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The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1906-07-22
Ukase Of Gar Dissolves
People 5 Parliament.
EMPEROR NICHOLAS has dissolved the Russian
Parliament. Civil war and the creation OF a die
tatOrShip are possibilities of the existing crisis.
Russian Ruler Invites Civil War
and Prepares to Cope With
Revolutionists.

The delay in fixing the time for the
new elections seems to indicate deci-
sion to change the present basis of
suffrage to perhaps a basis of universal
suffrage, with which the advisers of
the Emperor hope to swami the edu-
Gated Liberals. the Socialists and the
workingmen with the vast mass of
peasantry.
The only uncertainty is as to the
coming storm-when and where 1t will
break The. advocates of the ''n1ailLd
ist" believe that by dissolving Par
lament and provoking collision now
they will ind the revolutionary leaders
not prepared for rising, whereas fur
Their delay would nearly give the revo-
lutionists the time needed to organize
and to continue the corruption of the
army.
There are no presidents in Russian
history for the execution of an order of
propagation, but probably Monday will
find the palace in possession of the mill
itary and the surrounding streets held
by the Emperor's guards.
PREPARING FOR CIVIL WAR.
Troops are being massed at ST. Pc
tersburg, Moscow and other centers.
prepared to. apply physical force, and,
in addition, the guard regiments will
be hurriedly marched into the capital
on Thursday night.
The entire third division OF infantry
arrived here Yesterday afternoon. This
imposing military array is expected to
oveFawe the maYes.
Fourteen men OF the Second Sat
TALON Of the Preobrajensky sResi-
ment, including two non commissioned
officers, have been arrested for agitat.
ing and conveyed. to the fortress of St.
Peter and st. Paul Two squadrons of
Dragons and hussars have. been sent
to Kronstadt. where there is recur-
renee of the ferment among soldiers
and sailors.
SAILORS THREATEN REVOLT.
sEBAsToPoL, July 21.-A meeting
Of $500 sailors from the -warships here
today drew up, economic demands for
presentation to Admiral skrydloff I'm
less these. demands be fulfilled, the men
say, the whole of the Black Sea. fleet
will revolt. s-- ,.~-ze1
KALAGUA, July 81. =. Anti-Jewish
disturbances broke out in the village
OF spasdelensk today. A mob beat
Jews, and plundered their. houses The
troops fred volley,. killing two Of the
plunderers and wounding man Others.
Order was restored.
TIFLIs, July 21.ATartars have de-
stroyed the village of Kaladjak Thirty
persons were killed.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1906-07-22
FALLS VICTIM TO DISEASE
OF WHICH LITTLE IS KNOWN
Multiplication of White Corpuscles of
the Hood Kills Leading Chi

CHICAGO, July 21.--James W. Dun
can, once one \ of tho leaders Of the
Democratic party In Illinois and prom
inent at the Chicago bar. died today
after ten days illness. Duncan was 81
years old.
The disease which, caused the death
of Duncan was leukemia, concerning
which medical science knows little 1t
causes a multiplication of the white
corpuscles OF the blood, producing fatal
blood weakness.
Noise distressed Duncan to such an
extent that for several days Mayor
Dunno had Prairie avenue closed to
tra4ic in tho block in front OF the Dun
can home.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1906-07-22
GERMAN STEAMSHIP RUNS
INTO AND KILLS TWO WHALES
Blood From Monster Leviathans Red
dens the Waves for Nearly
Mile.

TACOMA, July 21.--Coming up the
cisco to Tacoma. the German steamship
Setos ran into q school Of whales. Two
of the leviathanss were struck and
killed outright. They bled profusely.
ofhcers of the vessel say that the water
was covered with blood for nearly 4
mile. The whales were about nifty feet
lonE. The carcassas noatedg away.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1906-07-22
Havemeyer-Travers Wedding.

NEW YORK, July 21.-Mrs Lille
Hartman Travers. widow of william
r. Travers. and Frederick Charles
Haverneyer Jr.. son of the late Theo-
dore J.. Havemeyer. were married at
noon today.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1906-07-22

Z VENICE, July Elm the nrst race
of the third annual regatta Of the
South Coast Yacht Club. sailed here
this afternoon for theT Country Club
cup. Mischief II won Time. 1880.
Monsoon was second. Time. 1:4z:ss.
The course was twice around two
mile triangle
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1906-07-22
WHISKY SCANDAL
BRINGS ON AN
INQUIRY.
General Greedy Orders That
an Official Investigation
Be Started Immediately
COLONEL WISER
RECEIVES DETAIL
Foreman Brannan Of Grand
Jury Says the Missing Ii
quors Must Be Located

NJ LIEUTENANT COLONEL
JOHN p. WISER, In
II spector General, Pacific
Division, Preside of San
Francisco, Cal.-sir; The d.
vision commander desires that
you examine Into and report ON
NIL liquors which have been re-
ceiyed at and transferred from
the medical supply depot to all
points In the city of San Fran
cisco. In this report 1T 10 de-
sired TINT you distinguish be-
tween liquors which belong to
the regular medical supply and
those which were sent here for
relief purposes. This report
should show quantities. shipped
apd received, with time and
place of destination. Very re.
specially, -
s. W. DUNNING, So
Military Secretary.
July II, 1906. -.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1906-07-22

A MILITARY investigation and a
~ Grand. Jury inquiry have been;
1Aordered into the mystery sur
rounding the disappearance Of
nine wagon loads of liquors dispatched
from the Moulders School warehouse to
the jefferson Park Hospital storeroonl.
Major General Greedy. commanding the
Department ofsthe Pacific. has ordered
Lieutenant colotsl John. p. wisser.sin-
spector general, to trace the disposition
of avery bottIs of liquor sent here for
relief purposes that passed through the
army stations. Colonel Wiser has au-
thority under the law to administer
oaths, and SO every man he calls to
tell his story will swear to it's au-
thenticitya kna
The Grand Jury-is as determined as
the army to solve this mystery as well
as to determine the merits of the
chafge that some one Is guilty of hav-
Ing traficked in liquors intended for
relief purposes. Foreman ]. F. Bran
nan. says. he. will find out what has be-
come of the whisky received here. even
if he is, compelled to go to, the extrem-
ity Of subpenaing Major General Gree
ly. the whole United States army and
every civilian connected directly or in
directly with the distribution of relief
supplies to the confagration victims.
General Greely's order directing the
Investigation of the scandal. which is
printed in full above. was issued yes
terday afternoon. AS result Colonel
Wiser will begin his task Monday.
From place to place he will go. admin
istering the oath to every man whose
explanation i. wanted. and. in keeping
with army principles, when. his report
is filed 1t will contain every vestige Of
Information that can be had, even
though it's end finds. the highest men in
the land clinking glasses while quafing
the vanished stimulant.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1906-07-22
wAGGAMAN EXPLAINS.

1t was the statement Off. K. wagga-
man, an army. teamster, to the effect
that heshad hauled liquor to large
downtown Arm, and that the same had
been rejected on account OF. it's poor
quality, that resulted in the determine
ton to Investigate the scandal Es-
pecially significant IS the. fact that
after waggaman, who was called
before General Greedy yesterday morn :
ing, made what. is apparently a salts
factory explanation of this incident.
General Greedy still ordered that, the
be made. The Significance
lies in the fact that It was waggaman
who was in charge-under. Lieutenant
Powell, now in ST. Louis-of the nine
wagon loads Of liquors declared to be
missing. tits quite probable that wag-
gaman told few things about the nine
wagon loads that will be given to. the
public later
I. Before General Greedy yesterday,
waggaman said it was to the store of
Goldberg Bowen & Co. that he hauled
the liquor. That it was hauled to this
store General Greedy affirmed and ex-
planned the incident. saying:
During the CONGREGATION the store
Of Goldberg. Bowen & Co, as we'll as
many other establishments. were en-
tered by the. troops and their stocks
Of goods conf1scated. Among the goods
taken from Goldberg. Bowen & Co.'S
was a large quantity of liquors Later
this Arm presented its demand to the
relief committee for goods seized AS
the liquor we had taken from the firm
was not needed, Goldberg. Bowen &
Co. agreed to take it back and credit
the committee for its value. The liquor
was sent back to the firm. but among
the lot were several cases OF goods
taken from other places. This the firm
rejected and sent back to the Preside.
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HT. PETERSBURG. July %, a. m.
Rusisa's first experiment. in par
liamentary- government came to
an ignominious end tonight with the
PRONUNCIATION of two imperial ukases.
the first dissolving the Parliament and
providing for the convocation of its
successor on March 5. 1907, more than
six. months hence, and the second pro-
Claiming the capital Of Russia and the
surrounding province to be in a state
of extraordinary security. which vir-
tuaIly means martial law. This meas
ure of safety is to provide for the
outbursts which undoubtedly will be
provoked by this daring measure. 1t
is now but a step to a dictatorship.
The two ukases. which are addressed
in stereotyped form to the ruling SEN
ate. are as follows:
According. to paragraph los Of the
fundamental law we consider the I'm
perial Parliament dissolved and TX the
time for the convocation OF the newly
elected Parliament for March 5, 1907.
Regarding the time for the new cleo
tions to the new imperial Parliament.
we will later issue special instructions.
The ruling Senate will not fail TO
take proper measures to place this into
effect NICHOLAS.
.Peterhof, July 81. 1905
PRocLAIMs MARITAL LAW.
The text of the second ukase follows:
In consideration OF a report of the
Council of Ministers presented to US
regarding the necessity in the future
for the preservation Of order and public
safety in the city and provinces of ST.
PetersburE. we consider it necessary to
declare in the above city and province,
instead Of the state of reinforced Sc
eurity WHICH now prevails, state OF
extraordinary security. The project of
the state and governor of the. province
are. invested with the rights thereto
appertaining.
The ruling senate will not fail to
take proper. measures to place this at
40. ,i,,o s.1sot NICHOLAS"
with these pithy but momentous or
ders, which were promulgated at 3
O'Clock this morning, Emperor Nicholas,
by a stroke of the pen, set Russia back
TO where she stood two years ago, in
the full grip of the autocracy and ir-
responsible government, .wiping out for
six months at least the whole structure
of parliament, erected at-mnch cost.
MAY GRANT UNIVERSAL SUFFRAGE.
There is little doubt that the order
for the convocation of the new as
senbly will still further postpone the
time, unless the new Parliament prom
Uses to be more amenable than. the
present a..
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Rucf's Name Forces Whisky
Down Red-Light Threats.

FORMER
Western National Bank
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1906-07-22
WEATHER FORECAST.

For San Francisco and Vicinity
Fair Sunday; somewhat warmer; light
north wind, changing 10 fresh west.
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Omaha daily bee., 1906-12-23
Coming Events.

Mr. Barton Mllard will entertain at
dinner Thursday evening
Miss Nina Criss will entertain the Char
monte club Thursday afternoon
The Winfield club will give dancing
party at Chambers Saturday evening.
The Hanscom Park Dancing club Will
give dance at Chambers Friday evening.
Miss Sybil Haas will be hostess at the
meeting Of kensington club Thursday AFT
ernoon.
Miss Mona Kloke will entertain at dinner
Wednesday evening in honor of Miss Ger
trude Lyford of New York
Miss Marion Cornell will be hostess at a
supper this evening in compliment to Miss
Gertrude Lyford Of New York
Mrs. J. W. Grimth will give large
reception Wednesday afternoon i'm compli-
ment to her guest Mrs. Lyford of New
York.
Mrs. c. w Hun will give a luncheon
Friday in honor Of Mrs. w. Fl. I.yford OF
New York, who Is the guest OF Mrs. j. w.
Grifith
Mrs. Robert F. Smith will give a theater
party at the Burwood Saturday in honor
OF Miss Marion Halter and Miss Edith
Patrick
Miss Ruth Dahlman will give a linen
shower Wednesday afternoon In honor Of
Miss Mabel Christie, whose wedding takes
place December 81.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank b. Kennard will en-
terrain at dinner Saturday evening for Mr..
Lee Kennard and Miss Mabel Christie and
their bridal party.
Mr.. and Mrs Charles Test Stewart Of
Council Bluffs will entertain at supper
this evening, a number OF Omaha people
10 be among the guests.
Mr.. James Allen and Mr.. VIII Wood will
be hosts at a dinner given Thursday even
ing in compliment to Miss Mabel Christie
and Mr.. Lee Kennard and their bridal
party.
In compliment 20 the Misses Run OF St,
Paul, who will arrive Wednesday TO spend
the holidays with Miss Elizabeth Sweet,
Mrs c. r. Johannes viii entertain at
luncheon Friday.
Mr. and Mrs. Myron L. Learned will give
small informal reception, or "eggnog,
Christmas eve In honor Of their guests, Miss
Raymond of Sheridan, wyo,, and Mr.. Ray
mCnd Learned.
Mr.. and MS. George a. Keeline and Miss
Keeline will give large dancing party at
I the Grand hotel, in Council Bluffs Wednes-
day evening, which will be attended by a
number OF Omaha people
Miss Marthena Harrison has issued in
vitatons for two card parties to be given
Friday and Saturday evenings at the resi-
dence Of her mother, Mrs. Russell 3. Har-
rison, PIP South Thirty-fourth street.
Mrs. z. 1. Lomax, Miss Mildred LOmaS
and Miss Marie Mohler have issued cards
/ for a large buffet luncheon for the young
people and. the young married set, 70 b.
given at the residence OF Mrs. Lomax New
Years day
one o. the most enjoyable AFFAIRS Of the
| holiday week will be the cotillon al
| Chambers Christmas night. MT George
Redick and Mr.. Arthur Lewis will lead and
many new figures will be introduced. The
party viii be chaperOned by M and Mrs
Omaha daily bee., 1906-12-23
Pleasures Past.


In compliment to Miss Gertrude Lyford
of New York, Miss Mamie Page gave a
theater party at the Orpheum Saturday
evening, followed by a supper at the
Omaha club. The party was chaperoned
by Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Taylor Page.
Mrs. W. ]. Connell entertained about
! twenty-five guests at a buffet luncheon
Saturday in honor of Mrs wAH. Lyford
of New York, who is the guest of Mrs
]. w. Grifith. The parlor was adorned
with pink carnations and the library with
yellow and white chrysanthemums, while
in the dining room holly wreaths and
poinsettia was used.
One of the charming affairs of the week
was the little play Christmas Eve at
Mother Hubbard's," given Friday at Co.
lumbia school under the direction Of Mrs.
! c. NJ. Wilhelm. The little folks most of
whom belong to prominent families, were
perfectly at home on the stage. The cast
, included: Mother Hubbard, Frances
HoChstetler; Mistress Mary, Jean Patter-
son; Little Miss Muffett, Katherine Baum;
Jill, Grace Vinegar; Little Bopeep.
Esther Wilhelm; Santa Claus, Malcolm
Baldrige; Little Jack Horner, Ralston
Scobie; Simple Simon, Laurence Updike;
Boy Blue, Philip Chase
Mrs j. w. Pennell entertained a number
OF friends in honor of'her daughter Miss
Marie Pennell, the occasion being her
| twentieth birthday. The house was prettily
decorated in red and green, the red ribbons
and holly being drawn down to the four
corners of a skating pond in the center
of the table, the pond being represented
by a large mirror. At one end of the table
was an imitation cake I'm which was hid
den souvenirs for each of the guests. The
evening was spent in games and music.
Those present were: Misses Marie Pencil,
/ Gretchen Emery, Martha Wright Florence
Mason, Minnie Eldrdge Christine Swan
son, Messrs VIII Blackburn, Meryn Mace,
Arthur Bryant Harry Gould, Pollock Ed
Huston, viii West,
Omaha daily bee., 1906-12-23

viii attend dental convention, and then
they will go 20 Ohio to spend the holidays
With relatives.
Mr. and Mrs c. y Van Court and
daughter left Wednesday to spend the hol-
days in Chicago with Mr.. and Mrs. Nc
Learn, Mrs. Van Courts parents.
Dr. d. II. r. Patton Of Chicago arrived
in Omaha yesterday to spend the Holt
days with his parents, Rev. and Mrs. w
d. Patton, 1851 Henderson street.
Mr and Mrs. Clement Chase returned Fri
day morning from chicago, where they
went 10 meet their son. Mr.. Clement Chase,
ir.. who returned from Cornell for the holt
days.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry DoorIy leave
Wednesday for New York, from where
they will sail for Barbados, West Indies,
to spend the winter with Mr.. Doorlys
family.
Mrs. Burgert Mr.. and Mrs Harry Bur
gcrt Miss Burgert and Mr. d r. Burgert
Of Toledo, o.. will arrive To-Day to spend
the holidays with Mr and Mrs F. =. Kir-
kendall.
Miss Ruth Thompson, who is teaching
in the high school at Malvern, Ia, is
spending a few days in Lincoln, the guest
Of Miss Beth Parkinson and other Soror-
ity friends
Mr. and Mrs s. B. Moxham Of Bait
more, Nd, have arrived to spend the holt
days with Mr.. and Mrs. Frederick +. Hall.
Mrs. MoXham was formerly Miss Bessie
Hall Of this city.
Edward c. McShane Of Manchester, Wyo,
and James H. McShane of Joliet, Mont,
will return TO Omaha to spend the holt
days with their parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
James II. Mcshane
Miss Mildred Lomax has returned from
visit Of a few days in Chicago, where
she went to meet her brother, e. Lloyd
Lomax, who returned from St. Pauls
school for the holidays
Miss Melinda Eldridge Of New York,
who was the popular guest Of Miss Julia
Higginson for several weeks this fail.
spent yesterday with her on her way home
from a visit in Shoshone Idaho.
Prof and Mrs. Grove F. Barber Of Lin
coin have arrived to spehd Christmas with
Mr.. and Mrs. f. H. Cole. Mrs. Barber
was formerly Miss Ida f. Mack one of
the teachers in the public schools in this
city and has many friends here.
Senator Willard has returned from Wash
ington to spend the holidays with his
daughter Miss Jessie Willard. He Will re-
turn to Washington in about two weeks
accompanied by Miss Willard, who will
spend the winter in Washington.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-12-23
ROYAL CHRISTMAS TREES
German Emperor Has Twelve Trees
from Forest Set Up at
POtsdam.

POTSDAM. Germany, Dec 2.-Twelve
large Christmas trees from the forest OF
Rominten have been set up in the Shell
hall for the new palace for the emperor
and empress, their six sons. Princess Vic
oria Louise, the crown princess and her
baby, and Princess Eitel Friedrich
The emperor has articles brought to him
from which he chooses gifts, but the en-
press and the other members of the inn
perial family go shopping in the streets Of
Berlin daily beginning fortnight previous
to Christmas The members of the royal
families of Europe make a large inter-
change of gifts at Christmas. A wagon
load of parcels destined for other courts
were dispatched from the new palace De-
cember 90
BERLIN, Dec. 22.-This will be a pleas
ant Christmas in Germany. owing to the
exceptional prosperity few people are out
of work, there are not many beggars and
there is less evidence of misery among
the poorer classes than in years past.
The parcel posts are too small to hold
the great number of holiday packages;
the total is swelled by more parcels from
the United States than ever before. Sew
eral hundred American residents at Ber-
lin gathered at the American church this
evening and Mrs. Tower, the wife of the
American ambassador distributed pres
ents to the children from a large tree.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-12-23
REPORTERS APE OFFICIAL
sudden visits Of Under Secretary of
war Causes Fun and Anxiety
In Paris.

PARIS Dec. Especial Fearful en-
erey Is being shown by NJ Cheron, newly
appointed to the newly created post Of
under secretary Of state for war. He
turns up at the barracks in the middle Of
the night TO find out whether the men
sleep well, whether their dormitorles are
well aired and whether the black coffee
for the next morning is being carefully
prepared.
Three journalists have just played
Kopenick-like hoax on a regiment. One
Of them has a flowing beard and so has
NJ Cheron Otherwise they are not much
alike but sergeant majors on duty at 8
a. m. cannot be expected to scrutinize like
nesses very closely. The three journalists
motored up to the barracks in the middle
Of the night and said they had come to
visit the quarters The men on duty, liv-
ing in holy horror Of the new under sec
rotary. took the three journalists all over
the building without question and with due
ceremony. on leaving the sham under
secretary and his supposed aide-de-camps
expressed satisfaction generally, though rec
ommending that the men be instructed to
sleep with the windows open in accordance
with the modern rules of health. They
ordered an extra quarter Of litre Of red
wine to be given out all round the next
day on account of their visit. The pint
was accordingly drunk TO the health OF the
under secretary before the hoax was even
discovered Barrack room guards now live
in twofold terror of the real M. Cheron
and Of possibly sham NJ. Cherons.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-12-23

Mr.. and Mrs. Elijah ConlSln and family
have moved into their new home at 4sOs
Capitol avenue.
Captain and Mrs w j Broatch are oc-
cupying the Wallace residence while Mr..
Wallace and the Misses Wallace are visit
lnE relatives in Salt Lake City.
Mr.. and Mrs. George W. Sumner. form
erly Miss Ruth Berry, have moved TO
Omaha from Fairmont Neb, where they
have been living since their marriage, and
are residing at 1l2 North Fortieth street.
Major and Mrs. Thomas Cruise and family
are occupying the residence at 1895 South
Thirty-third street. Major Cruise is chief
quartermaster Of the Department Of the
Missouri, succeeding Major NJ. g. Zalinski,
transferred to Washington
Mrs. Campbell Fair, who was expected
TO spend the week with Mrs. G. r.
Prtchett, was unexpectedly called to
Boston Saturday night by the serious ill
ness Of her son James who is I'm the hos
pital with an attack Of appendicitis.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-12-23

=. A. Cudahy Mr.. and Mrs. r. H. Davis
Mr. and Mrs. r. p. Klrkendan Mr. and
Mrs J. H. Brady. MI and Mrs Nathan
Merriam. Mr.. and Mrs. swartzlandsr
Judge and Mrs. W. A. Redick and Mr. and
Mrs j n. Butler
Mr. and Mrs +. a. Cudahy and Mr and
Mrs. J. T.. Baum viii give a masquerade
dance az Chambers Thursday evening for
Miss Jean Cudahy. Miss Brownie Bess
Baum and Mr. Richard Baum, who will be
at home for the holidays.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. A. Sweet will give
dinner for about forty young people satur-
day evening at their home at 2007 St
Mary's avenue, In honor OF the Misses
Run OF St. Paul. Mimi, who will be the
guests Of Miss Elizabeth Sweet
Omaha daily bee., 1906-12-23

ing this month and these have all been
held during the last week. Most OF the
departments Of the Woman's club, the
meetings of which conflict with Christmas
or New Years. have called these meetings
early or postponed Them and there is prac-
ticaIly nothing Ca prospect this week.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-12-23

Giles, and has a host Of friends who will
extend heartiest congra tulations. lie has
been one Of the governors Of Ak-Sar-B Ben
for several years and this year was honored
by being chosen king. Miss Putnam is a
popular member Of Lincoln society and
has many friends IN this city, whore she
has often visited