The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, August 12, 1901, Page 1

VOLUME XC-—NO. 73 SAN FRANCISCO, MONDAY, AUGUST 12, 1901. PRICE FIVE CENTS. UNVEILING OF THE SPLENDID GOETHE-SCHILLER MONUMENT IS VIEWED BY A MULTITUDE OF GERMAN-AMERICANS BER, SOST A TER JRE- = O KX - hVICTORY Base This on Refusal ofélnforma,tion That Weste 2ins Operations n Mills Where Trouble INUMBER OF STEEL | WORKERS ON STRIKE | PI'ITSP,UB:;;; Aug. 12:30 a. m.—Accordi timates of tl 12, to es- Amalgamated 56,000 have joined | | | | | | | | trust workmen “ the strike, making 105,000 idle men in all. The trust officials assert that only ’ 20,470 have quit work. | | + + PITTSBURG, Aug. 11L.—The iron mas- 1t claiming victory in the r They base their claim refusal of the Amalgamated South Chicago v the general strike order of er and thelr success in g operations in other plants 1 that there would strike leaders y with the as- ing satis- y will show he situation be- contest has progressed much fur- do not conceal their disap- the refusal of their West- > n with them in the eaders would dis- ters are the where it was anticipat p be serious trouble the claims of er refused to meet the who sought him, and kept sion of his home. The who were seen intimated i be developments to-mor- hout the week that would e the situation. They would not say, however, what they had in » mind or how their cause was to gain In Joliet end Bay | JUSTIFIES - THE AGTION OF SCALEY He| Left Cienfuegos Soon [ as Possible. | — | OUnable to Depart Until He| | Knew Location of the J Spanish Fleet. Special Dispatch to The Call. CALL BUREAU, 1406 G STREET, N. ), WASHINGTON, Aug. 1L.—Rear | | Admiral Winfield Scott Schiey is in | possession of information which he fis | satisfiea will clearly justify him before the | court of inquiry for his delay at Cien- | fuegos during the war with Spain. He will show that he left Cienfuegos for San- tiago the moment he was convinced that the Spanish fleet was not in the former harbor. An examination of the logs of the Marblehead, Brooklyn and Towa has | | 2lready developed information, which, in | the opinfon of his friends, entirely justi- fled him in the course he pursued. The flying squadron, in obedience to an instruction from Admiral Sampson, got | under way at 8:20 a. m. on May 19 for | Cienfuegos, where it was generally be- | lieved the Spanish squadron would take refuge. A few hours after the flying squadron left, the Marblehead, Eagle and | Vixen arrived at Key West direct from Clenfuegos, and Captain McCalla of theé | Marblehead reported to Admiral Sampson | | that he had arranged a code of signals | with the Cubans and had fixed a rendez- vous on shore where they could be com- municated with and where information could be exchanged. Schley Did Not Know Code. Admiral Sampson directed this informa- tion to be communicated to the ccm- manders of three vessels of the fleet, and it was given to all the commanders than at Key West. Including Captain Robley D. Evans of the Iowa. At this time Admiral Schley, with the fiying squadron, was on his way to Cien- fuegos, and it was impossible to commui#i- cate with him. The Towa reached Clenfuegos May 23, but Captain Evans supposed that Admiral Schley had the signal code, and did not communicate it to him, and it was not until the next day, when Captain McCalla Continued on Page Three. Continued on Page Three. —p £ %lfl‘"‘"’ o) Hesooit SCENES IN GOLDEN GATE PARK YESTERDAY AFTERNOON DURING THE EXERCISES ATTENDING THE UNVEILING OF THE MAGNIFICENT HEROIC BRONZE AND GRANITE MONUMENT BY THE GERMAN- AMERICAN RESIDENTS OF SAN FRANCISCO AND VICINITY. L% GLOWING TRIBUTES TO MEMORY OF THE TWO FAMOUS POETS Magnificent Work of Art Is Presented to Park Commissioners and Accepted on Behalf of the People by Mayor Phelan. EN THOUSAND German-Amer!- can citizens of San Francisco paid a tribute to the memory of the greatest minds the world has ever produced when the herolc bronze statue of Goethe and Schiller was unvelled amid many a “Hoch!” at Golden Gate Park yes- terday afternoon. It was an occasion when all men, irrespective of nationality, bowed thelr heads before the transcendent genius of these men whose images were so ably worked in bronze, and the light of whose powers will shine resplendent so long as the best in literature and phil- osophy shall engage the attention and excite the admiration of mankind. The charming day left nothing to be desired. The sun, darting its rays through a cloudless sky, seemed to smile upon a concourse of men and women that filled the entire space of Concert Valley befors the band stand, and the terraces on either side. In front of the stand was the rostrum crowded with the officers of the day and the invited guests, inctuding many well- known city officials and citizens. The rostrum was gayly decorated with palms and the national colors, as well as the German flag. To the right, on the terrace south of the museum, stood the momnu- ment, velled from sight and guarded by a detachment of the Krieger Verein. The German colors fluttered merrily from a staff to the left of the statue, while to the right. the stars and stripes floated proudly in the breeze. The terrace walks were impassable, but confusion was pre- vented by a half dozen mounted park policemen. The uniform section of the Krieger Verein stood near the steps lead- ing to the speakers’ platform, but the crowd was sof great that these men were scarcely visible to any save those occupy- ing the stand and terraces. Except to those in the immediate vicinity of the platform the exercises were meaningless, and sava for an accasional estura of tha speakers or a refrain of the songs sung by the various singing socleties that came as a soft echo from afar, there was noth- ing to indicate that a set programme. of music and oratory was being rendered. The gathering was a good natured one, and as there wers other happenings of interest to render the occasion enjoyable, no complaints were heard. The Unveiling Exercises. It was a few minutes after 2,o'ciock when Dr. C. M. Richter, chairman of the executive committee of the Goethe-Schil- ler Monument Asscciation, signaled to Professor Spadfha that all was in readl- ness. The opening notes of the jubllee overture by the park orchestra was then sounded, and during the rendition of the overture the officers of the assoclation and the invited guests took their places on the platform. Among these were Mayor Phelan, Auditor Asa R. Wells, Sheriff John Lackmann, Park Commissioner Jas- per McDonald, Reuben H. Lloyd, Superior Judge Seawell, Fred Siebe, F. W. Dohr- mann, Thomas B. Bishop, Robert Capell, George H. Mendell and others. Of the Monument Association there were pres- ent Dr. C. M. Richter, Charles Dundschu, M. Greenblatt, Professor Ewald Fluegel, A. Putzker, M. Kollmann, Cesar Bertheau, Dr. Max Magnus and Joseph Branden- stein. The overture was followed by a grand chorus in which some fifty members of the various German singing societics under the leadership of Paul Steindorft took part. These were the Harmonie, Arion, Valhalla, Teutonia and the Ein- tracht Gesang section. The chorus was “Der Tag des Herrn” (The Day of the Lord). At‘its conclusion Dr. -Ricater advanced to the platform rail and formal- ly turned the monument over to the presi- dent of the day. His address was in Ger- man, and its translation follows: ‘Whenever a German emigrates, Goethe and Schiller emigrate with him. ' The works of these great poets are a natlonal possession of the German people, just as the works of Shake- speare are a national possession of those who speak his language. In this, as In many other respects, the German race resembles the close- Iy related race represented by the English tongue. In the realm of art and civilization the two races hold, and always will hold, equal rank. The Germans honer in Goethe the hero who, as Schiller expressed it, throt- tled the snake'that held the natfonal genius captive in its deathly colls; while Schiller is well described in Goethe's famous lines: “He gleams Ifke a departing metsor bright, “Combining with his own, eternal light.” Every German who takes Goethe and Schil- ler with him to the land of his adoption, by mears of this Intellectual inheritance promotes the cause of Intellectual culture among his fellow citizens. No poet ever celebrated the worth of virtue, the trlumph of liberty and the beauty and eublimity of patriotism with greater eloquence, or with a more profound conviction, than did Schiller. This intellect- ual Inheritance is the most precious gift which & German confers ugon the country of his chofce; and 1t was a worthy undertaking to give visible expression to this idea by means of a monument. We resolved to procure an exact reproduction of Riethschel's masterplece, the celebrated 'Goethe-Schiller monument at Weimar, and to erect the same In the great Golden Gate Park of the city of San Fran- cisco, the city which is destined to become a beacon fllumining the shores of the Pacific with the light of liberty and virtue of art and civilization. Riethschel, one of the greatest sculptors of the last century, in this monu- ment has given us an ideal work of art. Goethe himself has sald: *No work of art is created with entire freedom, artist be most gifted and skillful; however completely he may have mastered the medium in which he expresses himself, he cannot change its mature.” Elsewhere he says: ‘A man’s best monument is, after all, the man himself.”” This monument of bronze. which 1s about to be unvelled to our sight, is grand and sublime. even if judged in the light of those thoughts of Goethe's. even though the | EMBLAGE OF ROYALTY HONOR3 DEAD Crowned Heads Pay Homage to Late Em- press Frederick. Rulers of Germany and Eng- land With Families and Suites at Cronberg. St CRONBERG, Aug. 11.—People flocked into Cronberg from an early hour to-day to see the august personages who would attend the requiem services over the re- mains of the Dowager Empress Freder- ick. Throughout the night and again to- day the officers of the regiments of which the deceased was honorary colonel had stood guard over the cofin. From 11 a. | m. there was an unbroken stream of car- riages arriving from Homburg, Frankfort and other points, bringing those invited to the solemn ceremony. Considerable bodies of troops, both infantry and cav- alry, also arrived. At 2:30 p. m. the Eightieth Regiment formed up along the streets and the band of the Bockenheim« Hussars tooks its stand opposite the church. Every win- dow, balcony and housetop was filled with people awaiting the arrival of the imperial personages.” Baron von Relsch- ack, court marshal of the Dowager Em- press, superintended the arrangements. Officials Withdraw Swords. Sir Frank Lascelles, the British Embas- sador, was among the first to arrive. He | took a seat facing the coffin, which was | covered with wreaths. On the other side | of the coffin were four officers holding the | standards of the empire of Prussia and | of the deceased. Between them and-the coffin were other officials, rigid and bear- ing drawn swords. Gradually the church filled with officers in splendid uniforms and ladies wearing deep mourning. The congregation included the Duke of Con- naught, the Duke of Cambridge and sev- eral members of the British royal house- hold; Count von Buelow, Count von Wal- dersee, Dr. Spielgelhagen and Dr. von Lindquist. At 4 o'clock the roll of muffied drums an- ! nounced the arrival of Emperor Willlam | and King Edward, who had driven to- gether from Homburg. The Emperor, VEALE WILL TAKE WINTERS T0 MARTINEZ Selby Smelting Company Will Prosecute the Bullion Thief, Ex-Chief Lees and Captain Seymour Have Heart to Heart Talk. Jack Winters, otherwise “Buck”™ Tay- lor, is a man without regret. He glories in his deed and affects a superiority above his fellow men. When questioned about the robbery yesterday afternoon he smil- ingly told how great a job he did and how, if he had not confessed, the gold would never have been discovered. Af- ter a short walk with Detective Crockett in the early afterncon he returned to the Hall of Justice and seemed to take his detention in a matter of fact way. In his operation of removing the bulllon and dropping it in the bay Winters must have walked some eight miles, all the time packing the heavy bars of gold. “And you can bet I was tired,” he said. “I could hardly move off the scene when I finished the work, and when I reached my cabin I dropped on the bed exhausted. Still T would have kept it up and taken that $150,000 left in the vault, If daylight had not come so soon.” ‘Winters is a raw, sinewy man with the kind of muscles that can stand just such nervous work. He was mentally com- | posed as he lay on the lounge in the de- tective’s room, but every few moments his body would twitch and start. “The night I worked in the vault,” he continued, “I could plainly hear the volces of the men on the outside. That safe is like a sounding box. Once two of the men were talking while they were leaning against the box. I knew they were, for I heard them well. But that did not worry me any because I made little noise and they did not hear me. I was never disturbed in my work, and anybedy who says they saw me that morning before I returned to my cabin is not telling the truth.” ‘When asked about the inducements of- fered him for a confession Winters flushed up and said he would not talk on that subject. “Go and see the Selby people if you want to find out anything Continued on Page Two. Continued on Page Three 4 Continued on Page Five