The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 12, 1903, Page 1

DEPARTMENT MAY DEMAND EXPLANATION il Remarks of MacArthur Discussed by the Cabinet. MacAr- ght h in the United thur, & nt ¥ st ni dis- he ecretary had on cter deliv- m, would not officer from the 1 explanation, but he cArthur carries f an explana ald” take ypon his Aheriatter part of —— e CHING IS JUST PRINCE There Is a China Is With PEKIN d the that Sceretly Negotiating n Minister. ~Prince “Ching in- in an audience to- not negotiating with the Government was It is known, Fang, First Secre- 1 of Foreign Affairs the Foreign Of- negotiations, is pay- visits to Russian Minister Russia Dec. 11 Lessar. B — THE JAPANESE DIET DISSOLVED Tixe Members Decide to Not Reverse the Action of a Former Meeting of the Body. TOKIO, Dec. 11.—The Diet has been dissolved fficial circles that in view of the ex- traordin v mature of the step taken | ¥ the lower house yesterday in its re- ;-E_\ to the speech from the throne the ote on the reply would be reversed day. The allied parties, however, at tings held outside the Diet, decided that the action taken should not be re- versed and the dissolution followed. e “seaped Pridners Elude Sherifr. NAPA, Dec. 11.—O. E. Evans and John Wilson, the jaifbirds who escaped several days ago, have completely dis- appeared. Sherif Dunlap and his deputies have returned to Napa after a continuous search and have found no clew to the whereabouts of the fugitives. The ease with which the criminals have disappeared shows that their plans were carefully made be- ' fore they escaped. Fcrecast made at San Fraz- cisco for thirty hours ending midright, December 18: Fan Franoisco and vicinity— Cloudy, unczettled weather Sat- urfay; poceibly rain by aight; brisk northwest wiads. A. G. MCADIE, District Porecaster. INDUSTRIES | | {Notable Address Is Made to the AWAITING EVENTS Strong Suspicion = That | everything that is produced { | | | JHope had been entertained | | { THEE TEEATERS. Band. California—“Yon Yonson. Central—“Wew York Day by Day.” Columbia—"“Way Down Bast.” Pischer's—"I. Steinway Recital. aters. Grand—"“For Mother's Sake.” Orphenm—Vaudoville. Hall—Ang 3 p. m. The Chutes—Vaudeville. Matinees To-Day at all the The- Q. U.” elus Plano (CISCO. SATURDAY, DECEMBER .12, 1903. INPERILED, S1YS BARD ' California Senator| Speaks on Cuban | My, | in the Matter of | Reciprocity. Advantages fo Accrus From a Close Commercial Relation Declared to Be Offset by the Objections. Special Dispa: to The Call. WASHINGTON, D. C., Dec. 11L— Senator Bard addressed the Senate to- day in opposition to the Cuban reci- bi His remarks received | ion by the Senators. He » of the Platt amendment and stated that careful examination of its ovisions fail to disclose any indi- that this Government must essarily grant to Cuba commercial | tial advantages in our mar- f her products. He said: The (uban people certainly under- stood that accepting the Platt it was as a full settlement between Cuba and the States. There could be no - meaning of the words of Presi- | which were on, uttered upon when on the neral Wood, under President, deliv. republic the govi we had provisiona of the directi new which shed. INDUSTRIES ENDANGERED. “This declaration that our promises | wers fulfilled 18 an acquittance so far | as any obligation rested upon us up | to that date, and if any obiigation of honor rests upon us now, it musti have originated since then. Commercial re- | lations with Cuba are desirable and should be promoted, but the advant- ages accruing to us are not worth the | cost if, in order to secure~them, we must sacrifice some of our own indus- | tries nd derc te from the great s which the Republicans are 4 to support. The reduction pro- | by the bill the tariff rates the most important Cuban prod- ucts can have no other effect than to stimulate their production and facili- tate the sale er or later, of such articles in our own markets in compe- t with the products of our own| I am unable to believe the meas- e will do harm to no indus and am not convinced that the measure provides the o way by which our] export trade with Cuba could be ex- panded.” | Mr. Bard quoted from the report of | Collector Bliss, at Havana, to show | at many articles in common use in = United States are umsuited to the | cal conditions of Cuba and that | k of trade is the result of the| flference of American manufactur- who will not cater to the tastes| d wants of the Cuban people. He en- | a4 most earnest protest on be- | rs and fruit-growers | and quoted the views of former i in Speaker Reed, | cKinley and President | r Republican lead on must nc own industries. WORDS OF McKINL The Senator also quoted from Presi- dent McKinley's last speech at Buffalo, | Bard stated that California, Arizona, Florida and the Guif States produce in Cuba, and that while immediate injury to the industries may not be great, future in- jury will be most serious. By tables | he showed the growth of the citrus | fruit industry in California, and deliv- ered high encomiums upon the farmers of that State generally, calling atten- tion to their high standing as citizens and agriculturalists and to the fact| hat they have devoted their time, en- | ergies and fortunes to the uphuilding | of great industries, which this bill will | most seriously affect. He referred to | the five-year clause of the measure and said that he believed a more definite term should have been provided and | that it is incorrect to say that the treaty will continue for five years only; | that it will continue indefinitely until | notice be given by either party of its the effect that permitted to injure our | intention to terminate the same. He asked: | “Who is to give this notice? The Ex- ecutive will surely not do it without the authority of Congress, and when it €hall be more clearly seen than now that our industries are threatened with destruction, the notice will not be given by Congress if at that time it should be controlled by a Democratic free trade majority. SENATOR MAKES PROTEST. “I realize the futility of any oppoll-' tion at this juncture, because the Sen- ate is already committed to the bill by its ratification of the’treaty, but being | convinced that legislation will prove harmful to American industries, I am impelled by a sense of duty touny party as well as to my State to record my protest against it. “While my remarks do not harmonize Pty e Cortivend.on P & Celewn 1. l_ng San F{anclfu:o and his age 35. GOVERNMENT SENDS ORDER FOR TORPEDO-BOAT FLEET 70 HURRY TO THE ISTHMUS RDERS were received at ‘Mare Island Navy Yard late yesterday atter- noon to dispatch a torpedo-boat fleet to isthmian waters. work was commenced on the destroyers Perry and Paul Jones and the Rush torpedo-boat Farragut. The vessels will be used to prevent any contem- plated attack on Panama by Colombia. e S s A Ominous Instruc- tions for the ~ Navy Y'qrd. Special Dispatch to The Call. VALLEJO, Dec. 11.—An order di- recting that a torpedo-boat fleet be dispatched to Panama with all pos- sible specd was received at Mare Isi- and late this afternoon from the Sec- retary of the Navy. The work of SLAVER COEISANAY Cashel Es—cipes From getting the torpedo-boat destroyers - | - — - | | His- Jailers- at OFTICIALS PROMINENTLY MENTIONED IN DISPATCHES DESCRIB- ~ING THE SERIOUS CONDITIONS REQUIRING OF UNCLE SAM IN THE CENTRAL AMERICAN REGION. LD Ra T e WATCHFULNESS e Calgary. Special Dispatch to The Call VANCOUVER, B. C., Dec. 11.—Twen- ty mounted policemgn are scouring the plains south of Calgary to-night earching for Henri Cashel, sentenced I, FALLS FROM CLIFR 174 LOVER to be hanged next Tuesday for mur- der. Cashe] escaped iast night from the mounted police barracks jail, where threc big policemen were con- stantly on duty watching the death chamber. Up to a late hour to-night Cashel had not been found. It is thought that he crossed the Americar 1 Wedding Party Meets Constable Piper ordered the con- demned maa out of his cell last night until he could search it, according to daily instructions. Outside the door standing guard were tWwo more officers, Leslie and Phillips. Cashel went out and sat on a bench in front of a win- dow facing the street.. Piper, after the search, ordered Cashel back to the cell, whereupon the prisoner. suddenly flashed two revolvers in the faces of the guards and ordered all three into the cell he had just vacated. He took their revolvers, locked the officers n the cell, and then walked in his shackled feet to the place where the keys were kept, removed the shackles, and after teunting the guards kissed his hand to them by way of adieu and left the barracks. Fifteen minutes later the night guard entered the bar- racks and found the three mounted po- policemen in Cashel's cell. Cashel stole a horse at the edge of the town and was not seen afterward. A formal reprieve was granted to-day in his case by the Government. If this were not done he would be legally dead after next Tuesday and the law coald not operate against him. The officials therefore issued a declaration that his execution had been postponed*for four weeks. Cashel is a haif-breed, only 21 years old, and was arrested for kiiling a tradew ———————— San Franciscan Is Badly Injured. DUTCH FLAT STATION, Dec. 11.— Charles Laden, while attempting to board a westbound freight at this place, fell under the train and had both feet cut off. He was badly cut on the head. He gives his residence With a Disaster a@@t. Special Dispatch to The Call. MILES CITY, Mont., Dec. 11.—Word has been received here from Spearfish, in South Dakota, telling of an acei- dent which befell a wedding party and will result fatally to the prospective groom, M. C. Connors Jr. Cecnnors and his flancee were on their way to Deadwood, where the ceremony was to have been performed, and were traveling during the night. Connors became confused in the mountains and the vehicle was overturned on the edge of a precipice, throwing Connors, the woman and the horses to the foot of the cliff, a distance of about 300 feet. The woman has been unconscious for lover forty-eight hours. Connors has peen taken to the hospitel at Dead- wood. 2 “A strange series of fatalities has fol- lowed the Conmors family. Connors’ father was killed while abroad and his mother, with a baby,. went down with the ill-fated Elbe in the North Sea. —_——— g Paul Jones and Perry and the tor- pedo-boat Farragut ready for sea was commenced this evening and it is ex- pected that the vessels will be ready to sail within the next few days. An order for new machinery for the boats was placed in the East some time ago, but the officials will not wait for it to arrive here. The necessary machin- ery will be improvised at Mare Island s0 as to avoid any unnecessary de- lay. The supply of coal, ammunition and provisions here is sufficient to stock the fleet for the present and the officers believe that everything will be soon in readiness. It is the intention of the Govern- | ment to use she boats to patrol the shallow waters around’ Panama and prevent an attack by Colombia on the new republic. ~The boats draw but little water and are in every way adapted to patrol service. PANAMA CASE IN CONGRESS. Hitt Vigorously Replies to Democratic ’ Attacks. WASHINGTON, Dec. 11.—The birth of the republic of Panama, and its recognition by this Government was | | prevented —p | KIDVAPERS | (I AT (0L Candy Lures Boy and Firearms Scare Rescuers. SRR T A Bold Strangers Seize Son Be- | | Mother. | | —_— | They Prowl Like Highbinders, Then Quickly Clutch Victim and Drive | Away in Hot Hasfe. PR The Seven-Mile "House, just below Colma, was the scene of a sensational abduction at 5 o'clock last Thursday | afterncon. Two strange men seized the two-year-old son of Ida F. Pierson, | | in plain view of a dozen people, hurled | the shrieking little one into a top buggy | and dashed up the road to San Fran- | { | cisco, with a crowd of enraged men in | vain pursuit. | The deed was accomplished by a dis- play of firearms and dire threats. Sandy Ferguson, the pugilist, almost | the abduction, butt was forced to relinquish his hold on the | horses at the point of a revolver. The | police authorities of San Francisco were notified of the occurrence as soon as possible and detectives were imme- diately placed upon the case. The | mother of the stolen child is frantic | with grief. | No one seems to be able to give much |of a description of the man who re- mained in the buggy. - His companion is said to have been well dressed, short | in stature, of prepossessing appearance | and with a curly. blatk mustache.. - Mrs. Pierson has recently come to this section of the State from Corona. | | For several weeks she has been living | at the Seven-Mile House as the guest | of Jack Sutton, the proprietor. Her | little boy, “Billy,” has been a great fa- | vorite of Ferguson and his followers, | who have been living at Sutton’s place. ‘Wednesday afternoon the smaller of | |the two abductors drove up to the | | Seven-Mile Hpuse and hitched his horse. He then strolled into the bar-| room and purchased a few drinks. He | finally turned the conversation to the | subject of Mrs. Pierson and her child and casually elicited the information of | which he was in search. The barkeeper and the hangers-on were entirely un- suspicious and after the stranger had made the acquaintance of “Billy” he | drove away in the direction of San | Francisco. | Shortly after noon Thursday, the | previous day’s visitor drove up again | with a companion. He walked into the | barroom as befare and bought drinks for the crowd, and one which he car- ried out to his companion. Soon he asked a‘ter the child, but it was ex- plained that the little fellow was up- stairs with his mother. Hour after the two strangers waited pa- tiently, the une ih the barroom and the other in the buggy. At about 5 o'clock | the little boy appeared in company with his mother. | The stranger smiled and held out some candy. The child followed delightedly. Finally the candy | | hour was dropped ovor the rail on the porch and the youngster ran down the steps to | | secure it. Suddenly the stranger picked up the boy, threw him iato the buggy, and {jumped in himself. The mothe screamed and the child gave a terrified | shriek, Sandy Ferguson leapkd from | the plazza vhere he had been sitting | and grasped the horses’ heads. The | man who nad remained in the buggyi whipped out a revolver with an oath | and shouted to Ferguson to let go and | the others 10 keep away or some one would get killed. The pugilist jumped back and the abductors were soon fly- | ing up the road. | Teams were secured and a firce pur- | suit commenced. The strangers had the fastest team, however, and easily distanced their pursuers. 'n.xe local po. lice authorities were informed by tele phone from Colma of what had taken place and an attempt was made to | head off the fugitives, but in vain. The | | fore Byes of Startled || | tant mo STATESMAN STRIKES HARD AT OFFICERS feay % | 15 | GERMAN WAR MINISTER WHO CRITICIZED CONDUCT OF ARMY OFFICERS. Kaiser's War Minister Scores Brutality in the Army. BERLIN, Dec. 11.—In the Reichstag to-day War Minister von Einem en- tered earnestly into the charges of bru- tality and immorality brought against German army officers, without attempt- ing to exculpate them. He admitted there had been abuses, and declared the army administration was determined to correct them so far as possible. No- body regretted the evils more than Em- peror William, who never lost an op- portunity to impress the seriousness of the offenses that had been brought to light. Referring to Lieutenant Bilzen's book, “A Little Garrison” (telling of alleged actions discreditable to officers, for writing which the lientenant was sentenced to six months’ imprisonment and to dismissal from the army), the War Minister said it contained a cer- tain amount of truth, but it was not true that every lieutenant in’the smail garrisons lived as Bilzen had desecribed. The Minister did not deny the possibil- ity of corrupt relations between officers and women in a f eases, but the as- sertion that such was the rule was a slander against German womanhood. The speaker sald he recalled with pride and joy the friendships he formed as young officer with the wives and dnu}flovs of his superiors. They threw home Influences around the young o cers, oftenfarning the gratitude of dis- ers by affording the former good counse! and refining surroundimgs. Regarding the brutalities, the Min- | ister declared that such incidents were = not wholly in: licable. There was the | bad private soldier, as weil as the bad sergeant, and the bad private was largely responsible for the whole diffi- culty, cceeding by the meost devil- ish ingenuity to so embitter the non- commissioned officers -that the latter finally vented their anger upon the weaklings.” This type of private had always ex- isted, and was more common under So- cial Democratic influence. The Social Democrats asserted that militarism en- slaved, brutalized and stupefled the people and suppressed freedom of thought. If this were true Germany should be in a sad condition, since Germany was a universal military serv- ice country. But this was not true, as the subject of a spirited debate in the | abductors knew what they were doing | and took a roundabout course, as was shown by the subsequent investigation of the detectives. Mrs. Plerson has recently separated from her husband and as he was very House “to-day. Dinemore (D.) of Ar- kansas, during considération of the pensions appropriation bill, severely criticized the administration in connec- tion.with the canal, and Mr. Hitt (R.) desirous of securing their child she is | connection with Panama affairs. inclined to think the husband is at the bottom of the matter. As Pierson is known to have been in San Francis- co and to have left for his mother's home in Missouri with his child yester- day afternoon it is not out of the range of possibility that Mrs. Plerson’s surmise is correct. She is known as Mrs. Pope and has ‘resided at 410 Bush street recently. Her husband has commenced an action for _ | divorce in Riverside County. He is su- of the isthmian question. No conclu: o b ook Powes sion was reached on the pension’ bill. | Perintendent Van Vorhees (R.) of Ohio, of the Ap- | Company. . % ————— propriations Committee, made a state- o Is Killed by a ¥ i cf/Illinois, chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee, replied in a vigor- ous defens: of thé President and his Central American-policy. ¢ Willlams (D.) of Mississippi, the mi- nority leader, replied to Hitt, declar- ing that the minority did not condone the part taken by this Government in Nearly the whole of the four hours’ session was taken up in a discussion ment concerning the provisions of the . bnl.wc:un the :eme digressed to the; BAKERSFIELD, Dec. 11.—Philip subject of Panama. The House ad- | Roberts, foreman for the Hdison urned over until Monday. Electric Works at its tunnel, twenty- mbfim disavowed any purpose to | five miles from Bakersfield, was killed dishonorable or imj mo- | this afternoon by the premature ex- tives:to the officers ofthe Government, | plosion of a dynamite blast. He was - a middlecaged man and leaves a wife mumgw—-g and family in Los Angeles. i L] | Germany had succeeded by a combina- ticn of industry, intelligence and =n- | ergy unparalleled In conquering a large | part of the markets of the world. { During the vear ending in June. the | War Minister continued, fifty officers and 577 non-commissioned officers and | 8ocd service men wege punished for | mistreatment of private soldiers. Reck- | oning percentages, one officer in 400 and one non-commissioned officer in 120 had beed found guilty of the misuse of au- thority. The convictions were really fewer during the recent agitation than {in some other yvears. However, the | army administration had determined to | stop mistreatment altogether. Even 100 cases a year would be intolerable. Discussing Herr Bebel's charge that the German artillery was inefficient and that the German gun was ixferior to i the French gun, the Minister entered into a_techmical explanation of why the German gun of the model of 1306 was better than the French gun of the 1803 model. Sogge one had asked a question aboyt the alleged proposal to rearm the Ger- -~ Continued on Page 2, Column 3.