The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, July 2, 1903, Page 1

O St P : ul’:‘-‘\TE N Lo s to 'be taken from the Library- L ] e { n the l'nit{d S‘m’“rr'and I’u.tr"a are-at- thc 5tmiizinr"' point. Lim. the: regulation.. flf hcr internal ‘affairs. be fortearded 1o Stk /’c’ e xlmrg as soon: Fi mm the Ru::tan Embassy i jith China’ for the o[wnmg of ports in Manchurm to trade. - Wa.rhmgtan there emanated a :talemem ye:terday af Ru.ma s nmmde n relatum 1o’ President: Roosevelt's dflermma— ion of Americ an: Hebreivs in connection with: the Kishenev outrages. Ft was asserted flatly that Russia would not receive the pttman, nor -wmdd the St Petcrxburg Government tolerate interference of any na- H her. this - was éallrd to the attention of State Dcpartment officials, an‘authunscd statement twas gzz'm to the press, ta the eiffect that no aitention would be paid to thie’ President receives it from the Jez ish leaders ¢ who are collcctmg :zgnalurcs. Move significant, ‘than thls annmmcemm! however, was the intimation that Rus- d tvill of ‘/m[ nitrd States !hmuglx et course.in blocking the trmly being m'gotmtcd x Dummy Welghts Are Discovered at Crockett. el Detectives Have Man Who Meanipulated the Cheat. its one party other weite unge, “and by the ed them welgher's ACTIVE. be subpenaed S ré, to ‘appear before others hold the' firm *answer many theé cffect that the ot hesitate to discuss arehquse obped and on d by Af- ey will api thiey had no :pers edge of yunts of ‘gr in the waré- Crockett;. that they telied’ on resenttions. of-.thelr pperintend- the’ grain hai disap District EVADA’ ‘.BAifl( SUES. a’ Natiohal Bank, ane’ of the| &, Co., “holding | ‘heat and I)Brlr'\ the” Pacific’ Coast Warehoi: ehouse fll the #ur\ermr Court’ yes- | The ac- s by Attor- . -complaint -recites fonal Bank holds [ y romissory ‘hotes,. which call for whea arlev stored in the ware: he 00 asks the ‘court to appoint receiver afid 1o ‘enjoin all of the defend- . Grockett, | NflMEJ' RECEIUER FOR THE COMBINE KCourt Places Former Senator James | Smith in Charge of United States| | thpbuildmg Companys Afjazrs , ‘July’ 1—Ex- enator James Smith ~Jr.. of | New Jetsey was tot@ay appoint- | e fecetver for the United States | Shipbuflding: Comipahy. © In :his | decrée. appointing Smith, Juilie Kirkpat- rivk-orders that ail ‘of'the property of the of whatsoever kind ard na- shail be-turned over, immediat nt, ated, djrectors-and officers’ of the in- | decree directs the € the man- | ni and operation of sdid preperties ke such paymernts gnd disburse- | as may be nee report the same to -the cour The concluding. paragraphs of :the ‘d e.contain the usual hich férbid the defendants to 5 fer or dispbse of any of the -property to Interfere with the managément of. the CREDITORS ARE RESTRAINED. e final paragraph o that all cred- | and others be. r we or prosecuting ed and proper and ineé at’law’ or in am insti- suits equity without leave of this court. | The Judge's language comcerning. the ry cempanies as_foilows: | e recefver, it sheuld be understood, a rol over the subsidfary | anic as they may und in the possession of the. def ! Before the appointment’ wds announced | Charles ‘G Deming, for the’ -défendant | sald no sugzéstion tc on. behalf of.his clients as-to who be appointed receiver; Hé could | only .protest against the appolntment of a recefver. H. H. Woolmah. of counsel | for the gomplainants' also sald that he| had no snggestion ‘to make, except that | it was.desirable to have g man who was | fully capable of filling the position. Judge | morrow morning. s @ i lelod ool 3 i e e e e e e ] ants from -taking out the merchandise.’ Judge Murasky signed an order fixing the boné at $i000, in order. to protect the de- feridants in the evenf they suétain -any .Gamage from.-the appointment of ‘a- r ceiver. Judge Murasky took the complaint me to study ft-dnd -wi)l perhaps’ nam receiver. to-day. ;The ‘complaint -is y the Nevada Natio ed by Messrs: Helier “and 1-0“«“, defendants - are - the Bank, -Ameri: 3 Moriterey, Colusa County Bank National @'Eseoinpte de Paris, 4 tional ‘Bank of Fresno, the Intérhational | Banking Corporation, Isaac Kohn, Lon- don ‘and San Francidco Bank,:' Wells, Fargo. & Co., San Frandisco .Savings “Union, Bank of Woéodland, Bank of Yolo, A.-Galland, W. Aronson, J..H. Glide, . ‘Llum H. J. Schuman,.-P. Sweeney, "\ Ciark, Henry Wadsworth, - receiver Eppinger, and others. NOTES ARE LXEC'UTED The complaint alleges that in considera- |.tion ot mooo Eppinger & Co ‘execiited ahd | delivered " to the pmmm' A promjssory | mote calling for wheat' in’ tive “waréehouse; [ that.ori the 29th @ay of. July, 1902, "a prom=- f isS0ry ‘note was executed .by-Eppinger & Coz, for -$14,250; that on the .1ith’day of September two notés,-one for $3000 and the-other ‘for $10,300, wére executed by the | bankrupt company. Copies of the various | notes are affixed to the complaint. Thie complaint Tecites the. following: | That the plantift is informed and believes nd- upon such information and bellef nlleges the fact to be that there afe now outstanding arehouse recelpts aggregating 37,500 tons &rain. represented (o be on storage aud on de- al Bank, represent- The for [ Kirkpatrick | | | | { | 11 b Kt | Lo i | | | ATOR . WHO | FORMER 18 | RECEIV OR’ BHIPBUILD- )‘ - ING: COMPANY. said that one of the duties of the réceiver would be to confer with the reorganization’ committee with a view of-extricating the company from the dif-’ ficultic o, which ft had been thrown. -DIRECTORS - HOLD MEETING. NEW YORK, Jily 1..-A meeting of the’ directors of the United States Shipbuild- | mg Company was held to-day. Those o attended were, Lewis Nixon, Charles Hangcom of Ngw London, Archibald Johnson.of South Bethiehem,.Charles W. Baker of this city, Joseph' E. Schwab, Adolph E. E.. Borie, 1. Mclivain of Sauth ~Bethlehem, shall R. Rand of Pittsburg’ and: Max Pam ef Charles M. Schwab was-not present. “After the meeting it was sald that noth- ing had been done.except to'talk over th situation. Nixon was urged not to pres gnation as president of the com- d thé resignation was not acted upon: Dosit ‘in thie said, warehouse of said defendant at said town of Crockett; whereas, in_trutly &hd In fact Lbne are now on deposit and in | storage -in #ald warehouse of said defendant | oply about 3500 tonk of grain. The Neyads Natipnal Bank alleges that the total barley called for by the receipts | in its possession’ is 5153,616. pounds and that ‘the.total wheat is 1,036,416 pounds. The complaint states.that the American Natignal Bank, the Bank of Monterey and 1§, Fargo & Co.’s bank have attempt- to ‘taKe forcible pessession of the | ed wheat and have laid claims to the wheat in the warchouse. For this reason plain- tift asks for. the appointment of a re- cel\'c; ——— e MOSES. GUNST REFORTED . " | STRICKEN BY PARALYSIS Fflends in New York Hear Alarming | Bumor Concerning the San Franciscan. E YORK, July 1.—Reports were re- | ceived M this city to-day that Moses | Gunsy ‘of San Franciscq had suffered a siroke of paralysis In Germany. At the office of ‘Al Hayman, who is one of Mr. Gunst's closest friends here, it was said nothing definife had been received in re- gard to his condition and doubt was ex- pressed of the reports, which represented | it as-a serious stroke. ‘Mr: Gunst has been in the habit of visiting German baths each year. He has a-large circle of acquajntances in New York’ ahd they were solicitous to-day about his real condition. Just how the [ representations or: ‘communications rela~ ‘| est_source of Russian authority in this ] [t is* a-warning -to the President that, | Jewish organizatiéns in the United States | Goverament of the United States are im | danger “of receiving a slap in. the face | carit warning occurs was. called forth by | rest of the statement, | embassy at Washingtori or- the American .| ment that the -| Braph quotéd méens that. Russia-does not | occurred . within " its territorial limits in Chicago. | Another méeting will be held .to- |- “Hands Off”’ Says the ' Czar. 1% 111 Re Ject J_eWISh Pe- tition. President Ig- nores the ‘Warning. R Special Dispatch to The Call. WASHINGTON, July 1.—“The Russian Government must categorically refuse to receive from any power any petitions; tive to its internal policy.” This is the concluding paragraph of a statement given out.to-day by the high- country. Jis significance is very. deep. | should he carry out his expressed’ inten- i tion to send the Czar & petition from for the betterment of the condition of It ‘means that the friendly. relations which have existed for so many years be- | tween Russia and the United States will | become strained should the President per- | gist in his purpose. To put it plainly, Mr. Roosevelt and v.nc \ from Russia. RUSSIA IS INDIGNANT. | The statement in which this signifi- | the report that Russia had offered an ex- ‘planation af the Kishenev massacre to this dountry. There is a tone of indigna- tion in the denial which composes the and which reads s follows: . “The. Russian Government most nosl- | tively deniés the report that it has of- fered any explanation to the American Government, either through.the Russian | embassy at St. Pétersburg, regarding the Kishenev incident, ‘or that it has ever . been addressed by. the-American Govern- ment upon the subject.” ken in connection with the announce- Russian Government will not receive the Jewish petition, the para- feel called -upon to offer to the United States any explanation of.any affair-that whi¢h no_other than were concerned. -PRESIDENT STANDS FIRM. | The position of the admiristration re- | arding the proposed transmission of the petition “of Jewlsh citizens of the United States to’the Russian Government w. made clear and positive by .a statement issued by the State Department to-night. This statement was inspired by the an- nouncemént. reflecting the attitude of the | Russ preséntation of such a petition through | the medium of -the United States’ em- | bassy at :St. Petersburg. The Russ:an} Russian subjects especiaily cuclul to act only in accord- ance with all requirements of -official prn- priety, but within: the limits thus laldj down it will most certainly not hesitate* to givé expression to the deep sympathy felt not ‘only by the administratior, but by all the American people, for the un- fortunate Jews Wha have been the.vic- rtims in. the recent anpélllng massacres and outrages. REBUKE m THE CZAB. 3 “In this connection it was- pointed by another official,- who dlsclalmed any pu, | pose to speak in.his official capacity. however, that it seemed somewhat | strarige, to say the least, that the Rus- slan Government should ¢hoose this par- ticular method of making a statement to ] the American people at the very timé when, by methods which are certainly- the reverse of friendly to the United States, it sought to induce China to break the | plighted faith of all the powers as to the open .door ‘in Manchuria, and has en« deavored ‘to_bar our people from access to the. Mghchuridn trade.” 2 The foregoing above n;tement ‘was | their coreligionlsts in Russia, he wiil ‘be | told to'mind his own business. an Government ‘in the event.of thé | | L. shown to Count Cassini, the Russian Em- report of .a paralytic stroke orlxlmM no one seemed to know. Continued on fip 3, Column 6. IOU)fl REPUBLICflN PLATFORM HARMONIZES DIFFERING IDEAS Conventzon fldopts J‘trong Planks on the Tariff and the Regulatton.. of Trusts, Indorses Roosevelt to Suc- |, ceed Himself and Renominates Governor Cummins Tariff Plank . of Platform : ! 2 @ E reiterate our. faith w n the historic poliey - | © its influence our country, foremost in | | the bounties of nature, has be- come foremost in production. cees 1ly insist upon good wages and has induced capital to engage in production with a onable hope of a fair re- of protection. Under | | | It ha; ;{blea the laborer to § I re: ward. Its vindication is found | |, in "the history of its suecess | | | and the rapidity with which | | four national resources have | .been developed and our indus- | trial independence secured and we heartily remew oar pledge to maintain it Tariff rates enacted to carry this policy into effect should be just, fair and impardal, || equally opposed to foreign control and domestic monop- oly, to sectional discrimina- tion and individual favorit- ism, and must from time to time be changed to meet the | | varying conditions incident to 4 the progress of our industries and their changing relations in our foreign and domestic commerce. Duties that are too | | low shoull be increased and | | .duties that are too high shonld be reduced. ES MOINES, July 1.—The Repub- lican State: Convention nominated a - ticket to-day and adopted a platform of principles. All of the candidates were renominated by acclamation with the ‘exception of State Superintendent, for which office James G. Riggs was nominated on the third bal- lot,” his_ opponents being present Superin- tendent R. C. Barrett of Osage and H. Andrews of West Union. The ticket follows: Governor—A. B. Cummins, Des Mointes. Lieutenant Governor—John Herriott of Stuart. Supreme Jufl.e—Ch-rleu A. Bishop of Des Moines. Railroad Commissioner—David Palmer of Washington. 3 | State Sumflntmd-nt—dunu G. RI‘.- of Sigorney. - ‘Harmony marked the proceedings or the convention, all of its action being by unanimous vote, wit the nomination of State Superitendent, but after the ticket had been completed and the platform adopted speeches were made which indicated that the Republican leaders of the State are not entirely agreed as to the detalls of tariff policy. the exception of "- > on the present éra .of prosperity, com- mends the administraton of Governor Cummins, rejoices in Iowa's leadership in national affairs, favors good roads legisla- tion,” indorses the Louisiana Purchase Expasftion and eontinues: We. commend enfirely and without reserva- tion the administration of President Rodsevelt. Called as he was to- the office f chief exec- utive under the mast trying circumstances, his fidetity to the pubiic welfare, the wisdor: and the painstaking'zeal which he brings to th performance of all his. dutles. command our respect and admiration. - Towa Republicans, in common with the Kepublicans of the entirs:nas +tion, expect and desire his unaaimous nomirte- tion as his own suecessor. We _congratulate. the people of the State Jowa- has such wise, able and judicious states- ‘men Secretaries Shaw and Wilson. We' also_congratulate the people of. the Stats that n the Senate of the. United States’ ovr representatives hold positions -of: the highest character and influence, “‘and that our repre- sentatives in the lower house Jf Congress oc- . CUpY + [K‘llllnns ot foremost place in that body - United States 1 tat 2 ! Hderation bith hére nd at Oymter ey | | e mdorse the peltey of ||+ T i 1 ; i . | before 8 :decision was ‘reached to make | | TCCIPTOCHY an the aatmral | RIVAL REPUBLICAN LEADERS OF IOWA, WHO SUCCEEDED IN HAR- ny. declarati ding ‘th {] ctmmiapeas A . pRatnetiu. . |- MONIZING ALL DIFFERENCES OF OPINION AS ‘'TO THE CON- any. declatation’ fegarding thie question. | | peciprocity between nations is | STRUCTION OF THESTATE PLATFORM. : To-night the following was ghen out ntL trade ‘for mutual advantage | . ] the State .Department: and both sides must give and | | = O B s g “At the State Department it:was stated take. Protection builds up | g% * = ; by a high official,in tho absence of Sec-| | domestic industry and trade | | = - - B e Sty retary Hay, that thie delay in forwarding | | .amd securcs. our own markets 3 S Gutar i SRR the petition of the American citizens of | | for ourselves; reciprocity 1 rusts Jhould i ,Z‘Z"r‘:‘,‘lz‘mlt’ 1;-”;"»::;(:;-: °x'z ;::“:f.;: the Jewish faith ps to the. lll-treatment,| | bullds up fovelgn trade and &g [ the Jaborer to successtully insist upon good of thelr - coreligionists In Russia, was| | fiRds &n outlet for our & Be ‘Regulated | wages and has induced capital to engage in due solely-to the:petitioners' delay in pre- | | PFe% | - Praduction with & reascusble hege & &-faiv ‘We approve the treaty with B belleve . that the reward. Its vimdication is found in the history senting the address to the State Depart-| | cgba recemtly ratified as com- e, B = o of its success gnd the rapidity with which our ment. The State Department, of course, | | ferring substantinl benefits ey Taa) vd natignal resources have been developed and would pay no - heed to ahy statemesit| ! wponm both countries e A B our fhdustrial Independence secured and we purporting to emanate from. the Russian | that the remaining %0 reguiated and su- heartily renew our pledge-to maintain it. Governmerit unless such’ statement were essary to make it effective be ! pervinéd heth in thelr ergan- flhtr":-nl:;.b:njflulmrl?‘uyl this :::lcy ml» > 3 B gy Y g effect shoul ust, fair and impartial, equal- made officlally, In.some form or other, | | promptly taken. —lowa Platform. ' ization and -operation that Iy opposed to foreign control and domestie mo= to cur’ Government. B | 5 o their evil tendencies may be nopoly, to sectional discrimfnation and individ- “The .State . Department has been | checked nnd their evil prac- ual favoritism, and must from time to time be tices prévented. In many in- stances -they are efficient in- trial instruments and the matural outcome of an inevita- ble process of economie ev tfon. We do not desire their destruction, but insist that changed to meet the varying conditions inci- dent to the progress of our industries and their changing relations in our foreign and domestic commerce. Duties that are too low should be i | increased and dutles that are too high should be_reduced. We indorse the policy of reciprocity and the patural complement of protection. Reciproeity between nations is trade for mutual advan- tage and both sides must give and take. Pro- tection builds up domestic industry and trade and _secures our own markets for ou 3 reciprocity builds up foreign trade and finds an outlet for our surplus. We approve the treaty with Cuba, recently ratified, as conferring substantial benefits upon both countries and .urge that the remaining steps necessary to make it effective be prompt- Iy taken, We believe that the large corporations commonly called “trusts” should be so regu- they shall be regulated and controlled so as 1 to prevent ure subserve and advance the blic' good. The patriotic and resolute course of the President of- his reco: mendations to Congress upon this sabject and upon the re- Inted subject of the further regulation of interstate cos lated and supervised, both In thefr or- ganization and operation, that their dence and admiration, and re- evil - tendencies may be checked and cent legislation of Congress in their ‘evil practices prevented. In many In- stances they are efficent ifduetrial instru- ments and the natural outcome of an inevita- ble process of economic evolution. We do not desire their destruction, but insist that they shall be 30 regulated and controlled as to prevent monopoly and promote competition and in the fullest measure subserve and advance the pub- lic =ood. The patriotic and resolute course of the harmony with his recommend- atio; meets hearty ap- proval. - —lowa Platforin. The platform congratulates the nation Continued on Page 5, Column 6. modetation of his utterances and counsel and °° that in his Cabinét and among his advisers