The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, June 10, 1903, Page 3

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, BRITISH STATESMEN OF ALL PARTIES ASSAIL CHAMBERLAIN'S PROGRAMME PIHON- C-TRITCHIE 77 P L — ~ o Secretary’s Colleagues Come Out Openly Against Him. Chaplin’s Amendmentt to Budget Bill Be- gins Debate. YESTERDAY'S HOUSE PARTICIPA OF COMMONS. over Ch triumph would be short Government for | he From Page 1, Column 3. pr g the ers Ex #r R pon which would T r the new and Cham- . the k e extraordinary » followers of the EDMOND CAUSES A Government had been placed by the inde ng of the sitt Ministers. It J seek guidance or leaders . e He c ed with formally t amendmer: on which, he sid, ' = he meant to divide the house. 5 The motien was seconded and Sir Mich- » ael Hicks-Beach followed. He commenced Suieiier with saying that his v of the general | S fiscal and political sit n was quite Sy different from the view held by Chaplin McHueh w “ ! Sir Michael, continuing, i 1 3 - —_n | 1eagues were perfecti® - 2 1 s | in duty was unpo : . irated it, but it had been a 3 2 . had heard the proposal to re- - xne e sty with surprise and regret red that the wa neces- of the growth of expe which he had protest been received protests . w gre sympathy by colleagues he ' w not now be speaki from a bench abo the gangway. It impossible S for a Chancellor of the hequer to re duce expenditures without the hearty and B : continu support of the Premier. " an ‘money od 4 e arnestly ap relevan k er to assure the - P Hou: was determined to stop - the increase in the normal expenditure. Soin s £ SUPPORTS THE BUDGET. sutset. ° Sir Michael said he was opposed to Chaplin's amendment, although he sym- CHEERS GREET CHAPLIN. pathized with the latter's objection to the Ritchie ving fc moved the sec- | repeal of the grain duty, but he believed »nd read p get bill, Chaplin, alternative policy to be a greater evil. who was rece with cheers, arose to g to choose between two evils he wove his amendment and proceeded uld choosé® the lesser and would sup- warmly to he Chancellor of the | port the budget bill. £xchequer, whose ptitude, he said,| Referring to the suggested preferential hey owed their present remarkable posi- | tariff the former Chancellor of the Ex- on. In repea n duty, Chap- | chequer declared he yielded to no one in sald Ritchie e mistake and had pre ment for which neither } were prepared an irretrieva- tated a move- party nor the For a moment in appreciating the splendid work of Chamberlain. The Colonial Secretary had ever done 80 much to bind the ‘colonies to the motherland or to make the colo- l Anheuser-Busch The wonderful progress of this Association is shown by the following table of sales: 00 Barrels sold in 1865, ry 20 18,000 Barrels sold in 1870. 131,035 Barrels sold in 1880. 702,075 Barrels sold in 1890. 939,768 Barrels sold in 1900. 1,109,315 Barrels sold in 1902, Largest Breweryinthe World Orders promptly filled by TILLMANN & BENDEL, Pacific Slope Distributers. g ~ - | a carefully prepared statement. nies feel thelr position and duties as part of the empire. He wished to know whether Chamberlain's opinion was that of the united Cabinet. The repeal of the grain duty appeared to the Speaker to be a direct bar to the adoption of preferential principles. He therefore concluded that the opinion of the Cabinet as a whole was the same with regard to these principles as when | he was a member of it. He had opposed colonial preferences in d to wines, r and grain ahd s convinced tters could not last long in their indefinite state. A continuance of > Prem ment was impossible. attitude of suspended judg- It not fair to | the members of the party whose constitu- ents wanted information. The question was dividing the Utionists and making the opposition a happy family. Chamber- lain’s proposals would do more to dis- unite than to unite the empire ‘and if he persisted in them they would destroy the U st party. RITCHIE OPPOSES TARIFF. Ritchie, wkho made a general reply, read The Gov- thought there should ) the matter of preferen- ernmant, he said, be an inquiry in tial duties, He avowed himself to be an out-and-out free trader and added that, with his present knowledge, he could not be a party to a policy which he believed would be detrimental to the int E both Great BEritain and her colonies, and he believed that the inquiry, from which he would not shrink, would confirm his present views. Ritchie justified the remission of the grain duty and contended that the mill- and farmers had not benefted by th In his opinion the consumer had aid the tax, which had pressed most vily on the poorest classes. Although was p uded by the Speaker’'s ruling from discussing preferential tariffs, he might say in behalf of himself and his colleagues what h€ and they thought. The members of the Government who had spoken on the subject had spoken for themselves and not for the Government. All thus far that had been suggested was that the matter should be discussed and inquired into. Ritchie concluded with saying that the grain duty was properly imposed as the result of a great national emergency and had been properly removed when the prpspects were brighter. He denied that there had been any Inconsistency, and while he regretted that the Government had wounded the feelings of some of its supporters he believed' its action would be indorsed by the country. It was the foreign and not the British farmers who had gained by the tax. Ritchie’s outspoken, repudiation of Chamberlain’s proposals caused an im- mense sensation in the lobbles of the House. No such situation has arisen in the Parliamentary world since the mem- orAble split on the Home Rule bill and the keenest interest was manifested in re- gard to possible developments. BITTER ATTACK BY ELLIOTT. Another sensation came when the Hon, Arthur Elliott, Secretary of the Treas- ury, replying in behalf of the Government, made a bitter attack on protectionist and tariff. He declared that the poli of the Government was ciearly exhibited by its decision to revoke the corn tax, | which savored of protection. This direct attack on Chamberlain by a member of the Government, who, it is believed, must have spoken with author- ity, elicifed loud cheers and is considered even more important than Ritchie's de- nunciation, indicating that the majority of the Cabinet is overwhelmingly op- posed to any system of preferential treat- ment. The debate was adjourned after severe criticism of Premier Balfour's absence. ‘While Ritchie’s pronouncement gave rise to fresh rumors regarding an early dissolution of Parliament, acccrding to the best opinion that event is not likely to take place before late in the autumn, or, more probably, next year. It is freely predicted that the Government will rele- gate the thorny question of a tariff pref- «erence to a royal commission, which will B THEFTS IRE CHMREED 10 A CLERK [Scandal in Office of Au- ditor for District of Columbia. | Subordinate Accused of Em- bezzlement of Government Funds. * —_—— Watson Jr., Covering a Period of Four Years, May Reach $75,000. - WASHINGTON, June 9.—James M. Watson Jr., a clerk in the office of the Auditor for the District of Columbia and son-in-law of a wealthy retired contrac- tor, was arrested to-day on a charge of embezzlement of Government funds. The amount is estimated at from $60,00 to | $75,000. The warrant makes a specific | charge of embezzlement of 38000, which epresents only a portion of the alleged peculations. 5 Watson was not bonded and shouid he | or his relati several of whom are said to be wealthy, fail to make good the al- | leged losses Auditor J. T. Petty will be held responsible for the amount. The Auditor's bond is for $20,000. The money alleged to have been embezzled part of the funds deposited in the of- e of the Auditor by the property own- who are willing to pay costs of improvements abutting on their property, such as paving, sidewalks, al leys and streets. This fund 1s separate from the other accounts and is not subject to review by the Treasury Department, but is checked by the clerk in charge of the corresponding account in the district department. This clerk re- ported it correct as late as February, 1902 The dep it is sald, have the right to re rom the district through suit. over The Auditor's office is under the super- vision of the Board of Commissioners of the Alleged Peculations of James M. | half of all | ) | that the War Department's policy con- WEDNESDAY, JUNE 10, entirely | | FOUR YEARS OF PECULATION. district of Columbia. Auditor Petty has | complete charge of the assessment and permit fund, depositing the money in a | bank to his own credit. Watson, it is al- has. been entrusted with making the deposits and has returned the p: book in apparently a proper cendition in { each instance. IHe has been an employe rs and the al- of the District for four ye leged defalcations are supposed taken place during most of that period The discovery of the alleged shortage . geveral days ago, but was kept the Auditor in the hope of s titution. The rict were made of the Di acquainted with the condition of affairs this morn- ing and at a speci demanded from Auditor Petty report on the matter and an explanation of the sys- | tem by which such a large sum of money could be abstracted without earlier detec- | tion. This system is said to have been inquired into ten or twelve years ago, but no changes in methods resulted. Auditor Petty said to-day that. the ac- counts had been manipulated in such™ a | clever manner that he was not certain of | the exact situation. WATSON’S MANY VENTURES. i bulletin issued in this city running the paper he owned a barber shop, which he had been trying to sell re- cently. He 0 was the promoter of a patent medicine concern and the treas er operative Association, which takes in | money from employes on deposit and lend it out agal in. Many of the officeholders at the District building are depositors of the association, | turning the money over entirely to Wat- son and getting his personal receipt tiny books resembling bank books. Several months ago Major Sylvester, the Chief of Police here, investigated Watson's record and it is said that he found that W | form school while in his minority on a i charge of forgery. | Watson’s bail was | which, it said, | morrow by several bonding companies. { The arrested man spent the night in a police station. Watson attributes the leged shortage to careless bookkeeping s that he has not been guilty of embezzlement. —_———— | JAIL-BREAKER FALLS INTO HANDS OF SHERIFF fixed at $25,000, will be supplied to- | any One of the Prisoners Who Escnped; | From Glasgow Is Caught Near | Hinsdale. ! HAVRE, Mont., June S.—Authentic ad- | vices from Hinsdale say that Brown, one of the Glasgow jail breakers, was cap: | tured late to-day by Deputy Sheriff But. | ler. Brown seemed inclined to talk, and when questioned by Butler said he did | not want to be with the gang when they | came in contact with the officers, as he | was sure there would be some hard fight- | ing. He says that while the four outlaws | rode through the brush near Glasgow | they passed within thirty feet of some of the posse, and that they could have easily killed the whole lot. Nothing has been | seen or heard from the other three as | yet. | L o e e R . ] insure time for a full consideration and | for testing the ground of popular opinion. ROSEBERRY SCENTS CRISIS. Opposes Proposed Abandonment of Free Trade Policy. | LONDON, June 8.—Speaking at the Es- '} sex Agricultural show to-day Lord Rose- | berry remarked that there was a lively sitnation in the House of Commghs. “Heaven alone knows what is\coming next,” added the former Premier, “'Start- | ling developments may be expected at | any moment.” The proposed protectlon would stimu- late Canada, Austria and India, and the | advantage would be with them. The rural | depopulation, the gravest evidence of the | agricultural depression in this country, would increase and the prices of food would be raised. How long would the people stand that? Before the country rever(et‘ to the state of things which pre- ceded free trade the people should thoroughly consider how narrowly they had escaped national famine and revolu- tion in 1846, These were averted only by the adoption of free trade and might re- | turn if the country departed therefrom. SUGGESTION FOR FRAMING. Next Sunday’s Art Supplement, “THE PILOTS.” Frame Closely in Three or Four Inch Deep Green, With Gilt Lining Inside. 3 o to have | Watson was a joint publisher of a news | In addition to | of what is known as the District Co- in | tson was sent to the re- | | nel Godfrey of Fort Walla Walla to hav Commissioners | | FUNSTON TAKES A FLING 1903. DELRICHS BAGK FROM EUROPE Says Fair Will Contest Does Not Give Him Any Concern. Intends to Devote All His Time to the Comp'etion of the Fairmont. St Special Dispatch to The Call. NEW YORK June 9.—Among the ar- rivals on the Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse to-day were Hermann Oelrichs and‘S. G. Murphy, president of the First National Bank of San Franeisco. Oelrich§ said that they would go at once to San Fran- | cisco and busy themselves with the com- pletion of the wili be the finest hotel in the world. cost will be more than $4,000,000. Oelrichs ay three monthe at Carlsbad. o litigation over the F: : “I don’t give it one minute of thought in a month. If I spoke my mind regard- ing the suit 1 am afraid it would reflect Fairmont, which, he says, The on some people. Captain Richardson Clover, U. S. N, formerly naval attache at the United States Embassy in London, returned with his family on the Kaiser Wilhelm. Cap- tain Clover will go to Washington and then to San Francisco. He expects an as- signment to off shore duty. —_— AT SAN FRANCISCO POSTS General Says l’ugietfi Sound Is Better | Adapted for Concentration | of Troops. WALLA WALLA, Wash., June 9— Brigadier General Funston said teo cerning army posts was, toward abandon- ing the smaller forts and mobilizing troops dt points of strategic importance in case of war with a foreign power. Pu- Sound, he b se men mobilized at a fdrt main- cma and placed tained at Se on board transports without the use of ailway trains. General Funston was here inspecting Fort Walla Walla, and left to ght for Boise, Idaho. He came here from Spo- kane. Talking of the Government's pol- icy, he said: The idea now is to keep regiments as intact as possible. The troubles with In- dians in the West are almost over and hereafter posts will be maintained to g greater foreign war efficiency Walla Walla will have to be entirely abandoned or else rebuilt throughout. lities for concentration of troops are anted. This benefits both officers and It is not fair, for instance, for Colo- w men. but one squadron here and the rest of his men scattered.” Funston's mr‘ significant. — e —— Fireman Fatally Scalded. LOUISVILLE, Ky.. June %.—A passen- ger train on the Louisville and Nashyville road, bound from New Orleans to Cincin- is regarded here as very nati, was wrecked on Muldraugh's Hill, twelve miles south of Louisville, this afternoon. John Keller of Louisville, the fireman, was badly scalded and died here to-night. Thirteen other persons were slightly injured. | was was superior’ to San | MAY PLAGE LD FRIEND UPON RACK Unpleasant Duty Con- fronts Postoffice ; Chief. * Dragnet Is Reaching Out for Payne’s Confidential Clerk. B H. H. Rand, for Thirty Years the Associate of His Superior, Is Under Cloud of Suspicion. —— Special Dispatch to The Call. WASHINGTON, June 9.—When Post- master General Payne returns to Wash- | ington on Thursday from the Hanna | wedding he will decide whether to unler‘ a formal investigation by Fourthk Assist- ant Postmaster General Bristow of the official conduct of H. H. Rand, confi-| dential clerk to the Postmagter General, | and for thirty years Payne's friend, em- | | ploye and business associate. Rand has recently achieved unavoidable notoriety by reason of his close personal and bu ness relations with former Superintendent August W. Machen of the free delivery | ervice of the Postoffice Department, who cently indicted for accepting | bribes. It is known that Rand is vice president | of the National Capital Mining Company, | a concern which purports to own valuable | mining properties in Mex:co, vet unde- | eloped. Former Superintendent Machen | president of this company and a sub-} ordinate official of the department, named King, is secretary. Rand savs his con- nection with this company is perfectly | legitimate and that he has sold no stock | around™wbe department. Concerning his relations with Machen he savs: SELLS OPTION ON MINE. “After having been in Mexico about a vear 1 came to Washington with an op- tion on some undeveloped property down there. property held I needed about $3000 to secure the and shares of that .amount ape ! ers of the company, which the suggestion of Machen, nt head of the company. 1 have k myself. But despite this disclaimer by Rand it is known that shortly after the hurried resignation of Beavers of the salary and allowance division, who got out at the beginning of the present inquiry, an em- ploye of the department went to a cer high official and requested his back | the vacant_position. The appl marked incidentally. “I am sure the appointment by ¢ be will gratifying to the most influential men in | the department. Machen is with me and Rand will speak to the Postmaster Gen- eral in my behalf.” The official in question began to ques- tion the applicant and finally asked point blank if the applicant was Interested in | any business way with Machen and Rand. “Very slightly,” was the response. “Are 'y | bladder and a ou a stockholder in the National | heat, which struck a r DR. KILMER'S SWAMP-ROOT. HOW TO FIND OUT. Fill a bottle or common glass with your water and let it stand twepty-four hours; a sediment or settling indicates an un- healthy condition of the kidneys; If It stains the linen it is evidence of kidney trouble; too frequent desire to pass it, or pain in the back is also convincing proof that the kidneys and bladder are out of order. WHAT TO DO. There is comfort in the knowledge so often expressed that Dr. Kilmer's Swamp- Root, the great kidney and bladder rem- edy, fulfills every wish in curing rheuma- tism, pain in the back, kidneys, liver, every part of urinary passage. It corrects inability to hold wa- ter and scalding pain in passing it, or bad effects following use of liquor, wine or beer, and overcomes that unpleasant ne- cessity of being compelled to go often dur- ing the day, and to get up many times during the night. The mild and the ex- traordinary effect of Swamp-Root is soon realized. It stands the highest for its wonderful cures of the most distressing cases. If you need a medicine you should have the best. Sold by druggists in fifty- cent and one-dollar sizes. You may have a sample bottle of Swamp-Root, the great kidney remedy, nd a book that tells all about it, both sent absnlutely free by mail. Address Dr. ilmer & Co., Binghamton, N. Y. When writing be sure to mention that you read this generous offer in The San Francisco Daily Call. Don't make any mistake, but remember the name, Swamp-Root, Dr. Kilmer's Swamp-Root, and the address, Binghamton, N. Y. every bottle. Capital Mining Company, flnanced by Machen and Rand?” was the next ques- tion asked. The applicant reluctantly an- | swered that he was. “How many shares do you hold?" the official inquired. “Five hundred,” was the reply. APPLICANT GROWS CAUTIOUS. The official then inquired whether Ma- chen and Rand, in selling him the mining stock, had promised to use their influ- ence in obtaining for him the vacant su- perintendency of the salary and allow- ance division, but the applicant, afrald of having d too much dy, shut up like a clam and would say nothing further of the salary and allowance di- vision. Since that occasion it has been reported that Rand duced others to purchase stock in the National Capital mine. The most unpleasant thing for Payne is that the mining concern has for its president Superintendent Machen and carries on its list of stockholders the names of Charles McGregor and - worth Upton, both of whom were re- cently dismissed and arrested, charged with having received la bribes from a mail bag manufacturer of Bal or 1t is considered by all that Payne can order a fu ti= ‘Will Protect Odessa Jews. ST. PETERSBURG, June 9 —General Arseneff, the new prefect of police of Odessa, in receiving a deputation of r bis recently assured them that the Jews of Odessa could pursue their av without fearing anti outh as the autk press any ab- reations reaks, Two Drown in the Missouri. GREAT FALLS, Mont., June 9.—Hans Austed and Frank Okcerman, two bar- tenders of ti v, were drowned while attempting to River in a skiff this afternoon. were row- ing the -boat together, ez having one oar. 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