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Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-07-19
MANY HEARD DOCTRINE
OF SOCIALIST PARTY

The meeting of the socialists at the
corner of State street and New Bruns-
wick avenue, last night, lasted until
after 10 o'clock and many people
listened to the speakers J. Reilly, OF
Jersey City, gave a long talk on Soc
ialism." Another meeting will be
held next week.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-07-19
TEMPERANCE PEOPLE WILL
MEET AT KEYPORT.

NEW BRUNSWICK. July 49,
The Grand Division, Sons of Temp
erance, will meet at Keyport next
Wednesday. A number of local
members are planning to attend. To
night Stet Division will meet at the
home of Jacob Hoagland, on George
street, to make arrangements. 49, The
local people will make the trip by
trolley.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-07-19
ELECTRIC FANS HAD TO
BE STOPPED IN COURT.
Special to the EVENING NEWS !:

NEW BRUNSWICK, July 10
For the comfort of the jury and 9th
er officials at the court two electric
fans were installed in the court room
here Yesterday. The buzzers made
so much noise that 1t made the court
room have the sound of a saw mill,
and the electric fans had to be cut
out
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-07-19
PYTHIAN SISTERS WERE
AT BOYNTON BEACH

NEW, BRUNSWICK, July 10
The Pythian Sisterhood went on an
outing to Boynton Beach yesterday
Over II score of the members of the
sisterhood took in the trip. They
arrived home last evening.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-07-19

Senator w. II. c. Jackson went to
Sea GiTt last night, to remain until
this evening. Today he will dine
with Governor Stokes, being one of
the guests of the governor.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-07-19
Sold White Hall Hotel.

DVFCFUI FHt ~ ~
NEW BRUNSWICK, July 19.---
Sheriff Church yesterday afternoon
sold the White Hall hotel on Albany
street at sheriff's sale to the Lembeclr
& Betz Brewing Company, for $6,-
$40. John Whitehead had claim
against the proprietor. John Wort
man, the decree being $6,500. The
brewery company held a second mort
gage and bought the property in
through Lawyer G. Silzer.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-07-19
IN
BIG SESSION.
Grand Officers Assisted in In
staIling Officers of Court.
AmbOy Last Night.

Over one hundred members of
Court Amboy. Foresters of America,
attended their regular meeting and
installation of officers for the ensu-
ing year in their rooms in Knights of
Pythias hall last night, when Grand
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-07-19
SayreviIIe Excursion.

A special car of the Public Service,
in charge of Conductor r. VanHise
and Motorman A. l.. Winkler, pass
ed through here about 10 o'clock
this morning with about one hundred
children of the Sayreville M. e.
church, bound for Boynton Beach on
their annual excursion.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-07-19
Rnritnn CIub Committee Met.

The Raritan Club held commit
tee meeting last night and arranged
number Of important matters. AT
the regular meeting next "Wednesday
night, the arrangements for the an
nual outing of the club will be COM
Melted
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-07-19

The members of the South Baptist
Sunday school, of Tottenville, are at
Boynton Beach today ON their annual
excursion, They were conveyed from
the dock at the foot Of Main street,
that place, by the barge McMullin
and a tug.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-07-19
Killed by Train at the Highlands.
s..r A A :

ATLANTIC f1lGdLANDS, July
19:-Thomas Gaffey. while crossing
the Jersey Central tracks in Main
street late yesterday afternoon, was
struck by a switching engine and in
stantly killed. He walked under the
gates, which had been lowered for a
train to pass, and was struck by the
rear wheels and dragged thirty feet.
Gaffey was well known here. He
leaves a widow and three children.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-07-19
New Brunswicle'S Opera House.
CnecinI In fhe EYENIMG NEWS:

NEW BRUNSWICK, July 19.-
The work of remodeling the interior
of the opera house and lowering it so
that the main floor is not on the
second story as before will be com
pleted in time for the opening of the
playhouse for the season on August
23. The opening day will be ''l-lttle
Johnny Jones" with George Cchan in
the leading part.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-07-19
NOTICE.

A special meeting of the Sixth
Ward Democratic Club will be held
at 16 Hall avenue Thursday evening.
July 10, to complete the arrange-
ments for the outing to be held at
Loeser's Grove, Friday, July 20.
3011-7718-2t%
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-07-19

Chief Ranger M. F. Ryan, of Bay
onne, made his official visit and in
stalled the officers.
He was assisted by Deputy ]. J.
Flynn, of this city. Other grand Of
ficers present and who assisted in the
ceremonies were Grand Financial
Secretary T. M. Donnelly, of Jersey
City; Recording Secretary S. Soma
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-07-19
Lncal Cnses Not Granted.

The requests of Fred Schlater, of
Perth Amboy, and John Rice, who
were sent to prison for attempting
rape, were not granted by the Board
OF Pardons yesterday.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-07-19
snndny SCHOOL al Bovnton,s.

The Presbyterian Sunday school
of South Amboy is at Boynton Beach
today on its annual excursion. But a
small crowd left this morning, more
being expected this afternoon.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-07-19

Souvenir postals of the hailstorm
at Sections drug store, 20 Smith
street. ffE
8O45-7-1s-1@
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-07-19

Souvenir postals of the hailstorm
at Sexton's drug store, 20 Smith
street.
3O45-7-19-1*
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-07-19
Exempts' Meeting Postponed.

The meeting of the Exempt Fire
men, which was to have been held
last night, was postponed until next
Wednesday night.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-07-19

Subscribe for the NEWS.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-07-19

} NEWS In every nome.
The San Francisco call., 1906-11-06
STARS THAT DON 7
TWINKLE FALL

Thirty veteran policemen were be-
fore the Police Commissioners last
night to answer as to their qualifica-
tions TO continue in active service.
Under the charter the board sits once
quarter as a pension commission.
When it became necessary to inject
new life into the department it was
proposed to retire many of the men
whose names have made the San Fran
cisco Police Department historic.
Twenty-Five men are slated to go.
With the Commissioners it was a
business proposition. If a policeman
is physically unfit to perform his duties
he is slated for retirement.
Gray-haired patrolmen, who for
thirty years have been a part of the
city's life, were told that old age had
deprived them Of their activity and that
the pension allowed by the city would
provide for their future A few, how
ever, succeeded in passing muster.
Policeman Walter Hennebery. who
has spent almost quarter of CEN
tury in the harbor district was spared.
II was not because he had not attained
the requisite age or because he had not
served the prescribed number of years
in the department, but because he has
still the vigor of youth and is willing
to try conclusions with men half his
age and twice his weight.
Asked his duties by President Leahy,
the veteran officer replied that he was
detailed on wagon duty at the Harbor
station.
81 just throw them into the wagon"
he said, and throw them out again
when 1 get to the station" is the way
he expressed il.
His frank explanation caused a gen.
eral laugh, which was followed by a
motion that the citation against him
be dismissed and that he be retained
on active duty.
The citations for retirement were
also dismissed against Detective Ser
geant Ross Whitaker, Sergeant John w
Mofitt, Detective Sergeant Edward
Byram, Corporal Martin Lyons, Station
Keeper John Morgan, Station-KeepeI
John Phelan and ]. S. O'Neal.
The following policemen will be re-
tired after an opinion is received from
the City and County Attorney defining
the powers of the board: Charles Fay
Patrick Cochrane, Thomas r. Judson
Harry w. Reynolds, M. ]. O'Sullivan
Patrick Haggerty, Robert Kerrison
Bernard Harter, John McGreevy
Stephen Bunner, ]. NJ. Dwyer, Thomas
r. Egan, William Quarrels, E. NJ. Egan
Edward D. Dalton, Michael P. Hurley
P. H. Murphy, Samuel Rankin, John o
EQWdIQSs W. L. OCOll, lnOIQdS h6OkI
and Cornelius Donovan.
In order to clearly define the duties
of the board while sitting as a pen
sion commission, Mr.. Creswen moved
that the following question be sub.
mitted to the City and County Attorney
for decision: Il move that the City and
County Attorney be asked for an opin.
ion upon the question whether mar
who has been twenty years continuous
ly in the department. and who is les.
than 65 years of age can be retired
with a pension by the Board of Police
Commissioners; and also whether the
board has the power to retire an of
ficer, less than 65 years Of age, who has
become so permanently disabled thai
he cannot perform his dutiesT'
Until the City and County Attorney
replies to the question propounded the
retirement Of the policemen will be helc
in allegiance.
The San Francisco call., 1906-11-06
WILL NOT RELEASE sCANLAN.
Police Believe still That He was Con.
nected With Pftzner Murder.

Despite the large amount of evidence
that is accumulating against Simpson
and Dabner, Captain of Detectives
Duke is still holding Ralph Scanlan and
Richard Meyer on suspicion of being
connected with the gaspipe cases.
Three witnesses have identified Seaman
as one of the men who were in front
of Friede's store on the day he was
murdered. He has also been identified
as one of the men who called on Jo-
hannes Pfitzner on the day he met a
violent death. Neither Scanlan nor
Meyer will be released until a COM
plete alibi on their part has been es-
tablished.
In order to hold Meyer, Mrs. John
The San Francisco call., 1906-11-06

Vote the Independent Non
Partisan judicial ticket-the
bottom ticket on the machine
first and you
will be sure of voting against
the Ruef Judges.
The San Francisco call., 1906-11-06

asking him to investigate the char
acter of the Kanaka in the islands.
Through some. unknown means, Stem
sen learned that this letter had been
sent. Won Hofen told the police he
believed that when Siemsen learned of
this fact he forced his sister to marry
him.
The San Francisco call., 1906-11-06

Maynard. with whom he resided, yes
terday swore to a complaint charging
him with disturbing the peace. In the
meantime every effort is being made to
connect the newest suspects with all.
of the gaspipe crimes
The San Francisco call., 1906-11-06
MASKED MEN OVERPOWER
CASHIER AND ROB HAM
Secure Large sum In Currency and Get
One Hours Start Before Impris-
Oned Official Il ReIease6

LA SALE, I'LL, Nov. 5.-The Farm
ers' and Miners Bank of Ladd, min
ing town, was held up and ROBBED this
afternoon. The assistant cashier. ]. ].
Hurley, was alone in the bank when the
two men entered and, covering him
with revolvers. ordered him to throw
up his hands. The robbers then marched
him to back room, where they bound
him and then helped themselves to
the cash and escaped The amount OF
their booty was about $1,000, as near
as the bank officials were able to es-
innate the loss tonight. One OF the
two masked robbers gEarded the street
door while the other scooped up the
cash. Some reports say that the amount
stolen is $4,000. II was mostly In cur
rency. The robbers had been gone an
hour before the robbery was discovered
and the imprisoned bank officer re-
leased.
The San Francisco call., 1906-11-06
Commercial Berkeley.

Warren Cheney writes about Berke-
ley in the November Sunset Magazine
and tells of the remarkable strides this
town is making as a business center.
The San Francisco call., 1906-11-06
GAS ALMOST KILLS MAN.

Edward Benerney was found in his
room at 1882 Hayes street at noon yes
terday, nearly dead from the effects of
escaping gas. He will recover. It was
evidently not case of attempted sui
eide.
The San Francisco call., 1906-11-06
pAUeHrERs OF REVOLUTION

lar monthly meeting OF La Puerta del Oro Chap
ter of the Daughters OF the American Revolu-
tion will be held at the home Of Mrs. Henry P.
Tricou. $50 Grove street, next Tuesday after
noon at 2:30 O'Clock Mrs. W. W. Wymore
will read a paper the Grand Canyon Of the
Colorado.
The San Francisco call., 1906-11-06
$4,000 Frog.

We are now open for business at 1347
Golden Gate ave.. near Fillmore. Try
one of our special French dinners, rea-
sonable and perfection.
The San Francisco call., 1906-11-06

Buy your diamonds direct from inn
porters. Lazarus & Cheney, 1855 Fill
more street.
The San Francisco call., 1906-11-06

Canada's bank deposits have more
than doubled IN tht, last seven years
The San Francisco call., 1906-11-06

Burns Hsmmam Baths. el5 and SIT Eddy
street, now open.
The San Francisco call., 1906-11-06
HAVE FIGHT IN ROOM.

"Siemsen and he had a rough and
tumble fight in the room, and Kings
ley left after the Kanaka made him
take off the stolen clothes. When he
was gone l found that an opal ring I
had laid on the bureau, which belonged
to Al Anderson, the son of a Petaluma
doctor, was missing. I didn't see
Kingsley again until shortly before I
returned to Petaluma, when he ap-
peared to be just as friendly with
Siemsen as ever"
Leo and William Dabner other broth
ers of Louis, are now working in the
Van Ness Livery Stables. having come
to San Francisco since the fire. That
Leo was In any way connected or sus-
pected of having been implicated in the
attack on the jeweler Behrend was de-
MED in formal statement issued yes
terday by Captain Duke, following the
publication of a newspaper article to
the contrary.
Captain Duke is of the opinion that
Carrie Drier, who Siemsen has been
passing off as a sister living in Sacra-
mento, is a fictitious person. 1t was
the letters purporting to come from
this woman, telling about the settle
ment of supposed Hawaiian estate,
that Siemsen used to ingratiate himself
with the family of the jeweler Won Ho-
fen and gain the hand of the girl Hulda
in marriage
The San Francisco call., 1906-11-06

our home in Petaluma, and we never
suspected his true character. l was
never so deceived in a human being
before"
QUARRELS WITH KANAKA.
The failure of Charles Dabner to get
along with the Kanaka was explained
by him yesterday.
'He was altogether too swift for. me"
said Dabner "I get along easily with
anybody, but this Kanaka was forever
putting on edge and telling me what
a wealthy man he was and the swell
relatives he had in Honolulu. l got
tired of listening to the tales of the
big estate he was to fall heir to, and
thought 1t was strange that a man
with such prospects as that would be
working in livery stable.
1T was at Kelley's that l first met
him with Louis. He worked as a car
riage washer like the two of US, and
his manners made me very suspicious
of him. l tried to get Louis to keep
away from him, but the boy thought
there was no man in the world like
the Kanaka and would sit listening to
his tales by the half-hour. Finally
l had dispute with SiemSen and
spoke to him very little after that
II am led to suspect that Harry
Kingsley is the third man associated
with them in the attack on the jeweler,
from the description l read of him in
the papers and other incidents of which
have knowledge. Kingsley and the
Kanaka were always thick and worked
for awhile together at Kelley's
One night while we were living at
Mrs. Dunn's Kingsley came to our room
to sleep, at the invitation of Siemsen.
When we were ALI asleep the noise of
drawer being forced awoke us and
we found Kingsley up and dressed try
ing to get at some money we had in
a bureau. He had cast off his own
clothes and dressed himself in a good
suit of Louis and my overcoat-
The San Francisco call., 1906-11-06
SISTER IN SACRAMENTO.


There was a half-white girl, it de-
velops, who married a son of August
Drier, a wealthy German sugar planter,
now retired, who made his money on
the island of Kanai, and who now mixes
up in island politics. Drier, the elder,
married a native water woman. The
wife of Drier's son is believed to be a
sister of Siemsen and to be living in
Sacramento, where she was last heard
Of 1t is through this connection, pre-
sumabIy, that Siemsen has framed up
the tale of his own mythical wealth.
Captain Duke reiterated yesterday
that he had little doubt of being able
to connect Siemson and his accomplices
with the murder and robbery at the
Japanese bank
"Siemsen is willing more and more
every day." he said, "and made the sig
nificant remark to me that he would
feel we'll satisfied If he got off without
hanging. 1 don't purpose saying this
time just how much evidence we have
against Siemsen and his companion,
but 1 will say that this evidence is
steadily becoming more complete"
Word reached police headquarters
brother of Hulda Won Hofen, and who
conducts a grocery store in Redwood
City, told the police there yesterday a
story of Siemsen having planned to
lure him to San Francisco-presuma
to rob and probably murder him.
Won Hofen received a telegram last
Wednesday evening from Oakland pur-
porting to have come from his mother.
1t was a brief message and requested
him to come to San Francisco immedi-
ately.
He believed a member Of the family
was sick and came to the city the next
day. When he arrived at his mothers
home none of the family seemed to
know who sent the telegram.
Won Hofen is a prosperous business
man and usually carries with him a
| large sum of money. 1t Is the theory
of the police that Behrend's assailant
planned to lure the young groceryman
! to this city and set a trap to rob him.
! While on the train on the way to the
! city Won Hofen saw in The Call a
notice of the marriage license Of his
his mother when he arrived here, but
she denied any knowledge Of the In
| tended marriage.
When Siemsen was asked to explain
| later in the day he passed the matter
up in his Enthusiastically cool manner
by saying he had a friend working on
the paper who published the license as
a hoax.
According to Won Hofen's story to
the police, the family was very sus-
picious of Siemsen that night and kept
a very close watch on him. The po-
lice are convinced that the Kanaka
was fully prepared to rob the young
groceryman that night, but was pre-
vented from doing so by the vigilance
of the family.
Won Hofen also told the police OF a
letter his sister received about week
| ago by messenger, who took it to the
house. The writer did not give her
name, but said she was the daughter
of an admiral in the United States
navy.
According to Won Hofen's story, the
letter stated that the writer was much
1 in love with Siemsen, and ii his sister
continued going with the Kanaka she
would commit suicide.
Won Hofen says when his sister
showed the letter to the Kanaka he
destroyed it.
A letter was written to one of the
older Won Hofen brothers, who is in
Honolulu, by a member Of the family,
The San Francisco call., 1906-11-06

Lonesome Town" was revived at the
Central Theater last evening for a
weeks run. with the members Of the
Kolb and Dill company in the parts al
lotted them in the first production.
For next week is announced I'm
Paris" and the preparation for its pro-
duction is said to be most elaborate.
The San Francisco call., 1906-11-06
Dabner's Brother Names the Third Mar
Wanted for the Bank Murder.
Woman Who Saw Companion
of Siemsen Corroborates.

who had gone into the contracting
business Siemsen frequently visited
our home in Petaluma, and we never
his true character. l was
never so deceived in a human being
The San Francisco call., 1906-10-14

come by this route. But as he sprang
up the slope he swung his hand toward
the circuitous path, knowing full well
as he did so, that the girl would do
exactly as she pleased. for that was her
way.
He had met Laurel occasionally dur
ing his rambles on this part of the
slope. and thought her remarkably
plain spoken. clear-headed girl, with
none of the silly pranks and giggIes
which he commonly attributed to young
women.
But matters feminine were of slow
growth in Poke's unpracticed brain. and
the sweet personality of the girl as she
stood there on the brow Of the slope.
gazing down at him with anxious. ap-
pealing eyes and flushed face. did not
penetrate fully to his consciousness un-
til he reached the very summit of the
ridge Then he stopped with a sudden
sppreciative BY Jock, Want she
purity" ending with lingering drawn-
in whistle this time intermitting with
a chuckle; and the whistle and chuckle,
translated. intimated that were he
thinking of setting up a shack OF his
The San Francisco call., 1906-10-14

And he brought out the big, unwielly
plow and swung it in behind the mules
and went merrily around the foar-acte
lot in lessening parallelograms. And
it may be that his energy and cheer
fulness was in no whit diminished by
the fact that he knew Laurel was al
ways somewhere about the cabin, and
that it was she who would prepare his
meals and sit with. him at the table
and that in the evening he could he
near the invalid, with whom she would
talk
He was not in love. of course Such
an absurdity did not even occur to him.
IT was the novelty of seeing a woman
about that was pleasant. He had no
sisters, and his mother had been long
dead. 1t was just the novelty and the
neatness AID contentedness of it all he
liked. And the idea, if his thoughts
took such definite form. remained with
him for q month--until the invalid be-
gan TO hobble about on crutches-when
suddenly the truth came home to him,
as had her beauty that day on the
ridge. He was clearing new land be-
low the four-acre lot when the shock
Strengthened him up with a .ialf-won-
dering, half frightened I'm zone of
EN-, Yes. sir! Throne of -'emrA Then
his indrawn whistle began and was
blown out with a chuckle, and they.
with the strengthening up, were re-
peated every few minutes during the
The San Francisco call., 1906-10-14

ments, with a sharp in-shoot. can't
help feeling some sympathy with the
Englishman's viewpoint
AS rule the American cad lacks the
mental grasp necessary to go through
the legal forms of expatriation, and
many of those endowed by Inheritance
with a certain amount of foresight lack
the nerve, fearing newspaper ridicule.
The result is the existence of a strange
human anomaly which is hard TO de-
lineate in words.
Among the several idiocies against
which the English have failed to enact
laws is the habit of aping. This habit is
the primary instinct of some Americans
who come here. Anything that walks
with two legs and has authority to
give its name a funny prefix. is, to the
cad an object of reverence. He tries
to initiate its mannerisms of speech
and action as we'll as its dress. gener-
ally unsuccessfully and with the re-
suit that he makes the fact of has i'm
itation ridiculouslX @pspicuous.
1t is generallJ9skown fact that the
French like a Frenchman must begin
his training in the French language at
quite an early age In like manner the
American (?) who wishes to become
English in style and speech. so that he
will be able to exclaim My wordr
ETC., with the proper London tntonation,
must have received thorough school
ing in infancy. 1t is just as difficult
for an adult expatriate to say "over
there according to the accepted Lon
don method as 1t is for him to give
utterance to French nasal sounds In
manner that doesn't tempt a Partisan
to look for a piece OF loose brick.
In the theater we have seen mon
keys, trained, initiate the actions OF
human beings. We have laughed and
said. THAT monkey seems almost hu-
man." Nevertheless we have never lost
sight of the fact that 1t was a monkey
Similarly the American cad who bores
Londoners with his affectation of Eng
lish mannerisms can never hide the
fact that he is not an Englishman. and
Englishmen never lose sight OF the
fact that he Is not.
Following are few valuable hints
to untutored expatriates-
First-The common adjective denot-
ing sanguinary condition as not used
in polite English circles as a term of
general description