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1 1 OfiLY OAKLAND NEWSPAPER THAT rv "1 PUBLISHES flssocafed Press News EDITION OAKLAND. CALIFORNIA, MONDAY EVENING. JANUARY 21, I9O7. No. 154 VOL.

LXVI. (TO TORDECL MESMILLMER PAS DR.E.H:W fiiii EFEAT FOR piirrisun A LIFE OF SHAME IS SUMMONED TO If5 ii ii i i nil ii SI Employs Maidens at a Small Salary and Then Asks Them to Become Immoral, Is the Charge of Minister Vice In Oakland and the needs for better condition of affairs were discussed last evening in an exceptionally strong sermon preached by Rev. E. j. URGES Rev.

HER HOPE OF R. Dllle, pastor cf the First Metho-ulst Episcopal Church. Mr. Dille openly charges repre. sentative men of Oakland with leas-; Ing property owned by them for Immoral purposes, and says that there- is at least one proprietor of a millinery store In this city who advises the girls employed in the establish-ment to sell their virtue, as the wages paid them are not sufficient to -sup-' port them.

Dr. said In "Tonight I invoke the awakened and aroused public spirit of Oakland on behalf of the moral as well as th 4 -ota-SS if 1-4 I jr I fori I 7 AGUN DARKENED BY DELAY 4 ....) pp Ifte lafe E. 4 SAN- -FRANCISCO. -21. Mrs.

Cordelia Botkin; convicted af the murder by poison of Dearie and Mrs. Dunning, at Doyer, Del. will have to wait three months longer before- getting an opportunity of having her case reviewed by a -higher court. slnoe her conviction she has Teen making an effort to have the sentence of life imprisonment set aside and the case was to have been held in the Appellate Court today. tout by Emfifeiil Physician 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 R.

Ditle FREEDOM IS agreement' of the attorneys the hear- lnSv was ut over until the next, calendar, which will be three months hence. After the cartHquakej Mrs. Botkin who had been kept in the county Jail pending, the e.tbe Appellate Courtr Iri tn icase. wis. taken, at her own request, to, the state penitentiary at San Quentin because she feared for her personal safety ard was obliged to dispense with some, of the comforts shi.had enjoyed at the county prison.

Among these are David Moffatt of Denver, president of the Moffatt road. Several wealthy residents of New York City have also been threatened by Lauer, it is said. It is thought that Lauer's mind unbalanced over religion. He is about forty years of age. TODAY'S RACES.

FIRST RACE. Altadlce, 114 (Miller), IS to 4 to 2 to l. Bonheur, 111 (Mclntyre), 8 to 4 to. 2 to 5. Billy Myer, 114.

(U. Williams), 4 to 3 to 4 to 6. Time, 43 1-5. Cable Address: NETHELOUIS NEW YORK TOpYOU ALL, IJATE BEEN'RE- WEST. AVn rrc mr Tirrvn at She Metropole Hotel This Morning.

RICH WIDOW THREATENED BY BLACKMAILING LETTERS Application for a Writ of Habeas Corpus Is Denied the Accused by Supreme Court; Argument Made. SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 21. The attorneys for Abraham Ruef and Mayor Schmltz were defeated in the Supreme Court today in the hearing of their application for a writ'of habeas corpus by means of which they hoped to end the proceedings before Judge Dunne on the indictments. Although court took an adjournment at.

noon until 2 o'clock p. at Milch time the decision will be rendered, it was acknowledged by the attorneys that the decision of the court would be agamst them; in fact, so siire of tills were they that they promptly ma'ae application for a wra of error to -the United States tiupreme Court, which was denied witnout argument. When tho case opened Francis J. Heney sheriffs return- and aVuppronielitaTy" 'fc'uru in' which wn enon raw mo surrender, oi uie mayor into the sheriff's custody was made for the purpose of applying for the writ. i Attorney Campbell for Schmltz objected strongly' to the introduction of this showing but the- court denied -lh motion and Campbell then aslied a continuance In order to make a show Ins in opposition to Heney's statement.

Thereupon Heney addressed the court as follows: PRESENT IN COURT. "The petitioner in this case Is present, in court. Why not put him on the witness stand and if he denies that he surrendered himself solely for the purpose of the writ, then that will end the matter for all time." At this Campbell declared that he preferred to conuuet -the ca3e in his own way, but In the course of his argument he the admission that "the petitioner surrendered himself for the purpose of getting a speedy trial." Justice Angellotti voiced the opinion of the court by exclaiming: "Then you admit the charge of the district attorney that the surrender was not made in good faith?" Schmitz was in court wearing a black frock -coat. Ruef wrs not present. Heney had the assistance of District Attorney -Langdon, Hiram Johnson, Rudolph Spreckels and J.

J. Dwyer. the conclusion of the. hearing- Heney declared that there could be no doubt that the court -Would deny the mayor's application." PROBING The Commissioner Faces Distinguished Railway Officials in Seattle. SEATTLE, Jan.

21. Franklin K. Lane, United States States Interstate Commerce Commissioner, faced a distinguished assembly of railroad officials this morning at lO O'clock when he opened an Inquiry 5nto the Harrlman merger and the car shortage in the Northwest. The case for the government is in the hands of C. A.

Severance, of St. "Paul. J. C. Stubbs is lrereon a special train of four cars to look out for the Harrlman ena or the He has with Jilm Judge Levetfc, of New Tort Harrunan's per sonal counsel; and W-W.

Cotton of Port- and P. F. Dunne, attorney fdr-the. Smith era Faclttp ar Ban Franclsooi. Attorneys and high traffic officials of- tlie Northern Pacifjc and Great Northern are present i A down' attorneys appeared: for the-various defendant 'railroads.

The' first half-hour was-taken up in a discussion between Mr, "Prouty and the attorneys as-to the method or-porcedure and as to what testimony cboald be admitted. George Kindel was the first witness called. Hi testimony was a technical expose of Irates on cotton plec goods or other illustrated by 4ia-grams showing -the dtecrtnlina- RAILROAD-AUCTION SALE. Wo have receded rnfmctlonn to sell it public auction Tuedayr January i 22. ITIaMiith fWlrl4n1 ab a 4nttrlet nntnt gtanite and tinware, crockery, showcases, lot of millinery goods." lot of -groceries? general merchandise, boxes and contents.

etc. All must and wiU-be- sola. LAN MERGER British Government So Directed by Its Official at Jamaica; Uncle Sam Is Not Disturbed; Pver It. Jan. 2L Shortly 5 o'clock this arnoon the Konial Ofrice received a riis- Uch from Governor Swettenham (king the.

British Government to hnvey to the Government of the rnited States the thanks of Ja maica for the American assistance rendered by Admiral Davis. The telegram contained, no mention of the incident involving the departure of the American warships. WASHINGTON, Jan. 21. i from ornciai sonrces.it is learncu that no attention will be paid 1 this Government to the action, of Governor Swettenham of Jamaica in asking Admiral Davis to withdraw his forces from Kingston.

It is held here that the act, of the Governor is that of a single individual, for which the British Government is in no manner to be held responsible. BEST OF MOTIVES. LONDON, Jan. 21.4-Rfrferring to the withdrawal of the American warships from Kingston, the tall Mall Gazette this afternoon says thet the "lanmiagre employed by Governor Swettenham would be difficult to Justify in almost any circumstances. At th same time the paper Bay ft thinks "it Is possible that a praiseworthy desire to do his utmost In the cause of humanity pushed Admiral Davis beyond the necessities of the case and led him to encroach too far upon tn sphere of British authority.

The Pall Mall Gazette assumes that both the admiral and the- governor were animated by the best of- motives, and addm: 'Englishmen certainly do not wish the misunderstanding to be magnified In any sense of pique, and the American public ought to be. broad-minded enough to 'regard it. with the same charitable disposition." The saj-s there can be nothing' but regret at the fact that any difficulty Jias-arlsen between Admiral Davis and Governor Swettenham and' while awaiting a fuller explanation, adds: 7n the meantime the United States can assured that we in this country deeply appreciate the generous, sympathetic way in which Its citliens vol-untered. assistance to the British colony. CAU3E9 DISCUSSION.

NEW YORK, Jan II. The feature of the' news from Kingston, Jamaica, today, it Jthe declination of Sir James Alexander Swettenham, the governor of Jamaica. accept American aid and the departure In can sequence of the American warships under command -of Bear Admiral Davis. A dispatch from Santiago stated that the cruiser Marietta which arrived last night at Santiago had sighted Rear Admiral Davis ships making for Ouanstanamo Sunday afternoon. The vessels probably arrived Sunday nighty so that official dispatches on the American rebuff should soon oe forthcoming.

ACTION DISPROVED." j' we'ttenham's action appears not to have met-the views, of. the, people and city officials of Kingston. it is reported Oiat the city council met after the lncidentbecame known, promptly disapproved" the governor's action and not only sent' abetter; of asked -htm to reconsider Wis rdcl'ffidit to leave, and to remain with tb'Aiperi- Asm' sap Affair a A was aff11 nr. gently needed. i i Davis repHed! that' he 'had no'' ajter-natlve tut.to go in accordance with the desire of the constituted autbdrl- Wea i '1 Iiost Silk umbrella, mother of pearl 'J.

M. Reward. Return, to editor material interests A of our city. Foi the changed conditions that confront us here are accompanied with gravi dangers, with a state of things thai Is a menace to every home and everj youth in the city, i i When one-third of San Francisct over here the tendency wa that It should be that third of San Francisco nearest to u-jr-Darkest 6aa Francisco; the Barbary Coast; thi tenderloin; Chinatown; the redlight district; the reeking FEAR FOR HOMES. "Why look at it! Today the Orlen- tal quarter of Oakland has quadrupled in area and population, and we are in danger of having transplated bodily -to our city of homes and churches the unspeakable vices that' made old Chinatown an ulcer, poisoning the life blood of the city.

DENS OF VICE. "We have the great buildings dowa here in Second. Alice, Harrison and Jackson streets, covering about block, which have a thin veneer 1 shops and stores outside, but within Is. a "Veshiwara," or colony of Japanese slave women and a nest 'of gambling hells. These places art owned or leased by a syndicate of white men, who sublet the crlba and gambling dens for what one of them calls "big money," the cribs renting for $30 a irjpnth.

The names of the lessees of these buildings (who sublet them to Chinese, who use them for immoral purposes) are George W. Johnson, Dr. Theodora Olmsted and Ben F. Wpolner. Mr.

Wpolner disavows all responsibility "for the use made of the building of which he is a lessee, claiming thai -by the terms of his lease, innocently drawn, he 2 is. unable to oust or discharge the pens an" gambling dens. FINE LEGAL "That is a fine legal point upon which I am unable to pass, but I suggest that if Mr. Woolner cannot' get rid of his undesirable tenants our city authorities can close the gambling dens and wipe out the colony of one hundred of whom hare come to Oakland and colonized here Eince the fire. And we propose that -this town shall be too hot to hold ao- called prominent citizens who are: ex LOS ANGELES, Jan.

21. Mrs. Jas. Maier, widow of the late wealthy meat packer of this city, 'has recently received several letters threatening her life and demanding payment of various sums of money as much; as $1000, and James Lauer, a former empoye on the Maler ranch at Glendale, under ar-; rest at the city police station charged with being the author of 'the letters. Mrs.

Maier refuses -to discuss the matter, but it is understood that-after receiving several, threatening which were gradually more insistent end menacing, she notified the police and the latter quickly took Lauer into custody. According to the police, Lauer has written similar letters to many prominent Eastern people demanding money. ROOM 640 Tel. 5824 38th OLGA Wcdlsef I these topics before medical associations, and was. a frequent contributor to medical and surgical journals.

He gave years of patient examination to electricity as a curative agent, and made a series of experiments with rabbits and guinea pigs that attracted the favorable attention of distinguished specialists the country over. PAPERS WERE MODELS. a His papers on pathology and sur-gleal operations, were models Of clearness and perspicacity. Despite his eccentricities his -enormous capacity for work and his power of analysis cause him to be recognized as a man of brilliant Whose professional opinion was to be highly prized. Shortly after the close of the' civil war Dr.

Woolsey came to California, beginning the practice, of his profession In Orovilte, when Per kins was a resident of that place. In, 1873 he came to Oakland, and immediately took rank, as one of the forenidst medical experts in the State. His practice grew rapidly and he speedily became: noted all over the Coast as a man of research and' orig inality. He was a familiar figure at meetings of 'the State Medical "Association, -and neve failed to have something to say that was both new and instructive, in all the discussions of that body he played a large and forceful part holding himself independent of tradition 'and routine methods, and frequently advancing revolutionary "tfeeories based upon his own, study ndv-prac-tice. His positive.

convictions never wavered from a conclusion' dictated by Tils' professional judgment. His report' fon "the sanitary': conditions prevaillag Oakland- made while he was. acting as health "officer- in 1880. drew forth a warm from the "'Sclent iflc a' tech nical rnagazlne printed lia few Tork. He often read papers bef pre the San Francisco Mscoplcal Society of which he was member, papers giving the results of his experjmenta.

different times Pr. Wdolsey, was president "pt'tihjB -State' Medical Asso elation health paKland.ahd member of the Oaklafl Board of HValth-VFor several -'years j-be. con- way NETHERSOLE AMERICAN TOUR 1908-7 Office Knickerbocker Theater 1402 Broadway, New" York Dr. Elliott H. Woolsey, a physician of eminence and national fame and for many years one of the most notable figures in Oaklandx profpsslonal and life, died this morning at the Hotel Metropole, which had been, his home for years, of pneumonia after a brief illness.

He was seised with pneumonia last -Friday, and in a few hours his condition became alarming. From the first the case was a desperate one, and In spite of the efforts of a group of eminent physicians, spurred on by ties of. friendship as well as professional pride, the patient continued to and passed away-this morning. FRJENPS WERE -NEAR. Dr.

O. Hamlin, the' physician. in charge, and two nurses were only persons at his bedside when end came. Samuel Bell McKee, Dr. saw him before the end.

Former Congressman "Warren B. English- and Mr. and Mrs. Edwin H. Clbugh, long counted among Dr.

Woolsey's intimate friends, were in the hotel, but were forbidden to enter the patient's room by the doctor's orders," as Dr. Wool sey Was unconscious for hours before his death. HOLD A OOXSITLTATIOX. Drs. D.

D. Growley and Frank Adams assisted Dr. Hamlin in the case, and yesterday Dr. Fisher, an eminent specialist, was called into consultation by the- three- other phy-I sicians. It was -agreed -at the- con sultation- that everything- had been done that, would aidthe sufferer, and that the chance of recovery was ex-ceedingly slight; The friends and physicians of DrV were therefore- prepared for tlxe- sad -newswhen the final summons came this morning.

XOTABliE CAREER. Dr. Woolsey was bbrn" ih Monroe county, near Rochester, In J84S, and therefore In his slxt-f ourth. yearv He was educated at Hamilton College and served as surgeon in the regular army during the civJl war. developing early, la; his career a pkill and knowledges tn'surgery' that gave him a widespi'eadi Teputatioii-Later in life he devoted profound study to therapeutics arid the 'causes, cure and prevention bt ixyinotic dis- easea 19, 190T.

3iY DKAR SIR: vi cajcxot jjeavk YOUR HOSPITABLE STATE WITHOUT TEIXrXG YOU ANl, THROUGH YOU, THE PEOPLE OF OAKLAND BIY DEEP SEXSE OF APPRECIATION FOR THE MAGNIFICENT WAY IN WHICH AN ABSOLUTE STRANGER I CEIYED AND HONORED. EVER SINCE '5IY FIRST VISIT "TO THE UNITED HAVE HEARD FROM FELLOW AR- TlfiTRS OF. THE WONDERFUL I 1 aau fM.M. M. M-tr INHABITANTS, BUT, I AM FREE TO CONFESS, THAT I WAS NOT PREPARED FOR THE OVERWHELMING TRIBUTES THAT HAVE BEEN SO LIBERALLY LAVISHED UPON ME, AND IT IS VERY HARD TO FTND WORDS ADEQUATE TO EXPRESS MY GRATITUDE.

1AM SENSIBLE THAT I OWE NOT A LITTLE OF MY" GOOD FORTUNE GREAT 'NEWSPAPER AND I THANK I HOPE THAT THE TIME. FOR MY RETURN TO I CALIFORNIA MAY BE BUT SHORTLY DELAYED FOR I SHALL BE VERY IMPATIENT. TO COME AGAIN AMONG YOU, AND plotting vice for -'big money. "I tell you there Is being qui brought across the bay the very deni of vice that' used to line the streets with filthy purlieus of the BaTbary Coast, where, amid clouds, of tobacco and fumes of stale 'beer, schools of young men and brazen-faced women met. Already as darkness settles down upon our city at nightfall vice creeps forth, from its dens, and foul vermin crawl through the treeta.

"And midnight down there is hell'i midnoon; there every passion' find tempter; there is spread the "banquet of Bacchus; there Is heard the otink of glasses' and "the click of the gambler's tools. Delilah spreads her net 'and sears the 7 young Samson of his strength; there around the saloon and cigar store entrances hang thecoma- THAT SOON." YOURS SINCERELY, He read many maaterly (Continued; on Paga (Continued on I i' i J. MUNRO COAnctloneera. i XRIBUNE 1 -6. 1.