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The San Francisco call., 1906-08-23
BITTERLY ATTACKS
FRATERN|TIES.

DETROIT. Mich, Aug. 22.-Intimat-
ing that the society is guilty of breach
Of confidence. of obtaining money by
false pretenses and IN pursuing a
dishonest policy, delegates to the con-
venuon OF the Associated Fraternities
Of America fought through an intense
discussion on the matter of insurance
rates in their afternoon session Judge
Pfost Of Kansas furnished the sensa-
tion of the meetinge declaring:
THERE'S not society in the United
States that can carry out its insurance
contracts in full"
The substance Of his short speech
was that while societies are constantly
Increasing their liabilities, they are not
increasing their assets. Other speak
ers condemned insurance procedure of
their respective societies as dishonest,
dishonorable and disgraceful.
The convention was split into two
factions, led by ex-President George T.
Mckay Of Cleveland. who declared for
the presentation Of minimum rate
bil to the Legislatures. and Thomas B.
Hanley OF Upton, Ia, who opposed such
action The general spirit of the con-
vention was that the amalgamation
movement between the Associated Fra
ternities and the National Fraternal
Congress. which was decided on at a
morning session. never would be con-
summated-
The San Francisco call., 1906-08-23
YELLED WOMEN WANT LEADER.
Mysterious Visitors Tell Mrs. John
Pettee of Work Ahead.

Mystery of the delightful Anna Kath-
crime Green variety has been introduced
into the relief situation through the
medium of Mrs. John Pettee, a volun-
teer and independent worker who has
taken an important part in the vari-
Gus refugee camp movements. Accord
ing to Mrs. Pettee two heavily vefled
women came to her house, 3103 Clay
street. Tuesday evening after dark and
declared that Mrs. Pettee was to re-
ceive a letter within three days which
would nominate her a Jeanne dare of
the refugees. Woe was surely to betide
Mrs. Pettee if she neglected to fill the
requirements.
Mrs. Pettee does not know just what
will be required of her. but is sure that
there will be something to do She is
now awaiting the call The strange
visitors. who, Mrs. Pettee asserts, were
not victims of dementia, intimated
that a sacking of the relief headquar-
ters at Geary and Cough streets might
be included in the programme.
The two women were shabbily dress
ed, one in black. the other in brown.
The San Francisco call., 1906-08-23
Father Crowley Would
Stop Gossip by Keep-
ing the Women
Campers Busy.

T Until September 1 and fresh
appropriation come many of the
sewing centers which have been
conducted under the dispensa-
tion of the rehabilitation department Of
the Relief Corporation will have to be
discontinued. The appropriation for
August was $4,000, and the goods pur-
chased under that fund are rapidly be-
ing made into garments, so rapidly
that in many centers the supplies have
been exhausted. Father Crowley, who
is superintendent of the industrial de-
partment of the rehabilitation commit
tee. stated yesterday that he will ask
for an appropriation of $4,000 for Sep
tember and that he expects that 1t will
be allotted the department by the ex
ecutive committee. Miss Lucnle Eaves
Of the Red Cross, who directs the
work, asked for $4,000 for August, but
her estimate was cut down. In Jeffer-
son square the sewing has been discon-
tinued. In the Mission there is still
plenty of material on hand.
Father Crowley saw many varieties
of good in the sewing centers. They
are mentally, morally and materially
beneficial to the refugees. said the
priest yesterday. and he gave cate
gorically his reasons. First and fore
most" he said, the sewing circles
keep women busy and therefore out Of
mischief; keep them away from gos-
siping." Conventionally the sewing
circle has name for being the center
of small talk. but Father Crowley looks
on it as a benefcient institution and
his view is not apt to be gainsaid by
the executive committee.
The San Francisco call., 1906-08-23
SYNDICATE To BUY
RAILROAD STOCK.
Plan to Purchase Great
Northern and North
ern Pacific Shares Is On
INVOLVESMILLIONS
SPECIAL DISPATCH TO THE CALL

SPECIAL DISPAICd III The CALL.
NEW YORK, Aug. 22.-Plans for the
formation of a syndicate to take over
the Great Northern and Northern Pa
cific stock held by the Union Pacific
which were proposed several months
ago again have been taken under con-
sideration. In circles usually we'll in
formed concerning Union Pacific af-
fairs it Is said the formation of such a
syndicate is in contemplation: although
the details have not been fully deter
mined.
The Union Pacific at the date of its
last annual report held s1S,665,25 par
value, of Great Northern preferred
stock, s24,295152 of Northern Pacific
and s12,S50,000 of the stock of the
Northern Securities Company, which
since has been exchanged for proper
tional share of Great Northern and
Northern Pacific.
These holdings represented only part
OF the stocks of these two roads which
were acquired by the Union Pacific in
the course of the dissolution of the
Northern Securities Company. A large
amount was sold prior to the date of
the last annual report, 1t is understood
Union Pacific's holdings of these stocks
have been further reduced since then.
AT the present prices for Northern
Pacific and Great Northern it would
take more than $54,000.000 to purchase
Union Pacific at the date of the last
annual report and more than $51, 000, 900
to acquire its Northern Pacific holdings
The San Francisco call., 1906-08-23
SPEEDWAY CAMP HAS ILL NAME.
Refugees Wrongly Consider 1t "POor-
house" and Stay Away.

That word Of i'll omen. 'poorhouse."
has been settled by the refugee imag-
ination on the camp at the speedway in
the park, and as a consequence there
have been few, even among those in
great need, who have yet applied to
the Relief Corporation for removal
from other camps to the one beyond
Strawberry Hill. In an order issued by
Chairman Rudolph Spreckels of the de-
Bartment of camps and warehouses the
distribution of raw food at camps other
than the speedway will be discontinued
Saturday. and all the aged and infirm
who have no means of supporting
themselves were instructed to apply
for transportation to the park camp.
which, by the same token, had been
designated the camp for the aged and
inflrm."
But the words aged and infirm''
caught in the pride of the refugees.
They considered 1t an euphemism for
''poorhouse" and would have none of it.
Many of the aged who will be housed
at the speedway are probably delaying
their move as long as possible, but it is
expected that by Saturday Major Gas
ton who is in charge of the permanent
camps, will have plenty of employment
for his transportation department.
The San Francisco call., 1906-08-23
'COIN
FOR REVOLUTION.
Bold Scheme to Promote
Venezuelan Rebellion
rs Spoiled by Yankees
.PLOTTERS IN JAIL

NEW YORK, Aug. 22.-On a charge
making dies to counterfeit the
Seahoard silver dollar of Venezuela. TO
-oilSe a revolution in that country,
oret service officers today arrested
aPealh George Boynton, former resi-
een' .' manager of the orinoco corpora
Nloh OF Venezuela, and l. R. Thomas.
an attorney. both of this cttv. both
prisoners were admitted 70 bail in
S9VOo- Joseph Keller and Sidney A.
hener, Of Keller Bros, die makers.
, ~eIe aiso arrested in connection with
The two principals in the case aver
1hat the plan to duplicate Venezuelan
money is not counterfeiting. Later.
after the revolution proved Succession.
tley said IL was expected to legalize
this issue OF money, both by executive
utcree and by act OF the Venezuelan
ySh0a- The accused men characterize
ms plan as a war measure" They
also allege that half OF the South
a rlcan risings are similarly financed.
Inc story OF the facts leading up to
the arrests are interesting According
10 Chief Wilkie, Captain Boynton came
70 New York in June last to lay plans
Tor revolution against President Cas-
tro- he had with him an authorization
Whlch purported to bear the signature
OF leading revolutionists. appointing
him special commissioner to America,
win power TO do practically anything
and everything necessary to get the
moVment started
II Is charged that when Captain
Boynton came 10 New York in June to
get the alleged revolution on foot he
undertook TO put in operation a plan
similar TO that whereby the revolution
against Dom Pedro in B. azil was said
TO have been financed, that of getting
dies and buying bullion and turning
out what silver coin was necessary.
Later. II the movement proved success
tuL the issue could be legalized; If
unsuccessful. no one would be injured.
d II was argued, as the coins were to be
made OF the same fneness as the regu-
larly coined Captain Boynton met
Lawyer Thompson, an old acquaint-
ance, and interested him in the revolu-
ton
The San Francisco call., 1906-08-23
SKELETONS RECALL
DREAD TRAGEDY.
Bones of Eight Victims
of Valencia Wreck Are
Found Near Lifeboat
STARVEDTODEATH
SPECIAL DISPATCH TO THE CALL

SEATTLE. Aug. 22.-Eight skeletons
lying beside a lifeboat in a cave near
Carmanah, on the west side of Van
couver Island, dumbly tell what is un-
doubtedly the most terrible tragedy of
last January's wreck when the liner
Valencia pounded to pieces on the
treacherous coast of Vancouver Island.
A special from Carmanah this after
noon reporting the heart-breaking dis
covery says the boats crew had made
apparent safety and starved to death
because the coastline was not ade-
quately searched 1t will be impossible
to identify the remains of the eight
victims. Llghtkeeper Daykin says:
IF the men got into the cave alive.
as 1T is evident they did, they must
have starved to death. 1t is a veritabIe
mantrap- There is a large rock at the
mouth of the cave, over which the boat
must have been hurled by huge waves,
as there is not enough room on either
side of the rock to get the boat out
again when the water is smooth.
THE boats crew must have perished
before the storm subsided. The boat
is all right except for a small hole in
the forward air chamber near the
gunwale'
The San Francisco call., 1906-08-23
ATTACKS A WOMAN
ON THE STREET.
Brutal Negro Siezes Mrs.
Jane Spence on Thor
oughfare in San Jose
SAVED BY LAWYER
SPECIAL DISPATCH TO THE CALL

SAN JOSE, Aug. 22.-Mrs. Jane Spence
or this city was attacked at noon today
on Second street by a negro named
John Rhoades- Attorney A. H Jarman.
who was standing near by, rescued her.
The negro approached from the rear
and threw his arms around Mrs Spence.
She screamed and Mr.. Jarman. hearing
the sound, rushed to her assistance.
He struck the negro blow on the
nose that nearly felled him to the
ground. The negro Immediately broke
away, but was Overtaken in a short
distance by Mr.. Jarman, who threw
him down and held him until Deputy
Sheriff Fred Shore appeared on the
scene.
Mrs Spence was Frustrated by the
affair. The negro who committed the
assault is heavy man. appearing to
be about 80 years of age. He came
here two or three days ago from Stock
ton and he had in his possession a card
indicating that he was window
cleaner. He was released on Wednes-
day from the Stockton Jail, after serv-
ing a SO-day sentence for beating his
wife.
The San Francisco call., 1906-08-23
WIDOW AND BROTHER SAID
TO BE INSURANCE SWINDLERS
Arrested In Boston on Charge That
They Are Members of Gang
of Policy FOrgers.

BOSTON. Aug. 22.-Police arrested
today on a warrant sworn out by AL
bert D. Pickford for the New York Life
Insurance Company Mrs. Mary A. Ten
nyson, a wealthy Roxbury widow, and
her brother. Dennis Griffin. 1t is
claimed that the pair perpetrated a big
graveyard insurance swindle. The
specific charge against the prisoners is
that they forged life insurance ap-
plications. 1t is claimed that several
big life companies have been swindled
by this pair out of thousands of dol
lars. Suspicious were aroused by the
number of policies collected shortly
after the policies had been written and
the companies combined to hunt down
the gang. The police are now search
ing for the ringleader, Thomas Nelson,
who posed as an applicant for the
policies and successfully passed various
medical examinations, as he was ply
sically in perfect condition. Mrs. Ten
nyson has collected insurance on her
husband and daughter, both of whom
died within a year.
The San Francisco call., 1906-08-23
NEW YORK BROKERS
FAIL FOR $4,000, 900
NJ j. Sage az Co. Post Notice Informing
Correspondents That They Have
Discontinued,

NEW YORK, Aug. EN-. J. Sage &
Co., brokers of No. / Montgomery
street, Jersey City. and No. 81 Broad
way. this city, at the close of business
hours today posted notice at their
Jersey City office informing their cor
respondents that they had discontinued
business. The amount involved in the
failure is said to be 100000.
The president of the firm is Maurice
] Sage, a young man who came to this
city about twelve years ago from Bing-
hGmton, ". Y. Tt is stated that the
Sage system consisted of string of at
least 800 branch Offices, stretching from
Maine to New Orleans.
The San Francisco call., 1906-08-23
AGED SCULPTOR WEDDED
IN THE WINTER OF LIFE
Dean of American Artists at the Age OF
76 Years Narrfes for the
Third Time.

NEW YORK. Aug. 22.-J. c. A. Ward.
dean Of American sculptors and for
more than half a century a leader i'm
art, was showered yesterday with con-
gratulatiOnS on his recent marriage.
The noted sculptor has just passed the
seventy-siXth milestone in Iife'ss jour
ney and has been married twice before.
Ward declined 10 crafty the curl
osity of earnest inquirers as to the
identity of the bride.
Why should you ask" he interro-
gated. Does the public care? I am
no Kaiser or President. Certainly II Is
not necessary that I should tell the
name of the lady That is a personal
matter. 1t concerns only my own hap
piness. have no children and no other
ties. I was married about month ago
and that is all care to say about IT."
The San Francisco call., 1906-08-23
JOHN ID. sPRECKELS WILL
BUILD BLOCK IN SAN DIEGO
To Erect Six-Story Structure to House
Corporation Officers and Two
Newspapers.

SAN DIEGO. Aug. 22.-Building per-
mits for construction work totalling
nearly 100000 We're taken out at the
office of the Board of Public Works
yesterday. Early in the afternoon the
High School Board of Education took
out permit for the erection of new
High School building to cost 100000.
Later In the day a permit for the con-
struction of a six-story re-enforced
concrete business block at the corner
of Third and d streets was taken out
by John ID. Spreckels. The building is
to be the home of the San Diego Union
and the Evening Tribune, both of which
are owned by Spreckels. The general
Offices of the various Spreckels corpora :
tions also are to be located in the
building. The estimated cost of con-
struction is given as s165.000.
The San Francisco call., 1906-08-23
DEPRAvED MISSES
IN THE TOLLS.
spECIAL DISPATCH TO THE CALL

STOCKTON. Aug. 22-Crystal Bar
nett, a seventeen-year-o girl. and
Eta Eaton, who is about the same age,
whose mother resides in this city, were
in the Justices court today, charged
with vagrancy.
The girls, both Of them exceptionally
pretty, were taken from low lodging
house by the police. The place is run
by crippled Chinese and is frequent
ed. 1T is said. by negroes. Chinese and
drug fiends.
The girls were brazen in their shame
and made no effort at concealment.
The Eaton girls mother. deserving
woman, was in court and made pa
thetic plea for her child, who laughed
at her tears. The girl was ordered to
tail for 100 days, but the commitment
was withheld on the understanding g
that she would go with her mother
The Barnett girl was sentenced TO
Jail for thirty days. but officers were
directed to communicate with her par
ents In Oakland
The San Francisco call., 1906-08-23
WATER WILL SOON BE RUNNING
IN GREAT IRRIGATION DITCH
Los Angeles Capitalists to Rush to
Completion the Canal In CoIusa
and Glenn Counties.

WILLOWS. Aug. 22.-The Los An
geles capitalists who recently acquired
the controlling interest in the Central
Canal and Irrigation Company have an
nounced that within three months
water will be flowing in the canal as
far as Maxwell, Colusa County. Twenty
years ago the canal was dug to a
point west of Maxwell The new own
ers are planning to make immediate
use of the forty miles of completed
ditch and complete the system as
planned by the original promoters as
rapidly as possible. y large pumping
plant costing 100000 will be erected at
the present intake on the banks of the
Sacramento River near St. John, Glenn
County.
The San Francisco call., 1906-08-23
WANT VOLUNTEER BUILDERS.
House Raising for Mission Refugees at
Mission Park Sunday.

On next Sunday the third Mission
Park ''house raising for the benefit of
refugees viii take place under the di-
rection Of James Rolph Jr., chairman
Of the Mission relief section. and
Father Crowley of the Youths Oirec-
tory. Fifty men are wanted for the
work, and volunteers are requested to
assemble at Eighteenth and Dolores
streets at o'clock in the morning.
Twice already have volunteer mechan-
ics assembled for work and accom-
plished wonders.
Five houses are to be finished com
pletely on Sunday. If the plans of the
Nsders of the work are carried out.
suilding material will be on the
ground, cut into the proper length, and
ali that workers will have to do will
be to join the timbers and raise the
frames
Lunch will be served the workers by
the ladies of the Mission District, as
was done before.
The San Francisco call., 1906-08-23
Hoke smith sweeps Georgia.

ATLANTA. Ga. Aug. 22.-The State
Democratic primaries today resulted In
a victory for Hoke Smith, candidate for
Governor, unprecedented in the size OF
the majority. OF the las counties In
the State he has carried probably 110.
By the returns available at IL o'clock
tonight Clark Howell carried six coun-
ties, ]. H Estill OF Savannah two. r. B.
Russell eight and James NJ. Smith
three, leaving sixteen to hear from.
This result will give Hoke Smith 21a
votes in the State convention out Of a
total of 366.
The San Francisco call., 1906-08-23
ESTATE WORTH s1O0,O0o,O0O
is CLAIMED BY AMERICANS
Wisconsin People Believe They Are
Heirs of Michael ROup, a Ger
man Brewer.

WAUKESHA, Wis, Aug 22-Ten
residents of this city claim to be heirs
to the estate of the late Michael Roup,
a brewer of Germany, who left a
fortune said to amount to nearly $780,
100000. Edward Roup OF Buffalo came
here yesterday and after consulting
with him the ten Waukesha heirs
signed affidavits affirming their kinship
with the deceased brewer. There are
said TO be thirteen heirs in all. The
German Ambassador in Washington
has communicated with the heirs and
says the estate is bona fide.
The San Francisco call., 1906-08-23
@Pnuperr Leave. Fortune.

STOCKTON, Aug. 22.-It has just
come to light that Carl Garbode an
inmate of the San Joaquin County
Almshouse for the past year and a
half, who died on August 16. was pos
sessed of a small fortune In his will,
JUST filed for probate, 1t develops that
he left S4500 IN banks and a promis-
sorry note for $500. His heirs are two
sisters living in Holsel, Germany. The
county will bring suit for his mainte-
nance for eighteen months at the rate
of $l5 month.
The San Francisco call., 1906-08-23
SEATTLE JUDGE DECLARES
SPIRITUALIST A VAGRANT
Says Readings as Practiced by PrOmt-
- nent Medium Constitute Fortune
Telling, Therefore Are Illegal.

Telling, Therefore Are illegal.
SEATTLE, Aug. 22.-Rev. Mrs. Rice,
one of the leading spiritualistic me-
diums of Seattle, pastor of the Seattle
Psychic Society and lecturer at the
First Spiritualtist Church of Seattle.
was declared by Judge Albertson this
morning to be a vagrant within the
meaning of the law. The court held
that the mediumistic readings which
the defendant urged as simple re-
ligious observances constituted fortune
telling, and that one who gave such
readings was guilty of the crime of
telling fortunes within the meaning of
the statutes defining vagrancy. bond
to keep the peace was exacted OF the
defendant.
The decision is one of great impor-
tance to the spiritualists of Seattle. as
it gives the police unlimited authority
to put an end to the public and private
readings which form a large part of
their religious services.
The San Francisco call., 1906-08-23
TOTS WILL TRAVEL ALONE
FROM MAINE TO CALIFORNIA
Children Start on Journey to Meet
Father, an Electrician I'm
San JOse

BOSTON, Aug. 22.-Two bright, cour-
ageous children on their way from
Eastport, Maine. left the South Station
yesterday afternoon for San Jose, CAL
to meet their father, whom they have
not seen in ten years. The father is
Frederick ]. Bowden, an electrician at
San Jose. Their mother died ten years
ago in San Jose and Bowden placed
the children in the care of their aunt
at Bocabec, n. B. Bowden married
again and sent for his children and
they will arrive in San Jose Sunday
evening.
The San Francisco call., 1906-08-23
PORTE Is DISPLEASED BY
THE ANTI-GREEK MOVEMENT
Addresses Note to Bulgarian Govern
ment and Receives Reply Calling
His Act One of Interference.

VIENNA, Aug. 22.-The Politische
Correspondent today published the fol-
lowing dispatch from Sofia:
The Porte has addressed a note to
the Bulgarian Government expressing
its displeasure at the anti-Greek move
ment in Bulgaria. Bulgaria replied
that she regards the Turkish note an
impertinence, as the Porte has no right
to interfere with internal affairs of the
principality."
The San Francisco call., 1906-08-23
ORDERS FOR ARMY
MEN ISSUED.

w yASHINGTON, Aug. e.
" Contract Surgeon Charles
A. CattermOIe will pro-
ceed from Manhattan, New, TO
San Francisco and take trans
port to sail from latter place
ON September 5 for the Philip
pines, and upon arrival In Ma
niIa report to commanding gem
eral, Philippines Division, for
duty.
Contract Surgeon Arthur ID.
Prentice is relieved from duty In
the Philippines Division and
will proceed to Sam Francisco
and report to the military secre-
tnry for further orders.
The San Francisco call., 1906-08-23
CONSTITUTION FOR CHINA
MAY BE CHOSEN BY EMPRESS
DOUnEcr Summons High Officials Il
Discuss Proposed Change I'm
Government.

PEKING. Aug. 22.-The Dowager
Empress of China plans to summon a
confe renee of high officials. Including
several Eiceroys. TO discuss the adop-
tion OF a constitution The Chinese
Commissioners who recently visited the
United States and Europe and have re-
turned from their tours recommended a
gradual change to constitutional gov
ersment, taking ten TO fifteen years to
educate the people thereto.
The San Francisco call., 1906-08-23
PRICE OF FRUIT Is HIGH,
THOUGH CROPS ARE LARGE
S1irabeIles and Green Cages Sell for IL
Cents Pound I'm German
Markets

FRANKFORT-ON -ON-MAIN. Aug. 22.-
The Call correspondent has just re-
turned from the great central fruit belt
in the Cronberg Valley. The farmers
sale they had not seen grapes, apples,
pears. ounces, mulberries and plums in
such quantities in twenty years. Not
withstanding this, fruit sells al a high
price, owing TO the scarcity OF meats
and provisions. Mirabelles and green
cages sell at 10 TO u cents a pound.
Frequent thunderstorms and hot days
have been helpful to fruit.
The San Francisco call., 1906-08-23
San Franciscan WEEDS In Boston.

BOSTON. Aug. 22.-Miss Isabel NJ.
McGrath of San Francisco and David ".
Mccarthy of BroOkline were married in
st. Mary's Church of the Assumption in
BrookIine yesterday by Rev. Father
Stephan. Miss Anna c. McGrath. a
sister of the bride. was the maid OF
honor and Robert W. Spear acted as
best man.
The San Francisco call., 1906-08-23

BoYES HEIRS wIN.-Yreka Aug. o.
Word has been received that the case of the
Royes heirs vA Churchill has been decided by
tse Supreme Court for the plaintiffs. The case
involves insurance money placed at interest in
1891 for the eight children and subsequently
used for their maintenance. The action is held
to be Illegal the estate was insolvent. The
amount involved is nearly 1900.
The San Francisco call., 1906-08-23
MEXICO At PEACE
WITH THE WORLD.
SPECIAL DISPATCH TO THE CALL

MEXICO CITY, Aug. 22-To the Edi-
tor of The Call: Please deny the rumor
about a revolt and an anti-foreign
movement in Mexico. as they are abso-
lutely without foundation.
Throughout the entire country order
and peace prevails and are, firmly
founded. Prosperity is apparent on all
sides, and foreigners enjoy the same
safety and protection that they do in
the most civilized countries.
RAMON CORRAL
Secretary of the Interior.