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The San Francisco call., 1907-03-18
FENDs HARRY THAW's
EsCAPADEs At COLLEGE
Llewellyn Gilliland Says
Franks Are Distorted
Into Crimes

NEW YORK, March 17.-Harry K.
Thaw spent a quiet Sunday in the
Tombs. This afternoon Attorney Daniel
O'Reilly visited Thaw and helped him
prepare in duplicate a statement sent
from Llewellyn Gilliland of Van Vert,
Ohio. in which the latter denounces as
an injustice the stories which he says
were sent out last summer from Woos-
ter, Ohio, where Thaw and he were
schoolmates at the Wooster University.
AS O'Reilly was leaving the Tombs
he gave copies Of the statement sent
out by Gilliland, who signed a note to
the effect that the interview was au-
thentic. Gilliland says:
The college escapades of a man
whose life is regarded as success are
looked upon by the world as good
jokes; let that same man afterward
fall from grace and those same pranks
are regarded as crimes, and thus 1t is
that the escapades OF Harry Thaw. who
is now in trial In New York for the
Staying of Stanford White last sum
mer. are being depicted as criminal
and that Thaw's career such was be-
gun while a lad in knee trousers in
his early college days at Wooster
Gilliland, then, at considerable length,
reviews Thaws school life, pointing out
that Thaw had been credited with many
pranks In which he never participated,
and that as a matter of fact the prison
er's life at Wooster was in every way
praiseworthy.
1t is said TO be definitely settled by
the lawyers defending Thaw that there
will be no examination of the experts
called by the State, all of whom have
expressed the opinion that Thaw was
sane when he killed Stanford White.
This announcement is generally re-
MI IL
mas or counsel for Thaw. who, it Is
said insisted from the first that
Jeromes experts should not be ques-
toned by the defense
The San Francisco call., 1907-03-18
INTERSTATE. COMMERCE
COMMISSIONS WORK GROWS
Decides to Discontinue Holding In
vestgations Outside the City of
Washington

WASHINGTON, March 1.-THE work
of the Interstate Commerce Commits
sion has grown so heavy that 1t has
been decided to discontinue the hear
ings which have been conducted by
members of the commission outside of
Washington. Hereafter when it is
found necessary to conduct investi-
cations in cities special agents will
take testimony and report to the COM
mission, and arguments on the case
viii be heard By tne Commissioners
IN this CITY, -
The San Francisco call., 1907-03-18
CoMMTrTED TO INSANE ASYLUM

PETALUMA, March 17.-Lizzie Tay-
lor. member of a pioneer Petaluma fam
fly. was committed to the State Hos
pital at Uliah today. She had been
living alone in a house, where, a few
years ago, her father committed sui
eide and the solitude preyed on her
mind.
The San Francisco call., 1907-03-18
ALLEGED SMUGGLERS MAY
BE RETURNED TO EUROPE
Jewels Found on Them by Customs
Officials Are Said to Have
Been Stolen Abroad

NEW YORK, March 17.-Arthur
Preston Green and Charles Rohrer,
passengers on the. steamer Amerika,
were arrested when the vessel arrived
from Hamburg today and charged with
attempted smuggling. Diamonds and
jewelry to the value Of nearly $4,000
were taken from them.
1t is said by the officials here that
the men are wanted abroad for the
theft OF $4,000 worth of jewelry and
precious stones.
The San Francisco call., 1907-03-18

EsHELMAN IS BETTER-Oakland March
I7-Assemblylnan John NJ. Eshelman. who has
been seriously i'll from pleuro pneumonia at
East Bay Sanatorium. is improving. DR.. q. N
Ever. the attending physician. aatd today thai
the patient Ees much better.
The San Francisco call., 1907-03-18

JACKsoE's BODY REcovERED-Sausalito
March 1.-THE body Of Sergeant j. r. jackson
II the Coast Artillery found on the beach
this morning by pr1vsfes Anderson and Berglin.
Jackson. while rowing on Fort Baker TWO
weeks ago, dropped an overheard. In at
tempting 70 pick Il W he fell into the haE and
WRn 1roWne1s
The San Francisco call., 1907-03-18
DEVASTATED BY HAILsTORM

Ell PASO. Texas. March IA fear
full hailstorm has devastated the Chilea-
tau district in Hidalgo. Mexico. Large
numbers OF sheep. horses and cattle
swcre killed,
The San Francisco call., 1907-03-18
DYNAMITE is EXPLODED
ON NEW HOSPITAL SITE
Men Recently Discharged by Con-
tractors Suspected of Having
Caused the Disaster
March u

CINCINNATI, March 1T.-By the ex-
plosion OF 25O pounds of dynamite in
a shack on the site OF the new City
Hospital early today, great damage was
done to residences and buildings all
throughout the surrounding residence
section.
Incendiarisnn Is assigned as the
cause. a number of men recently dis
charged by the hospital contractors be-
ing said 10 have made thrests.
The San Francisco call., 1907-03-18
NORWEGIAN STEAMER
SKULK IS ABANDONED
Sighted Lying on Beam
Ends South of Island
of Miquelon

NEW YORK, March 1.-THE loss at
sea of the Norwegian steamer Skulk
while bound from Philadelphia to Rot
terdam was reported today by the
The San Francisco call., 1907-03-18

officers Of the steamer Bosnia OF the
Hamburg American line. which ar
rived today from Hamburg. The
Bosnia sighted the Skulk lying on her
beam ends in latitude Al IA north and
longitude so 10 east, about $50 miles
south of the island Of MiQuelon, on
March 13. Her crew had evidently
abandoned her and it was believed by
the Bosnia's officers that they were
taken off by some vessel which sighted
her before the Bosnia. It Is believed
that the Skulk was upset during one
of the heavy gales reported by steam
ers during the last two weeks
AS she is a freight steamer running
on no line. but picking up freight wher-
ever it offers, 1t is believed she carried
no passengers.
The position Of the derelict Is in the
pathway of the transatlantic liners
and is regarded as dangerous to the
steamers crossing the ocean.
The Skulk was of 1882 tons, 265 feet
in length. hailed from Norway and
was owned by Otto Thoresen.
The San Francisco call., 1907-03-18
CIVIC FEDERATION WILL
CONFER ON THE TRUSTS
National Body Decides to Call
Another Convention to Be Held
Some Time in May

NEW YORK. March 1.-THE Ma
tionaI Civic Federation, which called
the trust conference OF 1899 in Chi
cago, has decided, it was announced
tonight, to arrange for another con-
ference of the same nature to consider
the problem in it's latest aspects. eSpe-
cially the question OF Federal and State
regulation of the corporations and the
question of the operation Of the Sher-
man antitrust law. 1t is proposed to
hold this conference in May at a city
to be designated later.
The San Francisco call., 1907-03-18

TArLoRs VOTE TO sTRzKE-vienna. March
IA three mass meetings 0f dressnakers aud
ladies' faflorF ii was decided today 10 strike for
ian increase Of wages. Nine thousand women
and giE1s and 1000 man-W1ll be -znTOlYeds
The San Francisco call., 1907-03-18

Chamberiain's Collie. Cholera and
Dfarrhoea Remedy
This remedy has been in use for over
thirty years and has proved itself to
be the most successful remedy yet dis
covered for bowel complaints. It never
falls.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-03-15
MN | nTTNnn AAnl[
~ l. III 4 Viin ssiSSseL
TERRIBLE; DUW|E
Prepared Own Funeral Sermon
to Warn Enemies
PANIC IN CITY OF ZION
"Frst Apostle" Promises Priests and
Elders That He Will Return
and Strike Them
Down.
PANIC IN CITY OF ZION

Chicago, March 14-Six weeks before he
died John Alexander Dowie of Zion City
and first apostle of tine Christian Cath
Ollie church, prepared his own funeral
sermon Because of the character of the
sermon, however, 1t was decided not to
permit it TO be read at Dowie's funeral
today lest it should bring greater dis
senslon in Zion City. This little city on
the north shore of Lake Michigan is now
torn TO pieces by religious factions and
an effort is to be made to bring the war
ring interests together once more in unity,
and instead of DR.. Dowie delivering a
message from the grave to his former fol-
lowers, Judge Barnes, life time friend
simple sermon in which he cxtolled the
good qualities of the dead man.
Although the sermon prepared by Dowie
before his death was not used I'm the
funeral rites, 1t was given out for publica-
ton This sermon makes it plainly evil
dent that Dowie did not forgive his ene-
mics before he died as he lashes those
who ousted him from control as dogs
of hell"
Dowie concluded his posthumous SER
mon in the following manner:
II shall return and with ruthless hand
shall | exterminate the vipers and the
dogs of hell that now hold the high plac es
in the City OF Zion. They dreamed, and
in the grossness OF their dreams they
thought they had prevailed over the first
apostle. And now, priests and elders of
Zion, | shall return to strike ye down. |
shall return in another form, brighter
and more beautiful and ten thousand
times more terrible. to cut ye off in the
midst of your sins, and to win back Zion
for the truth and them that held to the
word and did no evil"
There was small sized panic dur
ing the funeral ceremonies because of the
announcement that another of Voliva' $
followers was dying. In the past week
three of his lieutenants who held the
same positions in the church under Dowie
have suddenly died, and when II was said
that a fourth was likely to die before
morning several Of the mourners ran
from the tabernacle shouting that Zion
was being cursed by God. This excited
the rest OF the 900 mourners and before
the cooler headed leaders could get among
the people to counsel quietness. fully J0U
had left the house Of mourning.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-03-15
Sixty-five-Foot Stage.

Cincinnati, March 1i.-That the Ohio
river at this point would reach and per-
haps pass the 65-foot stage reached in
January when all records except that OF
February, 1884, were exceeded. was the
fear expressed by Weather Forecaster
Basser this afternoon. The highest flood
records from points about Pittsburg down
the river have been passed, and an i'm
mense volume of water was being added
to the flood by the tributaries. so that
tonight all indications were for most
disastrous high stage Of the river.
Unprecedented heavy rains during 4S
hours more than doubled the volume of
the river, booming 1t from an ordinary
spring stage to a point many feet above
the danger line. The Muskingum Scioto.
Great and Little Miami from the north
and Kanawha. Big Sandy and Licking
from the south, have not only poured
their surplus into the Ohio. but they
have laid waste the farms and villages
along their banks. Breaks in the big oil
and national gas pipe lines were reported
at a number of points between the West
Virginia fields and the Ohio towns de-
pending on them.
Portsmouth was severe sufferer from
a lack of gas. Business was suspended at
Marietta and crippled or paralYzed at
Parkersburs, Portsmouth, Ironton and
Huntington, aud in this city the river be-
gan to encroach on the lower business
sections during the day. and Crept grad
ualiy up into the city as the hours passed
The damage to perishable goods and
property in the Pittsburg district alone
will amount TO N,0OO.O0O. probably more.
In addition to this much distress is be-
ing done TO property throughout western
Pennsylvania, and West Virginia.
At Connelsville, Pa. the damage to
the coke region is estimated tonight at
81. .0C0, 900.
The Westinghouse works employing 30 :
900 men are shut down, as the damage
to machinery Is estimated at $4,000. An
the mines along the Monongahela river
are flooded and 10000 miners are affected.
The steel and iron mills are at "A stand
still and fully $4,000 men are idle.
The flood directly Affects over 2,500.0D
people.
All the railroads entering Pitts burg arc
crippled. Train schedules have been an
nulled and the main lines Of the Pennsyl-
vania and Wabash railroads are the only
ones able to run trains. Telegraph and
telephone service Is crippled
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-03-15
WATER FLOWS THROUGH
STREETS OF PITTSBURG
River Is 13 Feet Above the Danger
Line-Many Houses Submerged to
Second Story--Water creeps
Into City of Cincinnati.

Pittsburg, March l4.-With mn esti-
mated property damage or siooOo,oO0, the
enforced idleness OF over 10000 persons,
almost the complete suspension of Pitts
burg's manufacturing plants, the sacrifice
OF four lives which Will probably be In
creased to twenty, train service annulled,
the trolley service out of commission.
telegraph and telephone service crippled,
between 10000 and 5000 persons homeless.
hundreds of homes undermined and ready
to collapse, theatres closed. guests ma
rooned In hotels, thousands of families
living In the -.eond story of their homes
and nearly all the downtown section of
Fittsburg under water is the record es
tablished by a sudden rise in the Monon-
gahela, Allegheny, Ohio and tributary
rivers which were swollen abnormally by
the combination of warm weather melt
ing SHOWS and general rain throughout
the western part of Pennsylvania and
West Virginia during the past forty
eight hours
The record of the greatest flood In the
hjstor, Of Pittsburg, which was In 1882.
was passed at midnight with the rivers
still ra3idly rising at the rate of n foot
an hour. A stage reaching at least %
fsst > expected in this city. Accounting
4isf sep. iss'fe ~ q til fife4 f'sat, +
5A,,7 her S,neaG tH.lddnight slts F9
the crest of the food is expected it as}a
To add 10 the confusion her~, tonight
numerous small fires have occurred IN
the flooded territory and the tremen,
some Of whom are quartered in the ho-
tells, have had great difficulty in reach
ing them. In addition to this, most Of
the fire engines are engaged in different
sections of the city assisting in keeping
electric plants free from water in order
that light at least may not fail
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-03-15
License for Empire Track.

New York. March li-In the supreme
court at White Plains today Justice Mills
granted an order returnable Saturday for
the state racing commission to show
cause why II should not be mandamused
to grang a license to the Empire City
track for running race meeting this
year. The Empire track is located in
Yonkerz The Empire city interests, il
was said fought U their action In court
is successful. viii endeayor TO secure
dates for August when no other meeting
aside from that in SaIatoGa Is baing held
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-03-15
Issues Circular.

s.'rhe secretgry of the treasury has also
issued Il circular announcing that he will
redeem with interest to July /, the date
Of their maturity any registered and cou-
pom bonds Of The per cent funded loan
of 1901 to an amount not exceeding s25,-
100000. The bonds may be presented at
once for redemption and registered bonds
should be duly assigned to the secretary
of the treasury. A copy OF this circular
will be mailed to each owner of regis
tered bonds. The circular of February
IL, 1907. providing for the purchase Of
these bonds at 1912 fiat has been re-
scinded."
Under these announcements and that
which was adopted yesterday about $iG,-
OO0OO0 will be allowed to remain in cir
eulation that otherwise would have been
called into the treasury. or this amount
$4,000. 900 represents pubic deposits tenn
porarily placed with the banks last fall
under agreement that they should be re-
tnrned to the treasury subsequent to Feb
ruarv, 1907, and sl6.0U.OD relates to addi-
tional circulation engaged for retirement.
These amounts, together with the $500
900 United States per cent bonds, which
the secretary today offered TO redeem,
make a total of s7f,0oo000 either left with
the banks or offered to be placed with
them as a result Of the redemption Of
the per cent bonds
Shaw's Offer.
The first paragraph Of the above an
pouncement relates 10 the offer made by
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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-03-15
Analyzes Jerome's Questions.

Mr. Delmas then took up the question
which Mr.. Jerome asked Mr.. Hummel
and said 1t Is objected to clause by
clause, and explained where. in his opin-
ion, each one was Objectionable. The
question called for a reply from Hum
mel az 10 what Miss Nesbit told him in
his office. as TO whether she told him
Thaw had stripped and beaten her and
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-03-15

.nagnates Which was granted by tffs
PRESIDENT at the earnest request OF j. r..
Morgan, Will be held the early part OK
by those close to the President that the
railroad officials will urge Mr.. Roosevelt
to take some steps to "allay the public
anxiety now threatening to obstruct rail
road investments and construction. and
as to the relations between the railroads
and the government"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-03-15
Big Declines.

Analgamated Copper, 17%; Amo
Smelling, 16ls; ST. Paul, 13hs; Consoh
ed Gas, Z; Delaware and Hudson,
Genefal Electric, 91h; Great Northern,
pas'ts-s -s'ta-M Marie. "a; Miss',',ri pacific, q
&.-uonal Lead, 12T; Ner York Centf4
s; NofFolk and Western. N, NoItirS
pacif''. s1s; Readiag, 2osa; southernfAl
ciie. Sa; Twin gfy, 5; Uniou Psffc
ala.s t'gitcs = t4,gs sr1 e, M ~
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-03-15
Shaw's Offer.

The first paragraph of the above an
ouncement relates To the offer made by
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-03-15
7FnF fsHrY r!NEc
ssilLHlsuss Iis i-e
NEEDED RELIEF
$46,OOO,OOO Is Allowed 10
Remain in Circulation
CORTELYOU SENDS CIRCULAR
Will Redeem With Interest to July 1
Registered and Coupon Bonds to
an Amount Not Exceeding
s25,ooo,ooo.
CORTELYOU SENDS CIRCULAR

Washington, March l4-Secretary OF the
Treasury Cortelyou today made the fol-
! lowing announcements:
THE secretary of the treasury has this
day announced that any bank that in
creased its circulation under the terms
of the department announcement of Oc-
tober %, 1906, and was required thereby
to retire the same during the months
of March and August may retain said
additional circulation upon due notifica-
ton to the comptroller of the currency
of its desire to do so, without change
as to securities for public deposits until
further notice. But, those banks desr-
ing to retire their additional circulation
obtained in this way, will be required
to withdraw the state, municipal and
railroad bonds now lodged with the treas
urer of the United States as security for
public deposits ana substitute the bonds
released by reason of the retirement or
their additional circulation.
'.'rhe amendment to section 5l53 of the
revised statutes by the act approved
March 4, 1907 eliminated the words 'Ex-
cept receipts from customs and the Sec
ertary of the treasury Is now instructing
collectors of customs, at places where 1t
is found to be desirable, to deposit their
receipts with national bank depositaries
already established in the same cities as
the custom house.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1907-07-02
now WE SHALL SEE.

b The New Jersey Senate last week
put on the stocks a number of meas
ures Of genuine reform, all of them of
Republican origin, none Of them new
or emergency ones, all having borne
the test of years of discussion and un-
mistakably having the stamp of pop
ular approval. Now let US see wheth-
er the Democratic House, which has
been posing as the special friend of
Reform, will give it's aid to put these
wise measures in the form of laws,
and thus yindicate it's sincerity or
whether it will turn them down SIM
ply because they emanate from Re-
publicans. The passage of these re-
form bills by the Republican Senate
was, as above intimated, simply in de-
ference to public sentiment, and it
puts that party a long way on the
road to recovery of the prestige it had
lost by its failure under foolish and
unworthy leadership to earlier recog-
nize the force of the popular demand
that was behind these measures. The
Democrats of the House, who have
evidently thus far been playing their
game for partisan effect only, will
now have to fall in line to the music,
they have been drilling to, or march
to their tents and sulk, confessing
themselves only sham soldiers of Re
form after all.-Paterson Press.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1907-07-02


The Grand Jury of Union county
last week made presentment to the
court in regard to the petit jury sys-
tenn, saying in effect that it resulted
in getting an undesirable class of men
in the jury box, with the result that
it was difficult to secure convictions Of
certain class of offenders. The mat
ter created considerable discussion,
and the petit jurors asked for the
privilege of replying. This was de-
MED them, but they pointed out that
a considerable number of indictments
found 10y the grand jury were thrown
out because the prosecutor said the
evidence was insufficient to convict.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1907-07-02

THE Paterson "Calln expresses the
views of conservative men in the party
when it says "The CALI is opposed
to the so-called civil service bilP
that the Senate has passed. Nor do
we approve of the bill to abolish the
voting machine commission If that
means the abolition of the voting ma
chine, as some interpret the measure.
We think that the so-called jury re-
form bill is unconstitutional and
would not be sustained by the courts.
We had a jury commission in Passaic
county once, and the result was the
worst lot of grand and petit iuries
that we ever had. The bill providing
for an expression of popular choice for
United States Senators will do no
harm, neither will do any good, and
Furthermore it is contrary to the pro-
visions of the federal constitution.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1907-07-02
GOLF NOTES.

In the contest for the captains cup
on Saturday at the Morris County
Golf Club, j. E. Edwards was the
winner. his score being one down: Al.
fred Macy was second and w. B.
Letchford and ]. t. Gillespie tied fol-
third place, their score being three
down. Bogey has been changed from
81 TO a.
The greens committee has arranged
an eighteen-hole handicap against
DOGGY, open TO members and guests,
which will be played on July 4th for
two cups presented by the club. The
mems championship, tlIirty-six holes,
medal play, will also be contested on
the Fourth. as will a team match be-
tween the married men, captained b.
w. ID. Fanderp00ls and the single
men, captained GbY Frederick III
Thomas.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1907-07-02

THE decision of the Supreme Court
in 1894, that minority could not con-
troll the Senate, seems to have been
soon forgotten, or was it ignored
Twenty-seven ASsemblyman have not
assumed the power of sixty, but have
usurped the functions of the Legisla-
ture, which the constitution vests in
"a Senate and General Assembly. 1t
would be Identifying the act to call it
revolutionary-it is purely reckless
ness and ignorance.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1907-07-02

straw mats are soft and yielding to the
feet, and the beds on the floor are love-
ly. | slept last night in a handsome
room with sliding doors, made of the
smoothest wood with rice paper win
dows. There were other lacquer slid
ing doors and artistic little boxes built
in the walls. felt like curio in a
cabinet and was about all the movable
furniture in the room. There were
no locks nor bolts, but you could toss
your diamonds on the floor with per-
feet safety.
Allover the orient three things con-
stantly assail you, there is no lodging,
Singer sewing machines, Waterbury
clocks, and Fairbanks scales. l sup
posed a clock was to tell the time by,
but here it is evidently an American
curio put on the wall for ornament,
for in all Japan there cannot be found
one that tells the truth. / saw three
at railway station and all varied from
ten to twenty-five minutes and none
were right. C. r.