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The San Francisco call., 1910-05-27
FRATERNAL INSURANCE
AFFAIRS UNDER INQUIRY
Various Organizations Called
Upon for Explanation

ROCK ISLAND, Ill. May 26.-After a
weeks recess the Rock Island county
grand jury today resumed hearing tes-
timony on fraternal insurance affairs.
involving the Fraternal Tribunes. the
American Home Circle and half dozen
similar organizations.
Three witnesses were heard, John b.
Wolfenburger, Peoria, an attorney who
represented members of the Fraternal
Tribunes in petitioning for an linjunc-
tion to restrain the new directorate
from making further expenditures from
the general fund; Arthur L. Caldwell,
Springfield, and Miss Marguerite A.
McElvain, assistant cashier of the
Farmers state bank. Auburn, ILL.,, both
of whom. according to the records of
the Fraternal Tribunes. received settle
ments on notes of $500 each from the
general fund of the society after its
merger with the American Home Circle.
These notes, like numerous others, 1t
was said, were not on record when ne
gotiations were on between the two
orders looking to consolidation.
The San Francisco call., 1910-05-27
CalifOrnians on Travels
Special Dispatch 10 The Call

NEW YORK, May 26.-Californians
are registered here as follows:
From San Francisco-T. W. Small, Waldorf
Astoria; II. 5. Townley, Imperial; Mrs j. z.
tan; H. H. Ferne. Cosmopolitan: c. A Browne
Mrs. Browne, Hotel Darlington; s. o. Dickson
Hotel Belmont; b. o. Harvey, Union Square ho-
Hotel Earlington: C. ". Merrill HoIia nd: Mrs
V. Scherze, Latham; A h Wheeler Hotel Bres
lin; G. E. Hoyt. Astor house; B. S. Stanley, Ho
tel Gerard; Mrs. o. tum SUDDEN, o. tum SUDDEN,
Hotel Breslin; P. Bugge, Cosmopolitan: n G.
Churchill, Murray Hill; ]. Gallois. NJ. ]. Graham
Mrs. Graham. Holland house; J. Olson. CosmopoI
itsn; A. j. Zobel, Herald Square; Miss A. B.
Jacoby, Grand Union; l.. L. Noise. Longacre: P
Monteagle, Mrs. l. F. Monteagle Hotel Seville
T. W. Mottram. st. Denis; Alex L. Aguillo. St
Belmont: Mrs. Buchanan. Herald Square: n
A. Chapman. Hotel Navarro: A. B. Field
Herald Square: NJ. ]. Keesler. Broadway Central
F. H. Kimball. Broadway Central: Mrs. L. B
Parrott. Hotel Wolcott: H. A Russell, Plaza
R. D. Huntington, Buckingham.
Los Angeles. g: Davis, DR.. C. P. Drum. Gil
Barr. Hoffman house; DR.. A. F. Maclersh Mrs
Maclersh, Netherlands; ]. r. Collins. Hotel York
B. NJ. Fuhrer. l.. NJ Fuhrer. Martha Washing
ton; Mrs. +. w. Golum, Hotel Cadillac; Mrs. r.
B. Marshall T. B. Marshall. Hotel Empire: g
II. Ainley. New Amsterdam Mrs. kmball Hoff
man house: W. ". Orcutt. Holland house; r.
Loan, Park Avenue; P. Sylvester. Hotel Raleigh;
j. N Urbanus, New Amsterdam; NJ Krupp.
Hoffman; Mrs. E. Msgauran. e. Magauran. st.
Denis; c. l.. Morrow, Hotel Belmont; Mrs E.
Forrest, Martha Washington; G. B. Lewis New
San Jose-A. E. Friant, Mrs Friant, Hotel
Bartholdi.
Oakland-C. N. Hackett, Murray Hill: P.
Christensen. Navarro; E. L. David. Mrs. 7. B.
Davis. Victoria; ]. t. McLure. Grand Union;
Mrs. X Kirkpatrick. Herald Square.
Santa Barbara-Mrs. NJ Sketchly Marlborough
University Of California-Prof. Benjamin Ide
Wheeler, waldorf-Astorla.
The San Francisco call., 1910-05-27
SOLDIER RETIRES
WITH snug sum
Sergeant Saves $4,000 in Is
Years of Continuous Service
and Now Gets Pension

With $4,000 in gold coin in his pock-
cts. Sergeant Frank Weik, after 25
years continuous service in the United
States army, was retired at his own re-
quest yesterday. Weik entered the
army when he was Is years old.
Weik belonged to Company NJ
Seventh infantry. With his retirement
also goes 10 him the sum of $3.50 per
month as long as he lives.
When Weik entered the service he
began saving up his money and depos-
tied it from month to month in the pay
masters office at which ever post he
happened to be. 1t has drawn per
cent interest during this time, which
has materially helped out the original
sums of deposit. Weik will leave to-
night for his old home in New York
where he intends to settle down and &c
into business.
The San Francisco call., 1910-05-27
"RIGHTS OF NAM
COLONIST JAILED
Jeweler Addison About to De.
sert His Flock When Fell
0ny Charge Is Lodged
Especial Dispatch 10 The Call


UKIAH. May 26.-Albert Addison. the
Oakland jeweler, who established a
colony of his people near here on a
ranch a short time ago. to be known
as the Rights of Man Colony" was
arrested last evening and lodged in
the county Jail on a felony charge
On March 4. 1910. Addison came here
and rented the Hildreth ranch of 2.s0o
acres and located thereon Is families,
with the intention of locating 20 more
and the organization was to be known
as the Rights of Man Colony" and
was socialistic in nature. All the fam
lilies are from Oakland and San Fran
cisco. and each family paid locating
fee of 500 to the common treasury
to be used to begin operations.
Things did not run as serenely as
was expected by the eolonists, and at
the end of each month they asked for
an accounting, which had been agreed
upon by all parties interested. but Adel-
son would put them off from time to
eAIIe' ana refused 10 pIOduce the DOCKS.
Tuesday. the colonists called on him
and demanded the books. He refused
to produce them and the result was
a general fist fight Addison had a
number of the colonists arrested. After
this trouble the other members refused
to have any more to do with their
leader and threatened to have him ar
rested if he did not settle
w. j. Hildreth was then appointed
trustee and was put in charge of the
affairs. Then Addison slipped away to
Ukiah. collected $40 due the colonists
and had started to leave on the after
noon train Wednesday when he was
arrested and placed in Jail. After the
fenony charge is through another war
rant is in waiting on which he will
be arrested for disturbing the peace.
The property has been turned back
to w. j. Hildreth. its original owner.
The San Francisco call., 1910-05-27
FISH Combine
GIVES BAIL and
TRIAL Is SET
Trust Officials Must Face Com
spiracy Charges June 6
Before Cabaniss
Testimony of Eureka Witness
May Put Ally of Octopus
in Hot Water

| The fish trust goes to trial on the
charge of conspiracy in restraint of
trade before Superior Judge Cabaniss
June 6.
| This assignment and date of appear
ance was made by Presiding Judge Van
Nostrand yesterday morning, after ap-
proving bail bonds of $4,000 furnished
by the 20 defendants. None of the
| fishmen, however. was in court, being
represented by their attorneys. Will
| liam M Madden. who is the regularly
retained counsel for the Western, ap-
| peared for the officials of that COM
| pany, Paladini, the International. the
California and the New San Francisco,
the American bonding company fur
n1shing the bail. Francisco Bellanti
and Pietro AIioto of the American fish
and oyster company had as their attor-
neys Alexander & ODonnell and bonds
men in the National surety company.
DEFENSE KEPT SECRET
! No intimation can be obtained at this
time as to the fishmens plan of de-
Tense, following their arraignment be-
| fore Judge Cabaniss a week from next
Monday. Attorney Madden will not
say and District Attorney Fickert does
not know.
| Il don't see what they could gain
| by asking for separate trials" said
Fickert yesterday. All are affected
by the same evidence and are equally
| involved. A severance would besides
mean greatly increased expense for
them, If that is any object
The 20 are Jointly indicted and have
| the right to be tried together or sepa-
rately, as they please.
There is some likelihood of G.. Gigi
] being called here from Eureka to tes-
tify before the grand jury
PIAGINI INVOLVED
| Gigi founded the independent Portola
company last November and with his
partners brought a civil suit against
the fish trust for $4,000 damag ges last
January, when his company was black
/ listed out of business Among these
defendants is Armando Biagini, heading
| A. B1agini & Co., the only firm in the
| trust so far to escape Indictment Gigi
! The Calls investigators found can not
only give extremely damaging testi-
mony against Biagini but bring that
dealer into serious clash with the SEN
ate investigating committee. Biagini
denied certain things under oath before
/ the legislative Investigators, which may
result seriously for him.
| District Attorney Fickert intimated
yesterday that the only fault to be
| found with the Cartwright law was
| the mildness of its penalties as COM
pared with the immense tribute a trust
may be able to wiring from the people
in disobeying the law. He believes the
maximum punishment should be en-
/ forced
The San Francisco call., 1910-05-27
TROOPS DRIVE OUT
STRIKING MINERS
Twenty-Five Men ForcibIy De.
ported Without Trial

DURHAM. Ca. May 26.-Twenty- five
miners, accused Of intimidating the off,
Gals Of the Durham coal and coke COM
pany's miners here. and who were ar
rested this morning by state troops
sent here by Governor Brown, were
forcibly deported without trial this aft
ernoon.
Colonel James ". English Jr., one OF
the principal owners Of the mines,
swore out warrants charging the min
ers with riot and trespass.
Later Colonel English withdrew the
warrants on the promise OF the arrested
men never 10 return to Durham.
The San Francisco call., 1910-05-27
CORPORATION YARD
IN NEW QUARTERS
Clear Roadway in Tunnels Is
Wanted for Fire Apparatus

Fire Chief Murphy reported to the
commission yesterday that the depart
ments repair shops and corporation
yard equipment had been moved from
the basement of the Wilmerding school
to the new headquarters in Francisco
street between Stockton and Powell.
The civil service commission was
asked TO hold an examination for the
grade of lieutenant by September.
Hoseman j. ]. Murphy was promoted
to the higher rank.
communication was sent to the su-
pervisors asking that in the construc-
tion of the Stockton street and Twin
peaks tunnels roadways free from car
tracks be provided so that fire ap-
paratus might have unimpeded right of
way
The San Francisco call., 1910-05-27
100000 LOST
BY PATTEN in PIT
Real Wheat Actually Purchased
by Waterman in Effort to
Break Market

CHICAGO, May 2e.-The private
settlement of Theodore H Watermans s
squeeze" in May wheat; the unloading
of S,00o.O00 bushels of September wheat
by James A. and George H. Patten and
announcement of their withdrawal
from the brokerage firm of which they
have been members for a generation,
and, at least temporarily, from bust
ness, a net decline in prices ranging
from AZ cents in September to more
than cents in May made the day in
wheat one destined to take rank with
other momentous days on the Chicago
board of trade
James A Patten left his Office to-
night wearing a smile and in his Ii
mousine had leisure to read head lines
estimating his losses at anywhere be-
tween $640,000 and $1,200,000 for the
day.
Asked by a reporter if he had any
thing to say about the market the
specuIator laughed and said:
Just say 1 don't know anything
about the market
PATTEN NOT WORRIED
In this jovial manner Patten admit
ted that he had come out second best
in a guessing contest with the bears.
The status of neither the May nor
the September option, despite today's
developments, is understood with GER
tainty.
AS to Patten, it is not known whether
he and his brother George have dis
posed of all their September holdings
or still have a considerable amount
waiting possible tseadier market
While their retirement was announced
today, it does not become effective
until June /.
Certain traders with regulations for
shrewdness profess the belief that the
market will be called upon to absorb
more long September wheat during
the next month. The same question
arises as to the May option-llas 1t all
been settled for?
REAL WHEAT BOUGHT
Traders are assured that Theodore H.
Waterman, the Albany miller, the lead
ing long in May. has carried his deal
through to a successful conclusion and
forced the leading short interests to
settle with him at his own price, gem
orally believed to have been around
s1.14. ]. Leischstein is said to have
been the leading short, but chiefly as
agent for big elevator concern. Sew
eral cargoes of actual wheat were de-
livered to Waterman during the last
10 days in an endeavor to break the
market 1t bent, but did not break
That settlement had been effected
became known today, when a cargo
of No. / northern wheat consigned TO
Chicago for delivery to Waterman was
diverted to Buffalo.
The extreme declines today were 57s
cents in May and cents in September
The close, May at S1.05 to $1.O5A and
September at SO cents, were within a
small fraction of the bottom
The San Francisco call., 1910-05-27
WOODMEN OF WORLD
WILL HOLD PICNIC

The drill team Of Golden Gate No. 81.
the banner camp Of the Woodmen of
the World, win hold an excursion TO
and picnic al Monticello grove in Marin
county next Sunday
The committee in charge consists of:
T.. A. Bertrand. chairman: ]. F. Carey.
secretary: William A. Duffev. Daniel
Murphy. George A. Walsh and William
c. Greenfield.
This team, Of which ". NJ Riordan
IS the captain, win enter the competi-
tive drill at Portland, Ore, next July
during the session of the head camp
Of the Pacific Jurisdiction.
The San Francisco call., 1910-05-27
WOMAN HURLS BURGLAR
FROM WINDOW TO DEATH
Hammers Intruder With Rolling
Pin Until He Falls

NEW YORK, May 26.-Louis Gratch,
25 years old. painter by day and burg
lar after dark, was discovered by Mrs.
Dora Gieteman in her apartment on the
third floor of a Delancey street house
today.
After beating the man with cuspi-
dor until he backed against the sill of
an open window, the woman was
smashing him across the face with a
rolling pin when he toppled to death
on the concrete pavement so feet be-
low.
Gratch got into the house by climb
ing the fire escape.
The San Francisco call., 1910-05-27
WOMAN HEARS HERSELF
BRANDED MURDERESS
Physician Proves Good Witness
for the Defense

ST. LOUIS. May 26.-Mrs Dora e.
Doxey, accused of poisoning William j.
Erder, heard herself described as Ian
avaricious and cold blooded murderess''
with the utmost cornposure today, when
Assistant Circuit Attorney c. A Newton
made his opening statement in Judge
Grimm's court.
The states first Witness DR.. F. Ar
thur Friedeberg, the physician who at
tended Erder during his last illness.
proved an excellent witness for the de-
fense under grueling cross examination.
The physician admitted there was
nothing in Erders condition before his
death to indicate that he was being pol
Soned
The San Francisco call., 1910-05-27
AMES COURT MARTIAL
TO SIT IN SECRET
Charge Is Conduct Unbecoming
an Officer

MANILA. May 26.-The court martial
of Lieutenant Colonel Robert F. Ames
of the Twelfth infantry, United States
army, will open Tuesday and the pro-
ceedings will be behind closed doors.
AT the head of the court will be
Brigadier General John ]. Pershing,
commander of Fort William Mckinley,
and Brigadier General Daniel H Brush,
commander of the department of the
Visayas.
Ames Is charged with conduct unbe-
coming an officer and to the prejudice
of military discipline.
The San Francisco call., 1910-05-27
STRIKING CONVICTS
PROMPTLY HUNG up
Prisoners ShackIed With Arms
Above Their Heads

COLUMBUS. O.. May 26.-Twenty- five
more convicts in the Ohio penitentiary
struc ktoday on the plea that they were
being served with condemned food, the
total number nstrike being 147, but
all of them, after parley with the
warden, promised to go to work
Warden Jones promptly ordered all
the strikers hung up so that their
arms in shackles are held above their
heads. though none of their bodily
weight is sustained by the shackles.
Many OF the strikers were murder
ers.
The San Francisco call., 1910-05-27
ESCAPED COLORADO
CONVICT CAPTURED
Man Responsible for Break That
Cost Two Lives Is Caught
in Illinois

CANON CITY, Colo, May 26.-Warden
lyman of the state penitentiary an
nounced today that Paul Morton. the
man responsible for the attempted jail
delivery month ago. in which two
convicts were killed and three others
wounded. has been captured at Harvey,
III.
Morton is a paroled prisoner.
The warden says he has the confess
sions of two of the wounded prisoners.
The San Francisco call., 1910-05-27
CUPID MAKES VACANCY
IN PETALUMA SCHOOL
Miss Hortense Street Leaves to
Marry d. Clasen
Especial Dispatch 10 The Call

T0Fccrut
PETALUMA, May 26.--Cupid has Wis
tied the school department of this city
again. Miss Hortense Street, teacher of
manual training in the Washington
grammar school, resigned her position
and today left for San Rafael
At the home of Lieutenant Street of
Mount Tamalpais academy she will be-
come the bride tomorrow of d. Clasen
of the ST. Francis hotel. San Francisco.
After the wedding the couple will go
to San Francisco to reside.
The San Francisco call., 1910-05-27
Local Brevities

LIABILITIES FIXED AT 81, l,167-Julus Roth.
an Oakland restaurant keeper. filed a petition
in bankruptcy Yesterday IN the United States
district court. His liabilities are scheduled at
81. 1880. with $T2 In available assets
sALTPETER IN sAUsAGES Two Chinese
butchers Yick Sang. 1860 Grant avenue, and
Tuck Sing. T46 Washington street. were fined
$40 each by Police Judge Shortai yesterday
for adulterating sausages with satpeter-
The San Francisco call., 1910-05-27
HUDSON RIVER PALISADES
TO BE IN STATE PARK
New York Accepts Gift From
Mrs. E. II. Hartman

ALBANY, N Y, May Ex-Governor
Hughes today signed the bills to enable
the state to accept the gifts of land and
money offered by Mrs e. H Hartman.
widow of the late railroad king, and
others, for park embracing the Hud-
son river palisades, and providing for
s2,5O0,000 bond issue by the state The
bond issue was one of the conditions
imposed by the donors.
The San Francisco call., 1910-05-27
Army and Navy Orders
Special Dispotch 70 The Calll

Especial Dispatch 10 The Call
WASHINGTON, May 2e.-The war de-
partment has issued the following
orders:
First Lieutenant William +. Currier coast
artillery corps is detailed for recruiting service
and will proceed to Fort Mcdowell Cal. for
temporary duty 10 days and thence to Helena
Mont. relieving First Lieutenant Robert o.
Ragsdale. Third infantry. who will join his regi.
ment in the Philippines.
First Lieutenant George Z. Price Fourteenth
cavalry. Presidio, San Francisco, will Join
his regiment in the Philippines.
The navy department has, issued these
orders;
Civil Engineer A. c. Iewesenz is detached from
duty at the navy yard at Mare island and or.
dered TO duty at the naval station in Hawaii
Assistant Civil Engineer e. H. BrowneiI is
detached from the bureau of yards and docks al
Washington. d. c.. and ordered to Puget sound
Assistant Civil Engineer c. A. Bostrom is de
tached from the navy yard Puget sound tc
duty at the naval station st Guam.
Grand Free Excursion
III. -
The San Francisco call., 1910-05-27
ST. LOUIS TO CLEAN UP
TENEMENT DISTRICT
Direct Result of Conference of
Charities Report

ST. LOUIS. May 2s.-The twenty-sev-
enth national conference Of charities
and corrections closed here tonight
with a general discussion on law break
ers. AS result of the report of Wis
iting committee of the conference on
the condition of the "slums" of ST.
Louis, Mayor Kreissman today ord cred
a wholesale cleaning up of the tene-
ment district
The San Francisco call., 1910-05-27

AsSAILANT JAILED-Alexander
Fleming. a laborer. who assaulted Policeman
NJ j. Morris az Market and East streets Sun
day, was sentenced yesterday to so DAYS IN
jail by Police Judge Shortall-
The San Francisco call., 1910-05-27
CATCH OF FUR SEALS IS sMALL-

VAIN O1 1C1 0EeA4o 10 Oo1AAlT-Jun du
Alaska, May 26--The total catch OF fur seals
by natives in the open sea OF the Alaska
coast this season will not be more than 125
pelts. In former years the Indians made good
catches Japanese sealers using mufded power
boats are expected to reap fat harvest
Eight of these vessels are now following the
seal herds north to the rookeries
The San Francisco call., 1910-05-27

CARBARNs BURN-Des Moines. May 26.-Fire
destroyed the downtown carbarns of the Des
Moines railway company early today burning
20 streetcars and crippling the car service
badly. Loss, S160,000
The San Francisco call., 1910-05-27

Grand Free Excursion
Saturday to Tuesday. See ad., page -
The San Francisco call., 1910-05-27
METHOD rs FOUND

Savage explained that under section
II of article 1 of the charter the board
is permitted to build tunnels. but no
method is outlined. This is found in
article under the subject of street i'm
provements.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1910-01-24
TUssoHE SILKS

fou know the dicium ladies'.
Pongeea Standings and Tus-
sores are preemlnent. TWO
pieces arrived, wide width.
natural color Not $3.50. but
4 naa 's,' at ,''' o'' 9Sc
Plain Elc0 Silks Doe. all col.
Ore 50c wash well 80ci al
L0ndoua only 30c. 27inch
width Doc, tho best on
SIX On q. r. oUC
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1910-01-24
TRAGIC LIFE AND DEATH STORY OF A
COON WHICH WANDERED ONCE FROM
PATH OF RECTITUDE RETOLD in COURT

never had tasted fresh meat or
blood Just dined on butter and
eggs and cookies and sweets hut
ter and eggs may not be strictly
Vegetables but the diet proves that
he was not a carniverous animal.
Chickens Were nlooded.
Hut the nurruss chickens were
blooded, too, and when q comes 90
family tree. they could fly aa
high as any pet coon They we're
born she said. May a. 1909. that
date helnE testified TO as their
birthday, aud We're thoroughbroda,
no mere hArnyard Ncratchera
Death and the grave level all
creatures. and samuel lands
buried the chickens and tho coon
together In a common grave Their
memory lives on. ana the case has
been taken under Amusement hy
Justice Brown 10 consider whether
Coonie Laraan was Wild animal or
a domeaucated creature,
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1910-01-24

Vladimir Bourtsefs. the Russian
editor and revolniioniat was en-.
Enthusiastically Welcomed by the New
York colony ~ Rusaian exlles
There are fully 10000 reyolutlouiatA
ia New Nofk. every one Of whom
has. ut one time or other been an
active member ~ the Russian rcvo
lulionary party. aud upon many o.
them the prisons Of Russia and 81
IBERIA have left lndrlihle marks
nouftseif IL the man Nho exposed
the ireaehery ~ Eugene Akeff prob
ably the moat dospicahle traitor Ia
apy infested Russia. who had f0f
years posed as n reyolutiouist lead
or. while az The same time betray
lnE the party to the government
lie organized plots nniY "a hotray
them tie planned the murders 81
tho Grand Duke sergius aud NJ
plelve. and also an attempt made
on The efare life IN 1905
uourtaeft aided The cause % Rua
sian freedom immensely when he
uncovered the rogtennesa OF this
Arefg. agent pfovocAieur u was
he. too. Who exposed ii4iiug. the
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1910-01-24

That ret coon case il chasing
around the courts again, Two
Weeks axe Mrs Lou Larson sued
Samuel Landis 81 Justice John T.
Carrolrs court Tor damages for XII.
tnr her net coon Coonie got ont
one nlght and went on hlgh old
tear TIP to this time he had been
a nice respectable coon, without a
breath ot suspicion against him.
Hut be broke ever Early In the
morulug. before daylight Mrs Lil
Ian Butruss. who lived twQ blocks
nom the Larson residence. discov'
ercd a wild animal Ia her hen
house. Sam lands. a nelghbor,
vas called and despatched Sport
Coonle with club
Sued the Coon Killer.
Then the Larsons sued the coon
killer Justice Carroll gNe a de
eislon for Che defendant after "a
sharp ltgal wrangle attorney for
the plaintiff claiming that lands
was a tresFasscr FAB iultlo be-
cause he had skinned the coon and
kent the collar
Mrs nufruss has refused 90 de-
liver the coonskiu and collar TO the
f.Arsons until they pay Tor the ten
chickens killed. aud the Larsons
said they would settle after the
matter had gone 20 the courts.
Now Mfs RurJuss has sued the
l.arsous Tor tho value % The chick.
ems Originally she offered Ca set
IL for 81 apiece but rs the matter
Is Ia litigation she sues Tor st2.
Some Class 70 This Coon.
The cOons character was again
reviewed lu court MI Larson ties.
titled thal the coon was awful
particular about what be ate and
Mrs Larson said "lie took a bath
every day iast LIKE a person lac
had been raised on a nursing bot.
he and was strict vegetarian.
that Is be vas not a meat eater.