The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, November 14, 1903, Page 2

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 1903. HAGUE SESSION 15 CONCLUDED Venezuelan Claims Tri- bunal Hears All the Arguments. Solicitor for United States Abandons Preferential KAISER'S WOURD HEALS RAPIDLY Details of the Operation Furnished by Sur- geon. B SU.C Ruler Remains in Bed, But Fecling at Potsdam Is Cheerful. Demands. THE HAGUE, Nov. 13—The Venezuelan | day adjourned sine ments having beer consider its conclud uld remain even MARCHING 0 N PANANA i e e Continued From Pege 1, Column 4. ke n measures to sup- mian traitors,’ 11 parties and all classes ered to the government es and property in defense *and il i PARTIES ALIGN FOR A4 BATTLE IN CONGRESS 13.—Wh whether for nce of the sed to break lead ers ority will con- every possible step. only oppose the off vernment in what the “most re- incident in the we but will eriti- cize 1 acts and alleged re- marks of members of the administra- tic d partisans of the Panama of the programme was The C night by one the minority leaders. The Demo- crats S etary Hay's announce- mer t the taken was for the world’s good will not bear a sis in view of the precise wording of the Spooner canal act. They insist that the President was not obliged to recognize the new republic because it was not a question of canal or no canal. It was only a question of routes, and the Congress wisely put in an alternative proposition to meet difficulties which arose when Colom- bia neglected to ratify the treaty. Se: r Hanna, who is to be chair- n te Committee on nteroceanic to succeed Mor- gan, i wh at the White natc and was House conference last night, said to- | ht: “I still hope that this will not be made a party q but if it is to be made such be ready for those who are, for the sake of occupy- ing a position of obstruction, willing to prevent y all.” ecretary the administr. tion’s most effective whip in the sit- uation. If the Democrats organize to oppose the canal treaty they will at least be able to block its ratifica- on for a long time. Secretary Hay is resolved not to send another treaty to the Senate unless he is sure it wiil escape the fate of the first Hay- | Pauncefote convention. So it is practically certain that although the negotiations of a new canal treaty | are sure to be quickly concluded, it will not be sent to the Senate for ac- tion until the administration is sure of its ratification. Senators Bacon of Georgia and | Cockrell of Missouri, credited with being radically opposed to the admin- | istration’s Pamama policy, were both at the Department of State this| morning. he desire of the South * to have some canal built quickly is a | point on which the Premier lays much stress in his tals with Southern | Democrats, whose support must be] obtained if the treaty is ratified. —_— PRESIDENT RECEIVES VARILLA. Panama Minister’s Credentials Are Accepted With Usual Formality. WASHINGTON, Nov. 13.—President Roosevelt to-day formally received M. Philippe Bunau-Varilla, the duly accred- ited Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of Panama to the United States. The reception of the Minister marked the birth of the new republic of Panama into the family of nations and paves the way for negotiations between the United States and the infant republic precisely as they may be conducted be- tween other sovereign nations, The ceremony incident to the reception of Minister Bunau-Varilla and the pre- sentation of his credentials occurred in the blue room of the White House at 9:30 o'clock this morning. At a few minutes before that hour Minister Bunau-Varilla, accompanied by Secretary of State Hay in the latter’s state carriage, arrived at the national territory. { | =i s St i ] POTSDAM, g b Prussia, Nov. 13.—The fol- letin was issued this morning: Zeitung prints the fol. of the Emperor's operation, from Dr. Schmidt, who fort: ypus had no stem, case, but spread vocal chord. peror's case w with as usuaily If on the edge or this reason complicated n ordinary vocal chord poly- nu it requi cutting to make a sten aine took t on the so that Schmidt Kknife > polypus > with the exce He inserted acted the whole is the s mo than Dr with from the tion of a before took considerable n ion. Such on of the chord is nothing un- is no sign of a more serious 1 affectic L of the microscopic examina- of the E siclans after six hours rd in f microscopic segments is due to a new invention of Professor Orth, which was used for the first time and is unknown the Immediate circle of his med- friends. ¥ a very ues for reasons speediest pos- more nd by parti the 1 ion doctors Willlam It is w rned 1 serio the wys, mperor e truth to the people. ngological So- Schmidt was the members he president of fessor Frankel, congratul hmidt on the success the Emperor. Professor . said that the operation h any special view on of the subject. fe to the Emperor's s far as the operation who his high patient was. rilla’s young s £ new Minis botn attired in con- ning dr entered the House, accompanied by the Min- were shown into the blue ey were joined almost immedi- the President tary Hay and the by | Secretary Hay formally presented M. | Bunau-Varilla to P: the accredited Pa sent addr ident Roosevelt inister of the re; Minister Bunau-Varilla in pre- his credentials delivered a briet , to which the President feelingly responded. The exchange of addresses impressive by reason of the circum- d the addresses themselves are rded as felicitous and patriotic. Min- mau-Varilla spoke as follows: President: In according to the ter Plenipotentiary of the republic nama the honor of presenting to you his letters of credence you admit into the family of nations the weakest st born of the republics of the its existence to the outburst of the indignant grief which stirred the | hearts of the citizens of the isthmus on beholding the despotic nation which ight to forbid their country from ful- ing the Westinies vouchsafed to it by . In consecrating its right to President, you put an end to ared to be the interminable con- as to the rival waterways and ) nitely inaugurated the era of the achievement of the Panama canal. From this time forth the determination of the future of the canal depends on two elements alone, now brought face to face, ularly unlike as regards their author- ity and power but wholly equal in their common and ardent desire to see at last what app trover:; | the accomplishment of the heroic enter- prise for plercing the mountain barrier of the Andes. ““This way from Europe to Asia, follow- ing the pathway of the sun, is now to be realized. The early attempts to find such a way unexpectedly resulted in the great- est of all historic achievements, the dis- covery of America. Centuries have since rolled by, but the pathway sought has | hitherto resulted in the realm of dreams. To-day, Mr. President, in response your summons, it becomes a reality. In response President Roosevelt sald: “Mr. Minister, I am much gratified to recelve the letters whereby you are ac- credited to the Government of the United States in the capacity of Envoy Bxtraor- dinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of the republic of Panama. “In accordance with its long established rule, this Government has taken cogniz- ance of the act of the ancient territory of Panama in_asserting. the right of self- control, and seeing in the recent events on the isthmus an unopposed expression of the will of the people of Panama and the confirmation of their declared inde- pendence by the Institution of a de facto government, republican in form and spir- it, capable and resolved to discharge the obligations pertaining to sovereignty, we have entered into relations with the new republic. It is fitting that we should do so now, as we @id nearly a century ago, when the Latin peoples proclaimed the right of popular government, and it is equally fitting that the United States should be the first to stretch out the hand of fellowship and to extend to the new state the rules of equal intercourse that regulate the relations of sovereignties tdward one another. “I feel that I express the wish of my countrymen In assuring you and through you the people of the republic of Panama of our earnest hope and desire that sta- bility and presperity shall attend the new state and that in harmony with the Unit- ed States it may be the providential in- strument of untold benefit to the civil- ized world through the operation of a highway of universal commerce across L e e e ) A Guaranteed Cure for Piles. to the White House. The Secretary’s car- Biind, riage was followed by a landau, the only | yJishaf BUnd, Bleedins or Protruding Files, eccupant of which was Bunsu-{ Ointment fails to cure you in 6 to 14 days, 50c* *s wound is | and Secretary | ublic of | Captain Hall’s COLLIER EDITH BRINGS RICH PRIZE SAFELY INTO HARBOR After Five Days’ Maneuvering in High Winds and Stormy Seas Big Steamship Tows the Coasting Steamer Charles ‘Nelson Back to Her Home Port Water-Logged - | | % ‘ , ToWwED INTQ PORT.. <HARLES NELSON. 'AS SHE W THE DERELICTS QJUBMER%EN?D AFIER 5 3 the EDx TH » WATERLOGGED DERELICT THAT WAS TOWED INTO PORT YESTER- DAY BY THE STEAM COLLIER EDITH, AND Tfli RESCUER, WHO WILL GET A BIG SHARE OF 8 MASTER OF THE LVAGE MONEY. Captain came HE big colller Edith, Charles Hall in command, into port yesterday afternoon trail- ing behind her the derelict coast- ing steamer Charles Nelson. The waterlogged coaster looks every inch a derelict. Her hull seems to be in fairly good condition and her houses and masts are standing. From amidships aft, how- ever, the Nelson i{s awash. Inquisitive | porpoises might now explore her dining- | saloon and fish of smaller size would find | comfortable swimming accommodations | in the maindeck staterooms. The bridge { 1s in place, and, although somewhat bat- tered, appears to be a fairly substantial | structure yet. In what condition the ves- sel is below decks, how her machinery has fared since the propeller made its last turn or how the stout frame has withstood the bombardment of the floating freight cannot be learned until the derelict is placed on a drydock and freed from water. Captain Hall sighted the waterlogged Nelson at 11:30 a. m. last Sunday. She | was then ter miles south of Cape Blanco and about eight miles off shore. Her deck- load had been washed away, the aban- doned vessel was floating on a fairly even keel and at first glance there appeared little the matter with her. She was not traveling, however, as goes a vessel con- trolled by rudder, and the peculiarity of her course is what attracted Captain | Hall's attention. The Edith steamed close to the water- | logged coaster and a boat in charge of Chief Officer Austin carried a stout steel hawser to the derelict. Slow progress was made at first, and shortly after nightfall there developed a strong gale which kept | increasing_in fury until early morning, when the Nelson broke away. That dere- lict and collier did not part company dur- | ing the night was due to the clever sea- | manship of Captain Hall. Handling the | collier so that her big hull formed a wind- | break for the Charles Nelson, he hung ofl | bags over the Edith's sides. The oleagi- nous fluld trickled from the bags, covered the surrounding surface and prevented the angry seas from breaking over the vessels. | its exceptionally favored territory. “For yourself, Mr. Minister, I wish you success in the discharge of the import- ant mission to which you have been called.” After a brief chat and the exchange of personal felicitations, Secretary Hay and Minister Bunau-Varilla withdrew. The latter, accompanied by his son, drove di- rectly to his hotel, while Secretary Hay returned to the State Department. i PANAMANS' GRIEVANCES. Colon’s Officers Say the People Were Driven to Revolt. The Pacific Mail Company’s liner Colon, which arrived yesterday from Panama and way ports, met the Boston October 31 off the southern Mexican coast. It was learned that she had left Acapulco under sealed orders bound, it was thought, and as proved to be the case, for Panama. According to the officers of the Colon and people from Panama who came up on the liner, the secession of the isth- mus was a step long in contemplation and an act to which the people of Pana- ma have been driven by the inconsiderate treatment of the Coldombian Government. From Panama, say the officers, Colom- bia derived her principal and almost only revenue. In spite of this, however, the official treasury was ever closed to the needs of the isthmus. Panama has long realized the need for sanitary improve- ! ment, but the Government at Bogota re- e o o B2 S o 2 S e i e el In spite of ofl and seamanship, however, the derelict got away in the morning and the Edith lay to for eleven hours, shelter- ing the waterlogged prize as much as pos- sible and watching for a chance to make | fast another line. The second line was in service vesterday when the Edith brought her prize through the north channel. Gales did thelr worst | on Tuesday and Thursday nights to rob! the Edith of her salvage. The steel haw-k ser, the powerful collier and the seaman- ship of Captain Hall made an Invineible combination, which worked so well that the Charles Nelson has been redeemed | from the list of the lost. Captain Hall on Thursday afternoon sent his son, Willlam Hall, who is the Edith’s second mate, with three sailors on board the derelict, and they remained there, watching the tow line until the Charles Nelson was safely anchored on the flats of Mission Bay. All hands on board the colller were tired out when the vessel reached port. Cap- tain Hall had had his clothes on since Sunday morning. With sleep he had been a stranger. His razor had been out ‘of commission and the salt water and wind had roughened and reddened his genial countenance until the surface cracked every time the skipper smiled. The barber that shaves Captain Hall will earn his money and the operation will not have much of pleasure for the mariner, but he will not mind a little thing like that in view of the substantial consolation he will derive from cashing the check for his share of the salvage. The amount of the salvage will depend upon the condition in which the surveyors find the Charles Neison. If her machinery is in good condition the owners of the Edith may receive as much as $30,000. How much of that will be distributed between Captain Hall and the other members of the Edith’s crew depends upon the own- ers’ generosity. Representatives of the underwriters boarded the Edith yesterday and received Captain Hall's report of his experiences with the derelict. They made a hasty inspection of the waterlogged Nelgon, but will postpone their official examination of the vessel until she is dry- docked. fused to appropriate even the small sum necessary to secure the cutting of the fever laden brush in the immediate vi- cinity of the isthmian port. Government officials stationed at the isthmus, even the men who collected the republic’s rev- enues, had difficulty in getting even a portion of their salaries, and it is years since a soldier stationed on the isthmus has received a cent of pay. The people were tired of the burden and when the Colombian Government refused to ratify the canal treaty the isthmus decided to strike for its independence. ———— PANAMA’S FEAR ALLAYED. Assurances Given That Invaders Will Not Be Allowed to Land. COLON, Nov. 13.—Cutters from the American warships here were dispatched this morning to stop the German steamer Markomannia, which was seen two miles off towing a launch toward the harbor. It was thought that the Markomannia was coming from a Colombian port, but it appears that she had been chartered at Bocas del Toro to bring the Alcalde of that port to Colon. There was a big scare at Bocas del Toro on the receipt of the news via Port Limon, Costa Rica, that the Colombian Government was sending 5000 troops to retake the port which had recently declared its allegiance to the new republic; and the Alcalde on the Markomannia for Colon for purpose of obtaining arms and ammuni- tion with which to equip 50 volunteers | | | | | | | { | | to resist the expected Colombian attack. The Alcalde, however, has returned to Bocas del Toro to allay the fears of the populace and to glve assurance that the landing of Colombian troops there will not be permitted. The naval collier which arrived here vesterday has gone to Porto Bello to coal the United States gunboat Nashville. It is expected that the Nashville will re- turn to Colon to-morrow. The cruiser At- lanta will sail to-night, and it is under- stood she will go to Bocas del Toro. The Mayflower has not arrived. —_— COMMISSIONERS EXPECTED. Negotiations tor—t—l;: Canal Treaty to Begin at Once. WASHINGTON, Nov. 13.—The State Department has learned that Messrs. Boyd, Amador and Arosmgn, the com- missioners appointed by the Panama Gov- ernment to assist Minister Bunau-Varilla in the negotiation of a canal treaty with the United States, will arrive In New York next Tuesday, in Washington the following day. The treaty negotiations are expected to begin formally at the mo- ment of thelr arrival here. It is stated that the Panama Govern- ment favors the making of a perpetual lease with the United States to cover a canal strip ten miles wide across the isthmus. It is urged that this plan is more politic than the original proposition to give the United States a fee simple title to the land, a proceeding which would go far toward confirming the sus- picions of some of the South and Central American countries respecting territorial designs on the part of the United States. It is expected that a call will be issued next week for a constitutional conven. tion and that in thirty days the new Gov- | ernment of Panama will be permanently established under a constitution patternéd closely after that of Cuba. When this is done the President will accredit a Min- ister to Panama, but meanwhile work of a diplomatic character will be intrusted to Mr. Gudger, the Consul General at Panama, who should reach that post about next Monday. Secretary Hay had a number of Con- gressional callers before the Cabinet meet- ing to-day and several of them discussed | briefly the Panama situation, particular- ly with reference to possible action by Congress. The Secretary tola them that he was prepared to submit to Congress immediately an answer to the Hitt res lution calling for all correspondence rela- tive to the Panama revolution. The sub- stance of this has already been published. CZAR’S SOLDIERS FIGHT WITH CHINESE TROOPS Battle Is Reported to Have Occurred and Russia Makes Expla- nation. TIENTSIN, Nov. 13.—It is reported here that Russian troops marching toward Shan Hai Kwan encountered a force of Impe- rial Chinese troops and that fighting en- sued; the Russians, it i{s asserted, pre- tending that the Imperial force was a band of Chinese robbers. Altogether over 1000 imperial troops have crossed the frontier into Manchuria. ADVERTISEMENTS. !in Southern_Mexico has | car 224 somewhere in the | it would not be found in their possession SENATOR'S SON NOT AMERICAN United States Lawmak- er’s Boy Now Citizen of Mexico. Young Cockrell of Missouri Forswears Allegiance Here. —_— EL PASO, Tex., Nov. 13.—W. 8. Cock- rell, son of United States Senator Francis M. Cockrell of Missouri, has recently be- come a citizen of Mexico and forswore his allegiance to the United States. Cockrell passed through here to-night on his way home for a visit after an ab- sence of six years, which long residence given him the right of naturalization in that country. He is a wealthy sugar planter 400 miles south of the City of Mexico. MASKED ROBBER HOLDS UP. Continued from Page 1, Column 7. Both two claim they the crime are cousins. deny Detectives Dinan and Wren took the men to the Hall of Justice. C. L. Good was found to have an open box of cartridges in his pocket and Lester car- ried five extra shells in his purse. About 35 cents was found In their clothing. The men said they resided at the Lindon House, on Market street, and one gave his occupation as that of a waiter, while the other said he was engaged in open- ing oysters in a restaurant. They claim to be in the neighborhood of 21 years of age and say that they hail from the coun- try. When asked what they were doing in that locality they stated that they were out seeing the town by gaslight and could give no other excuse. The police are satisfled that the two men were engaged in the hold-up and that they were waiting for an opportunity | to rob another car when they were cap- | tured. It is supposed that they buried the plunder they took from the conductor of vicinity, that should they be taken by the police. Both prisoners were locked up in the tanks and the investigation will be continued to- will be released next Monday. | admitted that | the Brit | Bank BALFOUR UTTERS WARNING WORDS Premier Declares Eng- land Must Prepare to Meet Any Danger. Chamberlain, He Says, Gave Up All for Good of Britain. BRISTOL, Eng., four was the prineiy ov. 13.—Premier Bal- al aker at a din- ner here to-nigh ce yration of the anniversary of the birth of Edward Col- ston, the philanthrop: He devoted him- s@f princi y e fiscal question, but did not advance ” ments. Premier Balfour Joseph Chamber given up everyt ered the good s§ clatively of » said, had hat he c £ t the might be a e why tha e Gover A new arisen onsidera ent from ati t ince and further deve ditions were sure him little short of | did not face the p they did not prepare dangers which were f —_——— SUBSIDY FOR MAIL CONTRACTS ON COAST House Adopts a Resolution Providing for Three Years’ Service With San Francisco. WELLINGTON, New Zealand, Nov. The House of Representatives adopted a resolution for a three yea malil service with San Francisco and thorizing the Government to subsidize a fortnightly and tri-weekly tween Vancouver and New subsidy will be $100,000 a y the trip from Vancouver eighteen days. —_———— Arizona Bankers Form Association. PHOENIX, Ariz.,, Nov. 13.—The Arizona ociation was formed here to- day by representatives of all the banks . ¥ ded is made in | day. Arizona. The officers ch R. N D S — Fredericks, Presc R A G SACRAMENTO, Nov. 13.—Governor Pardee | Smith. Clifton, first vice president; J. J to-day granted a pardon to Sinda Chipp, an | Swe » Phoenix, secretary; J. M. Orms- Indlan woman, who had been sent to San | by, Tucson, treasurer. An executive Quentin penitentiary from Modoc County to | gzt iee wident § el serve a term of one year for burglary. she [ COUNcll and a vice president for ea county in the Territo: were also chose PARIS 1900 The Wiley ADVERTISEMENTS. 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