The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, October 16, 1904, Page 27

Forecast made pirty bours ending 1904 probably she ind H THE WEATEER Francisco and vicinity—Cloudy Local Forecaste: mporarily in Charge. San Francisco for midnight, October wers; tresh south- WILLSON, VOLUM -— THE THEATERS. CENTRAL—*" CHUTES—V: FISCHER'; She. MAJESTIC—"A gate.” nee—Hofmann, ALCAZAR—Lord and Lady Algy."” CALIFORNIA—"A Texas Steer.” GRAND—"Arizona.” ORPHEUM—Vaudeville. TIVOLI—"Der Rastelbinder." Japanese Nightin Mati- AGES 27 TO 38. GREAT THRONG CHEERS Kahn and Hayes AT ALA EFFECTIVE DRAMA * Play Is Weakened by Inability of Miss Barrows to Appear. “LJAK” A HIGHLY it et GESSESS GREEK THEATER TULLY PRODU AT BERK CED BY EY YESTERDAY MORNIN STUDENTS OF THE U SPOONER ACT 10 BE TESTED Diepatch to The Cail. BUREAU, HOTEL BARTON, NGTON, O« 15.—A case In- the constitutionality of the act for the construction of the n fact, the entire ed States in the e canal and work upon n, has been set for hear- Epecial + 5 ia on October 25. It will ty of the action of Con- &i % In providing for the canal, and ially the action of the administra- n accepting the Spooner act as the legal authority under which everything was done. It is brought against Leslie M. Shaw, and is for the purpose of preventing n paying out any money to continue fon. tioner is Warren B. Wilson, t Hinsdale, Ill. The petition t there has been no appro- law for the expenditures e already been made for the those now being made, ng of $130,000,000 in serted that the Spooner onal and invalid, a and In the United 1at the payments being made ithorized and unwarranted, rovisions of the consti- te that no money shall the treasury except tions made by law. oncludes by asking for against the expenditure of any m money ——— MAJOR FRANK CARRINGTON UNDER ARREST IN MANILA Well Known Army Officer Accused of Falsifying Vouchers of Civil Governmexnt. Oct. 15.—The Prosecut- ing Attorney has filled briefs in five cases against Major Frank Carrington, charging him with falsification of vouchers of the civil Government to the amount of $1500. Major Carring- ton has been arrested. Major Carrington commanded the Philippine scouts. He' came to the £t. Louis Exposition to take charge of the scouts there, but was ordered back o the Philippines to answer charges. Secretary of the Treasury, | | “Ajax,” after a series of disasters | suficient to make another Greek ln'ag(ui\ was yesterday morning suc- | cesefully performed at the Greek The- | ater in Berkeley. The first catastro- | phe was the iliness of Miss Mabel Hay Barrows, in whose charge was the whole direction of the play and who | was also the Tecmessa of the cast. | Then followed the illness of the choreagus and other important mem- bers of the chorus. Rehearsals sagged and at length it became evi- dent that the performance had to be | postponed. The proverbial ill luck { followed the postponement. In the haste of the final rehearsals insuf- ficiently clear notice of the time of the performance was sent out and all the way from 10 o'clock’ yesterday morn- ing—when it began—until 3 o’'clock yesterday afternoon Greek-hungry bands strove up the Parnassan heights. Nor could they have much better purpose. |ance, in spite of everything, uniquely beautiful. people managed to be there in time for it and will hardly be likely soon to forget the experience. The Greek play they have there before, “The Birds” of Aristo- phanes. Shakespeare they have had there. a Greek play with a Greek audience, as yesterday, striven to this most admired innovation. In fact, the evidence of this clever young woman’s acute Hellenic sympathies and wide experience in her work was | patent throughout the production. It was, by the way, the beauty of the Greek theater that tempted Miss Bar- rows to undertake the “Ajax.” And what a setting it is! And what a day of the gods was yesterday! Before the play came a prelude that pitched things in true Athenian key. A white altar to Apollo stood in the midst of the orchestra, that was also devoted to the performance. To this, to music, Lydian and Dorian of fash- jon, came troops of Athenian citizens from the stage, ivy-crowned, bare- You've seen the kind of thing in Alma Tadema's Greek confections, or Sir Frederick Poynter’'s. Children there were, carrying baskets of roses to the altar, young girls with hyacinthiné hair, brown-armed men with wine for the altar, purple-gowned women. They moved in stately procession down the about the altar. There the priests poured the libations, burned little cakes to the gods, offered up the roses, while the maids of Athens sang the Delphic Hymn to Apollo. They after- ward disposed - themselves on the or- chestra steps, lounging on cushions as The perform- | was | Possibly 2000 | had | But not before have they had | Miss Barrows was responsible for | { armed, flowing and glowing of gown. | steps to the orchestra and gathered | FIREMEN OWN UAKER CITY Special Dispatch to The Call. PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 15.—Phila- delphia’s Veteran Firemen gave wel- | come to-day to their visting brothers from California. The latter arrived here at noon and were met at the station by Chief Engineer Baxter and a committee, together with a delega- tion of ladies that took charge of the wives and daughters of the strangers. As the men from the Pacific Coast were a day late in reporting here the programme originally arranged had to be changed. Nevertheless they were given a pleasant outing during the aft- lowing a banquet, in the evening. Carriages had been provided, and while the women of the party made a tour of the big department stores {and had a drive In the park, the San Francisco fire-fighters were taken to various engine houses, Independence Hall, Cramps’ ship yard and the City Hall. After the sight-seeing the visit- ors were tendered a banquet at Thir- teenth and Girard avenue. Later they were entertained at the hall of the | Veteran Firemen’s Association. The | building was gayly decorated with flags. The Californians leave here to-mor- row for New York. ——-sero e 4 | the old Athenians may have lounged, and the picture may not be forgotten. After, it is easily understood that the “Ajax” was impressive. This of the Greek tragedies is pos- sibly best suited to student represen- tation. Most of the characters are | young and powerful men, and the emo- tivnal element is of simple quality. The play has, however, never before been given by a university, though | twice produced in Chicago and New York—in the latter place by Greeks— | under Miss Barrows’ direction. The cast throughout was satisfying, |and the whole performance dignified and classical in feeling and excellent in detail. James Turney Allen, upon whose shoulders the weight of the produetion fell after Miss Barrows' de- fection, and James K. Fisk, the stage manager, must both be congratulated upon their work. Augustus C. Keane, who took at very short notice Miss Barrows’ role, served also a good turn. The best of the acting was done in the title role, by Henry Bronson Dew- ing. Mr. Dewing gave an earnest and ‘quite powerful picture of the mad |‘be transcribed an ernoon and a rousing reception, fol- | ASK VAYOR T0SUSPEND THE BOARD Jurors Want Election Commissioners Punished. No Answer Received From Judge Lawlor Concern- | ing Their Cases. District Attorney Gives Assurancs That He Will Take Up Charges Brought by Merchants. Foreman Lillenfeld of the Grand Jury | had a conference with a number of his ‘Cnlleflgues yvsterda.y. and it was de- cided to request Mayor Schmitz to sus- | pend the Election Commissioners pend- | ing prosecution for misfeasance. | | It is certain that the prosecution will | | be instituted, if not by the District At- | torney, as has been requested by the | Grand Jury, then by the Merchants’ | Association, the board of directors of | which gave such instructions to its at- | torneys on Friday. The jurors regard the violation of law on the part of the Commissioners so flagrant that depri- | vation of office, they think, should fol- | low forthwith. The testimony that was taken before | the Grand Jury in copnection wifh the | charges_againsgitive tior “board will laid before the Mayor. The evidence concerning the personnel of the precinct officers in the Almshouse district will be particularly called to his attention. The following | counts against the Commissioners, as | set forth by Foreman Lilienfeld in his !letter to Judge Lawlor, will also be presented in the effort to -convince the Mayor that the commission has been guilty of violation of law that calls for immediate steps on his part: “First—Not one of the officers of this | precinct was on the assessment roll. “Second—All the officers who served | in this precinct were of the same po- |litical affiliation, and so expressed themselves in their applications for ap- | pointment. “Third—Five of the six officers of this | precinct registered and voted in the | Seventy-third Precinct of the Thirty- | ninth Assembly District. “Fourth—Three of the six election of- ficers who served in this precinct were and are at present employes of the mu- | nicipal government.” | Judge Lawlor had arrived at no con- | clusion yesterday as to the request from | a majority of the Grand Jury that he | instruct the District Attorney to pro- | ceed against the Election Commission | for removal from office. Should he de- | cide that he could not comply—that the |law would not permit af such a course —he would probably make secret com- ! munication of the fact to the foreman. The grand jurors were given assur- | ance yesterday that the District Attor- | ney's office would without hesitation | take up the prosecution of the Com- missioners if asked to do so. If Judge Lawlor does not see his way clear to | set the law in motion the jurors will therefore send the request directly to District Attorney Byington. The police have found no trace of the whereabouts of Adolph Steffens, who was indicted for illegal voting in the Seventy-third Precinct. He is believed to be in hiding in the city or in some | adjoining county. James F. Lawler and Ernest Adams were accepted by Judge Sloss yesterday morning as sureties on the bail bond of Joseph Rebstock, the indicted precinct inspector, in the sum of $5000. Lawler’s business was given as that of mer- chant and his residence 18 Huron street, Adams as a hotel-keeper, residing at 29 Eddy street. e e e ruler. Odysseus was naturally and | cleverly portrayed by Monroe Eman- uel Deutsch, and Maynard McFie was | picturesquely and dramatically effec- | tive as Agamemnon. The parts of Teucer and Menelaus were both well handled by William W. Lyman Jr. and ‘Warner Brown respectively, Miss Gladys Clare Wickson was a classic ; Athena, and little Aileen Jaffa was a pretty Eurysaces. Albert Merrill Cleg- horn led the chorus of the men ef- | fectively. The music, by Willys Peck ' Kent, was a feature of much interest, preserving excellently the Greek char- jacter. There was some bad Califor- nian in its rendering, however, the or- chestra being the weak spot of the | performance. The end of the trag- edy, with its noble dead carried off the stage, reminded of the Greet “Hamlet.” But the noble dead had a nobler departure here. Not as For- tinbras’ men carried the king, with his head tucked under servile arm, went Ajax. The body lay most nobly, like a figure on a tomb, carried on the shoulders of six men, and, followed by the slowly marching chorus, was royally taken out. Effective ending of a highly effective production. + Republican Candidates for Congress Receive Flattering Reception e Victory for Them Nexti November Prophe-| sied at Big Meeting| RERERS VAN A demonstration that tells of victory in November for the Republican par- ty of San Francisco took place at the Alhambra Theater last evening. This demonstration marked the inaugura- tion of the Republican Congressional | campaign in the Fourth and Fifth districts, and Julius Kahn, candidate in the Fourth, and E. A. Hayes, candi- date in the Fifth, had every reason to believe when the meeting adjourned that though the fight has just com- menced it has been won. For the first time since the national campaign opened the Alhambra was o e REPUBLICAN CANDIDATES FOR CONGRESS AND CHAIRMAN OF THE BIG RALLY LAST NIGHT. {4 —i lican party: Since the Republicans began, every President, according to the Democrats, has violated the con- stitution. 'When Abraham Lincoln was endeavoring to maintain the Union he was violating the constitution. In his next campaign every act was a viola- tion. They then contended that the constitution prohibited the Govern- ment’s spending money on internal im- F 3 - provements, and that naticnal banks crowded—every seat was occupied| ere i violation of the constitution. and in the rear of the auditorium |yye find some Deniocrats willing to be stood an interested crowd. And it presiderts of national banks, and some of them are managers of Parker’s cam- paign. was not only a big crowd, but it was an enthusiastic crowd. The names of Roosevelt and Fairbanks, or the name of Kahn or Hayes were the signal for a mighty shout of approval. For Kahn and for Hayes there were naught but cheers and commendation. In the absence of General George Stone, chairman of the Republican State Central Committee, E. F. Wood- ward, secretary of the committee, called the meeting to order. “Judging from the large crowd present,” said Mr. Woodward, “‘the candidacy of E. A. Hayes and Julius Kahn is safe and victory will be theirs.” He then intro- duced Colonel George H. Pippy as chairman of the .evening. Colonel Pippy was greeted with cheers when he rose to accept the office. Colonel Pippy’s address was short, but to the point. He said: “It is a pleasure to look this audience in the face and discuss the issues of the coming Presidential campaign. Cali- fornia will show her appreciation of the statesman, the soldier, who placed love of country and patriotism above ambi- tlon for office—Theodore Roosevelt.* “We have with us to-night a repre- sentative of Southern California and the distinguished men that are your candidates for Congress. I shall close, for you are anxious to hear from them.” Colonel Pippy’'s address was followed by some excellent singing by the Stan-| ford University Republican Quartet. The songs concluded, Colonel Pippy in- troduced Frank P. Flint of Los An- geles. “Though Mr. Flint comes from the south,” said Colonel Pippy, “his speech will interest you the mgre when you know that he spent his boyhood days in this ctty.” Mr. Flint, who was extended a flattering reception by the audience, said in part: “Mr. Chairman, Ladies and Gentle- men and Fellow Republicans: We are to-day the most prosperous nation on earth, as a result of the Republican ad- ministration, not only in the past eight years, but during the period of over fifty years since the inception of the Republican party. The reasons given by Democrats why there should be a change of administration are chiefly that some acts done or about to be done by the Republican party are un- constitutional. We have violated some provision of the constitution! Another reason is the protective tariff system. The people of the nation have been taxed! I believe the party is able to answer the charges. DEMOCRATIC CRITICISM. est day’s work. “In reference to the violations of the “Our country is the richest country, sonstitutional provisions by the Repub- it is the greatest manufacturing coun- than any other legislation, was uncon- stitutional. Every act put by the Republican party, every act that has been particularly beneficial, de- clared at the time to be unconstitu- tional, was afterward adopted by Dem- ocrats as the law .of the land. Even as late as four years ago we find acts, then claimed by our opponents to be unconstitutional, now quoted as au- thoritiés. From 1856 to the present day the Democratic party has been from four to twenty years behind the times. ‘We find the party that denounced Ab- raham Lincoln in bitter terms quoting im to-day. Why, we find Mr. Parker going back only four years and calling upon President Roosevelt to follow the great and beloved Willlam McKinley. We do not find him pointing with pride and asking the President to follow in the stcps of Grover Cleveland, or the doctrines of Willlam Jennings Bryan. “To-day they say that President Roosevelt is violating the constitution in the same way that Abraham Lincoln violated (?) it; as Grant, as Garfield, Hayes, Harrison and McKinley! The Republican party does not have to re- write the Declaration of Independence in its platform. The Republican party carries it as a rule and guide to its way and keeps within its lines. “There are two Democratic parties to-day. Mr. Bryan has said of Mr. Parker that ‘he i{s an “artful dodger,” for no one but an “artful dodger” could stand on such a dishonest platform as yet Mr. Bryan tours the East speaking for Parker. “They say our President is unsafe. Unsafe to Bryan, because he does not go far enough; unsafe for Parker, be- cause he was not near enough to Wall street. All the power of Wall street could not keep Theodore Rooseveit from doing what is right. And it took all the power of Wall street to nom- inate Alton B. Parker in face of oppo- sition from Bryan and all the West. ENDED THE COAL STRIKE. “They claim that the President is un- safe for the reason that he stopped the coal strike. He brought together repre- sentatives of the mines and representa- tives of the miners’ unions and effected a settlement to prevent death among the poor of the East. He brought to the miners better wages, better condi- tions, an honest day's pay for an hon- *The homestead act, which has done | more to build up this Western country | into effect | that put up by the present party.’ And| —_— |Frank P. Flint of Los | Angeles Arouses En- | thusiasm of Crowd ! Discusses the Issues of Campaign and Wins Approval of Audience try of the world, and is paying the highest wages for those manufactures as a result of Republican administra- tion. There is no question in the world but that Roosevelt and Fairbanks will receive the largest majority ever given Republican candidates. “If you send to Washiggton a Demo- cratic Congress you will have hard times within six months from the day of electior. Do not leave the country | in an uncertain condition. The Repub- | lican party will be responsible to the | people for the guidance of the nation's | affairs providing there is a Republican | Congress. If the Congress is Democratic it will block every move and recom- mendation of President Roosevelt. It | will block the work of the Panama canal. “If California is to receive her share of the appropriations and prosperity, vote for Julius Kahn. (Tremendous demonstration). And you want to vote for E. A. Hay (Loud cheers and ap- plause). You canot select men who will do more for you in the two years they will serve than Julius Kahn and E. A Hayes. (Cheers.) It is individual work that tells, therefore go out'to gather in the many undecided might-be Demo- | crats and convince them that Kahn and Hayes are the men to represent We are going to give 5,000 majority to our Congressman in Los Angeles. Join us in sending a solid Republican delegation to Washington.” | WANTS BANNER BACK. Colonel Pippy said when Mr. Flint had concluded his address that Mr. Flint had made but one error. That was when he intimated that Los Angeles might roll up a b er majority for the Republicans in ember than n Francisco. "I carried the Republican banner to Los Angeles,” said Colonel | Pippy, “and I am sure that with the effective work that is being done here by the State Central Committee San Francisco will roll up the largest Re- publican majority in the State. Then | I want to go and bring the banner back | again.” Mr. Pippy then introduced E. A. | Hayes, candidate for Congress in the | Fifth Congressional District. When the | applause that greeted Mr. Hayes sub- sided he said in part: | “Ladies and Gentlemen—One of the | first things 1 want to do is to thank | you heartily for your cordial greeting. | It 1s not difficult for me to believe that | I am in the house of my friends. “I am in this campaign in a posi- | tion to which I am little accustomed. | Although accustomed during all my life to take an active interest in polities [ have never before gone before the peo- | ple to ask themr for their suffrages for myself. I was not a candidate before the convention which assembled in Santa Cruz. I so stated to my friends | before we went to Santa Cruz and after we arrived there. I told them all that |} I @id not want the office, but when we | got there and saw that it was quite hard to find anybogdy whom the con- | vention could more easily unite upon than myself I felt it my duty as a loyal Republican to accept the norfiination and to make the race DISCUSSES' ISSUES. “Now. I am here to solicit your suf- frages for myself and for the candi- | dates on the Republican platform, both State and national. I propose to dis- cuss some of the leading issues of the day and to ask your votes for Roose- velt and Fairbanks and for the other Republican candidates. «Issues are formed in political cam- paigns by the pledges given and the positions taken in party platforms. Now, the Republican party in its plat- form and in all its history has stood for protection, for protection to Amer- ican industry an@ American labor. The Continued on Page 28, Columa 1.