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The San Francisco call., 1906-07-27
AMAURoT CLUB PRESENTS
A LOVING CUP TO LANE
New Interstate Commerce Commissioner
Is COmpIimented by Distinguished
Gathering at Taft's.

Is COmpIimented by Distinguished
Gathering at Tait's.
A genuine compliment was paid to
Franklin K Lane. the new Interstate
Commerce Commissioner. last Tuesday
at Tait's by the Amaurot Club. OF
which the Commissioner is a member
in excellent standing At the dinner,
Ernest s. Simpson, president of the
Amaurots, presided. and a loving cup
bearing this inscription was presented
to Mr. Lane: ITO Franklin K. Lane.
on his appointment to the Interstate
Commerce Commission, from the
Amaurot Club. with joy and regret,
July "a, 1906"
An eloquent speech from D. V Kelly
went with the cup and Mr.. Lane re-
sponded in happy fashion. Governor
George c. Pardee, United States Sena-
tor Frank G. Newlands, James D. Phe-
Ian, L. A. Redman, Alex G.. Vogelsang
w r. Wheeler, John F. Davis and
Louis Samuels talked In clever style
The guests at the banquet were
George c. Pardee, James D. Phelan,
Hon. F. G. Newlands. Louis Samuels,
James H. Barry Hon. James NJ. Sea-
well. ]. A. Lederman, A F. Morrison,
Warren Gregory George w. Lane, E. F.
Adams. H. u. Brandenstein, TREY L.
Ford, D. V. Kelly. Philip 1. Manson,
Thornwell Mutually, Dr. Leo Newmark,
Allan Pollok, Lander A. Redn1an, E. s.
Simpson, Henry ST Goar, Alex Vogel-
sang, w. R. Wheeler. Frank J. Kill
patrick, John F. Davis, Joseph C. Raas,
A. Harrison.
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WILL PROVIDE CHILDREN
WITH HOMES IN COUNTRY
fortunates From POtrerO Camp
to Santa Clara County.

Mrs. Bertha Rice who has done
much volunteer work among the chill
dren of the Potrero camps. has secured
permission from Superintendent T. D.
Bateman OF the Santa Clara County
schools TO send a large number of chill
dren from this city to homes that she
has secured for them at San Jose Sara
toga- Morgan Hill, Palo Alto, Gilroy
and other towns of the county, to go to
schools there this winter. These chill
dren are those whose parents have
been especially unfortunate and are
unable to provide properly for them
during the next few months
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Police companies Move.

The ruins of the City Hall were
found TO be entirely unsuited for, po-
lice station, there being no lights and
no prospect of getting any. So Cap
tain Mooney moved Company yes
terday morning to a shed on Ash ave-
nue., where he will remain till the new
station on Bush street, near Van Ness
avenue, is ready for occupancy
Captain Duke and Company A
moved to a store on Larkin street, op-
posite police headquarters. He and
Property Clerk Dinan and the identi-
fication bureau Will occupy half of the
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Prominc TO Moye anarter.-

Madame Lazarene and other women
who were arrested for keeping a disor-
derly house at Turk and Steiner streets
appeared before Police Judge Shortall
YESTERDAY They had demanded a jury
trial, but promised to leave their pres
ent location and seek quarters else
where. If they do so the case probably
will be dismissed tomorrow.
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Laborer seriously Injured.

Pedro Sramelh. a laborer resident at
umbarium at the Odd Fellows Gene
tery. fell from the roof yesterday aft
ernoon and was seriously injured. One
leg was badly fractured and the knee
cap OF the other was injured. He was
cut on the face and chin. He was
taken to the Central Emergency Hos
0itsl
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J. B. Jaroine. a machinist living at SO
Noe street. was taken to the Central
Emer gency Hospital yesterday suffering
from badly lacerated wrists and a
sprained ankle. He was employed at
the reconstruction Of Prayers store at
Market and Jones streets. when a heavy
piece Of steel swung round and knocked
him down
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Loses Coin In a saloon.

Thomas Gibbons of 1921 York street
reported to the police yesterday that
he was robbed OF. $120 in gold coin on
Wednesday afternoon. He said he had
Just drawn the money from a bank
when he met Fudge Farrell of 1915
Utah street and went with him to sa-
loon on Golden Gate avenue. near Van
Ness, where they had drinks and then
separated. Gibbons had the coin in an
old purse in his hip pocket. and shortly
after leaving the saloon he missed it.
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RECOMMENDED 70 I'LL MOTHERS

II have used Cuticura Ointment for
chafng of infants, and as they grew
older all skin diseases were given treat
ment with that and the Cuticura Soap.
/ never found it necessary to call doc
tor, as these Remedies are sure cure,
if used as directed / am glad to recon-
mend them to all mothers" Sincerely
yours, Mrs. F. A. Kennard,
June 21, 1905. st. Paul Park, MINI.
Cuteura Soap, Ointment, and pills sold throughout
the world Potter Drug Chem Corp Sole Props, Boston.
u9-MaiIed Free, How TO Care for the Skin"
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suit Involves Airship stock.

Judge Hebbapd heard testimony yes
terday afternoon in the case of s. L.
Jacobs against H. Ragle TO recover s299
or 1000 shares of stock in the Stanley
Aerial Navigation Company an airship
concern which has had considerable ex-
ploitation.
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Tho pe.ut;su, mission uote,

At Byron Hot Springs is unique in having hot
mineral water for every private bath. week
end rest. including short ride over the Southern
Pacific Railway and Friday to Monday hotel
baths free) will cost you only $3.50
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DIAMOND LAKE GIVES UP
BODIES OF WRECK VICTIMS
Coroner VIII Not Hold Inquest, He
Considers Railroad Is Respon-
.ible for Disaster.

SPOKANE, July 26-The bodies of
Fireman George Bell and z. NJ New
combe, killed in the Great Northern
wreck near Camden on Monday. were
recovered from Diamond Lake today.
Coroner McRae of Stevens County has
decided to hold no inquest. He says:
There Is no doubt the wreck was
caused by running at too high speed
over a dangerous piece OF road
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Charles KeeIer,s

Realistic, sane and comprehensive ac-
count of the San Francisco disaster, IL
lustrated, is now ready at all book
stores and for sale by Paul Elder & Co.,
Van Ness avenue. corner of Bush.
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Down the Const /

Down the Const Line to Les Angeles
In thirteen and half hours This daylight trip
made by the Shore Line Limited for p easure can
not be duplicated. Leaves Third and Townsend
SITS. station daily, q m
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TWENTY BABIES MURDERED
BY A WOMAN IN JAPAN
Fiend Narrowly Escapes Lynchfnx
When Arrested for Awful
Crimes at Osaki

VICTORIA. B. c.. July 2s.--A Japa-
nese woman has been arrested at Osaki
for the wholesale murder OF infants.
Over twenty babies were killed by the
woman. who narrowly escaped lynch
ing after being arrested
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LEEDS. England. July 26.-The Great North
ern Hotel here Dartf7Ily DESTROYED bv sra
last night The loss is s75O.0oo.
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I.oRsFoRD,s ACID PHOSPHATE
Relieves Hendnch.
Injured Br Piece Of steel.

Caused by summer heat. overwork nervous dis
orders OF impaired digestion Relieves quickly
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1906-12-19

Ing the evidence; that If he had
it to do over again he could kill
his father with clear conscience;
how he walked the floor all night
after the killing and had peculiar
sensation in his throat; how his
father was drunk all the time and
he felt disgraced; the heated words
about his mother which led to the
murder; that he expected to go to
Medical Lake asylum until he was
FL, and have lots of fun with the
nurses; that there were no Pc
culiar actions about him during his
confinement.
To the second hypothetical ques-
ton the expert answered that his
opinion that the boy was sane was
not modified.
A third hypothetical question
was then propounded dealing with
the physical examination of Sidney
by Drs. Semple and Mcdowell.
Expert said the result of this
examination did not change his
opinion that the boy was sane.
The prosecution has five more
experts to be called. They are
Drs. Pope, Baker, Power, Witter
| and Martin.
Attorney Robertson will submit
each to a searching cross examina.
ton, a privilege waived by the
state in regard to the defense's ex.
| perts.
DIR. Mcdowell qualified as an ex.
pert by showing that he had stud.
led insanity in German univer
sites.
Judge Huneke is considering the
advisability of calling evening ses
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1906-12-19
Blacklist Stain Annals of the Army Was supplemented
BY Conspiracy of the Regiment to Shield Men Actually
Guilty From Detection and Punishment. .,sx..

all the men, including the murder
ers, in the army or turn them all
out. Under these circumstances
there was no alternative, for the
usefulness of the army would be
at an end if we permit such out
RACES to be committed with i'm
punity.
"In short, the evidence proves
conclusively that a number of col
ored soldiers engaged in a deliber.
ate, concerted attack, cold blooded
and cowardly, their purpose being
to terrorize the community; to kill
or injure men, women and children
in their homes and bed or on the
streets at an hour of night when
concerted resistance or defense
was out of the question, and when
detection by Identification of the
criminals in United States uniform
was well night impossible.
"a blacker deed never stained the
annals Of the army. 1t is supple.
mented by another only a shade
less black, in the shape of a sue.
cessful conspiracy of silence for
the purpose of shielding those who
had taken part in the original con
spiracy of murder.
Soldiers are not school boys on
a frolic. They are full grown men
in the uniform of the United
States army, sworn to uphold the
laws of the United States and are
under every obligation of their
oath not merely to refrain from
criminality, but with the sturdiest
vigor to hunt down crimnality. The
crime they committed and con-
nived at was murder.
tSome call this discharge pun.
ishment. | deny this because as
punishment it is utterly inadequate
An effort has been made to arouse
sympathy for the men concerned
who have seen long service. These
are the men who should be pun.
ished the most severely. Upon the
long service men should rest the
honor of the service They should
do all in their power to reveal the
criminals. Officers or enlisted men
white or black, under similar cir
cumstances, would be treated ex-
actiy the same.
There are many presidents for
this action. During the Civil war
the Sixtieth Ohio regiment was
summarily discharged because the
men became mutinous and worth.
less. General Grant mustered out
two officers and fined all the men
of the Twentieth Illinois for raid.
ing a store. This offense was
much lighter than the one I had
to deal with.
"In the fiscal year ending last
June the war department dis.
charged 352 enlisted men without
trials, 80 of them for misconduct,
and many others were dismissed
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1906-12-19
O'BRlEN WANTS
TO TRAIN 'EM

Commissioner J. T. O'Brien to-
day will file with the city clerk a
recommendation that members of
the police and fire departments be
given a system of physical instruc-
ton somewhat on the order of the
old Swabode system. The COM
munication will say that both de-
partments may be given thor
ough foundation for physical train
ing at cost of not to exceed $3.50.
The commissioners favor the prop
osition claiming it will greatly as
sist in maintaing the health of the
men. If the council adopts the
suggestion physical training will be
made compulsory.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1906-12-19
HIS GIRL MADE
HIM A HORSE
THIEF

"A girl drove me to it," tearfully
pleaded Frank Lawson in Judge
Poindexter's court this morning
when asked if he had anything to
say why sentence should not be
passed upon him for the crime of
horse stealing.
''But my young brother, Wini
fred. is entirely innocent. I in
duced him to go along with me-
He should not be punished" Law.
son continued.
'The fact that you stole the
horse on account Of a girl does not
palate the offense. / sentence you
to serve nine years in the peniten.
tiary," replied Judge Poindexter.
Frank and Winifred Lawson
were arrested two weeks ago by
Detectives Weir and Herndon on
complaint of farmer named
Tempest, who charged the boys
with stealing a horse from his
iduSu HCdl II uiIHSlu, w dou. IdIl
pleaded guilty and Winifred not
guilty. Frank Lawson was sen.
fenced to three years in 1901 for
the same crime.
Arrangements in Judge Poin-
dexter's department this morning
were Frank Dolan, a bartender
charged with robbing William
Kelley of $3.50; John Rose, Italian
pickpocket; H. c. Reed, robbery
John Wilson, larceny, and Ed
Kerns, Jack Mitchell and George
Doherty, robbery of Great North.
ern box car; Emma Holland, at
tempting to shot Nellie Healy. All
We're given until Saturday to enter
pleas.
Leonard Hill, who was charged
with living off the earnings of a
fallen woman, was dismissed on
the prosecutions recommendation
that there was not sufficient evi.
dence to secure conviction.
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Attorney Robertson's objections
consumed more than an hour.
Prosecutor Barnhart then pro-
pounded a second hypothetical
question dealing with Sidney
Sloane's actions and conversations
as testified to by cell mates who
have passed the time with him in
the county Jail since the homicide,
in which the accused boy told
about witnesses all being coached;
that he killed his father about 7
o'clock and went to the theater af-
terward so as to forget it; that he
couldn't forget it and returned to
the house, dragged the body down
stairs, loaded 1t into a wheelbarTow
and dumped it in an alley; that it
was pretty hard to sit there and
hear people lie about him, but it
was being done to save his neck 4;
his vile expressions in characteriz.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1906-12-19
RICH MANS
PANIC RACES

NEW YORK, Dec. 19.-Throttled
in the grip of a tight money
squeeze, stocks slumped on Wall
ST. today and what is virtually
rich mans panic is in progress.
Millions have been already lost
and many traders forced to the
wall. With call money at rs per
cent no relief is in sight. Pools
threw over thousands of shares to.
day to tighten the burden.
The Vanderbilts and Morgan
rushed to aid the situation by an.
nouncing at noon that all interest
payments on all funded debts OF
the Vanderbilt system due Jan.
would be paid at once.
The Standard Oil crowd is re
ported to have taken advantage OF
the situation to pound the market
and bring out loosely held stocks
With the announcement of the
$100,000,000 issue of st. Paul, stock
traders and pool operators rushed
to get from under.
The slump gathered momentum
after an early effort to hold up the
market by large purchases OF
Reading. st. Paul was weak to the
point of panic all day. 1t lost 10
points yesterday and will fall off
more today. Great Northern and
Northern Pacific are under fire.
Hill stocks, which have been at.
tackled for over week, today show.
ed losses of 30 points in Great
Northern and 25 in Northern Pa
cific, compared to closing week
ago.
The exchange floor was a mob OF
excited traders all day. Stocks
were tossed overheard without re.
gard to price. and only a short Gov
ering served to stay the decline
Out of town traders lost hundreds
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1906-12-19
PRESIDENT GIVES REASONS FOR
D|SCHARC|NC COLOREO SOLDIERS

by subordinate military officers.
$50 much for the military side
of this case. I now wish to speak
from the standpoint of the race
question. 1t is of the utmost i'm
portance to all our people that we
deal with each man on his merits
as a man and not as a member of
a certain race; that we judge him
by conduct and not by color. If
cOlOred men elect to stand by
criminals of their own race be-
cause they are of their own race,
they will lay up for themselves a
dreadful day of reckoning. Any
conduct of colored people tending
to shield the evil doer because he
is of their own race means the deg
radiation of the race. Such course
means damage to the white man,
but it means the ruin of the black
race"
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1906-12-19

In response to the senate resolu-
ton of Dec. asking for informa-
ton as to the discharge of several
companies of negro troops stationed
at Brownsville, Texas, for rioting,
the president today sent to the SEN
ate reports of the secretary Of war,
Of General Nettleton and other Of
ficers, with memoranda as to pre-
cedent for mastering out the SOL
diers. The president says:
4 ordered the discharge of these
companies after full consideration
finding this action to be my con-
stitutional duty as commander in
chief Of the army. From reports
submitted find there was CONSIDER
able i'll feeling between the citizens
of Brownsville and the colored gar
rison. In the dierences that have
arisen on this account Doth sides
have been to blame, but this is
wholly unimportant as nothing that
occurred offered in any way or
shape excuse or justification for the
atrocious conduct of the troops,
when in a lawless murderous spirit,
under cover of darkness, they made
an attack upon citizens.
From nine to 20 soldiers took
part in this attack. They leaped
over walls and hurried through the
town firing at whoever they saw.
They shot into houses where they
saw lights and must have known
that any death resulting would be
murder. In the houses were many
women and children. Ten shots
were fred into one house In which
were two women and five children.
That they escaped injury or death
Is remarkable.
"A lieutenant of police who rode
toward the firing saw 10 colored
soldiers. They killed his horse and
shot him through the right arm,
the wound resulting in amputation
: The soldiers also shot into a sa-
loon and killed a bartender.
mo individual raiders weer rec
ognized, but there were many wit
nesses to the outbreak and all
agree that negro soldiers were the
offenders. Shattered bunets and
shells from government rifles were
found on the ground. Private
houses We're riddled, but no bullet
holes appear in any structure at
the fort, thus disproving the con-
tention that the citizens started the
firing, The citizens were taken
wholly unawares.
mo private soldier could have
secured the rifles unless a non
commissioned officer unlocked the
gun rack for him. All the evidence
proves that others than those who
participated in the gun raid, per-
haps all of the command, knew of
the conspiracy and the comrades of
the murderers by their own actions
rendere 1t necessary to either leave
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1906-12-19
CARPENTERS AGAIN DEFY
STRUCTURAL ALLIANCE

building, Miller again asked the
carpenters to come off the work,
but they refused to do so. The
structural alliance is attempting to
force the cement workers who are
al work on the building to quit.
The painters and hosting engi-
neers notified the alliance last
night that they would ask for an
Increase in wages of s1.00 per day
and their action was referred to
the affiliated unions for a referen-
dunn vote.
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sion, as there seems to be a pos
sibility that unless such move ID
made the jury will spent Christi
mas on the Sloane case. :
Prosecutor Barnhart consumed
all of yesterday afternoon in reciH
ing the first hypothetical question:
He went into details Of the life Of
Mrs. Sloane, the fathers habits
and Sidney's life from the age OF
five months up to the time he murf
dered his father. He reviewed AIN
the evidence up to the day OF thets
murder by non-expert witnesses as
to his sanity or insanity and the
evidence of officers who had APP
pretended him.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1906-12-19

Charges weer preferred against
the carpenters and the engineers
unions in the structural alliance
last night by George w. Miller, as
business agent of the alliance, be-
cause the unions named refused to
call their men off the new freight
depot being erected by the North.
ern Pacific railway. The charges
were referred to a committee.
This morning the board of gov
errors of the alliance held a meet
ing and ordered strike on the
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1906-12-19
FAVOR TRACTION
co. FRANCHISE

The new street car franchise
asked for on Ninth av. by the
Traction Co. was reported out for
passage by the city council in com
mittee of the whole last night. 1t
was agreed that the council meet
Christmas night and adjourn to
Friday night and pass the ordin-
ance. This new line will greatly
aid transportation in the vicinity
Of Manto park.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1906-12-19

warrant sworn out by j. A. WiIker,
who says that about o'clock last
Friday afternoon Bosquit rode
horse over his five year old boy,
breaking the boys leg. Wilker
lives at E1306 Pacific av. Bosquit
says one of his reins broke and he
shouted to three children playing
in the street. The little Wilker
boy was excited and ran directly
in the path of the runaway horse.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1906-12-19
CUT OUT
OLD Line

LOS ANGELES, Cal, Dec. 10
Retail grocers Of Southern Califor.
MIA are preparing to organize a.
mutual fire insurance company Of
their own. They will withdraw
millions of dollars worth of insur.
ance from old line companies and
thus avoid a great increase in tho
cost of insurance, which has Gomez
about since the San Francisco dis
aster. /
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1906-12-19
MINER BURIED alive t3 DAYS WANTS
A Chew MORE Than Liberty

BAKERSFIELD, Cal, Dec. 49,
With rescue slowly but surely APP
preaching him, L. d. Hicks, now
entering upon his thirteenth day
of entombment in the Edison camp
tunnel, has regained his nerve and
has entirely dissapated the fears
OF rescuers that his mind is giving
away under the dreadful strain.
Early this morning he told the
watcher at the pipe through which
he talks and feeds that he would
rather have chew of tobacco
than be given his liberty. Today
he spoke cheerfully and joked with
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1906-12-19
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
The senator continued:

The senator continued:
"All we can do is to investigate
and fix the responsibility We cam
not remedy the distress with pres
ent laws. If the interstate COM
merce commission was empowered
to order cars from one part of the
country to another when needed
the situation could be relieved
some. This would also prevent
present demurrage charges, as
shippers often find it cheaper to
hold cars for a month at a dollar
a day than pay storage"
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1906-12-19
M. &. MINISTER DEAD

The funeral of Rev. Charles
Montgomery, who died yesterday
at the Deaconness hospital after a
long illness, will be held at 10
O'Clock Thursday morning from the
undertaking parlors of Smith 81
Co. Interment will be at Green>
wood cemetery. Rev. o. w. Mint
ger, of the eMthodist church, wilE
officiate, Rev. Montgomery had
been pastor of the Methodist
church at Great Falls, Mont, and
less than month ago was trans
ferred to Bridgeport, Wash. /.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1906-12-19
BANK CHECKS STOLEN.

Joseph Rukaruna this morning
told the police that last night at
the Cleveland house some one
stole two $50 checks from him.
They were drawn on the Occur
d'Alene Udaho) bank.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1906-12-19

the rescuers, who continued to
work with extreme caution
through the night.
When morning came the pro-
gress made toward reducing the
possibility of cave-in of a huge
boulder hanging above Hicks head
was entirely satisfactory. The res.
cuers expect to reach Hicks late
this afternoon or night.
Hicks was given his usual por-
ton of milk this morning and the
papers read to him. Several airs
weer also played on the phono-
graph at the entrance to the pipe.
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z. p. WRIGHT DEAD.

CLEVELAND, Dec. 17.-E. p
Wright, age 70, father of e. S.
Wright. general manager of the
Scripps-McRae Press association
died last night. The funeral will be
held Thursday afternoon.