The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, February 1, 1906, Page 2

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1906. DEADLY FlRE N HOLD OF THE MEADE BERETEP Sk Page 1, Column 5. Continued from yet been recov- THE DEAD. CHARLES DAKIN, engine CAPTAIN drowned. THOMAS drowned THIRD OFFICER GEORGE WAL~ LACE, by asphyxiation. THE INJURED. Captain George Wilson, shoulder dis- at HENNESSY, engine 43 io , mot serious. Chief Officer La Saec, partially as- phyxiated. Fourth Offfcer Dowell, partly as- phyxiated rice Freeman, saflor, partly as- Chief Thomas suffocated, wil George Brown, Engine 12. W. Regan, Engine 12. Charles Gill, Engine 10. Bacon, Engine 4. Sullivan, Engine 12, Matlock, Engine 9. o | war soldiers and sallors, mames | S0\ 0 Coie only to be issued gradually, is to 3ot | be taken up by the Government's saving de- | . s hold wege | bosit bureau ve in it tenunt Joseph Conlan, Engine 4. | JPAN 70 SSIE BONDS AT HONE Post-Bellum Fiscal Scheme of the Island Empire Ex- plained by London Embassy LARGE SUM IS NEEDED WASHINGTON, Jan. 3lL—Despite the | opposition in the Japanese Diet to the | post-bellum financial scheme of the Gov- | ernment, information has reached the Japanese embassy here that the home Government is confident that the meas- { ure will eventually be adopted. As there are a large number of Japanese bond- holders in this country the following statement was made public at the Jap- anese embassy to-day: The normal expenditures, not connected with the war, are estimated at $115,000,000, and are o be met by the normal revenues in ex- | Sstence. The expenditures resulting from the war, such @s the interest on the war debts, annulties, | pensions. maintenance of the garrisons in | Manchuria and Korea, etc., are estimated at $400,000,000, and are to be met by the reve- nues from the war taxes and by other re- which consist of the proceeds of the eady issued, the sale of the booty and disused articies and & new loan e mew issue is to be made entirely at home and its requisite amount is estimated at $215,000,000. Of this total $100,000,000 will SCHWERIN'S DENIALS ARE SULPHUROLS R e Pacific Mail’s General Man- ager, Amnswering Charges by Taft, Says the Secretary Is Malicious or Ignorant STATEMENT BEFORE INATE COMMITTEE Congestion of Freight at the Isthmus Is Due, He Claims, to the Culpable Negligence | of the Panama Railroad i G WASHINGTON, Jan. 31.—Robert P. Schwerin, general manager of the Pa- | be raised in the market, which is not likely | to feel a pressure on this account, because |in the eourse of the year the Goverpment is to redesm exchequer bonds for the benefit the market. The remainder of the new 00,000, 18 to be delivered in bonds gnition of the services con- the Finally, $40.000,000, h The reimbursement by Russia of the expenses - 2 for the maintenance of the prisoners is not fell in | inciuded in the present financial scheme, be- k & s pulled | cause the amount is not vet ascertained.” The Department new issue will decrease by the amount of the payment receivabie from Russia. | " For the payment of vrincipal and interest | e scene and ordered his men | of the loan aiready issued and to be fsmued se £ to get into the hold. They | hereafter in connection with the war, the Gov- € streems of into the ves- |emment is to set apart $55,000,000 from the . = .~ | revenues each year and the whole national BVing W > save the | g.p: incurred In consequence of the war is to £ € cely and at | be repaid in about thirty years. Besides this, e whole ; $18,000,000 is to be set apart each year to pay the principal and interest of t! loans in er George overcome Officer H but he nd smo was also taken firemen had e out. All le proper- h them a % s dock and given a g sling. She received s ago s again stean was wrecked HELLER & CO.’S BANKRUPT STOCK BOUGHT BY SUMMERFIELD & ROMAN You may rest assured that you will get the best Ready-made Ciothing manu- ured if you attend this sale, v consists of Alfred P. Benjamine, Hart, Schafner x and other standard makes. We are not going to sav much on this subject to-day. These Prices will do the Quality Prices lalKing for vs. $15.00 SUITS Reduced to $20.00 SUITS Reduced to ... $8.85 sits are doubly guarantced ut according to the lates $17.50 Cravenettes $9 88 $20.00 Crav: $11.85 e as suitable for asant as stormy weather. Young Men’s an Young Men's Suits, ages 14 to 20. Regular $10.00 value, mixed che- viots v B Regular $12.50 value, mixed che- viots ... 2 o o s ianne 7. egular $13.50 value, black Thibets r ants, 76e valu SUMMERFIE PIONEER . $11.65, Overcoats and Cravenettes AT A SHARP REDUCTION AT BANKRUPT SALE PRICES This Sale Will Be Continued Without Notice. Don’t Wait. ACT! —_— CORNER MARKET AND FIFTH STREETS, before the war. —————— WOMAN'S SLAYER DOES NOT WANT LAWYER S, Jan. 3L—Morris Buck, te E LOS A His prelimina: for next Fridav > witne amina- was set he will be asked to plead to the | arge of murder. The prisoner was dis- ed to say anything in court to-day responded but briefly to the neces- stions asked him by the court did not appear to be mentally @ tressed or to show any cc ern over his crime. Aside from his stolidity there was nothing to indicate that he might be i ne. The funeral of his vietim, Mrs. | Canfield, will occur to-morrow. |PASS LIQUOR LAW OVER MAYOR'S VETO AN DIEGO, Jan. 31.—At the meeting of the City Council this- evening the Goldkamp liquor ordinance was passed over the veto of Mayor Sehon. This or- | dinance amends the former liquor, law { by permitting the shaking of dice and | other games of change @ saloons when |the games are for drinks and cigars only, and it also permits the selling of wine, beer and ale in restaurants on Sun- days The anti-saloon people assert that | they will appeal to the referendum clause in the charter and they have a pe- tition for that purpose. |COLLFSE ROMANCE TO END AT ALTAR SANTA ROSBA, Jan. 31L.—The engage- ment has been announced here of Pro- f r A. J. Cox, Ph. D.,, of danford Uni- versity to Miss Millle Barnett of this city. Dr. Cox is well known here, where i he has frequently visited his brother, Su- perintendent Morris Cox of the city schools and principal of the Santa Rosa High School. He is a graduate of Stan- ford. Miss Barnett is a daughter of the late J. D. Barnett, a well-known capital- ist, and Mrs. Barnett of Cherry street. She is also a graduate of Stanford. ready s Heller & Co.’s Slock Fancy and spuns. worsteds, fancy cassimeres, plain cheviots and home- A large variety of black and blue serges, also some handsome mix- tures. 1st—By the manufacturers. t fashion and hand tailored. 24—By us. §20.00 Overcoats - . - $12.35 $25.00 Overcoats - - 814.35 All sizes in both long and short coats, black and blue Thibets, etc, d Children’s Suits Children's TwoiPlege Suits, ages § 0 0 $1.85 Scotch tweeds, reduced from $4 to, . Homespuns, reduced from e, to 85S¢ . 42,65 35 to.83.15 LD & ROMAN CLOTHIERS the slaver of Mrs. C. A. Canfield, the wife of the millionaire oil magnate, was before Police Judge Chambers | o-day. He declared that or and would summon | afternoon, | | cific Mail Steamshlp Company, was be- | fore the Senate Committee on Inter- | oceanic Canals to-day. His attention called to a statement made by ecretary Taft. criticizing the com- | pany between Panama and San Fran- | cisco for its part in contributing to nI]e n | was | congestions of freight at P’anama. reply he said: ecretary Taft's statement was made either through mallice, tending to In- jure an American industry, or through | ignorance of the causes of the difficul- ties of which he has complained.” Continuing, he said that the Pacific Mail Steamship Company operated nine regular steamships on.the Pacific Coast, which steamships sailed on schedules | approved by Honduras, Mexico, Nica- ragua and other countries' whose ports | were entered. The schedules provided for connections with the steamships of the Panama Steamship Company from New York by means of the railroad across the isthmus. The schedules re- quired the companies to make connec- tions and exchange freight. A description of the conditions on the isthmus since the Canal Commission took charge of the Panama Railroad was given by Schwerin. He said that freight had accumulated on the rves, all commercial shipments aving been held up by the movement f canal materials, and the difficulty, Schwerin asserted, was due to “culp- | able negligence on the part of manag- | ing officials of the Panama Railroad {and utter Indifference to their obliga- tions as a common carrier.” HIGH WAGES FOR POOR LABOR. | He explained thig to some extent by | the statement that the equipment of 11!1? railroad had deteriorated greatly | during the two years prior to the sale | of the property to the United States. | Saia he: As scon as_ control .of- the road passed to the United States the conditions described began to grow. worse.. The railraad company out - the . wagesof men .who -worked on the docks, swhich caused: a’ strike. ~ As a result we are both paying higher wages than we | were “before.- for the poorest labor in the | world. - It became the understanding that the | United States had bought the railroad to build |/the canal and cared nothing €or the commercial | business across the isthmus. ‘Commercial busi- { was neglected and it was sald by Sec- ! y Taft, Mr. Wallace, Admiral Walker, | the former chairman of the commission, and others connected with the buflding of the canal that commerce was secondary to the movement of cenal material. It was that in- differerice that brought about the congestion. It is shown just the same in shipments by steamer from New York. A steamship may be loaded wit mmercial business and a rush order be received for canal materia). The commercial business would be removed and canal material substituted, but we would be notified of the shipment of the business desired for Western ports and recelve papers for the business. The result is that we would receive bills of lading and manifests for goods , be deiayed for days. We found it impossible to segregate the shipments for particular load- ings, all of which was _due to the inefficlenc of the officers of the Panama Railroad Com- Schwerin sald that lumber shipments fiom New York were held up so lcng that there were bills for demurrage amount- ing to $18,617 hetween August 1 and No- vember 30, 1905, and the Panama Rafl- road would have these to pay. He said that the Pacific Mail steamships were held at Panama for long periods and that there was no way this company conld enforce demurrage charges. He charged that the railroad company had further delaved the Pacific Mail Steam- ship Company’s ships by refusing to fur- nish them with coal, as they are required to do under a contract, and that no com- plaint was made to Superintendent Hum- phrey of the railroad company, as he said the fault lay with higher offictals. Schwerin said he had resorted to every means to bring about improved condi- tions, even making a protest to the State Department. : RATES REDUCED BY TAFT. Schwerin complained also that the Pan- ama Railroad had arbitrarily reduced rates from New York to ports on the Pa- cific Coast, where the haul was divided between tha Panama Steamship Company and the Pacific Mail. He sald he was in- formed that the reduction was a conces- | sion to the steel trust, which had pro- | tested to Admiral Walker, the former chairman-of the Canal Commission, that | the rates were cheaper from Europe to Central America than from New York to the same ports. Secretary Taft had then taken up the matter, said Schwerin, and authorized a reduction of the rates. In the absence of a contract, he added, the rate could not be lowered except by thutual consent and the adjustment of the rates was still pending. = It was denied by Schwerin that his company had had a monopoly on the Pa- cific Coast, and he declared that there had beeri no money in the business be- tween San Francisco and Panama. He complained of the criticisms of the company made by Secretary Taft and gaid as & result the company had been held up to ridicule. He asserted that the statement of Stevens that the freight congestion was the fault of the Pacific Mail Steamship Company showed that | Stevens was a railroad’ man, and con- fused steamship methods with railroad methods, while, as a matter of fdct, they were totally different. Senator Knox asked Schwerin if he had not smarted a little under the criti- eism of Secretary Taft and If that feel- ing had not cropped out in his testimony. Schwerin replied he had thought it “too bad to be held up to ridicule and disgrace by a high official .of the United States, when every effort had been made to up- hold the American flag in a business that had almost been driven off the seas. MAKES SWEEPING DENIALS. ! steam- ships on the » trade In order to divert the better steamships to the cof- “fee trade ‘was “‘absolutely false.’ said that saflings had been ‘missed that could not be found and our ships would | RUSSIANS EACER FORFIRSTVOTE Czar's Empire in the Throes of a Political Campaign Involving Many Fan‘ions DEMOCRACY IS DIVIDED Female Suffrage and the Au tonomy of Poland the Prin- cipal Points of Difference . DA ST. PETERSBURG, Jan. 31.—The pre- election activity has reached an acute stage, although the date of the convoca- tion of the National Assembly, or even of the date for!holding the elections, 18 unknown. Candidates of varlous parties are daily coming into the open and all factions in public life are taking an ac- tive interest in the campaign. The only effective boycott of the preparations seems to be one which is due to the apathy of thé commercial classes and other conservative and unprogressive elements. The most eligible members of the Soctal Democrats, the ILeague of Leagues and other extremist organiza- tions, in spite of their fulminations against the National Assemblys are regis: tering as Individuals and intend to ex- ercise the franchise. The main center of political activity at present is Moscow, where the six Mod- erate organizations, following the exam- ple of St. Petersburg, have established a political club and are planning to publish | & paper under the editorship of Prince Eugene Troubetskoy. The defections from the ranks of the Constitutional Democrats are now assum- ing the character of an open split, with | female suffrage and the autonomy of Poland as the two principal points of dif- ference. Sl Ny ENTIRE GARRISON MUTINOUS. Details of the Outbreak at Viadivos- tok Slowly Leaking Out. ST. PETERSBURG, Jan. 31.—The censorship is now being relaxed in the case of press dispatches from Vladivos- tok, but the telegrams received are of no later date than January 38 and cover only the deyelopment of the mu- tiny. - The telegraph strike, which shut off Vliadivostok from direct communica- tion with Russia since the end of No- vember, was of great service to the revolutionists, as it allowed the circu- lation of sensational rumors and ac- counts of events here for more than a month before the collision was precipi- tated. % On January 22 the garrison at Vladi- vostok was practically in a state of open mutiny. The few loyal Cossacks were intimidated and even at- tacked. Revolutionary organizations were formed and meetings were held in the barracks, on board ships and in the forts, in open defiance of the re- peated prohibitions of General Selivan- off, the commander of thgstroops. The encounter of January 23 was precipitated by the arrests of the leaders of the movement by General Selivanoff. (NG CERVES SHAL FORTONE COPENHAGEN, Jan. 3L—The body of | King Christian was to-day placed in a plain casket lined with swans’ down and covered with black silk. It lies. to-night in the apargnent of the Amilenborg Pal- ace, known as the “Garden Room,” to which it was removed after a memorial | serviée this afternoon. Only the court physicians were present when the body was removed from the bed to the casket, sorvice at which most of | following the the members of the royal family were | present. 1? Great banks of flowers and wreaths line the hall, which is guarded by the King's adjutants. No official announce- ment regarding the date of the funeral has yet been made. It is stated that King Christian left only a small fortune, amounting prob- ably to less than $250,000. The King was exceedingly charitable and gave large sums of money [or the relief of the poor and to deserving institutions. King Frederick has issued a decree of amnesty releasing many prisoners.’ ——————————— CALIFORNIAN DISMISSED FROM NAVAL ACADEMY WASHINGTON, Jan. 31.—The efforts of Representative McLachlan and oth- ers of the California delegation to Chapin of Pasadena from the Naval Acad- emy for hazing have been unavailing, Secretary Bonaparte having approved the sentence of the court-martial. —_——— To Cure a Cold in One Day Take LAXATIVE BROMO Quinine Tablets. Drugglsts refund money it It falls to cure. E. W. GROVE'S signature is on each box. 25¢.% * i the Pacific Mail fly without giving to the public an understanding of the way business is beinz done. X Schwerin made the statément that the Tehuantepec Rallroad across Central America would be completed by June 1 and declared that *“that will kill the American commerce which now crosses the isthmus.,” He said it “would put the Panama Rallroad and the Pacific Mail Steamship Company’s Panama line out of business,” as the new line there would be a reduction in the time from San Francisco to New York from thirty-four to twenty-six days. VICHY CELESTINS RUG W. ® J. Sloane & Co. ANNOUNCE THAT THEIR REGULAR Annual Clearance Sale WILL BEGIN THIS MORNING - Thursday, February 1st Never before have we offered such reductions, for we aim to make this Clearance Sale the largest in the history of our business. Our repu- tation guaranteesthe genuinenessof thereductions which embrace extensive lines in all departments. FURNITURE room, Ha!l, Summer Homes and innumerable odd pieces such as Ch@lrs. Cabinets, Ladies’ Desks, Tables, Et.c. ORIENTAL AND DOMESTIC All weaves and sizes. DRAPERIES SOFA PILLOW All the values we are offering are exceptional, but early buyers will secure the choicest. W. ® J. Sloane & Co for Parlor, Library, Room, Dining Room, Including Lace Curtains, Portieres, Upholstery Materials, Etc. 23 Entire Stock Re- duced. One-Third. NEW YORK 114-122 POST STREET SAN FRANCISCO RAOCERS NEED NOT ANSWER NEW YORK, Jan. 8L.—A decision that Henry H. Rogers, vice president of the Standara Oil Company of New Jersey, shall not be compelled to answer ques- tions which he recently refused to an- swer in the taking of testimony .here in toe case of the State of Missouri against the Standard Ofl Company of Indiana and other ofl companies, was handed down to-day by Justice Gildersleeve in the Su- preme Court. The application to compel Rogers to answer the questions was made by Attorney General Hadley of Missouri. The companies affected in this case are the Standard Ofl Company of Indiana, the Waters-Pierce Oil Company and the Republic Ofl Company. The State of ‘Missouri seeks to oust them from doing business in Missouri. The application was denied for the rea- son that, in Justice Glldersleeve’s opin- ion, the court of original jurisdiction in Missour{ should determine the question raised by Hadley. Leave to renew this application was granted Hadley. ’ In his decision Justice Gildersleeve said: The principal questions to which the witness refused to answer relate to the ownership of the atock of the respondent corporations. Due regard for the court of original Jurisdiction de- mands that this court enouid await the de- cision of the Supreme Court of Missouri, and not at this time consider the propriety of compelling the witness Rogers to answer any question relating to stock ownership in the re- spondent companies, In denying Attorney General Hadley's application the court declared that this action was taken without prejudice to a future application of the same nature. PEOPLE OF CHICAGO UNITE AGAINST CRIME Meetings Held to Put an End to the Reign of Law- lessness. CHICAGO, Jan. 31.—The depth of the people’s feelings and purposes regarding crime in Chicago was responsible for two stirring anti-crime meetings yesterday. At a meeting of the Anti-Crime League the sentiment was unanimous fer $1000 saloon licenses—a measure which will at once provide funds for the employment of more policemen and reduce the num- ber of barrooms. At a session of the Law and Order League the Rev. John-Norris Hall, pas- ter of Wesley Methodist Episcopal Church and leader in anti-crime agit: tion since the Hollister murder, pre- sented an account of the pursuit of a ‘woman member of his congregation by a degenerate youth. The incident oc- curred in the afternoon and illustrated the prevalling conditions which K have wrought up public sentiment to a pitch not before known. It was announced by the State’s attorney that beginning to- day eight judges would sit in “the Crim- inal Court and endeavor to clear up the calendar, which .ncludes the cases of ninety men and women charged with murder and attempted homicide. . A T i SRR S SAN FRANCISCO TO HAVE 2 TWO WEEKS OF OPERA Conried Company Will Open in This City om the Sixteenth of April. NEW YORK, of the transcoutinetal tour of the Metro- politan Grand Opera Company was an- nounced to-day by Director Conried. The tour will begin in Baltimore on March 1 o four proceed 9, where . performances will be - will Jan, 31.—The Ifln"l.l"! formances and thence to Pittsburg for a week. A week in Chicage will fol- low and then four performances in St. Louis and two in Kansas City. A jump will then be made to San Franeisco, where - on Easter Monday, April 16, a two weeks' engagement will begin. The last city to be visited will be Los An- geles, where two performances will be given. During the tour the following operas and music dramas will be performed: “The Queen of Sheba,” “Carmen,” “The Marriage of Figaro,” “Lohengrin,” “La Boheme,” “Die Walkure,” “Hansel and Gretel,” “Don Pasquale,” “Faust,” “Martha,” “Tafinhauser,” a,” “Sleg- fried,” “Pagliacci” and “Lucl Tait’s Cafe Entrance Opposite Columbia Theater MANAGEMENT OF H. W. LAKE CONCERT TO-NIGHT COMMENCING AT 330 P. M. INTERNATIONAL COMPOSITIONS Under Direction of BERNAT JAULUS Orchestra Specially Augmented by, Brass Section VIOLENT SCENES ENACTED IN CHURCHES IN PARIS Attempt to Garry Out the Previsions of the Separation Bill Causes Trouble. PARIS, Jan. 31.—Violent scenes oc- curred In many Paris churches this morning when Government Commis- sioners appeared to take inventories of the church property pursuant to the provisions of the law providing for the separation of church and state. dn many Instances the Commissioners were unable to accomplish their tasks, crowds of fervent Catholics filling the edifices, some protesting vigorously and others chanting psalms. - Perfect Service and Cuisine MUSICAL PROGRAM EVERY EVENING avel For winter travel East, wouldn’t you prefer to take a train that has the most southerly route—farthest from snow and ice? The Golden State Limited is the train we have in mind. Leaves San Francisco daily at 5:00 p. m. for St. Louis and Chicago, via Los Angeles, El Paso and Kansas City.