The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, November 22, 1903, Page 21

VoL CME XCIV—NO. 175. FORTY-EIGHT PAGES—SAN T OWES LIFE MO0 e JTATESMEN Innocent Man Is Saved From Ex- ecution. Nathan Haworth Not to Be Shot for a Utah Murder. oot, Kearns and er Prove That He Guiltless. Senators Sm ENLIST AID OF They er bave better luck | mn. “So | good wishes by the Pardon up Haworth's case. Affi- Was presented nvicted him & for & comm fon of sentence. The Chie was one in this al < i this evi presented Governor Wel e Pardon Board, interrupted the at- and told him that was The board promptly granted on to life imprisonment, as pplication for full pardon made, with the pros; be granted. ———————— RAILS MAY BE EXPORTED CHEAPER Nov. 21.—Freight rates s for export will be low or two, according to the | cut will be the same as | ordered Thursday by traffic offi- roads in the Trunk Line | associations, that r’ the present tariff. ned, it now develops, ie@ only to the “special fron 1 tariffs,” which did not include cler com pect STEEL € to be held during the second week of December the rail com- thé Central Traffic and Trunk Line associations will consider &n adjustment of the domestic rates ’z ralls. LABOR CHIEFS WILL GATHER a oo ED PRESIDE) THE FEDERATION. - San Francisco Gets the Federation’s Next Convention. I mmend ¥ as to the complai and Metal Lathe T against the ers and Joiners, rred Bottlers’ epting of the umpire in = Blacksmit question, election th legate Kramer of Richm: tion for Kramer logistic characterized as and sincerity of earnestness in and one who had life to the cause of and for h bor, -gate Debarry of St. = Louis nominated Ernest who had been selected e of the socialist dele- on voted by roll-call and pers was re-elected by T The vote Kreft, 1134 by ac- resident, James . president tters’ National Union; ent, John Mitchell, of the United Mine Workers third vice-president, James ngton, D. C., president fonal Association of h vice-president, Max Colo., member of International Pro- Morris o the Retail Cle: tective Asso fare h vice-president, vcastle, Pa., ted Brotherhood of Carpenters and Jo f America, was nominated by the socialists against Thomas I Kidd of Chicago, of the Amalgamated Woodworkers' Interna- tional Union. Kidd was elected, the vote standing 10,625 for Kidd and 2677 for Slayton. D. A. Hayes of Philadelphia of the Glass Bottle Blowers” Association of the United States and Canadla was elected sixth vice-president, and Daniel J. Keefe of Chicago, member of the In- ternational Longshoremen’'s Assocla- tion, seventh vice-president. For the new office of efghth vice-pres- ident William Spencer of the Plumb- ers’, Gasfitters’ and Steamfitters’ representing the | Union was elected. John B. Lennon was re-elected treas- urer and Frank Morrison was again chosen secretary. W. D. Ryan of the Urited Mine Workers and Dennis D. Driscoll, president of the Boston Cen- tral Labor Union, were elected dele- gates to the British Trades Couueil. —_——— Succeeds Commander Nicholson. WASHINGTON, Nov. 21.—Comman- der Henry McCrea. formerly in com- mand of the gunboat Machias, has been selected for duty as detail offi- cer in the Bureau of Navigation, Navy Department, to succeed Commander Reginald Nicholson, who has been as- signed to command the cruiser Tacoma, nearing completion on the Pacific Coast FRUIT FIRN'S 300K FAL - TOBMANGE “S8ecret Profits” of Porter Concern Missing. 'Counsel for Creditors Accuses Watson of Fraud. jAlleges That Vast Sums Were Invested in Pri- vate Enterprises. | — 1 Dt atch to The Call CHICAGO, Nov. say to-morrow: .—The Inter Ocean | will Examination of James Watson, ex-president of Porter Bros. Company, was continued before tcy Referee Wean to-day, and be held on Monday. Attorney Bach of New York, who has xamining Watson for several ast on behalf of Nelson R. Doe | k, former New York part- ad of Porter Bros." Com- . Watson, as president Company, committed | he most colossal frauds ever in a bankruptcy court. Be-| rough with the case I proved Mr. Watson's ¥ that criminal pro- be started agalnst him ate and Federal statutes.” is the witness whose eyes 1 to such an extent that he >t give evidence from the books the concern—the only evidence, he says, that can prove what he did with the large sums of money handled by the corporation On account of the AB- den 1ce the witness hds d to the satisfaction of how he disposed of ve been received as s from the Fruit Growers’ Ex- > ce 1896. This amount e president on the ern. The sum of then debited to him, leaving more than $700,000 to his credit. HIS SALARY $10,000 A YEAR. | ‘As Mr. Watson was receiving a sal- ary of only $10,000 a year,” saild Attor- ney Bach, “it is difficult to see wherein the company owed him $700,000. He | therefore made a number of entries which we believe to be fictitious, until he had charged off this amount to other accounts.” Watson has not made it clear to the investigators whether he loaned all the “'secret profits” to the company. He admitted several times that he had kept part of the money himself. The lawyers believe he kept most of it, but | the witness sisted in the early part of the examination that he had paid the corporation all that was due it. Attorney Bach followed this contention with a question whether the money made in the business of Porter Bros. did not belong to that concern. “I did not think so,” replied the wit- | ness. i ‘When Attorneys Bach and Greenfield |took up Watson’s own schedules to- | day, the first item of indebtedness they |saw was one for $50,000, due J. R. | Bleekman of New York. This creditor holds $150,000 in stock of a lumber | concern as security for his claim. At- torney Bach said this creditor offered | to surrender his claim and security if | Watson would pay him $3000 and sur- | render his interest in certain Honduras enterprises. | WHERE THE PROFITS WENT. “We hope to show that these Hon- duras interests are valuable assets,” Bach sald. “It is our theory that Mr. Watson spent his large profits from Porter Brothers in such investments as this. The schedules which he has filed in court may help us to secure much money for the benefit of his creditors.” The investigation thus far has devel- |oped the fact that Watson had full |control of the business. John R. Adams is said to have been treasurer of the |concern in name only, and to have | known nothing about the finances; of | the company. The bookkeepers also | protested that they took Watson's | word for much that was entered in | the books. According to Bach the books of the | company for March 31, 1902, show that :Waaon charged himself with $100,000 to the credit of the capitai stock. Un- til the books are explained in court, says the New York lawyer, it will ap- pear that the president handled that amount for two years after the incor- poration. Watson also is said to have taken $420,000 of stock of the new con- cern for his holdings in the oid cor- poration. —_————— Sheetwriter Cavanaugh Dead. SACRAMENTO, Nov. 21.—John F. Cavanaugh. the widely known sheet- writer who for years has been asso- ciated with the Melvin Ciub, died at his home in this city this evening from cancer of the jaw, caused by excessive clgar smoking. The fatal disease made its appearance about two years ago, since which time several operations have been performed. 0 was 1 FRANCISCO, less telephony invented by the late Pro- ant Postmaster General Bristow had a corncerning the details of Bristow’'s re- port on the postoffice investigaticn. The the investigation and to the time when the report is to be made public. At the conclusion of the conference it was SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 1903—PAGES 21 TO 34. PRICE FIVE OCENTS, BOGOTA'S DECLARATION OF HOSTILITIES AWARITS THE RESULT OF GENERAL REYES’ DIPLO TERMINYS ¥ #e 25y EXPERIMENT IN WIRELESS " TELEPHONY N‘afiy Department Will Test an Invention. Special Dispatch to The NEW YORK, Nov. 21.—Notwith- standing the secrecy that has attended | Calt i 2N Zt— W) COLON, TSTHHMUS ¥/ ANIN A~ ¢ Z4 FNFZg S ZRES, HERROQ. the project, the news that experiments | | in wireless telephony between battle. ships would be begun at the Brooklyn Nayy Yard this week was confirmed to- night. A. Frederick Collins, formerly of Philadelphia, has obtained permis- sion from the Navy Department to in- stall his experimental apparatus on the battleships Kearsarge and Alabama. These two vessels are now moored about 150 yards apart at the Brooklyn Navy Yard. On Monday Collins will erect telephone booths on each ship. Collins says he has already had con- siderable success while working his wireless telephone system over a dis- tance of two miles, and is hopeful of the outcome of his experiments on the battleships. If the apparatus yields sat- isfactory results it will be installed on all vessels of the squadron that is about to go to the West Indies for the winter maneuvers. Collins will work under the supervi- sion of Lieutenant Hudgins of the bat- tieship Kearsarge, one of the Navy De- partment experts in wireless telegra- phy. Wireles telegraphy has been the subject of several experiments in the Navy Department, and several vessels are equipped with apparatus, but wire- les telephony has not been tried In any navy in the world. About a year ago Collins, with a very crude experimental apparatus, tried his wireles telephone on ferry-boats trav- ersing North River. Since then, he says, he has so far perfected his ap- paratus that he has heard messages distinetly over a distance of two miles. In Boston harbor a system of wire- fessor Elisha Gray has been used for some time by vessels of the Boston Fruit Company to locate fog bells in the harbor in bad weather, particularly at night, when landmarks were invist- ble, but no attempt has been made to communicate between vessels by use of a wireless apparatus. PRESIDENT IN CONFERENCE ON POSTOFFICE AFFAIRS Cabinet Officials Enlighten Mr. Roosevelt on Progress of the Investigation. WASHINGTON, Nov. 21.—Postmas- ter General Payne,and Fourth Assist- conference with the President to-day President desired some elucidation of | certain phases of the report with a view to the preparation of his own comments upon it. Consideration alsc was given to the President’s review of | | oo Y % COZOM B 75— = D N P AAt = MATIC MISSION TO WASHINGTON Colombians Dol- unteer for War. Ready to Take Arms Against America. BOGOTA, Nov. 21.—A man prominent in public affairs to-day informed the press that “olombian Government would awa sult of the mission to Washington of General Reyes be- fore deciding upon its policy as re- gards the of Panama. The general op s that there will be war, but the Government will first do its utmost effect a diplomatic arrangement. United the to oo 5 I - | SCENES AT THE TERMINALS OF THE PROSPECTIVE WATERWAY ACROSS THE ISTHMUS OF PAN- | AMA, AND COLOMBIA'S CHIEF EXECUTIVE, WHO HAS AGAIN ADDRESSED AN APPEAL TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE THAT THEY REPUDIATE ADMINISTRATION'S RECOGNITION OF PANAMA. — * FRENCHMEN IRGUE WITH " THE RAPIE Dueling Season Opens With One Fatality. PARIS, Nov. 21.—The winter dueling season began this week with several sensational encounters. First came that of M. Elselot, lawyer, and M. Lau- tier, both from Toulouse. Lautier was killed by a sword thrust under the arm- pit. Elselot quietly dined in Paris in the evening and took a train back to Toulouse. Another duel took place on the fol- lowing day between M. Richet and M. Villette. Villette got a severe gash in the forehead and one eye was nearly gougd out. A third duel, between M. Richet and M. Bruchard, was called off in conse- quence of a reconciliation between the adversaries. General O’Connor, eommander of the French division of Ain-Sefra, Africa, has decided not to fight Captain Muller, by whom he was fiercely assaulted in the street. Captain Muller is a former subordinate of O’Connor. He said the general had sent false reports concern- ing him three years ago, causing his recall and his being placed on the re- tired list. He tried to strike O’Connor with a cane. The general parried the blow with an umbreila and the cane was smashed to pieces. The general took a carriage home and a train for Marseilles. Captain Muller is regarded as mentally unbalanced and the general will ignore his challenge for a duel —————————— EAPLOSIN ENDS LIES OF TEH MEN Caused by a Fire That Has Raged Since 1890. CONNELLSVILLE, Pa, Nov. 21— The {ll-fated Hillfarm district to-night added ten more victims to its black record. Just as the shift had nearly completed its labors and was about to leave the Ferguson mine at 6:30 o’clock, a terrific expigsion rent the entire mine and imperiled nineteen miners who were working in the vicinity. The roof came tumbling down and the close air of the mine became stupefying. The men rushed In every direction, seeking means of escape, byt only nine suc- ceeded in reaching a place of safety. The bodies of the tem others were found, horribly burned, when the rescu- ing party reached them shortly after 10 o’clock. The explosion occurred in the Fergu- son mine of the Dunbar Furnace Com- pany, which adjoins the Hilifarm mine. | It is believed by mining experts that the fire which had been raging in the ' Hilifarm mine since the disaster of 15%0 broke through the walls which had been erected between the Hillfarm mine and the Ferguson mine and caused the ex- plosion. The dead are all foreigmers, except- ing James McGuirque, son of Pitt Boss John McGuirque. The pitt boss was !in the mine at the time of the explosion, but escaped by crawling into an aban- doned room, where he remained until | the flames swept by. The cther eight injured men escaped in a like manner. ‘The injured were brought to the Cot- | the American colony are deeply grate- | ful to the authorities for the considera- | tion shown to them. | The belief is expressed in Government circles that the United States Semate | will not approve of the action of Presi- | dent Roosevelt regarding affairs on the | isthmus. Parties here have offered their aid the Goverament and more than 100,000 volunteers have tendered their services, in the event of a declaration of hos- tilities. MARROQUIN'S LATEST APPEAL. President Marroquin has made the following statement to the press in re- sponse to queries as to the political sit- uation in Colombia: “United States Minister Beaupre and all Americans here are surrounded with every guarantee for their safety. My communications to the United States | Senate and to the people of the United | States make manifest tne attitude of | my government on the Panama ques- ! tion. The situation in the interior of the Colombian republic is quiet.” President Marroquin’s reference to his communication to the people of the | United States Is explained by the fol- lowing address which he has given out: “The President of Colombia to the | American People: The Colombian na- | tion has just been the victim of unex- | pected aggression and is in danger of | losing the best part of its territory. A | military movement, not popular senti- ment, was the origin of the proclama- tion of the independence of Panama. “The American Government, which always had been held by Colombia to be its best friend and ally, prevented, with marines, loyal militia from sub- jugating the traitors and checking the origin of the insubordination. COLOMBIAN VIEW OF TREATY. “The solemn treaty between Colom- bia and the United States, alluded to | until the last moment by the American | Government. binds the United States not only to respect the sovereignty and ownership of the Panama isthmus by Colombia, but to help the latter main- tain them. The proceedings of the United States marines on the isthmus and of the American Minister here are in cpen violation of that treaty. “The isthmus of Panama, the most coveted part of the globe and the most precious of our fatheriand, always has been respected by the nations as a sa- cred trust confided by Colombia to the | honor and power of the American peo- ple. “The traditions of that great natiom, the United States, -as a mighty de- fender of rights and bearer of the stan- Continued on Page 23, Columa 8, to | | | | | | i