DETERMINE TO ATTACK ROOSEVELT PRICE: FIVE , CSNTS: mGEsmmm Stanch Democrat Honored With Responsible Office TWO MEN SHOT AND POSSE IS AFTER FUGITIVE HERMAN RIDDER NEW TREASURER OF DEMOCRATS SAN FRANCISCO,: SUNDAY t SEPTE^IBER 27, 1908;#FORTT-EIGHT^ IMAGES; INDEX OF THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL'S NEWS TODAY PAGES 17 TO 24 . . . ' ; ROW RENDS WOMAN'S HOSPITAL VOLUME CIA 7 .—NO. 119. SUNDAY. SEPTEMBER 27. 1308 TEI-EI'HOXE KBARXY. SO WEATHER CONDITIONS MYSTERY OF NIGHT FLIGHT OF AIRSHIP |^NEW •'. YORK, | Sept. ; i 26.—Herman Ridder, the owner' of the Staats Zei- tung and . one of titievleading demo- crats of ,- the country; has-been ten- dered and has accepted ' the treasurer- ship of the democratic com- mittee and wiirattend to the financier- ing of the *campaign. .; His -selection; which was made with the approval of Mr. Bryan, was announced by r Chair- man Mack at " thY Hoffman house to- night. Mr. Ridder.' was dining in the men's cafe when Mr. Mack approached him'and' said: r "Ridder, -Vypu're 'drafted for service. Mr. Bfyan \u25a0 and the other leaders want you, to serve as treasurer of the campaign to: succeed Governor Haskell." \u25a0 '. - - - - ; -'; .- / .Mr. RJdder dropped ; his : . oyster, fork, but did'not reply an; instant.; , Then he said: "All. rightKNormanr if: you gentlemen ;think It.am: \u25a0 the man' I'll serve.",; Lj .-. i -- 1 \u25a0 \u25a0 . .-' , .. During. the next 10^minutes Mr. Rid- der was the center; of a: throng of;dem- OCratlC; leaders, 'receiving_ congratula- tions' •.'.'.'' ';• '' - : ''\u25a0'\u25a0 "\u25a0-\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0 \u25a0••\u25a0 '\ "' , '." ' "It was pretty sudden.V; he said,' "but I stand' ready; to'dcr anything' l canjfor the democratic ticket -and ; will ;accept the respprisibllityahdJdothe best I can.v I-'.have npi^rnap'p^d ; put' a hy^pi ans v Cx. cept- I hat *l " will \' gre t j ti gh t : on> the - job.'» SPECIAL DISPATCH •TO TUE CALIi Honor^ Comes as Surprise, but Work Willße- Started Immediately Is Owner of Staats Zeitung and i an Ardent Admirer of i Bryan Succeeds Governor : Haskell as Financial Director of the National Campaign GOODWIN DIVORCE HEARING DELAYED MAN ROBS BRIDE AFTERELOPEMENT ; ;' ln ; the. darkness 'the .form'of the.mov- i ing'object' could not- be; distinctly; made 1 put.? 'Ifiit was a; balloon' and- carried .occupants, \ it .^'disappeared rso g rapidly that?;there;Was mr no il way.~ of .'ascertain^ ing- definitely. '*y i Many.; person's ' saw- the moving ! light'?, and/speculated J'upon » ; its appearance.'fi There ?was ,*a t suggestion of.mysterious 'airship experiments;; but nothinglwas "certain las - to \ that Rumor/ had' it 'that' L. -,H; Lane;.a South Berkeley ;delver. into- the secrets, of [air- ship - construction; V was v "j trying} out v ,"a machinei I.1 '. but -.this .was . exploded Vupon inquiry. 1 [-Lane that hls\ model •was ln>pieces, -'and * besides -was ;of>the aeroplane^ type. ;,; : V ' '/ - J ' : : BERKELEY. Sept.;26.—Whether,air- ship,", balloon ;or ,what many/^resi- ; 'not,~ :- dents of the college* town' were mysti- fied I last . n lgh t " by /the '• appearance In the heavens of a dark,' gliding object, at Ithe end; of which -dangled aMight. .The mysterious visitor moved appar- ently!5boHb;l,OOO feet overhead and, ln a- southerly .'direction.', i ' . ' '-. '-:..,-..' ' Berkeley's Residents Are \u25a0 Puz- zled by a Nocturnal ; f - in tie Sky ."^:V"-V' . .BERKELET;: Sept. ; 2«.-^Arrested • o» ! a charge .ot burg-lary, ; Newman Jones, one. of .the most I eminent; lawyers, of central California a few years ago; was detained at the police station last night and today. He "was • released "when Mrs. i'J.'t H. Corcoran! of 2930 .Grove' street, ;from whose home he 'admitted taking a bottle of whisky, refused to, press the charge." ~ ' " \ Jones ,'and, the Corcoran family have \been j friends * for ; ; many..- years and he | admitted 'that, 'cursed;by' drink, he. en- tered s the* Corcoran home to satisfy his appetite.*, Years -ago •Corcoran's father | and; Jones' were ! the ' leading candidates forVarjudgeship in Marlposa* county. ;'«\Before the. 'drink' habit seized Jones, after'_*a ;sepafatio*n ; from his wife, he was Jone \ of : : the (best * known railroad and^crjmlnar lawyers -jn"the state. He served" f6r"two"terms;a3r town attorney of '>Hanf ord- -.w^ / at;;one -.time district attorney^, of "Marlposa s cotinty, and. was al superior ' Judge /of I Monterey/; county. His Jawipartner-was, Judge; Bradley V. Sargent/,who:now occupies the superiar courtribenchrbf -M6.nterey..v : *" rl Jones',. '/arrest^, last"?;. night followed closely^ on".tfie ; report /tb^ the police that a'strange man was) seen loitering about .theiCprcoran, residence's, few days ago. .He,was;said.-to ihave been- frightened away .by;; the fringing of a- telephone bell in !the 'residence. -; £?*: " "He' was" again seen last night and the police .sumjnoned. \ At | the police ! sta- tion,'where. he| was. booked on the fel- ony charge,: Jones admitted that .he en- tered the Corcoran ' residence, . bnt de- clared -he and the": Corcoran family weVe friends-and'that he thought, no more of gbingiinto their' house' unadmitted than he L wbuld^if/ Corcoran walked into- his house 'during: his.absence. .' .V*-* - s Although; Mrs. C orcoran. ' whose \ hus- band lis I a ftravelng. salesman for the •tandard'.oll^coTripany," said she would make a; formal complalntagainst Jones ' she* later that: he be f reed: He \was^accordingly ; released.'^ .. i \u25a0 '>,-; Jones; said 'he "was living now.' at the Hotel ;St in iFolsom* street Sa"njE!r.anclsc6.'> ; V, , • ••- •\u25a0' - '\u25a0'. : '* \u25a0"-•\u25a0 .' Newman Jones; Former Judge fe| and Eminent Attorney, ;ls ": Charged -With Theft ONCE NOTED LAWYER JAILED AS BURGLAR RENO, \u25a0 Nev,v Sept .; 2 6.— Everyone ex- cept the \u25a0attorneys". on both; sides were surprised '\u25a0when', the- Goodwin divorce case ; came V'-.'up 'late-y esterday. after- "noorv: Nat .C. Goodwin,, his attorneys, r^Jge^&lßarry^ffndOF'rankG.; Tyrrell of the law . firm of -^Jarrott &' Tyrrell.'of Los; Angeles,; appearing: on the part of the_ plaintiff •'and;J.;S. Parker of this city, and A. J Shores of. New York city, for* the. defendant. '. " .' \u25a0 ' v A sensation was jsprung immediately after the reading of the complaint, and the answer from Mrs. Goodwin at New York,'the -.written;, power 'of attorney mailed to .her f counsel; -Shores, 'and: the" telegram,, to"^ Parker, 1 -authorizing 'him to: ; appear.- in">'lier. behalf , when Sit was discovered .that .\u25a0different gnames" were attached to^ each document. : The"* complaint * was 'issued against Bessie! .1Hair Goodwin,' the answer was signed Jessie Dermott Goodwin and the power/ of attorney was signed Maxine Elliott. '-'V ;\u25a0::•••'\u25a0 '-\u25a0r--: ; -.: '-.X '\u25a0')-• I :'\u25a0 \u25a0 ' ; ,When/Judge ; Pike; called attention', to this serious mixup^a^look of-"consterna- tioniy came -over the J faces ; - of ) the , at- torneys on .both ;sides,'i who?were. very anxious^.toi have : the hearing ' proceed. For.' more 'than an , hour ithey argued with^ Judge •Pike*:: in'jan \u25a0 effort "to; per- suade" him j that he*' should 1 .' accept;, the various ; names; affixedHo the papers,' as those'of ; one* and~ the ;sam rr e.'persone .'person/ the wlfetOfJNat'C.l Goodwin;: but* the judge insisted vthat^ the documents rmust ' be \u25a0 regular s in> every respect? and Vuriiform as; to?the ; signatures tof "the j defendant.* '_-: At the suggestion ; of the court,. it: was agreed by\u25a0 both j sides • that ,the complaint should^be" amended* to in? name i to ; that . of ~ the answer, ;* Jessie ; -Dermott i Goodwin^ and -that with »the 'more i prop- ! erly ? signed;. power t ioff aitbrney*;owhich should , beT mailed 'at .'once to*' her:'attor- neys ; and* reach:: Reno 'by; next* Thufs- day,;the case "would be! heard' next Fri- day.-.. ....•.-'.•.-... . ..' • •; .- 7 SPECIAL- DISPATCH. TO TIIE CAIX pected,; but Diversity ; of Names 5 Makes Trouble Case Called Earlier Than Ex- TESTERDAT—PartIy ; cloudy; west wind; mttlmum temperature 74, u.lnlmum 64. . FORECAST FOE TODAY— Fair »nd warmer; Hj*t north wind. ' rage 47 EDITORIAL ~ T7 Public service corporation* Job lurfcn In pro- posed tax amendmrnt. ' l*ng;e 28 'The naral constructor* acaln. I'nsrr 28 Mr. Carncglf's maple. ' I'nge 28 Some episodes of statcsmanslilp. . Page 2S Saorod cats. I'as*" 2S POT TTTP^ Herman ; Ridder rbo«ra tn>asarcr of democratic national committee tv succeed Gorernor Has- kell. i»« Re 17 Effort on foot in Oklahoma to force Haskell to rt-sipu fforernorship. Pace 18 Taft chows Foraker "sought oil trust for partner and -exposes «Bryan's . bank deposits gruarantee P'au. Page IS Union labor supporters embarrass Congressman "Red" Hayes Inbis campaign. Page 19 Oklahomans asking whether or not Bryan knew of naskell's Standard oil connections. Page 20 District Attornej Everett J. Brown ie nomin- ated by republican county convention to succeed MelTln. Pace 19 CITY California woman* hospital stirred by row in which charges of mismanagement are freely cir- culated. Pace 17 Four generations willattend reunion in celebra- tion of ninetieth, anniversary of Mrs. L. P. Rix- rord. r Pago 41 Course of • French lectures will be continued this year under the direction of Professor Larcher. Page 48 Members and delegate* lo convention of Omega Nn eororlty have a banquet at the St. Francis hotfl - P«»e 4S "Cltv attorney resumes attack on gas com- P* a T-. - :K: '-^ Pace 41 German-American league of California willbold convention here today. - Page 40 Editorial written In the Monitor asks votes for tbe India, basin act. Page 24 .Arrangements complete for erection of new Cliff house on site overlooking ocean. Page 23 - Consumers rail for better gas, complain- ing they have to buy kerosene to supplement service. . % /?-.%- Page4l I'olice commissioners plan to resume old custom of annual Inspection. * - Pace 41 Steamer Semlnole, which had two of its crew stricken with cholera, has been quarantined by local authorities. J Pace 34 Mayor Taylor says that the government's con- cession of water rights In the Sierra is as ~ood " «-p«teat. '^- Pa ff e 41 Hetch Hetchy water, project bona proposition approved by Long turned over by supervisors 'to election commissioners. ' Pace 41 Denjocratic club's executive committee desires to force removal of Casey from board of public work", . . Pan. 20 SUBURBAN Mystery of niglit flight of airships puzzles tbe I people of Berkeley. Pace 17 Neuman Jones, former eminent lawyer., is Jailed as a burglar but released. Pace 17 James Jackson mrandi two men and is pur- sued into Berkeley hills, by. posse. Pace IT -. Stanford studenls arrange to titage clever com- edy In December. - Pace 23 Smelter for reduction of ores Installed at Stan- fqrd,university. , f \ Pace 22 Nile club willbold annual midsummer Jinks in Piedmont park , October 1. - Pace 40 Two marriage licenses issued In same week to one man mystify Oakland authorities Pace 23 Elks appoint many committees for carnival at Idora park. ; 'j *-*' \'-- Pace 32 COAST Delegatci of three San Francisco humane soci- eties are barred from affiliation with state liu- mane association on cnarga of being strike breaker*. Pace 41 Woman killed and body buried In garden near Bellingham. Pace 23 San Francisco girl, daughter of attorney, elopes with physician, they marry and go to Mexico in spite of attempts of groom's mother to pre- vent. ... Pace 22 United States and - Xew South Wales have agreed to accept each- other's passenger certifi- cates for steamships. - - : 'Page 32 Burglars ' attempt to shoot policeman when caught near N'apa. Pace 23 EASTERN • ' \ Bride, who says she Is San Francisco million- aire* daughter, is wobed'by. husband after elope- n>«>t. * Pace 17 .District -Attorney- Jerome of New York city withdraws from the prosecution of case -against Harry Thaw. Pa^e 21 - Word from. Explorer Peary that all is- well reaches New York. \u25a0. . r pag c 22 Mother and son commit suicide in New York over death of daughter. and sister. ' .. Page 23 Big liner Commonwealth strikes and sinks Norwegian freighter in dense fog." . '. ' Pace 22 FOREIGN - Collision Yon. Berlin elevated railroad . kills IS and injures many. - - \u25a0 Pace 21 Lord Rosslyn suspends te»t of his system of playing roulette. \u25a0 • \u25a0 Pace 32 lios Angeles takes exciting same ' from' Seals, and' Portland comes ' back and beats Oak- land. ... .:\u25a0: , Pace 33 California Engby football players defeat Barba- rians |t- Berkeley, 3 to 0. "•'\u25a0\u25a0. '\u25a0 \u25a0 Pace 35 Anpeius, castoff from -Whitney's stable, wins Oriental handicap, lowering Gravesend track trecord. - < Pace 34 Fast greyhounds compete . today for Grand National championship, stake. ' . J Pace 34 Hanlon and Moran promise to furnish a lively boxing bout next -Wednesday night. Pace 34 Stanford Rugby team scores a 28 to 0 victory over the Olympics. * Page 35 Oakland high school wins first honors in field day of Bay Counties athletic league. Pace 33 R r F. Carman will race a string of 60 horses at Arcadia. ' . Pace 33 " Kentucky association loses $6,000 at fall meet- ing, part mutuels not beinjr popular. ; Pace 33 Chicago and New York each win ' a double header . and \ continue _. to run t neck and neck. - ' Pace 33 Battling Nelson, \ lightweight champion of world, rccelres ovation at Chicago. Pace 33 MARINE . British tramp is driven back and salmon ships are' badly " battered", by hurricane from the north. " Pace 47 LABOR The union rabor committee in San ; Jose . has completed arrangements , for the reception of the state federation ; of. labor. . Pace 47 ; CHICAGO, ';': Sept; .'26.^ln f; the .person : ofvMfs.'Y-Williamv Titus, , -a..-beautiful. -beautiful young ;w.oman, v . who, fainted in the" office of i. Chief' of ; Detectives. H.; p. -.: O'Brien this - afternoon \u25a0 as |she '.was .telling { him of the ; disappearance 0f... $4,000 of diamonds,'; the /police fhave an un- usual • and; romantic^ mystery^ to solve. ' ;i The : young -womanCwasi"nq' sooner re- ;- vived*^.than ;,'{ she it said* she ;^ was ?- the daughter /of-j a " ; San -Francisco? million^ aire,J.'andU; gave !J: the i police t addresses where toitelegraph ,f or i money. , i Replies to ? telegrams \u25a0 came '{ at I once £ providing the, necessary funds and asking instruc- tions'ln? forwarding j more.' .';.';: ." 1, . ii Mrs. -Titus ', told '.Captain.'O'Brien! that allU-her "-f. jewelry, and Yj her i expensive clothes i had vbeenX taken ; f rom-'her " and that Vshe "her" husband- had stolen- them.-, v ' - '. • ' ' ? '.YAfter; ftelling.,: the £ police" that* her father twas,a ; San]Franclsco}milJiohalre \ Mrs."Titus.conf essed- that she raniaway '\u25a0 1 r om \u25a0 home.;' She ' said sheVmet'i her; hus- band •' in * a 1:a 1 :- San * Francisco :' department store,:vwhere ; he>was i'as-a floor i.walkef. : /.They- went i to Vßuffalo, N." V.",'.;on v.tralns,^ and £ were marriedi- there."- .;> - \u25a0'• ;• ""/;\u25a0..•\u25a0 .-.--.This afternooni; according? to the story she J told .Captain-, O'Brien,;' her ' husband went',; home* and '-'packed*' up:,*; all-'*, her jewels,lflne Jdresses^ahd slingerie.Cthen i called { a/,wagon (arid j ordered i the containing* them; to ;the3; La Salle; street depot.' 'Sheflearnedk^thatChe^took--a train? for^the \west; arid '.had ;with'himi her," Jewels valued' at $4,000.-» ;• SPECIAL DISPATCH TO THECAtL Young Woman in Distress Says ; Her Father Is San Fran-: : cisco Millionaire : BUTTB.;.Mont. Sept. ="26.—A^, Miner special- from states v that? the coroner's Jury tonight. r, after, investi- gating; the* wreck, at *Youngs*point*yes-- terday-mornlng.r in i which.. 21i persons wereikllled and f15 'Injured,^returned a verdict' this evening ? findings the i crew of'! the; NortherncPacific^freight -train* into which; the ' Burlington .flyer crashed tor blame ? for,- the- disaster. ?,% The v Jury found ithat'theifreight;crew was^run-' ningr on^thef; time of- the -passenger train. -Prosecutions; of the 'freight crew wlir follow' immediately.'^ Ji.-r' \u25a0*,' BLAMES CREW FOR WRECK *; OAKLAND, Sept. 26.— Somewhere in the hills back of Fitchburg, James Jackson, a wheelwright, is a 'fugitive from justice, hunted by a posse of deputy constables, armed ' in ' anticipa- tion of a desperate resistance * when the man is brought to bay. Shortly after 2:30 o'clock this afternoon Jack- son stepped upon the porch of the Half Way saloon opposite his home on 'East 'Fourteenth street between Baker and [. Palo Vista avenues in Fitchburg, and fired three shots from a revolver through the glass door. Two of the shots struck .John Hammer, a carpenter. One penetrated his ab- domen, inflicting what' is probably a fatal wound, 'and the other lodged in his right ami. The third shot, struck Fred Schmidt/ a companion of Hammer, in the left hand and carried away the tip of his thumb. ] After firing the shots Jackson dashed across the street,'stop- ping,long enough at his home: to secure a supply of ammunition. Then, 'with two ;revolvers, buckled in his ; belt, he darted up Baker avenue toward the hills/. / . SHOTS ATTRACT CROWD < ' . ! The sound of the shooting quickly-at- tracted, a. crowd and the fugitive was hardly out of sight when- a-band; of men,; started, in .'pursuit. - ,They c followed the fugitive;up th"c bed' of Mills. creek, past* the boulevard to the edge, of^the footfalls,: whore.'; ;.the. ; trail was lbstM, At a Iftte hour.tonighf no trace of (the liian hald been \fouh'd;^;althpugh six deputy constables; heavily armed, are scouring the hills in, search of him. . Residents of the neighborhood ' in which Jackson lives say that he is an extremely nerv- ous man, giving vent at ; times to j fits of rage bordering on insanity, and they are confident that he ; will not] submit tamely to arrest. ," ;. [,> . • The cause of the shooting is a mys- tery. Schmidt,' whose wound was so ! slight that he was able to return to the seene 1 of the shooting as soon as his hand was dressed, says that Jackson opened' fife without any warning and that he.; is absolutely unable to assign any motive for the • attack. HHre r was" standing at the bar with Hammer a few minutes before the shooting/occurred, shaking dice for drinks. George Seger, a bar tender, was the only other per- son in the saloon. ' While themeu. were drinking Schmidt says . that Jackson stepped 'into tfte \ doorway, saying, "Which one of you fellows is looking for it?" QUARREL IS RUMORED : Neither Hammer nor Schmidt paid any particular 'attention to the re- mark, and "Jackson disappeared. *A'mo- ment later Schmidt y says. he ; heard a shoC and,, looking down, saw : that his hand was covered; with.'blood. He started - out of : the saloon through - a rear door and tas he went heard two more shots. When he reached "the back yard Hammer, -came stumbling after him, crying, VI got- it ; twice." } Then Schmidt started away, and saw neither Hammer nor Jackson again. Both Schmidt and Seger, the : bar tender, deny that there was any quarrel be- l tween the men prior ;to the shooting, but' Jackson's .stepson,' George '".Han- sen, • declares .that he .was -told; that his stepfather." had' been". knocked 'down and kicked in .the. stomach, during,a- row; in thesaloon before the shooting occurred; i Seger. says he was .i nV'£\u25a0} bac \ij- room wfieh'.th'e,' shots "-were fired."- \ \/{ '.' yj.l Hammerlwas removed ' to lhe;*county. infirmary 'by?pr.i;L.-B.'Smitht of I-Elm- hti'rst and an. operation ; was .performed upon I him--- this .."evening. : Schmidt "' also went* -to*: the V.infirmary,,. infirmary,, and S had S his hand :dressed.; ;r; r „ < -;\u25a0„r - : '; - t „ HAD BEEX DIIIXKIXG ' - ... J! , Jacksbriis about 35 years of. age'arid with' his two ;stepsons conducted .a "sec-; ond ; hand' carriage shop >\u25a0 opposite .V the scene r 6t /the*. shooting. 'Residents of the vicinity -"say- .that " lately ; he : has | been drinking very- heavily.- J-.'J -.' ,'j ; Hammer :' lives ' on 1 Baker.'- avenue, above' the -boulevard 'with -his wife ;*and* yodng baby. He is;> a. competent' car-, penter "'and' bears a • good ,reputation: among his. acquaintances. \v"' ! . :;• i I Deputy ConstabletTom^Jfllen.of Elm- ;- hurst took charge ;of the -pursuit of the f ugitive "x and"- '.with '? Deputy'"' Constable-. Frank. Hi guera.followed Jackson'injhis flight f rom'the: saloon. 7*7 * Failing in / (his effort ; to j overtake > him 'he called Vout \u25a0 'six ; other .deputies .and. sent: them # out" \u25a0to " take .up/ the . trail. » I ; \u25a0 Depu ty Constables Give Chase and Expect I Desperate : Fight: i Before Man's Capture Goes Home, Arms Himself and Rushes Into the Oakland;'-' Hills James Jackson Fires Two Shots in Saloon and Wounds v Occupants Sept:'; 2C.-1 William R. Wheeler, assistant secretary of com- merce ' and; labor, was /called !to .the White , House .today by i the president "and' requested to go-to the' coast as' hia personal -representative :to attend the irrigation;; •congress at September's - and • the ; trans-Mississippi congress> at ; : San" Francisco. October • 6 , t6UO/ x y J^ ... ;. ;. ; v .; • >/. %, : : ' - The. president 'said'his, time 'had been 'so «occupied 1 '! that j he^had 'not' reached the ; " subject^ earlier,^ Jand- '.he ."asked Wheeler^to ; strain ; a'.poin f and'g'o in his -behalf.^ Accordingly^ Wheeler, will \u25a0 leave tomorrow.' morning,;* remaining on = the coast £ until;? about 1 ". October ;• 15; YHe "Is understood; to i haye* L an~lirit<;resting' mes- sageTtq I , California frepubHcansi from the preside"nt, ; jWhichiwili;;'more}thah*co lunterkct'jtbeVdemocratic/attempt1 un- terkct'jtbeVdemocratic/attempt Ho.w in Votes') on the rAsiatic r exclusl6n"q*uestlon. Message of - Cheer From \u25a0the; President:. SPECIAL'DISPAtCH TO THE CALL Williamy R. . Wheeleri Brings" a ROOSE VELT SENpS L'M AN TO : THE PACIFIC' COAST LONDON,' {Sept/^26;— Vl> shall .- invite President i RooseveltV to?,vi3lt L ; Zanzibar," said; All i;Ben Haniid.'suitan ofI Zah'zlbar) at ' the ) Ritz \ho tel itodas%fe yi ; greatly \u25a0 f ad^ mire fthV v - ruler! ofrAmerlcaTaridVwlll 3 be honored .to have;hlm;as!my , guest'if. his itinerary a in? Africa'jmakesiit' > possible" Besides;^ rimightCbe . ! able^tosgiveis him some'%valuable. pointers >»on 7 big /game shooting.Wi* V»\u25a0 • • ? -T.l •'\u25a0'\u25a0 \u25a0' -'--4v- ; v--'- ; •:\u25a0: ld"H hadtplannedt to.; visit > America this autumn/i continued; his 'highness, who Bpeaks!English;and>severalvcbntln"ental lan guages ; ,fluently.:-- '.'Then- , : I •. -. would have presented ftmy *invita- tionito?Mr.>Roosevelt.r> But;is changed my.? plans,!; for.;several f reasons.- fMo re- over,; the -moment Hs'.lnopportunte-f or :;a~ visit to because /oft the presi- dential?!campalgn.";i iV'j"-fj I : S.\ r :<lf-- -:\u25a0 SPECIAL" CABLE TO. THE CALL Wants President ; as His :fQuest ' " 'oh - \u25a0\u25a0\u25a0 a 'Trip \ Through^ % Z'h '\u25a0\u25a0'-'-..-\u25a0) '\u25a0::_.>\u25a0;. '-;;vr& SULTAN; OF ZANZIBAR / ' : WRITES JROOSEVELT Continued on Page 20, .Column 4 A sensation has been sprung at the California woman's hospital, one of the pioneer charitable institu- tions of the city, by the an- nouncement that the Crocker estate has. withdrawn its support, amounting to $125 i a month on the report of the com- mittee of the Associated Charities lhat the establishment had been grossly mismanaged. At the same time it has become public that the new board of lady man- agers has discovered evidences of mismanagement and have insti- tuted a rigid investigation. *\V The storm centers about Dr. F. \V. A'owinckcl, the physician in charge and Miss Jessie McKenzie,' superiri- t^ndpnt «f nurses. Although a boar«* ;of trustees headed by Attorney William -If. Metson. and a committee of. lady managers have been in ostensible con- trol, the real management, it Is stated, • has been in the hands of Dr. Vowinckel and Miss McKenzie. . The affairs of the institution came to a climax Wednesday at a lively • meeting at which the troubles of the institution were discussed. At that meeting Herbert P. Dugan, the drug- gist, was called in . to explain certain charges made for drugs, it was dis- rovered that the hospital was $8,000 in debt, that the creditors were clamor- ing for payment, and that an over\u25a0- \u25a0 abundance of certain hospital supplies \u25a0 iiad been purchased. What caused the greatest consternation, however, was the .revelation that a lot adjoining the hospital site at 3118 Sacramento \u25a0street worth several thousand dollars had been sold for unpaid taxes. Or.- Vowinckel had hurried from the rast to be present at the meeting on W-ednesday. Mrs. Laura Bride Powers, acting president, was in the chair.' She had been appointed with Mrs. A. W. Scott on a special committee to look Jnt the finances of the institution. This committed made the discoveries which ••wme like a hombsheU into. the, meet-, irrg. It was charged that the hospital had been paying exorbitant prices for Irs drugs, and for that reason Dugan was railed upon to explain! j," ;, -;\ WOULD AMEND CO.VSTITLTIO.V. . , The women believe that the trouble lies wijh the constitution under which the hospital is operating In that It . does not distribute responsibility, but Tends to -centralize control. The sys- " tern of management is somewhat com- ' rficated. providing for a board of trus- i Ufs composed of men, a board of lady aiiagers, a surgeon" In charge, and a \u25a0 superintendent of nurses. It Is stated that the board of trustees and the lady managers have not requisite authority. When the present .board of managers went into office in May, .Mrs. Virginia Isenburg was elected president and Mrs. Powers vice president. • The lat- ter has been acting as president for Rome time in the absence of the ior- mer.- As soon as the new board took charge Jt was found- that .the institution .was badly in debt, and Mrs. Powers was ap- pointed to* find a solution -of the finan- «lal problem. With Mrs. A. W. Scott she went to the various' creditors' and asked for an extensipn of 90 days on the bills, which was granted! Then an investigation. of conditions was com- menced for the purpose of determining what was the cause, of -the trouble. .' lt was found that the board of managers, of which Mrs. Francis Carolan was president, had gone out of office,- after having experienced a great deal of trouble, and that > the same condition existed when the previous board, of which Mrs. A.*N. Towne was a lead- ing member, had retired. \u25a0. . ' \u25a0 The committee found that although the board of managers is v relied on" to secure funds to pay the debts it really hod but very little power in, the icon- duct of the Institiyjon. . It was found that Dr. F. W. Vowinckel, surgeon in charge, was appointed by the > board; of " trustees, of which he himself is a member. In turn Dr. Vowin£ke! ap- points the (superintendent* of nurses,' who buys all of the drugs, and also appoints the staff of doctors. In return for his giving his services without compensation In the case of / indigent patients the surgeon in charge I has the privilege." of; the hospital for own patients, and outside of the members of the staff no- doctor can bring a patient : to the hospital. ," Th e . board of : managers/ which ;is composed of ladfes, simply looks after the domestic „ department and has no authority whatever, over the. # medica.l Nurse and Druggist Called Be- fore Board to Explain Pur- chase of Medicines Crocker Estate Withdraws Its Support and Investigation \u25a0 by Managers Begins Institution in Debt and Charges of Mismanagement Are Freely Circulated Women Eager to Amend Consti- \. tution to Curtail Powers of y Dr. F. W. Vowinckel SEATTLE,^ Wash., •-Sept.'?>t26.-i-W'ar^ rants-iwere * issued - this > morning, -v for the'arrest*of i ; Patrolmen-'-W.^H.""'Wailer and \u2666.-,; Barney, >,-•- Jones,"rt summarily " 'dis-' missed t from\ the ; forced yesterday/kbv Chief of,Police? Ward? for. arresting: and brutally'assaulting.-B.yA^Cardwelh'and •Ar-^W." Mack ie.", two • reputablelbusiness- men; of ; Seattle. ;t.Theipolicemen>sought safety^ in; flight; and now> are \u25a0 fugitives from'justic^ : . '- ; \u25a0\u25a0\u25a0- -••. -.-j ; WARIIAATS I FOR POLICEMEN. vYOUJVG i ROOSEVEI/r'S /JOB r>iHARTFORD;-. Conn; ?Sept! ; 26.—Theo- dore*Roosevelt'Jr.'VisttoRbegini'service lwithfetHeSJHartfordfficarpetmworksF«at .Thompson ville.'s on? Monday lnext.^i ?lts' is thoughtgliei? will f,enter Ath'e',l operating department; . . >, -" .-...-\u25a0 CHICAGO, HI., Sept. 26. W. J. Bryan, at a confer- , ence with his party /man- agers in Chicago this morn- ing, was told by them to "Go after Roosevelt, 9 * and from this time forward in the campaign to make Roose- velt, the issue. Next week Bryan will assail "Roosevelt's campaign fund of I^o4 in an effort to show; thatV-Roosevelt appealed to trusts' for 'money! and got'it; The party "managers are in- tensely vvvrought up over Presi* dent Roosevelt's letter, which compelled Bryan to throw ;Over- v board his personal friend and con- fidant, Governor C. *N. Haskell -of Oklahoma. As long 33 the charges against Haskell were confined to tin speeches made by TV. R. Hearst. Bryan clung to Haskell; bat when President Roosevelt took up the- record of the> Oklahoma governor Bryan \u25a0 ttsu , coin- pe-lled to throw Haskell overboard. At the ; democratic ; conference ' this morn- ing Bryan was \u25a0. faced by an angry lot of. leaders. They , did not want to abandon Haskell.- but they had to. , "Go after .Roosevelt He's the man to blame for. this." was what Bryan was told. Bryan left the conference In an agitated frame of mind. He /said he would address^ a letter, to President Roosevelt" at once. This .he did to- night from -111 waukee. Xext week it is said to be Bryan's purpose to attack Roosevelt to the exclusion. of other topics.-. - t3pXgl Mr. Bryan's letter follows: -, Milwaukee. Wis'. Sept. 26. 190 S. Hon. Theodore Roosevelt, President of the United States; Washington. D. C: Dear Sir — While I have not yet re- ceived your. letter and shall not until I reach home next week, I have read a copy of it in -the press, and beg leava to submit, the following-reply: Mr. Haskell having voluntarily re- signed from the committee:, that he might be more free to prosecute thoso who have brought charges against. him. I need not: discuss the question of his guilt s or innocence, further* than to say that the public -service which he has rendered and the vote of confldenc» which he has received from the peoi<!<» of his state ought to protect him from * condemnation until the charges can b*» examined in some court where parti- sanship does not .bias and where cam- paign exigencies' do not compel pr-- Judgment: I -would not deem it neces- sary to address, you further but for tho fact that you seize upon the Charcti and attempt to make.- political capital out of .them. \u25a0 You-even charge that. my connection with Mr. Haskell's selection as a member of the -resolutions coin-, mittee and" as treasurer,: of *the com- . mlttee. raises, a question. as , to my sin- - cerity as •an - opponent of - trust 3 - ar«d monopolies. A* an individual, and a* the candidate of my. party. I»resent;th»' charge and : repel • the - Insinuation. I have -been In public life for eighteen years and I have ,been sufficiently- con- •' spicuous to make my conduct a matter of r_: public. Interest. -'I-. r hay passed through two presidential campaigns in which party feeling ran hlsrh and epi- thet was; exhausted. "I have no hesi" . tation in saying that you cannot •find, an act. a^word .or*a ;thought v ot. snln<» to justify."your: partisan -charge. . UEARD S'OTHIXG AGAINST HASKELL. , I -had : never -been informed of any charge that had been made against -Mr. Haskell connecting him with the Stan- dard oil- company or "'with' any, other trust." I had known him as a leader in. the constitutional convention' of Okla- homa and had known him as one of tha men principally responsible for she ex- cellent 'constitution * which, -has :since been " adopted, \u25a0 and ' adopted; by a major- ity of 100,000.* I had known his election to*the' governorship of .' that »-' great young state by a majorityiof some 30,-: 000; 1 had known thatt the conJtltutlon . was adopted and that Governor Haskell was ; elected ;in \u25a0 spite of " the . efforts 'of your administration ana tn spite of the speeches made in Oklahoma by Mr. \u25a0 Taft. %mi3n \u25a0\u25a0\u25a0!' vmwtHWßwmßPmaHm \u25a0 "You say that it was a matter. of com- . mon notoriety that Mr.; Haskell was connected -with-the Standard oil com-* pany. 'i I have, a .right;, to assume that . if so serious an objection had existed . to'Mr. Haskell's election. and had been • matter of common. notoriety In. Ohio. as you say. Judge Taft would"have' felt it'; his ' Conscientious duty to>warn the ' people when-he spoke in Oklahoma- .If he -did' not: have the why „ can ' It " be ' assumed that ~ 1 . had : 1 1 ?.- 'And••'.-' If he *had \u25a0. It. ; how \u25a0 can 'you \u25a0 excuse s bis /- failure to communicate the information ' to the people of Oklahoma? TAFTS -SPEECHES IV OKLAHOM.IiCi.MP.UCX.; ""If you 'feel ?lt your patriotic duty in' denounce : Mr.i Haskell ;,when he ~> is onlyr a member of the national organization. how/much \u25a0 more'.wouldi Mr. Taft have- felt:it; his -patriotic; duty to denounce ! Mr.-Haskell when was aspirin? tt> : be' the, chief executive of a. great'state? ** I 'could »hay had 'no', knowledge of the Tsult ; to you r refer * when/. h« was appointed chairman of th* resolu- tions committee of the democratic na- ' Finds Excuses for Some of the Acts of Haskell and ' jg» ' \u25a0 nores Others Denies Being Aware of Peculiar Record of Oklahoma Governor Bryan Replies to the Republican ; Leader by Accusing Him of Insincerity Democratic Leaders Will Make . . Their Campaign a Fight on President • - SLAYER- KILLS; HIMSELF i, MANHATTAN, JKan..%Sept. 26.— Milton C." <Crevlston,' ' who •10 .days ago "shot and ; killed.'John* Coons 1 Jr.;V a college student."^ and , his ". companion, hanged Vhimself :in* hls'cell'lnithe^jaii here \u25a0last'Snlght.vJHe,' was ao> have been arraigned $on* ai charge ; of ;raurder at ' a preliminary^ihearing -;today. •<-, Inability to jsecure if undsito 5 ; hire: a, lawyer- made himsdespondent. • • - •. vr; -a > Governor- to Appoint McFar- ifi/land'sSiiccessoriTomorrowA { SACRAMENTO,; i Sept.' v26.'-^Governor Glllett today.^that > he v ap{ point f Superior; 'CouftJ Judge Melvhi 'to 'the state T supreme'; bench next Monday -to , "succeed , the ; late .'Justice? T. B.: McFarland.^- w\; ; :. =. w v '\u25a0:• \u25a0'<: '\u25a0::,'' '\u25a0'\u25a0'* V ; . »>:?\u25a0 $ Governor^Gilletty says i'JudgejMelvlh will *have*hlstcourt* matters jin--shape .byithat'dateto behandled : byjthe;other judges ; «of^the^'Alamedagcounty.if court andfWiirtender^hls resigrnatlon'as judge thenKto|be4inimedlatelydappointed ! 'jto the l supreme £ bench j as < soon as the< res- ignationf is received J>y the WILL; NAMEfMELVIN The San Francisco Call. -Herman Ridder Read the WANT ADS • in today's GALL You'll find what you . want