The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, February 17, 1906, Page 1

: 4 1 .. Saturdey; fresh sou A e ¥ o _w’ g Forec f{?‘emr’_ L2906 ‘3_ i o San Fran . GHE wiolitd=—Show District Forecaster. AT G. McADIE, | e SAN FRANCISCO, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1906. ALCAZAR—"Al CALIFORNIA lesquers.” COLUMBIA— GRAND-—West’ Matinees at all ALHAMBRA—"“The B CENTRAL—""Monte Cristo.” CHUTES—Vaudeville, ‘The County Chairman." s Minstrels. MAJESTIC—"Sweet Nell Drury. ORPHEUM—Vaudeville. TIVOLI—"The Geisha.” ma Mater."” ‘‘Bobemian Bur- o of theaters. PRICE FIVE CENTS. DR. FRYER LEARNS THAT CHINA IS MAKING PREPARATIONS FOR WAR Dr. Fryer of the University of California has learned from a Chinese news- paper that the Pcking Government has placed a large order for small arms and cannon in Germany. preparing for possible conflict. Big Order for Small Arms and Cannon in Germany. SAYS EMPIRE IS IN GREAT UNREST| Boycott but a Phase of Anti-Foreign Feeling. —_— EMPRESS LIKELY TO TRIM SAILS) Self - Advantage Her! Guide, Declares Scholar. the department of ed that ews of the prepara- king for the con- He in- s that e Gov- small factur- r the &n powers. y adquainted igh rank and f mandarin of ed by He has been r of the Dragon, a foreigner from &, accord- na is to e wrath Western is threat- r to be put 1 expression & the last de- be regarded as but ger movement of nst all foreign- pplied a spark rage against the inion of the stand the Empress Dowager of a may be expected to take this crisis, Pro- fessor Fryer said “The Empress Dowager is a very clever woman, smart enough to trim her sails to every wind. If she believes that & war with foreign powers would endanger her status as Empress she would of course oppose any war. If, on the other hamyl, by supporting, secretly, & revolutionary movement among her own people she might strengthen her that would be tural I éo not hink, bowever, that under any olroumstances will she be able to act effectively against armed invasion, even if she desired to do so. inister Gonger is seid to have ex- pr d the bellef that dynastic troubles sre playing & part in the prese “ com- plications, and that this, ret’ { than aversion to foreigners, is at t* root of the trouble. I 4o mot. think that dynastic complications are to be re- gerded as so potent. The Manchu dynasty is, In & way, & dynasty of rullng con- querora Tia two parties in China op- pose this dynasty. One such party would sweep away the Manchus, who have ruled China for 250 years. A sec- ond party seeks reform by the re- organisation of a government on modern lines and is willing to secure such reform through the Manchus or any other Chinese form of royalty. “Yuan Shi Xai, Viceroy of Chill province, the power behind the throne and the commander of the best army in China, is really the master of the situa- tion and he is perhaps the one man who ecan stem the tide of the revolution that seems to be coming. What his attitude §s, I do not know. is attitude will have much to do with determining the trend that events will take in China.” Gl S NO ALARM IN ENGLAND. Little Attention Being Paid to the Sit- on in China. LLONDON, Feb. 7—Ne news reached the missionary societies in Lon- dpn of the eported disturbance at Ngank nd therefore it is consid- h. even if an attack were nothing serious could have oc- There are some American stu- at Nganking. Since the mission opened there thirty years ago there never has been any trouble. The London newspapers do pot pay much attention to the Chinese question. The Morning Post believes the advice and influence of Japan upon China will suffice to prevent any serious outbreak, 2nd that in any case Japan's army in ered Oontinued on Page % Columa & — Professor | e Uni-| ese news- | to nim he | Bty years fn. the Chi- | deco- | | Professor and a| national ing, an asser- nese regard for the nation's r as been many | has | He takes this as conclusive evidence that the empire is s —_— . o e | | DISTINGUISHED ORIENTAL SCHOLAR WHO SAYS THAT CHINA IS MAKING | BXPENSIVE PREPARATIONS FOR WAR WITH FOREIGN POWERS. ORDER- | ING VAST QUANTITY OF ARMS FROM GERMAN MANUFACTURERS. o <~ ARE OVERFED WITH HUMOR This Is the Impression Formed by Jerome K. Jerome. Special Diepatch to The Call. KANSAS CITY, Mo., Feb. 1§.—Jerome K. Jerome, who is hers, made some com- parisons to-day. “It seems to me,” he sald, “that the American people have been surfeited with humor. Bo many brilliant men have written and joked for so long that they have become jaded. I thought at first that the American -q{:u of humor was radically less subtle than ours in Eng- land. But now I know better. ply overfed. Mark Twain is, I believe, the only living humorist of the old Amer- ican school, and he, like Falstaff, is It is sim~ growing old. But the subtle touch that Eungland likes still, and America liked once, is still his. You laugh with him now, I think, more from a sense of duty than a sense of the ridiculous. You have grown tired and need coarser fars to stimulate your appetite. And I've discov- ered the cause of it, too. It is the comic supplement of the Sunday papers. The Sunday comic is appalling, isn't it—the flort to reduce humor to the terms of bhe meanest: intelligenc>. Is that one result of democracy, I wonder? “Do you know, this country has disap- pointed me in one way. I expected some- | thing _different. I'm radical in politics. Had I been in England instead of Amer- {ica during the lest British campaign I should have been in Parllament. And I thought when I came here that you had gone ahead of us in some things. We are dominated by the aristocracy and you are ruled by the capitalists, Instead of the people owning the wealth of the coun- try it is all held by a few men. One man owns all the oil. Another one man makes all the rallway rates. Soms other men owns some other thing that is in- MAYOR'S WIFE NURSES DYINC NECRD CHILD Tom Johnson Opens His Home to Little Sufferer. Bpecial Dispatch to The Call, CLEVELAND, Ohio, Feb. 16.—The body of James, the 13-year-old son of James and Marfan Tyler, negro servants em- ployed by Mayor Tom L. Johnson, lies surrounded by palms and flowers in the music room of the Mayor's magnificent Buclid-uvenue house, The child died yesterday and funeral services were held {n the Johnson man- sion this afternoon. The Tylers lived in a hcuse in the rear of the Mayor's home. When the chila became seriously iil Mrs. Johnson brought him to her house, where she gave him her personal attention. All of the minis- trations which & woman can give a pa- tient, all the cravings which a child can | have and money can satisfy were his. The whole family attended the funeral services. ————— “Gibson GIrl” to Marry a Lord. LONDON, Feb. 16.—Lord de Clifford will be married on February 19 at St. Margaret’s Church to Eva Cnrrlnflon,' who is now playing a small part in “Blue Bell in Fairyland” at the Ald- wich Theater, this city. She is 21 years old and formerly was one of the “Gif son girls” in “The Catch of the Sea- son.” The engagement has been kept a profound secret. P O S dispensable to all the | | wanted him to help them. LUSTODIN 0F LIBRRY S THRIFTY Federal Official Is Drawing Pay as .Architect. ——— Receives Large Fees for Services Ren- dered Outsiders. House Committee “Ronnding Up” Derelict Employes of Government, Epecial Diepatch to The Call. WASHINGTON, Feb. 16.—In its prepar- ation of the legislative, executive and ju- dicial appropriation bill, the House Com- mittee on Appropriations 1s making ‘a close canvass of the necessity for practl- cally every item asked for by the various departments of the Government. In this connection an estimate made by the Li- brary of Congress for. $180.000 to erect a separate building in the ecourt’ of the Library for the storage of newspapers has caused some Interest. The librarian has explained that the rapid advance- ment in the making of books and news- papers is filling the mammoth buildings very rapidly. The committee, under the lead of Chair- man Tawney, endeavored to ascertain from Besnard R. Green, its custodian, the necessity for what was characterized as the “large expenditure for the care of the library.” To ascertain just how much time Green gives to the work at the library Tawney asked the direct question. “I cannot answer this except to say that I am employed al the time,” an- swered Green, . x In answer th Torthé: questions Green admitted that, in addition; he got $2000 a vear as the architect employed in the construction of the National Museum building, and that sometimes he did work for outside parties, “when his friends Just now he was engaged in that capacity with regard to the construction of an addition to the Raleigh Hotel in this city. “Did you not also superintend the con- struction of the New Willard Hotel?"” asked Tawney. “I did look after it for the owners. They are friends of mine. I have not time tu do business of that sort regularly to make a business of it, but—" “Are you employed as superintendent of construction for the State Capitol at Harrisburg, Pa.?” interjected Tawney. “No, sir. I simply acted as general ad- viser to the commission. 1 simply went to the meetings once a month.” For this, however, he admitted he re- ceived $i000 a year and travellng ex- penses. “People come to me once in a while to ask a question professionally,” he added. That there is a constant tendency on the part of the Government departments to divert appropriations made by Con- gress for one purpose to some other end was testified to before the committee by Comptroller Tracewell of the Treasury Department. Tracewell said, in answer to questions by Chairman Tawney as to whether or not the officers in the depart- ments were disposed to divert appropria- tions to purposes for which they are or- dered and apply appropriations to pur- poses other than those for which they were made, that there had been a con- siderable number of such instances. NOBBER KILS ) DENVER A Murder Committed in the Heart of the Capitol Hill Residence District DENVER, Colo., Feb. 16.—Maurice L. Caplan, proprietor of the Denver Auction Company, was murdered in the diping- room of his home, in the heart of the Capitol Hill residence district, to-night by a masked man, who entered for the urpose of robbery. Caplan was engaged fi-. 2 game of cards with his wife, his daughter and & friend. The robber walked in unannounced, and, leveling two revolvers at Caplan demanded his money. When “Caplan emptied his pockets and his wife had turned over all the money she had, the robber ordered Caplan to glve him the money he had received from to-day’s business. Caplan reached under the table, evidently for a stool to throw at the man, when the latter fired, the bullet striking Caplan in the heart. The robber then backed out of the house and escaped. Beavers Begins Term in Jail. WASHINGTON, Feb. 16.—George W. Beavers, who on Tuesday last pleaded guilty to an_indictment charging him wth conspiracy to defraud the Government in connection with the sale of time- recording clocks to the Postoffice De- partment, was taken to the Mounds- ville (W. Va.) prison to-day to serve two years. —_—— AII*‘ Grafter Acquitted. Al PITTSBURG, Pa., Feb. 16.—Thomas B. Scandrett, director of the Allegheny Department of Public Safety, who was charged with extortion in connection MISS ALICE ROOSEVELT TO BE MARRIED TO-DAY BRIDAL PARTY’S REHEARSAL AT WHITE HOUSE FIECTED FRON DININC-ROON OF WALDORF Men Thrown Out Be- cause Not in Full Dress Will Sue. LB BT, Bpecial Dispatch to The Call, NEW YORK, Feb. 16.—Because they ‘were not in evening clothing, De Courcey Forbes and Frederick O. Beach, both well known: socially in this city, were requested to leave the palmroom in the Waldort- Astoria. They protested against the ao- tion of the management and went away. It was learned to-night that they intend to bring sult against the proprietor of the hotel and have ab ly consulted counsel. Forbes and Beach had intended to go to the theater and stopped at about 6 o'clock in the evening at the Waldorf- -Astoria. Their attire was such as is suit- able for afternoon wear. Both had been accustomed to going to the hotel ever since it was bullt and were among its best patrons. No sooner had they entered the palm- room, which is in the Waldorf part of the building, than they were accosted by the head waiter, who informed them that, in accordance with a new rule, they could not dine there, as they were not in even- ing dress. Forbes and Beach then left the place, saying that they would not again visit it. - —————— SHIP SUBSIDY BILL PASSED 4 BY THE FRENCH OHAMBER Amendment Requires Foreign Vessels to Adopt Same Health Mcasures as Domestic Bottoms. PARIS, Feb. 16.—The Chamber of Deputies to-day passed the bill grant- ing subsidies to the merchant marine, with an amendment requiring that for- eign ships entering French ports shall | with the recent reform crusade in that|adopt the same health and security city, was acquitted to-day, measures as | | | @& O RTIH | v R | ;2 Longworth’s Mother Sends Handsome Presents. Nearly a Thousand Persons Asked " to Wedding. Precautions Taken to - Avert Crush at Gates. WASHINGTON, Feb. 16.—In the East room of the White House to-morrow Miss Alice Roosevelt, daughter of the Presi- dent, and Representative Nicholas Long- worth of Ohio will be united in marriage. The historic room in which the ceremony will be verformed has been the scene of many brilllant events, and will be decor- ated more elaborately than upon any previous occasion, yet with extreme taste. The work of preparing the East room for the wedd!ing continued throughout to-day and was practically completed by to- night. Late i the day the wedding was re- hearsed ine the East room. None but the wedding party was present. The Presi- dent was engaged at the time In confer- ence with Secretary Bonaparte and Ad- miral Sands at the executive offices, and | was not at the rehearsal. Nor was Bishop Henry Y. Satterlee, who will officiate to- morrow. Mr. Longworth, accompanied by his best man and the ushers, walked from Mr. Longworth's home to the White House, where they joined Miss Roosevelt and the other members of the weddiag party. A large section of the United States Marine Band, under the direction of Leader San- telman, was M attendance, playing the music for the rehearsal. Throughout the day express wagons and private messengers were continually ar- riving at the White House with wedding gifts for the bridal couple. Presents have $been pouring in cohstagtly for some time from all sections of the couniry and from A T — ¢ o MOCKEFELLER NOW SHD 10 BE IN WAPLES Correspondent Reports the Billionaire’s © Arrival. Special Dispatch to The Call ROME, Feb. 16.—Wllliam Rockefeller, who left Rome on Tuesday of this week for Naples, is expected to return to Rome Saturday evening. > A correspondent at Naples asserts that John D, Rockefeller arrived at that place on Thursday on board the Hamburg- American line steamship Deutschland. ‘The report has not been verifled. ———————— No Federal Ald for Alaskan Roads. WASHINGTON, Feb. 16—The Senate Committee on Territories to-day au- thorized a favorable report upon the bill to ald the construction of Alaskan raflroads, but amended it by striking out the provision for a bond issue se- cured by the United States Government. As the bill now stands no direct finan- clal assistance Is to be given by the Government to the project. ————————— Jarvis to Govern Alaska. WASHINGTON, Feb. 16.—The Presi- dent has offered the Governorship of Alaska to D. H. Jarvis, formerly of the revenue cutter service, but now en- gaxed in business in Alaska, THD PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES WHO WILL BB DAVHAMOHW';N m‘ WHITD HOUSE TO-DAY, AND THE MAN WHO WILL CLAIM HER AS A BRIDE. almost every quarter of the globe. For two days the presents have been on ex- mm»n to immediate personal friends of bride and groom, who bhave come to attend the wedding. NEARLY THOUSAND GUHSTS. guests Dresent, and It is p?l‘ that some of the number may have o be placed in the green room, although it is belisved by those scquainted with ca- pacity of the White House that the room will b.nfldmnrhm:o::ran the reception of the guests by the bride groom has been concluded, a buffet Aing breakfast will be served in the state dtnigg-room. The White House grounds will be closed throughout to-morrow and nome, exoept those who have been invited, will be mitted to enter. It ia realized that If" grounds were opened during the day would be fllled early and difficulty be encountered in getting the crowd out. The executive offices also will be closed throughout the day. Major Richard Sylvester, Superintend- ent of the Metropolitan Police Depart- ment, has perfected arrangements for keeping the streets adjoining the White £¥ from all over the country. Some have come even from European countries. However, only a limited number of news- paper men have been Invited, and these are either personally known to the fam- ily or are persenal friends of the family. MORE GIFTS FOR BRIDE. Again the White House was opened this afternoon to some of the more intimate relatives of Mrs. Rooseveit wvelt that they might see