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4 a HURT1NBP 4 kiwi it JM eifardhjeefri II Hi Fishermen Oppose intervene tion of Officials Regarding Sizrof Nets esknWSISaBBBBBsSaeBBSB GRIM TRAGEDY ENACTED Carlo Balesteri Loses Life and Companions Are Placed Under Arrest On of the grimmest tragedlee In the hlatdry of San Francisco bay wu en aoted last night when Deputy FUh and Game Commissioners 3 Clark and Errsst Raynaud engaged In a battl forced by three Italian fleher man thay had arrested at Ban Clamant Island Th latter war re enfarced by Ave of their countrymen andln a dtadly fight out on the watarof th bay Raynaud waa baatan to death Ralvatore Balesteri a fisherman waa hot ts death two other flaharman war badly wounded and Clark waa hurled OTerboard and escaped with hi Ufa only by tha narroweat margin For two hours RaynauiTy fate waa In doubt and sTral psas of deputy game warden scoured tha bay In launohes for eight of tha fugitives Whatever hope waa entertained for hla aafaty wu dispelled however at 1080 laat night when a flihermana launoh lowly chugged It way up to Melgga wharf from Saueallto Three Itallana Jumped out of It and ran for refuge Two escaped Tba third however waa wounded and encountered a policeman Th latter aroused by hla strange action questioned him The Italian unabU to apak a word of English pointed back to the boat adsurenr dared meekly Tha officer Investigated la th boat wore th dead bodies of Balesteri and Raynaud and all about the craft evidence of a terrific battle The boat waa covered with blood Raynaud lay across a bunch of fish nata TWO MBJf ARB DEAD Rla skull had bean beaten In He had been shot between the eyes A revolver with four empty chamber lay be elds him and across hla legs waa the dead body of Baleltert mute evidence of his defense Balesteri the wounded man Intercepted by the patrolman had boon slightly wounded and another of hla companion who had alao been shot aoaped before the polle could apprehend him Within a few mlnutea after the arrival of the launch a second launch reached the wharf Its occupanta were Ave more Italian fishermen They were placed under arrest Immediately Clarks story of the battle having been flashed to the San Francisco police from Sausallto In the meantime The tragedy occurred aa the result of the deputy commissioners arrest of three Italians at San Clement Island for fishing with nets the mesh of which waa held to be underslxed Clerks story of the affair follows Raynaud and I were detailed to Investigate the activities of fishermen suppoaed to be operating Illegally about Ban Clements Island We arrived there about 5 SO oclock and after making an Investigation satisfied ourselves that Balesteri and hla men were ustng nets forbidden by law We arreeted them and they made no resistance In order to expedite our return to Sausallto wa auggeated that we all use th Balesteri launch We knew nothing about operating It but truated to our prisoners They agreed to the proposal and th trip was begun IAW COMPANION FELLED Before wa left however we let two Of the fishermen who we were convinced were not Implicated In the use of the nets go and the other three Balesteri and hla two companions eemed angry because we would not release them too Shortly before neartng California City we saw another launch containing fishermen nearby Baleatarl signaled them Raynaud and I thought It only a friendly salutation and paid no attention to It coatUaed aa Page Co I am a so a a Details of Tragedy on Bay Dcadjojurcd and Arrested Jfff IBnm i MXMTmwu7 mwim 17 primw tvttm Merefet BJx clans Had wLontr nmit eanuitlsUloaifera Wiit to lwfcj laJvater BeJeateri Italian flaherasavauned by ballet tram lUyaaaValptetaL THH WOUJTDED Carlo Beleeterl aeeihew Batvator Balesteri shet ta th right fcaad lgmatla easa BMtalea of Carlo Baleatert sear asHt kave fceea akat la tk est Depaty Flak aad Gasae Casn satsaloaer I Clark beat by taaharssea UNDER ARRBST Aatea Balesteri Carl Baleatarl Cerlakt Glevaaal Orlaado Feeeraae Cartat Salvatore Barrator Omsts aad Orlaado GlatJo 0hmmi ti miO Sill biPeDiHiit JfU CHIEF Names Actor as the Co respondent iKWjtr Who Married One of the Five Now Bitten Now Seeki a Divoroe Special Stmetch te the Obieatels NEW TORX ApHl II Asserting hla wife Bartha Joaa Russell formerly In vaudarlll and later with a Forty Are Hlnutes From Broadway company la too friendly with Harry Roijuemore of tha latter organisation Oeorge Doan Russell a lawyer with offices In Manhattan and residence In Brooklyn 1 aulas for divoroe The ckse came up for a hearing before Juatlc Putnam In tha Supreme Court In Brooklyn to Acoordlng to the oomplalnt th petitioner mat Kill Noss whan wa praylnr audvrln abn of th flr Noes lUtara They were married January 14 lilt After the honeymoon they made their home In Brooklyn but aooordlag to tha petitioner hla wife found Ufa In the city acroea the brldg too monotonous and she yearned one more for the stage In spite of hla opposition he eays aha obtained an engagement with a Forty nva Minute From Broadway company which played the Southern States Ha heard aoma time later of her alleged friendliness with Roque more of the eame organisation and after an Investigation began suit naming the actor aa co respondent Kitty Gordon and Husband Reconciled Actresi and Captain Bereiford Burn Diforce Paper After Four Yean Separation Special Dtlseteh to the Chronicle NEW YORK April II Kitty Gordon the actress and her husband Captain Henry de la Poor Beresford are reconciled today after a separation of four years The paper In her divorce suit have bean burned Miss Gordon attributes their marital difficulties to her love of the stage I presume I am partly to blame for our trouble she said today My life 1 wrapped up in my work and Captain Beresford was not willing at first that I continue with it Aa soon aa my engagement In vaudeville 1 over I will return to England with him But I shall coma back again la the fall I hope I can perauade Captain Bereaford to return with ma a Florence Holbrooks Suit Is Dismissed pedal Dlseeteh te the Chronicle NEW TORK April II After a patient wait of two long years Florence Holbrooka sulf for absolute divorce from her comedian huaband Cacti Lean was railed today before Supreme Court Justice Glegerlch only to be dismissed Her counsel la authority for the etatement that aha will soon bring another action Yesterday COMPARED TO ONB TEAR AOO The Chronicle Gained 2184 Lines OF ADVERTISING THE ONLY OTHER SAN FRANCISCO MORN INO PAPER TO GAIN WAS THE CALL WHILE The Examiiner Lost 294 Lines CHRONICLE Daily Average Paroxysms of Cough1ng Occasionally rre Taxing the Strength of patient NEWS MORE QPTJMISTIC Fact That Bronchial Affliction Is Not Overcome Detracts From Hopeful Report PtTTSDtJRO Pa April It Caral aal Glbbosu has raaeelled all fatara eaaagesseata aad will leave aa aa aawlbla for a seaport ties treaa where ha eaa eaabark for Raasa at a seosasars aotloe The eardlaal with termer Atteraey Qeaeral Caarlea Beaaparte addressed a local nana tlea pt CataoUe charities tealghi BOSTON April laOareUaal 6Cea aell haa made all arraagesaeata embark from bare or New York laease dlately ta attead a eaaalatory la Heme la areata ef tha Popes death The Car Claal is keeplag closely la teach with the bvllettaa oa the PoatltTe caadl tlea aad Is greatly eaaeeraed ROME April It The bulletins Issued by the physlclana today Indicated that tha condition of the Pope practically la stationery The evening bulletin was of a more optlmlstlo tone as It Indi cated that the temperature was normal and that there had been no recurrence of the usual night fever Tonights bulletin on the condition of Pope Plus sayai His Holiness passed a quiet day without fsver This svenlng his temperature was 1JV4 The catarrhal and bronchial affection ts In the same condition as this morning ETTORE MARCHIAJVAVA ANDREA AMICL The fact however that the bronchial affection has not been overcome de traota somewhat from the hopeful character of the report aa the occasional paroxyama of coughing are taxing the atrength of the patient who already has been under a great strain The condition of albumlnura haa reappeared and to relieve the kldaeya hot bathe have been ordered TEMPERATURE IHCRBAIED Dr Andrea Amlct pall a vUlVlO ths Vatican at 11 oclock tonight and ac cording to hla announcement found only a alight elevation In th temperature and other conditions satisfactory Hs reported to Cardinal Merry del Vat who personally watched at the Popes bedside most of the day and during the early hours of tha night and later telephoned hla observations to Professor Marchlafava who haa been connected with the Vatican by special wire In order to avoid Indiscretions Further Improvement In the Popes condition waa ahown by the fact that he waa able to retain a quantity of chicken Jelly and that he elept peacefully for a considerable time Early In the evening he acknowledged that he waa feeling the benefit of the abao lute reat Jmpoaed upon him and that he tett more Inclined to aleep naturally than at any time alnce hla illness The Pope Is extremely concerned at the trouble ha glvea to tboaa around him often expressing to them his deep gratitude especially thoee who aaalat him at night repeatedly urging them to go to bed and aometlmee hla ln alatenca la ao marked that In order to aatlsfy him they leave the room URBAT LOVER OF MUSIC All hla life the Pope haa been a great loyer of music The composer Mgr Lorenso Perosl owes him much aa tha Popa aided him to attain success The two were great friends when the Pontiff waa patriarch of Venice Once raised to the pontifical chair he did not forget the young compoeer whom he took to Rome with him and allowed him contrary to the tradition of tha Papacy to share his meala With the aid of Perosl he accomplished those rsforma In church music which were among the flrat manlfeatatlona of hla papal activity and reatored the Gregorian chant to Ita original character and place In the church His love for music seems to have been accentuated by his Illness the Pontiff often asking for favorite hymns and chants which seemed to eoothe his reetleaa neaa and pain And during the most trying period of his sickness he lay listening to the tones of a small organ In the adjoining chapel It seemed somewhat lnoonguous this sound of music from the room next that In which the august patient suffered FIVE GERMANS SAT FRENCH INSULTED Professor Moores Resignation Is Withdrawn and His Dismissal Ordered IRREGUtAltJESi CHARGED Dramatic Climax in Campaign of Official Who Sought a Cabinet Portfolio THEM Paris Government Order Inveitiga tion oi a Brawl at Nancy PARIS April 11 The French Gov ernment haa ordered an Investigation at tha requeat of the German Foreign Office Into a brawl between French students and German civilian visitors last Sunday svenlng at Nancy Five Germane Including two women are said to have been Insulted first In place of entertainment then In a res taurant and finally at the railroad ata UotC PRINCESS MUST PAT BILL PARIS ApHl 11 PTlacese Louise of Belgium waa ordered today by tha civil Woman Sees Dentist Shoot oe 6 I ry i H7t jl TiJi iiMi paxmr to iviarnage is me ivionvf BULLET SKIPS WASHINGTON April II Professor Wlllts Moore chief of the weather bureau since llt and an appointee of the Cleveland administration wax sum marily removed from office today oy President Wilson Hla resignation re cently had been accepted to take effect July list but after an Investigation of bis alleged efforts to beoome Secretary of Agriculture In the preaent Cabinet grave ehergee of Irregularity were preferred and tha President with drew hla aoceptanoa of the resignation dismissing Pfofsaeor Moore Later ha referred tha aubject to tha Department of Justice for Inquiry Secretary Houeton of the Agricul tural Department conferred with tha President before the removal of Moore waa announced The Secretary then Issued the following statement Immediately after the resignation of Professor Moore of the weather bureau was submitted to the President and acoapted by him charges were died with the Secretary of Agriculture by responsible men within the service These charges were of so grave a nature that the Secretary of Agriculture called upon the Department of justice for an Invaatlgatlon FACTS WARRAMT REMOVAL The Invaatlgatlon atlll la under way but the facta ao far aecured and laid before the President yaatarday were sufficient to warrant him In deciding to withdraw hla acceptance of Profee sor Moores resignation and remove him summarily which haa been dona today The Secretary alao haa directed the Secretary of Agriculture to sus pend Charles Burns an employs of tha weather bureau pending a further laveeUgUeniotbla case and take each disciplinary measures aa ha mar deem necessary With such other employes of tha weather bureau aa may have been unduly active In employing tha public service for private ends The letter to Secretary Houaton directing Moorea removal waa not made public but It waa stated at the White House to charge such Irregularity and roleuee of powera aa to require tha Im mediate dismissal of the weather bureau chief In the Interest of the public service Unofficially It waa aald at the White Houae that the campaign to make Moore Secretary of Agriculture had been extensive that members of Congress In various parts of ths country had been canvassed and that a letter writing campaign had been conducted among weather bureau employee EXPENSES ARB 4UESTI0NED Profeesor Moore haa been a target for attack In Congreaa A few days ago a resolution waa Introduced calling on the Secretary of Agriculture to advlae Congreaa regarding the appropriations for official traveling ex penses for ths weather bureau what amount of the lump aum of salaries In the weather bureau was expended for promotions of weather bureau employes laat January and February and trie comparative figures for ths preceding four years Ths resolution asked for Information aa to what Journeys were performed by Charlea Burna under official orders and under what Instructions between July I 1U and February lath laat and alao called for data regarding circulars and other matter printed at Government expense and used by the chief of the weather bureau In his campaign for Secretary of Agriculture during the laat fiscal year The Houae Committee on Expenditure In the Agricultural Department had planned laat year an exhaustive Investigation Into the weather bureau but was prevented from making It on account of the Wylie inquiry the Florida Everglades case and other special matters Representative Moss of Indiana and Democratic members of the committee did take up special charges died agalnat Profeesor Moore by James Berry a former employe of the weather bureau which related to misuse of the contingent fund StlRBAU TO BE PROBED The committee Moss said today never found enough In these charges to press them for further Inquiry It Is proposed howsver to conduct a thorough Investigation of the bureau as soon as the committee la organised which probably will not be until the regular aeaslon next winter Professor Moore Issued a statsment tonight declaring that the same Influences that attempted to dlagrace and remove Dr Harvey Wiley were responetblo for hla removal and branding as Infamously false any intimation that he bad coerced employes of tha weather bureau In aupportlng him for the Secretaryship of Agriculture or that publlo money had been expended In his candidacy iffsBBBBBsVwMMSBBBBBSesnW iflHHHaHMaa JstssssssssssssssHHfe sssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssPW 7bssssssssssssssbsssT isssssssssssssassssssssssssssBPl RsssssssssssssssHt jBeXritt ifrWi issssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssf Vll issssssssssssssssssaBBSssssssssssssssrssEssssssssssssssV sssssssssssssssssflaassssssssssssssssKsssPW aaBBSsssssssss 1 aaasssssssssssssHHssssssssssssssssssl9lssssssssssxV HT LsssssssssssssssssHsssssssssssst jilifliaBBSssssssssB aaasssssssssssssssssssssssssssssPliAfe lM sssssssssssssl 1 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OTw York am is at years I have HveeXlrV or this day te coins and now that It has arrived I 1 aatv hardly reallae that at last my prayers nave seen answered tnw Floretta Whaley who eloped with her guardian Rev Jera Cooke then pastor of St Georges Church at Hempstead I when a summons and complaint was served tonight In a eult for abeolute divorce brought by Mre Ma rlnda Clarke Cooke Cooke and his oompanlon were buay hanging plcturea In a new little home they have uat Jaken when Constable Conroy of Hartford Conn called In answer to hla ring Cooke opened tha door and when Conroy proceeded to take a paper out of hla pocket the ex clergyman paled and clutched the back of the chair near him When he learned that It waa a aummona In a divorce action he aetaed the paper with a cry of Joy and began eagerly to read He exclaimed Thank God Oh God from the bottom of my heart I thank thee for sending this great blessing to us Now Indeed do I know that we have been forgiven for offending thee French Aviator Is Victor in Long Race Danconrt Ffiei From Paris to Germany and Braves Decidedly Stormy Weather JOHANNISLAHL Germany April II Pierre Daucourt a French aviator arrived at the aerodrome here at oclock this evening from Paris winning hla race with Edmund Audemars for the flSOO Pommery cup The two men left the suburb of Paris shortly after ft oclock thle morning The distance Is II miles Audsmara was unable to proceed further than Wanne Germany today The feature of the race was the long and daring daylight night of Daucourt He encountered decidedly stormy weather while crossing the Ardennee but hie flight was very little affected until he arrived In the valley of the Rhine where his aeroplane was tossed up and down in the air for a distance of lit yards by the strong and varying winds CONTEST FOR FEDERAL BENCH WASHINQTON April II The contest to succeed Judge Da Haven on tha court hers to pay 177 for a dosen 1 Federal bench today waa reported to parasols she bought between May III have narrowed down to Representative Th DR ARTHUR lil vIMArCgJft Dr Arthur Mmatt vho comrmUtd rnicide in hit office and Mrt Florence William tho tat present hen the traged oc curred Coff ee Trust Suit Will Be Dismissed Government Is Assured Big Stock Is to Be Sold to Bona Fide Purehasers WTISONS GIVE THEIR FIRST CABINET DHOTEE WASHINGTON April 1 Preeldent and Mrs Wilson gave their first dinner for the Cabinet tonight at the White House Besldee the membere of the Cabinet and their wlree the guests were Vlce Preeldeat and Mrs Marshall Secretary and Mrs Tumulty Colonel and Mrs House and Cleveland Dodge of New York and Dr Cary Grayson Naval aid at ths White House The table decoratlona were Klllar ney rosee and maidenhair ferns After the dinner a short programme of muslo was given by two Danish artists and thsrs were recitations from Hans Christian Andersene fairy tales SUFFRAGETTES ARE MAUJED BY OTHER LONDON WOMEN LONDON April II Suffragettes carrying sandwich boarda advertising a militant meeting at Iallngton were attacked today by other women who aelsad tha boards and belabored tha euffragattee with them Hats ware smashed and clothing torn WASHINGTON April 1 Tha antl truat suit agalnat the Braxallan valorisation echeme the eo called coffee truet will be dismissed within a few days by Attorney General McReynolds as a result of definite sssurancee from the Brazilian Government that the 900 000 bags of coffee valued at 110000 000 stored In New Tork have been Bold to bona fide purchasers Attorney General McReynolde today Bald the United Statee would accept Braxlls sssurancea that the coffee no longer was In control of the valorisation committee Brsill declares the coffee has been sold to seventy eight rc asters In thirty four cities of twenty American statee Had the compromise not been reached It was within the power of the United Steles Government to eelse the coffee under a new law passed by CongreBo as a direct result of the coffee suit dares Doctor Preferred Death to Being Without Her MMTJTABLE law and custom that I raised a barrier to a marriage be 1st aald to have deelrad more than Ufa ara alleged to have precipitated the euiclde of Dr Arthur Minaker den tlat and former clubman In his Office on tha ninth floor of tha Hewea build i jes ociocK yeateraay aster noon The dentiet Interrupted a lunch eon with Mrs Florence Williams a dl vorcse of a year who Uvea at 141 Hyde street by securing a revolver from a cabinet and shooting hlmaslf through the heart ji Mre Williams formerly Miss A Bam uela Xt years old and a pronounced brunette fascinated by tha horror of the act which ehe realised to be Inv pending sat Inert while Dr Minaker stood before her tha mussle of tbeK gun prsssed to his breast and fired the shot that brought death almost Instantly Then aha gave way fslllnsT from ths ohalr from which she had half risen to a couch Her hysterical screams penetrating outside the ofSce brought aid at once mrrvLKD report hears Oppenhelm manager ef tha same floor heard tha muffled report ofT Jg tne revolver ami tne enea or tsev 41 woman Hi rushed te tha scene threw open tba door of the big suit of sffloea occupied by Dr Mlnaksr aad hla i brother a surgeon and entered la ttoas iu if jsre VTiiusini ovqain on soxs fr sobbing while on the floor of tha roon lay what had been Dr Arthur Mlnaksr A revolver waa bealda tha body aad aH pool of blood that had gushed from tha raping wound told instantly tha story of the tragedy A Other persona arrived and Policeman James Bruce with them Bruce took charge of the case until the arrival of Detectives Arthur MacPhea and Henry Kalmbach from tha upper office Tha policeman summoned an ambulance The body of Dr Minaker waa borne down atalrs In the elevator and hurried to the Central Hospital than ta tba Morgue Officer Bruce proceeding with his Investigation managed to revive stra Williams sufficiently to learn from bar a more coherent story of what had oo curred Mre Williams stated that shir la ltHAinh amflAvff Ih 11 flees of the John Bollman Company a fit tobacco firm ofUl Battery street I came to the office to visit DfCi Minaker at noon today Mrs WtlluuasjL told Bruce He seemed cheerful enough when I arrived and proposed that we have luncheon together Thsj i table in the laboratory waa set la fl preparation but we did net dine tit i once Instead we sat on the sofa aad 5 i MAKES FIVE ATTEMPTS TO BURN A BUILDING General Secretary of Council Bluffs Branch Accused by Father COUNCIL BLUFFS la April 11 Willis Cottrell general aecretary of the Young Mens Christian Association of Council Blurts waa today formally charged with the five attempts that navs been madu within the laat month to destroy the A building by fire The charge waa made by hla father 1L Cottrell of Curtice who aecured an order from the Court to have the young man examined by the Sanity Board Young Cottrell la said by dlrectara of the association to have confessed to at tsmptlng the destruction of the building although he could assign no reason for the acts ENORMOUS SATEg of THE PARCEL POST STAMPS WASHINGTON April II More than five million parcel post stamps the face value of which exceeds U500000 havs bean supplied to postofflces of the coon try sine the eatabllahmeat of the eys tem Parcel post buelnesa Is Increasing so rapidly that It haa been found nec essary to double the daily output of bsgan to talk over things DIVOHCB WAS DESIRED 4 Dr Minaker had ssparatad from his wlfs and he wanted to marry me bat he was gloomy ovsr the fact that there was no way In which ha could secure a divorce from his own vlfV Ama girtjj under the lawe of the State told the officer rehearsed the not unueual predicament In which he found himself I remarked that It waa time to proceed with tha fJ luncheon aa already I had spent moat xf of the time allotted to me telephoned to the office asking for an it other hour I received word that lt Si would be all right jL Dr Minaker roee from the sofa and Mj went to the cabinet In the corner tOfe get a drink preliminary to beginning tGS the meal the girl continued Ha rsivffirj turned for a few mlnutea and thaaVSTi rose again I thought be Intended ta take another drink and I went to the tabls and sat down to wait Wha Si looked up Dr Minaker had turoad a ii iwrttt Ceatlaed ea Page Cahasaa ffiCV tj Kl Sll BBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBB iWll SBBsssssssssssssssssssI mm anal aw BsfsV sf 4X ftRli I Jti svmm v5 if f3ti SCOTCH WH WSn QuallW QuairTtesid jvilf CTii ttZlzr iairv raarvsji Jiv i1 Mf VW4.