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

VOLUME XCIV—NO. 1 2 1 SAN FRANCISCO, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 1903. PRICE FIVE CENTS. THINSFORTS | 53000000 N SUIT Bl Government Clerk| Given a Daring Mission. Carries Immense Sum From Washington to New York. Uncle Sam Takes Long Chance to Beat the Ex- press Companies. 4 take it " replfed Beall. if you are were made. When . T nt opened in the £ w and with his suit « order for 3600 $1000 bills eceipted for mone with aftér banking the sent from passed the unter of the ated "0 was passed out s were o and was 0 to make the trip Government IMMENSE RUSSIAN ARMY MASSED IN THE FAR EAST nstantly un- Three battle- r destroyers hinese waters forty « at Ta jenw PIUS X MAY LEAVE VATICAN PRECINCTS Makes Impressive Remark to the Abbot of the Monastery of | Monte Cassini | 28.—According to the Tri-| X, on receiving the Abbot of | ted monastery of Monte Cas- nia, said: soon meet, Most Reverend | Monte Cassini” Then, re-| the effect that his words pro-| impression that his Holiness | some day leave the Vatican pre- nets—he sdded, “‘pray, for all things are ayer.” iso said to have told the | Benedict monastery at Cava riene, near Salerno, that he himself uguraie the jubilee of the Im-| Conc et DISCOVER EVIDENCE | OF A MARINE DISASTER | ] . | Vessels From the Grand Banks Sight ! Hull of a Bark Floating Bottom Up. sT. JOHNS, N. F., Bept. 8. —Vessels re- from the grand ltanks report| ng the hull of a large vessel, ap- | . a French fishing bark, fioating | om up. It is believed that the vessel ndered during the recent North At-| tic hurricane, with all hands. ghe ould have carried a crew of neawy firty N It is feared that other disasters vessels gre h occurred, as several wissing. ! his remarks, LORD LONSDALE WITH COUNTESS + HOMEWARD BOUND | | | British Peer Freely Vents Opinion on Colonial Matters ess of Lons- former after his trip through th which, as he then predicted eveloped into one of the rich- st gold-producing sections of the globe. His present trip, he explained 1 ing, was for the pu e of acquainting himself with the conditions of various countries, in all of which, judging from he found causes for-eriti- cism, and he made no hesitancy in volun- teering them. He saw enough in Siberia to suggest to his mind that the Czar is not dverlooking ‘anything in the way of palitical strategy to strengthen his footing t even- in the Far t. In Japan he learned enough of the brown people to convince him that they are not a race of honest men, and in China he was made to fully appreciate the fact that the empire is far behind the time and at the mercy of al- most any nation that sees fit to invade it. COLONIES IN BAD SHAPE. Eve the British colonies of Austra- lla he declares he fo pro throt- tled and the conditions of the people men- aced by their own methods of legislation, ather by is at present dominating the pro- vinces. Just before leaving Sydney Lord Lons- dale made a statement, which has since been published over the entire world and provoked much comment, especially com- ing, as it did, from a man of his prom- in the political affairs of Great tain and at a time when England was inence B |in the heat of contentions between her several party leaders and attacks were being made upon her army and the meth- ds in which her recent war with the ors was conducted. 2 this statement, published in one of the leading papers of Sydney, Lord Lons declared that trouble was coming Australia before many years had t she was overlegislated and politici overpaid. Progress, he was being barred by the legislators, said, who were making it almost impossible for great financial interests to become part of the commonwealth. RIGID LABOR LAWS. For many of these conditions he blamed the Labor party of Australia, and was finally quoted as intimating that the col- ony was drifting away from the mother | country and might some day separate it- self from the latter. Asked last evening regarding these statements, Lord Lons- dale admitted that he had found much in Australia to satisfy him that radical changes are necessary there to insure the future success of the colony. “There are many conditions there,” said he, “which are directly attributable to the extreme measures adopted by the Legis® | Jature through the influence of the Labor party, which at present controls the des- tinies of the colony. “The conditions im- posed on laboring men by their own peo- ple are, in many instances, according to my way of thinking, very unjust and cer- tainly unreasonable. For instance, they talk of making Australia a white man's country, that is, prohibiting the employ- ment of black labor., They would exclude all blacks, even those of local origin, whereas it 8 a fact known to all people of that country that in some sections of Australia, particularly in the interior, the white man cannot perform the labor re- quired and necessarily the blacks are ab- solutely indispensable. UNFAIR TO THE SON. “The rigid enforcement of the working hour law is also a hardship on many men, 1 cannot understand why a man who is anxious to work a few extra hours in or- der to increase his wealth and benefit his conditions in the latter part of his life should not be permitted to do so if he de- gires, but in Australia they declare that he shall not work more than eight hours and he has to bow to the will of those who seemingly are now in power. An- other unjust restriction upon the work- ingmen and their progeny is the appren- the influence of the party | 1| | CMBERS OF BRITISH NO- BILITY WHO ARRIVED ON THE VENTURA. w of the colony, which bars a from teaching his own son a trade. | quently the case that a man seeks | to perpetu: a business which he has de- veloped after long years of patient strug- | gle. In this ambition he looks to a som, | rapidly growing into manhood and willing | struggle where the parent | leaves it. It is but natural that he should give this business to _the son, but the la- bor law of Australia decrees that the father must not teach his son what he has learned himself, but must apprentice | him out to some one else. OFFICIALS ARE OVERPAID. “There is also too much salary dis- | pensed in Australia to its officials. States- e a certain amount for repre- men recei senting aistricts which send them to | the 1 itive halls and they are paid an | extra fee for services as members of spe- | fal committee a result certain men | are forever struggling to get these partic- ular places. Their interests in affairs of | their constituents diminish before their | arice. 1 believe that a man who is willing to represent his people in the fur- therance of legislation that is of common benefit should do so without a stipend. I | think a man who is honestly interested in | | the welfare of nis own people will do so | | without asking pay.” | Lord Lonsdale added that he thought | that the paying of salaries to legislators | had a tendency to make them dishonest, and when it was suggested to him that | American statesmen, that is, Senators and Congressmen, receive a regular salary, he | quickly replied with a smile on his face: “I know, I know. But I am not quite | sure that this custom is at all times In the best interest of the States. How- | j ever, it is not fair to compare your Btates | | with those of the colonies, for they are | | not on the same footing.” COLONISTS ARE LOYAL. | Regarding his reported statement that some day the colony would draw away | | from the mother country, Lord Lonsdale | | emphatically denied that he had ever | | made any such prediction and he added: “I traveled all over the colony and spoke to all classes of her people, but never did I hear the slightest intimation of any such move and I have never thought of it. On the contrary the people to me seemed to be deeply concerned in the affairs of the mother country and de- lighted in hearing anything new, a fact that would suggest that they are not de'- liberating over plans for a separation.” Lord Lonsdale stated that he had rea- | son to believe that the new federation in the colonies would prove a success. Asked for an expression of opinion regarding the report of the possible succession of Lord Milner to the position of Colonial Secretary, he said his only information came through the press dispatches, but he doubted if Lord Milner would accept, although he would be a splendid man for the place. APPROVES ARMY CENSURE. He aleo denied all knowledge of the re- cent report that he is himself slated for a position in the Cabinet and then turned the discussion on to the recent charges made by the British War Commission against the methods pursued by the War | Department in the South African war. As to the commission’s criticism he said: “They were properly made and were in | line with statements made by me months ago. Of course they werc slow in coming out and naturally so, for it would not have been the right thing to attempt criticism, no matter how just it might be, while the war was still on. Certainly England was not prepared for the late war and this fact was soon made ap- parent. Had the War Office been pre- for a serious blow, the situation in South Africa probably would have been materially changed and there would have been a great deal less loss of life. The suggestion that has been made of the - Qontinued on Page 3, Column 5, | President Roosevelt will deal with divorce | | marital conduct fully as strict as others | take advantage of the prominence recent- | his annual | betterment of the existing situation a rec- | clesiastical authorities apparently did not | try and should take steps to avoid the PRESIENT MY TOUGH O DAGE Feature of Hig Next Annual | Message. Holds Strict Opinions Against Lax Mar- ital Conduct. | | i | | | Clergymen Urge Executive| to Give Prominence to the Subject. Special Dispatch to The Call. I CALL BUREAU, 146 G STREET, N. | W.. WASHINGTON, Sept. 28.—That | and the need of more uniform divorce | law$ throughout the land in his forth- | coming annual meesage to Congress is | the burden of a report current in Wash- ington to-night. Many persons have ex- pressed the bellef that the rumor is true. The President has opinions against lax that he holds and has publicly expressed. | Many prominent persons have talked with | him on the subject. Eminent clergy- | men have sought his ald, it is said, to influence sentiment toward a eurtailment | of the hurry-up divorce statutes. | Of course, aivorce laws are matter of State legislation. The Federal Govern- | ment has nothing to do with the laws, | Put the President, it has been argued by | some interested persons, might easHy | Iy given this subject to touch upon it in | message and to express, at least, the hope that there might be a national tendency toward a restriction of | the divorce laws, which are now a temp- | tation for many to seek rellef from the married state. 5 Should the President bring this subject to the attention of the country it prob- ably would be coupled with some refer- ence to race suicide. It has been suggested that L3 President | might put forward as a step toward a ommendation that Congress appoint a committee to investigate the question of making State laws more uniform. The practicability of this course, however, is a matter of conjecture. B f WOULD BAR PROTESTANTS FROM CUBAN REPUBLIC President Palma, in an Interview, | Urges Greater Activity by Catholics. HAVANA, Sept. 28.—President Palma, in an interview at Jiguani, province of Santiago, sald that the state was doing its duty in supplying schools, but tne ec- trouble themselves to see to it that re- liglous influences reached to out-of-the- way places. Neither in Baire nor Jiguani, nor in all | the municipal district, is there a church, | The religious marriage has been almost entirely abolished, owing to lack of priests and churches, and it was not to be wondered at that religious indifference prevailed in these places. “The Catholic church in Cuba, which has considerable resources, should not neglect this matter,” sald he. Senor Palma added that he had his own reli- glon, but that Cuba was a Catholic coun- advent of Protestants. —_———— “I HAD A BULLY TIME,” SAYS THE PRESIDENT Mr. Roosevelt Returns to Washing- ton After His Summer Vacation. WASHINGTON, Sept. 28.—After an ab- sence of thirteen wecks, spent at Oyster Bay, President Roosevelt returned to ‘Washington to-day. His special train ar- rived at 4 o'clock this afternoon. The President was accompanied by Mrs. Roosevelt, Miss Alice Roosevelt and other members of the family and by Private Secretary Loeb. The President was greet- ed by several hundred persons, who cheer- ed when he entered his carriage. He also was met by Postmaster General Payne, Colonel Symons, Superintendent of Pub- lic Buildings and Grounds; Chief Wilkie and other public officials. The President and family drove direct to the White House. The trip from New York was un- eventtul. A newspaper man asked the President to-day if he had enjoyed his vacation. He replied: “1 did. I had a bully time and I never felt better in my life. I am now ready for thirteen months more of hard work.” T — REPORT FROM DESERT TELLS OF A MURDER Frank Roberts Meets Violent Death Near a Lonely Southern Set- tlement. SAN DIEGO, Sept. 28.—A brief dispatch received in this city states that Frank Roberts was murdered five miles east of Brawley, a small settlement far out on the desert. Nothing appears to be known here about Frank Roberts, and no partic- ulars of the manner in which he came to his death are received. The Coroner has gone to investigate. a —————— Australian Gold Coming Here. SYDNEY, New South Wales, Sept. 28.— The American steamer Sierra, which sailed from here to-day for San Fran- cisco. has on board $2i0,000 in gold, . UNPAID WORKINGMEN ATTACK CONSOLIDATED LAKE SUPERIOR COMPANY’S PLANT AT THE SO0 Z — *br e hfim )y 2 WOULD GURB THE WALKING DELEGATES Proposed Law to Be Urged in New York. Special Dispatch to The Call. NEW YORK, Sept. 28.—Lawyers with backing of builders and employers repre- senting $10,000,000 or more in New York City are working on a bill to be intro- duced in the Legislature next winter which will seek to destroy the power of walking delegates and make labor strikes impossible. In brief, it is proposed to do through State enactment what is now frequently done by injunction. Individ- uals or corporations may be restrained from acts injurious to the public good, and it is held that a State law having the same purpose will be constitutional. Such a law as this exists in Australia, and similar acts have been enforced in England.” J. Powers Donellan has been at work on the bill for some time. “We expect,” he sald, “that the meas- ure will have the support of the better element of the unions, as well as the backing of a large army of employers. Such a law would be perfectly feasible and constitutional. It will make it illegal for the walking delegate of a union to order a strike, and will provide for a State board of arbitration for the adjust- ment of all disputes.” “But is not a law that seeks to restrain the orderly acts of a union or an indi- vidual in the nature of interference with personal liberty, and therefore unconstitu- tional?” was asked. “The ordering of a strike,” he replied, “is not an orderly act, inasmuch as it is antagonistic to the public welfare.” “Do you belleve that it will be possible to get suca a bill through the Legisla~ ture against the opposition of organized labor?” “Under the present conditions, yes. It would not have been possible in the past, but the disasters and evils of strikes have been so painfully impressed upon the people of this State recently that I be- lleve such a measure will receive suffi- cient support to make it a law.” The proposed law also will make it ille- gal for an employer to lock out his work- men. Donellan said the bill would not seek to make a strike a conspiracy. Ef- forts to prohibit strikes on this ground have failed in the past, the court usually holding that the men had a right to quit work if they chose to do so. —_————— ) EASTERN CORPORATION BUYS OREGON MINES BAKER CITY, Or., Sept. 28.—The Cornucopia mines, near this city, formerly owned by John E. Searles of New York, have been sold to a New Jersey corpora- tion capitalized at $5,000,000. The pur- chase price is given at $600,000. The deal includes the Last Chance and Union Companion mines - o i€ ES Rioters Break Down Doorsand Take Pos- session of Offices Connecticut Judge Appoints Receiver for Collapsed Trust AULT STE. MARIE, Mich., Sept. 28.—To-night the situa. tion in the Canadian Soo, which has been the sceme of serious rioting by the dis- charged employes of the Con- solidated Lake Superior Company throughe CANADIAN PREMIER WHO HAS PAYMENT OF S00 WORKMEN, MINISTER WHO HAS ORDERED OUT TROOPS AND RECEIVER FOR LAKE SUPERIOR COMPANY. * APPROVED A PLAN FOR THE WOMAN Wi N A BATTLE WITH A DEER Desperate Fight in the Mendocino Forest. UKIAH, Sept. 28.—Mrs. Tomlinson of Philo was severely injured Saturday in a desperate combat with a wounded deer. She is a well-known hunter, and Saturday morning she started on a hunt, accompanied by her dog. The dog jumped a fine four-pointer and Mrs. Tom- linson immediately dropped him. Rush- ing up to the fallen deer she started to cut his throat in true hunter style. The deer, however, was only wounded and at the first touch of the knife was upon his feet. Then a battle for life commenced, the deer using his sharp forefeet and horns as weapons. The dog tried to aid, but was killed by a blow from the deer. For several minutes the fight continued, Mrs. Tomlinson never releasing her hold on the animal’s antlers. The deer finally weakened from loss of, blood and wounds and sank to the ground. Mrs. Tomlinson, although weak from the exertion ‘and suffering from sev- eral cuts inflicted by the horns and hoofs of the deer, managed to make her way to her home. Her husband brought the deer later. Mrs. Tomlinson will have the head mounted and will keep it as a trophy of the chase. The feat was a remarkable one. Several men in this region have been crippled for life in similar encounters. S SIS - out the day, is very grave. No reinforce- ments of militia have arrived from but- side, and the only defense against the mob, which grows hourly, is a more or less demoralized police department and a small company of militfamen. An assault upon the office building of the company by the mob early this after- noon, before the arrival on the grounds of troops, was successful, and a mass of frenzied rioters obtained possession of the ground floor of the building, destroying everything movable that came in their path. A crowd of the office staff with drawn revolvers prevented their gaining access to the upper floors of the buflding. Every window and door in the building was smashed in. The arrival of troops on the ground armed with ball cartridges at about 2 o'clock served to restore some semblance of order. The rioters then contented themselves with throwing stomes at the building and hurling invectives at the soldlers, who established a “dead line” and prevented any approach toward the building by any of the rioters. DRINK INFLAMES RIOTERS. The majority of the mob are ignorant Italians, Finns, Norwegians and French- men, the latter perhaps the hardest of all to handle. All have been drinking more or less, although the bars this afternoon obeyed the order to close. The mob is one that cannot be reasoned with, and the man they seem most anxious to get at is Assistant Manager Coyne, who in ithe absence of Shields is In charge of the works. Coyne has discreetly kept out of sight all day. Late this afternoon the leaders of the mob held a conference and demanded that the company house the men In its hotel and boarding-house and feed them until | the money for their wages is forthcom- ing. In order to appease the crowd this demand was granted, and the men have taken possession of the White House, a large boarding-house operated by the company. Provisions are being sent there to feed them. An attempt was made to put the street car 'system in the Canadian Soo, which suspended operations this morning after an attack had been made upon it, into operation again. Two cars were sent out late this afternoon, heavily guarded. 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