The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 16, 1907, Page 1

SUITS PLNNED title of Out- has “Enright Alired Henry Lewis one of his best western stories. appear next Sunday in The Sunday Call OLUME CIII_NO. ions are contained on the ° Home Dressmakers” The Sunday : — ry woman who,sews or is fond | work, timely and l‘clpiul sug- | ‘Hints for Page of Battleshm fleet W|I| Be Reviewed by Presudent ami Start for Pacific 'i'flday | INDEX OF THE Tl GMN SWEK SAN fRANCISCO CALL’S EWS TODAY WEATHER CONDITIONS | | Depositors Will Institute| YESTERDAY Clonds: northeast wind; preclp Actions Against the . ST FOR TODAY—Clonds, possiblx D}T&Z'C I{O!('ICFS ;‘. L “ . ntinued cool uwvvh'L..glew‘l.:l s EDITORIAL OPPOSE WEBB'S PLEA e B B Page 6 elve mpany. Page ¢ T . Page ¢ MEET ill Appear to BANE Fight Appointment to take bank > mamed to of Receiver nent of Page 1 AT NOON TODAY 1 ociate of R. E. Ragland £ ing scheme involy s’ state bank Page 2 merce he still Page 1 secures wa l’:lte 14 hat the t the Chutes Page 14 . puts the Brown a state of siege Page 14 of they play ! tion recently {'or less of a mystery why Luce. accom- | to 22ini, styling ber the legiti- | g f Patt Page ¢ ct i SLBURBAN tong man of Oakland, derson oustant armed Page 1 in Napa river and d by the blazing Page 12 Fox is destroyed mised for the Elks’ an Page 3 today for its 2 review b, whose | Page 1 ‘ in report, exposes gang of tiers who throw Kickapoo Indians lands through forged | S deeds. Page 2| FOREIGN Fresh revelations concerning immorality in German army expected at second trial of Editor Harden egins today. Page 4 | to be 1o good conditlon. Tokyo gives nolsy welcome to rown ce of Korea Page 3 the Page 3 Persians, clamoring for the lives of mu erous | have the power to suspend an increase | Finances of the Mexican goverament are shown | OF ATty Interested until the increase puppet | | reasonable rate the commission alone & &0 fire upon the parliament ha in Teberan Page 3 Marquis Ito will pass opon many phases of n's forelgn policy during bis stay in Page 2| SPORTS Opening of Santa Anita racecourse the frul tion of ““Lucky” Baldwin's ambition. 1. a Sacramento gre class stake at Ingleside park. P,11 latest in motor cars, sre becoin- r In New York Page 11 Quced. dies of old age at Saota Anita Page 11 Alblon Rovers, Hornets, ised m Thistles win at asseciation football. Page 9 & he exact| Abe Attell, the crack feather weight, may o 35 the Olympic club athletes a chavee to e« stitution's | y.4ze his quality, Page 9 | the lic Durnell will be permitted to race his horses New Orleans Page 9 er. riding in his old time form, s the Lmeryville jockey list Page 9 rman’s stable still heads the list in total ngs on Jocal track. Page 0 it po prevent boxing bout between « Sullivan and Jake Kilrain. Page 9 ‘ack men assert that Book Maker Charles beaten without cause by Town Mar- B Carey of Emaryville, Page 9 |[MARINE : The | Steamer S ¥ f the Oregon o »ws opening upon | gales. little of comfort to| | LABOR San P DREARY DAY IN JAIL u isoned Bankers Remain Un- noticed in Their Cells the city prison, oticed, J. ;)a 1n ¥ the two pent their vesterday ird w rinett, first e0 badly damaged by stor: : other vessels also weather Page 10 cisco lubor counell favors a eross- vailroud. but opposes granting fram- el Brown sat in his 10 Chicago White trafn In California and play exhibition series with the Seals. Page 9 or of Norfolk, one of the greatest| ughbred horses California bas ever peo San_ Francisces ana | 7200 DY It | waters for the fmmunity bath, | road UGE COMES IV | SAME GAR WITH FRANKLIN LANE Southern Pacific Freight| Agent Still Seeks Immunity HIS EFFORTS FAIL | Geo;'ge A. Knight's Presence in Coach Also Causes Surmise RESULT OF INQUIRY| Commissioner Says Disclos-| ures Are in the Hands of Justice Department Franklin K. Lane, United States in-| terstate commerce commissioner, ar-f rived in San Francisco early yesterday | morning on a hurried trip here, and in the same coach with him were George| A. Knight, attorney for the Pacific| Mail company, and General Freight‘ Agent Luce of the Southern Pacific. | The presence of Knight and Luce| the was a distinct surprise | to Lane. The commissioner was trav- | ling the man on earth he wished to meet. It was I who arranged the special ording to testimony of the favored shippers in the im-osvm-] started by the Interstate| commerce commission, and it Lane who effectually blocked Luce's attempt | o testify and thereby give himself a re- | freshing Immunity bath. l STILL SEEKS IMMUNITY Under the circumstances it i more on train alone, and last | was rates, acc the 1»:mw| by Knight, should precipitate | selves into tlie same coach with | The general: belief solves the | mystery by hinting broadly that Luce. is still panting for that immunity bath| and was attem ng to obtain it in his ' own W L however, Luce and | | Knight deny. | “Purely accidental,” sald Luce, indiff-‘ nantly, when asked how he came to| be on the same train as Lane. “Purely accidental,” sald Knight, vir- | tuo The latter then commenced in | the style common to the Harrimaniacs | to enlarge upon the coming presidential election. 1f, however, Luce has any idea that| | Lane would turn on the cleansing| he was reviously disappointed. The whole matter,” sald Lane, refer- ring to the disclosures brought out by the recent Investigation, “is in the hands of the department of justice. They will be pushed to the end.” Speaking on the aims of the com- Lane sald that it was abso- | lutely necessary for the Interstate com- e commission to be given t)ls power to suspend rates and that efforts | would be made to embody this In the forthcoming report of the commission to congress. 1e scheme that I favor,” sald Lane, “is on the order of that proposed by the lumbermen of Washington and Ore- gon. This in brlef is that the inter- state commerce commission should mission, in rates on the protest of a shipper can be investigated. WOULD ENJOIN RAILWAYS “As to what constitutes a just and has the power to say, therefore it s but logical that the commission shouid | also have the power to enjoin a rail- increasing ‘its rates. Now the| court is called ipon to enjoin a rail- | road, but the court cannot say whether or not the rate is reasonable. “The law holds that the rates now in effect are just and reasonable, and therefore when a railroad wishes to in- crease a rate whiclr is already just and reasonable the burden should be borne by the raflroad and the explanations TO ACT AFTER PROTEST “Why wait for a shipper te pro- test?” he was asked. “Would it not simplify matters if the proposed in- crease was taken directly before the commission for its approval?” “Such would be impracticable,” was the answer. “The commission would not be physically able to attend to the volume of business. There are natur- ally numerous increases with which the shippers find no fault' and for the commission to examine all of these would be a waste of time. If all par- ties are satisfied with a rate the com- | mission could do little good by inter- fering. It is only when a protest is i made that the commission should in- nt part of the time with | i b Eatig ey Pags Bl oikate S — an expeled v sengesment of $100| Lanc has come to Visit Lis mother, Coutinue@ on Page 2, Colump & 'l —~ —- PageZ'who is sgriously Ul 3 S $- View of the deck of the battleship Connecticut of the Atlantic fleet, taken while that vcssel | was passing under Brooklyn bridge, and photograph of Admiral Robley D. Evans, commander | in chief of the armada that will start upon its long cruise today. Men of American Federation Tell Funston Big Gusher Is Bronght‘ - They lived in Terror of the Miners Until Troops Came Craftsmen in Gold Camp Say| They Were Forced to Go Armed to Work By Harry Quinn GOLDFIELD, Nev., Dec. 15—A delegation from the local council of | the American federation of labor called upon General Funston this afternoon and declared that the men affiliated with that organization who are employed in the mines have been living in constant terror of the western federation of miners. They told Funston that for six months they had been working car- penters, machinists and artisans with sawed off shotguns at hand, fearing| attacks from radical members of the miners’ organization. Funston refused tonight to give the names of the men who had visited him. - They came to him secretly and made the request that their names be not divulgéd. “I have never seen a finer lot of workingmen in my life than those who called upon me today tives of the American federation,” sald Funston. “They .were in earnest about their mission and impressed me deeply. They stated that they had been living in terror during the last six months. One, a carpenter, said that until the arrival of the troops he had been working at his bench with a shotgun near by. Another, ‘a machinist, that he was in constant danger of at- tack. All agreed that this camp would not be safe for members of their or- ganization were it not for the presence of the troops. They also sald they would be compelled to leave if the troops were withdrawn. “Sherift Ingalls visited me today,” Funston added, “and we had a heart to heart talk over the situation. He con- firmed my opinfon that the soldiers were needed. He admitted that he would have been powerless to ecope with the situation alone. A TO GARRISON CAMP “All the ragulau now here will re- main another 10 days if my recommen- dation to the war department is acted upon. I do not think it is necessary for all to stay lunger than that, Ahout half will constitute a Ea"flson duflug the rest of the winter, ol so long as this labor dispute is unscttied. "xmuwmxmfl said | as representa-«- 3 Thursday, by which time I expect to have my investigation completed. I| have seen nearly all the leaders on both | sides of the controversy, as well as most of the businessmen not directly | affected by the strike of the western federation. {s well in hand and that the strike| will be settled without violence. For | this end I depend upon the moral effect | of the presence of the troops.” Governor Sparks received a message from Washington today regarding =a legal technicality In the call for troops |issued by him. Aceording to precedent the president could not have refused to accede to the wishes of the chief execcutive of any state in regard to a demand for federal assistance in pre- serving the peace. There was some techniéal flaw in the request as made by Sparks, and the telegram from the capital today called for a correction of the error. Just what this was could not be learned here. . WILL SETTLE TROUBLES The controversy between the local unions of the American and western federations probably will be taken up in the national councils of those bodies. The western federation is composed mainly of miners,: while the men at- W-:Mt,em; I believe that the situation| i | i ‘ % | Impertinent Question No. 29 in at Santa Maria SPECIAL DK'SPATCH TO THE CALL SANTA BARBARA, Dec. 15.—A 7,000 barrel “gusher” was brought in ves- terday Dy the drillers of the Union oll company at Santa Maria. For more than 24 hours the oil spouted |/from the 3,700 foot well and disproved hints that the Santa Maria the many territory is on the wane. Indeed, it is taken to mean that the possibilities of the district may be even greater than has been belleved by the opti- mistic ones. The new gusher is in the Hartnell| fleld. It is located west of the Pinal and Brookshire holdings, some dis- tance from the famed Hartnell gusher. | The latter, it will be remembered, ‘poured out many thousands of barrels| | betore its flow was controlled. It is also believed that the life of the new well will be longer than that| of the first Hartnell gusher because the gas pressure seems to be not so great and the flow Is steady and not {in intermittent spurts. Renewed energy has been given the developers in the Santa Maria fleld by the new gusher. This is one of the 'deepest wells in the district and it may result in the | deepening of other wells in that part| | of the county. 'SHPS. READY 0 LOA - bile {Fleet to Be Under Way by Ten O’Clock Roosevelt Will Bid lts Cfficers Goodby 1No Time to Be Lost in Passing Out to Sea 'Christmas Trees and « Pudding for Crews OLD POINT COMFORT, Va., Dec. 15.—The Pacific bound Atlan- i!ic fleet will leave tomorrow morning lon its journey through the straits of | Magellan, en route, so the official order reads, “for the of the United States.”” The president is ex- pected to arrive in Hampton roads on the Mayflower shorily after 8 o'clock. His coming will be timed as near that west coast | hour as pessible, without preceding it. for salutes can not be fired before 8 ’ac]otk under the navy regulations. R From the time the president’s yacht casts anchor in the center of the fleet the events of the departure will move rapidly. Rear Admiral ns, com- mander in chief of this most notable of peace expeditions, will board the Mayflower and his re- spects to the president, and will be im- medi owed the other flag and com officers of the fleet. The rec will be br| nd ore or less 1 As time w figure the. matter of pre- START BEFORE NOON »urneys of the d from tb ccupy more M than an he our more will be comn 1g anchor and getting ships in position for the start, | which, it is expected, will be made Two hours later the fighting vessels Vi about 10 o'clock. first of the long line of should & and tu nfa capes red its course to th southwa The reviewing of the ng fleet by the president place near shoal house, 10 miles Thimble down the bay, 11:30 o'clock. Threatening weather and occasional rain squalls marked the last day of the | fleet’s stay in port, but tonight a cold wind from the west dispelled the storm clouds and the 18 smoking battleships | were bathed tn moonlight. ‘nlrnnsslvn: NIGHT SCENE | The view down the long twin lines |of the fleet was Impressive. An ocea- | sional searchlight flash or the red and (whna glow of an ardols signal from | the yardarm of one of the big fghters |{added to the picturesque effect. | ©On shore the hotels are rcowded en | tirely beyond their capacity by wives, | sweethearts, officials and friends who have come to say goodby. Many of these will have to sit up throughout | the night or lounge as best t can in the chairs of the hotel lobbi | Shore liberty for the sailors 10 o'clock today,.and at that | enlisted force of each ship, numbering id be ded by and sho ded at our the el What Is a | For the most original or wittiest answer to this ques- | tion—and the briefer the better—The Call will pay FIVE DOLLARS. For the next five answers . The Call will pay ONE DOLLAR each. Prize winning answers will be printed next ‘Wednesday and checks mailed to the winners at once -your answer short and address it to ; IMPERTINENT QUESTIONS, . & | Financier ? !, ake THE CALL —