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The San Francisco call., 1908-08-30

beach. That was the last time she was
seen alive. At midnight Mrs. Vera and
her daughter were awakened by a faint
tapping on the window a few inches
from their heads. It was not loud. but
1t was vibrant with haste, as though 1t
were an appeal for aid from one who
feared lest her. slightest movement be
overheard by some one lurking near
The woman and her daughter lay frozen
with fright which they could not name
but the sound was not repeated. Shortly
afterward the dogs Of the neighborhood
started hideous barking.
Those were the circumstances pre-
ceding the disappearance The neigh
borhood is desolate- Flat lands stretch
to the bay shore. Near the Southern
Pacif1c tracks are number OF refinery
plants Between these and emptying
into the bay is an open sewer. 1t lies
near the factory where the clothing
was found Its mud is clay, like that
on the shovel which was hidden above
the garments. There is no street light
near this neighborhood- These vacant
lots are black dark at night. One who
walks through. them must know his
way.
Murder is the belief OF those who
knew the woman we'll The fact that
wearing her jewels, she was followed
daily from the track is one basis for
this theory. Another lies in the discov-
cry of the clothing. The presence OF
undergarments and the shovel. con
cealed as it was. go toward elimination
of suicide or elopement theories
These latter exist. Mrs Donohue was
not in the best Of health She is said
by her husband to have brooded at
times. The idea OF e1opement was ad-
vanced by some neighbors soon after
the disappearance But it was an idea
only and seemed to have foundation
only in neighborhood gossip.
MURDER OR SUICIDE
With material facts as they stand.
murder seems more than possible. II
she killed herself the woman must
have partly disrobed, hidden her cloth
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MANIAC TRIES TO
MURDER DAUGHTER
Lures Girl to Auditorium Tower
and Attempts to Hurl Her
to Chicago Street
SPECIAL DISPATCH TO THE CALL


CHICAGO, Aug. 29.-Alone with her
insane father, ]. E. Shilling, on the top
of the Auditorium tower, 19 stories
above the street, Miss Marie Shilling,
21 years old, struggled for her life this
afternoon when the man tried to throw
her from, the tower to- the street.
Shilling was discharged only re-
Gently from the asylum for the insane,
but his family intended to return him
to the Institution. This morning he
asked his daughter to accompany him
down town, as he desired to pay the
premium on his life insurance policy.
They walked around downtown, and
finally they found themselves near the
Auditorium
Let us go up and see Chicago" said
Shilling.
II want to see the big city again, for
may not have another chance"
All right said the girl, anxious to
humor him, and they. took the elevator
to the roof of the tower.
When they reached. the observatory
the maniac seized his daughter about
the waist and raised her above his
head-to hurl her over the balustrade
surrounding the platform on which
they were standing. She grasped the
railing and at the-same time Screamed
for help. Her cry was answered i'm
Jul hlcndruSOn, an ele-
vator starter employed in the. OBJ
servatory, rushed to her assistance.
Shilling gave a yell of rage and
sprang at Richardson but did not give
up his grasp on the girl
Richardson was Obliged to fight lilo
demon. The crazed mans fingers
sought his throat. and Richardson wa
almost choked before other persons who
saw the struggle rushed to his aid For
10 minutes the struggling group fonpht
on the top of the tower. Finally tbe
police arrived and overpowered the ma
mac ''''-
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THIS THE MAN WHO
ANG[R[D MAYOR
Captain Mckinney, Foe of Labor
Unionism, a Big, Bellicose,
Blunt Brit0n

Who and what is Captain J.. Nc
Kinery?"
1t took the disagreeable incident of
Friday night, when McKinery's ILL
timed and ill-advised TRADE against
labor unionism so angered Mayor Tay-
lor and James Rolph Jr.. to set people
inquiring about him. :
1t is pretty well known that Nc
Kinery is the new manager of the
citizens alliance in San Francisco. but
that does not fully answer the ques-
ton. Where did he come from? OF
what is he or was he "captain?" Those
are some of the things the public
wants to know.
British title. 1t was only a short
time ago that Captain McKinery i quit
being a British army officer and be-
came an American citizen.
Briton and British officer to the
bone is Captain j. McKinery, in man
ner, speech and appearance. 1t is a
striking appearance. He has hair
somewhat like A. w. Scott Jr., as Liy-
ingston jerks in texture and abund-
ance But it is vivid, pink hair 1t
shines. It almost CLEANS He is big
man, broad in the shoulders, narrow
in the waist. He must have been a
picture in his uniform. Even in mufti
his bearing is military. He looks every
inch the British soldier-looks as if he
might at any moment wave a~sword
and say whatever British captain
says to a British company of Tommy
Atkinses. Z It would take more than a
naturalization certificate to cover up
his nationality and his military train
ing.
BIG, BELLICOSE AND BLUNT
Captain Mckinney is a fine, big man
big. bellicose and blunt. And he is
laconic, too, as a Briton is expected to
be. He doesn't mind being called. cap
tain," but he is not voluble about his
war record. The last time he drew sword
for the British crownEwas in the Boer
war. He fought TO save his country
against the bushy< <pwhiskered rifiemen
of veldt and kopje,
When the Boer farmers had been
shot and starved into a state of grace.
Captain Mckinney. went to New York.
He wanted more fighting and he found
it in the service of the citizens al
lance, operating in its behalf. as a
member of the headquarters star of
that organization. Captain McKinerv
was so successful in this work that
when the headship of the San Fran
cisco alliance fell vacant through the
unmourned departure of Herbert
George he's had small difficulty in get
ting the job.
That was in January last. so Captain
McKfnery is comparatively a. new
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Father Carafler Is Aroused by
Bold Extension of the
Barbary Coast
Clergyman Says That by Re-
fusing to Check the Evil
the Police Spread 1t
Honest Men Indignant Over the
Sanction of Dives West
of Kearny Street

Incensed at the action of Chief of
Police Biggy and the police commits
sion in extending the Barbary coast
district west lof Kearny street by
granting licenses to allow women in
the resorts of notorious Pacific street
saloon keepers, Father Caraher Of St.
Francis parish announced yesterday
that he would take a leading part in
movement to demand Biggy's re-
moval from Office.
TT is no excuse that Biggy is honest
and that he means WELL" said Father
Caraher. He is running the admins
tration and this part of the city by
his methods, and he must either be
deposed at once or we shall take radi-.
cal action to secure his removal He
is doing the administration more harm
than any. other man, and unless the
administration deprives him of his Of
fee we will be forced to attack the
whole administration at the next cleo
tion. The reopening of Pacific street
west of Kearnx with Biggy's sanction
is an outrage; it is infamous. Buggy
is riding to his fall, but he hasn't far
to go down to his level. Biggy is
giving his sanction to the maintenance
of brothels in this district-the very
thing that Ruef and Dinan were in
dicted for, except that Biggy isn't ac-
cused of receiving money. He is, how
ever. violating the law and his oath
of office by his actions. and he ought
to be indicted.
BIGGY SPREADS EVIL
by refusing to check this evil,
Biggy spreads it. 1 am glad to see
that Police Commissioner Sweigert
stands against Biggy and the rest of
the commission in this matter, and he
deserves the thanks of the entire
North Beach district. Three or four
months ago I arranged to discuss this
very thing with the mayor. Several
other priests, Protestant clergymen and
laymen accompanied me, and Mayor
Taylor called Biggy and the members
of the police commission into the con-
ference. / don't think any definite
promises were made at.~thatr time by
the police commissioners, but we were
given to understand that Pacific street
west of Kearny would be kept clean.
Biggy, as 1 remember, would not admit
that women were allowed in any Of
those places.
IT have seen women there myself;
however. have seen fallen women
pick up their skirts to step over little
children playing on the sidewalks in
that very block, and they are allowed
even north of Broadway That is not
all. The thugs, robbers and assassins
are coming in and settling in Riggy's
district To sanction such thing
invites them to come to place of con-
cealment, and it offers to the police
men of the district the greatest temp
tation in. the world to accept bribess
expect to appear personally before
the police commission next Thursday
night to fight this infamous outrage,
! Continued ON PAGE o.. -Coln,.n
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Honeycombing the city from the
water front. to the Mission. more than
geo racetrack gambling poolrooms are
boldly being operated every day in
hagrant violation Of the law A power
fuI syndicate. organized by nine mag
mates OF the poolroom guild. controls
the supply Of racing news and wields
an iron sway over the entire aggre-
cation Of petty gaming dens. Police
raids have become a farce, poolroom
proprietors always being notified in
advance OF the day and hour of in
tended raids.
So openly are these poolrooms run
that boys from IA to II years Of age
can place their tiny bets without moles-
tations and the casual citizen arouses
not the slightest curiosity when he Wis
its one Of the dens. Clustered on the
sidewalk in front Of each of the pool
rooms large crowd can always be
seen during racing hours.
HEADQUARTERssO THE TRUST
Headquarters for the poolroom trust
has been established in a house al
1856 O'Farrell street. a few doors from
Fillmore. In this place. known as
Peckerman's. terminates a direct wire
from Sausalito, whence come The rae
radiating from Peckerman's convey
these results to the eight other prin-
cipal members OF the poolroom trust
II Is the fake police raids that furn-
ish the security which the poolroom
resorts promise their customers. Ger
tain Of the dens are scheduled regularly
10 be raided on certain days of the
week at certain hours. and invariably
these raids occur according to pro-
gram
Call reporters yesterday witnessed a
fake raid in Rosendorn's poolroom, 1l16
Golden Gate avenue.
Are you going to be raided today?i
one OF the reporters asked the look
out for the place, posted at the near
est corner.
yes; they'll pull it off about 2
o'clock. There amt any danger, but
you'd better lie low till it's over" was
the answer.
Posting themselves across the street
the reporters waited. At 2 o'clock
sharp two plain clothes policemen at
tached to the Bush street station
dashed around the corner. swung their
<~--@rw.,na IN no-. ~ f-ox-
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SYNDICATE RUNS
BETTING DENS BY
THE HUNDRED
POeIrOOms Are Boldly Operated
in Violation of Laws of
Municipality
Police Raids Are a Farce and
Hired Dummies Are Ones
Arrested
Boys Join Men in CrOwding Re-
sorts Where Illegal Gam
bling Goes On
Principal Magnates of
POOIrOOm Trust

Peclcerman's (headquarters),
1856 O'FarreII street.
Smiths, HOG Golden Gate ave-
nue..
Rosendorn's, 1IIe Golden Gate
avenue.
Dice's, 1S131z Post street.
Wilson & Co., 1249 Webster
street.
Buffers, LIB O'FarreII street.
RandOlph's, zoo Golden Gate
avenue.
CratOn's, ZIG Golden Gate ave-
nue..
Boyer's, Alp Larlzin street.
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JAPANESE DELAY CONsTRUCTroN
SPECIAL DISPATCH TO THE CIR

HONOLULU. August 22.-The men
who were sent to Formosa with the big
sugar mills. built here for the planta-
tions owned. and conducted on that ISL
and by Japanese, are having difHculties
in putting together the buildings and
machinery. The Japanese have idaas
of their own. and disregard the speci-
sficationssin in nearly every particular AT
last account malaria had attacked
nearly all or the Honolulu men on the
ground and other troubles are beset-
ting them.
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WILL CLOSE LIaUoR PLACES

ATLANTIC CITY, Aug. 29.-After a.
conference tbetween Mayor Stoy. and a
committee from the Royal Arch So
cietys 1T was declared late this after
noon that steps would be taken to have
all liquor sellers keep their places
Closed tomorrow.
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SUNDAY. AUGUST 80. lsos
WEATHER CONDITIONS
NEWS TO-DAY

YESTERDAY-Clear; southwest wind; maxi
mum temperature. 20; minimum "a.
FORECAST FOR TODAY-Fair; somewhat
warmer; light southwest winds, changing to
brisk west. Page 46
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Finding of Garments May Reveal Foul Murder Mystery OF Strange
Disappearance Of Mrs Donole OF Eeryyle Fees in the Nigh

and evidence connected with disappearance Mrs Alice Do
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Dohe from her rowla attongh ouNh
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SUBURBAN

Finding OF garments
Donohue of EmeryviIl
dence that the miss
dered.
Stephen r. Thorne.
crawls into thicket an
heart.
Fire does consideraI
four Oakland firms.
Graduates club of I
GERS for ensuing year.
Mrs. c. b. Mills
convention of collegl
college.
Sheriff Barnet decla
tended TO slay Under
cealed knife.
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Voters, serve notice on the legislature tha
you want genuine and effective direct primar
law. Page 2
why blame Herrin7'' Page 2
POLITICS
The Irish standard., 1908-07-25
No Way of Finding Out,

One does not usually make virtue
OF fault-finding. but it seems, by Rich
ard Grant Whites experience, that IL
has its valuable part in social econ.
omy Grumbling has always been
considered a prerogative Of John
Bull, and not an agreeable one, but
the incident taken from England
Without and Within" goes to prove
that 1t has its uses
| had been little over a week in
London lodgings, and had my break.
fasts served by the housekeeper. One
morning the maid said, as she took
my tray:
Tin afraid we sha'n't satisfy you.
sir, with your breakfasts"
told her my breakfasts were very
good, that the tea. eggs, bacon, fish,
mullins and marmalade were good
enough for any man, and all l wished.
Eyes. sir, but you never grumble
about anything you have. and so, we
don't know how to please you."-
Youths Companion.
The Irish standard., 1908-07-25
MINERS AND DEPUTIES WAR.
One Negro Striker Killed In Battle
Troops Go to Scene.

Birmingham, Ala, July pa clash
between deputies and negro miners
in the Blue Creek region, 20 miles
south Of Birmingham on the Birming.
ham mineral division Of the Louisville
& Nashville railroad, Tuesday result
ed in one negro being shot and killed
and two deputies, Newsome and What
ley. being seriously wounded. The
deputies were out guarding the hill
overlooking the mining town until they
saw armed negroes coming along the
road. The deputies called to the
negroes to stop, when fight was Of
fered. Two Of the negroes raised their
guns with precision. The deputies
appeared to pick out ono man, and he
was literally filled with lead. The
shooting created much excitement.
There was general distribution of
troops throughout the district Tues.
day afternoon following this trouble,
gatling gun being placed at Republic
and one at Blossburg, while troops
have been distributed so that they can
be modified in very short time.
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Profound saaacIty Of Rats.

The average rat possesses extraor-
binary sagacity On sailing ship
bound to Calcutta from Cape Town
some time ago 1t was decided to try
to reduce the number OF rats which
had boarded the vessel at the latter
port. The end Of an ordinary cask
was planed perfectly smooth, coated
with grease, and meat bait tackled
to the center. The end was fixed on
with two nails, balanced 50 that should
anything touch 1t off the center it
would go down. The cask was partly
filled with water and buried in the bal
last to within few inches Of the top.
The first night over 200 rats were
caught, the second night few, the third
none was caught 1t was found by the
marks of rats feet in the grease and
the missing bait that they had discov-
cred the exact center, and took the
bait as they liked. Half an inch on
either side of the center meant death.
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court had been indicted, tried and
convicted, the New Jersey corporation
was not virgin offender.
Can an American Judge, without
abuse Of judicial discretion, condemn
any one who has not had his day In
court? That, to our minds. is strange
doctrine in Anglo Saxon jurtspru-
dence"
History Of the Great Gaze.
In the summer Of 1906 indictments
against the Standard OIL Company of
Indiana we're returned in the federal
court charging the corporation with
obtaining concessions from railroads
in shipments Of oil from Whiting, Ind,
where it's plant is situated At the
trial Of the case involving the Chicago
& Alton, which began in March. 1907.
many counts Of the indictment we're
quashed, leaving 1,462 counts on which
Judgment was asked.
The hearing continued six weeks, and
many witnesses were examined. The
fury returned a verdict finding the de-
PENDANT company guilty and leaving
the sentence to be fixed by Judge
Lands. In determining the amount
of the fine the Judge caused John D.
Rockefeller of the Standard Oh Com
pany Of New Jersey to testify as to
the real ownership Of the Indiana COM
pany, this furnishing one Of the most
sensational incidents in the case.
Maximum Fine on Every Count.
Following all the testimony Judge
Lands imposed the maximum fine Of
$40 1000 on each Of the 1462 counts
of the indictment, making the total of
$29,240,000 the largest fine known to
the history Of the courts.
One of the points argued in the
appeal was that the fine was exces
sive and would wipe out the assets Of
the Indiana OIL Company. In an ef-
fort to increase the amount Of the ap-
peal bond counsel for the government
introduced testimony on the earnings
of the company taken in New York
court.
The case against the Standard OIL
Company was prosecuted by District
Attorney Edwin w. Sims and James
H. Wilkerson as special assistant.
Attorneys John S. Miller and Moritz
Rosenthal Of Chicago. John Virgil P.
Kline Of Cleveland, Chauncey w. Mar
tyn and Alfred D. Eddy. western coun-
sci for the Standard Oil Company of
New Jersey, represented the defend
ant company
The Irish standard., 1908-07-25
The Mouse Trap.

The sunlight turned the sea to yel4
low flame, and the inventor pulled his
cap down over his eyes. The child
ts father to the man." he resumed
For instance: There was a miller'a
son who invented, at the age Of II.
an automatic mouse trap, trap that
used the recoil from one mouse's cap.
ture to set itself for another mouse.
This trap worked we'll, caught II
mice at the first go OF, and soon rid
the miller's mill of its mice myriads.
Well, sir, the boy inventor of that
mouse trap used the traps recoil prin.
ciple for his greatest invention, the
Maxim gun, for it is Sir Hiram Maxim
I'm talking about, and If you go to.
the Maine village of Sangerville they'll
show you there one Of the automatic
rapid-f1ring mouse traps that pres.
ages the famous Maxim gun"
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Death SUMMONS
BISHOP POTTER
DISTINGUISHED CHURCHMAN'S
END is PEACEFUL AFTER
LONG SUFFERING.
Physicians Had Lost Hope After Mon.
days Severe Turn. Career of
Deceased Touched Public as Well
as Church Affairs.

Cooperstown, NY, July 22.-Hen-
~ Coddington Potter, seventh Prot
estant Episcopal bishop of the do
cese of New York, died last night at
"Fernleigh," his summer home here,
after an illness of several weeks.
The bishop was unconscious all day
and the end, which came at 1886 p. M,
was peaceful and quiet. The prelate
was seventy-four years old.
Gathered at his bedside were Mrs.
Potter, wife Of the prelate; Mrs. Ma
son O. Davidge, who came from Cali
fornia, and Miss Sarah Potter, his
two daughters; Alonzo Potter his
son; Edward 8. Clark, Stephen 8.
Clark and Mr.. and Mrs. F. A. Clark.
Mrs. Charles Russell and Mrs. Will
liam Hyde, his two other daughters
who are abroad have been notified.
Death was due primarily to embol-
Ism Of the right leg, following long
attack OF liver and stomach trouble,
and the end had been forseen for sew
eral days by the bishops physicians.
Bishop Potter suffered severe re-
lapse yesterday morning, and though
oxygen was given his decline was
gradual and he sank into unconscious
ness early today, which lasted until
the end.
No arrangements for the funeral
have as yet been made, but it is pos
sible that services will be held here
and that the body will be removed to
New York, where a public funeral
will be held in the Grace church.
Bishop Potter's illness first became
publicly known early in the spring
when announcement was made that
he was unable to take part in the
Easter service. He was said to be
suffering from acute Indigestion. His
condition, which was said to have re-
suited from overwork, manifested no
degree OF improvement and he was
forced to give up all participation in
church affairs.
Through all Of his illness Bishop
Potter exhibited rare courage and pa
thence.
Henry Goldman Potter, seventh
Protestant Episcopal bishop of the
diocese. was native of Schenecta-
dy, N. Y. He has been at the head
of the New York diocese since 1887,
succeeding his uncle, Bishop Horatio
Potter.
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"DoUKs" WILL NOT EAT
Eanatical Band Refuse to Touch Food
Until Leaders Arc Released.

Yorkton, Canada, July 22.-since
the arrest and imprisonment of their
leaders, the forty odd Doukhobors in
Camp Arcadia, have refused to eat
food of any kind until their brethren
are restored, an improbable event I'M
til their six months term expire.
Things are so serious that mounted
police were obliged to remove the
children, fifteen in number, by force
and they are now being cared for in
the Yorkton jail.
The Irish standard., 1908-07-25

property Of the defendant The court
holds that the only company on trial
was the Standard Oil Company Of In.
diana. 1t says that this corporation
alone could be punished and that to
attempt to punish its holding corpora
ton would be to assert that a person
could be punished who was never be-
fore the court or who had never stood
trial. This, the Judges say. would be
TO assert startling principle Of law.
Others Than Commerce Law.
The court declares that the ar
raignment of the violation of an inter-
state commerce law was to be COM
mended and that the results Of such
violations were not too strongly stated.
It says, however, that the interstate
commerce law is not the only one in
the United States, and that It is be.
cause there are others that the case
is reversed and remanded.
On the amount Of the fine, the upper
court said:
did the court in the fine imposed
abuse it's discretion? The defendant
indicted, tried and convicted was the
Standard Oil Company, a corporation
Of Indiana. the capital stock Of this
corporation is $1,00O.0OO. There is
nothing in the record in the way Of
evidence that some of the assets Of
the corporation were in excess Of that
amount 1t may therefore be safely
assumed that but for the relation Of
the defendant to another corporation
not before the court, the court would
have measured out punishment on the
basis Of the facts Just stated"
Comment on Punishment.
The Judges then commented on the
punishment of the defendant in such a
large amount and continued, saying:
Briefly stated, the reason OF the
trial court for imposing this sentence
was because it was brought out on ex-
animation that the capital stock Of
the Standard Oil Company of Indiana
was principally owned by the New
Jersey corporation, a corporation not
before the court. The trial court, add.
ing that in concessions of the charac.
ter for which the defendant before the