The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, November 11, 1901, Page 1

VOLUME XC-—NO. 164. SAN FRANCISCO, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 1901 Call. Ti’\is Paper | to be take | the Library +++ PRICE FIVE CENTS. FINANCIAL LEAD ERS FAIL TO ALTER PRESIDENTS ATTITUDE TOWARD TRUSTS T ENTRAP T PURSUERS Escaped Convicts Make Sheriff and Deputy Prisoners. Kansas Officers Are Held| Captive Three Hours in Farmer's House. e i’ Criminals.Force From Them a Prom- ise of Immunity From Arrest and Walk Unscathed Through | Cordon of Policemen. \4 TOPEKA, Kan of t cou Nov. 10.—Sheriff Cook this es south of hours. The convicts be 1 ned, ne of policemen, afternoon some became soon had and and were in pursuit arms to run armed with clubs and of weapon. ard of the chase and He and Deputy he convicts and i, wounding the them. The con- 11 open space o the house of | The officers no or oster. Runs Into Arms of Convict. | erift Cc convicts had and he darted intending to sur- k door. But, in- s had gone into iff ran in he of the convict e was ordered to give he daid. Deputy ime reached had occur- by the se ed the Sheriff had to nough to telephone f Stahl, with el e Wooster's ST “SIX DIFFERENT PARTIES.” | eaten to Kill Sheriff. | The writer is evidently under the im- | g r of the convicts told Sherifr | Pression that the Walla Walla prison is e mage | In Oregon, while, as a matter of fact, it | : oking toward their | I8 In Washirigton. Edwin ‘fleman is safd e aed o be good. In|to have formerly lived in Northern Call- | 4 tce officers on the | fornia. If Redding parties are really in . terested "in the letter sent to Governor DE. DE-| Geer the local authorities appear to have Kill the | no clew whatever to them. ¢ managed ® ity Mrs oster, who had fainted | ot the men with a target rifie. Cook r snapped his revolver five times, but'only use and l‘a‘k Th of police . offi- Prevents Capture of Fugitives. ts got a d start before ered from th of th some s y from arrest. . Police started some of his me began a chase later on > capt the convicts be- Sore as the entire country is convicts are well armed, as they k he weapons in the farmhous se Both are of the officers. rrived from Pauline at 1: ight. He was somewhat dis his clothes were ragged, but of his nerve by his usage | nds of convicts. In telling | of his experiences he made no | apt to conceal the humorous aspect heriff Cook said that when | Williams reached the scene in the afternoon one of the farmer boys, a lad of 18 years, who had been chasirg the convicts was popping away ) ost rone e story | pardon and turn out of the penitentiary MAIL BRINGS DIRE THREAT. 10 GOVERNOR Unknown Persons Men- ace Life of Oregon Executive. Police Instructed to Waitch for Suspicious Char- acters. Letter Dated in Northern California Demands the Pardon of Prisoner in Walla Walla Prison. ——e Special Dispatch to The Call. REDDING, Nov. 10.—Governor Geer of Oregon has instructed the police and de- State, and particularly those . from Salem south to the Oregon | tectives of that line, to keep a sharp lookout for suspi- | cious characters, who may be those who | by letter have boldly threatened his life. A mi ive which he received may have | been intended as a joke, but the Governor | has thought enough of it to place the in- formation in the hands of the officers. The would-be murderers claim that they | live at Dunsmuir and at Redding. The threatening letter, demanding the release of a prisoner, with the Governor's death | as the alternative, is thought to have been written by parties who wished their demand acceded to but who may not have | meant to carry out the vengeance they | suggest. Text of the Letter. | The letter is written on a letterhead of | the Mount Shasta Hotel, at Dunsmuir. Apparently it was not mailed for several | days after being written-or eise is dated | | back. The full text of the letter is as foi- lows: “DUNSMUIR, Cal, Nov. 2, 1801 “To the Govefnor of Oregon—Dear Sir: ‘We wish to have no trouble nor do we wish to cause you trouble. We ask of you to at Walla Waila, Or., Edwin V. Tule- man, who is doing a twenty years' sen- ( tence. You will please pardon and re- lease him from said prison inside of six days from the receipt of this letter, and | if you do not comply with the above in- | side of the time fixed above (six days) you will be treated to the same medicine McKinley got. If you want to save your- selt and family you had better act at | once. Act at once and save trotble. if| you do not do as above requested you | will be shot down without notice. Redding Their Residence. “I am writing this notice from the | above place. I live, or I should say, we live, the parties who intend to carry out t scheme—part of us live here and Redding, Cal. They may live in ntry. Good-by. Please obey above and oblige, “(Signed) e other co! two cartridges exploded. One bullet hit the bigger of the convicts fn the arm, while Williams caught the other with a | bullet in the leg. Then a long chase en- sued. Cook finally rounded-up at the | Wooster farmhouse, where the big con- | vict met him at the door. Accepts Convict’s Invitation. “Come in, or I'll kill you,” commanded | the fugitive. | “I went in,” said the Sheriff. “The wom- an was screaming, Wooster was lying on a couch unconscious, His skull was cracked and his right hand broken. The other convict was crouched behind a door, his revolver drawn upon me. Having searched me, the big fellow asked if I was the Sheriff. I am looking for the Sheriff,” he sald ‘I want to kill him.’ “Under circumstances I told him that I was only a farmer. Then he told me he would take me along as a shield from the men outside. Stahl and his men had arrived by that time, and the big | man told me to call him Into the house. He sald he wanted more guns and an- other shield. But Stahl remained where he was. inally I was commanded to take Mrs. Wooster's arm. The convicts got behind us and in that order we marched to the field. Mrs. Wooster was half-fainting. She tried to scream, but I put my hand over her mouth. They reached the hedge, the blg man snapped the gun ineffectively at me and both made off in the dark- ness.” Bloodhounds will be started out from Lawrence in the morning. the Tulare County’s Honey Yield. VISALIA, Nov. 10.—M. J. Rouse will ship six carloads of honey out of Visalia | distant cannon shot. city. to-morrow. He estimates the total honey yield of Tulare County this year at fif- teen carloads, or about 300,000 pounds, nat made any arrests. CHAMBERLAIN MAY HAVE TO RETRACT HASTY WORDS \HREE Ewuropean statesmen who are central figures in a con- troversy that has brought Germany and Great Britain to the verge of a rupture. Joseph Chamberlain’s criticism of the conduct of the German troops during the Franco-Prussian war has aroused a storm of indignation throughout the Fatherland. Bitter denunciations of the British Colonial Secretary are being uttered at students’ meet- ings in various cities of Ger- many, and the Imperial Chan- cellor, Count wvon Bulow, has been petitioned to demand satis- faction of Great Britain for the insult, through the German Em- bassador in London. 3 2 3 CREAT METEDH SHOWERS FIRE ON MOUNTAINS Californians Witness Remarkable Scene in Arizona. a Special Dispatch to The Call. TUCSON, Nov. 10.—E. A. Davis of San Francisco, Senator John F. Davis of Ama- dor, Cal., and J. N. Curtis, manager of the Silver Bell copper mines, were witnesses of a startling phenomenon while riding south of Red Rock station on the South- ern Pacific railroad last Wednesday after- noon. The party was three miles from Red Rock at 5:20 p. m., when a meteor of enormous size and matchless beauty came into view directly above Picacho peak. A moment later it burst with a distinct re- port that seemed llke the sound of a The sky for miles arourd was lighted as if by a gigantic rocket. The illumination lasted for a few seconds and was succeeded by a light cloud of smoke. All the members of the party saw the explosion and were convinced from the clearness of the report that it must have occurred at no very great distance. Red Rock is thirty-three miles west of this e FIGHTS HIGHWAYMEN TO SAVE HIS MONEY NANAIMO, B. C., Nov. 10.—John Bakka, while on his way home last night with his month’s pay was held up by some men in the suburbs of Nanaimo. them attacked him with a Knife while another fired at him with a revolver. | Bakka drew his knife and tried to carve his way through the highwaymen. He stabbed one in the breast and another in the shoulder. They closed in upon him, however, and his case was looking hope- less when a buggy approached and the men took to their heels. The police are looking for them to-day, but so far have PO ARESSCEEREN (SRR i SR One of | Aot Cuba, e — WAR'S BURDEN T0 FALL UPON GAPE GOLONY New Scheme Involves a Levy of Loyalists En Masse. LONDON, Nov. 11.—In a letter dated Oc- tober 23, the Cape Town correspondent of the Daily Mail says: “Lord Kitchener and Sir John Gordon Sprigg (the Cape Premier), have arranged a schéme for the expulsion of the invaders from Cape Colony. A joint commission of imperial and colonial military chiefs has been sitting here for some days past to draft a scheme. “It is understood that this provides for the colony taking a large share in the fu- ture campaign and contributing largely toward its cost. Apparently a levy of loyalists en masse is the idea involved.” According to the Daily News Major General lan Hamilton, who sailed on Saturday for South Africa to act as Lord Kitchener's chief of staff, takes a plan prepared in London for a more vigorous campaign with a view of ending the war before the coronation festivities begin. ‘“‘General Hamilton’s appointment,” says the Daily News, “Is part of a plan ar- ranged after the King's return from the continent about six“weeks ago. Unless Lord Kitchener should decline to be complaisant the new scheme is likely to develop about the beginning of the year.” TERRIBLE GUN ACCIDENT ABOARD A BATTLESHIP Officer and Six Artillerymen Killed and Captain and Thirteen Sailors Injured. ATHENS, Nov. 10.—A terrible gun acci- dent occurred Saturday on board the British battleship Royal Sovereign out- side of the Astoka harbor. An artilleryman forgot to close the breech before the gun was fired. One offi- cer and six artillerymen were killed out- right, the bodies being terribly mutilated, and the captain and thirteen sailors were seriously injured. SEVERE EARTHQUAKE IN ASIATIC TURKEY Many Houses Are Destroyed and the Inhabitants Seek Safety in the Open. CONSTANTINOPLE, Nov. 10.—A severe earthquake occurred Friday at Erzeroum. Many houses were destroyed and the in- habitants sought safety in the open. MASO IS A CANDIDATE FOR PRESIDENCY OF CUBA "HAVANA,” Nov. 10.—The Democratic party has nominated General Bartolome Maso as its candidate for the Presidency 2 B = * — MANILA FIRMS SUPPLYING RICE T0 INSURGENTS Strong Evidence Accum- ulates Against an Agent. e ——— MANILA, Nov. 10.—Incriminating evi- dence is accumulating against Gibson Easton, the representative of two of the largest firms in Manila who were recent- ly expelled from Samar on a charge of dealing with the insurgents, and he prob- ably will be arrested and tried. Lukban's commissary general, who was recently captured, says that both concerns had agreements with Lukban to furnish 500 sacks of rice each year. According to advices from Catbalogan, capital of Samar, Insurgent Leader Luk- ban has sent a message to General Smith declaring that he will not listen to ne- gotiations for surrender until all the Americans have withdrawn from the Gan- dara Valley. General Smith has ordered every Amer- ican soldier in the island of Samar and the island of Leyte never to be without arms, even .at meal time. He is deter- mined that there shall be no more sur- prises. General Smith also directs that scouting must continue incessantly, and that all rice and hemp captured must be destroyed. He conslders the capture of Lukban only a question of a short time. The Federation continues its meetings here, but these are, as a rule, of a tur- bulent character, and very little is ac- complished. Personal bickerings prevent harmony. Senor Buencamino challenged Senor Velasco to a duel, but the latter re- fused to fight on account of the age of the challenger. x Many provincial delegates have al- ready left in disgust. Senor Sabella Reyes ‘wanted to enter upon the minutes of the convention an expression of the regret felt by the delegates at the lack of inter- est displayed in the work of political or- ganization. Thrice Senor Buencamino left the room, saying he would never return. In each instance he yielded to the per- suasion of his friends that he should * go back, and finally he formally tendered his resigngtion, but only to put in an appear- ance again at the evening session. The question of the friars has been oc- cupying much of the attention of the convention. Intense antipathy is shown toward them, and the sense of the con- vention was practically unanimous that they must go. ELECTIONS IN SPAIN RESULT IN BLOODSHED One Man Killed and Forty Others ‘Wounded During a Riot at Barcelona. BARCELONA, Nov. 10.—The municipal elections here to-day were attended by bloodshed and excitement. Revolver shots were exchanged. One person was killed and forty others were wounded. MADRID, Nov. 10.—The Barcelona cor- ‘respondent of El Liberal says that the theaters there were closed to-night on ac- count of the election disturbances. The municipal elections throughout Spain have resulted in a large majority for the supporters of the Government. Disorder is expected in Bilbao, e | bassy here, has received a dispatch from | M. Delcasse authorizing him to resume — CREDITORS OF TURKEY I All Europé Profits by the Firmness of France. amEg L Austria-Hungary Obtains a Settlement of Pending Questions. Paris Government Resumes Diplo- matic Relations With the Porte and Embassador Will Re- turn to Constantinople. CONSTANTINOPLE, Nov. 10.—Baron de Calice, the Austro-Hungarian Embas- sador, has secured from the Porte a sat- isfactory settlement of several questions | that were pending between Turkey and | Austria-Hungary. | M. Bapst, counselor of the French em- diplomatic relations with the Porte to- morrow. It is understood that M. Con- stans will soon return to Constantinople. PARIS, Nov. 10.—The French Foreign Office has announced that the Sultan has issued an irade for the execution of his engagements with the French Govern- ment, and that the Franco-Turkish dis- pute is now at an end. Tewfik Pasha, Ottoman Minister of For- eign Affairs, wrote a leffer to M. Bapst, counselor of the French embassy in Con- stantinople, notifying him of the signing of the irade, which, while settling the original ,French demands, accepts the | French d%ma.nds as set forth in a dispatch from Constantinople on Friday, together with an additional clause by which the Sultan pledges himself to consider as authorized in full right the foumdations. extensions, constructions and repairs of the schools and religious and hospital es- tablishments which France may desire to carry out if the Porte is advised of her intentions and makes no objections with- in five months. Diplomatic Relations Resumed. France has thus received full satisfac- tion, and M. Delcasse on the receipt of M. Bapst’'s dispatch this morning telegraphed him to inform Tewfik Pasha that diplo- matic relations had been resumed and that M. Bapst should consider himself as regularly charged with the affairs of the embassy. Instructions were also sent to Admiral Caillard at Mitylene to re-embark the marines and to return to Greek waters, which is understood to mean the vicinage | of the islands of Syria. Admiral Caillard will remain in the Levant some time long- er. M. Constans, the French Embassa- dor, will return to Constantinople shortly. The additional clause was conceded at the request of France in order to prevent future difficulties, such as the Turkish provincial authorities have often raised, either on their cwn initiative or in con- sequence of instigation by the Porte. The | Temps, which describes the result as a | “brilliant victory for French diplomacy,” says: | Effect of France's Victory. “The great merit . of the ,Government | was in being able to restrict its actior. Very serious difficulties might have arisen had ‘France departed from her reserve. The favorable disposition shown to o representations abroad has been due to | the fact that the civilized world has had | opportunity during the last seven years to observe the progress of the anti-Euro- pean movement in the Sultan’'s councils. Frenchmen, Americans; Austrians, Ital- fans and Britons have all been victimized by the Sultan and his counselors. After | the Armenian massacres and the suecess- | ful war with Greece they thought every- | thing was permitted to them. “We hope the Sultan will now under- stand his duties toward the civilized pow- ers and toward his own subjects, unto whom he has taken solemn engagements which he has aiways disregarded. Other- | wise Europe, which, thanks to the ener- | getic action of France, is now able to re- assume at Constantinople the authority | she lost seven vears ago, will applaud the | Initiative which the signatory powers of | the Berlin treaty are reported-to be about | to take to extort from the Sultan the exe- cution of clauses too long fallen into dis- use.” Differing Views of Press. The morning papers iy their comments upon the termination of the Franco-Tur- kish incident follow party lines strictly. The supporters of the Government hail | the outcome as a great diplomatic, moral and material success. Other journals eith- er affect skepticism witn reference to the final outcome or assume that it is really | a check disguised under the more or less illusory concessions promised by the Sul- tan. Some papers even hint that France has actually backed down, owing to the coolness with which the powers have re- | ceived her explanations regarding the ob- jects and scope of the naval demonstra- tion. “We hope the demonstration will be suf- ficient to réstore forever the prestige of France in the East,” says the Figaro. “Doubtless the very near future will show it so great a result has been obtained so cheanly.” ROOSEVELT ADHERES 0 Hly [DEAS Insists Upon Legislation to Regulate Big Combines. —_— Urges That They Be Com- pelled to Show Intrinsic Value of Securities. pe Sk Congress Will Be Asked to Pass Laws Protecting Employes in Their Right to Or- ganize. Special Dispatch to The Call. CALL BUREAU, 406 G STREET, N. W., WASHINGTON, Nov. 10.—In his forthcoming message to Congress Presi- dent Roosevelt will take strong grounds in favor of legislation to compel the trusts and vast industrial combinations to | change their attitude toward the public. Mr. Roosevelt desires to safeguard the interests of investors by requiring great companies like the United States Steel Corporation, that do an interstate busi- ness, to make known the facts as to the intrinsic vaiue of their securities. He may also advise Congress to pass laws that will protect employes in their right to organize, and he is expected to favor an amendment to the Sherman anti-trust law that will enable the Department of Jus- tice to get evidence of the existence of a monopoly without employing detective methods. All other questions under consideration in the White House are being overshad- owed by the recommendations President Roosevelt will make with referemce to these great industrial combinations. The chapter of his message dealing with this subject has already been written. It has been read to several persons outside the Cabinet. Some of the men who have lis- tened to the chapter are themselves deep- ly concerned in trusts. Most of ‘them have expressed dissatisfaction with the message, belleving that it would be more to their interest if the President would refrain from bringing up the subject at all. Firm in His Attitude. But the President will not be dissuaded. His views are of long growth and settled conviction. He believes something should be done as between the great corporations and the workingmen, and he is positive that something can be done for the in- vestor when stacks of so-called invest- ments are put on the market. . Much uneasiness has been expressed by the heads of some of the big combina- tions lest the President should take such a course as would precipitate a panie. When the President has expressed his purposes*to them they have been com- pelled to admit that his position is ra- tional, and that no corporation. properly organized, need have the slightest fear that injustice will be done. “Publicity” is to be the watchword of Mr. Roosevelt on this important ques- tion. He will recommend that Congress pass a law that will guarantee the public against fraud and enable investors to | know exactly what they are buying when | they purchase industrial stocks. This will appeal with strong force to thousands of persons who have been led into making investments In securities, only to discover hat they have been deceived by financal | freebooters and that the stocks they have purchased are not worth the value of old paper. Just how Congress can carry out the President’'s wishes is a question that is not yet clear. One member of the Cabi- net has suggested that provision be made in the statutes imposing a heavy internal revenue tax on corporations that do not disclose facts the public is entitled to know, and remitting the tax in the case of each corporation that gives to inves- tors proper information. Other Trust Problems. It is believed that President Roosevelt will make other recommendations as to the regulation and curbing of trusts. The serious problem of overcapitalization has been brought home to him very closely within the last few weeks by official fig- ures of the watering of stocks which have been laid before him. The general im- pression is that he is going to hit straight from the shoulder, but, at the same time, make a clear distinction between indus- trials that are conducted in an honest, businessitke way and tnose that are in- flated to unload upon the public. Hard headed lawyers like Secretary of ‘War Root and Attorney General Knox and hard headed financiers like Secretary Gage and Senator Hanna would prefer that this trust matter be held back. They can see little good that can be accom- plished at this time. They look on these great combinations as the inevitable re- sult of business development, and they believe that if any effort were made to upset existing conditlons it might cause untold hardship and a serious disarrange- ment of the business and financial affalrs of the country. But it is hardly likely President Roosavelt can be persuaded to ignore the question. President Roosevelt will in his message Continued on Page Two.