The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, August 18, 1901, Page 13

BoroeTOROXER EHITO KOX SXIXSRONINIY The ¢ - 4 J < K * 3.»..» frerenCHONG XOX SHOXOXORONSQ JOLUME XC=NO. 79, SAN FRANOISCO, SUNDAY, AUGUST 18, 1901—-THIRTY-TWO PAGES. PRICE FIVE CENTS, SAM UEL MORSE FELTON TO BE NEW PRESIDENT OF SOUTHERN PACIFIC COMPANY, WHICH IS TO % . /s \ WHIRLING AR BAINES DEATH 10 PASSENGER Four Lives Lost in Ter- rible Collision in Chicago. "Trolley Vehicle Races Into the Rapidly Moving Train. Men and Women Crushed Beneath the Wreckage and Many Sus- tain Injuries That May Prove Fatal. the collision cf seventh street senger train d to-night four killed. K O. RRIET SUTCLIFFE, 50 years old. years old, of Con- TED WOMAN years old. Bowman, mo- Jackson, inter- ribs broken; Mary ken and head cut egs broken and in- Branard, cut on s; James Gillette, cut V. P. Fulton, con- IS Margaret injuries; Mrs. Lizzle brok D Clarissa A Broadwitz, Speeds to Destruction. north and v Across these s at right angles. f the conductors to run ding upon torman to ad- according to the absence or presemce of approaching ich was filled Wwith to the tracks to- The gates across as a pas- y south. Bowman, his car or whether rned on the The car e Conductor Fulton could of the car according e came a violent e car shot forward, passed rap- ervening tracks and od 1 he passenger train. Passengers in Whirling Car. car struck a passenger coach in life would not have ck between the coach and the It was caught up, irned bottomside up and sth of the crossing in hem had the slightest nt or any chance to The crash on the wooden hrough them was for ianger, but before id leave their seats the collision Bad occurred The noise screams of of collision and the he passengers pinned down y brought a large ambulances and trol wagons were & at the place. The car was so badly smashed that it + a short time to remove the dead the crowd to on and ¥ Towerman Albert Haas of the railroad thet the gates were*down and car passed the crossing he could an tugging at brakes and out that he could not stop rainmen are not blamed for the ca~ the acc t COLLISION Electric Car Ru n New York. z, A A trolley car on e of the Brookiyn late to-night 4 Com- gton crossing The motor- led outright, and five passengers to Coney Island these, it is said, wi ecly Bstiblishes a Cable. A 7.—Colonel Dun- - c g chie gnal officer, received g = General Greely, z that cable con- shed between t of Mindoro, coust of the island Thl geacral stated that for W To Establich Cllonlal Army. BERLIN, A ~Ahe Loikal Anzeiger port that Germany colonal army. lish EDWARDS, 37 years | Forty-seventh | re a large| | approached the | kohama, Japan, to- | [ { | [ | i | HE resignation of Charles M. Hays as president of the South- ern Pacific Raflroad is an as- sured fact and it can be stated on most positive authority that | his successor will be Samuel | Morse Felton, the president of the Chi- cago and Alton Ralilroad Company, located in Chicago. Thé selection of Felton as president 52 the Southern Pacific road and the retire- ment of Hays, when divested of all the intricacles of railroad diplomacy, mean that the Southern Pacific Raillroad will now f stay in politics in the State of California. | en Hays was selected to fill the po- sition of president of the road in succe sion to the late Collis P. Huntington he announced on assuming office that the ralflroad was and would stay “out of poll- tics,” and a thrill of joy went through the community of the entire State. After an experiment of some months Hays has found that the interests op- posed to his policy of keeping the raflroad out of the political arena are too much | for him. The pressure brought to bear against Hays has been =o strong that he will give up a five-year contract with the Bouthern Pacific, carrying with it an an- nual salary of $65,000. | Will Stay in Politics. | With the accession of Samuel Morse Felton as president of the Southern Pa- cific Railroad, the corporation will resume business in the political field of Califor- nia and hang its legal shingle out at “the same old stand,” as it was wont to do when the late Collis P. Huntington con- trolled its affairs. The men who have been forced out of the Southern Pacific Raflroad in the last few months under the regime of Hays are likely to assume their old positions once again, and those who were in sympathy with Hays will be asked by the new presi- | dent, Felton, to “take your clothes and | Chie? among those who will be given | thelr “‘welking papers” will be the pres- | ent general manager of the Southern Pa- | cifie, Jullus XKruttschnitt, who was the | main instigator of causing Hays to hend around the “blue envelopes.” The outgoing »f Hays and the incoming : of Felton in the chair of president of the | Southern Pacific road form one of the | most important features of the battles | that have been waged in the affairs of | the corporation. When Collis P. Huntington died on Au- “ gust 14, 1900, the Speyer syndicate of the | Southern Pacific road looked around for a suitable president. After canvassing the merits of the likely “timber” Charles | Melville Hays was selected. Born in 1858, he had grown up in the railroad service of various roads, and his success as gen- | erai manager of the Grand Trunk Rai- road system induced the Southern Pacific | syndicate to select him as the man who should wield the baton so long held by | Coliis P. Huntington. | Overlooked Young Huntington’s | Claims. | When Hays assumed office as president of the Southern Pacific road on the first " | | K3 o Charles M. Hays Forced to Resign Owing to Opposition of 3 H. E. Huntington. Manager Kruttschnitt May Possibly Be Forced Out. Epes pected to Succeed Him in thi Post. Chief Counsel .Herrin| to Be Subordi- nated. i i | | i i | | i | I * NEW PRESIDENT OF THE SOUTHERN PACIFIC COMPANY, TOGETHER WITH HIS PREDECESSOR AND TWO OFFICIALS WHO FIGURE PROM- INENTLY IN EXECUTIVE REORGANIZATION OF THE TRA NSPORTA- TION CORPORATION FOUNDED BY COLLIS P, HUNTINGTON. L day of the present year one of his first acts was to announce that the ‘‘road was out of politics.” Not only in interviews with the press but at the public banquet board the new president declared his pol- icy. There was joy in the heart of the farmer and chagrin in the breast of the country politiclan. The one was to re- ceive the benefit of good railroad service, while the other realized that his ‘“‘perqui- sites” were to be cut off. There was a ‘“nigger in the woodpile,” however. When the James Speyer syn- dicate, controlling the bulk of the South- ern Paclfic stock, selected Hays as pres- ident of the road, the Eastern combine overlooked the well-earned merits of H. E. Huntington, nephew of the deceased president of the line. . Nephew Huntington, recognized as a great rallroad manager and sincere friend to California, had exrected for many vears that the toga of his distinguished uncle would fall upon his shoulders and when he was given,the “overlook” he “sulked like Achilles in his tent.” The selection of Hays for the presi- dent’s chair and the “turning down” of Nephew Huntington led to many predic- tions in railroad circles. On all sides statements were made that Nephew Hunt- ington would ‘“get even” and secure the downfall of Hays. On February 2 of this year the positive news was announced that the interests in the Southern Pacific road of the Hunting- tons, Crockers, Searles and Stanfords estates had been sold to the great Van- derbilt-Harriman combine, that meant a direct line from New York to San Fran- cisco via the Union Pacific. The Harri- man syndicate engineered the deal by =3 which the Vanderbilts secured control of the Union Pacific road and H. E. Hunt- ington possessed large holdings in that line. Hays a Victim of “Hammering.” Gosslp says that Nephew Huntington, affiliated with the Harriman syndicate in the Union Pacific road, proceeded to “wield the hammer” to the detriment of President Hays of the Southern Pacific. The Harriman syndicate made Samuel Morse Felton the president of the Chicago and Alton road, and it is only natural to suppose, taking into consideration the re- Jations of Nephew Huntington and the Harriman syndicate, that young Hunting- ton used every endeavor to get Hays oust- ed and have the Harriman syndicate se- lect “‘one of its own.” Felton is looked upon in the railroad world as one of the greatest diplomats of the times. Not only has he, like other leaders, grown up in railroad work, but he has made a name for himself as a politician and ‘“‘puller of political wires.” He has the record of having done in the State of Illinois what the late Collis P. Huntington did in California. When the James Spever syndicate, that did business with Collis P. Huntington for a year before his death, selected Hays. for president it was with the avowed deter- mination of keeping the Southern Pacific road ‘“out of politics.” Shortly after Hays assumed office, J. B. ‘Wright, division superintendent of Sacra- mento, was removed for “political rea- sons.” The Southern Pacific road lost one of its most important men when Epes Ran- dolph left the service, at the request of L L | Nephew Huntingten, to take charge of ithe Huntington street car lines in Les | Angeles and the surrounding territory. | Randolph is a warm personal friend of H. E. Huntington and his interests have always been watched by the nephew of Collis P. Huntington. Kruttschnitt Must Get Out. The many removals of “old timers” is credited to the influence with .Hays of General Manager XKruttschnitt, whose relations with young Huntington have not always been of the most cordial nature. It is a foregone conclusion that when President Hays vacates his position in favor of Samuel Morse Felton he will be accompanied by General Manager Krutt- schnitt and that Nephew Huntington will dangle Kruttschnitt's scalp at his belt and boast that he has ousted his former antagonist. The well-known political abilities of Samuel Morse Felton are looked upon in the railroad world as the reason for his selection, and because as the president of the Southern Pacific he can keep the *old timers” hard at work ‘“‘doing politics.” With the selection of Samuel Morse Fel- ton as president of the Southern Pacific Railroad there can be no doubt that the Union Pacific Railroad has absorbed the California system and the policy of the local rallroad will be dictated here- after from the headquarters of the Union Pacific lines in Omaha. Unless Chief Engineer Hood of the Southern Pacific system is willing to be a subordinate he will have to look else- where for a position. The positive 'statement is made that Hood's department will be absorbed by the chief engineer's department of the Union Pacific and hereafter all matters pertaining to the engineer's department will be dictated from the offices in Omaha. ‘With the general shake-up that will take place In the Southern Pacific with the in- troduction of Samuel Morse Felton as ‘president of the road about the only per- son who feels safe in his position is *‘glad hand”. McCormick. He is resting com- fortably under the wing of Stubbs, who is on the tidal wave of prosperity. W. H. Mills on Deck Again. A statement can be looked for in a. few days that will allay the fears of the many friends of W. H. Mills. The change in the presidency will see Mills once again in the position that he occupied during the regime of Collis P. Hutington. In other words, the country newspaper man desirous of securing accommodation on the trains of the Southern Pacific system <+ will have to call at the Union Trust “kowtow" to the “boss of the passes." agement of the Southern Pacific system means a disappointment to the people of California. One and all were led to believe when Hays assumed the presidency that he would paint the word “elystum” all over the State. The “lion and the lamb” were to lie down in peace; that is, the farmer and the railroad man were to give each other the “glad hand,” if faith was to be placed in the banquet utterances of President Hays. Hays meant well enough, but he “was not the master of his own wishes. He was subordinate to those of the syndicate that gave him a job worth $65,000 a year. Though Hays has been president of the Southern Pacific system for six months or more, he has not spent a month in the State of California. The bulk of his time has been spent In traveling on special trains, going East to appear “on the car- pet” before the syndicate that selected him and that did not approve heartily of his methods. Hays Only e« Figurehead. Hays had so little to say in the affairs of the Southern Pacific that when he backed Kruttschnitt up in the matter of closing the ferry-boat bars the political to cancel the order. With the induction of Samuel Morse Felton into office as president of (ne Southern Pacific system the “old-timer will be on deck once again and business will be carried on under the basis of the former motto of Collis P. Huntington, which was that the traffic should he forced to the point of carrving all it ‘would bear. Proud Career of Felton. Samuel Morse Felton, who will be the Railroad, was born on February 3, 1332, in Philadelphia, Pa. He entered the railway August, 1868, from which. time to 1570 he was rodman to the Chester Creek Railroad. From 1870 to 1871 he was leveler and assistant engineer to the Lancaster road. In the summer of 1872 he was engineer in charge of the surveys of the Chester and Paoli Railroad. From 1873 to 1874 he was chief engineer of the Chester and Delaware River Rallroad. From August, 1574, to September, 151, he was general superintendent of the Pitts- burg, Cincinnati and St. Louis Railway. From September, 1881, to January, 182, ha service in Randolph Ex- building on Market street and make his | The forthcoming shake-up in the man- | pull was so strong Hays was obliged | next president of the Southern Pacifie | RESUME THE POLITICAL GAME IN THINS STATE UNITED STATES JBLE TO COPE * WITH GERMANY i American Warships Will | Reach Panama Before i the Kaiser’s. ‘ Battleship Iowa Is Ordered to Procesd at Once to the Isthmus. s . | | | | t From Venezuela Comes a Report That | the Invaders Are Defsated in i Battle and Speedily Put | to Flight. £ | —— § Special Dispatch to The Call. CALL 1406 G STREET, N. | W.. w. Aug. 17.—Secretary | Hay is not at all alarmed by the reports from Berlin that Germany is sending war- ships to the Atla | and that the ¢ c side of the isthm T Gier is to go to Pan- | ama as soon as she can be spared from the China station. | 2ny occasion will It is not expected that arise which would j | tify German interve and it is believed that the German Government would go so far as to intervene without | justification. However this may he the United States will have warships on both sides of the isthmus before the arrival of the German ships and will be In a position to take whatever action may be necessary. The battleship Iowa reported her ar- rival at San Francisco late last night, and as soon as the Navy Department opened | this morning orders. were telegraphed to proceed at once to Panama. | Will Reach Panama in Thirteen Days. | Consequently she will remain at Sun | Francisco only long enough to replemish | her coal supply. It will take her about i thirteen days to make the run and she is | expected to arrive at Panama about Au- |gust 31 “In the meantime the Ranger, | which safled from San Diego to-day, will have reached there and the Philadelphia, | which is at San Francisco, is under | to prepare for Service will give the United States an ample force on the Pacific side of the isthmus. | The Machias is the only vessel thus far under orders to go to Colon on the At- | lantic side. on, not her orders t Panama. This She is expected to arrive at that port not later than Sunday, = August %. In the meantime the department s under consideration the ordering of one or more vessels from the North Atlautic | squadron to Colon. Whether these orders Wwill be issued or not will depend upon Secretary Hay. lowed by His advice will be fol- the Navy Department and he will be given as many ships us he may consider necessary. | Invaders Are Repulsed. The Department of State has received a dispatch dated August 1 from the Con- sul at Maracaibo reporting that Dr. Ran- gel Garbiras has invaded Venezuela with 4000 men from the frontier of Cuecuta. | Everything was done by the Venezuelan Government to meet the invaders. The first fight took place at Encontra- dos and the invaders were obliged to re- tire. The invaders took two steamers to coms to Maracaibo, but these boats were re- captured by the Venezuelan troops President Castro’s Decrees. | The Venezuelan Government has issued the two following decrees: General Dioga Bautista Ferrera, President of the ‘State of Zulla: Considering that the peace in gemeral has been gre: disturbed by an invasion of Venezuelan terri- tory with an armed force of Colombians, com- manded by the traitor Carlos Rangel Garbiras, as per declaration iseued yesterday by the Provistonal President of the republic and in compliance with the disposition on public order therein specified, suspending the rights and guarantee referred to. in the natioral consti- tuon | Provisional Article 1-Until peace is restozed suspended constitution of the State Article shall be Article 2 1 declare the guaranteeg referred to in of Zula the 2 Stata. —The Seeretary s charged with the execution of this decres and will communicate the znd pubifely diffuse it in order that be. known to | an Given at the Government Palace at | caibo, en this 27th day of July, 1901, 91st year | of indevendence ana 424 of federation 1 DIOGA BAUT! A FERRERA, (Countersigned) The & | DR. Rights of Constitution Suspended | The other decree is signed by President | Castro and his entire Cabinet and says The Federal ex:cutive of the Uaited States of | Venezuela, using the attributes conferred upon { him in number 21 of article 89 of the National | Constitution, and corisidering that public peacs same it may Mara- | has been disturbed in the towns of the Vene | zuelan frontier of the State of Tachira by an invasion in arms from Colombia | Article 1—The rights referred to in the Na- | tional Constitution are hereby suspended in the State of Tachira, Merida, Trujillo and Mar- acaibo. Articls 3-The rights of Venezuelans referred to In the same constitution are also suspsnded in the rest of the states of the republic, Fed- eral district and national territories. Article 3—The presidents of the states, the | Governor of the Federal district and Govern- ors of the Federal territories shall regulate this present decree in their respective jurisdiction Continued on Page Nineteen. P g S EF COnfl.x;ued on Page Sixteenm,