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Evening star., 1906-03-24
Steam Filters Apply for cbar+sr


Inc apphcation OF the steam filters for
charter was discussed at the afternoon s..-
sion OF the executive council Yesterday FOL
lowing which Il was resolved that in tho
application OF the steam filters for n char-
ter We ind ourselves between a vote oy a
convention advising that the charter ba ,s.
sued, and our constitution not entireIy q,
harmony Herewith, the executive co,ynci,
invites the United Association OF pfun,hsrs
ana the National Association of Steau, Eyt
terS'' through their respective execpttwe
boards 10 select three representatty ascb
to meet like number of our executive
council at the office OF the American Fed
GRAFTON OF Labor for the piIrpose of arrane
ing amalsamation. drafting a workIne
agreement or arranging sue. mutual tIr
uerstnnding between the orgarizations IN
Interest as shall be found TO merit the sun
port or both, and that this Conference shaI,
De commenced as early as possible ana rot
later than sixty days from the ad1ournmsnt
or this council meeting
me controversy between the brewery
workers, engineers and ffremen's union vas
takeen up and Vice President VaIentir~
who resides In Cfncinnattf, Tire feadouarfers
of the brewery workers organization was
authorized to confer with the brewerv
workers and endeavor to persuade them to
conform to the decision of the Ptttsburx
Evening star., 1906-03-24
Decides to Assist Iron Workers.

The council decided to render the tinan-
''al aud moral assistance of the American
Federation Of Labor 10 the bridge and
S'Tnetural Iron workers for the malnte-
nance Of its contest against the contract
"rS This craft has been on strike for a
considerable time in many cities. II was
stated II has maintained itself thus far
an" can DO so for a longer period but the
,'.tcH decided 10 render assistance in ti;e
lLIure shOuld II be needed.
Inc council aiSo decided L, assist f., rna
'HnFt 20 secure favorable action on the hi,I
20 pFtns about an investigation OF the VOL,
oi women and children IN factories fne
ihEeSusauon To be conducted by tho DE.
iaI'thSht or Commerce and Labor
ne convention or the American F,adara
tieh OF Labor at Pittsburg last fan bayino
Hecided that one OF the cases vharo is is
junction had been issued against tho cor-
tentons or labor should be made a test Csc
beiore the highest court in the land III.
matter was submitted to Mr. C;ornnsrs 20
ascertain II any one OF the cases rontsiro
the FitaI question. with authority to 49,
the matter I'D and act " 'ohe
number of cases were decided toz,,
that nave been given considerati ton during tbs
week In general way the council dis
euSsed number OF important proposjtions
including child labor laws ana the eight
hour day. The council will adjourn sine AZ.
after this afternoons session
Evening star., 1906-03-24
Resolution Adopted.

As II. r. 52S1, bill 70 abolish com
pulsoTy pilotage In certain ports and with
reference TO certain vessels-coastwise sail
ing vessels-would destroy the pilotage sys-
iems Of those ports owing to the insufficient
foreign trade at those ports to sustain the
same and as such destruction and the say
ING 10 commerce would be at the expense
'I ana the danger OF human life. 1t was
resolved by the executive council of thc
American Federation of Labor that we pro-
test against the passage OF said bill It's
passage would be unwarranted II would
encourage The worst spirit OF parsimony at
lhs Etsk OF The lives, not only of the crew
but also the travelling. nuhlic :,
The San Francisco call., 1906-11-13
TWENTY THOUSAND
FEET IN AIR.

MILAN, Nov. "details of the trip
of the balloon Milano, which left the
International Exposition grounds last
Sunday and arrived at Aix-les- -Bains,
after having travelled over Mount Blanc,
have been received here
The men in the balloons basket were
Signor Usuelli, survivor of the catas-
trophe to the balloon Regina Elena, in
the Adriatic sea last summer. and
Signor Crespi. The report received is
from the latter aeronaut.
The Milano had splendid weather
from the start, and soon reached an
altitude of $1,000 feet. The balloon
was travelling northward over Mount
Blanc and as 1t progressed the air
grew colder and colder Below them
the travellers could see nothing except
extensive fields of snow, broken by
sharp peaks and dotted with frozen
Alpine lakes.
When the highest altitude, 2o.500
feet, was reached, the rarefied atmos-
phere made it necessary for the men
to resort to their supply of oxygen to
keep alive. AT one point of the trip
Signor Usuelli succumbed to the nerv-
Gus strain and burst into tears
On the other side of the mountain
the balloon descended gradually and
landed safely at Aix-les-Bains A dis
tance of IT'S miles was covered in three
hours.
The San Francisco call., 1906-11-13

The sensational discovery was made
yesterday that County Clerk Harry L.
Mulcrevy has the Grand Jury and trial
jury venires stored for safekeeping In
the bank of which Abe Ruef is DOM
inant factor. The official has made
frank admission Of the fact.
He furthermore declared thnt IL he
IL permitted to take charge of the doc
uments, as he insists is his right. he
will place the indictments of the new
Grand Jury I'm the same depositary
"with a view of safeguarding them.
II the County Clerk has his way
the situation would arise of Ruef serv-
ing In the capacity of cnretaker of the
indictments against himself. The sus-
picion might also be aroused of easy
access ON the part of Martin Kelly AID
other Ruef men to the jury lists.
Mulcrevy announces that he will give
battle to the efforts of the prosecution
to disqualify him from exercising the
functions of his office--in connection
with the Ruef and other boodling cases
He says that he wants to perform the
duties OF County Clerk, to personally
attend to the drawing of juries. to the
issuance of subpenas and the care of
the indictments the Grand Jury will
return.
RUFF DIRECTOR OF BANK.
Then comes the remarkable admis-
sion that he will continue to patronize
Ruef's bank, even to intrusting to its
vaults the very documents on which
the prosecution OF the boss is to be
founded. The fact that Mulcrevy is,
like other municipal officials, giving
what business he can to the institu-
ton of which Ruef Is director is In
itself an important piece of evidence
going to show that he should be dis
qualified from acting in the case
The bank In question is the United
States National, situated at Bush and
Fillmore streets, and Ruef has his
ofices Immediately overhead. After
the fire the boss made 1t his chief con-
Germ to force lessees of the ground to
give the bank location there and
offices for himself upstairs. AS a re-
suit OF his connection with it 1t has
enjoyed a high degree of prosperity.
District Attorney Langdon is deter
mined, however, that Mulcrevy shall
have no part in the. Grand Jury cases
because of the Clerks afiliations with
the Administrations But above all, the
care of the indictments shall not be in
trusted to Ruefs bank. Neither Null
The San Francisco call., 1906-11-13
Bandits at Carlin, New,
Board Limited Train and
Make Raid on Pullmans
SHOT IS FIRED TO
COMPEL OBEDIENCE
Brave Yardmaster Tries
to Prevent Escape of Rob-
bers, but Without Success
SPECIAL DISPATCH TO THE CALL.

RENO. New. Nov. l2.-Trair
No. |. the Overland Limited. west
bound. was held up by bandits al
Carlln late last night. and about
$1,000 and various articles of jewelry
were taken from the passengers.
Yardmaster Woodward. it is said,
attempted single handed to capture the
robbers, and fusillade of bullets was
exchanged before the holdup men es-
capped. 1t is asserted by railroad men
at Sparks that a posse of deputy sher-
ifs and Southern Pacific detectives
are on the trail of the bandits. and they
aro now searching the desert for the
road agents.
AS the train slowed down at Car
lin bandit stepped out from behind
the depot and ordered Conductor Conn
to hold up his hands. The latter had a
satchel containing money belonging TO
the railroad in his hand, and this the
robber took. The conductor was told
to move up the track The passengers
in the cars were then searched. Those
in their berths were told to shell OUT
and they would not be harmed Down
the aisle of the car the robbers walked
and awakened each passenger in turn,
taking the coin and slipping it into a
leather sack.
In the second Pullman the robbers
were not given the valuabIes promptly
and they fred shot into the floor in
order to frighten the sleepers This
brought flood of wealth out into the
aisle The robbers collected most OF
this and then went through the last
car. repeating the demand for money.
The boldness of the robbery caused
the passengers to give up their proper
ty before they realized the audacity
of the crime. Some of them seized
their revolvers and tried TO follow the
bandits when they jumped off the rear
end of the observation car.
The yardmaster. hearing the shoot
ing, hurried to the rear of the car in
time to catch a glimpse of the robbers
He ordered them to halt and reply
came in the shape of three shots from
the outlaws pistols. Woodward ran
toward the robbers. but in the dark
ness his shots missed their marks.
The San Francisco call., 1906-11-13

SPECIAL DIsPATCH TO THE CALL
NEW YORK Nov 1z-DeIphin MI
chzeI DeInax, Ieader of the bar on the
Pacific slope. VAS retained today TO de-
fend Harry Kendall Thayv. indicted for
the murder Of stanford White. DeImss
entered into final arrangement as to
his retainer with Mrs. William Thsvy,
mother of the defendant. Later In the
afternoon DeImss was in consultation
with Harry Thaw in the Tombs and
had agreed with him on the line of
defense. which viii be justification of
his deed and the demand for the en-
forcement Of the @unwrftten law"
Attorney DeImas will be the counsel
in the Fhaw ease in every particular
from the selection of the jury. to the
examination and crOss-examination of
witnesses. For this purpose he has
been admitted 10 practice In the state
Of New York, on the motion of former
Justice Augustus Van Wyck, entered
last Friday in the Appellate Division
of the supreme Court.
Regardless of what may be the out
come OF the trial, Delmas will abandon
his California residence and continue
the practice OF his profession in New
York He was brought into the Thaw
defense by scoterie of Cslifornians.
backed by the suggestion of Joseph
AIcKenna. Associate Justice OF the Su-
preme Court of the United States. and
by John G. Johnson of Philadelphia,
regarded by many as the foremost cor
poration attorney in the country, and
who three weeks ago was named as
IN advisory counsel in the Thaw case.
which position ne refused.
The California lawyer will dominate
the trial throughout. and with the fun
consent and understanding -hich has
been entered into with Clifford W.
Hartridge. the attorney Of record and
The personal counsel Of Thaw. Not
withstanding the number Of names
which have been printed from time TO
time Is having something to do with
the case, the only lawyers who will
take part in the preparation of the
actual trial outside Of Delmas will be
attorneys Hartrfdge. Gleason and Pea
body. As 70 the retaining fee, the es-
innate by Eastern lawyers who know
the Western lawyers ability is that
the understanding today could net
have been far short of 100000. but Of
that the principal would say -.othing.
he admitted frankly in the Yale Club
tonight he had been retained for the
defense and expected 10 go 20 trial on
December 3.
It is rather remarkable coincidence
that Delmas should have been the ad-
visory counsel OF Truxtr- Beale. who
was tried for enforcing the -'unwrit-
ten law" in San Francisco when he
was charged. IN connection with Tom
williams. with shooting Frederick
Marriott, editor of the San Francisco
News Letter. for publishing a sour
rIlous paragraph concerning Miss Ma
RE Oge who subsequently became
Beale's wife. TrUxtun Beale was one
OF the witnesses OF the tragedy on the
Madison Square roof garden
The San Francisco call., 1906-11-13
PATROL WARSH|PS
REPORTED SUNK.

VICTORIA, B. c, Nov. 12.-Ac-
cording to advices by the Empress
of China, which arrived this afternoon.
4 telegram to the Japanese News from
Vladivostok reports great excitement
occasioned there by the report that
the converted cruisers Silka and
Melima, which have been doing patrol
duty at the seal rookeries of Copper
Islands have been sunk By japanese
destroyer in the neighborhood Of the
seal islands.
The San Francisco call., 1906-11-13
Stores Jury Papers in.
Abe Ruef's Bank.
County Clerk Mulcreuy Stubborn

crevys nor the bank officials are. dis
honest men, say the prosecution. but
the opportunity for Ruef emissaries
to steal the papers might be readily
afforded.
1t is likely that objection will be
made to having the jury venires kept
in the vaults of the United States
bank. The activities of Martin Kelly,
whose principal talent Is that OF Jury
liking have opened the eyes of Lang
don and Heney to- the dangers that will
confront them. particularly when the
cases reach the trial court.
PAPERS ARE OFTEN STOLEN.
The theft of papers from the County
Clerks office has frequently been re-
sorted to to defeat the law. The char
acter of the. crowd that Ruef has gath
cred about him, indicates that no trick
or crooked turn will be overlooked.
After the Grand Jury shall have re-
turned its true bills every care must
be exercised to safeguard them, and
under no circumstances would Null
crevy be permitted to store them in
Ruers bank
The Clerk has q safe deposit box en-
gagged for the safeguarding of Jury
venires and important documents. His
key might be stolen from him and a
duplicate made. AS an official of the
bank Ruef might covertly arrange for
the opening OF the box. A trick that
has been successful to loot deposit
box has been nrst to obtain dupli-
cate key to box and then induce a
patron to use this receptacle. -
with Mulcrevy unsuspecting and
Ruef an oficiaI Of the bank some
scheme could easily be worked. and
the prosecuting oficials had good rea-
son to throw up their hands in alarm
when they were informed last night
of how Mulcrevy proposed to safe
guard the Grand Jury's indictments as
well as the jury lists.
The San Francisco call., 1906-11-13
Rockefeller Concern Said
to Have Acquired Land
in Kern County by Fraud
GOVERNMENT PUTS
AGENTS ON CASE
United States Attorney
Devlin Collecting the Evi-
denee Against Combine

II became known in Federal circles
yesterday that recent locations of land
IN Kern County by agents of the
Standard Oil Company have been
made the subject of investigation by
Government officials. AS a result, it
IS asserted. indictments will follow.
The land was taken up by the petro-
leum combine ostensibly for the gyp-
sum deposits. but in reality for oil
purposes. That the character of the
land had been carefully studied is
shown by the fact that a flowing oil
well has already been developed.
The inquiry is being made through
the Office of United States Attorney
Devlin of San Francisco. Federal
agents have been at work for several
weeks in Kern County. From their
preliminary reports it IS believed that
the manner in which the land was
secured will warrant indictments on
the part of the Federal Grand rurv
The evidence gathered by these
agents will be placed IN the hands of
United States Attorney Robert T.
Devlin. who will in turn forward IT to
Washington to the Attorney General
After going over the facts in the case
the Attorney General viii advise Dew
lin as to the action to be taken.
The locations have been made
through the Associated OIL Company.
a branch OF the Standard, which in
turn has acted through paid agents and
dummies. The land taken I'D covers
an immense stretch OF territory ana
has never yielded good returns from
standpoint Much OF
It partakes OF the character OF the
desert and people living IN the Vicinity
have always regarded It as dear at
the insignificant price the Government
set upon IT,
The Associated Oil Company has
gradually been working to- the south
and west In Kern County. The section
in question was first encountered when
the company mapped out a route for
pipe line to run to the coast. Ex-
perts were sent out to study the region.
In their reports they stated that they
regarded the land as ofl-bearing. Then
it was that the company began to make
locations. It acted through agents who
apparently were Ming on the land for
the gypsum deposits.
The large number OF patents issued
for land In this section attracted atten-
tion. and then II became known that
the locations were made In the interest
of the Standard OIL Company. It is
claimed that the case Is similar In
many respects to the land frauds in
Oregon and Northern California
No announcement has yet been made
as to the action TO be taken against
the Rockefeller concern IN California
as the result OF rebating The Gar
field report related at great length the
offenses Of the trust. but most OF the
instances cited were not within Federal
jurisdiction Evidence. however. Is said
to be at hand which shows that the
Standard received rebates for ship
ments OF oil from California to Arizona
and Nevada
Attorney Devlin- refused last night
either to- affirm or deny the report that
prosecutions were to be instituted as
the result Of the rebate exposures.
"All information on this point" he
said. must emanats from Washing
tom"
The San Francisco call., 1906-11-13
Major General Shafter
Dies at His Bakers
field Ranch.

BAKERSFIELD, Nov. H.
Major General William Rufus
Shafter, u. S. A., retired, died
today at 1245 p. m. an the
ranch Of Captain w. H. McKit-
trick, his son-in-law, twenty miles
south of this city, after an illness
of seven days.
While returning from the polls
last Tuesday General Shafter
contracted a severe chill, which
augmented slight indisposition
and necessitated confinement to
his bed. DIR. T. w. Mitchell and
DR.. A. Schafer attended. Intes-
tinaI obstruction was discovered.
Wednesday and Thursday no i'm
provement was noticed and Fri
day afternoon DIR. NJ. H. Herr
stein of San Francisco was COM
municated with. DR.. Is-W. Thorne
dispatched in Dr. Herzstein's
blace) arrived early. Saturday.
In the afternoon slight rally was de-
tected, but at 10 o'clock sinking spell
seized the veteran
DR.. Herzstein arrived shortly after
midnight Sunday morning and q con-
sultation was held. He deemed an op-
GRAFTON the only means OF relief from
the intestinal obstruction. but the con-
dition OF the patient presaged nothing
but fatal results Accompanied by Dr.
Thorne he returned to San Francisco
by the first train. all hope Of saving
the soldier being abandoned.
The aged veteran bore up as he had
done in other campaigns. Always
cheerful and hopeful, his mind clear.
and cognizant of his critical condition.
the patient remained conscious until
9 o'clock this morning Pure oxygen,
sent from San Francisco. performed q
great work In keeping life up. but
after midnight and early this morning
a constant weakening was discerned-
The valiant warrior. doomed TO defeat
in his last and greatest battle. lapsed
into unconsciousness at o'clock and
remained In that condition until death
Miss Carrie Redmond. a niece: Mrs
Courtwright and Captain James N
shafter, brother, were at the bed
side when death came
The body OF General shafter will
leave Bakersfield tomorrow evening at
7:s0. o'clock on the Santa Fe California
limited and upon arrival at Point Rich
mond the next morning will be placed
aboard Government tug and escorted
by military officers to the Presidio-
The remains will rest at the McKittrick
ranch until Wednesday evening
The funeral OF the late General
Shafter will take place here on Thurs
day. The remains are to be buried
in the United States national cemetery
at the Presidio.
General Macarthur and staf and
Colonel Morris. commandant at the
Presidio, and the oficers at that post
will all take part in the ceremonies.
Colonel Frank L winn. military sec
retary to General Macarthur. left last
night for Bakersfield to act as escort
The San Francisco call., 1906-11-13
CAVALRY CAPTAIN ON TRIAL
FOR DISREsPECT TO GENERAL

LEAvENwoRTH. kan. Nov IL
Advices received here from the Philip
pines report that the trial Of Captain
Lewis NJ. Koehler OF the Fourth Cav
airy by court-martIaI for an alleged
show of disrespect to Major General
Leonard Wood was begun at Zamboag-
no. Mindanao. on November l. Captain
Koehler was represented by Captain
william F. Flynn of the Eighth Cav
airy as counsel. and Captain Fred z.
Buchanan. formerly OF Kansas City.
Kan. as Judge advocate. The findings
will be forwarded to Washington.
where the verdict will finally be given
out.
The San Francisco call., 1906-11-13
SHAW STANDS By OPINION.

WASHINGTON. Nov. I2.-Secretary
shaw said today he saw no present
need Of going TO the assistance of the
money market. ana that. as before
stated BY him. unless conditions ma
terially changed he would adhere TO
his intention not 10 refund. buy bonds
3r increase deposits.
The San Francisco call., 1906-11-13
STILL HUNTING QUARTERS.

Foreman Oliver HAS Not Vet Called
Meeting of Grand jury.
About the ofices OF Francis J.
Heney there was keenest activity all of
yesterday. but not word of informa-
tion was given out and no call OF a
meeting of the Grand Jury was made
known
.Foreman oliver is still hunting for
quarters in which the jury can hold its
sessions" was the explanation vouch-
safed- 1t was said that dificulty was
The San Francisco call., 1906-11-13
DEMONSTRATION IN
MOORISH WATERS.

GIBRALTAR, Nov. 12.-The British
Atlantic fleet is to leave here for Tan
gier. In conjunction with French
fleet of warships it will engage in a
demonstration in Moorish waters
The British warships were provision
ed tonight on very short notice.
The San Francisco call., 1906-11-13
FINDS TWELVE INDICTMENTS.

MOBILE. Ala, Nov. 12.-The United
States Grand Jury. at Pensacola, Fla,
after four days session, today re-
turned indictments against twelve per-
sons, charging peonage in connection
with cases which originated at the
Jackson Lumber Company's camp sew
eral months since
The San Francisco call., 1906-11-13
INDEX OF THE
SAN FRANCISCO Calls.
NEWS TO-DAY.
TELEPHONE TEMPORARY So.
TUESDAY. NOVEMBER 1s. 1906
WEATHER CONDITIONS,

YESTERDAY-cloudy; west winds Maxi
mum temperature. 81; minimum tempera
ture 5s
FORECAST FOR ToDAY.-cIoudy: light
northeast winds. Page IL
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SUBURBAN.

Official canvass of Ala
begun BY Supervisors.
Witness in Gurnee divol
been strangely drugged.
Knights of PFthias of
hsll with elaborate exet
New Oakland corporsti
to build belt line along
The San Francisco call., 1906-11-13
DOMESTIC.

D. NJ. Delmss Of California retained
Harry Kendall Thsw at fee said TO
oo0-
Mrs Russell Sage win gire away bu
600. 600 left by husband.
General Andrew Mackenzie reports tc
OF War on estimates for coast fortifca
Senator Cullom viii introduce resol
viding for commission 10 revise tariff
Forty-seven persons killed and thirt
jured in rail wreck Bodies of all b
the dead consumed by flames.
Committees representing bankers
York Chamber Of Commerce formulsti
relieving money sfringencies.
Federal Grand Jury at Salt Lake il
alleged coal trust formed By Union Z
Denver and Rio Grsnde.
The San Francisco call., 1906-11-13
COAST.

Major General Willis
dies at his Bakersfield
Bandits hold up we
al czrlin, New and rot
Temporary tracks buf
motive Of Southern Psc.
Fireman BIabon dies.
A. ]. Grill. convicte,
Pesrce at Alexander va
to be hanged
Romantic marriage |
cases N Los Angeles b
Son Of late millionsir
ton sues TO break will.
having poisoned fathers
dren-