The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, May 29, 1903, Page 1

VOLEME XCIII-NO. 180, SAN FRANCISCO, FRIDAY, MAY 29, 1903. PRICE FIVE CENTS. CHAMBERLAIN APPEALS TO BRITISH PARLIAMENT TO REPLACE FREE TRADE WITH A TARIFF AND TO FIGHT THE AMERICAN TRUSTS AND IS WARMLY SUPPORTED BY PREMIER BALFOUR THOUSANDS DIE EARTHOUAKE Horrible Temblor Destroys City and People. Seven Hundred Armen- ians Are Among the Victims. Villages Surrounding Melaz- gherd Receive a Terri- ble Shaking. t as-Kherput R azgherd estroyed and pealed f the desti- REPORT OF VICE CONSUL. ted States Official Says the Dead mber Five Hundred. ON, May 28.—According to by Ass De ne-story ses s are turned nto slee for safety, owing to the ground floor. gret that I have the 1 of a disastrous oc- quake in the canton of | t of Bitlis, on the night sing the death of 520 ng eighty soldiers. half in ruins. The 1 of 509 houses with a The shock has’ been oum. Malazgherd is urs from Erzeroum urs from Bitlis.” —_————— 1L0OS ANGELES FRANCHISE MAY NOT BE GRANTED| treet Railway Rights| The Brwanmowa Contest for Likely to End in a | Fizzle. £ —Tt is reliably to-night that the Board of Pub- to-morrow recommend to | that the application made M and for a blanket way franchise on some fifty f Los Angeles streets be refused. ’ on that aroused some time ago be- ved that the Southern | was back of it and had Gar sle in was be | 2 | er | tructing the plans of | ton of the Electric chief fea of the ap- | the agreement to make a all parts of the city lines. GRAND ARMY OFFICIAL DIES AT ENCAMPMENT | Retiring Department Commander | Bedell of Washington Passes | Away Suddenly. | SPOKANE, May 28.—The Grand Army | of the blic encampment ended in sor- | | | fow to-night. B. C. Bedell of Walla Wal- la, th tiring department commander, was stricken with a fatal fliness and died et 11 o'clock at the Hotel Spokane. DURING EMBASSADOR HURT IN AN AUTOMOBILE | American Repre- sentative Hurled From Car. Epecial Dispatch to The. Call. OME, May 28.—While the motor car of George V. L. Meyer, the American Embassador to Italy, was traveling near Civita Vecchia to-day at a speed of fifty miles | an hour, a country cart crossed the road. In order to avoid a collision the motor car was turned in on a heap of stones and upset. Meyer was sligitly Injured about the head. Several Italian aristocrats formed the party ith which Mr. and Mrs. Meyer were They occupled several auto- mobiles. After Embassador Meyer's car capsized, some of the others ran into it and Princess Torlonla, Marquise Dis- bango, Count Raspon! and Marquis Patrizi were slightly injured. Mrs. Meyer escaped unhurt. @ drimiiiiiiminieiieinieie e @ SHERIFF SAVES NEGRO PRISONER FROM A MOB Repels Kansas Avengers and Con- veys the Culprit to An- other City. WICHITA, Kan., May 25.—J. M. Woods, the negro arrested at Yates Center on the charge of attacking a white woman, is now in the Wichita jail. A mob of 30 men, with a huge plank, approached the door of the jail at Yates Center and the Sheriff, .county attorney and other county officials faced it with drawn revolvers, threatening to shoot if the mob came any nearer. The avengers thought they meant it, and retired, but only to make another approach. This was kept up until 1 o’clock this morning, when the officers slipped their prisoner out and into a carriage and drove seven- teen miles to a rallroad and brought their man to Wichita. ————————— | BBAEEMAN AND LABORERS KILLED IN TRAIN WRECK SACRAMENTO, May 28—Brakeman Turner, formerly of Sacramento, and three laborers whose names are at pres- ent unknown, were killed at New Wads- worth, Nev., by a railroad accident. They werc on the train golng to town after the day's work. The flange of a wheel gave way and the car was thrown down an embankment, crushing the men and kill- ing them instantly. DISASTER IN ROME | | DIPLOMAT INJURED IN TOMOBILE ACCIDENT ITALIAN CAPITAL. SHYS BLAM RESTS WiTH COUEANMENT Noted Writer Holds| Russia for the Massacres. Special Cable to The Call and New York Herald. Copyright, 1908, by the New York Herald Publishing Company. AN IN AU- THE LONDON, May 25.—The London Times correspondent at St. Petersburg has been ordered by the Russian Government to leave Russian territory. The order was that he should quit St. Petersburg to- night, but he has since been allowed three days’ grace. PHILADELPHIA, May 28.—The North | American cabled to Count Tolstol, asking him if the Russian Government can be held guilty of the massacre of Jews in Kishenev. Here is his reply: “MOSCOW, May 28.—Guilty is the Gov- ernment, first, for excluding Jews from common rights and making them separate | caste; secondly, for inculcating by force in Russians an’idolatrous faith instead of Christianity. TOLSTOL" Count Cassinif, the Russian Embassa- dor, to whom Count Tolstol's cablegram was read in Washington, said after listen- ing to it attentively: “The unfortunate calamity to a number of the Jewish sub- | Jects of Russia Is deeply deplored. Meas- | ures have been taken not only to punish | the perpetrators, but to prevent a recur- rence of the misfortune. “But what good can come to the Jews by impeding a cherished policy of Russia ,as expressed in her cordial relations with the United States? The Jews certainly understand that this course does not ad- vance the interests of their brethren in Russla. We will punish the guilty and prevent a recurrence of riots. What more can be asked?” BERLIN, May 28.—The Tageblatt says it learns that serious labor troubles have broken out in the Government of Woro- nesch, Russia. The paper adds that 10,- 000 strikers have assembled there, threat- ening violence, and the Governor has asked for a large military force to dis- perse them. The strikers are circulating many revolutionary handbills. | thing so sensational. | of Commons, Sir Charles Dilke (Advanced Liberal) raised a discussion on the cal views recently enunclated by Colonial Secretary Chamberlain. Sir Charles main- policy which was opposed to all tradi- tions and to the opinions of an over- whelming majority in Parliament. He considered that while the policy of the | Government as outlined at the recent | | colonial conference was dangerous, it fell | ®da, Australia, India and New Zealana to Forsake Tradition. —_——— Secretary Ex- plains His | Policy. | —_— N the British House of Com- mons yesterday Joseph | Chamberlain, cxplaining his | scheme for preferential trade with the crown colonies and India, ad- vocated a complete revolution in | the policy of the British mnf*irc; and the substitution of a protec- | tive tariff for free trade. In addi-| tion to asking for a mandate to]| tax food, he went further and ap- } pealed for power to engage in a| tariff war with Germany and to fight the American trusts. Cham- berlain was warmly supported by Premier Balfour. LONDON, May fr. Chamberiain | has again proved himself the strong man | of the Cabinet. In a debate which may | | prove the most momentous of the pres- | ent Parliament he has in a frank and | bold speech further developed the policy | which will be universally regarded as entire reversal of Great Britain's position, and at the same time he proved | that he has managed to carry the Gov- ernment with him against its convictions. | The impression left on the minds of the crowded chamber was that the country | is on the eve of a revolution, and that, as in 190, Chamberiain carried the coun- | try with him on the South African war | policy, he has now converted his col- | leagues to the Delief that he will be able to carry it agdin on the policy of prefer- ential trade wifiin. the empire. Tn addi- tion to asking fpr a mand:te to tax food, he asks for power to engage in a tariff war with Germany on Canada’s account and to fight the American trusts. It is safe to say that no such sudden revolu- tion has been experienced in the political situation in very many years, nor any- DILKE OPENS DISCUSSION. On the motion being made for the Whitsuntide adiournment of the House tained that Chamberlain had suggested a revolutionary change in the Government's far short of the policy now suggested. Premier Balfour prefaced his reply with the remark that Sir Charles had attempt- ed to make mischief between the Colonial Secretary and himself, but any such at- tempt would fail. He contended that af- ter the resolution of the colonial confer- ence Chamberlain was bound to raise the subject of preferential trade for public discussion. Balfour deprecated ‘“waving | the ragged, moth-eaten flags of either the protectionist or the free trade side in the controversy now as far removed as the poles from the controversy of half a cen- tury ago.” The Premier then proceeded to argue that the tendency was to raise a tariff wall agalnst British goods. Great Britain, he said, must become more and more de- pendent on foreign countries for food, and owing to exterior tariffs would find herself compelled to dispose of her ex- ports on onerous terms, resulting in an onerous loss to the community. He there- fore urged that the time had come when it should publicly be discussed whether the doctrine that revenue was never to be raised except for purposes of expendi- ture must not be abandoned. The Pre- mier declared there was no contradiction between the views ofChamberlain and his own; but he defended the right of any Minister to freedom of speech. This fis- cal question required the most careful examination. l.e\was not certain the scheme was practicable, but unless some scheme were devised the empire could not progress. HELPLESSNESS OF ENGLAND. At present Great Britain was the only free trading country in the world. 1Ir the prevalling tendency continued the time must come when the only neutral markets where she could dispose of her exports would be her own protectorates, her own crown colonies and India, leav- ing this country helpless in _the hands of other nations. With respect to tariff negotiations, con- tinued the Premier, if foreign countries were to be allowed to treat the British colonies as foreign nations, Great Britain would be forced by patriotlc interests and regard for her colonies to retaliate. Can- were parts of the empire, and it was ab- surd that they should be treated as sep- arate aggregations because they had been given self-government. The Premier added that if preference was given to im- ports from the colonies they would in exchange mitigate the severity of their hostlle tariffs against the motherland. Balfour concluded by saying he did not Continued on Page 2, Column 2. AsksEngland UNITED STA TES MINISTER PREDICTS A MASSACRE OF | 1 NOTED MEN TESTIFY AT AN INQUEST Disprove Charges Made by Dying Coachman. IRVINGTON, N. Y., May 28.—Swearing that they were in the home of Robert Hewitt when they first heard of the shooting of John Hefferman at Ardsley- on-the-Hudson last Saturday night, and corroborated in this by a half-dozen wit- nesses of the highest repute, Edward S. Jaffray and Rufus L. Sewall, whose names were brought officially into the case for the first time to-day, established such a complete al!m that they were fully exonerated by theé Coroner. Two employes of the Ardsley Club swore positively :hat tae dying man had de- clarfd that he had been shot by “Mr. Hewitt's Intended son-in-law.” This is Sewall, and the wedding is fixed for next Wednesday. He left his bachelor dinner | in Boston at the request of his flancee to be present at the inquest and take the witness stand. Sarah Campbell, who was with the coachman when he was shot, sald she “thought Hefferman had said the man who shot him was Mr. Hewitt's son-in- Jaw,” referring to Jaffray, but of this she was not so certain that she would swear positively to it. Dr. George F. Shrady, who saw Heffer- man a few minutes after the shooting, said he was in such a delirium as a result of the shock following the shooting that no importance could be attached to any statement he might have made. Several of the witnesses declared he had made various statements, in one saying Hewitt's coachman had shot him, in an- other that he didn’t know who it was, and all tending to show he was inco- herent. Seldom have men of such prominence and wealth appeared as interested actors in a murder case, but all went forward willingly and their testimony was im- pressive, all agreeing that the names of the two young men had been drawn into the case without warrant of fact. Meanwhile the affair is not neglected. A private detective agency has placed sev- eral of its best men on the task of unrav- eling the mystery, and they will work their hardest, as there will be no lack of substantial reward. One story to-day was that a man had borrowed a hat in i i soon after the shooting, and that the next CHRISTIANS BY THE TURKS - AMERICAN DIPLOMAT WHO FEARS A GEMERAL RISING OF MUS- SULMANS AGAINST CHRISTIANS, A TYPICAL MACEDONIAN REB- EL AND BAND OF MARAUDERS UNDER THE FAMOUS SARAFOFF. +* Outrages by Macedonians Will Re: sult in Terrible Reprisals. Special Dispatch to The Call. ALL BUREAU, 1406 G STREET, N. W, WASHINGT . May 28 —Between the lines of a briei report on the Macedonian situation received by the State Department from Mr. Leishman, United States Minister to Turkey, enough can be read to show that he re- gards the condtions there as ominous. He predicts that dynamite outrages may occur outside of the Macedonian districts and that the reprisals may be terrible massacres. This is the first report on the situation made public by the State Department. Under date of May 12 Mr. Leishman says: “It is quite possible that numerous attempts to blow up buildings may be made, which may not be entirely confined to the Macedonian district, but the Turkish Government seems to be thoroughly alive to the situation. and extra precautions are being taken everywhere to prevent surprises and quell any outbreak. . “Owing to the anxiety expressed by the patrols throughout the city, and considerable where. “So far the Turkish authorities have behaved most admirably and held the Mussulman population in check and prevented them retaliating for many outrages committed by the Christian population, but if indiscrimi- nate shooting and dynamite.explosions continue it may be difficult to pre- vent reprisals, which might lead to wholesale massacres. “The disturbed state of affairs in the Macedonian district, together with the guerrilla tactics employed by the insurgents, is apt to cause em- barrassment to the Turkish Government even in the absence of serious en- gagements, as the Ottoman Government has already massed more than 150,000 troops in the disturbed district, which will prove quite a strain on an already depleted treasury.” Mr. Leishman incloses the report made to him by United States Consu- lar ‘Agent P. H. Lazzaro.at Salonica, under date of May 3, dealing with the disturbances there, including the blowing up with dynamite of the Ot- toman Bank by Bulgarians. This report says that the latest estimates there place the Bulgarian dead at instead of 130 “An attempt,” says-the report, “was made on May 3 to blow up the telegraph office, but the man‘was killed by soldiers on guard before he could light 'his bomb. A state of siege virfually exists, but has not been of- ficially proclaimed. The city is more tranquil, and a certain amount of business is being transacted. After dark nobody is allowed on the streets. Four Austrian and two Italian men-of-war have arrived.” day he was seen in this city. Some im- portance is attached to the finding of a light pair of trousers and a walistcoat not far from Ardsley. In one was a bill for a pair of trousers made out to embassies one sees extra uneasiness prevails every- s ° Cowell Stepney, daughter of Lord Detab- ley, was to-day granted a judicial sepa- ration from her husband, Sir Arthur Co- well Stepney, on the ground of desertion. The Baronet, who is a former member of Parliament and a wealthy landed pro- prietor of Wales, is now in Boise City, Idaho, where he recently renounced his title and became an American citises and also obtained a divorce there -