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VOLUME CXIL—NO. 138.
ROOSEVELT HOLDS OWN WITH WOUND
Bullet Is Located by Surgeons, but Not Removed
TURKS LOSE
10,000 MEN
IN FIGHT
Prince Peter of Montenegro Re=j
ports Glorious Victory
Over Ottomans
FORT CAPTURED AFTER
FIERCE ARTILLERY DUEL]
i
—
Field Guns Are Abandoned and.
Large Force of Fighters
Made Prisoners
FORTE ENDS WAR WITH
ITALY OVER TRIPOLI!
BULLETIN
HEIDELBERG, Germany. Oct. 15.—A
irreat Montenegrin victory over the
Turkish troops r»a» announced today
hy Prince Peter of Montenegro in a
telegram to liia former tutor here. The
rifapntrh vra* worded:
-r.torlona victory. Ten thousand
Turk* with artillery captured."
Tf vrn* timed 2:."»S this morning;.
BUI.LETIX
POIMiORITZA, M«ntenegro. Oct. 1."».—
Tbe fortress of Mourn*, the laat be
tween Tnnhi and Scutari, surrendered
today to the Montenegrins. Among the
Turkish prisoner* already captured are
<Vi officers, including a colonel and the
commandant at Tushl.
[Special Cable to The Call]
LONDON; Oct. 15.—The Monte
negrin advance guard mounted
batteries on the Shed-En hill
overlooking Scutari this evening
and fired shells !ntr« this Turkish
strongholds Houms, the last fort on
the road from Tushi to the objective
point of the Montenegrins, was cap
•fl at the point of the bayonet after
a fierce artillery duel this morning.
Several thousand Turks are reported
prisoners of the victors. The routed
Ottomans abandoned their field guns.
l"h« Greek fleet has sailed to inter
rept Turkish transports bringing troops
from Asia Minor. The admirals have
instructions to seek and destroy the
Turkish warships now cowering behind
the forts of the Dardanelles.
The Turkish charge d'affaires at So
fia, Moukbil Bey, was informed that
the Bulgarian delay intimated no diplo
matic answer. He immediately asked
for his passports and ordered his car
riage, driving to Bucharest.
King Ferdinand of Bulgaria and the
king of Servi? are tonight preparing
manifestoes which will be issued jointly
la ring the causes of war and ap
pealing to Christians throughout the
world for support and a free hand to
humble the Turk.
Italy and Porte Agree
OUCHT, Switzerland, Oct. 15.—After
ths of diplomatic strife for better
ms, Turkey surrendered this evening
.; the Ottoman and Italian plenlpo
-ntiarics signed the protocol of a
ice treaty which ends the war be
en Italy and Turkey and, mci•
-• taily, relieves the Ottoman empire
■ (rushing handicap in the. forth
> tnlng struggle in the Balkans.
* The precise terms will not be ava.it
e until a definitive treaty .Is signed
the end of the week, probably at
Uusanne. Their tenor, however, is
.veil known.
Italy's Peace Treaty
The treaty will provide for absolute
sovereignty of Italy in Lybla, without
formal recognition there of Italy by
Turkey; free exercise of religious au
l ie klialif; Turkey to with
draw her regular troops from Lybia;
Italy to pay an indemnity equivalent
to Lybia's contributions to the Otto
man treasury; restitution of the cap
tuied islands to Turkey, with guaran
tees for the Christian peoples; no in
demnity payable by either t-Me toward
the cost of the war, and re-establish
ment of former diplomats and commer
cial relations.
During the last week there has been
doiibl as to whether the war, which
has lasted for more than a year, would
he brought to an cud.
Porte Ends Conflict
Italy's time limit for the conclusion
of peace expired on October 12, but on
that day siie granted three day's grace
to Turkey to decide whether it should
, peace or a continuance of the war.
.\ dctmite understanding was reached
yesterday when, on the arrival of a
special message from Constantinople, a
—. !
Coatiuued on I*««* *t Column 3
THE CALL
Senator Holds Up
Train at Night to
Deliver Address
[Special Dispatch to The Call]
RENO. Oct. 15.—Senator
Francis G. Xcwlands was com
pelled to stop a freight train in
the high Sierras last night and
ride with the engineer to get to
Verdi, 10 miles west of Reno, to
deliver an address.
ile had boarded a train in
Reno, but it failed to stop and
carried him many miles beyond
his destination.
After persuading the con
ductor to stop he was in the
mountains, and • relied on his
ability to signal an eastbound
train in the darkness.
The senator waited on the
track? until he discerned the
headlight and waved his arms
frantically until the engine
stopped. When he had intro
duced himself and explained the
situation, the engineer let him
climb up in the cab. He reached
Verdi an hour late, but the big
crowd waited for him.
Hutt Threatens
Action Against
Wife's Lawyer
[Special Dispatch to The Call]
RENO, Nev.. Oct. 15.—Another sensa
tion was sprung In the now celebrated
Hutt divorce case today, when contempt
proceedings were threatened by Henry
Hutt's lawyer against the attorney-for
Mrs. Edna G. Hutt, because of the
filing of an amended complaint wtth
rut the permission of the court.
Henry Hutt. the artist, was willing
to allow his wife, whom he once said
was more beautiful than Venus de
Milo, to get a decree on the grounds
of his desertion, but the amended com
plaint recites that he is guilty of
cruelty and drunkenness. JJutt refuses
to permit that and Intimates that the
New York courts will not accept a
decree on those grounds.
Orders were issued by Hutt's New
York attorneys to fight the case to the
end.
GIANT NATIVE REDWOOD
CHRISTENED FOR HARMON
Ohio Governor Inspects Big
Trees of California
SANTA CRUZ, Oct. 15. —Governor
Judson Harmon of Ohio, who is touring
California, visited the big tree grove
near here today with his party, wh h
includes the three Panama-Pacific ex
position commissioners from Ohio.
A giant redwood tree was christened
in Governor Harmon's honor.
The party will leave tomorrow for
Los Angeles.
AIRMAN AND PASSENGER
ARE KILLED IN PLUNGE
Swiss Aviator and Reporter
Plunge 80 Feet
BERNE, Oct. 15. —A Swiss airman
named Cobini and his passenger, a
newspaper man named Bippert. were
killed near Neuchatel today when
Cobini's aeroplane, fell from a height
of 80 feet.
GIANTS SWAMP WOOD
WORLD'S SERIES TIED
Score - - - hi to 4
McCraw's artillery blew the
pride and hope of the Red Sox
pitching staff, "Smoky" Joe
Wood, clean to smithereens in the
first inning of yesterday s contest
at Fenway park, Boston.
Six runs in the opening ses
sion on a pitcher of Wood's cali
ber is slaughter — carnage — nay,
it is what a certain union general
once styled war.
Boston never caught up. Stahl
removed Wood and put in
Charlie Hall, his dark horse —
and Hall did Well; but New
York put five more over, while
the Sox tallied only four for the
whole game.
The series is tied, three games
each. The last game — and de
ciding one —is today at Boston.
Watch The Call's front window.
Details off the game on page J».
SAN FRANCISCO, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 16, 1912.
DAUGHTER OF
WOUNDED CHIEF
SMILES THANKS
Mrs. Alice Longworth Meets'
Father's Protector While
Waiting at Hospital
"I Am Very Proud of You," She
Says to Blushing Elbert
E. Martin
CHICAGO, Oct. 15.—Mrs. Alice
Roosevelt Ixmgworth arrived in
Chicago from Cincinnati this
evening and hurried to the bed
side of her father, Colonel Roosevelt,
at Mercy hospital. She traveled aione
and was met at the railway station by
Mrs. Medil! McCormick and George F.
Porter, assistant treasurer of the pro
gressive party, who accompanied her
to the hospital.
Mrs. Alice Longworth arrived at the
hospital at 6:45 p. m., after her father
had been notified that she was in the
city and on her way to his bedside.
She was detained in the anteroom out
side his apartment for several minutes
until a consultation between Colonel'
Roosevelt and John C. Shaffer relative
to future engagements was finished.
Mrs. Ixmgworth met Elbert E. Mar
tin, who saved her father from fur
ther attack by the Milwaukee assail
ant, and thanked him for his effort.
She asked calmly that he tell her just
how it happened.
An Attentive Listener
She listened attentively as he de
scribed in detail the positions of the
principals in the attempt at assas
sination and what each did. Colonel
Cecil Eyon of Texaa interjected occa
sional explanations.
"It was a very wonderful thing to
do," she complimented Martin: "just
wonderful; I am very proud of you.
You could not have had much time to
decide, and you took a great risk in
doing what you did. I am as grateful
to you as one possibly can be."
Martin blushingly displayed the torn
an<j perforated manuscript and spec
tacle case that helped to lessen the
force of the bullet, and disclaimed
any heroism, but the daughter of the
former president would not have it so.
Examines Exhibits
She examined the exhibits carefully
and noted t.iat the colonel's spectacles
had not been damaged, the bullet miss
ing the lenses.
She appeared deeply interested and
almost amused at the divergence in
the stories told by the different per
sons and said:
"I suppose it is difficult to tell just
what happened, everything was over
so quickly. And each has a different
picture on his memory. But it was
wonderful, the courage you all
showed."
Before she went Into the colonel's
apartments he was told that she was
without, and he called out to her to
"come on in." She was closeted with
him for some time.
Before her arrival and while the
physicians were present for the even
ing consultation several additional X
ray photographs were taken for ex
amination by the several physicians.
Wife on Way to Chicago
[Special Dispatch to The: Call]
NEW YORK, Oct. 15.—Mrs. Theodore
Roosevelt, accompanied by her daugh
ter, Ethel, her son and daughter-in
law, Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Roose
velt Jr., and Dr. Alexander Lambert,
the family physician, left this city
this afternoon on the Twentieth
Century Limited. They- expect to be
at Colonel Roosevelt's bedside tomor
row afternoon.
Earlier in the day George W. Per
kins, In announcing that Dr. Lambert
might go if his engagements permitted,
said:
"Mrs. Nicholas Longworth, formerly
Alice Roosevelt, left Cincinnati early
today for Chicago. Congressman Long
worth will follow her tonight."
Kermit Roosevelt is in Brazil. He
sailed last July to begin a business
career in that country. Archie Roose
velt is In Harvard. Shortly after 10
o'clock this morning, Mrs. Roosevelt,
. Mm. J. West Roosevelt and Miss Ethel
left the home of Mrs. J. West Roose
velt and went to the progressive head
quarters in the Hotel Manhattan. Miss
Roosevelt was smiling as the party was
met by George W. Perkins, who gave
them the latest news from Chicago.
Later Dr. Lambert talked with Dr.
John B. Murphy, surgeon in charge at
the Mercy hospital, over the long dis
tance telephone. He said that he was
satisfied that Colonel Roosevelt was in
no danger.
Shortly before noon Mrs. Roosevelt
took a suite of rooms on the sixth
floor of the Hotel Manhattan, where
all bulletins from Chicago were trans,
ruitted to her.
THEODORE ROOSEVELT.
Photographed as he was speaking to a crowd from an automobile just before
the Chicago convention.
PRESIDENT TAFT'S MESSAGE
I
NEW Y@£K, Oct. 15—President Taft sent this message.to Colonel
Roosevelt today.
"/ am greatbj shocked to hear of the outrageous and deplorable as
sault made upon you, and I earnestly hope and pray that your recovery
may be speedy and without suffering. W. H. TAFT"
WILSON WIRES SYMPATHY
TRENTON, N. J.. Oct. 15—One of the first tilings that Governor
Woodrow Wilson did today was to read the newspaper accounts of the
attempt to assassinate Colonel Roosevelt. He sent the following tele
gram to the coione! in Chicago:
"Please accept my warmest sympathy and heartiest congratulations
that your wound is not serious."
STUDENT FLEECES
STORES BY CHECKS
Son of Minister Operates First
in Palo Alto and Then
Invades San Jose
{Special Diipatch to The Call]
STANFORD UNIVERSITY. Oct. 15.—
Going up and down University avenue,
Palo Alto, Saturday, Thornton Allen
Mills Jr., son of a Presbyterian minis
ter who formerly had a pastorate in
San Jose, sophomore student at Stan
ford university and member of a strong
national Greek letter fraternity, fleeced
the merchants out of $200 by worthless
checks. He went to San Jose and
passed worthless checks to the amount
of $50. Then he departed from thfr
county, and Monday night he visited
the home of a young woman of Walnut
Creek, Contra Costa county.
No warrant has been Issued for the
arrest of the student, but the police of
Santa Clara county have started a
search for him, and Sheriff Veale of
Contra Costa county Is also engaged in
the hunt. Mills registered at Stanford
university from "Walnut Creek.
This was Mills' first semester at
Stanford university. He had trans
ferred here from Union college, Sche
nectady, N. T. His father, Thornton
Allen Mills, is pastor of Union Presby
terian church. 29 North Wendell ave
nue, Schenectady, and was formerly
minister of the Second Presbyterian of
San Jose.
The minister's son has been making
his way through college as manager
of thf New England Kitchen, a board
ing house in College terrace, Mayfleld.
owned by Mrs. A. M. M. Pratt. That
gave him a standing with the mer
chants of Palo Alto. He selected a
day on which the banks were closed
and drew the checks on the Bank of
Palo Alto. He first operated on the
campus, getting $10 from the Stanford
book store and $5 from Wilson's candy
store before 10 o'clock. By 11 o'clock
he had fleeced as many merchants as
he could In the town of Palo Alto.
Then he went to San Jose.
Mrs. Pratt today j-eceived a letter
Continued on Page 4, Column 9
BANDIT KILLED
IN CAR HOLDUP
Oakland Motorman Shoots
Masked Outlaw While He
Was Robbing Conductor
OAKLAND. Oct. 15.—A streetcar bandit
was shot and instantly killed tonight at
11:30 o'clock by Motorman H. J. Heg
wer of car 304 of the Grant avenue
electric line at the terminus at Lake
Shore avenue. The robber was attempt
ing: to hold up V. E. Meeker, the con
ductor of the car, at the time he was
shot.
The bandit, wh. wore a false mus
tache and a wig;, appeared at the rear
end of the car just as the conductor was
changing; the headlight. He held a re
volver In his right hand, and with an
oath ordered the conductor to hand over
his money.
Just as Meeker was complying with
the command Hegwer walked around
to the rear of the car to swing the
trolley. As he came in view the bandit
leveled the revolver at his head and told
him to throw up his hands.
Hegwer let go the trolley rope, but
instead of following- the order of the
bandit pulled a revolver from his pocket.
As he reached for his gun the bandit
fired at the motorman. The bullet
nipped the forefinger on his right hand.
Hegwer was quick with his gun, and
before the robber could pull the trigger
a second time lie fired a bullet through
(the bandit's head. The man fell to the
| ground, having been Instantly killed.
There were no passengers on the car
at the time of the attempted holdup,
and the robber had not secured any
money or valuables
Portland Car Held Up
PORTLAND, Ore., Oct. 15.—Three
robbers held up a crowded electric
streetcar in Firat street between Ar
thur and Carruthers streets here
after 8 o'clock tonight, shoot
ing and slightly injuring two passen
gers when a show of resistance was
made. The noise of the shots attract
ed people in the street and the rob
bers were frightened away, escaping
with practically no loot.
E \ HE WEATHER
WESfEIf)AY — Highest temperature, 80;
night, 56.
■Fd&eCAST FOR TODAY—Fair, cooler;
r r "*~light north wind, changing to moderate west.
For Detail* of the V'eather See Page 14
COLONEL SHOWS
RESTIVE SPIRIT
YET IS CHEERY
Patient Passes a Good Day in the
Mercy Hospital, Chicago, and
Conditions Seem Encouraging
"PRINCESS ALICE" FIRST OF FAMILY
TO SEE PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE
, , ' —— ■■
Physicians Believe That Unless Unforeseen
? Complications- Set In Recovery Will Not
Be Delayed As Moose Has Great Strength
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. . •■ . BULLETIN -,-.—- :■■,■■,■-.
; MERCY HOSPITAL, CHICAGO, 9:05 P. M.—The second
X-ray pictures taken at this hospital to locate the bullet in
Colonel Roosevelt 9 s side have been developed and have proved
successful. They show that the bullet has not changed position
since the photographs in Milwaukee were taken. It is firmly
.wedged against the fourth rib on the right side. The bullet is
% in a harmless position and will not be moved unless it irritates
/ the flesh surrounding it. It will/be at least four and possibly
, six days before this can be determined. Colonel: Roosevelt is
| now sleeping quietly and apparently■>resting well.'
'■ DR. JOHN B. MURPHY. ~
CHICAGO. Oct. 15.—-Guarded : by fifty policemen and eight de
fectives, Colonel Theodore Roosevelt is resting comfortably
, ; in Mercy hospital, this city, tonight.
The .colonel's physicians say that bis magnificent physical condi
tion is standing him in good stead in resisting the effects of the bul
let which narrowly missed ending his life in Milwaukee last night.
V Wild rumors that the wound was extremely serious and liable
to cause.serious complications have been dissipated by the bulletins.
The examination by doctors and the X-ray. pictures showed that the
colonel had;a miraculous escape from death.
BULLET-ENTERS ABOVE THE LIVER . -—■>•*• ,
" The bullet entered above the upper border of the liver, less
than an inch below the lower line of the lungs. The wound, it is
said," probably would have been fatal if the ball had penetrated
either the lung or the liver. ;"" - l
If the bullet had entered the same point on the left side instead
of the right it would have penetrated the heart,and caused instant
death. l "' * * * r .. , *
The poisoned buliet-which ended the life of President McKinley
has been: taken as a warning, and an analysis* of the coating of the
bullets in the chambers of the revolver which was used by Schrank
is being made in Milwaukee. Meanwhile, to guard against a possi
bility of blood 'poisoning or lockjaw, the colonel has been inoculated
with trothylatic and antitetanic scrum! ;,' , .*
SOUND SLEEP REFRESHES PATIENT ; - ■ .
-;.'.. Colonel/Roosevelt went off into a sound sleep early in the after
noon, after a ; lunch consisting of warm; milk and crackers. ' It was
3:20 in the afternoon when he a woke, feeling "bully," as he expressed
it himself. He asked for a five minuteconference with the newspa
per men; who have been accompanying him on his trip and with the
Chicago reporters detailed to cover his stay at the hospital. ■'■'■".
This request, was granted, and the "doctors allowed him the
afternoon, newspapers and read him a number of telegrams re
ceived ?by his private secretary ;from all parts of the world Tele
grams from Wilson, Taft, Bryan and McCoombs. seemed especiailv
to please him. , - . \ '' \" ■ '
• ~ ■ Then he was told that he might-read, but was asked to abandon
the afternoon newspapers which teemed with stories covering
BAR THE WOMEN,
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[Special Dispatch to The Call]
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ring of all women and minors from ;
saloons and the back rooms of saloons \
was advocated today In the state con- j
vention of the Illinois Bar Tenders' i
association.
The authorities were called upon by
a resolution to enforce the law which
forbids saloon keepers to allow minors
and women In saloons or back rooms
connected with the saloons.
"This feature does more to hurt the
saloon business than any other single
item charged against it," said Presi
dent Joshua Bradley.
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