The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, March 6, 1897, Page 1

The VOLUME L . 96. SAN FRANCIS to be ta the Libr | This Paper not | ary.*'"' ken from | all e DA ARCH 6, 1897 PRICE FIVE CENTS. EXAMIN AKERS A BAD BOX Must Pay the Penalty for Their Most Auda- cious Libels. JUDGE FRICK TO SUE FOR HEAVY DAMAGES. On the Floor of the Senate Voor- heis Applies the Lash to the Falsifiers. LONG GREEN AND HIS GANG ON THE RACK, Authors of th: Bare.Faced Lies Ac- cusing Legislators of Bribery Are Demoraliz d SACRAMENTO, CAL., March s. In it d despair and ra over shown up as a malignant miner struck out ting all who refused to a party toits attempt to &k y investigation or to real 1ssue. Am gned were Senator 1dge Frick. Both y to even up the floor of the Senate this n, Senator Voorheis rose to n of privilege, and spoke tt Hows : ““l desire to rise to a question of per I privilege. I noticed in the Examiner of this morning that I was accused of leaving Sacramento to avoid being subpenaed in the in- gatior ich is now pending 1e Senate and Assembly. 1de- > to state that my absence from ento was on purely business own, and the statement that 1 left to avoid of the being subpenaed ‘is a falsehood pure Examiner and simple. ““] desire to make that statement to the Senate, for the paper that goes broadcast and carries every- where such malignant statements 1ould be denied representation in this Senate and Assembly. Its statements are malignant falsehoods from.first to last. Frick took a more drastic Judg A ay he telegraphed his partner to begin a libel suit against the Examiner for $50,000 for the defamatory matter published ) its columns this morning. Two hot-worded altercations also took place here to-day as the result of the scurrilous attacks this morn- ing on witnesses before the Assem- 7 Investigating Committee. One was between Frank Moffitt of Oak- ind and Andy M. Lawrence, and hich nearly resulted in blows. The other was between Judge Frick and Andrew J. Clunie, in which the lie was given Clunie, — “LONG GREEN” CONFESSES The Managing Faker of the Ex- aminer Admits That He Had No Foundation for the Libel. SACRAMENTO, Can, March 5—The Assembly committee investigating the Exeminer libel found out something to- day. It found that the article accusing the Senators and Assemblymen of being a pack of bribe-takers was written upon rumor, and that it was published with the full knowledze and approval of Andy M. Lawrence, managing editor of the monarch of the “new fake journalism.”” g Assemblyman Valentine conducted the case for the Assembly commirtee, and Andy Clunie had the impudence to ques- tion Valentine's right to be there. Lev- ings, the author of the article, could not give the committee any information. He imed to bave a tip that Mr. Hayward had sent a dispatch to Senator Voorheis, and the Examiner at once jumped to the conclusion that it was & proposal to bribe the Senator.to vote for Caminetti’s bill No. Marager Jaynes of the Western Union office produced the telegram, under pain of contempt in case of his refusal to do so, and it proved to be a request from Mr. Hayward to do what he could in favor of Senator Wolfe’s bill on corporation’s sole, n which Archbishop Riordan was said to | be interested and to desire its passage. ‘ The bill was a perfectly honest ana legiti- mate one. Judge Frick produced copies of tele- grame which had passed between him and George W. Baker, atiorney for the Liquor- dealers’ Association, which was interested in No. nd these proved to be open and above bosrd. They are published in full in this article. The Examiner's attorneys displayed so much anxiety to couceal the fact that tae cl | ng | libel was not founded upon even a cobweb that the crowd broke into rude laughter several times while Clunie was trying to bamboozle the committee and while Knight was growing red in the face with the effort to preserve a grave countenance while the farce was going on. Senator Voorheis, again-t whom the bulk of the Examiner’s insinuations had been direcled, swore that no messages whatever had passed between him and Mr. Hayward or any other person regard- | ing bill 273, and crove the cowardly lie | deep down into the throat of the fake or- gan. Managing Editor Lawrence looked dis- tressed at the plight into which he had goi the paper, and showed his teeth threateningly to the committee on one occasion when ke lost bis temper. Isador Alexander testified that he was a correspondent of the Examiner, and had been acting as cuch during the present ses<ion of the Legislature. He did not write the article in the Examiner, dia not know who wrote it and did not know any | of the facts stated in the libelous article. H. Hamilton of the Examiner denied that he was the author of the article or thatv he knew who was, or that he was ac- quainted with any of the facts. “Do you know,” ked Valentine, ‘‘of any bribery done here in connection with any member of sembly relative to Assembly bill 2 oI don't recall any knowledge that would throw any lignt on the subject,” replied Hamilton. “Do vou know of any bribery at all con- cerning this Assembly bill 273? D.d you at the time this arti- | have cle was written, or have you acquired any information since, in relation to the charge { of Drib “I don’t believe I read the article,” re- plied Hamilton. “Do you know who prepared the article or where it was prepared ?” *No.” . Jasd You know absclutely notking about No.” | “Nor as to who caused it to be written or put in the paper I { | | baven’t the faintest idea.” | “Who has charge of that department?” “Mr. Lawrence is the managing editor. The coast edi i tor receives the matter sent | ward was recalled and was r he knew anything in con- | nection with the preparation of the arti- | cle. He replied that he did not, and Hill | explained that Mr. Hayward was nota member of the Examiner staff. | Mr. Hayward in responte to further tions by Valentine said that he knew utely nothing concerning the alleged ery Andrew M. Lawrence, managing editor of the Examiner, confessed to that fact under oath. He said that in important matters other members of the staff were called in for consultation with the editor. “Do you know who published the arti- cle in the Examiner February 277" *‘Only by hearsay,” replied Lawrence. “Did you prepare it yoursel?’ “No, sir; I received information that i fouf teiegreme pessed Letween Senator | Voorheis and Alvinza Hayward, and 1 | was told that if we couid get those tele- | erams they would show corraption in the Legislature.” | “Who gave you that information ?” was | asked. The witness became suddenly dumb and cas an appealing look toward Clunie and Knight. | Knight shook his head as a tip to the witness not to answer. They held a whis- peied conference, and while they were in consultation Assemblyman Clarke said: “I thought vou wanted to give us all the information in your power?” “You will get all you want before yon get through,” retorted Lawrence de- fiantly. “There will be another investigating committee,” said Clunie insolently, “aud you know what hat means.”’ ‘rom whom did you receive that in- formation?”” Lawrence was asked again. “From one of the members of the staff,” was the reply. “What was his name?' Clunie interposed with an objection. He said 1hat W. R. Hearst was the only person who had authority to divulge his own secrets. It was a confidential mat- ter. Belshaw said that he wanted to get at the bottom of the 1investigation, *‘and if | it is all hearsay evidence we want to | know it.” Hill said that the object of the question was to find the name of the member of the staff so that they could get him as a witness and find out what he knew about the matter. It seemed to Belshaw that the Exam- iner must have known that the article was true before it wus published, and if the Examiner people had thaz proof they should put nothing in the way of this in- vestization. “The Examiner said that it was beyond the shadow of a doubt that members of the Legislature were bribed to support Assembly bill 273,” said Valentine. “If the gentleman will give us the informa- tion. If he will tell us what members of the Assembly were implicated, so that we can proceed, very well. We must get to the man from whom he obtained this in- jormation, and follow it up so that we can pin this charge to the man whom the Examiner represents in this libel.” Here Clunie gota chance to make an- other bluff, and be took it. “If you will have Mr. Jaynes produce those telegrams you will find the worst state of corruption that ever existed,” he said. Valentine proceeded with the examina- tion of Lawrence. “You say there are four gentlemen who sometimes assisted the editor in the preparation of those matters?” Clunie objected again. He did not want the faking machinery of the Examiner exposed. Valentine quietly suggested that it the Examiner would give the names of its in- formants to the commitize the work of |b | easy. All that the committee wanted was the truth. “I cannot see for the life of me,” he added, “why the Examineris hiding 1tself behind technicalities. The Examiner isnot on trial,’”’ he siad. ‘‘The Examiner took the initiative in this matter and said that it was positive as to the facts. If the Examiner could make that assertion it undoubtedly. had the names of the men concerned, the places and the circum- stances of the bribery to back it.”” Lawrence still refused to answer the questions. “What was the information thus ob- tuined 2’ asked Valentine. Clunie fell into a man trap here for he the investigation would be rendered very | CO. The Schooner Vine Arrived From the Gilbert Group Yesterday, Could Not Make Port He Anchored About Two Miles Off Shore. and as>Captain Luttrell The Oceanic Steamship Company’s Alameda Passed Out During the Afternoon, and Was Within a Stone Throw of the Anchored Vessel. objected to the question on the ground that the answer would be hearsayv, thus admitting that the Examiner had libeled the Legislature upon mere rumor and hearsay. “Did you yourself have any hand in the preparation of this article or any part of it?” asked Valentine. Clunie objected again, but Lawrence im- patiently replied that he had bad no hand in the preparation of the article. He added that he haa not assisted in the preparation of any portion of the article. Then Valentine turned loose the ava- lanche that buried the Examiner. “Did you know of the offer or the pay- ment of any money to any member of the Assembly in relation to bill 2732” “No,” now replied the manager editor of the Examiner, thus confessing that his paper haa deliberately snd maliciously faked a libel. A murmur of surprise arose from the ; audience at the shameless avowal and at | the stupidity of the Examiner’s counsel in having fsiled to object to & question of such tremendous importance to the issue involved. Valentine followed up the question with another of equal imyortance “All the informastion on which this articie was published is hearsay, and only tearsay ?” he asked. “Yes,” replied Lawrence. “Did you see the messages that were said to have passed between Mr. Hayward and Senator Voorheis?” *No, sir."”” “Did yon know the contents of those messages 2’ Here Knight recovered from the stupor in which he had been thrown by the knockout blow deliverecd on the Examiner | by the manager of that paper, and ob- jected. Valentine asked if the Examiner people were 50 anxious to prove the truth of the libelous statement that corruption ex- isted beyond tue shadow of a doubt why did they attempt to throw the committee off on the telegrams and yet refuse to give the ccmmittee the information in their possession. “All we want of the Examiner people is to tell us this testimony which estab- lisned in their minds beyond the shadow of a doubt that ' this bribery existed. We are 1nviting the Examiner to assist us in this instead of throwing obstacles in our way.”’ “Did you authorize the publication of that article in the Examiner ?"" asked Hill. Here Clunie awoke from his ten seconds’ trance and objected, and the committee dropped Lawrence. They had squeezed ontof him a confession that the libel was a fake, built upon the airy foundation of rumor, and they smiled at the expression of consternation depicted upon the coun- tenances of Clunie and Knight. Frank Jaynes, general manager of the Western Union Telegraph Company, took the stand and produced a dispatch from Alvinza Hayward to Senator Voorheis, re- questing him to vote for Wolfe’s Senate bill, empowering & corporation sole right to dispose of real estate in the same manner as private citizens are allowed to do. The telegram was not read, but was exhivited to the committee, who decided that it had no bearing on the matter of Assembly bill 273 Thisis a bill in wkich it was stated on the floor of the Assembly by Judge Dibble that Archbishop Riordan was interested. The witness had his clerks in Oakland, San Francisco and Alameda searching for other telegrams between the two parties and he expected that the search wouid be finished by next Monda; Frank Moffitt, ex-néwsoaper publisher and politician, was called 10 the stand and said that he knew nothing about any bribery. Franklin Hichborn, one of the Examin- er's staff of correspondents, testified that his work was in the Assembly chamber., “Do you kndw of any money being paid to any member of the Assembly to in- fluence his vote on Assembly bill No. 2737 **No, sir.” He did not send to the Examiner any intormation on which the article was based and he did not write it or any part of it. He did not know anything about the matter. Judge Frick came in at this moment and produced the following copies of tele- erams which passed between him and G, ‘W. Bake SACRAMENTO, Cal., Feb. 17, 1897, George W. Baker, Mitls Building, San Fran- cisco, cal.: Ate you interested in Assembly bill No. 2737 If so answer cure Hart North, nam- ing time when I can talk to you. A. L. FRICK. SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., Feb. 17, 1897. A. L. Frick, care Hart North, Saciamento, Cal. : I have an interest in tnatbill. Am sick to- Continued on Second Page. BRAVE LITTLE GREECE DEFIANT Will Battle With the Turks if They Cross the Frontier. Warlike Activity at Athens Shows Ultimatum of the Powers Is Ignored. All the Army Reserves Are Called Out and the Grecians Are Ready for ‘he Fray. . - Woaped LN ; ATHENS, Greece, March 5.—Advices received here tnis afternoon show that the force of Christians who are investing Heraklion number 15,000 men. The in- surgents have stopped all communication with the town by land, and it is certain that unless the foreign warships actively intervene in behalf of the Moslems the town will shortly be compelled to sur- render. The small detachment of sailors and marines landed from the various war- ships still occupy the town, but without the aid of the fleets they could make but a feeble defense against the overwhelming numbers of insurgents. The greatest activity is being displayed in Athens in making preparations to give battle to the Turks should they cross the Greek frontier. The Ministry of War presents a most animated scene. Officers in uniform throng the corridors and orderlies are constantly being dispaiched in every direction with orders to different commanders. The telegraph wires are constantly busy with dispatches to officers in distant places. The most energetic measures are being taken for the mobiliza- tion of the forces. There is a similarscene of activity in the | Ministry of Marine, where everything pos- sible is being done to place the fleet in readiness for any contingency. There'is no sign anywhere of the King or Government receding from the position they have taken, and it is ominous that in the face of the threat of the combined Europe, the warlike preparations are being carried on with feverish activity. The most intense enthusiasm is everywhere displayed and the people evince no fear of the result of an appeal to arms. They know full well that the Greek army by itself is no match for the numerically superior ‘Turkish forces, but they also know that in the event of war the whole of Soutbern Eu- rope would be set on fire. It is this that the powers wish to prevent. If they at- tempt to use force to compel Greece to ac- cede to their demands, there is a ‘very strong probability that Greece will apply the torch that will start a conflagration, the result of which no one can foretell. It is believed here that the powers, see- ing the chance of their becoming involved ina great war, will, owing to their con- flicting interests, make haste slowly in at- tempting to force the Greeks to withdraw their support from the Cretan Christians. 1t has been decided that there shall be a cenerai mobilization of the Greek forces, and to this end the two classes of reserves that had not been‘summoned previously have now been called out. The reserve forces alone give ‘a totai of 104,500 men, and behind this 1s what is called the terri- torial arm, which numbers upward of 146,000 men, not by any means an insig- nificant force. The standing army num- bers about 25,000 men. Ammunition and supplies for the troops are being sapplied as rapidly as possible, and in a few days the whole available war strength o fthe nation will have been pre- pared for any eventuality that may oceur. People who have arrived here from the provinces have expressed no surpriseat the enthusisstic support that is being given by the Athenians to the Govern- ment. They say that there is more en- thusiasm in the places they come from than is displayed in the capital, and there is a grim determination to uphold the King and ‘Government in any steps they may take to maintain their present posi- tion. Dispatches from different points in Thessaly and Epirus report the move- ment of large quantitles of munitions of war to the frontier, where troops are being amassed as speedily as the resources at | the commsnd of the military authorities permit. | LONDON, Enc, March 5.—Sir Charles | Dilk®, Sir Thomas Reid, Henry Labou- | chere, John Dillon, Herbert Gladstone, the Right Hon. A. J. Mundell and nearly 100 other Liberal members of the House of | Commons have subscribed their names to | aletter to the King of Greece, paying him a tribute for his services to Crete and ex- pressing hope for the future safety and welfare of Greece. The Standard says the letter has ex- cited indignation among the supporters of the Government. The lotter, it adds, is calculated to encourage the King to resist | the powers aud to produce a mischievous | result. Concerning the dispatch signed by 100 Liberals, National Irish members of Par- liament, which was sent to the King of Greece last night, expressing sympathy with the efforts of Greece in behalf of Crete, the Westminster Gazette (Liberal) says: “When the King receives this message of sympathy he will do well to take notice of the fact that the British Government has a majority of 150 in the House of { Common+. If he understands the bearing ‘ment of Great Britain can only be diverted from its decision by an adverse vote in the House of Commons, which there is ap- parently no chance of obtaining, he will better understand the value of the mes- sage.”” The Constantinople correspondent of the Standard telegraphs that the police have reported that 10,000 Greek residents of the city are preparing to make trouble. Orders have been issued from the Yildiz Kiosk that exceptional precautions should tweea the Greeks and Mussu!mans. In reply to a letter from the editor of the Chronicle, Gladstone writes from the south of France that to expel the Greek troops from Crete ana keep as police the butchers of Armenia would further deepen the disgrace of the powers. The Times publishes a dispatch from Constantinople stating that the Porte's reply to the note of “the powers was drafted Wednesday and will probably be delivered Thursday evening. The tenor of the reply is acquiescent. The dispatch adds that the powers have agreed upon the terms of their communication respect- | ing the withdrawal of the Turkish troops | from Crete, and that this communication | will be banded to the Porte on Monday | immediately after the Bairim festival, during which the public offices are closed. ST. PETERSBURG, Russia, March 5.— Tue Journal (semi-official) makes a sate- ment in effect that the Russian Imperial Cabinet is animated by an ardent desire to further the work of pacification, and in that spirit took the initiative in propos- ing the plan formulated in the identical notes of the powers to Turkey and Greece. The paper in conclusion says: There is of this, and it he knows that the Govern- | be taken in view of the bitter feeling be- | reason to hope that further difficulties will not arise and that Greece will prove her wisdom by bending to the mighty will of united Europve. In the common in- terests of peace and legality Greece cannot desire to endanger her future by acts of folly, and the Greeks may be happy in the knowiedge that their kinsmen in Crete will 1n future enjoy local autonomy. Russia, which has ‘ever had the interests of the Christian peoples of the East at heart, will regard the suggested solution with satisiacuon, all the greater seeing thatit 1s in barmony for the desire for universal peace and in the spirit of equity by which the ir perial Government 18 constantly inspired, CANEA, Crere, March 5.—The situa- tion at Selino und towns in that vicinity is uncertain, the reports from there being vague. Itisclaimed that Cadmos is stili holding out despite the previous reports that the town had surrendered to the Christians: | For three days a discussion has been going on between tue admirals of the foreign warships and M. Baraklis, the Greek Vice-Consul, who was recently di- | reeted by King George to go to Selino to intervene with the insurgents in behall of the besieged Mohammedans at Cad- | mos. The Consui insisted upon going to Selino on the Greek warship Hydra, but the Greek admiral, apparently thinking that if he went in a Greek vessel Greece would get too much credit for the rescue of the Moslems, declined to | permit him to go on the Hydra, They | offered, however, to place a Russian tor- | pedo-boat destroyer at his service for the | purpose, put M. Beraklis very firmly re- fused the offer. It is now variously stated that M. Ber- | aklis has gone on nis mission of mercy | and that he has not gone. The impor- | tance of the matter lies in the desperate | situation of the besieged Moslems at | Cadmos. Public feeling here is strong | against the attitude of the foreign ad- irals, which may lead to the loss of | many lives. | CONSTANTINOPLE, Turkey, March 5.—The Italian Embassador has madea formal demand upon tae Porte for satis- faction for the firing of a shot across the bows of an Italian mail steamer on Tues- day evening while- the vessel was passin; through the Dardanelles, THE TRANSVAAL RAID. Rhodes Says It Was Precipitoted by the Gross Discrimination of Kruger i Raiiway Rates. LONDON, March 5.— The ex- amination of Cecil Rhodes, ex-Premier of the Cape COolony, was resumed in West- minster Hall to-day by the Parliamentary committee appointed to inquire into the Jameson raid in the Transvaal. There was a fair attendance of spectators, but there were not nearly so many persons present as at the previous sittings. Mr. Rhodes testitied that the Transvaal Government had raised the railway rates for passengers and freight through the apecial interyention of President Kruger, | the object being 1o divert irsffic so that the bulk of it should be secured by the Netherlands line. Witness said that he himse f had told President Kruger that the result of such action would be thac the Cape Colonists, and even a great many of the Boers, would resent it and try to turn him out of office. To this Kruger replied that he had the power and meant to use it. The opposition to commercial federa- | tion, Mr. Rhodes said, came chiefly from Germany, as it_tended to interfere with the .German trade. The duties aid not oppose the wishes of the Germans. Mr. Rhbodes said that bis main object in assist- ing an insurrection in the Transvaal was to secure free trade throughout South Africa and a more tolerant attitude on the part of the Transvaal republic toward the Cape Colony. In answer to questions relating to the | expenses of his operations against the nauves in South Africa Mr. Rbodes said that be had sold 40,000 shares of the British South Africa Company stock to pay the expenses of the war against the Matabeles and had expended £94,000 in deiraying such expenses, from which out- lay there had been no return. Mr. Rhodes furtber testified that he had paid £50,000 toward the fines which had been imposed by the Transvaal Court at Pretoria upon the Johannesburg reform committee prisoners. The examination of Mr. Rhodes was then concluded. Mr. Chamberlain and Mr. Rhodes were mutually polite during the sitting, but there did not seem to be any feeling of cordiality between them. The questions put and the answersgiven throughout Mr. Rhodes’ examination, however, agreed in showing that the narrow and reactionary policy of the Transvaal Government is endangerine the peace of South Africa. WAR IN THE CAROLINE ISLANDS Spain Will Now Have to Face the Japanese Question. SUBJECTS. OF THE MI- KADOC BUTCHERED. Murdered by the Natives—Jap- anese Warships N.w on the Scene. SPAIN WILL BE FORCED TO DO JUSTICE. if Prompt Action Is Not Taken Japan Will at Once D:clare War. The long overdue schooner Vine gotin from the Southern Seas last night. Captain Luttrell reports that Spain has another war on her hands, in the Caro- tinesy and that Japan will demand satis- ‘faction for the murder of several of her subjects. It aprears that.latterly ‘“‘the little brown men” from the land of the chrysanthemum have had con:ro! of all the trade on ail the islands. This ancered the natives and they took their revenge on the Japanese when the opportunity came. The whole colony was wiped out and now Japanese warships have been sent to Lhe scene of action in order. to uphold the honor of the flag. 1t was this way that the trouble oc- curred,” saia Captain Luttrell yesterday. *“The natives are half Spanish and half South Sea Islanders. At first they wels comed the Japanese, but when the latter began to monopolize.ali ti:e business of the group the natives began to kick. Finaily, when the Japs began teking to wife the handsomest girls on the group the trouble began. A general uprising foliowed and every Jupanese ou the ‘Ruk Group was killed. 1 call'it cold-blooded murder, and the Japanese Government seems tg hold the same opinion. When the Vine left the Carolines warships were expected there every day, and the chances are that that the islands of Ruk are in ruins and that several thousand natives have paid the death penalty for the murder of the Japanese. “Of all the natives in the Caroline group those on the Ruk Islands are the most savage. They demand an eve for an eye and a tooth for a tooth, and nothing save death can prevent them irom having their pound-of flesh. Nothing. shori of extermination will quiet them and no power on earth can accomplish that. Spain cannot control them and Japan wiil not be able to do anything with the warships except to have them back up her demand for an indemnit; In the mean- time the Japanese are being murdered and the whole group is in a ferment.” While the Vine was at Kusaie the hull of a copper-riveted vessel drifted on the reef. Atfirst it was thought to be the Centaur, which was burned in April last in 150 west, but now Captain Luttrell is of the opinion that it was some American ship that was reported missing years ago and han finally reached land. There was nothing but the hull left and not a thing by which the vessel could be identified. No matter what vessel it is, the hull shows that it must have drifted at least 3000 miles during the past six months, James McMiilen, an old-time trader and one of the best known men in the Souta- eru Seas, died at Butaritari last january. It was first intended to send his remains to San FKrancisco on the Vine in order that they might be placed in the family vault in Illinois, but other counsels pree ADMIRAL CANARIS. (COMMANDER OF THE NAVY. GENEN SMOLENITZ M NISTER OF WAR 7 M W/é 45 ” 200000000 LwwO a0 0000 NICHOLAS LEVIDES MINISTER OF THE NAVY. G771 — ALEXANDER SKOUZES MINISTEROF FOREIGNAFFA!RS SOME OF THE LEADING MEN OF GREECE.