The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 13, 1906, Page 1

anciseo and ehowers A THE WBATHER. t for January 13, 1906: weather Saturday, probably | fresh south wind Dist — vicinity—Cloudy. G. McADIE, rict Forecaster. More News Than Any Other Paper Publishedl NEZUELA AND FRANCE MAY CLASH Diploniz—xaé Rela- English Actress tions Are Now Severed. Officials in Washington View the Situation With Alarm. Taken by President Likely to Lead to Trouble. tro A though the hises of sident C be made & n: pletely severed. measures ou tion is inpleasant, sences. advised Venezuela RMINED. Will Not Tolerate Vemezucla’s Refusal | to Accede to Demands. —Though M. Maboursy rge d'Affaires, ecelved his passports, relations between France are considered to have There is no question of & naval demonstra- is no doubt that the ent intends to have the of and respect for note issued to-night says imatum has not yet ezuela, France cannot er President Castro's to the French de- t sidering the advis- taking stronger means to en- them. atpl omat declared to-day that sidered certain that the dly approaching when occur in Venezuela. He state the exact character wou assume, but as- a perfect understanding had xisted between France and the "he two Governments < line of conduct being »f the United States. erely desirous of securing t for her rights. Pt . able to Venezuela in Trouble. 3 RK, Jan. 1 he Commer- ¥ announced to-night s for Venezuela must be e Trinidad, to be sent by ere, and are agcepted only sk > JUDGE INSTRUCTS JURY TO ACQUIT CLERK HILL pvidence Vails fo Sustain Charge \gainst Former Chief of Philadel- phia Fiitration Bureau. HILADELPHIA, Jan. 12.—Acting n the instruetions of Judge Auden- iry to-day mcquitted John W. chief of the Filtration who was on trial charged with ry and falsification of the records his bureau for the benefit of & firm of contractors. ¥ | “Her name,” the lawyers sald, come upon which she lives, and | t1tion of a lady ~ | you want to buy j Mrs ord on the question | PUTS BIC JALUE O - HER WANE . Regards It as ' Trademark, | Asks $250,000 in Cash When Requested to | Change It. Mrs. Brown Potter of New York Makes a Novel Proposition. | LONDON, Jan. 12—Mrs. James Brown | Potter of New York, who was Miss May Handy of Baltimore, Is apparently amazed by the fact that her husband's first wife, an actress, still calls herself Mrs. James Brown Potter. A few d ! (R. Honey of Honey & Keith, New York, called upon Messrs. Wontner, the lawyers of Mrs. James Brown Potter London, and said he had come from New York to call upon them in behalf of nt wife of James Brown Potter, s to know if Mrs. Cora Urqu- Brown Potter could not be persuaded some other name in order to oblige Brown Potter of New York, ress and the New York woman ¢ comstantly mixed in the imaginations ignorant persons. | The Messrs. Wontner' did not know who James Brown Potter or the present Mrs. James Brown Poiter were, but they talked over the proposition of Honey with him on a cold-blooded business basis. They pointed out that Mrs. James Brown Potter of lel%nn bas made her name | known throughout the world as an 4#ctress: that James Brown Potter was practically her trademark, | she had been his wife she had no claim | whatever upon James Brown Potter and | Gesired to make none. “*brings she relinquish her name in order to enhance the social posi- who is now the second wife of her former husband Honge uggested that possibly she might inducement. responded Wontner, who nt's view on that point. “'If a trademark you must pay for it. Mrs. Brown Potter will not | call herself JMré. Cora Jones or Miss Cora Urquhart or any other undistinguishing title unless she is paid $250,000 in cash.” Honey then withdrew to consult James Brown Potter by cau.e, but so far no fur- | ther propésition has been laid before Brown Potter's lawyers. 3 W YORK, Jan. 12.—James Brown Potter said to-day that he knew nothing about the proposition made by Honey to w k ® | his former wife's lawyers. | - WRIGHT WILL NOT RETURN O ~ PHILIPPINES ;Retirement of Governor | General Will Soon Be Announced. WASHINGTON, Jan 10.—It became definitsly known to-day that Governor General Luke E. Wright of the Philip- pines never will return to his post of duty. His determination to retire will be given public utterance soon. There have been rumors from time to time that Governor Wright would tender his resignation, but they met with de- nial. The day of doubt is passed and the | President is looking for a man to take Governor Wright's place. Henry Clay Ide of Vermont and James F. Smith of Cali- fornia, both members of the Philippine Commission, are being considered, but the President Is not thoroughly satisfied with either. He wants a man of Taft's caliber, it is sald. | MISS ALICE ROOSEVELT BUYS HER TROUSSEAU | President’s Daughter Will Have Wedding Outfit of | American Make. | PN { WASHINGTON, Jan. 12—While every- body has been wondering when Miss Alice Ropsevelt would begin serfously to think | of her trousseau and would go to New | York to give orders and make purchases, | she has quietly been going back and | forth to Baltimore, which holds the repu- | tation for good shops and modistes, and | Mrs. Roosevelt and daughter, Alice, get { many of thelr gowns there. She will have every article of her trous- seau made in this country, and though | her future sister-in-law, the Countess de ‘Chnmhrun. could easily get her many | fascinating accessories in Paris, not a | thing for the bride's outfit will come ] from across the sea. | about the matter of brids 'will be none and though | Miss Roosevelt has definitely decided | promounced. esmaids. There SAN FRANCISCO, SATURDAY, JANUARY 13, 1906. IMPERIAL HIGH LIBERALS WIN FIRST SIRUGELE MakeEncouraging Start in the ~ Election. All of Britain Is Deeplyi Stirred by Fiscal Question. Wagers Are Being Laid That Balfour Will Be Defeated at the Polls. LONDON, Jan. 12.—The Liberals mdle an encouraging start in the election strug- gle by winning another seat at Ipswich, which elected the two Liberal, candidates by large majorities. Daniel Ford God- dard was re-elected and Felix Cobbold defeated Charles Dalrymple, who for several years has represented Ipswich In the Couservative interest. Ipswich was the only borough which polled to-day. For the last ten years the borough has returned one Conservative and one Lib- eral. This Ipswich district, which in 1% gave the first electoral decision against Gladstone’s home rule bill, has given the first blow to Joseph Chamberlain’s fiscal programme and in favor of free trade. Sir Charles Dalrymple, the unseated member, is a barrister and land owner and was considered a good enough candi- date in 135 to be put up against Glad- | Stone in the famous Midlothiah cam- paign. He was defeated then, but was elected for Ipswich in 1556 and has held the seat since. ing how deeply the country is stirred by the fiscal struggle. The general election opened this morn- ing and by 10 o'clock the name of the | first member of the new Parliament was announced, Sir Christopher Furness (Lib- | eral) being returned for Hartlepool. Sir | Christopher, however, was not opposed. A little later the score was evened by the unopposed re-election of Austin Taylor for Bast Toxteth. In the course of the { day two more Liberals were elected with- out contest Nominations were made to-day in 130 | boroughs. The elections in these bor- cughs will commence to-morrow and last for several days. Arthur J. Balfour’s seat, East Manches- { ter, appears endangered. Winston | Churchill’s amazing vitality and enthusi- asm have spread beyond his own division (Oldham, near Manchester) and have in- fected the whole city of Manchester. The Liberals claim that they will capture to- morrow several seats there which during the last Parliament were held by.Union- ists. There is little betting on the result, as the earlier elections, on which the fate of such important candidates as Balfour, George Wyndham (Conservative, Dover), Sir Gilbert Parker (Conservative, Graves- end) and Winston Churchill, all of whose contests take place to-morrow, are liable to have widespread influence on the voters jn the later elections. At some of the Liberal clubs the odds of six to four have Dbeen laid against the re-election of Bal- four. One of the remarkable features of the campaign is the extraordinary number of seats handed over to the Liberals with- out any attempt of the Unionists to con- test them. This is attributed in Conserva- tive circles to the certainty that the Lib- erals will win the election, it being ar- gued that it is better to reserve the Con- servative strength for a later struggle, which 1s anticipated after the Liberals have held office for a year or two, when the Unionists consider 'the chances of their being restored to power will be more promising. There is, however, great un- certainty on sll sides as to the extent of the Liberal victory. The Liberal enthusiasts claim that their party will have a working majority inde- pendent of the Irish Nationalists, but more conservative elements give Premier Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman a ma- Jority of only sixty or seventy, leaving the Irish Nationalists the balance of pewer. SPEAKS AFTER The polling was unusually heavy, show- ¢ THE THEATERS. ALCAZAR—“The Cowboy and the Lady. ALHAMBRA—“The Two Orphane.” CALIFORNIA—Dreamland Burlesquers COLUMBIA—‘Richelieu.” *‘Ingomar. Matin e, PRICE FIVE CEN TS. COMMISSIONERS ARRIVE ON THE LINER SIBERIA s o There arrived here yesterday from China on the liner Siberia a party of distinguished Chiness, members of an Imperial High Commission, who have come to this country in scarch of information for the benefit of awakened China, and to help whose mission President Roosevelt has promised the aid of this Government. | o~ GR EAT MEN OF FAR CATHAY HERE T0 STUD}; -3, C. M FPosx'© China, having awakened from a long sleep to find that while she slumbered the rest of the world moved on without her, is now anxious to catch.up with the procession. To the United States shé now pays the tribute of first coming to learn how best to Tregain the place she lost in the march of civilization. From the highest geats of learning in the Flow- ery Kingdom, from the highest ranks of China’s anclent mobility, this oriental sleeper, awakened,has selected envoys and sent them forth in search of this' knowl- edge she so greatly needs, These envoys from across the Pacific landed here yes- terday and Uncle Sam welcomed them with little less formality than ~would have been accorded a visiting emperor or king. As the liner Siberia, bearing the impe- rlal Chinese high commission and flying at the foremast head the dragon flag of China, passed up the bay from quaran- tine the guns of the cruiser Chicago, flag- ship of the Pacific squadron, fired a sa- lute of nineteen guns, only two guns less than the Emperor of China himself would have received. When the liner reached the Pacific Mall wharf President Roosevelt’s personal rep- LOKG SILEKC Bpecial Dispatch to The Call. LONG BEACH, Jan. 12.—Absolutely speechless for almost two years, Miss Lizzie Rankin, the daughter of W. R. Rankin of 708 Medio street, to-day recov- ered ner volce and spoke distinctly to her alarmed friends, who were attracted to her bedside by the unexpected utter- ances of the invalid. Miss Rankin has been a bedridden in- valid for about eight years, spinal trouble being the cause, due primarily to a fall in her youth and a subsequent at- tack of la grippe. The family came here from Henderson County, Illinois, four years_ago. The affliction from which Miss Rankin suffered caused the adoption of a peculiar diet. For twenty months she ate absolutely nothing but fcecream. Gradually after this she began to eat :‘umual things and now her appetite 'l’:.urml' m‘ ome distance from vt n 3 = 0 invalid, almost fell from her chalr i she heard her name, "3 tinued anmd clearly, resentative greeted the Commissioners. Representatives of the army and navy also extended the hand of welcome and on behalf of Governor Pardee the héad of the State military arm invited the dis- tinguished visitors to make themselves at home in California. The sending forth of this commission is probably the most important step ever taken by China, and never before have so many distinguished Chinese set foot on American soil. The party consists of two high Commissioners, a number of secre taries, attaches and students. The object of the mission is to visit the principal countries of the world to study their political is best ih the different lands and take it home for the benefit of the Chinese’ people. BIG MEN AT HOME. Both the Commissioners occupy very responsible positions in China. Tuan Fang at the time of his appointment on his present mission was viceroy of two prov- inces. Tai Hung Chi is one or the presi- dents of the Board of Treasurv. His Excellency Tuan Fang is entitled to a warm reception in this country. At the time of the Boxer outbreak he was acting Governor of the province of Shensi " the and it was th!f.:( thn’“l’n t TW al decree, afte: ":mmr.mkm HIs EXCELLENGY TUAN TFANG- - H EGPECIALLY FOR. THE CALL - < _—— g Distinguished Chinese Are Welcomed by Officials of the Government. institutions, to find whatever | HIGH COMMISSIONER-s Man Who Saved Foreigners From the Boxers Heads the Visiting Party. And while Tuan Fang was risking his own neck in doing tiis, the Governor of the adjoining province was personally su- perintending the slaughter of forty-five { Protestant and Roman Catholic men, | women and children. Tai Hung Chi is a Cantonese and Is rec- ognized in Peking as the country's great- est authority on matters pertaining to fin- ance. . Of the other members of the commis- sion Wu Kwang Klien, the first secretary, is dean of the Nanyang College of Shang- hai, an institution which has sent more than a score of students to the Univer- sity of Callfornia. Secretary Wu was educated In London, where he lived for ten years. He is a graduate of the Uni- versity of London and is famous in China as a writer on educational matters. Sao Ke A Sze, the second secretary, 18 a graduate of Cornell, where he took two degrees, A. B. in 1900 and M.. A. in 1901 THE BUSINESS MANAGER. ‘Wan Bing Chung is business manage< of the commission. At home he 13 secre- tary to the Viceroy at Nanking. He was educated in America, and on the Siberia won the reputation of being remarkably shrewd. Y. C. Tong is superintendent of the Chl- nese imperial telegraphs. His particular object in coming with the commission is to learn all he can about wireless telegra- phy. ~The commission is probably the bést equipped for work of tHis kind that ever set forth to’clrcle the globe. It includes merl who have lived in all the countrles it is proposed to visit, so that the learned heads of the mission will never lack for upon when they return to China to take countrymen in touch with what is going LLENTY TA . 3. G MiS TWO DIS’ ated Courtesies to The reception accorded to the visitors at the St. Francis was a royal one. Long before the Orfentals arrived the galleries in the mezsanine floor of the hotel were crowded with lovely women, residents of the hotel, and their friends, arrayed in brillant toilets. The grand corridor was also growded with the Tepresentative people of the city. Hun- dreds of people lined the sidewalks on either side of the hotel, many of them standing there for several hours in the an active part in putting their fellow | gocond I TINGUISHED CHINESE DIGNITARIES o TERDAY, HAVING gm SPECIALLY COMMISSIONED BY THE DOWAGER TO Y MODERN CONDITIONS AND METHOD& STEESY o -~ ° ATy S X MSH COMMISSIONER. = it WHO ARRIVED HERE YES- EMPRESS EMINENT VISITORS ROYALLY WELCOMED Distingusshed Men Show Much Apprecia China’s Leaders. rately. There was no handshaking, buf there were deep salaams on both sidesy The socleties pald their respects in the following order: Sam Yup, Hop Wo, Shong Hel, Young Wo, Yuen Wo, Kong Chow and See Yup. They were pre= sented by Lee Ling. When these introductions were ovel the little Chinese cadets came forwardy some thirty in rumber, and were pree the two commigsioners. Abova these a beautiful American either side were the flags