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Hijrnest Temperatnre Yesterday. FS. l owest Thurs
day M*ht, 54. lor retails of the Weather See Page 8.
$26,000,000 IN BUILDINGS
The statistical department of the Chamber
of Commerce shows that $26,000,000
was spei rancisco in private
building aurinp; the last year.
VOLUME 114. —NO. 70.
ELOPERS' BRIEF
STAY IN RENO
BARED IN COURT
Crowd Fights for Standing
Room in Judge VanVleet's
Court to Hear Testimony
Against Maury I. Diggs—
Story of Trip on Pullman
Car Is Told by Porter
SALACIOUS REPARTEE
AMUSES THE CROWD
Failure of Marsha Warring
ton to Appear Disappoints
Morbid Hundreds —Bun-
galow Life of Two Couples
Is Disclosed by Grocery
Clerk and Neighbor—Ho
tel Clerk Also Testifies
Case May End Next Friday
--
Girl's Uncle Next Witness
iThe fdTfmnifnl pat seven wit- I
■esse* on tbe stand In the trial ♦
of Manrr I. Diggs for alleged I
violations of the Mann white T
, alare act yesterday. *
f Three more witnesses will com- t
I plete the government's ease. They •
t are Martin Besley, nnele of Mar- t
I aha Warrington, who was vigor- •
i ons In bringing about the prose- ?
Ication1 cation of the two men. and the j
star witnesses, the Warrinarton >
girl and Lola Norris. •
If the three remaining wit- |
I neaaes can be heard Tuesday, the f
> defense will submit lis ease la J
f two days and tbe jury should re- ?
i *
| tire some time Friday. i
Eager to hear the morbid details of
the Reno escapade from the tips of
Marsha Warrington, more than 500
and idle men scrambed and
wrangled . for places in the line four
deep that stood down the corridor half
the length of the postofflce building
before the United States district court
returned from its noon recess yester
day.
Luck was with the hundreds who
grumbled when the doors of the court
room were blocked. The girl in the
case of Maury I. Diggs, who is on trial
for violations of the Mann white slave
act. did not testify. ,
Seven witnesses examined by Theo
dore Roche, special prosecutor, com
pleted the case of the government save
for the stories of Martin Besley, uncle
of the Warrington girl; the girl hen
self, an* Lola Norris, F. Drew Cami
netti's companion in the elopement of
the married men to Nevada.
WILL TESTIFY NEXT TUESDAY
Besley, who followed the party to
Reno and caused the arrests, will be
railed when court opens Tuesday morn
ing. Then Miss Warrington will take
the stand, to be followed by Miss
Norris.
Six women, four of them gray haired
snd grandmotherly in appearance, sat
through bo*th sessions, hand to ear to
catch every suggestive utterance,
laughing with the men when Judge
Van Fleet raised the soddenlng pro
ceedings with a little clean comedy by
a witty observation to a question or
a nswer.
There was a jam when the morning
session was opened. It was nothing
in comparison to the bargain day
rrowd of the afternoon. Those who
have had previous experience got in
Tine at 12:30. When the doors were
opened five deputy marshals were
pushed aside like tin soldiers. It took
Aye minutes to clear the courtroom of
all who had poured in over seating
capacity before the deputies could re-
Rain a stand at the entrance.
WITNESSES CALLED
Following is a list of the witnesses
called yesterday:
Theodore Kytka of San Francisco,
handwriting expert, used to identify
the name of Enright on the hotel reg
ister as the alias signed by Dlggs and
the "Dear Pickles" letter In disguised
handwriting written by Diggs from
Berkeley to Marsha Warrington a few
days after the arrest of the men.
C. H. Walbourn of San Francisco,
Pullman conductor on the train in
which the four occupied a drawing
room during the ride from Sacramento
to Reno.
Simon Dedrick of Oakland, the negro
porter in the Pullman sleeper Elgin, in
which the elopers traveled.
F. A. Lintner of Reno, assistant clerk
of the Riverside hotel, where the two
couples spent a night.
E. W. Miller of Reno, delivery wagon
driver for the E. 1* Beeler Grocery
company, who sold the four groceries
while they were domiciled in the bun
galow.
Mrs. Kate Moore of Reno, whose
home is diagonally across the street
from the bungalow occupied by the de
fendant and his associates.
A. J. Mergen of Reno, clerk in the
real estate office of Peck & Sample, who
rented the bungalow.
An inference dropped by one of the
battery of attorneys for the defense to
the effect that Mrs. Maury L Diggs will
be called to testify in her husbands
Continued on «7age 2, Column 5
5 GIRLS IN AUTO
IN CATTLE MILL
Machine Stalled on Prairie and
Helpless Occupants Held All
Night hy Frightened St
MUSK* X JEE. Okla., Aug. S.—Five
girls in a touring car, lost on the
prairie between Muskogee ami Chelsea,
last night were caught in a bijr cattle
herd, which held them and the car
prisoners until near daylight, when the
cattle mill broke up.
The girls were May McShadden.
Lizzie Sharp and Viola Milam of Chel
sea and Miss Smith and Miss Rucker
of Claremore. They decided to drive
from Rucker's ranch to Muskogee, 60
miles. They lost the road and dark
ness caught them on a wide prairie.
The motor went wrong and the big
herd of cattle began to mill around the
machine.
There were thousands in the herd.
The frightened cattle were jammed so
close to the car that at times it almost
tipped over.
The cattle dispersed after daylight,
the car was started and the girls
reached Muskogee today.
FARRAGUT LOSES ENGINE
OFF COAST OF OREGON
Steamer With 100 Passengers From
San Francisco Making Slow Time'
Into Seattle
(Special Dispatch tn The Uall)
SEATTLE, Aug. S.—With one of her
engines disabled hy the parting of a
coupling on her port tail shaft, the
steanship Admiral Farragut of the
Alaska-Pacific Steamship company,
with 100 passengers aboard and carry
ing a full cargo of general freight, is
steaming slowly up to the coast from
San Francisco.
The accident occurred at 4 o'clock
yesterday afternoon while the vessel
was off the mouth of the L'mpqua
river.
A wireless message from Captain
John Griffith was received in Seattle
'today. He said that his vessel was
making $44 knots, that weather con
ditions were favorable and that all
were well.
GOVERNOR ODDIE'S NIECE
WILL CHRISTEN NEVADA
Eleanor Slebert. 10 Years Old. to Leave
for Lnnnehtng- in Qulncy. Mam.,
October 1
(Special Dispatch to The Call)
RENO, Aug. B.—Eleanor Slebert,
niece of Governor Tasker L. Oddie, has
been named sponsor for the new
dreadnought Nevada, under construc
tion in the Fore river yards, Quincy,
Mass.
Miss Siebert is 10 years old and a
pupil in the fourth grade of the public
schools. Her father, Fred J. Siebert,
is mining expert for George Wing
field.
Word has been received that the
Nevada will be launched about October
1 and a party, Including the governor,
his niece and her mother and father,
will go east the middle of Steptember.
TWO RECALLS SUCCESSFUL
Opposition Conncilmen to Mayor Are
Removed In San Berdoo
SAN BERNARDINO, Aug. B.—Twice
within two weeks the recall has been
successful -here. Councilman C. W.
Smith was recalled today by a ma
jority of 30 votes. C. W. Roswell was
elected. The two recall elections re
moved opposition to Mayor J. W.
Catick.
NO EARLY TARIFF BALLOT
Majority Leaders Admit They Do Not
Expect Passage Before September 1%
WASHINGTON, Aug. B.—All predic
tions of an earl* passage of the demo
cratic tariff bill by the senate are
glimmering. Majority leaders realize
only a beginning has been made and
the earliest any one now will promise
completion of the task is September 15.
JURY ACQUITS POETESS
Madame Alice Crespy Found Not
Guilty of Murder
AGEN, France, Aug. 8. — Madame
Alice Crespy, a poetess, whose trial for
the murder of Abbe Chassaing, a priest
January 19 last, has been going on
here for several days, today was ac
quitted by the jury of the Assize court.
DR. SUN IS SAFE IN JAPAN
Chinese Leader Undecided on Flowery
Kingdom or United States for Hefage
MOJI, Japan, Aug. B.—Dr. Sun Yet
Sen, former provisional president of
the Chinese republic, arrived here to
day from Formosa. He was traveling
incognito. He declared he had not de
cided whether he would renain in
Japan or go to America.
QUAKE RAZES TWO TOWNS
Peruvian Municipalities Destroyed aad
Belief Work la Urgent
LIMA. Peru. Aug. B.—An earthquake
Wednesday destroyed the Peruvian
towns of Caraveli and Quicacha. Thou
sands of the inhabitants were rendered
homeless and extended relief measures
will be necessary.
FOUND DEAD IN ARIZONA
Former Member of Oregon Legislature
Shot Through the Head
PRESCOTT, Ariz., Aug. B.—J. W.
Obermeyer, formerly a member of the
Oregon legislature, was found dead
here today, having been shot through
the head with a revolver. He had been
in ill health.
THE San Francisco CALL
"The People's Newspaper"
'GUARANTEE FOR
HANDS OFF'-
TEVIS-HANFORD
Investment Company Pleads
for Free Hand to Gain
Control of United
Properties
WATER CONCERN'S
CREDITORS ASSURED
Payment of Claims Against
Union Corporation Prom
ised on Condition
"We will guarantee payment of your
claim? against the Fnion Water com
pany if you will guarantee not to in
terfere with tlse efforts of the Tevis-
Hanford Interests to gain control of the
United Properties company."
That is the gf.st, though the wording
is different, of a form of agreement
circulated yesterday by the Hanford
Investment company among creditors
of the Utflpn Water company.
The United Properties company is
the $;00.000,00n corporation that owns
75 per cent of the stock of "Borax"
Smith's San Francisco-Oakland Ter
minal railways.
ONE OK M4NY SUBSIDIARIES
The Union Water company is one of
the many subsidiaries of that corpora
tion and operates on the east side of
the bay from Richmond on the north to
Newark on the south In Alameda and
Contra Costa counties'.
The circulation of the petition fur
nishes an entirely new angle to the
fight waged by William S. Tevis and
R. G. Hanford against F. M. Smith and
the trustees of his varied interests to
gain control of the huge corporation
that dominates those interests.
The agreement sets forth that under
a stipulation to be adhered to by the
creditors of the Union Water company
the Hanford Investment company
promises separately and severally to
each person signing the agreement that
It will pay all claims of such creditors,
together with interest at 6 per cent per
annum from the date such claims fall
due.
TEXT OF STIPULATION
The stlpulatfon follows:
"Said guaranty to be effective, how
ever, upon the final termination of any
and all ligigation that Is now existing
or that may hereafter exist between F.
M. Smith, William S. Tevis and R. G.
Hanford, or either of them, over the
control and ownership and manage
ment of the affairs of the United Prop
erties Company of California, a corpor
ation."
This section of the agreement is
signed by R. G. Hanford, president, and
M. O'Connell, secretary of the Han
ford Investment company.
Then follows more of the agreement
to be signed by the creditors:
"In consideration of the above
guarantee of the Hanford Investment
company, the undersigned, creditors
of the Union Water company of Cali
fornia, respectively, in the amounts set
opposite their respective names here
inafter set forth, do hereby sell,
assign and transfer unto the said Han
ford Investment company, or to any
of the nominees of said Hanford In
vestment company, their and each of
their claims against said Union Water
Company of California in the amounts
hereinafter specified, hereby authoriz
ing and empowering the said Hanford
Investment company, or their nominees
or assignees, to institute such pro
ceedings toward the collection of said
claims against any and all persons
who may he liable either directly or
indirectly therefor as they may see fit.
"This agreement shall be binding
upon each person who may sign the
same, without regard to the presence
or absence of the signature of any
other person or persons thereto."
R. G. Hanford recently Inspired
bankruptcy procedlngs against F. M.
Smith and later issued a statement in
which he asserted that no one is try
ing to save the Smith properties, but
that attention is being given only to
the saving of Smith personally. He
intimated that if control of the United
Properties company was turned over to
himself and associates order could yet
be brought out of chaos and the Smith
holdings be saved.
HAY FORK PINIONS TOILER
Stockton Worker, With Prongs Fast tn
Back, Carried From Hick to Ground
(Special Dispatch to The Call)
STOCKTON, Aug. B.—John Servira, a
farm hand on Roberta island, was
picked up and carried through the air
today by a derrick fork. Writhing
with pain, Servira was carried from
the top of a high hay stack to the
ground. Fellow workers pulled the
fork prongs from his back. He was
taken to a hospital.
MOSQUITO KILLS WOMAN
Mr*. Alice McCall Dies From Being
Bitten on Ankle
BELLING HAM, Wash., Aug. B.—Mrs.
Alice McCall, aged 60, died yesterday
at Mount Vernon as the result of a
mosquito bite. She was bitten on the
ankle Tuesday afternoon and blood
poisoning set in, causing death just 24
hours later.
SAN FRANCISCO, SATURDAY, AUGUST 9, 1913.
ROLPH INFORMS
WOMEN HE CAN'T
DISMISS WHITE
Mayor, Receiving Delega
tion, Convinces Guests
Board Alone Can Dis
charge Chief
DEPARTMENT BLIND
TO VICE, THEY SAY
Sons and Daughters Are De
bauched to Entertain East
erners, Is Charge
Mayor Rolph was formally petitioned
by a delegation of 15 women yester
day to dismiss thief of Police White
and purge the city of all forms of vice.
In support of their petition the women
recounted startling tales of immorali
ty, one of which involves a motherless
girl of 10 years at the ocean beach.
Chief White was declared to be blind
and incompetent, unable to see gamb
ling at the beach resorts and appar
ently indifferent to tiie fate of unpro
tected girls in their "teens."
Mayor Rolph, while expressing the
deepest interest and concern, informed
Continued on Page 2, Column 4
BALKAN SOLDIERS
FIGHT ON SHIP
War Breaks Out Among Pas
sengers From Belligerent Na
tions En Route to America
NEW YORK, Aug. B.—Officers of the
Cunard liner Panonia. arriving here to
day from Trieste, report that a minia
ture Balkan war occurred aboard al
most continuously on the 26 days' voy
age.
Among the steerage passengers were
several hundred former volunteers,
Greeks, Servians. Bulgarians and
Turks, who were returning to this
country.
Frequent clashes between these hos
tile factions in the first few days re
sulted in several comhatants going to
the sick room with severe knife
wounds.
Captain Capper thereupon ordered a
general disarming, but the fighting
continued with whatever missile was
at hand.
Then the nationalities were sepa
rated Into groups, but on meeting for
meals the battle was resumed. As a
precautionary measure the stewards
removed knives and forks from the
tables' and all the steerage pas
sengers, of whom there *'ere 1.120, had
to eat with spoons.
It is stated that the women In the
different camps fought as fiercely as
the men.
DIVER ON BOTTOM FIGHTS
FOR LIFE WITH DEVILFISH
Paget Sound Submarine Gladiator Talks
Over Phone as Battle Progresses and
Finally Kills Octopus
(Special Dispatch to The Call)
SEATTLE, Aug. B.—Fighting for his
life with a big devilfish, which attacked
him 80 feet under the surface of the
sea, Walter McKay, a diver, constantly
talked through his diver's telephone to
his assistants on a raft above, telling
them of the course of the battle and
more than once predicted that he would
lose his life.
James E. Hill, who heard the mes
sages from below, yet was unable to
help his chief, returned today from the
Alden fishing banks in Puget sound
and told the story.
In darkness, caused by the fluid
squirted by the devilfish, McKay hacked
away blindly with his knife, and finally
got clear of the fish nets and part of
the tentacles of the octopus. Then he
signaled to his assistants and they
hauled him and the fish to the surface.
I "An Independent Newspaper**
SECRETARY BRYAN REFUSES TO
TAKE HUERTA AT HIS WORD
■»- ■ ———• 1
I John Lind (upper right), personal representative of Pres- \
j ident Wilson on peace mission to Mexico, and Victoriano j
I Huerta, provisional president of Mexico, two men on whom the \
I diplomatic eyes of the world are focused. |
PLEBEIAN YOUTHS
THROW MUD AT
SONS OF WEALTH
San Mateo Boys in Swim
ming Object to Hillsbor
ough Chaps Bathing
in Same Hole
(Special rUspatclf to The Call t
SAN MATTO, Aug. S.—The. plebeian
youths of San Mateo threw mud at the
jeunesse dore of the aristocratic town
of Hillsborough, and there is the dick
ens to pay.
The casus belli goes back to the in
nate desire of every youth, even those
who reside in Hillsborough, to visit the
"old swimming hole," the difference in
this case being that the boys of San
Mateo "go swimmin'," while the young
gentlemen of Hillsborough "bathe."
It happened this afternoon. Ten San
Mateo high school boys, averaging
about 16 years of age, accompanied by
T. M. Hopler, one of their teachers, went
to the slough in East San Mateo, di
vested themselves of their garments
and took to the water like young
ducks. So far everything was fine.
But shortly arrived that hateful sym
bol of aristocracy, a snorting automo
bile, conveying four Hillsborough
youths. And these youths happened—
just happened—to be sons of million
aires. The combination was enough to
arouse the fighting spirit of any San
Mateo boy. It did.
The Hillsborough boys were Richard
Schwerin Jr., son of R. P. Schwerin;
Henry Howard, son of George H. How
ard, the millionaire architect and city
trustee of Hillsborough; Cuyler Lee Jr.,
son of the automobile man of San Fran
cisoo, and William Brewer, son of Rev.
William A. Brewer, mayor of Hills
borough.
Trouble might have been averted had
it not been for the fact that the four
youths disdained to bathe on the same
side of the slough used by the San
Mateo boys for swimming purposes.
"Snobs:" decided San Mateo and,
armed with handfuls of mud, advanced
to the attack. The Hillsborough young
gentlemen had not yet had time to
divest themselves of their flannel trous
ers, silk shirts and other emblems of
obnoxious aristocracy and don their
nifty bathing suits. Result—Four com
pletely ruined costumes. The Hills
borough contingent fled in its auto
mobile.
Arrived at Hillsborough they com
plained to the police and Deputy Mar
shal C. M. Hershey was sent out on a
still hunt to round up the rude San
Mateo crowd. Tonight he is co-operat
ing with the San Mateo police-
EVIDENCE WILL
IMPEACH SULZER,
ASSERTS FRAWLEY
Committee Finds Governor
Dabbled in Margins, Says
Chairman—Charges
Are to Follow s
NEW YORK, Aug. B.—Governor Wil
i •'- "
liam Sulzer of New York was nearly
$50,000 in debt as the result of stock
market speculations at the time of his
nomination and used contributions to
his campaign fund to make additional
purchases of stocks while this debt was
hanging over him, according to testi
mony adduced today at the hearing of
the Frawley committee of the legisla
ture.
The evidence brought to light is suf
ficient, according to Chairman Frawley
of the committee, to warrant proceed
ings to impeach the governor for
violation of the corrupt practices act.
The committee closed its hearings here
today to consider what action should
be taken. A decision is expected by
Monday.
The governor, according to the evi
dence, had dealings with three differ
ent stock exchange firms and was saved
from being sold out by one firm by
Lv M. Josephthal, a Wall street banker
and a member of the governor's staff
as naval reserve aid. Josephthal, it
was brought out, paid a debit balance
of $26,739 standing against the account
on July 16 last.
The governor's transactions with the
other firms were for cash and it was
in connection with one of these that
Governor Sulzer, according to the evi
dence, used campaign contributions.
In October, 1912, the evidence indi
cated, Frederick Colwell, the gover
nor's alleged "dummy," purchased from
Boyer, Griswold & Co. 200 shares of
Big Four railroad stock outright, at 60,
for $12,025, the $25 representing com
mission. This was at the height of
Mr. Sulzer's campaign for the gover
norship, and transcripts from the firm's
books showed the stock, bought on Oc
tober 16, was paid for partly in checks,
at least two of which were identified in
the testimony as Sulzer campaign con
tributions. There were seven checks in
all, and the others are charged by
Eugene I*. Richards, counsel for the
committee, as having been also cam
paign checks.
WEATHER FORECAST?
Heady today, with fog; brink southwest wind.
ALAMEDA
COUNTY j
EDITIO N |
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
CABINET CHIEF
INSISTS HEAD
QF MEXICO IS
MISINFORMED
American Embassy in South
ern Capital, Through Its
Charge d'Affaires, Is In
structed to Explain to the
Acting Minister of For
eign Affairs That No Offi
cial Declaration of Purpose
of John Lind's Mission
Ever Has Been Given Out
OBJECTIONS SAID TO
BE UNWARRANTED
Further Emphasis Lai
Administration Upon
Point That Represents
of President as Diplon
Adviser Would Occupy
Unprecedented Position —
Inference That He Would
Interfere Directly in Poli
tics Declared Unjustified
'Admit Arms,' Says Works
Wouldn't Notice Huerta
(Special Dispatch to The Call)
WASHINGTON, Aug. S.—Sena
tor Works todtty joined the grow
ing number of senators advocat
ing the lifting of the embarjgo
against importation of arms into
Mexico.
"There are two alternatives be
fore us," he said. "We should
either recognize the Huerta gov
ernment or allow both sides down
there to get arms from the
United States.
"I am opposed to recognition
of Hnerta, because I consider him
as tbe beneficiary of assassina
tion."
WASHINGTON, Aug. S.—Tension over
the Mexican situation was consplcu
our throughout today in official circ#a>
President Wilson and Secretary
Bryan in an early conference discussed
the message from Manuel Garza Adalpe.
acting minister of foreign affairs, stat
ing formally on behalf of President
Huerta that unless John Lind, personal
representative of President Wilson,
en route to the Mexican capital, bore
credentials recognizing the Huerta gov
ernment, his presence in Mexico would
be undesirable.
Later the American embassy in
Mexico City, through Nelson O'Shaugh
nessy, charge d'affaires, was instructed
to explain to the acting minister of
foreign affairs that the information on
which his statement must have been
based could not have come from thfl>
state, department here, as no official
declaration of Mr. Lind's purpose in
visiting Mexico had been made.
BRYAN ISSUES STATEMENT
Mr. Bryan also issued the following
statement:
"The statement of the Mexican
foreign office was based on misrepre
sentations for which this government
is not responsible. In sending Governor
Lind as adviser to the embassy, the
president is entirely within his rights
and this department will not assume
that hiß going will be regarded as
unfriendly when the character ©f his
mission is understood."
It also .was announced by Secretary
Bryan that Mr. Lind would not arrivs
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