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The San Francisco call., 1909-03-02
REFUSES TO PROSECUTE
FAITHLESS WIFE'S SLAYER
Husband of Murdered Woman
Will Not Aid Police

OAKLAND, March Gee Quack, the
comely Chinese woman who was shot
and killed in a hallway at Sixth and
Webster streets Saturday night, paid
the penalty of offenses against the
Chinese code of honor. Captain of De-
tectives Petersen asserted today that
the Chinese men wished. her dead for
alleged infidelity to her husband, who
now refuses to prosecute Chuck Lee,
the Chinese arrested on suspicion of
the murder.
There will be no aid to the police
from Chinatown. The leaders in the
colony are trying to prevent proceed
ings and visit police headquarters
daily.
None of them will swear to a com
plant against Chuck Lee, and the po-
lice, in order to prosecute him. will be
Obliged TO go to the grand jury for an
Indictment
The San Francisco call., 1909-03-02
ROOSEVELT BIDS THE
NEWSPAPERMEN GOODBY
White House Was Crowded by
Well WiSherS

WASHINGTON. March 1.-The execu-
tive offices of the White House were
crowded throughout the day by well
wishers and admirers Of President
Roosevelt. seeking to pay farewell
greetings.
Almost 200 newspapermen responded
to the presidents invitation to meet
him at noon today to say goodby. The
president talked to them briefly and foI
each one individually he had a word OF
good cheer and a good wish.
The newspapermen with whom he
had worked for seven years were deep
ly affected at the leave taking.
The San Francisco call., 1909-03-02
CONSTRUCTING HOUSES
TO SHELTER SURVIVORS
Attache Belknap Superintends
Slow and Costly Work

MESSINA. March 1.-The work of
construction of wooden houses with
material sent out from the United
States, or purchased with American
money. to shelter the earthquake sur
vivors is progressing favorably under
the direction of Lieutenant Commander
Reginald Pierre Belknap. the Ameri-
can. attache at Berlin and Rome. The
lack of carts and horses has made the
transportation of lumber from the dock
to the point of erection both slow and
expensive; it costs $4,000 to deliver
enough lumber to build 500 houses. 1t
at. Messina. 1000 at Reggie and 100 at
the settlement called Regina Elena
the villa~e three miles from here, be-
ing constructed under the personal
direction of Queen Helena.
The San Francisco call., 1909-03-02
CROUCH, NOTICES,
CAUSE OF MURDER
Killing of Cook Leads Police
Sergeant to Make PERTH
nent Observations
Psychological Germ. Gives
Growth to Much Human
Unhappiness

CHICAGO. March LIN cell at police
station G. c. Harbaugh, a waiter, awaits
!. formal arraignment for killing Charles
Kelly, cook, by plunging a carving knife
through his heart. Harbaugh had ordered
three eggs for q customer. the cook blum
dered and prepared only two. and the
waiter, insanely angry, slew him after a
short quarrel;
That was the incident which brought
forth the following dissertation from
the police sergeant who took Harbaugh
into custody:
Now when you write this up" he
said to the reporters when he had
slowed his captive in a cell, don't go
and say, the two men quarreled over
an egg. Nothing Of the kind happened.
'The egg was just an. incident. You
might as well say that those 20 men
were killed out at the crib by parlor
match. What killed them was dyna-
mite. What killed Kelly. was Har-
baugh's Crouch The egg Just started
Harbaugh's Crouch going. You needn't {
blame Harbaugh too much for having
that crouch either. Most men have
grouches. Another name for them is
deranged nerves. They don't always
bring on murder, but they're respon-
sible for a big percentage of the minor
crimes. % The average crouch is as dan
gerous to human life as a ton of dyna-
mite. 1t breaks up families by causing
quarrels at the breakfast table. 1t
makes partners fight and brings on
bankruptcy. 1t has. started as many
men on the road to ruin as whisky
This murder was committed late in
the day. Harbaugh had been working
since early morning with the crouch
accumulating all the time. When that
customer ordered the eggs he was just
about ready TO blow up. Finally the
eggs came and there was only two of
them. The customer kicks to- Harbaugh.
blaming him. There's the parlor match
that lit the dynamite.
The cook and the waiter quarreled.
Harbaugh goes for the carving knife.
1t was the easiest thing within reach.
One swing of the knife and it's all
over. Kellys on the floor, dead. Har-
baugh is standing over him with the
knife in his hand, wondering how it all
happened. Then in came the police and
Harbaugh's on his way to the police
station and may be TO the gaIlows"
The San Francisco call., 1909-03-02
Chairman of State Central Com
nittee in Washington With
Big Tonlahawk
Is Latest of Long List of CalifOr-
mans to Essay the :
Same Feat
Will Lay Before Taft Filings OF
Naval Officer" at People
of San Francisco
[Seeciol Dispatch TO The Call

L
WASHINGTON. March Phil Tel
Ter. chairman Of the California republi-
can state central committee, is here
with his wife and daughter ostensibly
to ttend the inauguration but incident
ally to pry Colonel John P. Irish loose
from his $1,000 dutiIess job as naval
officer of the port of San Francisco.
Others have tried before. In fact for
several years there has been a steady
procession of Californians to the cap
ital for the same purpose. but no one
has yet brought the right brand of
crowbar. Teller viii have talk with
Taft and while he will not presume TO
suggest a successor TO Irish he win
naturally point with pride" to Cali
fornie's vote and modestly refer to his
own efforts in rolling up the $4,000 ma
jority.
The San Francisco call., 1909-03-02
ALLEGED EMBEZZLER rs
RELEASED ON BAIL
j. Mint Howell Accused by Los
cal Piano Company
Especial Dispatch 10 The Call

STOCKTON, March u Mint How
ell arrested a few days ago upon a
complaint sworn to by William B. Rag
land of San Francisco charging Howell
with having embezzled the. San Fran
cisco piano company. for which he was
the local manager, out of several hun
dred dollars, was today released on bail
1t is understood that friends of
Howell will repay the losses to the
company and that there will be no pros
ecutIon. Howell would have been re-
leased Immediately by his friends but
for the fear that he would commit sui
eide. he having expressed such an in ;
arrest.
The alleged embezzler is the father
of three children and married into one
of the prominent families of Stockton
The San Francisco call., 1909-03-02
Continued from Page

familiar with the terms. of the will,
third is ftto Mrs. Baldwin 'and the
remainder, with the exception of two
or three bequests,. divided. among those
whose relationship to the pioneer is a
matter of record.
The track at Arcadia will be closed
tomorrow as a token of respect to the
dead turfman, and the body will lie in
state from IL to o'clock. The body
will be shipped to San Francisco
Wednesday and on Thursday funeral
services viii be held in San Francisco,
after which the body will be inferred
in vault beside that of Baldwin's first
wife
The illness which finally resulted in
the death of Baldwin began February
2. AT that time he experienced a seri-
Gus sinking SPELL nearly resulting in
his death. but from which. he finally
rallied and made a gallant fight for
life
The San Francisco call., 1909-03-02
WILBUR WRIGHTS LIFE
MENACED IN ACCIDENT
AeropIane Rudder Breaks and
Occupants Narrowly Escape

PAU, France: March Wilbur
Wright and Colonel Wives chief of the
aeronautic corps of the Spanish army.
narrowly escaped injury this afternoon
when the rudder of the Wright aero
plane struck the ground, disabling the
machine.
The accident occurred just as the
machine was being launched for a
flight. The rudder struck the ground
and snapped. and the cable used to
guide the rudder wound around the
propellers. wllichain turn were disabled.
The machine. however, flew on 40
meters and then stopped. Neither of
its occupants was hurt.
Previously Wright had made two
successful flights with Lambert and
Tissandier as passengers.
The San Francisco call., 1909-03-02
Bad for a Democrat

Like others who have preceded him
he viii tell Taft how bad for the party
it IS that a democrat should hold the
lucrative position TO which Irish has
frozen solid. But Teller will not rely
upon all these old weapons which have
been tried before and have not left as
much as a scratch upon. the colonel.
Irish has been spreading himself over
some of the eastern papers in "a way
that has aroused genuine opposition in
both parties. In a letter to the Wash
ington Post he espouses the cause of
the Japanese and declares that the
movement in California has never risen
above the dignity of sandlot agitation.
His letter continues:
Politicians. and agitators in Califor-
MIA find It useful to their purposes to
propose drastic discrimination against
eastern Asiatics. The fact is that
immigration from China and Japan
has never been any more of a
menace than Immigration from
Europe. 1t has been useful ad-
dition to our population because
the Japanese and Chinese take kindly
to country life and avoid congestion
in cities. The agitation against them
began on the sandlot in San Francisco
and has never risen above the sandlot
level. The japanese are the cleanest
Of our people and are as orderly as any.
It IS not true that they are forcing any
other population out. They enter in
dustries that others refuse and are
energetic and enterprising."
Taft will be told how unfortunate II
would be to allow Irish to hold federal
position in California after this gra-
tuitous fling at most of the population.
However. Irish has weathered worse
onslaughts, and according to his friends
here he believes he has already in
trenched himself for another four years.
Periodical attempts have been made
to dislodge Irish since 1898, when he
was appointed by Cleveland. The last
attempt was made by General George
Stone. who planned to take the colonel
by surprise. Stone hurried secretly to
washington to give Roosevelt the low
down. He reached there at noon one
day, took cab from the station to the
White House and found Irish lunching
with the president.
The San Francisco call., 1909-03-02
Body to Lie in State

The body of Baldwin will lie in state
in The Cottage" on the Santa Anita
ranch all day tomorrow, after being
embalmed. 1t viii be shipped to- San
Francisco Wednesday and the funeral
will take place in that city Thursday
Tomorrow at 10 O'Clock the will of
the millionaire will be filed in the pro-
bate court in this city. Those VINO
have charge of the will tonight refuse
TO make its contents known.
The San Francisco call., 1909-03-02
SAFE BLOWERS WILL BE
PROSECUTED HERE
Gang Arrested in Los Angeles
Wanted in San Francisco
Especial Dispatch 10 The Call.

LOPeCtut LISPuICH 70 Hc NuIIJ .
LOS ANGELES. March 1.--Detectives
William Proll and Edward O'Dea of
San Francisco are in Los Angeles after
several members of the sextet of al
legged safe blowers who were arrested
here February 90. The officers have
warrants for James Gilligan, w. J. Do
ming and Matt Fenton. They may also
take Jack Johnson. Joe Murray, one
of the members of the gang. was SEN
fenced to 120 days at the workhouse
this morning. Ida Murray. who claims
to be the wife OF Murray, probably will
be charged with vagrancy.
The San Francisco call., 1909-03-02
DIRECT PRIMARY
PASSED BY SENATE
Measure Advocated by People
Now i'm Hands of Members
of the Lower House
Bill Expected to Be Enacted Into
Law If SOlOns Remain
True to Pledges
Continued from Page 1

TO put the bill on its final passage. and
without any preliminary oratory the
secretary was directed to call the roll
Every senator present-27-voted for
the bill. and 1t was sent on its way to
the assembly.
The senator's who voted for the bill
were: Anthony, Bell Birdsall, Black,
BoyntOn, Burnett, Caminetti Campbell,
Curtin, Cutten, HolOhan, Hurd, Leavitt,
Lewis, 3IarfinelIi Mccartney, Miller,
Roseberry Rush, Sanford, Savage,
Thompson, Walker, WeIeh, Wills,
Wolfe, Wright.
Five senator's who voted for the
minority report on the original show
down did not have an opportunity TO
back up their original votes today on
account of absence. These were: Cart
wright, EustudiIIO, stetson, StrObridge
and Price. Senator's Leavitt, McCart-
ney. Savage. Willis and Wolfe. who
voted against the minority report,
voted for the bill today and preserved
the two-thirds total by which the first
fight was won. Bates, Bills, Finn, Hare,
Hartman, Reilly, Kennedy and Weed,
who voted against the bill on the orig
inal showdown. were absent
Socialists Oppose Bill
Socialist thought molders in Oak
land, Stockton. San Jose and san Diego
have decided that the Wright-StantOn
bill must not pass. Just to show that
they mean it they sent kilograms and
special delivery letters today 10 a
dozen senators and assemblymen,
threatening them with dire vengeance
I If they. did not vote against the bill
The San Jose sponsor for the tele-
grams declared that a mass meeting Of
400 citizens demanded that, Senator's
Black and Walker use their every effort
to defeat the bill. Senator Walker had
just arrived from San Jose. He said
that he had heard of no mass meeting
and both he and Black exhibited their
appreciation of the threats by voting
for the bill this afternoon.
The attempt of the socialists to
deter legislators from keeping their
pledges to the people was not without
"a humorous side. The local remnant
| of the Calkins syndicate. which poses
/ as republican and as newspaper.
| lists in Oakland as a monster uprising
Fof the people OF the transbay city in
protest against the iniquitous Wright
Stanton bill. In order to turn it's
trick, the Calkins remnant was COM
PEELED to feature up the socialist charge
! that both the republican and demo-
cratic parties were controlled by the
financial interests.
The effect on the legislative mind
was similar to that produced by the
persistent vaporings of the crew TO
whom Patrick Calhoun declines to trust
the expenditure of his money-an alb
solutely unanimous vote Of the senate
for the bill
The San Francisco call., 1909-03-02
Many Lawsuits

Baldwin was upon more than one
occasion a defendant in civil actions.
Most notable of all. however was the
suit Instituted by Miss Lillian Ashley
against Baldwin for 100000 worth of
the millionaire's property Miss Ash
ley alleged that Baldwin betrayed her
and that he was well able to provide
her with an income. After a year of
bitter legal battle the court decided
against Miss Ashley on January 20,
18q7
The San Francisco call., 1909-03-02
Four Derby Winners

Altogether, Baldwin raised four
American derby winners, as follows:
Emperor of Norfolk. Rey ell Santa
Anita, Silver Cloud and Volante. Dur
ing his racing career Baldwin owed
nine derby winners
In recent years Baldwin has
spent most Of his time on his Santa
Anita ranch. In 1906 the vast estate
was suhdivided and 1872 acres were
converted into an immense racing park
now known as Arcadia. This was the
last of Baldwin's dreams to be realized
The association controlling this park
is known as the Baldwin racing asso-
citation
The San Francisco call., 1909-03-02
Vast Land Holdings

Forty-two thousand acres of land in
the San Gabriel valley were not enough
for Baldwin and so he bought another
vast tract in Merced county; another
in the city of Los Angeles and invested
in land around Lake Tahoe. where he
afterward built a summer resort. cost
ing S560,00o This hotel was completed
last year.A
Baldwin Wed with Kentucky horse
breeders, endeavoring to show them
that California was capable of pro-
ducing derby winners. In 1886 he Sc
cured the wonderful horse Emperor of
Norfolk. In 1885 Emperor of Norfolk
won two great races, the Chicago derby
and the Brooklyn handicap. In the lat
ter race Emperor of Norfolk fell to his
knees yet from a field of fast horses
he won the race by 10 lengths. This
same horse won hundreds Of thousands
of dollars for his owner, and when
Emperor of Norfolk died, December 15,
1907, Baldwin gave the animal notable
burial and erected a costly monument
to the horses memory
The San Francisco call., 1909-03-02
Plans Great Hotel

Returning to San Francisco, Baldwin
saw a golden opportunity awaiting him.
Hordes of hungry gold miners were
rushing into the city Hotels were
scarce. lodgings Of any sort, so long
as they protected one from the ele-
ments, were at a premium. So Baldwin
he of the keen business vision-pur-
chased the Pacific temperance house in
Montgomery street and served his ap-
presticeship as "a hotelman. 1t was a
money maker, which of course. was
not uncommon for any investment
taken up by Baldwin.
This hotel venture led to others, and
in his fertile brain Baldwin created an
idea that he would some day erect the
grandest hotel in San Francisco. This
idea was not totally mere imagination
for in 1872 plans for a big hotel in
Ellis, Powell and Market streets began
to mature. At an opportune moment
Baldwin sold a large part of his Ophir
interests. which had been steadily ac-
cumulating and adding to 53lis fortune.
He invested the money in the property
upon which now stands the Flood build
ing The site was far from the'e'city's
center of activity. Friends told Bald
win that he was crazy; but he was
shrewd He read in the future and
laughed at their counsel. The city, he
averred, would come to his grand hotel
In 1875 the Baldwin hotel and theater
was opened with. great ecfat 1t was
the handsomest hotel in the west. The
Baldwin theater was the. most popular
place of amusement in town. Contem-
poraneous with the Baldwin hotel was
being erected the Palace hotel, few
blocks down Market street
The entire cost of the Baldwin hotel
and theater was s3,000.ooo, The in
terror of the hotel was ornamented in
gaudy style-that was BaIdwin's child
ish fancy,
First Crash in Fortunes
The first great crash in Baldwin's
fortune came in 1898. On November %
of that year the Baldwin hotel burned
to. the ground, a total loss. Several
lives We're lost. But this did not dis
may the plucky Baldwin. The burning
of his hotel and theater left a $2,000,-
o00 hole in Baldwins fortune. Law
suits and unfruitful seasons had al
ready played havoc with a small part
'ofe his fortune when the hotel burned;
rumor had II that his luck had gone to
roost elsewhere. But subsequent events
In Baidwin's life have given the lie to
that rumor.
With the same foresight that had
! accumulated him millions In the ophir
The San Francisco call., 1909-03-02
Scheme to Murder Aged Man
for Money FOiIed by
Local Doctor
Would Be Assassins Trapped in
Hotel While Arranging
Details of Job
Two Men and Woman in Con-
spiracy TO Commit Crime
for Fortune

occurred at. this visit. and returned
TO the Hotel Stewart
Last Friday I received another tele-
phone message, asking me TO visit
Goodwin. In the intervening days
they had moved him from the Lans-
dale hotel to rooms at 733 Turk street
and. on going to the latter address, !
found the old man very much worse
I soon found out that the two men
Dandy and OLone-had been busy
plying him with liquor. keeping him
IN an intoxicated condition.
MY natural questionings as TO why
this was done revealed to me the
whole cruel plot TO kin Goodwin. Dandy
and o'Lone. according to their own
statements to me. had IN some way or
the other obtained absolute control
over Goodwin and they maintained
their hold by keeping him constantly
drunk. O'Lone had. succeeded in get
ting q power Of attorney from Good
win.
They spoke eloquently Of the old
mans estate and then asked me II !
would consent To give a medical. certih-
cate. declaring death was due to alco-
holism If Goodwin should be found
dead
The San Francisco call., 1909-03-02
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The San Francisco call., 1909-03-02
PROVIDES FOR WATER
SUPPLY AT PRESIDE
Sundry Civil Bill Contains Items
of California Interest
Especial Dispatch 10 The Call

WASHINGTON. D. c.. March Il
Among the items in the sundry civil
bill as passed by the senate today were
100000 for the Preside water supply,
S35 900 for, AIcatraz light station. $780,
600 for Riverside postOffice, $4,000 for
a revenue cutter launch at Los Angeles.
and 1900 additional for Santa Monica
soldiers home. The Presidio water
supply item prepares the way for con-
structing a system independent of the
Spring Valley company the exorbitant
charges Of that corporation having
a new supply. About 1000. 900 gallons
daily will be developed in excess of the
Presidios needs. and it is hoped it may
be acquired by the city for use between
the new park and the Presidio.
Include Presidents Expenses
WASHINGTON. March 1.-The sun
dry civil appropriation bill was report
ed to the senate from the committee
on appropriations today The bill car
ries S138,076.5 565. an increase Of S1.2S6.-
719 over the bill as it was passed by
the house. OF this increase SOS, 900 was
including Everett, Wash, and Riv-
cutter service. to provide launches for
Puget sound and Los Angeles; 1892. 800
for additional lighthouses and other
aids to navigation; $65 $50 for add =
tional accomm modations for the presi-
dents Office building, and S25.000 for
travelling expenses of the president the
latter being included by reason of the
refusal Of the house to agree to. raise
the salary of the president $4,000
The San Francisco call., 1909-03-02
Lucky BaIdwin's Career

Elias ]. Baldwin was born in Ohio
In Al dreary little hamlet in Butter
county, April 3, 1928, Baldwin first saw
the light of day. He was not Lucky
Baldwin during his boyhood days. JUST
plain. Eli, and so far luck was con-
cerned he shared so poorly in that es-
tate that upon attaining his majority
Baldwin was lured by the stories OF
easily made fortunes IN California. Ac-
cordingly he moved westward, arrlV5
ing in the town of Racine, WIS, from
where in 1850 he began a long ana
memorable drive with a prairie schoon1
er for California The "trip across noun
tain and plain was a difficult one, 1or
the stanch party was often compelled
to battle with the Indians, who, after
a hard winter, were making desperate
fight for the few provisions that each
party of Argonauts carried. Arriving
in the great Salt Lake valley huge
band surrounded the Baldwin party.
and in a fierce hand to hand f1ght bald
win killed an Indian chief. Wlthout
their leader the red men would not hgnt.
and the travellers resumed their jour-
ney. The party arrived in PlaeerVille,
Cal. then popularly known as Hang
town"
Baldwin did not Immediately turn his
attention to mining. although he had
accepted odd jobs from one source or
another, which netted him the funds
with which to provide the necessaries
of life. In 1859 he first entered the
mining field. Always a skeptic and
preferring his own Judgment TO that or
others. Baldwin did not create furore
in mining centers by bold plunges- he
busted himself with Investigation. At
this time men who were poor at break
fast time were rich before lunch
Cleans Up in Ophir
The Comstock lode in Virginia city
came into prominence. Baldwin gath
cred every scrap of information con-
cerning 1T and waited. Suddenly the
Ophir mine, part of the famous Com
stock, burst into prominence. Then
panic came Ophir stocks were unload
ed in huge blocks. Holders were glad
to get 1t off their hands. Buyers were
scarce-except one man-and this person
was Elias ]. Baldwin. And when the
panic had subsidized he was the holder
of almost all the Ophir stock afioat.
He smugglCd mining expert, dis
guised as a laborer, into the mine one
day and upon his report of immense
gold deposits was Baldwin made rich.
He made s7,5o0.Ooo by this daredevil
venture and gained the sobriquet
lucky" The Ophir tale is yet told
on the exchange.
The rich holdings in Ophir, repre-
sented by a mass of soiled paper, was
deposited in a safe deposit vault in a
friends office and Baldwin sailed away
for Australia. He was not, however.
content with a short trip there. but
Travelled into India and japan. 1t was
while sojourning in Japan, hobnobbing
with diplomats. that he loaned a large
| sum of money to a consul general. This
money was returned TO Baldwin after a
short time and with it was a peculiar
ring, the gift of the borrower. This
piece OF jewelry gained immediate
favor with Lucky" and he often de-
clared that much of his luck was due
to this ring and to the good wishes
which came with it