The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, April 6, 1902, Page 17

Br4444 4444444444444 444444 0 28 4444444333425 4 4000400 Pages D444 44 & < + > + & > + L] Call. [ J - - - + + + -~ [ FEEFFFEEFEF 440040000 000 Pages R R R IE S e A s e s 028 Gtttrtt VOLUME XCI—-NO. 127. SAN FRANCISCO, SUNDAY, APRIL 6, 1902—FORTY PAGES. PRICE FIVE CENTS. POLICE WAR ON SALOONS Many Bluecoats Take a Hand in the “Rebellion.” Protection No Longer Given in Greater New York. Officers Work Over-= time to Enforce Excise Law. NEW YORK cemen April 5.—At a meeting of f Greater New York to-day it cemen would do keep closed every of the city t the meeting. A num- present though they might not en such cases were called was expected that men would be present at the Instead more than 1000 men the men present n,” who are on duty from the ew until midnight. ed to forego their rest he men on post to stop ng. The men who are court duty and other special de the same pledges. It was experienced men would be house and Magistrate's ng warrants when red. GET WARRANTS. e cannot be obtained to a WILL visit a Magistrate, g€t a warrant for the This will be a search empower the server to on and make the ar- the double work to be dne. rstood among the inen that the the law is not to cease at 1 & o'clock Monday W permits the sa hey also agreed not to rcement to the excise law close all other illegal estab x ey may find in operation. INDORSED BY MINISTERS. The m ers who are members of the ference of the Methodist , now in annual session resolution indorsing the cemen for rebelling against e protection which it in vogue in this city & t April 6—It was quite ap- o'clock thig (Sunday) morn- sections of the city that the e earnest consideration t the policemen’s meet- n, for they closed o'clock sharp. Before were free In saying that they would be arrested if the closing act and that se to take any risks. ars have been open all it their lights at 12 ck the 4 morning. DANES WARMLY DEBATE SALE OF THE ISLANDS | s { Opposition Statesmen Now Demand That a Plebiscite Be Taken. COPENHAGEN, April 5.—The Lands- thing, or upper house, in secret session to-da tinued the discussion of the Danish West India Islands treaty for three hours, with no result. The debate wae heated and much excitement pre- valled among the members. that the meeting of the Landsthing on Monday enable the House to report its conclusions. The opposition press is engaged in a vio- lent agitation against the Government. e National Tidenge to-d¢fy announces he right party of the Landsthing is vor of the cession of the islands the United States if the consent ot T th now to the A meeting of the members of the oppo- the Landsthing was held to-night exciting debate occurred. A ma- selves in favor of the sale of the islands, but demanded that a plebiscite be taken. SALVADOR'S SANCTION ‘WAS NOT OBTAINED Point Raised by a Lawyer Before Commission in Washington Is Questioned. WASHINGTON, April 6—It Is stated the point raised by counsel for the t of Salvador that the Salva- ration Commissioners had no risdiction to pass upon the questions g argued before it, was without au- or sanction of the Salvadorean Government, which consented to a sub- mission of the disputed questions to arbi- b s further stated that counsel for ador have been given to understand t the point was at variance with the greement under which the commission was called together and that no oficial ce would be taken of it. The com- ion proceeded with the business be- fore it, namely, the claims of the Balva- dor Commercial Company. John P. Irish, attorney for the company, made the open- ing address, and he was replied to by Mr. White of Cotton & White, the Salvador- @an counsel. ¥ to-morrow. Each | pledged them- | to make arrests for excise violation | hat is called “The | captain what he is | managers announced | s would not open again until | It is hoped | inhabitants of the islands is obtained. | of those present declared them- | | TO BE SHOWS EXCLUSION Senator Fairbanks Points Out the Dangers From Chinese Labor. NECESSARY | | | | | T | i time to assist the | Some of the policemen | forward to no sleep to-morrow be- ASHINGTON, April 5.— | After passing the Indian | appropriation bill to-day the Senate considered the Chinese exclusion | measure for nearly three | ve agreed to continue | hours. The principal speech of the ses- sion was made by Fairbanks of Indiana in support of the bill. provisions to demonstrate they were not in contravention of our treaty with China and discussed at length the right of Con- gress to enact exclusion legisiation. He | maintained that it was a cardinal prin- | ciple of this Government to protect our workingmen against such low-priced labor as would come to the United States from China. | “We can conceive no worse misfor- | tune,” declared Fairbanks, “than a great country with labor unemployed. A sur- plus in the labor market is one of the serious probabilities that often face us. | “That American labor is displaced b: the admission of Chinese labor and that | the opportunity of American labor is cur- | talled to the extent that Chinese labor is | introduced, is obvious. The Chinese do not harmonize with us. Upon their ad | mission they become an undigested and' indigestible mass. A most serious objec- tion to the admission of Chinese laborers is the general disregard of the home rela- tion, with all of its humanizing and en- nobling influences. UNIT OF -THE REPUBLIC. | *The American home is indeed the unit of the republic. Abolish the American home and the days of the republic are mumbered. Immigration which ignores this great potential fact is a serious menace and is not to be desired. “The Republican party adheres to the wholesome doctrine of protecticn against unfair competition with alien cheap bor, and the country itself is the amplest testimony as to the wisdom of this pol- icy. The admission of Chinese laborers, | whose condition is so far below ours, Is | in flagrant violation of the very princi- | ples and purposes of protection, lows as night the day that the lower paid and the lower fed will cause his higher paid and better fed competitor to come down to his unfortunate . condition. Against this we enter our protest. We do it from no ungenerous motive toward the Chinese empire; we do it out of na- tional self-respect and in our national in- terest, and no one can justly challenge the wisdom of eur policy.” An extended debate upon some of the provisions of the pending bill followed | Fairbanks’ speech. | Gallinger of New Hampshire indicated his belief that the provisions of the meas. ure relating to the exempted classes were in contravention of our treaty obli- gations to China. NO TREATY VIOLATION. Both Penrose and Mitchell assured Gal- linger that there was no violation of treaty obligations, the former saying that the provisions regarding the ex- empted classes were based entirely upon existing law and regulafions, and were as liberal as they could be made. Lodge said he would be entirely un- willing to vote for any measure Wwhich violated any treaty obligation. Fairbanks read from the testimony given by Mr. Dunn before the immigra- tion committee to show that immense numbers of Chinese were brought into this country bearing fraudulent certifi- cates of admission, many of them being in collusion with the Pacific Mail Steam- ship Company. Dillingham inquired who Dunn's in. formant was. He sald he had been called from the chamber by the vice pres- ident of the Pacific Mail Steamship Com- pany, who had denounced the statemem made by Dunn as false. Fairbanks said he did not know who Dunn's informant was, but there was no doubt that immense frauds were be- He analyzed its| la- | It fol-, STATESMAN WHO MADE AN ABLE ARGUMENT FOR CHI- NESE EXCLUSION, — ing perpetrated upon this Government in the traffic of Chinese laborers. PLATT’S PECULIAR VERSION. Platt of Connecticut insisted that the United States could not afford to disre- gard its treaties with any nation, par- ticularly with a nation which was un- able to defend itself. He desired to know whether the definitions of the bill of the excepted classes were satisfactory to Chine and whether they were within the scope of our treaty with China. He sald lv.hr:lse definitions were fixed in this bill | entirely = arbitrarily; and he thought | China’ might have a right to complain seriously of the spirit of the United States in construing the treaty. Concerning the importation of Chinese women into this. country for immoral purposes, to which reference has been made, Gallinger suggested that condi- tions among other peoples than Chinese were very“deplorable in San Francisco. Similar conditions existed, according to the authorities, in Boston and New York, and it was not necessary, he said, to go far from the dome of the Capitol here in ‘Washington to find gross immorality. Without any action on The bill the Sen- ate then at 4:3 p. m. went Into execu- tive session and at 4:45 p. m. adjourned. FAVOR RIGID EXCLUSION. WASHINGTON, April 5.—The Chinese exclusion bill was under consideration in the House to-day, general debate being closed. Without exception the speeches were favorable to rigid exclusion and ex- pressed ‘a feeling of repugnance to ths Chinese. . Kahn of California, the author of the bill, was gratified during the day at reaching an undgrstanding by which most of the amendments proposed by the Pacific Coast people will be accepted by the committee. This probably will lead to the withdrawal of the minority bill and the passage of the majority measure. The only amendment at {ssue is on the saliors’ clause, and this by agreement is to be submitted to a vote. Grosvenor of Ohio asked and secured leave to print in the Record his reasons for opposing the provision in the minority- bill to prohibit the use of Chinese sailors on American ships. % Otjen of Wisconsin supported the ma- Jority bill. Hooker of Mississipp! favored the re-enactment of the presnt laws. He thought our treaties with China shoyld .be scrupulously observed. Brick of In- diana, Lloyd of Missouri, Kern of Iilinots, Cochran of Missouri and Green of Penn- sylvania spoke in support of exclusion. Brick referred to the contaminating in- fluence of the Chinese and to the neces- sity, as a means of self-preservation and self-defense, of excluding the -Chinese. Lloyd declared, in answer to the clalm that our commerce with China should not be jeopardized, that there was something more important than American commerce, and that was the American family and home, which should be kept free from the polluting influence of the Chinese. Thayer of Massachusetts addressed himself to the ship subsidy bill, character- izing it as a stupendous gift of enterprise. At the conclusion of Green's remarks the general debate closed and the House at 4:30 p. m, adjourned. BRAVERY IS SHOWN BY BOTH Boer and Briton Are Still Fighting Fiercely. Heavy Losses in the Battle at Harts River. Neutrality Laws Not Violated at New Orleans. PRETORIA, April 5.—The British losses | in the engagement in the neighborhood of Harts River, in the southwestern extrem- ity of the Transvaal, March 31, were three officers and twenty-four men killed and sixteen officers and 131 men wounded. The Boers admit that they lost 137 men killed or wounded. The action occurred at Doornbalt farm, a few miles south of the scene of General Delarey’s defeat of General Methuen. The Boers, who were commanded by Gen- erals Kemp and Potgleter, attacked with great determination, but the Canadlan contingent, which was the last to arrive in South Africa from Canada, and two squadrons of yeomanry under Colonel Cookson, and the artillery and mounted rifles under Colonel Kier, presented such a stout front that the burghers were finally forced to retreat. BRAVERY OF CANADIANS. The casualty list shows that the Sécond Canadian Mounted Rifles had four officers wounded, nine’ men killed and forty men. wounded. LONDON, April 5.—The gallantry of the Canadian troops at the engagement with the Boers near Harts River, Southwestern Transvaal, March 31, attracts unstinted praise from the British press. These com- ments form a striking contrast to the re- cently printed notificatior that the atten- tion of Lord Roberts, the commander-in- chief, had been drawn to various cases where colenials who had been awarded commissions were lreated as inferiors by the regular officers and otherwise made to feel that they were only members of the mess by sufferance. GOOD ENOUGH AT FRONT. Lord Roberts, it was semi-officially an- nounced, wa§ making an investigation and intended toiinflict the most serious punishment on any British“officer found gullty of such conduct. - Privately and in letters to the press many colonial officers haye frequently complained that “they are good enough at the front, but are not wanted at a Cape Town hotel or in a London drawing-room.” The South African casualty list issued this evening shows that the losses sus- tained by the Second Dragoon Guards in their sharp rear-guard action with the Boers near Boschmans Kop during the evening of March 31 were severe. Two officers were killed and five were wounded and eighteen men were killed and fitty- eight were wounded. NEUTRALITY NOT VIOLATED. ‘WASHINGTON, April 5.—In response to Governor Heard's request for a statement of the law bearing upon the operations of the British officers at Chalmette, La., Secretary Hay has responded by direction of the President that he has ordered a thorough investigation to be made into the operations at that camp. The Sec- retary has received an opinion from the Attorney General on the purely legal as- pects of the case, which is in exact line Wwith the policy heretofore pursued by the Department of State in this matter. Attorney General Knox virtually de- cides that the neutrality law has not been violated by the British. He enters into a long citation of cases in the nature of precedents and says in conclusion: While discussions of such matters have, as in the Alabama claims cases, principally con- cerned war vessels and expeditions by sea, it cannot be doubted that ald given to an army engaged in actual warfare stands on the same footing as ald given to a fleet o engaged, since both equally involve a taking part by the neutral in furthering the military operations of the belligerent. Nor should the municipal laws of England and the United States, or of other countries, by principally dealing with such vessels and expeditions, observe the fact that aid can as well be given to military oper- ations of the belligerent the one way as the other, by proceedings carried upon the neutral territory. RIGHTS OF COMMERCE. From all that has been sald I think that it may be concluded that in determining whether a transaction of the kind referred to, which in one respect is commercial In character, is yet not entitled to enjoy the rights belonging to commerce, but is prohibited by the neutral ac- tion and its people as belng an aid to one of the belligerents in carrying on war against the other, the criterfa are practically impossible to specify and enumerate in advance. Each case that arises must be considered in all its circumstances and determined accordingly. In the case before us there is no statement of fact by you upon which to give an officlal opinion as to the law and I do not understand that one has been requested. A number of al- legations and some testimony have been sent me and they are sufficlent to challenge atten- tion. But the first thing to be done is to as- certain whether the allegations are true. I have endeavored, as well as I could in ad- vance, to Indicate the law to be applied to them, and ehall only add that, among the points by which I am to be gulded are the systematic character of the transactions, their Breater or less extensiveness, thelr persistence in time, or the reverse, thelr governmental character or the absence of it, their objects and results and principally, of course, their rela- tions, if any, with the prosecution of the mili- tary operations In South Africa. Abolish a Cuban Jury System. HAVANA, April 5—The jury system in police courts throughout the island has been abolished by the Secretary of Jus- tice. The Audiencia courts asked for the abolition of the system, as it had proved to be a failure. CORDIAL WELCOME FOR BRITISH HEIR Prince of Wales Is Invitation to Visit America. Expected to Accept ALL BUREAU, 1406 G STREET, N. W., WASHINGTON, April 5.—If the Prince of Wales at- tends the opening, of the new Chamber of Commerce build- ing in New York, he will re- celve a cordial welcome from officiald of the Government. Deep interest was mani- fested in official and diplomatic circles to- day when it became known. that an invi- tation had been extended to the Prince to visit this country. The action of the British Government upon the invitatior is problematical, but it would not surprise diplomats should it ! be accepted. It is pointed out that Germany recently sent Prince Henry upon a visit for the avowed purpose of improving relations between the two Governments, and Fraace is to be officially represented in the ceremonies connected with the unveil- Ing of the statue of Count de Rocham- beag. WOULD BE WISE DIPLOMACY. Consequently it would not be out’ of place or an unwise stroke of diplomacy for Great Britain to send the Meir to the British throne to New York when the new Chamber of Commerce building is opened. For the entertalnment of Prince Henry Congress appropriated $40,000, and an appropriation of $10,000 has been made for the entertainment of the French rep- resentatives. Congress will undoubtedly make a simi- lar appropriation in anticipation of the visit of the British Prince, though doubt-. less when the bill: containing the provi-' sion came before Congress some pro-Boer: speeches would be made. This difficulty could . be got around, however, so that nothing might mar the trip. The President has decided not to ask Congress for a special appropriation to defray the expenses of the representatives of the United States to the coronation of the King. The civilian representatives will pay their own expenses, and the army and navy officers will be given mileage. ACCEPTANCE IS EXPECTED. NEW YORK, April 5.—There is the highest authority for the statement sent out Jast night that the Chamber of Com- merce of New York will invite the Prince of Wales to attend the dedication of its new home in August or September., Nego- tiations of a semi-official nature have been under way for the last two months, but nothing definite will be known until May or June. As_a matter of fact, no formal invita- tion has yet been sent to the Prince of Wales, in spite of statements to the con- trary, but it is not too much to say at this time that such an invitation would be forwarded, with every prospect of its acceptance. The matter has not been taken up by the diplomatic representatives of the TUnited States in London, save in the sense that Embassador Choate happens to be the close personal friend of President Morris K. Jessup and other leading mem- bers of the Chamber of Commerce. MANY TO BE INVITED. Considerable correspondence has passed between the chamber and certain high officlals In London, but it is all of a pri- vate or unofficlal character. * Representatives of all the leading com- merclal bodies of Europe will be invited to attend the dedication, which promises to be an event of international impor- LONDON, April 5—The Prince of Wales | Otficer Nominated for Chief of Ord- i o i | v HEIR TO BRITISH THRONE AND AMERICA'S REPRESEN- | | TATIVE AT LONDON. — is at Copenhagen at present, so no con- firmation could be obtained this after- noon of the report that he would accept the invitation of the New York Chamber | of Commerce to attend the opening of its new home. COGHLAN NOW LEADS ON LIST OF CAPTAINS | Naval Officer Who Lost Numbers | Because of a Letter Is Restored. WASHINGTON, April 5.—The President to-day signed a pardon In the case of | Captain Joseph B. Coghlan, who lost eleven numbers in his grade some years ago as a result of an unusually sharp letter written by him to the detail officer of the Navy Department. As one of the| captains at the battle of Manile. Bay Cap- | tain Coghlan was advanced so as to make up a good deal of the ground lost. The President’s action to-day makes up the rest of the ground and places him at the head of the list of captains, along with Captain Sands. At the retirement of Ad- miral Farquhar both will become rear ad- mirals. - Captain Coghlan is carried as an ad- ‘ditional number in grade and thus his advancement will not interfere with the promotions of the captains below him. President Roosevelt's actlon was influ- enced strongly by a letter from Rear Ad- miral Henry C. Taylor, the new chief of the ‘Bureau of Navigation, who, among | others, earnestly urged the restoration to Captain Coghlan of the lost numbers. ol BB TR g CROZIER MAKES DENIAL OF THE PATENT STORY nance Says He Surrendered Legal Rights. WASHINGTON, April 5—Captain Cro- zier sajd to-day, In referring to the pub- lished statement that the unfavorable re- port of the Senate Military Committee on his nemination as chief of ordnance was based on the charge that he was inter- ested in certain ordnance patents: “I have no interest in the use by the United States of any invention. Those for which I have patents the Government is'free to use and the members of the committee all know it, as I surrendered my legal rights without ever taking any profit for them from the United States either directly or indirectly, and.the evi- dence thereof has been presented to the committee.” Death Comes Before an Election. . GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., April 5.—A. A. Rood, Republican candidate for Mayor, dled early to-day at Butterworth Hospi- tal of typhoid fever. The election takes place next Monday. \CUBANS IN SORE STRAITS Declared to Be Still Under Military Absolutism. Natives of the Island Now Said to Hate Americans. Many of the Business Men Are Reported Insolvent. Special Dispatch to The Call. NEW YORK, April 5.—A Herald staff correspondent writes from Havana under date of April 2: I have had many Inter- views with old friends and acquaintances in many departments of commerce and industry. There is much private assertion that Cuba has been as much under mil- itary absolutism as she was in the old Spanish days. An American official who has been here for the last three years said In very positive tones: *“Cubans hate us.” No man with whom I have talked so far has hesitated in declaring that in all the departments of the island, excepting those of education and sanitation, Cuba is worse off than she was in 135 when the people sought by revolution to obtain relief from burdensome and restrictive economie conditions. MANY ARE INSOLVENT. Heydrich, Raffloer & Co. are proprietors of an extensive cordage factory in Ha- vana. The treasurer of the company says: “The depressed condition of business in Cuba forced us to close our mill several weeks ago. This threw nearly two hun- dred men out of employment. We cannot resume our business until there is some promise of better times in the island. There Is now no prospect of such revival for some time to come. Merchants of Cuba are in a worse state financially than at any time within the recollection of the oldest merchants here. It is conserva- tively estimated that at least 75 per cent of the mercantile houses of the island are behind in payments and 25 per cent of those actually doing business are insolv- ent." RECIPROCITY UNCERTAIN. WASHINGTON, April 5.—The omission of Cuban reciprocity from the Senats steering committee’s programme, as an- nounced to-day, caused some unedsiness among friends of the bill until it was stated by the committee itself that it had no significance. =The programme an- nounced to-day includes only the Philip- pine tariff and the isthmian canal bills in the order named. This recommendation of the order of business insures a vote e¢n the canal bill during the present session. Senator Morgan and other friends of the Hepburn measure, however, are very much dissatisfled because the canal does | not come before the Philippine tariff bill. They will make a strong effort to have the order reversed, if possible, but Sen- ator Morgan not being of the majority party does not feel at liberty to arguo the political phase of the case with the Senate leaders. Although not pleased with the order announced, Morgan feels sure that the Republicans will not allow the session to close without a vote on the bill on ac- count of its effect on the coming election. Opponents of the Nicaragua bill will com- bine on the Spooner amendment, which’ authorizes the President to investigate the Panama offer, and if the title be found clear to purchase the property. Friends of the Nicaragua bill will fight this amendment to the very limit, and when the final vote is taken they feel confident that the Hepburn bill will pass by a zood majority. There are no signs of weakening on the part of the Senators opposed to Cuban reciprocity. PROSPECTIVE DAMAGE ONLY ESTATE HE LEFT Carl Jensen’s Brother Applies Court for Letters of Adminis- tration. SAN JOSE, April 5.—That the heirs of Peter Jensen, who was killed a week ago while at work in the Pacific Manufac- turing Mill, in Santa Clara, intend to sue for damages for his death is evident in a petition filed to-day in the Superior Court. Carl Jensen, his brother, has asked for letters of administration on decedent's estate. The value is placed as “un- known,” and among the assets is given & claim for damages against the Pacific Manufacturing Company for his brother’s death, which is attributed to negligence on the part of the company's employes, The other property is valued at $75. The amount of damages that will be demand- ed is not stated. in Sultan Punishes a Vali. LONDON, April 6.—A dispatch to the Central News from Vienna says that the Sultan, at the instance of the Russian Consul at Salonika, has dismissed Tew- fik Bey, the Vall of that district, for kid- naping fifty-two Macedontan women as a punishment of the inhabitants of the Dorien district, where an insurrection was recently suppressed. Idleness in Spinning Towns. LONDON, April 5.—There has been an extensive curtallment of the outout of varn from American cotton In all the spinning towns of Southeast Lancashire in consequence of the unsettled condition of trade. At least 10,000,000 spindles are partially idle, while 20,000 operatives are working on short time. Dole on Way to Washington. LOS ANGELES, April 5.—Sanford B. Dole, Governor of Hawall, left Los Ange~ les this afternoon over the Southern Pa- cific for Washington.