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The San Francisco call., 1908-11-28
KELLY SHES At
PO|NTEDQUESTIONS
Police Captain Fails to Explain
Peculiar Treatment of
Young Prisoners

Captain James r. Kelly, chief of the
citys detectives and right hand
bungler for Biggy, was the personifi-
cation of wisdom and propriety as he
sat before the police commission last
night, vainly endeavoring to explain
why Justice r. Ingraham, young
Larkspur druggist. and Herbert f. AL
len. son of local dry goods man, were
incarcerated in the city prison, de-
MED full hearing, and subjected to
all manner of rude treatment on sus-
picion of having robbed Policeman
jeremiah Dwyer.
Kelly was plainly on the defensive
and his explanations were meager. He
declined to answer some of the ques-
tions, affirmative answers to which
would have placed Kelly in bad
light before the police commissioners.
He modestly refused to answer when
asked why he had not given Allen and
Ingraham an opportunity to explain
their side of the case and to prove an
alibi.
Early during Kelly's examination
Allen and Ingraham abandoned all hope
Of bringing out an admission of
wrongdoing on the part of Kelly, and
Allen casually remarked that it was
no use to question the officer-the facts
During the early part of the evening
of October 81 Policeman jeremiah
Dwyer of the Bush street station was
robbed While stepping from a. street
car. He caught q passing glimpse of
the two men whom he suspected Of the
robbery and three days later arrested
Allan and Ingraham. They were taken
before Captain Kelly, and. according to
the charges filed by the two men, that
L.
swore at them and heaped further in
dignity upon the men by subjecting
them to the close scrutiny of the police
watches that departed from the police
station each day. Then, after this pro-
cedure, they were given their liberty,
Kelly having explained to the various
watches that the two men were thieves
and needed watching
Both men declared before the COM
mission that they had been in San Fran
cisco on the night of October 81, but
they uncovered discrepancy in Dwy-
er's statement concerning the time of
day he was robbed. Dwyer asserted
that his pockets were picked early in
the evening, but the complainants de-
clared that they did not arrive in San
Francisco until after 8 o'clock on Octo-
ber 81 The discrepancy was not. ex-
planned away and the commission de-
cided to consider the charges more
fully at the next meeting.
Although Dwyer declared in a pub
lished statement that both men were
thieves with records, he denied having
made the statement in reply to a ques-
tion asked by Allan. He said that he
was satisfied beyond a doubt that the
men robbed him because an officers in
stinct was remarkable and not to be
disputed.
Kelly endeavored to offer, as a pre-
text for the arrest of the men, that a
gang of picl1pockets was known to be
living in cabin near Larkspur and
for that reason Allan and Ingraham,
well dressed and of good manners, were
under the ban of suspicion.
The San Francisco call., 1908-11-28
BIGGY RESPONSIBLE
FOR HAAS PISTOL
Chief of Police Admits He Had
Direction of Men Detailed
on Shooting

The charge brought by Chief Biggy
against Captain Duke of neglect OF
duty in not finding the derringer which
was alleged to have been in the posses
sion Of Morris Haas when he shot
Francis ]. Heney has formed live
topic of conversation in police circles
The charge is brought under section
>. chapter 6, of the charter and 1t is
the first time since the charter came
into effect that a member of the de-
partment has been charged under its
provisions The charter empowers the
police commits ssioners, to formulate rules
and regulations for the government of
the department. and it is always for an
infraction of these regula tions that a
member of the department is tried.
It is the consensus of opinion that
in ignoring the regulations Chief
Biggy did SO purposely to save himself
from the charge of incompetency in not
seeing that a proper search was made
Of Haas person after the shooting.
He has admitted that he had the gen.
eral direction of the men detailed on
the shooting. and he should have COM
piled with rule "a. section >, of the reg
ulations which provides:
Upon making an arrest officers must
at once take the party or parties ar
rested to the nearest police station,
and there. in presence of the station
keeper, carefully search their clothing
and take from them all weapons or
articles with which they might injure
themselves or others, and also all such
other articles as may be designated by
the station keeper, and the station
keeper must forward all such property
to the property clerk within "A hours
Instead of being taken to the nearest
police station Haas was, by order of
Chief Biggy. taken to the county jail,
where. in accordance with the rule
quoted. he should have been searched
The charter provision under which
Captain Duke is charged reads:
Every police officer shall upon the
arrest of any person charged with the
commission of crime search the person
of such offender and take from him all
property and weapons and forthwith
deliver the same to the prison keeper.
who must deliver the same to the prop
erty clerk, to be by him kept until
other disposition be made thereof ac-
cOrding TO law"
The San Francisco call., 1908-11-28
BOY JUSTIFIED FOR
KILLING STEPFATHER
Coroner's Jury Finds That
Young Ingerman Fired Shot
in SeIf-Defense
Especial Dispatch to The Call

lopcCldl OisPdtCn 10 4ne OaAI
HEALDSBURG. Nov. 27.-The testi-
mony today at the coroner's inquest on
the remains of John Day. who was shot
Wednesday evening in the dining room
of his own home by his 13 year old
stepson, Fred Ingerman, was all to the
effect that the youth acted in self
defense
The jury returned the following YER
dict after short defiberation: we ind
that the deceased came to his death by
a gunshot wound in his head inflicted
by Fred Ingerman I'm defense Of his
own life and the life of his mother, and
we exonerate him from blame
District Attorney Clarence F. Lea of
Santa Rosa was present, and stated at
the close of the inquest that. while an
older person would not have been justf-
fed in taking a human life under the
same circumstances. there was no doubt
that the boy acted we'll within his
legal rights. The fact that the boy has
been going armed for some time past
has decided the district attorney to
have Ingerman brought before the su-
perior court and placed in the hands
of the probation officer.
The San Francisco call., 1908-11-28

AYOR TAYLOR is to be waited today by committee
MI from the committee of the good league
lVl yesterday held the Kanm building
While the members of the executive committee kept carefully
conference with the municipal
that the affairs of the police and
particularly unwhoesome of Biggy chief will be the
discussed Bggy removal from the he fills
vacuous of the good league
themselves their mission
appointed confer with Mayor Taylor is
General w Backus and E. l. Baldwin They
vip probably confer with Mayor Taylor today.
reported good authority that the communication to be
presented Taylor by touches other
of Bggy chief of police
coupled with the chiefs Cutler has been
Biggy recently He nearly
Morris Haas which Bggys
Mayor Taylor but under
presented against the which
will lead the board of police
member of the executive commit
tee Of the good government yesterdays meeting
The San Francisco call., 1908-11-28
TERM GROSS EARNINGS"
is DEFINED BY COURT
All Revenue Reasonably Within
Scope of Cooperative Power
Is Included

ST. PAUL, Nov. 27.--In suit brought
by the Minnesota and International
railroad to get an adequate definition
of the term gross earnings, the state
supreme court today says:
The gross earnings, which form the
basis of the per centum tax under the
provision of the special laws Of 1873,
is not limited to earnings derived from
the operation of trains, but includes
all earnings by such railway companies
while performing work incidental to
or connected with the business Of
transportation, and which may rea-
sonably be considered within the scope
of their cooperative powers
The San Francisco call., 1908-11-28
LICENSE BILL KILLED
BY HOUSE OF LORDS
Conservative Urge Government
to Go to the Country on
the Issue

LONDON, Nov. 27.-The house of
lords created an interesting political
situation this evening by rejecting the
licensing bill by q vote of 272 against
ss. The liberals are likely to make this
action a rallying cry in their campaign
for curtailment Of the power of the
house of lords, claiming that the peers
have defeated the will of the people.
on the other hand. the conservatives
insist that this bill is the most unpopu-
has been attempted in many years.
They urge the government to test this
by going before the country in a gen.
eral election, but there is very little
likelihood of this being done.
The San Francisco call., 1908-11-28
HEALTH OFFICERS SAY
beware of Colds. they are Creates
Cause OF Consumption

The ravages of the dread white
plague" have aroused in the national
health departments the keenest alarm
and every. effort is now being put forth
70 prevent Its further spread. A promi-
nent physician on the advisory board
recently summed UP the situation by
declaring that If people would give
common colds the proper attention the
increase of consumption would be ma
terially checked
Below is given the formula for very
simple remedy for colds, which is said
to be the quickest cure known. often
entirely curing the severest cold in
Two ounces of glycerine. one-half
ounce concentrated pine compound half
pint OF good whiskey; this is to be used
In doses of teaspoonful to a table
spoonful every four hours. the bottle
should be shaken well each time.
These ingredients are obtainable from
any good druggist
The Concentrated pine is pine prod
uct refined for medical purposes and
comes only In half ounce bottles, each
enclosed in tin screw-top case which
is air. tight To get the right thing be
sure 1t is labeled Concentrated"
The San Francisco call., 1908-11-28
wilson TELLS
ACH'S PART IN
RUEF'S PLOTS
Former Railroad Commissioner
Adds More Damaging Testi-
mOny Regarding Bribery
Counsel for Defense Brings Out
Facts Hitherto Unknown by
General Public

out. IN telling Of receiving $500 from
Gallagher in the fight trust bribery
his hrst graft Wilson re-
Verted 10 Ruefs conversation on the
day OF their first meeting. when the
boss expressed his .ehaste views on
petty municipal grating"
II expressed my surprise when Cal
lagher offered me the money" said VIII
son. and told him that L understood
Ruef was. opposed to such things. Gal
lagher said, Why this is from Ruef
himself"
when Ruef finally was caught in the
trap of his own greed and felt the
tolls Tightening he turned to the very
supervisors he had debauched with a
frantic appeal for financial assistance
After his Indictment in the French res
taurant cases, but before the confess
sions of the supervisors had been made,
Ruef felt that the financial burden Of
defense was more than he should bear
alone. He suggested to Wilson that
the hght against the prosecution was
very expensive and that each super
visor ought to put up $1,000 for the
defense fund. Wilson refused to con-
sider the proposal telling Ruef that
the board Of supervisors had nothing
10 do with his personal troubles aris-
ing from outside graft
The San Francisco call., 1908-11-28
REcEIvER ron PAPER

MEMPHIS. Nov. 27.-On application
of certain bond holders, Judge A c..
Floyd was today appointed receiver
for the News -Seimitar publishing com
pany The paper will continue under
the direction of the receiver. Judge
Floyd was for a number of years editor
of the Morning News. which was
merged into the News -Scimitar about
two years ago.
The San Francisco call., 1908-11-28
rIRE vIcrIM INsANE

RENO, New, Nov. 27.-S. Meadows,
confined in the county jail on a petty
charge, went violently insane today
and tried to kill himself by cutting his
throat with a piece of tin obtained from
a drinking cup in his cell. Prompt ac-
ton on the part of Turnkey Dickey
prevented serious injury. Meadows was
in business in San Francisco before
the FIRE and lost everything
The San Francisco call., 1908-11-28
PETALUMA PIONEER DIES
fspeciaI Cable TO The Call

PETALUMA, Nov 27.-Cyrus Robert
Newberry, an aged pioneer resident of
this city. died last night after only
few hours illness. Mr.. Newberry was
born in Stoke, Devonshire, England,
April %. 1880. In his youth he was a
sailor but came to California in 1882
and took up mining. In 1870 he came
to Petaluma and since then has been
prominently identified with the bust
ness life of the city. He Is survived
by a widow and one daughter, Miss
Maude Newberry. prominent school
teacher of this county.
The San Francisco call., 1908-11-28
MERCHANT pARDoNED

MILWAUKEE,, Nov. 27.-Ira B.
Smith, formerly one of the most promi-
nent citizens of Milwaukee and a men,
Der of big wholesale grocery firm.
was today pardoned from the house
Two months ago he was sentenced 10
two years for obtaining money under
false pretenses.
The San Francisco call., 1908-11-28
The california Promotion Committee

(The State Central Organlza tlon. organIzed 10
19O2-An association for the commercial and
Industrial development OF Callf0rnla-l
PROMOTIONS The act OF promoting. advance
ment ncoursgement.''-Century Dictionary.
The COMMITTEES has TOR It's oDjecr the PRO
NOTING OF Ca1rornla's interests II has moth
ADVANCEMENT OF California. Il Is an authority
on an matters relating TO California II EN-
fsOI5RACES the establishments OF new industries
and fosters those already established IL invites
desirable Immigration. It presents the oppor-
tunities aud needs OF an 6slds OF business and
subscriptions and makes no charge for any
service rendered Ii has affiliated with Il zoo
commercial ors4n.-9 s,ons oF 1ns state. with
Meetings Of representatives Of these orzanlxa-
tions are held semiannually IN different paris IL
are discussed Headquarters OF the eommfa,es
are maintained IN California building Union
square. San francisco. CORRESPONDENCE IN
V1TED.
The San Francisco call., 1908-11-28
CALHOUN, TIGHT
| IN CORNER, MAY
SELL HOLDINGS
Hartman Puts Money Squeeze
Against Trolley Man and
May Get Lines
Eastern Bankers Feel Pressure
From Germany on Account OF
Big Money Advances
Confined from page 1


money in the east to keep his lines in
this city in good operating condition.
Hartman also knew this He saw
better opportunity to annoy Calhoun
in the money market and force him TO
come to his terms in a proposition for
a transfer of the control of the local
rnInraarfiec
The San Francisco call., 1908-11-28

COMMITTEES on harbor improvements of
the committee of forty, has started to
prepare bill to be submitted to the
legislature calling for the issue of
s10,000,000 bonds for the period of "a
years. The Merchants association is
to cooperate with the committee on
the project. Attorney Allan Wright,
for the association. was in conference
with Magee yesterday. Magee has
issued circular letter to the various
civic bodies interested calling for their
collective cooperation
Magee's proposition, as he explained
it yesterday, is for the issue of
$40, ,0o0,0 900 bonds. OF this fund $3.000.-
090 and more is to be devoted to the
Improvement of the Islais creek sub
merged lands, and $1,000 900. approxi-
mately, to other south end improve
ments. outlined in the report of the
committe on harbor improvements
made by Luther Wagner, the engineer.
The committees scheme, like the
proposition supported by Wagner, it's
engineer, calls for 40 blocks instead
of 81.
The San Francisco call., 1908-11-28
FRENcH scIEyTrsT DIES

PAPIS. Nov. 27.-The death is an
nounced of Jean Albert Haudry, the
French scientist, aged 81 years.
The San Francisco call., 1908-11-28
YOUR BAGGAGE

Moved. on flme If you phone the order to
Kearny 395. We move anything anywhere, and
do 1t right. THE PACIFIC TRANSFER CO..
SO Ellis ST., near Market
The San Francisco call., 1908-11-28
only One 4Bromo quIniney

That Is Laxative Bromo Quinine. Look for the
signature Of T.. W Grove. Used the world over
to Cure Cold In One Day. 25c.
The San Francisco call., 1908-11-28
VII Investigate Lathan

II is probable that when the grand
jury recOnvenes next Tuesday it viii
Investigate the charge that Alex s.
Latham. formerly chauffeur for Abe
Rnef. accepted money to absent him.
self from the jurisdiction Of the local
courts. No indictment has been re-
turned yet in connection with the
charge OF perjury against the defend
ant. and It IS now believed that the
inquisitorial body Will submit its re-
port after hearing evidence on the
bribery transaction.
The district attorneys Office viii not
discuss any matters connected with
I.athan's case.
The San Francisco call., 1908-11-28
100 You Wand s5.oof

Read THE CALLS weekly offer on
page 10
The San Francisco call., 1908-11-28
Ach Fails Into Own Trap

on cross examination Ach stumbled
into a pit of his own digging by
persisting in an inquiry as to
how it happened that Wilson, who
was then a railroad commissioner,
attended the meeting held by the su-
pervisers 10 discuss the immunity offer
made 10 them after some of their num-
Der had been trapped in the skating
rink deal.
Il was there helping Gallagher to sit
on the lid, was the answer.
What docs that mean?" demanded
Ach.
That means trying to keep the facts
and conditions existing in the board
OF supervisors from becoming public"
Yes" insisted Ach. but how did you
happen 10 be there? You were not
supervisor then"
On answered Wilson. "Ruef sent
word by his sister for Gallagher and
myself TO sit on the lid. Ruef was
then a prisoner at the St. Francis and
couldn't see US himself"
Wilson testified that the meeting was
held and that he and Gallagher fol-
lowed instructions explicitly until they
found that the lid was getting little
bit warm Then Gallagher departed
hurriedly TO get in touch with the
prosecution, and on his return after a
talk with Rudolph Spreckels the other
supervisors were called in and the i'm
munity proposition was discussed.
Gallagher Offered Sacrifice
Gallagher declared. according to Will
son. that he was willing to let the
matter rest with the other supervisors
and sacrifice himself if they said so
Wilson responded that he did NOT feel
he should sacrifice himself or allow
Gallagher TO do so.
s4r -
ways took orders from Ruef and looked
on him as the political captain of the
ship. ! didn't think Gallagher should
take the burden alone while others
should be free to walk about the streets
and pose as honest men,.
Ach's cross examination Of the wit
ness occupied most of the day and was
still under way when adjournment was
taken last night. The only interruption
was Immediately after the noon recess
when Wilson was temporarily excused
from the stand over the objection Of
Ruefs attorneys to make way for
Frank A. Leach, director of the United
States mint.
Leach. who was superintendent of
the local mint at the time Of the Unit
ed Railroads bribery transaction. was
called from Washington, D. G, to tes-
tify. lie told Of having received in
-structions from Charles Il. Treat. treas
Urer OF the United States. to place
5000, 600 10 the credit of President Pat
rick Calhoun OF the United Railroads
and to pay this out under authorization
from Calhoun, and of how these in
strUctions were carried out, the money
being paid to Tirey J.. Ford.
During the morning session of court
Judge LawlOr was forced to reprimand
Ach more severely than he has done
on any former occasion He did not
stop with d mere rebUke, but after
having ordered Ach to desist from an
insulting address TO the court and take
his scat, warned him in unmistakabIe
terms that a repetition OF such tactics
would mean a sentence for contempt of
court He did not use the word CON
tempt" but said:
You'll understand very definitely
what / mean, Mr.. Ach."
The San Francisco call., 1908-11-28
Lathan Case Continued

Owing to some misunderstanding. A.
s. Latham, Ruefs chauffeur, charged
with accepting q bribe of $1,000 from
Luther W. Brown not to appear as a
witness at the trial of Tirey L. Ford
last January, was not produced by the
sheriff in Police Judge Cabaniss' court
yesterday and the case was continued
tia this morning.
The San Francisco call., 1908-11-28
BIake's Sentence Continued

=. a $. Blake, who confessed 10 at
tempting to bribe a prospective juror
TO vote for the acouittal Of Abe Ruef.
was brought IN from the county jail
yesterday TO be sentenced. On the
motion Of his attorney, however, and
with the consent Of the district at
torney. a continuance for two weeks
was granted. Judge Dunne being out
of the city. Judge Cook heard the an
rLLea-ion and made TIE nrdar-
The San Francisco call., 1908-11-28
MOTIVES PURE, HE SAYS


Thomas Magee said last evening that
his opposition to the first Islais creek
proposition, was due to the short term
of the bonds He declared that his in
terest in the property of his clients,
Mrs. Theresa Oelriehs' and Mrs. Vir-
ginia Vanderbilt, known as the Fair
estate lands In North Beach, did not
affect his views on the Islais creek
proposition.
The Fair lands are not to come un-
der the seawall commission act he
said. IF they are developed It must
be done through private owners. The
S10.000,000 which the new bond issue
would create If adopted, would be eX-
pended by the seawall commission"
State Senator Richard Welch ex-
pressed himself bittely yesterday over
the defeat of the Islais creek PROPOSE
tion and declared his intention of sub
mitting another bill to the legislature.
WEIGH INDIGNANT
Discussing the general proposition
yesterday he said;
THAT selfish motives were the main
cause of the defeat of the India basin
act there is no doubt. Now that the
motives of some of San Franciscos So
called philanthropists. who live on the
other side of the bay, have become
known, / think that the India basin act
could pass today by a larger majority
than that by which it was defeated.
why, as soon as l announced that I
would introduce another bill in the Leg
islature this winter to acquire this
property for San Francisco harbor what
did several of these public spirited
citizen do but make request that
certain blocks of land in the proposed
site be left out of the bill?
THE San Francisco commercial bodies
are insincere. 1 would pay more heed
to the smallest Improvement club in
the city than to request from these
socalled commercial bodies
The Shipowners' Association of the
Pacific Coast, by its secretary, III. L.
Stoddard, has followed the lead of the
chamber of commerce in thanking the
chamber of commerce of Los Angeles
for aiding the defeat of the Islais creek
act. To explain the tremendous vote
in favor of the project in San Francisco
the association declares that the ad-
verse vote represented those who. pay
the cost of all harbor improvements and
know the needs of the port