The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, October 6, 1901, Page 13

4 X\ 7w\ A Qerore rererCX NN -flrpfl:o;mfl;' \ ) . ?.mmom SROHS ROR SRORORIRNONIG 2 1% b 2 - . . 4 : * z * Pages 13 002 Pages 13 10 22 : i : ' & i : ;0.0« PFOEOEOARSAOAD XOH SXOXOXOXOXOQ DIRPAP X G XIXPEPKOR & X OROROXGAINONID VOLUME Z;C—N(). 128. SAN FRANCISCO, SUNDAY, OCTOBER 6, 1901—THIRTY-TWO PAGES. PRICE FIVE CENTS. FORTY MILLIONS IS STOCK OF CORPORATION FORMED TO ABSORB OIL FIELDS OF STATE ALLEGED USE OF THE WORD — “SANTIAGO” FOR “CIENFUEGOS” BY SAMPSON IS FULLY ARGUED Counsel Is Still Making a Most Determined Effort to Show That Schley Obeyed All Otders of the Fleet's Commander in Chief During the Cuban Campaign. ASHINGTON, Oct. L—Only] one session of the Schley| Court of Inquiry was held to- | edjournment until | nfay was taken st 1| o'clock in order to allow the court and | counsel to recuperate after an arduous | week’s labors. Practically the only wit- | ness of the day was Lieutenant Com- | mender Hodgson, who was navigator of bip Brookl during the cam- and elmost his entire time the reading of corre- himself and Admiral | leged colloquy be- the battle of Santi- ss was reported to newspaper correspond- ence has been pub- | ed the pro- tle popular | the stand ; ose of cor- ienfuegos. ocate Lemly was al- \ded the word “Cien- | to use When Commander Hodgson was in the hands of the court adjourned last night Judge Advocate Lemly, whose examina- tion of him partook very largely nature of & cross-examination. This was due to the fact that Hodgson had been called by both sides of the controversy considered even more a Bchley an a Government witness and Hanna continued the in- the Government at the begin- | he sitting to-day, after which 1 a serles of questions in- nt the Schley side of the the Brooklyn during not only tle of July ¥ buc of the entire San- ign. Hanna's inquiries were to developing more of the ng the bombardment of stobal Colon on May ondence between and Co odore in as evidence. its session to-day with ding that there would be one eitting. This agreement was reached yesterday and was brought about of the l at cam ¢ ed ¥ details concs entire corr ander Hodgson was also J eourt began understan the only i by the fact that the members of the court and the counsel find themselves greatly fatigued by the exacting nature of their work and the continuous sessions of the court. ‘Will Sampson Be a Witness? There is much interest in yesterday's episode concerning Admiral Sampson, and there is still doubt as to whether he will be 2 witness. It will remain with Admiral Schley and his counsel to say for what day, if for any, he shall be called. The controversy as to the admiral's meaning | in his “Dear Schley” dispatch of May 20 | has in no wise been abated by the tenta- tive agreement as to his being summoned. | Counsel on both sides this morning had | before them coples of the dispatch, and | each was trying strenuously to bring the | other to their view of the case. The first of the witnesses of a previous day who were recalled to correct thelir testimony was Lieutenant Doyle, who was on the Brocklyn during the battle off Santiago. He made a2 number of changes in phraseclogy. His attention was called to an error in his former testimony in stating the distance the Brooklyn stood out from the morro at Santiago in reply to a question by the court. He had formerly placed this distance at two or three miles, but he had erroneously based his statement on the log for June 28 in- stead of for May 28. Looking at the log of May 28 he found only one estimate of the distance out, placing it at seven miles. The “Dear Schley” Letter. When Lieutenant Doyle was excused Captain Lemly again brought up the ques- tion of the difference of construction of the last paragraph of the “Dear Schley” letter. He produced the original copy, reading & part of the paragraph, as fol- lows: “I therefore am of the opinion that our best chance of success in capturing their ships will be to hold the two points, Cien- fuegos and Havana, with all the force we can muster. If later it should develop that these vesels are at Santlago we could then assemble off that port the ships best suited for the purpose and completely blockade it. Until we then receive more positive information we shall continue to hold Havana and Santiago.” Captain Lemly then sald: “If the court please, I was yesterday - SOME OF THE IMPORTANT WIT- NESSES IN THE NAVAL CON- TROVERSY NOW BEING AIRED. kS + dated May 20, 1898, the question being as to the final name at the end of the first paragraph, whether it should be iCien- fuegos’ or ‘Santlago.’ I have the original and the name appears ‘Santlago’ and ap- pears over an erasure. I invite atten- tion to the fact that in the press copy- book it is Santiago, which shows that the change was made before the letter was copied and sent.. I will add that the punctuation is as I stated yesterday in ‘he press copy.” He also @t the request of Admiral Schley's counsel introduced another copy, “in which,” he said, “you will see there was no correction. It appeared originally as Santiago.” The court examined the original papers of the press copy with care and it was agreed that the papers should agaln be printed in the record. All Papers Bequested. Captain Lemly then requested that all the papers in Admiral Schley’s possession Raynor replied that the Admiral (Schley) Lad no more papers. Lieutenant Commander Hodgson was then called to correct his testimony of yésterday. He was asked by Captaln Lemly about his correspondence with Ac- miral Schley, concerning what the Jud Advocate denominated a newspaper “col- loquy. The witness took exception to the use of the word “colloquy,” and Captain Lemly replied that this was the witness® own characterization. The letters were then read by the Judge Advocate, Commander Hodgson identi- fying the various documents as they wcre separately presented. Raynor sald that if desired the letters would be accepted as evidence and that they could be print- ed without being read. Captain Lemly replied, however, that he considered that the letters have an important bearing upon the precept and that therefore he preferred to read them. ‘While the reading of the letters be tween Admiral Schiey and Lieutenant Commander Hodgson and newspaper ar- ticles bearing upon the correspondenca was in progress, Raynor objected to the reading of one of the newspaper state- ments as irrelevant. The readirig had re- quired considerable time. Admiral Dewey—These things could all have been printed. You are taking valu- able time here. We want facts—facts, We don’t want newspaper articles. We have ruled these out. Cannot these mat- ters be printed? Captain Lemly—Then they would be in evidencé. Do 'you mean you don’t want them at all? Admiral Dewey—We want them. Could they not be printed like other papers? Raynor—We “want everything that requested by counsel for the applicant to produce the original of the letter from Admiral Sampson to Commodore Schiey, bearing upon the case be supplied, and | OWNERS PLAN I MAMMOTH COMBINATION Companies’ Representa- tives Recommend Concurrence. Great Scheme Takes Shape and Augurs Prosperity for Two Districts. Promoters of Unity for Benefit of Kern and McKittrick Make Decisive Move. e . Thirty producing Califurnia oil com- panies, having their plants in the Kern and McKittrick districts, are represented in articles of incorporation filed in this city and Sacramento yvesterday. By the terms of these articles a corporation with a capital stock of $40.000,000 comes into existence. This consolidation of these companies is the outcome of long effort to bring the producers together for the purpose of marketing their output at a profit. That the work .to that end was already on the point of success was published exclusively in The Call at a recent date. Certain parties denied the accuracy of the state- ments in The Call, but the incorporation of yesterday settles all cavilings in that direction. The greatest corporation ever formed in California, and possibly in the world for the prosecution of the ofl business, makes its bow to the public. Many millions of invested capital and large areas of land richly saturated with oil are represented. The purposes of the corporation include practically everything that can apply to the development and protection ¢f the in- terests of those directly concerned. The corporation i{s named The Associated Oil | Company. Tt has 40,000,000 shares of capi- | tal stock of the par value of $1 per share. | Men who are _prominently connected } with the oil industry in California consti- tute tne first board of directors. Their names, residences and the shares of stock of the Associated Ofl Company for which they have subscribed are as follow: C. A. Canfield, Los ZLngeles, 10; W. A. | Jacobs, San Francisco, 10; B. F. Brooks, Bakersfield, ¥0; Burton E. Green, Los An- geles, 10; W. G. Kerckhoff, Los Angeles, 10; H. H. Blood, San Francisco, 10; M. J. Laymance, Oakland, 10; W. 8. Porter, Los Angeles, 100; W. F. Chandler, Fresno, 10; O. Scribner, Oakland, 10; Henry Ach, San Francisco, 10. Every one acquainted with the oil industry will recognize these men as being the principal operators of oil properties situated north of Tehachapi. Absorbing 0ld Companies. As explained last evening by Henry Ach, who has been a strong advocate of the idea of ccnsolidation and active in | bringing about success, ‘the thirty com- panies whose representatives have ap- proved of the plan of organization of the Assoclated Oil Company will, after their stockholders have registered their ap- proval, go out of existence, and to their present * stockholders stock, bonds and money will be issued in payment for their properties. The basis of the payments to be made has been agreed upon by the ap- praisement committees who were appoint- ed to take up and consider that very es- sential part of the work. The promoters, of whom W. S. Porter has been the most prominent, have the assurance of the representatives of the companies that their stockholders are likely to take favorable action and ratify what has been done. Payments will be | made for the existing properties in ac- cordance with the reports of the experts who were sent to the Kern and McKit- trick fields some months ago. The capital of $40,000,000 of the Associated Oil Com- pany, the isue of which is authorized by the articles of incorporation, will pay for all assets of companies and leave a mar- gin. : The leading companies to have their properties consolidated in the new cor- poration are: Canfield Ol Company, Black Jack, Wolverine, Alma, Henrletta, Olema, Alma Jr., Alpha, Senator, Chicago Crude, Central Point, Toltec, Red Bank, Green & Whittier, Colossal, Reed Crude Oll, Linda Vista, Sterling, Sovereign, Calitornfa-Standard, Glant, San Joaquin Ofl, Monte Cristo Oll, Shamrock, Claremont, Pled- mont and all of the Canfield oll companies in the McKitttrick district. These have a great annual output of ofl and scores of producing wells. There are producing companles in the Kern districts that have not taken any action toward joining® the new corporation. Some of these, it is explained, have made contracts for the disposal of their total product for a long period, and this fact has undoubt- edly influenced them. Plans Are Gigantic. The gigantic scope of the Associated Oll. Company's plans can be summed up Dbriefly. One of its purposes_is to_bulld a pipe line from Bakersfield to some point at tide water to be selected. This will cost several million dollars. Tanks will be erected at San Francisco and else- where as deemed advisable capable of holding many hundred thousand barrels of ofl in the aggregate. The articles of Continued on Page Fourteen. Continued on Page Fourteen. AMERICA APPEALS TO RU TO USE ITS GREAT INFLUENCE TO AID MISS STONE'S RESCUE Friends of the Abducted Missionary Trying to Raise the Big Ransom Demanded by the Brigands, Fearing a Display of Force by Bulgaria Might Cause Her Murder. SSIA ALL BUREAU, 1406 G STREET, N. W., WASHINGTON, Oct. 5.— Russia has been appealed to by the United States to use its great influence to induce Bulgaria to make every effort to rescue Miss Ellen Stone, an American missionary, held cap- tive by brigands within its territory. Bul- garia has promised to do all in its power to effect the release of the young woman. In order that no means may be left un- tried pressure is being applied to the Macedonian committee which is said to be concerned in the abduction. These facts gvere brought out to-day after a confersnce of President Roosevelt with Dr. Samuel Capen, president of the American Board of Missions, and Dr. Judson Smith, foreign secretary of the board. Drs. Capen and Smith strongly appealed to the President to exert every effort to bring about the release of the American captive. Dr. Capen said upon the conclusion of the conference that he was satisfied the Government was spar- ing no effort to accomplish this result. None of the parties to the conference were disposed to discuss what passed, but it is learned that Dr. Capen made a com- plete statement of Miss Stone's plight, and Mr. Adee, acting Secretary of State, related the steps already taken by the State Department. Russia’s influence has been sought because of the peculiar relations she nas with Bulgaria. Her in- fluence is exceedingly strong in Sofla, and its exercise will be effective in causing the adoption of every measure that may lead to the rescue of Miss Stone. A report has been received here giving the present location of Miss Stone and her captors, but it is not considered re- Hable. Fears are entertained that if Bul- garia send an expedition to forcibly res- cue Miss Stone she will be murdered. For this reason Drs. Capen and Smith have given cordial approval to the movement initiated in Boston yesterday to raise im- ‘mediately by public subscription the $110,- 000 needed to pay the ransom. RAISING THE BIG RANSOM. Boston Friends and Relatives Are Subscribing Large Sums. BOSTON, Oc:. 5.—T0o pay the ransom of $110,000 placed on the life of Miss Eilen, M. Stone by the Bulgarian brigands $17,808 was raised in this city to-day by popular subscription in response to the appeal of | three pastors of downtown churches, who bélieve nothing should be left undone to g$ve the woman's life, which her captors declare will be taken unles& thelr demands are complied with before Octo- ber 8. Of the money subscribed to-day $10,000 was furnished by Mr. and Mrs. Charles A. Stone, relatives of Miss Stone, $2000 by the firm of Hayden, Stone & Co. and $1000 by the banking firm of Kidder, Peabody & Co. The American Board of Foreign Missions, which has been in constant communication with the State Depart- ment in Washington since the capture of Miss Stone and her companion, does not belleve in paying the ransom, on the ground that it would establish a danger- ous precedent and place the lives of many missionaries in jeopardy. Although everything has apparently been done by the American board and the State Department, nothing seems to have been actually accomplished, and the rela- tives and friends of Miss Stone in this city, who at first did not give the question of ransom much consideration, have now became arousad, believing the brigands mean what they say, and that unless something is done at once Miss Stone and Ler companion will b: killed. It is the intention of several clergymen to take up collections at their services to- morrdw to help swell the fund. It has been repeatedly stated that the Macedonian committee is responsible for the kidnaping. The committee, it is sald, organized several bands of brigands as a part of its anti-government operations, one of which, under Sarapoff, former president of the committee, seized Miss Stone and her woman companion. A de- tachment of 309 soldiers, whose numbers have since been added to, has been un- able to find any trace of her whereabouts, although it is said they have searched the mountains on the Bulgarian frontier. It is stated that a second letter from Miss Stone has been receivcd in Samakoff, beg- ging that no pursuit of the brigands be made, because when they are hunted they drag her about from place to place. She is already so fatigued by interminable marches that she is unable to walk. She makes no allegation of ill treatment. Ne- gotiations have been in progres between the agents of the Boston Missionary Board in Constantinople and the brigands looking to a reduction of the sum de- manded. Delay is advantageous and will enable the Turkish and Bulgarian Gov- crnments to place treops in a position to — destroy or capture the band of abductors as soon as their captive is at liberty. Quick action tollowing her release may result in the capture of the money and lead to the punishment of all concerned in her abduection. A telegram was received to-day from H. C. Haskell, one of the missionaries at Samokov, Bulgaria, saying: “Assure the family everything is being done.” , No Trace of the Brigands. SOFIA, Bulgaria, Oct. 5.—A semi-official denfal was issued to-day of the statement that the kidnapers of the American mise sionary, Miss Helen Stone, and her come — MISS HELEN M. STONE, THE AMERICAN MISSIONARY AB- DUCTED BY BRIGANDS. panion, Mme. Tsilka, are in Bulgaria. The note issued by the authorities declares that troops and police who have activeiy searched the frontier for ten days bave not found any trace of the brigands. — DOCTOR VOLUNTEERS TO LIVE WITH A LEPER St. Louis Medical Man and the Af- flicted Chinese Go to Quaran- tine Station. ST. LOUIS, Oct. 5.—Dong Gong, the Chinese leper, was removed in an ambu- lance to-day from the old City Hall to quarantine. Dr. Louls Knapp, Dong’s volunteer nurse, accompanied him, and is expected to remain with him until he dies. When he first took his position as nurse and physician to Dong Knapp hoped he might be allowed to make occasional vis- its to his family, but this the Health Commissioner would not permit. The pa- tient and physician will be completely isolated in the new quarters. Food and such other articles as may be daily need- ed will be placed under temporary shelter half way between the smallpox station and the leper ward by an attendant and later taken to his quarters by Knapp, who will prepare the food for himself and patient. While there Knapp will make a study of leprosy In its various stages as the disease progresses. Strikers Forced to Work. TAMPA, Fla., Oct. 5.—The labor situa- tion to-day was one of intense excitement, though there were no developments of a sensational character. Over 100 strikers who have been forced to work on the streets in pursuance of the vagrancy cru- sade asked to-day to be allowed to re- turn to work In the factories. Lieutenant Killed in Luzon. WASHINGTON, Oct. 5.—The War De- partment received a cablegram to-day an- nouncing that Second Lieutenant Allea T. l Crockett was kiiled near Candelaria, Lu~ zon, September 24