The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 3, 1902, Page 1

VOLUME XCIII-NO. 3 SAN FRANCISCO, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 3,/ 1902. PRICE FIVE CENTS. VARY LIES IRE LOST IN THE WRECKS Series of Serious Disasters - to Vessels. 4 | Violent Storms Sweep | Coasts of United Kingdom, Bodies of Unfortunate Men on Destroyed Ships Are Washed Ashore. JONDON, Dec. 3.—Storms are continu- ing with great violence on the coasts of | the United Kingdom. Many wrecks are reported and bodies of men lost in these | disasters already are being washed | shore. Navigation around the northeast oast is almost paralyzed. The Norwegian bark George Ville has | been wrecked at South Ronaldshay in the Orkneys. Three of her crew were drown- | ed and her captain and three others of | the ship's company were picked up on the | y coast after having been seven | hours in the water. | The British schooner Eliza Bain was wrecked at Sunderland to-night while trying to make the harbor and it is be- eved that all hands were lost. The Dan- h barkentine Delos landed at Plymouth to-day irteen of the crew of the Nor- weg steamer King Sigard, which were 'd by the Delos when the King Sig- was on* the point of sinking in the of Biscay. | —_— | HEROES AMONG THE MATES. of Two Men Save the of a Steamer. L Mich., Dec. 2.— | amer Hebard was morning and pulled chair” between 3 and 5 a. m., when the pounding to pieces on the“ ds off Mammaise Point, sixty f the “Soo.” { sel went on the rocks bow-on | nding snowstorm shortly after t. Thé crew could just distin: | the outlines of the rocky shore and looked hough no small boat souid | live in the raging sea that was | g over the ship's decks with every res. Daring Deeds Crew heurs of wa mer ish ssibly t was already settling was evident that the could not withstand the strain. ers to make the attempt to carry | ore were found in First Mate nd Second Mate Jackson. The ad been stove in by the g remained for the perilous but a little skiff. In this frail | e two mates set out. Twice | hurled back by the waves | all but reached the goal, | me the boat spilled them | ne of safety. Clam- | r clinging tightly to | which hung the lives of | d the ship, the two | eding from head to 1 the shore. | who lives near by, | Os came upon scene with his sons in| time to assist in making fast the line | 3 helped the first members of | the crew to the shore. Two were hauled | in the chair at o ce for the first two | trips, and the fifth passenger was Miss Jennie Barnes. i Captain Ryan had a narrow escape from Geath at the last moment. As he was swinging clear of the vessel the lines | became entangled, and it was a difficult | task to get him ashore. He was thrown out of the chair and had to be hauled | out of' the surf by the members of the | crew who had preceded him. It was 10 o'clock in the morning when all were safely on shore. | THOUSANDS OF MEN WILL ASK INGB.EAS‘E\ Powerful Labor Organizations to Re- quest Higher Wages for Raily road Employes. CHICAGO, Dec. 2—The Chronicle to- morrow will say: With the purpose of | formuleting requests for Increases of | from 10 to 20 per cent in the pay of 170,000 railroad employes, committees from four | powerful labor organizations are now | meeting in Chicago. They are holding | daily sessions in four Chicago hotels and | may be expected to present their de- | mand to !}‘{: raflroad officials next week. | The four organizations represented by the | committees are the Brotherhood of Lo- comotive Engineers, membership 41,000; Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen, | mbership 47,000; Brotherhood of Rall- road Trainmen, membership 50,000; Order of Railway Conductors, membership 20,- 000. FRENCH GOVERNMENT { WILL MAN VESSELS Dec. 2—The Council of Min- | at a meeting to-day decided that to the serfous interruption of traffic | to the saflors’ and stokers’ strike at Marseilles, the Governmernt will organ- mmediately a provisional service by sitioning the companies’ vessels and | them with saflors from the 2. ring ter of Commerce Trouillot pre- retailed plan for two weekly Algiers, Tunis, Corsica and points. This is expected to relieve wie paralysis of traffic, but it may arorse the strikers to acts of resentment. ted a @ sailings fo cther | gang then started southward. JEROME INVADES THE GIBRALTAR OF GAMBLING PALACES District Attorney Leads the Police in Raids on Resorts in Fashionable Localities That Were Considered Impregnable LSS R S ST EW YORK, Dec. 2.—District Attorney Jerome’s sensa- tional raids on alleged gam- bling resorts, begun abo@t | midnight last night, continued until 4:30 o'clock this morning and numerous small places were raided. The attacks on the latter, however, were almost overlooked ‘in the public interest which centered In the as- saults on the mansions occupled by Rich- ard A. Canfield and William Burbridge, which were entered by means of ladders, axes and sledges. The police allege that Frank Farrell is interested in Burbridge's place. Great quantities of costlv ‘“evi- dence” were carted from those places by the police, but arrests were few. Up to last night a general impression prevailed that Canfield’s, which is in the heart of the fashionable uptown district, only ‘a few doors from Fifth avenue and near two' celebrated restaurahts, was a “‘Gib- raltar,” which could not be takef, and a similar belief prevailed in regard .to Burbridge's place, which was especially protected by steel doors. -This vlace is in a cross street, uptown, only “half a block from Fifth avenue and a few steps from a celebrated hotel. FLOCK TO THE SCENE. So great was public interest aroused by the news of the rald on Canfield's that | people flocked to the neighborhood until the intersection of Fifth avenue and For- ty-fourth street, the corner nearest Can- field’s, was blocked with carrfages and people. After Burbridge's ' the - raiders visited Ludlam’s place, otherwise known as the “Savoy Ciub.” They got one man there, a colored subordinate employed about the place. Jerome, Captain Piper, Inspector Brooks, several assistants to. the District Attorney and numerous detectives were busy ! in Ludlam’s place until after.4) o’clock this morning. They blew open a safe in their hunt for evidence. Earlier in the night District Attorney Jerome made many raids in the down- town quarters of alleged disorderly houses, These were ‘preliminaries,” as it were, to the two Dig events, Canfield's and Burbridge’s. . . BAND OF HOBOS RAIDING - IN MONTEREY COUNTY Rob Work Trains and Hotels and Hold Up Travelers They .- | Chance to Meet. SALINAS, Dec. 2—Reports were receiv- ed from Southern Monteréy County to- night to the effect that a band of Eastern and Canadian hobos were robbing work trains, hotels and stations, besides_hold- ing up pedestrians, while traveling toward the Mexican line, :On Saturday‘the gang entered Hotel San Lucas, robbed the pro- prietor and employes and ransacked every room, getting money, watches and cloth- ing valued at $500. Yesterday, near Welsonla, while a con- struction gang was at work, the hobos entered a work train, held up the cooks' and others, and took all of the eatables. Then they ransacked the sleeping cars. As the paycar had passed very recently a/ large sum of money was secured. °The were | | GOTHAM'S DISTRICT ATTOR- NEY' WHO WAGES WAR ON THE GAMBLERS. + A District Attorney- Jerome declined ab- Solutely to make any Sort of statement after his night’s work. RAIDS ARE ANTICIPATED. Captain Lantry, of the East Fifty-first | street station, in whose precinct the Can- field place has been for years, declared to the reporters and others assembled that he had never expected to live to see such an event'as the raiding of Canfield’s. The raids were expected in every place visited. In Canfield’s the owner declared nothing had‘been “doing” for weeks. It was much ‘the same ‘in Burbridge’s, and Ludlam’s, although Joseph Jacobs, the Citizens’ Union detective, last night de- claréd he had played in' every place. But that the raids were to be made seemed to have reached the men interested, for every place was prepared as if in advance. At Burbridge’s they even left the great stéel'door ajar and it was not until the policemen had mounted ladders and done some smashing that this fact became krown to them. Then they went into the house in the usual way. Canfield was not arrested. The report last .night -to .that effect was erroneous. He was held at his house for identifica- tion by a_detective, who_claimed to. have gambled in the house, but the detective said Canfield was not the man who had dealt faro for him. Later the detective said E. W. Bucklin was the man, and Bucklin was arrested. He is reputed to be Canfleld’s manager.. | @ fegioogeieiooioirinirininieinirieivie e iininivieieinieieldelvieiialeinieieieieieieieie- O ROBBERY THE MOTIVE . .OF SMITH'S MURDERER Inquest Confirms Account .Given by Widow. of Highwayman’s Victim. . SACR}MENTO, Dec. 2.—The inquest to- night into the death of F. M. Smith, the barber who was shot and killed and then robbed by a highwayman last night, de- veloped no new facts:»The officers who have been investigating the case said to- night they were inclined to acept the statement given by Mrs. Smith, who was returning’ from''a fishing trip with her husband when he met death. That a robber should have selected such' an out-of-the-way place as the American River path, and should have run‘the risk of having the woman give the alarm, is regarded as the most singular feature of the case. Nevertheless nothing has developed to discredit the statem®nt of Mrs. Smith orjito show that the murder —— EURGLAR OPENS FIRE AND THEN ESCAPES DENVER, Dec! 2.—Joseph W. Gilluly, treasurer of the Denver and Rio Grande Railway Company, narrowly. escaped death at the hands of a burglar at his home at 1145 Pennsylvania avenue to- night. The man had entercd 'the house through a second-story window and when discovered by Gilluly fired one shot and made his escape. The bullet barely missed its mark. Gilluly’s daughter, Miss Mabel, is to be married to-morrow to, W. V. Hodges, a well-known attorney, and, the burglar was after some of the wed- ding presents. > was for any purpose other than robbery. Smith was formerly. employed at . the Russ House barbershop in San Fran- cisco. 2 COSSACKS IN BATTLE 9 WITH MOB OF STRIKERS Several Men Are Reported to Have Been Killed in the Con- y flict. TONDON, Dec. 2—A special dispatch from St. Petersburg to-day announces that serious conflicts occurred recently between Cossacks and 3000 strikers at | Viadi-Kavuas. Shots were exchanged and| a_few men were killed and thirty were, wounded on both sides.™ Upward of 100 strikers were arrested LI5S NIT DESHE TRANSPORTS Would NotTakethe Army Boats for a Gift. Railroad Magnate Says Pacific Coast Can’t Compete. i Secretary Root Advocates Giving Philippine Busi- - ness to Shippers. Special Dispatch to The Call CALL BUREAU, 1406 G - STREET, WASHINGTON, Dec. 2—The arrival of James J. Hill in Washington gave rise to a report that he intended to negotiate for the purchase from the War Depart- ment of the Pacific transports and bid for the transportation of troops and supplies to the Philippines in order to checkmate the attempt of San Francls- co’s commercial interests to secure the transports, as they were advised to do by Senator Perkins. Hill vigorously denies he has any such intentions. “I wouldn't take these transports for a gift,” he said to-night. Hill said he meant that these yessels could not be made profitable for carry- ing army supplied at a rate as low as that which was bid by the Boston Steam- ship Company. Incidentally Hill declar- ed as absurd the report that He was in- terested in the company except in so far as the business that ma¥ occur would make business for the Great Northern Railway. In Hill's opinion no interests of combfnation of interests that can be formed on the Pacific Coast can hope to compete with the rates offered by the Boston Steamship Company. This is be- cause there are no American ships in existence on the Pacific Coast that can handle the business. Any company try- ing to operate the. presént army trans- ports. for this purpose, he 'said, “‘would 8o to the panrhouse.” R oo Hill says he does not see how the Gov- ernment can afford to refect the bid of the company represented by Frank Wa- terhouse & Co., agents at Seattle. over, he does not believe the bids are too low to insure the comfgort of soldiers in transit. Hill did not care to talk for being made by San Francisco to retain the military transportation business for that port, but indicated that he doubts the success of these efforts. The War Department is figuring out the comparative advantages of the bids it has received for the transportation | business - to Manila from Pacific ports, and does not expect to award the con- tract for some time to come. Secretary Root strongly advocates giv- ing this business to private shippers, on the ground that they can do it much cheaper than the Government, and at the same time the Government will be aiding the building up of commercial lines be- tween the Pacific Coast and Manila, Pending their investigation and decision, department officials decline to discuss the probabilities of their final action in the matter. FORMER SPEAKER REED SUDDENLY BECOMES ILL Attack of Acute Gastritis Alarms Relatives of the Famous Parli- amentarian. WASHINGTON, Dec. 2. — Former Speaker “Thomas B. Reed had a sudden and quite severe attack of gastritis this evening. He was prostrated for a time, but Dr. Gardner, who was called, suc- ceeded in relleving his patient. This sud- den fllness of the former Speaker caused censiderable alarm to his friends, but at a late hour Reed was getting on better than had been expected earlier in the evening. At 10:45 o'clock Dr. Gardner made the following statement: “Mr. Reed had an attack of acute gas- tritis this evening about 6 o’clock, but s resting very quietly now.” The doctor . said he would not call to see his patient again during the night unless summoned, and that he did not expect this to happen, as Reed was im- proving. ADVISES AN INCREASE IN JUDGES’ SALARIES Attoiney General Knox Renews Rec- ommmendation for Higher Pay in the Judiciary. WASHINGTON, Dec. 2.—Attorhey Gen- eral Knox, in his annual report, submit- ted to Congress to-day, renews his rec- ommendation for an increase of the sal- aries of judicial officers throughout the country. The report shows that the num- ber of cases remaining undisposed of ‘in the United States Supreme Court at the close of the October, 1902, term was 344 on the appellate and eleven on 'the origi- nal docke{ At the close of the previous term there were 33 cases undisposed of. The number of cases docketed at the term was 383; number disposed of 375. The statement of criminal prosecutions in the United States courts shows that 16,350 ‘prosecutions terminated during the last year. Of the %602 criminal prosecu- tions pending July 1, 1%02, 262 were for violations ‘of the customs laws, 3504 for violations of internal revenue laws, ") for violations of the postal laws, 10 under the election laws, 100 under the natural- ization laws, 909 tinder the interstate laws, 185 under pension laws, 74 for embezzle- ment.and 3838 miscellaneous prosecutions. On July 1, 1902, .there were 3150 United States convicts in the various prisons and reformatories of the countfy More- | publication in regard to the efforts now'| COUNTRY BACKS-ROOSEVELT - IN THE FIGHT TO A FINISH AGAINST THE GREAT TRUSTS o Conservative Attitude of the President Surprises Statesmen, but His Words Readily Convince Congress Tpit There Is Prompt Need of Legislation for the Alleged Combination Evils OLIVER WBNDBLL HOLMES ; ASSOCIATE M IUSTICE 6F THE ’( SUPREME COURT orUS | | ! JAMES F. SMITH MBEROF T [PHILIP PINE COMMISSION ALL BUREAU, 1406 STREET, N. W., WASHING- TON, Dec. 2-—Between the President and the trusts the i issue was sharply joined in Congress to-day by Roose- velt’s sccond annual message. It is to be a fight to a finish, with the country be- | hind the President. Just as the President believes the trust problem the most im- portant confronting the Government and gives it thé most prominent place in his message, so,does Congress, after reading the measure, regard it as the question of the hour. The message was well received and the. arguments which it makes in favor of ‘trust regulation. have found lodgment in the - minds of members of Congress. In one. respect the message was a surprise. Senators and Represen- tatives were rather expecting that the President would be very extreme in his recommenddtions and combative in stat- ing his views. . They find nothing of the sort. It is a conservative message. At the same. time the President is progres- sive on the line of remedies of the trust evils. 3 Those who have Dbeen hoping that the President would abandon his policy or confuse the subject in a lot ¢f meaning- less platitudes .searched in vain for evi- dence of hesitation or retrogression. They cannot find it. The President is as em- phatic as ever. It Is, true that he has chosen his words ‘with great care in or- der to disarm those critics who havéd been charging that he was an enemy of vested rights and sought to tear down the fabric of prosperity which has been bullt up in the last six years. His friends think that if he has not disarmed these, enemies to-day he had better not writq another line. The President earnestly recommends that Congress take action’ on' the trust ques- tion. The experience of the jgst year has emphasized his opinion on the desirability of such a step. He'seeks to amend the laws touching great. corporations which do an interstate commerce business only to prevent a.further. growth of evils. He does not doubt the power of Congress to act in the matter. If the courts shouid not uphold ‘the law Congress passes, then, he says, we should mnot shrink from amending the constitution so as to secure beyond peradventure .the. power sought. It is now for Congress to act. Oppésition to the passage of any law touching trusts is twofold. It comes first from the men who want nothing done. This class is headed by the attorneys for great corporations like former Speaker Reed, who continued to-day to be conspic- uous about . the Capitol, scoffing at the President’s policy.” Then, too, the opposi® tion comes from'members ocf,oéengress like Senator Hoar of Massachusetts, who take the ground that it is impossible to legis- late upon such a’ great question at the short session of Congress. The consensus of opinion in both branches of Congress to-day, howevgr, was that an adjournment would not be taken until some bill ‘had been sent to, the President. Senator Hoar, who is chairman: of the Senate Committee on Judiciary, believes that to take up the question’ of trusts at this session would result in hasty legisla- tion, which might be worse than no legis- lation at gll. He prefers to wait awhile before 'attacking - the ' question. Other 4 members of the Senate Judiciary Commit- tee do not agree with Senator Hoar as to the wisdom of postponing action, i - FRENCHMEN ARE PLEASED. Tone of the Message Excites Admira- tion in Paris.’ } _FARIS, Dec. 2.—Most of the morning EBENEZER J. HILL, MEMBER OF WAYS AND MEANS _COMMITTEE: MEN WHO FIGURE PROMINENTLY IN BY THE PRESIDENT:DURING RECESS OF CONGRESS. CONNECTI- CUT STATESMAN PLACED ON WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE. — THE; APPOINTMENTS MADE - papers -here give considerable space to President Roosevelt’s message. The few jcurnals that comment ‘on:the message pronounce it an’ original and highly in- teresting document; indpired by ardent patriotism and manifesting great courage on the part of its author,-especially .in his treatment of the trust question. These rapers approve his ‘enunclations regard- ing the foreign- policy of the United States and the Monroe doctrine. The Figaro dwells admiringly_upon the fact that the message has nothing of the commonplace which is a customary fea- ture of communications from European soverelgns to thelr parliaments. e MEASURE AGAINST TRUSTS. Senator Cullom Proposes Amend- ments to the Sherman Law. WASHINGTON, Dec. 2 —Senator Cullom to-day introduced a bill to amend the Sherman anti-trust law. It prohibits in- terstate commerce in articles produced by trusts, the penaity for violations being a fine of from $500 to $5000. The bill authorizes the Attorney General or any District Attorney to make appli~ cation to Federal Judges for the sum- moning of persons before them to answer questions as-to material violations df the anti-trust, law_in advance of the trial, of a casé and requires the Judges to issue orders for the appearance of such per- sons upon this application. In such cases witnesses are to be protected against prosecution on account of their revelas tions,” but they are to be deprived of the right to refuse to answer because of self- incrimination. Annual reports are re- quired to be made by all, persons, firms and. corporations engaged .in interstate commerce. They are to be filed with the Interstate Commerce Commission . and they are to be subject to scrutiny of the Attorney General, but not of the general public. The Attorney General is author- ized to appeint fifteen special agents to seek out violations of the law. A e L FIRST THE COMBINES. Judiciary Committee of the House Begins Its Work Early. WASHINGTON, Dec. 2—The Judiciary Committee of the House held its first meeting, to-day and took prompt action in the. direction of getting an’ anti-trust measure before Congress at the earliest | possible moment. Jenkins of Wisconsin, who has become acting chairman owing to the retirement of Judge - Ray, -re-. ferred all measures dealing with trusts to the sub-committee of which Littlefield of Maine is chairman and that sub-com- mitiee will go to work at once. It is the hove of Littlefield that .a bill can be reported out of the full commit- tee before 'tlie 'adjournment for ~ the Christmas holidays. The committee to- day unanimously voted to request the Speaker to appoint Jenkins chairman of the committee -~/ . 4 =3 ASHINGTON, Dec. 2— Interest in the session of the Senate to-day was heightened by the fact that the President's message to Congress would ' be read and also General Russell A. Alger of Michigan, former Secretary of War under President McKinley, would be sworn in to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Senator McMillan. His desk and chair were hidden beneath a mass of flowers and as he took his seat he was surrounded by a number of his colleagues, who extended “hearty congratulations. In the galleries were a number of General Alger’s personal friends and members of his family. Ore hour and fifteen minutes were conl- sumed in reading the President's mes- sage. Almost the entire Republican rep- resentation- were in their seats, but nat more than half of the'seats on the Dem- ocratic gide’ were occunied. The closest attention ‘was paid to the message as it was being read and frequently Senators would confer regarding some special por- tion of it which had attracted their par- ticular notice. A number of bills and resolutions were introduced, - following a odrief eéxecutive session. - The, resignation of Rev. W. If. Milburn, the blind .chaplain of the Sen- -ate, ‘was ‘received ‘with genuine regret. He’ had become a famillar figure in the body and was personally acquainted with every Senator. No action was taken om the' resignation. At 1:50 p. m. the Senate adjourned un- il to-morrow out of respect to the mems ory of the late Charles H. Russell, Reps resentative from Connecticut. oxnclfar s s o VACANCIES ARE FILLED.' Speaker Makes Some Important Coms mittee Appointments. ¢ WASHINGTON, Dec. 2—The House was In session an hour and fortv min-~ utes to-day. One hour of that time was consumed in reading the President’s mes- sage. The reading was listened to with attention by members without régsfd to party, but without demonstration, except at the conclusion of the reading, when the Republicans applauded generously. Can- nom, " chairman ‘of the Committee on Ap- propriations, gave notice that the bill tb defray the expenses of the coal strike commission would be called up to-mor- row. Th3 deaths of the fate Represen- tative De Graffenreid and Sheppard of Texas, which oecurred during the recess, were announced and after adopting thé customary resolutions of regret the House adjourned as a further mark of respect to their memories. 2 Immediately after the reading of the journal’ Gorden- Russell, who was elected to fill the vacancy caused by the death of R. C. de Graffenreid of Texas and Ed- ward Swann, who was elected to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Amos Continued on Page 2, Column 8§