The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 11, 1903, Page 1

v.TvTe B Forecast made at San Fran- cisco for thirty hours ending midnight, December 11: San Francisco and vicinity— Cloudy Priday; light northeast wind, changing to southwest. A. G. McADIE, District Porecaster. —Va Grand—“For Mother's Sake.” Chutes—Vaudeville. g VOL.U) SAN FRA CISCO, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 11, 1903 PRICE FIVE CENTS. WAR DEPARTMENT PREPARES TO RUSH TROOPS TO PANAMA Awaits Confirmation of Reports of Colombia’s Activity. CALL BUREAU, 1406 G STREET, N. W., WASHINGTON, Dec. 10.—Prepara- for a military expedition, from to five regiments in strength, to isthmus of Panama went on apace ce there will be no embarkation of the troops unless the reports of Colombian armies marching to retake Panama are given full confirmation, which they now lack, although American warships are patrolling both the Pacific and Carib- AIDS WIFE | I\ KILLING |- HUSBAND OLL CAR | Riral Bins Eim CULS HOLEY | wiie SheUses | [N A TRAIN) CHIOMoform. | pacengers Alarmed) - | ey By Crash at Ba- || : rs lured her | a prom burst BAKERSFIELD, Dec. 10.—The San Francisco and Bakersfleld flier on the uthern Pacific had a most remark- tion the wom- | _,. % 2 | 4o & trick with | able escape from a disastrous wreck wed himself | When entering the Bakersfield yard at time get- ['z o'clock this evening. A monster oil car had been standing |on a siding so that the end projected | over the main line. While running at about forty miles an hour the engine struck this car and dashed by at full speed. the edge of the pro- jecting car tearing a long indent along the side of the locomotive. The projecting edge of the oil car then struck the side of the first car of the train and continued to dent the side of every car in the train. trange to say, none of the coaches o e derailed, but all were badly dam- = aged. Not a whole pane of glass was left the entire side struck by the The passengers were in a panic ™ ].:R {and the cars were filled with flying e & |y | PATtiCles Of glass and splinters. None “ ]\S D[\ OR(]: of the passengers, however, were hurt. | R | Referee Dillon’s Report Is I‘n-;(HlC L g i @ G0 FAR derstood to Grant Decree to = Senator Clark’s Daughter | I\v THE LEAD i S A, rham 1 Rog- a speed of chloroform Per- nto the river. W in car. o | Bpec The Cail. teh to WHITE PLAINE. N. Y., Dec. 10— | General Opinion Among Repub- The report of Referee Maurice Dillon in | < % e s of Mrs. Everett Ma1-| Jlicans Is That Lake City lory Culw daughter of Senator Clark, Will Get the Big Convention PRNSISIES Y y Special thLch to The Call, WASHINGTON, Dec. 10.—All is in readiness for the opening meeting of the National Republican Committee to- morrow, which, in addition to other | business that may come before it, is |to decide the time and place for the next national Republican convention. Delegates are now on hand from Chi- cago and St. Louis, ooming their re- spective cities for the convention. New Orleans will ask for the honor, but no delegation from New Orleans has yet {put in an appearance. Although the opinion was generally expressed to- night that the convention would go to was filed by Mrs. Culver's lawyers to- day with Supreme Court Justice Mad- dox, It is understood that Justice Maddox confirmed the report a that it grants a divorce. He handed it to the County (lerk, directing him to file it as speci- fied under rule 76 of the Supreme Court, which forbids the disclosure of papers or testimony to any persons ex- cept parties to an action. OPERA SINGER The general staff’s plan for military action in this direction contemplates the concentration of at least three and | possibly five regiments on the Atlantic | seaboard, preferably at New York, where the transport MecClellan is now ready for service and the Kilpatrick | will be ready on December 14. The troops designated for this service are the Sixteenth Infantry, Colonel B. | D. Price commanding. which is now at Fort McPherson, Georgia, with the ex- ception of four companies, which are at Fort Slocum, New York; the Ninth Infantry, Colonel James Ragen, which is now divided between Fort Niagara and Madison Barracks, New York, with the exception of Company B, which is in Peking, China, and the Twenty- eighth Battery of Mountain Artillery, Captain O. I. Straub, which is now at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. RAILROAD ESTIMATES ASKED. That other regiments will be added as the Chesapeake and Ohio Rilroad has been asked to submit an estimate for the transportation of 5000 troops to Railroad also has been asked to submit estimates for the transportation of troops. In addition to the lack of confirma- tion of the reports of warlike move- ments in Colombia there is considerable opposition to the sending of a military expedition to Panama. The Navy De- partment is satisfied that it can handle any emergency that will arise. At the Navy Department it was announced to- day that the marine contingent on the isthmus would be reinforced by 300 men now on the Prairie, orders having been sent to Admiral Barker, commanding the North Atlantic squadren, now at Guantanamo, to dispatch the Prairie to the isthmus. She will leave to- morrow and will reach Colon by next Monday. It is feit that, thus rein- forced, the marines now on the isthmus will be fully competent to preserve or- der and prevent any invasion. The purpose of any naval or military movement will be the same—to prevent Colombia molesting the sovereignty of Panama. ARMY AND NAVY DIFFER. The feeling between the army and navy that generally crops out when- ever there is international trouble re- quiring their joint service has appeared. Though the navy insists that the situa- tion is well within its control, the army takes the stand that troops may be SEEKS DIVORCE Nordieca Surprises Her rdi Surp la showing as the lake city. Pittsburg will offer $100,000 for the convention. @ imimiriisiiieiisleiiieiiei @ this country last October, and even be- fore that, rumors were afloat of wun- pleasant relations between her and her husband, but even her closest friends refrained from making public the na- ture of her marital difficulties until to-day, when it was learned that the papers in the case had been filed with a firm of lawyers and that the case ‘was to be heard as soon as possible. Mme. Friends by Commencing Civil Action Against Her Husband Special Dispatch to The Call. NEW YORK, Dec. 10.—Mme. Nordi- ca’s multitude of friends here and abroad will learn with surprise that she hac begun suit for absolute di- vorce from Zoltan Doeme, and that the #uit is to be tried in this city at an early date. Bince the prima donna arrived llll . needed and they are therefore prepared. Secretary Root has not taken up the question for final decision, nor has the President. It is pointed out that a fully equipped over-sea military expe- dition to Panama would tend to make | the world believe that the United States contemplated permanent occupation, there being, generally regardad, a wide difference between the landing of ma- rines in a country like Parama and the sending thither of a carefully pre- pared military column. The climate in Panama fs extremely bad at this time of the year and an- Continued on Page 2, Column 1. to this force seems probable, inasmuch | the Atlantic seaboard. The Southern | NSTRY OF JAPAN iIPEACHED House of Represent- atives Denounces Cabinet. Sensational Address in Re- -ply to the Speech From the Throne. | War Party, Largely in Majority, Ar- raigns Government for Failure in Dealing With Russia. TOKIO, Dec. 10.—The Emperor opened the Diet to-day. The speech from the throne, according to custom, was deliv- ered in the upper house and was as fol- lows: “Jt gives us profound cause for re- joicing that the friendly rélations be- tween our empire and other powers ever continue to grow. “As regards negotiations concerning the important diplomatic matter of maintaining peace in the Orient and of our rights, we have instructed our Min- < isters abroad carefully to attend to their duties. “We have, furthermore, instructed the members of our Cabinet to formu- late a financial scheme and to intro- duce a budget with other bills. “You are required to discharge your duties and meet our wishes by careful and harmonious discussion.” The brevity of the allusion by the Emperor to the crisis in the Far East caused much disappointment. REPLY DENOUNCES CABINET. Sooh after the speech from the throne | | was delivered in the upper house, the House of Representatives met for the purpose of ennalitering e repiy;.- The re- ply was almost immediately” formu- lated and was rushed ' through the House with unusual expedition. It is as follows: “Your Majesty has been gracious SOCIALIST LEADER - SCORES THE KAISER | | enough personally to open the Diet and to deliver a cordial message, which the House has received with great grati- tude. “The empire of Japan is now at its zenith. Its position is one unpar- LEADER OF GERMAN SOCTALISTS, WHO, IN THE REICHSTAG, CRIT- ICIZED EMPEROR WILLIAM'S POLICY, SPOKESMAN WHO MADE REPLY. AND GOVERNMENT | | alleled in the last thousand years, The members of the House of Representa- tives profoundly regret that at a juncture so critical, involving the fate of the nation, the course pursued by the Cabinet is ill-adapted to the needs of the situation and inconsistent with the enhancemeént of our national influence. The policy of the Ministry has been shown to be incompatible with the progress of the empire, and to be purely domestic and temporizing. “The diplomacy of the Cabinet is a failure, and we humbly appeal to your Majesty to review the situation. “Our solicitude for the progress of the empire dictates this reply, which represents the aspirations and expecta- tions of the nation.” SITUATION 1S CRITICAL. It is understood that this reply was adopted at the instance of the presi- dent of the lower house and was a com- plete surprise to the Government and its supporters, who had not time to op- pose the adoption. The reply was ap- proved amid a scene of great enthu- siasm. The members of the Govern- ment parties in the House have vainly tried to persuade the president to re- consider the reply to the Emperor's address. Marquis Saionje, president of the up- per house, rays that the reply of tne lower house was submitted without proper notice. After the adoption of the reply an in- terpellation was introduced in the House of Representatives, declaring that the delay in the settlement of the negotiations with Russia concerning the Far East was a source of regret to the nation and an element of danger to its peace and demanding a statement of the progress of the negotiations. The situation is regarded as ex- tremely critical and as likely to in- volve the prorogation, if not the disso- lution of Parliament. The action of the House is looked on as doubly significant because hitherto the address in reply to the speech from the throne has only formally expressed thanks for the condescension of the Emperor in personally opening the Diet. : —_———— ALLEGED MURDERERS SECURE A CHANGE OF VENUE Cattlemen Accused of Killing the Ber- ry Family Win First Point of Their Defense. g ST. FRANCIS, Kans., Dec. 10.—In the case of Chauncey Dewey, Clyde Wilson and W. J. McBride, charged with the murder of the Berry family last May, the court this afternoon granted a change of venue to Norton County. Bonds were furnished for the BERLIN, - Dec. 10.—Chancellor von Bulow and Herr Bebel, the Socialist leader, engaged in a lively debate in the Reichstag to-day. The Monarchist, who was dressed as for a drawing- room. was amusing and cheerful, his lucid sentences falling easily on the un- derstanding. He disposed of a diffi- culty with airy word and gesture. The republican, with a quality of voice strangely stirring the emotions, excited his believers to enthusiasm and his op- ponents to anger, one passionate sen- tence following another to the climax. Herr Bebe! declared Russia could easily seize Kiaochau whenever it suit- ed her fancy, and therefore Germany should exercise her moral influence to prevent difficulty in East Asia. The speaker predicted that there would be a large increase in the military esti- mate. Herr Bebel further asserted that the naval enthusiasts, including those in the highest circles, were quietly en- gaged in a propaganda for squadron of battleships. The speaker also attacked the imperial financial sys- undue burdens on"the poor, saying that a larger income should be derived from the inheritance taxes, which could eas- ily be made to yield $75,000,000 addition- al; but, he added, the classes cwning property, who mainly benefited by the expansion policy, preferred an increase in direct-taxation. . DEPLORES VANDERBILT FETE. Herr Bebel charged the Government with co-operating with Russia in sup- pressing political discontent. The Rus- sian police, he asserted, acted in Prus- sia as though at home. every sort of service from the Prus- slan authorities and dozens of Russian secret police agents were busy in Ber- lin and other centers, spying upon the doings of Russian students or Russian residents. This, Herr Bebel declared, was one exhibition of Caesarism, as practiced in Germany. Others were the receptions of Cornelius Vanderbiit, unnecessary gifts to foreign nations and spectacular pundlyga of army corps. Al the-fuss and glory of mili- tary life in times of peace was time wasted on frivolities, which could far better be spent in lcglul drill and “:‘:l’;uflnl again to the receptions of Vanderbilt at Dantzic, Herr Bebel said: defendants and they were released. It was contended by the defense that the condition of public sentiment was such | that a fair trial was impossible. The | case will probably be tried in January. | There was mo open.dems against the prisoners, but the are very bitter against Dewey. An armed guard of four men, hired “What has he done to deserve all this applause? These things give the im- pression of weakness, not of strength.” BITTER ATTACK UPON RUSSIA. In the course of a ferocious ati upon Russia, which caused the sup- of the Ministry to shake their ‘heads in dismay, because such lan- ‘haun: ‘Dewey, was here during | guage about a neighboring power had the trial. took this precaution | rarely been heard in the German Par- against any possible attack. liament, Herr Bebl said; , ; ¥ t + H;rr Bebel Bitterly Attacks His Sov- ereign and Denounces Russia. a mnew | tem on the ground that it imposed | They received “Russia is essentially a barbarous state, against whose bestialities all the | European Governments have made no protest.” The speaker then alluded to K nev, where, he said, the authorities }“stood by and watched murders.” He asserted that a Russian ‘general had driven thousands of Chinese into the | Amur River and said the arrest of a | Russian spy at Sofia had resulted in finding among his papers “document- | ary proofs that Russia was privy to the plan to assassinate King Alexander { months before the event occurred.” VON BULOW MAKES REPLY. Replying to Herr Bebei, Chancellor von Bulow declared the Government | was firmly determined to continue the | developments of social legislation in | favor of the masses. In this matter the Government required the ‘co-opera- tion of the country. He would add that nothing hindered progress in this direc- tion more than the habit of the Social Democrats of connecting social ques- tions with anti-monarchical tendencies. History, however, proved that mon- { archies. made more rapid progress so- eially than republics, because a mon- arch occunied a position of independ- ence, ‘above laws and parties. In no | republic had so much been done for the | workingman as in imperial Germany. | In Switzerland the Federal Council's | bills -embodying substantial social re- | forms, like workingmen’s insurance, | had been defeated at the polls on ref- 1 erendum. | . Turning to Herr Bebel's criticisms of the foreign policy of the Govern- ment, Count von Bulow pointed out the inconsistency of the Socialist lead- er in denouncing Germany’'s East Asi- ! atic policy as too fantastic and roman- tic, while on the other hand he cen- sured the Chancellor for his too pass- ive policy in Manchuria. “If there is any place in the world.” said the Chancellor, “where we have | nothing to seek, it is Manchuria, If Herr Bebel wants to head a new cru- sade to rescue the Manchurians I will let him proceed alone. 1 shall stay at home.” After discussing at considerable length the Socialist dreams of a so- cialized state, Count von Bulow said: “It would be the worst luck that could happen to you Socialists if you came suddenly into power, for then your inability to organize productive industries, your incapacity to con- duct a foreign policy, your complete ignorance, would be revealed under Bengal fire.” —_—————— Valaable Manuscript to Be Sold. LONDON, Dec. 10.—It is announced that the manuseript of Milton’s “Par- .adise Lost” is in the market and will be sold at auction by Sotheby in March next, unless previously dis- pesed of at private sale. | i i M | Jones did not correctly | man ACARTIOR DENIES VAR PREDICTIO Says Colonel Jones’ Report Garbled His Opinions. {General Will Not Further Discuss Published Statement. Prophecy of Clash With Germany Made While Urging the Strengthening of the Hawaiian Military, HONOLULU, Dec. 10.—Considerable interest has been evoked here by the publication of a report made by Col- onel Jores of the Hawaiian militla to Governor Carter. Colonel Jomes, in commenting on the strategic .import- ance of the Hawailan Islands and the need of strong defenses, quoted Major General MacArthur, U. S. A, as pre- dicting war in the immediate future between the United States and Ger- many and that the principal scene of the fighting would be on the Pacific Ocean, with the Hawaiian Islands as an objective point. General MacAr- thur, who is still in Honolulu, having been here the past two weeks studying the military situation of the islands, said to-day that the report of Colonel represent his views in any particular and utterly misrepresented them in some. He would not discuss the matter further. Colonel Jores, in an interview, said his report to Governor Carter was based merely on a social conversation with General MacArthur, and that he had only intended reporting MacAr- thur’s expressions of opinion with a view of impressing upon Governor Car- ter the need of strengthening the iso- lated islands from a military stand- point. He took no notes of his conver- sation with General MacArthur and his report was written from memory some time afterward. Colonel Jones said he was very much surprised that his re- port to Governor Carter had been made public. Colonel Jones’ report quotes General MacArthur as having said that the | Pan-Germanic doctrine which was be- ing spread throughout the world was fostered and propagated by the impe- rial government in every possible way. It was strong and getting stronger wherever German people settled, even among Germans who have been citizens of the United States for years. In connection therewith ome fact could not be overlooked, to wit: There were few Germans in the American army durfng the war with Spain—so few, indeed, that the presence of a Ger- man was noted as being a rare occur- rence. The theater of operations, said the general, was changing gradually \into the Pacific. The German people were multiplying very rapidly and emi- grating in large numbers, the tide of emigration being directed by the Ger- Government toward South America. The manufactured products of the German empire overbalahced their consumption, so that a market had to be obtained for the surplus. The known pelicy of the Empéror was to acquire colonies which would provide | markets for such overproduction, and places to which the tide of emigration should be directed for strengshening the fatherland. Throughout all South American countries, said MacArthur, the Ger- mans were advancing in commereial power and prestige. The conclusien seemed inevitable that the interests of Germany in South America, where to- day there were large colonies number- ing hundreds of thousands, presaged another testing and straining of the Monroe doctrine, and in all probability a contest of arms between that power and the United States in the near fu- ture, in which event no one could now forecast the attitude of England and other European powers. Therefore, it was the duty of the Federal Govern- ment to make itself as strong as pos- sible, so as to be able to care for itself in any emergency. “No nation or number of natiors will be in a position to make an attack on the Pacific Coast without first captur- ing these islands,” said General Mac- Arthur. Governor Carter said to-day: “The publication of Colonel Jones’ report was unauthorized by me, but it occurred through a -misunderstanding. At my request, Colonel Jones wrote out a | memorandum of his conversation with General MacArthur, two days after it took place, for the purpose of preserv- ing Genmeral MacArthur's views re- garding the National Guard. Coloneis Soper and Jones and I had sought to enlist .General MacArthur's aid in getting back from the Federal Gov- ernment the military barracks site near the Cavitol, which was taken during the Spanish War. It is now wanted by the Territory for an armory. “I had an interview with General MacArthur yesterday, and he referred to the strategic importance of the Hawaiian Islands in the event of war, but he did not mention any particular nation. He said, in substance, that Hawail was the dominant strategic feature of the Pacific. He also gave gratifying support to our efforts to lm- prove the Hawailan militia"