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Sixteen Pages IN TWO PARTB VOL. XXXIII, NO. 46. SLAUSON STRICKEN Millionaire Suffers Erom Paralysis Condition Is Critical Say Physicians Philanthropist and One of Best Known Citizens of California Hovers Between Life and Death at Home J. 8. Slauson, millionaire philan thropist and one of the best known men In California, was stricken with paralysis yesterday morning and now lies at his beautiful home, 2345 South Flgueroa street, hovering between life and death. Dr. Walter Jarvls Barlow Is at tending Mr. Slauson. Late lnst night members of the family said Mr. Hlau son's condition was very serious. He was resting well at that time, how ever, and It Is not believed his con dition will change either for the bet ter or worse for at least twenty-four hours. ) Mr. Slauson resigned from the board of education only a few weeks ago on account of failing health, but his In disposition was thought to be only temporary. He had been In moderate health since his retirement from the board of education, and tho stroke of paralysis came yesterday without warning. James Slauson said last night re garding his father's condition: "He was stricken suddenly yesterday morn- Ing, and Is now at the family home under the care of Dr. Barlow. He In resting well at present. At this time the physicians are unable to tell what course the attack will take." Mr. Slauson came to Los Angeles In 1874, and since that time has been one of the leading citizens of the south land. As a banker, citrus fruit grower and public spirited citizen Mr. Slav- Bon took a prominent place In tho af fairs of Los Angeles and vicinity. During his residence In Los Angeles he has, been a ..continual benefactor of religious organizations and all lines of advancement. Among the organi zations and Institutions aided by him are the Boys' home at Garvanza, the Orphan asylum and the Salvation Army rescue home. It has been said of him that no worthy enterprise was ever ne glected by Mr. Slauson. -•: ;>■•:■; For many years Mr. Slauson was president of the chamber of commerce and did "much to build up that organi zation. He served many terms as president of the Sunset club, and haa held scores of positions of honor and trust In the city of Los Angeles and Southern California. At 3 o'clock this morning the physi cians reported Mr. Slauson to be some what weaker. Otherwise there was no change In the patient's condition. LIVES OF THREE YALE BOYS IN DEADLY PERIL SPEND 17 HOURS ON ROCK IN LONG ISLAND SOUND While Out Duck Hunting They Are • Obliged by Storm to Land On Island — Declare They Have Had a Good Time By Associated Press. NEW HAVEJN, Conn., Nov. 15.— After spending seventeen hours on a small rock a mile off Branford In Long Island sound, Harold F. Damon of Honolulu, William Baxter Todd of Wilmington and W. H. Coursen of Scranton, Pa., of Yale college, were rescued after 11 o'clock tonight from their perilous position by Capt. Ed ward Baldwin of Branford, who put out from that place in a naphtha launch. The three students were little worse for their day's experience and when they landed on the shore said they had had a fine time. They had gone out hunting in duck-boats. A heavy storm came up and they were obliged to take shelter on Taunton Rr ck. ENDS HIS LIFE WITH Car Inspector for Southern Pacific at San Luis Obispo Commits Suicide By Associated Press. SAN LUIS OBISPO, Nov. 15.—Wil liam M. Bates, car inspector of the Southern Pacific railroad, committed suicide by shooting near the I. O. O. F. cemetery during last night. His body 'was found this morning by Dispatcher Slmrns of the Pacific Coast railway. The bullet entered the right temple. The revolver was found near the body. The deceased came from San Francis co a week ago and waa not well known here. , T)»e coroner's Jury returned a ver dl<t of suicide. Two letters addressed to Bates are at the Laughery house. One Id postmarked Pasadena, ad dressed to 2171 Howard street, San Francisco and redirected to San Luis Obispo. The other Is postmarked Sac ramento and addressed direct here. Nurses Appeal to State University By Associated Tress SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 15.— An ap peal was made yesterday by the Cali fornia State Nurses' association to the board of regents of the University of California asking that the board volun tarily assume the duties of attending to the registration of graduate nurses according to the bill passed by the last legislature, The appeal was made on the ground that the registration of graduate nurses was an educational matter and Bhould rightly come under the supervision of the state university regents. Several Hurt In New York Fire ISy Associated I'ruus NEW YORK, Nov. 16. — Several per rons were reported Injured In a tiro that broke out in a building at the corner of Mccond avenue and Fourth street today. The lire was followed by hurry calls for ambulanoea and physicians) at 8:30 o'clock. No further details of the fire were available. Los Angeles Herald. rnlUb I Per Month (03 CENTS ROOSEVELT SCORES HENRY M. WHITNEY President Declares Bostonian Willfully Misquoted His Remarks Claims His Confidence Was Violated and His Atti tude Misrepresented — Latter Issues Statement Making Entire Denial of Charge By Araorlnttd Press. WASHINGTON, Nov. 16.— President 1 Roosevelt was asked today to use his Influence to have the customs duties on hides removed In the Interest of all the people of the country. A delegation of boot and shoe and leather manufacturers, headed by Gov ernor W. L. Douglas of Massachusetts, i called on the president by appointment i ' and discussed with him pretty fully the 'proposed repeal of the duty on hides. ' The delegation numbered twenty-eight men, the minority from the New Eng land states. In tho course of the In terview the president spoke so frankly and sincerely to his callers that they burst into cheers that made the execu tive office ring. After the delegation had presented Its views and its desires to the presi dent he told the members that, as a matter of concrete fact, the whole sub ject was one with which congress must deal, and he strongly Impressed upon them that any action In the matter must originate In congress. At the conclusion of the conference W. B. Rice of the firm of Rice & Hutching of Boston made a statement to the newspaper men of the result of the Interview. He said: "We represent the majority of the leather, tanning and boot and shoe In terests of the United States. We de cided to request the president to assist us In procuring legislation placing hides on the free list and to reduce the duty on sole leather to 10 per cent, where the McKlnley law placed It. I think every man present was Impressed with the president's desire to do the square thing by us. "I will go away from here- with a good deal of courage that something will be done now that the ball has been started rolling." Subsequent to the departure, of the delegation from the White House Pres ident Roosevelt authorized the publica tion of his remarks. ■'•.•■■ : In the course of his remarks he re lated an experience he had last year w'lth a committee from Massachusetts of whom Mr. Whitney, recently a can dldata for lieutenant governor of Mas sachusetts.- -was- one. He vsaid.. Mr. Whitney had misquoted htm In tne campaign which was closed a few days ago, and declared that he was "con strained to believe that Mr. Whitney had 'deliberately misrepresented what had occurred.'" With this experience In mind, the president declined to enter upon a discussion of the subject of free hides at this time. The address of the president was, in part, as follows: "It is obviously unnecessary to point out that no change in the tariff can be made, keeping in view only the in terests or desires of one state or one locality; the law must therefore rough ly correspond to the sentiments of the citizens of the several states as ex pressed through their representatives therein. "Where the Interests and senti ments based on these interests are di verse, as is almost Invariably the case In reference to the details of all tariff matters, the law must normally, al though not Invariably, represent a compromise and mutual concessions; nnd no one, outside of congress, can definitely foretell the exact shape such compromise will ultimately take. "I should like to discuss the whole situation with you freely and Inform ally. But, unfortunately, my experi ence with a committee from your state, Governor Douglas, which called on me In connection with the tariff matters about a year ago forbids my doing so. Such a free, full and necessarily In formal and tenatlve discussion is ob viously of benefit only If those joining In It recognize as a matter of honor able obligation the duty of not at tempting to give from memory what must necessarily be an imperfect and garbled version of what takes place. When the president of the United States definitely and formally expresses himself for publication on a question of great national Importance what he says should not be left to the Imper fection of memory often colored by Interest, but should be put beyond the possibility of misunderstanding by con fusion of preparation and committal to writing. To try to repeat from memory what the president has said when a year has elapsed Is to show en tire Indifference to accuracy, as well as to propriety. Yet this Is precisely what Mr. Whitney did In the Massa chusetts campaign that has just closed. He pretended to quote what I had said during the course of the long and Informal interview with his com mittee a year before, no notes of the conversation having been taken at the time. Not only did he misquote the words I used, but by suppressing al most all that I had said, and by giv ing what he purported to give en tirely apart from its context, he ab solutely, and aa I am constrained to believe, deliberately, misrepresented what had occurred, nnd he knew well that it was Impossible for the president of the United States to enter into a personal discussion about the matter with him. "With this experience In view, I can not enter Into any discussion with you on the meritß of your proposal and must content myself with saying that It shall receive my most earnest at tention and respectful consideration." WHITNEY MAKES BTATEMENT Denies That He Misquoted Remarks of the President liy Associated Press. BOSTON, Nov. 15.— Henry M. Whit ney, president of the Boston chamber of commerce and Democratic candidate for lieutenant governor of Mitssuchu eetts In the recent election, issued a statement tonight In reference to Presi dent Roosevelt's remarks to the com mittee of boot, hliou and leather manu facturers who visited the White House, today. President Roosevelt told the committee that he could not discuss the question freely and Informally, saying that a year ago Henry M. Whitney called on him with reference to tariff mutterH and later misquoted what the president had Bald. After reading the THURSDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 16, 1905. Washington dlspHtch Mr. Whltnsy pre pared a statement In which he denied that he had willfully misquoted the president or Intentionally violated any confidence. The statement follows: "Andrew O. Webster, J. M. Hall and I, constituting a sub-committee of the chamber of commerce committee of 100 on reciprocal trade, visited Washing ton last winter for a conference with the president touching especially the matter of the Hay-Bond treaty. I was chnlrman of the committee and argued In favor of the treaty, and In my argu ment made reference to reciprocal treaties with Canada. We understood the president to express himself as un favorable to the Hay-Bond treaty, but desirous of seeing and favoring also to the fullest possible extent freedom of trade with Canada. I was not aware that this was to be regarded In the nature of a confidential communication; quite the contrary, ns we were there, as was stated to the president, as a com mittee of the chamber of commerce committee of 100, sent to consult an.l report the result of that conference to the full committee, which was equiva lent to giving It to the public. "While we may have misunderstood the president, I do not see how we could have done so. I absolutely deny any 'wilful and intentional' misrepre sentation of the president's attitude and I have no recollection of what he refers to as the 'context' which was calculated to modify the views he ex pressed. The committee above named made substantially this report to the full committee at the time of our re turn from Washington, and the presi dent's attitude, as we understood it, has been subject for controversy among the people from the time of that visit to Washington until the present time. It Is nothing new, and I did not regrfrd my reference to It In my cam paign as a new matter. . ■ . "I regret extremely that the presi dent should consider that I have mis represented his attitude, and especially that he should feel that I have Inten tionally done so,' which I aver is not true." ■ ' Copieß of this statement were sent to Mr. Hall and Mr. Webster, who accom panied. Mr. '.Whitney /.to '.the White House.; Mr. Whitney requested them to examine the statement carefully and Inform Mr. Whitney If It corresponded with. their recollection of the matter. Mr. Webster replied as follows: . "I have read your letter regarding the Interview with the president last winter. My recollection of what whs said at that time is substantially an you have written. I did not under stand that it was a confidential Inter view." Mr. Hall In his letter said: "I have just received your letter concerning our conversation with President Roosevelt last winter. My recollection agree 3 with yours. I had no conception that the interview was considered confiden tial by anyone." ILLINOIS TO RECOVER . LAND FROM CORPORATIONS SUIT TO REGAIN TRACT WORTH ONE HUNDRED MILLION State's Attorney Finds Property of Great Value on Lake Shore In Chi. cago Is Illegally Occupied by Com. panles and Private Individuals Special to The Herald. CHICAGO, Nov. 15.— The state of Il linois, through State's Attorney Healy, will shortly . Institute proceedings to force the restitution of land valued at $100,000,000 along the lake shore which has been appropriated by several large corporations and private Individuals. After an exhaustive Investigation the state's attorney has arrived at the conclusion that practically the whole shore line is occupied Illegally, the lake boundary toduy being 100 to 300 yards farther out than the meander line of Cook county in 1821. The Illinois Steel company, Illinois Central railroad, Chicago Beach hotel and some residents and property own ers of Lake Shore drive ure said to be outside the legal line. Much of the land has been made by systematic dumping, notably In the case of the Il linois Steel company, which has already been warned to withdraw from the new land. The suits are to take the form of civil suits In ouster. Real estate men estimate the value of the land in question at $100,000,000. BOY WOUNDS FATHER Shoots Him Because of Attack He Made on Youth's Mother By Associated Pres« SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 15.— James Woodslde, a 17-year-old boy, shot and seriously wounded hin father, James Woodslde, last night because the lat ted made an attack upon the boy's mother. The shooting took place in the Wood slde home, 1721 McAllister street. Young Woodslde has been arrested on a charge of assault with Intent to com mit murder. FOUR MEN MUST HANG My a annotated I'ress. CARSON, Nev. Nov. 15.— The state board of pardons, which has had the case of the four men, Bevener, Qorman, Roberts and J-ilnderman, condemned to hang on Friday, November 17, under advisement for two days, late this aft ernoon declined to lnterfe.ro in the mat ter and the men will hang for the murder of Jack Welch, a day laborer whom they killed on a train between Wlnnemucca and lieno, this state. The gallows has been made and will accommodate two men at a time. They will be hanged in pairs. M'ALEER MACHINE IS SAID OF POLICE SWEEPING CHANGES, MAYOR IS ACCUSED Consternation Reigns In Department and Only Friends of Admlnls. tratlon Appear to Feel at Ease Charges that Mayor McAleer Is en deavoring to build a personal political machine In the police department are being made with renewed force. Sweeping changes are to be brought about and those on the wrong side of the political fence are trembling In the fear that they are to be derated and possibly dismissed. Consternation relgna In the depart ment. Since the day on which affairs between Former Chief Hummel and Mayor JfeAleer renched a crisis as sertions hnve been made openly that the mayor was building his own po litical machine. Developments of the past few days are said by politicians to prove the truth or the rumors. They assert that as Mayor McAleer Is per sona non grata with Walter Parker and other political leaders, he is en deavoring to further his own Interests by filling the "good" positions with his henchmen. Indignation over the changes In the department already made runs high. Competent officers have been derated or are scheduled to be derated, sev eral have been openly asked to resign, while charges have been preferred against others are the rumors which fill the air. . •■ • -, Fear to Talk Attempts to secure statements from nny of the members of the department have failed. In nearly every case the answer was: "I would like to accom modate you but this Is no time to talk." No one knows where the official ax will fall next nnd all are In a state of ex citement. Men who were formerly "sure" of their jobs now feel uneaßy and only the mayor's personal friends appear to sit back coolly and watch the result of the change. ■,•,••!.;» Those who were formerly looked on by their fellow officers as personal friends are now regarded with suspi cion. Filled with Indignation many openly are beginning to brand others as "stool pigeons." • When J. W. Murphy's name .ap peared among the list of patrolmen the Jealousy- existing among the members of the department became manifest. Murphy, for .two .years (has been.con nected with the detective- department and from his record has been one of the most efficient officers In the depart ment. . : . .■ . . i • i . 11l feeling between Murphy and tht newly apoplnted captain of detectives, Paul Flammer, la known to have ex isted for some time. Taking advan tage of the fact that Murphy was a pa trolman, detailed because of his ex cellent work, by the request of ex- Chlef W. A. Hammel, to the detective department, Flammer Is said to have directed his power In that directloi. first. Fear to Be Derated Now comes the second blow accord ing to Information that has heretofore proved correct. Detectives McNamara, Roberds, Cowen and Craig are to be derated to patrolmen. Every one of these men has proven his worth by a record in the department, and men un fit for secret service work are to be retained because they are Flammer's friends and In with the mayor, Is the assertion made openly. Possibly one or two of the four pre viously named are to be saved but there Is a strong force working against them. It Is understood that the renson that Detectives Kelly and Moffatt have not been taken out of the office Is be cause the plans of the new regime were frustrated. More charges are to be preferred against patrolmen and within a short time a large number of men now walk- Ing beats will be without stars. Some of these men Flated to be ousted are model police officers with records be hind them, that any officer would be proud to claim. It Is general talk in the department that Mayor McAleer has employed prl vtae detectives to act aB "stool pigeons." Detective Steele who was slated for a desk position, will not be placed there according to the latest reports. Haw ley will be appointed a desk man In the detectives' department; and as soon as another can be found to take Steele's place on the slate Kelly will be taken off the desk to do field work and Moffatt will go In Chief Aublc's office as secretary, is the general belief. Walter Wood, clerk of the West sld< police station, and Patrolman Bruce Boyd of the central station are said to be slated for positions in the de tective department. Wood has passed the examination required by the civil service and Boyd has been Identified for several days with the detectives. Both men are .said to be excellent of ficers. CAPTAIN THOMPSON APPEALS Commander of Stranded Vessel Asks for a "Square Deal" By Associated T'r«as. SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 15.— Capt. A. Thompson of the steamer S. A. Kll burn, which was stranded on Septem ber 8 on Coos Bay bar, has appealed to Supervising Inspector John Ber mlngham from the decision of - the United States local Inspectors, Bolles and Bulger, suspending his license aa master for six months. In his appli cation, Capt. Thompson refers to the fact that the license of Capt. Seaddart was suspended for only four months. He contends that Capt. Seaddart was as much to blame for the stranding of the Banta Barbara as he was for strand- Ing the Kllburn. and Jih alleges that the damage done to the Santa Barbara was much greater than that done to the Kllburn. Wherefore he prays that he be given a "Bquare deal." Southern Callfornians In the North epecial to The Herald. BAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 15.— A. F. Itoseiihelm, a well-known architect of Los Angeles, Is at a downtown hotel for a few days. George T. Kdwards, a lawyer of Banta Barbara, Is registered at a downtown hotel E. H. HARRIMAN DENIES THE STATEMENTS OF HYDE E. H. Harrlman Says He Defended the Young Man and Advised Him to Do Better and Retrieve Himself By Associated Press. NEW YORK, Nov. 15.— E. H. Har riman, chairman of the board of di rectors of the Union Pacific railroad, former member of the board of direc tors of the Equitable Life Assurance society and connected with many rail roads and financial Institutions, the former friend of James Hazen Hyde, against, whom ,the.latter, eharied acts "of ah unfriendly nature In . h)s testi mony yesterday, was one of the chief witnesses before the Armstrong , com mittee' on insurance ' Investigation to day. Mr. Harrlman was called Immediate ly after recess, and his testimony was a series of denials of the charges made by Mr. Hyde. Mr. Harrlman said that Mr. Hyde came to him about a month before the Odell settlement was made and asked him to use his influence to induce Gov ernor Odell to settle his suit against the Mercantile Trust company. Mr. Hyde told him that the Odell suit was dangerous to the Mercantile Trust company in that It might induce other suits to be brought by other people i who had subscribed to the bonds of the United States Shipbulldng com pany. Mr. Harrlman said he arranged an interview between Governor Odell and Mr. Hyde which was held In Mr. harrlman's office. Governor Odell seemed to be Irritated after the Inter view. I Some days later Mr. Hyde and Mr. j Colby visited Mr. Harrlman and Mr. Harrlman promised to see Governor Odell and "try to get him to do some thing about settling the suit." An other Interview between Governor Odell and Mr. Hyde took place, It may have been nt Mr. Harrlman's house. Afterward Mr. Hyde told Mr. Harrl man that he was willing to pay $70,000 and asked him to try to get the gov ernor to accept that amount. Governor Odell told Mr. Harrlman that If he (Harrlmnn) advised It, he iUdell) would settle for thnt amount. Advised Hyde to Settl: "I told Mr. Hyde after thnt inter view." said Mr. Harrlman, "and said | to him that If I were In his place and were negotiating to settle with him, I had no advice to give as to whether It should be settled or not, I would not stand on $75,000 on a settlement of that kind. I would make It satisfac tory. I understood that Mr. Hyde saw him and payment was made, of which I had no further knowledge." In reply to Inquiries by Mr. Hughes, Mr. Harrlman said Governor Odell did not tell him that a bill had been In troduced in the legislature to repeal [ the charter of the Mercantile Trust company, and that his first Intimation of this came from his rounsed today. "Did you say anything to Mr. Hydei in any of these interviews as to the] desirability of settling t..e suit be cause of the power that might be ex ercised against the company at Al bany?" asked Mr. Hughes. "No. olr." "Did you make any mention to Mr. Hyde of any attempts that had been or might be made to repeal the charter of the Mercantile Trußt company?" "No, sir." Mr. Harrlman said that he made no reference to the advantage of a nettle inent in order to avoid an attack upon the company nnd that Governor Odell did not request him to use his Influ ence to obtain a settlement of the claim. Governor Odell, Mr. Harrlman Bald, had no Interview with him to bring about a settlement, but the re quest came exclusively from Mr, Hyde. Denies Hyde's Statement A portion of Mr. Hyde's testimony In which he said Mr. Harrlman had suggested to him that an effort might be made to repeul the charter of the Mercantile Trust company was then reud to Mr. Harrlman who said that he did not make such a suggestion to Mr. Hyde. Mr. Harrimiin also denied having said to Mr. Hyde, as Mr. Hyde had testified, that there was a possibility of powerful Interests nt Albany doing harm to the Mercantile Trust com pany because of the shipbuilding lobs. He also denied saying anything to Mr. Hyde about the repeal of the charter of the Mercantile Trust company and de clared that he did not know of any rumor that a bill was Introduced to re peal that charter. About a year ego, Mr. Ilurrlman said, Mr. Hyde came to him and asked him to use his Influence to have him appointed as ambnssador to France and that he (Mr. Harrlman) promised when he saw the president to speak to him about it. He Bald that he did so, but did not recommend Mr. Hyde's ap pointment. - Mr. Harrlman said he did not know whether Governor Qdell did anything About the appointment. There waa no connection, Mr. Harrlman said, between Governor ' Odell's claim nnd his own action on: the ambassadorship. Mr. Harrlman said he mentioned the sub ject of the Odell suit to President Roosevelt but did not remember whether the president was consulted about It. Had Defended Hyde Mr. Harrlman snld that early In the Equitable troubles he had defended Mr. Hyde from the attacks on him but had advised him to favor the adoption of the Frlck report and told him that If he would he (Mr. Harrlman) would stand by Mr. Hyde through thick and thin. He also advised Mr. Hyde, he said, to state thnt the methods he had pursued were In use when he went into the society, and that he was young and inexperienced, that he was sorry and hoped to retrieve himself If he were given an opporlunlty. Mr. Hyde, the witness said, objected to doing that. Mr. Harrlman said he might have told Mr. Hyde that it would be a good thing to have such a committee ap pointed as the one headed by Mr. Frlck. He declared that he had never said that the report of the Frlck committee would be favorable to Mr. Hyde and that he was not concerned in any offer to buy the Hyde stock and had told Mr. Hyde and Mr. Frlck that Mr. Hyde ought not to sell It. •On the day before the report of the Frlck committee was presented, Mr. Hanlman said, he told Mr. Hyde thnt he did not think anybody but the Kqultable society or Mr. Hyde should own the Hyde shares of Equitable stock, and that if Mr. Hyde had any fears on that subject he (Mr. Harri man) would subscribe $500,000 to a fund to help him hold It, that If he thought it desirable to turn It over to the Equitable without nny pay for it, Mr Harrimun thought others could be In duced to do the same thing. Mr. Harrlman did not recall that Mr. Hyde made any answer to that sugges tion. Mr. Harrlman did not repeat this talk to the Krlck committee, and he did not think that committee had . any specific Information about the relations of the Equitable to the Union Pacific preferred stock other than the chare t-B made to the committee by James W .Alexander. The committee did not ask him about the facts. In the finding* of the Krlck committee Mr. Ilurrlman snld he understood that Mr. Hyde's mem bership In thR syndicate was criticised on the score that ho had committed the Iviultahle tmctety tn transactions with out the knowledge of the executive committee. Hyde's Diplomatic Aspirations "Do you know whether or not Gov ernor Odell wrote a letter either to the president or secretary of state advo cating the appointment of Mr. Hyde as French ambassador shortly or im mediately utter the settlement of the suit against the Mercantile Trust com pany?" asked Mr. Hughes. "I am not sure about that. Mr. Hughes; when you speak of H I believe. there, was some conversation." replied Mr. Harrlman. Mr. Harrlmau said hn never heard of any arrangement by which such a letter should bo written by Governor Odell If the suit was set tled, f " Mr. Harrlman said he had told Mr. Hyde when he asked him to become a director of the Kqultable that he (Mr. Harrlman)- did not think the method of the agreement of the society was the right one, and that Mr. Hyde said that he Intended to change It. Mr. Hnrriimin suggested that James J. Hill be made a director of the so ciety. Describing his duties as a di rector, Mr. Harrlman suld he uttended the quarterly meetings and heard the statements of the officers, in which they extolled the conduct of the officers and congratulated them on the pros perity of the society. He had nothing directly to do with the management of the Kqultable. He never looked Into the expenses of the society until ho be came a member of the Frlck commit tee. Mr. Harrlmun said ho dirt not have any Interview with either Mr. Uyita U r any Interview with either Mr. Hvii.« or (LuutUiucJ urn I'm* Xwo.l Main News Section PRICE: SINGLE COPY, B CENTS PREVENTS MURDERS Storm Stops Riots In St. Petersburg Inhabitants Still in State of Terror Count Witte and Cabinet Spend Many Hours In Consultation— Strikers Are Gaining Much Publlo Sympathy By Asaoclated Press. ST. PETERSBURO, Nov. 1«, 12:87 a. m. — A fierce northeast blizzard and snowstorm which blew on St. Peters burg tonight prevented bloodshed In the Russian capital. Tho bitter cold," by forcing the strikers to remain indoors., did more to preserve order than all the Cossack cavalry patrollng the streets. 1 Heavy military reserves are stationed ln . i al .' J ndust <-lat districts, but up to midnight there was no rioting. Ther« were rumors of collisions in different parts of the city, but on Investigation they turned out to be false. The Social Democrats had . an ■ Im pressive response on the part of all organizations of workmen to their summons for a general national striko to demonstrate their solidarity with the struggle of their, Polish comrades for autonomy, and to protest against tho execution of the mutinous sailors ; at : U-onstadt. The men walked out of all the big mills and factories.v^id the employes of the Baltic any;' 1 Warsaw railroads, the . printers and other classes of laborers struck, but the shops ln the center of the city were not closed. I Troops took charge of the electric light stations, which were operated by sailors, so that the elty was not placed ln darkness tonight. No dispatches have arrived from the Interior, however, to show that the workmen in other cities have responded to the demand for co-operation, and dissension has broken out among the leaders, som of whom believe • this strike to be hasty and 111-advised, and who say that If It does not succeed the result will be the loss of prestige. At meetings tonight this faction urged the leaders, some of whom believe the ,'■ strike was only Intended as a demon- 1 atration, but the radicals,' whose ; aim '■<■ is to keep up the revolutionary agita tion at all hazards, refuse to listen to i such counsel. They Insisted that it wasi vitally necessary to the success of their' propaganda among the army and navy, that they should get credit for saving ■'. the lives of the mutineers, and that If they did forse the government to re- , cede from Its postltlon regarding . Po land they would have it by the throat." At strike headquarters tonight reports were being received and the leaders ■ refused to admit that the question of abandolng the strike had yet been raised. The situation has caused a renewal of the panicky feeling among the Inhabi tants, whose nerves were already shat tered by the events of the last fort night, and hundreds of persons who had just returned are again leaving for Finland. The foreign residents are THE DATS NEWS FORECAST Southern California: Cloudy, unsettled weather Thursday, probably light rains; light north east winds, changing to westerly. Maximum temperature In Lot Angeles yesterday, 80 degrees; minimum, 57 degrees. PART I I—Slauson1 — Slauson stricken. 2—lsle2 — Isle of Pines in revolution. 3 — Memorial bells dedicated. A — Editorial. s—City5 — City news. 6 — Sports. 7 — Dedicate great convention hall. B—Calls8 — Calls him "dear" to get money. PART II 2 — Cherokee Bill frontiersman. 3 — Southern California news. 4.s— Classified advertisements. 6 — Public advertising. 7— Markets. B—Beach8 — Beach wedding brilliant affair. EASTERN Statft of Illinois will sue to recover 1111111 In Chicago worth $100,000,000 Illegally occupied by corporations. Prosldent Roosevelt scores Henry Jl. Whitney, asserting he violated his con tldencr. 10. 11. IlHrrlman, on witness stand, de liii-.s statements of Hyde. FOREIGN Chinese have evidence to effect Amer ican missionaries provoked quarrel with natives at l.l< nchovv and affair re sulted In massacre. International lleet commanded by Australian admiral will be dispatched by iHiwi'H to bring: Turkish govern ment to terms. Isle of Pines Becedes from Cuba and issuus declaration of Independence. COAST Stockton Traction company pays $5500 for cross country franchise. Young woman In San Jose Injured but does not know what happened. Eighth annual session of League of California municipalities convenes In Chlco. LOCAL ' Speeding automobile strikes wagon In darkness. Four men are Injured. Tenants of hotel thrown Into wild panic by tiro Hlurm. J. S. Sliiiimin stricken with paralysis. Wunu'ii of Plru Heights are lighting proposed crematory. Changes In police department bring*, forth charge that Muyor McAlocr is' building a political machine. . , . ».;•£. Wife of prominent mining export) grunted decree of divorce. I'miHtiilile Ue La Monte attaches'air ship llullet for debt or 113.73. Kllzii A. Otis memorial chimes dedicated at Hollywood cemetery. Horse traders are sentenced to chain Friends of Kaiitz family believe Jeal ousy cause of murder and suicide. - woman dlea clasping husband's forgiv ing message to her breast. -n«»> tv*ii Society girl Is kept buay denying th«| ■ha U married,