The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 17, 1901, Page 1

— VOLUME XCL-NO 17 FRANCISCO, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1901 PRICE FIVE CENTS. MARCONI S POSIIVE HE RECEIVED THE SIGNALS ACROSS ' HIE ATLANTIC [ — 'S & MARCONI SENDS THE CALL AN ACCOUNT OF HIS SUCCESS. / T. JOHNS, N. F., Dec. 16—TO THE EDITOR OF THE CALL: day" until ordered stopped. This time would correspond approximately with struments, which were very sensitive and had to be adjusted repeatedly during I have to confirm the dispatch of your correspondent regarding the half-past 11 to half-past 2 here. I received on Thursday indications of sig- the course of the experiments. When a permanent station ixxin:m[[ai /u'r(.] will receipt by me here of signals direct from Cornwall. The exact particulars are 110.1: at half-past.lz, and w'ith cc::'myfn ‘and ufrmixlal.?ubleh {lmrnm: at 10 ’ff’t be dependent upon- fluchmtion.? of wind, ar}j I am mlmdc.nt of nml.»m{z. the | as follows: Before leaving England I arranged for our long-distance station minutes after 1, quite a succession of‘ S” being received with distinctness. A fur- :_tgngLF str?ng and rclzablc—flzat‘ is, not requiring such delicate and sensitiz | ; b ther number were recetved at 20 minutes after 2, the latter not so good. The receiving instruments, by employing much greater power at the sending station. near the Lizard to signal me the letter “S” repeatediy for three hours, when I signals were received Friday at 28 minutes after 1 o'clock, but not so distinct I must go immediately to England to make arrangements for employing more had advised him that I was ready to receive the same. I cabled on Monday that 45 op Thursday. 1 am of the opinion that the reasor why I did not obtain con- power at the sending station, and I trust in a very short time to establish com- { all was in readiness and asked that the signal be sent at short intervals tinuous results were—first, the fluctuations in the height of ‘the kite which sus- munication between the two continents in a thoroughly reliable and commercial between 3 o'clock and 6 o'clock, Greenwich time, and to be continued each pended the aerial wire; and second, the extreme Helzcacy of my receiving in- manner. : MARCONI. = NOW READY 10 COERGE VENEZUELA Germany Forcibly to Collect Just Claims of Subjects. United States Will Not Ob- ject to the Seizure of a Port. | ¥Fresident Castro Continues to Make | Threats and May Even Go So { Far as to Declare | War. | | 1 Dispatch to Thy Call. CALL 1406 G STREET, N. W., WASHINGTON, Dec. 16.—Germany has off ormed the United States | compel Venezuela to claims of German subjects. ement, made by Baron the German Embassador, oupled with definite and posi- t Germany has no in- permanently occupying the . which it may prove | ner to seize. Secretary nicated these assurances of her Hay to the Pres There e to believe that in re- ne courtesy shown by Ger- turn %« the United States has made an ex- plicit statement of its position. | America Not to Interfere. The German Embassador understands Government does not propose punitive measures » government may find rce against an Amer- Intervention will oceur tion seizes territory | attempts to hold it | German SO many wars Sea the is ips | United States to keep cl The ships are ser waters for the purpose No objection would | f the United States “ to West Indla of engaging in drill be v Ger | were rder a rehip to the port | | which she contemplated seizing, for she | | understands that American interests re- guire protection Moreover, Ge y feels that she has | It is her intemtion = to SENATE RATIFIES THE HAY-PAUNCEFOTE gl - . TYe » o NN PAUNCEROTE, "> * » =T to act well within the law of natioms and custom. She will make a naval demon-| 4, st in Venezuelan waters, and if this produce the desired effect, then the seizure of —which one capnot be The port will probably be La Cestro May Declare War. tro has asserted that he wiil declare any port seized a free port. International lawyers here say that this not embarrass Germany. She will | merely direct the application of a tanf which will be eguivalent to the Vene- guelan tariff, and the duties collected un- der it will be used to defray the bill of damages which she s against Vene- The United States would natur- learne A zuela & ASHINGTON, Dec. 16.—The ajly prefer that Venezuela should pay Senate to-day ratified the claims she owes and th ent forel- Hay-Pauncefote isthuilas ble actio canal treaty by the decisive vote of 72 to 6. The vote was reached a few minutes before & o'clock after almost five hours’ discussion behind closed doors. There were no sensational incidents during the entire time. The debate was confined ex- clusively to a discussion of the merits of | the agreement and the policy of its provi- | sions. The principal speech of the | made by Senator Teller, in opposition to the treaty, and he was followed in rapld | succession by twelve or fifteen cther Sen- tands the atti- n this respect, 2 ar caused him will declare war declaration which the United States would give to a even In case of the policy of the German occupancy territory as indemnity for Berlin Govern- be upheld by power is day was Lae expen ators, who spoke briefly either for or psevelt's attitude in this respect. | againet the motion to ratify. Teller ex- — _— | pressed confidence that the pesolution Says Degeneration Follows Divorce. LONDON, Dec. 17.—The Rome corre- of the Daily Mail wires that Mer. abrini (who recently return-d from a visit to the United States and who | would be adopted, and while he had no purpose to prevent that result, he was convinced that there are very few Sena- tors who are really satisfiled with the | treaty. With Great Britain in her pres- appointed apostolic delegate at | ent mood, he believes it would have been gton) says he had occasion to note | possible to secure a treaty which would s degeneration in the United ! give entire satisfaction, and he sharply s as a result of divorce. criticised the State Bepar(menl for fail- s ing to do so. He took the position that Low Takes the Oath. | it would have been sufficient to abrogate h NEW YORK, Dec. 16,—Seth Low took | the Clayton-Bulwer treaty, and sajd that the oath of office as Mayor of New York | England knew well enough that K with in the Supreme Court this afternoon. Low will assume office at noon on January 1 sponder that result accomplished she could very well trust the United States to maintain the neutrality of the canal, as this country could be prepared to do so for many years. In Advocacy of the Treaty. Among the other speakers of the after- noon were Senators Clay, Falrbanks, Mc- Cumber, - McLaurin (Mississippi), Cul- berson, Mallory, Mason, Tillman, Bacon and Bate. Senator Clay was one of the Southern Senators who spoke in advo- cacy of the treaty, He contended the treaty should be ratified because it se- cured the abrogation of the Clayton-Bul- wer treaty. P Senator Mason made a strong plea for the treaty, expressing his gratification that American diplomats had succeeded in obtaining such a triumph as was tiis treaty over the original Hay-Pauncefote agreement. Senator Bacon’s speech was made in connection with a motion to amend the treaty. In presenting this amendment he sald that he was in favor of a canal and would vote for the treaty with the Davis amendment. “He opposed the treaty be- cause he did not belleve it. would give the United States full power over the canal. He said Great Bfitain rejected the amended Hay-Pauncefote treaty, but sent us another treaty about identical with the former treaty as amended, except as regards the Davis amehdment. He con- sidered that fact the most important fea- ture of the whole controversy. ot There was an exceptionally full Senate when the timé arrived for a vote, but the certainty of ratification had become so apparent that there was comparatively litttle interest in the proceedings. The votes on the amendments succeeded each other quickly. Amendments Are Defeated. Senator Culberson offered an amend- ment to insert the Davis fortification amendment of the last session. This was defeated, 15 to 62, as follows: Ayes—Bacon, Bate, Berry, Blackburn, Car- mack, Culberson, Dubols, Heitfeld, McLaurin | Mtssissippt, Mallory, Money, Simmons, Taliaferro, Tillman, Vest—15. Noes—Aldrich, Allison, Bard, Beveridge, Burnham, Burrows, Burton, Clapp, Clark of Moxntana, Clark of Wyoming, Clay, Cockrell, Cullom, Deboe, Dietrich, Dillingham, Dolltver, Fairbanks, Foraker, Foster of Loulsiana, Fos- ter of Washington, Frve, Gallinger, Gamble, Gibson, Hale, Hansbrough, Harrls, Hawley, Hoar, Jones of Arkansas, Kean, Kearns, Kit- tredge, Lodge, McComas, McCumber, Mec- Enery, McLaurin of South Carolina, McMilla; Mitchell, Martin, Mason, Miilard, Morgan, Nel. son, Penrose, Perkins, Pettus, Platt of Con. neeticut, Platt of New York, Pritchard, Proc- tor, Quarles, Scott, Simon, Spooner, Stewart, Turner, Warren, Wellington, Wetmore—62. Senator Bacon then offered an amend- ment striking out of the preamble in the reference to the Clayton-Bulwer treaty the words, “without impairing the gen- eral principle of neutralization estab- ACTION OF CONGRESS ON CANAL TREATY INSURES UNION OF THE WATERS OF THE ATLANTIC AND THE PACIFIC. mendments Are Promptly Defeated, and by a Vote of 72 to 6 the Members of the Upper House of Congress Go on Record by Approving the Agreement With Great Britain Which Paves the Way for the United States to Construct and Maintain a Waterway Connecting Atlantic and Pacific. lished {n article VIII of that convention,” also the following words in article VII, relative to the purchase of stock, “sub- Ject to the provisions of the present treaty,” also of article III, relating to the neutralization of the treaty, also all of article IV, declaring against change of territorial sovereignty.' All this was embodied in one améndment and was de- teated, 18 to 60, as follows: : Ayes—Bacon, Bate, Bewry, Blackburn, Car- mack, Clark of Montana, Clay, Culberson, Du- bots, Harris, Heitfeld, McLaurin of Mississippt, Mallory, Money, Simmons, Taliaferro, Teller, Tillman—I8. & Noes—Aldrich, Allison, Bard, Beveridge. Burnham, Burrows, Burton, Clapp, Clark of Wyoming, Cockrell, Cullom, Deboe, Dfetrich, Dillingham, ~ Dolltver, Fatrbanks, Foraker Foster of Loulsiana, Foster of Washington, Frye, Gallinger, Gamble, Gibson, Hale, Hans- brough, Hawley, Hoar, Jones of Arkansas, Kean, Kearns, Kittredge, Lodge, McComas, McCumber, McEnery, McLaurin of South Caro- lina, McMillan, Martin, Mason, Millard, Mitchell, Morgan, Nelson, Penrose, Perkins, Pettus, Platt of Connecticut, Platt of Naw York, Pritchard, Proctor,” Quarles, Scott,. Si- mon, Spooner, Stewart, Turner, Vest, Warren, Wellington, Wetmore—60. Ratified by 72 to 6. The treaty was then ratified by a vote ot 72 to 6, as follows: Ayes—Aldrich, Allison, Bard, Bate, ' Berry, Beveridge, Burnham, Burrows, Burton, Care mack, Clapp, Clark of Montans, Clark of ISTHMIAN CANAL TREATY IN SHORT ORDER+ O & | Wyoming, Clay, = Cockrell, Cullom., Deboe, | Dietrich, Dillingham, Dolliver, Dubols, - Fair- | banks, Foraker, Foster of Louisiana, Foster of Hale, Hansbrough, Harris, Hawley, Heitfeld. | Hoar, Jones of Arkansas, Kean, Kearns, Kit redge, Lodge, McComas, McComber, McEnery, McLaurin of Mississippl, Carolina. McMillan. Martin, Mason, Millard, Mitchell, Money. Morgan, Nelson, Penrase, Per- kins, Pettus, Platt of Connecticut, Platt of New York, Pritchard, Proctor, Quarles, Scott, Simmons, Stmon, Spooner, Stewart, Tallaferro, 2 Noes—Bacon, Blackburn, Culberson, Mallory, Teller, Tillman—8. Bailey paired with Depew and Elkins. Rawlins paired with Hanna and Sewell. Those who did not voté and for whom no pairs were anncunced are: Daniel, Jones (Nevada). Patterson and Quay, Pope Leo Names Two New Bishops. ROME, Dec. 16.—At the consistory held this afternoon the Pope formally an- necunced among those nominated to Bish- oprics Rev. John O'Connor as Bishop of Newark, N. J., and the Rev. William J. corsistory wds especially interesting, as the Pope, In an impassioned address, de- nounced the suggested divorce laws for Ttaly and appealed to the Italians not to allow such an evil to be introduced in this country. Washington, Frye. Gallinger, Gamble, Gibson, | McLaurin of South | Turner, Vest, Warren, Wellington, Wetmore— | 0’Connell as Bishop of Portland, Me. The | SEEKING PEAMANENT STATIONS Inventor Expects Soon to Flash Messages‘ Over Ocean. Declares Thers Is Not the Slightest Doubt as to Re- cent Success. | Anglo-American Company Notifies Marconi to Stop Experiments and Threatens Legal Proceedings. SRR Spectal Di: ST. JOHNS, N. F., Dec. 16—Upon re- turning late to-night from Cape Spear, where he went to inspect the site for & wireless station, Marconi received a letter from the solicitors of the Anglo-American | Telegraph Company giving notice: that the sole and exclusive right to operate of construct any system of telegraphic com- munication in- the colony to places out« side of the colony is owned by it. Conse- quently they notify him that the work in which he is engaged is in direct violation of the rights and privileges granted to | the company by its charter froM the Gov- ernment. The solicitors add that unless they receive promptly an intimation that he will not proceed further with his pres- ent work legal proceedings will be begun to restrain him. Marconi had little success at Cape Spear. The weather was bad, rain and fog prevailing. As far as he could judge the main advantages of Cape Spear are that it is the nearest point to England. It is a peninsula running out into the sea, and is in close proximity to the light- house, which has telegraphic communica- tion with St. Johns. The land is not tee high, and there is no high land near it but thus far he is not satisfied that it | would be a convenient location for a sta. tion. He will try to pay another visit in more favorable weather. Message on New Year’s Day. Marconi is at present more favorably impressed with Quidividi, a_small villaga about two miles north of St. Johns, main- ly because it is close to the city and the general conditions seem favorable. He will examine this site soon. He says it is | most desirable for the station to be, if possible, on @ point of land almost sur- rounded by water. This proved by the excellent results obtained on ships, eon- sidering the strength of the batteries, The inventor will probably leave here for England on the Allan line steamer due here Friday. He hopes to inaugurate the new year by sending a special mes- sage. He will go direct to Cornwall ands take charge of matters there. By mid- summer, it is asserted, he will have fully equipped the station here for sending and receiving messages between America and England, and another station on the Mas- sachusetts coast. When informed to-day that Thomas | Edison did not credit the report of sig- | nals having been received he.replied thai | the signals were received by himself and were absolutely genuine. British Operators Reticent. LONDON. Dec. 16.—A cable dispateh | bas been received here from St. Johm: | F., announcing that Signor Marconi will atch to The Call. | sail for England December 19. At the headquarters here of the invent- or of wireless telegraphy it was said to- day by the officlals in charge tnat the ex- periments at St. Johns, so far as they | know, are all over. They do not expeet | to hear any further details until Signor | Marconi arrives in London. It was'said that storms on both sides of the Atlantic had serlously interfered with the work. which the officlals say would have been much more satisfactory under normal weather conditions, the Poldhu, Cornwall, station having been se- riously damaged by high winds. The offictals at Poldhu refuse to con- firm or deny the truth of the reports from St. Johns that messages had been ra- | ceived there from Cornwall by wireless telegraphy. They profess complete ignor- ance of the success or failure of the ex~ periments. Oregon Man Frozen to Death. BAKER CITY, Or., Dec. 15.—David | Burk, a laboring man of North Powder, was frozen to death on Saturday night on the hills eighteen miles west of Haines,