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VOLIBIE CIX.— NO. 23.
25 DIE IN CHICAGO
STOCK YARDS BLAZE
WALL FALLS ON
FIRE CHIEF AND
MANY HELPERS
Explosion of Cold Air in Packing
Plant Wrecks Building
During Fire
Mayor Busse Searches for Body
of Friend Amid Shower of
Bricks and Beams
Flames Break Out Afresh After
Men Are Exhausted by
Sixteen Hour Fight
HICAGO. Dec. 22.— 0f the 25 men
killed in a fire at the stock yards
today by falling walls, the bodies '
of 19, including that of Fire Chief
Jair.es Horan, had been taken from the
ruins at a late hour tonight. The list
of dead includes the chief, the assistant
chief, two captains, five lieutenants, 13
city firemen, two private firemen and a
railroad employe.
It was many hours after the explo- j
Klon of cold air within the beef re- J
frigeratoT of Morris & Co.'s plant.]
which threw a wall on a squad of men, \
before th* bodies cou:d be released by j
a steam derrick.
All the 15 firemen who were injured
•will recover.
Fire Breaks Out Afresh
The fire broke out afresh at S o'clock
tonight after it had taxed the strength
of the fire department for .16 hours.
Acting Chief Seyferlich sent a general
call to outlying stations for fresh men.
These, aided by police reserves, con
tinued the fight on the fire and the
»earch for "bodies of the dead.
Mayor Busse spent 10 hours today
personally directing the search for the
body. of Chi^f Horan, who had been a
lifelong friend.
Insurance inspectors tonight said
that the killing of the chief and his
men was not due to an ammonia ex
plosion, as at first was supposed, but
to the sudden expansion of cold air in
the beef warehouse. This, it is said,
caused the four story wall to fall as
violently as though an explosion had
occurred within the building.
Known Dead and Missing
The following are the known dead:
JAMES HORAIf. fire marshal.
WILLIAM 3. BtntHOITGHS. assistant marshal.
PATRICK E. COLLIirS. enpine captain.
DE2TCXS DOYLE, engine captain.
JOSEPH MITRA'WTSKI. pipeman.
CHA3XES UOOBE, trackman.
Among the missing are the foljow
fing: . ;"- "
Thomas O'Cocnor. pjpwnan; James FostPr.
rnpeman: Joseph Osborn. <srlrer; J. H. Bphrrns,
driixr; Nicholas Crane, truckman; Frank Waters,
_ pip«?man.
Two entire fire companies, the names being:
Charlr* Berkery. lieutenant; Charles Sweenie,
TOniam J. Dalley, Peter J. Kill.- William T.
Webrr; John F. Dubash. lieutenant; Charles
Toonej- John G. Lick, Joseph P. Mulhern, Francis
P. FJagaD, John J. McClary, James J. Bannon,
John Helfert, William T. Murphy.
Flames Spread Quickly
The blaze was discovered at about 4
o'clock by a watchman in the Morris
beefhouse at Forty-third and Loomls
streets. It spread so quickly that the
\u25a0watchman barely had turned in the
alarm before the flames "began burst
ing" from the building.
Fire Marshal Horan, at his home In
the west side, heard the second call for
apparatus and went to the stockyards
in his automobile. By the time of his
arrival his as*j«tants had abandoned
the effort to save the beefhouse and
were endeavoring to head off the rush
of fire toward other buildings. Flames
were coming from several structures
nearby.
The awnlngr which later became the
destroyer of a score of lives seemed to
offer a shelter from the flames. Under
this the crews fled for shelter, l^d by
Horan. Burroughs and Fitzgerald.
Wall Falls on Firemen^
On top of the canopy another group
of firemen played streams of water into*
. the heart of the fire. Lieutenant
Joseph Mackey. leader of the band
above, felt the wall going and shouted
a warning to those below. He jumped
with his men and escaped death. But
below th"V canopy found victims.
Meanwhile firemen who knew noth
ing of till* and augmented by constant
ly arriving aides, stood their ground"
at building after building only to be
driven back.
Assistant- Marshal Seyferlich.- 'then
in command, realizing the futility of
Wving property then ablaze, drew all
the men back and acknowledged atj
10.15 o'clock that the whole stockyards
district was in danger.
••We've got no water here, and we
can not do anything effectively," he
said. "The thing really Is beyond our
control right now."
Only One Man. Escapes
XvvCaptain H. H. Fuchs of engine com
fpany 29. who had just left Marshal
''Horan \ with orders for his company.
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The San Francisco Call.
1 Assistant fire marshal, who was
killed in the Chicago fire, and the
mayor, ' who narrowly escaped
death when bricks were thrown by
ammonia explosion.
LOVE LETTERS OF
DUCHESS ARE READ
Sensational Epistles Introduced
as Evidence in French
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Swindle Suit
TOURS, France.^ Dec. -22. — A" tempes
tuous day in the court where Count
d'Aulby de Gatigny and his American
wife are on trial, on the- charge of
swindling, reached a climax today in
the introduction of love Jetters. alleged
to have been written •to D'Aulby by
the duchess} of- Choiseur-Praislrn, the
plaintiff. in the ,case, ( while she was the
wife of. Charles Hamilton Paine. '•
During the reading of -these letters,
which the 'duchess. refused to acknowl
edge a^s . hers," the. 'duchess .. and. the
"Countess" D'Aulby sat \u25a0 side by side,
exchanging furious glances, while. -the
courtroom," jammed to suffocation with
fashionable - women, ,was - filled with
| sighs, murmurs and exclamations, as all
strained to "catch the wbrds. :
*"'I love, you so hard," read RL Ber
nard, , counsel 'for D'Aulby, "that it
makes me ill. • You- have given your
self-to me.. All I'ask is that you love
me always. \u0084 That Is God's best. gift.
The day passes, fire dies; but my^ love
goes on forever.'"' It is an incandescent,
consuming flame that dulls me, sitting
at your knees, cradled in your heart.
"LUCY."
.. The duchess underwent a pitiless
cross, examination as to; her relations
with d'Aulby, but she refused to an
swer many 'questions and begged the
court to intervene to spare her. • \u25a0
She charged that d'Aulby : demanded
1200,000 for the return'- of letters i which
she had written him, and" that his en
sire conduct was that of a blackmailer
after the discovery that 1 the paintings
were worhtless. She denied that she
presented jewelry to d'Aulby, including
a golden padlock, bearing the inscrip
tion: "You have the key." . _
\u25a0 M. Lablgur, business agent of the
duchess, whom M. Bernard j attacked
yesterday, sent a challenge Honlght to
Bernard to a duel, but the ; seconds de
cided that M. Bernard, had, not exceeded
his rights and that a duel was not jus
tified.
RAILROAD CONFERENCE
ENDS IN DEADLOCK
Wage Controversy Baffles Labor
Commissioner Neil I
CHICAGO, Dec. 22.— Settlement of the
wage controversy between the manag
ing committee and the engineers of 61
western railroads was not in sight to
night, although Labor Commissioner
Charles P. Xeill spent the "day in
ference with the engineers.
- Warren S. Stone, grand chief of£ttie
! engineers, declared that the men -would
not recede from their demands, .* and
when the conference adjourned no plans
were made for another meeting in \ 'the
immediate future.
Neill met members of the railroads
committee in conference tonight- , 7 '.
'' SAJST /FRANCISCO^ ' FRH)^ ?MECE MBER #3; 1910.
BURKE QUAILS
AS DYNAMITE
STORY IS TOLD
Mining Engineer Tells of Doctor
Having Powder Set Off
v for His Benefit
Physician, With Bowed Head,
Hears Witness Tell of His
Carrying Explosive Away '
HARRY DAVIDS
[Special Dispatch to The Call] "-
SANTA.ROSA, Dec. 22.— For the first
time since the. inception of "the
trial there was brought forth to
day evidence connecting. Dr. Willard P.
Burke with the dynamiting of the tent
in which -lived Luetta Smith. Until
this evidence was produced all that '
the jury had to travel-on was a super
abundance of motive which; led to the
offense and the conditions which fol
lowed.
i
Of the matter, charging the aged
physician with the crime there was
not a particle until Thomas L. Riley,
a mining engineer, took the stand.
With him began the weaving of the
ease proper against Doctor Burke. His
testimony was damaging. He was \u25a0 a
positive witness. He had no hesitancy
whatever in stating the facts beneficial
to the prosecution, and he combated,!
with a marked degree of cleverness all
that the defense attempted to drag
froni him.
A change, came over Doctor Burke as
Riley testified, With the others in the*:
courtroom he seemed to feel that the
preliminaries were over, that the hour
had approached when he would have
to face the accusations in all their se
riousness. He bowed his .head over his i
notes and consulted with his attornej's. |
To his wife who sat by him, he said
not a word.
Material Routs Immaterial
The philosophy, the talk of love, re
ligion and conventionality died away
as Riley made . public his story. All
that had gone before seemed to be
utterly immaterial, utterly worthless
in the face of his statements.
"I- was employed at the Oroville
mine," he said, "when last February,
-Doctor Burke -visited j,t. v Attjiat* time
I was having my dinner. I was not the
head of the mine, you understand, and
was busier over my dinner than any
thing else. Then I was informed that
Doctor Burke wished to see some dyna
mite exploded. He said that though
he had been around mines for along
time he had never Been any dynamite
let loose. The foreman of the mine,
a, Mr. Hatch, spoke to me about it and
to please the doctor I went into the
room in which the dynamite was kept
and picked up half a stick." Then I
set the cap and exploded the dynamite.
He followed my movements.
"Later he said that there was a rock
in "a stream by the sanatorium which
he wanted to blow away and talked
with me about it. I put a cap on a
fuse and he put" the capped fuse in
his overcoat pocket. A short time aft
erward he asked for some dynamite and
Mr. Hatch gave him some, wrapped up
In paper. He put this dynamite in his
Witness. Balks Defense
This was the dynamite which Doctor
Burke is said to used in the at
tempt to kill Lv Etta Smith. The de
fense endeavored to break this testi
mony, but without avail. They, tried
to show that the reason" for ' Doctor
Burke visiting the mine was for the
purpose of showing- a blue print to
Riley, but the' latter, admitting the
matter of the blune print, stuck forcib
ly to his evidence in regard to him
showing Burke the use of the dyna
mite. . V
Riley testified that he had made an
experiment, following the same condi
tions under which the' tent of Lv Etta
Smith had been ' blown up, and said
that under 'similar circumstances it
would require , a minute or a minute
and a half for every one to get clear
of the premises..* *
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Looks Beyond Jury .
' The defense is making use of every
opportunity tp-discredit the case of the
prosecution. It is fighting, hard. Never
a chance goes by where an objection is
available but that the objection is put
in. From its tactics now it does- not '
look for much hope at the hands of the
jury,, but looks rather to decision of
an appellate court.
Sheriff Jack Smith was called to tes
tify today and told of the, situation
following the explosion... \ : .
; "The Sunday .following the '. explo-;
sion," he said, "I interviewed- Lu, Etta
Smith, r was accompanied by the dis
trict attorney and the court reporter.
After, hearing her testimony. I went out
of (the tent and saw Ejurke. - He had
bejen listening to Lv Etta Smith and I*
said to him: . '" - !
; " 'Well, . doctor, In, -the ,.- face .of the j
statement made by -Lu, Etta Smith, I
would like to hear.; from. you.'
•;•': "He replied:^ 'The -woman is crazy."
The child , is,. not • mine; 'i that is to say,
is not mine except spiritually. Lv Et*a
Smith -has gone : around saying I [ was
t he f athe r : of;o f ; he r c h i 1 d ," b u t ' t hi s i s ; n 6t
jtrue.' "*:"':' . ; •.
Tlie: following. letter, written by' Doc-"
tor Burke to Sheriff Smith sbo"n- after |
Continued ou l'agc:2, .Cvlnmu^S
COOK MUM BUT
PASSENGERS IN
GREAT WRANGLE
Explorer Returns to New York
With Little' to Say of ;
TriptoPoleV \u0084 ;
Fellow yoyagers, However, Nab
Reportersjand Argue '
Violently . '^
NEW YORK, Dec. 22.— Dr. ; Freder
ick A. Cook i-ame back to his"na
': tive land today on the steamship
George Washington? ! as calmly as .if- ;
tliere hadnever been "a north pole con
troversy. A typewritten 'interview, j
handed to reporters, embraced all that j
he had to say. ; \ !
Of far, more dramatic 'interest was a,
heated controversy; among the steam- j
ship passengers concerning the im- j
pression -he 'had made /on v them. -Thej
doctor asserted that Jhe believed he -|
was at the pole. His statement in part |
follows: • • • ;
"I have no statement to make other -j
than that which I carefully prepared. |
Any interview I might,, give would j
necessarily be fragmentary and doubt- j.
less misleading also, so I shall not now j
give out any interviews, and anypur- !
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Richard A: Bdllinger,- secretary; of interior.
DEATH: OF HUNGER SOUGHT
BY MOTHER AND DAUGHTER
With Rantry Well- Stocked^ Women Enter Jritb -Suicide
Pact; to End Their Lives by Torturous Starvation* \u25a0
CHICO. In the \u25a0.'fulfillment of
a pact that'Jiieaijt slow,' tortuous: death,
their bodies emaciated, their lips puffed .
and ' swollen' and" their eyes staring."?
wildly at the celling, Mrs. William
Whiteline and her daughter,' Miss La
vina: Corey, "Wjere" found dying today by.
policemen who broke into their -honie
at the request of neighbors. In the
grewsome find of the officers was ;the\u0094
weird explanation of the moans that,
havfe- been issuing from the darkened.^
little cottage for; the last three days. .
While the wasted condition of the
women's bodies and the rivetted gaze
of their eyes told the story of'starva
tLon, the unmistakable evidence that'
they had agreed to let time kill them #
was found in Vhe well stocked condition
of , the pantry. The "discolored condi
tion of - the lips gave the . impression
that poison had been taken, _but-no:
trace of a deadly drug-could be found
AMERICAN WINS $3O,000 DAILY AND
MONTE CARLO BANK IS IN DANGER
[Special Dispatch - 1* The .Call]
BLOOMINGTON, HI.. Dec.; . 22.— A
cablegram froni'France tells of ; the ex
traordinary 'winnings of Will Darn
brough, a Bloomington boy;- at Monte
Carlo. "It- is stated that he v has J>been
successful to the extent of $30,000 daily
for the last week, and is threatening^tlTe
bank. ' \ 1111111 . \u25a0
-JDarnbrough has been in Europe for
he last 10 or 15' years, -and: has- won and
lost I many fortunes. *Of late years he
has ranked with the most successful
MAN GETS CLEAR VIEW OF STAGE BY
TEARING WOMAN'S HAT TO PIECES
[Special Dispatch to. The Call]
PHlLApEL.PHlAVjDec.^22^—EmilVEd
wards '-of ,'3 IS 'West » One Hundred and
Eighteenth i street, : New .York \ city, \u25a0 last
night attended ; the ; performance at • a
Market street , theater. \u25a0. He >. was h usli
ered to " a ' seat 'Ulrectly.-behind tth'at t 'oc
cupied by a" young womaniwho insisted
upon^ wearing* a large j ; hat». throughout
the -, performance."* ,\u25a0 ."• 1/ , - :
j Edwards .was v unablej,to_see^thefsta'ge;
"a n d :' aifter) ma k iiig £SeVerale ral of
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DISHONESTY -CHARGED
IN YQSEMITE VALLEY
Major W.W.Fonyik Sixth cavalry, U.S. A.
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in the house. The physicians .say. <that
the women can not live! •; .-'\u25a0-.;'\u25a0 - " ?y. \u25a0
,-^After _ several , days' seclusion,. Mrs.
Whlteline- appeared Monday and pinned
a n-dte on the front door of the 'house
at 740 Orient, street bearing the 'words,
"Dear, friends, am not at home." '-Then
she retired, to the -luTu.se and" the^ blinds
were ''drawn. Since . that' time .'no* : :> sign
of life: has been seen about ithe place.
Persons living In the vicinity heard low
eries 'as they passed 'the; place VFues
dayandjuntil this' afternoon the .'next
door neighbors could distinguish moans.
When, the police brokeinto the place
the women 1 lay motionless, the "mother
under; herbed. and the daughter in her
night; dress, on the floor in an adjoin
ing rooni. ,"~ : - r -'X-- ' - ' -. ' ,j,
.Mrs: Whiteline Is .61. years old and her,
daughter is 33. The husband and fath
er, / William Whiteline, ' . conducts"': a
shooting gallery in Oakland. V . t
players at Monte Carlo and other Euro
liean r . resorts,' and a year ago was cred
ited w.ith.winnjns $100,000/" ,'-
During the last week,,;according x to
the cablegram from, Monte ' Carlo; It has
been observed ; that he. plays' 29 "of terier
than i ahyj other number,", _ which
started'aTrunon 29 at roulette by those
who • wish,' to ; profit by~ the ' Americanos
luck. .It Is^said that Darnbrough plays
rouleUe'almost exclusively, aiid'always
plunges/abetting of francs on
each .flight of the, ball. .
the 4 young- woman to remove her- hat
he.reached tover and began .tearing to
pieces' the offensive headgear. .
; Before the* six ushers^; employed . in
the: theater reached Edwards there was
little-fleft of the hat. ..• Eventually- he
was ejected and* arrested and was held
in : *sSflojbair for a -further hearing = next
Thursday before'Magistrateißeaton^
Edwards declares', the young, woman
was breaking a.theater riileand there
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§p -THE WEATHER
$ESTERDAY-^Highcst temperature. 58;
jrlowest Wednesday nighU' 46. \u25a0/,",. "
/FORECAST FOR TODAY-^Fair, with
fog in morning; light east vzmd. changing
to^north. ". .
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BUB JARS FLIES
TO OTHER CLIMES
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Aviation .Committee Goes Up^in
the Air When It Hears of
His Departure
The •* miexpected : , departure of. Bud
Mars,, the birdman,' on the Wilhelmina
for a? trip to ; theT orient as the first lap
of^. a^journey^ around i the world, during
which 'he will .make' flights in his aero
plane, has aroused the Ire of the com
mittee in charge of the aviation meet
toibe held in thiscity next month, and
also'of'Glenn Hr-Curtiss, through whom
Mary was J signed for the * local meet.
In justification of hisr* action, Mars
said/ that a tour # .of.-; the.^,wgrld meant
$50,000^'to" -,him,^ as.. againsVrth'e ' J5.000
off ered. him' here. • -His* agent >had made
the / arrangements^, necessitating his
; early departure, although» s he had sought
unsuccessfully to havethe-Tdate of his
sailiug, deferred, sothat hi might grat
ify his. wish to^fly.in this city.* - ;
'\u25a0;.• -. Curtlss-l asserts^that: Mar's^ has~ cast
discredit upbn-'the Curtlss'carhp byfa'il
ing . to' :.keep^his I* agreement, -and.^ to
show -tliat "allft;aviators:do not^ regard
their word^so-li^htly.. he,;!says He will
.make' a great, many; concessions- and
"give numerous .extra features in the
way of exhibitipnsVand flights here.
-F. E. Seotford. chairman of. the local
.aviation -boarji, was Jndignant-. when he
learned of Mars' intentionVto go to the
•orient. '}\u25a0 • - - - • >
- The following telegram. -was- received
.by. Mayor -McCarthy .yesterday* from
Mayor Alexander of Los Angeles:
• i "Key . of '-'Los 'Angelesf! offered , your
people during second annual "interna
tional charity aviation' meet?. December
24 .to January 3. inclusive. will fly
Br'dokins..- Hoxsey.'iParmalee,: Curtiss,
Willard, Ely. . McCurdy,- Latham and
Radley. . Los Angeles bids, your city
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MRS. WALKER C. GRAVES^
PAYS CUSTOMS PENALTY
$1,104 Fine Imposed for Failure
~>^. to Declare Jewelry \u0084
'-\u25a0 The : failure .of Mrs. • "Walker C.
Graves, society woman and wife^of the
'democratic- politician, to declare jew
elry valued at $36S when she arrived at
this port'ffom,the orient on the steam
er 'China last September has cost her
$1.511, "in addition'to^the amount orig
inally .paid for : the valuables. Mrs.
Graves was ] ordered \to- pay" a fine .of
?1.104;by Collector or the Port Stratton
fori neglecting to" declare- the : Jewelry,
and yesterday her.' husband was' com
pelled' tbjpay $407; more' in order to bid
in the ; confiscated,artlclesi;at«tne. r auc
,tlori" : sale conducted " by, the soverhment
appraiser.' ' •' •' ' '. H ' . "-' x ;.
BANDITROBS SUNSET '
, iEXPRESS IN; EL PASO
Train^Stbpped in Heart of City
for -Thug's Flight ;
';. EL* PASoi Tex.. Dec. . 2 2.— The Sunset
express," theiSouthern* Pacific passenger
train . to New .Orleans, was robbed in
the, heart:of;the. city tonight by a high
wayman.-' \u25a0",'- . . . .' \u25a0 . .
: . With, two, drawn revolvers the. bandit
forced a. porter to walk of * him
through the Pullman,^ and "commanded
the passengers to stahdand deliver He
securedsi3o and twbjrailway tickets!
i, After iridlng.i.less than three blocks
the^r'obber/cbmmanded a brakeman to
stop ;-the > train. As it slowed "down •he
juniped^off 'and disappeared •
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
WRONG DOING
DENIED BY
FORSYTH
Complaint Against His Adminis*
tration Investigated by the
Interior Department
SPECIAL AGENT SENDS
REPORT TO BALLINGER
Supervisor Gabriel Sovulewski
Included in Attack on
Army Officer
CONTRACTOR ALLEGES
MONEY HAS BEEN WASTED
CHARGES of discrimination, dis
honesty and incompetency in the
administration of affairs in Yose
mite valley, directed at Major W. WV
Forsyth of the Sixth cavalry and Su
pervisor Gabriel Sovulewski. har»
prompteJ Richard A. Ballinger, sec
retary of the department o* the , In
terior, to institute a rigorous " Investi
gation.
E. A. Dixon, a special agent in the"
department of the interior, was - de
tailed, from "Washington to hear the
charges. .After several weeks in the "
valley he concluded his task December.
15. The report will be transmitted to
Washington for action at the hands of
Ballinger.
Contractor Makes Charges
Thomas 11. Carter, a contractor who
has built many of the trails in the val
ley, preferred jthe charges against So
vulewski and Forsyth and was active
in getting the facts before Dixon, des
pite the efforts of the federal authori
ties to keep him out of the valley. In
.his charges he recited the fact that
$55,000 had been appropriated by tha
federal government for . the construc
tion .of , four miles of road In the floor
of the valley, but alleged that the
had been dissipated .aju.\^£at only .
a small portion* W : the work had been
accomplished. He also set forth that
SnpervisorSovulewski had been guilty
of irregularities in cutting hay and
timber in the .valley and In selling these
products. His charges concludej as
follows:
"There are many other evidences of
discrimination, dishonesty and Incom
petency that can be produced and :
proved on an investigation of the ad
ministration of W. W. Forsyth and Ga
briel ' Sovulewski and we earnestly re
quest a thorough Investigation Imme-
Bid on Road Rejected
Carter is a member of the firm of
Carter & McCauley. which submitted
a bid for the construction of the ma-
cada.ni road In the valley, but their pro
posal was rejected and the government,
thereupon undertook the work. He was
particularly Incensed at the treatment
accorded him when he remonstrated.
Because of his outspoken opposition tc*
the conduct of affairs by the manage
ment in the valley he recelveJ a letter
directing him to leave the valley, it
being set forth that he was a character
not wanted there.
On receipt of this command Carter
left the valley, but soon returned.
This time he said he would not go>
unless he was compelled to leave by
force. It 'so chanced that Dixon ar
rived In the valley at this time to>
conduct the investigation and Carter
was accordingly permitted to remain j
and thus given an opportunity to tes-:
tify in substantiation of his charges.
Army Rule Resented
Major Forsyth, against, whom ther*,
have been many protests, is now occu«j
'\u25a0\u25a0 pying quarters at the Presidio In this*
city for the winter months. He Is oat
two months* leave. He was f6rmerly*j
stationed in Yellowstone park, but.haai
been in Tosemite valley much of th«|
time since the state ceded the Yose-j
mite valley back to the federal gov-sj
eminent. Campers have complained blt-v.'
terly of the restrictions which have been,j
thrown about them by the army and;
many have -been the regrets expressed
by the people residing* in the valley;]
that the state had given It up.
> Some months ago Major Forsyth ap*
peared in the ludicrous position of en
forcing an order that air cats be driven
out of the valley. Xot only was the
mewing tabby marked for slaughter,
but "dogs were also included In the
restrictions. The charges preferred by
Carter were treated with contempt by
Major Forsyth when questioned at" the
Presidio yesterday.
'"The whole thing Is absurd arid. th«
charges are ridiculous onr the face,**,,
saldThe. "Mr. Dixon ha 3 completed his
\u25a0investigation: and J decline, to be Inter
viewed- in "advance of the' announce
ment- of : ; the i decision by the depart
ment.**
BANS FOB CO.HCOKB— Washington. D«e. 22.-*
The comptroller of the»currencj.ha» rec^tred
the npplicatiou of F. W. FosJcett, John Sutton,
Vm X. BreckeorMge. W*. L. Brown and J. ,V^
•Iftloe to, -organise the FJrst national bank offj
Concord, Cal.. with a capital of $23,000.
COKTXACTOB XTT.T,KT>, BY CAB. — Lwnjr Beach*
I -l»*c.* 2"-. — I>ennlr» Flynn. a contrartor, 47 y»*r«i
' '- ot*X*. today stepped ; from a local stre«tcam
• and directly In front of *Un Aneflen Inter
1 urban • eolujr -at • a high rate of speed *nd wa^l
I -Insuntly killed.. ... N