The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, March 9, 1906, Page 2

n STATEH00D BILL DEBATE AT END Final Vote on the-Joint Ad- mission Méasure -Will Be Taken in the Senate Tod = S sl OF ARGUMENT i uaiiiic bHeve ridee Says the People of the Afiected Territories Should Not Be Consulted 1a | zen d aske % w »f the I S of the ¥ He declared - the pledge tatehood -fdes, f the Terri people of fe | Bri WO TUBESISTER FOR THS CITY Appropriation for Pneumatic Device for ‘the Postoffice Stricken From House Bill DEEP CUT IN SALARIE | | | | | | | | | | |Two New Places Are Created in Treasurer’s Office,” but Old Hands Must Suffer Epecial Dispatch to The Call CALL BUREAU, POST BUILDING, WASHINGTON, March 8—No priation for the pneumatic tube service San 0 is provided in the postoffice appropriation bill to be re- ported to the House next week. ‘ »ns than that from o disappointed in rancl gat for larger , as the policy of ing the bill wa extension N ce at this ses- Effort will be made to cessary legislatior the bili reaches the Senate. Two additional coin counters in the office of the Assistant United Treasurer at San Francisco, at a salary of $900 ea are provided for in e legislative appropriation bill re- | ported to the House today. in salaries in that office are provided follows: Cashier, from $3600 ; bookkeeper, from $2250 to $1800; er, from $2400 to 32000, ookkeeper, from $2000 to $1600 ppropriation for wages of workmen and adjusters at the San Francisco mint is reduced from $175,000 to $150,000. The Secretary of the Interior is ask- ing for bids for the construction of 145 miles of irrigation ditches volving 600,000 cubic yards of exca- tion, with structures and bridges, in Sink Valley, Nev. Particulars y be obtained from the chief engin- of the reclamation service, Wash- gton, or the supervising engineer, Ha- Nev A resolution was introduced in the House today by Representative Hayes howey directing engineer corps to sury and report the cost of removing the foliowing rocks in San Francisco Bay: | Centigima, near Bonita Channel: two near Mall dock, Noonday, Anita, Mis- ston, Packard, Fifteen Foo Representative McKinlay today intro- | duced a bill providing for the erection building at Santa Rosa for d r Government of- ing the -site, *is Invincible, Whiting and nd- > today accepted the ame: ment to the Indian. approp n bill proposed by Representative Kahn in- creasing - the amqunt for maintenance o from $8000 to $10,000. ARHY EXPENSES . MRE TO0 GREAT LONDON, March 8.—In introducing the army estimates, amounting to nearly 0,000,000, in the Houke of Commons to- day, War Secretary Halldane announced at the outset that the Liberals did not de- sire to destroy the army, but required greater efficiency at less expenditure. The Government accepted what he denomi- nated a¢ “the blue water principle”— namely, that the navy at its present strength was capble of defending Great tain from invasion, ana though this ng navy was a costly thing, it was y useful, as it made it possible to cut off much of what otherwise would be necessary army expenditure. In pursuance of this principle of de- pendence on the navy, cided that ammunition stores constructed for the defense of London were unneces- 8. and would immediately be rooted up, 5 300 guns mounted for defense pur- poses at various points along’the coast would be swept away, the troops at Wei- haiwei, China, would be withdrawn and some colonial garrisons would be reduced. T changes did not involve an enor- sum, but marked the beginning of The Brijtish army, which was required for over sea purposes, must be high quality, which was not obtain- through conscription, and should be strictly limited in difnenstons. The size of the army depended chiefly on policy, and Halldane wished the nations would consider {ogetver whether a reduction appro- | Other | California | an attempt | Reductions | it had been de- | could not be made in the armament hur~ @en which was pressing on every civilized nation. The War Minister said he thought that the northwest frontier of India was no longes endangered, and later he pointed |out that Great Britain was not alome in | spending enormous sums for the army. He instanced Germany and Franc , and added: “The United States is a very efficient nation and confines itself to a regular |army of 60,000 men. Nevertheless, aat army costs ciose to $115,600,000.” | ‘Great Britain, said the War Minister, | Wil never be able to reduce her striking | force without providing some power of | expansion behind it at home. He sug- | gested as & possible device a system of | étviding the period of training into two | parts—one preliminary and elastic, giving men the elements of military training, | and the other reserved for the period fol- |lowing an outbreak of hostilities, ‘which | would be devoted to more severe train- THE ACCURATE FITTING o But all training must be \'ol\mury.v OF MEN'S SMART CL O T HE S| Anything like conscription would deteat | its merits, and the training should be de- Chas Beilus & Co. Exclusive Figh-Grade Clothiers No Branch € No Agents. IS A SPECIALTY OF OURS. | centralized and the work of the military WE ARE ABSOLUTELY) TOP-NOTCHERS FOR FIT.| THIS SEASON WE INTRODUCEE and local government of the people them- selves. Then no government would go to war unless the peoplé supported it. The Secretary announced that by March 31 two army jcorps at home will have been completély rearmed, the Infantry recelying the short rifle, which experts A DEMI-TAILORED SYSTEM ‘ had declared to be the best Weapon. ———————————— CALLED CLOTHES CULTURE.|sexaToR TILLMAN TAKES < Our ifleas on style outclass most -tabors and are beyond the: reseh | clothes - shops folks are - led that our are very high There's got 10 be “knockers ™ most Seme believe prices Well!?t some 120-152 Zearny Street Thurlow Bloch . { | Regards His Message on ISSUE WITH PRESIDENT d In- quiry Resolution as Remarkable.” WASHINGTON, March 8. — Senator | Tillman said today that he did not | propose | amend the “T'iihnan-Giflespie resolution to . offer-any propesition to in accordance with the suggestions of | the President. He said the resolution was suficient to meet the objects in- tended, and he .disagreed with the view of the President. In the Benaté Tillman gave mnotice that ac Soon as opportunity offered he Wwould address the Benate on the mes- Jsage of the President. He referred to the President’s message as a ‘“very re- markable document,” and safd that but for the pressure to proceed with the statehood bill he would ask to ?a heard @t this time.. . \ i to | | THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY, MARCH 9, 1906 NEW POSTOFFICE AT LOS ANGELES - WILL BE A MONUMENT TO CITY. Plans - Call fdr, ‘Substant ‘ Equipped With All Modern Appliances. ] g, : jal. Six-Story Stone Building to Be i CONCRESS WARS ON 0L CLERKS WASHINGTON, March 8.—The House committee on appropriations agreed day to report an executive and judic appropriation bill carrying appropria- tions aggregating $23,134,181, as against $20,822,550 for 1906. The amount agreed {on is a reduction of $1,185,573 from the estimates submitted to the committee ‘by the various departments. Balaries carried in the bill for | sixty-five less persons than were pro- vided for in the last bill and the num- ber of salaries contemplated in the esti- Indian warehouse at San Fran- | reduced 236 by the commit- limitations on the appro- priations are stipula‘ed. The most radical of these is designed | to relieve the department payrolls of high-salaried -aged clerks.. It provides that no clerk over 65 years 6f age is to recelve mcre than $1400 a year. mo clerk over 68 years more than $1200 and no clerk over 70 move than $840. After June 13, 1913, no person in the classified service more’ than 70; years o0ld is to be retained in any department. The bill provides ' that hereafter clerks shall not be transferred from one department to another until they have served at least three years in the department from which they desire to be transferred. It requires that here- after all departments are to prepare their estimates each year according to the order and arrangement of the appro- priation acts for the year preceding. Any changes in such order and ar- rangement and transfers of salaries from one office to another desired by a head of a department are to be sub- mitted in notes added to the estimates. Most of these restrictions are designed to prevent the advancement of favorite clerks to the disadvantage of employes equally competent, but with less politi- cal backing. . ‘Accompanying the report of the-com- mittee will be printed a report of the hearings, containing statements from all Cabinet members, heads of bureaus and other officials as to the details of their estimates. POLCE FFTER ORTON HACK Speclal Dispatch to The Call LOS ANGELES, March 8—After a short and lurid flurry in frenzied finance, of which the popping of champagne corks and the swish of silken skirts was a fea- ture, Morton H. Mack, son of Marc Mack, the millionaire president of the Unitea Cigar ‘Company, better known as the ““tobacco trust,” has shaken the dust of Los Angeled from his feet. He is now supposed t0 be en rotte to Honoluly, but there is trouble in store for him, beeause a criminal complaint has been lodged against him and the machinery of the faw has been set in motion to secure his capture. He left here for San Francisco on Wednesday and the authorities have been asked to look out for him. He left in his wake a big bunch of unpaid bills and is alleged to have taken with him all the available cash of the Glen Miller Realty Company, in which he was a part- ner, amounting to $1500. The First National Bank today met all checks presented by creditors of the young man and would not discuss his es- capades, but the checks totaled another $1000. Other checks have been forwarded to his millionaire father. - Young Mack arrived in Los Angeles about six months ago and soon became known throughout a cerfain class as a good fellow. He spent money layishly and seemed to have a big income. Shortly after the first of the year he approached Glen Miller and sought t purchase a one-third interest in the com- pany. Mack was taken into full partner- | ship and for two months things went He recelved an allow-. along smoothly, ance of $1%°a month as spending mone; from his father. This he deposited to the credit of the. company. All went well until a notice from the bank showed that the company’'s balance had been over- drawn, when_the books indicated $1500 to its credit. Young Mack made this good, raieing part of the money with a check ori the Chemical National Bank of New York, which his father paid. “On Wednesday Mack announced that he was going to San Diego and after his de- parture & bank official notified the Glen Miller Realty Company that all its money had been drawn out of bank. A hurried investigation showed that Mack had left for San Iranclsco, en route to Honolulu: | -while he Then a criminal complaint was sworn to, put the nature of it was kept secret. - e would make ‘So0d the Gombany's father woul e e l:u:l. He refused to discuss tbgom 4 complaint. g 3 s who were acquainied with Mack | | ing, AEBATE CHARCE 10 BE PROBD WASHINGTON; March 8.—Upon being shown the publication in the New York | American today regarding the alleged i grantipg of rebates on the transportation of sugar, Attorney General Moody said: Some weeks ago a represcntative of that paper called on me and said that information was in the passession of that paper tending to i o W POSTOFFICE BUILDING THAT S SCON TO BE ERECTED AT LOS | | —+| | CALL BUREAU, POST BUILDING, WASHINGTON, March 8.—The pro-; of sugar had been given to the American Sugar Refining Ccmpany by the trunk lin.s of raliroads running out of New York Cily and asking if the Department of Justice sirad to use thé informgtion in ‘legal proceed- ings. - An examination of the matter showed ANGELES, posed new Postoffice and Courthouse at | cleafly that it was bighly important and i e endd to show the glving and receiving o Los Angeles is to be situated at the largn money rebates. . The subject 3 then corner of Main dnd Temple streets. Ap- | proximate dimensfons of the building | had been selected by the Presidcnt as District are 140x220 feet. It will contain slxi Auzlztrney for the Southern District of New stories, basement and ‘attic. | ¥ Y Fallowing this, cn the first day of February, The exterior of the building I¥ to be | ynicn was the date of Mr. Stimson's taking of Stone, the style being = & /Spanjsh | office. . contercnce was held. in. New York adaptation of the classic style. | batween the Attorney General, the assstant The inteblor fihish for & the public | i0 the Attorney General Mr. Purdy, amd Mr. Spaces consists 0f marblé and quar- | SECOTSAWheD ‘the evidmce was gome over tered. oak, marble mosaic floors. The | It 45 the purpose of the departmest to pro- general offices Will- be finished in ac- E:cd carefully, but with all possible expe- cordance with the usual requirements | dieney. ¥ Ti Ought to be sald that until this Informna- for such rooms, while the courts and| ., was furntshed the department by e e special offices Will have more elaborate | resentarive of the American the department finish, had no knowledge or euspicion of the facty, The building will be equipped with | and {nat the repraseatatives of that paper have all netéssary elevators, heating, light- | 2'ded the officials of the department in all ventilating and plumbing appli- i | wayp within their powes [ ances in acgordance with the best types | M00dy said further: of modérn practice. In the department at present the matter i in the stage of Investigation. No determ:nation I 3 as 1o who £nould be indicted has been arrived MEN HALED at, but full evidence will be laid before the RSN Grand Jury and it will determine against Continued From Page 1, Column 2. whom sufficient evidence exists to warrant in- dietments. It must be remembered that there can be no indictment against any person unl: s there s specified evidence of his own personal participation in violation of the la The District Attorney at New York, the diriction of the Attorney General, Wi vigorously, but in the meantime it s fo | more than fair that judgment be suspsnded until the whole matter has besny Investizated and tried by the courte. NEW YORK, March 8—Evidence of a definite agreement between the raflroads running out of New York City upon a di- vision of the sugar freight business and also the payment of rebates was given before the United States Grand Jury to- day. Representatives” of Willlam R. Hearst, the complainant in the case, de- clared the Government was In possession of documentary proof on every point charged, and that the United States Dis- trict Attorney’s office was confident of exposing the most startling relations ex- isting between carrying and producing trusts. The Delaware, Lackawanna and West- ern Company, M, Palmer of the firm of act by the presence of at least 1000 active insurahce agents.” The programme for tomorrow will be dggwn ‘with a_ view to completing the héfiring in one day. The legislative committee, nevertheless, will not cur- tall the speakers. Th¢ hearing will be held in the Assembly chamber and in the presénce practically of the entire membership of the Legislature. 3 JREE. o T « EXPOSURES €O0ST HEAVILY. Falling O of 347,860,787 in Year's Busi- mens of the Mutual Life. NEW YORK, March 8.—Investiga- show that large rebates on the transportation | brought to the attentlon of Mr. Stimson, who | tibns and exposurés of the affairs of life insurance companies are declared to be the reason for a falling off in the business of the Mutual Life during the last year of $47,869,787. This great loss was shown in the company’'s annual statement for 1905, which was made public today. ' b According to the Mutual's statement lapses of policies ' increased, during 1905, $7,207,427, and commissions and bonuses to agents, less commissions on reinsurance, jumped up $1,5§9,343.73. A comparison of the business done during the last two yéars shows that, in 1904, $229,522,430 in policles was written, while in 1905 the new business amount- ed to only $181,662,643. DEATH CLAIMS " DENNIS LE DUC, AN ENGINEER LOS ANGELES, March 8.—Dennis Le Duc, mémbeér of an old and noted Havemeyer & Elder, a dock company and others are the defendants in the principal rebate action, and other rallroads figure in other proceedings. Nearly every rail- road with terminals in New York or Jersey City is concerned in the proceed- ings. SR R Y Favor Rate Legislation. REDLANDS, March 8.—At & mass meeting this afternoon more than 200 orange growers unanimously adopted a memorial to Congress in favor of rate legislation along the lines of the Hep- burn bill, granting the Interstate Com- merce Commission increased powers. e e . WOULD BUILD CANAL BY BONTRACT SYSTEM e WASHINGTON, March $.—The exam- inatfon of Professor Willlam H. Burr of New York, formerly a member of the Isthmian Canal Commission and a member of the board of consulting en- gineers appointed by President Roose- velt to-report upon the most feasible type for a canal .across the istamus French family and a well-known Cana- | of Panama, occupied all of today be- dian engineer and builder of many rafl- | fore the Senate fommittee on inter- roads in Canada, is dead here after a | oceunic canals, and will be résumed to- long illness. His body will be taken to | MOTTOW. er for ln‘term::t. The deccased| The examination for the day closed was slightly over 50 years of age. He | with testimony favoring the contract leaves a large estate, which will be in- | plan for constructing the waterway. Jt herited by a daughter, Mrs. Robert El- | was suggested by tor Morgan that liott of Denver. Le Duc,was born in | Congress doubtless would have to pass Montreal and spent most of his life in | upon the question of having the canal Canada. He came here several months | built by contractors, and he asked the ;5}, ‘t'x“u"" from liver and bronchial | witness to give his views on that sub- ctions, > Ject. 4 TrITTr et “I think it will be best for the Goyv- Celebrate Completion of Car Lime, | ernment, as a whole, if contractors do STOCKTON, March 8.—A business | thé work” sald Professor Burr. men’s banquet was given here tonight| e added that he would be of this to celebrate -the completion of the | opinion, whether the watefway were Central California Traction Company's constructed on the sea level or with street railroad system in Stockton, nine | Jocks. He expressed the opinion, how- miles in length, which is now in opera- | ever, that the Government should pro- tion. One hundred and fifty bus ceed with the work far enough to de- men attended. Judge Frank H. fth | termine fairly what would be a reason- was toastmaster. i e able price to pay for the work. i —————— e 3] 2 R § T *| = Big Ships for the Nome Trade. was here were not so lemient, | SEATTLE, March 8.—The new steam, and it 18 sald that developments will show | ship company which has been organ- the dealings of Mack to have been on | ized by Captain Omar J. Humphrey v;m Yy 0] a much larger it d to buy two new 3000 ton steam: B b e e e A i toih Phiy el 1ok orsvats g e g v i 1 " Bertha and Fortland, | on December 7, 1905, to prepare a plan | pointed by executive order on Decem- | {tress near Surf, arrived here at “5E | TUBERCULOSI President Roosevelt Directs (Crusade Against Disease the ' Federal Service m MUST OBEY THE RULES Orders Are Issued to Heads of All Government De- partments to Fight Malady WASHINGTON, March 8.—A ecrusade against the spread of tuberculosis among the employes of the Government service in Washington was teday direct- ed by President Roosevelt, who issued an order to the heads of all departments giving them explicit insiructions as to their duties in combating the disease. After referring to the report of the com- mittee appointed by an executive order for the prevention of tuberculosis in Government offices and workshops, the order directs that the head of each ex- ecutive department In Washington shall sce that the printed rules prepared Dby the committee be placed in each Federal building under his control;. that the names of persons in his department who are afflicted with tubereulosis be ascer- tained and a copy of the rules be pre- sented to each; that non-observance of the rules may, at the discretion of the department head, be considered just cause for separation from the service. Phe order further provides that when- evér there is doubt‘with regard to any -person in the Government service as to whether said person is afflicted with pulmonary tuberculosis, an order must be issued:for an examination at one of the Goveérnment laboratories and that a certificate’ showing the result of sald examination must be presented to the department. If a Government laboratory is not accessible the laboratory investi- gation shall be made at Government ex- pense. The order directs the surgeon géneral of the army, the surgeon general of the navy and the surgeon general of the public health and marine hospital ser- vice to cguse a thorough sanitary in- spection of the public buildings and workshops under their respective depart- ments, 'and authorizes them to detail from their respective medical service a sanitary board or boards for this pur- pose. These boards are required to make re- ports to the surgeon general of their respective services, who must bring thelr reports before the committée ap- ber 7, 1905, “ the lattér committee to transmit 4 full report with recommenda- tions to the President. TALE OF WRE, PRIV LNTRLE SANTA BARBARSA, March . 8.—The crew of freightdraid No. 244, whieh was-| reported to Have Seem & vessel in ais- | | | this morning. . They state that the re- port that they saw a vessel displaying distress signals is without foundation. | What they did see, they say, was two vessels, presumably the Santa Rosa and the Coos Bay, passing each other at that point late last,néght and displaying sig- nal lights, which were at first taken for signals of distress. From this fact ap- pear to have arisen the reports of dis- aster to a vessal. It is believed the story was a delib- erate hoax, or the result of a misun- derstanding of something sald by one | of the crew of the freight train last | night. The weather along the coast has | been unusually warm, with clear skies, | and not the least sign of a storm during the last few days. NIGHT WATCHMAN ! SHOT BY BARTENDER | Mysterious Sheoting Affair _in a Saloonrat Wat- sonville. Special Dispatch to The. Call. WATSONVILLE, March 8.—Bert Phe- lan, a night watéchman in Chinatown, was shat and killed at 11 o'clock to- | night by Al Carter in a saloon of which Carter was bartender. Phelan was shot through the heart. Carter. #ho was | afterward arrestad and lodged in jail, asserted that the shooting wap acci- PLACE OF CARR One of the Most Spirited Con- tests in Army History Is Over With at Last MUST RETIRE IN 1907 Pennsylvania Colonel Who Served in Civil War Can Reign but a Short Time P A . WASHINGTON, March 8.—One of the most spirited contests for a place in the history of the army was settled to- day when Secretary Taft announced that Colonel John W. Bubb of the Twelfth Infuntry had been selected to be brigadier general in the United States army to fill a vaeanecy created by the retirement of General Carr. . It has been rumored for some time past that a jualor oflicer was to be promoted to this position and army circles were greatly disturbed. Colonel Bubb is from Pennsylvania. He entered the service as a private ‘at the outhreak of the Civil War. He must retire on account of age in 1907. Colonel Bubb's promotion, however, will be preceded by the promotion of four lieutenant colonels to the rank of brigadier general, conditioned upon their immediate retirement. They are L. W. Cook, Twenty-fifth Infantry; Jo- seph M. Califf, Artillery Corps; H. R. Turrill, medical department, and Crosby P. Miller, quartermaster’s department. PROBABLE VACANCIES ON SUPREME €COURT Fuller and Harlan May Fol- low Brown Into Re- tirement. n to The Cail Special Disj WASHINGTON, March 8.—President Roosevelt has accepted the resignation of Associate Justice' Brown of the United States Supreme Court. Ne indi- cation as to Justice Brown's suceessor is glven. Assoclate Justice Brown's retirement has revived talk of the early retire- ment of Chief Justice Fuller, who is 73 years old. The Chief Justice and Justice Harlan were callers at the White House today, and, as both are eligible for pri- vate life, their presence has caused much speculation. The former is feeble, but Justice Harlan is still vigorous. Secretary Taft is considered Chief Justice Fuller's probable successor. —_———— LIEUTENANT GENERAL GRADE PROBABLY WILL BE ABOLISHED House Overwhelmingly in Favor of Prompt Counsideration of Bill teo This Effect, WASHINGTON, March 8.—The House today passed the Indian appropriation bill and proceeded to tangle Itself up over the bill to abelish the grade of lieutenant general In the army. The result was an adjournment for lack of a quorum after members had been locked In the hall for half an hour and the sergeant-at-arms had been scurry- ‘Mg to the various hotets inrsearch of members. The vote to consider the bill showed an overwhelming sentiment in fts faver, and, as it is the pending busi- ness under call of committee, it prob- ably will be reported and passed in due course. —_——————— HOMA LAND OFFICE GETS SEVERE SHAKING UP OKLA President Rooseve.t Removes Three Officials for Irregularities im Their Accounts. WASHINGTON, March $.—President Roosevelt bas removed from office John H. Oliphant, register; J. A. Trotter, receiver, and S. J. Chapman, clerk of ths Land Office at Mangum, O. T. for irregularities in their conduct of the business of the office. Today he ap- pointed George B. Roberts to be regis- ter of the Mangum Land Offics. The appointment s only temporary, as the Mangum office is to be discontinued in April —_——— CHRISTIAN HERALD GIVES ANOTHER $10,000 TO JAPANESE Like Amount Wil Probably He Do- nated Omce a Week From Now Oun. WASHINGTON, March 8.—For the third time the Christian - Herald, through Dr. Kloepsch, its editor, .has made a large contribution to the Jap- anese famine relief fund. Today the State Department received from that paper, through the Red Cross Society, $10.000 for transmission to Japan, and it Is said that a similar sum dental. There were no witnesses to tie | will probably be contributed weekly aftair, for some time to come. MILLBRAE "PARK The Ideal Residence Suburb Delightfully situated on a beautifully wooded slope, adjoining the railroad. Twenty minutes’ ride from city on Bay Shore cut-off. Train service every fifteen minutes on Suburban Electric Line. All cars stop at Millbrae Park—depot on tract. ' Millbrae Park has just been subdivided. Nof a lot has been reserved. C€hoice lots can \now be had at from $250 to $500 on easy terms. Street and sewer work guaranteed. This is the opportunity for investor or -home builder to buy at first value, in San Francisco’s closest and choicest suburb. - Excellent railroad facilities and ideal climate make the future of Millbrae a certainty. These lots will increase 50% by October 1, 1906 EXCURSIONS DAILY. CALL AT OUR CE A ] GE FOR FREE TRANSPORTATION, .‘N . PLAN T CHECK BUBB T0 TAKE »