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The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1913-05-17

Z. .Indictments charging conspiracy in
Violation of section 182 of the penal
code were formally returned in Judge
!. .Dumbrell grand jury against eight
suspended members of the San Fran
cisco police department accused of ac-
cepting bribes from confessed bunko
men. Additional indictments charging
grand larceny were filed against six
of the same men,
Included in the conspiracy indict-
ments were Frank Esola, j.. L. Dro-
lette, John 'sullivans William McHugh.
Arthur S.Macphee.. Charles Taylor.
Charles Joseph land James MCGOWAN.
The grand larceny Indictments were
based. upon the swindling of John Mi
mini. who was aeeced of s2,1oO on
septemben Is. 1914 by Frank Corri-
gan and sRinaldos de sPietro.
Sullivan Droletts. Joseph and Nc
Hugh are charged with participation in
the swfndle. Another grand larceny
Indictment based upon the theft from
Giovanni vivenzi sof Cortland Cal. of
$1,000 by Nike Gallo. charged officer
Frank 'Essoia wifi being an accom-
plice. while third accused Sergeant
James MCGOWAN with aiding in the
swindling of Victor Jaussand of 1868
on July 9. 1912.
BLACK TONY ALSO INDICTED
The grand jury also voted to indict
Tonys Parmagiani, alias Black Tony,
who had previously testified before
the inquisitorial body and later fed
from the city. Parmagiani was con-
sidered very important witness. Be
fire the grand jury he admitted hav-
ing paid Mrs. Celia Gallo, wife of the
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1913-05-17
EIGHT SUSPENDED
90
! .:IpGl LET. ME- n ARE
INDICTED BY JURY
Charges of Accepting Brides
From Confessed Bunko
Men Formally Made by
. Inquisitorial Body Against
Members of San Francisco
Force-Six of Men Ac-
cused as Grand Larcenists
BLACK TONY" AND
CAFE MAN IN NET

Every Officer Who Has Been
on Beat in the So Called
Downtown Tenderloin"
. District Served With Sub
pena Commanding At
tendance at Next Meeting
of Probers-Chief White
and Captains Mooney and
Wall to Give Testimony
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1913-05-17
Bribery Formally Charged
Grand Larceny AgainstSiX

Fourteen additional indictments
against ..podice officers I'm the
bunko ease were returned yester-
day before Judge Dunno by the
DumbreII grand jury.
Eight Were on charges of ac-
eeptIng brfhes against;
Frank EsoIa
J. L. Dr0Feffe
John Sullivan
William McHugh
Arthur 'Macphee
Charles Taylor
Charles Joseph
James MCGOWAN
six indfctments charged grand
larceny; four of swindIing I'm the
M1nini case against:
Jack Sullivan
!. l.. Dr0Jeffe
Charles Joseph
William M cHugh
=. One in. che Vicenzi case againsti
Frank ESoIa
one in the Jaussnnd cnse
against:
lanes .McfOwau
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1913-05-17
The Gates Of Rockridge,
The Homeplace Ideal

Are only two blocks from the College avenue
street cars. IA minutes to Fourteenth and Broad
way.
They are only three minutes walk from the
first Oakland station Of the Oakland and Antioch.
which is now running. and which will soon be
giving 20 minutes service direct TO San Fran
cisco.
They are the entrance to the most magnificent
ly located and most splendidiy developed home
property In Cailfornia.
In Rockridge you can buy today big. beau
tiful lot for $40 foot. with first payment of
Sc foot. Go out today and buy it.
LAYMANCE REAL ESTATE COM
PANY
1882 neutrality-suspicious. Oak 32s
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1913-05-17
James IA cGowan

Evidence that the graft investiga-
tiOn is 10 be widened in it's scope, and
made SO general az to cause far big
ger sRakeup in the department. than
has yet occurred; developed with the
adjournment of the grand jury yester-
day, when Wholesale subpenas were
issued for new witnesses.
Every policeman: who has been on q
beat in the so called 'downtoyn ten
.deElofnf district In the last two years
was served last night, or viii be
served, today, with subpoena COM
mandIing his attendance at the next
meeting of the grand jury. This. I'm
..elUdes ali .nfen who have had beats In
IuriS. Eddy, Ellis, 0'FarreII, PoweIi
Mason and Faylor streets above Mar
Lzet street.
=. These witnesses are to be examined
rs TO amy knowledge they may possess
regarding graft or the payment of
money to any members of the police
department.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1913-05-17
Barometer of Business

. The bank clearings Of San
Francisco for the week end
ing May IS showed an
INCREASE OF 5 PER CENT
over the same week last year.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1913-05-17
IS MUM
ON CONF FERENCE
ON ANSWER OF
j. s. TO JAPAN

Secretary Makes Statement
Deprecating the Efforts to
Guess at Various Phases
of Negotiation on the Ac-.
ton Regarding California
Anti-Alien Land Legisla-
ton, Asserting That Seri-
Gus Mischief Might Re-
suit From Inquisitiveness
DEPARTMENTS AVOID
ISSUING ANY ORDERS
War and Navy Chiefs En-
deavor to Withhold Moves
Contributing to Sensa-
tional Reports of Unusual
Activities in Either Branch
of the Country's Fighting.
Forces-Indications That
Washington Awaits Final
Action by Gov. Johnson
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1913-05-17

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The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1913-05-17

Highest Temperature Yesterday, S. Lowest Thurs
day Night. As For details Of Weather See Page 15.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-12-13
PROPOSE MILLIONS FOR ROAD IMPROVEMENT
Southern Representatives in Congress
Introduce Bills Calling for Vari-
Gus Scopes of Work.

Observation-Disclosures of mil
lions of dollars for good roads was
proposed in bills introduced Wednes-
day by Southern representatives in
congress. They call for varying
scopes of work with appropriations
to run as high as S100,00Q,000.
Representative Gambler of Missis-
sippi introduced one for appropriation
of $100,0OO,OO0, of which $20,0O0,0 900
annually would be available. 1t pro-
vides state and federal cooperation.
Representative Stephens of Missis-
sippi proposed highway improve
ments by the department of agricul-
ture and state highways departments
jointly. His bill calls for $4,000, 600
for the present fiscal year, $6,OO0,O0
next year and $12,OOO,9OO yearly there
fter
Appropriation of 100000 for dem
onstration work on public roads was
proposed by Representative Helm OF
Alabama.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-12-13
muigates Ruling en- Liquor Adver-
tisements in Dry Territory.

Austin, Textile attorney general
department gave an opinion Tuesday
that newspapers which carry printed
matter the effect of which is to So
licit orders for liquors in dry territory
are liable TO prosecution as aiding the
principal offenders in the commission
of a felony" since it is a violation Of
the law for persons, firms or corpora
tons residing out of the state to So
licit orders for intoxicating liquors in
dry sections of the state.
The exact nature of the advertise
ments which may be considered as
eligible TO classification as those So
Letting orders is not designated by
the department. While no attempt is
made to define what constitutes So
Letting orders, it is held that this is a
question of fact to be ascertained in
each particular case.
1t is pointed out that the Arkansas
supreme court has held that the pres
ence of the circular or advertisement
of a soliciting nature is sufficient evi-
dence to convict. AS newspapers can
not regulate to what sections of the
state their papers are transmitted and
as advertisements would only be
placed for the purpose or intent of So
Letting orders, if not so wOrded, the
liquor dealers, before any specific
holding of the style of advertisements
TO be put under the ban, are virtually
prohibited from advertising. 1t is ar
gued that the newspaper, also being
liable to fines. would refuse to carry
the advertisements
1t is expected that tho attorney gen
eral will soon make definition of ad-
vertisements. AS soon as this ruling
is made. a test case probably will be
filed and carried to the supreme court
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-12-13
DEFEATED FEDERAL ARMY ARRIVES At BORDER
tinue to Pour Into Ojinaga-U. S.
Troops Are Prepared.

Preside, Tex.-With General Saliva
dor Mercado's northern division of
the federal army in bankruptcy and
with soldiers threatening mutiny un-
less they are paid, every restraint was
enforced Tuesday to prevent a general
rush of the federals across the river
from Ojinaga into United States ter
ritory.
Driven from Chihuahua City, where
they were besieged by rebels to a
point where communication could be
opened, the army representing the
strength of the Huerta government in
the north reached the border with an
empty treasury. The future of the
army was said to depend upon the
nature of responses to urgent demands
for money sent to Mexico City.
General Mercado. before evacuating
Chihuahua and thus turning it over to
the rebels, gave as one reason for his
act the lack of money with which to
pay his troops. The appearance of his
financial agents on the American side
soon after the arrival of the troops
at Ojinaga and the fact that General
Ynez Salazar and other officers at
once communicated with Mexico City,
were no surprise to American army
officials who were apprised of condi-
tons.
The United States troops at Pre-
sidio, reinforced by other troops along
the border, we're prepared for any
emergency, having been informed that
the Mexican troops purposed rushing
across the border. Rebel agents who
went into Ojinaga also reported that
only the prompt payment of the sol
diers would appease them.
Meantime civilian and federal refu-
gees from Chihuahua continued to
pour into Ojinaga. General Salazar.
one of the seven generals who left
their garrison, was temporarily IN
command of the little frontier village.
while General Pascual Orozco and
General Mercado still were outside the
post bringing in the rear guard.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-12-13
Bodies Found Lashed to Tree.

Bryan, TeX.-Having given up their
lives in an effort to save others. the
bodies OF three men. frozen to death.
We're found dashed to tree in the
Brazos bottom near Bryan Monday.
while a fourth hero was taken from
the same tree with life almost ex-
tinct The men had entered the swoll-
en- stream Saturday afternoon in an
effort to rescue the flood victims and
within an hour their skiff was over
turned and they were forced to take
refuge in the tree Becoming numb
with the cold, they iashed themselves
to limbs, and in this position they
were found Monday, having died at
intervals of several hours. according
TO the survivor. Two were but little
more than boys. both away from home
and friends. The men are:
Howard A. Cavitt, aged 80, an auto
mobile dealer
A. J. Robbins, %, a jewelry clerk.
Clifton Ellsey, %, a merchant
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-12-13
(Copyright)
WEIGHT OF PARCELS TO HAVE WIDER RANGE RULING ON LIQUOR ADS IN NEWSPAPER
Postoffice Department to Make Fifty
Pound Limit in First and
Second Zones.

Washington. - Postmaster General
BurlesOn's proposals TO increase the
weight limits OF parcel post packages
in the first and second zones from
twenty to fifty pounds, to admit
books to the parcel post and TO re-
duce rates in the third, fourth, fifth
and sixth zones was approved Satur-
day by the interstate commerce com
mission.
The maximum weight OF parcels TO
all zones beyond the second was in
creased from twelve to twenty pounds.
The commissions consent to the
proposed changes was transmitted in
three letters from Chairman Clark to
Postmaster General BurlesOn. The
approved changes in rates and weights
to be in effect Jan. l, 1914, follow:
To reduce the rates for the third
zone from &c for the first pound and
sc for each additional pound to &c
for the first pound and &c for each
additional pound; to reduce the rates
from the fourth zone from Sc for the
first pound and &c tQr each additional
pound to &c for the first pound and 4c
for each additional pound; to reduce
the rates for the fifth zone from Sc
for the first pound and &c for each
additional pound to SC for the first
pound and &c for each additional
pound; to reduce the rates for the
sixth zone from 10c for the first pound
and &c for each additional pound to
SC for the first pound and SC for each
additional pound.
1T seems obvious" says the com
mission, that the service to the pub
lie will be promoted by these changes,
provided the revenue from the same
is not less than the cost. Past expert
ences and statistics seem to show
clearly that the revenue will not be
less than the cost Of the service.
I'VE can conceive of no opposition
to the increased weights and reduced
rates proposed except from the car
Tiers that transport the mails. We
have heard some objections from
them on the ground of increased
weight should not be permitted until
provision of additional compensation
to the carriers has been made"
1t is provided by the postmaster
general with the consent of the COM
mission that the rate of postage on
parcels containing books weighing
eight ounces or less shall be 1c for
each two ounces or fractional part
thereof and on those weighing in ex-
cess of eight ounces the zone parcel
post rates shall apply"
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-12-13
New Orleans Rice Quiet and Easier

New Orleans.-Receipts of rough
rice Monday that accumulated over
Sunday were large. but represented re-
cent contracts made by mills, leaving
only small lots for open competition.
The undertone continued quiet and
easier
In the clean department the tone
continued firm on choice grades, while
the lower grades dragged, the result
being that prices showed a tendency
to ease off on these lines. Quotations:
Receipts, 1884 sacks rough Hon
duras. Sales, 2,413 pockets clean Hon
duras at Is 62&c.
Clean - Honduras head, 406c
straights, 364Ac; screenings, 1&@
PIC; No. 2, 17s62c. Market tone
firm. Japan head, pa @35sc; straights,
.23s 63c; screenings, IA @2Bc; No. 2,
1900. Market tone unsteady.
Rough-Sales none; Honduras, S1.OO
64OO per barrel of 162 pounds; Japan,
$25083.00 Rice polish, S26.50@27.00
per ton; rice bran, $16.00@1S.50 per
ton.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-12-13

Further upstream in the Brazos con
ditione are greatly improved, thous"
the hand of death lies hea'iiy 0''
bones OF the river.
Rescue parties are pushing '"e 49, 49,
of taking out the marooneu lhiidDI
-auts i'm the bottom lands near San
Felipe
ON the Colorado. Columbus, Whlch
had been surrounded by water was
relieved Tuesday by the recession Vi
the flood. and it was hoped soon 10
resume train service.
Wharton also was cut off except by
boat. but no deaths from there are re-
ported. though some may have occur
red in the surrounding country which
is inundated.
ID IS estimated that at least $50 per
sons are in need of rescue marooned
ON hou-atops and in treetops in the
Bo-eubcrg ueighborhood.
From Richmond comes the report
chat thr water there has reached such
Lei-ht that il is beginning TO pour
over % high ridge which partly sur
rounds Jhe town and is fourteen feet
above the level of the town. 1t is
also stated that the ground of this
ridge is washing away and grave fears
are entertained Tor the safety of the
entire town.
a Southern Pacific train was run
from Rosenberg on to a bridge near
Richmond and left there to ballast the
bridge, holding it down Another train
is carrying 12J tons OF sand in bags
and the train was left on the track tC
ballast it at point midway of ROsen
berg and Richmond.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-12-13
Bullion Train Reaches Oiinaqa.

Preside, Textile big silver bull
lion train which has been on the way
from Parral, Mexico, for the last two
weeks, reached Oiinaga Sunday.
There are sixteen wagons in the
train, each drawn by sixteen mules,
200 additional mules and a military
escort of 1850 men.
In the train are Gil bars of silver
bullion weighing 135 pounds each. .
total of 1,234,000 pesos, which at the
present price of the metal, would
make the value of the shipment $740,-
600 in gold. The members of the bul-
lion party knew nothing of the great
caravan of refugees from Chihuahua
being escorted to the border by the
remnants of General Mercado's federal
army.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-12-13
Fatal Railroad Accident.

New Orleans.-Leonard Landry Of
Lafayette. La, was killed and +. o.
Collins seriously injured in a freight
train accident on the Southern Pacific
near Schriever, La, Monday. Both
weer brakemen. They were hurled TO
the tracks when their train suddenly
stopped. Landry's neck was broken
and lis body mangled by the wheels
OF the box cars that passed over him,
death being instantaneous.
Landrys home was in Lafayette. to
which point his body was taken for
interment He was we'll known in Al
giers, where a brother, Louis, and a
sister, a Mrs. Wagner, reside. Louis
Landry is a well known engineer on
the road.
Landry is the third member of his
family to meet death through acct
dents on railroads. A brother was
killed in a wreck on the Texas and
Pacific road a year ago, while his
brother-iu-law. Mrs. Wagner's hus-
band, died from a pistol shot wound
inflicted by his own weapon, which
fell from his pocket while on his train.
Defective air brakes caused the
wreck. The train was pulling into Il
water tank, when air was applied. The
locomotive wheels became locked and
the cars piled up.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-12-13
FOOD SPECTATORS ARE SCORED
"VORACIOUS VuLTURES OF TIE
MARKET PLACES"
is What preventative Keller
Called Price Boosters.

Washington. - "NOTaCiOuS vultuTeS
of the market places" and "plunder
bund of food sharks" were character
izations applied to cold storage spec
ulators who corner perishable foods
to boost prices, by Representative Nc
Kellar of Tennessee, when he spoke
Tuesday, championing his bill for fed
eral regulation OF the cold storage
business.
Saying that his proposed legislation
was not designed to injure the cold
storage business, as such, Mr.. McKell-
ar declared:
The drastic features of the bill are
only aimed at the corrupt and dis
honest, at the gamblers, at the vora-
cious vultures who stand around in
the market places and reap where
they have not sown and fatten on
other peoples food | do not believe
any member of this great house will
stand up for any such plumber bund
of food sharks"
The Mcclellan bill, which would pre-
scribe both prison terms and heavy
fines for violation of its provisions,
would make it illegal to ship adulte-
rated and misbranded food products
in interstate commerce and would
limit the periods in which food prod
ucts may be held in storage without
becoming adulterated.
Reviewing the data produced by the
senate committee which investigated
the high cost of living, Mr. Mcclellan
submitted further statistics intended
to show that packers and warehouse
men corner markets on food stuffS
deliberately to increase profits. He
asserted that those men would insist
that the federal government should
leave the regulation to the States.
Il can not conceive" Mr.. Mcclellan
declared, ANY greater crime against
the public than the cornering of the
market on food stuffs. Almost every
home in this country is complaining
at the high cost of eggs and we find
these gamblers not only cornering the
price of eggs and reaping unfair and
unjust profits from it, but actually
laughing at the public. My bill would
put these gamblers out of business
and would give the consumer a
chance"
Profits from 100 to 200 per cent were
made by the egg kings" on storage
eggs, Mr.. Mcclellan asserted.
Assistant Secretary Hamlin, of the
treasury department. in charge of Gus
toms, issued instructions to collectors
in regard to the inspection of foreign
meat and meat products, required I'M
der the new tariff law. While certi-
ficates of inspection from foreign gov
ernments will be received, they will
be given only the weight officials be-
lieve they deserve in each case and
the inspection will be made by offic-
ers of the bureau of animal industry
of the department of agriculture.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-12-13
Freeman Is to Be President.

New Orleans.-The next president
of the New Orleans Association of
Commerce will be Judge Thomas F..
Freeman, general counsel for the Tex
as and Pacific railroad and president
of the International and Great North
ern railroad. The vice president to
be elected with Judge Freeman will
be Edgar B. Stern.
The official election will take place
Jan. II, and Immediately Judge Free
man will become the head of the asso-
citation. He will succeed Leon C..
Simon.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-12-13
New Orleans Sugar Is Unimproved.

New Orleans.-There was no i'm
provement in the local sugar market
Monday. \ steady tone prevailed, with
prices confined to previous ranges.
The only feature was the renewed
buying of the American Sugar Rein
cry, which had been out of the mar
ket during the closing days of last
week. The American was credited
with taking all raws for immediate
delivery, as well as clarifieds, paying
from 3Ac to 8 5-16c. 1t was reported,
however. that it declined to make any
contracts for future delivery. Receipts
over Sunday totaled SAIL barrels and
1856 bags of sugar, with $3.50 barrels
of molasses.
Quotations: Sugar, SO test, 3 5-16c;
white clarified, 9-16c; yellow clari-
fled. 5-16@34c; seconds, 23s 43Ac;
open kettle. 31a@3Ac. Market quiet.
Molasses - Open kettle, 20q32c;
centrifugal, 10000; cane syrup, 21q
&c. Marquet quiet
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-12-13
Bed Cross Relief Accented.

Austin, TEXAS flood conditions
continue to prove more serious, Gov
ernor Colquitt Monday accepted the
offer of the American Red Cross So
ciety to contribute $1,000 to a fund
for caring for the flood sufferers. The
governor wired to that effect from
Fort Worth to Private Secretary Bow
man. The governor also telegraphed
that he would leave for Austin as soon
as railroad service had been restored
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-12-13
Awards at Poultry Show.

Baton Rouse.--With more than 25O
exhibits of many varieties of poultry
the Louisiana State University Poultry
Show opened its second days exhibit
Saturday J. A. Grisamore of the uni
versity faculty won all of the prizes
for ducks. Mrs. X. L. Goyer of Baton
Rouge won first for cockerel and sec
ond place for hen. Mr.. Lenzy of
Crowley and c. c. Kennery of Col.
donna were awarded prizes for the
Rhode Island variety.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-12-13
Humble Oil Wells Covered.

The water has not yet reached the
Markham oil fields. although the wells
near Humble are reported TO be under
water.
In this oil field two drillers were
found sitting in the rigging OF der
rick, where they he'd been since Fri
day noon.
The Santa Fe bridge at Thompson
Switch, thought to be in danger sew
eral times, is reported TO be safe.
The entire business section OF
Wharton is under water.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-12-13
Claim s14.654.7s6.s7 of Sugar Trust.

Thibodaux. Multitudinous suits
against the American Sugar Refining
Company, according to recent calcula-
tions, are eighteen. The amount of
damages, being three-fold claimed, ag-
gregate $14,654,736.S7. In the number
many could not secure all data, so it
is safe to assume that one-third or
more is being denied the parish in
damages. Again, there are some plan
tations whose owners are scattered,
and they did not act.