The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 29, 1905, Page 3

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 29, 1905. WDSEs | SING DIACE OVER DEA i the Wrecked British Bark Pass of Melfort Are Found at Seene of the Disaster | TWENTY-SEVEN DIE IN SIGHT OF LAND Gale Still Rages Off Coast and Searchers Are Unable to Reach Other Corpses Held by the Jagged Rocks - STEAMER HOMER DAMAGED. Vessel Narrowly Escapes Destruction on Bar Outside Portland. pe while at- Wz been e Oregon Rai d Navi- L. Demon of w mpany to ( w York, where nd placed in steamer. an will be towed | | ceriain papers have incorrectly stated, WESTERN LINES PLEDGE THEIR AID TO REFORM Delegation Headed by Stubbs Calls on the Interstate Board. L OF > AID REBATE EVIL. —Representa- eading T s-Mississippi ds were in conference with the In- crstate Commerce Commission to-day concerni rates and the efforts of the ”S M commission to do away with discrimina- tion by the railroads in favor of large | J. C. Stubbs, vice president and traffic | h Harriman lines, was the of the party and held a brief } v,.}h h).\'. “\-NA“ S 1:{01‘#} 5 3 g T ? e o mmones | OVl “'Bervice: /Board - Will Clements were the onl.\'; )[flk(’ an Ill(]llil'_\' IntO thL‘ Conditions ate Board present, being out of the at-1 | | the: Inters her Commiesione: Among the rallroad men wh Th in City tended the conference were G. T. Json, vice president of the Santa F Johnson, ast he vice presl- | of the Gould line d J. T. Holden, ht trafic manager of the Rock 3 i | missioner Henry F. Greene will leave conference, which was not public, | hington early ngxt month for San ted for more than two b The rep- | Francisco for the purpose of investigat- atives of the raflwa eferred all fjng the administration of certa'n civil concerning the my service rules and regulations at the Cus- ar f the commis: tom-house there. The Civil Service Com- desired the 3 | mission to-day gave atement: out the following T this force Is excessive and whether appointed s laborers are or are not ned to classified work in the Custom- house. This matter has already been exten- sively investigated and Commissioner Greene is golng to San Francisco for the purpose of ! completing the investigation. Persons assigned to classified w should not be appointed. as laboré but by means of the usual competitive ions. The commission 1s considering or not this rule has been violaled in om-house In San Francisco. | Commissioner Greene said to-day there s had been no formal complaint /i teveBiAkD Bl mec me s g0 n the » In au conferences between the | patter filed with the Civil Service Com. ‘h‘.?r‘n‘me;emn‘lw‘m e s | mission, and that the commission’s in- o m}: sl &5 (‘On';'“knce had | quiry was due to the reports of alleged e e diselosures and | rregularities in carrying out the civil : ‘;_““M:l Niitppets Muve anc) service regulations at the Custom-house, et e & omeessions | Which have been brought to the atten: Which ey cauee them to be| HOP ;)fd:: Jocal civil ‘service board at mination in favor of large ship- Through Stubbs and practically all the other members of the committee the rail- interests were represented as being the commission assist a way anxious to have a man withou ay inte s who shall act as the go- eaded by used Greene said that so far special -“hs‘c(",'(i,,'.):,,\f | as he knew nothing has vet been brought b oo ; ‘men, wili | Out in this case that reflects upon the assist materially in the effort of the rail- | Collector of Customs at San Francisco. 5 o BLONG TEhites: Beyond this Greene did not care to discuss Knapp and the other two members of | the matter pending his ‘investigation. VBT commission who attended the confer- . . STRATTON SEEKS INQUIRY, ence assured the railway men that the commission will gladly co-operate with the railway interests in stopping rebates and in investigating grievanc In re- turn for activity among the ways in trying to abolish discriminations Chair- | { Asks That Complication in Rules Be Straightened Out. OAKLAND, Dec. 28.—Frederick 8. Stratton, Collector of the Port of San Francisco, said to-night: {man Knapp sald the rail Yy committee | did not ask icessions of any sort from "i'll“ {L‘I\r"” Service Commissioners’ investiga- the commission, but that they esire tion of the Custom-house is the result of re- R t they desired | gjcite made by myseif. For some time I have ¥ L { been in correspondepce with the commission The following official statement con- | touching the question of rules governing the | cerning the meeting was made by the | employment of laborers in the various departs ments of the customs service. The conaftions are such that laborers, defined under the rivil service rules as those who do only manual la- bor, not necessarily able to read and write, have been employed at work which requires them to read at least. For example, a laborer Interstate Commerce Commission: The conference to-day with Western railway | officials was not sought by the commission, as | but its ! purpose was legitimate and commendable and eserted that the representatives of the ! 'qy . S5 s 3 rge labor force employed the | Western roads stated that the | Custom-house 1n San_ Franelscs. Fre muon nies are determined to put a stop | tion has becn presented to the commission warrants the expectation of bemeficial results, | Al a recent meeting in Chicago the representa.- | tives of practically all of the lines west of | that city from the border of Canada to the | gull_adopted the following resolution: { ““That & joint committee, representative of | | lines In the Western trunk lines committee, | the trans-Missouri Freight Bureau, Southwest. | ern tarlfft committee and the transcontinental | treight rate committee, be appointed and in- | structed to w2it upon the Interstate Commerce | Commission. ~The desire and purpose of the | respective members of sald committees or bu- reaus are to co-operate with the commissfon in the enforcement of the law to the extent of pointing out ways and means and giving the commission any specific Information thac might be directed to trucx a certain package in the warchouse. He would have to read tho markings on the package to find the right one. The rule has been drawn so finely that It has caused much troubie in the local civil service board. I have had much discussion over the eubject. The difficulty over laborers is not confied to one department. The rules strictly define a la- Lorer's duties, and as they are not appointed under civil service examination for classified position it is evident that if there be an en- croachment into the civil service list by labor- ers there I at least a technical violation of the rules. 1 thoroughly understand the situation and’ have requested the Civil Service Commission to TELLS OF TAP WITH ANONDSEN Captain of Wrecked Whaler Bonanza Travels to Fort Eagle With Bold Explorer THE ICE FIELDS CROSS Daring Norwegian Intends Sailing for San Francisco in Early Part of Spring S e SEATTLE; Dec. 25.—Captain William | Mogg of the whaling schooner Bonanzu, wrecked on Herschel lsland a few months ago, arrived at Seattle to-day on the steumship Jefferson. He walked %00 miles from Herschel Island to fort wagle in company with Ronald Amund- sen of the scnooner &joa, wno sailed from Norway through the iong-lost Northwest Fassage and who uitimate- | ly found the magnetic north pole. Cap- tain Mogg stated that he left the me | bers of the whaling fleet well, but said | that they would be on short rations | during the winter. | Captain Mogg said that Captain | Amundsen had by this time started on | | his long tramp back to Herschel Island, and that when the ice broke up next spring he would sail for San Fran- cisco and from there around the Horn and across the Atlantic to his home port. Captain Mogg was unable to give | any information that had not already | been telegraphed from Fort Bagle. | Mogg says Captain Amundsen accom- | plished all of the matters relative to the | location of the north magnetic poie and sailed his vessel through the morthwest passage. Amundsen was compelled to | jettison a part of his cargo in order to accomplish his feat of navigating the | northwest passage, which shows that the | northwest passage, now that it has been | defined, Is not deep enough for vessels | sufficiently large for commercial tonnage. | “It will probably be from twelve to fif- | teen months before the value of the ob- servations taken by Captain Amundsen at the north magnetic pole is made known to the scientific world,” sald C tain Mogg. or two years Amundsen photographed every ment of the needle, finding that it moved | back and forth practically in a circle. | | The observations were taken with self- | registering instruments and no member move- | of the expedition is able to give the re- B | sults. This data will be submitted to the ‘RO,\'a] Geographical Society of London | and to the scientific and geological body of Norway and Sweden, which assisted in sending out the expedition. “““There are only about three men in registering instruments used by Captain Amundsen in taking the observations of the movement of the north magnetic pole. It is estimated that at least a year wiil be required in mpiling the data. tain Amundsen expects to leave on the return of the ship Gjoa, which is within a stone’s throw of the wrecked schooner | Bonanza, and plans to bring the Gjoa out | by Bering Straits to San Francisco, “Captain Amundsen has already sent | instruments in sealed copper cans. This case has been forwarded to London and | | granhical Soclety. “In the measurements of water taken by Amundsen in the passage the depth of only nine feet six inches was found at the place where the Gjoa went aground. As mnear as could be ascertained by Cap- tain Amundsen there is no greater depth of water at any place in the passage, al though it is possible that a waterw: may exist where the passage is entirely blocked with fed.” ————————— S FORVATER D CETS COL atch to The C: 1. | Special Di | STOCKTON, Dec. 28.—Wallace, Cala- | veras County, is excited over a big gold | discovery. It has been found that di- | rectly under the town itself there is a de- posit of gravel, in an old water course, | rich in coarse gold. The discovery was | made by James Hemerich, who started {to dig a well on his lot last Sunday. | | When down eleven feet he struck a gravel | deposit. He took a dishpan from his | | home and panned out a little of it. To his gratification he got several small nug- gets of gold. On Christmas afternoon Hemerich took | out and washed six-pans of gravel and got $15 03 worth of gold. The discovery | started nearly every lot owner in the | | town to digging and nearly all have | found the results profitable. Women are |at work panning gravel at tubs, al- | though the weather is not far from the | treezing point. | | | DANGEROUS LUNATIC IS SENT TO ASYLUM Blows Up Home of Neighbor on Mill Creek With Dynamite. Special Dispatch to The Call. SANTA ROSA, Dec. 28.—Frederick Sedan was committed to the State Hos- pital to-day by Judge Seawell. BSedan was arrested last week after he had blown up the home of John Corwell on Mill C.ek, above Healdsburg, and threatened other neighbors. He de- clares that the people are seekiNg his life and that he can only escape by dynamiting their homes. SAN DIEGO HIGH SCHOOL BONDS SAID TO BE DEFECTIVE e, Brokers Who Bid In the Issue Call At~ tention of Treasurer to an Alleged Error. SAN DIEGO, ( Dec. 28.—William R. Staats & Co., the Pasadena and Los An- geles bond brokers, who bid in the is- sue of $135,000 high school bonds voted | by the people of this city last July, have informed Treasurer John F. Schwartz that they could not accept them. The reason given was that there was a defect in the notice calling the bond election, but the defect has not yet been explicitly stated. The alleged defect was not discovered until the bonds and accompanying documents had passed the eyes of numerous criti- cal legal authorities. Staats & Co. the world who are able to read the self- | f§ reaching that city early next September. | § out the observations as registered by the | will first be examined by the Royal Geo- | § New Year’s Overcoat $ Or a Good Suit, for @ There are only two days in which to buy an overcoat or suit for New Year’s day. And anything you require in the line of clothes you ought to have when 1906 is ushered in by Father Time. @ We will sell you a suit or overcoat for $11 that will be the equal of a garment for which other stores will charge you $15 or more. The broad business policy upon which we operate and the enormity of our business makes it possible for us to do this. @ The details are easily ex- plained. We do our own manufacturing. The cloth is bought by us directly from the big mills and transferred to our own workshops to be made into fashionable gar- ments not only for our re- tail stores in San Francisco, : but also to supply our big wholesale trade outside ot Calitornia. @ It is the elimination of the middleman and jobber that gives us the opportunity to save you $3 to $5 on a suit or overcoat in comparison with the prices asked bv other stores. @ Our Overcoats at $11 are big and loose fitting and easy for walking. There is an excellent fit at the ccllar and the leng, popular length is observed. @ If it is some other style you desire, we can show you Paletots and Newmarkets— both form-fitting coats—Surtouts, Box Coats, Chesterfields, Great Coats, etc., at prices ranging from $11 to $40. @ Blue Serge Suits at. $11 were introduced by us and immediately became a big success, which has continued to this day. @ Our suits at $12.50 are of mixed cheviot, in many patterns of brown and gray mixtures. x : € Gray is the popular color of the season, and we have suits of gray hard finished worsted that are meeting a large demand. Price $135. @ At $12.50, $20 and up to $40—an assortment of suits in every style, pattern, weave and color identified with the season. {. Trouzers—An excellent line at $2.75, $3 and $3.50. @ Craveneites—In regular styles from $12.50 to $35 and form-fitting styles from $20 to §45. These are the overgarments so desirable in dry weather, but necessary in wet weather to shed the rain. 1] To Our Many, Many Patrons @ The year just closing has been the most eventful in our history. Early in the year we tound another store necessary, so on April 15th we opened a most magnificent establishment in the James Flood Building, thus giving us two immense stores. @ In the fall we acquired a shoe store on Powell street adjoining our store, and in December we opened our illuminated Arcade——the finest store entrance in America. @ All this expansion has been necessary because of the continued growth of our butiness. The public has faith in our merchandise and methods and bestows its patronage where satisfaction is assured. @. We hope to deserve the continued patronage of the thousands of customers who have made this the largest clothing business west of Chicago. Two Big Specials in Boys’ Suits at 835c and *1.95 (. Because the sizes are broken we will have a sale of all-wool Sailor Suits; we have them now only for boys 3 and 4 years of age. Except for these sizes the entire lot has been sold and this clearance will not last long. It will therefore be advisable to come early to make pur- chases. L The suits are fancy gray and brown all wool crashes. Their regular price is $2.50. For this sale, special at 83c. @ And it is only broken sizes that we have in boys’ two-piece school suits. We are making a special price to close them out. For boys 7 to 12 years old. The suits come in fancy cheviots in gray and~ ernz brown mixed patterns. The special price T to-day is $1.95. Mail may come to its knowledge which will lead apply the remedy. It may result that the.en- to effective inquiry in uncovering unlawful tire force of laborers will be put under civil { pr:_z';llce;x.," i AT S S . I;ervrcm (£ he whole subject has been initiated e e committee, whose | by myself in an effort to straight - names have already been published, was to | uation. T oo present thig resolution and to assure the com- ) oo . 4 mission of the united and determined disposi- on of the lines represen conform to the | of the movement or its practical value, Tha law in good faith and in every respect it will result in the coml:::.dllmntinnmc: and to aid the commission in its enforcement. | of wrongful practices is perhaps too much to Pledges to this effect were given by all present | expect, for time alone will test the degree of with the further promise to report every illegal 'its uscfulness, but a marked improvement In transaction which &y come to their kuowledge | the observance of tariff rates may be fairly fi;‘;mc& they bhave well-grounded eus- l.ndcllplted. If the promised co-operation is % actually and continually afforded paym While this visit was unsolicited, as above | of rcbates and the rnyntin‘ of lo"::!t -cw:ll:f stated, it was not unwelcome, and the com- | tages will be, it Is hoped, reduced to a mmmmm»mmmpmm; minimum, acted in the bond purchase for N. W. Harris & Co. of Chicago. This firm had its“own attorneys pass upon the abstract of the bonds and beyond the correction of the date of approval by the Board of Supervisors no objection was raised. — KATHERINE nomn' And the Well-Groomed Woman IN NEXT SUNDAY’S CALL, —_— Orders Filled. Write Us. SNWO0D§(0 Manufacturers Wholesalers and Retailers of Clothing Two Large Stores 740 Market St. 972 Market St. 26 Powell and 35 Geary St. (Arcade Entrance) Cor. Powell & Ellis 188 modern idea—the shirt goes “On and Off like a Coat” NW&MH cor- rect every usive ecior brice of in white. €1.50 or more. CLUETT, PEABODY & CO., Largest makers of Collars and Shirts in the world.