The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, June 13, 1902, Page 1

VOLUME XCII—NO. 13. : . SAN FRANCISCO, FRIDAY, JUNE 13, 1902, PRICE FIVE CENTS. MAJOR WALLER DENIES CHARGES OF INHUMANITY TO NATIVES ' OF SAMAR AND DEFENDS SEVERE METHODS OF PACIFICATION | ‘ é¢ ’ J OU can’t stop the 7("0[14!1011 in the Philippines®unless you take the severest measures. men under my command who © my men were storming.”—Major L. W. T. Waller, United States Marine Corps, in an interview. .;._.“, UPHOLDS |RHODE ISLAND'S | THE ACTS | MILITIA IS CALLED OF WOOD TO CHECK RIOTS President Decides toj Fight Hard for || Reciprocity. i Reveiations Concern- ‘. ing Cuba Cause Two | Conferénces. [ Administration Still Strives for Tariff | Reduction. Epeclal Dupl.tcb to The Call. CALL BUREAU, 146 G STREET, N.{ | w., \\'ASH]\GTO.\, June 2—“Fight | | harder than ever” is the war cry of the | administration in the Cuban contest. The | revelations brought out yesterday by Sen- ator Teller that Cuban funds had been 2 ‘Acts of Violence in used to seminate information aseto the | needs of Cuba and that the Suger Trust | Pawtucket Street g the same medium to advance | Car Strike. reciprocity will only tend to intensify the | ts of the administration officials, who now driven to the last desperate en- policy of the administration will be Deput:V Sheriff Fires w that the money was expended for | in CrOWd, Killing proper object and that there was at the i a Boy. ] ation was employed no conmection be- tween the Goverpment and the e F. B. Thurber of the Export Associ- | Sugar | AWTUCKET, R. I, June 12.— Bayonets in the hands of sol- diers ordered out by the Gov- HAVE A LONG TALK. President Roosevelt and Secretary Root rrived in the city to-night, and within 1 | o ] RHODE ISLAND'S CHIEF EX- ernor of the State to sup- R = x minutes after the President reached PCOUTIVE. . WHO, ORDERED . press riotous disturbances OUT THE MILITTA. White House he was in consultation | A W gt ~REsaie ot , bl with Senator Platt of Cempecticut, l‘bafir' Pawtucket to-day. The astonishing in- | of ‘the committie N Yolutifrs with'| crosne tn:ihe-nuniber df Inwless acts @i A few ‘minutes later~ SOmKtol TTecieq against the UMted Traction Com. O SEILLEUE A SHA WROR LRI L Sh sy, Wl peiy e heve” Rden o | SEe Sato The gt | strike since June 2, and the inability of of the administration | i1e 1ymited police force and deputy sher- n by SSentral Wooll wers |iny 1o snppoess Hioting indizced Governor him with f;m:u(]?orfl!'« ot 257 Kimball to call out the militia. S a;:ffujlf;‘fili Numerous scenes of disorder occurred | Wood kad fail | 9Uring the day and more than a score of | funds with which to | people were injured, one fatally. In the ment of Cuba, and he had | presence of about 1000 perSons and the E: » e the afternoon, after the milltia officers had jurisdiction over the field and had mapped out plans of campaign, and the proclamation of Governor Kimball had been published, was such that General Tanner determined to have all the sol- diers available. After consultation with the Governor it was decided to ask for al! of the available mil ., and additlonal companies were called out. On the arrival of these commands there General L5 , | militia this evenin; d. 3e - spend it for any purpose 3 e et r;; lgdA‘uu':?m )(: meral | were 750 men and 60 officers on duty. He had a perfect right to | e 2o AN | Atter ilitia ha & | taken possession of by the militia. A pro- the milifla had been stoned in documents informing the Amer- | of the economic needs of the t was an expenditure as pre the morning served out, the ball cartridges were visional regiment was formed, composed each private carrying forty | of companies from the First and Second e - | regiment: with | rcunds and each officer fifty rounds of e printing and distributing of docu- | S awithithe ( Fo R D OE ] ammunition. B twis by ek s Cavalry. The regiment responded to an | ¢ serious result feared by friends | P°TEERCY call promulgated by Governor MOB AFTER PRISONER. m from the disclosures | S\0Pall. and Brigadier General Herbert| Willam Welsh, a Deputy Sherift. has ler is its probable ef- S. Tanner assumed command. In the aft- | been arrested charged with the shoot- ing of Peterson. When taking the pris- oner to the wolice station two policemen were roughly handled and were followed to the door of the station by a mob that stoned the officers and made great efforts to get the prisoner from them. The man was searched, and on him was found a e Democrats, who pretend to see wing political capital in the in- who on this account will he give the Republican major- | ance whatever on reciproc- STAND OF MINORITY. third division of the Naval Reserves and | the \r‘rnuun orders were issued calling out the | machine gun battery. disinclined tc STONES ARE THROWN. The most- serious disturbanc at the city line. A car to-day started | from the Pawtucket-avenue carhouse oa said Senator Bailey, “Demo- | Pawtucket and East avenues a big crowd | qoee o pilvate o the i wish to know everything about | was in waiting, and it was prepared (o | A ericer. vh o R i ign that has been waged for | give the deputies a warm reception. o Furlouat et :Jr'rla'fl«'l:fm;l:v\mtmh‘(: > T ,r‘ minority .has a right to | Major Maynard had the First Battalion | Deputy Sheriff lean over a seat and flre‘ );; ‘u n rAlr of the fun:ls of the Cuban | o cavalry as a guard to the cars, the | the shot that hit the boy. Welish main- r,:m;v?':;r ‘;‘ h:;}]:vc:;mv;.r:ixl'l;le:n;nw;!;?1 treops being divided by platoons in the | tains that he did not shoot. The High congrs -SAH-E“ o s L g st front and rear. Thedeputy sheriffs were | Sheriff had given orders to the deputies ordered to.keep their revolvers in their | pockets by Major Maynard, who sald that If there was to be any shooting the mil- itia would do it. Chief of Police Rice was present and advised the people to disperse, and, a number of the striking conductors and motormen practically endangered their own safety by endeavoring to prevail on the people to leave. Before the people turned their attention not to use thefr revolvers and not to fire under any circumstances. Later Welsi was arraigned before Judge Shove on a charge of assault with intent to kill. He pleaded not guilty #nd was held in $1000 bail for appearance. Because of the ina- bility of the prisoner to furnish bail and the unwillingness of the police' to permit him to be carried through the streets he remains locked up at police headquarters. There were no further serious disturb- k it will take considerable time velop all this.” Republican Senators favorable to beet r held a long conference to-day and ided to continue their opposition to reciprocity. They will do this by an- nouncing to the advocates of tariff reduc- tion that they will cast their votes for the reciprocity bill as it passed the House, including Moore's amendment for the to dec! &b ion of the differential duty on refined | to the car they cheered the troopers. Im- [ ances during the afternoon, and every” sugar, and will resist all amendments| mediately after, however, a rain of thing was quiet to-night. that may be offered to’it. stones, bricks and every conceivable form TWO ALTERNATIVES. They will propose two alternatives. One is to drop the subject and make no fur- ther efforts to secure reciprocity legisla- tic The other is to accept the rebate ple A count of those present and those ebsent but known to be in sympathy with the movement led to the conclusion that t are at least nineteen Republican ators who can be depended on to i together in any course agreed upon. Counting the full Democratic vote as fa- le to the House bill, the beet sugar @dvocates concluded that the proposition to pass that measure unamended would be the strongest that could be put for- ward. A combination of the two forces would give 2 total of fifty-two votes, or seven more than a majorf of missile fell upon the electric car. The troopers were hemmed in by the mob and with great difficulty succeeded in working their way out, the motorman of the car facing the mob 2nd getting his car through. LITTLE BOY IS SHOT. When the turmoil was at its height fully a dozen shots were fired from the car through the drawn curtains. One bullet lodged in the neck of Venner Peterson, aged 12, son of John Peterson of this city. The boy had been carrying dinners and was returning home when attracted by the crowd. The shot struck him when he standing some distance from the car. The shooting made the mob wild, and only the presence of the troops prevented { the demolition of the car and serious in- jury of the deputies. Major Sweet, surgeon of the cavalry, examined the boy, and pronounced him fatally hurt. The boy was taken to the Emergency Hospital, where it was an- nounced to-night that he would die. The wounding of the boy sobered the crowd, which, after the car had proceed- ed, became more temperate. At -this time a Providence passenger, Benjamin P. Bosworth, becoming: alarm- ed at the shower of stones, jumped from the car, which was being rushed through the mob, and sustained serlous injuries by falling. REWARDING THE HEROES OF THE CUBAN CAMPAIGN Officers and Men Who Served Undew Sampson and Schley to Re- ceive Medals. WASHINGTON, June 12—The Navy Department - has completed its compila- tion of the names of the officers and men who are to be decorated with the West Indian campaign medal. The list totals in round numbers 2090 officers and about 6000 enlisted men. Of this number the engagement at Santiago bay, in which the greatest number of vessels took part, makes up the largest proportion. Ad- miral Schley and all the fleet officers and men will get medals, and the famly of Admiral Sampson will be given the one ! intended for the deceased admiral. A great many of these officers and men will have bars attached to their medals to show that they were also at Manzanillo, Nipg bay or other points selected by the board of award as those gt which an en- gagement worthy of a mecal was fought. The meritorious service medal will go to persons who rendered exceptional ser- vice, like Blue, Hobson and Walnwright. The list of persons to whom this medal will be given is still under consideration by the board of awards. e Earthquakes on Colombian Frontier. GUAYAQUIL, June 12.--Violent earth- quakes have been felt during the last SCENES OF DISORDER IN THE REICHSRATH Leaders of Pan-German Party Ex- change Insults and Box Each Other’s Ears. | VIENNA, June 12—There was a scene of wild disorder in the Reichsrath yestcr- during the debate on the Danube igation agreement. Herr Scheenerer, cader of the Pan-German party, and Dr. Woiff, another leader of the same party, exchanged Insults and finally box- ed each other's ears. It was necessary for friends of the rival leaders to drag 1 Louls drew a sawed-off shotgun from his BALL CARTRIDGES SERVED. The situation during the remainder of them apart, amid cheers and jeers from fortnight at Ulcan, a town near ‘he Co- the galleries. i lombian frontier, ITALIAN VENDETTA | IS BEGUN New Orleans Again Scene of Brutal Murders. Three Men Are Slain in Very Short Order. 4 One Assassin Meet i Death at Funeral of a Victim. Special Dispatch to The Call. NEW ORLEANS, June 12.—An Ttalian vendetta has begun here which pronises to lead to many deaths. An Italian was mysteriously killed in Poydras streef about a month ago. Though the shoot- ing was in broad daylight on a crowded street eye-witnesses professed to be un- able to recognize any of the participant Last night Salvador Luciano, who keeps a grocery and wine room at Basin and Poydras streets, was sitting in a front toom writing to his mother in TItaly. His brother Louis and some friends were in the rear room playing cards. Suddenly five or six men rushed in and attacked Salvador, killing him instantly with three revolver and eleven knife wounds. They then rushed into the rear room, shooting and stabbing as they went. Vincenzo Ve- tufa fell dead with a dozen wounds in his body. & Louis Tuciano says he ran upstairs for a sawed-off shotgun and thus escaped. He told a countryman, however, that Vetura, with.whom he was plaving cards, was -an enem¥, who cama in merely to #seist in' the murders. and that he, him- self, killed Vetura. Eye-witnesses of the tragedy were reti- cent, but the police gave Louls Luciang the “third degree” and he then told the names of two men whom he recognized one of whom was wounded in the affray, and the other captured while running away. There were four others whom he did not know. Louis was released to-day to attend his brother's funeral. Among the mourn- ers who came was Bartano Ferari, who leaned over the coffin. looked on the face of the dead man, wept silently for a time and then leaned down and kissed the brow of the murdered man. As he raised Lis head Louis Luciano beckoned him to come to a rear room. Ferari did so and trouser leg and filled Ferari with buck- shot, causing instant death. He was ar- rested and admitted the 'killing. He had killed one of the murderers of his brother, he said, and was willing to hang. There were two others, and he would take care of them. The police look for a succession of tragedies, for an assori- ment of sawed-off shotguns owned by Luciano have disavpeared. BUTTE POLICE UNEARTH A STARTLING CONSPIRACY Upset the Plans of Bold Kidnapers Who Intended Doing a Whole- sale Business. BUTTE. Mont., June The police to- day unfolded what is believed to be a stértllx\g conspiracy to do a wholesale kidnaping business among the wealthy families of Butte. The alleged leader of the gang, Sam Consentine, is under arrest. One of the conspirators furnished the in- formation. An attempt was made several days ago to kidnap 12-year-old Hazel Gindrup, a niece of Harry Simons, a prominent mer- chant of Butte, but the girl made her es- cape. A day later an attempt was made to steal the infant child of Willlam Sy- monds, but the nurse girl made an out- cry and the two kidnapers fled. Consen- tine is an Ttalian. Ylis countrymen say he was a brigand in Italy. Consentine, it is alleged, had a long list of people from which to select his victims, including the youngest son of Senator Clark, Miss Lulu F. Largey, a millionair- ess of Butte, and also a number of lead- ing merchants, bankers and mining men. When arrested, Coasentine held a ticket for Chicago, and it is believed he was be- trayed by accomplices in that city. The plan was to steal the Symonds child first and take it to St. Paul and from there to Chicago. EHOPE TO OBTAIN NEWS OF ARCTIC EXPEDITION LONDON. June 12—W. 8. Champ, sec- retary of the Baldwin-Zeigler Arctic ex- pedition, and Dr. G. 8. Hurkley of New York start to-morrow for Tromsoe, Nor- way, whence they will sail on July 1 on the Frithjof for Franz Josef Land to take coal to Baldwin’s ship, the America, and obtain news of the Arctic expedition. Champ expects to find the America in about 82 degrees. If Baldwin has suc- ceeded in his dash to the pole he will be brought back. Otherwise the Frith- jot will leave a well-equipped sledge party to search for Baldwin. The Frithjof will return October 1, at the latest. - The Baldwin-Zeigler Arctic ecxpedition, consisting of the America and the Bel- gica, left Tromsoe, Norway, July 16, 1901, under the command of Evebn B. Bald- win, . There was -only one woman shot, and she was only slightly You would hate to sec your wounded and dead mautilated. I cannot dsscrtbz the fearful condition in which we found some of the bod:u of * vere murdered by insurrectos. I received both verbal and written orders from General Jacob Swmith to kill all insurrectos who were caught armed or who refused to surrender. { that could be done, and I never questioned General Smith's orders witlh one exception.. This exception I refuse to state. A fair estimafe of the number of natives killed by the men of iny command would be 400 to 500. all killed in battle with the cxception of cleven carriers, insurrectos at heart, who were tried by court-martial and shot. wounded. She happened to be in the breastworks of a fort It was the only thing These were No Wounded Men Were Killed, the Of- ficer Declares. HE army transport Warren, Captain’ Barneson command- Ing. arrived from Manila yes- terday, the most important passenger aboard being Major L. W. T. Waller,'U. 8. M..C., who has gained great notoriety on ‘ac- count of charges being preferred against him for cruelty to the natives of the fsl- and of Samar. Thé officer was tried by court-martial in l\lanila, but was quitted. The moment the Warren dropncd an- chor in the stream Major Waller came ashore. and then reported ac- to the Marine Corps headquarters on Ellis street. He spent a few hours in the city, and at 4 o'clock teok the train for Mare Island. Major Waller is a sharp, dapper, little officer. He wears the Inglish army *“‘put- tees.” swagger riding breeches and _a kahki uniform that fitsias if it were miolded to him. \He wears his campaign bat with a jaunty tilt, and his peculiarly shared sword. which is the only thing abcut his habiliments that shows he is in the Marine Corps, is hung low from the waist, and it clicks and rattles, draw- ing attention wherever he goes, Major Waller has been called to Wash- ton by the Secretary of the Navy, and will leave for that city in a few days. He seys he has not been called as a witness before the Congressional Investigation Committee. He is suffering severely from a bad attack of bronchitis, and talks with great difficulty. When asked about military operations on the island of Samiar, he said: MUST USE SEVERE MEASURES. “You cannot stop thé r&volution in the Philippfnes unless you take the severest measures. You would hate to see your wounded and dead mutilated. I cannot describe the fearful condition in which we found some of the bodies of men un- der my command who were murdered by natives. I received both verbal and written orders from General Jacob Smith to kill all insurrectos who were caught armed or who refused to surrender. It was the only thing that could be done, and I never questioned General Smith’s orders, with one exception. This excep- tion®] refuse to state. \ “The natives are brutal savages, ‘in fact very devils—full ‘of treachery, you can- not trust them or believe a word they sa They were just thirsting for our blood; they were killing my men every time they got a chance, so the only thing that could be done was to kill them. The island of Samar is now peaceful, and 1 think that it was the best for the natives that we used such forceable methods.” “How many natives did the men in your command kill?” the major was asked. “The reports are all on file, but a fair estimate would make it between 4090 and 500,” was the reply. ““These were all killed | in battle, With the 'exception of the eleven He registered at the Occidental. | | | TRAMSPORT | WA RSN e ———— MARINE CORPS OFFICER WHO WAS TRIED BY COURT MARTIAL FOR ALLEGED CRUELTY TO NATIVES IN SAMAR, AND UNITED STATES ARMY TRANSPORT WHICH ARRIVED YESTERDAY. ey shot = after a This court- who - were trial by court-martial. martial I must . explain. These na- tives were all insurrectos at heart. They were constantly conveying news of our movements to the Filipinos we were fight- ing. Something had to be done, and I called a drumhead court-martial. ' I was the Judge. 1 found eleven of them guilty and oredered them shot. The others that were killed, as I sald before, were all killed in engagements. There was only ‘one woman shot, and she was only slight- 1y wounded. She happened to be in the breastworks of a fort that. my men were storming.” NO WOUNDED MEN KILLED. “Is it true} major, that you allowed some of your men to kill-wounded Filipinos?” was asked. “No,” the officer replied. “None of my men: killed any wounded Filipinos. ,The | wounded received®he very best of treat- ment. There are on file in. Washington requests on my part for bandages,. for-the supply in the island gave out.” “Is the istand of Samar at the present time a barren waste as a result of the military operations there?” was another question.asked. “1 was cm. the cast caut and lhal Doz carriers D X Says .That Extreme Measures Are Neces=- sary on Disturbed Island. tion of the island is In a fair condition,” Major Waller replied. ““On the west coast, however, there are not many houses left standing. But then I must again explain when I talk about houses in Samar: They are only shacks, and nearly every one of them can be rebuilt for $30. The finest house destroyed was not worth $100. “During my stay in Samar I lost twen- ty-three men, twelve of whom were killed by the natives through treachery. We were in desperate straits down there. It was sometimes ten days before we could cocmmunicate with headquarters. I first had 333 men under me. I afterward estab- lished two army posts and distributed the men into two forces. There were no tele- graph lines, but some wires are being hung now, which will make the task ouf ruling the natives much easier. NATIVES ARE VERY SAVAGE. “The island of Samar cannot be civilly governed at present with success. Not until the natives change their - present modes of life will civil government be practicable. At present the only way to govern there is by martial law. You can't belleve the natives and they fre very treacherous. 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