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The San Francisco call., 1908-10-17
HEARST INVITES SUITS
Editor Declares He Is Willing
to Face Criminal Trial

CHICAGO, Oct. 16.--Upon his arrival
in Chicago today Hearst dictated the
following additional statement:
/ don't at all care whether the
method of serving the summons was
contrary to law or not, and | am per-
fectly willing to receive the summons.
l don't hold anything against the dep-
uty sheriff except the fact that he did
not say that he was an officer of the
law. He did not say that he had a sum-
mons of any kind or a legal paper of
any kind to serve.
/ was in the bathroom at the time,
not avoiding any one nor susspecting s
and Mrs. Hearst went to the door. she
thought he was a drunken rufflan. She
declined to let him in and he broke open
the door.
I stepped out and asked what the
trouble was all about and the man said
he had a summons in civil suit to
serve. Of course, his action was high
handed and contrary to law, but l ae-
cepted the summons notwithstanding,
and invite Haskell's suit Immediately
before election.
l am going to New YORK late toaay az.
and will pass through Indiana. II Mr..
Taggart has any suit to bring VIII be
pleased to accept his service :.
am then going through ONO, and II
of a suit / will be on the platform
waiting to accept his service.
make these statements and give out
my intinerary in order that If any
suits are to be brought they may eDe
brought without unnecessary annoy
ance to my family.
Hearst also declared that he was
willing to accept service from Senator
Bailey and w. ]. Bryan, asking only
that the suits be brought at once, so
that facts may be established before
election. He also asserted that If Gov
ernor Haskell desired to bring a GRIM
inal action he would wecome it,
The San Francisco call., 1908-10-17
LANGDON MAY AID
IN DYNAMITE CASE
Alameda County District Attor-
ney Asks Him to Assist in
Claudianes Trials

District Attorney Langdon has been
asked to personally assist District At
torney Donahue of Alameda county in
the prosecution of John and Peter
Claudianes, brothers, who are under
Indictment for the alleged dynamiting
of the Schenck home in East Oakland
in an effort to deprive the graft prose
cution of the testimony of Big Jim
Gallagher
The brothers will appear for trial be-
fore Judge Ogden in Oakland Monday,
but, owing to the press of cases now
on the docket, the trial will probably
go over for several weeks
Donahue has decided to try the
brothers singly. Peter will be the first
to face jury. John, the confessor,
will be given an opportunity to testify
against his brother. in view of the fact
that he has admitted his own lesser
guilt. John has. however, retracted
his confession. Peter has a similar
record. confessing to Special Agent
Burns and then denying it.
Both pleaded not guilty after at
tempts had been made to have the in
dictments set aside.
The San Francisco call., 1908-10-17
SOLDIERS BREAK
WIRELESS RECORD
Signal Corps at Atascadero
Receives Message From
Bremerton
Officers, Led by Colonel Maus,
Easily Stand the Riding
Test

CAMP sATASCADERO, Oct. 16.-From
Bremerton navy yard to Camp Atasca-
dero, Cal.-that is the new wireless
field pack set receiving record estab-
iisled today by the signal corps at
Camp Atascadero.
The small set used is designed for
transportation the backs of three
mules and its working radius is sup
posed to be about 80 miles. OF course,
it is well known that a station can
receive much farther than it can send,
but heretofore the best record has been
but 110C miles. and that across water
1t was made at Camp Columbia, Cuba.
by Captain George S. Gibbs of the sig
nal corps, chief signal officer of Cuba,
when the army occupation went to the
islands in 1906 Bremerton is over
1,2e0 miles north of here and large
part of the way is across land.
Lieut.. Paul w. Beck, chief signal Of
ficcr of this camp, stated that there is
no question that Bremerton was heard
and that the conversation was with a
station signing 20 s." AS the signal
corps here has no complete list of wire
less ca Is lie was unable to state who
this 20 s. station is. Tonight the sig
nal corps is talking with Point Ar
guello, over so miles south of here. This
is the Pacific coast long distance record
ioi SeiiulHS with pack set.
Lie set as used in these tests is
slightly modified, having the mast in
creased from 62 to rs feet in height,
increasing the antenna by adding addi-
flonal wires and grounding on water
pipe. Otherwise it is as issued
4 he riding test which, led by Colonel
Maus, started at o'clock this morning
IS more in the nature of pleasure
Jauat for the stanch wardogs who are
participants in it, than the severe phys
ical strain it is generally considered
Every one of the IL participants
SKINNED through the preliminary ex-
animation without delay and all reached
San Luis Obispo well under the allotted
time, and in excellent condition and
spirits.
The general court martial sitting
here has 13 cases before it. Chief in
importance is that against Sergeant
Fry of the machine gun company, who
shot wagon master recently The
first session of the court lasted from
2 to o'clock this afternoon and Ser
geant F'ry's case was begun.
The San Francisco call., 1908-10-17
SAYS STATE TROOPS
OUTDID THE REGULARS
Adjutant General j. B. Lauck Is
Pleased With Work at
Atascadero

Adjutant General ]. b. Lauck of the
national guard of California returned
from Camp Atascadero. where he di-
rected the work of the state militia at
the maneuvers. General Lauek gave
much praise to the state troops and to
Colonel Maus. He declared that in al
most every competitive event on the
held the regular troops were beaten
by the state militiamen
The sanitation was perfect" said
Lauck yesterday at the Fairmont.
With the 5000 troops stationed on the
field / never once saw a fly, and that
is an excellent indication that the san
itation was splendid. Our state troops
did wonderful work. Where quick ac-
ton was necessary, they outdid the
regular troops"
Lauck also stated that he would ask
the state Legislature at the next ses-
sion to provide additional equipment
for the national guard forces. He an
nounced that he would ask for a new
set of regulation uniforms in addition
to the present equipment.
The San Francisco call., 1908-10-17
BARRICADFS DOOR:
COMMITS SUICIDE
John c. Wood, Capitalist, De.
spondent Over Operation,
Kills Himself

SANTA CRUZ. Oct. 16.-While Mrs.
Wood was preparing breakfast this
morning her husband, John c. Wood,
capitalist and business man, arose and
in state of alteration rolled a trunk
against the bedroom door, secured a
shotgun and fired three shots with sui
cidal intent. His son Wallace, hearing
the noise, rushed to his fathers room,
forced open the door and found the
victim lying upon the floor uncon-
seious. Physicians were hurriedly sum-
moned. who found the first two wounds
superficial, but the third, which passed
through the left side, fatal. Wood
fingered for two and a half hours.
Wood was operated upon for abdom-
inal trouble at a sanitarium about
three weeks ago anc, though given
assurance that he would rapidly gain
his health, he worried much over his
condition. The attending physicians
claim the deed was committed during
period of mental alteration, which
often follows serious surgical opera
tions.
Wood came here four years ago from
Milbank, S. D., where he was success
full in business with his brothers and
amassed a large fortune. He actively
engaged in business in this city in
many different lines and was associ-
ated with l.. j. Dake in real estate
operations
The deceased was a Mason, a men,
Der cf the A, O. u. w. and a prominent
worker in the Methodist church. He
was 5S years old and leaves a widow
and five children, MRS. o. B. Nye and
Wallace and Warren of this city,
George. student at Stanford, and
Clarence at Hitehcock's military acad-
emy, and four brothers. George, Al
bert and Guy Milbank, S. D., and
Charles, Buffalo. N. Y.
The San Francisco call., 1908-10-17
SAYS STANFORD WHITE
LAID TRAP FOR HIM
John Armstrong ChanIer Tes-
titles in His Fight for
Fortune

CHARLOTTESVILLE Va, Oct. 16.-
John Armstrong Chanler Cor Chaloner,
as he has called himself in recent
years) today gave narration of the
events of his life that occupied the en-
tire day in the hearing of the suit to
establish his sanity and recover his
fortune, which he alleges has been con-
fscated by the courts of New York
His testimony centered about family
differences and litigation growing out
of his fathers will and the efforts to
have him restrained OF his liberty
He related the visit of Stanford
White and DIR. Eugene Fuller of New
York for the alleged purpose of Turing
the plaintiff to New York to be placed
in Bloomingdale asylum and declared
vigorously that he had not. as alleged
in the certificate of lunacy signed by
Fuller, been confined in a sanitarium
near Paris while on his honeymoon.
The San Francisco call., 1908-10-17
INDIAN ASSOCIATION oFFICERs

SAN JOSE. Oct 16.-At the annual
meeting of the Northern California In
following officers We're elected: Presi-
dent. Mrs. s. Gilchrist, San Jose; vice
presidents, Mrs. T.. C. Edwards. San
Jose; Mrs. David Starr Jordan, Stanford
university; Mrs. Jennie Farwel1 Sara
toga; Mrs. E. B. -Vandenburgh Los
Gatos, and Mrs. Fred Smith. Campbell
general secretary, S. E. Kelsey, San
Jose; corresponding secretary, Cornelia
Williams, San Jose; directors, Rev. e.
S. Williams Mrs. A. Taber, CorneIia
Taber,. Mrs. Hannah Bean. Mrs. T. f.
Beans Mrs. A. S. Bacon, C. E. Kelsey.
Mrs. w. A. Beasly, Mrs. A. s. Darby.
Mrs. Ed Williams, Mrs. E. A. Riplay,
Mrs. S. w. Gilchrist.
The San Francisco call., 1908-10-17
MINER Is ACCUSED OF
OLD DYNAMITE OUTRAGE
Affidavit Gives Account of Har-
vey Browns Death, Which
Is Not Believed

SHERIDAN. Wyo.. Oct 16.-Details
OF an affidavit, said to have been made
by A. S. Burroughs regarding a dyna-
mite outrage at Baker City. Ore. about
two years ago. in which ex-Sheriff Har-
vey Brown was killed. are made public
today. Burroughs alleges that Ed
Mizener placed the bomb as Brown was
passing through his gate. Burroughs
alleges he was an eye witness to the
crime and that Mizener was a member
or the western federation of miners.
BAKER CITY, Ore, Oct ia s.
Burroughs, who made affidavit in Sheri-
dan, Wyo., regarding the Harvey Brown
tragedy. Is well known in Baker City.
His wife lives here. He left some time
ago and nothing had been heard of him
until today Of1icers believe he has
made this affidavit for the purpose of
gaining notoriety. They place no
credence in the statement
The San Francisco call., 1908-10-17
|ZIEGLER is ARRESTED
FOR BEATING WOMAN
Former Bicycle Champion Runs
Amuck While on
Spree
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SAN JOSE, Oct. 1s.-Miss Julia Ham
ilton, member of the "buty korus" at
the Jose theater, Jim Post, of vaude-
vile fame, and Frank Hambly, sa-
loonman, today caused the arrest of
Otto Ziegler. former worlds champion
cyclist. on three separate complaints,
two battery charges and one for dis
turbing the peace.
The trouble is alleged to be due to
terrible beating which Ziegler gave
Miss Hamilton at her rooms in the
Colonial lodging house in this city d
couple of nights ago. Miss Hamilton
is sister in law of Post. and when
he met the former cycle rider, who is
now a wealthy saloonman, an alterca-
tion occurred in the street. An inter-
change of blows occurred and Ziegler
is said to have taken to his heels. -
Later he was around looking @r
his assailant and was so persistent and
abusive in his inquiries at the Belmont
saloon in Fountain street that the pro-
prietor, Frank Hambly, swore to a
charge accusing him of disturbing the
peace.
Ziegler was found today at a local
sanitarium, where he was taken to So
ber up, and he furnished bail in the
sum of 500 on each charge.
The San Francisco call., 1908-10-17
SUPERVISORS WANT
ORDINANCE KILLED

Continued from Page 5, Column
do something rare with the street rail
roads of San Francisco. Never before
had he got within striking distance of
accomplishment November Is, 1906
Egan made his first appearance Then
he posed as retired army officer
though his name is not in the army
register. He made a good appearance
had a full pocketbook and whispered
that he was representing prominent
Los Angeles, Pasadena and eastern
capitalists.
Then he applied for a franchise to
operate the Geary street line with
the electric conduit system The
petition was not seriously consid-
eered by the supervisors. Nine days
later Egan appeared with a more
franchise to construct subways in all
the principal streets in the city. He
said he was backed by s50,OOo,O0 cap
itaI in the east. The supervisors did
not consider that petition seriously and
Egan did not press his case.
For nine months Egan remained in
active. Then, August 4, 1907 he ap-
peared with two propositions. One was
to change the existing law so that a
competing street railroad company
could use the tracks of another line
as the charter now provides. Such an
arrangement would enable a compet-
ing line TO play havoc with the system
of its rival.
A second scheme Egan proposed was
to amend the charter giving the people.
not the supervisors, the right TO grant
street railway franchises. Three weeks
later Egan filed with the election
commissioners notice that he would
present two petitions calling for the
submission TO the voters OF two propo-
sitions. One was the 81 block ordi-
nance. the other the proposition now
about to be voted upon. On January
"a last he MED ms petition In the lat
the petition. which contained 12,16S
signatures. that the blanket franchise
proposition now comes up before the
voters
The San Francisco call., 1908-10-17
GERMAN BALLOON
RESCUED FROM SEA
PIauen and Occupants Picked
Up by Fishing Vessel Far
From Coast
Only One Contestant Unac-
counted For, but Message
Received From AerOnaut

BERLIN, Oct. 16.-The North sea still
continues to give up its balloon VIC
Tins. Word reached here tonight that
the German balloon Plauen and its oc-
cupants had been picked up by fishing
vessel e40 miles from Sprunhead and
landed tonight at Hull, Eng. The
Plauen was one of the balloons that
started from here in the endurance test
on Monday with 2S others. The Herge-
zeli. under command of Lieutenant
Foertsch is the only one of these
now unaccounted for. But a message
from this balloon was picked up near
Oster Wanne, in Hanover province,
which it is believed was written on
Tuesday. 1t was as follows:
-Hergezell, a. m, height 2,10O
meters; direction and place uncertain;
probably near the coast.
"FoERTscH."
that the wind at that time was blowing
in the direction of the sea. and it is
certain that the Hergezell was driven
to the northwest, the direction taken
by the majority of the other contest
ants, and If she IS found at all she
viii be found, like several other ball
looms in the two contests, in the waters
Of the North sea.
War vessels are still searching the
water ana All outgoing SnlpS nave Deen
notified at various ports to be on the
lookout and it is possible that the two
men who ascended in the ergezell may
have been rescued by some vessel. The
escape Of other balloonists during the
past week is considered little short of
miraculous. The Helvetia, the Swiss
representative; the Castillo, Spanish
the Busiey, German, and the ST. Louis,
American. all were forced to make a
Il - 81 G
these balloons, after thrilling expert
ences. were picked up not much the
worse for their buffeting in the wind
and the waves.
The San Francisco call., 1908-10-17
BUSINESSMEN GIVEN
A LUNCHEON IN JAPAN
American Delegation Will Be
Guests of the German
Ambassador Today

TOKYO, Oct. 16.-~The delegation OF
American businessmen and representa-
tives of commercial organizations from
the Pacific coast cities now on a visit
to Japan were entertained today at an
elaborate luncheon given by President
Shibusawa of the Japanese Welcome
society at which We're present the
American ambassador, Thomas j..
OBrien; Baron Kikijeiro Ishii, director
of the bureau Of commerce of the for
eign office; Baron Iwasaki, the wealth
lest man in Japan and who controls
vast enterprises, and 150 of the most
prominent Japanese business and COM
mercial men.
President Shibusawa in a speech to
the distinguished assemblage earnest
ly urged close friendly commercial re-
lationS between Japan and America.
The commercial delegates will be
rendered a dinner tomorrow by Baron
Muf1m Won Schwarzenstein. the Ger
man ambassador, and remain in Tokyo
until after the arrival of the American
fleet. A tour of interior points Of in
terest will. then be made.
The San Francisco call., 1908-10-17
ANNrs, DYING sTATEMENr

NEW YORK, Oct. 16.-What is be-
iieved to be the antemortem state
ment OF William f. Annis. for whose
murder Captain Peter c. Hams Jr. and
his brother. T. Jenkins Hains, are held,
was presented today to the grand jury.
which is in Long Island City investi-
eating the affair. Coroner Amber en-
tered the room with a document in his
hand which recalled the one to which
Annis in his dying moments scrawled
his signature in the Flushing hospital
1t is understood that the inquiry was
completed today.
The San Francisco call., 1908-10-17
NANCE O'NEIL WILL
BECOME A SHUBERT STAR
Actress Is to Begin Her New
Engagement in Washing
ton Next Week
SPECIAL DISPATCH TO THE CAL

5I I1CI1fI1 17I'5I n Ut TO ! II - Viii
NEW YORK, Oct. 16-Nance O'Neil,
who will finish her highly successful
New York engagement in Agnes at
the Majestic theater tomorrow night,
will become Shubert star. beginning
next Monday, with the opening of her
engagement in Washington.
Miss O'Neil. who has already estab-
lished her reputation as a star through
out the country from San Francisco to
New York, will. be given every advan-
tage of the most elaborate productions
and carefully selected companies under
the direction of the Messrs- Shubert.
Miss O'Neil will continue for the
present in Agnes" her new drama, by
George Cameron
The San Francisco call., 1908-10-17
cosr oF TRooPs IN CUBA

WASHINGTON. Oct. 16.--An increase
in the salaries of his Office personnel is
made by Paymaster General Whipple
OF the army in his annual report. The
report shows that up to June 30 last,
5l5 for the troops engaged in the army
OF Cuban pacification more than it
would nave cost had they been EN-
pl0yed in their ordinary places OF duty.
ed to S35 .231 .s51. of which $33, $50
was on account Of pay for officers and
men
The San Francisco call., 1908-10-17
:. 100000 FIRE Ar CHICAGO

CHICAGO. oct 16.-Property valued
Al almost 81 900 600 was destroyed early
today by a FIRE which consumed the
Offices of the Elgin. Joliet and Eastern
railroad and 50 freight cars at One
Hundred and Third street and the Cal
uInet river. The flames for a time
threatened two big grain steamers and
the Calumet river elevator. which it is
said contained more than 100000
bushels Of corn.
The San Francisco call., 1908-10-17
BANK CASHIER AN EMBEzzLER

LA GRANDE,s Ore, Oct. 16.-J. w.
Scriber, cashier of the Farmers and
Traders bank. was arrested today on a
charge of embezzlement of the bank $
funds 1t is said that the amount of the
defalcation will reach $4,000, though
the national bank examiner, who has
been examining the affairs of the con-
Germ since it closed it's doors last week,
will not make public the exact amount.
1t IS alleged that Scriber has made a
confession. Sensational developments
are expected
The San Francisco call., 1908-10-17
NEW CANDIDATE on tour

ATLANTA, Ga. Oct. l6-Sidney G.
Tapp. candidate for. president on. the
ticket of the newly formed liberal
party. left on a whirl around the CEN
trail west today. At Chicago he viii
be formally notified of his selection a
candidate.
The San Francisco call., 1908-10-17
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The San Francisco call., 1908-10-17

LAND OFFICE OFFICIALS Washington Oct.
l6.-The president has appointed Frank H. Park
register and George l.. Bugsbee receiver Of the
land office at Phoenix, Ariz.
The San Francisco call., 1908-10-17
WOMAN AcoUITTEp OF MURDER seatt

WuEAN ASaUltIEU Vf hUEH-SeattIe,
Oct. 16.-Madeline King aged Gl, who confessed
TO having burned the body of her aged husband
was acquitted of the charge OF murder by Jury
at Port Orchard. Mrs. King claimed that she
found her husband dead in his chair and that she
ended years,of torture at his hands by burning
the corpse
The San Francisco call., 1908-10-17

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The San Francisco call., 1908-10-17

CHICAGO, Oct. 16.-Upon his arrival
in Chicago today Hearst dictated the
following additional statement:
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