The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, April 23, 1903, Page 1

Call, VOLUME XCHI-NO. 144. SAN FRANCISCO, THURSDAY, APRIL 23, 1903. PRICE FIVE CENTS, HUNTINGTON IS PREPARING TO FIGHT THE STEAM RAILROADS AND CARRY THE TRAFFIC WAR INTO THE ENEMY'S TERRITORY ec NTIN repor been pr omised him by Eastern capitalis sTON is not discouraged by the fig G 1 . on good authority, that Huntington intends to build competing electric lines through the San Joaquin Valley, and have a northern terminus somewhere on San Francisco Bay. The needed finan £ rht being made against him by the Harriman-Clark syndicate is evidenced by the fact that he intends to carry the and it is not improbable that the Santa Fe road will lend him assistance. war into the territory now covered by the stcam ’ EXECUTORS | | ABE”SEU u |Once Degraded Qfficer Appeals to War Minister | Andre for Reopening of the Case That Tardy; OLLUSION Heir to an Estate Makes Serious Charges. Files Petition With Superior Court for Removal. Says Fundsofa Dead Aunt’s Property Were Wrong- fully Used. - s2 < <ta ave m e 3 CL 0 HAVE PROOF. AIM T the ful that made the title revert to the ex- | tual distributed Under the decree of the | of six months was allowed the bank ber 1, 190, was | when this deb: ess to ime would ex- RENTALS ARE RETAINED. € itioner that e date of redemp- went te Balfour- t the amount of money t ss on the proper land thrie 1 then deeded for s and Davidson, who thercupo ed a deed Of trust to secure the { money theInvestment compar ed. The executors, it is claimed eded to collect the rentals due perty, amounting to a lit led an account of their | which they neglected to make | ment f the $36,000, and subse- | « hrough their attorney, they | | to the court that no n made and following court ordered judg- | i atement the meni against the estate, ereupon, it is claimed in the peti- . that Professor Davidson conveyed | 1¥ one-guarter of the Contra ty ranch to his father, an ther quarter to Andrew 8. Mosely, one ‘V'ICI‘IH OF DEADLY HATREDS. | ready | of the he * |DREYFUS AFFAIR MAY AGAIN STIR THE FRENCH REPUBLIC Justice May Remove the Stain of His Dishonor S 22.—~Alfred Dreyfu d to Mirister of War T which asks ning of his case by means tigation Ly the Minister reme head of military justice. T! which s been living qu promises to “Parie that dated reports jetly here f cause a tremend among yus element DS and he first part of the lett that the court which conc otated doc Williar After a the extent these contr cond: Dreyius 1 in graphic terms the long serles of horrors to which he bas been subjected PICTURES HIS SUFFERING. The le r througho is couched highly dramatic style, which is 1 » make it one of the notable papers of t case. It fers to E ha “one #7ho stands before the entire world as the culpi One of the leading passagce, ing the rhetorical style, is as follows “I will not recall, Mr. Minister, w I have endured since 1894. Picture to y seif the horrors of a soldier whose whole evoted to duty, to work, to 1 to profound devotion for his d who in an instant is stripped 1 name and despoiled of the elf and his children. For his soldier is subjected to her ings. They seek to crush Lim sically, to annihilate him morally. He Jlutely innocent of all crime and in vain to penetrate the mys- lalming his innocence and strug- with all the forces of his mind and for that supreme pleasure of vindi- his good name and character. months, years pass thus in moest 1gony, amlid the tortures of a mur- climate. At last he is brought to France, the guilty one is discov- ered and the soldier hears himself pro- | claimed innocent by those who before re- | viled him as a traitor. It was thus, Mr. Minister, that 1 hoped to see my martyr- | dom ended. ng “But, alas! 1f I returned to find the de- | votion of friends who had battled for the | truth it was to find also that deadly hatreds had been unloosed. | ties an: | mittea |on . N FORM OFFIC IN FRENCH ARMY WHO MAKES APPEAL FOR JUSTICE. “In the processes of 1594 1 was stabbed in the back. T cannot imagine how su: conditions can prevail through falschood But it was and my second condemnation was but an aggra reafirmation of what occurrcd in When the guilty one was known and unmasked,and Esterhazy was recog- zed as the author of the treason, the men who had cheated justice in 1534 again sought in 1899 to cheat justi€e for the time by the same criminal Conscious of these methods, ¢ Government of the republic will not and deception. s0 same second maneuvers. 1 permit itself to keep In prison one who is known to be innocent n constant thought of ultimate iegai revi n I have reassembled little by little all the ¢ gent clements of testimony contribu to my conviction. I have| corned calumnies and falsehoods. I have remained silent with the firm convietion that justice would surely have of triumph. The victim of criminal ta violation of the law twice com ainst me, I now address mysell supreme chief of military justice, , supporting myself Dby new facts which have been elicited and by the ex- istence of the pretended bordereau anno- | tated by Emperor Willlam, I beg to ask that you institute an inquiry, first upon the uses made of this false document at Rennes and the consequences it produced those rendering judgment; second, upon the false and fraudulent testimomy of Czernuski at Rennes.” After a deferential salutation, the let- ter is signed “‘Alfred Dreyfus.” @ ettt e e @ eighth to Dr. Ellinwood and another eighth to Attorney T. I Bergin, which in fact represented proportionately the shares of the estate which the executors were 1o receive under provisions of the will of Miss Sanford. The other quarter estate the Supreme Court had al- provided should go to the heirs among whom was' Charles E of the Sanford, | HEIRS GET NOTHING. Dut when a demand was made upon the | for the remalning share it is charged that they denled the rights of the heirs and in a suit later instituted in Con tra Costa County for a partition of the rauch they again denfed all interest in property and all Interest of the heirs the same, Subsequent to filing their first account L is charged that the executors collected $2,000 additional rentals due on the ranch, but in order to eliminate all claims rs they filed, In July, 1902, a pe- tition for an order to sell out the quar- ter interest of the estate beldnging prop- e1ly to the heirs, and in this petition they lieged that no money or ether personal property had come into their hands ex- excentors cept that which had already been ac- counted for to the court and therein con- | cealing the fact that they had already received in proceeds from the ranch the sum of $60,000. The petition of Sanford further states that in the litigation with the Savings nd Loan Society the attorneys for the Sanford estate had a contingent fee pay- able out of what was to be received in a judgment on the suit. The executors afterward paid this fee, although they later set up a clalm in court that this uit had been lost to them COLLECT THEIR FEES. Another accusation made in the peti- tion is that in thelr last accounting the executors, notwithstanding that they had previously sworn that Josephine L. San- ford no longer had an interest in the ranch, they charged up and collected ex- egutors’ fees on the appraised value of the ranch, which is $1%9,000, In short, the charge is made that more than $60.000 is yet to be accounted for. Be- sides these charges, which are supported by affidavits, there are also attached to the petition other affidavits which go to its day | .| tioner's prayer that they Plans to Build| 1 Through San | Joaquin. | i | | |0ld Lines to Be| -Given Royal | Battle. | 1. R Eastern Capital Interested in Scheme. A L Special Dispateh to The Call LOS ANGELES, April 22.—If a report, | which emanated to-day from a person in a position to know much of the plans of | H. reference to Huntington and his associates with the construction of electr lines is true, it is certain that instead of belng discouraged by the eff Har- riman and Senator Clark to block his pur- s of poses and put an end to his prospective on with steam preparing to carry the war into the enemy’s country and give the owners | of the steam roads the fight of thei roads, compet ton is ives. His ol it is said, include the con strustior ugh. the San Joaquin Valley from Southern Californi and having its ngrthern terminus some where San Fran the | support of the husin a line it isco Bay. For h of su is proposed to construct feeders or brane lines reaching cities, towns and hamlets which nmow have not the adva ge « ilroad communication with the outside world | FINANCIAL AID IS PROMISED. The effec of *h & line would be ing electric roa into direct competi- | tion with (he steam roads and make it ;,-‘.M.z‘u« to bid for the tremendous busi- | ness which hereto: ore has been controlled | by the existing raiiroads. h an enter wotld require even than Humtington has now his command, but it 5 Isarned to- from a mource whielf is’congldered | reliable that the present war, being really the first great struggle between the eclec- tric lines and the steam roads, Hunting- ton has received assurances from Eastern | cepitalists thai they will give him all | the ¢ ancial backing he requires. LINES ARE BEING SURVEYED. All these canitalists want is the ance that he will bulld the the country through which they will pak | can support them. Knowing that electric 5 can be operated more cheaply than | steam roads, they are willing to put their | money into the enterprise canital ass es and that | The purchase | of certain power planis in tne vicinity of Fresno by the Huntington syndicate and the admisgion by those interested that | other similar purchases are contemplate | and that the power will be used for trac- tion purposes, gives partial verification to the announcement that the trunk line will be constructed. The building of a line from Los An- geles to Santa Barbara is practically as- sured, and surveys for a line over the | mountains frofi Ventura to Bakersfield have already been made SANTA FE MAY ASSIST. It is.a significant fact that the Harri man-Clark combination requested the Santa Fe to join them in their opposition to Huntington's encroachment upon their athern California Huntington end of the battle. | Several offictals of the Huntington lines | in this city were asked to-day as to the | report of the prospective construction of | the line through the San Joaquin Valley, | but each replied that he was not at lib- erty to make any statement. In response to a direct question not one of them would deny that such a line is contemplated. It was even admitted by one subordinate that preliminary surveys of most of tha route have been made and that the offi- clal announcement of what will be done may be expected within a few weeks. | local business, but | dent Ripley refused to enter the | contest, and there are those who believe { the Santa Fe will take the | | ORDERS THE SIGNATURE OF INDEMNITY BONDS China Yields to Pressure of the Pow- | ers in Settlement of Boxer | Damages. SHANGHAIL April 22.—The Taotai has | notified the Bankets’ Commission that China, ylelding to the pressure of the powers, has ordered the immediate signa- ture of the Boxer indemnity gold bonds. B e o SR ) show that in February, 1802, the execcu- tors turned over all moneys collected on the ranch to Thomas D. Davidson, son of Professor Davidson, and that the execu- tors also paid to the Balfour-Guthrie In- vestment Company the sum of-$6000 as a bonus for lifting the indebtedness to the Savings and Loun Soclety, thus upsetting their previous claim that the time for ro. deeming the property from the Savings and Loan Soclety had expired and that forfeiture had followed. Upon the showing made in the petition the court issued a citation to the accus- ed pxecutors to appear before it on April 2% and show cause why they have .ot rendered an account and why the peti- be removed shall not be granted. A speeial citation was also issued. for .Thomas D. Davidson to appear and explain what has become of the 325,000 alleged to have been turned over to him by the executors, | AT Huntings | | BRITISH ATTITUDE PRINCE OF WALES WILL HEAD BRITISH COMMISSION AT ST. LOUIS EXPOSITION His Appointment as Pgesident of the Royal Repre- sentatives Is Requested by King Edward to Demon- strate That Monarch’s Interest in the Great Fair PRINCE HENRY OF PRUSSIA | FAST ADDING FUEL T0 RUSSIAN HATRED. Muscovite Finds His Way Blocked on All Sides. { Special Dispatch to The Call. ST.. PETERSBURG, April 22.—Russian | opinion is intensely irritated by England’s | patent policy of preparation to resist ex- | pansion of the Czar's empire. In official | quarters this feeling is fully shared and | it has become especially acute as a resuit | of the attitude of the Balfour Cabinet | with regard to the Bagdad Railway. England’s first deép offense against Russian susceptibilities was the recent conclusion of a war alliance with Japan, plainly aimed at Russian ambitions in China. This was followed immediately afterward by extraordinary measures on the part of Great Britain to erect bar- rlers against Russia’s southward march through Persia. Naw comes the third distinct offense of the same kind—England’s undisguised at- tempt to prevent the construction of the Bagdad Railway, or S0 1o hedge the en- terprise about that Russian participation | will be rendered impossible, In this man- ner the British Ministry is all the time crying “Halt!” to Russia in the Far Bast, the Middle East and the near Hast. The | Muscovite naturally considers this policy an audacious project to stereotype his empire within its present limits. That the British really believe such an undertaking feasible is regarded in St, Petetsburg as an cstablished fact and the Government is planning naval and mili- | 1 | RETS INJUNGTION tary -arrangements on an unprecedented acale. Its policy is-an official secret, AGAINST RNALFOR WIFE'S AFFECTION | Michigan Husband -In| Courts. vokes Aid of the ' 1 Special Dispatch to The Call. BATTLE CREEK, Mich., April 2— | Circuit Judge Joel C. Hopkins granted an injunction to-day at the request of Ed- | gar Lafler, a well known citizen, restrain- | ing Miles Cornell, a star boarder, from addressing, visiting or corresponding with | Lafler's wife. Lafler makes the claim that Cornell used hypnotic influence in | winning his wife, with whom Lafler has lived happily ten years. The iuj\lr.l(‘liun‘ was Issued to keep Cornell away and al- | Jow a reunion, but Mrs. Lafler has now | engaged attorneys to start divorce pro- ceedings, charging cruelty. Lafler refused to have Cornell arrested and does not charge any oifense beyond | an exchange of affection. Cornell has al- ready broken the injunction by accom- | panying the woman on the street and an | interesting test case is expected. | Morin Succeeds Minister Prinetti. ROME, April 22.—King Victor Em- | manuel has signed decrees appointing | Vice Admiral Morin, Minister of Marine, | to the post of Minister of Foreign Affairs, to succeed Signor Prinetti, who resigned | on account of ill health, and making Ad-| miral Bettolo Minister of Marine. @ ieieinieinlele i i @ | hermetically sealed, but it is easy to sur- | mise that its attitude is not one of acquiesgcence. The least apprehensive ob- | servers therefore cannot pretend that the relations of the two countries are on a safe footing. % | the most complete | next morning, . e — | 7 e TWO MEMBERS OF ROYAL FAM- ILIES WHO FIGURE IN THE DAY'S FOREIGN NEWS. K — - | | ONDON, April 22.—The appointmer of the Prince of Wales as pres dent of the royval commission whic is to represent Great Britain at th St. Louis exposition will be made at t especial est of King Edward, who b lieved he could thus best demonstrate hi nal interest in the e rdiality position and h toward America g John Redmond, the Irish leader, was in vited to be ope of the Irish members of the commission, but his many engasge ments necessitated a declination. BERLI) April 22 —Kaiser Wilhelm proposes to give the United States an ob- Ject lesson in what the German navy could do in time of war Admiral Prince Henry of Prussia is to take the battleship squadron to 3, with barely coal to reach a prearranged latitude and longitude. There the warships will their bunkers from colliers. This is in- tended to be a test of high-sea coaling ir waters on M fill orm possible and w occur even if rough weather prevails. On his return Prince Henry will give up = duty, except that he will be fleat mander during the maneuvers of Augu and September next e @ PLAKS FOR EONARL'S YT T0 THE PORE HE NOW JRRANGED King Will Go to Vati- can in Embassador’s Carriage. Special Dispatch to The Call. ROME, April 2.—The Call correspond- ent is sured that King Edward will call on the Pope next Wednesday. After taking luncheon with Right Hdn. Sir Francis Bertie, the British Embassador to Italy, the King will go from the em- | bassy to the Vatican in the@mbassador carriage. King Edward will the usual returr Cardinal Rampolla, papal state, being dizpensed with. This programme . probably will nounced officlally to-morrow. SYRACUSE, Sicily, April 22.—King Bd- ward left here this morning for Naples on board the royal yacht Victoria and Al- bert. It is said /the King will make a short stop at Messfa. The yacht was escorted by four battleships and two tor- pedo-boat destroyers. - Uniform Coinage for China. PEKING, April Z2—An imperial edict just fissued orders Prince Ching Grand Secretary, to reorzanize the clal system of the empire by establi a monetary standard for the ¢ country and starting a mint at Peking to supply the provinces with uniforns coinage. . leave the by secreta be an- the