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The San Francisco call., 1905-04-08
NAKED MANIAC
RUNS AMUCK

LOS ANGELES, April LOCKED in
her room. crazed with fright, believing
herself the victim Of an impending
tragedy and kept a prisoner by beau
tiful young woman who, rendered tenn
porarily insane. had set the house afire
Miss Martha Mittler, an elderly lady Of
3712 Wesley avenue, on Wednesday
spent night of terror.
After fleeing from her bed at dead Of
night the frightened woman waited.
with doors barricaded, to resist the at
tacks of the craZed young woman
waited in terror, not knowing what to
expect, until with the first streak of
dawn she saw beneath her window q
woman, destitute of clothing, crouched
shivering with the cold and almost
numb with misery.
Miss Mittler was working at the
home of Mrs. John Seick, aged 80 and
very deaf. The two women were alone
in the house. which is near Monro-
via. There Is no other house within
half a mile. After she had retired
Wednesday night Miss Mittler heard
some one trying to open the window
of her room, and got out of bed Just
in time to see the frightened face of
a woman pressed against the glass
The woman was stark naked. Miss
Mittler called to her, but she did not
heed her and with her fists began
breaking the glass. at the same time
screaming at the top of her voice.
Miss Mittler ran to the room Of her
aged employer, who despite her deaf
ness, had been awakened. They heard
window after window hroIrap opd
finally heard the soft footballs of the
strange woman in the house She came
to their doom and tried to force it open,
but failed. Then she went from room
to room, overturning tables and chairs.
All night this continued. and at the
first streak of day Miss Mittler crept
out of the house. She found the naked
woman lying in the yard. almost uncon-
scious from cold. Miss Mittler ran to
the nearest house for assistance, and
when relief party approached Mrs
Seick's residence they saw the kitchen
on fire. The naked woman had entered
the house and in trying to light fire
in the stove had set fire to the house.
The flames were extinguished and the
woman secured.
a patient who had wandered away
from sanitarium and had wandered
through the hills since the morning Of
the day before She was under treat
ment for nervous ailnent and the ex-
posure drove her insane. She is 26
years old, beautiful and well educated
and the daughter of well-to-do parents
In Los Angeles.
The San Francisco call., 1905-04-08
POWELL CASE
IS DISCUSSED
Haytian Minister Calls on
Secretary Taft in Reference
to Port Au Prince Report

Minister Leger to-day called on Sec
retary Taft to make further represen-
tations touching the report of Ameri-
can Minister Powell, recently made, to
the effect that serious trouble was ex-
pected at Port au Prince. Minister
Leger complained that this report had
seriously embarrassed the Haytian Of
ficers in the negotiation of a loan. He
did not make any official demand for
the removal of Minister Powell, how
ever.
Secretary Taft referred his caller to
Acting Secretary Adee, who endeavored
to show the Minister that Powell acted
only within the lines Of his duty in re-
porting to the State Department any
conditions which he feared might lead
to trouble. Moreover, ii appeared that
there really had been ground for ap-
prehension, growing out of the pro-
posed deportation of the Syrians. The
impression that Powell had been un-
duly active in the interests of the Sy-
rians and incidentally had contributed
to the agitation against the Haytian
Government was shown to be erro-
neous.
mail report from Powell was re-
ceived a the State Department to-day,
dated Port au Prince March %, the
day before the last day of grace al
lowed the Syrians in the original de-
cree of expulsion and before it was
known that an extension would be
granted. 1t appears that out of 1900
Syrians in Hayi 400 have left since
January l. The remainder represent
naturalized citizens of every European
country except Germany, and the Dip
lumatic representatives all have pro-
tested successfully against the appli-
cation of the decree to any Syrians thus
naturalized. The decree therefore will
apply only TO native Syrians not hold
ing naturalization papers. There are
about forty of these people naturalized
in the United States who will be pro-
tected in their rights.
Powell further reports that he has
secured a modification of the order
which prevented the Syrian merchants
from obtaining through the custom
houses American goods consigned to
them, so that such goods at least may
be returned to the shippers.
The San Francisco call., 1905-04-08
RELIEF EXPEDITION
RETURNS TO HONOLULU
Physicians Find That People Who
Thought They Were Victims of :
Witchcraft Have Typhoid.

HONOLULU, April 1.-The relief
expedition sent by the Government to
the assistance of the people of Pele-
kunu Valley, Nolokai, who were suf-
fering from an epidemic which some
of them declared was the result of
poisoning by kahunas, or witch doc
tors, has returned, bringing two pa
tients back for treatment. DR.. Yost.
u. S. N, who made the trip with two
nurses and six members of the hos
pital corps stationed here, reports
that the disease is typhoid fever. Four
deaths took place and there were
eight sick. The rest of the popula-
ton fed from the valley. The expe-
dition had a stormy experience. and
was compelled to make a very dan
gerous landing and embarkation on
the Molokai coast, the hospital corps
having especial difficulty with the paa
tients on stretchers,
The San Francisco call., 1905-04-08
SONOMA COUNTY
WOMAN is HURT
Special Dispatch to The Call.

SANTA ROSA. April Mrs. Frank
L. Blackburn, wife of Sonoma County.s
Coroner, was thrown from a buggy
here to-day and seriously injured. The
accident was caused by a band of
sheep. Some Of the sheep ran beneath
the horse she was driving, causing the
animal to turn abruptly, upsetting the
buggy.
Mrs. Blackburn was awaiting the ar
rival of her husband. He was a wit
ness to the accident from distance.
The horse made no attempt to run
away. Mrs. Blackburn fell heavily,
alighting on her side. She was deli
rious for several hours after the ac-
cident. Her condition is regarded as
serious.
The San Francisco call., 1905-04-08
CITY'S LEGACY
is In DANGER

SAN JOSE, April THE 900 left
the city Of San Jose as q nucleus of a
fund to provide public baths by the
late Gottlob F. Thelig is to be the sub
ject of a~contest by his heirs. Thelig,
who was a shoemaker, died about a
year ago, leaving his entire estate to
the city. He had six brothers and sis
ters residing in Germany, but did not
mention them In the will. To-day a
petition was presented in court against
distribution Of the estate to the city
by Max A. Thelig. Amelia Rath and
Emma Stanley, children Of William
Thelig. deceased brother Of the tes-
tator. They ask that one-sixth Of the
estate, which would have been their
fathers share. be given them.
The San Francisco call., 1905-04-08
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IT IS WORK
OF MALTA
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convulsively when he talked Of his
brother to the detectives, at the same
time looked nervously about him,
scanning every face. With a detective
on each side he was still afraid that
at any moment a knife would be sent
through his ribs.
AS yet the place where the vengeance
of the Malta was carried out to the
brutal end has not been found. 1t
might be any house in the Latin quar-
ter. Vilardo was the victim of a band
that carried out its plans with the
thoroughness of Corsican vendetta.
The murderers are believed to have
crept into Vilardo's room, wherever 1t
Is, and found him alone. They must
have engaged him IN friendly conver-
sation. One felled him with a cleaver,
while another thrust a knife three
times into his throat.
Then they hacked him to pieces
quickly. They flung the head and
limbs into a sack. One of the murder
ers started toward North Beach. Then
the bleeding trunk was. wrapped in a
shawl and packed in a blanket. Carry
ing this burden, another of the as
sassins went in another direction.
Both had their orders. The rest
there were probably more than two
scattered. Their work was done and
done thoroughly. They felt that they
had little to fear. Who would give
evidence against the agents of the
BLACK Hand 90
The police are working tooth and
nail now to find the room where the
dead man last lived. He had not been
living at 71o Montgomery avenue for
several weeks.
Detectives have been watching the
Fishermen's wharf for two days try
ing to discover whether any boat was
seen leaving the place on Wednesday
night. But there is little information
to be got in that quarter of the city.
The dread of Malta vengeance is
strong there.
The witnesses in the Brogardo case
will be closely cross-questioned to-day
by Captain Burnett. It Is almost a GER
tainty that some Of them can throw
light on the murder Of Vilardo If they
dare to. They can at least give some
hint as to what drew down the Yenge-
ance of the BLACK Hand"
The barber shop near where Brogardo
was slain is closely watched. The police
believe that men who gather there can
tell something about both crimes.
The San Francisco call., 1905-04-08
NATURALIZATION PLANS
TO BE FOUGHT IN COURT

Shareholder i'm Equitable Life Assur-
ance Society Brings Suit to Prevent
Amendment of Charter.
NEW YORK, April Legal action
which may have for its purpose the
defeat of the recently determined
plans for the naturalization of the
Equitable Life Assurance Society was
taken to-day when Franklin B. Lord
of the law firm of Lord, Day & Lord
of Wall street, owner of a few shares
of the stock of the society, made an
application for an injunction restrain
ing the society from amending its
charter on the lines agreed on at the
meeting of the board of directors held
yesterday. Lord says that as the plan
deprives the stockholders of the con-
troll of the society an injury would be
inflicted on the stock.
The San Francisco call., 1905-04-08
MAY APPEAL
TO PRESIDENT

RENO, April 7.-As a result of the
abduction of Deputy Sheriff Jennings
at Goldfield this week the people of
that place, or at least some of them,
have prepared an appeal first to Cover
nor Sparks. and. that failing, then to
President Roosevelt, for protection
against recurrence of the outrage.
Jennings, it is said, was in charge of
a bull PEN at Cripple Greek, Colo.
some months ago. 1t is alleged, though
not proven, that the four men who ab-
Quoted him are members of the Min
ers' Union.
The San Francisco call., 1905-04-08
Both Men Injured in Fight.

Bernard Conley and Harry Johnson,
who live at 404 Octavia street, engaged
in quarrel last night which ended
with both men being injured. During
the argument a fight ensued and Con-
ley cut Johnson on the head with a
knife. Johnson continued. fighting
and when it ceased Conley had a
similar wound. They were both taken
to the Central Emergency Hospital for
treatment. Johnson says he threw
Conley down and he was injured by
falling against a post. The latter
maintains that Johnson used gas
pipe during the fight. Conley was
placed under arrest.
The San Francisco call., 1905-04-08
Southern Merchant Arrested.

G. A. Bamberg, hardware merchant
of San Luis Obispo, was arrested last
night on warrant from the south. 1t
was learned later that the arrest had
been institgated by Bamberg's wife.
1t was expected that woman would
be found in company with the mer-
chant, but when he was found he was
alone. He will be detained until fur
ther advices are received from San
Luis Obispo.
The San Francisco call., 1905-04-08
New CaIifornia Post,nasters.

WASHINGTON, April 7.-Postmas-
ters have been commissioned as fol-
lows for California: Frank M Thatch-
er, at Butte Meadows. Fourth class
postmasters-John Waxon, at Free
port Sacramento County, vice Man
uel Soto, resigned; Charles B. Scott, at
Los Alamitos, Orange County, vice D.
j. Parker, resigned; Ella E. Morrison,
at Perris, Riverside County, vice H
A. Plimpton, resigned; George NJ.
Taylor, at San Anselmo, Marin Coun-
ty. vice w. P. Taylor, resigned; Zilla
/. Dickinson, at Tomales, Marin Coun-
ty. vice Leon Dickinson, resigned.
The San Francisco call., 1905-04-08
OoRoNER's JURY SELECTED.
Inquest Over Body of Murdered Man
viii BE Held To-Day

Coroner Leland yesterday afternoon
selected jury TO investigate the death
Of the murdered Sicilian. The jury
viii meet to-day. The following citi-
zens make up the jury:
S. Gabriel, w. W. Jehu. 4I5E
Twentieth street: II. c. Rowley 23se
Van Ness avenue: Thomas E. Kent
Z. E. Carreras, ". r. Dempster
3209 Clay street: John Bender. 422 Jer-
sey street: J. 3. Davitt, 3I4 Page
street; Frank Moreno, 3oS Sutter
street: Ernest Herger, al Montgomery
street.
The San Francisco call., 1905-04-08
CRIME COMMITTED
IN VICTIMS ROOM
WIardo Identifies Shawl and Blanket THAT
Wrapped Hacked Body as Brothers.
Detectives Are Led to Last Known Resi-
denCe, but Search Is Futile.

As soon as Captain Burnett had fin
ishe6 examining Cr.spino Viiardo in
regard II his brothers affairs, the man
who made the Identification was taken
into custody by Detectives Tom Glib
son Ed Wren, Steve Bunner, Duncan,
Ma1hsson- Harrison and Graham VII
ardo led the detectives TO the house
where his brother lived In the rear
Of a shack al 10 Montgomery avenue,
the police failing 10 arouse any one,
broke through the window into the
murdered mans room Instead Of be-
ing greeted by a room disarranged and
bespaItered with blood from the muir
oere6 mans severed arteries and gen
eral evidence Of a death struggle, the
police burst into an empty room, al
most devoid Of furniture, inhabited by
no one.
The San Francisco call., 1905-04-08
DEATH CALLS PIONEER.
Father OF San Jose Politician Passes
away at RelOnfiO

SAN JOSE, April 7.-StiIlman
Thomas. for many years a prominent
lumber dealer of this city, died to-
day at Redondo Beach. He was a ma
tive of Illinois and IS years of age.
Thomas crossed the plains to Califor-
MIA in 1854. Fred L.Thomas, the we'll
known attorney and politician of this
city. is a son of the deceased.
The San Francisco call., 1905-04-08

C. r. Wantland. land agent of the
Union Pacific at Salt Lake City. is
guest at the Palace.
The San Francisco call., 1905-04-08
SOLDIERS IN wRECk-
Oyerworked Trainmen Responsible foi
Disaster Near Harbin-

HARDIN, April by collision OF
military trains west of Harbin eight
soldiers were killed and twenty-six
men wounded. The accident was due
to the fact that the members Of the
locomotive crew, who were worn out
with excessive hours Of continuous
work, feel asleep and ran past signals.
The San Francisco call., 1905-04-08

Captain John Cross, who is interest
ed in the new electric railroad at Val
leio. is at the Palace
The San Francisco call., 1905-04-08

A. B. Keith. a wealthy resident O,
Butte, Mont, is at the California.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-10-19
CoCKRAN's DREAM DIsPELLED

That picturesque democratic Irish
man, Bourke Cochran, has just re-
turned from the Philippines, where he
received a lesson in Imperialism. which
shook his faith in colonies and alien
races under American rule.
Cochran is attracted by anything
which dazzles, and consequently when
Imperialism appeared as an American
policy he rushed to it, because of its
gaudy and bewildering prospects.
But he did not know imperialism at
close range.
He has just tested it by a study of
conditions in the islands and returns
a converted Irishman. A close range
study sweeps away all the glamor Of
the thing.
1t is one thing to talk of dependen-
cies and colonial policies and military
rule and island government 10000
another thing to go among the 10,-
100000 degraded and vicious semi
cannibals and endeavor to treat with
them on any grounds. fair or unfair,
mild or drastic.
1t is Cockran's private belief that
the administration is holding to the
Philippines so tenaciously for no other
reason that it would be a reversal of
a warlike republican policy to suggest
a sale of the islands.
Roosevelt will fight it out now until
the people become weary and demand
a change no matter what the cost.
But Cockrans dream of imperialism
has been dispelled. He would now do
almost anything with the Philippines
TO get rid of them.
\ harbor and coaling station at
three places in the archipelago is all
that the United States needs. Japan
should get the remainder of the
islands, savages, Instructions, friars,
priests, intriguing politicians and all
in one lump. They are the kindred
and kind of the Japs.
There are too many big problems
pressing at home, for the United States
to waste any time with the Philip
pines. The Panama canal is worth
i've groups of islands like the Philip
pines. to the people of the United
States. Irrigation and river and har-
Dor improvement and railroad regula-
ton tower above Imperialism. like Mt.
Hood above Pilot Rock.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-10-19
\ LESSON AND \ PROMISE.

The East Oregonian is not paid to
advertise the Irrigon irrigation
scheme. but it cannot resist the temp
tation to mention this enterprise as
an Industrial venture.
AS To its methods of dealing this
paper knows nothing. All colonization
companies have Objectionable feat
ures. This one is no exception to the
rule,
But as To the purely Industrial feat
ures Of this venture, the East Oregon
ian is delighted to see an oasis arising
in that once desolate and forbidding
prairie.
The immense growth of trees when
once the soil is reclaimed and the
abundance of vegetation that can be
crowded upon an acre of that land,
surely cause the pioneers who have
scoffed at irrigation, to halt in Won
derment.
All about the little settlement the
drifting sand is seen-the piles and
heaps of it crowding against the very
hedge rows of the irrigated farms.
But inside the Enclosures where wa
ter is supplied To the land, the earth is
green with thrifty foliage and growing
vegetation. Peach trees grow up in a
night as it were, poplar hedge rows
attain height of 10 feet and even
more than this. in one seasons growth,
and vines thrive as they do in no other
cline
1t is a revelation to the tourist to
see this oasis planted in the very
heart of the desert. 1t is a hope and
promise of the future when other
irrigation schemes. government or
otherwise, come to invade the wider
and more forbidding wastes of eastern
and central oregon.
Irrigon is home of small farmers.
The tracts run from five to 20 acres.
and are being highly cultivated and
the settlement is worthy of notice
purely as an industrial lesson in the
desert
1t is but glimpse of what the fu-
ture will be when once capital awak-
ems to the magnitude of irrigation.
Hundreds of such settlements can be
| founded in Eastern Oregon. Reser-
voir projects in the mountains can be
developed and other desert places re-
claimed and converted into just such
smiling verdant spots as Irrigon is
! becoming
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-10-19
The PoDe an Athlete.

Pope Plus X has gone in for a start
ling new departure. His holiness has
thrown himself warmly into the en-
courasement of athletics in Italy ever
since he ascended the papal throne,
and now he is actually going to hold
IN athletic competition within the pre-
cincts of the Vatican Itself. He has
given more than 200 gold and silver
prizes for the competitions and It is
even said that he intends to be present
in person at the final event Of the pro-
gram, which will probably take place
in t'e Cortile Della Pigna. He often
advises elderly cardinals who are in
clined to look askance at such bodily
exercises to go and watch them in the
gymnasium.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-10-19
IT'S Up TO THE WOMAN.

It's up to the woman. whatever goes
wrong;
She swallows an ache, while her lips
trill a song.
It's up to the woman.
If husband breaks loose and comes
home drunk at night,
1T wouldn't have happened if she'd
managed right"
It's up to the woman.
If daughter gets giddy and bangles
the men,
"If mother had watched her it
wouldn't have been"
It's up to the woman.
If young son gets frisky and smokes
cigarettes.
His mother has spoiled him, now
see what he gets"
It's up to the woman.
If baby, poor young one, gets choked
on a bone.
"Why. mothers to blame; she ought
to have known"
It's up to the woman.
If callers came early and find things
upset,
Twas a bad day for William when
he and she met"
It's up to the woman.
The grocer and book agents, plumb
ers and cooks
She must keep them in hand and find
time for her books.
It's up to the woman.
With one foot on bank book and one
on accounts,
And both ends must meet she figures
amounts.
It's up to the woman.
It's worse than four-in-hand balky
and gay,
This team that woman must man.
age each day.
Chicago Journal.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-10-19
THE DEATH-LADEN FERRIES.

The other night l crossed the bay in
a dense fog. As we left the wharf l
could have thrown a biscuit upon the
decks of three other ferry boats, all
padding for dear life and crowded
with passengers. Had the steering
gear of one of these boats broken, the
chances are some hundreds of people
would have fed the fishes, instead of
themselves that night. At first l en-
deavored to say my prayers, but
found my memory defective. Then
turned my attention to the life pre-
servers, but discovered them to be lit
tie better. Finally | went below and
fell fast asleep on one of the comforta-
HE benches provided by the Southern
Pacific for its prospective victims. II
one has to die, why not do so grace
fully V. Sutherland, in San
Francisco Star.