T STEAMER 6LYMPIA, WHICH IS WREGKED^ONBLIGH ISLAND:WITH JIO6 PERSONS| -; : ABOARD :t

;5;5 . .

SAN FRANCISCO, MONDAY, DECEiCBER; 12^ -191&

Alaska Steamer, With 106 Persons, WreckedPEICE FIVE CENTS.VOLUME CIX.—NO. 12,

{"HOT* Chief Lees Applied the "Thir7\Degree** to a Prisoner WillBe Told in

« The Sunday Call Next Sunday in thej^ Series of Articles Concerning the Great

\yDetective. : : : : :i: /-: :ji The San Francisco Call. f THE WEATHERYESTERDAY—Highest temperature. 60;

lo&est Saturday irighU 54.FORECAST FOR TODAY—Fair; light

i northwest wind. j

FOUR JAILEDFOR HAVING

STOLEN GOLD

Vessel Strikes Treacherous Bligh'

Island in Dead of Night and Grave• Fears Are Felt for the Passengers

DISTRICT COURT MEMBERS ARE ABOARD

BRAZILIAN REVOLTCOSTS 400 LIVES

Edward^J3. Aldrich, the sen-ator's "Son, director, vice presi-dent and general manager of theIntercontinental. 6.200 shares, parvalue $6:0,000.

Senator Nelson W. Aldrich di-rector, 25,000 shares, common,par value $2,500,000; about 5,250shares of preferred, par valueJ525.000.

The Aldrich holdings, so far asknown, in the Intercontinental<crude> rubber company are:

Four other Aldriches appearalso on the stock register of therubber trust.

In Nelson *W. Aldrich's namestand 340 shares of the first pre-ferred stock, worth $37,400 at lastSaturday's closing price on theNew York exchange.

Inspection by a representative

of the World of the stock registerof the United States rubber com-pany

—the $75,000,000 manufac-

turing rubber trust—shows thatSenator Aldrlch has a very sub-stantial pecuniary Interest in theIncrease in the tariff on manu-factured rubber male by Aldrich'scompany.

"Neither Inor any member ofmy family has ever had any pe-cuniary interest as to whetherthe rates on manufactures ofrubber were 30, 35 or 300 percent, or whether crude rubberwas on the free or dutiable list.1

*

NEW YORK, Dec. 11.—TheWorld says: Last July Nelson W.Aldrich, erstwhile boss of theUnited States senate that helpedenact the present Payne-Aldrich

tariff law, denied the charge ofJoseph L. Bristow, a progressiverepublican senator from Kansas,in the following letter to Con-gressman McKlnley of Illinois,chairman of the republican con-gressional committee:

[Special Dispatch to The Call]

Millions in RubberTrust Stock OwnedBySenator Aldrich

BANKER PERISHESPURSUING ANELK

Judge E. 'Ei\Cushman, ivho^Tvitfcdthet members' of third. distfict\c6urU is> :.:.. vy> . ' ;: ;\u25a0•. on;wrecked^ s learner ,y; : , >iv.Y.;

trivial, most of the demands made by

the men in the • last .mutiny having

been granted by1-the government.

According to the newspapers, thecauses leading'to the second revolt are

The chamber of deputies met today

to discuss a special session. A strictcensorship is being maintained, but

conditions are entirely normal. Thescout ship Rio Grande do Sul -.fired thefirst shot in the revolt, turning its gunson the city. The heavy bombardmentby both -land batteries and: warshipscaused a panic in Rio Janeiro early

yesterday, and frightened and woundedpeople fled in all directions. .

\u25a0Martial '.law has been-declared for

SO 'Jays in the federal district andNictheroy. *

Toward midnight several boats putout;from the island and'men could beseen swimming toward the mainland.The: destroyers on watch made themall prisoners.

• Two land .batteries, two ..warshipsand several '"destroyers took partlinthe bombardment, and twice in the en-gagement an armistice wa» allowed forthe removal of the dead and wounded.Firing ceased entirely late in the even-ing.-but no actual surrender of therebels occurred. . . , .•

Two hundred citizens \u25a0were eitherkilled or wounded while watching thebombardment. Many government build-Ings were damaged,", including thetreasury, the foreign office and the;de-partments of' public works and tele-graphs. .";; ;{ ,

The mutineers, who composed a bat-talion of the marine corps, numberedabout 600 men. Of these 200 werekilled or wounded. The others weretaken prisoners by the destroyerswhile attempting to escape from theisland In the night.

RIO JANEIRO. Dec. 11.—Governmenttroops are again in control of the gar-

rison on Cobra Island, and the secondmutiny of the naval forces has endedwith a heavy casualty list.

200 Citizens Are Killed WhileWatching Bombardment;

Mutiny Is Subdued

Corbin was last seen November 19,

when he left Harry Lamberton, a fel-low hunter, near Rea's pass, telling

Lamberton that he purposed to'rSmainout throughout the night hoping topet an elk.

The condltio nof the body showed

that death had occurred several daysago, probably from exposure. Hishorse was found dead near Corbin'sbody, and itis the belief of the woods-men of the country that Corbin was

wandering aimlessly about the moun-tains until the snow became too deep

to travel further, when his horse felland died.

BOISE, Idaho, Dec. 11.—

Four weeksfrom the date on which he was lastseen, the body of Bert E.

#Corbin, a

prominent Boise man. and vice presi-

dent of the. Union savings and trustcompany, was found Friday 12 milesfrom Big Springs, Idaho, the pointwhere Corbin's party had made camp

a monlli ago, according to newsbrought here today.

Bert E.Corbin of Boise Is FoundDead in Snow Near His

Horse's Body

The following committee is planninga mass meeting >to be held 'next;week:Mrs. A. A. Fowler, Mrs. E. E.'Blodgett,Mrs. W. F.-LiHick, Mrs.;J.V. Haley,airs. G.- S. Wells, Mrs. E.IJ. L. Pellierand Miss \u25a0\u25a0 Margaret Hale.

• Mrs. E. C.1Hurff, .• chairman of thecentral committee, is the generalissimo

of • the anti-week forces.-

The aid .ofthe school children of the city hasbeen enlisted. >

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:SAN. JOSE, Dec. 11.—The "hustlers'union," composed of clubwomen of thiscity, has declared war, on \u25a0• weeds,, in'the streets. Owners who fall to cleanup their "premises willibe' waited uponMonday by a delegation of women aiidpolitely requested to get busy.

paign to Clean Streets[Special Dispatch to The Call]

"Hustlers' Union" Plans Cam-

SAN JOSE WOMEN TOWAGE WAR ON WEEDS

[Special Dispatch io The'Call]-' vV ;•*

WASHINGTONTi ; Dec.'

11.—An im-

portant, conference of.'Californians washeld ,tonight Cat v headquarters at.' the'

New Willard. I/The exposition'. commit-^,

tee was- present", as :well' as -.all mem-

bers of. the -congressional .delegationexcept McKiniay; • The cpnferpes~

{dis-

cussed 4 the"whole f situation ,'as it. hasunfolded, tip;.to. date. < and decided, tomake a strenuous effort to bring^upconsideration pt the Kahn resolutionthis week'in the house.

The plan is -to jask 'for a rule'calllng

up the Kahn resolution with leave, to

offer/an ''amendment \ substituting NewOrleans; fbr^'San .^Francisco. 'This willbring, tho :\u25a0: whole ;matter -. before- -the

ouse for '.debate .\an'd^ final Vvote. TheCalifornia {of'congress havepolled- thec house" /'carefully,-and say

that, they San -Franciscoresolution,; will;,prevail1 if

'it.-c»n*be*

brought 1-

to> a> vote.,,",;].'. ... ,:.. _\u0084 ;_•"., ..\u25a0

j jThe...NewVOrieans, delegation now. inTVashlngtoh'also^had'a' conference to-day with*.Louisiana .members of con:gress. They KOt;-wind. of what theCalifornians ;proposed to do and it -issupposed "that

* they \u25a0 are. preparing toniake a fight for-delay." Some *ot 'thestfongest/New'Orleans boosters' are ab-

sent ahd'those.now here are anxious; to

wait"until they caY-marshal all, theirforces. "'.*:'*'-*•'i .*• .'\u25a0.-\u25a0'*

SENATE FAVORS THIS CITY:.Senatorß/ Perkins .;?: and FlintA,have

canvassed the'- senate and .say . there \ is

no-; doubt whatever that ;San Franciscocan sweep 'the upper^ house* wheneverthe x question comes -sto a. vote.- Theywant; the house to act.first.; however,as any" action the; seriate' might takenow'Vduld be ineffective;' anyhow andthe senate is ha turally.reluctant J.o actIn. amatter already ;pending ,in thehouse. :

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'-The California'nW . are" full.; of confi-dence and anxious to get ;a test votebefore;, the-'- holiday

'recess. \'~ Among

members .of congress .-generally It isnot 'jthought ;that

-the • exposition ques-

tion can be determined before the mid-dle -of|January, at the earliest. - ]NEWORtEANS ADMITSf

MISTAKE

J The Call forniarts Vre elated'over the

attitude of the New Orleans newspaperswhich)ares beginn.ing;;toiadmits that amistake iwas ;mad cev wh>n'!NeW;- Orleanspermitted ,lierself toabe ..maneuveredinto^a position. 'of- disclaiming.any; in-tention sto5 to ask; congress jfor-an

;appro-

priation. Newj Orleans States ofDecember 9,.says editorially: !' '^OSmM

\u25a0: I"California* now .promises > that shewill:not '

seek national, •assistance^Louisiana' has taken .the position -thatthe whole burden, ought not.to be placedon any • community': where .the "eventto-be celebrated -^is'" national and 'theenterprise is to be furthered commercialin

'"character and of \u25a0 concern 8 to the

whole- country. This is the view'webelleve .'congress will take, 'it willcon-sider/ fundamentally -whether the gov-

And^Decide Matter This^Week After;DebateCongress -Will Be Asked 4o;Take Up Kaihh Resolution

CALIFORNIANSEXPECT TOSECURE EXPOSITION VOTE

Continued on;Page \2, Column \1

CYCLONE AND FLOODS CAUSE DEATHAND DEVASTATION IN WESTERN SPAIN

Tetrazzini's opening performance

wil lbe the scene of a large gatheringof music lovers at the Dreamland 'rinktonight. The advance sale of ticketshas been large.

'Until 7 o'clock this

evening they will be on sale in theO'Farrell street store of Kobler &Chase and after that at the Dreamlandbox office.

couraging to ManagementAdvance Safe of Tickets En-

LARGE CROWD EXPECTEDTO GREET TETRAZZINI

conditions, he added, were good, andthere was no reason why the comingyear should not be a banner one In theprosperity of the nation. He said thathe planned to spend much of the win-ter In and about San Francisco In theinterests of the. Mills estate.

Ogden Mills, son of the late DariusO. Mills, arrived from the east lastevening and is staying at the Fair-mont. Mills said that he was in thewest purely on business.' Business

diction of ProsperityBelieves Conditions Justify Pre-

OGDEN MILLS COMESTO CITY ON BUSINESS

When some people talk we are re-minded of a dictionary with the defini-tions missing.

steamship company's steamship Otym-

pia was wrecked on the Bligh islandreef. 40 miles from Cordova, Alaska,

Owing to the closing of the militarycabin offices at night, assistance couldnot be summoned from Valder. only

20 miles distant from the scene of th«wreck. No tugs were in the harborhere and it was necessary to telephoneto Katalla. 50 miles east of here, toget a boat thai^could go to the assist-ance of the Olympiads people. Thelaunch Corsair left Katalla early thismorning. "Word was also sent to Sew-ard. to the westward, to disrvtch themall steamer Dora to the Olympiadsassistance. The Dora was due at Sew-ard early today and should already beon the way to Bligh island.

Ready to Launch BoatsThe rock on which the Olympia

struck is one of the numerous r«efathat surround Bligh island and makeit the most dangerous spot in PrinceWilliam sound. It is at the entranceto Ellamar bay and is but 20 milesfrom Valder. the port which the Olym-pia was seeking to make.

Owing to the difficulty with whichwireless communication with the Olym-

pia was maintained. Operator Hayes

was unable to give any details con-cerning the grounding o? the vesseLIt Is believed, however, that its ma-chinery must have broken down, leav-ing .It at the mercy of the storm.Operator Hayes said that the boatswere all ready for launching, but thatthe fury of the storm made this toodangerous an undertaking except as a

last resort. It is believed the people

will stay by the steamship until helparrives, unless they are forced to taketo the boats before the sinking of theship.

Fate Pursues PassengersSEATTLE, Dec. 11.

—The Alaska

CORDOVA, Alaska, Dec. 1 1.—

The Alaska steamship company* s steamerOlympia, ivith 106 persons aboard, is ashore onBligh island. Prince Wil-liam sound. A furious storm is raging. No xoord has been received from

the rvireless operator on the Olympia since this morning, and grave fears areentertained for the safety of those on the wrecked vessel.

There are 52 passengers aboard the Olympia, most of whom boardedthe vessel here last night. Among those who sailed from here for Valdezand Seward are United States District Judge E. E. Cushman and wife,

and the following members of the third district court, who are on theirway to Valdez, where court convenes tomorrow:

United States District Judge E. E. Cushman and wife.Secretary I.Hamberger, wife and two children.District Attorney George %R.%R. Walker.Assistant District Attorneys Guy Brubacker and J. L. Green.Stenographer Don Stewart.Clerk of Court L.M.Lakin.Deputy Clerk Thomas S. Scott.Stenographer J. Hamilton.

• Deputy Marshals J. H. D. Bouse and Brown.Allthe above are members of Judge Cushman's court.The .crew of the Olympia consists of 54 officers and men, Captain J. T.

Daniels being in command." -The "Olympfa "sailed from Cordova at 6 o'clock last night, having

arrived from Seattle earlier in the day. Although the night was clear anda fullVmoon shed 'a bright light, navigation was made dangerous by aSOmile galej which was blowing from the north.

Between 12 and 1 o'clock this morning the operator on duty at thenavy wireless station picked up the distress signal of the Olympia. Heanswered at once. Operator Hayes, on the Olympia, then sent an urgentappeal for help, saying that the Olympia had struck on Bligh Island and

—\u2666was in an exposed position. Heavy-

seas were breaking over her, makingthe position of those on board all themore perilous.

The message from the Olympia wasreceived with difficulty. The men incharge of the naval wireless stationexpress the opinion that the grounding

of the vessel had in some way causeda short circuit, which interfered withthe sending of the wireless messages

from the steamer.In spite of this difficulty, communi-

cation was maintained with the dis-abled ship until 4 o'clock this morn-ing, since which time no call has beenpicked up from the ship. It is hoped

that the silence of the wireless meansnothing more serfous than the giving

out of the batteries or the breaking ofthe dynamo, but on account of thefurious storm which is raging themost conservative are compelled to- atl-mit that the Interruption of wirelesscommunication may mean that , thesteamer has succumbed to the pound-ing of the waves.

Aerograms Are Suddenly Interrupted as Oper-ator at Sea Tells of Seas Breaking Over ShipHeld in Perilous Position on Unlighted Shoal

*-*.Gray* was' one of, the best knownshipping men In San Francisco. Hehad charge of the Pacific coast businessof the Kosmos line, which operates a

line of-steamers between this coastand (German ports.

'v:At-the family > home it was stated

that Mrs. Gray" would return here onthe first' train.

REDTVOOD CITY. Dec. 11:—

Lendal

Morton Gray, who was killed In anautomobile accident near Gonzales to-

day, had been on a trip to Paso Robles

hot springs for his health and wasreturning' to '.his' home here. He had

been: for a number of years general

agent of. the -Kosmos steamship com-pany, T7ith offices at 158 Californiastreet, San Francisco.

Gray was 41 years" old. (He Is,sur-

vived by his, widow and a son.

Trip Taken fforrrHealth

auto.

:.The Grays were returning from a

visit to Paso Robles. Gray sat at the

wheel and was sending the machine

along at a rate of 30 miles an hour

when he came on a sandy stretch. The

wheel was wrenched from his hands,

the machine skidded, turning com-

pletely over, and Gray was pitched

headlong to the side. of the road. Mrs.

Gray, and Rooke. fell from the auto,

but sustained onlya few brnises. Whenthey reached the injured man's side

he was unconscious, and he died within

a short time.'" His skull had been' frac-

" GONZALES, Dec. 11.—

Hurled from

his machine as it skidded and turned

a complete somersault, Lendal MortonGray, agent. of the Kosmos steamship

company, was killed today on the road

two miles south of Gonzalcs. Gray's

wife and his. chauffeur, James Rooke,

who were with him in the machine,

escaped with slight Injuries, but Gray's

favorite dog met the fate of his mas-

ter by being caught beneath the big

Steamship Agent Is Killed and

Wife and Chauffeur. AreSlightly Bruised

AUTO CRASH FATALTOLENDALM.GRAY

The detectives subjected their pris-

oners to rigidexaminations in an effort

t Sain information that would leadt'tae apprehension of the rest of the

gang. The Woodsons admitted that

The prisoners were all taken to Mof-fatfs rooms in the post office build-ing and kept in different rooms so

that they could not communicate witheach other. They were taken'out onest. a time for their meals in the res-taurant at 62 Seventh street and al-lowed to sleep at night on couches inthe post office building.

Then followed the arrest of J. T.Woodson. known as "Little Tex," at

the Palm hotel, northeast corner ofS'xth and Howard streets. The place

is run by Mrs. McGee, motherinlaw ofSheriff Thomas Finn, who chanced to

be in the place at the time. G. M.Woodson! who is known as "Bis Tex,"

was found in a GhacE at the rear of

2114 Point Lobos avenue. Smith wasarrested at Fifth and Market streets.

Mrs. Smith was the first taken Intocustody. Late in the afternoon a squad

of detectives proceeded to her apart-ments. She was alone at the time and<jui«tly submitted to arrest. In therooms were found a vice and the rasps

used for filing the gold. Mrs. Smithxras taken to police headquarters and

searched by the matron, who found$1,500 In currency on her...

Prisoners Were Separated

The Smiths and their tools, the Wood-ton^, were arrested Friday night. Twoother opium fiends were taken intocustody at the time, but they werereleased yesterday, the purpose havingbeen to hold them, so that they couldnot spread the information of the ar-rest of the leaders of the gang.

The information leaked out and therest of the Rang received their warn-ing. The police are still endeavoringto run down those who were Impli-cated with Smith and his wife.

As sf>on as Moffatt discovered thatit was not a .federal, rasp, lie tele-graphed to the officials at Washington

and was advlsod to turn the informa-tion he had gather over to the policeand co-operate whenever possible.

Pla^s had been laid for the captureof the -entire gang;. It was proposed

to arrest the local members, subject

them to a thorough examination, thusfc+t confessions, if possible, from thechief offenders here and then arrestthe ringleaders.

Gang Was Warned

Wh^n th* local operations of thep^ns W«r« discovered, Moffatt thought

th<» gold was being stolen from the

federal assay office or th«» mint, or wasb^ir.g secured from the debasing ,ofooins. Itdid not take long, however,to unrover the fa<t that the SmithsWW* making trips to the safe deposit

vaults in the Bank of Italy brinch inMarket street, whence tliey took barsof bulJion, one at a time, to theirrooms in tlip Haystnn apartments at-1i Sixth street. With rasp?, Smithreduced the liars to filings and. thenhad the Woodson* sell tiie loose goM.

Pr> far xs «"ousd bf learned, gold ofth» value of $1,0r>3 was sold by thebrothers.

They found that a couple known as>". L. Smith and wife had severalThousan-Is dollars worth of bullion in af^afe depopiti vault and were employing

Tiro brothers, G. M. and J. T» Woodson,

both opium fiends, to dispose of thejroM after it had been reduced to fil-ings by Smith, who is also an opium

Send.

Sold $3,093 of Gold

For almost a month the secretservice men have been working on thecase. They gained their first informa-tion accidental^*. After that theybegan to ferret out the gang that hadperpetrated one of the most mystifyingrrimes that has developed on this coastin year?.

DUE to the vigilance of ChiefSecret Service Operative HarryMofTatt and the local police de-

partment, three men and a womanwere landed in the city prison lastnight and nearly $7,000 worth of bul-lion, supposed to be' a part of the$59,000 worth of sold stolen fromihe steamer Humboldt last September«n route from the Tanana gold fieldsto Seattle, is" now in the possession ofMoffatt. •

•

E. L. Smith and Wife and TwoMen Captured inRaid on

Lodging House

Humboldt Was Robbed WhileBringing Treasure From

Alaska Last September

Secret Service Men Recover$7,000 of $59,000 Bullion

Taken From Steamer

Continued on Pnge Ss Column 6

Always tell the truth—

but it is some-times advisable to use a long;distancephone. V--U-" '\u25a0- \u25a0 ,

- JTall wasi 27 -years- old,, arid-left ta"wife,. father- and two/brothers. ,.fc- .: -..

Hall was standing in the bathtub,and, endeavored ;to turn* on *the '.waterwith one hand "while he turned theswitch of the, electric globe ;with theother. The . water;pipe sort circuitedthe\ current, -.and; his body recelved,thefull charge. ';.'- The force or the' chargethrew him out of the^tub -and against

the wall. Death was instantaneous."

Eckley Hall Victim of ShortCircuit

:STOCKTON, Dec. 11.—Eckley Hall, acontractor of /this -city,, received anelectric shock while' taking \u25a0 a bath athis {home .'this', evening- which causedhis. death.

ELECTRIC SHOCK KILLSMAN IN BATHTUB

V -MADRID,Dec 11.—:Spain .was visited

today .by a cyclone, in which many per-

sons were:killed ?'and injured,* and S thelow-.lying districts

"

"; :-'. Lower.'Seville « is- submerged and; it.isfeared ;theY entire 'city/ will*?be -underwater >soon.'.' -A railroad* bridge at >Al-'cala; has ;been; destroyed' and numerousvillageetare in:a;.critical: situation,

r Railroads Miave, been :iwashed'^ away

at.:Cacere^leja, Vlllaeeca\;and :''Malaga. '.'Severalbodies'\were'fFeen^'",flpating^t'down'Xtheriver, at"S Vailadolid.*:*-;Reports *vhaye

reached >here lof•shipwrecks along Ithecoast:"

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'\:

Italian Riviera^Suffersr: ROME; Dec; 11.—The;Italian

'Riviera

has :\u25a0.suffered greatly /;from .*\u25a0 recentstorms. \ 'Miles '}

L of /Cultivated flowersnaye 1.- been •.'devastated. - San,; Remo isflooded •and \u25a0 many -residents

"were com-

pelled ;in'/the 'night -to /escape fromwindows .-oh' ropey ladders,.jtheir r housesbeing fwitii.water.. -Severalpersons .have~^beeri :drowned."' The hillon -Iwhich the >:villa"ge;.of . Pentenuoyostand's'^ is rapidly* undermined.