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VOLUME CIX.—NO. 148.
“THAT’S BRYCE,” SAYS MRS. INGERSOLL ON SEEING McNAMARA
Prisoners Lodged in Los Angeles Jail Under Heavy Armed Guard
WARRANTS FOR
LORIMER SLUSH
FOND KEEPERS
Tilden, Cummings and Benedict
Ordered Arrested by the
Illinois Senate
Packer and His Bankers Refuse
. to Produce Bank Account
of Former
SPRINGFIELD, 111.. April 26.—Ed
ward Tilden. Chicago packer, and
William .*. Cummings and George
M. Benedict, prisoner and cashier
. ■">£ the Drovers' trust and savings bank
°' Chicago, were ordered arrested on a
contempt charge by the Illinois senate
.tonight. The vote was 40 to 7.
# This action was taken on recom
"mVndation of the senate bribery In
vestigation committee after Tilden.
j Cummings and Benedict, through their
lawyers, had refused to produce Til
*den"s personal bank accounts for May,
June, July and August, 1903. •
Larimer Evidence Sought *
.The committee believes there hank
■ accounts will show Evidence of the use
•of money in the election of William
Lorrinier to the United .States senate.
Tilden had submitted „_ affidavit be
r :;t be
fore the committee saying, these* ac-
J counts show nothing directly or lott
dectVy bearing upon the election of
Lorimer.
He also offered. In a letter to the com
mittee, to allow ono member of the
, committee to go to Chicago and ex
• s a-njine these bank accounts. Tilden
made the express stipulation that he
should be 'allowed ,to ••Ignate the
member. * ... ; * -
. Committee Spurns Offer
• The committee took the position. in
which It was sustained by the senate,
• that it could not allow Tilden to dtc
. tate the conditions upon which' the
.. bank accounts should be investigated.
The committee also Insisted that the
■ subpena served upon Tilde*, asking for
the banking record, was sufficiently
specific and was not a so called "drag
net" subjena, as was contended by, his
c6unsel. >" ' : . ,
Lieutenant Governor John C. Ogles
by, immediately following the adoption
of the committee recommendations,.an
nounced that he would not assume re
' ''sponsibility of issuing the warrants
* for the arrest of the three Chicago
men. Senator Helm then placed the >
responsibility upon the body of the i
'"senate, directing Lieutenant Governor
; Oglesby to issue a ■■ arrant for the ar
rest ot. Tilden. * -
Warrants Are Issued
When this motion had been adopted
0 the senate adopted similar motions in
relation to Cummings and Benedict.
Warrants for the three men were
placed In the hands of K. H. Hatfield,
assistant sergeant at arms, and he was
directed to go immediately to Chicago
•and make the arrests.
Attorney Sears, counsel for Tilden,
"before leaving the senate chamber told
Senator Jones, floor leader, that habeas
corpus proceedings will be started In
0 Chicago tomorrow morning." "
The senate order for the arrest of
the men followed an entire' day of. ar
gument by counsel for both sides "and
debate by members before the body of
Jhe senate. M
Former State Senator Cyril B. .landus
of Chicago was' a witness before the
* -enate ; committee" tonight. -"'
*> 7 Jan'dus appeared with his bank ac
counts for the year 1909. They showed
that Janus made two deposits aggre
gating $4,125 in June and July, 1909.
He, was, unable to give the source
of these deposits. In no other months
in 1909. did Jandus deposits amount to
nio're than a few hundred dollars. -
MANUSCRIPT HUNTERS
ROOT FOR THE BACON
Long Sought .Works Object of
, River Digging
CHEPSTOW, England., April 26.—Dr.
Orvllle W. Owen of Detroit and his lieu
tenants started afresh 'today delving
Into the mud of the River Wye for Ba
con's "secret. -The American is thor
oughly. optimistic and believes that the
boatlike structure discovered in the bed
of the river is the long hidden cache
supposed to contain the Baconian man
uscripts. * , .' : ..*'
CRY OF KILL THE UMPIRE
MAY BE HEARD AT HAGUE
MINNEAPOLIS, April -6.—That dis
putes between nations should'-be
settled by an umpire, .as disputes be
tween -rival' American "baseball teams
are settled, was the keynote of ;an
j -ddress delivered by Baron d'Estour
* nelles de Constant, the French states
ma**!'/, before the, students of the .Uni
versity of Minnesota -today.
THE San Francisco CALL
Senator’s Report
Calls Stephenson’s
Election Corrupt
[Special Dispatch to The Cell]
MADISON, Wis., April 26.—The
senate Judiciary committee of the
Wisconsin legislature today rec
ommended the adoption of a joint
resolution requesting, the .United
States to investigate "the man
ner, means and methods by and
through which Isaac Stephenson
secured his election to the sen
ate."
The resolution is a substitute
for the Hustlng resolution on the
same subject introduced earlier
In the session.
The committee resolution is ex
pected to pass .the legislature,
though supporters of Senator
Stephenson will do everything in
their power to defect It. Senator
Henry Bodenstab. Milwaukee, a
supporter of Stephenson, was the
only member of the committee to
dissent from the committee's rec
ommendation.
The.resolution recites the find
ings of the senate Investigation
committee which were to the ef
. feet that Stephenson, committed
bribery and that hl3 campaign
managers committed bribery and
other acts in-violation of the cor
rupt practices law to 'secure his
election and that therefore his
election was null and void. 'It
also recites the recommendations
of the senate investigation com
mittee that the United States sen
ate be asked to investigate the,
action of Stephenson and that;
prosecution be commenced against *
the persons guilty of the perjury
of corrupt practices in connection
with the election. * ,
The resolution will come up
Friday. ;,,
ALASKA URGES ACTION
ON COAL LAND CASES
Cablegrams Sent to Taft Asking
Court Hearing
..CORDOVA. Alaska, April ; Mer
chants and mine operators of the Cop
per river district have started a flood
of cablegrams to President Taft urging
him to endeavor to obtain a hearing
of the Alaska coal land cases before
the supreme court at the present term.
For months many merchants have
been, obtaining extensions ,'. of', credit
With Wholesale, houses In the belief
that an early settlement of ; the coal
cases would he made. Business men
say that If the coal 'cases are not de
cided in May there Is no hope of na
tive coal being available for the local
markets until 1913. - ■ ■
WIFE DESERTER LOCATED
BY NEWSPAPER DISPATCH
Los Angeles: Woman Applies for. Pension, and Report
1-. Leads to Chargeof:Bigamy ; ';,;■': ■•; ;
[Special Dispatch to The Call]
P.EXTON HARBOR,, Mich.. April 26.
The strange romance of a California
man was' revealed here today. Fight
ing his - way through;,the civil war,
marrying, going to California in the
early days, 'deserting his wife and
three children* at Los Angeles, disap
pearing for 16 years, marrying In this
city again and keeping his secret from
wife No. 2 at the age of 67,, Is part of
the history of Fred, A. Clark, who was
betrayed try a publication of a story
from" Los Angeles, telling of "the action
of Mrs. Clark *in a petition for a pen
sion, and being Informed by."the' pen
sion department that he lived in this
city.
■Sixteen years ago Clark walked out
of his California home. When* years
passed and he did not show. up,.. Mrs.
Clark at Los Angeles applied for a
pension. . She doubted that her missing
husband was alive, : but:,addressed a
letter to Fred A. Clark , here. Mrs.
Clark here had read the story in the
Chicago".papers, and when the Los An
geles letter arrived she managed to
get possession' of it.
HUMMING BIRD EGG IS LAID
• : BY 8 POUND BERKELEY HEN
[Special Diipatch to The Call]
'7 BERKELET. April 26.— to be out
done? by "Oakland, which claims, to be
th? home of -a hen laying eggs of al
most ostrich si-e, Berkeley broke '; Into
the limelight today as possessing the
hen which has broken all records for
laying the smallest sized : egg. ;
. r Carl Schmitt, a contractor .'and builder
and Incidentally a.chicken fancier of
1609 Stuart street. is the :possessor -of
an egg- laid by an > eight -pound black
mlnorca,hen. The egg is but three
eighths of an inch in diameter and but
an inch long. It is smaller than.most
birds' eggs and a robin's egg looms up
large beside iu^V -*-. •
SAN FRANCISCO, THURSDAY, APRIL 27,. 1911.
"Tou.are my .missing husband." read
the missive.^ "I ask only that;you tell
me why you disappeared.: Tell'me this/
and-1' will bother you no more." '
The Michigan Mrs. Clark . wrote i to'
the California woman. The description 5
which she received and the picture"
which. she . sent conpleted ,the chain of,
evidence against Clark./ Confronted by.
his own picture of California days, he!
admitted that he was the -missing 'man.'
He ..was .arrested on a charge of big
amy, but later was released. Mrs.. Clark
here."stipulating that* he !should -leave-
Michigan instead'ofbeing-prosecuted!
Clark. accepted. - ",■ *, " .7 ■'■'. .:..', 77,
'"He is gone-as though he were dead."
said Mrs.:j ('"lark. "It J might as well
have been' a--funeral.-.* for I never care
to' see. him / again.',' < '■■"• 77"']' ".*"•
- Perhaps the strangest part of the
caseiwas.that the,news dispatch which
flrst linked 1 the California and ; the Ben
ton • Harbor * Clark -as one ■ also * restored
to the missin pman a sister whom*" he
had not seen for sft ' years. " She- re
sided '.;at, Madinett, Wis. . Readlhg;,'pf.
the, case.;she ;corresponded .with Clark
here, and .soon theft* i relationship*■■' was
established. "* . ' ."'
Schmitt says, r that •' this hen also laid
an egg which was about seven-tighths
of an inch; in /-.diameter, and three
fourths of an inch in length.' '■ He chal
lenges chicken • fanciers from : one end
of -" the country to the other <to equal
this record. • . • .■' ' ■ ' r~T
T. L. MteQUlan of 961 Sixteenth street;
Oakland, boasts a black rninorca"'which
has .laid .an . egg -7MxS ii inches ; and
weighing one-quarter of- a pound. He
says that "..while this 'is *a< great ; record
he is confident that his ..pet* hen will
,beat this performance in the "hear
future.*'"' "7/ . ■".''"' ",?*■"''"'. ".-,, '';_:_
LOCHINVAR OF THE RAISIN
BELT USES AUTOMOBILE
! „ . ■ : : .\.... a 1 •£,.*•■';-., '. ..",„,. „-, . ...■'. . . . , » " *'" \ . , :",>'.*- ■■■ -*: '4%
Her Ma'ls, r Outwitted, Parson Dragged From Pulpit and
• : County Clerk Kidnaped. in Shirtsleeves '
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.FRESXO,- -April 26.— Seizing ' his be- .'
trothed .fromi* th*- very . arms ■ "of * her,
I mother. "IterbTrtlT.' Shaw, a young clerk"
I of. this rCity.-ruehedxaway, with-her with
.an automobile tonight and the two we're
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mferried Ijy.Tlev. Diincan y"Wallace, pas--.
tor of- "-the •«Cumberland - Presbyterian
church. „' ■ t ;:■ m >,*-.>;, "7--7f t , *..-.'. t ■f' •
• Shortly -before*6 o'clock'*. the ' young -
man d^cjd'j(J lV tpibej! married-',"i Securing 1
an automobile, he rushed to the home
of? the .bride, but was informed by.the
mother"* that be could '-hot'"see" her.*';
Brushing--herjaside, he rushed through;'
the house'to r the girl's room. ' ? 'V,'}' '"".'"."'. *?
... "Hurry us» and get your clones, we're 7,
going to'he married tonight." he shout- '
cd. and she dad as she was ordered. ', V
". the jnofh'er ostulated and followed
them» to '»■ the>machine, [ getting'" Into j the.
automobile.:*!>: 7; „*"*". •".. .***." t ■•."-*.•
, if you are going to town with *
us. we^won't*gef married tonight." said •
Shaw, and the three went back to the ",
RAKER ASKS STATE CAUCUS
TO BOOST FUEL OIL FOR NAVY
[Specie/ Dispatch te The Call]
WASHINGTON. April V 26.—Represen
tative John -.E^ Raker..", has written a
letter - to ■hijf t fellow member's '"- of the
California delegation suggesting a!'state,'
caucus to consider legislation pertinent
to the state and especially advocating
the use of. fuel oil by tbe United States %
s government on transport, ships \ and
other vessels on the Paciflc coast. \ His.
letter Is as -follows: '7- '.-,--- '. .* ' ~ \ 7 2
..--..: •,. t...1 ( ,r.n.r.-V"-'.r,- --•■,-..,- #.'.."..
: -Dear Congressman:,,-Respectful- -
y- ly; suggesting* the advisability -of • a';•'*
„v m eealrlg' of the California ; delega
,,-', tion in ; congress *. for the *; purpose 1::
.-of discussing legislation pertinent f. ■
.-. "to California, among other things ■••'- -
; . the matter of using fuel oilbj* lie
United .States government on trans- : .
...port ships and other vessels.on tha
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"house. .As the mother reached the porch
the two turned and ran for the auto
and.sped away .to-town,-leaving; the
■mother at home. * „
"'Straight for the Calvary Presbyterian
church the machine headed. - The pastor
;was conducting^ a missionary service;
but this did not daunt: Shaw, and. he
' rushed j, up ,to the pulpit, seized the min
ister by the arm' and led him'out of the
church. ("Wallace did not have time .to
get his* hat. The congregation crowded
but iof the church to watch the. per
formance. -„" "'' *-" ' -,'
'*." Rey. Mr. "Wallace . was , put into the
machine.and it. was headed for the resi
dence. of D. M..'Barnwell, county clerk.
Barnwell was watering his lawn' and
was in /his shirt, sleeves..' Shaw would
not wait to let him get his coat, but
made*him get into the machine, and the
party went to get a llneense. *
The wedding ceremony was performed
at the residence of Mr. and Mrs. George
M.';Kohler.'* *. «, ' ' '.'. .'.". ':■, "■ ..""*.' >
. * Paciflc coast. It Is unnecessary to
in- call -• attention «• to -.-the - commercial <
"benefit: that would accrue to our -
* 'state: in case this .was done and as
•- •,-• to the * question of expediency », and
*. cheapness /there • can be \ no:; com- '
* parison ras between coal and oil. * I
suggest that the California* delega- ,
■ tion get vtogether. and' appoint a -■
; committee from among'our number ,
► -to,.call upon the secretary of war
■--*;and:urge a careful consideration of
the matter. . , - , . '-,
v *. Awaiting your .'pleasure, I 'am
i'i yours 'most* truly*,**' ,".•.:' T * * •**.. - "'-,
'■"{ . *'.''/' JOHN E. RAKER, M.-C. -
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•..'The members to whom the letter was
addressed have not yet decided whether
, they •'win -accept the. suggestion. '
f/J\THE WEATHER
Y^TERDA Y---Highest temperature, 52;
/orß-GSij . Tuesday night, 48. t
fmECAST FOR TODAY—Shows; light
.yg&ftlh mind, changing to moderate west.
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WOMAN CERTAIN
ONE OF ACCUSED
IS DYNAMITER
Indicted Trio Are Spirited Into
. Los Angeles in Speeding
Automobles
MEN ARE HANDCUFFED AND SHACKLED
Detectives Fight Way Through Immense
Throng in Pasadena and at
County Prison
f Special Dispatch to' The Call]
LOS AXGELES, April 26—"It's undoubtedly Bryce."
With thess words Mrs. D. H. Ingersoli of San Francisco,
who gave the police a detailed description of the man known
as J. B. Bryce, said to have; heen .the person who purchased the
dynamite from the. powder works at Giant, a part of which, it is
alleged, was used in the blowing up of the Times plant, today made
her first; identification" of 7- 8.-McXamara as Bryce.
• Under instructions from District Attorney Frederick?,
Ingersoli returned here Tuesday, from San Francisco,' where she
has been since testifying before the .special grand jury which investi
gated the Times disaster. Today, in company with Eulah Hitchcock,
a special woman detective, in the employ cf the district" attorney,
Mrs. *"?crsoll went to Pasadena in an automobile to get her first
glimpse,of «J. B. McXamara. .
McNAMARA NOT HUSTLED INTO AUTO
; When McXamara, handcuffed to Private-Detective Barry of the
Burns agency. was taken j from the. Santa Fe Limited he was rushed
to the sidewalk, .but > was not hustled into an automobile, as had been
McManigal a few moments previously, being compelled to stand for
a few moments awaiting a car. *
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The delay was intentional. Close by, in another machine, sat
Mrs.;lngersoll with the woman detective.
That's McXamara." said Miss Hitchcock, indicating the prisoner.
Mrs. Ingersoli gazed intently at the man a -Lew seconds, and then
as his hand, with which he had been concealing his features from
the press photographers, fell away for an instant, Mrs.. Ingersoli
sank back in her seat and "was heard to say: "It's undoubtedly Bryce."
When the auto containing McXamara finally whirled away, the
car in 'which Mrs. Ingersoli was riding fell in behind it, and both
the man said to be Bryce and the, woman who declared she knew
hi mm San Francisco by that name were returned to this city.
Mrs. Ingersoli soon after her arrival here was placed in care of
the woman detective, who has been : her constant, companion ever
since. She will be held under cover by "the district-attorney, it is
said, until her testimony is needed in the case.
PRISONERS LODGED BEHIND BARS
John J. McXamara; secretary of the' international bridge and.
structural ".'iron workers' association: his brother, James B. McXa
mara, and 5 Ortie E^McManig-al^thcalleged dynamite' conspirators
accused of having blown:up the Times newspaper, plant list October,
killing 21. men, are in the Los Angeles county jail tonight, surrounded
by extra : guards.'; All three charged with deliberate and con-"
spired murder. ..**,' * -
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Before 2?o'clock; this afternoon all three- men 'were behind the
bars of the county prison/'.three.-.blocks from the ruins !of the dvna
pited newspaper building/but no attorneys came to visit and consult
them, and there will not be any conference-between the accused men
and counsel until tomorrow. '„-*..."
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"It is* not known -when the .prisoners -will: be arraigned, and Dis
trict 'Attorney, John D. 'Fredericks, who said yesterday. that !the state
was ready to goto trial at once, announced that this ; formality would
not await the.convenience of the defense.
O. M. Hilton, chief . counsel. of the western federation of miners,
who came here: yesterday, presumably .'; to join counsel for the
defense; starte dtoday.-to establish headquarters and : a working force
to* launch the battle, but stopped all preparations, when lie received
a telegram from President Ryan of the iron workers' association
saying that all matters pertaining to the defense of the international
secretary and his reputed confederates were in the hands of Indian
apolis lawyers. ___H_f___f'-^ ' '"'-'-J
"There is almost an infinity, of 'things suffering'to be. done at •
once," said Attorney Hilton.. j'But, although this is .a struggle that j
means much to union labor, cas well as life or death to the accused, *'
there have been no preparations and there is ,no money in sight '
except" the ■ fund aggregating * $250,000 pledged; by: President Mover " s
of the western federation of miners. v '„.'-.' t
MUST BE TRIED ON ITS MERITS '—"'-^r —
"I will wait until "tomorrow.' Then, if nothing transpires; I shall ,
go" back to my home -, in _\ Pomona /and wait until . technicalities art ■'{
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