charged full
price for every gallon of water used
by the state on the water front, but
until- now has, enjoyed free of charge
the privilege of maintaining hydrants
on the wharves, throughwhich it sold
water to" shipping. -; t
The harborcommission decided some
time ago that this was a privilege
that ought to bring the state some
revenue and at .yesterday's meeting
the board passed a resolution fixing the
price of the privileged doing business
across state wharves at $500 a month.
The request of the Oceanic steamship
company for an assignment of the inner
half^of the north side of Filbert street
wharf was granted. The commission
ing of the liner Sierra, which will be
placed on the" Honolulu run in connec
tion with the Alameda,. makes this ad
ditional space a necessity. .
That Postal Deficit
The Joint Postal Commission in 1907
reported as follows :
"It appeare too obvious to require argument that the
most efficient service can never be expected as long as the
direction of the business is, as at present, intrusted to a
Postmaster-General and certain assistants selected with-
out special reference to experience and qualifications and
subject to frequent change. Before the Postmaster-
General and his assistants can become reasonably familiar
with the operations of- the service they are replaced by
: others, who, in turn, are called upon to resign before they
can, in the nature of things, become qualified by known
.— edge and experience to perform their allotted tasks.
Under such a system a large railroad, commercial or
- 7 industrial business would inevitably go into bankruptcy,
and the Post-Office Department has averted that fate only
because the United States Treasury has been available to
The public accountants' report said:
'"The work of the Department and its development is
hindered all along -the line by slavish adherence to old
methods and to precedents created in previous years, and
' ft many reforms which might otherwise be instituted are
- hindered— if not entirely prevented— by appeals to the
decisions of the Comptroller, made, perhaps, many years
ago under entirely different conditions. Then, again,
the conservatism of Government officials is a generally
admitted fact. There is no inducement to employees to
suggest improvements in the service for the reason that if
these improvements result in greater efficiency or economy
of administration they will receive little credit; and, on
the other hand, if new methods are not successful they
will be charged with the whole blame."
§^P*ln view of these official statements
by those whom Congress authorized to in-
vestigate the Postf-Office, we submit that
the Postmaster-Generars attempt to wipe
out the deficit in his Department by raising
the postage on your magazines, instead of by
devoting his energies to securing legislation
that will place the service on a sound, effi-
cient and economical basis, is unwise and
unbusinesslike. The nature of his recom-
mendations, and the attempt to exempt
newspapers from any increase, are final
grounds for a divorce of this great business
department from politics^
See this week's number of
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CHANNING AUXILIARY
ANNOUNCES RECITAL
The Charming auxiliary has an
nounced a song recital by the well
known, barytone. ."William Edwin Cham
berlain, for Sunday-afternoon. March
13, at Century hall. The affair gives
promise of being one of the important
events of the musical world for the
Lenten; season, j
A program of Germon and Italian
classics and old and modern English
songs will be given, with Harvey Loy
at the- piano.
The lectures and concerts of the
Charming , auxiliary are usually given
in the parlors' of the First Unitarian
church, but the audience already as
sured. is so large that it was found
necessary, to secure a hall with a
larger seating capacity.
GOVERNOR LUNCHEON GUEST— The Tv-ular
Trcekly luncheon of the receptloo committee of
the California development board will be held
at 12:15 today at the factory of the American
biscuit company. Battery street and Broadway,
with Governor. James N. Glllett. the presi
dents of all the leadinc woman* rlnbs and a
number of prominent businessmen present. .
GIVES PAINTING TO
SETTLEMENT SOCIETY
Mrs. Garret W. McEnerney presented
a painting of St. Anne to the St. Anne"*
'mothers* club yesterday afternoon at
a meeting held under the auspices of
the Catholic settlement and humane
society at 516 Potrero avenue. Mrs.
Mcßnerney purchased the picture while
abroad for the purpose of giving it to
the society.
The secretary, Mrs. J. O'Leary. read
a report of the work of the last 10
months and the remainder of the aft
ernoon was devoted . to an interesting
program.
Those who took part were: Miss Mc-
Intyre, Miss Fitzgibbon. Austin F.
Shannon. Miss Gladys Sullivan. Miss
Nittenville. Mrs. McEnerney, Mrs. I.
Larsen. r -- V
THREE HELD FOX BTOGtAHY— Rot Xe«bitt
was heUl for trial r«>st#rtla.T before the supe
rior rourt for breaklne Into the room of Lron
SchnHder. I<X>!> Grant «T»tme; Frank Allen,
for-breaklns Into tbf residence of Jsmes Han
jmhi; 1761 Mission street, and Adolph Lari».
for breakins Into th«» mom »f Mrs. Mario
Patis. Exeter hotel. 15t EHU" street. i
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