The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, March 24, 1905, Page 2

THE -SA FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY, MARCH 24, 1905. VARIOUS SPEAKERS DISCUSS PANAMA'S LINES AY LAST IRISH SAYS GOVERNMENT OUGHT TO SELL PROPERTIES AT ISTHMUS AND KEEP OUT OF TRANSPORTATION; Jacobs Desires That Producers May Have Competition in the Matter of Traffic.. ° WATKINS FAVORS CONTRACT Federal Citizens to .S Other Continued From Page 1, Column 7 United g this the road, r s railroad, to 0 that it can han- that is it as make mmercs to make T have b us opir a ad THE STEAMSH teamst IP SERVICE. fie that is_now w York hat it is ment to that the commeree; organize the purpose of that our Ge t a steam- ith ite own ions. ne; e that, 4 and since t will freight stablished jught to con- of other ships )t larger ones. side of the isthmus d Company has a Pacific Mail Steam- which. the Paeific is given the ng interstate has been and com- trade n route nscontinental ra rates are fixed in th ranscontinental rail- ' thers who contend that, may not be justi- some points ¢ tract ied because the b way of Panama is sech that is divided among many competing nes it will not justify any ntaining ‘a regular rervice Francisco and Panama, commercial inter- co that the schedul2 intained and that, there- tract or traffic arrange- the Panama Railroad with the Paclfic Mail mpany is not against by way of the isthmus n aid to it. S INFORMATION. number of gentlemen more or ch has @he Tyub Chas. Beilus & Co Excliusive fiigh-Grade Clothiers No Branch Stores and No Agents. EVENING CLOTHES OF CLASS A THOROUGH STOCK AND ALWAYS COMPLETE. THE HIGHEST GRADE OF EXPERT TAILORING AN OPEN DEFI TO TAILORS. The only attractions offered here are the finest ready garments found anywhere 182 iearny Street Thurlow HBlock Commissioner .1 freight usiness trans- | Requests ubmit to Him Data. by way 1 haye outlined a few extemporaneous words t have been advanced to the Secre v of War, the position which our | Government now occupies with regard i to the transportation question by way of the isthmus - route. , the views alue to the S bling e what is the best policy for Government to pursue in the operation of this road; what would best e-. | i | duced resolutions in which it was de- clared that the people of San Francisco desired that the Panama road should be operated by the Government for the benefit of all the people, under depart- mental control; that a square deal in transportation might be assured to all concerned; and that a steamship ser- vice should be operated by the Gov- ernment on both sides of the Isthmus, making, with the rail connection, a through route between San Francisco and New York. Frank B. Cole of Tacoma said that the Northwest ought to be considered in the present meeting. The northern as clearly as I can in | im to deter- | our | sub- | serve the interests of San Francisco-— | te keep the line open as a commercial line and improve its facllities; Pacific 1 fail or to maintain it: to throw open to.free competition .the isthmus {©or any steamship.line or any sailing | vessel that might have freight to un- load at Panam pon equsl terms with everybody; or 0 maintain a- contract which will, in- sure regular service. “Or, if the contract j§ canceled, do you gentlemen feel satisfied that - the business will be of sufficient magnitude to warrant a steamship liné “making regular. schedules hetween San Fran- cisco and Panama, even if the Pacific Mail ghould feel that it could not, un- | der the circumstances, maintajn that | schiedule; or is.a regulai schediule es- | sential> YWould it be preferabie to have | absolute to can- | 1 the contract which exists with the | Y | that was reported to be unable to sup- ; to receive that freight | RESCUES CHILD freedom of the through bills | of 1ading, 2ven If the schedule were not | | maintained? ‘1 want to know what ests of San Francisco. Any data that gentleman can give me which will | throw any light upon this subject will | be anpreciated.” SRR TRISH EXPRESSES VIEWS, Thinks Regular Private Lines to Isth- mus Should Be Maintained. = | John P. Irish said that he appeared the rade. or California State Board of There " were -reasons ‘whf’ ‘thes jconstruction of the Panama cdnal would conecern the commerce of San Francisco.' Part of the effect was in sight, and perhaps a considerable part of the effect was not yet visible, The | cutting of the canal would cause -the: commerce of the west coast of South | and Central America to take the short- er water route to New York and San Francisco would lose it. “Only part of the trade that was made nec- essary by local consumption would be retained here. Interferénce with an American line of steamships between San Francisco and the isthmus would destroy the. facilities for trade that were afforded by a Pegular schedule of service. The best facility that had been enjoyed for communication with the isthmus was provided by the Pa- | cific Mail. Mr. Irish advised that the Govern- | ment sell” both the Panama road and the Panama steamship line as soon as possible, retaining only such privileges in the Panama road as were necessary | for use in the construction-of the canal. | As the next best thing to the sale out- ‘rl[,'hl of the properties, he said that he | the Panama railway property and seil | the steamships, and get itself entirely separated from transportation business. 1f the Government should compete with | its own citizens in isthmian transporta- | tion, why might it not compete every- { where? Why: might ‘it not enter into competition With its citizens and that | C5%, only to find that she had been would advise the Government to lease | course would best-subserve the inter-:| | | | | | | | in- | stall practically state socialism in any | | part of the country? This Government { could not engage in competition with its own citizens in transportation or | otherwise. between San Francisco and the isth- mus had maintained a regular schedule for fifty years. The line could not be maintained without the contract that provided for a through bill of lading between San Francisco and the isth- mus. An American line originating in San Francisco had to pay the port wages ‘of San Francisco, and if its steamships were registered from this port, they were subject to the exaction of all municipal and State taxation. No foreign ship wolld have to pay this tax. The tex and the payment of port wages from San Francisco would, with the absence of the special privilege enjoyed by the Pacific Mail because of the through bill of lading over the Pan- ama road, strip one more line of flags off the deep water, because the Ameri- can flag would disappear from that route and tramp steamships would dg the business on any schedule they might choose to make. The same question issue of the involved reinstatement $= the of the involved. If the existing contract was abrogated and nothing in the way of a Government, the trade carried in | American bottoms to the isthmus would disappear, because there would be no American bottoms on the line. e DESIRES COMPETITION. Isidor Jacobs Thinks Ronte Should Be Open to AllL : Isidor Jacobs spoke of the moving of | the proflucts of California and claimed ; VeIU'S recent measure saying that the y was needed in that ‘What California needed was | | that every facilit, idirecuon. | full and free competition in transpor- | tation. | to market could not take any | view of the matter. 1 lW’hfle it would be well if all Califor- nia’s products could be shi 1 Amerlclr:?bouomn. the fact l\"’&?!hfl? nearly all the shipments:by sea from California to Europe went in foreign vessels. “It ‘should be the policy of this Government,” declared Mr. Facobs, *‘to open the Panama road to free com- petition, and that will benefit the pro- ducers of California and every one in this State will receive a benefit.” The speaker said alsc that the line | American merchant marine was here | letter to Avebury, dated February 10, protective arrangement made with the | til the setlement of Panama's share Those who had goods to move | other | Hugn Cralg spoke briefly and intro- | | present that proposition did not seem cities ought to have the same facili- ties as San Francisco. X John P. Irish objected to Mr. Craig's resolutions .on the ground that they were out of order. A. A. Watkins also objected to the resolutions. He said that he believed that the best interests of San Fran- cisco would be served by continuing the existing contract with the Pacific | Mail. A. C. Rulofson agreed with Mr. Wat- kins that the contract with the Pa- cific Mail ought to be continued. Mr. Craig’s resolutions were tabled on motion of John P. Irish, a motion by Mr. Craig to have them referred to a committee of seven having been voted down, General N. P. Chipman, president of the California State Board of Trade, said that when the canal was opened competition would be established. At. to reach out into the broad domain of Setialism that his friend Irish saw. He would have the gentlemen confine their attention to what is best to do in the next few years. i C. B. Lastreti asked why mining and agriculture in California should be stifled to support a transportation line port itself? He objected to the state- ment that the Pacific Mail had supplied a regular Schedule. Recently three weeks passed without steamer service on the Panama line. The traffic had been greater than the steamships could handle. This ended the day’'s hearing, as no others offered to speak. FRON INDIANS Agent of a Humane Society Takes Young White Girl From Camp of Chinooks VANCOUVER, B. C., March 23.— ‘There was brought’ down' from the| north by steamer to-day a white child who has been in the custody of Indians for the past six years—a -girl of- 11 years, who can hardly speak English, but i8 proficient in Chinook. She was taken from the Indian camp by the secretary of the Children’s Aid Society, who had been searching for the girl for a year. Several times the soclety’'s rep- resentative thought he had located the spirited away te a new camp.. She was finally located through a trapper. e LETTER CARRIERS MAY - 3 NOT MEET AT PORTLAND Failing to Secure Favorable Railroad Rates, the Convention Is Likely to Go to Minneapolis. PORTULAND, Margh “23.—Because the Trunk Line Association, control- ling passenger rates east of Chicago, have so far;refused to make as low rates as anticipated, the executive committee.of the National Letter Car- riers’ Association has decided to sub- mit to a referendum vote a proposition to change the place of the bienial convention, .to be held September 4 to 11, from Portland to Minneapolis. Preparations for entertaining the convention have. practically all’ been completed by the executive committee of the local branch, and strong effort will be made to defeat the proposition to change the place of meeting. 1 - e T s MRS, READER LIKE MRS, CHADWICK AL SRS Continued From Page 1, Column 2. aspirant to the Presidency at Monte Christi to prepare for a struggle. The Government is taking precautions to meet coming events. The situation, al- though at present quiet, is critical. The Belgian Minister here has filed a strong protest against delay in the settlement of his Government’s flnan- ¢ial claims and a demand for prompt action by Santo Domingo. The Min- ister will leave here to-morrow for Ha- vana. e HAY-AVEBURY LETTERS. Foreign Holders of Colombian Bonds Made Vain Appeal. LONDON, March 23.—The council of foreign bondhelders to-day gave out the correspondence exchanged be- tween Secretary Hay and Lord Ave-< bury regarding Panama. Hay, in a said the United States could not with- hold further payments to Panama un- in the Colombian debt was arranged. Hay’s reason was that the council of foreign bondholders were not citlzens of the\United States and could not claim the assistance of the American Government. Lord Avebury, in his reply to Hay, dated March 10, said he regretted that | the American Government was un- able to comply with the council’s re- quest. Referring to President Bnols-j 1 especial reason for American inted- vention” in Santo Domingo was that foreign Governments were pressing their claims against the Dominican vernment, Lord Avebury says he had hoped President Roosevélt would be ready to assist tfe holders of Co- lombian bonhds; “whose claims are at least as good as those of the Santo Domingo bondholders, and u";?lo have a right to special c&:fld on in view of the prejudice from which they suffered in consequence of the seces- sion of Panama from Colombia. Colds Cause Sore Throat. Laxative Bromo Quinine, wnfhzh len Cold and d cause. for the S B Tork Tor sigmarere . W Grove. 304 i MITCHELL GOES AFTER A CLERK |01'eg;011 Senator Orders Re- moval of Harry C. Robert- son by Canal Committee 4~ Speclal Dispatch to The Call. PORTLAND, Ore., March 23.—Dis- patches from Washington -say that Senator Mitchell .to-day ordered by wire that Harry C. Robertson. .chief clerk of the Committee on Interoceanic Canals, be dismissed and that the Sen- ator's grandson, John Mitchell Handy. be given the place. Handy has been drawing salary as assistant to Robert- son, but the work has been done by Mrs. Debeerbower, who is now appoint- ed assistant, ‘“Yes, sir, I instructed that Robert- j8on be removed as chief clerk of the committee because of base betrayval of confidential affairs,” said Senator Mitchell this afternoon when asked concerning the report from Washing- ton. “The betrayal does not relate to his testimony before the Federal grand Jury here. I do not know about that and do not care anything about it. His removal is for the betrayal of matters not connected with that case.” Senator Mitchell spoke with great emphasis when he said “‘base betrayal” and needed no prompting to answer the inquiry. His feeling against his former secretary and confidential man was apparent." Robertson was sent across the continent with the famous ‘“burn this letter” epistle from Mitchell, then at Washington, to Judge Tanner. Mitchell's law partner, telling Tanner how to throw the officers of the Fed- eral Government off his track. Chief of Detectives Burns met Robertson on his way to Portland and “took him di- rectly to the grand jury room, where Robertson was induced to give up his message.” CHAMBERLAIN WAR DECLARES AGAINST BALFOUR Fight to Be Made for Lord Hugh Ce- cil's Seat at the Next General Election, LONDON, March 24.—Open war has been declared between Chamber- lain and Balfour over the fiscal ques- tion. Despite the attitude of Balfour and the Government in refusing to sanction an effort to compel Lord Hugh Cecil to resign the Parliamen- tary seat for Greenwich, Chamberlain has written a lettev -alaiming that he has a majority of the Unjonists with: him and approving of the selection of a Protectionist candidate. to contest Lord Hugh Cecil's seat at the next general electioh:” i s G —_—ee NEW YORKER IS BADLY INJURED BY -HIGHWAYMEN Paralyzed From the Hips Down as Result of Beating Given Him by the Thugs. PORTLAND, Ore., March 23.—An Oregonian special from Salem, Ore., states that' Norman Davenport, whose home is in New York Cify, has been robbed by two thugs there of $400, and as a result of a brutal attack is paralyzed from his hips down. At the hospital, where he was taken, it is feared that Davenport's back is broken. % LONDON, March 23.——Allan Johnson has been gazetted British Minister at: Copenhagen, in succession to Sir Edward Gosch, transferred to Vienna. THRONGS WILL P SIMPLICITY With Sacred Word and Song the STANFORD -UNIVERSITY, March I Yield My Spirit,” from Mendel;.mhm; 23—The arrangements for the funeral | will be is;ans byn th? ntud;:t g:ografi-l 2 ; E | companied on the pipe organ . B. | zf)y:l;:ge?un'xyo;: ;zdt;w;:o,‘l‘m?fl]\yeml:i::_c. Blodgett, the university organist.; 3 | Rev. John W. Dinsmore of San Jose the drawing-room of the Palo A"‘"!will deliver. the prineipal —memorial mansion ready for interment. To-mor- | address over the body of the late bene- | row morning it will be removed from |factress. Carrying out the other partss the home and taken to the great Me- | of the service, the Rev. Willlam Kirk | ~ / ehv cears | Guthrie of the First Presbyterian morial Church, bul%v. lm‘ee "‘"s,Church of \Ban Franel will offer the | 1480 by the ‘well-loved woman, in|cpening prayer; Rabbi Voorsanger of | memory ot her - husband. ODIY Temple Emanu-El of San Franeisco ! the - iriends and reiauves WL | will read the first lesson: the Rev. E.| R. Dille, D. D., of the First Methodist Episcopal Church of Oakland, the lec-’ i be present to form this ltue funerai Dprocession ,to the church, for tne ser- | vices Will be as simpie as possibie and ! the general public will take part omy! in the lung procession after the funerat services tnere. ‘Lhe ciosed coffin will| not. be brought into the churcn unul| arter the immense cogregauon has peen | seated. Then the final services will be- gin. rreparations for a great crowd have been made at Stanford University. suny thousands ot people from all over the State will be present to pay their last sad tribute to the wondertul wo- man that they loved so dearly. The grounds of the university will be pa- wrolled by special officers so as to aVoid | any contusion. There will be no car- riages allowed on the estate during the funeral services, but the long proces- sion will be entirely on foot. The most beautitul as well as the most touching feature of the funeral | will be the toral display. Tons of| flowers have been received from all ond lesson; the Right Rev. Wil- liam F. Nichols, Bishop of California, will speak the second prayer; Rev. C. M. Hill of the Baptist Theological Seminary of Berkeley will pronounce the benediction. This will end the ser- vices in the Memorial Church. RITES AT MAUSOLEUM. The last rites before the body of Mrs. Stanford is laid away will be per- formed before the portals of the granite mausoleum on the Palo Alto estate. is service is to be brief and simple. It will be held entirely in the open air in order to give the great crowds who will fail to gain entrance to the Me- morial Church an opportunity to see the ceremony of interment. The Rev. Charles Brown of the First Congregational Church of Oakland will deliver a short address commemorating the memory of the great founder of the university, Bishop Nichols will offer the final committal prayer, and then over the United States. It was the|the body of Mrs. Stanford will be con- wish of Mrs. Stanford that there be gigned forever to the stome c':;. few flowers within the Memorial | cophagus, there to rest beside her hus- band and son. In the procession to the mausoleum Church, and, save two small pieces on | the bier, all the flowers wili be dis- posed around the mausoleum. The em- | there will be perhaps four thousand ployes of the stock farm will place | people, and all but one or two hundred their floral offering just outside of the | of them will represent a close intérest door of the church. Kach class and Lin Mrs. Stanford and the university each fraternity of the university, as| which bears her name. One thousand well as the many other organizations, | five hundred undergraduate students will spread their flowers in front of the | will form the main body of the column. mausoleum. The senior class will give | In addition there will be almost five white roses, the juniors white lilies of | hundred faculty members, perhaps as the valley and the other two classes | many alumni, about one hundred rep- will give Easter lilies. The women of | resentatives of various organizations, | the university will prepare a special the same number of employes of the floral piece. They had intended to dec- | estate, and a thousand friends of the orate the room in the house where lay |university from Palo Alto and the near- the body of Mrs. Stanford, but this was | by towns. Members of the four under- changed because of the plans of the|graduate classes will form the head of immediate family. ‘;h!s proct;sslo;l. 1‘.‘|h¢n will follow the BT v Ity, the alumni, representatives .of | STUDENTS TO BE PALLBEARERS. | 2211V, the e i The bler will be carried by eight stu- | ore™ rpe tioe e rar |ers, the intimate pallbearers, the | dents. Those who have been chosen to | hearse, the relatives and the general act as pallbearers are W. E. Crawford | public. 5 . son | 1905, O. E. Hyde 1905, R. A. Thompson HONORARY PALLBEARERS. 1905, M, J. Weller 1906, E. P. Stott 1906, | L. P. Bansbach 1905, W. K. Sprott 1906, The honorary palibearers will be: | | Hon. Whitelaw Reid, Timothy Hop- A. J. Chalmers 1906 ! Promptly at 1:30 o'clock the great|kins, Judge W. H. Beatty, Judge W. organ in Memorial Church will begin| W. Morrow, Dr. W. R. Cluness, James | the melodious tones of Chopin’s funeral | Carolan, D. ‘W. Earl of the board of | march and at the samé moment the trustees of Stanford University, Judge bronze doors at the main entrance will; M. H. Hyland, Judge S. F. Leib, Gov- | ! swing open to admit the little cortege orner George C. Pardee, David Starr of pallbearers and relatives escorting ' Jordan, president of the university; the coffin. Eight of Stanford’s most Benjamin Ide Wheeler, president of the ! stalwart athletes will bear the body | University of California; Colonel down the central aisle of the church George C. Gray, Judge A. L. Rhodes, | through the very midst of the thronged : D. O. Mills, Captain N. T. Smith, W.i congregation to the magnificent semi- | H. Crocker, J. D. Grant, Major G. D. | circular chancel before it is placed in| Worswick, Mountford S. Wilson, Wil- | front of the altar. The members of the | liam Babcock, C. P. Eells, G. E. Croth- | escorting party will take seats in a | ers, L. 8. Beedy, A. M. Dibble, A. L. section reserved for them, and the K Trowbridge J. D. MacGilvray, Archi- funeral service will proceed. | tect C. B. Hodges. No wealth of flowers will adorn the chancel or altar. Only a few modest | clusters of white lilles and roses will be used in the church, all the magnifi- | Detectives Will Attend the Funeral at | cent floral tributes from friends being Palo Alto To-Pay. i ;et“‘t’;f‘,‘nfl:o{;‘smmem""“‘ fecoraion For the time being the detectives ¢ Following the funeral march the|have laid aside their investigations of splendid choral song ‘“To Thee, O Lord, | the Stanford mystery, though their LULL IN INVESTIGATIONS, 70 MARK TRIBUTE TO MRS.STANFORD SERVICES Remains Will Be Laid Away in Mausoleum To-day. work is to he actively resumed after the funeral to-day. Acting Chief Spillane, Captain Bur- nett and Detectives Edward Gibson, Reynolds and Dinan of the Police De- partment will be honorary patibearers at Palo Alto this afternoon. Harry N. Morse of the Morse agency will also be an honrary pallbearer. Ten men from the agency will assist in caring for the throngs about the university, as the presence of pickpockets fis feared. TRUST BECOMES LESS ARROGANT Counsel for the Standard Company Makes Appeal to Governor of Kansas TOPEKA, Kans., March 23.—B. D. Eddy of Chicago, general. counsel of the Standard Oil Company, conferrei with Governor Hoch to-day regarding oil legislation In this State. Eddy asked that no recelvership proceedings be started against the Prairie Oil and Gas Cerapany until the ouster case against the same company, now in the Su- preme Court, be decided. Eddy said the Standard Oil Company would show evidence in Its favor during the hear- ing of the ouster case. Governor Ho a would make no promises, saying that he would act as the best Interests of the State appeared to demand. Eéddy assured Governor Hoch that the Standard Oil Company was n)T trying to punish Kansas and only wanted a “square deal.” HOPKI LLE. Ky, March 23.— The Stanf: Oil Company has ac- cepted judgment and a fine of $100 on one of a batch of fifty-one indictments recently returned against them charg- ing themp with selling oil without a I~ cense. The other indictments were continued pending a declsion of the Court of Appeals on a similar case from Trigg County. The company contends that the payment of the fine in one case kills the rest of the indict- ments. —_———— SON FOUND DYING BESIDE FROZEN BODY OF MOTHER Sudden Blizzard Claims Two Vietims in the Mountains of Colorado. DENVER, March 23.—A Republi- can special from Westcliff, Colo., says that the body of Mrs. Henry Fall was found to-day three miles from Junkins Park. She had been frozen ro death. A 13-year-old son was lying beside her, frozen stiff, but still alive. He will die. Mother and son left Junkins Park to walk to Westcliff and were overtaken by a blizzard. ———— Freight Train Is Wrecked. SANTA ROSA, March 23.—A wreck occurred on the Southern Pa- cific this afternoon near El Verano. Two freight cars were thrown from the track and the caboose was over- turned. Traffic was delayed for seve eral hours. ADVERTISEMENTS. Two Piece Suits for $3 Just the Suits for School Wear If you are an economizing mother you will appreciate trading here, because your dollars go so - far. The reason is, you buy direct from the makers at a saving of ‘middlemen’s profits. We are manufact urers, wholesalers.and retailers of clothing. 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