The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, November 11, 1902, Page 1

hind VOLUME XCII-NO. 1 64. SAN FRANCISCO, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 1902. PRICE FIVE CENTS. CHAFFEE SAYS THAT SAMAR IS MORE PEACEFUL THAN PARTS OF UNITED STATES AND THAT PHILIPPINES ARE VERY RIC B FORMER COMMANDING GENERAL RETURNS ON TRANSPORT SUMNER Thinks Possessions in Orient Are | All Right. | e He Prefers to Allow| Results to Do the | Talking. ‘ | Invitations ‘ Receives From Citizens of Chicago. AJOR GENERAL ADNA | R. CHAFFEE, until re-| commander of the n forces in Philippines, Wright, and Luke E.| Vice Governor of | Tncle Sam’s Oriental possessions and also lippine Commission, | a from Manila on The trooper | quar- | ee pratique with lit- inguished travelers mfort of their quar- ing to - remain will be brought is morning on the Merchants' E as it was doubtful 1ke quarantine be- | a1 quarantine offi- | cutter General Stern- | it as s the hea and ied her. he had only two told, the quarantine had General | he an brief w PEACE IS ASSURED. “haffee in vigorous home. Mrs. ( m on the Sumner, | when they left Manila, | but ed wonders and ] T guarded her very ten- [ n the cold wind whk:h! red herself to be | tle to say about er who returned to the news- rt: approach- Make the the transy Philippines I cannot al when the re- however,” he | as I left them. | t and I think th serious in- | ¥ of their coun- | of 3 ing up agricul- is one of the 1 is the € nder the present | ageme of the most | PRAISES NATIVE POLICE. s s now ceful prov. pea “More peace- ted S and »sed toward the | folks at es, our nself as being ne constabu- before of meny’ he said, stimable value to | solutely refused to | will not talk about | 0dy that has been me his be nd I think it 1 ilts do the talking.” | Chaffee will remain here until when he leaves for New York. | ut to the Sumner | W. H. Harper of Chicagc If of the Union League Club - v City, extended to Gene: Chaffee an invitation to a welcome home | banguet when he reaches Chicago | R. Lindsey of the, Fifteenth nd Liev te ant R. B. Harper of Iry, aids on al Gene Chaffee's staff, accompanied their chief home on the S er. RAILROADS NEEDED. Vice Governor Wright, who will proba ave to-morrow for Washington, says | that Governor Taft, who reached Manila | before the Sumner sailed, was in splendid | Ith and seemed to have entirely re- i from indisposition which s i him hors de combat befo he States. Li Chaf- highly of the Philip- | which is recruited und which, he thinks, | more influence toward strength- arm of the civil commission for ! than any other single | the control of the admini He has great faith in the Phi ulary, atives have ening the rent under ippines, which he speaks of as a land of unlimited resources. *‘All the archipelago | needs,” be said, “is peace and railroads. Peace we ve, and if 1 can make Dla(n‘ to the people in this country something of | the ilities in some of those Philip-| pine provi American railroad men; will soon be exploiting as rich a field as | was ever developed through the medium | of transportation facilities.” . Continued on Page 2, Column 2. the | | STEAMER WRECK ON “ Forty-One Persons on. and was of 1665 tons register. | ment 4 | of Grand Master P. H. Morrissey of the — -3 RODSEVELT WILL VST CALIFORNN President Intends to Come Here in May. So Informs Head of the State Uni- versity. Only Exira Session Likely to Prevent Making of Journey. 1 Benjamin Ide Wheeler, president of the University of California, returned yes- terday from an extended Eastern trip, during which he visited a number of °the universities beyond the Rockies, had interviews with Presi- dent Roosevelt, Secretary of War Root and Secretary of Agriculture Wilsen DANES FAL RECOMMENDS T0 SWE THE | GONTROL BY WEST INDIE Islands Will Soon Be Sold to This Country. Capitalists Unable to Restore Promised Prosperity. Appéal May Be Made to the Daughters of King Christian for'Aid. Speclal Dispatch to The Call. COPENHAGEN, Nov. 10.—Various schemes are being suggested to enable capitalists of Copenhagen to carry out their plans for the commercial revival of the Danish West Indies. They promised the Government that they would restore prosperity. to the islands if the contem- RAMNSPOR T THREE. KINGS ISLANDS ! Board Vessel Saved and Ninety-Six Are Missing. MELBOURNE, Nov. 10.—The British camer Elangamite, bound from Sydne: N. 8. W., for Auckland, has been wrec ed on Three Kings Islands. Forty-one of those on board the steamer were saved and pinety-six are missing. WELLINGTON, N. Z, Nov. 10.—The Jost steamer Elingamite carried 110 pas- | sengers. She was wrecked Sunday morn- | Six of her boats and two rafts left | thy sel. Twenty-seven of the steam- | er's passengers and fifteen of her crew | have landed in New Zealand. Steamers | have been sent out to search for the rafts | and four of the boats, which are still| missing. Lloyds report that thirty-seven | passengers have been saved, but that it | is feared the remainder have been lost. | ing The steamer Elangamite belonged to | Huddard, Berkerd & Co. of Melbourne. She was used in the general passenger and mail service, carried on by this com- pany between the colonies and along the coast of Australia. She was built in 1857 She was 310 feet long, 40 feet wide and 19 feet deep. Three Kings Islands are a group of small | islands thirty-eight miles northwest of New Zealand. The. islands are not in- habited. L RAILWAY TRAINMEN ARE READY TO STRIKE Unless Coneessions Are Made To-Day Two Thousand Employes Will Go Qut Thursday. CHICAGO, Nov. 10.—Unless an agres- | s reached at the final meeting to- ra0rrow night of the Brotherhood of Rail- | way Trainmen and the managers of the train service of a number of railroads that bave refused the demands of the men, an order to strike will go forth ang 2000 men will refuse to work Thursday, This was stated to-night with the author. ity of Vice Grand Master Lee at the close of a prolonged, conference of ‘committees and others. The importance of the situa- tion was shown by the calling to the city brotherhood, who was in Cleveland. He attended the conference to-night. TRAVELS MANY MILES IN SEEKING MOTHER George Johnson Makes Four Trips Across Con- tinent in Twenty- Seven Days. Special Dispatch to The Call. NEW YORK, Nov. 10.—Some rapid trav- eling was done by George H. Johnson of Breoklyn' before he succeeded in getting his aged mother from the Pacific Coast. | In twenty-seven days he made four trips across the continent, traveling more than 12,000 miles. His mother, Mrs. Mary Johnson, formerly lived in Brooklyn, but fcurteen years ago she moved to San Francisco to take up her residence with a son, who died in the early part of last month. > Johnson sent word to a nlece with whem his mother lived, requesting that bis parent be sent East to live with him. The niece ignored the communication, and it became necessary for Johason to ob- tain a leave of absence in order to go to the Pacific Coast. ' When he reached there he was unable to locate his mother, and after two days’ stay he was obliged to come back. He left the matter in the hands of pri- vate detectives. He had barely reached Brooklyn and gone to his place of em plcyment, with the American Sugar Re- fining Company, when he received a tel- agram that his, mother was in Los An- geles. For a second time he obtained a leave of absence, and meanwhile the mother, who had been left to do as she pleased by her niece, started for the Kast, just about the same time that John- son started West. . The mother and son passed each other on the way, but neither knew of it until the son reached the Pacific Slope, when he learned of it. He immediately tele- graphed his son to meet the aged traveler and then Johnson started on his way back. The ageéd lady was met at the rail- rcad depot, and on Sunday Johnson. re- turned, greatly fatigued, after his twen- ty-seven days traveling. There was a joyful scene when' the travelers confront- ed each other. T Marblehead Again in Commission. VALLEJO, Nov. 10.—The United States steamer Marblehead was put into com- mission this morning. The vessel did good work in the Spanish war, under command a? Captain McCalla. touching university affairs, and secured the deflnite promise of the President that he would visit California in time to de- liver the principal speech at next year’'s commencement exercises in May, provid- ed no extra session of -Congress shall be called. President Wheeler declined to say any- thing touching his efforts to secure new material ‘for the university faculty. He also refused to discuss the matter of Pro- fessor Jacques Loeb’s possible acceptance of an invitation to become a member of the university faculty. As the head of the university has ar- rived just in time to take part in to-day’s meeting of the university board of regents, it is expected in college circles that any results of his Eastern tour in that direction will be first reported to the governing body before being otherwise made public. From Secretary Root President Wheel- er obtained commissions as first lieuten- ants in the regular army for Edward Pierce and Reginald H. Kelley, who werc majors of cadet battalions last term. This action is in accordance with an order pro- mulgated by the War Department six months ago that the students ranking highest in military classes in universities where military studies constituted a part ot the curriculum shall be eligible to po- sitions in the army. These men are th2 first to be appointed from the University of California under this order. Concerning his trip President Wheeler said: ) Durlng my visit at Washington I lunched with the President and he gave me definite assurance that he would visit the coast next year unless an extra session of Congress was called, and would be hers about May 1, in time to participate in the graduating exercises of the class of 1903. In pursuance of the recent War Department order I procured the appointment of Mr. Pierce and Mr. Kelley to the regular army, they being the: two highest men in military classes last term at the university. The Secretary of Agriculture has made ar- rangements by which the courses in irrifation at the university shall receive more attention and shall be extended. During my visit I attended the inauguration of P. Frank Storey as president of the Univer- sity of Kansas, Dr. James as president of the Northwestern University at Evanston, IIL., and of Woodrow Wilson as president of Princeton University of New Jersey, On the eve of the Wilson inaugural cer- emonies President Wheeler attended a dinner at Princeton, at which were pres- ent former President of the United States Grover Cleveland, Thomas B. Reed, former Speaker of the House of Representatives; J. Plerpont Morgan, Robert T. Lincoln, former President Gil- man of Johns Hopkins University, Dr. Patton, retiring president of Prineeton, and Bliss Perry, editor of the Atlantic Monthly.. l UNITED S1ATES TRAMDPORT + - = DISTINGUISHED OFFICER AND VESSEL WHICH BROUGHT HIM FROM MANILA. o o3 plated sale to the United States were dropped. Now Messrs. Damm, Larsen, Heide, Gluckstad and several shipping magnates and dignitaries of the navy are in a bad fix. Their scheme included the starting of plantations in the islands and the establishment of steamship lines which should connect it with Denmark, South and Central America and Mexico. Al they demanded in return was that the Danish flag should not be hauled down. When the Ministry agreed to the pro- posal the capitalists went to work, but their efforts succeeded only in raising a paltry sum, amounting to 5 per cent of the 4,000,000 kroner ($1,072,000) necessary for the scheme. Not even contributions and the counteénance of King Christian and the Crown Prince could influence the peo ple to engage in the scheme. Damm and his associates now regard their buslnegs reputations at stake. Some of them advocate applying for assistance to Queen Alexandra of England and the Dowager Queen Dagmar of Russia, both daughters of King Christian. These royal ladles when in Denmark lately did every- thing in their power to prevent the sale of the fslands to the United States, and the promoters of the revival plan think they should be asked to subscribe to make it a success. It is scarcely likely the plan will be adopted. ‘ Damm and Larsen have quarreled bit- terly over the situation, and the other day actually came to blows in a’dispute as to what should be done. One favors a frank avowal of the impossibility of ever carrying out the scheme, and the other favors putting on a bold front and attempting to carry it through. The Ministry is convinced that the capi- talists will be unabie to fulfill their prom- ises, and a renewal of negotiations with the United States is only a matter of time. " The best informed Radicals hold that when the proposition to sell comes up again there will be scarcely a voice in the country against it. COVERNMENT Views of Bradford on Wireless Telegraph. San Francisco to Get Navy Station for Instruction, Complaint Is Made Concern- ing the Laying of the Pacific Cable. AR N ‘WASHINGTON, Nov. 10.—Government control of all wireless telegraph stations along the coasts of the United States is recommended by Rear Admiral R. B. Bradford, chief of the Bureau of Bquip- nt, in his annual report which was is- sugd to-day. Foreign governments, it is pointed out, are exercising careful super- visfon over the location of wireless sta- tions within their waters, thus insuring prompt transmission of messages at all times. Admiral Bradford says it is pro- posed to establish wireless telegraph sta- tions for the purpose of instructing offi- cers and men at Newport, New York, San Francisco and probably other naval sta- tions. In order to ascertain the effect of heat, which is said to be injurious to the successful working of wireless apparatus, a station will be established at Key West, Fla. Although other naval powers are far in advance of the United States in the in- stallation of wireless telegraph appliances on board naval ships, Rear Admiral Brad- conservative polfey 'In. the adoption of some particular ‘system for use in the navy. FOUR SYSTEMS DEVELOPED. Many vessels are now ready for the in- stallation of wireless apparatus and oth- ers are being prepared. No satisfactory results have yet been obtained by the board of officers in charge of tests of the various systems and it is proposed to purchase other instruments for trial be- fore a selection is made. Four systems of wireless telegraph have been developed in Europe, which seem promising. The bureau has purchased two sets of each and certain appliances from the makers | which appeared promising. Attention is called to the opportunity for officers of studying wireless telegraphy, only three having been engaged in this work thus far. In foreign navies commissions of distinguished officers are engaged solely in this service. In regard to the construction of the trans-Pacific cable, Rear Admiral Brad- ford reports that so far as he is aware the Commercial Pacific Cable Company has signified no intention of following the Government requirement for building a cable as specified by the President. The report gays that, although the officers of the company appeared anxious before ad- journment of Congress to-obtain the Pa- cific cable surveys made by the depart- ment, no application has been made at the department for this information. NO RELAY STATIONS. The report says that no statement has been given out concerning the route the company intends to follow nor have steps been taken. to prepare relay stations on American territory considered necessary by the department with the exception of acquiring the site for landing the cable near Honolulu. In sixty-one foreign ports agreements have been made to supply ships of the navy with coal at below current rates. Admiral Bradford says that owing to the lack of naval coal depots the fleet nar- rowly escaped being left without coal last summer as a result of the strike. He adds: “Should there be a general strike of bituminous coal miners or employes of railroads carrying coal to the tide water, or in transportation lines generally, the ships of the navy would at present be helpless.” To overcome this danger it is recom- mended that large stocks of coal be kept on hand at all times and placed at con- venient depots along the coast. Rear Admiral Bradford expects that the de- mand for these depots will be even great- er ingthe future, in view of the changing politics of the world. It is recommended that Port Royal, S. C., which probably is to be abandoned for use as a naval station, be the site of a naval coal depot.' Admiral Bradford suggests that a stor- age capacity of 25,000 tons should be se- cured at the Guam naval station. with adequate means for handling the coal rapidly, as this port will undoubtedly be- come an imvportant port of call with the completion of the isthmian canal. Youthful Slayer Sentenced. g SALT LAKE, Nov. 10 —Roy Kaighn, the youthful slayer of Willard C. Haynes, the well-known Chicago traveling man, was this afternoon sentenced to five years in the venitentiary. It is said the case will be appealed to the Supreme Court. The murder occurred in the rotunda of the Knutsford Hotel, November 26, 1901, and was the outcome of attentions paid by Haynes to a sister of Kaighn's step- mother. . & _does not think any ground Has been ;i United-States in- pursiing-w e COLOMBIA MAY L3t THE GANAL Throws Obstacles in the Way of America. Title of the Panama Company Is Not Perfect. Nicaragua and Costa Rica Are Ready to Make Suitable Terms. Specia! Dispatch to The Call. CALL BUREAU, 1406 G STREET, N. W., WASHINGTON, Nov. 10.—Obstacles at present insurmountable still stand”in the way of building an American canal by way of Panama, and the administration halts. Meantime Nicaragua looms, not only as a possibility but as the only route by which the waterway from the Atlan- tic to the Pacific can be built strictly ae~ cording to the terms of the canal act. President Roosevelt sent for Senator | Spooner, the author of the bill, and con- ferred with him for more than two hours to-day in reference to the difficulties with the Colombian Government. Secretary Hay, upon whom falls the responsibility of negotiating treaties with the Central American governments, is now in doubt whether or not a document can be drawn up between this Government and Colom- bia which will be satigfactory to the two- thirds of the members of the Senate re- quired to ratify it., TACTICS OF COLOMBIA. difficulty in negotiating such a treaty, but it also has some trouble in finding a re- sponsible Government in Colombia with which to negotiate. The government that has’ risen out of the Insurrection has | ralsed the price for a canal strip by $3,000,000 and at the same time hesitates to grant the perpetual control required by the act, and now seems bound to not con- cede sufficlent jurisdiction to avoid all future complications. In the meantime word comes to Wash- ington from a source of the highest au- thority that the governments of Costa Rica and Nicaragua stand ready to nego- tiate a treaty practically on the United States Government’s own terms. Secretary Hay has conferred with sev- eral statesmen and diplomats on the sub- Ject of the canal within the last few days and these conferences have disclosed the | stubborn fact that neither the Govern- ment of France nor the Government of Colombia will give the United States a satisfactory guarantee and furnish secu- rity to support a perfect title to the Pan- ama canal property, for which the United States is required to pay $40,000,000. Some-of the ablest statesmen and diplo- mants in this country have studied care- fully the report of Attorney General Knox, based upon a personal investiga- tion in France, in which he declares his belief that the title to the Panama canal property is “good, valid and unincum- bered.” With due deference to the legal ability d patriotism of the Attorney General, there are good lawyers who assert that the United States should hesitate to ex- pend $40,000,000 unless the terms of the act providing for the construction of the canal are strictly complied with. The law re- quires the canal company to furnish “sat- isfactory title.” FRANCE HOLDS ALOOF. France has cautiously refrained from assuming any responsibility in the pend- ing negotiations with the Panama Canal Company, and these who are interested in the subject Insist that as soon as the new Panama Canal Company makes the trans- fer of its property to the United States it dies a natural death and ceases to be liable for any dificulties which may arise between the United States and Colombia. In other words, the French company sim- ply says: “For $10,000,000 we will get out of your way and leave you to deal with Colombta.” Those who are familiar with conditions in Colombia say the Colombian Govern- ment cannot be induced to give a guaran- tee and security to protect the United States against all incumbrances. Colom- bia's consent cannot be obtained to any such proposition. Senator Harris of Kansas, a member of the Senate Committee on Interoceanic Canals, expressed the opinion to-day that Jt President Roosevelt does not expend any of the $40,000,000 appropriated at the last session of Congress for the purchase of the property of the Panama Canal Company before March 4 next, the date of the expiration of the Fifty-seventh Con- gress, the entire appropriation will lapse and a new law will have to be enacted and a new appropriation made if negotia- tions are to be carried on after that time. Indignant Over Mascagni’s Arrest. ROME, Nov. 10.—The arrest of Mas- cagni, the Italian commoser, at Boston has caused an unpleasant impression and much indignant comments. The papers ask if, in view of the personality of Mascagni, his arrest could not have been avoided, and inquire what would have been said in the United States if Mark Twain had been arrested in Rome for .| 1awbreaking through ignorance.