The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 7, 1903, Page 1

— " VOLUME XCIII—-NO. 38, SAN FRANCISCO, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 7, SENATORS DECLINE TO CONSIDER THE GAGE APPOINTMENTS, 1903 PRICE FIVE CENTS. MESSAGE OF THE RETIRING GOVERNOR IS SIDETRACKED AND DR. PARDEE IS MADE MASTER OF ALIL THE PATRONAGE RUSbIA IS AN BY GREAT FIGHTEEN | G0 DOWN .. = TODEATH PROTEST TO SULTAN Objects to Concession Permitting Unarmed Torpedo Boat De- stroyers to Pass Through the Dardanelles GERED BRITAIN’S Norwetrlan Bark- Prince Arthur Wrecked. Mistake of Captain Costs Nearly Score 0f LIVES. ssel Crmb Upnn Rocks Near the Carmanah Vesst A misir thick westerly gale ng the g s ss of eighteer the Norweglan iron bark Pri 6.—Great protested has vigor \Upper House. at Eleventh Final Effort Administration Makes Once More Urges Chance Lost/ATTORNEY GENERAL STATES PRESIDENT’S ANTI-TRUST VIEWS Public Its Opinion as to the Evils to Be Corrected and Immediate Legislation | b Frustrates | | § & A L ! iu)mmnn\\e:llth over to Gov-| { ernor-elect George C. Pardee, | | {aml all of the inter-session ap- | |ernor Gage last night to enlist | sid-timer t Turkis Government | t that he mistook t the permission granted in | Ae p for the Flattery | Septemt ast to the unarmed Russ & n to destru torpedo-t destroyers to pass throu | e Dardanelles into the Black.Sea un- | £ his r the ial flag of Russig. Thes . o til » | s e P note says the passage c X knew s by the torpedo-boat | | - be a violation of the ex- | wor national treaties, und that if P07 | " s of hips are thus allowed to use UL AY aF 7‘ LTS v - - nelles Great Britain will re P T s e serve right to demand similar privi- ':‘ R T i e ‘vl‘ m TURKISH RULER WHO MAY g e pos s caused irritation ir DEFY ENGLAND TO PLEASE s was soon ap- lcs and conce RUSSIA st be made to h authorities, R reak other powers will follow the e; e P D = -+ he s were lowered at Britain t the German Government declines to It is said that Tu te itself with the protest of Great el o e and italy to the Porte concerning despite protest of € BERLIN, Jan the eat Britain e meager 6.—The press is informed through the Dardanelles into r unarmed Russlan | and that it has | effect. azge by the| ®F al the | ceived developed that the writer sald the | schooner reported wrecked iz either of | £ wreck was from Valparaiso, and as the | the overdue schooners General Siglin or . Prince Arthur was due from there, there | South Bend L news y-five is no question t she i= the ship whose P wilderness to the nearest | crew met such a tragic fate at the ter- | MISTARES YOUNG GIRL . ng ncesword came to- | mination of her long voyage. The ex- - ation to a local | treme fsolstion from telegraphic commu. FOR A CHICKEN THIEF | ni ion of the place where the bark wen ashore makes particulars hard to obtain it will be several days before further er the bodies of the un- wreck were lers had no | detafls will be received. if3 ised and bat- | “The Prince’ Arthur was formerly. the ered corpses and dug graves for them | British ship Houghton Tower and was back from the hig built in Birkenhead, England, in 1862, for water mark as rapid- > the surf was G. R. Clover & Co. She was a vessel of 1598 gross tons, 210 feet .Jong by 40 feet beam and 23 feet depth of hold. In her earlier career the vessel was in trade with e vessel at the time the courier left ken up and the wreckage was v itself to pieces in the breakers, the East Indies, but she was sold some | Ninth street and West, Tenth avenue, 1 g additional dangers to the |years ago to P. H. Roer of Christiania, | ringing doorbells and playing similar . c woodsmen, who risked their lives | who has ever since operated her in the | pranks. Her hat blew into Mas!e\ s yard 4o a last sad service for their fellow | lumber trade, carrying many cargoes | end when she went after Massey from Puget Sound to foreign lands. It is probable that orders will be issued 1o all tugs who make a business of seek- ing tows off Cape Flattery to visit the scene of the wreck in the hope that the original story of the Indian runner that the vesgel was breaking up may have been exaggerated and precipitated by the | washing ashore of rigging which was shaken loose when the vessel first pound- ed against the submerged and treacher- ous reefs. In the event of there being any possible chance the immense towing | fleet of the Puget Sound Tugboat Com- CAPTAIN’S FATAL ERROR. e Prince Arthur does not & men, who aver that her m was sealed the moment her prow side the Umatilla lightship. There ¢ for the vessel, particularly \hvkus«r supposing the lattery Light, shaped his nd was soon among the ks of the reef. The position Prince Arthur struck is iden- ! same as that from which the | Flottbeck was rescued two en it fequired the ser- f the largest towing ma- fic Coast to release her tw sk ago, b es of three ~rmAr are render such reli be possible. on 1 0ld timers, howe assert that there R | will be nothing left to tell the story of the th the Prince Arthur the case was | disaster. as may e Pa dilemma w different, the accident occurring Inte at WRECEA MES ght during @ howling gale from the | o o ASHORE. west, when even stanch tugboats sought | dimir dA shelter. The position is one of the worst | TUE VI8 SR8 Buotia Orast Tosy on the Pacific Coast | and the Government | Off Carmanah Light. marked the place 1o me.‘ VICTORIA, B. C., Jan. 6—Letters re- an accident as has over- | ’ cefved to-day from Cdrmanah state that the unfortunate Norwegian bark. further wreckage has been found there. CONF¥USION IN NAMES. ‘Boime time ago the lightkeeper reported A confusion of mames in the original that the stern of a ship’s boat with the report from the scene of the disaster leq | Dame *Ericson, Cardiff,” was washed the belief that the vessel which had | 2shore. Now he says that much new met her fate in the breakers was the | Wreckage has been washed ashore, includ- Norwegian ship Prince Albert, bound to | | ing the remains of a small steamer and Puget Sound from Cape Town, Somhlirhooner. Africa. This vessel sailed on November| From other sources it is learned that 15 and & discrepancy in dates proved the | the wrecked steamer is the tug\Viadimir, utter impossibility of the original report '""Ch arifted to sea from her moorings being correct t San n on December 28. Furtber investigation of the letter re- Xl is not thought probable that extensively st such the | pany will be dispatched with all haste to | Leona Whitehouse of Denver Is Shot by a Neighbor While Masquer- ading in Boy’s Clothes. DENVER, Jan. 6.—Leona Whitehouse, aged 17 years, was seriously and perhaps fatally shot by mistake by William Mas- sey,.a neighbor, this evening. With two other girls Miss Whitehouse dressed in boy's clothes and went about the neigh- | borhood of her home, corner of South thinking her a chicken thief, m at her. | The ball took effect in her face, inflicting a dangerous wound. Miss Whitehouse is a daughter of James Whitehouse, a sculptor, now with John D. McGilvray, a building contractor, in Sap Francisco, | BRITISHE AND BoER GENERALS AT A BANQUET Late Enemies Meet at Table at Pre- toria and Drink to King Edward. PRETORIA, Jan. 6.—A great banquet glven to-might in honor of Mr. Chamber- lain brought together many notable men, including Lord Milner,‘British High Com- missioner in South Africa, General Lyt tleton and General Baden-Powell and the Boer Generals Delarey and Botha. It was the first occasion since the war thar the English generals had met their late cnemies at table. Toasts to King Ea- | ward and the royal family were honoreq with enthusiasm REPUBLICAN SENATORS WILL SUCCEED THEMSELVES HARRISBURG. - Pa.. Jan. 6—Unitea States Senator Boise Penrose was nomi- nated by the Republican cancus to-night to succeed himself. The Democratic cau. cus nominated Colonel J. F. Guffey. | meda County, and Leavitt spe- Schemes. 1 Special X)lwfllo The Call. L. HEADQUAR-|! | TERS, SACRAMEN- | TO, Jan. 6.—The Sen- 3 ate of the State of Cali- | fornia has turned.the entire ad- | | ministration of ®he affairs of the | {pointments of Governor Henry Gage have finally been given into Ilhe care of the new Governor. There is no longer any possibility | | of the Senate confirming any of{ | ‘the appointments that have I:eu\‘* | | | made by Governor GAge during | the last two vears, and even the? {attempt that was made by Gov- | [the sympathies of ths Demo- eratic menthér® of the Senate have been without any resu!t, no !mauer whether they had agreed ' to the Gage programme or not. — % The Senate to-day completely * ; sidetracked the Governor's mes- | | TWO STATESMEN WHO HAVE DE- | sage in which he announced his | | CLARED THEIR ATTITUDE ON | appointments, and while they re- | s s | ceived the document they mercly * 4 5 . . . Y s e | | should be given poweér to restrain such | ordered it printed in the 'Journa] i S miseitisan ot T ielemnesits. sl and then arranged for their meet- Such legislation Is necessary because | | ing to- g | | the wxisting interstate commerce law does | ing to-morrow, so that under no not give an effective remedy in this class combination of circumstances can of cases against either shipper or carrier. | the consideration of them he 1| The casus omissus In the interstate ;s = —*%* | commerce act should now be supplied by | reached before the inauguration ASHINGTON, Jan. 6—The fol- | imposing a penalty upon carrier and | of Dr. Pardee. lowing ‘abstract of the Attor-) beneficiary alike and by giving to the ney General's recommenda- /tlons regarding. trusts -and nmhmatlon< which was made public to- was given out at the White House to- ntgm It represents the general attitude | of the administration on this subject and was authorized by the President: Preliminary—The people do not the business of the country to be SNUB FOR GOVERNOR. 'W The message that the Senate | | refused to receive yesterday \\ihy | presented to-day and consisted ot | ;l\\n Parts. The first was the mch laage proper and the second was desire inter- 5 : ed with beyond the regulation neces- | the list. of appointments OVET | sary to control combinations where they | | which there has been so much |act improperiy and to correct any mvf | hle % b fi dency toward,monopoly. In this country, | trouble for the last few - d‘l.‘ S. | where money is cheap and abundant and } | Both messages were ordered |withir the reach of keen and capable | ! o ) li men, monopoly will be impossible, if com- | i printed in the journal “pending { petitton s kept free. | | theip consideration by the Sen-, Small enterprises have certain advant- | “o | ages over large combinations and will ate Tl\at 0"*](]6]’3(101] “‘” live and thrive if assured of an open and fair d. Rebates and discriminatory rates constitute one of the chief restric- tions on competition.. They unquestion- ably swell the earnings of favored con- cerns and, supporting a vast volume of capital stock which represents nothing but unfair advantage over rivals, contri- | bute largely to the upbuilding of monop- | oly. | Enm come until after Dr. George C. Pardee has had an opportunity to do as he may see fit widh all of the patronage that has been given out by Governor Gage in the last two years. Then, to show how impossible it is for the Senate to reach these appoint- ments to-morrow, it is only nec- essary to quote the meeting time of the Senate and the time of the inauguration, and the way in which Governor Gage's appoint- ments were passed over into the new administration becomes at once apparent. When the Senate adjourned to-day it was upon motion of Senator F. W. Leavitt of Ala- SOME IMPROVEMENT SHOWN. The situation respecting transportation | discrin:inations and the entry of Inde- pendent capital into new industries has | lately been improved. It is now known | that the amount of capital embarked in independent entemprises in the past two years at least equals the total capital of the great combinations formed within the | previous twelve vears. With assurance against predatory, competition, this im- | provement will continue. Individual in- dustrial experience, with the certainty of sccure employment of capital, may be | {rusted to compete effectively with.such selfish combinatiens as are not formed for sound economic reasons, but merely in order to capitalize the country’s prosper- ity for the benefit of their promoters. The existence of most of these combinations has not increased the productive capacity of the country; they have merely acquired the ownership of pre-existing Industries. Recommendations for immediate iegis- 1ation—That all discriminatory practices affecting interstate trade be made of- fenses to be enjoined and punished. Such legislation to 'be directed alike against those who give and those who receive illegal advantages and to cover discrimination in prices as against com- petitors in particular localities resorted to for the purpose of destroyi ing compe- tition. IMPOSITION OF PENALTIES. In order to reach producers guilty of these offenses who are, as producers cifically mentioned in his motion that the time to which the ad- journment should be had would be at exactly 12:40 o’clock. There was no reason why the time should not have been 10 o’clock or - 11 o'clock in the morning or exactly noon, but Senator Leavitt, who has been handling the effort to prevent consideration of these appoint- ments specifically mentioned BISMARCK, N, D,, Jan. 6.—1. C. Hans- brough was to-day unanimously chosen by the Republican caucus to succeed him- self as United States Senator. X merely, beyond nationial control, a pen- alty should be imposed upon the inter- state and foreign transportation of goods produced by them , and Federal courts 12:40 o'clock in his motion, and Continued on Page 4, Column 3. courts the right to restrain all skch in- fractlons of the law. The prohibition against carriers should be limited to those subject to the act to regulate commerce. Only carriers op- erating a | of railroad or a rail and water line as one line are required to pub- 1k ? their ratés and adhere to them. It s /impracticable to control lines operat- ing wholly by water. Rates of water transportation are necessarily open to the freest competition, are invariably low by comparison, and thus naturally furnish the standard of reasonableness without express regulation. It should be made unlawful to trans- port traffic by carriers subject to the in- terstate commerce act al less rates than the published rate, and all who partici- pate In violating the law should be pun- ished. NONE SHOULD BE OVERLOOKED Provision should also be made to reach corporations and combines which produce wholly within a State, but whose products enter interstate commerce. This pro- vision should relate first to concerns which fatten on rebates; second, to con- ;cerns which sell commoditles below the general price in particular localities or in ary other way in particular localities seek to destroy competition. There should be a comprehensive plan to enable the Government to get at all the facts bearing upon the organization and practices of concerns engaged in in- | terstate commerce, not with a view to hampering any legitimate business of such concerns, but in order to be in posi- tion (o take action if necessary, ~ To this end a commission or special bu- reau in the proposed Bureau of Commerce could be created, whose duty it should be to investigate the operations of concerns engaged in interstate or foreign com- merce, to gather information and data cn- abling it to make recommendations for additional legislation, to report to the President. This would be a.first step in securing proper publicity. This commis- sion should have authority to inquire into the management of any concern doing an interstate business whenever it becomes necessary or desirable; it should have the authority to call for reports from them, to- compel testimony from all witnesses, and the production of books, papers, etc. These recommendations are based on the central thought that the first step should be taken by a law aimed at what are certainly known to be unreasonable practices directly restrictive of freedom of commerce and by a law securing some governmental supervision as . outlined above. A speclal act should be passed at once to speed the final decision of cases pending or ‘to be raised under the present Confinmdmhna,culm& | | 1l | CHIPMANS AESICHATION la EXPEGTED United Railroads to Select Another | Manager. ‘Henry Lynch May Be Appointed to the Position. |Expenses Have Increased and Earnings Not Up to Expectations. ““Wars and rumors of wars’™” are making matters hum around the executive offices of the United Railroads. It is said that Brown Bros. of New York are dissatisfled with their investment in purchasing the street railway systems of this city; that the money is not rolling In half as fast as the New York financiers expected; that General Manager George F. Chapman, sent out by the Browns from the East to succeed E. P. Vining. has net come up to expectations and it Is belleved that he will not remain even'to fill out his yearly contract. It is declared that every | branch of the United Railroads is demor- alized; that the departments of the cor- poration are not working in harmony, with | the one exception of holding indignation meetings, in which every one present de- nounces Manager Chapman and his methods in loud terms. It s sald that President Arthur Hol- land. who represents Brown Bros. finan- clally, now meets Manager Chapman with coldness and has already decided who will | succged Chapman® when his managerial head falls into the basket. Last night it was persistently rumored that th: man who will succeed Chapman is Henry H. Lynch, at preseat superintendent of con- struction for the corporation. Manager Chapman has been severely criticized during his-brief administration | in this city. His relations with the Car- men’s Union have been far from cordial and his selection of Inspectors ralsed a \mlghtv howl. The Carmen's Union ex- | pelled sixteen employes of the road re- | cently from its orgdnization, as their | loyaity to the union was doubted. These sixteen men are still in the employ of | the road, but the executive committee of the Carmen's Union will refuse to work with them when the company enters upon the next yearly agreement with its em- ployes | SYMPATHY FOR DEBENHAM. More than once President Cornelius of the Carmen’s Union was on the peint of refusing to deal with Manager Chapman in business matters and wished. to deal di- rectly with Brown Bros. of New York In every case a compromise was effected. however, and it is said that Manager Chapman was willing to do anything rather than suffer the indignity of being ignored by the Streetcar Men's Union. The latest act that has aroused the ire the street car men is the aceeptance the resignation of Geor Debenham who ‘was connected with the Market street system for twenty-five vears and was for a long time car dispatcher at Twenty-ninth-street carhouse. Quite recently Charles B. Kitch was ap- pointed in authority over Debenham at the Turk and Fillmore streets carhouse Debenham’s friends say that Kitch made it so unbearable for him that at last he could do nothing other than resign. The carmen last Saturday presented Deben- ham with a handsome gold watch and chain as a token of their appreciation of his justice to them. BAD RAINY DAY SERVICE. The more important officials of the road also have grievances against Chapman. Quite recently they were informed that an- nual passes would soon be abolished and that in the future persons enjoying tia privilege would be furnished with books filled with coupons, and that every they rode they must present one of these little tickets to the conductor. In justice to Mr. Chapman it may be said that this system of passes is now in vogue in Los Angeles, but the subordinate officials of the United Railroads in this city do not take kindly to this new innovation. Those who are criticizing, Manager Chapman assert .that since he has sumed the managership the expenses have bounded up to an alarming extent and that, on 'the other hand, he is not giving the general public as good ser- vice as it is entitled to. As an instance of this, they claim that on rainy and stormy daye a large number of the street cars are taken off and that tle cars are run a great deal too far apart at such times. Secretary Hanlon, whom Manager Chapman brought out with him from the East, Is also severely talked about. — time an- rs. Elizabeth Heroy. . SEATTLE, Jan. 6.—Mrs. Elizabeth Hex roy, the first white woman in Siskiyou County, California, died here to-day, aged 3 years.