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VOLUME CXI.—NO. 160.
AVIS LINNELL'S
SLAYER BRANDED
MORMON ELDER
Woman Evangelist Swears Rich
eson Was Leader Among
Latter Day Saints
Former Baptist Minister Said to
Have Been Identified With
Cult for Years
BOSTON. May 7.—Clarence V. T. i
Richeson, under sentence of
death for the murder of Avis
LfinnelJ. has been a Mormon
elder and secretly connected with the
Mormon organization for several years,
although preaching from a Baptist pul
pit. a< cording to a sworn statement ;
.lust made before William A. Thibodeau.
aa attorney and justice of the peace.
The author of the affidavit, Mrs. I
Lrouise K. Brittain. claims to have been j
formerly connected with the Mormon
f'church and to have been a celestial j
> of a New York man who is at
'■■he head of the Morman organization ■
in the east.
Was Mormon Elder
In the statement Mrs. Brittain says I
she has known Richeson several years.
first meeting him three years ago at a J
Mormon conference on Staten island, '
where, she says, the Baptist clergyman j
was recognized as one of the Mormon,
elders and was particularly active in
the affairs* of the conference. She has
seen him many times since in and about >
Boston and has given him the Mormon
signs, which were always answered,
.she claims.
She says she attended a Mormon con- ,
ference at Providence, R. 1., a little j
more than a year ago. at which Riche- j
con was present, and that she received j
commands from him as a Mormon elder
at a Boston gathering of church
leaders.
A short time ago Mr?. Brittain be
came converted from Mormonism, she
says. According to Attorney Thibo
deau, who gave out the affidavit to
night, Mrs. Brittain recently divulged
to some of her close friends her know
ledge of Rieheson's alleged connection
• -ith the Mormon church and was pre
vailed upon to make the facts known
previous to the time set for Ms exe
cution, as it war* felt that the informa
tion, if withheld until after his death,
would seem unfair.
Informant a Woman
Mrs. Brittain has become known dur
ing the last few years to evangelistic
workers in and about Boston. In an
interview tonight she said that to the
best of her belief Richeson was con
verted to Mormonism while a student
at William Jewell college In Liberty,
Mo., from which he was expelled in
ISS9.
At that time Richeson became at
tached to a young woman who now
makes her home in Salt Lake city. To
this young woman is due Richeson's
trend toward Mormonism, Mrs. Brit
tain believes.
The affidavit, which waa given out
prior to the interview, describes some
of the meetings at which she said she
had seen Richeson and concluded as
follows:
"I have always considered Elder
Clarence V. T. Richeson a member of
the Mormon organization. "While it Is
not common, it is not unusual to find
the more educated of the Mormon
elders preaching in the pulpits of
evangelical churches which baptize by
immersion."
$500,000 TOMB OF
U. S. GRANT IN PERIL
Fears Felt That Edifice Is Be
ing Undermined
[Special Dispatch to The Call}
NEW YORK, May 7.—Grave fears are
felt that the half million dollar tomb
of General TJ. S. Grant on Riverside
drive Is being undermined. The fre
quent cracking of the pavement around
the tomb, the breaking off of parts
of the steps and copings and the
noticeable settling of the tomb may
be. Park Commissioner Stover thinks,
the result of undermining by bad
drainage. The chief engineer of the
park department and the architect of
the tomb will make an investigation at
once.
FORMER CLOWN DIES OF
HEART FAILURE AT CIRCUS
Charles Kane Falls Lifeless
From His Seat
VALLEJO, May 7.—Charles Kane, a
former circus clown, was stricken by
heart failure while attending the Sells.
Floto circus here last night and fell
from his seat dead. Kane during the
last two years has been employed as
a boatman. He was a nephew of Rev.
Father Kane of Benicia.
MAN IN SALOON HURLS
TEA KETTLE AT FRIEND
Bystander Is Hit and Suffers
Fractured Collar Bone
[Special! Dispatch to The Call]
REDDING. May 7. —In Shasta last
evening Dr. T. J. Edgecomb went Into
a saloon where two customers were
having a stormy dispute. One of them
threw a tea kettle at his opponent,
which missed its mark, hit the doctor
Tkiid broke his collarbone.
ASTOR'S SON HIDES
❖ ❖❖•s>❖♦♦'♦♦♦♦♦
Crante Besiege Heir
Vincent Astor.
Berkeley Man Is
Killed When Auto
Plunges Over Bank
[Special Dispatch to The Call]
BAKERSFIELD, May 7— Failure of
the brakes on their auto at a critical
point on the road down Kern river
canyon from the power development
plant threw J. P. Ludlow of Berkeley
and J. R. Nelson of this city over a 40
foot embankment today. Ludlow re
ceived injuries from which he died this
evening, having been brought here from
the canyon.
Ludlow fell on a rock and was in
jured Internally. He was an assessor
for the J. G. White Construction com
pany, and leaves a widow in Berkeley.
Nelson escaped with only minor
bruises. The machine plunged 100 feet
farther down the precipice and waa
wrecked.
FARMERS PUT ONE OVER
ON "NEIGHBOR JOHN D."
Rockefeller School Board Can-
ditate Beaten by 1 Vote
[Special Dispatch io The Call]
TARRTTOWN. N. V., May 7.—lrving
G. Boyant. a farmer at Pocantlco Hills,
put one over on his neighbor, John D.
Rockefeller, tonight, when he beat out
Mrs. David M. Milton. John D.'s candi
date for school trustee, by one vote.
No one suspected that there would be
any opposition at the polls, and con
sequently the Rockefeller lieutenants
were caught asleep. Mrs. Milton Is
a wealthy woman and has been a
member of the board for several years.
The farmers say that she introduced a
lot of frills and that the taxes jumped
from $3,000 to $6,000. and, while Rocke
feller could stand the strain, they
could not, and they were going to show
John D. a few tricks.
MRS. AVA WILLING ASTOR
AGAIN REPORTED ENGAGED
Maurice Rostand's Name Cou-
pled With Divorcee's
[Special Cable io ThejCall]
PARIS. May 7-—The rumor is again
current that Mrs. Ava Willing Astor la
engaged to be married to Maurice Ros
tand.
Woman Is Silent
NEW YORK, May 7.—Mrs. Ava Will
ing Astor arrived in New York from
Europe recently to be with her son,
following the death of Colonel John
Jacob Astor in the Titanic disaster. At
the Rits-Carlton. where she has apart
ments, Mrs. Astor refused tonight to
comment on the Paris report of her
engagement.
THE San Francisco CALL
Boy Takes Refuge in
Home of Young
Stepmother
[Special Dispatch to The Call]
NEW YORK, May 7.—Cranks are
flooding the mail and dogging the door
step of the young* heir of the Astor
millions. Vincent Aator, reaiduary leg
atee of the estate of Colonel John Jacob
Astor, has been compelled to screen
himself within the seclusion of the
noil's* at 840 Fifth avenue, which be
long* to his father's second wife. Mrs.
Madeline Force Astor, secured for life
under the will, unless ahe remarries.
The schemer, the faddist, the crank
verging on the brink of lunacy, all
want to help the young multimlllion- j
aire to spend his great fortune.
Beggars Flood Mail
All sorts of vague and visionary
schemes, selfish and absurdly altruis
tic, are being presented to him. His
father's secretary, Dobbin, who is now
acting in a like capacity for the col
onel's son, wades through a wilderness
of freak letters until he get* to the
correspondence which merits serious
attention. The swarm of begging bees
has become so exasperatlngly numerous
and persistent that the young man has
been advised to isue a statement an
| nouncing his intentions. He has done
so, stating distinctly that he will take
no steps whatever involving buslneas
matters concerning the estate until No
vember 15, when he attains his ma
jority.
Then he will follow implicitly ln the
footsteps of his father.
To Become Lawyer
He will study law, help in the act
| ual management cf the estate, remain
an American citizen, continue to make
his home In this cotmtry, where the
Astor millions were made; visit Europe
occasionally, as his father did. and gen
erally try to be a good and useful
American citizen. ,
Some of the letters received by young
Astor are masterpieces of the gro
tesque. One suggests that he should
turn the bulk of the real estate over
to a committee whom the writer
named, so that the big skyscrapers
forming part of It may be transformed
into model lodging houses and co-oper
ative stores in the profits of which
the committee shall share as represen
tative's of the struggling masses. An
other offers the title to a yet unpat-
Continued on Page 3, Col. 4
DYING MAN IS
FOUND IN PARK
Police Work on Theory Tbat
Unidentified Sufferer Was
Attacked by Assassins
With a bullet wound in one temple
and a deep knife wound in the other,
an unidentified, well dressed man waa
found, staggering In Golden Gate park
near the Tenth avenue, and Fulton
street entrance shortly after midnight
last night by Policeman A. J. Harry
of the Richmond station.
The man was rushed to the Park
emergency hospital and then to the
Central emergency for treatment, but
at an early hour this morning he was
dying on the operating table.
Considerable mystery surrounds the
affair and, though it appears on the
surface to be a case of suicide, the
facta are so peculiar that the detec
tives working on the caae are working
on the theory of murder.
When found the man was coatless
and groping in the darkness. He was
making feeble attempts to call for help
and these calls brought Policeman
Harry to his assistance. Fifty feet
from where the man was discovered
was his coat and hat. In the right
hand coat pocket was a revolver with
one chamber discharged.
The bullet wound ln the right temple
points upward. The exit of the bullet
is in the top of the head. At the tem
ple where the missile entered are pow
der burns, which shows that the gun
from which the fatal shot waa fired
waa held at close range.
On the left temple is the knife
wound, which is several inches ln
length and depth.
It is the belief of the detectives that
the man could not have shot himself.
The man, who wore a dark suit and a
derby hat, is clean shaven. A label la
hia coat is marked "Mr. Hamilton,"
from Jacob! & Co., tailors, San Fran
cisco.
OLD WOMAN DIES AS
SHE HAD PROPHESIED
Mrs. M. F. Grabill Meets Death
In Her Easy Chair
SUNNYVALE. May 7.—"Don't bother
about staying up with me. Some day
you will come ln and find me dead In
my chair." So spoke Mra. Marah
Frances Grabill, aged «5. a few weeks
ago. The prophecy waa fulfilled** thia
morning. Friends calling to Inquire
aa to how she passed the night, found
her dead in her easy chair.
SAN FRANCISCO, WEDNESDAY, MAY 8, 1912.
MORE TROOPS
ARE ORDERED
TO TIA JUANA
Company C of Twelfth Infantry
at Monterey Leaves for
the Border Today
Officers and Men Prepared to
Combat Either Disease
or Armed Foe
[Specie/ Dispatch io Ths Cdl]
MONTEREY, May 7.—Company
C of the Twelfth United
Stated infantry, stationed at
the Presidio "here, will leave
on a special train at 7 o'clock tomor
row morning for Tia Juana. where It
has been ordered &y the war depart
ment. ',
The orders were received from Wash
ington late this afternoon and were
similar to those issued to Company G,
which was sent to Yuma last week.
At that time the war department a<T
vised the commander of the post to
hold his other companies in readiness,
and in less than half an hour after the
order was received Company C was
ready to board the train.
Are On a War Footing
Company C will go into the field
prepared for any emergency and with
full fighting equipment. Each soldier
was issued his summer underclothing
and marching shoes. Besides this,
every man carries emergency rations
and several hundred rounds of ammu
nition. The company quartermaster is
equipped with netting for use in the
kitchen and hospital when the soldiers
reach their destination.
Several -weeks ago the post surgeons
inoculated every soldier of the regi
ment with anti-typhoid serum in case of
aervice either on the border or in Mex
ico. The officers were also subjected to
the vaccine treatment. As 11 is, they
are prepared to go into the field to
combat either disease or an armed foe.
The company consists of 65 enlisted
men and Is commanded by Lieutenant
Smith.
It was rumored among the officers
late tonight that other companies of
the regiment will leave
afternoon for points jn the Mexican
border.
Troops Ready to Mobilize
[Special Dispatch to The Call]
WASHINGTON, May 7.—Deep interest
was taken here tonight in the orders
Issued to troops at western army posts
Continued on Paste 2, Col. 5
FIGHT FOR MINT
DELAYED IN HOUSE
Congressmen Hayes and Know
land Consent to Post
ponement of Contest
[Special Dispatch to The Call]
WASHINGTON, May 7.—When it re
sumed debate today on the appropria
tion bill the house passed over the con
tested item providing for the abolish
ment of the San Francisco mint. This
item probably will come up Thursday
and is one of the questions upon which
the hardest fight will be waged.
Congressmen Hayes and Knowland,
who are leading the fight to retain the
mint at San Francisco, consented to
the postponement.
Representative Kahn is also ready
for the fray. The mint section of the
bill will be taken up with other knotty
problems, which are pasaed over aa the
reading of the bill proceeds. These
include propositions to abolish the com
merce court and the bureau of manu
factures and the proposed plan to re
tire government employes when they
reach the age of 65 years and to make
appointments from the classified serv
ice good for only five years.
FLAMELESS GAS IS
HOTTEST HEAT YET
[Special Dispatch t» The Call]
LONDON, May 7. —Supremacy of gaa
fuel for all industrial and domestic
heating purposes is among the revolu
tionary developments anticipated in
consequence of recent research at
Leeds university. Means have been dis
covered by which gaaes can be made
to burn without flame and yield a tem
perature that haa been hitherto unat
tained by gaseous combustion.
The detalla of the plan were given
before the Cavendish aoclety at Leeda
university by Professor Bone, profes
sor elect of fuel at the Imperial Col
lege of Science and Technology.
•The dlstinguiahlng feature of the
new proceaa," aaid Profeaaor Bono, "ia
that an explosive mixture of gaa and
air cauaed to burn without flame in
contact with a granular incandescent
solid results in large proportion of the
potential energy of the gas being con
verted Into radiant form, a temper
ature of 8600 degreea Fahrenheit has
been obtained by thia method."
"IT WILL NOT DO for you to sit idly
amid the splendors of your great exposition,
watching your alert competitors responding
instantly to the knock of opportunity and
passing through the newly opened Golden
Gate of the C KNOX.
Secretary of State Knox and Charles C. Moore.
Secretary of State Knox Warmly Welcomed to City
By Mayor Rolph and Fair Officials
SECRETARY OF STATE PHILANDER C KNOX, fresh from his trip
to Central America, the nations bordering on the Caribbean sea and the
Panama canal zone, became the guest yesterday of the cfty of San"
Francisco. He was welcomed early yesterday morning upon his
arrival here from the south by Mayor Rolph and representatives of the
Continued on Page 3, Column 1
"DICK" AND "DORA"
HOLD UP WIRELESS
Government Messages Are De
layed for Spooning Over
the Sea
[Special Dispatch to The Call]
NEWPORT, R. 1., May 7.—"My Own
Dick_: Why don't you write or let me
know how you are? I am crazy for a
look at you and one little kiss.
"DORA."
This is a sample of the messages sent
by wireless that hold up government
dispatches. This particular one was
sent by a Fall River girl to her sailor
sweetheart on the Montana in New
port harbor today. Meanwhile dis
patches from Captain Gleaves, com
mandant of the naval training station,
Captain Marsh of the Montana, and
others, -waited.
A "confidential" message from "Bes
aie" to "Jerry" on board the North Da
kota was somewhat alarming. It read:
"Look out for Jack next trip. He says
he will knock your block off if he
catches you here again. Will write."
The matter of interference with naval
business has been put up.to the secre
tary of the navy by Captain Williams,
'N.Y.G.' LINES FINED
ON REBATE CHARGE
[Special Dispatch to The Call]
CHICAGO, May 7.—Three of the New
York Central lines indicted by the fed
eral grand jury for conspiracy to grant
rebates .pleaded guilty today and paid
aggregate fines of $40,000. United States
Judge Carpepter imposed the penalties.
The only concession made by the gov
ernment was the nonsuiting of the
cases against the assistant traffic man
agers of two of the roads named ln the
indictment. The fine, $10,000 on each
of the four counts, is the maximum
under the antl-rebating statute.
The railroads and amounts of their
fines: Lake Shore, $10,000; Michigan
Central, $10,000; Big Four, 520.000.
The railroads pleaded guilty without
reservation to the charge that there
was a conapiracy to grant rebatea to
theatrical companies using their lines.
The rebate took the form of lavish ad
vertisement* ln theater programs.
THEW£S%HM
YESTERDAY Li Highest lemfvrafire, 62;
lowest Monday night, jf
light
fog in morningi light tmrrftwind.
For Details of tha Weather See Page 15
RED TAPE NEARLY
SPOILS BIG SHOW
Lack of Formal Invitations
Keeps Few Consuls From
Meeting Secretary Knox
There is a skeleton in the closet of
the Panama-Pacific International Expo
sition company. It made its fearsome
presence known yesterday for the first
time, when it stalked into the midst of
the ceremonies surrounding the visit
of Secretary of State Philander C.
Knox. By valiant effort on the part of
exposition officials and members of the
California Development board it was
routed yesterday, but it threatens to
become a frequent visitor before the
gates of the great exposition are
finally closed.
The name of this skeleton Is Eti
quette. Its ways are dark and its
habits mysterious. It has bothered
around In the open to a certain extent
before, but never until yesterday did
it threaten to disrupt the best laid
plans of the men, who, in the name of
San Francisco, are to be hosts to the
world in 1915. Yesterday it raised the
very deuce.
As chief of the department of state,
Secretary Knox extended the officia'
Invitation of President Taft to the na
tions of the world to participate in
the 1915 celebration. As a matter of
courtesy to Secretary Knox, it was de
cided by those in charge of the ar
rangements for the latter's visit to
San Francisco to invite the foreign
consuls in San Francisco to meet the
secretary formally at a reception yes
terday afternoon in the rooms of the
California Development board in the
Ferry building.
For several days the plans for the
entertainment of the secretary have
been given publicity through the news-,
papers, and one of the features of the
program, aa published, has been the
reception of yesterday afternoon at
which he was to be the guest of honor
and the foreign consuls were to be
presented.
Monday afternoon the consular corps
met, and it was then that the skele
ton Etiquette broke from its closet
and took a seat at the consular board.
A member of the corps suggested that
all foreign consuls should attend the
reception in a body.
"But have you been formally in
vited?" interrupted Etiquette.
There was dead silence. Slowly the
gravity of the situation dawned upon
the local repreaentativea of the foreign
>*" ' ' ! ■ ' —
Coatlnaed oa Page 5, loluma Z
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
"LIARS!" CRY
OF T. R.'S
CAMP
Dixon Resents as Mendacious
Charge of Using Money
in Baltimore Primary
RETORT FAIRLY BRISTLES
WITH THE UGLIER WORD
Taft Men in Daily Bulletin Claim
Four Maryland Delegates
for President
CONTENTION ONLY FANS
WRATH OF THE SENATOR
Standing of Candidates
In Presidential Race
These figures on the standing
to date of the presidential aspir
ants are based on the records of
delegates instructed or pledged
and do not take into account ru
mors advanced by either side of
desertions and changes.
REPUBLICAN
Taft, 456.
Rooaevelt, 364.
La Follette, 36.
< ii mm In-. 10.
Unclassified, < Im-lnding- eight
Massachusetts deleajatea), IX
DEMOCRATIC
Clark, 235.
Wilaon, 130.
Underwood, 56.
Marshall, 30.
Baldwin, 14.
Burke, 10.
Uninstructed aad nnelaasifled
(Including JV***w York's 90 delc
cnlMi, 101.
WASHINGTON, May 7.—The
Taft and Roosevelt national
headquarters clashed today
over the Maryland primary
result. The word "lie" was used
freely by Senator Dixon, head of the
Roosevelt committee. Early in the
day the Taft headquarters put out a
statement on the Maryland results,
part of which was as follows:
"More than half of Mr. Roosevelt's
entire delegate vote came from the
city and county of Baltimore, where it
is stated the Roosevelt managers
placed $10,000 among their workers
at an early hour yesterday .*•
Leader Exhibits "Roll" /
Another part said:
"In Prince George county, which
definitely decided the contest so far
as present returns indicate, Roosevelt
money in large amounts was poured
into the county. Large rolls of small
bills, accompanied by checks to be
used if needed, were sent out from
Washington on Sunday, at least one
well known leader ln the district
having voluntarily exhibited such a
'roll* in Washington on Sunday after
noon."
This statement was duly delivered ln
the Roosevelt headquarters about
noon. The rival organizations have an
amicable agreement whereby they
exchange daily bulletins and state
ments.
"Liars!" Responds Dixon
Here is Senator Dixon's answer:
"Every one of these statements is a
deliberate, willful lie. Every man con
nected with their circulation la a de
liberate and willful liar. These lies
are circulated for the purpose, and for
the only purpose, for which liara
always He."
President Taft's managers today
said that "the president is entitled to
and will receive the votes of four of
the delegates from the state of Mary
land" to the republican national con
vention.
The Taft managers contend the
naming of a solid Roosevelt delega-
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