The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, April 30, 1902, Page 1

VOLUME XCI—-NO. 15 1. SAN FRANCISCO, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 30, WITH A PEN PRESENTED BY A CALIFORNIA 1902 PRICE FIVE CENT: N THE PRESIDENT PROMPTLY SIGNS THE CHINESE EXCLUSION BILL AND THE AMENDED PACIFIC COAST MEASURE BECOMES LAW OF LAND ]/ ASHINGTON ~April 29.-—-President Roosevelt has signed the Chinese exclusion bill. The used was given to Representative Kahn of California, who has taken a deep interest in the bull. —_— pen , GENERAL MACARTHUR TAKES ALI. THE RESPONSIBILITY FOR Was Only the Usual| Deception Due to - | Warfare. | ASHINGTON, The Se April 2. nate Committee on the Philippines to-day re with the af the Philipp Arthur MacArthur cont his testi- | mony. He explained the statement in his | 30, 1900, that *‘the uired sovereignty | owned the Phil- but did not own t ippine peoy k aying that th usions were reached after conversations with an infinite number of people and ob- vation, and that they represented the | sulk of the views of the Nationalist par- He then, in response to questions 1 Senator Patterson, described the different towns embraced within the American | es on the night of February 5 1899, | when the outbreak occurred, and identi- | fied what purported to be a copy of the order of General Luna for the massacre of the foreign residents of Manila. Sen- ator Patterson sought to show that it was not difficult to deceive Aguinaldo b; forgery, and referred to his capture by al Funston through a forged letter signed Cuna.” General MacArthur with considerable emphasis declared that Funston was not responsible in any way for any methods which obtained in the capture of Aguinaldo. MACARTHUR'’S DECEPTION. “I am responsible in that matter in every way and particular,” sald General MacApthur. “It is one of the deceptions frequently practiced in war, and whatever deception attaches thereto I take.” | With regard to the order for the Maniia massacre, General MacArthur, answering | further questions by Senator Patterson, said the order he saw signed by San- dico and mnot by Luna. General Mac- Arthur detafled the efforts made by him | to ferret out Luna’s connection with it. | The witness could mot recall a letter’ of General Reeves, who was the Chief of Police at Manila, in which he stated that he @id not believe a massacre was intend- ed, because it was entirely contrary to the manner in which the Filipinos had waged war in the past. Reverting to the Sandico order, Senator Patterson quoted from a report of Dr. ¥ “La General | | THE CAPTURE OF AGUINALDO | — OFFICER WHO WAS FUNSTON'S SUPERIOR IN THE PHILIPPINES, | AND SAYS HE 1S RESPONSIBLE FOR ALL DECEPTION PRAC- TICED IN THE CAPTURE OF AGUINALDO. —_— Court-Martial Trial of Smith Continues and Senators Still Criticize the “Kill and Burn” Order. F. C. Burns, a surgeon in the United States army, as to how he came into pos— session of it through a Filipino who made |a copy of the original. The Senator re- ferred to a later statement by Dr. Burns to the effect that the Filipino might have stretched things a little. DEPENDS ‘ON THE DOG. General MacArthur claimed there might have been two orders, “Would you hang a vellow dog on the testimony that is paraded here as to the genuineness of those orders?” asked Sen- ator Patterson, The witness said it would depend on what kind of a yellow dog it was. General MacArthur disclaimed any re- sponsibility for the orders of General Jacob H. Smith to make Samar a howl- ing wilderness. Replying to a question by Senator Beveridge, Gencral MacArthur said that absolute chaos would result should the Filipinos be given complete independence and the United States en- tirely withdrew from the islands, but he sald he would lfke to explain this state- ment at another session of the commit- tee. He was thereupon excused until to- morrow, the committee going into execu- tive session to further consider the ad- visabllity of summoning witnesses asked for By the minority. Continued on Page Two. RESENTS FEDERAL INQUIRY One Packing Concern | Discharges Many Empioyes. Progress Is Made in | Fight Against the ‘ Beef Trust. | Kansas City Butchers Anxious to Uive Testimony. €necial Dispatch to The Cail. CHICAGO, April 29.—A direct result of the Government investigation into the al- leged meat trust was shown to-day by the discharge of 500 men from the Libby, MeNeill & Libby packing plant. The plant is controlled by the Swifts. The | men were let out Saturday night, but the fact was not made known until to-day. | When asked about the matter to-day ‘the officials for a time wo dull trade is the reason; that's all.” | Superintendent Morrow of the Libby. | McNeill & Libby plant, who was pressed for a statement late to-day, said: “‘Ye men have been discharged—quite a num- Her: in fact. the exact figures I will not give. The investigation into what is called the beef trust had nething to do with it. There is no intention of shut- ting down the whole plant.” CORNER IN PEULTRY. Something. definite came out of the of- fice of United States Attorney Bethea to- day about the beef trust. It was only a little something, but the result will re- lieve the feelings of the people who have read and listened to the thousand and one | rumors of what was to be and what was not to be done. Bethea said results showed that the days of conference could be shortened and that the end would | come quickly. A concise statement with- |in proper bounds stati | learned from the witnesses and from the | independent investigation being pre- | pared, and the public. tired of shadow, | will get substance, and that soon. An alleged corner in poultry, said to have Leen worked by the Swift interests recently, will have ¢ deration {by the United Stat v. South Water street merchants who by virtue of the corner could buy little poultry except from the Swifts, found their profits cut until there was no living in the busin Several South Water street men will testify to the conditions, and will say their frequent repetition means the dri ing of the commission firms out of exist- ence ii there is no zain’from the man who wants a duck or broller for his Sun- day dinner. “BUTCHERS HAVE EVIDENCE. KANSAS CITY, Mo.. April 20.—Butchers that if Attorney General Crow wants ence to the against the beef trust, Avhich he instituted | yesterday, he should call on them and not |on the packers. They declare they can furnish him plenty. The strongest evi- dence they have as to (he agreement be- tween the packers is the uniformity of the wholesale price of beef at all the houses, and in fact that the rise in quota tlons takes place simultaneously on a cer- | tain day of the week. This is conclusive- ly shown by the bills rendered by the packers. Another evidence ‘cited by the butchers is the blacklist tem, under | which a dealer who misses the regular weekly payment of his bills to one pack- ing-house is unable to buy any meat from | another until that bill is paid. While his credit may be extended a short time at | the houst comes entirely subject to that house in the price he pays for meat. FAVORITISM IS SHOWN. There are a numbér of butchers | Kansas City under obligations to the | packing-houses for credit in the manner | described and there are others who en- joy special favors from the packers by other means and it will be difficult to get them to give any expliciftestimony. There are many others. however, who are bound by no obligations and talk freely on the subject. By these it is known that the sales agents or other representatives of the packing-houses reach an agreement every Saturday regarding the prices that go into effect for the following Monday. The price sometimes varies half a ecent a pound at the different houses. but the butchers assert that when they order from the houses quoting the’low price they are told that their orders cannot be filled, Some of the butchers who have the favor of the packers get tips on Saturday after- noow as soon as the new quotations have been agreed upon and place their orders that day for the next week so as to get the benefit-of the old prices when they are to the buyer's favor. “We know what the packer§ will tell him,” said a leading butcher to-day. “Let Crow come to us and we will show that there is no competition between the packers in the Kansas City trade.” / i j ev sustain 1d say simply, “A | ng what has been | proceedings | > to which he is obligated, he be- | in | g descent. | gress assembled: | inconsistent with tr of any foreign nation, of any conce: from bringing into the United States Section I Provided, however, that if sai ' FULL TEXT OF NEW L | PREVENTING AN INVASION i BY CHEAP ASIATIC LABOR N .ACT to prohibit the coming into and to regulate the residence within the United States, its Territories and all territory under its jurisdiction and the District of Columbia, of Chinese and persons of Chinese Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Con- That all laws now in force prohibiting and regulating the coming of Chinese persons and persons of Chinese descent into the United States and the residence of such persons therein, including sections 5, 6, 7, 8, and 14 of the act entitled “An act to prohibit the coming of Chinese laborers into the United States September 13, 1888, be, and the sam: are hereby re-enacted, extended and continued so far as the same are not obligations, until otherwise provided by law, and said I territory under the jurisdiction of the United States and prohibit the immigration of Chinese laborers not citizens of the United States from such island territory to the mainland territory of the United States island territory at the time of cession or not, and from one portion of the island territory of the United States to another portion. of said island territory. Provided, however, that said laws shall not apply to the transit of Chinese laborers from one island to an- " other island of the same group, and any island within the jurisdiction of any State or the District of Alaska shall be considered % part of the mainland under this section. Section IT—That the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized and empowered to make and prescribe and from time to time to change such rules and regulations not inconsistent with the law of the land as he may deem necessary and proper to execute the provisions of this act and of the acts hereby extended and continued and of the treaty of December 8, 1894, and with the approval of the President to appoint such agents as he deem necessary for the efficient execution of said treaty and said acts. Section ITI—That nothing in the provision of this act or any other act shall be construed to prevent, hin- der or restrict any foreign exhibitor, representative or citizen of any foreign nation, or the holder, who is a citizen ssion or privilege from any fair or expos . under contract, such mechanics, artisans, their respective foreign countries, as they or any of them may deem necessary for the purpose of making prepara- tion for installing or conducting their exhibits or of preparing for installing or conducting any business author- ized or permitted under or by virtue of or pertaining to any concession or privilege which may may be granted by any said fair or exposition in connection with such exposition, under such rules and regulations as the Secretary of the Treasury may prescribe, both as to the admission and return of such person or persons. —That it shall be the duty of every Chinese laborer, other than a citizen, rightfully in, and en- titled to remain in, any of the insular territory of the United States (Hawaii excepted) at the time ‘of the passage of this act, to obtain within one year thereafter a certificate of residence in the insular territory wherein he re- sides, which certificate shall entitle him to residence therein, and upon failure to obtain such certificate as herein i pravided he shall be deported from such ipsular territor; quired to make ail regulatiéins and provisions necessary 6f he enforéement ands, including the form and substance of the certificates of residence, so that identify the holder thereof and enable officials to prevent fraud in the transfer iand the Philippin id Philippine Commission shall find that istration herein provided for within one year from the passage of this act, said commission is hereby authorized and empowered to extend the time for such registration for a further period not exceeding one year. AW 10, 11, 13 approved s shall also apply to the island whether in such may ot ition authorized by act of Congress | agents or other empioyes, natives of have been or e. Commission is authorized and re- of this section inthe Philippine Tsl- the same shall clearly and sufficiently | of the same. | it is impossible to complete the reg- SALE IS LEFT TO THE VOICE 1 COPENHAGEN, April 20.—The bill pro- viding for the sale of the Danish West Indies to the United States, as am by the Landsthing, came up for d sfon in the Folkething to-doy. The p: y in the majority submitted a proposal, as follows: “The Rigsdag (Diet, composed of hoth Houges)” anoroves the cession on condi- tion that the inhabitants of the isiands declare in favor thereof by a' plebiscite, similar to the one taken in 1867." The Folkething by a vote of 98 to ) § adopted this proposal. The Landsthing is expected to agree to the Folkething's decision, with some mincr modification regarding the details of the plebiscite. The “anti-sale element is now devoting . It is kno has already to themseive: person sale circulars 2 islanders hct one influential :iled thousands of an the island of St. Thomas R | COCKRAN SAYS POPE , WILL LIVE A CENTURY | Former Congressman Tells of the Ex- traordinary Vigor of the Ven- erable Pontiff. YORK, April 29. NEW the Kronprinz Wilhelm. Asked as to the | health of the Pope, Cockran said vigor, intellectual and physical, was sim- ply amazing. . “He seemed to have grown stronger in | every sense of the word than when T saw { him five years ago. | one hundred years. His voice was as | resonant and musical as before{ his in- | formation as extensive and his power of | statement as remarkable. Two days af- | terward I saw him visit St. Peter's, where he received an address, delivered a reply to it in the presence of 30,000 persons, and recelved separately—that is to say. shook hands and spoke with probably 200 per- | doms. Tt was the mest extraordinary ox- | hibition of mental and bodily vigor that I have ever seen.’ Bt GENERAL MILES NOT . TO BE RETIRED NOW President Decides to Give No Further Consideration to the Proposi- tion. WASHINGTON, April Roosevelt has turned completely about in the Miles case. He has decided to give no further consideration to the retirement of the commanding general, and will now permit General Miles to serve until he shall retire by operation of law. General Miles without delay. Secretary Root was piqued at the testimony General Miles gave before the Senate Committee on Military Affairs, which had the effect of killing the Secretary’s genmeral staft | bill OF ISLANDERS | attention to influencing the voting of | man W. Bourke Cockran arrived to-day on | his | 1 helieve he will live | 29.—President | The President first listened to his War Secretary and decided to forcibly retirvs; \BRITISH AND BELGIANS MAY CLASH ON NILE BRUSSELS, April 20.—The Viengtieme cle reports a serious situation on the Nile. Several Belgian posts have been attacked by rebel natives from Ugand ¥s the paper, and British troops have stablished themselves on Belgian terri- tory. Difficulties have arizen between the Bel- ans and the British in the Lado En- clave. A fresh revolt has also broken out on the Upper Ubanghi River, French ‘ongo. CAPTAINS OF INDUSTRY Rumor That Men Behind the Big | Trusts Will Work Against the President’s Renomination. CALL BUREAU. 406 G STREET, W., WASHINGTON, April 20.—James Hill, president of the Northern Securiti Ccmpany and the Great Northern Rail- road, has heen in Washington for several days in close conference with several Sen- | ators. The object of his visit was not made public. He has conferred with Sen- ators Hanna and Spooner and ex-Senator Carter among the Republicans, and Sen- ators Clark and Gibson of Montana on the Democratic side. Hill has ceased to ~ railway merger, and he has remained away from the White House, where he was a frequent visitor during the McKin- ley administration. The hostility of the men bebind the raflway merger to Presi- dent Roosevelt is because of the proceed- ings against the Northern Securities Com- pany in the United States courts, and Morgan’s efforts to merge the Atlantic steamship lines to offset the effect of these proceedings have given rise to the rumor that the trust magnates are plan- ning to array the captains of industry against the President in the next cam- paign. The idle talk of those engaged in various trusts is in a large measure re- sponsible for this rumor, for some of them bave safd that organized capital will | oppose the renomination ef the Presi- dent. They have also predicted there will be small contributions to the Republican | campaign for Congress this year, with an re-clection of a Republican House. SILENCE OF A CLERK CAUSES HIS DISMISSAL Federal Employe Declines to Give Testimony and Must Leave Revenue Office. WASHINGTON, April 20.—C. C. Self, a clerk in the office of the Commissioner of Internal Revenue, has been dismissed by i Secretary Shaw for refusing to answer ’questlons put to him by the Civil Service Commission. One of the questions he refused to an- swer was whether former Internal Rev- enug Collector Henry of the Seventh In- | dtana district had received financial eon- tributions for political purposes. MAY OPFOSE ROOSEVELT | | talk for the public about the northern intimation that they will not assist in the | |FRANCE GETS | SPECIAL MARK } OF COURTESY | e CALL BUREAU, 1406 G STREET, N. i W.. WASHINGTO April 20.—As a mark "nv’ special courtesy to France, the North Atlantic squadron will probably meet the | eruiser iaulois, which is to bring to the United States the representatives of the ! Rochambeau and Lafayette families and { of the French republic. The eruiser will ;arrl\‘o in ample time for her guests to | reach Washington to participate in the | ceremonies eonnected with the unveiling of the statue of Count de Rochambean. It had been expected that the French representatives would arrive at New York on a passenger steamer. Late this after- roon the State Department was informed that they would take passage on the Gaulois, which will come direct to Balti- more. Assistant Secretary of State Plerce, representing the President; Colonel Bing- | ham, representing the army, and Com- | mander Rods: representing the navy, | will probably greet the visitors on the cruiser. The plan is for the squadron to meect the Gaulois outside of marine leagua limit and escort her to her moorings in Baltimore harbor. WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY WILL AID FORECASTERS Island Stations to Be Established to Ascertain Condition of the ‘Weather. WABHINGTON, April 29.—In a signed statement Professor Moore, Chief of the Weather Bureau, say “It is difficult and oftentimes Impossible to forecast for the Pacific Coast, because cannot ascertain the weather condi- tions that prevail in the oceaz to tne | westward. Wireless telegraphy offers 4 solution of the difficulty, and already ar- rangements are being made to establish stations on somé of the near-by islands of the Pacifie. Observers stationed on these isiands will flash their observations acress the intervening waters to land | statfons, and the information they contain will ‘enable the Weather Bureau to issue warnings of fogs and weather changes | 'with a greater degree of accuracys The observers on these islands will alse be | charged with the duty of reporting ves- sels for the benefit of commerce. we Another { application of space telegraphy will be in ; the warning of vessels at sea of danger- { ous storms." POPE LEO WILL HOLD | A CONSISTORY IN MAY Bishops Are to Be Appointed, but 1 Creation of Cardinals Is Not Intended. ROME, April 23.—The Pope has decided to hold a consistory earlier than he pre- viously intended. It will now be held in the latter part of May. No new Cardinals will be created and only a few Bishops will be appeinted, 2