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Number of Sports Items in Yesterday's CALL 108 Chronicle 77 Examiner 49 VOLUME (XL—NO. 172. POLICE AFTER TWO TO SOLVE MURDER CASE i>aac Cohen, Victim, Last Seen Talking With a Stranger at 11 o'Clock Monday Night Card Bearing Name of "Gussie" of Underworld Is Found at Scene of Crime Evidence of Woman's Complicity Strong; Diamond Deal Be lieved Lure Assassins Used ISAAC COHEN was murdered after 11 o'clock last Monday night. This is borne out by the information furnished by J. D. Steinman of I<>l9 Post street, whi said yesterday that he saw the murdered tailor talk ing to a stranger dressed in a light col ored suit of clothes and overcoat late last Monday evening. The two were standing at the corner of Fillmore and Geary streets between the hours of 10:30 and 11 o'clock. Steinman has known Cohen for years and is positive that he made no mis take in his observation, nor as to the day he saw Cohen and the stranger to gether. In talking of the matter last night Steinman said: "I was returning from a meeting at a labor hall and was walking up Geary street, when, on the opposite side, at the corner of Fillmore, I saw Cohen. He was engaged in conversation with a man who was middle aged and well dressed in light colored clothes. I should judge they were having some earnest discussion, as Cohen seemed very attentive, not noticing me as I went by. Can't Identify Stranger "I paid no particular attention to the matter until I read in The Call that the last .-een of Cohen alive was 8 o'clock Monday night, and then I began to re rail the night I saw him. I am posi tive it was Monday and that the man was Cohen. I do not. think I could identify the man he was talking to." The police late last night began a search for this strange man, as it is believed he may prove an important factor in the solution of the mystery. ITe may be implicated in the crime, it is also believed possible, as his ap :ance in the case dovetails with one • • the theories being worked on by i c police—that of a diamond deal un r cover. That a woman named Gussie, for merly of 10 Bartlett alley, may be ahle to throw some light on the kill ing of Isaac Cohen has caused the police department to bend every effort to locate this woman. A card bear g the foregoing name and address t found beside the body of Cohen b turday. Police Look for Woman Investigation revealed the fact that a woman by the name of Gussie lived at 10 Bartlett alley three months ago. At that time she left, ostensibly for Portland, Ore. No trace of her has been found since that time, and au thorities in Portland have been unable to get any line on her. The presence of the card on the floor of the room in which Cohen met his death may lead, it is believed, to a clew to the identity of those who mur dered the wealthy tailor's employe. These were the only new develop ments in the mysterious case that up to this morning has baffled the entire detective f.orce of the city. The mys tery that surrounds the brutal beat ing, robbery and shooting to death of Cohen, whose body was found Saturday morning in a vacant house at 1338 Steiner street, is no nearer solution than it was in the beginning. No Light Thrown on Tragedy Though every clew that was obtained by the detectives was run down, no light whatever was thrown upon the tragedy. The police are satisfied that a woman was implicated in the crime. The woman's gloves, handkerchief, hair pin and a piece of a boa, found in the room where Cohen was shot, together with the long strands of hair found about his neck and in his hands sub stantiate this theory. The detectives believe that possibly two men were confederates of the woman. Knowing that the motive of the deed was to steal Cohen's money, a large sum of which he carried around with him at all times and display*, 1 freely, the men detailed on the case devoted their time yesterday trying to decide upon the method resorted to in luring tne man into the vacant house, in the .J.ad of night. In trying to solve this angle of the BS«, theories were followed i>■ the police. One of the theories the detectives have been working on is that, upon the pretext of having son.c diamonds to sell, the woman and man, or men, got Cohen to meet them in the empty hoi—c, implying that the stones were stolen. Thus a feasible excuse for luring him into such an unusual place at night might have been invented. It de veloped through the day that he car ried with him Monday night a sum of Continued on Page 2, Col. 5 THE San Francisco CALL Call's Fight Every One's Fight All Demand Better Baseball General Sentiment !s, "it's Up to the Management" WILLIAM J. SLATTERY The whole town is with The Call for a winning ball club. You can hear the topic discussed on street corners, in the cars, among the clubmen, in the hotels, cafes, stores, shops and every place you go. Tt is a battle cry and they have all taken it up. It is a cam paign that appeals to rich and poor, great, humble, young and old. Civic pride is asserting itself. The fact that a noticeable change has come over the San Francisco ball players is proof positive that the fight has already had its good effect upon the team. Now let the management act. The "fans" expect that Cal Ew ing and Frank M. Tsh. the moving spirits of the Recreation Park associ ation and the San Francisco team, wi'! do something. They have been mak ing promise after promise for month after month and season after season, yet our baseball team is still in the ruck. What are they going to do about it? The "fans" were all asking these questions of one another yesterday afternoon as they witnessed the down ing of the home team by the Oakland contingent between showers. X c ~**L*ri na.s Dccn m.3.0c to correct tnc evil. The people were forced to fight their way up to the box offices where the grandstand and the bleacher tickets were on sale. Some of them were wait ing for nearly half an hour. They wanted to see the game, for they are in tensely interested in the sport; otherwise they would have left in disgust. The management knew this, but rather than spend a few dollars it made the crowd suffer. The two men who were dealing out box office tickets fumed and fought with the crowd. It was nearly as hard on them as it was for those who were looking for their tickets. Of course, those who had made their reservations ■earlier in the week were quickly served, but "many can not do this. They are forced to wait till the last minute and then they are kicked around and tram- Continued on I'hkc 2, Col. 4 TONGMAN MAKES ESCAPE IN AUTO Chinese Eludes Hanford Police After Slaying Countryman in Front of Store [Special Dispatch to The Call] HANFORD, May 18.—After shooting) down an unidentified Chinese as he sat in front of Sue Chung Kee's store in Chinatown, a countryman, said by mem bers of the local colony to be a gun man of the Stockton tong, late last night escaped in an automobile in the direction of Stockton. Four shots were fired into the body of the victim, and he fell from his chair lifeless. Waving his revolver the assailant fled and when the police ar rived he had disappeared. Officers here say that the shooting is a continuance of the Stockton tong trouble. Sue Chung Kee stated a few days ago that his life had been threat ened by tongmen and it is believed that the victim was mistaken for the storekeeper. 1 HURT IN CRASH OF MOTORCYCLES [Special Dispatch to The Call] SAN JOSE, May 19. — Riding in a blinding cloud of dust at terrific speed, Charles Chapman of Oakland and Jesse Harris, a prominent member of the San Jose Motorcycle club, crashed together today in the Monterey road and both were hurled high in the air. Harris es caped with slight bruises, but Chapman was carried to the Women's and Chil dren's hospital in this city, where an examination showed that he was seri ously injured, including a badly frac tured leg and lacerations of the face, limbs and body. OCTOGENARIAN DOCTOR IS FATHER OF TWINS Proud Parent Is Theorizer in Science of Eugenics NEW YORK, May 19.—Dr. Allen Gor ton, at the age of 80, is the proud father of twins. Gorton is a theorizer in eugenics. But the babies? Let science wait a minute. y These babies are the most wonderful babes in the world. At least Doctor Gorton and his wife, who is approach ing middle age, believe they are. The infants are said to be as perfectly formed and healthy as any two babies could be and each weighed axactly six and a half pounds when they arrived at the Gorton apartments. SAN FRANCISCO, MONDAY, MAY 20, 1912. , + —_ «, "Kid" Mohler, captain and sec ond baseman of San Francisco's | baseball team, the "Seals." GRIM FIGHT FOR LIFE REVEALED Robber and Victim Believed to Have Drowned Together in Death Grip SPOKANE, Wash., May 17.—The mys tery surrounding the disappearance two weeks ago of Antone Warger, a well to do landscape gardner, aged 66 years, and the later recovery of his body from the Spokane river, was deepened today when the body of another man was taken from Long lake, into which the Spokane river flows. The body recov ered today was that of a man younger than Warger, and in the pockets of the clothing were bank books and deposit slips bearing the name of Warger. The body found today has not been identi fied. Detectives are of the opinion that Warger was lured to the river bank and robbed and then engaged in a fight with his assailant and both fell into the river and were drowned. The heads of both corpses indicated that they had been battered. SHIPS HEELS SHOD WITH $1,000 DEFI [Special Dispatch to The Call] GLOUCESTER, Mass., May 19.—With |1,000 in real bills tied to the tail of its main boom, the fishing schooner Mary P. Goulart, 120 tons and 104 feet over all, will race a course on the grand banks. Captain Antonio Goulart has tied his wad in defiance of Captain Joseph Sears and the Mary F..Sears, a trifle lighter in build. Captain Sears has taken up the gage and drawn out of the bank $1,000 in brand new certificates which will swing at the heels of the Mary F. Sears, defying Captain Goulart to catch up and lift the money off the boom. OIL COMPANY MERGER VIRTUALLY DECIDED ON Bear Creek Would Be Absorbed by General Petroleum Co. [Special Dispatch to The Call] SANTA BARBARA, May 19.—At a meeting of the board of directors of the Bear Creek Oil company It was vir tually decided to close the deal with the General Petroleum company where by the latter absorbs the former. A vote of the stock holders showed that about three-fourths favored the deal, which has been pending for several weeks - - T. R. COMPARED TO LOUIS XIV BY PRESIDENT TAFT "The State, I Am It," Quoted as Representing Roosevelt's Conception of Himself Colonel, Says Executive, Would Seek to Wreck Republican Party If Defeated CINCINNATI, 0., May 19. — In a bitter and scathing denunciation of Colonel Theodore Roosevelt, President Taft tonight declared that the "certainty of his (Roosevelt's) defeat for the republican nomination must be a source of profound congratu lation to all patriotic citizens," declared that his predecessor in the White House would seek to wreck the repub lican party if not chosen by the repub lican convention, and compared Roose velt to Louis XIV. of.-France, who said: "The state, I am it." The attack was «in the form of a statement in which President Taft said: "On Thursday last I gave a statement to the press in which I said that with 520 Taft delegates then elected to the convention, and with the immediate prospect of the election of enough to exceed the necessary 540, the success of the cause of constitutional govern ment seemed assured. The delegates elected since that time have confirmed this conclusion. "The arrogance of Mr. Roosevelt's statement that he is the republican party, and that failure to comply with his views and wishes puts those doing So in the attitude b't bolters, finds no parallel in history, save in the famous words of Louis XIV, 'The state, I am it.' "It is on a par with his declaration that 'I typify and embody' the pro gressive sentiment of the age. "With clearly traceable premedita tion, be projected contests without the slightest reason therefor, in many cases weeks after the regular conventions had been held, merely to make a basis for a campaign of bluff and bluster. Now he threatens that unles* this campaign thus carried is to be recognized as suc cessful and unless honestly elected dele- l ontinued on Page 4, Column 6 COUPLE HELD FOR DEATH OF A BABY Mother Tells Conflicting Stories and Dairyman Denies Her Accusation OAKLAND, May 19.—The baby of Minnie Sllva, housekeeper for Charles Bomberg, of San Leandro, was born alive, according to Dr. O. D. Hamlin, who performed an autopsy tonight in the San Leandro morgue. The body was dug up last night by the police after Bomberg, the supposed father, had led them to the grave he had dug. Assistant District Attorney W. H. L. Hynes and Chief Deputy Coroner Bert Sargent were present at the autopsy and Miss Sllva was arrested and placed in the hospital ward of the county jail. Bomberg is still in the city prison, but may be removed to the jurisdiction of the county authorities if a serious of fense can be charged against him. The inquest will be held tomorrow after noon. The findings of the coroner's jury will decide If murder charges are to be placed against Bomberg and the woman. Miss Silva is Silent concerning the case. She told conflicting stories yes terday regarding the manner in which the infant met its death. Today she re fused to discuss it when questioned by Hynes. The child's body was burled in the orchard in a box, and it is thought the child was born a week ago. Misr Silva says that Bomberg took advantage of her, promising marriage. Bomberg denies that any Illicit rela tions existed between them. He was arrested after the affair had come to light through the woman fainting in a drug store In Elmhurst. Bomberg owns five acres of land in San Leandro, where he operates a dairy. AMERICANS ASKED TO SALUTE BRITISH FLAG Proposal for Centenary of War Arouses Tempest [Special Dispatch to The Call] NEW YORK, May 19. —A tempest has been raised in military society circles by a proposal made by Colonel Asa Bird Gardiner that the British flag be raised and saluted at the battery on June 18, the centenary of the war of 1812. Colonel Gardiner suggests that the act would be one of international courtesy and would show to the world that the hard feelings against England of a century ago had disappeared for ever. The suggestion is opposed by the military society of the war of 1812 and by the patriotic societies and hardly will be considered by those in charge oi the celebration. i Richeson Resigned to His Fate Prepares to Die Without Sleep Peace Is Made, Declares Slayer BOSTON, Mass.. May 19. —"I have made my peace with God; I am resigned to my fate. I wish now to go to my death as soon as pos sible, the quicker the better.'" These words, spoken today by Clarence V. T. Richeson, former Bap tist minister and con fessed slayer of Avis Linnell, to Rev. Robert S. Johnson, his spirit ual adviser, expressed the mental condition of the condemned man, whose tenure of life is measured only by hours. There is much rea son to believe that he will go to his death in the electric chair short- ly after midnight Mon day. Reclining on a cot in his death cell. Richeson talked long and earn estly with Rev. Mr. Johnson and the prison chaplain. Rev. Herbert W. Stebbins. "I do not want to sleep. I have so lit tle time to live and so much I want to say that I must talk," he said. When the hour of ex ecution arrives Rev. Mr. Johnson, his spiritual adviser, will precede him in the short walk to the electric* chair. Three physicians, the prison doctor, the county medical examiner and tiie surgeon general of the commonwealth, will attend as the legal witnesses. The prison chaplain also is entitled to attend. Besides these there may be three Continued on Page 2, Col. 5 JENNIE CROCKER'S DOGS MAY BE SOLD Report Has It That Famous Wonderland Kennels Are to Be Put on Market [Special Dispatch to The Call] •HILLSBOROUGH, May 19.—1t Is re ported here on good authority that Miss Jennie Crocker has decided to dis pose of her famous Wonderland ken nels, which include some of the most noted French bulldogs and Boston ter riers in the United States. Miss Crocker left for the east a few days ago to meet Malcolm Whitman, her fiance, to whom she will be married in July. John Cawkwell, manager of the ken nels, refused last night to affirm or deny the report that Miss Crocker had decided to put the dogs up for sale and dispose of them before her mar riage. Miss Crocker has kept about 100 dogs, French bulldogs and Boston terriers being her specialties. The kennels are the finest on the Pacific coast and are known all over the country. The value of the kennels has been estimated in six figures. Among the most noted Boston terriers are Sir Barney Blue, Frisco Cinders, Dick Dazzler, Wonderland Bluebell and Wonderland Pansy. Chief among the bulldogs are Halcyon Alexandre. Won derland Pierrot and Wonderland Bonds man. BREAK IN LEVEE THREATENS TOWN BATON ROUGE, La., May 19.—Mel ville was threatened today when the levees broke on the west bank of the Atchafalaya river, 16 miles north. Less than half of the town's 1,100 population remained. Captain Logan, in charge of the fed eral rescue corps, dispatched the steam ship Minnetonka with a barge to Mel ville to rescue the people. MILLION DOLLAR BLAZE IN HEART OF HOUSTON Early Morning Conflagration in Business District Disastrous . HOUSTON, Tex., May 19.—Fire which started this morning at 4 o'clock in the Stowers Furniture Store building, cor ner of Main and Capitol streets, is be lieved to be under control after having wrought damage approximating a mil lion dollars in the central business district. Clarence V. T. Richeson, confessed slayer of girl. HISTORY OF RICHESON CASE October 20—Rev. C. V. T. Richeson arrested (or the murder of Avis l.lnncll. .November I—lndicted (or the murder of Avis I.lnnell. November -—Resigned as pastor of Immanuel Baptist church, Cambridge. November 7—lmmanuel Baptist church refuses to areept resignation. December 20— Endeavors to commit suicide In jail. January 6— Confesses the murder of Avis I.ln nell. January 8— Sentenced to death In the electric chair. May 14—Attentats report accused sane. May 10—Governor Fosa refuse* to commute the sentence. SOUTH COAST IS SCENE OF MURDER San Pedro Harbor Yields Ghastly Find; Attire of Victim That of Clergyman [Special Dispatch to The Call] SAN PEDRO, May 19.—The body of a man was found floating in the inner harbor this morning by a fisherman. The man had undoubtedly been mur dered, the hands being tied together with heavy cord, the skull fractured in two places and the body weighted with an iron bar six feet long and weighing 40 pounds. The body is that of a man about 45 years of age, six feet one inch in height and weighing 300 pounds. The clothing was of excellent broadcloth, such as is worn by clergymen. A long black over coat lined with silk was also on the body. ;.-;■ Apparently ; the . body had been in the water about a week. There was noth ing found on the body or in the clothing that would lead to an identification. A copy of the Christian Science Monthly, dated April 1 and obtained from a read ing room in ; the I. W. Hell man building, Los Angeles, was in a pocket of the #»ercoat. , «' y \ * That the man did not give up his life without a terrific struggle was evident. The right arm was broken and badly discolored and several fingers on the left hand were fractured. The body was removed to a local morgue to await the coroner's inquest. MRS. I. I. MOORE REMOVES TO CITY [Special Dispatch to The Call] SAN MATEO, May 19.—Mrs. Lillian L. Moore, widow of the wealthy clubman who was shot recently by his chauffeur, left here this afternoon to take up her residence in San Francisco, where she has engaged apartments. Some secrecy surrounded Mrs. Moore's removal, and it is not known generally here that she is to live in San Francisco. Her address there was not given out. A {rip to Europe is contemplated by Mrs. Moore, it is said. Through a com promise of the contest over the will of her husband, she received $35,000 from the estate. Mrs. Moore was under the care of a nurse when she left here. Her health is said to be impaired, as she has suf fered from a threatened attack of pneu monia. THE WEATHER \fE§TERDAY — Highest temperature, 60; lohest Saturday night, 50. FOR&AST FOR TODAY—Cloud}); -pro\)jibly showers; light southwest wind. i For Details of the Weather See Par* M > , i • PRICE FIVE CENTS. MARTIAL LAW PROBABLE IN SAN DIEGO Crisis Quickly Is Approaching in Southern City's Fight Against I. W. W. Element STREETS ARE PATROLLED BY POLICE AND CITIZENS Governor's Special Commis sioner Explains Basis on Which He Made Report COLONEL WEINSTOCK SAYS THAT UTLEY IGNORED HIM [Special Dispatch to The Call} SAN DIEGO, May 19.—1t Is the belief of many In San Diego that martial law will be de clared here during the next few days. The practice of making a forecast of peace has been given up. Citizens and police alike patrolled the city last night. Tonight the same condition prevails. Attorneys Fred H. Moore and Mar cus W. Robbins, with William S. Raw lins, their stenographer, are still in the city. While six so called vigi lantes patrolled the front entrance of their hotel last night the three men made their way out a rear entrance and spent the night in the residence district. Robbins was the only one seen today. Officials Hold Conference 'We will be in court tomorrow morning," said Robbins. "And we hope that as a result of the hearing protection will be given our clients and ourselves." Mayor James E. Wadham, Superin tendent of Police John L. Sehon, Chief of Police J. Keno Wilson and other city and county officers held a con ference this afternoon, but would not give out any of their plan's. "I have nothing to say for publica tion, regarding the things that have been and are being said respecting my report of San Diego conditions made to Governor Johnson other than that which will be found in the text of that report, and the accuracy of which I reaffirm." Colonel Weinstock Returns The foregoing statement was made by Colonel Harris Weinstock for The Call on board the Panama excursion steamer Sonoma, immediately after that vessel docked yesterday morn ing on the return from Panama. The commissioner sent by Governor Johnson to make an investigation of San Diego affairs with respect to the I. W. W. and its contention for un restricted street speaking was told of the affair of Attorneys Moore and Robbins and the police and vigilantes of the day before. His first question was with regard to what had occurred in San Diego during his 21 days of absence without news. Conditions Not Surprising . After having heard a brief outline of the occurrences during that time, with respect to the I. W. W. situa tion, he was asked whether a rela tion of those events, in view of what he already knew respecting the I. W. W. teachings and attitude against or ganized society, surprised him. "Not In the least," was the ready re ply, "I think what you have told me tallies very closely with what might have been expected in the light of n.y report to the governor concerning I. W. W. principles." Will Not Express Opinion "Did you anticipate that anything of the sort waa likely to occur here at the time you were making your in vestigation for the governor?" he was asked. "No; I only said that It might have been expected, as any one might ex pect the occurrence of the violence s. H.Anton Bock\> l |7>x. Be Cos ><^a ANTONIO Clear Havana through and iJv. through, H|l> > D«stnbuters <3l I J I CoX* $ 161 167 California St. J I <#*m*m¥smmmttm*mMmmmtmfm+s>*miiJ%t