The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, April 15, 1905, Page 1

Prints thirty hours ending 15, 1908 San Francisco and tresh south THE WEATHER. 1 Forecast made at San Francisco fm’! McADIE, District Forecaster. midnight, April vicinity—Cloudy winds. VOLUME XCVII—NO. 137 mount."" CENTRAL—"“Pai GRAND—Grand MECHANICS' Show. TIVOLI—Comie Matinees at all THE THEATERS. | ALcAZAR—“Tom Moare. CALIFORNIA — “The Lady Para- COLUMBIA—The Other Girl." CHUTES—Vaudeville. ORPHEUM—Vaudeville. ul Revere.” Opera - PAVILION — Nature b=l R L — Opera. theaters. ) R P (ZAR PLANS ) BETTER CONDITIONS| 1 —_— | Great Reforms for| Peasants and | Workmen, | Laws Under Consideration| to Reiieve the Dis- tress. Same Time Revolutionists in the Empire Prepare for Uprising on First Day of May. [] G t A ET. PETERSBURG, April 15.—In re- ing delegation of workmen from ay (Friday) Finance ce to the Government ulating legisla- ter part of their te insurance t and death and and rial ter turbance or inst n presented a heads, fore- or hastily re and ill- COMMISSION. cript addres: ter of the In r. g a special com- presidency to dis- relating to peasant is a direct recognition LAND grave peril involved in the g peasant agitation. which the big estates, but tions the rescrint to stem clearly marking off from the land of other to inculcate in the n of property owner- to an imperial refuta- es cur t among the he Emperor had d sion of the land. It is it may have exactly ect to the one desired e ignorant peasantry. and d agitators will be able to the rescript bearing upon the subj of the increase of pea- as being a confirmation in- a denial of the reports that gitators had previously circulated t Emperor's intention to re- the land. Two methods of| proposed by the rescript— of additional land by the ' bank and the Coloni-’ Siberia. ! eation of the new commission | of the old Witte com- | s simultaneously abol- Witte's commission, which was | broader character, covering ons relating to peasant admin- | created a tremendous stir two | being the signal for much 1 criticism of the present re- the part of the Zemstvos, no- | a t of Tver, which was “revised” ut ence by the late Interior | von Plehwe. An Immense t of material was collected by mmission, but its work became se and it accomplished so little ¥ of tangible results that its ng away has aroused no regret. MAY ALL COME TOO LATE. The supplanting of one commission | by another serves to emphasize the criticism of the Liberals in regard to the futility of reforms conducted by ureaucratic commissions. The Gov- ernment claims, however, that as the work of the new commission is being restricted solely to the question of de- vising ways for supplying the peasants Oontinued on Page 2, Column 2, OVERHAUL BOOKS OF THE MATA FE R Trying to Ascertain if Road Favors 0@1‘_11_&. Freight Tariff Records Are Placed at Disposal of Garfield, LIRS, T Officials Announce That They Have Nothing to Hide From the Com- missioner of Corporations. TOPEKA, Kan., April 14.—Commis- sioner of Corporations Garfield spent to-day taking evidence at the Santa Fe general offices here regarding the connection of that road with the Standard Oil Company in the matter of es on oil. He is covering the same ground as the suit started by the oil lcers against the Santa Fe, al- onspiracy. Garfield called on tz, general freight agent of Santa Fe, to- and asked him if would allow a complete overhaul- of the company’s records that ed upon the point in question. ntz replied that the Santa Fe had % to hide and that Garfield or might have access to every ight tariff and every record they 1ted to see Garfield then put his assistants to work in the freight agent's office, and they are examining all the freight tar- iffs of the past five or six years, in order to a e at the exact truth of what the Santa Fe has been doing. It was announced that none of the Santa Fe offi would interfere with the investigation in any way. All they ask is that the inquiry be made in an impartial manner. This assuved, they will do all in their power to assist the Federai authorities. Commissioner Garfield refuses to de- tail his movement for the next week. However, the work he has started upon in the Santa Fe offices will take him several days to complete. YOUTHE UGS ARE CAPTURED Successfully Elude Police of Omaha forMhs. Epecial Dispatch to Tbe Call OMAHA, Neb., April 14.—After suc- cessfully baffling the police for five months, a trio of boy bandits have been landed behind the bars. They have confessed to a series of more than a dozen holdups and robberies. The prisoners are 17, 18 and 20 years of age, respectively. Their names are L. J. Hossman, Frank Weber and Guy G. Nestle. Hossman and Weber were captured vesterday, after a desperate. fighs, while attempting to hoid up a South Omaha saloon. Nestle, who escaped at the time, was arrested at his home ihis afternoon, where he had barri- caded himself in his bedroom. in com- pany with his bride of six months. The youths had been extraordinarily successful in their crimes. Their plun- der runs up into thousands of dollars. They held up half a dozen saloons, be- sides hardware, grocery and drug stores and several outlying residences. One day in December they committed four erimes in quick succession. they held up a farmer west of South Omaha and robbed him of $25 and a gold watch. They then came into South Omaha, where they held up two saloons at the point of revolvers, get- ting away with several hundred dol- lars. They next stole a horse and buggy and on the outskirts of Omaha held up a street car. —_——— WIFE OF CONGRESSM. WAITS ON HOTEL GUESTS Dons an Apron and Serves at Table ‘When Dining-Room Girls Go Out on Strike. RACINE, Wis, April 14.—Because of a strike among the dining-room giris at the Hotel Racine to-day the wife- of Congressman Cooper and the wife of a wealthy Racine manufactur- er acted as waitresses. Shortly before 1 o’clock this afternoon negroes were brought from Milwaukee to wait upon the tables. The dining-room girls walked out because the head waitress rebuked them for not getting down to the dining-room before the breakfast- room was opened. When the guests of the hotel entered the room this morning for their breakfast they found no waiters. The two ladies. who are guests, immediately donned aprons and served the other guests. PRICE FIVE C HEPUBLIL ELEM PAY HONOR 10 CHOATE N COMMITTEE ELIMINATES THE RUEF GOUNTY DRGANIZATION. The Republican County Committee met last night’ and eliminated the Ruef clements from the local organization of the party. On the question of adopt- * ing a resolution which vir- tually ~ designated Ruef and his allies as traitors, a rolleall was demanded, in order to force every 'Bench and Bar Bid Farewell to the ' Embassador. e iLofty Praise for American al a Gathering of | member of the *ecounty Nulables. cominittee to show his —_— | hand. Sixty-one of the ninety committeemen vot- ed, and the Ruef men, were able to muster only eight votes against the | New Yorker Makes Fitting Responsel to Kindly Words for Himsel and His Country ; RS i resolution. Fifty - three LONDON, April 14.—"Farewell! | voted:anénly Rejoice! He goes back to his home | iembers voted openly and {with his duty well taking the universal mir: owr This concluded Lord Chancellor | Halsbury's tribute at pdrting with | American Embassador Choate, who | recently was distinguished by election | as a member of the Middie Temple | and who to-night was honored by the | greatest gathering of the bench and | audibly in favor of the resolution. and nobly done, respect and ad- | tion of a kindred nation and his | | «Boss” and Allies Denounced as ENT FROM <+ First ; bar in the history of the Inns of Court. The Attorney General, S | B. Finlay, seconded the toast, saying. | has a worthier man occupied the post |of Embassador to Great Britain and | none has carried away deeper affec- | tion. Never.was there a more wel- come guest at the Inns than this con summate advocate, great diplomat and genial man of the world." The assembly was an extraordinary one in character and numbered nearly 400 members of the bench and bar, including almost every leading Justice aud barrister in England. Choate sat between Lord Halsbury and Lord Me- Naghten. Lord /of Appeal.in Ordinary. Then ranged on both sides were't venerable Privy Councilors, ‘each wearing his decorations and orders. Other notable personages were pres- ent. AIR OF OLDEN TIMES. The great dining hall of the Middle Temple is a vast oaken chamber. its | high roof supported by heavy beams, | the sides of the walls paneled with Insets of coats of arms, its windows of | stained gl At one end of the hall s Watt's masterpiece of fresco, "Legis- lation,” representing lawmakers from | the time of Moses. At the other end is a screened musicians’ gallery orna- mented with wonderfully carved life- | sized figures. It was occupled to-night | by a number of lady guests, not dining, but simply looking on. On high movable pedestals huge roasts were carved before the guests by the Inn's carver perched above the assembly. The entire scene had a strange but delightful old world air. As the guests took their places they remained standing until Chancellor had pronounced “Benedictus, Benedictum.” The first toast was drunk after the simple words *“The King.” The second pronounced by the Lord Chancellor. was “The President, the Great Magis- trate of a Great Nation.” Choate, rising, looked somewhat pale after his recent illness. He was greet- grace, ed with prolonged but dignified ap- plause. He spoke at considerable length, addressing the assembly as “brothers all.” He sald in part: RESPONSE OF EMBASSADOR, “Words cannot express my gratitude for this unique and overwhelming honor. For an American lawyer to be the guest of the bench and bar of England on an occasion graced by the applauding presence of 8o many of their most distinguished members over- | comes him with a sense of his own un- worthiness. T can only suppose that in my person and over my head vou in- tend an unexampled honor to the coun- try I represent. I thank vou all from the bottom of my heart. I am especial- ly grateful to my friend, the Lord Chancellor.” Choate paid tributes to his personal friends, Lord Chancellor Halsbury and Lord Chief Justice Alverstone, and said that the new diplomacy to which the TLord Chancellor had said he be- longed had made his task here easy. The men with whom he had to deal at the Foreign Office, the late Lord Salisbury and Lord Lansdowne, were both of that school. He had always found them anxious to maintain the friendliest relations, always willing to meet America half way and never with a card up their sleeves. His task had been easy because there were Queen Victoria and King Edward on_one side and President McKinley and Presi- dent Roosevelt on the other. The Eng- lish people und Americans were ever determined to be friends. TO RETURN NEXT MONTH. “The relations between bench and bar of the United States and Great Brit- ain,” Choate said, “are enduring. At the beginning we borrowed everything —your laws, your courts, your customs; but gradually we are paying the debt until we have almost reached a state of mutual obligation and interdepend- ente. The anclent Inns Court and Westminster Hall are regarded by my cduntrymen, especially by my pro- fessional brethren, with intense inter- est and satisfaction as the nurseries and home of the common law which underlies and sustains the principle of liberty common to both of us.” Choate will have one more public farewell, that at the hands of the Lord Mayor on May 5. He expects to sail for New York on May 23, fattlelians /P False Story of an Engagement. TOKIO, April 14.—The Naval Depart- ment pronounces the reports of a naval engagement recently off Saigon to be unfounded. R. | | “This is no ordinary occasion. Never | 2. The R £ he | Thomas Mn [ the Lord ! Traitors. | Pledge of Fealty to the Ticket is ~Made. - —_——— Y 1 _Co = Committee, rmall. met at B'nai B'rith Hall last night dnd’ élim- inated from the organization the Ruef auxiliary members. Delegates to the | Republican nominating convention of 1903 who opposed. the election of Henry J. Crocker for Mayor and sup- ported the candidacy of Eugene E. | Schmitz were denounced as traltors. xty-one of the ninety members of | the County Committe responded to the roll call. Shortly after 8 o'clock Chairman Riordan called the meeting to order. The secretary of the committee, Thomas E. Atkinson, was not in the | hall when the chalrman opened the jsessmn, but came in a few minutes | 1ater. | John D. Daly moved to dispense with roll call and reading of the min- utes. | Charles Sonntag wanted a roll call. The question was put and the mem- bers voted down his motion. In response to inquiry by the chair- man, “What is the further pleasure of the committee?” R. A. Hathorn in- troduced the following resolution and moved its adoption: ““Whereas, Auxinarv working com- mittees, composed of six members from each Assembly district, were ap- pointed by this committee for the purpose of aiding in the work of the Presidential campaign of 1904, and “Whereas, The duties assigned to said auxiliary committees having been completed and terminated by the con- clusion of said campaign; now, there- fore, be it “‘Resolved. That the said auxiliary | committees are hereby discharged and their powers revoked.” Charles Sonntag remarked that his object in coming to the meeting was to propose a similar resolution. He ad- mitted that he introduced the resolu- tion providing for the appointment of the auxiliaries, but declared that he did not at the time of the introduc- tion understand the purport of the resolution. “1 introduced it by request,” he ex- plained, “and later on was surprised to find a resident of the Fortieth Dis- trict acting as our auxiliary adviser in the Forty-third.” Henry Ach Interposed with t! in- quiry, “You don’t mean me, Mr. Sonn- tag? Oh, no,” responded Sonntag. STOPS PERSONALITIES. Chairman Riordan here took & hand. “That cuts no figure.' he said. *T know to whom Mr. Sonntag refers, and I rule against the introduction of per- sonal affairs.” Mr. Sonntag was not persistent and closed his remarks by declaring him- self in favor of the Hathorn resolu- tion. It was adopted by a unanimous vote. - X R. W. Dennis read the following res- olution and moved its adopticn: ““Whereas, In the municipal campaign of 19803, during thé period Intervening between the nominating convention of the Republican party and election day, certain members of this committee and certain of the delegates who partici- pated in the Republican municipal convention, bolted the party candidate for Mayor and openly and notoriously allied and associated themselves with the cause of an opposition candidate for the Mayoralty, and publicly fought the Republican nominee, endeavoring in every way to secure the defeat of their own party candidate; now there- fore be it & ‘‘Resolved, That we, the members of the Republican County Committee of the city and comtg’ of San Francisco, hereby d:nore' on.; w::‘ o gy ously and- shamefu rayed e candidate of the Republican party for Mayor; and be 5 “Resolved, That we stamp as un- Republican the disloyal and treacher- ous action of those whou thus pruved! recreant to the honor and trust re-| posed in them aé members of the Re- | publican County Committee and as del- | egates to the Republican county con- | n; and be it further ! “Resolved, That we hereby pledge each and every member of this com- mittee to cpenly and publicly support | each and every candidate who will be nominated on the Republican ticket at the approaching municipal conven- tion.” RUEF'S SHOWING IS W The foregoing was introduced to test the sense of the committee and as i tain the strength of the Ruef following in the organization. The friends of the resolution demanded a'roll call, so that every member of thé county committee should be placed on récord. 2 M. Cerf was opposed to the last clause of the resolution and would not pledge | himself to vote for every man nom- | inated on the Republican ticket. ! Secretary Atkinson declared that the | closing paragraph would have no force, ! as {he present committee would be dis- solved before the next election. | Cerf moved to strike out the last| clause J. Henderson contended that Repub- licans should not hesitate to pledge al- legiance to party nominees. Mr. Sonntag said he would not sur- render his privilege of voting against | an unworthy man on any ticket. | Cerf's amendment to strike out the last clause was voted down. i The resolution was adopted by a vote | of 53 ayes and 8 noes. The members | voting in the negative were James M. ! Kelly (Thirty-second), M. Cerf, Thom- as E. Atkinson, J. B. Whitney, E. S. Strauss, Richard Regan, L. C. Cull and | Louis Strohl. After a brief recess the chairman, on motion of Henry Ach, was authorized to fill vacancies caused death, resig- | nation or otherwise. ‘ames M. Kelly | secured the adoption of an amendment requiring the chairman to advise with district committeemen on the filling of vacancies. On motion of Peter Kelley, the sec- retary was instructed t{o note changes of reeidences of committee members. Charles Sonptag read a resolution | conférring on district committeemen | the power to nominate delegates to the convention to be voted for as regular | Republicans at the primary election. Henry Ach raiséd the point of order that the resolution was in direct con- travention of the election law. The chair sustained the ' point of | er. ‘William Harrington of the Twenty- eighth District, who is not a member of the committee, was permitted to address the meeting for a few seconds, but was suppressed when he began to | tell how he was “jobbed” out of ap- | pointment as county committeeman-at- large ‘from his district. The Harring- ton finger was pointing directly ‘at his suspected adversaries when Chairman Riordan interposed to prevent per- i sonalities. LA - ‘The committee adjourned to meet at | the call of the chairman. Among the well known Republicans present at the meeting - were: ' Post- master Arthur Fisk, John D. Daly, J.} D. Brown, J. Steppacher, J. S. Part- | ridge, ‘Senator R. J. Welch, ex-Senator J. A. Hoey, Assemblyman George A. MecGowan, Frank Grimes, W. J. Young, R M. Frick, M. V. Taylor, D. R. Dun- , R. A. Hathorn, Henry Ach and William Harrington. AR The general trend. of commenf was that the Ruef elements in the commit- tee would be powerless to prevent the Republicans from putting forward a ticket of exceptional merit. It was pre- dicted that the committee would lend its aid to the powerful influences now ‘being invoked to secure cleaner and better government for the city of Francisco. - IMINATE PUBLICAN EADERS WHO ARE PROMINENT IN NTIRELY THE- QUEF AUXILIARIES OF THE PARTY | AIR TH UEF AND WHITE EIR VIEWS the Other Defends {One Finds Defects in City Government While Mayor Schmitz and Attacks the Press. A wordy battle over the manner in which the present administration con- ducts the affairs of the munieipality was fought last night in Scottish Hall by Abe Ruef, political manager and at- torney, and J. E. White, attorney un- known and unheralded. The contest was termed a debate, but as there were no judges present to pass upon the mer- its of the speakers the public will have to get along without the decision. The decbate was held under the auspices of the Progressive Reform Club and attracted a full house, num- bering possibly 700 men. The topic was, “Resolved, that the present mu- nicipal administration doeés not deserve indorsement at the coming elections.” White took the affirmative, while Ruef assumed the task of looking out for the | negative. All classes and conditions of men were represented in the gathering, but it was made up for the greater part of friends of the present administration, including members of the various mu- nicipal commissions, office-holders, po- licemen and Ruef's political lieuten- ants in various districts. This fact was made. plain -when Ruef made his ap- pearance. He won more applause than did White, though he did not quote quite so. many. facts. In- fact, Ruef spent most of his time in heaping abuse upon the heads of the editors and pro- prietors (of ‘certain newspapers which have been particularly bitter in attacks upon the Schmitz administration. LOUD CHEERS FOR RUEF. The meeting was carded for 8 o'clock, but it was nearly 9 before a musical programme had been disposed of and Chairman John Hatch opened the meeting with a few brief remarks in which he stated the nature of the de- bate and the question which the two debaters were about to discuss. He requested those present to shew their appreciation by applauding, but to keep quiet when thing that did not ’%mmex‘ ade his appearance in ’hen: Ruef m: ap) e the hall he was loudly cheered. White was seated on the stage long before meeting time had rolled around, but cheered him, portion ‘of the house was occupied by friends of the administration, while g the opposition faction was forced to seek seciusion in the gallery and on | rear benches. | White was the first to speak. He was. intreduced by Chairman Hatch and a weak chorus of cheers arose from the rear of the house, while those In the front seats remained quiet. White’s speech lasted about an hour, while Ruef took up nearly twice that amount of time in relating his trou- bles. White did not waste much time with introductory remarks, but waded in-quickly and began to tell some of the facts about the present admimis- tration as he saw them. He assured his listeners that he was not talking from the standpoint of a prejudiced man, t simply trying to cite some incidents. In part he said: NUMEROUS SCANDALS ARISE. “Seandal has been rampant in near- ly every commission under the present administration. The only two to es- cape are the Park Commission and the School Department. All the oth- ers have had their troubles in various ways. . This is certainly a reflection on the man who appoints these of- ficers. If he is unable to get good men to do the will of the people, he fails in one of the most essential points of a ruler of a great city. “Probably the most important of the commissions is the Board of Public ‘Works. Sinee Schmitz took office this department has been full of graft and corruption. Certainly. the Mayor shouid have investigated the conditions of affairs there,and when satisfied with the guflt of the conspirators, remove them from office. But he has not done thisq and, therefore. has failed to do the bid- ding of the people in another importaat hase of city government. o “The Board of Supervisors last Octo~ ber investigated the bill presented to the city by F. M. Yorke & Co., eu:; tractors. This firm , was men who did not know, their business. The Supervisors found that the work done by the concern was a disgrace and that of ome hill of 35246 at least ome- third was illegal. Yet neither the Works Board nor the Mayor raised a hand against the firm. PAVEMENT A DISGRACE. “No attempt was made by the Mayor T e e e Continued on Page 2, Column §.