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The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1906-12-17
SEARCH MADE FOR
LOST HE|RESS
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PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 1.-THE re-
markabIe disappearance of Miss Ida
MAY Miller, an heiress, of whom no
one but DR.. Rolando Keuhn knows the
whereabouts. and whom she is said to
have married and remembered in a
will leaving him 100000, is not to rest
without a further investigation. To
add zest to the search proceedings will
be at once instituted by former Judge
James Gay Gordon, on behalf of Mrs.
Margaret Frailey, Miss Miller's cousin.
to recover the haifmillion dollar estate
Miss Miller inherited from her father.
sMrs. Frailey has a legal standing I'M
der the Miller will
That the Miller family has had other
skeletons in the past became known to-
day with the fact that Mrs. Miller,
mother of the missing heiress. became
insane some score of years back and
that her husband in making his will
inserted clause to cover any posi-
bility of his daughter becoming af-
ficted by inheriting the malady.
Mrs. Frailey now declares that in her
judgment the time has come for her TO
act under her cousins will. DR.. Kuehn
today ridiculed Mrs. Fraileys threats.
The young woman will be at home
in a few weeks" he said and then
these people will see how ridiculous
they have made themselves. We will
be married soon after her return"
1t was alleged today that Kuehn's
father and mother each died while
resting under the suspicion that they
were insane.
Dr. Kuehn was formerly physician
to Queen Liliuokalani.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1906-12-17
BREWER FEARS FOR
THE NATION

NEW YORK. Dec. 1--we are busy
denouncing trusts, but the most dan
gerous OF them all is the trust in the
future TO pay debts" said Justice David
J. Brewer OF the Supreme Court of the
United States. today at a meeting of
the Peoples Forum Of New Rochelle.
Our great expansion and rapid
growth in population and resources are
developing a habit Of extravaganza.
We have been most unwisely discount
ing the future
We are trembling on the verge Of
wondrous social and political changes.
Those most important, most profound
~ involving the social, business and
political life of the republic. do not
spring from railroad rates and rebates,
inspection Of packing houses. the coal
trust or the Standard Oil Company.
Far more profound and vital is the
building up in this nation of a univer-
sal body of honest. intelligent. patriotic
citizenship. In our successes in this
direction lie the promises and pro-
phecy of the future"
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1906-12-17
POLITICAL RUMORs
RIFE IN BRITAIN
Impending Changes in Cabi-
net Furnish Food for Cos
sip in Government Circles
OFFICIALS TO RETIRE

LONDON, Dec, 17.-The first of the
impending changes in the Cabinet to
be announced is the resignation of j. e.
Ellis, parliamentary Secretary to the
India office. He is leaving on account
OF Ill health and is going abroad to
recuperate. 1t is understood that
Walter Runciman Parliamentary Sec
rotary to the Local Government Board,
will succeed him. 1t is stated that the
Marquis OF Ripon. Lord of the Privy
Seal. and Sir III. Fowler, Chancellor of
the Duchy of Lancaster, will resign.
and 1t is rumored that Herbert Glad
stone Will leave the Home Office. Sir
Henry Campbell Bannerman, however,
according to the latest political Cos
sip, has decided to remain in the House
of Commons, in view of q Liberal at
tack that is about to be made on the
upper house. Everything. however.
appears to hinge on James Bryce's ac-
ceptance of the post of ambassador to
the United States.
The British press is now beginning
to regard Bryce's acceptance as a fore
gone conclusion. The Tribune. refer
ring today to the subject. points out
that the post of ambassador to Wash
ington might easily become the most
exalted in the diplomatic service, de-
spite contentious to the contrary. The
paper adds that the possibility of
Bryce's acceptance meets with general
approval both in England and the
United States.
President roosevelt, it Is said" con-
tinues the Tribune. has allowed II to
be known that he would cordially well
come Mr.. Bryce's appointment. On this
side of the Atlantic 1t is recognized that
post so attractive. influential and dis
tinguished would be fitting climax to
Mr.. Bryce's long public career"
Among the notable rumors concern
ing Cabinet changes is one pointing to
John Burns for promotion. He is even
named as the successor of Bryce as
Chief Secretary for Ireland. In any
case he has been so successful in his
present place as president of the Local
Government Board that he Is regarded
as In no way unlikely TO be promoted.
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PRESIDENT MAY ACT

WASHINGTON. Dec. 16.-If Presi-
dent Roosevelt sends a message 20
Congress urging IL to enact law en-
towering the Interstate Commerce
Commission to take charge of the
physical operation of railroads in
emergencies. such az now exist relat-
ing to car shortage, a situation will
be created that may be very grave in
it's consequences This is the opinion
of public men who are familiar with
transportation matters and who have
been Informed, although not on of
fetal authority, that efforts are being
made 10 induce the President to take
this, the most radical step that has
ever been proposed in connection with
legislation relating to the railroads of
the United States
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1906-12-17
ENTOMbED MINER
IS STILL ALIVE
Sends Message of Cheer to
Men Who Are Working
Untiringly to Rescue Him
NINE DAYS IN TUNNEL
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BAKERSFIELD, Dec. l6=With sew
enteen feet of the hardest kind of
granite TO cut through, fifty miners
and muckers are working day and
night in eight-hour shifts to release
L. B. Hicks, the miner entombed in a
caved-in tunnel in the heart of a noun
tain at the Edison works in Kern River
Canyon since December 5. Superin-
tendent Gone expected to have Hicks in
the company hospital tonight, but sug-
gestions as to the best manner TO pro-
coed in digging the rescue drift, pro-
posed by the miner himself, are being
followed, and this precautionary meas
ure Will delay the rescue until tomor-
row night or Tuesday morning.
Two miners work necessarily in the
drift, which is now eighty feet in the
mountain, chipping off the granite wall
bit by bit. On either side of this run
way are stationed ten men with SHOW
els, who pass each bit out to the mouth
as soon as it is knocked away. Heavy
timbers boIted with twisted iron make
the work of the miners burdensome.
The brawny granite clippers work UNI
tiringly, however, and, although not
able to see or to hear the entombed
miner, Hicks hears every blow struck
by the heavy sledges The seventeen
foot barrier is being torn away as rap
idly as human power can do It, At the
change of shifts four strong. fresh
giants relieve those whose strength
has been exhausted
At the plug end of the half-inch steel
pipe leading down to the entombed
miner DIR. Stinchfeld and his assistants
keep constant vigil. A Cali reporter
visited the scene today and saw the
miner given his regular allotment OF
food The milk was first warmed and
then poured down the long tube, where
it was hungrily consumed by Hicks.
That's fine" he called through the
tube 1T is cold when 1t reaches me,
but it is far better than the coffee you
tried to give me"
In reply TO an inquiry Hicks said that
he was feeling fine, but was impatient
to get out.
Nine days is a pretty long time TO be
sitting in one position" he said. Il am
able to move little now, but not
enough to give me much relief. The
doctor and the boys are treating me
fine. The first four days it was hell.
1 had four matches, and by using them
carefully found the location OF the
broken timbers. All I had to eat was
decent plug of tobacco, and l can
tell you I chewed it good. When 1t
would not chew any more 1 swallowed
the residue. 1 guess that's all that
kept me alive AS soon as the milk
began to come and / knew that l had
been located there was nothing else for
me TO do but wait. l hope they get me
out soon now. 1 can hear the drilling
going on"
Hicks favorite tune on the phono-
graph, which is placed near the pipe
leading 10 his tomb, is Under the BAN
boo Tree
DR. Stinchfeld has all preparations
made for Hicks release. AS soon as
Hicks is carried out of the drift he
will be placed on a stretcher and taken
through six miles of tunnel to the
company's hospital. where he will be
cared for until he is able to leave camp
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1906-12-17
SNOWSTORMR RACES
IN MIDDLE WEST

KANSAS CITY. Dec. .16.-The heav-
lest snowstorm of the winter is raging
over Southwestern Missouri. Southeast
ern Kansas and parts of Oklahoma and
Indian Territory tonight. The snow
ranges in depth from two to six inches.
Much suffering will result from the
storm in certain parts of Oklahoma,
where a fuel famine prevails. The
Mayor of Mangum today made such an
urgent appeal to the Rock Island Rail-
road that O trainload of coal was dis
patched to Mangum by that company.
In some places the snow has changed
to rain and sleet, and unprotected live
stock will suffer.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1906-12-17

threat Of being excluded from the BUSH
ness.
Bauer and Pincus said yesterday that
their arrests for violations of the the
alter ordinance were due to spite work
on the part of their neighbors in the
theatrical business.
INVESTIGATE THEATERS
1t has developed that the members of
the Grand Jury are investigating the
condition of the theaters. Juror Chris
tine B. Rode visited several theaters on
saturday night to see If they con-
formed with the ordinance. This ac-
tivity is apart from the main graft
investigation carried on by the Grand
Jury. lie is in line with special work
outlined at the meeting of the jury
held on Thursday afternoon. The man
ayers of the Wigwam claim that Rode
declared that their place concerned TO
the ordinances.
SALOON. MEN PLUCKED
Another graft that is to be thor
oughly investigated by the inquisitors
in the new year involves the work of
Ruef in holding UP all saloon keepers
for various sums. from $50 up to $4,000
before the person could secure a IL
cense- Now that the power of Ruef is
waning the liquor dealers are admit
ting the details of the wholesale extor-
tons. This investigation will natur-
ally lead to the scrutiny of the work
OF Ruef and MYRTLE Cert as agents for
the Hilbert liquor firm.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1906-12-17
ENDS OPPORTUNITY
Of ARCHBISHOP
DR.. Walsh Tells of Dis
astrous Effect of Inter
vention of Mrs. Storer
SPEAKS HESITATINGLY
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{ NEW YORK. Dec 1s-Outside of Mr..
Roosevelt and the victim of their quar-
rel. Archbishop Ireland. no person in
America probably has been in a posi-
ton to know more of the inside history
of the controversy over the red hat
than DR.. Michael Walsh. formerly
editor Of the Catholic Herald.
With much hesitancy of making any
criticism of Mrs. Storer. DR.. Walsh
stated that her intervention was ILL
advised. DR.. Walsh admitted that he
had much correspondence with Rome
relative to the bestowal Of the Car
dinalate on another American prelate.
Had Pope Leo lived said Oh.
Walsh, Archbishop Ireland would have
been Cardinal long before now"
The public seems to have gained the
impression, in DR.. Walsh's opinion
that the Storers were the only persons
promoting the interests of the Arch
bishop of st. Paul. He explained that
this was a mistake. President McKin-
ley was openly committed 10 the sup
port of the Archbishop, who was one
of Mark Hanna's warmest friends. Mr.
Hanna often spoke to DIR. Walsh about
the prospects OF the Archbishop at the
Vatican.
DR.. Walsh said he could see no other
result of the Storer affair than to
destroy Archbishop Irelands chances
of ever becoming a Cardinal. He De-
lieved the church in America soon
would receive the honor so long sought
but the most probable selection would
be the Archbishop of New Orleans
The ambition of Mrs. Storer TO di-
rect the affairs of the Catholic church
is not unlike that OF other converts to
the faith" said DIR. Walsh. and the
results have often. been harmful 10 the
church and woefully disappointing to
the proselyte."
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1906-12-17
LITTLE CHANGE IN
KINGS CONDITION

STOCKHOLM. Dec. liking Oscar
slept some today, but his rest was dis
turbed.
The bulletin issued this evening was
as follows:
"4--e King passed a quiet day. He
slept four hours. His temperature is
99.S. The action of the heart is un-
changed. The catarrh of the trachae
is diminished"
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1906-12-17
woLMER STILL MISSING
Bookkecper Wanted as Witness BY
Jury Remnins Away From Home

Max Wolmer, the former bookkeeper
Of Phillips & Van orden. who mysterf-
ously disappeared at time when he is
wanted as witness in the investiga-
ton being made by the Grand Jury into
the printing scandal. had not returned
to his home at 1874 Fell street late last
night. The family appeared to show
no apprehension for the safety of the
young man, nor Is Special Agent Burns
greatly concerned over his whereabouts.
even though 1t has been reported that
Wolmer was kidnapped" by a reputed
friend of the administration.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1906-12-17
FATAL wREcK IN OHIO

CANTON, O., Dec. 16.-The Pennsyl-
vania flyer. eastbound. due in Canton
al s.35. coilided with a Wheeling and
Lake Erie freight near here tonight.
The freight engineer was killed and
the fireman is dying. Fortunately, the
flyer was cunning slowly. None of the
passengers was injured.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1906-12-17

SAN JOSE, Dec. 16.--John T. Nc
Geoghegan. cashier of the Commercial
and Savings Bank of San Jose and one
of the best known citizens Of this
county. died tonight of heart failure
following an illness of ten days. He
was a native OF New York, aged 65
years, and leaves widow and seven
children.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1906-12-17
SUPERVISORS FEAR WORST
Story OF Sanderson's Confession Cause
of Chilly Meeting

The mysterious weekly meeting of
the members of the Board of Super
visors was duly observed last night at
Hamilton Hall in the presence of Abe
Ruef. The air was somewhat cIammier
than usual. for the Supervisors had
been thrown into CONSERVATION during
the day to learn that their collea que,
w. w. Sanderson. had made trip to
this city for the purpose of comforting
with Special Agent Burns and putting
his confession of graft into writing.
The reputed candidates for indict-
ments did not know when Sanderson
was here and their fear of the worst
was evident when they assembled last
night.
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Books of Shocks & Co. Are Seized

of the work Grand Jury is
found scarcely department of the
with nfamy Piece by administration
structure being crunzed by the jury and the work
will be prosecuted the end The books of James Shook
the enjoying the bulk of the Amshouse and City and
County Hospital seized by Heney Burns
and are now under Douglas Young expert the Grand
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1906-12-17
KING HAAKoN STARTS HOME

BERLIN, Dec. liking Haakon.
Queen Maud and Crown Prince Olaf
started today for Copenhagen.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1906-12-17
SOUTHERN PACIFIC
AND SANTA FE
PLAN CRAB

kreakwater at the western end of this
lection, the merchant bodies have de-
flared that this will be done With
these developments in sight the desire
bf the Hartman corporation TO grab
the traffic is apparent
DEAL HAS TWO SIDES
To carry out its plan it was forced
TO join with the Santa Fe. And to
make it doubIy certain that such a
sompact had been effected General Man
ager +. E Calvin wrote a letter to the
Chamber Of Commerce on Thursday
laying that hereafter the Southern Pa
tific and the Santa Fe viii be as one
IN the matter Of spur tracks. For
merly the Hartman line had refused TO
handle cars of the Santa Fe which had
not come north from the Tehachapi on
It's lines. This had been the cause of
great inconvenience to merchants here
knd in Oakland. The withdrawal of
this difficulty is the price which Har-
timan pays TO the Santa Fe for its as
sistance in the scheme TO tie up the
northern water front of San Francisco.
With the public advised of the scope
Of the scheme it may be doubted If the
present Board OF Supervisors win VEN
ture 10 carry out their part in the plot.
They nave troubles Of their own at this
time. to which it may be imagined they
would not willingly add.
Even If the grants should be con-
hrmed by the Supervisors and q fran
chise Of exceeding value given for
nothing as spur track, the whole plot
might fail if attacked under section IS
Of chapter of the charter, which deals
with such track and says:
no exclusive right shall be granted
to any railroad company. and the use
Of all such rights shall at all times be
regulated by the Supervisors"
Possibly the Santa Fe was let in by
the astute law department of the
Southern Pacific to avoid the terms of
that provision, which seem TO apply
only to the plot Of a sole plotter.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1906-12-17
DEATH OF CAPTAIN TANNER

WASHINGTON. Dec. Is.-Captain z.
l. Tanner. U. S. N. retired died at his
home here today of heart failure, aged
II years.
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anu dl HUN IlldAi SUM-
Jury. Books of other concerns doing
business with the city are being in
vestigated.
sCHMITZ FAMILY INVOLVED
The opening up of the Shocks Aims
house matter means general alarm
for the whole schmitz family Three
brothers will be involved The Schmitzes
are the most jealous opponents ana
practitioners of nepotism to. be FOUND
from the time of Napoleon to the pres
ent day, and the Mayor of this city
follows closely the methods OF the Hrsl
Emperor, who placed his brothers on
all the vacant thrones of Europe
Schmitz has placed his brothers at as
MANY outlets of the. public treasury
as the size of the family permits and
IN brother Frank went the position or
superintendent of the Almshouse AS
superintendent it was the duty OF
Frank Schmitz to carefully watch the
bills brought against the city by mer-
chants selling to the Almsnouse ana
to protect the interests of the people.
Herbert Schmitz, the favored brother
of the Mayor is said to have been con-
nected with Shook & Co. in business
ventures though 1t as not been made
public that he violated the charter by
appearing as a member or the par
tfcular corporation that furnished the
city with supplies
VIOLATIONS OF CHARTER
1t is provided in the charter that all
demands against the city for more
than 5000 shall be presented to the
Mayor for his approval in the manner
provided for the passing of bills and
resolutions. and all resolutions direct
ing the payment of money other than
wages or salaries when the amount
exceeds $500 shall be published for five
consecutive days in the official news
paper.
That clause was put in the charter
with the idea that it would be adhered
to by the Mayor, Supervisors and other
officials, but the trainers of the charter
counted without the Schmitz host.
There has been little pretense of fol-
lowing the rule of the city's organic
law in this particular. especially when
Shook & Co. were concerned.
Large accounts have been put
through by that firm without word
of protest being registered by the
Supervisors Thomas Lonergan is
chairman of the health and hospital
committee of the board which has had
the power of passing on all Almshouse
bills and demands. Probably Lonergan
was too busily engaged in securing
ready bail and hiring lawyers for an
emergency to bother about such de-
tails as observances of the letter of
the charter.
Sometimes the demands were too
great to be passed even before such a
careless board as the incumbent Su-
pervisors compose, so it would be split
into sections and submitted safely The
money came to the contractors Just as
expediently as IL the demands had been
Jumped and a semblance of conformity
was shown.
of what energetic officials can do, but
it will not be alone before the Grand
Jury investigation. The Board of
Works is coming in for a thorough in
vestigation in the hands of Heney and
Burns. 1t has been charged that the
rolls of the employees of the board have
been tempered with by minor officials.
noun nxyrn rrryrA Tuns
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All City Offices Under
Jury Investigation

deals between business and the admins
investigation by Jury. The scrutiny
nquisors will reach the city
before adjouns
holidays.
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ROW OVER THEATERs

In the Mission there is a lively the
atrical row on which is said to be an
outcome of the Grand Jury investiga-
ton of the holdup tactics employed by
Ruef The proprietors of the Wigwam
Theater on Mission street near TWEEN
ty-second, have been arrested for vio-
lations of the theater ordinance. 1t is
reported that the arrests have been in
spired by Ruef out of revenge for state
ments made to the Grand Jury by J..
Bauer, one of the proprietors. Bauer,
1t is asserted. admitted to the jury that
he, Ralph Pincus and S. Harris. the
owners, turned over a third of the
stock of the company to Ruef. Bauer
and Pincus deny absolutely that Ruef
had anything to do with their business.
Others contradict that version most EN-
phatically- 4
One of the before Christmas set of
indictments to be returned may involve
charges of extortion on the part of
Ruef and Schmitz in the theater cases.
for it is asserted positively that every
cheap theater in town came through
with one-third. The theatrical men
proved, in many instances, surly wit
nesses, and included in the batch of ex-
tortion indictments may be one or two
for perjury against managers and own
ers of playhouses.
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WOMAN MS VICTIM

In his plucking of the theatrical folk
Ruef showed little gallantry. Mrs. E.
Friede who is interested jointly with
her husband in the Mission Theater, at
Twenty-second and Mission streets
had to contribute to the wallet of the
curly boss and raised many objections
at the time, it is reported. But report
has 1t that she was forced under