The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, August 22, 1901, Page 1

@all VOLUME XC—-NO SAN FRANCISCO, THURSDAY, AUGUST 22, 1901, FARMLLONES FOR WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY Professor Fessenden to Report on the Project. b G 8 Noted Scientist to Make Observations at Nan- tucket. —_—— Result of Further Experiments Under | Auspices of The Call and New York Herald Awaited With Interest. Spectal Dispatch to The Call. NEW YORK, Aug. 21L—Professor Reg- inald A. Fessenden, ctrical one of the foremost s of this country, sent to cket by the United States weather bureau of the Agricultural De- to assist in the transmission of telegraph reports TUpon his report will depend ment of a system of wireless the continued effort of the co Call that the professor has cket. On August 10 ting Secretary of Ag- te f;v_p*rg the various mem- delegation in Con- v of Agriculture Wil- he interests of the Pa- s direction he was to either secure from y r own investiza- could be installed at riculture bers of gress New Telegraph. the distinction of being in the United States em of telegraphing when the army bearing the returning ers, neared San Fran- ransmitted to the anx- the city that the Sherman be in port. Following this cessful achievement the New York ald and The Caii gave realistic do- tions of the international yacht race 7 means of wireless telegraphy. ng the value of wireless tel- | e Call has been working en- secure the installation of the Farallones. Interviews Senators, professicnal s of California printed | in '“e columns of that paper showed the | eff value of such a system. telegraphy at Nan- of this system was tion station on the Nan- succeeded in communicat- tain McKay of the Cunard ship Lucania, receiving the fol- om him: “All well on 257 w Yo or Saturday. unard agents.” Please tation at the Farallones. The broached the plan s telegraph station er Government aus- son wired to A. G. e, the weather forecast officlal at . promi ng to install such was demonstrated The department has conducting experimenting in secret success. Now on the Nantucket v ully communicated hip at sea steps will im- tely be taken to install a like sys- the Farallones. fessor Fessenden will report his ob- tions to the weather bureau. He is a student of electricity and a scientist as | well me years ago he invented 2 teies- | cope which will enable soldiers to detect the location of hostile forces using smoke- less powder. The professor has invented | numerous electrical appliances and before | accepting the position of head of the elec- trical engineering department of the Western University of Pennsylvania he worked under Edison. WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY SURPRISES PASSENGERS bee serv Sir Thomas Lipton Among Persons Astounded by Work Done Near New York. NEW YORK, Aug. 2L.—Sir Thomas Lip- ton to-day gave voice to his opinion con- cerning the Herald's wireless telegraphy system for reporting ships from Nantuck- et lightship. He was so enthusiastic in praise of that enterprise as to almost for- get the cup “lifting” purpose of his mis- sion here. A dense fog hid the lightship when the Teutonic reached that locality, and con- tinued to shroud the vessel until after she had passed from without the ken of the Fire Island observer. Moreover, her voy- age had been delayed, and instead of ar- riving on schedule time, which was this forenoon, no one on board knew that her edvent had been made known in the city untll a tug ran alongside off Sandy Hook Mr. Barrie explained that he had learned through the Herald’s wireless telegraphy system that the Teutonic had been signaled off the lightship at 5:15 o'clock. Instead of long waiting and provoking uncertainty as to when the vessel would arrive the Evening Telegram early in the day told just where the Teutonic was, from which information it was easy to calculate the exact hour when she would reach port. will be | and to take | the extensive experimenting now | ce under the auspices | isco Call and the New | n the Farallon Islands in the | 4 Herald have established a | when the watchers | miles from Saacy | 1 clear weather expect to | ubt that a system could be suc- | that lhf." | CONSTANS OBJECTS TO THE DURLICITY OF TURKISH SULTAN Abdul Hamid Fails to Keep Personal Prom- ises on the Quays Controversy and French Embassador Breaks Diplomatic Relations _— RULER OF THE OTTOMAN EM- PIRE AND THE FRENCH EM- BASSADOR. ol ONSTANTINOPLE, Aug. 21.—The | French Embassador, M. Constans, has notified the Sultan’s first sec- retary that all diplomatic relations | between France and Turkey are broken off and that the Embassador has informed his Government to that effect. M. Constans communicated direct with the Sultan because the latest negotiations | were transacted with the Sultan person- | | ally. The Embassador justifies his action on the ground that the Sultan broke his di- rect, personaf®promise, given to M. Con- | stans at an audience in the Yildiz Palace on Thursday, regarding the purchase of the quays and the settlement of the dis- | puted French ciaims. The Foreign Minister also gave formal assurances that the agreement would be | carriea out, so in view of this breach ‘of | | faith M. Constans holds that it is impossi- | ble for France to continue diplomatic re- | 1ations with Turkey. i SULTAN MUST KEEP FAITH. | Otherwise France Will Hand Turkish Minister His Passports. PARIS, Aug. 21.—A high official of the | Forelgn Office said to-day that the ex- | act situation at Constantinople is as fol- lows: The Sultan at the last audience which | he granted to M. Constans, the French Embassador, agreed to send to him on | the same or the following day a document | giving.complete satjstaction to France re- | garding the claims of French citizens and | in the matter of the quays, in accordance | with the terms arranged between the | Sultan and M. Constans verbally. In- stead of doing this, the Sultan waited | untfl yesterday, when he sent M. Con- stans a document, the terms of which dif- fered essentially from those arranged at the audience. Thereupon M. Constans declined to ne- gotiate any further or to hold other com- munication with the Porte, and referred the matter to the French Foreign Office. night. As the matter stands relations between M. Constans and the Porte are | stin 1n diplomatic relations through the | Turkish Embassador at Paris. “If the Sultan does not keep the prom- | ises which he made at the last audience,” continued the informant, “we will have to recall M. Constans and send the Turk- jsh Embassador his passports. A solu- tion one way or the other is probable within the next two days.” | Replying to a question the Foreign Of- fice official said: *“No naval action on the part of France has yet been decided on. The stories in the papers to the effect that French war- ships are under orders to be in readiness to proceed to the Bosporus have no foun- dation In fact. Such a measure might, of ‘he | His dispatch to that effect arrived last | | broken off, but France and Turkey are | I course, become necessary, but that even- | tuality has not yet been considered by | tke French Government.” | - | FRENCH ACTION APPROVED | | Europe Is Gro;n_g Weary of the Tactics of the Sultan. LONDON, ‘Aug. 22.—Diplomatic opinion | in London generally approves of the “Frcnch action toward Turkey. It ape pears that the chancellories of Europe | | have been considerably annoyed by the Sultan’s recent efforts to reassert him- | self and to shake off the limited control | exercised by Tope over certain parts of | his administration. The Sultan’s dispatch | of a mission to the Far East was also | displeasing to the great powers. The lat- ter, therefore, are expected to generally welcome France's rebuff of the Sultan. The morning papers to-day, commenting | upon the Franco-Turkish situation, con- sider that the action of M. Constans was fully justified. They do not anticipate any serious resulfs, believing the Sultan wiil | ultimately yield. FRANCE SENDING WARSHIPS. Report That Nnval Display Will Be | Made in Turkish Waters. PARIS, Aug. 22—The Matin this morn- ing announces that the French second class cruiser Cassard started for Turkish waters yesterday and that a naval divi- sion is ready to follow. DEMOCRATS OF IOWA NOMINATE A TICKET Kansas City Platform Is Reaffirmed and Tax Law Reform Is Demanded. DES MOINES, Iowa., Aug. 21.—The Democrats of Jowa in State convention to-day nominated the following ticket: Governor, Thomas J. Phillips of Ottum- wa; Lieutenant Governor, G. E. Fergu- | son of Logan; Judge of the Supreme Court, John Shortley of Dallas; Superin- tendent of Schools, W. P. Johnsen of Car- roll; Railroad Commissioner, A. C. Brice of Bedtord. The platform reaffirms the national platform adopted in 1900 at Kansas City and contains a plank on State issue de- manding reform in taxation laws, repeal of the mulct liquor law and enforcement of local option law. The only contest in the convention was on the adoption of the | platform. The struggle began in the dis- trict caucus held before the convention convened in the morning. The anti-sflver forces succeeded in naming a majority of the committee on resolutions, There was a protracted session of this committee, and in the afternoon a major- | ity and two minority reports were sub- mitted to the convention. The majority report ignored national issues entirely, confining itself exclusively to State mat- ters. The first minority report agreed with the majority report, except in a pre- amble which affirmed the Kansas City platform. The second minority report dif- fered from each of the others in its pre- amble only, which set out that State {s- | sues were paramount in this campaign. The minority report reafirming the Kan- | JUDGE NOVES MAKES BITTER FOE OF WOOD Members of Nome'’s Fed- eral Clique Have Fall- ing Out. District Attorney Hints That He Will Testify Against the Judge. L Both Are Now on Their Way to San Francisco to Stand Trial for Alleged Contempt of Court. —_— Special Dispatch to The Call. SEATTLE, Aug. 21.—United States Dis- trict Judge Arthur Noyes and United States District Attorney Joseph K. Wood, who stood by one another through thick and thin throughout the Nome scandals, have at last fallen out. District Attorney Wood, who arrived here to-night on the steamship Oregon, has no hesitancy in avowing his bitter hatred for Judge Noyes, which developed only a few hours before the former left Nome. Judge Noyes left Nome on the steamer Roanocke on August 12 and probably will arrive to-morrow or the day after. He was tendered a parting ovation that he is not likely to forget. His departure from Nome was unexpected and was a great surprise to the citizens of the town. One thousand or more persons who had gathered on the beach to bid adieu to friends joined in hooting Noyes. Hope for Early Trials. Judge Noyes was accompanied by C. S. A. Frost, former representative of the Department of Justice, but now Assistant Prosecuting Attorney of the Second Divis- fon of the District of Alaska. The Judge’s sudden departure from Nome left the legal affairs of the camp in a state of chaos. To the residents of Nome the golng of Judge Noyes, District Attorney Wood and several minor attaches of the Federal clique is interesting. Both Wood and Noyes have been cited to appear before the Circuit Court of Appeals in San Fran- cisco on October 14 to show cause why they should not be punished for contempt for their actions in the mamisoth McKen- zie deal of last summer. Both agreed, ac- cording to the information given out by their adherents in Nome, that they should leave Nome at an earlier date in order to obtain speedy trials. In the event of ther acquittal they could return to assume charge of the Federal affairs during the winter. The day before the steamer Roanoke sailed A. K. Wheeler, Judge Noyes' pri- vate secretary, and John McGinn, District Attorney Woods' assistant, became in- volved in a fist fight in the courtroom, and this practically opened the hostilities between Noyes and Wood. Cause of the Falling Out. Just about the time the Roanoke sailed Wheeler went aboard and got Judge Noyes’ signature to an order giving sev- eral clients of his possession of a mining property claimed by clients of District At- torney Wood. The District Attorney be- came very wrathy and publicly made sen- sational accusations reflecting upon the Judge's probity. “I will pull ais nose when he arrives in Seattle,” said District Attorney Wood on the way down from Nome. District Attorney Wood told a friend here to-night that he did not intend to be punished for contempt when he had ev- idence that would place all the blame upon Judge Noyes' shoulders. United States Marshal Vawter, who also was a passenger on the steamer Cregon, has a keenly whetted knife out for Judge Noyes. He intends to go direct to Washington and see the President. Marshal Vawter, who has refused at all times to become a member of the Fed- eral ring, says that when the proper time arrives he will give a few facts that will startle everybody interested in the Alaskan scandal. A petition for the removal of Judge Noyes and District Attorney Wood is be- ing circulated in Nome. The steamer Senator, which will arrive here the week after next, probably will bring out the petition. MOB HANGS A NEGRO AND SHOOTS THE BODY Assailant of a Woman Quickly Cap- tured and Pays Penalty for His Crime. CHARLOTTE, N. C.,, Aug. 21.—Luke Hough, a nesgro, was hanged near Wades- boro, N. C., to-night by a crowd of en- raged citizens. His body was then riddled with bullets. He had criminally assaulted Miss Lena Keith. He attacked his victim while she slept, broke a chair cver her head and attempted to cut her throat. The negro admitted his guilt. The Keiths are prominent. The negro was found a few hours after the crime. VESSEL IS WRECKED NEAR POINT BARROW Grand Grampus Meets With Disaster, ‘but the Crew Succeed in Escaping. SEATTLE, Aug. 2L.—The Pacific Steam Whaling Company’s steamer Grand Grampus met with disaster near Point Barrow on July 18. All hands were saved, but the vessel was totally wrecked. The crew were all rescued by the Jeanette. Fifteen Perish in Sea Disaster. BREST, Aug. 2L.—A vessel carrying pas- sengers between Pleublon and Plougres- sas City platform was adopted on the cail of the roll by counties, amid much con- fusion, by 669% to 550%. cant capsized at Treguler, fifteen persons being drowned, including the family of Antol Labraz, the novelist. PRICE FIVE CENTS. MANAGERS PROPOSE TO REOPEN IDLE STEEL MILLS WITH FORCE | OF IMPORTED NON-UNION MEN According to the Leaders of the Big Strike Only Twenty Workers Who Were Formerly Members of the Amalgamated Association Have Gone Back to Labor in Properties Tha; Are Under the Ban L | | | “mm * ITTSBURG, Aug. 21.—The steel strike situation underwent no change to-day. There was no ex- tension of the strike and the steel managers did not attempt to start any more mills. Late in the day the fires were lighted in the Demmler Tin Plate ‘Works at McKeesport, but the machinery was not started and no attempt was made to operate it. It is believed, however, that the move “is preliminary to a start with non-union men. The managers of the company have been preparing for several days to reopen a number of their proper- ties, and it is thought they have decided to act at once. Their Monessen plant 1s moving ahead uninterruptedly with full crews, and their Crescent Works at Cleve- land has about half the machines in ope- ration. There has been no break in the Carnegie group, and the mills that have been started with non-union men since the strike began are going ahead with about the same force of men. The leaders on either side were busy all day, but at nigktfall both said there were no an- nouncements to make. ' President Shaffer was at the office of the Amalgamated Association all day and spent most of the time conferring with delegations of strikers. According to the strike leaders, only twenty men who were formerly members of the Amalgamated Association have gone to work in mills that are now being operated partly or in full with non-union men. The steel managers place the num- ber of desertions at a bigger figure, Assistant Secretary Tighe of the Amal- gamated Assoclation raid to-day that he wags still of the opinion that most of the men in the South Chicago mills would be out before the end of the week. CLEVELAND, Ohio, Aug. 21.—When the plans now being worked out are de- veloped the American Ship-bullding Com- pany, with general offices in Cleveland, will be a constituent company to the great corporation which shall control all of the ship-bullding plants of the United States. The backers of the enterprise are the in- terests behind the United States Steel Corporation and the Pennsylvania Rail- road. As soon as the organization is completed, which will be before the open- ing of 1902, the commercial battle for the conquest of the world will begin, ‘which when it is launched will ha.va had no equal in history. The first intimation of the intentions of the United States Steel Corporation and allled interests came through the recent opurchase of the Bethlehem Steel Company — | | | | | -+ . ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF | THE AMALGAMATED ASSO- CIATION. | - ) PITTSBURG, Aug. 21.—President Shaf- fer said to-night that he has well-defined plans to bring the great strike to a close. This is to be done by bringing about such a crisis in the differences between the steel corporation and the Amalgamated Association as will force a settlement. Just how all this is to be accomplished. is a mystery, but it will not be by arbitra- tion or litigation. In answer to a question about the nu- merous stories going the rounds of media- tion and arbitration, Shaffer dismissed all by saying: ““We have not heard from the other side. We have not placed anything before them, and I know of nobody acting for either side. We are not hunting for ar- bitration. Arbitration not representing both sides must be worse than the strike itself. Two willing champions, one for each side, must have a worse fight in choosing a third party and in settling the differences thaa we in the continuation of Special Dispatch to The Call. and the exclusion from the armor plate production of the country of the Maxim Machine Gun Company, an English cor- poration. The next step in the promulga- tion of the enterprise was the purchase by the Pennsylvania Rafiroad, the Pennsyl- vanfa Steel Company and the Cambria Steel Company, and the last one which has been brought to public notice was the incorporation into a single company of three shipyards on the Pacific Coast, in- cluding the Union Iron Werks of San Francisco, the Risdon Iron Company of San Francisco and Moran Bros.” ship- yard of Seattle, Wash. In addition to these plans negotiations are under way to include in the major organization the American Ship-build- ing Company, combining in itselfsthe ship- vards of the Great Lakes; the Bath Iron G = o e o BILLION DOLLAR STEEL TRUST TO CONTROL ALL SHIP BUILDING Purchase of the Bethlehem Company a Connecting Link in One of the Greatest of Combinations. — the strike. I have told the other side that personally I would consent for disinterest- ed arbitration in the hands of such public men as Archbishop Ireland, Bishop Potter and Seth Low. Although I did not as an officer of the assoclation suggest such a move, T was willing to advise it.” Non-union workers are scheduled to ar- rive in Pittsburg at 1:50 in the morning, their destination being either Demmler or the Star Tin Works. Seven strikers were arrested near the gates of the Pennsylvania Tin Works in Soho. When the w' le blew at 5:30 a crowd of about 1500 gathered to give a warm reception to any workers who might come from the mill. None came, but the crowd became noisy and the large force of policemen on hand ran the lead- ers, all foreigners, into the mill office and called the patrol. American Feaderation officlals secured bail for the prisoners, who are charged with disorderly conduct, but the magis- trate refused to accept it. The men will have a hearing in the morning. e hin e Rossland Strike May Soon End. SPOKANE, Aug. 21.—The satisfactory settlement of the big mining strikes at Rossland and Northport is “predicted by C. H. McIntosh, formerly manager and still an influential stockholder in the prop- ertles involved. He says that a meeting of stockholders will be held in London on August 29, at ‘which a committee will be named to confer with the striking miners and smelter men. Concessions probably will be made by both sides and contracts drawn up for a term of years which will result in the satisfactory operation of the mills and smelter. Nearly 1000 miners are now on strike at Rossland and several hundred smelter men at Northport. Works of Bath, Me.; the Cramps Ship- building Company of Philadelphia. Pa.; Roach’s sghipyard of Chester, Pa.; the Sparrows Point shipyards of Baltimore, the Newport News shipyard and the new yard which has but recently been started by James J. Hill in Providence, R. I. The design is to take under one general head with local management in places where the yards are located all of the ship producing capacity of the United States and to govern it much after the fashion of the management of thevarious plants con- stituent to the United States Steel Cor- poration. What the capitalization is to be s not even hinted at other than that the information is abroad that with the steel plants included with the allied inter- ests represented it will require a capitali- zation into the hundreds of millions.