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VOLUME (XII.—NO. 73.
DARING REALTY
SWINDLER GETS
INTO BAD HOLE
Los Angeles Police Nab Him on|
Eve of Marriage With
Berkeleyan
Floats Large Checks, Posing as!
One of the Famous Ring*
ling Brothers
Shrewd Operator Is Alleged to
Have Worked One Banker
for $50,000
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[Special Dispatch to The Call]
LOS ANGELES, Aug. 11-—On the
eve of his marriage to Miss |
Grace Wadsworth Ppence of 1620
Cresthill. Berkeley, John Hud- J
son. alias John K. Ringing-, was ar- .;
rested hy Detectives MrCann, Williams j
=md King. They ssy he is one of the j
moat daring real estal - swindlers vfho j
ever visited the coast Hudson cam" ]
here two weeks ago. registered at a
local hotel as John .. Ringling and j
claimed he was se i out by the circus !
owners to secure winter quarters for j
the concern.
Gets $50,000 From Banker £
He floated "arg-- checks in San Diego.
Venire and Los Angeles and is alleged
to have secured $50,000 from Louis .1.
Wilde, former prescient of the Amer
ican National ban" . San Diego. » -
He won the Berkeley girl's consent
to an immediate wedding: by writing a
check "in- blank and telling her that
she could fill it out for any amount she
chose after the wedding ceremony.';-He
stated that he and his partners were:
worth $54,000,000. ;, \i
Hudson visited San Diego a few day? i
ago, made a deal with a concern to
take over a tract of land for $63,000
and pave a check on the Austin 'Na
tional bank of Chicago to bind the bar
grain. The realty brokers lacked faith
and wired the Chicago Institution, j
which immediately replied that the man
was7a* fraud. • *> v "" : -" ,v ." -•- -*'--;v-,-.>:■■ ":^r-\[
A>early Got $25,000 More
Hudson opened negotiations tvith the
owner* fflt the Venire, a r.earby beach
resort, and they were on the point of
Riving: him a bonus of $25.0"0 to brins
his great show to the seaside for the
winter months.
Miss Spence made a round of the
newspaper offices, grave her name as
Grace Wadsworth and endeavored to
have the story of the man's crime and
arrest suppressed.
Hudson admitted to the police that
he had adopted the alias to aid him
in his land transactions, and also told
them that the woman was named
SpMM and not Wadsworth, as she
claimed.
SAN FRANCISCO YOUTH
NEAR DEATH IN CRASH
Jerome de Weese Has Narrow
Escape; Companion Hurt
[Specia/ Dispatch to The Call]
MARTINEZ, -\u;-r. 11.—.Jerome de
\ypese. an employe of the Little Auto
compan; of San Erartclaco. and Fred
Meyers, hia 18 .-ear old companion, were
Injured in an auto wreck here this
afternoon. Making a .sharp turn at the
city limits, the five passenger car
crashed through a fence into a hayfteld
and rolled over twice, pinning th" two
victims underneath. The car was badly
wrecked. Mayers, a novice, was driving,
iff is in a hospital, suffering from a
severed artery in the leg and possible
internal injuries. I»e Weese, who was
little injured, returned to San Kran
clsco. Their escape from death is con
-i ed remarkable.
EPISCOPAL CLERGYMAN
SEEKS FAME ON STAGE
\\ ill Appear in Play Soon to
Be Produced
[Special Dispatch to The Call]
PORTAGE, Wis., Aug. 11.—Rev. Wil
.ll K. Phillips, until recently pastor
of St. John's Episcopal church in this
city, will take the part of Manson in
"The Servant in the House," which will
go on a tour out of Chicago this fall.
He left today for Chicago to attend the
rehearsals. Phillips was pastor of St.
John's church for four years and is an
rafor. If he [s successful \y his
new venture, he will abandon tho
< hureh entirely for parts In dramas
which have the uplift In mind.
BIRTHDAY TRIP ALONE
AT AGE OF 97 YEARS
Oldest Democrat in Lehigh Co.,
Pa., Travels Unaccompanied
[Special Dispatch to The Call]
ALLENTOW.V. Pa.. Aug. 11. In
honor of entering his ninety-seventh
year, Samuel Stout, the oldest democrat
in Lehigh county, is visiting this city.
HOfctade the trip unaccompanied from
his home in Emanus to celebrate his
birthday with a daughter, Mrs. George
F. Miller. He is still vigorous. Stout
is the only Lehigh democrat alive who
voted for Van Buren for president, and
he is an ardent admirer of Governor
Wilson. I
THE San Francisco CALL
Miss Schmidt, Now
Hailed as World's
Queen of Aquatics
POLITICS BLEEDS THE STATE
TAX BURDEN IS INCREASED
Governor Johnson's Pre-election Pledge Of
Economy Cost People $18,691,877.28
Last Fiscal Year
[Special Dispatch to The Call]
SACRAMENTO, Aug. 11.—The total expenditures of the state of Cali
fornia for the fiscal year just ended were $18,691,877.28. The total expendi
tures of the state 10 years ago were $10,446,773.36.
These are the figures taken from the records in the office of the state
controller. They show an abnormal increase of more than 79 per cent in
« on tinned on Faa~e 2. Col. 6
YOUNG MAN SLAIN
IN COUNTY ROAD
Robbery Believed to Be Motive;
Police Searching for Vic
tim's Companion
[Special Dispatch to The Call]
VALLEJO. Aug. 11. KM Branstetter
of Vallejo was killed in the town of
Cordelia, 10 miles oast of this city,
some time last night. Indications point
to murder. The body was found lying
in the county road about 1.000 yards
from the center of that town, shortly
before midnight. It was taken to the
justices office in Cordelia by a farmer
who was passing by in a buggy. l\v
amination showed that young Bran
stetter had conic to his death from a
pistoi shot in the back of the head.
The Skull was also fractured.
J. Branstetter, proprietor of the Ber
nard in this city and father of
the young man. was informed of the
murder shortly after midnight, and Tom
and Earl Branstetter. brothers of the
dead man, left at once for Cordelia.
While on their way up the valley they
met a man heading for Vallejo who
answers the description of William
Hitchcock, the last man s«en with
Branstetter. Sheriff McDonald and a
posse from this <ity arc now search
ing the marshes north of this city for
Hitchcock.
The body of Branstetter was brought
to this city this morning and an
autopsy performed. A. Johnson of
Cordelia, who says he saw Branstetter
and Hitchcock walking up the road
together toward the Livingston ranch,
where they were both employed, states
that the dead man had $8 on his per
son. The money is missing and the
pockets frere found turned instfle out.
SAN FRANCISCO. MONDAY, AUGUST 12, 1912.
SAN FRANCISCO
BAY BEATEN BY
GIRL SWIMMER
Young Woman Achieves Great
est of Aquatic Laurels as
Hundreds Cheer
Daughter of California Adds to
Fame of State's Many
Fair Athletes
But Twice Before Had
Feat Been Performed
Those who have swum across
San Francisco hay:
August 6, 199Z, from Black point
to Oakland mole. Dr. F. 'W.
Itlchl. Time not taken.
September 17, 1911, from Snn
I'ran<-i*ro to Oakland mole,
Walter H. Pomeroy of the
Olympic club. Time, 2 houra
3 minute* 10 second*.
Aiikiim 11, 1012, from Vallejo
afreet wharf to Oakland mole,
>li«* Nellie Schmidt, honorary
member of the South End
Rowing iliili. Time, 3 hoars 0
minutes.
Miss Schmidt will now strive
for records in the mile and
around the Seal rocks.
SAN FRANCISCO bay has been
conquered for the first time by
a woman. Twenty year old Nel
lie Schmidt of Alameda, holder
of the woman's record for the
Galden Gate course, yesterday swam
from the Vallejo street wharf to the
Oakland mole in three hours and six
minutes. Those who witnessed the
swim hailed Miss Schmidt, who is a
native daughter of the state, as the
champion all around swimmer of the
world.
To prove California's supremacy in
aquatics. Miss Schmidt, who is famed
as a high diver, will attempt in
the near future to lower the world's
record tor the mile, now held by An-*
nette TniHetman of Australia—32 mm
Continued on Page 2, Column 4
POLICEMAN KILLS
ANARCHIST IN RIOT
Inflamed I. W. W. Audience At
tacks Patrolmen Seeking to
Arrest Pickpocket
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[Specia/ Dispatch to The Call]
LOS Aug. 11.—Lenodas
Guiterrez, an anarchist, was shot and
killed by Tatrolman Perry this after
noon during: a riot, in which 200 Mex
icans participated and which promised
for a time to develop into a slaughter.
Inflamed hy incendiary speeches de
livered by 1. W. W. orators in Tlaza
park, the mob of aliens attacked Pa
trolmen Perry and Barnes, who wpro
trying to arrest a man named Ed Mo
reno <>n a «-harg»» of picking pockets
and knocking down his victim. The
presence of the police stirred the gang
and cries of the police!" "Down
with the law. don't let them take him!"
greeted the patrolmen. Boulders were
thrown an ( | decayed vegetables hurled
at the heads of the men trying to make
the arrest. Both were knocked down
and Barnes, while prostrate, called to
Perry, warning him Ouiterrez was pre
paring to shoot. Perry leaped to his
feet and fired, shooting the rioter and
killing him instantly.
Immediately the mob surrounded the
body of the fallen man. A riot call
was turned in and an extra platoon
of polio appeared before the body of
the dead man could be recovered.
The slain anarchist was charged by
the police with being in the plot to
kill Taft and Diaz when the two rulers
met on the Mexican border a few
months ago.
Retreating Blues Ambushed
First Battle of 'War' Fought
Red Cavalry Fails to
Cut Off Colonel
Bowen's Force
Detachment Escapes From
"Near Death Trap*
Alter Small Loss
OLIVER W. TUTTLE
[Special Dispatch cO The Call]
BLACK MOUNTAIN, Outpost No. 4 —
Red invading army relayed by Utah
wireless signal corps to Salinas, Aug. j
11.—The faint yellow rays of the j
August sun had hardly fallen this j
morning on the coast range mountains I
several miles to our east before the
first battle in the invasion of the '
Pacific coast began.
A deep rattle of musketry followed
by the rap, rap, rap, of the death
, dealing machine guns broke the still- .
j ness of the summer dawn and re- !
sounded far and wide over the country- ;
side.
The battle, which amounted to more i
than a preliminary skirmish, was a
clash between the retreating Blue
force of the Twelfth infantry from
Monterey which vacated the seacoast
post yesterday at dawn and a large
detachment of Red cavalry.
It was, just 5 o'clock this morning
Continued on rage 2, Bottom of Col. 2
| Camp bakery, where 15,000 loaves of bread will be baked daily for Red \
army now assembled in Salinas valley.
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WIFE STABS SINGER
TO DEATH IN FIGHT
Woman Admits She Slew Hus
band With Long Dirk to
End His Abuse
PORTLAND, Ore., Aug. 11.—Otto
Fiechtl is dead from a knife wound
and Mrs. Kthel Fiechtl, his wife, is
urfter arrest on a charge of murder in
connection with the slaying. Fiechtl
is said to have been a member of a
family of professional singers who live
In Minneapolis, Minn.
According to the story told by Mrs.
Fiechtl, the couple spent practically
all last night in quarrels and recon
ciliations. In the final quarrel she said
Fiechtl was slapping and striking her
with his fist, she backing away from
him until the wall o< their room was
reached.
To save herself from further punish
ment, the woman said, she seized a
dirk with a blade more than a foot
long, hanging on the wall, and lunged
at Fiechtl, striking him in the breast.
The weapon went through Fiechtl's
heart.
CALIFORNIA FLIER DOES
DARING DIPS IN EAST
J. M. Walsh Thrills Spectators;
Picture Man Passenger
[Special Dispatch to The Call]
HEMPSTEAD. N. V.. Aug. 11.—Re
gardless of a 40 mile gale that blew
the greater part of the afternoon, ex
ceptionally good flying was accom
plished at Hempstead By birdmen of
the Hempstead Plains field this after
noon. J. M. Walsh of California, one
of the original Curtis fliers, performed
in a manner seldom seen before on
Long island.
At one time he took a photo
grapher as a passenger, flying over
Meadowbrook and the Hempstead sec
tion.
Attaining a velocity which at times
reached 150 miles an hour, Harry
Bingham Brown made a daring and
spectacular flight with a passenger.
Flying against the wind the aeroplane
practically stood still, and for short
periods was forced backward. He was in
57 minutes.
Colonel Charles C. Morton, who was in command of the Sixteenth
United States infantry (Colonel Cornelius Gardener's regiment) when they
went into camp yesterday at the Presidio.
RENOWN AS ANGLER
WON BY DR. AKED
Clergyman Captures 8 Pound
Trout With 5 Ounce Reel,
Using Spoon
[Special Dispatch to The Call]
KUMATII FALLS. Ore., Aug. 11.—
Rev. Charles F. Aked of San Francisco,
his wife and two maids are on the
upper lake enjoying a two weeks' out
ing.
Sermons have been left at home by
T>r. Aked apparently, for since his ar
rival at the lodge, no one who did not
know his calling would suspect for a
minute that he was a member of the
cloth. Dr. Aked is a fisherman from
the word "go.** Saturday he landed
an eight pound trout with a five ounce
reel, using a spoon. His joy was un
bounded. Dropping the reel, he rushed
up the walk leading to the lodge
carrying the fish. Hearing his cries,
his wife came out to meet him.
"See," he cried. 'Isn't it a beauty?"
Forgetting dignity and reserve, he
hailed other fishermen and guests at
the lodge.
"My word," he cried, holding the fish
at arm's length. t "I have never seen
the like of it. T have fished in many
waters in many quarters of. tha globe
but never until today have I landed
such a fine specimen as this."
Not content, he caught five six
pounders and a couple of four pound
ers before the afternoon Was over.
THIEF DODGES 17 SHOTS;
DIES OF HEART FAILURE
Natural Death Overtakes Fugi
tive When Bullets Fail
PETROSKEY, Mich., Aug. 11.—After
a two mile chase, Jed by policemen
with bloodhounds, a man supposed to
he James E. Ramsdeli, a mysterious
burglar, died In a field near the rail-'
road traeka her* last night. He dodged
bullets and eluded bloodhounds, only
to die of heart disease. He was chased
from a house in Petroakey and took to
the open country. Seventeen shots
were fired at him and soon after the
police reached him hje died. An ex
amination showed no*ne of the bullets
had «truck him.
Lieutenant F. W. Adams of the
regulars, who is chief commissary
officer for General W ankowsk'i of
the Red army.
FIVE MEN WANTED
AS EXECUTIONERS
Murderer Elects to Be Shot;
Prison Guards Refuse Cold
Blooded Job
[Special Dhpatch to The Call]
RENO, Aug. 11.—George W. Cowing,
warden of the Nevada State prison,
wants five men r«p.dy and willing to
shoot down a man In cold blood on the
morning of August 23. Cowing has
made an effort to secure men for this
grewsome job. but has failed and is
at his wits ends to meet a startling
situation.
The first man convicted of murder
sinoe the new statutes have gone into
effect, granting him the privilege of
death, either by shooting or hanging,
has selected death by shooting. The
date set for the execution is August 23.
The law requires that the condemned
man be blindfolded, placed in a chair,
a target hung over his heart and five
men armed with rifles shoot him in
cold blood.
The same law is in effect in Utah.
There penitentiary guards have car
ried out the death penalty.
In Nevada, however. Warden Cowing
is unable to induce five men to under
take the job. Four of the rifles are
loaded with, ball cartridges, while one
rifle is merely a blank. The rifles are
i shuffled and no one knows who really
| has the rifle that is a blank. The shoot
ing squad is concealed behind black
curtains.
The new law went into effect Janu
ary 1 and Andriji Mlrkovlch of Tono
pah is the first man to take advantage
ek the choice of death. He asked to be
shot.
Warden Cowing is anxious to carry
out the sentence, but can find no one
to do the work. He is In a quandary.
'NS y^wpkrHEß
temperature, 70;
<: ySStSalurdfifntftt, 52.
IFdfoCA0 y J%m TODAY—Fair, with
warmer; brisk west winds.
-~Sy. of the Weather See Fsge 8
PRICE" FIVE CENTS.
McNAB WILL
FIGHT FOR
CONTROL
Custodian Brandon Says He Will
Take Over Continental's
Assets Today
INSTITUTION'S ATTORNEY
WILL ASK POLICE AID
Attorney General Webb Will Be
on Deck to Back State's
Stand in Case
BITTER FIGHT PROMISED
BY LOAN ASSOCIATION
Birdseye View of Big
Financial Conflict
Custodian Franc J. Brandon, the
receiver appointed by Commis
sioner Walker to liquidate the
business of the Insolvent Con
tinental Building- and Loan as
sociation, will attempt to sain
physical possession of the of
fices, hooks, papers, securities
and other property of the In
stitution this morning'
Gavin .Mc.Xab, attorney and di
rector of the Continental,
threatens to call In the police
If Custodian Brandon ca cries
out his plan.
'•We will not icrnnt physical pos
session." said McNab.
Attorney General Webb will file
petition for a court order
ctttns the directors to appear
and show canse vrhy Commis
sioner Walker's order should
not be made permanent.
[ McNab says he will be on hand
immediately with a demurrer
to the petition, which he is
| ready to argue tit once. Every
forward step on the part of the
building and loan commission
to secure control will be con
tested.
ACTUAL physical possession of
the Continental Building and
Loan association, its setttri-
ties, books, papers and other
property, will be taken this morning
by Custodian Franc J. Brandon in be
half of State Building and Loan Com
missioner George S. Walker, who
closed the institution and declared it
insolvent last Thursday afternoon.
The.action of the court Saturday in
setting aside the restraining order
places Brandon in legal control for the
moment, and he intends to assert hi*
right to occupy the offices, in spite of
the threat of Gavin McNab. attorney
and director of the wrecked concern,
who said he would call upon a police
man to arrest Commissioner Walker or
any of his agents if they attempted to
take physical possession. Brandon's
action will be upon the advice of At
torney General Webb! who will be on
hand to support him in ease his au
thority is contested.
This morning Brandon also will file
the petition drawn up by the attorney
general in compliance with the statute
under which Walker closed the asso
ciation, asking for a court order citing:
the directors of the Continental to ap
pear and show cause why the action
of the commissioner should not be ap
proved and made permanent.
The petition was in Brandon's hands
yesterday and he will present it in
Judge Seawell's c*ourt early today. At
his home in San Jose last night the
custodian said he expected the court
would Issue the order, and upon a
showing by the attorneys for the asso
ciation that they are ready to argue
the case would set Tuesday for the
hearing.
Attorney McNab has stated that- he
would be ready with a demurrer to the
petition of the attorney general and
would contest every step in the flght
of the commission for legal approval of
ita act in closing the association.
In the midst of the complex battle
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