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Number of Sports Items in Yesterday's CALL Chronicle 62 1 O 3 Examiner 63 Both Quantity and Quality in The Call. VOLUME CXIL—NO. 136. Grand Jury Will Investigate Charge of Police Graft DESPERATE BATTLE IN PRISON Two Men Shot Dead in Raw lins, Wyoming, and One Severely Wounded STRUGGLE IN STREETS WITH ESCAPED FELONS Townspeople Barricade Their Homes and Ask Governor to Send Militia POSSE SURROUNDS SIX CONVICTS IN HILLS RAWLINS. Wyo., Oct. 13.— Locked inside the walls of the state penitentiary with hun dred g of mutinous prisoners, Eew guards fought desperately to day to restore order and prevent a wholesale jail delivery. Camped out- the walls was- a force of citizen*. hcavilv armed, ready to drive back the convicts if they murdered the remain ing guards and made a rush through •he gates. Another battle was fought in the hills south of Rawlins between a posse of citizens and from 20 to 40 escaped prisoners. Two men have been killed in (J a street! of Rawlins, one is des perately wounded and two convicts have been recaptured, following the ape of from 10 to 30 prisoners this afternoon. The town is in panic. Homes Barricaded Fran tie telegrams were sent to "arey at Sheridan, implor ing him to send state troops to pro tect the citizens. Townspeople are bar ricaded In their homes tonight, or, heavily armed, are patrolling the streets, guarding their homes and the y uses of those engaged in the man mt in the hills or the vigils of the prison walls. A mass meeting Of ter ror stricken citizens, held at nightfall, sent a telegram to Governor Carey demanding the protection of the state militia. The outbreak today was the second within 24 hours. About 3 o'clock yes terday afternoon 20 prisoners escaped, and nine were recaptured before 8 o clock. At 2:".0 this afternoon a party of desperate life termers overpowered the cell house keeper, took his keys and released their comrades from their cells. Every prisoner willing to risk a battle with the guards made a rush for the gates. Barber Shot Down A moment later the citizens of the town heard a fusillade of shots Inside the walls. A bedlam of shouts and yells echoed from the prison. A few Is later more than a dozen men dashed down the main street, armed with guns and knives. Holding the few citizens in the street at bay with re volvers, they charged into a livery barn, holding up the proprietor, hastily throwing saddles and bridles on the horses. A huge negro with a revolver was left as guard on the outside. • 'harres Stressner. a barber, had heard the commotion and came down the street with a shotgun. The negro shot nim through the head, killing him in stantly. At the sound of the shot the cen ts swarmed from the barn, some with stolen horses and some afoot. One of the felons wantonly stabbed the pro- A tietor in the face, severely wounding m. and a few seconds later paid for the deed with his life. Hugh Rogner. a deputy sheriff, shot him twice, kill ing him almost instantly. Dash for Hills Leaving their dying comrades, the cunvic*r made a dash for the rocky hills sojufe of town. A party of peni tentiary guards followed in close pur suit, and before the bewildered citizens had h<i<! tiiue to form a posse, pursuers and fugitives had disappeared among the hill*. "n a -short time posses had been formed, and one of the most desperate man huuls in the history of the west was on in earnest. The convicts scat tered into small groups, all striving to escape in tn« almost impassable stretch of rocky country between here and the Colorado line. Until nightfall, a run ning battle was kept up. and at a late hour tonight occasional volleys of shots in the distance told of the progress of the man hunt. Just before nightfall six convicts were located in a canyon about a mile south of Rawlins. Twenty deputies, each armed with two revolvers and a repeating rifle, were sent out to capture or kill them. The deputies reached the P>ot and found the convicts barricaded, Jeady for battle. Deciding that an at tack in the dark was too dangerous, the officers surrounded the desperadoes' Continued on rage 10, Column 3 WORKS LABELS MOOSE <j>*/-3>3>4><«> <§"<«> <§><£> <*><§> 'Fraud, Corruption, Perjury' U. S. Senator John D. Works. | Ranch Held Against Sheriff Scene of Divorce Jubilation [Special Dispatch to The Call] LOS ANGELES, Oct. 13.—Mrs. Fannie Briggs Carr, famed for her amazing domestic infelicities, gave a unique party today. At her replevined, gun held ranch, the "Viznaga," near Glen dale, she received and feted her friends in celebration of the first anniversary of her divorce from Maurice Adrian King, whose arrest she caused 11 times within the last three years after hav ing forgiven him, she alleges, 70 times seven. From his back porch today King watched the celebration of his own dlTerco. F> was not us viud. WESTERN PACIFIC WHARF IS DAMAGED BY FIRE Blaze Starts in Boxcar Occupied by Tramps [Special Dispaich to The Call] SACRAMENTO, Oct. 13.—A fire start ing in a boxcar in which several tramps were sleeping caused ?20,000 damage to the new Western Pacific wharf at Front and P streets at 3 o'clock this morning. One hundred and five bales of hops shipped from Wheatland and stored over Sunday in transit were destroyed as well as $1,.".00 in beans and $2,000 in onions and potatoes, owned by local wholesalers. The fire was so hot that the depart ment had difficulty in combatting it, and the steamer Apache was pressed Into service. The entire overhead portion of the wharf was destroyed. The produce loss was covered. HENPECKED ALL HIS LIFE; SEEKS FREEDOM AT 70 Aged Spouse Unable to Stand Nagging of Younger Days [Specia/ Dispatch to The Call] HUNTINGTON, W. Va., Oct. 13.— Although they have lived together the better part of a lifetime, Isaac Jack son, aged 70, has decided that life is no longer possible with his wife, who is only a few months younger. He asks the courts that the marital tie be dissolved, alleging cruel and unusual treatment. Jackson says In his younger days he could stand curtain lectures within limitations, but as he is getting older a continuous performance in the line of nagging is more than he can bear. STRAY BULLET STRIKES ' SAN FRANCISCO WOMAN Shot Finds a Human Target Through Train Window ALAMEDA, Oct. 13.—While riding in a west bound Southern Pacific train to the Alameda mole at 9:20 o'clock this evening Mrs. J. Eckart, 1050 O'Farrell street, San Francisco, was wounded by a stray bullet, which broke the car win. dow and entered the fleshy part of her neck. The bullet had spent its force, and Mrs. Iv-kart's strangely inflicted wound is not considered serious. She continued across the bay to her home, refusing to return to Alameda for treat ment. AUTO TURNS TURTLE AND KILLS WIFE OF DRIVER Babe Escapes Unscathed, but Several Others Injured COLFAX, Wash., Oct. 13.—Mrs. J. P. Vanskike, 55 years old, wife of a wealthy farmer of Winona, Wash., was instantly killed, and her daughter, Mrs. Joseph Wines, also of Winona, and another daughter, Mrs. James Banta of Calgary, Canada, ard her three young children were seriously injured when an automobile driven by Vanskike turned turtle today on the road from Winona to Endtcott. Mrs. Wines' baby escaped unscathed. THE San Francisco CALL Senator Says California Progressives Stole G.O.RRights Crimes Against Franchise Emphasized by the Courts Ruling WASHINGTON, Oct. 13—United States Senator John D. Works, who is sup porting Woodrow Wilson's candidacy for the presidency in the present cam paign, issued today a statement In ex planation of his attitude. After reciting the fact that before the primary election he had published an article condemning as "treacherous and dishonest" the purpose of Roose velt supporters in California to use the machinery of the republican party to advance the Interests of the third par ty, for which he was advised by cer tain progressive leaders to resign from the senate, the senator reviews subse quent developments, saying, in part: It Is admitted on all hands that under the law of California the progressives, or new party candi dates, could not have a place on the primary ballot. Therefore any can- didate who was for Roosevelt was barred by law from running as a candidate for nomination at the primaries. The only way that he could lawfully become a candidate Was by petition. The law of California provided for partisan primary elections. This is absolutely necessary to preserve the rights of the respective parties. . . . In order to secure the right to vote at the primaries, not for republicans, but for progres sives, voters who were in fact pro gressives and not republicans were advised by progressive newspapers to, and presumably did, register as republicans and vote in the repub lican booth. The voters who were for Roosevelt and his new party movement, or for Roosevelt with out the new party, and who wore registered as republicans were guilty of corrupt practices. Their registration affidavits were false and their votes cast in a repub lican booth were fraudulent and illegal. It would do a progressive no good to vote in a republican booth by swearing he was a republican Continued on I'iigre 2. Column 4 SOCIETY MAN IS HELD FOR KILLING His Relations With Girl Bride Said to Be Cause of Her Husband's Death VANCOUVER. B. C, Oct. 13.—Ernest Spinard, a young steel worker, died In the general hospital, after being locked up in a cell for 18 hours on a charge of drunkenness. When found his face had been crushed by a heavy blow and his skull was fractured. This happened on September 30, and today Harold A. McNaughton, prominent in Vancouver society, and a student of Toronto university, is out on $20,000 ball, charged with manslaughter. The trouble is alleged to be the result of McNaughton's Intimacy with Spinards girl bride, who is 16 years of age. Dora Cheater Spinard, who was but 13 years of age last Christmas eve, when she was married, was brought back from Seattle Friday night by De tective McLeod, who traced her to the Motel Frye. She is held as a material witness, for the police say she was with McNauKhton when he struck Spinard. Picked up by a policeman, Spinard was taken to the station and entered consciousness next day and a doctor \ was summoned. The latter ordered his removal to a hospital, which did not take place untU the afternoon. Spinard died without recovering con sciousness. The girl wife fled to Se attle after the inquest, when a ver dict of murder was brought down against an unknown person. McNaughton was arrested Friday night, but the information was with held until application for bail was made yesterday. "He did not fight like a man, he hit him over the head with an umbrella,** was the statement made by Dora Chester Spinard, the girl widow. She is occupying; a cell in the city jail. Mrs. Spinard. who wears her hair in curls, looks more like a child of 10 than of 16. • FARMER'S WIFE ALLEGES HE TRIED TO HANG HER Woman Lured to Barn at Mid night; Scars From Struggle ELMER, N. J.. Oct. 13.—Fred Sim mons, a farmer near here, Is held by the Salem county authorities on a charge preferred by his wife, who al leges that he attempted to hang her to a rafter in his barn. SAN FRANCISCO, MONDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1912. MONTENEGRINS WIPE OUT TOWN IN BIG VICTORY house and Slaughtered With Their Own Guns Balkan Forces Also Drive Mus» sulmans From Shroka Moun- I tains With Great Loss j BULLETIN' i CONSTANTINOPLE, Oct. 13.—A dls-1 patch from Scutari of current date re ports that the Montenegrin* have bnrned the Mussulman Tillage of Kra nla, several children perishing in the flames. BULLETIN ATHENS, Oct. 13.—The mobilisation of the Greek army <• proceeding rap idly. Already 125,000 men are under arms, with Greeks arriving dally from abroad. A large contingent already ha* reached here front America. With the recruits it is estimated that 470,000 soldiers can be placed In the Held. LONDON, Oct 14.—A Podgoritza dis patch says the town of Schlcerllc has been demolished by the Montenegrins and that 230 Turks have been taken prisoners. A blockhouse In Aroraal has been leveled. Describing the Capture of Detchitch mountain, a correspondent at the front says the final charge of the Montene grins was so furious-that the retreating Turks had no time to disable their guns, and they actually were fired at with their own guns by the Montene grins. Reports have reached Cettinje, says a dispatch from the Montenegrin capital, that a terrible battle was waged Fri day evening, the Montenegrins attack ing the Turks at the foot of Shroka mountain, forcing them to retire with a Joss of 500 men. The Montenegrins took many prisoner*. The casualty list on the Montenegrin" side is estimated at 100 killed or wounded. Two Turkish gunboats on Lake Ccu tari bombarded General Martinovich's right wing. The conflicting reports from the Balkan capitals as to whether the reply to the powers and the note to Turkey would be delivered Sunday Continued on Page 2, Column 3 UNCLE SAM'S NET TO DRAG COUNTRY Scores of Arrests Are Expected Simultaneously Tomorrow for Flagrant Violations [Special Dispatch to The Call] LOS ANGELES, Oct. 13—The govern- ment will make another master strike this week for the inviolability of the United States mails, according to ad vices received yesterday from Wash ington. The character of the move is not known, but it is understood that it will cover scores of points in the coun try, Los Angeles included, and that wholesale arrests will follow, all being timed to take place at substantially the same hour next Tuesday. The alleged violation of law is most {as the efforts of the government are concerned, hae almost passed unnoticed. I There are many cities in the United I States where the mails are employed to carry on nefarious practices, and a blow is contemplated that will teach a salutary lesson for all time. In several cities indictments have been found, but It is the understand ing that no arrests will be made until Tuesday, when the legal net will be spread and a number of alleged vio lators taken. That the strong arm of the law will strike in Los Angeles and San Fran cisco is well known, and there will be a furor when the move is made. There will be others interested besides those taken in custody. a WALTER HOFF SEELEY TAKES TO VAUDEVILLE Tooting a Johnson Megaphone in New York Wilds [Special Dispatch to The Call] NEW YORK. Oct. 13.—Walter Hoff Seeley of California is one of the prin cipal bull moose spellbinders in the New York sta*e campaign. Seeley Is scheduled to speak at meetings during the coming week. Last night, at a meeting upstate, he hailed Hiram Johnson as "the Moses of the wonderful west, who had led his people out of the wilderness of slavery to the predatory interest* and the graft rings of state j and city." I BAHAI LEADER A STOIC Turns Deaf Ear to Charge | Abdulßaha Abbas, teacher of Bahat movement, who turns deaf ear to writ ten charges of his nephew attacking his fitness for leadership. Society Women Flock With Many Aliens to Hear the Persian's Teachings *j the Babai movement, who has been made the object of a bitter attack by his nephew, Shua Ullah Behai, likewise a leader in the new belief, disdained yesterday even to consider the written charges that his nephew brought against him. They are un worthy, he said, of the slightest con sideration. He would answer no questions, but, through his interpreter, Farced, the venerable teacher ex plained briefly his attitude toward such allegations, and at the same time disclaimed all spiritual relationship with his brother, Mohamed AH, and the nephew who made the accusa tions. WOMAN SHOT IN COURT OF HOME Husband Accuses Barber, but Police Fail to Trace the Wouldbe Assassin With tiiree bullet holes through both cheeks and her right arm splintered by a fourth bullet from a 32 caliber revol ver, Mrs. Emily Pletz, living at BTO Oak street, is in St. Mary"s hospital, prob ably fatally wounded. The police are searching for Manual Urates, a barber, who, according to the woman"s hus band, F. W. Plotz, did the shooting shortly before 8 o'clock last night in a court outside her apartments. Mrs. Pletz had stepped from h«r kitchen to place a milk bottle in the refrigerator in tbe little court a few minutes after dinner. Just as she closed the door persons In the house heard four shots in rapid succession. Mrs. Pletz screamed once and started to totter toward her door when her husband and several neighbors ran to her assistance. A doctor was sum moned, who called the St. Mary's am bulance and the Injured woman was hurried to the operating table, where physicians worked over her during the greater part of last night. Bullet Severs Tongue She was unable to tell the particu lars of tbe shooting, as the bullets had severed her tongue. Corporal John Farrell with a detail of police arrived on the scene ten min utes after the shooting. Acting on a description of the man furnished by Pletz the police scoured the neighbor hood without finding a trace of the murderous assailant, who left his hat in the court in his haste to escape. Pletz did not witness the shooting, but he said he was confident Frates was th? wouldbe assassin. He said that Frates attempted to shoot his wife about two weeks ago in Oakland while on a Melrose car. Detective Hotchkiss of the Oakland police arrested. Frates and took him to the Melrose station. The case was dismissed because Mrs. Pletz refused to prosecute him. Husband in Pursuit "My wife has known Frates several years and he has driven her almost crazy by his attentions," said Pletz, who is employed by the Torrney Paper and Paint company. "She met the man at a dance several years ago in Peta luma, and since that time he has con stantly pursued her. I am aura that Continued ora Fa«c 10. Col*"**" * The weather fIyfMJLRDA V — Highest temperature, 78; Saturday nighU 52. -.FW£O4Sr FOR TODAY—Cloudy; not 1 so nwm; light north winds, changing to thodcmte West. *' . •Tor Details of the Weather See Page 11 ' "If a man came to you from a saloon on the corner and asked a question of you, would you deign to answer?" he asked, his eyes flashing. "This matter is beneath notice when there are so many other things of necessity that must be done" He spoke quickly, in a modulated voice full of deep tones. The inter preter at his side translated the Per sian. In the gospel of Christ," he con tinued, "it is said that the Son of God was asked why he called his disciples brothers. He replied that every one who believed In God was his brother. So it is with me. Every one is my brother or sister or nephew or cousin who believes In international peace and the unification of religions on the earth. To Unify Churches "We have not come to establish a new religion. It is not a new religion We seek no converts from other churches, but we do seek to unify all churches of all creeds and all denom inations." His temporary home at 1815 Califor nia street, which is the beautiful F. W. Dohrman residence, gave evidence yes terday of the success of his appeal. It was .thronged all day with visitors, not converts, but "believers" or "friends" as they are called, of all types and nationalities. Several San Francisco society women were present, also many who are not In the social register, while scattered about were many Hindoos, Japanese, Chinese and men and women of other races. Upstairs in a sunny apartment sat Abdul Baha—"Servant of God"—sur rounded by roses. He wore a fawn ! colored cloak drawn in at the waist I with a loose belt, and on his head a j Spotless white turban. His face is j seamed and yellow, but full of ex- i preasion. When a visitor was presented to him he would smile benignly and ! begin to talk of Bahaism. At the j close of his discourse he would present the visitor with a rose. Many New Followers Roses to Abdul Baha Abbas are symbolical. "Every rose has its thorn" he is fond Of, saying, "but like the rose we should learn to live above the thorn." His followers reverence the aged ; ,—. ' < : 1 Cov*ln<*»<* »« fuwrn X Column • I PRICE FIVE CENTS. COARSE JOB UNCOVERED IN KELLY ROBBERY Detectives of District Attorney's Office Get Evidence Which Indicates Collusion to Suppress Crime WELL KNOWN OFFICERS INVOLVED WITH CROOKS Scandal Which May Result in Indictments and the Dis= missal of Chief White Is About to Break WITH an investigation to night by the police commis sion, to be followed tomor-; row night by another before the grand jury conducted by Max well MeXutt of the district attorney* office, it is expected that startling disclosures relating to alleged graft ing in the police department will be brought to light. The protection of burglars and holdup men by "Kid"' Sullivan,, former king of the pick pockets, and Joseph Sullivan, a former, police commissioner, acting through! high officials in the San Francisco police department, are the salient points of the charges made. The robbery of thousands of dol lars' worth of money and jewelry from George W. ("Red") Kelly, pro prietor of the Midway, a Harbary coast resort, on the morning of Oc tober 1; the arrest of a suspect in the case who was identified by Kelty and his wife as one of the rohbers. and the subsequent return of the stolen jewelry, and this followed by the in ability of Kelly and his wife to Iden tify the suspect, is the summary of the case as brought to the attention of the police commission and District Attor- ney Fickert. Matters for Grand Jury Having suspected for a long time that burglars and highwaymen w*>re being protected and otherwise aided by officials in the police department. Dis trict Attorney Fickert engaged .the; services of a private detective agency.; As a result of the report of these in-; vestigators, and still more on account of the circumstances of the Kelly rob bery, the reorganized police commis sion was informed of existing condi tions by the district attorney, who la determined to bring the matter before the attention of the grand Jury. At about 3:30 o'clock on the morning of October 1 Kelly and Mrs. Kelly were eating in their apartments at 1160 Ellis street, when two masked and armed men entered the flat, covered Kelly and his wife with revolvers and took from them money and jewelry to the value of several thousand dollars. List of Stolen Property Kelly and his wife and a housekeeper were just seating themselves in the kitchen when the robbers entered. From Kelley the desperadoes obtained a solitaire ring valued at $700. an Eagle charm set with diamonds valued at t $400, a watch and chain worth $170 and a Jeweled fob worth $125 and several hundred dollars in money. From Mrs. Kelly the robbers took four diamond rings valued at more than $1,200, a dia mond and sapphire ring worth $500, a bracelet worth $500, and a watch worth about $75. Mrs. Sadie Reagon. the housekeeper, had a few valuable rings on her fingers, but these were not taken by the rob bers. About 48 hours after tbe robbery, ac- royaT NESTOR Original London & Cairo Cigarettes UM2& Edw.WolfCo. £~T>I-STfrißUTEfr-S. Ipl IC7 CALIFORNIA ST.