The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, August 22, 1903, Page 1

{E XCIV-—-NO. 83. SAN FRANCISCO, SATURDAY, AUG UST 22, 1903. PRICE FIVE CENTS. DELEGATES OF GRAND ARMY TERMINATE ANNUAL CONVENTION AND THOUSANDS OF VETERA NS GATHER AT EVENING CA MPFIRE HEAD OF CONFEDERATE UDETERANS SENDS GREETINGS. T Cal.: unity. ULLAHOMA, Tenn., Aug. 21, 1903.---To General John C. Black, Commander in Chief, Grand Army of the Republic, San Francisco, My hearty congratulations to you and the country. Your elec- tion as commander means increased good will and closest American J. B. GORDON. CHIEF OF UNION JOLDIERS OF CIDIL w.flR REPLIES. bless our Iland. AN FRANCISCO, Aug. 21, 1903.---To General John B. Gordon, Com- mander in Chief, United Confederate Veterans, The encampment having adjourned | submitted your message to the couricil of administration and am directed to acknowledge it, and say, as I do, that they fully accept its fraternal and American spirit. Tul/lahoma, Tenn.: God - AOYAL BOARD DEALS BLOW T0UNIDNISM Denounces System of International Bodies. RS DN S Calls Upon Canadian Government for Re- medial Laws. Buggests That Individuals Be Made Responsible to Employers. the Can- the strike ncipal ana= 1 y labor which e strike, hundred | | ization in the me time act- s secret service r sensational feature of the re- condemn unionism. the Government ns as shall citfes in v mention Western United s as be- itical or- Govern- Dsanile COMMISSION. | very one the ment rt was issu " 1 and bring about gigant ’ on with all might affect —p | Scene in Mechanics’ Pgvilion Last Night During the Campfire Heid by Veterans of the War of Rebellion. ey DID NOT BESPEC’I' HIS OATH. rt says that the coal miners’ I ith was caused by an the Western Federation effort to assist the i way Employes on the £ Ilway, sought to tie iir mining properties on | HE thirty-seventh national . which were at the time encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic came to a close yesterday amid great enthusiasm. The delegates were full of patriotic fire, and to organize the Japan- | whenever some distinguished speaker and that the | struck the keynote the cheering was en- oath as it should | thusiastic. No time was wasted by the giving evidence | delegates in getting down to business. { As on the previous day the session was executive. Soldlers from Linco!n Post anadian Pacific Raflway | ws that the Western Fed- » with the strike at rers, regard to inter- al orgar s say that if Parlia- | acted as a guard of honor and no ome would dec . notwithstanding | gwas allowed to enter the Grand Opera- thing in les of the interna- | house unless he possessed the counter- | sign. General John C. Black was installed as | commander in chief, and on taking the oath of office, spoke as follows: COMMANDER IS INSTALLED. “If 1 were to tell what thought is upper- A most in my mind it would be an expres- ement between an oyes would be bind- nidable objection to be removed. The re- ommended that organizations in ia which are controlled by the “de- cres of a street council” at Denver should be declared fllegal. the most bodies wou! b Cang Newly Elected Officials Take Oaths of Office. sion of my profound thanks and a state- ment of the feeling of the great obligation resting upon me. - What I have vowed in your presence I hope I may have the strength and knowledge to perform, and I join in the petition of old, ‘Not for riches, not for power, but for me your representative and for you, my comrades, that knowledge which passeth under- standing.’ I am not here to preach you any homily, I am not here in the pres- ence of divines and lawyers and judges and soldiers, whose names have been in- written with history to urge unseemingly de .otion to the interest of our order, but with every one of us let it be remembered that as we walk in and out through the paths of life the eyes of other citizens are upon us, the eyes of our children are turned toward us, and they will judge in Encampment Draws to Close. ITH the setting of the sun this evening the thirty-seventh encamp- ment of the Grand Army of the Republic will ter- minate. Yesterday was full of delight for the veterans and their friends, for thousands enjoyed the hospitality of Oakland and other cities across the bay, while as many visited the nearby famous resorts of Cali- fornia. The delegates of the Grand Army en- campment finished their business and the event passed into history. The Woman’'s Relief Corps having ended its business on Thursday, spent yesterday visiting the various State Continued on Page 38, Column 2. Continued on Page 2, Column 4. l [ General William R. Shafter| Given an Ovation. IVE thousand veterans at- tended the campfire in Me- chanics’ Pavilion last even- ing. Twice as many more residents of this city and vis- itors occupied seats in the gallery and watched the novel scene that was enacted on the main floor of the im- mense structure. More than 100 tables stretched across the main floor, and on each side of these sat the old soldiers, enjoying hardtack and drinking out of tincups, as in war days. Tin plates heaped high with beans, pickles and cof- fee were the camp luxuries that the vet- erans enjoyed. Clay pipes and tobacco were beside every soldier’s plate. Much enthusiasm was displayed. Owing to the constant chatter fully three- fourths of those present failed to hear the speakers. The Golden Gate Park band, under the direction of Paul Stein- dorff, rendered patriotic melodies. Seated at the first table were General Willlam R. Shafter, commander of the Department of California and Nevada; General John C. Black, the new com- mander in chief cf the Grand Army of the Republic; General Thomas J. Stew- art, Pennsylvania, ex-commander of the organizgtion; General ‘A. J. Buckles; Corporal Tanner, ex-Pension Commission- er; General George Stome, chairman of | the executive committee of the Grand Army Encampment; Colonel A. Andrews; General C. A. Woodruft, U. S. A.; Colonel | John H. Ware of George H. Thomas Post No. 2, Colonel N. P. Chipman, Colonel A. J. Vining, Colonel W. A. Jacobs, Vice Commander Sturges, General Salomen, Hon. A. Sbarboro and others. SHAFTER IS CHEERED. ‘When General Black entered the hall he was recognized by his comrades, and Continued on Page 4, Column 1. JOHN C. BLACK. | UNGLE SAM'S | IRE TURNG CHINAWARD ‘Government Orders Inquiry Into Indemnity. |Financial Experts to Probe Suspected ; Frauds. | —_— {Shortage in Payments te (| United States Reaches Thousands. Special Dt ch to The Call WASHINGTON, Aus. 2L—A rigid inves- tigation of the whole system of the pay- ment of Chinese indemn to the powers will be undertaken at once by the United States Government. Fearing that this country is not getting its just dues, the Stats Deparitment has requested the loan of two financlal ex- perts from the Treasury Department. Sec- in | retary Shaw, a serious co: tional Bank! ho himself is engaged h the Inte ation of New York, which is the American fiscal agent in China, has decided to place Willlam P: Armstrong of the office of Auditor for the State Department, and Joseph S. McCoy, artment actu: at the dis- | posal of the Secretary of State. | These men will go to China within the next few weeks and inquire into every de- tafl of the m: 1 the annual and nnual amortization and inter- est instaliments of the Boxer Ir fund are paid and h national Banking Commission st Shang- hai. ods by BITTER FIGHT ON. The Treasury Department and the In- ternational Banking Corporation are ar- rayed against each other on the question of a rate of exchange of the indemnity payment made on July 1, 1902, for a period from July 1 to December 31, 1%1. The In- ternational Banking Commission at Shanghai, whose duty it is to receive the indemnity allments from the so )G"V“r?\mfifl‘. and the American mam‘wr | of which is James S. Fearon, decided that the rate of exchange sh d be 58% cents ndard of pay- The st ty is the haikwan | per haikwan tael ment of the indem: tael. The Treasury Department holds that this was an arbitrary and unauthoritative action on the part of the International Banking Commission, especially In view of the fact that the rate of exchange quoted in London and in New York and in the statement of the easurer of United Staces of July 1, I was $0.5656! per haikwan tael. The Treasury Depart- ment computed the indemnity payments on the basis of the latter rate of ex- change. SHORTAGE IN PAYMENT. The United States bond with the Inter- national Banking Corporation provides that this corporation shall collect the in- demnity payments and deposit them in the sub-treasury at New York, receiving for this service one-half of 1 per cent of all moneys handled. The International Banking Corporation accepted payment on the rate of exchange fixed by the In- ternational Banking Commission and therefore it proffered to the United States the sum of $§11,526 07 less than that which < | the Treasury Department computed was | due the United States. Secretary Shaw is convinced that the action of the International Banking Com- mission at Shanghai is illegal. The de- partment proposes that the International Banking Corporation shall make good this shortage. Great Britain and Japan, it i3 under- stood on the highest authority, are dis- | satisfied with the action of the Interna- | tional Banking Commission in fixing the | rate of exchange lower than that prevail- | ing In those two countries and the United | States. That they have decided on inves- | tigations similar to that proposed by the | United States is practically certain. POPULAR YOUNG WOMAN SLAIN BY AN ASSASSIN Unknown Murderer Places a Gun at Her Back and Dis- charges It. GUTHRIE, O. T., Aug. 2L—Miss Lena Dick, a popular young lady of Wilburton, L T., was shot through the heart by an unknown assassin this evening, who made his escape. She was sitting In the door- way when the assassin thrust the gun nearly against her back and discharged it. &