The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 8, 1906, Page 3

THE. SAN FRANCISCO CALL, MONDAY, JANUARY 8, 1906. BETTLESHIP ALYBAMA CPASHES INTO THE KENTUCKYIUNYIELDING TTER VESSEL IS HARD - WHILE THE U Ships of Evans’ Squad- ron in a Serious Mix-Up. == One of Them Is Ordered Back to Port Badly Damaged. w o the battle- - : AL 2.4 s 1 b4, 45 2 . a 2 v - . - I ‘ . . - ra o ir LEADERS OF LABOR (HE GARDEN CITY ) Delegates to the|? 1 ['rades Conven- n Reach San Jose. h ~ M X IN 1 AND MEN ARE HURT ress Messenger and Two ‘assengers Are Bruised in Mix-Up. Tacoma to-day. ‘ess messenger, was de of his car and the shoulders o is not con wo other men, pas- unassisted and BARARN A - RAVELER HURT IN Young Man Visiting Ranch Near Hollister Badly Injured. LS A at an. 7.—Harold Lovin- 1 visiting Robert Craw- M. A met nt vest y after- ame fri ened and ines became fastened to 1 he was pulled the wheels, , breaking i protruded kin. No blood vessels were hoped that amputation Dr. J. H. Tebbets e re He was making a e AIMED AT AMERICA. Paper Points Out Way to Hurt Yankee Growers. 8.—The Morning Post, London 4 £ disucssing the fiscal < points out that retaliation s be practically a useless e ainst the United States and protectionist countries. To the paper says, retaliation her effective, t be combined with colonlal prefer- It edds that with the help of & 50-cent duty on foreign wheat uld turn every wheat grower in the western part of the United States into an opponent of the McKinley tariff. '\ appeared slightly RUNAWAY | young man’s parents | 3 1 [1¥ MDA = [ =IO oY JCRIUND. 5 AGROUND IN NEW YORK HAR. AMAG ALABAMA. REPAIRS. BEFG Treaty With the Island Re- public to Form Basis of Debate in the Upper House 'ON, Jan. 7.—The Senate gin the week with the considera- of the relations be- y and Santo Domingo. be brought up on Sen- an’s calling upon nt for information relative to of affairs since the fiight f the Senate does not take question ject wi resolution ral Dominic llman’s inten- and unless e he probabl h0TTOW, r resolutic by the Sen: n it, " if not to- e opened up considerable pected, for the Republi- prepared to defend the e President on the Domini- enato ted that the treaty with 2 k presented for some time, b iblican Senators say they of letting it go by ident, it is pointed out, tion and prefers rejec- ct friends In the events in the His attitude toward the little On the other hand, the revolu- to solidify the against the agree- d together they will BILL. airman of the ne Commission, has given intention to call up the n's shipping bill to-morrow, so that measure, hed business, will ¢ question. If through cour- nowever, he should give way to to discuss other questions, he | will bring up the shipping bill later. | When the commission’s bill is taken up Gallinger will open the debate on that measure. He will be followed later by Senator Lodge In support and by Sen- ator Mallory in opposition to the bill The measure probably will be before the Senate for some time, but Senator Gal- linger will urge a vote as 500n as pos- stble. It is expected that the treaty with Pines will discussed during the week. This v is in the hauds of Senator For- nd he will make an effort to se- tion at the first practical moment. aty will not be ratified without opposition. Several Senators have ex- pressed themselves as of the opinion that | the Americans on the Isle of Pines ac- quired some rights as such under prom- fses made them by representatives of this Government. Many Pennsylvania people are on the island. Senator Pen- rose has announced his intention of aid- ing them in maintaining their status. RATE MEASURE DELAYED. There is no expectation of being able {to take up the railroad question for sev- L eral weeks, but the Senate leaders say | the consideration of that subject will not { be unduly postponed. They are already | discussing the possibilities of the final ‘adjournment of the session and a con- ference on that subject with Speaker Cannon has been held. The Speaker as- sured the Senators that it would be pos- -sible to get all the appropriation bills { through the House by the first of June. In that event, adjournment by the 10th of that month will be possible, for the | Senate managers express confidence that the raflroad, statehood and Philippine questions will have been disposed of by that time and it is not their intention to permit other subjects to hold them in session late in the summer. The emergency appropriation bill, which the Senate expects to recelve from the House toward the end of this week, will carry a much larger amount than usual. Ordinarily only the pressing deficlencles are provided for in this bill, others being left for a general deficiency bill, the last important measure to be considered be- fore adjournment. It has been found, however, that this plan often leads to Cuba relative to the Isle of be a JCCUSED CIVEN 1 then | ther day during the week. With | vject on ¥ ‘be b 0D RECORL Man Suspected of Murder of Mrs. Gentry in Chicago May Have Criminal Past CHICAGO, Jan. 7.—The investigation by the police of the murder yesterday of Mrs. Arthur W. Gentry has resulted in developments that lead them to the belief that Frank J. Constantine. ac- {cused of the murder, had a criminal | record previous to this crime. Letters found in the fugitive's trunk, written by his parents from New Rochelle, N. Y, seem to indicate that Constan- n|tine fled from his home to escape the | results of a crime. The diamond ring | pawned by Constantine at a local pawn | shop was much too large for Constan- tine's finger. Constantine posed as a son of wealthy parents who sent him money regularly, | and the police are now working on the | theory that he did this in order to di- vert suspiclon from himself of other misdeeds. Efforts to locate the driver of the cab that conveyed Constantine to the pawn shop have been so far unsuccessful, and no further trace has been found of the fugitive. COURT MAY FIND ROGERS IN CONTEMPT Will Pass Upon the 0il Mag- nate’s Refusal to An- swer Questions. NEW YORK, Jan. 7.—Attorney General Hadley of Missourl said to-night that he | probably would ask for a hearing in the | Supreme Court in this city on Wednes- | day”or Thursday to determine whether H. H. Rogers and other directors of the | Standard Oil Company must answer questions at the hearing before Commis- sioner Sanborne regarding the control of oil companles operating in*Missouri, “I confess,” he said, “that I did not have much hope when I came here that the Standard Ofl directors would tell ebout the Standard Oil control of the ‘Waters-Plerce Oil Company and two other companies operating in Missouri, but since they bave appeared in answer to subpenas I shal: make the best ef- fort I can to have them tell the facts. “I do mnot care, of course, to n anybody committed for contempt. I shall ask the court to have the witnesses dai- rected to answer certain questions which they have declined to answer. If the court orders them to answer and they still refuse, I shall have to leave to the court the question of contempt. A re- fusal to answer in such a case would be next best for my purpose to an answer in the affirmative, since it would be equivalent to an admission.” Railroad Man Falls Downstairs. TERRE HAUTE, Ind., Jan. 7.—Ellis E. South, general agent of the Big Four Railroad here, was fatally injured ;Io-day by falling downstairs at his ome. T e delay and the present policy is to get the important items on the early bill, leaving only new and small deficiencies to be taken care of on the later bill. After contemplating a plan to displace the Philippine tariff bill with the state- hood measure In the House this week, the leaders arrived at the conclusion just before adjournment on Saturday that the pregent order of business should not be disturbed and the list of speeches which will occupy at least the first half of the week on the revenue measure will be unrestricted. Payne, in charge of the bill, estimates that the discussion on this subject next week will occupy the first three or four days of the session. After the Philippine bill has been dis- pose of, the statehood bill, which the Committee on Territories has still in preparation, will be brought forward im- mediately and that question discussed and acted upon without interruption, No appropriations measure will be taken up until the statehood bill has been disposed of, but the regular supply measures are expected to come in with regularity thereafter. S FRENCH ATTITUDE Backed by Strong Coalition of Powers, Paris Govern- ment Will Not Recede From Its Morocean Policy ITALY'S SUPPORT IS NOW ASSURED Selection of Marquis Venosta as Delegate Is Regarded as Further Weakening the Cause of the Kaiser Paris, Jan. 7.—Publel uneasiness over the Moroccan conference has undergona a distinet improvement. This is due | mainly to the confident attitude of the officials of the foreign office, who con- sider the selection by the Italian Govern- ment of Marquis Visconti Venosta to head its delegation as strengthening the position of France. It is evident that the officials hold the view that if France can | secure the suppert of the great powers | having tangible interests in the Medi- terranean and Morocco it will be difficult ‘lur Germany to stand against the force | of this moral influence. Therefore the | choice of the Marquis Venosta, who was one of the earliest advocates of the Franco-Italian entente, strengthens the | Government’s expectation of the. united | isum)orl of the leading Mediterranean | powers. | The martial tone of the press has ®on- siderably diminished and the sensational branch of it no longer prints alarmist reports of the frontier preparations. | Nevertheless, the public and the press continue, though with greater calmness, to urge the imperative need of com- pleting military preparations. Now that the French delegates are pre- paring to start for Algericas, there is evidence of the greatest firmness in up- holding the French position, the essential | feature of which is that France, through | her geographical proximity to Morocco, | which is analogous to that of the posi- | tion of the United States toward Cuba. and through her vast Algerian borders is justly entitled to have a special and privileged position in Morocco. Germany, while yielding much, has never clearly yielded the claim of France |to a special position in Morocco. This is the vital issue and the minor ques- tions regarding police, customs, finance | and contraband can be adiusted, once it is definitely settled whether France has or has not a special position in Morocco. If the French position be upheld, the conference, it is expected, will charge | France with the police, customs and other duties. Against this Germany will seek to se- cure international control of the police, the customs and other matters, thus giv- ing all nations, including Germany, the same status in Moroceo -as that of France, . The French delegates will start with- out the slightest thought of yielding in the essential points of France’s privileged position and therein lies the danger of the Franco-German outlook. g The Berlin correspondent of the Temps says that Germany, following the action of the United States and Great Britain, is sending a squadron to Algericas. The paper says that France thus far has not ordered a squadron to the neighborhood of the conference, It adds that the British warships comprising the channel, home and eruiser squadrons will rendezvous in Cadiz Bay, near Algericas, in the mid- dle of February. e e GERMANY'S POLICY PACIFIC. ‘Witte Belleves Morocean Problem Will Be Adjusted. ST. PE1ERSBURG, Jan. 7.—Inter- viewed by the Official Telegraph Agency to-day, Count de Witte declared that he did not believe the reports that Germany would, resort to an aggressive policy in the Moroccan conference at Algeciras. Throughout Emperor Wil- liam’s remarkable reign, he sald, Ger- many’s policy had been consistently pacific. He believed it would remain so and that the conference would ter- minate without any untoward Incident, particularly between France and Ger- many. It was his belief that the ru- mors to the contrary were spread for the purpose of influencing the bourses. Turning to the situation in Russia, Count de Witte protested against what he characterized as the unfounded and sensational reports spread in the for- eign press and expressed the convic- tion tuat Russia would emerge from the present crisis rejuvenated. He concluded by declaring that France continued to display toward Russia sentiments of friendship and good will, which Russia reciprocated. S gt ITALY A PEACE-MAKER. Desires to Conciliate the Various Inter- ests at ROME, Jan. 7.—Premier Fortis to- day recelved the Marquis Visconti Ve- nosta, who was accompanied by the Marquis San Guilano, the Foreign Min- ister. The three discussed at length the attitude to be taken by the Italian representatives in the Moroccan con- ference. Italy's delegates will go to Algericas with full moral and political liberty, animated only by a desire to conciliate the different interests. Italy is acting as an honest “broker,” in the hope that the conference may define the interna- De granting to that country its independ- ence and territorial Integrity, but in- suring to all powers free trade therein, on the principle of the “open door.” —————————— ECUADOREAN RESERVISTS ATTACK POLICE STATION Part of Colonel Larrea’s Federal Troops Go Over to the Revo- lutionists. GUAYAQUIL, Ecuador, Jan. 7.—A body of reservists attacked the police station here this afternoon. The police fired, dispersing the reservists, of whom one was killed and two were wounded. Part of Colonel Larrea’s troops have gone over to the revolutionists. Col- onel Larrea has returned to Quito. gl G R i Big Virginin Residence Burns. RICHMOND, Va., Jan. 7.—The resi- dence “La Burnam,” the splendid coun- try seat, near Richmond, ot Joseph Bryan, proprietor of the Richmond Times-Despatch and a director in the Socis of The Duke of Athol, who holds titles, s one of the few Scotch nc | who keep up old traditions, old sport SF - tional position regarding Morocco, | REVOLT ENDANGERS ALL ADMINISTRATION PLANS CONGRESS MAY BALK THE PRESIDENT + .| Illinois Busniess Man Sends CALL BUREAU, POST BUILDING, ° W A S HINGTON, Jan. 7.—With the most serious revolt that has occurred in Congress since the Republicans re- turned to power, President Roosevelt continues to occupy the center of the stage. In the last few days many different men have been say- ing that the Santo Domingo affair has gone so far that the only way to settle it is for this country to advance from a protectorate to an- nexation. Panama also 1s ever pres- ent. Wthin a few days some explana- tion of many things, that look strange In connection with the a dm inistration of the canal will go to Congress; yet Con- gress is declared to be as much to blame for the con- ditions as the Pres- ident. Many mem- bers are seemingly impressed with the idea that it will be a good thing to wreck the entire administration leg- islative programme. UFee“:;l f“‘kbu“‘b"l‘;;nxf MEMBER OF THE HOUSE OF CO! WHO IS A penly, y LEADER OF THE _ REPUBLICAN _ ~INSURGENTS," Senators are even WHO ARE OPPOSING ADMINISTRATION MEASURES. now talking of a g sine die adjourn- ment of Congress in May. If Con- gress should quit then it would go home with its course strewn with the wreck- age of Presiden..al buls. “Uncle Joe" Cannon has the fight of his life on uis hands because of the combina- tion of sixty-seven Republican bolters and | tue Democrats. Yet even he went on record the other day as saying that no legislation might be regarded as good legislation. ROUNDING UP THE REBELS. Speaker Cannon got into tne fight per- sonally to-day to whip into line the Re- publican rebels. The Speaker's view -of the revolt is that the prime motive is the defeat of the statehood bill, which he had designed to bring up and pass about next Tuesday. The Speaker is going to every one of these sixty-seven ‘“Insur- gents,” to carry them back to the Re- publican reservation. He takes the view that Mr. Babcock does not particularly care about the Philippine tariff bill, but is only weorking to aid the Murphys, who own a very valuable mine in Arizona, and also to assist the Santa Fe and Southern | Pacific railroads, which do not want statehood in Arizona. As an {llustration of the interests at stake in the statehood contest, it was pointed out to-day by friends of the Speaker that the Murphy mine, which has a capitalization of $15,000,000 stock and $9,000,000 and pays 6 per cent annually, is assessed at 389,000 by the territorial au- thorities; Senator Clark . takes, §10,000000 out -of the United Verde miine and pays taxes on_$900,000. 3 The Santa Fe Railroad is assessed 9 per cent of its capital stock and ths Southern Pacific has a same reason for not desiring to have the methods of taxa- tion changed. WARNING TO ARIZONANS. In their campaign to break up the com- bination between the Babcock insurgents and the Democrats, the Speaker’s friends began to remind, those Who are back of this combination that, while it was all very well for them to enjoy a good thing under territorial government, Congress had the right to review all territorial leg- islation and if the Arizona interests suc- ceed In defeating the bill they had better look out for squalls. Speaker Cannon thought to-night he would have matters in such shape by Tuesday morning that a rule could be brought in shutting off all amendments to the statehood bill, so that it could be put through' under whip and spur. The only .difficulty about this pro- gramme is that the Speaker does not seem to realize that there Is strong Re- publican sentiment against the Philip- pine bill, which Has been utilized to good advantage by those who are engineering the fight against statehood. —_—————————— GAYNOR AND GREENE CASE TO BE CALLED ON TUESDAY Men Accusxed of Swindling Government in Harbor Work to Have Trial. SAVANNAH, Ga., Jan. 7.—The cases against John F. Gaynor, Benjamin Greene, William Gaynor, Bdward Gay- nor and former Captain Oberlin M. Car- | ter will be called in the United States Court for the Southern District of Georgia- on Tuesday. The defendants are charged with having defrauded the Tnited States Government out of some | $2,000,000 in the carrying out of Savan- nah harbor contracts, J. B. Gaynor of New York City, attor- ney and brother of three of the defend- ants, |s here. 1t is sald that both sides 'will announce that they are ready for trial, though demurrers to the indict- ments. recently found against the de- fendants will be submitted by the de- fendants' attorney. It is admitted by Special United Statés Attorney General Irwin that for- mer Captain Carter will not be brought to trial again, and there is speculation as to whether or not Willlam and Ed- ward Gaynor will be tried. It is possi- ble that the indictments against them will be dismissed and that John F. Gaynor and Greene will be the sole de- fendants. ASKS FOR LOAN OF ONE DOLLAR Out Thousands of Letters Requesting Trifling Aid WOULD MEND FINANCES He Takes Unique Method of Raising Money Necessary - to Tide Over Difficulties Special Dispatch to The Call, MINNEAPOLIS, Jan. T7.—Asking for one dollar to assist him In meeting his financial obligations and promising to re- pay the amount with Interest, a man signing himself as Danlel Y. McMullen, and representing himself as secretary and treasurer of the Freeport Hardware Company of Freeport, Ill., has written to a local firm. According to his own admis- sion, McMullen or the man who has adopted the name, will send out thou- sands of similar letters, seeking aid against a possible financial crash. I'he Minneapolis recipients of the pe- culiar letter were surprised beyond meas- ure after a ‘glance into the commercial register, which revealed the fact that the company McMullen alleges he represents is rated as “high.” McMuillen's name, however, does not appear in the mercan- tile record. The odd letter Is as follows: Gentlemen; A meérchant’s appeal to his fel- low merchants—What is to follow has no ref- erence directly or indirectly to the Freeport Hardware Company, which is in good stami- ing and credit, and of which I am an official. This is purely an individual matter. I be- lieve when a man wants help, the manly, straightforward way is to ask candidly and [all rair-minded business men will approve the course rather than slaughter his property My situation is this: I am 62 years old and have been in active business some forty years. Some considerable success has attended my ef- forts. Helping others has prevented me from accumulating largely. Some recent have left me with property pledged for debts which threaten to take it. It occurred to me | to appeal to a few thousand business men to | send me $1 each, which would help me out {of my difficulties. As scon as I am on my feet again, I propose to send each helper what I consider good value for his dollar. ’ DANIEL Y, McMULLEN FREEPORT, Ill., Jan. 7.—Daniel Y. Mc- Mullen refuses absolutely to discuss in any way the letter sent by him. ———e———— —— TRADE WITH GERMANY REACHES HIGH FIGURES Total for Year Just Ended Amounts to Over Three Hundred Mil- lon Dollars. WASHINGTON, Jan. T7.—Trade be- tween the United States and Germany, whose commerclal relations are now the subject of negotiations between the two countries, aggregated in the fiscal year 1905 over $300,000,000. The im- ports from Germany were $118,000,000 in value and exceeded imports from | that country in any earlier year. The ! exports to Germany were $194,000,000 | in value and exceeded the exports to | that country in any earlier year ex- | cept 1904, in which the total was ove | $214,000,000. This decrease | compared with 1904, occurred in raw cotton and is due altogether to a fall in price, sinee the quantity in 1905 was | greater than in 1904. Imports from Germany increased $37,000,000 in the period from 1895 to 1905 and exports to that country increased $102.000,000 in the same time. Germany stands second fh the order 1ot magnitude of our trade with for- eign countries, both as to impogts and exports. —_—————————— Four Firms Yield to Printers. ST. LOUIS, Jan. 7—Four firms whose printers have been out on strike have signed the new eight-hour wage scale and the 200 men affected will return to work to-morrow. To make a long story short, all of our woolens called short ends—ijust enough left for one or two suits—are to be here are the facts: closed out— Some of them were $25.00, some $17.50—most of them were $20.00—altogether they make about as handsome a collection of pretty suitings as you’ll find in a day’s search. You know that our regular prices are lower than you must pay ° in any other tailor shop for goods of equal quality. Think what these reductions mean to you—what an opportunity for saving. A you a suit that you’l 1 wear with pride. Come to cither store—select the pattern you like best from ‘these $17.50, $20.00 and $25.00 suitings for $15 75—we’ll build