ff \ THE WEATHER4 3YEpTERDAY

—Maximum temperature* 66;

ssj/minimum temperature, 50.'FORECAST FOR TODAY—Fair _with\s some cloudiness flight north winds.

PRICE FIVE CENTS.SAjST /FRA^ISCO, OCTOBER 5, 1910.

WRECKERS TRACED FROMRENTING OF LAUNCH TO

LOADING OF EXPLOSIVES

VOLUME CVnL—NO. 127.

A HUMAN DOCUMENT IS *-iTHE LOG OF A PIRATE POET

WHICH WILL BE PUBLISHED IN

THE SUNDAY CALL

Police Suspect anOrganized ConspiracyDynamite Plot Was Hatched in OaklandSPRECKELS'EXECUTORSDEFEATED

THE LAUNCH PASTIME. WHICH WAS USED BY THE'DYNAMITE'-SUSRECTS' AND THE NAME CHANCED TOPEERLESS. DETECTIVE BURNS MEASURING SCREW HOLES WHEREKFALSE -NAME HAD BEEN FASTENED

BOAT FOUND IN ALAMEDAESTUARYAT FINISH OF EVENTFUL VOYAGE

VK J.*

"TV 1 » T» ± TTMysterious Peerless Proves to HaveBeen "Pastime" Disguised by

1 Changing Its Name

Detective^ Follow Two Clews, One Here and theOther in Los Angeles, and Profess to Be

Confident ofEarly Success

37 KILLED AND 25HURT INCOLLISION Oakland keep him incommunicado in order that the clew which he furnished

may not become public-Police discover that one of guilty trio took name of prominent miner and

painted a scar over his eye to impersonate him.Earl Rogers declares dynamiters took explosive to hiding place and then

;.' William J. Burns returns to Los Angeles. He declares thatthe capture of the dynamiters is now a mere matter of hours.

The movements of the mysterious, crew of the launch are traced from the)

time they first began negotiations for renting the launch until they disappearedwith their cargo of explosives.

Typographical*, unions of Texas offer an additional reward of $1,000

for the conviction of the dynamiters.• Important clew developed in Los Angeles, but is fcepf secret.

General Harrison Gray Otis, publisher of the Los Angeles Times, iaarrested on a charge of criminal Tißie/ preferred by- Andrew Gallagher. He wastaktn into custody whilepreparing to attend the funeral of Wesley Reeves, thestenographer to whom he dictated rthe article on which thelibel was based, andwho Was killed when the building was wrecked.

GEORGE H.PHILLIPS, shipping clerk of the Giant ponder company,positively) identifies the launch Pastime as the one in which the ex-ploshes were carried atva\) from the plant September 23.

The Pastime is owned by Douglas A.Burrowes of Oakland and E. H.Baxter of Alameda, from whom the launch Was rented.

Burrowes gives valuable information to the detectives and the police of

ARMEDREVOLUTIONBEGUNINPORTUGAL

MANENDS LIFE BY EXPLODING 100POUNDS OF DYNAMITEUNDERBODY

TRIPLETS ALL GIRLS, SO ONE WELLHAVE TOBENAME D"THEODORA"

'A OAKLAND. Oct.. 4.—Mrs. -John, Biu-fnejtti'of -459 /Forty-third street has givenbirth, to- .three, girls .averaging, sevenpounds each. in weight. . BiuneUi.a car-penter, .was met at the door of .his home

his- return from, work .bj- the,at:tending nurse, who .signaled- "that hiswife had, presented him with a .babydaughter. ;Before -Blunetti. lmd reachedhis wife's side a second daughter, was

.born." As" the husband \u25a0 had finishedspreading^ the. newsj torh'is:friends "over;the telephone, he ,was.; informed that athird daughter had arrived ahd at onceran ;out/of the house- to ascertain fromneighbors -sthe telegraphic, address 'ofTheodprerßposeyelt, injwhich honor, hedeclared, . he would *name.. one of thedaughters "Theodora.'.' r- The /last bornchild.has since died. \u25a0/\u25a0

Some of*ttieldetcctivts&ho^Mc'^ }^^^;Fr^^^ioJrightijiHe\)^e: y

district aUorncyW office. 'Detective iHodgkmsrfDetective Mulcahey of San 'FrahciscosGcorgc :H'.^P \

'. / /

CASPER, Wyo.," Oct.-

4.-^:Danlel xMc-Millan, an expert, in the use' of powder

and dynamite, 'employed rat -the NorthAmerica asbestos mines, yesterday cotn-

mitted suicide by exploding; 100 pounds

of dynamite under his-body. His bodywas'blo'wn" to* atoms :an'drthe. 400 :footI'evel'.'of thei'mine, where-lie-ended hislife, was badly wrecked."

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BOYS ANDGIRLSTOHAVEOUTDOORFETE

BANKERS INDORSEMONEY ORDER PLAN

were contained. in two warrants.-They

.were issued some time" ago in SanFrancisco, but as General Otis was inMexico, representing the United Statesas a special .'envoy to the centennialcelebration, , they were not served.Similar warrants, however, were servedon llarry Chandler, assistant general

manager of the Times, but "tie was re-leased under a habeas- corpus writ, is-sued on the ground that .the warrants

were insufficient.- The alleged libel wascontained in/ an article criticising notonly Gallagher.but Mayor McCarthy ofSan^Francisco and O. A. Tveltmoe, fol-lowing*:'the visit.of Gallagher andTveltmoe to this city to confer withlabor/ leaders ';hefe' regarding -

strikeconditions ;here...... General Otis' bondswere fixed at |100 on* each warrant, thesame as in the "case of Chandler.

'the

habeas /.corpus writ was made return-able^ tomorrow. -"' \u25a0

Funds, to be devoted to the relief offa/milies > of "the 'explosion victims /re-"ceived a large addition today when theAmerican bankers' association, which is

•'The arresting officer accompanied thegeneral to.the funeral and thence to a

justice court, where bail was arranged

for a habeas corpus hearing tomorrow.

Two Warrants Issued;The charges , against General Otis

"Iregard the second clew as quiteas important as that which is cngafcing

the attention of the detectives in SanFrancisco."

This was all that half an hour of in-terrogation could elicit from the chief.He admitted later that he had but twoclews worthy of attention

—the one

discovered here this afternoon !andthat -in San Francisco.Otis Arrested

One incident of the day here wasthe arrest of General Otis, proprietor,of the Times, on the charge of havingcriminally libeled Andrew Gallagher,

a . San Francisco labor leader, in thecolumns of the Times. He was takeninto.custody while preparing to attendthe funeral of Wesley Reaves, theyoung stenographer to whom he dic-tated the article on which the libel wasbased.

LOS ANGELES, Oct. 4.—The veilof secrecy maintained by Chiefof Police Galloway' arid all his

subordinates since the explosion whichwrecked the Times' plant last Satur-day became thicker and more im-penetrable late today, when a report'came in that the trail of the dynamiteconspirators had been struck in thiscity. -

NEW CLEW FOUND INLOS ANGELES IS

KEPT SECRET

;j- General'Manager Chubbuck iof;*.the

traction ."'company, -Iwho;' was in\u25a0'. Peorlawhen news of ;thef wreck*was, received,

STAUXTOX. 111., Oct. 4.—Thirty-

seven persons were killed and "30were injured in a headon collisionon the Illinois interurban traction sys-

,tem two miles north of here late to-day. At least three of _ the .injuredprobably; will die. -.. .. Report*^ from the wreck , conflict.Some statements make the number ofinjured as. High as. 50." Officials say thisis excessive." ~'. \u0084

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...Among the dead who have been iden-tified are prominent of thetraction" system. \u25a0

.' The dead at Carlinville are: ,

Sav.K. STREET, division superintend-ent of the Illinois .traction company,Staunton.

- ...V'A. P.' RICE,auditor of disbursements

of the Illinois traction company, Cham-paign.

;J. -\V. .MlLLEß,.Gillespie, general su-perintendent of the Superior coal com-pany.

J. n. HABBEDGER, Jamestown, 111.C. "WERNER. Champaign, 111.

\u25a0

RAYMOND BAUER, St.Louis.D. E. BLACK, Springfield," assistant

superintendent of motive power Illinoistraction company. ,

T.J. KERWI.V, St. Louis.MANUELA.INDER3HLL,Baden Ba-

den,; 111.' I' ;/DR.H.C. GANOAVAY,Decatur, 111.

.L, J. SCHAEFER, St. Louis. :'MRS. WILLIAMCLOUD, Benld, 111.F..S. HILL,Princeton, Ind.JOHN BLOTNA,Benld. 111.

4 3IRS. JOHN BLOTNAi Benld, 111. .DR. E.AV, REDSHAMV Currin, 111.H.B. ROBINSON, Benld, 111.E.M. ROSE, a collector for a weekly,

magazine;- father is H.:E. J Rose,' 1015.Wilson .avenue, Chicago.

•NINE UNIDENTIFIEDAVOMEN.*. ONErUNIDENTIFIEDMAN.r ...'<\u25a0

One of the unidentified«women is be-lieved;torbe. a ;MisS:? Lizzie"*McPh'ersonof;Gillespie, secretary.;, to.'J.W.* Miller.Another fis believed > to-be: Mrs. .11. "B.Robinson; of Benld;; whose' hus'band hasbeen identified as one/of the dead. ,' \u0084--,

The collision fwas., -between" •local

\u25a0 train No. 14, north bound, and an" ex-;cursion'trai.n,'No. 73,- loaded withp'ass^engers on their way to view.the parade

of the. veiled, prophets /at T-St.-. Louis.The' accident was apparently due' to theUisregardvof -orders fbythe creiv oftrain. 14,^in \u25a0, charge''of M.TA.*Leonard,conductor,; and- John, Lisman of .Staun- 1

ton,- motorman.* ••\u25a0>\u25a0 iv . . - <

I Train Xo."l4'had.orders].to pass train,No. - 73 • at .Sta'unton^. The flatter strainiwas running 'In-two sections.'arid the

\u25a0 orders "given -to-1No. "14 .'were; explicit'

that itwait^for both sections.'. The first•section, of No.; 73 %had \ passed twhen thecrew of No.'.14: pulled out*on/the maintrack 1 and '{started f.north. , At Dicker-sons' curve,"a sharp bend two milesfrom here, the two. tracks meet. Hillsrise north -and- south- from" the curve.Confronted' with 'death, 1 the

'crews . of

;both trains set the brakes'and jumped

for their lives. ;, -;: •

I "The "crews* escaped' without seriousinjury.; None:of "the;passengers had achance ito escape. The. cars came to-

;gether with<a:tetrificjerash, and bothwere entirely demolished, being;, piledin;one huge mass of .wreckage.'It is not known; If any passenger

/escaped; uninjured. As quickly*as pos-sible,' aid was summoned from Spring-/field,'andispecial "cars /were :started ifor

itheTiwreck.^ Other cars werejsent 'northfrom- Granite City; and took -many of.the 'injured' to. hospitals Jin that; town:/

••: ,Thevwork; of.;unearthing the-dead-

was'-continued.' . "•. :

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Cars Meet Headon in Illinois,/Mangling Passengers and

Traction Officials

Two men who gave their names a3

J. B. Bryce and F. A. Perry visited\u25a0Burrowes on September i:> and pro-posed to'rent the lauifch for a week..Bryce conducted most of the dealinz. ,•His description taUies in every partic-

ular, with that of the man known aaA. J. Bryson, who paid for the powderin the San Francisco office,of the Giant .

•powder company and with the man.hABRfIBfIBfSBHHfIHi WBKKKSKSBSSa

The men disguised the Pastime by th«.simple device of tacking a cardboardover the name and pasting letters toform the name "Peerless" on this.Marks of the tacks and_ the cardboardused were examined yesterday.

Money was no object to the mysteri-

ous men. .They readijy paid a $300 de- ,posit for the launch, and displayed alarge'rbll of bills to at least three, per-sons .with whom they did business..Captain Petersen said that he belleverlthe men represented a. part of a gang •

or organization well supplied with-money and having a membership in.Oakland.

tHe said -his investigations |

led him to believe that the three in-•

effectual attempts to blow up the plantof the Pacific lumber company of Oak-land, a nonunion concern, were trace-

able to the same agency.

Launch Rented

A complete chain of evidence, cover-ing almost all the actions of the menfrom the time they began arrange-ments to secure the powder until theirfinal disappearance, is in the hands ofthe detectives. The broken threadsof the trail were picked up yesterdayand \u25a0 pieced together, with the resultthat .little room for doubt is left thatthe gelatin powder was obtained In

Giant and then taken to Los Angeles.

Captain of Detectives Walter J.Petersen of Oakland and DetectiveWilliam J. Burns are certain thatthe track of the men responsible forthe dynamiting has been picked up.Detective Burns left for Los Angeleslast night to take up the trail of the

Evidence Complete

IT was learned definitely that Oak- >

land was the base of operationsfor the men who dynamited the

Times building in Los Angeles Ta?tSaturday, when George H. Phillip?;shipping clerk of the Giant powdercompany, positively identified thelaunch in which the men who. thepolice say. were J. B. Bryce or Bry-son and William Morris or F. A.Perry, carried away the explosive onSeptember 23. This launch is thePastime, and belongs to Douglas A.-Burrowes of Oakland and E. H. Bax-ter of Alameda.

SHIPPING CLERKIDENTIFIES THE

POWDER VESSEL

Continued on Page 5, Column 1Continued on Pice 3, Column 1

[Special Cable to The Cell] *PARIS, 4.—A, wirelessmessage

dispatched from Portuguese watershasbeen received by Le Matin stating that

a revolution has broken out In Lisbon.Warships are now bombarding the pal-

ace". It is added that the army and

navy arc on the side of the revolution-

aries.

KingManuel in Prison[Special Cable to The Call]

LONDON', Oct.- 4.—The. 'Daily :Mall'says: "A revolution broke out_ in_ Lis-

bon Monday nigrht.^ King Manuel is- a

prisoner. • There has been • fighting inthe streets. A.U. communications! are

CUt."-

\u0084-'"\u25a0-.,> r'.

The Eastern telegraph company, an-

nounced thisafternoon the receipt fromits station atCarcavellos, 11, miles fromLisbon, of.a.message* that ;all communi-cation with the capital was interrupted.

A Portuguese "merchant'in J'*London

says that he received news of a plot inLisbon Monday. .The prices of Portu-guese bonds dropped iheavily on thestock exchange here yesterday. :

The Standard 'correspondent, of theReuter telegram company confirms thereport of a revolution in Portugal,' andadds that the rebels have captured the

Republican Flajj FJ'es^||||jSANTANOER,. Spain. .Oct. 4.—A Ger-

man steamer here has received a wire-,less from the steamer Capo . Blanco ofthe same line, lying off. Lisbon, thatwarships began bombarding the palaceas soon as the rising within- the city-

began. Shortly the revolutionistshauled down the royal standard -overthe palace and' replaced it with'the re- ;publican 'green and blue flag. <".

Fears for Gage's SafetyLOS ANGELES,-; Oct. .4.—The news, of

the'Portuguese :revolution ;has resulted

in some apprehension; here '\u25a0 for "thesafety of- former Governor Henry.. Gage,of California." . Gage was appointed

minister to.Portugal. last December and

left.Los Angeles to. assume; his dutiesa few ;months

"ago.v JVJlti..Mrs. Gage jand .his; family'he is tsupposed' to be InLisbon at this time.

''. ; .

King Manuel Held Prisoner andFlag of Republic- Hoisted

on Palace '

and provided for the inheritance ofk Rudolph and C. A. Spreckels. That dev-

dsiem gave to John D. Spreckels andAdolph B. Spreckels a fifth interest

in the estate, as it left the will stand-ing: "with no testamentary provisions

in so far as the children were affected,

and so the fullproperty would be di-vided among the heirs at law. The de-

cision was given in sustaining the de-murrer fil*d by John D. and Adolph B.Ppreckels.

Question RaisedHowever, the executors of the estate,

not contented with that defeat, sought

to hamper the distribution of the es-

tate still further by raising th« con-

tention that John D. Spreckels andAfiolph B. Spreckels had received fromtheir father an "advancement," or ashare, in his estate which was charge-

able against their interest in the finaldistribution. This contention was basedupon the following passage tn the willof Claus Spreckehs:

"I.make no provision in this willfor my sons, John' D. Spreckels andAdolph B. Spreckels, for- the reasonthat Ihave already given to them alarge part cf my estate."

Over that clause was waged the bat-

tle effectively decided by Judge Coffey.

The executors held that that writing,

<*ulch was in the portion of the willinvalidated by the February decision,

was binding on the court and must leadto the finding that the gifts made toJohn !">. Spreckels and Adolph B.S-preckels wore "advancements." How-ever, John D. Spreckels and AdolphB. Spreckels proved that the propertyrrreived from their father was in theform of outright gifts.

.Judge Coffey promptly disposed ofthe executors' presumption in his. de-cision, which he concluded with thefollowing words:

"In this case we seem to be con-\u25a0

trolled by a statute which requires

the manifestation of an advancementby a contemporaneous writing and atotal Intestcy. these premises

the ccnclusion«must be that the estateshould be equally divided among theheirs at law. Decreed accordingly."

No Comment MadeThe opinion of Judge Coffey was

written and was filed in court at noonyesterday without added comment.

Claus Epreckels died in this city onDecember 2S, 1908. lie left a willwritten in New York,on May 11, 1907;

in which he disposed of his-estate by

creating a trust within a trust. The.jiutire estate was to be held in trustduring the lifetime of his wife, Anna

C. Spreckels. On her death the two

rons. Rudolph, and C. A. Spreckels,

Second VictoryJufig« Coffey'B ruling yesterday was

the second comprehensive victory he

has awarded the elder sons against theexecutors of the estate. On February

18 of this year the court held to bevoid the clause of the Claus Spreckels

will which created a trust for thelife Interest of Mrs. Emma C Ferris

JOHN*D. SPRECKEI^S and Adolph B.

Sprerkels won their second victory

ov«r the executors of their father'swill, Rudolph Spreckels and C. A.

Fpreckels, yesterday, when Judge J. V.Coffey. in the probate department ofthe superior court, ruled in the matter

of the applications of the several heirsfor a distribution of the Clau? Spreckels

In a clear and able decision Judge

«"offey held that the gifts made by

tlaus ?preoke!s to his elder sons were

not "advancements" chargeable against

their interest in the estate of theirfAher. He ruled that John D. andAdolph B. Spreckels should share in the

distribution of the 55,000,000 remaining

in the estate of their father after thecommunity share of the wife had beenapportioned to her estate. The fivesur-viving children of Claus Spreckels

—John D. Spreckels, Adolph B. Spreckels,

C. A- Spreckels and Rudolph Spreckels

and Mrs. Emma C. Ferris (nee Spreck-r!c)

—will each receive J1. 000.000 under

the terms of Judge Coffey's ruling.

The attorneys who successfully pre-

sented the case of John D. and Adolph

Spreckels were A- F. Morrison. W. LBrobeck. Peter F. Dunne and SamuelM. Shortridge. Opposing them lor the\u25a0axecntors were Charles E. S. Wheeler.Charles S. CuEhing. O. K. Cushing,

Nathan M. Mora.n. J. Friedlander Bowiear.U TV. H. Gorrill.

JUDGE COFFEY AGAINRULES IN THEIR FAVOR

John D.and Adolph B. Spreckels

Win Signal Victory OverC. A. and Rudolph

EACH TO RECEIVE$1,000,000 FOR SHARE

Estate of Late Millionaire to BeDistributed Equally Among

Five Children

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Races vGames, JMusicand;Danc-; |

'ing|Promised at: School \

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\u25a0- % .-"; 'ofrEmploymeht :!i

i LOS ANGELES, 'Oct. tothe thirty-sixth annual' convention ofthe American bankers' association,numbering about :ljsoo, met in .'sessionaV'the-'Auditorlum 'today and 'took' iipmatters -of 'vast

-importance V.tor the

banking interests. of 'the. United States, jReports

rof ,' officers '"of the* associationwere read and the convention' proceededto business.. •- :--;'.. ..That the bankers, ofithe.United. States

are determined ,to 'have' a, money /ordersystem that -will?be -equal-to . that ;ofthe' United':States>governmerit; and 'ex-:press /companies^ was \u25a0-' demonstratedwhen the -reports of -the/committee /on/express ,companies /and^lmbney .orderswas read, j'The' committee recommend-edIaiplan, that? banks;* shall: issue-* suchform of;money, orders as'.are.'now^is-sued by -the government .through /.thepostoffice- department, and.express -com-panies: and have: some 'financial;''instiltution^ of merit';act -as agent: '•.-.'. SSg&f^1.URGES SMALLER"MONEY- .. .:;Lee:McClung,^treasurer :of;theTunitedStates, a addressed the^eonvention -today,and urged a ;reduction -mi the'size, ofpaper .money- and <a iuniform;"size- forboth';treasury- and' United'-Statesi bank-note's. .-\u25a0

\u25a0 ;;' .- ; ;•\u25a0 ;;«.'t--* :\u25a0',.-',\u25a0 'McCluhgfread a telegram {from Presi-dent Taft reading as follows:

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r,p*> United States .Treasurer,"! Lee'- Angela,-; Cal.—Please mjrvcotnpll-' *; nifnts? \u25a0Dd.Bood^wlshess to <the ,Ameriran-A;banVernV association. .in-cession 'lii.Lo«7An- i

"\u25a0;.-. •geles.

'and gujr*that-I;hopc^TrJthin'the 'next-"

fevr:ypars't.we.nitfy ", bare -'al-,a 1-,rcrisiou ",of'-tfaeV /,'currency i,laws,-;K),tnuch!nppdr><).'.': v \u25a0\u25a0-

'*.-'^.•:•.>;:«'

. WILLIAMU. TAFT. ! <

Financial. lnstitutions] WillCom*pete With Postoffice and

'Express Companies :: .','\u25a0:

The San Francisco Call.

i:The; children's autumnal-fete will;be

the .attraction ,Friday /afternoon at" theSchool -of:-Employment at '>Trocade'ro,and -hundreds -of 'young" people arelooking, forward

*to .the. occasion.

(

hours :will,be;- from .2 until .6 o'clock'in :'\u25a0 the s picturesque ;

'grounds lof Vthe

school* in Sloat boulevard. •" Races' andgames, •a

;,program and 1-, danc-ing will-be -features of the "outing. ,;

.;The -Italian Tarentella, -as :danced atthe kirmess; last year,: will"be* given

by, three' small pupils of

and: Miss Ruth:Carmichael .will;be oneofjith'e dancers.-- The talented Osbornchildren, ''Sophia' and Gordon, will sing

andi'dance] iiiDutch costume; . the min-^vet, "as originally'danced in the" timeof/ Louis- XIV, will be. given,- and; aRussian dance that -is 'entirely*.new ispromised. -/\u25a0'\u25a0> A -\u25a0'\u25a0 \u25a0'\u25a0 t^~\l '\u25a0 ''\u25a0'\u25a0\u25a0 "\u25a0 >•\u25a0'\u25a0'\u25a0 \u25a0' •\u25a0

;. v: \u25a0:, Dorothy xWeinshankV will- give t theAmerican, flagfdance, and ,pupils'

tof^MißSFlorence and .Miss^Geraldine.f ArnoldvfiU|j|WjS ian; lndian,: costume *sketch,' aJapanese \u25a0 song Vand jdance, '\u25a0-'a Hsailor'shornpipe four.=ihanded VreeL'-<l TheHebre'w;orphanage :boys'. ibandiwillplay

Rnd.^tJiere^win ;be outdoors dancing? onthe 'platform~'tor/the .-children- ,':f, . ? ,

1 .The •"\u25a0\u25a0Ocean -El_lis>icars,\;yla-iPark'side;arid-alspjjthe !?Ingleside .2cars |pass titheentrance, ;«/whiles automobiles fniayl'gothroughUne^gr.ounds.V; 7.There,; willibe 'alafge~ contingent :;.off motorists?. at "thefete.

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