The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, June 16, 1905, Page 1

TAFT SAYS WE WRONG THE CHINESE Declares Present Exclusion Law to Be Unjust. War Secretary’s Words a Challenge to the Pacific Coast. PRIN TS MORE NEWS THAN My RESTORES I:[]HTUNE |N v | America Is to Inérease th 'Ex-Convict's Effort Save a Railroad $864,000. iCounterfei’wr Locates | Loot Taken From a | Train by Bandit. | - SECURITIES | [ i | | | | [ | | i | i | | | { Deplores Humiliating Treat- | Negotiates With Thief, Who | ment Accorded Merchants and Students, “Is it Just that for the purpose of e cluding or preventing perhaps 100 Chi- soliex from slipping into this angainst the law we should sub- an egual sumber of Chinese mer- and students of high character n exmming of such an ingquisi- insulting and nfortable character as nese age altogether the coming of rom Bellingham under thé name of| merchants d students? Browr To-day at B ham Terry an- | “Ome of the great commercial prizes | nounced that his mission has been accom. | of the world Is the trude with the 400,- 000,000 Cbinese,” he continued. “Ought we to ihrow away the advantage which ve huve by reasom of Chinese natural ship for us und continue to enforce unjnstly severe law and thus create Chine inese shorcs simply be- cause we are uiraid that we may for the time lose the approvzl of certain inreasonable and extreme popular lead- “rs of Californin and other coast Siatex? . Cour am | ments of this ad to a exclude s equally from can quarrel with »e square and | nest. AMERICA AS A WORLD POWER. | s bevond that y them to possessions He le seas. which e between elf an ¢ Presi- it has which we | the Spanish War,” the burde - he said, “for a moment | now or for years they | v hing but a burden to| tes. We enjoy the bene- | sing civilization of)the | of ation: must 1e the burden there- olon . n when an alien | people com nder o ontrol we deem it our duty to try the experiment cducating them to govern them- Ilves and we should deem nurvl\ns‘l ,wards and eants if we declined y cept the responsibility and thus nrow the people back into a chaos of anarchy which could but result ulti- | mately in_self-destruction or despot- ism . MALADMINISTRZATION OF THE LAW, Secretary Taft then direoted atten- to a few purely domestic questions respect to which he declared the ican people ought to act. Thesea luded the maladministration of the law, the increase in divorce tie W th in criminal Continued on Page 2, Column G Had Been His Cellmate at San, Quentin. tch to Tbe Call. | Theousn e assist- | (Jncle of the Cazar, a . an ex-convict, the Canadian Pacific flway has recovered = eecurties worth 40 sholen o e Resigns. safe Dominion press Company when th 'anadlan Pa ¢ Overland “'as! N T . robbed near Mission Junction last Sep- : : { Press Clamors for Ac- The leader of the robbers is supposed | | Miner, who served at the same tim vears' sentenci e e hortly after the tra ployed by the ties. His operations were conducted »ad to recover the | | | plished. He says that Miner will be ar- | rested, t two other men im- | plicated r | Through Tery -met Boupd and o e of two women omewhére on Puget cluded -negotiations for the a disposition to boy- | TELUTn Of the securities. FRANCE HAKES READY FOR WA Preparing for a General| Mobilization of Both | the Army and Navy|*> ST AT J Although the nego- | n Premier 1vier .mtl! German Embassador ce Rado- | are said on good hority to be | vorable turn, the fear of | s complications is not vet | 1 the e being rap- obili s have s in both ser ers are being sum- e to their regiments at both the War Office Admiralty the most feverish prevails s S AL HOLDERS ISSUE AN APPE. TO POLICY Trustees of Equitable Life | Assume Duties Created hy Trust Agreement. W YORK, June 15.—Grover Cleve- | | { warning of such an act. | it was GRAND—*‘The MAJESTIC — THE THEATERS. "ALCAZAR—'‘Mistakes Will Happen.” CALIFORNTA—"La Tosca." CENTRAL—"The Fast Mail."" CHUTES—Vaudevilie. COLUMBIA—*The Usurper.” Leah Kleschna.” " ORPHEUM—Vaudeville. TIVOLI—Comic Opera. Gates of Bondage.™ SCANDAL INVOLVES GRAND DUKE ¢ Astatic Fleet and Will Fortify the Philippine; + 1 i RAND DUKE ALEXIS, ; the Russian High Admiral, i and Admiral Avellan, head of the Admiralty Department, tendered their resignations to Emperor Nicholas yesterday. Immediately an imperial rescript was issued relieving Grand Duke Alexis of his office. Rumors are afloat in St. Petersburg of sensational disclosures regarding the diversion of naval funds. ‘Washington has been select- ed as the meeting place of the Russian and /Japze=se peace plenipotentiaries. It is unlikely | that they will convene before | August, but in the meantime a peace protocol, followed by an | armistice, will be arranged. R i | i | -+ L ussian High Admira counting of Funds’ of Navy. ‘ Admiral Avellan also Retires From Post Under Fire. ST. PETERSBURG, June 16, 3:20 a. m. The sensutioual announcement was made shortly before midnight that Grund Duke Alexis, the High Admigal, who is an uncle of the Emperor, “‘and Admiral Avellan, head of the Russiun Admiraity Department, had resigned. | This aunouncement was followed a few minutes later by an imperial rescript relieving the Grand Duke of the su- preme direction of the mavy, which he nad held since the duys of the Emper- or's father, Alexander III, when Russia | | resolved to enter the lists ax a first- class xen power and to bulld up a great navy, the remnants of which were de- stroyed in the battle of the Sea of Jze Although from time to time since the coyyr . . C'AJ,?//V/ war began there have been rumors that the Grand Duke would retire on account of the savage criticisms, not to use sher terms, directed against the ad- inistration of the navy, especially in | the construction of ships, the announce- ment of his resignation came like a bolt from the blue. It was not preceded by any of the rumors which usually give Consequently, sumed that some sudden event precipitated it and ugly stories immedi- ately came to the surface., 1 DIVERSION OF NAVAL FUNDS. Among those sojourning late in the cafes and hotels the editorial in the issp Shish yesterday, demanding an accounting of the popular funds sub- scribed for the rebuilding of the navy | and declaring that “great names are no hnl";;r arantees,” was instantly re- called. The wording of the rescript gives no hint of imperial anger, and the real ex- planation probably will not leak out for several days, but the instant disposition was to regard the retirement of Grand Duke Alexis and Admiral Avellan as a concession to public opinfon, following the crowning tragedy of the Sea of Japam. Charges of mismanagement and tales of kR th ta | ot WASHINGTON, war college and the general board of RETIRING RUSSIAN EMBASSADOR TO WASHINGTON, WHO WILL BE ONE OF THE, PEACE PLENIPOTENTIARIES, AND THE EMBASSADOR TO PARIS, WHO MAY ASSIST IN THE NEGOTIATIONS. — DEWEY’S. ADVICE CARRIES WEIGHT United States Will Prepare for Future Emergencies in the Far East Special Dispatch to The Call POST BUILDING, 15.—~The - naval CALL BUREAU, June e navy have recomfhended to Secre- ry Morton that, on account of the present situation in the Far Eadt, an- her battleship be added to the Aslatic fleet, and an order to that effect proba- vy will soon be issued. : The general board, at the head of | agreement | entire |in the lead, the monitors next, then the! | o'clock. The battle lasted one hour, and —————————— TURKISH TROOPS SLAUGHTER e Soldiers Yosxe Nine Killed and Eleven land, J ce Morgan J. O'Brien and |corruption, and even worse, against the corge Westinghouse of Pittsburg, trus- | marine department have been rife for | py tees of the Equ e urance So- | years. After the war was begun they in- clety stock formerly owned by J. S.|creased tenfold, and lately a regular cam- Hyde, met to-day and executed a trust| paign against the department has been with a letter from Ryan to rustees and an appeal from the trus- the policy holders, were made Ryan’s letter announces his in- 1 ownership of the stock. je ————— 1 CONTINUE PLAYING THE GAME OF WAR Admiral Diekin Fleet ! Makes a Night Attack on Fort Monroe. to I FORT MONROE, June 15.—An attack was made on ¥Fort Monroe to-night by ' Admiral Dickins' fleet. Practically the | fighting strength of his fleet was | employed. His battle formation was the ! same as that at Fort Washington and Fort Hunt, the torpedo-boat destroyers Texas, general the cruisers and gunboats. The action began shortly after 11 at its conclusion the fleet withdrew to- ward the capes. LARGE BAND OF INSURGENTS Wounded After Seven Hours of Hard Fighting. SALONICA, June 15.—The band of Macedonian insurgents, eighty strong, commanded pletely exterminated by(Turkish troops near Palanka on June 13 after seyen hours’ fighting. The Turks lost nine killed, including two officers, and had Jeleven men wounded: by Tontcheff, was com- t the was feit, even in Referer s made by v Taft | 28Teement with Thomas ¥. Ryan. The |openly conducted in the newspapers. ne sion of | Irustees elected Cleveland president. At |Somé startling revelations have been s stand- | the conclusion of the meeting the trust | made in this campaign, and Captain | Clado, who was one of the leading critics of the conduct of the navy, was dismissed | from the service for his persistence. quarters where harges of corruption were not enter- tained, that it would be unwise to entrust building of the navy to the hands i which were responsible for the helpless fleets of the past. which {8 Admiral Dewey, is not alarm- ed by any fear of war with Japan over the Philippines, but it believes that, as a matter of policy, the American naval force in the East should be strength- ened to maintain the dignity of the United States and to more closely ap- proach the naval strength of Japan. the policy of being always prepared for the unexpected, and other members of | the general board share his views. | There are now three battleshivs in: Admiral Dewey is a firm believer in| are charged with misdemeanor the city ordinance prohibiting the haul- ing of freight on electric cars through ! the city’'s streets. It is a test case. SAN FRANCISCO FIRM TO TUNNEL SIERRAS drickson & Co. Awarded $25.- 000,000 Contraet by the Southern Pacific. Special Dispateh to The Call. RENO, June 15.—A prominent official of the Sotthern Pacific Company stated this afternoon that a contract for the con- struction of the tunnels through the Si- erra Nevada Mountains had been let by | | | 1 | | i PR S e Tt L R e TR under | GRAND DUKE FEARS ASSASSINS, A Grand Duke Alexis did not escape per- onal attacks, and scandal was so busy with his name that he was several times Oregon and the Iowa. be semt from Admiral Evans' fleet of eight battleships. e Aslatic fleet, the Wisconsin, the A fourth’ will There {s consider- the subject of public demonstrations. The name of the Grand Duke was high on the | list of those condemned by the terrorists, and after “Red Sunday” (January 22 last) it was reported that he had fled -abroad, but it developed that he was merely keep- ) Ing closely within his palace. Recently he has shown himself more frequently than usual in a closed carriage. A corre- : spondent saw him on Wednesday last, driving down the Neva Quay fn a low, | one-seated drosky drawn by a fast trot- ting Orloff stallion, which was going like the wind. The driver, it was noted, did not wear the imperial livery. Duke, who was nervously glancing to right and left, kept his hand deep in the pocket of his military overcoat, and was evidently grasping a revolver. The retirement of Admiral Avellan has not vet been publighed. Vice Admiral Birfloff, who is returning from Vladivostok, and of Vice Admiral Choukmin, commander of the Black Sea fleet, are mentioned. among those likely to succeed Admiral Avellan. The Grand The names of RESCRIPT REVEALS NOTHING, Continucd on Page 3, Column 3. The Emperor accepted -the resignation of Grand Duke Alexis in the following rescript: ‘‘His imperial Majesty, my father, high- able objection to breaking up Adm'“l( Evans’' double squadron formation, but Secretary Morton has indicated that the recommendation of the general board | will be carried out. s The joint army and navy board, which directs the expenditure of all appropriations for insular defenses, has decided to spend practically every dol- lar of the available fund, amounting to nearly $1,000,000, in strengthening the | defenses in the Philippines. It is stat- ed, however, that there Is.no signifi- cance in this decision. Fortification of the Philippines has beén urged for years by army and navy strategists, and now they have money to spend.! they say they. propose to spend it where they have long thought it was most needed. vt s TR T WILL TEST LAW CONCERNING THE RIGHT TO HAUL FREIGHT, Warrants Are, Issued for Arrest of . Car: Men. LOS ANGELES, June 15.—Warrants D. Schindler, general manager, and S. B. McLenegan, superintendent of the| Los Angeles Interurban Railway Com- pany, and Motorman Tourville. - They | the company and that work on them { would begin within a month. Surveyors are now stationed at Donner Lake finish- ing the survey of the tunnel. The con- tract has been let to Erickson & Co. of San Francisco and Los Angeles and calls for, an expenditure of more than $25.- There are {o be five tunnels in all and the main one will be five miles long. The first tunnel will start a short distance rorth’ of Donner Lake and the series will end at the faot of Blue Canyon on the American River. MARIPOSA BIG TREE STAGE OVERTURNED Sével_'_al Women Passengers - Ave Bruised and Driver Is Hurt. Special Dispaich to The Call, MADERA, June 15.—The Mariposa Big Tree ge, driven by Claude Solomon, overturned last night on the road about one mile above Raymond. Several wom:n were issued to-day for the arrest of A.| passengers were severely bruised and the driver was nurt about thé head. le horses became unmanageable and rah into a rock. No serious injury was Yone. % $ s % (PRETTY wiDOw - OFLOSANGELES -LOST IN PARIS FrenchPoliceSearching for a Young Califor- nia Woman. Speclal Dispatch to The Call. LO8 ANGELES, June 15.—At the re- quest of the State Department the ma- chinery of the police department of Paris has been set in motion in an effort to dis- cover thq whereabouts and condition of |"Mrs. Ma; McCowan of this city, an un- usually handsome young widow, who has | not been heard from by her friends and relatives in this city since the first week in February. Letters sent to her address in Paris have been returned unopeaed. Mrs. McCowan was organist. at the Broadway Christian Church, and in Leos Angeles music circles was quite promi- nent. Last year she decided to go to Paris to study music. She reached Paris, and for some time letters from her were received regularly; but in February they stopped suddenly, and since then not & ‘word has been received from her. HUSBAND CRUELLY DESERTS HIS BRIDE Disappears From St. Louis Taking All Her Money With Him. / Special Dispatch to The Cuall ST. LOUIS, June 15.—Ten months a bride, stranded and left penniless 3t the Plaaters’ Hotel, Mrs. Ferdinand Kauf- man, a beautiful and aristocratic Spanish woman, pawned her diamonds and other jewelry Thursday and left on a noon train in pursuit of her husband, who deserted her Tuesday. She says he took with him several thousand dollars which belonged ! to her. She will go direct to Kansas City } and from there will visit all the principal ‘Western cities in hopes of finding her husband and bring him to juugment. | Last” Tuesday Kaufman told his wife | he” was going to the devot to meet a friend whom he had known in Mexico. From the depot he sent her a note say- ling that he was going to Kansas City ! with his friend and would return in a day or two. She has not heard from him since and feels confident that she. has been deserted. Mrs, Kaufman belongs to one of the oldest and wealthiest Spanish families in Mexico. While traveling in France she met Ferdinand Kaufman and when she returned to this country Kaufman fol- Jowed and won her for his bride. Mrs. Kaufman says if she fails to find Kauf- man in this céuntry she will make a tour of the world to locate him. WOMAN LAYS CLAIM TO THE - WHITE HOUSE | Asserts That She Has ' Been Duly Elected President. e iiaily Special Dispatch to The Call. | WASHINGTON, June 15.—Carrying with her a document signed by Alexander M. Temple, Chief Burgess of Washington, Pa., who certifies that she is sane, Mrs. Sarah Comstock, 52 years old, called at the White House to-day to take charge | of President Roosevelt's office. She was ! met in the main corridor of the White House by Secret Service Officer Tyre, who | took her to police headquarters for an in- vestigation as to her sanity. Later she was sent to the House of Detention. Mrs. Comstock says she” was elected President of the United States last sum- mer, and Mr. Temple in his document, which bears what appears to be the seal of the State of Pennsylvania, also swears to this statement. “Mr. Roosevelt kno that I have been elected, and he has t been filling the office while I settle up my affairs in Penn- sylvania,” sald Mrs. Comstock as she was placed In a cell at the House of De- tention. * She came to Washington last night and stayed at a cheap lodging-house with her 14-year-old son, who ’ccompanled her here. DEAD MAN PLAINTIFF IN A DIVORCE SUIT Wife of Vietim of Automo- bile Accident Decides to Contest. ! Spectal Dispatch to The Call CHICAGO. June 15.—Mrs. Marie Jane Hartley has decided to contest the di- vorce proceedings brought against her by William A. Hartley, who was killed in an automobile accident at the Rush- street bridge on Saturday night. Attorneys Lacker, Butz and Miller, who have been engaged to defend tha rights of Mrs. Hartley, to-day entered: their appearance in the case. They also filed with Judge Patton an order sug- gesting the death of Hartley: This Is said to be the first casg in years where a lawyer has filed his appearance in a L“u after the testimony has all been taken. Mrs. Hartley was to-day in the Pro- bate Court appointed wxecutrix of her dead husband's estate. Should the woman %ose her contest to prevent divorce she will not inherit Rer husband's estate. The evidence in the divoree case had all been taken when | the automobile accident ended the ife ef the plaintiff.