The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 21, 1905, Page 1

thirty hours ending ary 21: Saturday; brisk to. hi Forecast made at San Francisco for San Francisco and vicinity—Rain A Distriot Forecaster. midnight, Janu- igh south wind. G. McADIE, — CALIFORNIA— CENTRAL—"A ‘Wrongs, " ture. TIVOLI—Grand ~ THE THBATERS. ALCAZAR-—'"The Girl and the Judge.” COLUMBIA—“A Country Mouse." CHUTES—Vaudeville. FISCHER'S—Vaudeville. GRAND—""The Sliver Slipper.” LYRIC HALL— Burton Holmes Lec- ORPHEUM—Vaudeville. Matinees at all.theaters. “The Kerry Gow.™ ‘Working Opera. - VOLUME XCVII—NO. &2. SAN FRANCISCO, SATURDAY, JANUARY 21, 1905. PRICE FIVE CENTS. RIVER PLAN - PUT BEFORE THE HOUSE f 'Sacranfifo_Project . Explained to the § - Committee. . Engineer Lippincott Tells -~ of Reclamation Scheme. .v - Shows What Benefits Would Be De- rived and How the Problem Could Be Solved. Special Dispatch to The Call. . 'CALL BUREAU, POST BUILDING, ‘" YWASHINGTON, Jan. 20.—Engineer Lippincott, in charge of the Govern- * ment reclamation work in California, . ‘Was before the House Committee on Trrigation and Arid Lands to-day, ex- :plaining and arguing for the Sacra- ‘mento Valley project. This, he said, " was the most extensive proposition un- * der consideration by the reclamation . - service. A great amount of preliminary i} work has been done, which shows the feasibility and practicability of the . plan o In order to properly solve the prob- lems it offered, he said, forestry, drain- nge, irrigation and the navigability of the river must all be taken into con- sideration. ‘The preliminary surveys had discovered an unusual number of | excellent reservoir sites on practically i/ all the tributaries of the Sacramento and storage facilities undoubtedly can be developed, he asserted, to restrain the flood and regulate the flow of the river. Such protection would require the construction of a series of levees. ** The construction of these would ren- der available many thousands of fer- . tile acres now annually overflowed and | of little value. The magnitude of the project and the 3 ' limited amount of money in the recla- mation " fund, Lippincoit said, would cause tio department to go slow in'the matter, but a great deal of preliminary work, such as the measurement of streams and a survey of the reservoir sites, had yet to be done. The mem- bers of the committee asked a great -, ' many, questions. ' :% It was with the Sacramento Valley | ‘.© project in mind that Bell introduced his bill yesterday designed to place swamp and overflow lands under the provisions of the reclamation act. This “ bill is under consideration by the com- = mittee. BTN | ON HARRIMAN - Believed to Be Behind Road : to Invade the Territory 2~ of the Southern Pacifie BE SR Special Dispatch to The Call. _CHICAGO, Jan. 20.—The San Fran- - eisco, Idaho and Montana Railroad, ‘which has recently been incorporated “*'and which is capitalized at $50,000,000, . . 18 believed to be a move of J. J. Hill g <. .- to reach into Southern Pacific terri- tory. The company's officers are: President, Willlam Peyton '‘Mason of Minneapolis; vice president, C. H. * Fleming of Minneapolis; secretary, G. T. Propper of Boise; treasurer, W. E. Foran of Boise. The incorporators - are prominent financial men of Minne- -apolis, closely associated with J. J. © HiL The road will be about 1000 miles * .long, will reduce the distance between * 'San Francisco and Butte more than * "800 miles and will open up a rich sec- .tion of country. It will go southwest frqm Butte through the Mormon settle- ‘ments and on from Salt Lake to San Francisco. Later a road is to be built from Sioux City and Omaha, across Northern Nebraska, to Denver and Salt - ...Lake, connecting with the line beyond that city to the coast. PREFERS DEATH T0 PRISON CELL San Franciscan Arrested in Los Angeles Tries to End Life With Piece of: Glass Epecial Dispatcn to The Call. LOS ANGELES, Jan. 20.—G. A. Buck- ley of San Francisco, traveling sales- man for the Manhattan Food Company of that city, was arrested to-day on the charge of having embezzled a case of samples. By a clever trick he fooled the police and almost succeeded . in committing suteide, . While being searched at the jail he took a pencil from his pocket and pre- tended to scratch his neck, but cutely dropped a small bottle down his back. After a while Bucklsy was discovered bleeding coplously from deep SAYS ROLDS HAD A FULL AGREEMENT Santa-Fe Southern Pacific Deal Alleged, e AR iBusiness in California Said to Have Been Divided Between Them. Report That Morton and Stubbs Drew Up Fooling Arrangement Which Held Shippers at Mercy. PRRLCTY SIS, Special Dispatch to The Call. NEW YORK, Jan. 20.—The American prints what purports to be a copy of an actual pooling agreement made be- tween the Southern Pacific Company and the Santa Fe, providing for a divi- | slon of business and earnings. This | agreement was signed by J. C. Stubbs | of the Southern Pacific and Paul Mor- ton as an official of the Southern Cali- fornia Railroad Company, the name of that part of the Santa Fe operating in California. The agreement, in brief, shows that California was divided in two by arbi- trary lines and that there was between the two railroads a full arrangement as to rates, commodities and points shipped to and from. Each road was to report to the other as to the business done and the actual rates collected. The California shippers were absolutely at the mercy of these two roads. At the time the agreement was sign- ed, it was in violation of two distinct laws—the Sherman anti:trust and the | interstate commerce law. Both laws provided at that time for a punishment by a fine of $5000 and imprisonment in the penitentiary. In the case of the Sherman anti-trust law, imprisonment would have been for one year, and in the case of the interstate commerce law, imprisonment would have been for not mdre than two year: experts say that refther Stiibbs nor Morton can be proseduted, because the oftense, which the agreement indicates they are guilty of, has been outlawed by the statute of limitations. { Traflic Director Stubbs of the South- ern Pacific has always denied with em- phasis that his road had any pooling agreement with the Santa Fe or any scrt of agreement. TOONC WOMAN ENDS HER LIFE Trained Nurse of Stockton Swallows a Fatal Draught of Cyanide of Potassium PR KA STOCKTON, Jan. 20.—Miss Emily A. Youngblood, a_ trained nurse, 19 years of age, granddaughter of F. J. Ryan, a well-known newspaper writer of this city, committed suicide shortly before midnight to-night by taking cyanide of potassium. No cause is known for the act, as no note was left by the young woman, and she did not make com- plaint of any sort to a young woman friend who was occupying the room | with her. Miss Youngblood had been out to spend the evening with friends near by, and, though she seemed rather quiet, she did not act strangely. It is be- lieved that she had some secret sorrow, but she never disclosed it. She has a brother at Ione and another at Rodeo, both in the raflroad employ. The young woman had been nursing a case in San Francisco for four weeks and returned to Stockton only a few days ago. LITTLE WOMAN WHIPS BIC MAN Matron Weighing Only 130 Pounds Thrashes Lawyer ‘Who Is Six Feet in Height PORTLAND, Jan. 20.—Lawyer John H. Hitchings, who has several times been worsted in physical encounters With erstwhile - clients, was to-day knocked gut in four rounds by Mrs. Rose Hathaway, a 130-pound woman, in the office of Chief Deputy City At- torney Kavanaugh. nitchings is six | feet tall. ' Hitchings held a claim against Mrs. Hathaway for having gathered evi- dence to prove that Hathaway was not true to his wife. This, the woman con- tended through another attorney, she had paid. At the outset of a meeting effected by. the respective attorneys Hitchings make some remark to which the woman took exceptions. Without warning she sprang upon him, knocked him down and bumped his head on the Legal [ ST. PETERSBURG IS ON VERGE OF A RIOT AND REVOLT. The Russian capital is on the verge of ar; inciprent revolution and guards have been hurriedly summoned to preserve the peace. Thousands of workmen paraded the streets yesierday and mobs compelled factorigs, mills and business houses to close. and it is feared that there will be bloodshed. The guards*who shot at the Czar Thursday are under arrest and an investigation is being made. The strike has taken a political turn Mobs Compel ST. PETERSBURG, Jan. 20.—With | the Russian capital seemingly on the verge of an incipient revolution, thou- sands of workmen parading the streets, agitators and fanatics sowing the seéds of disorder, half the city in darkness and without fire protection, owing to | walkouts, the situation was hourly | 8rowing more tense to-night, when the | authorities decided to adopt energetic measures to preserve order, prevent rioting and overawe the violent-mind- ¢d, at the same time seeking to pla- | cate the striking workmen by offering satisfaction of their demands, in o far as they are just and reasonable, thus acting with combined firmnéss ahd moderat! 'n. The Government to-night augmented the garrison of St. Petersburg with 2500 cavalry and 1000 infantry from Tsar- skoe-Selo and fllled the streets, espe- cially in the disaffected quarter, with heavy patrols of soldiers. The refusal to permit a delegation of workmen to present a petition to Em- peror Nicholas at Tsarskoe-Selo has made it known that the great demon- stration planned for Sunday with its unlimited possibilities for an outbreak will not be permitted to take place. At the same time, acting in conjunction with a conference of employers, it has | been determined to offer concessions in the terms of employment, which the employers declared the great majorily of the workmen would bé inclined lo accept if they were guarantééd protec. tion from the more violent faction. FATHER GOPON IN CUSTODY. It was reported late to-night that Father Gopon, leader of the workmen, | had "been quietly spirited away from his bédyghard aiid taken into custody, in furtherance of the plan to disorgan- ize the eleménts that are threatening the peace of St. Petersburg. The authorities believe that by these | steps they have the situation well in |hand and announce they expect a | peaceful solution of the problem. The situation reached an acute stage to-day, and the strike assumed an open political phase. The day was one of in- tense excitement. Mill atter mill and factory after factory closed. Throngs of workmen paraded the streets, and, when their colleagues re- fused 10 join them, broke down gates and forced out the men. The whole in- dustrial center is idle. All the textile mills and every print- ing office in St. Petersburg are closed. One electric light plant and one water plant have shut down, and more than 100,000 men are out. Throughout the day workmen's meet- ings were held, at which incendlary speeches were made, tie wildest theeats being uttered as to what would cemé; in| the event of the authorities and’ em- ployers failing to meet their demands. The nervousness and dread of what the next-few days might bring forth was increased by reports that the workmen of Moscow, Keiff, Kharkeff, | Kishineff and other large cities in the | interior might join the movement. ‘While the Government and employers temporized, the telegraphers and rail- road emplgyes threatened to join the walkout, paralyzing the communica- tions of the country. Mavy foreigners are preparing to send their families | abroad. Every newspaper in St. Pe- | tesburg has been forced to suspend publication, owing to the strike. SUDDENNESS OF STRIKE. The suddenness of the strike and the far reaching nature of the workmen's organization was largely a surprise to the Government and the employers. Starting with the walkout of a few thousand employes-of the Putiloff Iron Works, due purely to industrial causes, it spread as rapidly as a conflagration through the labor classes of St. Peters- burg and became general. At first only industrial demands were presented, such as shortening the hours of labor and for increases of wages; but poverty and discontent, under the inciternent of Social Democratic agitators, led to the formulation of political demands. A petition was drawn up and largely signed, which, going beyond the com- plaints on which the strike originated, attacked the whole capitalistic system of ‘the country, bitterly assalled the present Government as one of bureauc- racy and demanded the reform both, asserting that death was prefer: ble to existence under such condition: ! This was to have been presented per- sonally to Emperor Nicholas. A depu- tation of workmen endeavored to see 1 his Majesty at Twarskoe-Seloe amd ap- peal to him to come to the Winter Pal- ace Sunday to be present at an im- mense demonstration of the industrial classes, It was planned to have the workmen in St. Petersburg, headed by their leader, the priest Goponm, in full gorgeous canonical garb, march to the palace and assemble in the great pa- rade grounds in front of the palace and there present the petition to his Ma- jesty. The deputation, however, will be refused admission to Tsarskoe-Soloe. | The Govérnment believes this will ren- i g on Sunday impossible. | floor till the blood came. Then she W hemmered his héad against the wall till she knocked a hole in the, plaster. ‘When she tried to jab her high heels into the lawyer's face the bystanders interfered. was itest Mrs. Hathaway Hitching Mr:!hnwunvt have some more, lyguard. - He has been accompanied il AT as L 7 a week for fear of, the. > THOUSANDS OF W the [ actories and Mlls to Close. cated as a monk. His leaning toward politics led to his exclusion from the seminary and this exciusion prompted a desire to get close to the people and share their lot. He was determined to become a priest in distinction from a menk, and overcame many obstacles, finally being graduated from the St. Petersburg Ecclesiastigul Academy. He then took up work among the laboring classes, whose leader he speedily be- came. He shows an evident genius for organizaticn. Father Gopon is believed to be the heart and soul of the whole movement. No disturbance has so far been re- ported. There are heavy guards at the waterworks and light{ng plants and in the factory districts. Mltogether 174 works in St. Peters- burg have been closed by the strike. A proclamation has been issued for- bidding all assemblages, parades or — c s o+ C.ZAR OF RUSSIE ORKMEN PARADE STREETS WHICH THOUSANDS — & TURBED DISTRICT OF: RUSSIAN CAPITAL THROUGH ) OF ‘STRIKERS MARCHED YESTERDAY AND RULER WHO NARROWLY ESCAPED DEATH AT HANDS OF HIS OWN GUNNERS, 1 other demonstrations in the city and warning well-disposed workmen and other private individuals to ayold gath- erings, as the authorifies are deter- mined to break up and disperse meet- ings imperiling public safety. PETITION OF STRIKERS. The following is the text of the strik- ers’ petition to the Emperor: “‘Sire: We, workingmen, inhabitants of St. Petersburg, of all classes, olr wives, children and 1nd:xent :rrenttol. come to u, our sovereign, asking for protmlol{v ‘We are poor, burdened with labor beyond our strength. We in- sulted, treated not as men but-as slaves who ought to bear their cruel fate in silence. We have suffered; but we are being plunged déeper in the mire and deprived of our rights. (Uninstructed, stifled by -destitution ‘and ii , we are perishing. - We have no strength left. . Sire;. we have arrived at:the ex- treme limits' of endurance; ».we 'have reached the terrible ' moment: when death is to be preferred to a continua- tion of our intolerable sufferings.- V{; ¢ | have left our -work and i 7 employers that we will not resuthe til our ‘dqn;'-el‘:’d- il:;' rconceded. have not asl 3 hn: for means- of livelihood, without which life is-a«burden and’ continual We' r first request.is that our masters should investigate our case.. They- have refused. We have been dented:the right to put forward our ck 1t being held that such rights are not recognized. by law.” LR S ‘After referring to the eight-hour day, and other, points In their case, the peti- tioners continue: 3 CAIEEINE “Any one of us who dares raige his voice in the lnt:’“amu of ‘the working! we have; asked | CORRUPT RING 1S IN CONTROL Schoolteachier Causes an In- vestigation ‘in South That Leads:to Startling Results (Epectal teh to The Call, LOS ‘ANGHLES, Jan. 20.—Investiga- tion. of epmplaints’ from long-suffering people in . the - ‘Antelope Valley, just across the' mbuntains from Los Ange- les; show thiat'a remarkable drama' is belng enacted there. - A ring of corrupt, law-breaking. officlals has assumed such absolute control that the princi ! pal-seat-of ~the. valley is in a vile, I‘:})llnd pig” ‘:\nbllng hell, - whence itte New Engtand. tiachcr e Ao ) the ! law- ng . peo to action, ‘and, the whole valley is torn up w_{;h:r’,c‘lfl., i 3 .su‘.nt f the Board of School s 30 3 Kichline, who also o itions of “deputy constable ican - committeeman. - He ducts a dive in ‘Palmdale, violating uor law, and running.an almost ntin “poker .~ The school 'in /his b t6 save her - customer . is another n SHOT . AT ST. PETERSBURG, Jan. 20.—In the midst of the fever of excitement to-day over the strike situation the incident at the Winter Palace Thursday attracted secondary attention. Startling reports of a widespread conspiracy and a wholesale disaffection in the army seem to be without foundation. Grand Duke Sergius Michaelovitch, in his prelimi- nary report, shows that the caigson of the battery contained charges of grape in readiness for a possible emergency, such as to rake the streets in case of -rioting, and a shotted charge was in- troduced into a gun.in front of the sa- ! luting .charge.. The gunners are un- der arrest and their. antecedents are under examination, but it is impossible to learn whether anything has yet been discovered. . The military authorities are -inclined to belleve that the incident ‘was the work of two men, ofie of whom inserted the missiles, while the other.trained the gun. A witness reported that he had ‘seen a cannoneer carefully. training the gun, but this does not agrée with the statement made by Grand-Duke Ser- glus to a prominent military’ attache that the gun must have been -pointed downward, ad the charge struck the ice and ricochetted. Two balls entéred the imperial pavilion, ' another pierced a best | palace’ window, while others struck the | faeade of the palace or, flying over the palace, dropped around the -statue of mhaer I'in the palace square be- INVESTIGATION IS ORDERED. . A - special commission, under the presidency of Lieutenant General Khit- "TOTO; er of the artillery corps E been appointed to | ove com: ‘GUNNERS WHO FIRED THE CZAR ARE NOW IN PRISON Reports of a Conspiracy in - the Army Not Credited. tions in Russian journalism than the ppearance of the St. Petersburg pa- pers on the morning after an occur- rence which nearly added another vio- lent death to the history of the ruling family of Russia. There are prominent ; headlines, but almost no_editorial re erence, and the most brief mention pos sible of the unexpected hail of grape | shot_around the little chapel in which | the ‘Emperor and the Romanoft family 'had gathered for the great religious festival of the Epiphany and blessing the waters of the Neva. The account of the stately ceremo- nial prepared by the court marshal is long and rich in detall, describing the appearance and garb of the individual participants and the progress of events from minute to minute. Appended to this court circular are short paragraphs from various papers, alluding in the most guarded terms to the unexpected danger.in which the Czar stood. add practically nothing to the knowl- edge of the event. . REGARDED AS GOOD OMEN. The Novoe Vremya, Which publishes the most extended account, shows that chief interest in the intident followed the second' and ‘third shots, but offers | no explanation. The paper editcrializes briefly on the inexcusable carelessness of permitting so.perilous a happening and on the general joy at the escape of the Czar and the rellef to strained nerves. It concludes by. expressing the hope that the miraculous escape of the “Other papers published less fegard- che-battery or