The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, February 13, 1907, Page 1

lucent enamel. The Sunday Call The latest thing in art jewelry is trans- Women readers will find ch to interest them in the article in UME CL—NO. ,75. | sia’s late The Shah is dead; An interesting illustrated article on Per- i long live the Shah! | The Sunday Call ruler and her new one in } | | SAN FRA.NCISCO WEDNF:SDAY FEBRUARY 13, 1907. PRICE FIVE CENTS. Presidenjt’s Solution Is to Stop the Japanese Influx From Hawaii ‘One Hundred and Fiity Persons Perish When Collision Sinks Steamship 0f LINER 15 AAMNIEDBY SCHOONER INDEX OF THE SAN FRANCISCO CALLS NEWS TODAY TELEPHONE TEMPORARY S6 WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1907 WEATHER CONDITIONS i YESTERDAY—Partly cloudy: maximem tem- | perature, 64; minimum temperature, 80. FORECAST FOR TODAY—Cloudy; lght east | winds. Page § Crash Occurs While1 Pitiless Storm Is Raging Life Boats Wrecked After Leaving Vessel | *{al -Clad Men and| Women Succumb to Exposure Captains of Craft Blame One Another LOCK ISLAND, R.I, Feb. 12.—About 150 persons| ent to their death in Block Island Sound last night as result of a collision of three-masted schooner Harry Knowlton and the Joy Line steamship Larchmont, bound from Providence to| New York. It is estimated that, including the crew, there were nearly 200 per- sons on board the steamship | she sailed from Provi- Of these only appear have the +he € tee to sur- disaster — ten the crew and passengers. Forty- have been bers of bodies covered he Larchmont left her| ' in Providence last night h a heavy cargo of| 1ated from 150 to 200. 1s blowing as the steam- va down through the eastern passage f Narragansett Bay, p plowed her way f the gale which was blow- 2 the sound was not felt until ng retire after a turn around his ship f the steamer’s whistle. He ee-mested schooner sailing eastward fore a strong wind. VESSELS CRASH TOGETHER oner, which proved to be rry Knowlton, coal laden, from Amboy for Boston, had been € along on her course, when she ht for the steamer. Again blasts were sounded on er's whistle, the pilot and quar- ter at the same moment whirling wheel hard to port in 2 mad en- deavor to avert a collision. Ae the steamer was slowly sev- veering around, the schooner came on with a tt speed gale hed been pushing her toward Boston. Before another warning could pe sounded the schooner crashed into | the port side of the Larchmont, and the impact of the big vessel was so ter- rific that the big, clumsy bow of the seiling craft forced its way more than half the breadth of the Larchmont. When the force of the Impact had been spent the schooner temporarily mained fast in the steamer’s side, hold- ing in check for a moment the inrush- ing water. The pounding sea soon sep- arated the vessels, however, and the sater rushed into the gaping hole in steamer with tremendous velocity. s the water struck the boller room peut clouds of steam arose and the sen[erl were first under the im- pression that a fire had broken out on board Captain McVey could not communi- Continued on Page 3, Columa 3 | and ‘after a long wait at the church door for nine- | re-| and a passenger list| northwest wind| but the| rounded Point Judith. | Captain George McVey was prepar- | when he was startled by several | into the pilot-house, where the | quartermaster pointed out a | ed suddenly to luf up and head | the | t almost seemed to equal the | | re- EDITORIAL { The Pullman Company, outlaw and tax shirker. Page 6 Discipline for the street rallway com- panies. Page 6 The tremendous fuss raised by the *‘gentle- | man netion” over the segregation of a few stu | Gents serves to divect attention to the numerou forms of discrimistion against American resi- dents 1o Japan. Page 6 LEGISLATURE | Asseenbly mmst swallow the Senate Joint rules | proposition to save itself and the direct primary amendment. Page 1 Four-treck bill passes Assembly, amendment | to make it less beneficial to Southern Pacific | being beaten. Page 3 Opening skirmish on racetrack bill is won by | exponents of track gambling. Page 3 | | ary JuAg» Titcomb, one of party of visiting Ta- comans, spesks strongly against Japanese fin- | ; Page 12 Supervisors grant library trustees authority to build temporary reading-room structure in Van Nese avenue. * Page 12 Levi Stravss Company will erect two big | buildings at the cormer of Battery and Plnal streets. Page 12 Mrs. Josepbine Cunningham-Whittell and millionatre husband are reported to have become reconctied. Page 1¢ Retiring President J. R. Howell of Real Estate Board tossts city officials for taking no steps to restore municipal buildings. Page 7 Siemsen and Dabner will mot be hanged on | date set by Judge Cook, as bills of exceptions fled for them will act as stay. Page 9 Robert Hancock, the wealthy soclety man, acensed n court of failing to support cbild and divoreed wife. Page 7 Gigantic spots on the sun may be seen with the paked eye. Page 6 Seilors on whaler Herman testify to tortures infiicted on them by captain while vessel was on cruise. Page 13 George Ross, carried to sea on Sunday by ebb tide, drifts for fortr-elght hours in open boat without food or wat Page 1¢ Movement to set aside day for the general cleaning up of city meets with support from all classes. Page 9 | After a courfsbip heset with many obstacles the bride to appear, J. Early Craig weds Mrs. Babin, the sweetheart of his youth. . Page 14 ALl pubife schools hold exercises fu honor of Lincoln dey and pupils bear addresses by G. A. R. men. Page 14 SUBURBAN Oakland relief committee turns over trust fund of $25,000 to Associated Charities. Page ¢ Burglars blow open safe In postoffice at Mills | College sfter binding and gagging the night watehman. Page 4| Berkeley High School pupils given a lecture on firting. ~ Page 4 Supposed sister of alleged thug on trial is dis- covered to be his sweetbeart. Page 4 | coasT Burglar in Los Angeles escapes from house after exchanging shots with citizen. Page 13 Senator Greenwell leaves Bakersfield late at | night after charges made by Young. Page § DOMESTIC One hundred and fifty persons perish as result | of the ramming of a Joy Line steamship by a hooner during a terrific gale off the Rhode Island coast. Page 1 Bitter clash between Jerome and Delmas marks progress of trial of Thaw. Page 1 Former Governor of New York, Frank W. Higgins, dies at his home in Olean. Page 2 Sudden cold wave in New York causes many deaths. Page 1 Sbortage of $150,000 found in accounts of | missing treasurer of bank in New Britain, Conn. Page 1 | wasHINGTON President Roosevelt's solution of Japanese l question is to have Congress probibit immigra- | tion of Japanese from Hawall, which, it is be- lieved, will be acceptable to San Franciscoans, as it virtually would mean exclusion. Page 1 FOREIGN King Edward’s speech to Parliament aids Irish bome rule, thanks Americans for relief work at Kingston and points to coming solution of differences between House of Comimons and House of Lords. Page 1 SPORTS Cloudlight wins the Tradition handicap at | Emeryville. Page 8 Rival sutomobile agents post forfeits for a race from Los Angeles to San Francisco for $3000 a side. Page 8 Boxers Gans and Britt post forfeits and give Manager Riley of Tonopab ten days in which to do likewise. Page 8 SOCIAL Members of the Burlingame Club celebrate Mardi Gras with a bal masque at their club- bouse. Page 6 | LABOR Coast pressmen up in &rms at the unwarranted agreement signed with the United Typothetae by the International Union. Page 7 MINING Owners of 250 leases at Goldfield are devel- oping their properties by sinking shafts Page 7 MARINE Voleano of Fuegs, near San Jose de Guate- mala, shows signs of activity and causes unrest among population. Page 9 THE CALL’S BRANCH OFFICES ments will be received in San Francisco at following offices: 1651 FILLMORE STREET Open until 10 o'clock every nisht. 818 VAN NESS AVENUB Parent’s Stationery BStore, SIXTEENTH AND Jackson's Branch. HAIGHT STREET Christian’s Branch 1096 VALENCIA STREET Rothschild’s Branch. 1581 CHURCH STREET George Prewitt's Branch. 2200 FILLMORE STREBT ‘Woodward's Branch. sTS. TOKID SAID T0 HME AGREED 10PN School Board Will Yield, It Is Thought, to Wha.t| Virtually Is Exclusion CONGRESS READY TO PASS AMENDMENT! | Raising of Bars Againsti Transmigration Will End| the Question Temporarily| By Ira E. Bennett ! WASHINGTON, Feb 12— The President and Secretary| Root are believed to have hit upon a temporary solution of the Japanese question that will be ac- | ceptable to all parties concerned, including the San Francisco school authorities. Secretary Root was very busy today on the | preliminaries necessary to bring about the consummation of the plan. All of his moves were made with the strictest secrecy. The plan, as nearly as can be as- certained, contemplates the pass- ing of the pending immigration bill with an amendment prohibiting Asiatic immigrants from coming to the Unlted- States from its insular posses- | slons. ' 2 ¥ . “This will stop the mflux ar h‘inne-e into the United States from Hawaif Secretary Root has been in communi- cation with the Japanese Embassador, Viscount Aoki, and also with Embas- sador Wright at Tokio. It is report- ed that the Japanese Government has replied through both of these diplo- mats that it has no objection to legis- lation which will be applied equally to all Asiatics, provided that the United States will first obtain a withdrawal of the resolution segregating Japanese school children in San Francisco. With the consent of the Japanese Government thus secured, Secretary Root visited the Capitol today and had conferences with Speaker Cannon and certain members of the conference having in charge the immigration bill Meanwhile the President sent for other members of the committee and laid before them his plan for adjusting the Japanese difficulty. CONFERENCE TODAY Sufficient progress was made to cause the President to send word to Mayor Schmitz and the San Francisco School Board that he would like to see them at 2:45 o'clock tomorrow aft- ernoon. The Californians were not ad- vised of the exact nature of the pro- posed legislation, being told merely| that an amendment was being prepared which would be entirely satisfactory to them. It is expected that the Pres- ident will be able by tomorrow after- noon to assure the Californians that the proposed amendment will be en- acted, wheéreupon they will be asked to rescind the resolution segregating Japanese school children. Mayor Schmitz sald tonight that he did not know exactly what the solution of the situation would be, but that he was satisfied that the conference tomorrow would be final. It is sup- posed that the partial exclusion of Japanese as thus outlined will be fol- lowed by negotiations looking to a treaty for the complete exclusion of Japanese from the United States and its insular possessions. Apparently the President did not have any definite understanding with Japan when he sent for Mayor Schmitz and the School Board, and he has been em- barrassed by the unyielding attitude of the Californians. The immigration bill has been in conference since the last session of Congress, and until yesterday the prospect was that it would fail. The Senate inserted an amendment provid- ing for an educational test of immi- grants, which was strongly opposed | by the House. The House in turn pro- vided for a commission to investigate immigration matters, and this did not suit the Senate conferees. AGREEMENT IS REACHED After Secretary Root’s talk with Speaker Cannon, Senator Lodge and others, it was reported that a tacit agreement had been reached to two propositions only, one providing for an immigration commission and the other Secretary Root's amendment. The con- ferces on the immigration bill are Sen- ators Dillingham, Lodge and McCreary TACTIGAL ERROR LIKELY T0 Bt REGTIFIED House Must Swallow Sen- ate Joint Rules to Save Face and Primary Measure SIMPLE TASK FOR CONFERENCE BODY Some Slight Change to Ap- proach Plan of Cutten Would Tide Over Trouble By George A. Van Smith CALL HEADQUARTERS, 1007 EIGHTH STREET. SACRAMENTO, Feb. 12.— Floundering in the pit dug by its own experts, the Assembly must swallow the Senate joint rules proposition ta extricate itself and save the direct pri- mary constitutional amendment. Most of the men who assisted in their own grave-digging, recognizing their tac- tical error, are game and will rectify it. It is really not & very bitter dose the Assembly must swallow, and, fortu- nately, the lesson learned by a number of young legislators will be ample to serve as a guide for & number of ses- sions should their services be retained ENGLAND'S KING T0 GIVE AID T0EAN Edward Talks of Measures to Benefit Ireland - at Opening of Parliament WORDS OF PRAISE FOR THE YANKEES Monarch Refers to Great Aid Rendered at King- ston by American Tars LONDON, Feb. 12.—~The second ses- sion of the Second Parliament of the present reign, which promises to be full of interest and importance as a conse- quence of a projected liberal attack | upon the House of Lords and the in- troduction of an installment of home Continued on Page 5, Cn{umn 2 by appreclative constituencies. As a matter of fact, the bugaboo in a fine, strong play to that effect, and when the Senate offered thé joint rules emploved by the last Legislature John- son had a little improvement to sug- gest: The Sacramento sage wanted a rule compelling the Senate committee to report out all Assembly bills within five days after the receipt. The Sen- ate has its collective eye on some of Johnson's measures and declines to en= ter into any such agreement. APPRECIATE SITUATION Until the real reformers in the As- sembly fell over their own feet yester- day Johnson was enabled to prevent the adoption of joint rules. Now these same men realize that if they do not adopt jolnt rules the primary amend- ment will fall, and on #heir shoulders will fall the responsibility. A major- ity of them are really in favor of di- rect primary legislation. They thought they saw a fine opportunity to bring the Senate to its knees and at the same time exhibit a bit of real independ- ent statesmanship. So far as the Sen- ate is concerned it could not have ac- complished more had it by its leaders planned the coup the Assemblymen sprung on themselves. The Assemblymen who participated in the blunder appreciate the situation, and while many of them think there is a lurking demon concealed somewhere in the horrid depths of those joint rules, they do not intend to imperil the ultimate adoption of a direct primary amendment. They cannot afford to go back to their eonstituencies without passing such an mendment, and an agreement of joint rules will result. BELSHAW’'S MEASURE The conference committee appointed under the joint rules will have, if it chooses, a simple task. Some slight change to fit approximately to the plan suggested by Assemblyman Cut- ten would undoubtedly be satisfactory to the Senate. An attempt, however, to go the whole distance proposed by the Humboldt man would be simply a repetition of what Senator Caminetti failed to do when the amendment was before the Senate. Should the conference committee fail to agree the Senate will be asked to pass the amendment introduced by Sen- ator Belshaw. The Held-Wright amend- ment was given preference over this measure in the Senate committes on elections, but yesterday, fearing the Held-Wright amendment, would die a weight of expert legislative enYeavor in the Assembly, Belshaw asked the Senate committee to resurrect his prop- osition. This morning the committee reported it out without recommenda- tion. . mnmxnum demlfllm. to Corporation Legislature sacmumo. Feb. 12.—Senfora of Ukiah introduced a trust buster ure in the Senate today, which is adaptation of the familiar Ohio ' l;w. The bill prohibits any edmum 'ln business in California or any m rsons from combining to m mm_ 8 competition. . - | suggested Mr. Jerome. HE first serious clash between D. M. Delmas and District Attorney Jerome enlivened the progress of the Thaw trial yesterday. Jerome accused Delmas of endeavoring to create a false impression re- sarding the operation performed on Evelyn Nesbit Thaw and this Delmas characterized as misconduct. i Bitter Clash Between Counsel Enlivens Trial of Thaw NEW YORK, Feb. 12. —A bitter clash between D. M. Delmas and District Attorney Jerome today roused jury and spectators at the trial of Harry K. Thaw to anticipations of exciting days ahead.| Jerome hotly accused Delmas of the jury the implied suggestion Evelyn Nesbit in 1903, before Tha criminal nature,” when, as “a matter of fact,” appendicitis.” Delmas called the attention of Justice Fitzgerald to this, | saying that the District Attorney was stating facts not in ev1dcnce,, and that a “very serious exception “Send the jury out of the room ifs. you want to,” exclaimed Mr. Jerome, “but I am going to get this {Ming straight. I am not going to have these false impressions fostered before this Jury” EmOME WROUGHT UP Mr. Jerome seefed thoroughly wrought up. Mr. Delmas did not for an instant lose his calm demeanor, but he gave emphasis and force to his words to his hearers. Jerome said he would withdraw the objection to the term “capital operation” if Mr. Delmas ‘would give him the word of counsel that they did not know the nature of the operation. Mr. Delmas gave his word that he did not know of its na- ture. “But you may consult with counsel,” “I do not care to do that,” replied Mr. Delmas. “It s not essentlal.” _“Ah!” cried the District Attorney In a loud voice, “then you do want to make this insinuation?” “The District Attorney strangely for- m his character and position when hmmwflhnmflww of trying to instill into the minds that the operation performed on w took her to Europe, was of “ he said, “it was for must be taken to his remarks.” ceive,” retorted Mr. Delmas with more feeling in his voice than at any time| during the trial. “He must upon de- liberation see the injustice of his im- plied discourtesy.” “I see injustice plainly,” Jerome, “but not in my remarks.” Justice Fitzgerald did not rule out any of the District Attorney's remarku‘ before the jury, and Mr. Delmas (ook care to have every exception he made “serfously noted.” Mr. Jerome won his point, and the| words “serlous if not capital,” as de- fining the operation, were withdrawn | by Mr. Delmas. During the tilt Mr. Delmas asked the District Attorney how he learned of the character of the operation upon Miss Nesvit without violation of a con- fidence.. Mr. Jerome said he had been ‘told of it by Miss Nesbit's mother, Mrs. | Holman of Pittsburg. It.thus became known for the first time that the Dis- trict Attorney is in possession of a long statement by Mrs. Holman. Rumor has insisted that the opera- (CESA.. P ‘Continued om Page 3, Column 1 *| retorted Mr. | DMIEDMAS SKETCHES OF THE SON _OF STANFORD WHITE, THE FIRST WITNESS CALLED IN THE THAW TRIAL. WITNESS WHO TES TIFIED THAT HE HEARD WHITE T ey EN TO KILL THAW AND THE CALL N ATTORNEY WHO 1S DEFENDING THAW, GOLD BRINGS DEATH IN-NEW YORK SPECIAL DISPATCH TO THE CALL NEW YORK, Feb. 12.—Three per- sons were frozen to death, several were found frozen and revived with diffi- culty, and’'many thousand suffered in- tensely from a wave of zero weather | which swept into and out of New York today. The most pitiful of the cases of ex- posure was that of a woman who was found ‘in the doorway of a saloon at Fourteenth street and Sixth avenue. | She had crept into such shelter as the | doorway afforded and was so huddled | up-in her ragged garments when Po- | lceman Keech of the West Thirty- seventh-street station discovered her that he thought at first it was a bundle ‘of- old ‘clothes. She dled later at Bellevue. Neither of the men who wers dead | when found. had been identified to- night. . BN TREASLAER SHORT 150,000 NEW BRITAIN, Conn., Feb. 12— A high official of the Savings Bank of New Britain sald today that tnere | was a big shortage in the accounts of William Walker, the missing treasurer of the bank, and that the bank's own officers up’ to noon had discovered a | shortage of $150,000. The examination ;ol the bank will be continiied and the | officers say that doubtless the shortage will be found to be much larger. The disappearance of Waiker occurred | shortly after the bank examiner visited the bank last Thursday. At that time | Walker said he felt ill and would be |at the bank later. He has not hesa | seen since. } 2 WY TR BELIEVE AGED MAN WAS KILLED BY YEGGMEN FOR HIS MONEY Body of Vietim Is Found Under Bridge Near Needles and All Valuables Are Missing SAN BERNARDINO, Feb. 12.—The body of P. V. Springer was found by a train crew under a bridge two miles east of Needles yesterday. The deceased was an aged man and started to walk from the town to Beal, where his son was in charge of a %ridge gang. All the valuables were taken from the body. It !s believed he was murdered by yeggmen. ’