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VOLUME CIX—NO. 106,
COLONEL CALLS
LORIMER UNFIT;
ALSO HASKELL
Former President Declares That
Elections Disgraced Both
Communities and Voters
Failure to Grant New Mexico
Statehood Denounced as
Breach of Faith
People Warned That Good Citi
zenship Is Needed to Back
Up Good Laws
[Special Dispatch to The Call]
ALBUQUERQUE. N. M., March 15.
Colonel Roosevelt paid his re-
Fpects by name to Senator Lori
mer of Illinois and Governor
Uaakell of Oklahoma tonight. - Ho de
nounced both as "unfit to hold public
office." Their election, lie said, was a
disgrace to the communities which
eler-ted them.
The denunciation was made in the
course of Colonel Roosevelt's address
to an audience which crowded the opera
house and left hundreds standing 1 out
side. In opening his talk the colonel
declared that in its failure to grant
New Mexico statehood during the last
regular session of congress the national
' povernment had committed a, breach of
faith. Arizona, he said, might have of
fered ground for question, although he
favored its admission, but with New
Mexico there was no question.
Duties of Citizens
Turning: to the duties which the citi
zens of New Mexico must take up when
tfie territory becomes a state. Roosevelt
warned his hearers that while good
laws were necessary, good citizenship
njust back them up. He said. that un
fittmen had been elected to office both ,
by popular an 1 representative vote.
Such a man remained unfit for office,
he said, "whether he Is unfit, as JL,orimer
Is unfit.,who was elected by the legis
lature of Illinois, or as Haskell is unfit,
•who was elected by popular vote."
Faroes Direct Election
TJie Cofaael recommended a drastic
corrupt practices law-for New Mexico
when.lt teflon wen a state. He aJso de
clared for direct eletion of United
States Senators. In this connection,
he said. New York offered an object
lesson.
"With direct election "somebody"
"would have been elected senator from
that state, he concluded. He also de
clared that justice toward corpora
tions must characterize all dealings
■wi % th combinations of capital, and. after
an explanation of his views on this
. subject, devoted the rest of a long ad
dress to a plea for good citizenship.
Visit to Juarez, Alex.
EL PASO, Tex., March 15.—Colonel
Theodore .Roosevelt paid his first visit
to Mexico today while he was here for
three hours on his way to Phoenix to
dedicate the Roosevelt dam. At his
Kpccial request Roosevelt was driven
across the line in an auto and shown
the old church, the custom house and
the market place in the old town of
Juarez. He spent an hour on the
Mexican side and was especially in
terested in the preparation that had
been made by the federal forces to
resist the expected attack of Orozco
and his insurrecto army- during the
siege, of Juarez.
He examined the loopholes that had
lieen. cut in the old church, saw the
sandbags that had been piled on top
of the city hall and took pictures of
it ail. He also visited the monument
that had been erected to President
'Benito Juarez and knew more of the
history of the Lincoln of Mexico than
any in his party.
BRIGHT FUTIREPIIEDICTED »
~ lie commented upon the intelligence
of the Mexican people, especially the
Mexican children whom he saw, and
predicted a brighter future for the
Mexican republic because of them.
The rough riders, who came to XI-
J'aso from New Mexico to,act as re
ception committee for Roosevelt on his
trip through the territory, was left; at
the union station when the, Roosevelt
train pulled out. When the colonel ar
river]^ from, the east, he abandoned
temporarily the arrangements that, had
been made for him and proceeded to
•whoop thing's with the- rough riders
who were at the train to meet him.'
Tlii? delighted his old comrades so
jnurh that they started celebrating
nnJ missed their train.
lIO.\EST DEALING UEMAADED
"AH that the United States demands
of Mexico is order. Justice and inde
pendence," declared Roosevelt -this
morning at a breakfast given In Ills
honor by the Toltec club.
The colonel's remarks were the only
utteran.-e he haslmado on the Mexican
situation. IWfIHMMBSfIittS
He declared that honest dealing be
tween man and man wag the only cer
tain foundation of prosperity. Th«
tame thing was true, he said, of the
relations of communities to each other.
AMERICAN HUNTERS TO
BE ARRESTED IN ARCTIC
Denmark Sends Warships After
Slaughterers of Walrus
PENHAGEN, March 15.—The gov
ernment Is sending warships to Green
., land' with instructions to arrest for
•^tlsn walrus hunters, chiefly Americans,
.who are reported to be killing thou
sands annually..
THE San Francisco CALL
Power of Human
Eye Puts Hungry
Lion to Flight
[spccia/ Dispatch to The Call]
SAN" JOSE, March 15.—Courage
and t)i« "power of the human
eye" saved Walter Sargent, a
prosperous rancher in the Red
wood district, near Gilroy, when
he was confronted by a hungry
mountain lion last evening.
Sargent was driving a herd of
rows to his home in the foot
hills when he noticed the big cat
stalking him. ■ As, it crouchi for
a spring Sargent turned and fixed
the beast with his eye. Man and
lion remained as immovable-as
statues for a few seconds and
then the animal turned and trot
ted away.
Several ranchers hunted it un
successfully today and will prob
ably continue the quest tomorrow
with a pack of dogs.
TAFT PLAYS GOLF
WITH CONGRESSMAN
Littleton of New York Discusses
Law With President Dur=
ing Game-
AUGUSTA, Oa.. March I..—President
Taft nn.i Representative Martin W.
Littleton Of New York, played an In- j
teresting game of golf today. The
match was arranged last Saturday.
Tn a way it was heralded as a con
test between the republican parties
and the president, as the representa
f the republicans, unexpectedly
won. Littleton, who had the distinc
tion of defeating Colonel Roosevelt's
friend and • neighbor, Congressman
of Oyster Bay, was regarded by
experts here as having a shade on the
president at the game.
But he was taken entirely off his
guard by the president's game, and
Taft won rather handily by - up and 1
to play.
The match attracted great attention
among the golfers. One of its most
interesting features was the fact that
the president and the congressman
seemed to get sidetracked arguing
some political issue or point of consti
tutional law, apparently heedless as to
whether the balls. recently driven
from the tee. had fallen into a bunker.
I>. Rockefeller, who occupied
quarters close to th<» president's, at fhe
hotel, where both were stopping, left
today for New York. It was reporter!
that Rockefeller, in the belief that the
United States supreme court would
soon hand down a decision in the
Standard oil trust case, desired to ho
in close, touch with the situation at
New York.
LINER’S STEWARD HELD
FOR STEALING OPIUM
F. J. Riley Charged With Taking
Tins Seized by Inspector
Frank J. Riley, second steward on
the liner Mongolia, was arrested yes
terday for trying to smuggle in six
tins of smoking opium. To make the
charge raop» serious. Inspector John
Toland connects these six tins with the
122 removed from under a stateroom
panel by Inspector Huffaker.
Riley was in the room when Huf
faker made his find, and evidently
helped himself when the inspector
Stepped out to summon help. Shortly
afterward Toland made a search of the
steward's room and found the six tins
in various pockets of clothing that
hung on the wall.
Owing to other circumstances the
arrest of Riley was not made I
time. But yesterday lie was served
with a warrant by Deputy United
States Marshal Frank Kiernan.
MORMON CHIEF’S PICTURE
TO ADORN SHIP’S PLATE
Navy Department Maintains Its
Consistent Attitude
WASHINGTON, March 15.— navy
department is preserving what It re- !
Sards as a consistent attitude.in de- 1
clining to accede to the demand of the
various religious organizations, that It
refuse to allow the battleship Utah to
accept the silver service donated (by
Utah, on the ground that one of the
principal pieces bears a portrait of
Brigham Young and a picture of the
Mormon tabernacle, in Fait Lake City.
: A similar question arose when Mis
sissippi bestowed a silver service bear
ing the portrait of Jefferson Davis upon
the battleship named after that, state.
The department then held that it had
no authority to* control the action of
a sovereign state in such a matter, and
Secretary Meyer has made the reply to
the protestants In the case of the Utah
silver service.
ROBBERS SLASH AND
TRICE UP VICTIM
Man Hung on Meat Hook \V hile
Pockets Are Emptied
NEW- YORK, March ] Entering a
restaurant *in Cherry street early to-
I day. three holdupmen strangled Diego
la -.la, the cook, strung; him' up -by
the neck with a noose which they at
tached to a meat hook and slashed
his face with a knife as they • went
through his 'pockets and robbed him, of
$136. After robbing the cash drawer of
$10 the men fled. La Cala nearly
strangledito. death ;before* : lie managed
to free himself. lie was taken to a
hospital in a serious condition from
loss! of blood
SAX FRANCISCO, THURSDAY,. MARCH 16, 1911.
BITTER FIGHT TO
BE WAGED OVER
ONE LITTLE BOY
Mrs. Mary Lise Pedder Obtains
Possession and Guardian
Seeks to Recover
Pathetic Tale of Heart Hunger
and Privations Endured
to See Children
IN her heart hunger. for her. first j
born eon/ Mrs. Mary .Llae redder,
wife of a wealthy real estate
dealer of Concord,' Oil., swept
aside precepts and judicial mandates of
the law and kidnapped him from'the
custody of her former husband, Eugene
Franklin Peckham, a former captain of
the local militia, member of the army
land navy club, and at present a travel
ing:. representative for a wholesale
j stationary and Ink company." For this
she and the child were taken before
Judge Murasky yesterday on a writ of
habeas corpus Issued at the behest of
Mrs. Alice Allen, in whose care the
child had been left pending the father's
absence in Oregon.
With the proceedings in court there !
developed a tale of mother love which
caused Mrs. Pedder to walk from San
Luis Obispo to Los Angeles in order to
see her children. Well nurtured, re
fined and educated, she worked as a
housemaid and waitress in the cities
and ranches along the'route. Hunger
and poverty she overcame in the hope
of once again looking upon her off- ,
spring. When she had money she took i
the train; when her purse was empty
she walked the tracks. When kindly I
hearts gave her shelter she-slept under j
a roof; otherwise, she. lay on the bare j
ground, by the beaches and along the ;
roadside —but always steadily pushing
on to her goal.
The casa will come up for hearing !
Continued' on Page it. Column 1
AUTUMN AND SPRING IN
A MERRY MARRYING BEE
Three Bridegrooms Admit Ages That Total Double
Those of Their Young Wives
[SpeciW Dispatch to The Call]
orovilu:, March I
of autumn marrying spring in three
licenses issued yesterday by the county
clerk. The total ages of the grooms Is
double the total ages of the brides. The
licenses issued were to A. II Nielld,
NOBODY WANTS CONVICT ON
JOB; SO HE'S BACK IN CELL
[Special Dispatch to The Call]
SACRAMENTO. March 16
months of disappointment in trying to
keep employment in 1
couraged William Melton, paroled Con.
vict from Folsom state prison, that he
has voluntarily re-entered the prison
to serve out his term of four years for
burglary.
Melton says he obtained numerous
ns on the bay, but the stamp of
NEW ORLEANS EXPOSITION
COMPANY TO LIQUIDATE
NKW ORLEANS. March 1"..— The
World's Panama pxposition company
voted today to liquidate its affairs and
the executive committee of tho corpora
tion was nam^d v the liqiii'iatinpr com
CONVICT SLAPS MAN FOR
LAUGHING AT SENTENCE
Burglar Grumbles When Sent
to San Quentin
Frank" Albertlnc was very much
peeved ■when "Judge Cabaniss sentenced
him yesterday to four years' Imprison
ment in San Quentln. Ho had admitted
that he whs guilty of burglary, and a
former conviction colored his record.
Still, lie /thought four years i pretty*
tough, and grumbled and muttered/ ill
humoredly. And that was not all he
did to show his disgust.
As he was being led from the court
room Albertlne administered a stinging
slap to the face of 11. B. Smith, a peace
ful occuparrt of one, of the scats set
apart for the general public.
. "Here, what; did ; you do that for?"
demanded Bailiff George Ryan, hustling
Albertine from the court. '■ , :
"He laughed at me^—thaCs , what I
dii) it for," returned Albertlne. And
while Smith rubbed • his tingling face
Albertino continued grumbling about
the way- he had . been ' "Jobbed,",' keep
ing it up all the way to'the county jail.
Army Orders
WASHINGTON, March Army ordera—
First l<imtrn*i>t Paul W. Beck, infantry; Secopd
Lieutenants John C. * Walker Jr.. ' Eighth iDfau
try. andGeorste. E. M. Kelly. Thirtieth Infantry, 1
will proceed from San Hie?., to San Antonlq mid
report about March'2o to the commanding gen
eral of - the : maeuver; division v for fluty- under
tbe chief signal officer of that division
Love Crazed Mother Defies Law
Woman Kidnaps Her First Born
Mrs. Mary Lise Pedder, who endured great suffering to see her children, and little Eugene C. Peckham, her son
by a former marriage, whom she kidnaped.
!;• elding, and I^ula E.
:. of Paradise; Moses
v. aged 4S, and Berths Burns.
aged IT. of Gridley, and W. 11. Beck,
8, both
a convict had been' placed upon him.
As soon, as his employers discovered
who he was they, turned him out. .
Trying to live' lip to the parole re
quirements was too: great a task, so
he applied to Warden ; Reilly to .take
him back. ■ He whs taken to 'Folsom
today by Parole Officer Mulford of San
Francisco. He was" sent =to Folsom
from Los Angeles.- ■ . ■ •
mittee. Coincident with • the -step, It
developed-that the committee may be
forced to take legarseps to force pay
ments alleged to be d.ue_.lt. The sum of
$34,093 will be,restored to stock holders.
TWO MEN LIVED IN
CEMETERY VAULT
Blankets Spread on Coffins and
Food Stored in Urns
NTACK, N. V.. March —Two men
arc v under arrest hero charged jby ♦ the
police with having- made : their • home
for the greater part of the winter In
a vault in the Rorkland'cemetery. The
men i are said to have lived-for, nearly
three ;months in'the dark, l; dank room,
meajsuring 10 by 12. feet. The impro
vised bed :of • straw and i blankets was
spread upon, two coffins and funeral
urns afforded ■• a storehouse* for their
food. . . .. ■'
DR. AKED’S RESIGNATION
ACCEPTED IN GOTHAM
John D. Rockefeller Jr. Leads
in Commendation
NKW YORK. March 15.—The resign*.
tion of the Rev. Dr. Charles Ak<vj, pas
tor of Hie Fifth avenue Baptist church,
who has received a call to the Pacific
coast, was accepted in sper-ial meeting
tonight. Resolutions praising the
her and hi* work hero were of
fered by John D. Rockefeller Jr. and
adopted. The resignation will go into
effect April 0.
UNCLE SAM RICH, SO
BONDS WON’T ISSUE
Panama Canal Securities to Be
Held Up for Awhile, Says
Secretary MacVeagh
BOSTON, March 13.—Secretary of the
Treasury MacVragh passed a few
hours at the * custom house, today In
Consultation with Collector Edwin U.
Curtis. Speaking of the new Panama
'■ana! loan, the secretary said:
' ; "Although* it has-been the general
impression that a block 'of: new 3:' per
cent" Panama. bonds would be ■ Issued
Immediately .after; tha adjustment of
the corporation' taic>*e'a.re]'ln no im
mediate need of fund?. Neither i the
amount-nor the time of. the issue Jias
been decided.. .The" first issue > will prob
ably be not more than $So,O<M>.O»O. y\
"The .< corporation' tax t*decision-..in
volved , $52,000,000. We - estimate.-the
incomer from the • tax,- this•■:• year at
$25.000. "■ ■- ■• • •'. ■■■ -,V • -r ;
•The treasury will close the current
< .ir with a total deficit of about
WOMAN SEIZES THIEF
AS HE ROBS HER ROOM
She Hangs On While He Flees
■i ' and Men Look On .7 , j
[Special, Dispatch r to The .Call] / ' ' *
OAKLAND,"; March' 15.—Mrs. Cora
Cesena of 337 Tenth street ■ captured a
burglar single handed * this . afternoon
when she came upon : him in her bed
room. ;:/., > .-.- ■; / •.--'. -.-.. • '. •■-- :'- : :
. Holding to the man's collar as he ran
for : three ; blocks ..to. Ninth ' and i Web
ster streets, «he called vainly to' pass-'
er-by to !aid her., ,
. Though a small woman, Mrs. Cessna
stopped the crook at . Ninth and ■ Web
ster streets and began tugging him
back to the house... Then several men
and •; James Nolan, a policeman, went
to her aid. '„ : "-'• \ „
At the city prison the man gave the
name of Edward C. Brown, but from
papers found in his pocketß the police
inferred, his true name was Edward C.
Mitchell. In the burglar's pockets
was found a silver backed toilet set
stolen from Mrs. Cesena.
Mrs. Cesena said some harsh things
about the "cowardly men" who failed
to heed, her cries for hejp.
THE WEATHER
YESTERDAY —Highest temperature, 70;
lowest Tuesday night, 52.
FORECAST FOR TOD AY — Cloudy,
somewhat cooler; light north winds changing
to west.
CHILD IS FOUND
BRUTALLY SLAIN
Body of 5 Year Old Girl Is
Discovered in Lodging
House Room
PORTLAM'. March In.—The fiendish
murder <jf a 5-year-old girl was re
vealed today when Mrs. Bertha Nelson,
proprietor of a lodging- house at 107
Russell street, this city, prompted by
curiosity as to what had become, of a
lodger who rented a room yesterday,
went to the apartment and discovered
huddled on the bed the body of little
Barbara Holtzman. whose disappear
ance was reported to the police- last
night. The child had been brutally
assaulted and slain.
The identity of the perpetrator of the
crime lias not been established, and
Mrs, Nelson could give only a meager
description of the man. She said he
appeared to be about 45 or SO years
old. He was clean shaven save for
a dark moustache mixed with gray.
He was well dressed but had an un
healthy look. This description prac
tically is all the detectives have to
work on. t
He rented the room yesterday for
one day. Only OBCC during- the day
did Mrs. Nelson hear anything un
usual from the room, an.l that was
when pome object fell to the floor.
She at first thought it was her lodger,
but his pacing up and down the room
reassured her that lip had not met with
an accident and the incident dropped
from her mind. !*tne heard nothing from
the. man after that, and when and how
he left the house is a mystery to her.
Barbara Hoitzman was the daughter
of Toellin Holtzman, a mechanic. She
was sent to a butcher shop yesterday
at Jo"clock and did not return. Her
disappearance was reported to the po
lice last night.
ABE RUEF A”PROFESSOR”
ONLY IN SAN QUENTIN
Nickname Former Boss Because
of His Discourses
[Special Dispatch to The Call]
SAN QUENTIX, March 15.—Although
Abe Ruef has been in Pan Quentin only
a week he has won a title from the
nmvlcts. They call him "professor."
His Berkeley education, discourses on
philosophy and fondness for books
aj"e responsible for the honor. Few
convicts in the penitentiary remain
long without receiving a nickname.
J. Dalzell Brown was known behind
the walls and even among the guards
as "Raizle Dazxle" Brown. Million
aire William B. Bradbury was affection
ately termed "Splttltt' Brad." Now
they call Atje Ruef "profeßsor."
WILL ON BIBLE FLY LEAF
GIVES ALL TO WIDOW
Oakland Man Bequeaths His
Estate in 20 Words
[Special Dispatch to The Call]
OAKLAND. March 15.—0n the back
of a page of the bible the late C W.
Wright of Ea^| Oakland made his
will. The will is holographic, is writ
ten in pencil, and in about 20 words
directs that Wright's entire estate shall
go to his widow, Sarah K. Wright.
Wright wan an oil man, who died Jan
uary -. His estate has a value of
about $1,000. Mrs. Wright filed the
will for probate today.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
JUAREZ IS
DYNAMITED
BY REBEL
FORCE
Barracks Toppled Over Upon
Federal Troops by Charges
of Explosives Set
Off in Night
INSURRECTOS PENETRATE
TO HEART OF THE TOWN
Wildest Panic Reigns, Shops
Being Deserted and Crowds
Hurrying for Safety to
U. S. Side
SEVERAL ARE REPORTED
HURT, BUT NEWS HELD OUT
Day’s Developments in
Harried Realmoi Diazi
Force of rebels,. penetrates to
heart. of Juarez and dynamite*
federal ban-ark*.
Mexico announces it v\ ill not ex
cute - ■ American . "soldiers .of
fortune" captured at rasas
Grandest
Washington forces ■ temporary
suspension of order to "shoot
nil sight."
Seventy-five United States ma
, rines landed at. Masdalena bay.
Made.ro - sends ', >Tord of ' Intended
' attack on Casas Grandes.' {'■ '
Rebels and federals -ready to fly
,mt- each . others' throats . near
■: Arizona border.
United States army ready to go
■ into ennip at San Antonio. Tex,
[Special Diipatch to The Call]
EL PASO, March 15.—The bar
racks at Juarez were blown up
tonight by two heavy charges
of nitroglycerin, which tore out
parts of the buildings occupied by the
Mexican troops.
Two of a small band of insurrectos
who secretly entered the town were
wounded and captured. A number of
Mexican cavalrymen are reported to
have been injured.
The shock of the explosion was felt
throughout Juarez. Immediately a
cry was raised that the insurrectoa
had surrounded the place and were at
tacking.
Merchants fled from their stores.
Crowds prepared to make a general
exodus to the United States eide.
Extra guards were placed around
the quarters of Colonel Tamborel, thf>
commandant, and of General Navarru.
Heart of Town Shaken
The barracks occupied by the Four
teenth Mexican cavalry, are situated
in the heart of the town.
There has bpen a general feeling
that the insurrec.tos were snrround
ing this city. A small band is sup
posed to have crept into the town
along the railroad tracks shortly
after 8 o'clock.
After placing the bombs they at
tempted to get away. Soldiers on
the lookout on top of the barracks
immediately opened fire, bringing
down two. The rest escaped into the
country.
All the Mexican soldiers in town
were called on duty. A guard was
placed around the barracks.
No official information as to the ex
tent of the damage is given out, but
it was seen from adjacent streets
that a number of the barracks build
ings were wrecked.
Mexicans Are Silent
The two captured insurrectos were
picked up by soldiers and carried awa\.
The Mexican officers denied that any
one had been killed, but would sa
nothing further.
The town soon quieted down, and
the people who had crossed the bridge
returned.
Ii lias been known for several days
that insurrectos were a few miles
south of Juarez, but they were not in
great numbers.
Yet the town has had the aspect
of a city preparing for war. Sandbags
are piled up at the edges of the roofs
of houses to act as breastwork?, the
people have been forbidden to venture
far beyond the environs and the rifle
loopholes in the walls of the old mis
sion in the heart of the town have
been kept open.
Americans Are Safe
Assurance of the safety of all Amer
icana confined in Mexican prisons is