The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, November 18, 1903, Page 1

Forecast made at San Erancls- ©o for thirty hours emding mid- night, November 18, 1903. San Prancisco and Vieinity— Cloudy, unsettled weather Wed- nesday, probably showers by night; fresh southeast winds. E A. G. McADIE, o The Chutes—Vaudeville. Distict Forecaster. 1 Tivoli—Grand Opera. e 5 - V()i_l _\i E XCIV- 171. SAN FRANCISCO, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 1903. PRICE FIVE CENTS. IRBITANTION MAY SETTLE THE STRIKE Mayor of Chicago Successful as Mediator. Railway Company and Unions Are Ready for Peace. Pending Final Action, How- ever, No Truce Will Be Declared. 17.—Peace negotia- able settlement | een the manage- r he ¢ Railway and > begun this -night mmission n at the followed President ed Associa- loyes and part Mayor yed by both * he said, “and | progress at our first I had expected.” the details | that took place, but further conference | Mcials was arranged | ¢ meeting was to s to a point where | ion i possible. This the Mayor | | twe promising outlook for a | ng of the trouble in the | the management of the | ITOW renew its efforts | strike. Announcement night that an effort would -morrow to open another of ¢ es of the system. The at- | de on the electric line | h Indiana avenue, and, ill make a total of | hat have been opened the inception of the hursday. Grove avenue line was | of to-day’s strike ne has been entirely the inception of the strike, e operation of mail cars. avenue service was tinued practically the | e schedul vesterday. Twenty- € cars were operated on a five-min- stol shots near the nth street and Cot- venue startled the non- yes housed within For a rike breakers believed k was being made upon The shots proved to ed by men who brought two wagonloads of supplies. Within a half block of the barns pickets halted the drivers and demanded that they ive back. The driv- ened fire and drove After unloading ns they returned to the ¥'s headquartere, followed by a of union pickets, ns left the barns near Thir- eet, on Cottage Grove ave- rovis nue, fc downtown loop at 9:45 o'clock, ¥y police brigade attend- ing each train. The gripmen were pro- wire screens, while nearly 1000 ; men guarded the line and kept the crowds moving. Wagons were hurried along and kept off the street so far as possible. The initial cars on the Cottage Grove avenue line traversed the entire route e center of the city without serious ity. As & result the street rafl- officials claimed practically to mastered the strike on a second snk line, the first to be brought under vontrol being the Wentworth avenue ne. the Wentworth avenue line to-day couch drepped in front of a car by two men almost ash-up at West Forty-first Switches were spiked all the stre wWay West Seventy-seventh street 10 West Thirty-ninth street and it was necess to make frequent stops to close t A huge tree had to be re- moved 1 the track at Thirty-first street ock at Thirty-third street. Occasior a shot was fired at a car es it pa 1, or a brick)or piece of iron was sent flying through a window, but no person is known to have been in- jured. A crowd this afternoon attacked a ‘.‘nonc:; “iine provisions for non-union men, © horses loose, overturned the wagon and threw e the contents into Chief of Police O'Neil] iggus to-day Instructing his ofllcereld t.::o’::dr United States mail wagons if the driv- ers show a disposition to blockade the Eireet car tracks or hinder the police in efforts to keep the streets clear. The drive win such cases are to he arrested after the mail is delivered at the post- RAILROAD INQUIRY SOON MAY INUDOLDE EMPLOYES IN FRAUD FORMER CASHIER OF THE ORANG OF RIVERSIDE, WHO RESIG FRAUD IN | <* RAILROAD RIGHT OF WAY FRAY E-GROWERS' ED DURING NATIONAL BANK INVESTIGATION OF CHISES. + \Sensation Expected in Southern California Land Scandal. Special Dispatch to The Call. OS ANGELES, Nov. 17.—Al- thopgh the investigation into | the land frauds by which the | Salt Lake Railroad Company has been made to pay thou- sands of dollars without adequate re- turn has not been completed, the most | important development thus far since the sensational denouement which re- | sulted in the forced resignation of H. T. Hays from the Orange Growers’ Na- tional which seems to point to the fact that many others are involved in the ques- | tionable transactions. The raliroad officials say that it will not be necessary for Major Dies to re- sign, that the investigation which he invited is now in progress and has been in progress for two weeks and that as a result of it the scandal and fraud | were discovered. They declare that if Diss knew steals in the department of which he is the head he is not the man for the place, and therefore whether he resigns or not he must go. Major Diss has engaged an attorney to look after his interests, and to-day there were summoned from Riverside a number of persons who- have been close to Hays. To-night for several hours this party was Diss, but what was done none of those present would give out. The only state- ment made was that Diss will have an ample defense. CONFERENCE IS CALLED. Attorney W. M, Peck, who represents the railroad company in Riverside, ar- rived in Los Angeles to-night and to- morrow will attend a conference of the leading officials of the road for the purpose of deciding what course shall be pursued. At this conference will be decided the queéstion as to whether the company Will proceed criminally against certain persons who are known to have been implicated in the steals. It was learned to-day that there was one big deal in which the company was mulcted and that two agents ap- peared personally. The two represent- atives of the railroad company wanted to purchase a piece of property in Riverside owned by Mary J. Mann of Erie, Pa., on which B. B. Bush had se- cured an option for $6000. Bush de- manded $7000 for the property and finally was told that $500 would be given him for his bargain, it being un- derstoof.that the papers should show that he had sold for $7000. He agreed and $500 was placed to his credit in the Riverside Bank and $6000 sent to Mrs. Mann. Through the right of way de- partment the railroad comipany ' paid $8000 for the property, somebody mak- ing $1500 thereby. Bank at Riverside is evidence | nothing of the gigantic | closeted with | ]knvn\'n to have personally taken part in the preliminaries. Shortly before the scandal became public Diss and Vice | President Gibbon were In Salt Lake, | and there Gibbon demanded of Diss a | written statement of the exact status the company. It was given him and it stated that Hays was a confidential agent and described his duties and powers. It had been intend- ed to spring this upon Hays as a sur- prise when the time came. Hays, how- ver, obtained a copy of the statement and knew that he was being investi- | gated, long before the company was ' ready for him to know it. Major Diss’ private secretary has told the whole story, although he at first denied it. The rumor will not down that there are prominent politicians implicated in the deals and that certain members of the Legislature profited, but if the railroad officials have evidence of this |'they have not made it public. They will not deny the truth of the rumor, however, but simply refuse to discuss |it. It is not even suspected or hinted | at that Congressman Daniels, president of the bank with which Hays was con- nected, had any knowledge of the ques- tionable deals in which his cashier was implicated. A dispatch to the Times from Washington to-night says: BANK NOT AFFECTED. “Representative Daniels of Riverside, presidert of the Orange Growers’ Na- tional Bank of that place, said to-day that he is almost entirely without in- formation as to what has happened to H.'T. Hays, who was cashier of the | Crange Growers’ Bank and Major Dan- iels’ political manager in his fight for Congress. He said that whatever had happened to Hays had nothing to do | with him politically, personally or financially.” | Representative Daniels said that be- | fore he left Riverside for Washington | and while Hays was in New York on a visit he heard that there had been some land transactions with the Salt Lake Railroad, in which Hays got a ‘“com- mission.” Before it developed just what had been going on Major Daniels came East. Since then he has heard nothing except that the Salt Lake Railroad peo- | ple were making inquiries with a view to ascertaining what Hays was doing. Captain Daniels says that while he regrets that Hays has got himself into trouble it will have no effect upon him or upon the Orange Growers’ Bank —that neither he nor the bank had anything to do with the matter in any wa No Cause for Investigation. WASHINGTON, Nov. 17.—Treasury Other similar cases have been discov- | officials said to-day that no investiga- ered, but in none of them, so far as|tion of the San Francisco customs ser- J have been made public, has Diss been | vice was contemplated. 5 | of the terms of the protocol. .| factures is almost startling. 10 WARSHP 10 PROTECT IMERICANS Insurgents Shell the City of San Domingo. | —_— | Resume Bombardment During Absence of . Cruiser. German Vessel Prepares to Land Troops to Guard Foreigners. gEETR B ALY | SAN DOMINGO, Monday, Nov. 16.— The situation here is serious. The in- surgents are bombarding the city. Gen- erals Wencleslac Figuero and Juan | Francisco Sanchez are refugees in the | foreign legations. The city is complete- ly invested by 4000 men under PincK- ardo and four other generals. A gen- eral attack is expected. General Wos y Gil refuses to capitu- late and it is believed that the fighting will be severe. The situation is desper- ate and fighting in the streets is like- | ly to occur at any moment. The United States cruiser Baltimore has been compelled to leave to recoal. United States Minister Powell is en- deavoring to protect American inter- ests with the limited means at his dis- posal. A German naval vessel is ready to land troops at a moment’s notice. The insurgents endeavored to have Minister Powell recognize them, but | this the Minister refused to do. The revolutionists fired upon the Clyde liner New York as she was en- tering the port of Samana. The ves- sel was not damaged. The Dominican Government has ap- pointed Minister of Foréiga Relations Galvan and Judge George Gray of Del- aware as commissioners to arbitrate the Santo Domingo improvement case, as the resuit of Minister Powell's de- termination to compel the carrying out Commis- sioner Galvan will leave for the United States to-morrow. It is possible the in- surgents will endeavor to capture him. e IGNORES THE BLOCKADE. United States Issues Clearance Pa-| pers for Domingan Ports. , NEW YORK, Nov. 17.—The United States Government has refused to rec- ognize the blockade of San Domingo ports and has protested against it. This was confirmed by N. N. Strahan, collector of the port of New York, to- day. The collector received telegraph- ic advices from the Treasury Depart- ment, advising him that the State De- partment did not consider the blockade effective and had entered a vigorous protest against it. The collector, in conformity with his instructions and the protest, has notified masters of vessels sailing to San Domingo ports that clearance papers will be issued for any port in San Domingo, thus official- ly refuting the effectiveness of the blockade. At the offices of the Clyde line it was sald that the Cherokee would clear to- morrow for her usual trip, calling at the ports which, the.local Dominican Consul says, are closed. L BT JIMINEZ EFFECTS A LANDING. Rebel Leader Will Participate in Attack on San Domingo. CAPE HAYTIEN, Hayti, Nov. 17.— General Jiminez, the leader of the rev- olution in the Dominican republic, has arrived at Santiago de los Cabellos, San Domingo, to take part in definite operations with a view to making a de- cisive attack on the capital, San Do- mingo. The French cruiser Jurien de la Gra- viere has arrived at San Domingo. Ra- mon Caceres, the revolutionary general who landed with Jiminez recently in San Domingo, remained at Puerto Plata. SOUTH AFRICAN MARKET SHOWS STEADY GROWTH Trade Increases Two Hundred and Fifty Per Cent During the Last Ten Years. LONDON, Nov. 17.—The Board of Trade to-day issued an interesting blue book, containing the report of Henry Birchenough, a writer on statistical and political subjects, who was sent to South Africa as a special commissioner to inquire into the present condition and prospects of British trade in that country. In his report Commissioner Birch- enough lays stress on the magnitude of the South African market, which he says has increased 250 per cent in the last ten years, the greatest increase, however, having been shown in the last two years. The annual value of this trade now exceeds the sum of $235,000,- 000, and the commissioner says that the rapidity. with which South Africa has come to the front as a great market for the exploitation of British manu- ‘Commissioner Birchenough points out that a decade ago Britlsh exports to South Afrl;ica t::ra‘.“under $45,000,000, while during year they ex- ceeded $130,000,000. ‘ GUATEMALA WILL STAND BY THE NEW PANAMA REPUBLIC f o+ PRESIDENT OF THE GUATEMALAN REPUBLIC, WHO IS THE FIRST OF CENTRAL AMERICAN EXECUTIVES TO APPROVE AMERICAN RECOGNITION OF PANAMA. | * + President Cabrera Approves the Course of the United Jltates. Special Dispatch to The Call. EW YORK, Nov. 17.—In response to The Call- Herald's request for the attitude of the Government of Guatemala toward the new republic of Panama President Mantuel Estrada Cabrera cabled the following: “GUATEMALA LA NUEVA, Guatemala, Nov. 17.—In Guatemala the recognition of the republic of Panama as a nation by the United States is regarded as a matter wholly within its rfghts. In Guatemala Panama’s sovereignty will be observed and respected. This nation, as a matter of fact, believes that the reso- lution for the establishment of the republic is valid under interna- tional law. Guatemala, however, up to the present time, has® re- ceived no information or communication from the people of Pan- ama or Colombia, other than such as is contained in the public press. M. ESTRADA CABRERA.” CANAL NEGOTIATIONS PROCEEDING RAPIDLY ALL BUREAU, 1406 G STREET, N. W., WASHING- TON, Nov. 17.—M. Bunau-Varilla, Minister.of Panama, to-day notified all European powers, through their Embas- sadors and -Ministers, of the formation of the “independent and sovereign state of Panama.” The French - Embassador, Jusser- and, received the Minister of Panama at the French embassy this morning.” This reception constituted, it is explained by Bunau- Varilla, full recognition of the government de jure. Negotiations for the new canal treaty are well under way al- ready between Bunau-Varilla and Secretary Hay. The commis- sion which arrived in New York to-day is not charged*with -the negotiation of the treaty. That power, Bunau-Varilla explained, is fully vested in himself. But during the negotiations, should he find it necessary to ask his Government for specific instructions on any point, he will save time by turning to th_e commission, which is expected here to-morrow, instead of cabling to Panama. It is said at the State Department that Admiral John G. Walker is charged especially with a solution of the physical phases of the canal problem, and that he will not interfere in the iaresent arrangements unless Consul Gudger seeks his advice. The Panama Canal Company has been prosecuting the work of canal construction for many months past, under an agreement with the State Department, which tacitly admit§ th_e liabi'lity of the United States Government for the cost of continuing this work. It is re- garded as extremely desirable that there shall be no loss of prop-. erty or deterioration in the work already accomplished, and Ad- miral Walker, who undoubtedly would be president of the per- manent Canal Commission if the United States assume the work of construction, is cHarged particularly to look after this phase of the case. Fl 3 As some part of the French press continues to urge the Pana- ama canal directors to cancel their engagements to sell the property to the United States, it is pointed out at the State Department that no stuch cancellation can be effected without a breach of con- tract that could not be tolerated by either the French Government or the Government of the United States. The nature of the en- gagement hetween the United States Government and the Panama Continued on Page 2, Columns 3 and 4 oty i s sz, imnmww - - REVOLUTION N SiBeRn ‘Many Arrests of i Leaders in the Movement. |Headquarters of Plof- ters Is in European Russia. | - e \Editor of a Port Arthur | Newspaper One of Im- [ prisoned Suspeets. PP | Spectal Cable to The Call and New York Herald. Copyright, 1903, by the New York Herald Publishing C pany. CHEFU, Nov. 17.—A correspondent at | Krasnoyarsk, Western Siberia, tele- graphs that forty arrests have been made at Krasnoyarsk in connection ’\\'l(h a revolutionary movement, the | headquarters of which are in Eurqpean | Russia. | A member of the staff of Novi Kral has been arrested at Port Arthur, | where the arrests are, perhaps, very numerous, but the police conceal ! everything. | Despite the cheerful tome of the Rus- | sian press, matters are most serious, | owing to the impatience of the Japan- | ese at Russian expedients to gain time. COLOGNE, Nov. 17.—There is some | friction at Seoul in consequence of a | street brawl between Koreans and Jap- | anese. According to a dispatch to the Cologne Gazette from Seoul, the Jap- anese Minister has demanded that the Chief of Poiice and gendarmerie be | censured and be ordered to proceed to | the legation of Japan and apologize for | insults to Japanese subjects; and he | threatens, in the event of their recur- rence, to send Japanese guards to as- sist the police in maintaining order. TOKIO, Nov. 17.—The Amecrican de- mand for the opening of the Korean | port of Wiju has created a gwod im- pression as being another sign of Amer- | ican co-operation in the Anglo-Japan- ese policy of the “open door.” The | Korean ‘court is inclined to open the | port, but the Russian Minister strongly | opposes it. PEKING, Nov. 17.—General Wogack, formerly Russian military agent in China, has arrived here from St. Peters- | burg with the Russian cominissioners | of three Manchurian provinces for con- | sultation with Lessar, the Russian Min- | ister. | | —————— TAGGED LIKE BAGGAGE TOTS MAKE LONG TRIP | Two Italian Efidrm Traveling | Alone From Florence to 1 San Francisco. NEW YORK, Nov. 17.—Living in San Francisco has not destroyed the con- fidence of Mrs. Marguerita Tosci in the kindliness and honesty of human na- | ture. So trustful is she that she risked having her two little boys sent all the way from Florence, Italy, to San Fran- cisco without a guardian other than such as might be found among steam- ship and raflroad employes on the long Journey. Two boys, Guido and Albert Vecchi, 5 and 7 years old, arrived on the Sar- dinia a few days ago and to-night they were started on their journey across the continent. Neither of ‘' them can speak a word of English and all they have to identify them are tags tied around their necks. on which are in- scribed their names and destination, They are being shipped to 5 Montgom- ery street, San Francisco. —_—— SHIPWRECKED VICTIMS WASHED ON A SHORE Bodies of Two Men Who Were on the South Portland Found. NEWPORT, Or., Nov. 17.—The bodies of two more men, victims of the wreck- ed steamer South Portland, have been washed ashore near the mouth of the Siletz River. To one of them a life pre- server was partly fastened, which bears the words “Steamer South Port- land.” The bodies were fully ciad and a gold watch was found in the pockets of ome, but with this exception noth- ing was found on either body that would indicate their identity. The finding of the life preserver tends to confirm the supposition that the body of the unknown man which float- ed ashore a few days ago was also a victim of the same wreck. Both bodies were buried by a Justice of the Peace and a jury. —_———— SLEEPING RESTAURATEUR BLOWN THROUGH A WINDOW Gasoline Stove Explcdes in a Vallejo Establishment and Lifts the Proprietor. VALLEJO, Nov. 7.—~At an early | hour this morning a gasoline stove ex- ploded in a restaurant at 117 Georgia street owned by W. H. Willlams with sufficiént force to blow the proprietor, who was sleeping near the stove, through a window. He was seriously injured by burns and bruises about the arms, face and body. |