The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, February 8, 1903, Page 17

e A S as e s e e e o ] $ RS be $ PA%ES 1/ 10 20 0 L0: 3 S »J $ ; B eoeoesioeoe L ] VOLUME XCIII-NO. 70. SAN FRANCISCO, SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1903—FORTY PAGES PRICE FIVE CENTS. ROCKEFELLER’'S WARNING TO UNITED STATES SENATORS THAT THE STANDARD OIL COMPANY WILL NOT TOLERATE ’ E are opposed to any anti-trust legislation. be StOp/’Bd. — Substance of a telegram, bearing John D. Rockefeller’s signature, received by six United States Senators. Our counsel, Mr. LEGISLATION AGAINST TRUSTS AROUSES IRE OF PRESIDENT NELSONS REPUDIATE COMPROMISE WITH SISTERS OF CHARLES L. FAIR Legal Notice Is Served Upon Mrs. Hermann Oelrichs and Mrs. W K. Vanderbilt ]r. That the Settlement Is Set Aside. ' every one. A simple announcement in court that an amicable distribution of the estate among all parties concerned had been agreed vpon ended .the matter for all time, it was thought, until revived to- day by the service of the papers upon the sisters of Charles L. Falr. According to the terms of the wi by Mrs. Fair her mother was to receiv an allowance of $2500 annually from an amount put In trust.{ There were other small bequests to other relative: When Mrs. Nelson came into consulta- tion with the e utors of the estate her deceased daughter’s husband they of- fered to exchange this for a bulk sum, which should be given into her own charge, any past or all of which she might dispose of at her own pleasure. The amount of this amazed the woman, who had heretofore experfericed the hardships 3 of the lowly, a d she lost no time in ac- cepting it TERMS OF COMPROMISE. From the best informadon gained after the settlement, abouc $150,000 award- ed to thg heirs of Mrs, Kair by the ex- cutors of her husband's estate. This was to be distributed among Mrs. Nel- son, the ther; Willlam B. Smith of New, Market, N. J., Charles Smith of Boulder, Colo., and Frank Smith, broth- . WHO WE S WIFE, E YESTERDAY NOT WHO MET DEATH WITH HIM, TED BY THE RBELATIVE: THAT THEY oF WOULD BAT- self possessed, but this aggre- and its amount depended en- the mu her lifetime. But the young wealth was abaut to fall into the hands of others. As husband and wife had dled together the Question as to distribution between his relatives and hers excited public interest, and all eyes were’ turned on San Fgancisco, whither attorneys and heirs had gong to enter | a legal battle that promised to be as as that famous one fought over the [ ole miner's g When Mrs, Nelson started for 8an Francisco from her little home in New Jersey she was besleged by requests from upon millione > are al they made arles Fair tog secure a sum ad- heretofore agreed to they served on Mrs. Her- 1 Mrs. W. K. Vanderbilt deceased Charles L. re determina- elson, her.children b Ule Wetippncpy rneys in all parts of the country to rs. Nelson, who é 1 " " » | make 2 contest and permit them to ban® . r, Blaims that at| 50 13e caze. The great wealth of the was reached she she | estate and the possibility of her receiving the bulk, or at least a great portion of it, was pointed out to them. Some of the lawyers pinned their faith on technicali- ties <f the law, w others contended ed as £t state an t there are 1 personal prop- concerning | to which she y received. | that the dead woman's relatives were the The & ehit by Mrs: Nel- | yotura)l heirs to whatever either of the 4 rney James E. | couple possessed. ¢ remn i pEncy °'| INFORMATION FROM PARIS. siste the deceased | 1t 15 sald that Chandler was anxious to accompany the mother to the Pacific Coast, offering to pay all of her expenses and costs of suit for. the exclusive privi- | lege of handling her cause and delaying the settlement. This she declined, and accepted the services of attorneys who scught a compromise rather than any prolonged strife in the courts. It-is also claimed that Chandler’s eagerness to tem- porize was caused by certaln hints he had received from an assoclate who was | in Paris at the time of the accldént. It | was suggested that certain _evidence might be produced which would warrant a contest, if necessary, and insure a de- cision In favor of the dead wife's rela- nate n the origi- the family of ey refuse to underetood acceptance of speak they t the hint ction should be treated wi STUBBORN FIGHT EXPECTED. Jt was but 2 short time afier the day of the tgrribie accident that public cu- | riosity a8 to what Mrs. Fair's relatives, poor and humble, would receive from the | tives. rich estate was satisfied. It was true . The news of the quick lettlamenl in that they were entitied to swhatever Mrs. |San Francisco came as & surprise to icencé of her hus- | = ers; Mrs. Elizabeth Bunnell of Union County, N. J., and Mrs. Joshua Leonard of Cald- well, N. J., sisters. All agreed to forever renounce all claim and interest they might have or might ever have in the estates. The settlement was effected on the basis of the provisions | and terms of the last will and testament [ of Mrs. Fair and the difference in her in- | dlvidual bequest and that made by tha exccutors represented their gain by the compromise. It 1s understood here that the executors of the Charles Falr estate in San Fran- | @5 that handed to Mrs. | Mrs. Oelric Vanderbiit and e ——— KING MENELIK EXPELS THE FRENCH RESIDENT | M. Legarde Is Driven From Addis Abeba, the Capital of Abyssinia. LONDON, Feb. 8.—A dispatch from Kome to a news agency says reports have been recelved from Addis Abeba, Aby: sinia, that King Menclik has broken off relations with M. Legarde, the French ‘resldenn and expelled him from the cap- jital. M. Legarde is now quartered twen- ty miles from Addis Abeba. RIERCRE S - SR POPE LEO PARTICIPATES IN STRIKING CEREMONY Requiem Mass Cdebmted on Twenty- Fifth Anniversary of Death of Pius IX. P ROME, Feb. 7.—The requiem mass cel- ebrated to-day on the twenty-fifth anni- versary of the .death of Pope Pius I1X was a_striking ceremony. Cardinal Sa.. tolll officiated. The Pove, who was sur. rounded by ‘the members. of the ‘sacred college, the pontifical court and the Rg- man aristocracy, gave the absolution and the - apostolic benediction, aithough he was suffering from a cold. . of il 4 ;prommem Repub Abraham Nelson, half-brother, and | cisco were ferved with the same notice | lPresident at i Once Takes i Action. | R Will Compel Passage of | Law. 7 Atall Threatens to Call Extra Session. e LA ASHINGTON, Feb. 7.—It can be stated by authaor- that unless anti-trust | lation at least reas- | ona satisfactory ‘O 1 the Jdmlnl:trr\nnn is en- acted at present session of Congress | President Roosevelt on the 5th of March aordinary session of the Congress, The - President has told members of Congress of | | determir 1 in this regard. ‘It is | understooa t the announcement was direct and unqualified. | It is further d that the determina- tion of the President was reached onl after careful consideration of the stre ucus efforts that are being made to de- feat any anti-trust legislation by Con—‘ gress. ‘These efforts have covered a wide ram The) were <haracter Jleadet, to quote m,,m: remarkable of M& ‘wiedge dur- | him directly, which I ever had ing my public life.” They culminated during the past thirty- six hours, it is now declared, in direct | appeals from the Standard Ofl Company, through its president, John D. Rockefel- ler, to members of the Senate not to en- | act any anti-trust legislation at this time. | SIX SENATORS “INSTRUCTED.” No lese than six United States Senators | have received telegrams signed *“John D. Rockefeller,” u_rglng that no anti-trust legiglation be &nacted. It has not been possible 1o obtain a copy of these dis- patches, which, it can be sald, are-prac- tically identical. Substantially they read as follow “We are opposed to any anti-trust leg- | islation. Our counsel, Mr. , will see | you. It must be stopped.” | As stated, these telegrams (and it must | Le clear that only t bstance and not | the exXact wording is here given) were signed *“John D. Rockefeller,” i Yesterday morning one of the counsel for the Standard Oil Company arrived in Washington and called immediately upon ! members of the Senate, as indicated in | the telegrams. He did not remain long. Scarcely had he made known his bus ness when he was informed, a bit curtly, that his presence here was,undesirable | and he left with an intimation that he | had better return to New York. During the afternoc formation con- | cerning the receipt of the message leaked out and became the subject of some quiet | cloakroom discussion at the Senate. The | news also reached the House, some of | the prominent Representatives 1earnm;| the gist of the dispatches. NOT THE FIRST OFFENSE. Then it became known ‘that this was not the first time the Standard Oil Com- pany, through its attorneys, had endeav- ored to influénce legislation in Congress | at this session. The attorneys for the company, it is sald, had opposed vigorous- ly the enactment of the measures sub- | mitted by Attorney General Knox to the | sub-committee of the House Judiclary | Committee, Subsequently, when what is | known as the Littlefield bill was reported to the House, it can be said on the best of authority, the Standard Oil Company’s counsel began to devote their opposition particularly to the Nelson athendment to section 6 of the Department of' Commerce bill. The amendment contains practically | the publicity features of the Knox anti- | trust bill. They did not want that incor- porated In the measdre, and, It is said, used their utmost efforts to prevent its | favorable consideration. They were un- successful, as the bill with that amend- ment was agreed upon unanimously ta- day by the conferees of the two branches of Congress. The action of the confereces ' was re- ceived with satisfaction by the officials of the administration, as it is regarded as a long and essential step toward the kind of anti-trust legislation that both the Preés- ident and the Attorney General believe will be effective. It Is that legislation that the Standard Oil so vigorously ob- jects to and which it had hoped might be. headed off through the appeals made to Senators before it reached the stage or actual passage. STANDARD OIL'S ARROGANCE. 1t is said by authority that the adminis- tration hopes that the Elkins rebate bill, which was passed by the Senate this week, will be passed also by the House. While this measure, (£00, is opposed by | ~ d tc-day by one b | this note. @ ittt oot @ { | because, it is explained. that corporation | wll see you. [t *must MOBILIZATION OF TURKISH ARMY A HINT TO RUSSIA AND AUSTRIA “Sick Man” Forestalls Presentation of Powers” Note Insisting Upon > Administrative Reforms in Macedonia. < ARIS, Feb. 7.—Officlal advices b have been received here confirm- ing the report that the Sultan of Turkey has ordered the imme- diate mobilization of. 240,000 troops for a military demonstration in | Macedonia. The steps taken are regarded | with apprehension by the French offi- cials as being. likely to involve complica- tions between Turkey and Russia 'and Austria. - It is said that the Russian and | Austrian governments have agreed on a firm note to the Sultan, which will be pre- sented within the next few days, insist- T ) Gor KON ing on administrative and officlal reforms | ‘ in Macedonia. Although France will not | | be a party to the note, she will approve | of it.. It 1s considered that the Sultan's | mobilization of such an argy.is clearly | an effort to forestall the présentation of | * ] The mobilization of so many troops is | | regarded here as unwise and dangerous, | | especially as it 1s said tnat the soldiers | who are to be brought. into Macedonia | from Asfatic Turkey are semi-barbarous | levies and are hostile to Christians, which | | will tend to inaugurate another series of | | massacres. It ‘1s ‘understood the powers are ex-! | changing views as to the course to be | .z pursued toward the mobilization of Turk- | [ ish troops. | RUSSIAN AND AUSTRIAN OF- l FICIALS STRIVING FOR | | MACEDONIAN REFORMS, those who are in favor of no-trust legis- ! lation, the. special opposition to it does net come from the Standard Oil Company o+ ring the next few days. | has grown beyond any effects the enforca- GEHMANY HAS ment of such legislation might have upon | " it. The President, it is understood, re- | gards the Elkins bill as essential to a | rounding out of the administration’s plan for anti-trust legislation, and it is be- lieved by those in close touch with him ! and with the conditions in Congress that it yet may be enacted Into law. To-night the efforts being mace to de- feat pending anti-trust legislation formed | the subject for some animated confer- ences. Indeed, the subject is likely to be | developed in some detall in Congress. One 1 of the reciplents of the telegram signed Bntlsh Embassador IS by John D. Rockefeller sald: | “No slich formidable weapon ever has | Informed of Secret been put into the hands of one man by 3 another i an executive contest as was Understanding. put into my hands by the sender of that | telegram. If necessary. I will rise in my | BRSSP plice in the Senate and read it. Then we Bowen Makes It Plain That will see-whether, any votes are to be re- | corded. against the legislation at which | Protocols Must Agree these efforts are being directed.” Substantially. VENGEANCE OF CASTRO. 8 e Captured Revolutionist Officers Are| WASHINGTON, Feb. 7.—Disclosures of J Put to Decth. a secret alllance between Gérmany and Sbectad . Cable’ “t. The'’ Call ' and.. New Yorx | 1131 conatituted thie ‘most fmportant de- Herald. Copyright, 1903, by the New York | velopfuent in the Venezuelan situation to- Herald Publishing Company. n!gh! This fact has been ‘made known CARACAB, Feb. 7.—According to'a fe- | to the British Embassador, and it will port given out by the Government part °f5 the Band under General Rodriguez was | on their guard in the drafting of the pro- surprised and captured by General Cas- | tocols which tro’s treops on Thuréday near La Guaira. | ister Bowen The announcement is made that in’the fight all the revolutionist officers were | to Bowen, the fact having leaked out A killed. This means, if it is true, that|Caracas before he left there. Generally President Castro has decided to carry | speaking. the/ alliance Is intended to se- out his threats to put to death after a | cure to Itgly the same-treatment in the ! drumhead court-martial all officers cap- | allies’ settlement with Venezuela as that | tured by his forces. The killing of ot--nceived by Germany and Great Britain. ficers, though inhuman, may have a 'ood effect by bringing home to non—eolnh.l-l to the British Embassador and to the ants the horrors of war, which up to the | German Minister that he cannot affix his : present have been borne eptirely by the | signature to any protocols they may pre- soldiers sent to him which are not substantially } Hague for dect: | put all of the negotiators more closely | hey hope to submit to Min- | | The German-Italian alliance was old news | Minister Bowen has made it plain both | | | of the same character as that to be = mitted by the Ttalian Embassador. three of the first s signed, which will the condf precedent to the raising of the blockade and the provisions for referring the qv tion, of preferential The have been received British ‘and German em- treatment to at the Italfan, basstes. Thelr cor s are not knowr Bowen, nor hdve the allies’ representa- tives been acquainted as yet with the de- talls of each other's convent! Several important conferences have . occurred throughout the'day at the British em- bassy,in an effort to reach an agreement upon the protocols. Regarding reference to The Hague, Bowen has informed the allies that he will not consent that one man be selected from the personnel of The Hague tridbu- nal to sit as arbitrator in the question of | preferential treatment. He wishes that this court shall consist of three, and pref- erablv of five members. Several more or less sensational stories have been in ecirculation during the last few days, which have caused much royance to the British Embassador and to the other negotlators regarding the rote Minister Bowen addressed to tho former on last Monday. proposing that the question of preferential treatment go to The Hague. That these reports may be corrected the negotiators are desirous that the facts be stated. On Tuesday, after the sending of this note to the Br ish Embassador, the latter called on M Bowen and asked that he withdraw | entire note on the ground that it w diplomatic In character. the Bowen was com- pelled to refuse to grant his request. The Embassador then asked that the = tence beginning: “On this.side of the water we want peace and not allfance,” Le withdrawn. Again Mr. Bowen gretted that he could not grant the F bessacor's Finally the Embas- ’sndor represented that the latter part of \ the sentence regarding the continuance ¢f the alliance of Great Britain and many and Italy would cause him emba rassment when submitted to the Italian | Embassador and German Minister. Bow en replied that he-would be only too glad |te do anything that would further negotiations and at onece struck out objectionable ciause, which fead as fol- | lows: “And it will occasion great surprise | and regret when it becomes known that | Great Britain has even proposed contin- | ving her present alllance with Germany lana Italy one moment longer than she With this one change the note was fin- ally transmitted by the British Embas- sador to the German and Italian Embas- sadors. - re- request. |