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2 BRUTAL MURDER OF BEAUTIFUL COUNTRY GIRL AROUSES POLICE PHYSICIAN AND iBSEHELDAS I GIRL'S SLAYER Body Buried Under Vacant House to Hide Fatal Oper ation Is Charge rormer Employe of Dr. Grant Gives Police Clew That Leads to Discovery \u25a0 cement floor of the Eureka street house hundreds of men, women and* children crowded about the premises and pressed against the basement doors be hind' which the officers of the law were bringing- to light the form of the miss sr.g girl. Detectives M. V. Burke and \u25a0G. Tilchards, working with pick axes ard crowbars, had by 6:30 o'clock ex posed to view enough of the body to .convince them that the remainder of lhe task was for the coroner, and De fective Frank McConnelL immediately \u25a0^•"cbrorhiinicated with Chief Deputy Coro- T.ilpV James Kelly. Kelly immediately /.took charge of the case for the coro :ri'er-* office, and with Deputies Dennis VQuinlin and Matt Smith proceeded at •*ihce to the scene of the grewsome .discovery.- ..' When . the coroner's wagon appeared atthj? place it«was necessary to force c xsr&y .. through the gathered crowds, and. the several officers who had been \u25a0di' Tailed to the place* by the chief of police had to force a passage way for •the , wagon. As= soon Kelly was in formed of the situation he immediately itook personal charge of the exhuming. .This, was proceeded with in the dark basement with the aid of half a dozen \u25a0larrtern-s. BODY IV K.VEELI.VG POSTLTRE :'lt was first necessary to tear away some . seven feet of cement pavement which had been placed over the grave. This was accomplished with pickaxes dnd sledgehammers. After several large, fragments of cement had been taken away the body, in a kneeling position with the head and shoulders bent far forward, was plainly exposed to the view of the officers. In spite of the nitric acid which had been poured on the remains, the air was fouled Immediately. That the burial had been carefully planned was indicated by theVonditlon . of the body. About the body Itself was carefully wrapped a large piece of white oilcloth, leaving only the head and feet exposed to the air. Around this w_as wrapped a clean white quilted blanket and around both coverings \u25a0 \u25a0were tSed a number of towels. The \u25a0very precaution of the culprits may . prove their undoing for the result of ...thfeir care has been a highly satisfac :, lory state of preservation, making not y only identity certain, but also tending . tb assist greatly an examination as to •: the cause of death. E&hlmixg difficult task .. ' "While it appeared but a moment's work to lift the girl's form from the /..cemented tomb in. which It had been :. " crushed, it was as a matter of fact turrounded with great danger and dif ficulty. In spite of the efforts of Kel :..Jy's ttvo assistants the remains could not be dislodged from the grave until 'the men had actually worked in be- Ktde the body with shovels. When the • body was completely loosened it then : could not be easily* lifted ouf" until a large beam had been cut away from .across one end. of the holt. The final .combined efforts of the three men pull ing on a band passed under the body \u25a0-brought It from its hiding place. : „ • All that was mortal of the once ..; beautiful Eva Swan was then plaoed in clean linen on the stretcher of the :-\-.coroner and taken through the little f/ cemented alley, through two pressing V. Tines of gaping people and placed in •. "silence in the morgrue wagon. All the .evidence was then gathered by the .: .detectives, the telltale trunk, the bottle \u0084:.which contained the acid, the shovels . .and picks and taken in the patrol f-wagron to police headquarters. :• LOCKED LIKE SEPULCHRE The gaping cellar grave was left open but empty, the lanterns were put ouf and with the four wals of the cottage standing guard over the spot, the building was locked like some bleak •sepulchre and deserted by the quick and the dead. : . TWELVE INCH GUN ON THE GEORGIA EXPLODES WASHINGTON, Sept. 23. — During target practice of the Atlantic fleet off -the Virginia capes yesterday one of the big 12 Inch 80 ton guns of the battleship Georgia burst on the .first range shoot. The gun as far back as the forward end of the* Jacket was blown off. The crew escaped injury. Advertising Talks L- r _7 Most retailers object to spending their money in advertising limn* C tra^ e " mar^ e^ es °f manufacturers. They say: tllLujjfrh "You've got to show me where I get off.'* (This is not y^/ our quarrel, though we may make it the subject of a/ S'J^S/r—t "talk" some day.) r ;. ir The consumer assumes about the same attitude toward the re- tailer. He says, in effect; "You've got to show me. IJiave to have clothing, shoes, groceries, paint, hardware, drugs, etc, and I have the money to pay for them, but before I spend my money/with you you've got to give me some mighty good reasons why I should do so. You pay handle first class merchandise, but I can't tell. anything about it until you tell me. There's Jones, and Smith and Brown, all' good .stores, and the man that gives me the best reasons for trading with him gets my money. And, mind you, I'm willing to be shown. Which one of you gentlemen wants my money?" Gentlemen, that is the attitude of very nearly every consumer whose trade is worth having. ' People of intelligence want to know what they are buying, and why they should buy of one merchant as against another. They want quality, service, satisfaction, courteous treatment and a square deal, and they will spend their money with the merchant who "goes after it" in the right way. Mr. Merchant, The Call is read by 150,000 people in 50,000 homes every day. These are the consumers who are waiting to be shown, who have the money to spend. Will you "go after it"?" [ ,- . / - You can reach these 150.000 consumers in the columns of The Call every day. We have an Advertising Service of "reason Avhy" copy and illustra- tions which will fit your business. Phone Kearny 86. AVIATOR SOARS OVER THE ALPS Then, Having Accomplished the Greatest Flight on Record, He Falls DOMODOSSOLA. Italy, Sept. 23.— The great feat of crossing the snowcapped Alpine barrier between Switzerland and Italy in a heavier than air ma chine was accomplished today by George Chavez, the young Peruvian aviator. ; ;. "" The plucky hero of the exploit lies tonight in • the Domodoesola hospital badly injured as the result of an acci dent that occurred Just as he had.com pleted the most arduous and nerve racking portion of the task. Both his legs are broken, his left thigh is fractured and his body is badly contused; but physicians are of the opinion that these hurts will not prove fatal. The accident occurred as Chavez was trying to make a landing* here. The Alps had been crossed successfully and the aviator w%s descending with the power of his machine cTit off. When about 30 feet above the ground a sud den gust of wind seemed to catch the monoplane, which turned over and fell. When the crowds that had been watch ing the descent ran up they found Chavez lying bleeding and unconscious beneath the twisted wreckage. Fifty miles away and over country that has none of the hazards of the Alps lay Milan, the goal Chavez was seeking in an endeavor to* win a prize of |20,000 offered by the Italian avia tion society. ; >%?£< Leaving the ground with his motor running at full speed he rose in sweep ing circles until he had reached an alti tude of 7,300 feet, then turned his ma chine south over the terrifying Simplon pass. After crossing . the "divide, Chavez turned the towering white mountain head of Monte Leone, which rises to a height of 16,646 feet and passed down above the Gondo gorge, a deep gulf between sheer walls until he reached the open valley of Vedro' and then descended easily*. toward Domodossola. After treatment in the -hospital Cha vez regained consciousness. He suf fered terribly from his hurts. He said he was unable to explain how the acci dent occurred. Although Chavez did not succeed in winning the prize of $20,000, having failed to reach Milan, some of the members of the aviation committee are in favor of turning over the purse to him and erecting a monument in com memoration of man's first flight across the Alps. GROCERS TAKEN ON SIGHT SEEING TRIP San Jose Chamber of Commerce Is Host to Visiting State Delegates [Special Dispalch to The Call] SAN JOSE, Sept. 23.— As a final act of hospitality shown the delegates to the eleventh annual convention of the California Retail Grocers' and Mer cants* association, which closed its of ficial business here last night, the lo cal chamber of commerce took the vis itors on a trolley ride over the inter urban loop this afternoon. , .:• \u25a0-\u25a0• '-- The delegates were taken by Secre tary Brooks of the cjiamber of com merce to the home of Rev. Sidney Wil liams at Three Oaks in order to give them an advantageous view of the valley. The visitors were then taken to Los Gatos. They returned to San Jose about 5 o'clock. SMART SET INTERESTED IN WOMAN'S CLUB FETE Lawn Party to Be Given' for Playground Benefit.* [Special Dispalch to The Call] SAN MATEO, Sept. 23. — The Wom an's club of .San Mateo has com pleted arrangements for a garden fete on the lawns of the Judge James P. Brown place In Baldwin avenue to morrow afternoon and*. evening. The affair will be given for the benefit of the Red Cross hospital, children's play grounds and the clubhouse fund. The smart set has taken much In terest In the fair. Miss Jennie Crocker and Mrs. Cyrus .Walker have given large swings for the playground at the fete. Mrs. C. E. Green has donated a football. ; - \u25a0. • f>-. A vaudeville performance will, be presented in the eyeniny, commencing at 9 o'clock. • - THE SAN; FEAiNKJisCpyGALL. SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 24; \u25a0 1910*:^ LOW DEATH RATE SHOWN BY CENSUS California and Seventeen Other States Average Less^ Than; - ; Any Previous Record \u25a0 ,-\u25a0\u25a0 - >v. i{ . :-'-; : . . \u25a0; ,;•'\u25a0;< v WASHINGTON, : Sept. 23.— The : death rate in- the United- States 'in'. 1909 'was 15 inieach I^ooo, according to; a bulle tin about to be issued *by- the census bureau, and this is the lowest aver age recorded for this country. The fig ures cover ;only the cities and states having laws requiring the registration of deaths and these represent aniesti mated total population of 48, 776,893, or 55. 3 per cent of the estimated total for the entlre_.couhtry. The statesMncluded in the summary are California, "\u25a0\u25a0 Colorado, Connecticut, Indiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachu setts, Michigan, New Hampshire. New Jersey, New: York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, :South; Dakota, Vermont, Washington and Wisconsin. MORE THA.\ HALF MALES In addition to these, returns were re ceived ,from's4 cities having local, reg istration laws. The total, number of deaths recorded was 732.538/ of which 398,597, or over 54 per cent were of males. The great est mortality occurred in. March and the lowest in June. In 1908 the rate was 15.4 per cent, the last year indicat ing a falling off of ' about half of 1 per cent. . _• r? '\u25a0'\u25a0":\u25a0 Excellent as the showing is its. was not so good as was made in England, where the rate was only 14% to the 1,000. The low rate in both countries is attributed to the absence of wide spread epidemics. BALTIMORE LOSES RAXK Baltimore, which was sixth city in the United States in point of popula tion in 1900, has lost her. position^ in, the country's great cities, according to today's census statistics and now be comes seventh city, -having in the last 10 years been outstripped by Cleve land, which takes sixth place. Baltimore's population is now 558,485, as compared with 560,663. The Maryland city^'grew 9.7 per cent, or 49,528 during^the last 10 years, having had 508,957 in 1900. Cleveland, which had a population of 381,768 in 1900, grew 49.9 per cent in the decade Just ended. / Had Baltimore maintained its growth of the decade ending in 1900 — 17.2 per cent — she would have maintained her sixth position, which had been hers for the last 30 years. DECREASE IN" OXE CITY Other population statistics made pub lic to Jay were as follows: Fall River, Mass., 119,295, an increase of 14,432, or 13.8 per cent over 104,863 in 1900. \u25a0 Cambridge, Mass., 104,839, an in crease of 12,953, or 14.1 per cent over 91,886 in 1900. Lynn, Mass., 89,336, an- increase of 20.823, or 30.4 per cent over 68,513 in 1900. \u25a0.:-.;\u25a0 :;< \u25a0 \u0084 :: : \u25a0:\u25a0\u25a0 \u25a0\u25a0 \u25a0 -. ::>x- : . :- Chelsea, Mass., -32,452, a decrease of 1,620, or 4.S per cent, from 34,072 In 1900. ' " * : ' •\u25a0. -\u25a0.;\u25a0: Savannah, 6a., 65,064, an Increase -of 10,820, or 19.9 per cent, as compared with 54,244 in 1900. i ...... ; POPE'S LETTER SCORES • ROME MAYOR'S SPEECH Says Nathan Ridiculed Church in Anti-Clerical Speech ROME, Sept. 23. — Pope Pius X today addressed a letter to Cardinal Rospighi, vicar general of Rome, saying he wished to express to the cardinal his own • deep sorrow because of- the anti clerical • speech delivered by. Mayor Nathan ~at the celebration last Tues day of the fortieth anniversary of the fall *of temporal power of "the church.' The letter sets forth that Mayor Nathan , as a public \u25a0 official •; was • not satisfied with recalling solemnly the day on which the sacred rights of pon tifical sovereignty were trampled on, but dared to offend the doctrines of the Catholic church and the vicar of Christ's church. . . .The pope adds: , - . "Speaking in the name of Rome, which; according to authoritative statements, • should be honored' as the peaceful home of the ' supreme ppntiff, he \u25a0 aimed directly 'at , our -spiritual Jurisdiction, denouncing with impunity, to public contempt even, the acts of our apostolic' ministry." ROD. IN PICKLE FOR PORK BARREL THIEVES This Little Pig Leaves Not to Market But to Jail [Special Dispatch to The Call] SAN MATEO, Sept 23.— Stealing a pfg to pickle for pork was the peculiar motive of two different thefts which were unraveled by Constable Michael Sheehan . here today. A (ew days ago E. ~W. McLiellan, a well known; rancher and nurseryman of Burllngame, reported' that a thief had robbed.. him of a 500 pound pig. About the same time Dennis Riordan reported a cart and*a large empty bar rel missing from his premises. Constable Sheehan put. two and two together and began looking for a per son who had a barrel of pork. His the ory proved correct, for he found Rior dan's barreL full of choice pork on the ranch of Manuel Slracusa of east San Mateo. ' i%£i?*:&3g{ ' , ' Siracusa and Nat Pardes, an alleged confederate, were arrested and charged with the thefts... ... > VENEZUELA RECALLS v COLOMBIAN EMBASSY BOGOTA, Colombia, Sept. 23.— There has been a rupture between ; Colombia and Venezuela. Yesterday the Vene auelan government -telegraphed to the members of the Venezuelan; legation to leave Bogota and await instructions at Panamal The nature. of the complica tions is not known here. POLICE PROTECTION IS IMPLORED A .was .placed before .the police commissioners - yesterday.-; pray ing, them to stop j the . auction:: sale* of furs now being conducted at 235 Geary street ,by> order of "thief St. '• Petersburg Fur -Company.: The/ 'petition recites that if this sale is allowed- tofcontinue it will harm a majorityof the fur deal ers and work them; anl irreparable, in jury. '_. - '\-r ' :-,.;> ';\u25a0_.\u25a0 ' v.^ 1 ";;'//'-,/ "\u25a0 The document was * signed . by} many of the dealers, in fur.in\thls city >nd: is unique In ; a way ':. as it is j the *flrst time merchants of -this * city Jhave .evinced a fear of meeting open competition" and have flown, to j the; police for;; the: pur pose of ; killing "competition and 'ensur ing, them a ; monopoly. \u25a0 ;.'\u25a0-. • . \u25a0\u25a0: " ' It would appear about time we turned our/'attehtion • f romlthe ; meat^trusV the Standard 'Oil > Company." etc.- ahd\con sidered matters" nearer llome. v Supposed Friend G(M Pic $50Q , To Leave, Says Lv Etta SniitlV Lu'Etta Smith and her baby Willard as they appeared yesterday when they arrived from Japan. Lu. Etta Smith^ :^ Will Tell the Truth At the Trial of Dr. Burke at Santa Rosa excused from 'ordinary customs c for mality and went' to the Argonaut' hotel and returned to Santa Rosa on. an aft ernoon boat. • ' ... --' \u25ba- ' TO BE CLOSELY WATCHED In. view of her promise to conceal nothing and to aid in the prosecution of Doctor Burke she will not be lodged in Jail at Santa Rosa, but will be closely watched.- \u25a0'..\u25a0\u25a0-. : Miss Smith left April 19 on the liner China. She arrived at the Bluff hotql, Yokohama, on May 7, on June 13 she went to Karuizawa, a mountain resort near Tokyo; where she remained until she started on her journey, home. "I never intended to return to Cali fornia," she said, "but in Japan __ I ran short of money. I had no way tornake money and decided that I would come back to California and tell all I knew about Doctor Burke and ' the woman who was a "patient of his and r who claimed to be a friend of mine. I in tend to tell the itruth, all ' the truth, and I don't, care who it hurts. The guilty must suffer, and I have made up my mind, to tell # everything I know. "I returned of my own free will; The money for our passage home was raised for us by some kindhearted people -in' Japan, who saw we were in* a bad plight. I have no, home, but am going to stay in California until this matter is settled." ' r '\u25a0-^•I WOMAN GIVES HER $500 Miss Smith explained yesterday that a woman friend, who was once a patient in Doctor Burkes sanatorium, visited her in Berkeley. and asked her to write a letter exonerating Doctor Burke of responsibility both for the child and the dynamiting.-. 'This: she refused- to do, but later. she said when the same woman" handed her $500, which was to be hers if she went to Japan, she ac cepted " the money and sailed on the China. Before leaving this woman came to ' her, she said,' with some papers To which she asketi Miss ; Smith to place her signature. , In addition to the $500 was the promise of 'more money to be sent at regular intervals at long as she remained out of the United States. The papers, the woman explained, were simply notices to ;the Japanese banks identifying .her as the woman to whom regular payments were to be made. Believing, this," Miss Smith signed the, papers, she said.. She now believes that she really \ signed the letters that were L subsequently - re ceived, one i>y. Doctor Burke and one by District Attorney.Lea. "I am sure, I,'1 ,' she said, "that I was tricked. This woman- was forever try ing to get me; to write a letter ex onerating Doctor Burke. I- steadily refused and finally they- gave up trying to make me sign' anything. After •> a little, while ' this ..woman, ;; whom I thought to be" a friend' of mine, gave me the : $500 which she said came out of her own pocket. It was then that I signed what she called blank forms of identification."^. . • Miss Smiths and her .baby, who .bears the name of Willardas <a*courtesy to Doctor Burke, traveled; on the Chlyo under the name of Long.... ', v/ Mrs. Derrigg Accused [Special Dispalch to The Call] \ ' " SANTA^ROSAi ; Sept. ~ 23.-r-Mf s. Marion; Derrigg, \ a former' patient J,and close personal' friend of Dr.VWillard P.'Burb*. is the person" who furnished the money! to ;Lii>Etta* Sm/th : t6-;takejher^trlp; to Japan; according ] to 'information-given District \ Attorney , Lea ; by/ - the : Smith ,woman,;.who wa.s;brought* here \u25a0 tonight f rom San^Frariclsco/ . She further -said that Mrs.';. Derrigg .."told : her \that; she (Mrs. Derrigg) , had " visited Dr. Burke regarding; the. matter,' but,DistrictsAt torneyiLea. would; not' allow Mls&\ Smith to .'-. tell anything : ot ;i the,- conversation between- her; and-.Mrs. Derrigg.^/ ;v Miss vSmithi admitted -that '.she. knew it .wa* the, intention of Mrsv Derrigg.; to flee as* soon : as -Miss Smith Iwas /aboard the ; ; steamer '; bound " f or - : Japan. The ; authorities -nave "sought> ; ln vain for Mrs. -Derrigg> -,- -,• }\ - ;;•?;';-•'' -\u25a0\u25a0:'....•\u25a0' _ s -."\u25a0 Mrs.t DerrigV.was a patient in the sanatorium V and "later: went to Los An CO3YTIXUED FROSI PAGE "OXE geles, where she was at the time of the explosion.* She came here during .the grand jur yinvestigation into the ex plosion. . and is ,known ;to. have made severa ltrips'to Burkes sanatorium and Berkeley after Miss Smith went. 'there to. reside.' She met Miss Smith while making ; a pretence of purchasing in Craigmo'nt, '\u25a0' Berkeley, g near the - File residence. It was on one of these visits thta Mrs. Derrigg is alleged to have secured Miss Smith's signature to several sheets of blank paper. Two of these signatures have since shown up in alleged letters from Miss Smith,* one to the district attorney and the other to Doctor Burke. ' SEA GETS LETTER These letters have never been made public, although it was known at the. time that they had been received. Miss l 2i* BLEN D >§/ U 0 j, CIG/^REITTES w^Wh 2 / On a busy day when Worn ' * I '\u25a0 cares and wonies distract, f^^^^ ~ * | you wll find Fatima most (y^i^M//^^, i tips, but you do get goodness and J^^^^^\^^'W(M/ Y^StSSt^g Smith sailed for Japan April 19 on' China.- On May 5 Lea received a letter with a San Francisco postmark of May 4, reading as follows: - . San Francisco. Cal., May '3. To Mr. Clarence F. Lea, • District Attorney, Sonoma, Cal. Dear Sir: I hereby acknowledge that ( I very much regret the ex - plosion "which took place in my tent at Burke on the night of Feb ruary 5. 1910. I hereby exonerate Dr. W. P, Burke from all blame in * .this explosion and also hereby con fess-that I did this myself, and •, therefore ask that all criminal pro ceedings now pending against him j'be dismissed at once. I would also ask you to have this letter published in the newspapers. I have written Dr. W. P. Burke, exonerating him from all blame. Very sincerely yours. -;- » : LU ETTA SMITH. PAYNE IS PLEASED WITH NEW TARIFF Chairman of Ways and Means Committee Defends Action v , of Congress Measure Is Described as Rev» - enue Producer and General Revision Downward • .* • ...-./\u25a0 LYONS N. V., Sept. 22. — RepFesenta- tive SerenoE. Payne, chairman of th» ways and means committee of th» house 'of. representatives and author o: the tariff bill bearing his name, madi a' warm defense of that measure be fore the congressional convention whict renomlnated him here today. He sale in part: -\ The platform promised a revision of the tariff that should provide a duty equal to the difference in 7i cost of labor here and abroad- with >. ' a -reasonable profit to the manu- ' facturer. It promised this as t each article, whether it resulted in raising or lowering the tariff on that article. Of course, intelligent men generally \u25a0 familiar wtth the tariff Relieved that such a revision would be downward on most ar • tides. The results of our deliberations - were most- satisfactory to me 'in general results, although there were other items, like those of the woolen schedule, which I was anxious to revise. >' The law, as it was signed by the president, has resulted in a gen eral revision downward, and , no amount of special pleading, no ' misstatement of facts and no sup ' pression of material facts will ever make it appear otherwise. The' law has turned a deficit of $38,000,000 into a surplus of more than $22,000,000 in its first year's operation. It is a . revenue pro ducer. We put Increased -duties on wines, liquors and like luxuries. We have no apologies to make for it. These are the articles on which the revenues of the govern ment should be raised as far as possible. The increase In the price of ar ticles "is worldwide. No other country during . the last three or four years has gone through a general , tariff revision and yet every country shows the same in crease on the necessities of life. CUSTOMS APPRAISERS TO DISCUSS TARIFF Local Officials to Meet Other? in New York [Special Dispatch to The Call] WASHINGTON', Sept. 23.— 1t was ar.« nounced at the treasury depa.rtme.ri today that a conference of United States customs appraisers would be held in the United States appraisers' office at New; York beginning November 14. • Appraisers from San Francisco. Los Angeles. New York, 'Chicago, Buffalo. : Philadelphia and practically every port of entry in the country will be pres ent. The officials of the treasury de partment hope that the meeting will bring about better work on the part of the appraisers and a better under standing of the tariff law. It is expected that a general discus sion of the work of the various porta of entry will be carried on. each official discussing some phase of his work. THIEF WHO STOLE AT STANFORD SENTENCED [Special Dispatch to The Call] SAN JOSE. Sept. 23. — John Bush, who pleaded guilty recently to robbing resi dences of faculty members and fra ternity house 3 «at Stanford university, was today sentenced bjj Judge Rich ards to five years In Folsom prison. LOGGER IS Tnt f T . yT> — Tacoma. Sept. 23. — Den nl* Martin, ten) 3T. in the employ of the West Coast timber company at Eastrat. wn* crushed to death under a pile of lors ye« v terday as he was attaching • a Hn»> to .the . lower lo?i>. His body •will be sent t» Mich 1 . can. where his parents live.