The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, November 2, 1903, Page 2

| ’i‘HE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, MONDAY. NOVEMBER 2, 1903. MANY OFFICIALS IN THE LAND FRAUDS, SAYS COMMISSIONER RICHARDS — | PRESIDENT SAYS NO INFLUENCE WILL SAVE ' MEN INVOLVED IN POSTAL OR W er has been made public, not by the President, but by others; but it mak ve been implicated in the postal scandal by order of the President the days before he became President. He says: : nt alleged to have been made by inspectors that I ordered the i is a lie jirections have been explicit and are explicit now. Any one who is guilt; law and no one who is not guilty is to be touched. I care not a g when the g « ASHINGTON, Nov. 1.—President Roosevelt's position régarding the prosecution of those implicated in al scandal and the land frauds is well stated in a private letter he pc i all who ted ident says be alien: social standing, when it appears that he is g If the District Attorney has anything to be in the interest ‘of the welfare o t the foundations of the commonwealt t either my own welfare or the interest of Congressman who appealed to him in behalf of State Senator Greene oi New York, who has been indicted for his peculiar relation with George W. Beavers in procuring contracts for postal supplies. It was one of the complaints that Greene had been in- In his letter the President uses plain language — just such language as he just as much a lie as if it had been stated that I ordered that any one should not be indicted. tion is one of his guilt or innocence in such a matter as corruption of the he fact that I direct the prosecution of Republican or Democrat uilty of gross wrongdoing, why all I which should be known to the At- 1 s suit, I should be delighted to see him LAND FRAUDS he wrote last month to a New York This private es clear the President’s attitude to- ndictment of Senator Greene or any y is to be prosecuted with the utmost rap for the political or social influ- But, frankly, have not the f the party or of my success.” In a h, I should hold myself unfit for this my party, or anything except the in- 3 ut one-half of the entire country. The ap- n for the past year allowed the em fAfty not only in agents and their du. only investigating and ulent entries, timber I inclosures, but in unlas g a large part of the su ssary pplementary | to establish violations of law | eved by them | ‘PRESEN’I‘ LAW DEFECTIVE. | over th this decr ng of the forest lieu lands selec- | the Commissioner says there were | of them pending on the 1st of last | nd they involved an approximate | f 1,233,135 acres, He recommends a in the law permitting the exer- ng laws within the reserva- atented land on the outside, | land it frequently occurs the timber has been cut having timber. This is r to the Government. but can- er the law. While it is practicable to require that shall reserve, 1 un be taken in ex- it f ltke value land in & | exchange of land within a forest r--' might be “should not be se- nd, as mineral ction. mmends the transfer ntrol of the forest reserves to the | . Just ch sel Department of Agricultu There are at - r erves, covering an The report con- portance that these et o Al B p- OFFICIALS AID IN FRAUDS. g Phomagoe -’ t is made of operation of e upply as may < e irrigation mo! to w GUILTY WILL NOT ESCAPE. Secretary Hitchcock pn ‘the Scope of the Wesfern, Land Frauds. WXASHINGTON, Nov. 1.—The following statement of the conduct of the investi- gation into public land frauds in the Pa- cific Coast States was prepared at the-In- Department and given “dut. with ry Hitchcock's approval: rt reached the Secre. | frands of a serious | being perpetrated | he pub ely any terior Secret | against the Government, under what is_known s the forest reserve act of June 4, 1807, by a nbinatipn of land speculators on’ the Pacific Coast. The information and indicated fraudy were of 80 grave a character that the Secre- | tary at once directed a thorough investigation This investigation was commenced by those in to be ade. last June and has been copduc charge of the actual work With great care and thor- wit oug all possible speed -consistent with The investigation has proreed by t thout intermission, und C1 s personal direction, and every clew to gloing has been quletly followed to its source, With the result that it is ‘the confident belief of those in charge that the gullty per- sons will be apprehended and speedily brought 400 ermination of the Secre- hat the matter should of the ap- some of the men gir b be probed to the parent influential charac involved, and the inquiry has been conducted throughout along these The work is now nearing completion, and the whole matter at an early date will be ig thape for definite and appropriate action agafhst the offenders. While several hundred thousand acres of pub- lie lands are involved in the illegal transac- tions brought to light, the number of acres to which pate ave been obtained by the perpe- trators of the frauds is comparatively. small. It is proper to say that some of the state- m s in regard to matter which have s red in the mewspapers recently, both in the d in the West, are more or less exag- nd others are mere surmises. The culated to the effect that ors and a large num- ere implicated, reach in value $15,- It can be pos- originate in the ails of the inves- 000, are witk i th ent will tire invest will be given to reasons, ailed statement of t the present time. tigation has been con- and the wh public: but, f expedient tha uld be give The work of the inve ducted by Arthur B. Hugh, assistant attorney Interior Department, and_William J. of the secret, service of the Treasury De- | partment. Mr. Burns called into the case | last May and sin time has had entire charge of the rvice features of the k. while Mr. Hugh has attended to its legal phase. The Secretary of the Interior ia highly gratified with the service Tendered hy-the offi- —_———— I believe that the affairs of this mu- nicipality shounld be conducted om busi- ness principles. That “equnal rights to all”“in the truest sense of those words, without special privileges to one man or any set of men, should be the rule of and | it is not | FIRE IN THE VATICAN. e e Continued From Page 1, Column 5. el 2o AR SIS S R v veyed to the Pope, who was found kneel- ing in his chapet for his usual evening prayer. He insisted on going at once to the scene, notwithstanding the fact that he was begged to think first of his own safety, . He was accompanied by Mgr. Merry del Val, the papal secretary of state; M. Bisloo, the papal majordomo, and Mgr. Dellichs, and followed by mem- bers of the Noble Guard. . The moment he arrived his mind grasped the situation, and he ordered that the firemen of Rome be called. This was done by telegraph. The firemen arrived in about ten minutes, and although they brought four engines with them and were at once ready to begin operations it took some time to find the best way to get sufficlent water supply = with which to fight the fire. in the meantime the flames had begun to break out of the windows of M. Marle's apartment and were destroying the roof. The flames lighted up the entire district and gave the impression that nothing could stop their fury. When the fire en- gines began working three rooms were already entirely «destroyed and the fire was extending to the other apartments. ITALIAN OFFICIALS ENTER. The Pope withdrew as soon as he saw that everything possible was being done. Information had been sent to the Italian authorities. They were courteously in- vited to enter, and did so. Therefore for | the first time since the fall of the power of the Vatican the Mayor of Rome, and even Signor Ronchette, the newly ap- pointed Minister of Justice, entered the Vatican in their official capacities. They gave orders directing the work and par- | ticlpated personally In the fight. It was | & very difficult fire to overcome. There were a_number of old and inflammable objects in the apartment.of M. Marle, full of combystibles. | _The competition between the papal fire- men and the firemen of Rome to see who should work the harder and do the most resulted in a display of courage which was admirable, some of the fire-fighters risking their lives' until they were re- strained by their superiors. At a little after 11 o'clock the fire was under control, but the work of the fie- men will continue for some time. It Is doubtful if they will leave the scene be- fore to-morrow night. Fresh relays of men were being sent to relieve those who have exhausted themselves. The entire Museum of Inscriptions, the rooms of Father Ehrle, part of the library and the printing house were entirely flooded by water. It is impossible to reach even an approximate idea of the extent of the damage. Many articles were saved, Including some anclent and very valuable arms, which were recently moved to the library room from the Bor- gla apartment. Many things that escaped the flames were injured by water. —_——— | ARMENIAN ASSASSINATIONS PLANNED IN NEW YORK Discovery of Plot Made Through | Error in Forwarding Report to Huntchakist Branch. LONDON, Nov. 1.—The Press Associa- | tion to-day learns that a plot for the re- moval of Armenfan members of the Huntchakist Revolutionary Society was arranged at a meeting held in New York seven months ago of the Alfarist or Social | force faction of the socicty, and revealed | to the Huntchakist' section through an error in sending a report of the meeting to a branch at Selferd, which had seceded | The Boston and | to the Huntchakists Lausanne attempts at murder were out- comes of this plot. Sagatéll Sagouni was the third-man to be killed and' the fourth | action by which the Mayor of San Fran-|intended victim at present is in London cisco should be governed. HENRY J. CROCKER. j self. and taking precautions to protect him- NEW YORK TENEMENT BLAZE. ———— Continued From Page 1, Column 6. The fire had been burning some minutes before it was discovered. It had started in the basement and, rushing upward, had attacked the stairway leading to the | apartments. In a short time the flames | had 80 enveloped the stairway that egress from -the building was impossible. The house from the third to the ffth floors was entirely destroyed. At the windows, front and rear, bodies of men and women were jammed, show- ing that a desperate struggle to get free had resulted in the edmplete choking of these exits to the fire escape and had | been ‘the cause'of a number of the in- mates being suffocated. ’ Lying on a bed alongside a window at the rear of the «fourth floor the fireman found the bodies of flve men. Each had clutched the one” next to him In an en- deavor to push him away in order to get to the fire escape outside. The features of' the men were distorted, some with rage, others with agony, and in two in- stances the men_had gripped each other so hard that blood had been drawn and had run over their hands, On the third floor were found the bodies of Nuculetta Vingiguerro Dorsei and her baby, The mother had crawled to the front window and had succeeded in grasping the sill before she was suffocat- i In her arms lay the body of her child. On the third floor, in an apartment Wwhere a Halloween party was béing held, John O'Toole, ome of the occupants, started to go to the street. He was met by a volume of smoke as he opened the door. He ran to the fire escape, followed by all those in the flat, with the excep- tlon of his mother, whose charred body later was found lying fn the entrance to the apartment. O'Toole and the others es- caped. When the firemen reached the scene there was a mass of flame bursting through the middle of the roof, while the alr was filled with heartrending screams of the women ang the curses of the men. Many daring rescues were made by the firemen, who at times had to use violence in their attempts to disengage the mass | of writhing human beings struggling in vain efforts to reach safety from the cfowded fire escapes. One fireman climb- | ed to the fourth floor, where a window | was filled with a mass of persons, jammed in and fighting to get out. He struck the heads of all the men he could see with his fist and they fell back. He then hand- ed down to the firemen on ladders below three women and a baby. Another fire- man performed a similar feat and res- cued two girls from the fourth floor. The building was known as “The House of All Natlons” because of the different nationalities ef its tenants. TRAIN RACES INTO' FLAMES, ——i Continued From Page 1, Column 1. back to Marysville, where the whole train was switched and started north again on the west side. The injured men were taken to Sacramento. The body of the unfortunate young fire- man was taken to Tebama, awaiting the arrival of the Tehama County Coroner. The death of the young man casts a gloom over Red Bluff, where he made his home. He was to have been married on { November 14 to Miss M. Pruesser of that place. The young lady went to the scene | of the wreck and threw himself upon the body of her dead lover and refused to leave him, while she frantically begged him to speak to her. . The railroad officials are inclined to think that the fire is not the result of an accident, but was deliberately sct. When | the accident hapnened 4 brakeman ran | back on the track for several hundred feet and was just in time to flag the sec- | ond section, which was close behind. ADVERTISEMENTS. @ i ANKEE WOMEN | LARM A BRITON Critic Asserts They Are| Anarchical and, Ab- normal [ —— “all and New York 1903, by the New York latest solution he Ameri- anarchist, a abnormal LONDON, Nov sents in published to- | ysis of the charac- antic femininity, arriv- | Mr. Gibson's better than a whited American woman | » product part- ifica d partly of the f a commercial age. We | y opportunities of studying the n, for she has undertaken ¢ Europe as practic- d very fairly. back some enthusiastic York was at pains to American women who peans merely, but rge majo confessedly wealthy rd to ignore the ob- which many such on the one side| other influence or posi- dered by the taste of the | ble if some pork pack- Chicago should buy a r merican wom ex as succ time the independent, but e is anarchical. The state has been built upon certain so- | ciglogical facts as foundation. The American woman is destroying these and with them, therefore, the structure of the state as it exists now. Evidences that | American women are deliberately turn- | ing their backs onjnatural laws have ac- cumulated of recest years. | “It would seem that while the American | man unnaturally devotes all his days to | money-meking, the American woman as | annaturally devotes her days to pleasure. | Whereas the savage woman acted as a | beast of burden to her lord, the American | man works like a beast of burden be- side his triumphing lady. Unless Ameri- can civilization alters, it would seem to be doomed.” Bishop of Helena Dying. HELENA, Mont; Nov, 1—The Right Rev. John B. Brondel, Bishop of the dio- cese of Helena and for a of a cen- tury one of the leading Catholic dignita. ries of the Northwest, is seriously {ll in this cit; His recovery is not expected, and this afternoon the sacrament of the dying was administered to him. —_———— Sultan May Settle Soon. CONSTANTINOPLE, Nov. 1.—The set- tiement of American claims against Tur- key Is expected within ten Gays. —————————— Fo Cure a Cold in One Day Take Lexaztive Bromo Qui Quinine Tablets. Al refund the maoney it falis & », That’s the way Recruit Cigars are selling—that’s the way smokers come back for more. RECRUIT 5c CIGAR has marched into popularity to the tune of superior quality. SAVE THE BANDS mmmm%mm»mwmmrMhmM 85c¢ Commencing to-morrow we shall have a special sale of flannelette night robes. They 1 are cut extra full in- size, coming down to the an- kles, as shown in picture. The flannelette is good quality and has a soft fin- ish. The patterns are stripes and checks in quiet and very loud effects. Some plain and some with feather edge trimming ‘on pocket, collar and cuffs; double seams; extra strong; fast colored; sizes 15 to 19; regularly $1.25 value; now to be had for - 83¢ At- this price it is certainly advisable for you to purchase two or three garments. Out-of-Town Orders Filled. Write Us. 740 Market Street. RAILWAY TRAVEL. RAILWAY TRAVEL GALIFORNIA LIMITED TO CHICAGO Leaves Mondays and Thursdays at 9:30 a. m., through In 3 days, with diner and all trappings. Other Santa Fe Trains: 2. m. for Stockton, Fresno, Bakersfleld, ;“ i { Merced, Hanford and Visalia. 00 p. m. for Stockton. l:ooex .. for Eausas City, Graad Canyon and hicago. TickeT OrFice: 641 Market St., and Ferry Depot, S. F. Also 1113 Broadway, Oak- land, Cal. CALIFORNIA NORTHWESTERN RY. CO. LESSHE SAN FRANCISCO ANU NORTH PACIFIC RAILWAY COMPANY. Tiburon Ferry, Foot of Market Street. SAN FRANCISCO TO SAN RAFAEL. w DAYS— 0, 9:00, 11:00 a. m.; 12:35, 0, £:10, 6:30 p.' m. Thursdays—Extra trip at 11:30 p. m. Saturdays—Extra trip at 1:50 and 11:30 p.m, SUNDAYS— D, 9:30, 11:00 a. m.; 1:30, 3:30, ; 6:00, 6:20, 11:30 p. m. SAN RAFAEL TO SAN FRANCISCO. WEEK DAYS. 08, 7:35, 7:50, 9:20, 11:18 a. m.; 12:50_ 3:40, 5:00, 5:20 p. m. Saturdays—Extra trip at 2:05 and 8:35 p. m. SUNDAYS—8:00. 9:40, 11:15 a. m.; 1:40, 3:40, 4:55, 5:05, 6:25 p. m, Leave In Effect ) Arrive San Francisco.| Sept. 27, 1903. [San F-ancisco. ‘Week | Sun- Destina- L Sun- | Week tion. | days. | Days. 10al 8:40a Ignacto. Novato, Petaluma and Santa Rosa, Fulton, | ‘ ] ‘Windsor. 7:30 al 8:60 a| - Healdsburg. 10:40 a|10:20 a Lytton. 3:30 p| 3:30 p| Geyserville, T:35 p| 6:20p Cloverdale. | | 8:00 a Hopland. [10:40 a10: 3:30 p| and Uklah. | 7:35p| 6 8:00 a| Willits. | 7:35 p| 6:20 p 8:00 a| | 3:80 p| Guerneville. | | 8:00 2 Sonoma. | 5:00 p| Glen Ellen. 40a]10:20a | s 3:30 p| P! | STAGES connect at Green Drae for San | Quentin; at Santa Rosa for White Sulphur Springs; at Fulton for Altruria and Mark West Springs; at Lytton for Lytton Springs: at Gey- serville for Skaggs Springs; at Cloverdale for the Geysers, Booneville and Greenwood: at | Hopland for Duncan Springs, Highland Springs, Kelseyville, Carlzbad Springs, Soda Bay, Lake: rt and Bartlett Springs; at Ukiah for Vichy prings, Saratoga Springs, Blue Lakes, Laure! | Dell Lake, Witter Springs, Upper Lake, Pomo, | Potter Vailey, John Day's. Riverside, Lierly's, | Bucknell's Sanhedrin Heights, Hullville, Orr's | Hot Springs, Haltway House, Comptche, Camp Stevens, Hopkins, Mendocino City, Fort Brags, Weatpoit, Usal; at Willits for Fort Brags. ‘Westport, Sherwood, Cahto, Covello, Layton- ville, Cummings, Bell's Springs, Harris, Ol sen's, Dyer, Garberville, Pepperwood, Scotia and Eureka. Saturday to Sunday round-trip tickets at re- Quced. 1 On_Sunday round-trip tickets to all points beyond San Rafael at half rates. 00 a| 1 0 Sebastopol. | 6 Ticket office, 630 Market street, Chronicle buliding. H C. WHITING, R. X. RYAN, Gen. Manager. Gen. Pass. Agt. TO SAN RAFAEL, NORTH GRS ‘ , MILL VALLEY, Y=o =1 CAZADERO,ETC. | ViaSausalitoFerry. 00, FROM SAN RA —Daily—5:25, 6:35, , 1:45, 2 m. 35 p. m. THROUGH TRAINS. SOUTHERN PAGIFIC 20p | ¢ @11.307 Msyfeld Trains leave and are due to arrive SAN FRANCISCO. (Main Line, Foot of Market Street) - 1908, — ammive LBAYE — From Ocronzs 21, 7004 Benicia, Salsan, Elmirs sad 8 0 e 5 7.25¢ 7004 Vacavilie, Winiers. Rumacy.... ... 785e 7304 Martinez, San mon, Valiejo, pa, Calistogs, Santa Rosa 8.25¢ 7.30a Niles, Livermore, Tracy, Lathrop, Stock:on .. aaesy 7.26» 8.004 Ds: s Landing, Marysville, Orovilie o, » 1-56» 8.004 ss—Ogden and Eass. 10.254 8304 rtinez, b, By- ron, Tracy,Stackton cramento, Newman, Los Ban Meadota, Armona, Lemoore, Haaford, Visaila, Portervi . 4250 8304 Port Costa, Martinez, Tracy, Lath- Mod J sto, Merced, Fresno, nction, Lemoore, Han- . Bakersfield s, Wiii iett_Springs). Willows, ed Bluff, Portland 7.86¢ , Livermore, Stock- amento, Placerville, Chico, Red Bluff. 4.25¢ {nese, Jamestown. So- nors, Tuolumne and Angel: Martinez and Wa: Vallefo........ Fort vosta, Ma o 5 ford, Visalla, Bakersfe: Angele bound arrives via Cuast The Overiand Limited — Omaba, Woodiand, Marysville, 2.25 0.25. amon, Vallejo, ta Rosa....... 9.254 . Slucl:u(n. Lodt B ‘;.ggp 4307 Hayw: N Irvington, Ssn 554 Jose, Livermore. }m.ss. The Owl_Limited—Newman, Los Banos, Mendota, Fresno, Tulare, Bakersfield. Los Angel. Port Costa, Tracy, Stocktos Hayward, N1l Hayward, N1l I Mall — Ogden, Den r Omabas, St. Louis, Chicago snd East. Port Costa, Benicia, Sul- ra, Davis, Sacramento, Aubur: Truckee, Boes, worth, Winnemuce Moun! Jo, . Elko e afly, except Sunday... and Way Statlons........... . 11.26a §.06r Oregon & California Express—Sae- ramento, Marysville, Redding. Pertiand, Puget Sound and East. 8.554 5.10r Hayward, Niles and San Jose (Sus- day only) ...... . COAST LINE (Foot of Market Stre &16a Newark, centerville, San Joss, Feltos, Boulder Creek, Santa Cruz and Way Stations. 5.86¢ .16 Newa Centerville, ew Almaden, Los Gatos. Feiton, k, Santa Principal Way 8 10.854 4 167 Newark, way statio 18.58a 19 307 Hunters Tral aa 08 W - fl,,;fi .r:?unu from Los n.z:-.f‘..f 17 28» OAKLAND HARBOR FERRY AN FRAN CISCO rom §. 00t of Macket St. (Sip® . 100 3.00 o 18:00 23:0 1200 200 4.00 ».x. (Broad & nn". rid., only), 8.00a CosstLine Limited—Stops only San Jose, Gliroy (connection for Hol- lster), Pajaro, Castroville, Iinas, 'San Ardo, Paso Roblea, Banta Margarita, San Luls Obispo, Principal statfons themce Surf (connection for Lompoe) princi- I stations thence Santa Bar- Connec- ars and Los Angeles. tion at Castroville to and from Monterey and Pacific Grove. 9.00a San Jose. Tres Pinos, Capitols, SantaCruz,Pacific Grove,Saiin San Luls Obispo and Princip Way Statlons -30a San Jose and Way Stations. 304 Santa Clars, San Jose, Los and Way Stations 30P San Jose and Way Stations .00P Pacific Grove Express—Sa; Sen Jose, Del Mo Monterey, Pacific Grove (conn at Santa Clara for Santa Cruz, Boulder Creek and Narrow Gaoge l'ul]l:ni) st Gilroy for Holllster, Tes PlacareY, atroville for Salinas. 12.18» 3307 Gilroy Way Passenge: we.. 10484 14457 Ban Jose. (via San o Gatos, d P c 10.45» 410 1.200 7.30» 10. n 1 8384 3. tons (except Su . 19.284 i8. San Jose and Princ! 18.00a Wi 8. Sunset Limited. Esstbound.—San ‘L;fl Obispo, Santa Barbars, Los Angeles, ing. EI Paso. New ork. (Westbound arrives via S quin Valley)... 16.16» San Mateo, Beresford, Belmont, S8aa 'Carlos, Redwood, Falr Ouks, k. Palo Alto . Menio Park. oo Say Jose and Way Statfons. . South San Francisco. Millbrae, Bur- Iingame. San Mateo, Belmont, San Carlos, Redwood, Fair Oaks, Menlo Park. and Palo Alte, Mountain View, Su nce, Sants Clars and 8.307 11.307 vale, Lawre: San Jo 'A Tor if:mu, tape st of] seations on Sunday. a Saturday only. v t Line. w Via San Joaquin Valley. 8:00 8. m. week days—Cazadero and Way | gg-gmiy iraine stopping at Valencia St southbound stations. 20 6:10 4. 17:004.3,11:30 A 0., M. and 6:30 7. . B:15 p. m. week days (Saturdays excepted)— Tomales and Way stations. %15 p. m. Saturdays—Cazadero and way e udays only—10 a. m., Point Reyes and way stations. CKET OFFICE—026 Market st. ;’[BRRY Unfon Depot, foot of Market WEEKLY CALL 16 Pages. 81 per Year MT. TAMALPAIS RAILWAY 626 MARKET ST.,(North Shore Railroad) and SAUSALITO FEry, Foot Market St.