The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 28, 1906, Page 1

Every boy would like to-be able to make a real telephone system to connect him J with the homes of his friends. tells him just how he can easily build the entire system for himself, in The Sunday Call ack Kneiff VOLUME CIL—NO. 28. REEN HAS CORNER IN POTATOES Mystery of Shortage Solved When Market Prices Go| the Topmost Notch to BROWN MAN OUTDOES HARTE’S HEATHEN| Buys When Farmers Sell at Low Figures, Holds for Big Advance and Gets It SPECIAL DISPATCH TO THE CALL LOS ANGELI of all today tribute to a shrewd little Kinya Shima, of Stockton. He has cor- mered the potato market and holds the California are paviag Japanese, situstion in the hollow of his hand. He will be the virtual dictator of prices until mext season; he and the ese companies he controls stand to well their crop for $1,000,000, and Shima will himself clean up $250,000. This is the explanation of the high paid for potatoes for three past expla why they ue going higher. They may be we in gold” two so the housewife will oscope to find a two- age when the grocer wh known to the nese throu, his coup six started on a sm grower ked not known ware- broken. GOT CONTROL HOW HE ar he knew. He got control When the crop, the Americans freely product, getting the 11 more territory. hered ed t prices. that their potatoes were in de- ana they soon closed out. ‘when awoed upon them that the Japanese re not marketing. Not only this, t Shin was quietly purc ing all t hat came s waj and out the only potatoes left were ose raised by the Chinese At this period of the game James Co. of San Franc ke to the situa- co a few days this firm ad yers out scouring the whole country for potatoes. They raised the price so that growers were glad to sell thi to kept in 40,000 il they warehouses at Fresno 4 Stockton CHINESE RAISE PRICES Higgins & Co. succeeded in cap- | uring 20 per cent of the potato crop mot already controlled by Kinya ima before the Chinese growers be- e and jumped their prices up out of reach. But the Ameri- firm just aw can things and were willing that owners of the small amount still left should hold on to them. The Higgins Company expects to clear $20,000. Then the market began to creep up where they wanted them of potatoes g In six weeks it has gone from $1.37% per hundred pounds, in carload | lots, to $1.67%. Merchants have ordered many car- load lots from Wisconsin, Minnesota, Jaaho and Oregon. But there is the heavy freight rate In these cases to keep up prices and there is the risk of joss by frost and delay. The freight from any part of the points mentioned | amounts to 75 cents per hundred pounds. That does not relieve me situation. There will be no lower potato prices | until next year's crop matures, nd even then the Japanese will be in the| field. GROWD DISTURBS MASONIC RITES PARIS, Dec. 27.—There were disturb- ances late tonight at the Masonic head- | guarters, where the police dispersed c crowd which had forced an entrance | to the building for the purpose of carrying out Members of the crowd had previously | made legal declarations at the pre- facture of their intention to hold n public meeting. The demonltmnu claimed that the formalities reql.ired for religious meetings apply also to Freemasonry. The Senate committee on church and state separation today favorably re- ported the bill which was referred to §t amending the church and state sep- aration bill of 1905. The measure will be debated in the senate tomorrow. NANCY, France, Dec. 27.—The cor- rectional court here today fined Bishop Tetrinaz $10 for striking a gendarme during his expulsior \from the Episco- pal residence. i Dee. 27.—The people | ” Somehow Americans | and the Japanese grower had | or 3 cents a day, and It is still creep- | certain Masonic rites.| INDEX OF THE FRANCISCO CALL’S NEWS TODAY FRIDAY, I TELEPHONE TEMPORARY \ 1 DECEMBER 28, 1906. | WEATHER CONDITIONS YESTERDAY—Cloudy; east wind; maximum mperature, 58: minimum temperature, 50. FORECAST FOR TODAY—Cloudy; light south te winds, changing to morth. Page 11 | EDITORIAL Assertion that artisans cammot get work in vsn‘ Francisco is a falsehood. Page 8 Water front improvement requires important {reform in barbor management. Page § | Power companies operating in forest reserves | should pay moderate tax {mposed for water. P. 8 Methods employed in Panama 'canal construc- tion to impress the President. Page 8 GRAFT SCANDAL Schmitz makes motion for trial lndep!ndent of Ruef. Page 5 Jerry Driscoll found by detectives in Arizona town. Page 5 cIry Captain of Police Mooney refuses to remove e 1id” from tenderloin district, despite ad- ice of Commissioners, and City Attorney Burke takes legal phase of situation under advise- ment and will report to Commissioners. Pagel from Philippines a victim of tropical disease. P.3 M erney act comes before Supreme Court again in form of petition for rebearing question of its validity. Page 16 Passing of sentence on Louis Dabner is post- poned by Judge Cook pending the outcome of the trial of John Siemsen. Page 16 Policemen who permitted prisoner to leave Jail to commit felony are under the surveillance of detectives. Page 16 Hearing of George D. Collins’ petition for writ of babess corpus goes over until copy of writ of extradition can be procured. Page 18 John Barrett, Minister to OColombia, who Las been chosen director of the Bureau of American Republics, praises President and Root | for reorganization of consular service. Page 11 President of Board of Public Works Duffey says United Rajlroads mnst obey the ordi- vance governing street raflway curves. Page 2 SUBURBAN | Wedding of Cpinese couple marked” by observance of all the rules laid | by select white society. Page 1| T. Darden, prominent business man, for- of Eureka, sued in Oakland for divorce by nd wife, who follows course taken by first wife Page ¢ Scottish Rite Masons will build a besutiful cathedral In Oakland. tn Oakland is| dowr Levi y 1l from blood-poisoning. Page 4 nese wife murderously attacked in Oak- and by husband recently has forgiven him and ive with bim as s0on as be is reléhsed from | Page 4 Grand Master Stone of the Brotherbood of Locomotive Engineers orders members o4 Pacife | system of the Southern Pacific not to quit work in event of sympathetic firemen’s strike growing out of Atlantic eystem troubles. Page 1 Fear of insanity drives William Farrington to end life at his home in Pruitvale. Page 4 Berkeley Town Trustees pass ordinance under which saloons must close on January 1. Page & COAST | Shrewd Japanese corners potsto market and forces prices upward. Page 1 Father beats little daughter unmercifully with strap. = Page 3 Ex-seaman of battleship Ohio says he was shanghaied on board 'a whaler. Page § President Van Liew of Chico Normal School declares opposition to “‘union metbods” In teachers’ organization. Page 6 Fish are reported pumped up in large quanti- | ties from underground stream in Los Angeles | County. Page 7 DOMESTIC ack Hand” men threaten to kill Armenian isn in New York if he should fail to pay be yvictim of mistaken identity. P.3 Attorney General Bonaparte will prosecute | railroads violating law on care of livestock in shipment. . Page 3 Bryan virtually admits that he would accept | Democratic nomination for President. Page 3 Aged Oakland woman, who went East in search of son, sells papers in Pittsburg when stranded. Page 5 Harriman arouses ire of Roosevelt by harshly criticising acts of the administration. Page 1 Woman claims that lad found in New York | tenement s the heir to $50,000 left in trust by | George H. Pullman, grandson of inventor of palace car. Page 2 Sapta Fe orders inanguration of pension sys- fem to begin on first of year. Page 6 Trial of Harry K. Thaw will be the shortest of its kind in criminal bistory of New York. P.1 FOREIGN Storms continue to sweep over coast of Eng- land, damaging shipping. Page 7 | Count Witte thinks war between Japan and United States impossible. Page 6 SOCIAL Mrs. Sallie Stetson Winslow luncheon in bonor of debutante. SPORTS Ascot bettors angered by decision of judges in the last race almost start a riot. Page 6 Emeryville turfmen try to even up old scores | by boosting the entered prices of the winners of five selling events. Page 7 Willie Fitzgerald calls off match with Cyclone Thompson and will leave today for the East. Page 7 Referee Jack Welch visits the camps of Box- ers Gans and Herman and discusses the rules is hostess at Page 8 under which they will fight. Page 7 Local automobilists will try to break the seven-day-no-stop run record. Page 6 LABOR | Future political course of organized labor in | California will be outlined at State Federation of Labor convention at Stockton. Page 9 | MARINE Army transport Sherman arrives from the [ Philippines with many military passengers. P. 13 J MINING | Goldfield Consolidated mining shares are prin- | cipul feature in local market, fluctuating greatly | | with small transaetions. Page 10 THE CALL’S BRANCH OFFICES Subscriptions and Advertise- ments will be received in San Francisco at following offices: f 1651 FILLMORE STREET Open until 10 o'clock every night 818 VAN NESS AVENUB Parent’s Stationery Store. 642 TURK STREET At the Sign of the Lamp. SIXTEENTH AND sTS. Jackson’s Branch. 553 HAIGHT STREET Stationery Store. 1096 VALENCIA STREET Rothschild’s Branch. 1531 CHURCH STREET George Prewitt’s Branch. 2200 FILLMORE STREET ‘Woodward's Branch. | { | sjor Taggart of divorce court fame returns | Page 4 | Former Assemblyman David F. McWade seri- | Page 10| NEW NOT AID 3. P. FIREMEN ‘“‘Stand Pat”’ Is Order Given by Grand Master Stone to the Locomotive Drivers TWO BROTHERHOODS DIVIDED OVER STRIKE In Event of a Walkout in Pilots Wl]l Run Trains OAKLAND, Dec. 27.—Secret Instrue- tions have been issued by Grand Mas- ter Stone of the Brotherhood of Loco- | motive Engineers to the vartous lodges on the Pacific system of the Southern | Pacific Company to “stand pat” in case the strike of the firemen on the At- lantic system should spread west of El Paso, where the Pacific system’s juris- | @lction commences. | The order means that if a strike of | Southern Pacific firemen in the Pacific | system should be called the locomotive engineers, numbering 650, would not | g0 out in sympathy, but would operate | their engines as usual and that the engineers would not recogmize the Brotherhood of Locomeotive Firemen. Stone's Instructions were received |last night at the meeting of Lelan: ;Stsnfnrd Division No, 283, at which the | grand master’s message was read. Th« |same instructions have been sent to every division on the system. Such directions were not unexpect- ed, as the situation on the Atlantic vstem is regarded as a struggle be- | tween the Brotherhood of Firemen and the Brotherhood of Engineers over the | question of control of switch engineers who retain their membership in the firemen's order after changing sides in the locomotive cab. Only as a “sympathy strike” would |a call be made upon the Pacific system | firemen to go out. Just how sueh was a satisfactory arrangemerit: witl the Southern Pacific Company as to hours and wages. | Stone's instructions have definitely | settled all doubts as to the attitude of | the engineers in the strike difficulty east of El Paso. | FREIGHT TRAINS MOVED | Louisiana Division of Southern Rail- way Handles All Its Cars ORLEANS, Dec. 27.—Except for livestock and perishable goods; the Southern Pacific Railroad local officials | announced that the company today moved all its freight trains on the Louisiana division without difficulty. No attempt was made to handle the two excepted classes. The officials also said that the strike is no longer | regarded as a serious inconvenience. | PEORIA, 11, Dec. 27.—John J. Han- rahan, Grand Master of the Brother- hood of Locomotive Firemen, was | shown a dispatch from El Paso relat- | ing to the officials of the Southern Pa- cific, who had declared that the strike had been broken. He said: “There is not one iota of truth in that statement, and, besides, our basis of operation is at Houston. I must await further developments before making any further statement on this point.” Hanrahan is noncommittal on the spread of the strike to the Harriman lines, but it is reported that general orders have been sent to chairmen of districts on those lines to prepare for the final direction of such a movement. NEILL OFFERS SERVICES. Labor Commissioner Reaches Houston and Tries to Settle Strike. HOUSTON, Texas, Dec. 27.—Charles Neill, United States Labor Commis- sioner, arrived from Washington to- day and tendered his good offices to Timothy ‘Shea, second grand vice master of the Brotherhood of Loco- motive Firemen; Thornwell Fay, gen- eral manager of the Southern Pacific lines affected by the strike of the firemen, and H. E. Wills, assistant grand chief engineer of the Brother- hood of Locomotive Engineers. Neill will see the engineers again tomor- row. At headquarters ot the Southern Pacific it is stated that ‘trains are being moved as usual. They say they have applications from as many men as they need. The standing grievance committee of the firemen on the Houston and Texas, a Harriman line, called upon Superintendent Hawks this af- ternoon and advised him the firemen had no grievance, therefore could not be called out on a sympathetic strike without a referendum ‘vote, and that no such vote has been taken or was: expected. DROWNED IN RIVER NORFOLK, Neb, Dec. 27.—Three men werdé drowned in the Missouri River north of here near the State line today. They were Herbert Cushman aged sixty, Ed Slater aged twenty- eight and vaniel Slater aged twenty- two. They were driving across the airhole. Their team wum Iuk This District the Engme < SAN FRANCISCO, FRIDA’Y DECEMBER, 28, 1906. ENGINEERS WILL Chinese Couple Wed ’Neath e v”)vw how Mrs. Another woman of the lighthouse serv- ice has distinguished herself. The story of of the wrecked Coloma, and her own story of her heroism, will be found in~ g The Su Call Minnie Paterson saved the crew Bower of Carnations AN STIRS PREGIDET'S IRt SPECIAL DISPATCH TO THE CALL. WASHINGTON, Dec. 27.—E. H. Harr! man, who controls the Harriman sys tem of railroads, is being punished b: President Roosevelt because he harshly criticized the nation’s chief executiv: Harriman’s criticism is declared on re- liable authority to. be responsible for an investigation which will be begun by the Interstate Commerce Commission |, in New York and which it is believed will lead to .the dissolution . of the Harriman merger. Some months ago Harrlmnn secured | control of the Illinols Central and Chi- cago and Alton railroads, which, in con- nection with the Urifon Pacific and the | Southern Pacific, gave him parallel lines from Néw 'York'to San Francisco. During the late Congressional cafn- paign Harriman went to a member of the Republican Congressional Commit- tee and told him exactly what he thought of President Roosevelt. * This opinion is anything but complimentary. In general, Harriman ‘stated that Roose- velt was a “firebrand, that he was irre- sponsible and that his administration of the office of President was respon- sible for much of the ‘trouble experi- enced by the business world.” ' The member of the Congressional committee lost no time in: informing President Roosevelt of what Harriman had said ‘about him. : Shortly after this incident the Inter- state Commerce Commission ordered an investigation of the Harriman merger, and it is sald by the commission, that, all the power at its command:will ‘be exerted to bring about a dissolution’of the merger. SHS CIAR'S RULE 5 NEAR EAD * SPECIAL DISPATCH TO THE CALL. BOSTON, Dec. 27.—Gregory Andro- jorvich Geoshuni, a noted k:uulun re- volutionist and escaped Siberian exile, says that while the time is not ripe to unfold plans in detail, a, great plot has been completed to overthrow the Czar, and that the world will soon be startled by the developments. He de- clares that the larger part of the Rus- slan army is involved in the revolu- |, tionary plot, though it dare not ‘openl; assist until the time lmvu for open ‘outbreak. 5 G‘scnmnlv L‘Ifl”: t. b}:l;.dl" .i‘{ 0 = preven ‘peop! Andividy fighting : uals and that he finds it uxtmmly difficult re. strain thm . He denies river on the ice and dropped into an |has- had. no H""n TWD BANE GIRLS SME THIRTY SPECIAL DISPATCH TO THE CALL. NEW YORK, Dec. 27.—With that rare presence of mind that comes to few persons in an hour of peril, when a false step means death, two young women, Mamie Long and Jennie Lynch, saved tgnight the lives of thirty girls trapped on the top floor of a- factory building that- was a furnace below them. The two young women, with the others saved, were at work for the Advafice Novelty Company on the sixth floor of a building on East Sixteenth street when they were thrown into a panic by flames shooting up the ele- vator shaft. The material used In construction of tables and paint and varnish caused the fire to spread so quickly’ that the girls above were in danger of being suffocated. Several ran to the windows and yelled that they were going to jump. Miss Lynch and Miss Long had been in the employ of the company longef than the others. They called to the latter that the fire escapes were in the rear. Some who had their heads out of the window, shouting for help, did not hear. These they dragged inside and in a minute had gathered all the girls to them. Then the pair pleaded with | the others to be calm and take hold of hands and with Miss Lynch and Miss Long leading they were piloted to the rear window to the fire landing. Once t the window the two leaders got the others out upon the fire-escape and as- sisted’ the more ‘timid to go down the ladder-like steps. - At the second floor, where the ‘heat had caused the window glass to crack and’ fall, sioke that| seemed to mean death poured out and CCIDENTAL magnifium:e marked the marriage of Miss Bessie Caroline Ahiye and Chee Soo Lowe in the First Presbyterian Church, Oakland, yesterday. All the rules laid down by society were observed and only invited guests were present. Orientals _ Follow the Decrees of Soc_if,ty OAKLAND, Dec. 27.—The daughter of Chau Ahtye and the son of Sau Choy were wedded this aftermoom, but ne red and gold papers fluttered from the hack that bore them to the railway station. If ‘Chinatown ea a slimpse of the vehicle carrying the departing couple it efther shrugged its shoulders or dug its toes deeper into 1¢ts sabots for fear its feet might stray into the frivolous paths of Occldental Soclety. Chinatown did not under- | stand, but it would have kmown no more if it had been among those pres- ent. No bold sweeps of a marking brush marred the marriage record. In dainty | English the names were written down | as Bessie Caroline Ahtye and Chee Soo Lowe, and the ceremony was carried out in the manner approved by the La- dies’ Home Journal. Maid of honor, | bridesmaids, best man, flower girl and ringhbearer, all were there. The groom wore the conventional black of the up- to-date wedding; the bride “looked sweet In a gown of white silk” and a “beautiful bridal veil”; the couple marched along a flower-strewn path, | keeping time to the customary strains; a big'brother gave away the bride, and | the pair stood beneath a bower of car- nations while a white clergyman tied the knot at a white man’s altar. Despite what Chinatown thinks, it was a pretty romance. Bessie Ahtye and Chee Soo Lowe are Christian Chi- nese, one the daughter of a Placer County pioneer and the other the son| of a rich importer. They were born in California, and since childhood have only m customs and speech of vham she met Chee Soo, then a' stu- dent in the University of California. Soon love lightened Chee Soo’s studies. Days flew by, carrying years in their train. Chee Soo wooed and studied. Bessie graduated from a youns ladies’ finishing school, turned to music, and as All went well with the lovers, and when Chee Soo emerged from the university with the class of 1906, bearing a docu- ment that he had completed a course in mining engineering he and Bessie soon agreed on a day for their wedding. If Chinatown frowned, Christian Chinese more than made amends. They decorated the First Presbyterian Church with pink and white carna- tions, smflax and palms and ferns. A star of tiny electric lights gleamed over the altar.. Three hundred invited guests gathered at the wedding. Rev. J. H. Laughlin, pastor of the Chinese Presbyterian Mission of California, performed the ceremony, and his daughter, Miss Isabelle Laughlin, at- tended the bride as maid of honor, but the officiating clergyman was assisted by Rev. Soo Hoo Ham Art, superin- tendent of the Chinese Presbyterian Mission of this city, and all other participants were Chinese. GO ON HONEYMOON Miss Louisa Yee, Miss Clara Chan, Mfss Mary Chu and Miss Rachel Lee were bridesmaids. The bride was given away by her brother, Sam Ahtye. Bessie Carolyn Chew, daughter of the Chinese editor, lecturer and clergy- man, Ng Poon Chew, was flower girl; Oliver Chan bore the ring, Toy Lowe attended his brother, the groom, and Luther Jee, Pond Moar, Dr. Charles Lee and Yit Owyang were ushers. Mr. and Mrs. Chee Soo Lowe departed on their honeymoon soon after the ceremony. They will spend two years in the mining camps of California and Nevada, after which Mr. Lowe is to take a .position under the Chinese Govern- ment and assist in the development of mines in China. Mrs. Chee Soo Lowe will accompany him, but Chinatown cares neither for the one nor the other. Chinatown doesn’t take the Ladies’ Home Journal and never forgives a soclety weddin; S Qe DINNER TO WHITELAW REID NEW YORK, Dec. 27.—A dinner was given in honor of Whitdlaw Reid, Em- bassador to Great Britain, at the Union League Club tonight. Cornelius N. Bliss, president of the club, acted as toastmaster and United States Senator Depew made a short address. L T B e e GERMAN MAJOR KILLS HIMSELF POTSDAM, Germany, Dec. 27.—It be- came known today that Major von ‘Wiedenbach Nostitz Jaenkendorff, who belongs to a well-known aristocratic family, shot and killed himself Christ- ‘mas day. No reason is given. > —_— en .in the 'neighbor- i ‘ot the Journay and the ground, the. ,une. -which ,g‘mndul to the fourth A, Dec. 27.—Heavy snow mamm-muuumuu fimmm iuqr— throughout Austria-Hungary for | a pupil of Professor Fleishman 6f San | Francisco became a talented musician. | ON, MOONEY DECLARES Captain of Police Says Law Is Plain in Matter of Tenderloin Resorts HURLS DEFIANCE AT THE COMMISSIONERS City Attorney Burke’s Re- port Expected to Settle the Difficulties of Officers “The lid is off in the Tenderloin dis- trict until City Attoruey Burke malkes a report.”—Dictum of the Board of Po= lice Commisatoners. “The lid Is on In the Tenderioin dis- | triet irrespective of either the Board of iPoI.ko Commissioners or City Attorney | Burke.”—Deeclaration of Captain of Po= lIlee Mooney, in whose district the Tem« derloin is located. With a defiance that has startled the | Board of Police Commissioners out of |the sereme self-righteousness with | which it enveloped itself after openly | casting the blame for its Inactivity in Hamns to enforce the saloon ordinances |on the shoulders of City Attorney Burke,, Captain of Police Mooney has | asserted his independence to the extent of making known. without mincing of words, that he intended to abide by the law as he finds it in the ordinance book {and not as it was whispered into his ear by a member of the Police Commission. The Wednesday night meeting of the | Police Commission caused joy in the hearts of the saloon-keepers of the ten- derloin. The commission had confessed | its unwillingness to take action agminst them before receiving the belated opin- fon of City Attorney Burke as to the validity of the section of the orfiinances prohibiting side entrances, and with the prospect of a continued lease om immunity from interference before ‘them, those under the ban exchanged | | rest. Although told tn so many words by Police Commissioner Hagerty to keep his hands off and let the lid soar | as it would, he declared that his duty was outlined in the statute books, and that he would follow their dictates until the law which he finds there is de- clared void. He stated that he intended | to continue his reports against illegally condjeted saloons and would continue to arrest violators of the law in spite of the action of the board, and would not brook interference in what he con- siders his plain duty. Only in case of a ruling by City Attorney Burke that the ordinance regulating side entrances to saloons is illegal would he cease these ralds and reports, he says. “My duty is plain,” stated Captain Mooney yesterday. in discussing the failure of the board to stand behind him in his efforts to stop open viela- tions of the ordinance. “As long as there are violations of the law I shall report them. So far there have been fifty-nine reports made to the Commis~ sioners, and in spite of the fact that these have not been acted upon, there will be reports made regarding every additional case that comes under my ebservation in my district. I must do my duty irrespective of outside ine fluences and irrespective of presump- tions that the law is defective.” Captain Mooney’s decided stand had its -effect in more than one quarter yesterday. Certain members of the Police Commission awoke to the reali- zation that the reports which have been made could not be shelved longer without the stirring up of a hornet's nest of inquiry which might prove disastrous to them. City Attorney Burke also displayed unusual zeal in delving into the question put to him by the board and instead of postponing his answer ~indefinitely, according to custom, it was announced by Deputy City Attorney Williams of his office that the much-desired opinion fia‘t be fnrthcomm‘ today. CRESSWELL CALLS A HALT The matter came to a focus last night at the meeting of the Police Commission and the result was a stormy session. The trouble com= menced when Chief-of Police Dinan vouched for 295 requests for renewals of liquor licenses which were present- ed for ratification. The usual method of passing all' these renewzls In & batch witheut further investigation than the formal inquiry directed to the Chief of Police and his statement that they were all right was about to be carrfed out Creswell called a halt. % “Mr. Willlams of the City Attor- ney's office is in the room.” he * “and I would like to inquire of ‘him where that report is ordinance relating to side doers *‘, saloons?” ¥ LD WILL STAY i AN the