The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, March 10, 1906, Page 4

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, MARCH 10, 1906. FRENCH PRESIDENT EVADES TASKPTTSHURC NEN OF SELECTING A CABINET. | ———————e President Fallieres of France has tired of his task of forming a new French Cabinet. He has called in Jean Sarrien for Minister of Justice of the Republic and requested him to distribute the portfolios. Sarrien will become premier if he is successful in forming the ministry. Requests Jean Sarrien to Pick Men for Portfolios. Former Minister of Jus-; tice May Take the Premiership. Lengthy Conference Fails to End Trou- bles of France. | Mini and offered | C: et. If rgeols will s; M. Poin President tonight, his a pertfolio. In T M CER L RTE ADMIRAL TRAIN GUEST OF VICEROY OF CANTON Friction Between Chinese Officidl and Amert Representatives Glves Place to Pleasanter Relations. of Rear an the Vi ale attend nsulate WOMAN SUFFRAGISTS CAUSE RIOT IN BRITISH CAPITAL | Angry Amazons Whe Attack Oficial Residence of Premier Campbell- | Bapperman Dispersed. i NDON, March 9, band of :hxr!‘y! suffragists attempted | Campbeli-Banner- | e in Downing | succumbed after to the superior arge force of police. were taken to the| gling and scream- | ¢ their companions, | with C. H. BI” C. H Premier Campbell-Ban- n Cabinet called | mar wed BRITISH POLIC INTER! HOLDERS' S TO BE GUARDED | LONDON, March $.—' . nseryative e Earl of On- e notice in the | his intention | nt as to( disclosures anies doing | 2 to keep in ufficient proportion of | irities to cover the elaim of policy-holders. The matter will come up in the House next week. —_————— Would Reduce Postage Rates. { BE v, M 9.—In the Reich- | stage aster General von Moltike uring the debate on | the Germany | ropose nternational Union ' to raise the weight of | ter postage to .two-thirds of | ——— b Fighting Near Tangler. March $.—The Petit Journal's | Tangier reports that | uli, fought the Anjera e town on Friday morn- | 2 men were killed -and SCOTT’S EMULSION, MOTHER AND CHILD. Let the mother take Scott’s Emulsion for the two; it never fails to| benefit them both. One can eat for two, but nour- ishing two is a different thing. It calls for a de-| gree of internal strength that the average woman lacks. People of luxury | are not very strong by habit; overworked people are weak in some func- tions from exhaustion or their surroundings. Scott’s Emulsion can be depend- ed upon to overcome such conditions. It is a won- derful food for a mother and child. SCOTT & BOWNE, 4og Pearl Strect. New York. 3 | SRS 1 ) (‘3\,/ &7 \ Y SRS OR— FORMER MINISTER OF JUSTICE OF FRANCE, TO WHOM HAS BEEN EN- TRUSTED THE TASK OF FORMING STATESMAN WHOSE CO-OPERATION IS VERY MU NEW CABINET, AND FRENCH DESIRED. PORTE YIELDS 0 UNCLE SHM | A1l Consignments for Ameri- can Schools in Syria Will Be Admitted Free of Duty CONSTANTINOPLE, March $9.—The Porte has yiélded to the American de- mands and has informéd the American legation that orders have been sent to Beirut to admit, free of -duty, all con- signments for the American schools in Syria. The same note declares that the Porte is ready to accord the same official Tecognition to American as to other schools, if a request to that ef- fect is presented to the proper depart- ment for each InStitution separately. This 18 not satisfactory to the Ameri- can legation, where it is considered to indicate a further attempt at procras- tination, as similar requests for the recognition of certain schools presented to the Ministry a year ago have not yet been granted. The legation now pro- poses to apply more urgent pressure for the recognition of the four most impor- tant educational establishments. OREGON POLICE CHIEF TAKES HIS OWN LIFE Shoots Himself Following an: Investigation by the -Grand Jury. PORTLAND, March 9.—A dispatch to the Telegram from Eugene, Ore., states that Ghief of Police Joseph S. Stiles.com- mitted suicide last night by shooting him- self in the head. His body was founa early todey in an old tannery building on the outskirts of the city. Stiles was 0 years of age, a man of family and.a | member of. the-Christian church. The cause of the deed is supposedly in connection with investigations of the Grand Jury in regard to a statutory charge, combined with the giving of liquo# to young girls. Constable Virgil Rowland was indicted last night as a re- sult of these investigations, and it"is as- serted that other indictments are prob- able. —— Police Commissioners Meet. At a meeting of the Board of Police Commissioners last night Frank Guestel, a saloon man at 684 Fourth street, who stabbed Albert Whitenhagen, was brought up to show cause why his license should | mot be revoked. Ths case was thoroughly thrashed out and the Commissioners be- lieved the saloon man acted in self-de- fense and allowed him to continue his business. The following licenses were granted: John and Henry Ehler, to purchase Mar- tin Meyer's saloon at Lyon and McaAllis- ter streets; Charles H. Ward, to purchase Stefano Gianettoni's saloon at 27 Sixth street; Timothy B. Healy, to purchase C. Nichol's saloon at 78 Folsom estreet and to transfer it to the southwest corner of Fifth and Folsom streets; Francesco Cas- tamagna, to purchase Herman Karp's sa- loon and transfer it to the northwest corner of Larkin and California streets. and Leopold Stein, to purchase Gustav Awishus’ restaurant at 824 Larkin st. Ja- cob Sambrailo, Fillmore and Post streets, was given permission to erect six boxes in his establishment. T. G. Thompson and J. Jefterson were given licenses to drive automobiés. - .- ¥ g / e S Pl e it e INSURKNCE WEN MAKE APPEALS Appear Before Investigators and Tell of Harm Proposed Legislation Will Do Them ALBANY, N. Y., March 9.—The joint special insurance legislative investigation committee today listened . to statements of insurance presidents,, actuaries and agents, against some’ of. the most far- reaching provisions of the bills amending the State insurance law and embod{mx the recommendations of that committee as the result of its investigatign of the conditions of the life insurancé business in this State. The hearing was a disappointment to those who had expected either a bitter onslaught upon the bills or an oceasién of sensational utterances. With few ex- ceptions the speeches were of a technical character. An interesting feature of the hearing wes the presence of the: three new, presi- dents of the “Big Three” life insurance companies af New York—Paul Morton, head of the Equitable; Alexander E. Orr, prestdent of the New York Life, and Charles A. Peabody, president of the Mutual Life. All three spoke briefly, President Morton flling a written gom- munication, one of the principal subjects of which was the proposed restrictions upon the investments of life insurance companies. All agreed in the assertlon that the adoption of the main proposed restric- tions upon business investments, com- migsjons and cost of new and renewal business would work great damages to the companies and probably drive many foreign companies out of the State. There was little reference to the more sensational disclosures of the insurance investigation, and. no opposition to the recommendations designed to stop -and prevent corrupt practices, N con- tributions and the like. The hearing was adjourned until next Tuesday afternoon. il Deffauds Insurance Company. COLORADO SPRINGS, March-9.— After being out only thirty-five minutes a jury in the District Court returned a verdict finding J. J. McEachern guilty of conspiracy to defraud an in- surance company. The penalty is from one to fourteen years' imprisonment. Seven persons are charged with being implicated in the conspiracy, but seépa- rate trials will be given each. : e / PRINCESS ENA WILL VISIT ROME, March 9.—Active negotiations are being carried on regarding the pro- posed visit of Princess Ena to the Pope. The visit, if made, will be in the strict- est sense incognito, and will take place before her marriage, for the reason that as Queen of Spain she would b® unable to come to Rome in consequence of the position taken by the Vatican: Present opposition to the visit is bey lieved by the Vatican to be due to the English royal family's fear of Proest- ant resentment. After receiving certain reports teling of the good qualities of the English. Princess the Pope ex- claimed: “She will be an excell Queen, with whom the people of may well be content.” ‘Fixcellence in £ Is what your picture will get If Brought to us.. comprehensive life of ready-made Our and mouldings SRR T0 STAND ALONE Decide to Attend -Conference With Other Mine Owners at Indianapolis as Body EXPLANATION IS MADE President of Coal Operators’ Tells How Roosevelt Be- came Mixed Up in Fight PR PITTSBURG, March 9.—When the coal operators of the Pittsburg district go to the genéral convention at Indlanapolis on March 19 with the operators of Ohio, In- diana ang Illinoig they will take a stand as a body. This action was determined at the meeting called by Francis L. Rob- bins and which was held in this\ city to- day. Thert were about fifty operators present. Tonight it wag learned that there was somewhat of a sensation sprung during the meeting. From a source that is re- gardeu as trustworthy, it is learned that a demand was made of Mr. Robbins, who was presiding, that an explanation be made of how President Roosevelt came to enlist in the pending controversy be- tween the miners and operators. The demand, it is said, was made by George B. Magoon, vice president and gerieral manager of the Pittsburg and Westmoreland Coal Company, one of the| largest of the independent coal compa- nies. Mr. Robbins sald the whole matter was accomplished as a result of the confer- ence with John Mitchell, while they were in New York. The situation was serious and both agreed that it was necessary to get another meeting of the interstate conference. Robbins, explaining further, said ‘that Mitchell went to the long distance tele- phone and called up the President at the ‘White House. After explaining the status of the matter to him he suggested that he write a-letter to Robbins urging that a new conference be called. He also asked the President to talk the matter over with Robbins, and, without changing the call, Mr. Robbins went to the line and arranged for the letter to be written which would be the basis of the second call of the general conference. This was on Monday, February 24, and on February 2 Mr. Robbins. received the letter from President Roosevelt, and the call of another conference followed. This, Mr. Robbins explained, was the story of the President's intervention. O.ne of the strongest points made at today's confer- ence, it was also said tonight, was against any settlement for more than a single year. It was stated by coal men themselves today that the partial settlement of the dispute at Indianapolis or the signing of the wage agreement by the Pittsburg Coal Company, with the rest of the ope- rators holding back, could mean but one thing, and that was the decline of the power of the United Mine ‘Workers, which would then have many districts and States to settle with” separately/ and would be kept im a continual state of trouble because of the dragging along of the conferences. It was regarded as_certain by some of those most interested .that any and all operators who sign the new agree- ment will be allowed to work their mines whether the og:eu“ugl‘:uolry r:;:et.‘ this, it ved, will X ::r"mtn;‘t:gulgz“;d: within the next few months, S Montana Miners on Strike. GREAT FALLS. Mont., March 8.—All coal miners in the employ of the Al- berta Rallway and Coal Company at Lethbridge and Alta, 200 miles north of Great Falls, struck this morning, demanding an increase in wages and other concessions, About 700 men are out. R TP R " Gompers Conféers With Mitchell. NEW YORK. March 9.—Presiderit Gompers of the American Federation of Labor held anothef conference to- day with President Mitchell of the United Mine Workers of America, con- cerning the situation in the hard and soft coal flelds. WONAN TRAPS BOLD SCHEMER Solicitor for Bogus Charity Meets His Mateh in Wife of New York Millionaire N Special Dispatch to The Call. NEW YORK, March 9.—Mrs. C. K. G. Billings, wife of a rich financler and horse owner, today trapped a slick young man giving the name of Arthur Ester for whom the police have been search- ing for several days, on complaints of many residents of Fifth avenue. Hster two _years ago got $00 from Mrs. Collis P. Huntington and. large sums from other wealthy and philanthropic women to aid him, he said, in the charitable work of establishing a newsboys’ maga- zine. . Jackson Wallace, & lawyer, was caught for $5000 by the schemer. Ester called at thé Billings home, tell- ing the butler that he had a letter to Mrs. Billings and that he felt sure she would be glad to contribute to funds for & ball for the “Telegraph Clerks' and y Operators’ Association.” Mrs. Bil- became suspicious and asked him to_call in an hour for a handsome check. Mrs. Billings called the Western Union office by telephone and learned that no such organization existed. She telephoned to police headquarters and asked for two men at once. Detectives hurried to Bil- lings' home. Mrs. Billings had placed a marked dollar bill in an envelope. She hid the detectives in the reception hall “The young man appeared and received the sealed envelope from Mrs, Billings with profuse thanks. As he. was leav- mh‘ the house the detectives arrested im. The detectives found that Hster had a list of Fifth-avenue millionaires. Some /of the names were checked. He admitted that he had been soliciting for the “ball for several days and had been successful at many rich homes. ———— Censorship Discontinued. MONTEVIDEO, March 9.—The cen- sorship, which was established here on the day of the recent revolutionary movement has been discontinued. The political €lubs have been reopened and the newspapers which were suppressed ve been permitted to resume publica- t ‘Seine Victim Not American Girl . PARIS, March §.—Mr. and Mrs. Brown of l.ondqn arrived here last ‘nlght from England and recognized the wo{mfiu&&om'mm nd recently in the Seine, as "'fi ', erron Tican w’fw FIRENEN FACE DEAT N FLANES —— Continued From Page 1, Column 1. the position of the men on the outer wall bechime one of peril. By 1 The heat from the building betame ter- rific and small fires started along San- some street. They were quickly extin- guished. Three times men from engines 6 and 10 were driven from their places along the fire escape, only to return to the attack. \ The water tower on Halleck street, unable to get farther away than three yards from the building, was forced to send its stream through the upper windows and was unable to play upon the roof, which was ablaze Jfrom end to end. At 7 o'clock the flames had eaten their way down the elevator shaft and into the basement, where they became like a crater under the firemen's feet. Apparatus was hurriedly moved back and gangs of men ripped up the cover- ing to extinguish the basement flames. By 9 o'clock the back part of the build- ing and the fourth and fifth floors were red hot, and at this time three heavy presses plunged downward through the floors, sending up.showers of sparks. % The water tower stream, under Cap- tain Frank MecClusky, directed its at- ~ tention to the back end of the building and a stream fréom a building diagon- ally opposite. the southwest corner aided in driving the flames toward the front of the building. SOME NARROW ESCAPES, At 10 o'clock the firewall .running through the middle of the building was eaten through, and the front upper floors, hitherto dark, glowed with flames. Eating through the roof, they attacked the huge flagpole, and the police were ordered to clear the streets, as the timber anveared to be tottering. The second water tower and battery, however, kept the flames away. On the fifth floor, just before the roof fell in the center of the building, Lieu- tenant G. Hartman of truck 1 and Hose- man O'Brien of engine 26 were working. O’Brien, astride bf the window sill, was alding the lleutenant away from the fur- nace when the crash came. As the roof fell, the fifth floor also crashed in, and Lieutenant Hartman leaped for the win- dow. He caught the sfll with ope arm and hung on. The edge of the falling roof caught and pinned his legs dgainst the wall, but failed to break the -fire- man’s hold and O'Brien pulled him through. Unconseious, Hartman was lowered and taken to the Harbor Hos- altal, where he is in a precarious condi- on. Hoseman B. McDermott of Engine 6 was on the roof of the burning building before the back part of the roof fell. He was ordered down, but thinking that his captain was in the smoke and flames, went back. He was 6vercome by smoke, and but for a fortunate stumble of a comrade, who fell over his prostrate form, would notshave been missed until too late. He is also suffering from in- ternal injuries. s MANY FIGHTERS ARE HURT. Under a falling skylight two men werd pinned while red hot asphaltum poured down upon them. ILieutenant Rocco of Engine 1 received a cut across the back of the hand that severed an artery, and, unconscious; was removed to the Har- bor Hospital. Captain Cullenof Engine 6 was burned about the eyes with molten roofing and may lose his sight. James O’'Neil of Truck 1 had the tendons to the fingers of both hands cut and is in a seri- ous condition. In another part of the building, when clouds of smoke rolled from the soggy paper stored on the third floor, Hose- man L. Swanberg of Engine 6 fell un- censclous, and was also removed to the Harbor Hospital. He was soon fol- lowed by Lieutenant E. Daunet of En- gine 6, whose eyes were badly burned and whose condition is critical. At 11 o'clock, when the flames began to die out on what was once the top floor, a rumor was spread that a fireman was still in the building, and a swarm of men went up the ladders to the rescue. Every tenable part of the building was searched without result, and only a roll call in the engine-houses will reveal the possible death of a man in the flames. At 10 o'clock the fourth alarm engines were sent back to their quarters, and at 12:46 the third alarm was tapped out. Below the ruins of the fourth story, the building was black; but about the frame- work of the fifth and the roof, the red flames still leaped, beyond the reach of water. Far into the morning hours the blazes flared up and died out, and it was near dawn before the final tap-out sig- naled the end of the conflagration. SETERO FIRST TO THE FIRE. The fire is first reported to have been seen by Andrew Setero, a stone cutter, who was working on the third floor. He notified Secretary J. F. Wiggin of the Union Lithograph Company, a tenant of the building, and-both men made their exit by way of the fire escape. On the street the fire was first seen by F. J. McCoy of 820 Battery street, who shouted the alarm to Special Officer C. L. Ogden. A volume of smoke was seen pouring from the third-story windows that face toward Bacramento street as *Ogden turned in the alarm from box 31 Before the engines arrived the intense heat broke the windows on the Halleck street side of the building and a sheet of flame leaped forth. Along the third floor on the Halleck street side window after window emitted its dense volumes of smoke and then the leaping flames, while a stream of sparks began to ascend foun- tain-like from the elevator shaft in the center of the building. When the Fire Department arrived the third floor was a furnace and the flames were eating their way upward and downward along the shaft. s Engines 10 and 8 were the nearest and first to arrive. One glance told of the gravity of the danger and a second ‘alarm wasg tapped in. Apparatus began arriv- ing from the lower part of the city, and on the second alarm came First Assist- ant Chief Dougherty, who took active charge. A third and.a fourth alarm came tapping one upon another, and soon the entire downtown and middle sections of the city were resounding with gal- loping horses and clanging bells. OSSES ADD UP HIGH. * ‘Bookkeeper J. Dolan and Cashier Jacob ot Cunningham, Curtiss & Welch were near at hand and with the aid of Special Joseph Cupper and Frank E. Warren, re- moved the important books and accounts from the ground floor offices of the firm. At conservative figures, however, the fltfl;&lfll is estimated at 3$300,000, with $200,000 insurance. The top floor, of which scarcely a ves- tige remains; was leased by L. Roesch Ppresses and printing, the company lost 47,000 cuts and engravings and 35,000 poster plates, The Union Lithographic Company is es- timated by its president. B. S. Hubbard, to have l(tnt Mm mm was preparing to va the Roesch I Re 1 ¢ ally Good ings to Eat Are made with Royal Baking Powder —bread, biscuit,.cake, rolls, muffins, crusts, and all the various pastries re- quiring a leavening or raising agent. Risen with Royal Baking Powder, all these foods are superlatively light, sweet, tender, delicious and wholesome. Royal Baking Powder is the greatest of time and labor savers to the pastry cook. Besides, it economizes flour, butter and eggs, and, best of all, makes thie food more digestible and healthful. ‘ ROYAL BAKING POWDER CO., NEW YORK. TH FRN WL PAY EVERY DA tors, Pleases Laborers by Its System of Compensation Pocetla e e = The laborers of this city and the sur- rounding country are appreciative of the innovation in methods of payment now practiced by tHe C. E. Loss Company, one of the largest contracting firms in the | United States. The C. E. Loss Company | now has charge of the construction of the roadbed of the Ocean Shore Raflway, and it has surmounted great difficulties so far in accomplishing its work. The C. E. Loss Company has four pay- masters to attend to the work of paying off its employes. Thé compdny gives de- mands to its workmen ‘as soon- as they have any money due them, and these de- mands may be cashed at once. Thus the men may be paid by the day, the week or the month, as they desire. Heretofore it had Been cystomary for contractors to hold back wages for a few weeks and then deduct a certain percentage if the men left before the end of the month. The C. E. Loss system of payment has found high favor among the employes. At the regular weekly meeting of the San Francisco Labor Council last night, with Vice President Bell in thé chair, a motion was made by the delegates from the Waiters’ Union to levy -a boycott against Shell Mound Park on the ground that the manager refused to comply with union rules. A communication was received from the Postoffice Clerks' Union urging the co- operation of the council in favor of Con- gressman Wilson's bill. The communica- tion also suggested that the co-operation SHAKESPEARE A CHRISTIAN Frederick Warde So Proves Him to Be in a Lecture Given at Steinway Hall “Shakespeare: An Apostle of Christian- ity”"—that was the theme of Frederick Warde's lecture last night at Steinway Hall, the third of the series. Half argument, half recital, the lecturs was a feast for reason and a joy to the ear. The speaker interpolated into his address an impassioned appeal for the revival of legitimate drama. He begged the people to give its support to the ideals of the drama and to the actors to stand by them. “As matters are today,” he said, “the actor who is an artist ean- not get an engagement.” He supported his argument about the God-fear of Shakespeare by quoting illus- trative passages. He gave the lines of Henry V before the battle of Agincourt; of ‘péor ‘old Cardinal Woolsey, ‘Stripped of his honors, left naked to his enemies, ad- dressing himself to God for support: of Portia in the courtroom sceme, in her beautiful appeal for mercy; of Hamlet, where, in his soliloquy, hé speaks of the immortality of the soul. This morning Warde will give a recital from “Julius Caesar” to the High School pupils at Steinway Hall. On March 21 he will address the Lowell and Mission high schools: BANQUET NEW OWNERS OF FATIRMONT HOTEL Law Brothers Homored by Friends to Celebrate Ae- quisition of Hostelry. of the members of the Grand Army of the | Dr. Hartland Law and Herbert E. Law Republic, whose salaries were reduced by | were given a banquet by a number of the San Francisco Postmaster, be sought | their friends last night in honor of their in favor of the passage of' the bill. KAHN OFFERS SERVICES. The law and legislative committee made a recommendgtion that a league he formed with representatives from all la- bor organizations to work toward the end of having the law bearing on injunctions as handed down by courts with reference to labor strikes and the use of boycotls against offending firms and individuals made more clear and intelligible to the public. By this means, it Is thought, the actions of Judges will be brought into public view and censure can have a more @irect effect. Congressman Julius Kahn replied to a communication sent him from the Liquor Dealers’ Association urging Congress to make more liberal conditions for the beme- fit of the officers of the internal revenus service, who are overworked and poorly paid. The movement on foot is for the obtaining of a thirty-day vacation in each year, with full pay, and also of a fixed stipend instead of the present scale rate of pay. Representative Kahn promised to do everything in his power in the mat- er. ‘With the street committee of the Board of Supervisors, President P. H. MeCarthy and Secretary O. A. Tvietmoe of the Building Trades Couneil will visit a por- tion of the route over which the Ocean Shore Railroad is about to be constructed, in order to consider the claims of the property owners who have opposed the route through certain sections of the Po- trero heights. » COOKS DECLARE BOYCOTT. A boycott was .declared by the Cooks’ Union agalnst the Golden West Restau- rant because of a disregard of union rules in not paying schedule wages. Alexander Dijeau, who, before his ex- pulsion, was the of the Milk Wagon Drivers' Union, expelled last nigi from the local joint executive council of team drivers in this city. Dijeau is still third vice president of the International Union. houses of Ginn & Co., D. C. Heath & Co.; Sflver, Burdette & Co., and the Macmillan Company. Their losses will average ag:yulremnt of the Fairmont Hotel prop- erty. It was a royal feast, enlivened by a number of clever speeches, all upon the subject of what the development and beauty of the new hotel would do toward adding to the attractiveness of the city when the new hostelry was opened to the public. Speeches were made by Dr. Hart- land Law, Herbert E. Law, Jobn Me- Naught, Mr. Baum, George Squires, Ar- thur Matthews, Mr. Huntington, W. C. Hlo(rb', Mr. Berlinger, Allan Pollok, Mr. Kllpatrick of New York, Mr. Reid of Reid Brothers, the architects of the Fairmont, and Mr. Street. NEW WARRANT FOR FANENY Mother-in-Law Charges the -San Jose Millionaire With Perjury in Divorce (ase it SAN JOSE, March 9.—A warrant issued this afterncom for the George B. McAneny, the millionaire min- ing man, on a charge of perjury in con- nection with the divorce action recently brought by his wife, Mrs. Mabe] The complaint was made e : eliel Bt