The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, May 4, 1905, Page 4

Secretaries Morton and Taft Make | Speeches 1 president of ongress. ts a less than world. ent They lower. LN | o 2 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, THURSDAY, MAY 4, 1905. {OTABLES ADDRESS RAILROAD MEN FROM ALL PARTS OF THE WORLD ; ountries, and with fact that ads probably pay neterials than other world, onl | ph in tram been achieved iIn| observatic that onable always attentio: | road transpor- rates eive prompt tation is a 1 monopoly in a broader it is all competitive. mpetition prevails every- nd is always a controlling force £ abers of the International Congress met to-night at = th House as the Railway Gufid. Xavy Paul Morgan, the toast, “The President | tates,” said: | road question President | s mothing but that s right, and he is just as anx- fous thet no injustice shail be done to | is as he is that justice shall to the public. It is dey there mination, fewer rebates and more | uslity in freight rates than ever be- | fore in the history of the country. . "But through one device or another | there still remain here 4nd thare | preferential rates which favor certain | large shippers and which bear down y on others. This is the condi- affairs that the President is best to remove. The pri- k arrangements, by which v in rates has been enjoyed | big industries of the e earning of more than a private car investments; 2 ent of commissions of various sorts or rebates on preferential rates 1 ought to be entirely dis- ps | Sealers Make Small Catches. { VICTORI B. C., May 3.—Several | hooners of sealing fleet arrived | to-day, all with low catches, The average of the twelve vessels which | hunted this season will be below 200 skins to the vessel. —_——— According to a married man’s state- ment & penny saved means that $50 has been earned ADVERTISEMENTS. . ELK-HEAD SHIRTS. | Elk-Head Shirts (_)NLY... NO OTHERS QUITE FILL THE BiLL.... They fit—they wear; they are made with care. Every detail showing the class shirt. high- Sold by the representative retail trade everywhere. ASK YOUR DEALER. THEATRICAL | concerning | tempt to find Anthony Fiala, i sher { works sys=tem and for - _ELEK-HEAD SHIRTS. s | NEW YORK RAILROAD MA: THE INTERNATIONAL C Bl | FORE DELEGATES AT THE EXHIBIT OF RAILWAY APPLIANCES. 4 DENT OF THE AMERICAN SECTION OF i ESS WHO DELIVERED AN AD: MAN SOUGHT BY NGLISH FRIENDS HIS E Harrington Reynolds of San Francisco. NEW YORK, May 3.—The English friends of Harrington Reynolds, the theatrical man, have written to New | Stralghten out the tangled finances of | York managers, asking for information | his present whereabouts. The last heard of Reynolds was at the| Adelphi Hotel in London, where he was n to 8. T. Leigh, the proprister, | anager of the Harrington Reyn- | olds Company, Theater Republic, San | Francisco. | Reynoids had been staying at the ho- tel about a fortnight, when he sud- denly disappeared one morning early in | April. A letter from Leigh, which/| reached New York a few days age, said | it was believed that Reynolds had al- ready sailed for this city and would probably soon zo West to join his wife ir Sen Francisco. | —_— ANOTHER EXPEDITION TO SEEK FOR FIALA Second Attempt to Be Made to Locate Brooklyn Explorer Now in Arc- tic Regions. NEW YORK, May 3.—Another at- the Brook)yn explorer, and the Arctic ex- | pedition backed by Willlam Zeigler, | was begun to-day, when William R. Champ sailed for Liverpool on the steamship Teutonic to head a relief expedition on the ship Terranova, which is awaiting him in London. Champ’s instructions from Zeigler are to remain in the north until he has found Fiala or his party. Fiala went in search of the morth poie on the ship America in 1903 and attempted to penetrate the Arctic re- glons by the way of Franz Josef Land. An attempt to relieve him was made last summer, but it failed. —_———— DRINES CARBOLIC ACID ON STREET IN ST. LOUIS W. W. Conant, Said to Be From Los | Angeles, Ends Life in View of Public. 5, ST. LOUIE, May 3.—W. W. Conant, said to be connected with a prominent Los Angeles family, committed suicide | on a street here this morning by drinking carbolic acid. In full view of hundreds of shoppers Conant raised the vial containing the deadly poison to his lips and, draining the contents to the very last drop, dashed the empty bottle to the ground and stag- gered into a nearby drug store. An ambulance hurriedly conveyed the dy- ing man to the City Hospital. He died tly after reaching the institution. | Conant was recently discharged | from a wagon factory, - where he worked as a trimmer. ———— CIOVERDALE TO VOTE ON A BOND PROPOSITION Board of Trustecs Takes Initinl Steps | 10 Secure Municipal Improve. ments for the City, SANTA ROSA, May 3.—The town of Cloverdalé is prepating to put on a ! metropolitan garb. At a meeting of | the Board of Trustees last evening the | initial steps to bonding for municipal | improvements were taken. It is pro- posed to submit to the voters a pro-! positien for acquiring a gravity water. | & complete : sewer system. The estimated cost of the proposed work is $30,000, 318,000| for water and $18%00 for sewers. The ! matter will be submitted to the voters shortly. ——————— Jefferson’s Manager Dead. BINGHAMTON, N. ¥., May 8.—! William E. Dennison,” well known to | the theatrical profession throughout | the country, dled to-night .at Great Bend, Pa. He had been business man- ager for Joseph Jefferson and Lewis Morrison. ' | his teacher’s certificate restored. BE- l SHORTAGE OF. CASHIER REACHES FORTY THOUSAND Inguiry Made as to Whereabouts of | Wife of Banker Palmer to Take Place by rival railroads which were not as Teacher in Sag Harbor School. NEW YORK, May 3.—A State bank examiner is at work endeavoring to the Peconic Bank at Sag Harbor, L. L, which closed on Monday. So far the shortage of Cashier F. H. Palmer has reached $41,600. He turned over all hiz property, worth $20,000, to the in- stitution . and his wife, prominent in the soclal life of Eastern Long Isl- and, signed over to the bank directors a house and lot ghe owned, Mrs. Palmer also applied for a po- | sition as teacher in the Sag Harbor High School and was at once appoint- ed by the Board of Education. Excite- ment among the depositors has sub- sided In view of dssurances that they will recéive their money in full. —————— MILLIONATRE' MISSING SON ON NAVAL VESSEL Twelve - Year - Old Leo Fleishman Found Aboard Recelving Ship Franklin, NORFOLK, Va., May 3—Detective Connors to-day located, aboard the United States receiving ship Franklin at the Norfolk navy yard, Leo Fleish- man, the 12-year-old son of millionaire parents. He has been missing from his home in New York for nearly a year. Young Fleishman at first denied he was the boy wanted, but finally ad- mitted his identity. - He is now con- fined in the brig on the ship. Although a reward of $1000 was of- fered by the lad’s parents, and in spite of the expenditure of more than $15,000 following up false clews, the disappear- ance remained unsolved. A few months ago the Fleishmans gave up hope of ever seeing their son again, believing he had met with foul play. —_———— BOARD OF EDUCATION IS UPHELD BY COURT | Santa Rosa Judge Sustains the De- murrer Interposed in the Ferguson Litigation. SANTA ROSA, May 8. — Superior Judge Burnett this ‘afternoon sus- tained a demurrer in the action of James Ferguson vs. the County Board of Education. The decision in effect denies Ferguson permission to have July, 1908, the board found Ferguson gulity of unprofessional conduct and revoked his certifl , which had six years to run. Last month Ferguson sued out a writ of mandamus to com- pel the board to restore his certificate on the ground that he - had been illegally deprived of it by not having been tried on specific charges. SOUTH ' AMERICA WILL HAVE SECOND CARDINAL Vatican Heeds the Protests Made on Behalf of the Smaller Republics. . ROME, Mgy 3.—In reply K to the protests of the South American re- publics that they are equally with Bra- zil entitled to representation in the Saered College, the Vatican has stat- ed that it has decided that at the next g:nuutoné a d"t';:mt‘n!ntmdmfll shall Qllcku't“ u::wmw l;:rtlwm Francisco ;z named an al er a second | Napa s L3 SouthAmerican Cardinal shall be des- | way. Single fare §1 25. Round trip on Bun- (gr\:lted.f the selection th:'nt made on | 44vs $1.80. merit from among e candidates nominated by the several Govern- | woms amecars'to iy diainoming ix é,,';,g' e | R D S lawns. This eity mifalds. fiel sut- Canadian Official Passes Away. CTORIA, B. C., May 3.—Honor- able James Sutherland, Minister of Public Works for Canada, died to-day at Woodstock, Ont, bady P cament Gl posAIosad e Bont ‘Tmpros it Club Ao g b Jose and Ocean avenues. P e Presidio. itioned that Twenty-third :tm—m.whfil L GITES TESTIMONY ON RATES {He Tells Senate Committee on Interstate Commerce That Discriminations Are| Necessary to the Business | | 'DESTRES A FREE | HAND IN HANAGEMENT ‘Warhs the Body Not to Harm | Nation's Trade and Says He | Believes Freight Charges | Will Decline in Future, — e i | WASHINGTON, May 3.—Robert Ma- ther of the Rock Island system was the first witness befere the Senate Committee on Interstate Commerce to- day. No changes are necessary in the present law except the restriction of the scope and power of the Interstate Commerce Commission, he said. James J. Hill, president of the Great | Northern, followed. He said there is one safe basis on which a low rate can be made, and that is the low cost | of producing the transportation. The value of the service is determined by the density of the traffic, and that makes the rate. Rates vary with con- ditions. In making rates on his road he said be had to take into consider- ation what the country produces. The raflroad was charged with the prosper- ity of every man who lives on the road if that man works. Discriminations are necessary, declared Hill | When his road was built he went to | Washington State and found that its greatest product was lumber. There was'a rate of 30 cents per hundred pounds on lumber to the Bastern mar- ket. Lumber dealers said they could ship at 65 cents. He knew they could not do it and he made a rate of 40 cents apd was shipping large quantities of lumber. This was a discrimination agaiast lumber on the Eastern end of the road, but in ten years there would be no lumber produced in that section. 11t was because the cars going out with merchandise brought loads back that these low rates could be made. Be- | sldes the merchandise for the Pacific | Coast his road handled freight for the | Orient. Large quantities of flour at/ one time were hauled from the Twin ' Cities to the Orient, but the Interstate CO_'lélmeree Commission stopped it,” he said. WARNS THE SENATORS. | This statement produced a fire of ! questions from members of the com- | mittee, and in reply Hill explained that | the company was compelled to file its through rates with the commission. | This rate, being made public, was cut | | compelled o make thelr rates public. | His company, under the law, ¢ould not | ghange its rate for seven or eight days, and meanwhile the other lines took the cargoes. If the ships of the company did not carry a pound of freight it would make no difference with the dividends, he stated. Speaking of the great tonnage of the railroads, Hill warned the com- mittee to be careful and not cripple the business of the country; “not for ourselves,” he added, “‘because before you got down on us there would be @ great many corpses about the coun- try.” He spoke of the congestion of i freight at Eastern ports and said business was going to the Gulf, al- though shipping rates to Europe from Gulf ports were very much higher. Roads east of Chicago would have to raise their rates in order to get means | to build more extensive terminals. | Hill said that while Congress was legislating for safety appliances for | employes it might provide better safe- | ty for the public. He attributed 90| per cent of the accidents to non-ob- servance of rules. | SAYS RATES WILL DECLINE. { | He told of a shipment of locomo- tives from Philadelphia to Yokohama) by his company at a rate equal to what another company charged for | transporting locomotives 500 miles. “This is a case’” he remarked, “for the Interstate Commerce Commission to take up and investigate. They would find somebody: was charging | too_much.” COLONEL SMEDBERG GHOSEN COMMANDER OF LOYAL LEGION BUILDING FALLS, [EARL WRIIES KILLING THREE] OF ERIN'S WOES T Three-Story Structure in|Dunraven Attacks . Poliey Omaha Collapses When Hit| of British Government by a Miniature Tornado| Toward Irish Subjects S g SIX PERSONS INJURED|SAYS CRISIS IS NEAR Roof Blown From Brick Country Sinking Deeper i | Then Tumble From Place sons were killed and six injured by the Thirteenth and Grace streets late to- day. The building was occupied by the Omaha Casket Company and the killed and injured were, with one exception, empioyes of the concern. The dead: 3 ! JACOB KIRSCHNER, aged 43, as- sistant-shipping clerk. i L. MON MARTIN, aged 22, a col- lector. | HENRY DIETL, aged 40, foreman. The injured—John A. Simones, man- {ager of the company, heat cut and in- i ternal injuries; Miss Lulu Hinton, Stewart, left side and spine injured, sericus; Willlam Kirschner, appren- | tice, head cut, bruised. C. MANDERY OF LOYAL LBEGION. was due to a heavy windstorm which, at a point near the factory, assumed The annual election of the California tornado. Casket Factory and Walls | OMAHA, Neb., March 3.—Three per- | Commandery of the military order of the Loyal Legion of the United States, held yesterday, resulted in the choice of Lieutenant Colonel Willlam Ren- . wick Simnedberg, U. S. A., to the hon- ored pcst of commander. Colonel Smedberg was formerly recorder of the Loyal Legion, and is among the most popular men in army and navy circles, as well as in the legion. The office of senior vice commander fell to the navy by the cholice of Rear Admiral Oscar Walter Farenholt, U. 8. N., while the volunteers are well repre- sented by Lieutenant Colonel Edward ‘Wadsworth Jones as junior vice com- mander. The other officers elected]‘ are: { Recorder, Captain John Charles Currier, U. | 8. V.; registrar, Lieutenant Colonel George Stone, U. S. V. treasurer, Captain Charles Mason Kinne, U. The building was a substan- tial one of brick, three stories high. The collapse came without warning. and Deeper Into Misfor- tune as Years Pass By collapse of a three-story building at LONDON, May 3.—The Eari of Dun- raven has written a remarkable pamphlet entitled “The Crisis in Ire- land—An Account of the Present Con- | dition, With Suggestions for Refontn.h; ) The collapse of the casket factory | the proportions and action of a small | W. A. Smith, the shipping clerk, who | was the first to extricate himsel?, said he saw a storm coming and went to a door to close it. Just as he reached the door the whirling storm struck the | building. The roof was raised into the air and dropped, causing the heavy | brick walls to collapse. WORTHINGTON, Minn.,, May 3.— The town of Round Lake, Minn., near here, was struck by a severe storm resembling a tornado, during the night. The tracks of the Rock Island Rail- road were washed away. The destructive part of the tornado did not take in the whole town. cut a narrow path through the center of the village and destroyed four homes, a blacksmith shop and several barns. It | 'and Deputy Sheriff Starbird returned | / in which he exhaustively review: existing situation. The Earl says: Ireland Is at & crisis in ner history. Year by year the cquntry has beem winking deeper Qeeper in misfortune and has now reached a point at which must be decided whether the dominant tendencies shall continue to the in- evitable melancholy end or whether a supreme effort shall be made to lift the country out of the baukruptcy in man power, Intelligence and material prosperity which so immediately threatens it. Lord Dunraven says the land act made a good beginning, but that it is book president, badly bruised; Tony |not sufficient to save the country. | Liebig, Council Bluffs, legs cut, body addi bruised; W. A. Smith, shipping clerk, I M;\ m-e m:.«:;“o{nm“fiosc'mnum scalp wounds, not serious; Willlam A. I et R b ‘ot the ful condition and has seen merely the quarreis of political parties. He discusses at length the existing situation and insists that the British Government, If it desires to maintain the union, must provide money for the education of the people and give the country a measure of self-government, which will afford the people an op- portunity to appreciate their own good qualities. He appeals to the moder- ates in Ireland to lay aside their dif- ferences and do something for the saivation of the country. He says that Ireland’s best are continually drifting | out, while its worst are drifting “to- ward lunatic asylums, and the remain- der will remain in Ireland only by ne- cessity.” Lord Dunraven says the land ques- | tion is now in course of settlement and that the time possibly is coming when Nationalists and Unionists will work together. Lord Dunrdven assails with the ut- most bitterness the present system of government in Ireland as a gross an- achronism which satisfles no one. He contends that the Irish are not lazy or o I Stz b Lo Mo, Ma. | Only one person was dangerously in- |devold of intelligence and points out jor John Harrison Macomber, U. S. A.; coun- ' jured. | that they do good work and become cll—Captain Nathaniel Th Messer, U. vs3 RED LODGE, Mont., May. 3.—The | Jeaders of men in every quarter of the the history of this section, more than U. B. N.; Brigadler General Charles Austin | thirty inches of snow having fallen in Coolidge, U. 8. A. | the last three days. Sheepmen will A banquet In honor of the annual, suffer heavy losses, as this is the lamb- gathering will be held to-morrow even- | Ing season. 5 ing at the Occidental Hotel at 7 o’clock. | bRy There the officers will be toasted by | RUMORED SALE OF NAVIES. their comrades of the legion and happy responses made. All visiting compan- ST. PETERSBURG, May 3.—Ru- mors have been current for several fons are specially invited. | days that Charles M. Schwab and U &B V.; Commander Thomas Stowell Phelps, | effected the sale of the Argentine and Chilean navies to Russia. The Ad- miralty denies the rumeors, but this is that teaching which the responsi- bility of their own affairs alone can give. Lord Dunraven says Ireland cannot be Anglicized, that she understands her own affairs best and should manage her own affairs. ——— Denver Woman Dies Here. DENVER, Colo., May 3.—Mrs. J. W. Rice, daughter of Judge Lewis B. France, jurist and author, of Denver, died in San Francisco Tuesday night. She was traveling with her husband in search of health when attacked by evening they are gathering force. It|typhoid fever in San Francisco two is even .declared that_several trans-| weeks ago. The interment will take ports are Je: Kro&fi Mth sail- [-place in Denver, where the deceased ors to man the purchased vessels. was born. At VERTISEMENTS. Spectal Dispatch to The Call SAN JOSE, May 8.—Sheriff Ross this evening from another hunt !or“ the Mount Hamilton stage robber ln; the hills in the vicinity of the holdup. | No trace of the bandit could be found, | and none of the ranchers in that sec- tion of the country had seen any one.| answering the description of the rob- | ber. The Sheriff’s office will now work | on the theory that the highwayman escaped into the San Joaquin or Liver- more valleys and the officers In those sections will be urged to watch for STORM AVIAGES LIGHTING PLANT WOODLAND, May 3.—For twenty | minutes this morning hailstones as large as big peas fell here. The streets ‘were covered to a depth of two inches and transformed into running streams. For More Than Fifty Years the SINGER has been recognized as maintaining the Highest Standard of Excellence among Family Sewing-Machines and is now sold at lower prices quality considered, than any other. propose the purchase of a machine or not there is much to interest most women at any Singer Store— and all are cordially invited. Whether you Commenting upon the statement of The hail was accompanied by an elec- Sl that in fwenty years there had trical disturbance, during which the been a reduction of rates from 2 cents Bay Counties Electric Company’s line to .76 of a cent per ton per mile, Was struck and the switch burned out. Chairman Elkins asked what would Had the storm been general much dam- A small payment down, the rest at In | happen to rates in the next twenty years. “‘Give the roads fair treatment,” re- plied Hill, “and in twenty years Il think the rate will come down to a half cent per ton per mile.” | Hill sald that some years ago the Transcontinental Association paid the Canadlan Pacific Railroad $500,000 a | year to get out of certain business on which the road was cutting rates from | New York to San Francisco. Replying to a question by Senator Clapp as to the effect of the Panama canal on the railroads, Hill said that | for Atlantic and Gulf ports and for 1150 miles inland the canal would be ! of some advantage. “But,” he added, | “for all interfor points we will meet -n&ra.te made by the canal route.” | © Hill declared that every raflway of- ficer should be disqualified from en- gaging in the production of traffic en a line where he is on the pay roll, be- cause of the temptation to favor the | company in which he is Interested. —————————— “YOSEMITE VALLEY. ‘Waterfalls Now at Their Best. The grand scenery is on the Santa Fe way to Yosemite Valley. the only line { around the famous "Double Loop,” the most wonderful stage ride in the world. Only $30 round trip from San Francisco, Stage reservations may be made at 653 Market street, Santa Fe office. o FRESNO, May 3.—The Bupervisors | awarded to the meoaumlonmw; | & contract to beautify - the county courthouse. park and _ work con- templated ' involves of more then . $70,000. : e R R New Route to Napa. age to fruit would have accrued. R M R A ] RETURNS TO SAN PEDRO convenient int Four different Kinds and a wide IN A DAMAGED CONDITION range of prices to suit. e i o Sinis o Sviteeex er and top Masts - During a Heavy Gake. Singer Sewing Machine Company SAN PEDRO, May 3.The barken- tine George C. Perkins, Captain Han- e arket Street. 1818 Devisadero Street. sen, which left this port/last Friday SAN FMCISCO' :?:’Sulockton Street. in ballast, bound for Tacoma, returned | here this afternoon badly damaged. On Monday night when 236 miles southwest of San Pedro, during the | ALAMEDA—r1321 Park St. BERKELEY—z014 Shattuck St 1317 Stockton Street. 576 Valencia St. OAKLAND—s510 Thirteenth St SAN JOSE—38 So. Second St. | heavy southwest gales, her foretop ana maintop masts were carried away an her rigging badly damaged. She r: before the gale for San Pedro and ar- rived without further damage. Re- pairs will take two weeks. The vessel is owned by Charles Nelson & Co. of San Francisco. — e FORGES HIS FATHER'S | NAME TO A BANK CHECK | Chicago Issued at San Jose for the of Walter Barth. SAN JOSE, May 8.—Walter Barth, a young man well known in this city, i is wanted on a charge of forgery. He forged the name of his father, Dr. George A. Barth, to a check for $48.50 on the Safe Deposit Bank and indueed ‘W. L. B. Cushing, who conducts a ‘Warrant Is was committed :eotu;hew to be responsible for his —_————— Reclaiming Tule Land. y VALLEJO, May 3.—D. M. Hatris, a e | %bfiums. 218 Stockton | Dr. J. J. Henderson, San Joaquin River, opposite Oculist and Aurist, has moved to the “Wflt minmd lflm contr:Co‘- st. Unjon | ta County. . Fresno contractor, was in Vallejo to- day engaging laborers for the work of reclaiming 12,000 acres of tule land LOTTERY MAN ARRESTED.— y%mmm cago yes— ey b Bty R ‘with 7 _achemes, with head- e e 12 charse ot sich T " _ and Return 57250 On certain da; s during MAY, JUNE, JULY and AUGUST —THE— Chicago and Northweslern Ry. Co. Will sell tickets dt above rate. 0 + . Inquire of R. R. RITCHIE, Gen. Agt. Pac. Coast, No. 617 Market St., San Francisco.