The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, February 25, 1903, Page 1

Fetag ey SRR s YOLUME XCIII—NO. 87. SAN FRANCISCO, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 25 . PRICE FIVE CENTS. STENOGRAPHER DESCRIBES A MEETING OF PILOTS FOR A DIUVISION OF THE GOLD PAID FOR LICENSES L HEADQUARTI » division of oy I'h 1 whic T TOWNS IMPERILED BY COLIM Earthquake Shock Follows Violent Eruption. Heavy Pall of Smoke Hangs Over Entire Vicinity. vv vy Ashes Fall Upon Guzman and Tuxpam. ants burfed un- THIEVING BELLBOYS MAKE RICH HAULS IN HOTELS s Arrested in New York Con- in Many Large Cities. ¥ e} Robberies f other plac M Tautner ca ober e to New York from a brief statement to De- ass and Coleman this morn- low,” sald he, “has had with the stealing. I did it » g0 to prison for it. I ve Hargrave Hotel b was not good enoug! seir diamonds to din when I figured on gettir been at the business for e made considerable ou can’t get me with ey tried that on me My folks won't care We don’t agree. If rrow 1 would dis- to-m SN MEMBER OF NEW YORK EXCHANGE IS SUSPENDED Charged With Bad Faith in Instigat- ing Suits Against Northern Pacific, ¥ YORK, Feb. 24.—Camille Weiden- 2 member of the Stock Exchange since 189, to-day was found guilty of acts etrimental 10 the welfare and interest the exchange was suspended ne year. The nominal complainant t the trial was William McClure, secre. ry of exchange he ot character of the charges igainst Weidenfeld was not disclosec but it was accepted as a matter of fact Weidenfeld was regarded as the thor and instigator of the Peter Power s against the Northern Paci that the Stock Exchange believed suits to have been conceived Laltl and these in bad RS, SACRAMENTO, Feb. ibe money between the tl mmitt — to render the jori eh T te —Miss Lovdal, Captain Alexander's ee Pilot Commissioners, Alexander, Leale and Pratt. coming whitewash of Leale more plausible, the Southern Pacific Company and Captain Pratt, a bribe-taker, are called to establish a good reputation for him will whitewash Leale and convict Pratt and Alexander. There will be a minority report also convicting the three pilots in accordance with the evidence. The candid and straight- stimony created a marked impression on all who heard her. Sel stenographer, corroborated before the Senate Committee on Commerce and Navigation to-night the story told by her employer as to ator Emmons, who appeared to be acting as special counsel for Captain Leale, failed utterly to break her down on the Notwithstanding the | | | | VENEZUELA SUGGESTS THAT THE THE ASHINGTON Bowen, the Feb Venezuelar W hree lagie trib ame the The signified their but ggestion 1 an Embas: be officially ntil all the stior rmed of the powers t the invitation to his assador 1 ve was plea idence the part of this of courtesy of Bowen In for this special duty. the Embassador sald, y will appreclate to him which Mr. Bowen Maje Jeeply MORGAN REACHES OUT FOR CUBA’S RAILROADS Financier Will Visit the Island to Further a Deal Giving Him Full Control. WASHINGTON, Feb. 24.—J. n of New York, accompanied by y of New York capitalists, will pass | Was gton a. Although they are en- ) keep thelr trip secret, it is ¢ are going to Cuba to person- a large raliroad proposi- been presented to them anadian Pacific Railroad has been | active in building raliroads in Cuba and ate ¥ it is rumored that Morgan has‘a propo- | | sition under cons tion which will give ‘Yv!m the finan control of all rallroads operating on that island. | INSURGENT LADRONES FLEE TO THE MOUNTAINS General San Miguel’s Forces Retreat Before Government Troops Reach Montalbar. MANILA, Feb. 24.—General San Miguel's f insurgent ladrones has abandoned Montalbar, sixteen miles from here, and | probably has fled to the Morong Moun- ta Reports from Bosoco indicate the presence of ladrones in that vicinity. e- | inforcemen®s for the Government troops reached Montalbar too late and failed to overtake the retreating ladrones. San Miguel has about 300 men with him. It is not believed that they can subsist for any length of time in the mountains. The Government is preparing to occupy the valleys and passes and force San | Miguel to fight or disband his followers. HAGUE TRIBUNAL sed his ap- | Pierpont a to-morrow en route | CZAR NAME America Approves the Proposed Compliment and Allies Will Probably Accept. | CZAR NICHOLAS OF | WHO MAY NAME | HAGUE TRIBUNAL. THE | has proposed As the parent of The e tribunal, his Majesty has all long watched with gratifying interest the support the great peace court ha | receivea 1 the United States and for | whose President and people he che rishes | the friendliest esteem and regard.” At the French embassy an officlal sug- | gested that it was an esp ly appro- | priate tribute to the founder of The Hague tribunal that he be invited to select the personnel of the court which | will pass on the first case to be sub- mitted to it by European powers. ADMINISTRATION GIVES | Old Soldiers Who Make Good Public Officials Are to Be Re- tained. WASHINGTON, Feb. 24.—The adminis- tration’s policy to giye the veterans pref- | erence in office, other things being equai, is reiterated in the following letter which Postmaster General Payne has sent to a Representative in Congress: Referring to our interview of this morning regarding the appointment of a Postmaster at ——, and to your request that Mr, be pointed, T beg to say that the records of the | department show that the present Postmaster | has an excellent record as an officlal. He has made a most capable and satistactory Postmas | ter, both ‘as to his relations with the depart- | and the patrons of the office. He fs a | veteran of the Civil War, with a most excel. lent record as a soldler. It is the wish of the President to retain in the service old soldiers who have made good public officials and against whom no charges of misconduct have been preferred, as is the case In this instance, | The Grand Army veteraus residing tn — | have entered a protest against Mr. (the present Postmaster’s) dlsplacement. Under these circumstances,we are not dis- | | posed to make a change in the office named. | Yours very truly, H. C: PAYNE, i Postmaster General, | —_— | JN’EGRO IS SHOT TO DEATH | BY INDIGNANT CITIZENS | | GRIFFIN, Ga., Feb. 24.—William Fam- bro, a negro, was shot to death on the outskirts of this city late last nighg by a mob of men. The negro some time ago was arrested on a charge of insulting a white woman and sentenced to a term in the county chain gang. His fine was aru:nurd pald by his employer. ¥ l ir only PREFERENCE TO VETERANS | PSSBLITY 0F 4 ClISH WITHAUSSIA ‘Notable Speech by . Great Britain’s : Premier. 'Balfour Defends Policy of War Secretary Brodrick. | House of Commons Votes Down Proposal to Censure, —— ' | LONDON, Feb. 24 —By a vote of 261 to i%5 ihe House of Commons to-day re- jected the Beckett amendment to the ad- dress in re to the speech from the throne, the terms of the amendment be ing tantamournt to a censure on Secretary for War Brodrick. The debate was notable for the bitterness of the attac! upon the War Office, and for a speech by Premier Balfour, in which he hinted at the pessibility war with Russia at no distant When the debate on Beckett's proposed amendment was resumed in the House of of date Commons to-day w Spencer Churchill, Conservative, ed Brod- rick’s expectations had been realized | tsyo direcitons %mrh. in the de- | {ercase in the humber offolanfeers and in | the decrease of expenditures. There were, | he saild, “fewer bavonets and sabers in the British army in proportion to the number of generals than in any army in | the world except the Venezuelan.” | The speaker further declared that the | whole army scheme ‘humbug and ! a sham and was introduced only with the | i | | was & object of militarizing ¥ngland.” He | asked where the Government expected the three army corps intended for for | eign service to oper It was not in South A . and such a force was not needed on the Indian frontier. They cer tainly could not contemplate the three | army corps operating in Canada, for the | United States was invade Canada ti 10 more prepared to n Great Britain was | prepared to invade the United States.” Churchill added amid cheers “and long | may that salutary lect continue.” | When the House finally rejected Bec | ett’s amendment to the address the divi- sion revealed fewer defections in the Un fonist ranks than had been expected. On about a dozen Union the measure, while the ctalned, walking out in a body when the division was called. In the course of the debate the Liberal | leader, Asquith, expressed the general | feeling when he remarked that the d°~i bate was of greater significance than the division on it, and would be remembered long after the six army corps had van- | ished into thin air. | The criticlsms followed mainly the lines | | of previous speeches. Premier Balfour in | closing the debate for the Government complimented Asquith on going to the | heart of the question, namely, whether the army was too large and costly for | the empire's needs. He sald the fleet | stood first, but there were limits to ths | | use of a fleet. It was impossible to bring | a war to an end with a fleet which would not even strike a hard blow at most ene- mies with which Great Britain might be | engaged without a strong attacking force of soldiers, and it would be folly to de- prive the country of a means of offensive action in the event of an emergency. Balfour contended that three army corps were necessary for work outside the empire. They had to consider the | defense of India. He regarded a war be- | tween England and Russia as in the high- | | est degree improbable, but it was impos- | | sible to forget that the Indian frontier | was the key to Great Britain’s military position in the event of such a war, and | without being an alarmist he wished to | mipress upon them that events moved rapidly in Central Asia. “We had to consider,” continued the | Premier, *“how far the strategical posi- tion of Russia improved year by year. The Indian frontier is the only part of the empire adjacent to a first-class mili- tary power, and in the improbable and | unhappy event of a war with Russia we should require not only all the avallable forces in India, but all the forces that Mr. Brodrick’s scheme places at the dis- | posal ®f the crown.” In conclusion Balfour claimed that the Government deserved well of the coun- try. The Government did not trim its | safls to popujar favor, and if the public desired an army on a scale that the Gov- ernment thoughtf inadequate the House must look to another Government. It is a curlous circumstance that the amendment was rejected by precisely the same majority, 116, as Sir Henry Camp- bell-Bannerman's amendment on the same subject two years ago, but on that occa- sion the Natlonalists supported the Lib- eral leader. The Government's normal majority is 205. Rumors that Brodrick will soon quit the War Office were again current in the | lobbles to-night. . i Leale j;fz;ggles Hard for White- wash With Darious Tes:- timonials. i | .:» o i + | STATE PILOT COMMISSIONER, WHOSE PART IN THE CORRUPT 1 PRACTICES OF THE BOARD IN SELLING LICENSE FOR THOU- | SANDS OF DOLLARS IS BEING INV ITIGATED ATSACRAMENTO. ALLL HEADQUARTERS, SACRA- contradiction or inconsistency on her par 'MENTO, Feb. 24.—Room 60 in the Capitol was packed to discomfort this evening to witness the enter- taining ‘ spectacle of Senator Em- mons applying the whitewash brush in the'Pilot Commission scandal, and it an entertaining spectacle as well as humorous one; it was so raw, so devoid of the least pretense of artistic dissimula- tion. In fact, Emmons allowed his bias to carry him away so far that Senator Shortridge was moved to inquire whether the Senator from Kern was not the at- torney for Captain Leale, in whose behalt the Southern Pacific Company and the Santa Fe had exerted their Influence. This inquiry on the part of the gentleman from Santa Clara somewhat disconcerted Sen- ator Emmons, but he held on to his job like grim death and wielded the white- wash brush for all it was worth. Some of the most Interested persons in the room were Martin Kelly, Frank Da- roux, George W. Elder, Secretary of State Curry, “Whiskers” Smith, “Banjo-eyed Kid,” Colonel Grady, Sam Rainey and Jake Shaen. The geptlemen left the com- mittee room rather downcast because they had not been called to testify to the repu- tation of Captain Leale. William Barnes of San Francisco appeared as counsel for Captain William G. Leale, the accused Pilot Commissioner, but he was there simply as a figurehead, for Emmons did all the work and seemed to be glad to do it. 1t was only after the searching inquiry by Senator Shortridge that the audience learned that Emmons did not appear as the authorized counsel for Captain Leale. The star witness of the evening was Miss E. M. Lovdal, the stenographer for Captain Alexander. This young lady favorably impressed the audience and the committee by her modest, unassuming demeanor while on the stand and by the straightforward, candid manner in which she related the thrilling meeting of the three commissioners on the day that they divided the pile of gold that was the price of an appointment. Senator Emmons was so eager in his desire to break down t..e witness that he did not wait for her to finish her direct statement before he proceeded almost savagely to cross-examine her and by piecemeal after each answer she made. But all his efforts were futile and he did not gain a single point In the way of a | smelling cigarette into her face. Then, to add to the young lady’s distress, he puffed the smoke from a villainously It was apparent that Senator Emmons did not realize the force of t young woman's testimony, coming as it did so closely after the confession of Captain Alexander and the other evidence that fixed the guilt of the thres commission- | ers indelibly«in the public mind.. But to the unprejudiced listeners it was a damn- | ing corroboration of the story of the worst | case of boodling that had come to light for many a year. Its effect was to remove all doubts iiat had existed_ hitherto in the minds as to the guflt of any of the accused officials. Emmons and a few other members of the committee will bring in a report whitewashing Leale according to pro- gramme and finding Alexander and Pratt | guilty. But the more conscientious of | the committee will bring in a minority report in accordance with the evidence and will declare that the three commis- sioners are equally gullty beyond a rea- sonable doubt and should be summarily removed from the office which they have disgraced, the Southern Pacific Company | to the contrary notwithstanding. | WITNESSES EXAMINED. Senator Emmons Assumes the Role of Cross Questioner. At the opening of the Investigation Chairman Welch read a communication from James Tyson, a witness, staungl that his physician had forbidden him to appear on account of {liness. A certificate from Dr. A. C. Peterson was read to the effect that Tyson was suffering from dis- ease of the eyes and throat and that his | going to Sacramento might complicate his allments. Assistant Sergeant at Arms Smith -stated that when he served the subpena he found Tyson at his desk at his office employed in his regular avoca- tion. Welch statedsthat he had also received a medical certificate that Captain Alex- ander was too {ll to attend and that he 'was not able to dress or undress himself. | Emmons moved that should it be neces- sary to have the testimony of Captain Alexander the committee should proceed to San Francisco and take it and the motion was adopted. It was then an- nounced that J. C. Campbell of the law firm of Campbell, Metsop & Campbell | | | | | ander for the | busine — - B 1) k | | i | | ! 0 & : | . { | x3 had been subpenaed and had failed to | y appear. On motion of Emmons it was | | orderea t s of arrest be jssued | tor’ Tyson bell for contempt Miss vdal and her mother wers then presented to the committee and the young lady, who is Captain Alexander's stenographer, was placed on the witness S s e were asked Emmons suggested that as mn aware of the na vas not ture and extent of the evidence held by him the members would save time go- r ) executive session and consulting to the order of the pro m convent sequence of wit This was agreed to and the members ¢ the comm etired t ro wi they rema minutés, MISS LOVDAL TESTIFIES. On rea bling Mis Lovdal was terrogated by ns e she had been employed by Captain Alex- past four years as stenogra. fice of the captain and his had been carrying on t rher in t where they of manufacturers’ agent. S son, Captain Leale in the office very many times on differant subjects, such, as meet- ings to be held by the Pilot Commission- ers. Captain Alexander’'s em- ploy in March, 139, and shortly aft that date Captain Leale, Alexander and Pratt were in the office. Captain Alex- ander sent for the witness and requested her to go outside and get some gold changed. She did so, and when she came back Captain Alexander requested her to give Captain Leale a coln sack. She went out and brought in a sack and gave it to Captain Leale on her employer's order. Leale picked up the sack and appeared to be about to put the gold into it. Thers was a pile of gold coin on the table, and it might be anywhere from $2000 to $5000. She then left the room, and having ob- served some figures on,a sheet of paper on the table she was impressed with the idea that there was to be & division of ths gold among the three captains. She did not know what the money was for, be- cause she had not been told. She always knew what money was for when it came She entered | into the office, because she was the book- keeper. It struck her as odd that the three gentlemen were meeting behind closed doors, because they never used to meet that way. Whenever they were there before and after that time the doors were not closed. This particular sum ‘of money was the only money that eves came into the office that she was not i formed about as to what it was for. EMMONS’ TACTICS FAIL. Emmons transformed himself into a cross-examiner for the defendant while questioning Miss Lovdal, while Lawyer Barnes sat in a corner unnoticed. Sena- tor Emmons used his willest tactics to entangle the witness in some contradic- tion, but notwithstanding his apparent bias in favor of his personal friend, Leale, he signally falled. The young woman told ‘a candid, straightforward story and did not swerve in any respect from her narrative. Then Emmons tried another tack. He asked Miss Lovdal who it was that first spoke to her about that transaction,k and the testimony that she was about to give, Continued on Page 3, Columa & ¢