The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 22, 1904, Page 1

ber 22: westerly. A THE WEATHER Forecast made at San Franciseo for | thirty hours ending midnight, Decem- San Francisco and vicinity—Cloudy | and unsettied weather Thursday, with | showers; southerly winds, changing to District Forecaster. | G. McADIE, [ | — == +-— day. GRAND—"In — ALCAZAR—"Peacetul Valler.” SALIFORNTA—"“Sis Hopkins.” COLUMBIA—"The Billionaire.”™ CENTRAL—"Two Little Walfs.™ CHUTES—Vaudeville. Matinee to-day. FISCHER S—Vaudeville. Matines to- Dahomey. MAJESTIC—"Jim Biudso.” Matines to-day. ORPHEUM—Vaudeville. Matines to- day. nv&u—-m Dedo.™ 22 FRA.\'C—ISCO. THURSDAY, DECEMBER 22 ==, 1904. PRICE FIVE CENTS. RAILWAY RATE LAWS MUST BE FORTHCOMING President Will Delay by Regards the Subject portance at the Presenf Time. Special Dispatch to The Call , POST BUILDING, 1.—President with is very power of s effort. conference to- f the Interstate for ast six| mittees use have had the| »ne form or an- | ten years—have held | ished volume after | on the subject; that| erce Convention tively considered at | formed Not Brook Congress. as of Paramount Im-' the question last fall and published its conclusions broadcast throughout the country. | The President has very seriously im- | pressed the members of Congress and others with whom he has talked in the last two days with his earnestness in the matter and the Attorney-General, at his request, has devoted much time to the subject, for the purpose of draw- ing a bill to be presented to Congress with the hope of action this session, at least in the House. | NEW Dec. 21.—That Wall | t is suffering from an attack of| ‘nerves” was developed fo-day when | | the annual report of Con#nissioner of | | Corporations severel Garfield was published, | denouncing present conditions | urrounding the laws governing cor-| rations engaged in interstate com- | e. The Ilanguage employed by | ssioper Garfield shocked Wail street’s sensitive temperament and the stock market had a fit of the blues. | Industrial shares, led by Amalgamated Copper, became weak and timid ones threw blocks of stock on the market- “Here is Secretary Shaw telling us one day that there is not a cloud on| the financial horizon,” said one eminent | broker, “and the next day we are in- | that governmental control of | railroads is necessary, while on the | third day we are confronted with an | announcement virtually stating that the § rial enterprises of the coun- try should be regulated by the Federal | uthorities. With these momentous | ons, affecting every security | in the United States, under dis- | is plain that there are a| ominous clouds hovering | e timid ones were rrightened, as{ re over President Roosevelt’s | recommendations concerning the regu- | lation of interstate commerce carriers, | the managements of great corporations did not seem disturbed to amy-great extent. Some corporation lawyers de- clared it would be impossible to forcé a Federal charter and Federal control they —The confer- Legislature, »gramme in was ours and ad-| er appointing aded by for- sodruff, to who was f the sen- erence. r Odell where nner was Senator the Gov- man- of ion League or an extended con- regard g Senator Platt’s con- Odell said he was what took place at the Fifth-avenue i HRISTMAS GIFTS FOR TOILERS Employers to Share Profits Special Dispatch to The Call 21.—Banks, broker- facturing establish- large corporations e of sharing _their | mployes will dis- | 000,000 among Chi- Ts as Christmas gifts | Crane Company alone will nvei eway $250,000 to its employes. This | company was one of the first in «Chicago its profits with its office force ingmen. Each of the em- he Orane Company, from the | $2 a week office boy to the heads of departments, is to receive 10 per cent | of the total of his salary for the year. | owhere will the gifts be more gen- | us than along La Salle street and | on the Board of Trade, where the brok- | ers always vie with one another in | sharing with their clerks the profits of | a prosperous year. The big nlckin:' firms will remember the heads of de- partments and trusted members of the clerical forces. | Among the banks that will give money to employes are the Corn change National Bank, the Merchants’ PLATT'S CLAN MEETS Senator Thinks Odell Will Be “Toned Down” This is among the highest honors COUNCIL ever chosen by the Republican or- ganization will be elected.” g conference was attend- | y-five well known Repub- | most of them classed as being| in favor of Senator Depew, but there were also not a few who are believed | to be opposed to his candidacy. The| speeches in the conference were almost | out exception strongly in favor of | tor Depew’s re-election. ical classification of those present var: ;\:'.Y: the sympathies of those estimat- ng. After the conference Senator Platt | deciared himself as greatly pleased | with its character and personnel, “I am proud of it,” said he. “It was truly representative and clearly showed what I have all along claimed, that the sentiment of the people of the State is strongly for the re-election of Sen- ator Depew. I imagine its result may be to tone down Mr. Odell.” Senator Platt himself called the con- ference to order and, at his suggestion, Williamn Barnes Jr. of Albany, chair- man of the executive committee of the Republican State Committee, presided. Twenty-seven members of the new Legislature, who will have actual votes upon the Senatorship, were present. Loan and Trust Company and American Trust and Savings Bank. | The Auditorium and several other| hotels will give money to their em- ployes. | ———— FATHER OF SYVETON SAYS SON WAS SLAIN Asks for an Investigation Into the | Death of the French Deputy. PARIS, Dec. 21—M. Syveton, father of the late Deputy Syveton, to- day made a formal complaint to the | Criminal Court, alleging that his son | had been a vicym of an assassin. The | accused perso was not specifically named, as the examining magistrate s | to make a specific charge after an in- vestigation of the complaint., Harvard Honors a Negro. CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Dec. 21.—W, C. Matthews, the negro football and baseball player, has been elected one of Harvard’s senior class day officers. 1 mmucflmn«mmn | nese is of much importance, because | the vision of speedy disaster. | Huangtia and made a most vigorous ETIE FORT AGAIN HELD BY SLAVS Port Arthur Garri-! son Retakes the Position. S L Nogi Is Preparing for a Hitherto Unprecedented Assault, Blockade-Runner Reaches the Strong- hold With Food Supplies and Ammunition. LONDON, Dec. 22.—The Dalily Tele- graph’s Chefu correspondent says that the steamship Lady Mitchell, which sailed from Tsingtau with supplies, ammunition and dynamits, réached Port Arthur during a snowstorm four nights ago. He also says that it is rumored that the Japanese were com- pelled to evacuate their position on Etze Mountain owing to a flanking fire from other forts and the expiosion of tussian mines, from which they lost heavily. The Japanese, the correspondent adds, are employing thousands of coolies in making strong forts at Dalny and around Port Arthur. They ex- press a determination to capture Port Arthur before the Chinese New Year. An attack is now being prepared that will be on a hitherto unequaled scale and it will mean either success or ter- rible disaster to the besiegers. The correspondent concludes by say- ing that General Nogi has asked for 60,000 reinforcements frem Japan. The correspondent at Peking of the Times telegraphs: “China having consented to pay the indemnity growing out of the Boxer troubles, in gold, the Ministers of Rus- #ia, Germany and France are now dis- | puting among themselves as to what fresh terms they can extort from the Chinese, and seeking to force an ar- rangement whereby certain banks will make further profit out of the nity. Great Britain supports na, who counts upon the assistance of | America and Japan also, to secure & Just settlemen S HOLD FIVE MINOR FORTS. Japanese Open the Way to Capture of East Keekwan Mountain. HEADQUARTERS OF THE JAPA- NESE THIRD ARMY, BEFORE PORT ARTHUR, Dec. 21.—The capture of the north fort of East Keekwan Mountain on December 18 by the Japa- it opens a way up the gorge to the higher hills and will render easier the capture of the mountain. It gives much additional foothold for a general assault on the western half of the east- ern fortified ridges. The Japanese now hold five of the seven protecting forts. TOKIO, Dec. 20.—Admiral Togo, who has personally made a series of obser- vations of the Russian battleship Se- vastopol, telegraphs to the Navy De- partment, expressing the opinion that the Sevastopol is disabled. Great weight is attached to Togo's personal observations and opinion, instanced by the fact that when the Russian bat- leship Petropaviovsk was sunk Togo as one of the few officers of the en- ire Japanese fleet whose eye caught Commander Yezoe, who was killed while torpedoing the Sevastopol, has| been promoted and has been given oth- er posthumous honora. The Japanese army besleging Port Arthur reported to-day as followed the | trophies captured by the Japanese in the fort of North Xeekwan Mountain: “Further investigation shows that we captured five 8.2 quick-firing fleld guns, two 47-millimeter quick-firing guns, one of them being serviceable; two 24- millimeter guns, one being serviceable; four machine guns, all serviceable; six- teen rifles, 461 rounds of great gun am- munition; 250 rounds of 47-millimeter ammunition; 240 rounds of 24-millimeter gun amunition; 1150 rounds of machine gun ammunition; 15,000 rounds of small arms ammunition; 80 grenades and nine star shells, all serviceable; six cases of powder and timber, sandbags, clothing, etc.” The following report from Manchu- rian headquarters was received last night and made public to-day: “On Monday at 5 o'clock In the after- noon the enemy’s artillery east of Da Mountain bombarded the neighborhood of Sinlintung. At 1 o'clock in the morning of Tuesday the enemy’s infan. try attacked us south of P!enluhun(-, pao and at Tatsupao. By 4 o’clock in the morning he was repulsed. Stmul- | taneously the enemy’s infantry at-' tached Chinshanting, Hellintung and! attack in the neighborhood of Chin- shantung. The fighting continued about an hour, when the enemy was completely repulsed. We had no casu- | alties.” The examination of the cargo, pas- sengers and crew of the British steam- ship Nigretia, which was seized by | the Japanese cruiser Tsushima on De- cember 19, is progressing at Sasebo. Seemingly it is undetermined whether parole-breaking Russian officers are on board the Nigretia. The Japanese are | carefully investigating this feature of| the case, because of the question of the ability of the Chinese officials to prop- erly conduct the internement of Rus- sians who seek refuge at ports in China. It is considered vitally impor- tant. e s RUSSIAN OFFICEK TALKATIVE. Captain Clado Makes Statements That Cause a Stir. PARIS, Dec. 21.—Captain Clado, who was detached from Vice Admiral | place. ALL WALL STRELT IS LEAGUED NST “TOM™ LAWSON AGA ENSATION IS SPRUNG o+ N\ BY HUTTON Police Commissioner, Wants Patrolmen Discharged. Says Corruption Is Rampant in Bacon Place and All on Detail Take Gold. o Asks That the Accused Be Denied the Right of Trial and Summarily Dismissed. — Police Commissioner H. W. Hutton sprang a sensation at the regular meet- ing of the board last night. In a signed statement to the commission he said he had proof that demonstrated to his sat- isfaction that every policeman who had served in Bacon place for some time past was guilty of accepting bribes from the unfortunates that frequent the dens of the quarter. They should be dismissed from the force wjthout even a hearing, he said, and asked his associates on the board to join him in a request to the City Attorney for an opinion as to the legality of the charter amendment guaranteeing to every po- liceman the right of trial on charges preferred against him. If the City Att vision uncopstituils asked his associates on tie; buard. to stand by him and discharge every man that has served in Bacon place “for a reasonable time last past.” The remarkable point of Hutton's request i= the fact that the details in Bacon place are changed practically every twenty-four hours and the dismissal of every man that has served therein during “a reasonable time last past” would mean the practical wiping out of the police force as it ig now con- stituted. Hutton’s statement in full is as fol- lows: sz BAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 21, 1904 To the Honorable Board of Pollce Commis- sioners of the City and County of San Fran- cisco—Gentlemen: Having been informed that money was befng paid to police officers for Drotection at Bacon place, on the south side of Pine street, a little easterly of Dupont street, I conducted a personal Investigation and ‘after diligent and secret research I have proved to my own satisfaction that each pros- titute occupying a crib therein pays the'sum of 25 cents per day into & common fund, which 1 am informed 1s handled by a woman who is known as “‘Big Marle,” and she has for some time past paid to each of the patrolmen on the morninz watch at that place the sum of $2 per day and to each of the policemen on duty from 3 to 11 p. m. the sum of $3 per day. I am told that the money 1Is patd as follows: There is situated on the east- erly side of Bacon place & saloon known as the “Klondyke." It has an en- trance on Pine street “Big Marie" at enters 1t from Bacon place, and when the po- liceman etationed there sees her enter he enters and goes to & small box in the rear, where Marie has proceeded. The money is there passed to the policeman, and Marie leaves the way she entered and the poMceman does ltkewise. If there is any one present in the saloon “‘Big Marie” shakes hands with the policeman in Bacon place and the money is passed that way. On Saturday the aggTegate is $12, instead of $10 per day, and on Sunday $11 ia patd. I am aware that the policemen oo that beat are con- tinually changed, but I believe it is an under- stood thing and the money is pald, and almost every policeman going there knows what to expect to do. * I state further to you that In my judgment it 1s impossible to secure legal proof of the above matters; the policemen receiving the money will deny recelving it, the party pay- ing will deny having paid it and the girls will deny they ever paid 25 cents to any such fund, and the proprietor of the Klondyke will deny that Marie Was ever in his place, but that it 1s paid I am sure, and I am satisfied that it is impossible to trap any one, In my opinion, the only way to prevent this state of facts is to remove the detail; they have accomplished nothing while there. Suppress Bacon place at any cost, and if we can get an opinion from the City Attorney that the provision of the charter requiring a trial for police is unconstituticnal, as I believe it is, I think it would be beneficfal to the de- partment to dismiss Without trial every one on the Bacon place detall within a reasonable time past. I will furnish suffictent proof to satisty you that such action is justifiable, The above matters were given to me in con- fidence by parties interested, and under my promise not to divulge their names, and nome of the above Information was received from any member of the force, and I have di. | rected no member Of the force in the receipt of any of the above monmey. Very respect- Sally, 1 & H. W. HUTTON. But Hutton was destined to be rap- ped over the knuckles by his assoclates, Reagan said that he was opposed to any such measure as Hutton advocat- ed. He said it would not only be un- wise but would be unAmerican to deny any man the right to & hearing and that the moral certainty of any one man as to the guilt of any person did not mecessarily mean that such person was guilty. Again Hutton has used in his report the statement that in his opirion “almost every man"” was guilty of receiving money from these fallen Continued on Page 2, Column 3. Continued on Page 2, Column 3. Boston operator threw d taken up at last by many EW YORK, Dec. 21.—Charges and counter charges, denials piled upon assertions made by Lawson, are apparently the order of the day. It appears to have been own the gauge of battle. persons. is war and the outcome will be awaited with absorbing interest. street is now leagued against the Boston financier. The incident has ceased to be a jest. — The All Wall : | | ——p ‘James R. Keene Publicly Admits Truth of Charge Made in “Frenzied Finance” Article. | I | SWEAR OUT A COMPLAINT AGAIN CHARGES PREFERRED BY WALL FEAR OF RABIE CAUSES DEATH Worry Over a Bitten Dog Results in Man's De- mise From Hydrophobia Epectal Dispatch to The Call HAMMOND, Ind, Dec. 21.—Fred Johnson, yardmaster at the Hegewisch | Car Works, died of hydrophobia to- day after trying to kill his family, who | tfastened him in his bedroom to save| their lives and listened to his death| struggles. Last July Johnson’s pet dog was| bitten by a rabid dog. Johnson was| jonately fond of the canine and lived in dread that it would get rabies. ‘He brooded over the matter so much that a policeman killed the dog. Last Sunday Johnson was taken vio- lently iil. He was never bitten by the dog. Dr. J. T. Clark of this city diag-| nosed the case as hydrophobia and be- lfeves that Johnson became mad be- cause he was constantly fearing hydro- | phobia. —_—————— CASUALTIES OF GERMANS IN SOUTHWEST AFRICA To Date Kaiser's Troops Have Lost Forty-Ninc Officers and Five Hundred Men, BERLIN, Dec. 21.—The casualties to date among the Sermman troops op- erating In German Southwest Africa are: Officers, 49; men, 510. These figures represent deaths from all causes and include the missing. The heavy percentage of officers killed is attributed to the good marksman- ship of the natives. . DISTRICT ATTORNEY OF GREATER NEW et YORK. WHO HAS REFUSED TO T THOMAS W. LAWSON ON LIBEL | | TREET LEADERS. SAWING WO0oD FOR CHARITY Leading Men of an Ohio City Take Part in a| Novel Public Contest | AKRON, Ohio, Dec. 21.—A wood- sawing contest for the benefit of the | Salvation Army - dinner to the poor here was begun to-day on a raised platform in front of the Akron Sav- ings Bank. “Matt” Wein's fife and drum corps was the orchestra. Judge J. A. Kohler and R. M. Wana- maker, after dropping $5 each into the hat, grabbed a bucksaw apiece. The logs were of apple wood and the per- spiration was profuse. The Judge fin- | ished first and Wanamaker dropped | another $5 into the tile. A large | crowd applauded. Then other contests were held at $5 each between Mayor Kemple and Col- | onel Sanford. Judge Grant and Forest Firestone, City Solicitor E. E. Wells | and Mr. Wanamaker, who again wui forced to pay. Attorney C. C. Benner was master | of ceremonies and fined O. C. Barber and F. J. Ritchie, two millionaires, $15 | each for non‘appearance. i MUST AWAIT WAR'S END. | Appeals of Russian Reformers Un- | availing at Present. ST. PETERSBURG, Dec. 21.—Em- peror Nicholas is holding councils | daily at Tsarkoe-Selo, at which the | internal situation in Russia is being thoroughly discussed. In the opinion of the council it is not the time to entertain proposals e, 5% suverrmtng while wh o pre form it Wi war is pro- gressing and it was decided to dis- courage political agitation. | $attle the Delaware suit brought NEW YORK, Dec. 2L.—Thomas W. Lawson’'s declaration of war has drawn fire from mar- quarters. James R. Keene, master manipulator of the mar- ~ ket, to-day made public a letter which he had written to the Boston operator relative to transactions in Amalgam- ated Copper stock. All Wall street will Ve lost in wonder that such a communi- cation should be made public, but since Lawson has threatened to publish the communication and has not done so, Keene has taken the initiative and pub- lished it himself. - In the letter Keene admits vin, sold for H. H. Rogers and huh.ulo‘- clates $22,000,000 of Amalgamated Cop- per stock at between % and 9, and tells of his refusal on the further in- stance of Rogers to put the price to a higher figure in a subsequent move- ment, which, Keene said, would invite a collapse in price. That the price was advanced and the collapse came is a matter of Wall street history. Who en- gineered the later {ll starred movement is left to conjecture. Wall street has thriven on the mys- tery as to who made the market move- ments. The shipbuilding scandal showed the employment of one manip- ulator to “sell our stock first” for a banking firm. Keene's letter acknowl- edges that he was employed by Rogers and his associates to work off Amal- gamated Copper at from 90 to 96, which has since broken to 33. OTHERS TAKE UP GAGE. From other quarters has Lawson drawn fire. Former United States Sen- ator Higgins of Delaware pauses to make denfal of certain statements. Life insurance officials come forward to de- fend their position and the New York Cl;m:nmercll‘l.l which Lawson sald was the personal organ and property of H. H. Rogers, issues an editorial denial of that charge while admitting that Rogers has a small interest in the property. Lawson apparently has nothing to fear from the threats of criminal pros- ecution, as none will prosecute him for bis “Frenzied Finance” articles. This statement was defipitely made to-day, and ‘in the same breath it was an- nounced that two weeks District Attorney Jerome refused to submit a complaint to the Grand Jury at the re- quest of Samuel Untermyer. The Dis- trict Attorney said that Untermyer’s complaint would have to be made the subjact of an examination before a city magistrate before it could be taken up by the Grand Jury. Not wishing to g0 through bothersome court proceedings, ail thought of a criminal prosecution was dropped. ‘There seems to be some question as to just how much money was pald to by William Buchanan and the discharge of Dwight Braman as receiver of Bay State Gas. Elverton R. Chapman said he carried $225,000 down to Wil- mington and that he paid out all but $15,000 to various claimants in the of- fice of Senator Gray. Roger Foster, a lawyer, says he got the money in bulk from Chapman and paid it over him- gelf. WHO ADVANCED THE MONEY? From another source it was learned that Buchanan got $75.000 and Foster and Braman 320,000 each, or a total of $125.000. Foster admits there were ten or more interests that had to be set- tled with, and if Chapman paid out $210,000 the difference of $85,000 must have gone to others besides Braman and their lawyers. It was said that Lawson had testified that he had fur- Continued on Page 3, Column 4