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The San Francisco call., 1908-12-17
LIEUTENANT AUSTIN
WILL CLAIM BELLE
Ceremony Will Take Place al
Home of Her Mother in jack
son Street Tonight

The marriage of Miss Roma Paxton
and Lieutenant Lawrence Hamilton
Austin, United States navy, will take
place this evening at the home of the
brides mother, Mrs. Bessie Paxton, in
Jackson street. The ceremony will be
performed by Rev. Edward Morgan in
the presence of small company OF
relatives and close friends There will
be only about 40 guests at the pretty
service and the. reception which will
follow for the young naval officer and
his bride.
The attractive bride will be unat-
tended, but Lieutenant Leonard. United
States navy, VIII act as best man, and
the ushers will be three other friends
of the bridegroom. Those who will
attend as ushers on this occasion will
be Lieutenant Robinson, United States
navy; Lieutenant Kurtz. United States
navy, and Paymaster Beecher, United
States navy.
Among the guests at the wedding g
Will be Major and Mrs. Day of Du-
buque, Iowa, who. have come to San
Francisco to attend the marriage of
her son and the young society girl. The
bride is one of the popular girls in the
younger set and has a host OF friends
who were looking forward to her we'd
ding as one of the events of the winter.
However, the couple decided to cele-
brate their marriage very quietly.
After a brief honeymoon trip Lieu
tenant Austin and his bride will pass
the winter at Coronado. since the young
naval officer is at present stationed on
the Albany in San Diego bay. !
The San Francisco call., 1908-12-17
SHOULDN'T EXPECT TIPS
IF YOU ARE A PORTER
Pullman Official Says Selfish
Persons Who Want More
Than Others Give Tips

CHICAGO, Dec. 16.-The tipping sys-
tenn. particularly as it applies to the
Pullman company today. underwent a
fieeting inquiry before Interstate Com
merce Commissioner Lane Richmond
Dean, general manager OF the Pullman
company, denied that the public tips
the porter because he is unde-paid,
and observed
The tipping custom is a result of
the selfishness of persons who desire
better service than their fellows and
are willing to pay for it,
Counsel for the complainant asked
Dean. What is the salary of porter
They are paid SIS a month" an
swered the witness.
Does the company furnish them their
meals?"
The company does not"
II think it takes that much TO buy
their meals, then" commented the law
yer.
The San Francisco call., 1908-12-17
NATIVES OF BRITISH
ISLAND IN REVOL I
Flag of England Hauled Down
and One of Manahiki Group
Declared a Republic

VICTORIA. B. c.. Dec. 1e.-Adviccs
were brought by the steamer Makurs
from Australia OF the hauling down of
the British flag by the natives of Bo-
kahanga island in the Manahiki group,
who have declared a republic.
The island chief. who led the move :
ment which was assented TO by a mass
meeting. was made dictator and the
British flag was formally hauled down
amid great enthusiasm. The dictator
forthwith appointed judges and other
administrative officers and organized a
new police force. The stores of the
European traders were ordered closed.
The ringieader in the movement is a
native missionary. Some of the natives
who objected to the movement were
hauled before the new judges and
fined
The San Francisco call., 1908-12-17

consideration. In short no man OF
sound business sense is going to sign
away half a million dollars of fortune
without getting something in return,
even If it be only some kind of ac-
acknowledgement that that money had
been received. ] was not altogether
pleased with the interview. 1t strength
ened my suspicious that Signor is mere
ly tool in a more intelligent rogu's
hands
One of Millionaire Murray's reasons
for desiring to carry the matter TO the
grand jury Of Alameda county is to get
a straightforward story. il possible,
from Signor To accomplish this it is
planned to summon the bankers of this
city who have been swindled by Sig
nor. and With their testimony, backed
UP by that of the. detectives who
worked for them on the local forgery
cases. and the reputation of the notes
by Murray. to get an indictment
against Signor. Then it is proposed
to take up the bigger forgery case,
summon the Henshaws. break the reti-
cence of Tyler Henshaw, who stands
by Signor SO mysteriously, and trace
the whole responsibility for the forg-
ing of all the Murray notes. sl
This matter will be fully considered
by Murray and ais legal advisers at a
meeting to be hcsd today.
The San Francisco call., 1908-12-17
AMERICAN WOMEN ARE
PUT UNDER PEACE BONDS
Mrs. Atherton Complains of AS
sauIt by Mrs. Taylor for
LibeIinQ Mrs. Stirling

LONDON. Dec. 16.-Mrs. Taylor, an
American woman living in London with
her daughter. Mrs. Stirling, during
the latter's suit for divorce against
her husband, who is an officer of the
guards. was the defendant in an ex-
traordinary assault suit in a police
court today.
The plaintiff was q Mrs. Atherton,
who has been cited as correspondent in
the Stirling proceedings. According TO
the story related in court, Mrs. Taylor
obtained entrance to Mrs. Atherton's S
residence, in fashionable section of
this city. and accused her of libeling
Mrs. stirling She then sprang at Mrs
Atherton. seized her by the throat and
attempted to throttle her.
The police were called in and sepa-
rated the two women. In court each
woman was bound over to keep the
np2ra
The San Francisco call., 1908-12-17
The California Promotion COMMITTEE

(The State Central Organization. organized ln
lSo2-An association for the commercial and
industrial development OF CalifOrnia-l
PROMOTION. The act OF promoting, ADVANCE
ment. encouragement Century Dictionary.
NOTING OF California's interests IL has moth
ing to sell. Ii fosters all things tending TO the
ADVANCEMENT OF Cslifornis. IL Is an author
ity on all matters relating u California. Il EN-
COCRAGES the establishment OF new industries
and fosters those already established. IL invites
desirable immigration. It presents the oppor-
tunities and needs Of all fields OF business and
professional activity II Is supported by popular
subscriptions and makes 10 charge for any
service rendered Ig has affiliated with II 200
commercial organizations OF the state. with
combined membership of more than 90 OOU
Meetings OF representatives OF these 0rganiza-
tlonS are held semiannually in different parts OF
the state. where matters OF California interest
are discussed Headquarters Of the committee
are maintained ia Caiiforna building. Union
sqrare- San Francisco CORRESPONDENTS IN
VITED.
The San Francisco call., 1908-12-17
TuRkrsH PARLIAMENT MEETS

CONSTANTINOPLE, Dec. 16.-Turkey
makes her bow as full f1edged con-
stitutional monarchy tomorrow. when
the new parliament will hold its first
session. This assembly was provided
for in the constitution provided by Sui
tan Abdul Hamfd last July and is the
first body Of its kind TO meet in the
empire for over 80 years.
The San Francisco call., 1908-12-17
MINISTER ENDS LIFE
WITH RIFLE BULLETT
Rev. E. w. DonneII, Pastor
Reediey Baptist Church,
Commits Suicide

FRESNO, Dec. 16.-Rev E. w. Don
nell, pastor of the First Baptist church
at Reedley near this city, committed
suicide this afternoon by shooting him
self in the head with % caliber rife.
Rev. Mr.. Donnell had been sufferin 2
with nervous trouble for some time.
He has been a resident of Reedley for
about hve years and leaves wife
and daughter.
The San Francisco call., 1908-12-17
WITNESS ONCE JAILED HERE

CHICAGO, Dec. 16.-John Mcfarland,
chief witness for the prosecution in the
rare book swindle alleged by Mrs. j. A..
Patten to have cost her nearly $50. .000,
admitted on the witness stand today
that he had been in Jail in San Fran
cisco during the earthquake. He said he
did not know what the charge against
him was
The San Francisco call., 1908-12-17
COMMISSIONERS I<ELLoGG HERE

II. \. kellogg OF Chicago, commits
sioner of the American publishers as
sociation, is at the St Francis, accom-
panied by Mrs. Kellogg. Commissioner
Kellogg, who has charge of all labor
matters for the newspaper publishers
OF the country. has come. to San Fran
cisco on business connected with mat
tiers in arbitration between newspapers
and employees in their mechanical de-
partments.
The San Francisco call., 1908-12-17
NOTED INDIAN CHIEF DIES

PINE RIDGE, S. D., Dec. 16.-Chief
American Horse, noted Ogalalla Sioux
Indian, died today on Pine Ridge reser-
walton, aged 76 years. Two years ago
the war department used him to subdue
the renegade band of Utes in Wyoming.
The San Francisco call., 1908-12-17
DENOUNCES THE
SCHEME AS A
BOLD SWINDLE
Millionaire Murray Tells of His
Association With
Signer
Desires Grand jury TO Break
the Reticence of Tyler
HeBshaw
Suspects That Promoter Was
Tool in More intelligent
ROgue's Hands

employed detectives and viii continue
this investigation until the guilty per-
sons are properly punished for this
work"
The San Francisco call., 1908-12-17
ANOTHER CONFERENCE HELD

Another conference was held between
the banker and Signor yesterday in
Oakland, but what took place then
Henshaw refused to state. Later Signor
was closeted with Tyler Henshaw in
the latter's Office in Oakland, and from
there the confessed forger telephone
10 friends in this city. supposedly in
search Of assistance to meet the serious
troubles that arc piling up against
him on this side of the bay.
Meanwhile Millionaire Murray had
returned TO San Francisco and was in
conference with his lawyer. Harry I.
Creswell, in the Balboa building.
We have barely gone into this case,
said Attorney Cresweil later. Mr..
Murray has Informed me that he has
not signed any notes and therefore il
can be quickly assumed that the notes
outstanding against him are forgeries
MY client is anxious to punish the men
who are responsible for this criminal
work. and OF course we are working
along lines with that point in view. Mr..
Murray says he viii remain here until
inc entire mystery is cleared up. II
may take weeks to get at the bottom OF
The matter. but he is willing that ii
should
COPIES NAME FOR LETTER
Cntn he had satisfied himself yes
teroay that the signature forged IN the
1iensnaw notes was an old one. Million
are Murray had reason TO believe that
tuc lorSer had obtained his signature
possibly from a letter he had addressed
10 the Henshaws several months ago
10 New York.
Before l left San Francisco for the
cast said Murray last night, Il was
visited at the st. Francis hotel hv a
fellow who I believe was Signor. He
was accompanied BIZ TYLER Hensl,aSr
ney mace proposition to me to buy
some ponds IN cement plant which
tncy said they controlled in southern
California ] was not interested in
their project and ] told them SO. They
were very persistent however and
that while ] was not anxious To COZ
slider the proposition farther. / knew
or some responsible parties in salt
@ @l-sNs VIC were always looking for z
good investment for their capital
They kept after me until finally
when ] reached Salt Lake I wrote
them . letter--a very brief oDe-stat-
ing that ] would not have anything to
do with their enterprise When The
Call first Informed me in Monterey on
the night Of my return from the east
that these notes were in the hands OF
the Henshaws and that Sienor had
passed smaller notes bearing my name
on this side Of the bay, I raked nv
mind for q suggestion as TO where anx,
one possibly could have obtained sig
nature of mine. 1 suddenly recalled
that fellow Signor and the letter | had
written 10 the Henshsws while in salt
Lake.
BIsPELs HIS THEORY
When ] saw the forged signature
IL oispellcd this theory. When I asked
". G. 1ensiaw yesterday what con-
sideration had been given for the
100000 in notes he held he said that
he had been given to understand that
had agreed TO take certain amount
or bonds in his cement company. |
asked him IL it did not appear strange
TO him that he should have received
those notes for such a consideration
and not attempted TO make good the
The San Francisco call., 1908-12-17
Rise Against Castro

CARACAS, Monday Dec. IA (via
Willemstad, Dec. 16.)-The people of
Caracas arose today against President
Castro. An infuriated mob, unhindered
by the police. swept through the city,
wrecking the property of his hench-
men and his closest friends. The peo-
pie rounded up all the statues and
pictures of President Castro from the
clubs and other semipublic buildings
and burned them on the Boulevard de
Plaza. Castro's rule in Venezuela is
probably ended
Further dangerous demonstrations are
anticipated. No official act deposing
Castro from the presidency of Nene-
zuela has vet been taken. but such a
step is expected any moment. An enor-
nous crowd of the inhabitants of the
capital, swelied by people from the
outlying country. gathered in the
streets soon after daybreak. The peo-
pie began marching up and down the
main thoroughfare, and 1t was easy to
see that the i'll temper would result in
violence. The police stood by and made
no attempt whatever to restrain the
mob. The first building to be attacked
and looted was that of the lottery
monopoly. The Offices of the state en-
terprise that has enriched itself at the
expense of the people were ransacked
and pillaged. Furniture was broken
and thrown into the streets and piles
of lottery. tickets We're destroyed The
crowd then moved to the printing Office
of El Constitucional, the organ of Pres
fdent Castro of which Gumersindo
Rivas is editor, and piliaged it com
pletely. A steam laundry belonging to
Senior Rivas was wrecked
The crowd then turned to several
drug stores belonging to Senior Thielen.
son in law of General Tello Mendoza
and turned them inside out.
Tue attack yesterday on the offices
of Ell Constitutional, when the crowd
was curbed by a detachment of soldiers
who fired into the demonstrators. re-
suited in several fatalities A criminal
action has been begun against Editor
Rivas and other employees of the paper.
in which they are charged with re-
sponsibility for these deaths. 1t is
declared that Rivas and his men fired
first on the people, making use of re-
volyers.
The San Francisco call., 1908-12-17
BON WIThDRAWS
CLAIM FOR INCOME
Declares His Honor" Forbids
Him Taking Gold From His
Ex-Wife for Sons
Flays George Gould for Part
Taken in Suit to Secure
Custody OF Children
Continued from Page L

of the modification of the petition of
his client. Bonnet launched into a
vigorous denunciation of his adver-
saries. He charged that on many points
the defendants did not dare to meet
the allegations of the count. citing
particularly the allegation that the
princess de Sa gan was ready to- leave
her present husband. They did not
dare challenge this statement" the
lawyer said, because they know that
the proposed separation has been for
mally communicated to De Castellane's
attorneys.
Continuing Bonnet said that all the
oners or settlement made by the prin-
cess De Sagan were conditioned upon
the counts renunciation of his chill
dren, but the count refused to sell
either himself or his children The
princess had told Judge Ditto that if
the children were taken from her she
would disinherit them thus proving
that In her eyes everything was a ques-
tion of money.
Referring to the charges that De Cas-
tellane had dissipated his wifes for
tune Bonnet insisted that the countess
was just as much responsible as her
husband for the royal extravaganza, -
such as the Malakoff palace, the Cha
teau Marais and the charity bazaar,
which alone cost 100000.
Resents GouId's Action
The lawyer particularly resented
George Goulds share in the defense,
saying that now the question of money
had been eliminated Gould was playing
the mysterious role of Crawford in the
Humbert affair. AS a matter OF fact,
Gould always had opposed the mar
riage of his sister to the prince de Sa-
gan. and he only finally consented on
condition that there should be separa-
tion of property.
Does Mr.. Gould fear that his sister
will get another divorce and make a
more unfortunate marriage?' asked
Bonnet. NO. / can reassure him; the
princess can find nobody worse than De
Sagan.
The lawyer then asked the court to
order the taking of testimony on points
which the defense had declined to
meet. In conclusion he appealed TO the
court to withdraw the three children
from the custody of their mother. who
had married a man renounced by one
of the greatest families Of France.
and who had spent month in prison,
land place them in the care of the
mother of the count. whose only pur-
pose was to direct her grandchildren
in the right path
The San Francisco call., 1908-12-17
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The San Francisco call., 1908-12-17

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The San Francisco call., 1908-12-17
CASTRO UNMOV[O
BY CRISIS AT HOME
Refuses to Believe Reports OF
Alarming Conditions in
Venezuela
People of Caracas Rise Against
Absent President and lie
Will Be Deposed


BERLIN, Dec, 16.-President castro
Of Venezuela maintains his composure
in the face of alarming reports pub
lished here regarding the disturbances
in Venezuela When dispatches were
shown to him today that the people OF
Caracas had arisen against him, burned
the pictures and statues or the presi-
dent in the public squares and mao
made an attack on a number or nuild-
ings, including the stores or several
of his warmest adherents, ana lha'
several persons had, been killed, castro
said quietly:
Il don't believe it; ] had dispatches
from Caracas this morning, put they
mention nothing of the kind
Castro was asked for an expression
of his views regarding Hollands seiz-
ure of Venezuelan ships, but referred
the correspondent to Senor Neloz-
Goitiooa, Venezuelan charge dahaires
whom he authorized TO talk Tor hlm
The charge then, said:
Il doubt what has been pubhsheo
with regard to Hollands aggression
because no declaration of war has been
made nor has a blockade been an
nounced and none established. There
fore, the seizure of small Venezuelan
vessels by sheer force can not be de-
scribed other than as an act of piracy
unworthy of any enlightened civilized
country"
The San Francisco call., 1908-12-17
CONFESSION BECOMES KNOWN


The Monterey millionaire called on
Banker Henshsw in Oakland yesterday
forenoon. He fatty demanded or Hen
shaw IL the. latter held any notes and
received the answer that he did 1t
was then. after Banker Henshaw had
denounced T. B. Sienor that the fact
that sisnor had confessed to the for
geries became known. The previous
afternoon William G. Henshaw, in
whose name the four notes are made
out, summoned signor to his office and
said to him:
i want you TO go this afternoon to
Monterey with me-. l am going there
10 see Murray. We viii catch the 1
o'clock train.
Sgnor, taken by surprise. paled no.
ticeabiy as his eyes met those of the
banker, and seating himself in front of
Hcnshaw he said:
Mr.. Henshaw. there's no need OF
going 10 Monterey. Those signatures
are not Murray's.
IL was A confession that Henshaw
was not wholly surprised to hear. Sig
nor went further in his confession. but
how much further Banker Henshaw
would not say. Signor pretended that
he had used Murray's name more as a
hoax than anything else, but he could
not apply this excuse to the misuse OF
Millionaire Murray's name TO the notes
presented to the banks on this side OF
the bay.
The San Francisco call., 1908-12-17
DENIED NOTES EXISTENCE

When The Call first published the
fact that paper bearing the forged
signatures OF Murray was in circula-
zion. Signor, toward whom suspicion
strongly pointed, promptly denied the
existence OF any Murray notes so far
as The HenshaTs or himself were con-
cerued. and the next day Banker Hen
shaw and Tyler Henshaw. with whom
Signor is associated in several deals,
added their denials 10 Slgncr's state
menf-
Tyler HenshaW even went so far as
10 deny thar he had ever come to this
side or The bay and inIerceded in be-
half 81 Signor at a conference or bank
CTS. when SignOr was ordered to take
up the checks he had improperly used.
William c. Renshaw repeatedly de-
MED that he had any notes bearing
the name OF Murray in his possession,
but be set the matter at rest yester-
day when he frankly admitted to Mil
lionsire Murray that he did have four
notes each for 500 0gO supposedly
signed by Murray
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