xnis WEATHER.
Forecast for December 13, 1909:
Baa Francisco tad vicinity — Incrras
lnr cloudlneas Tuesday; light e&st
wind*, charging' to southerly.
JL. O. MeADIEJ,
District Forecaster.
VOLUME XCIX— NO 12.
WILL MOBILIZE COSSACKS TO CRUSH THE REVOLT
ST. PETERSBURG, Dec. 11.— The Czar has declared for war upon the Four hundred thousand Gbssacks will be mobilized to crush out
the rebellion against the throne. Unless the revolutionists triumph in the ensuing struggle they will lose all that they have gained, for the Government having
failed to bring peace through concessions has determined to return to old conditions; General suffrage will not be granted the people v '
RUGBY GAME
SOON TO BE
INTRODUCED
CollegeTeamsWill
Play Under New
Rules. '
Faculty Committees
Decide to Abandon
Old Style.
Will Be Governed No Longer
by the Select Body of
Eastern Men. ,
It is prob'ab'.c that the great annual
football game between Stanford Uni
versity and the University of California
will i:ever be played again in the way
i-.nd under the rules tliat the grilling
contents of the last twelve years have
been fought. Rugby, the ancient game
j'iayed by the si^liogJs of England to-
Oay, seems destined to take its place.
Yesterday afternoon the faculty ath
letic committee of the two universities j
' ;i ilG^i. J.-i-.l *»'. »'v.^t.. J.'iuvi rsii.': • Oub Ui .
ihi» city and adopted a resolution de
crying- the evils of the present system
*>f football playing in America. It !
recommtnded that the Rugby game be
introduced as a substitute.
In the same resolution this commit
tee recommends that intercollegiate
football contests shaM no longer be
held under the direction of the present !
rules committee, which sits in the East
<ach year and revises the methods of
playing the college game. This means
an absolute break with this committee,
which has governed the game for many
years, and the naming of a Western
rules committee, which shall have full
power to act. Such a break will cause
consternation iin the East, where the
word of the rules committee has been
law for so long. It means the revolu
tionizing of the game on the Pacific
Coast, or, -what seems more likely from
the tone of the resolution, the aban- ,
donment of tf'e present game and the !
Introduction of Ragby.
.\u25a0 XAMES ADVISORY COMMITTEE.
The faculty committee also appointed
a committee of students and graduates
from the two universities and'Coaeh
William Reid of Harvard University to
confer with it ard aid it iv a tinal de
cision of what thai, be done in regard
to the future of football on the Coast. I
These students and graduates are !
James F. Lanagan. Stanford coach; Dr.
Frank Simpson, an old California play
er; Dr. A. B. Bpaulding, former Stan
lord coach; Prcntiss Gray, guard on
California's 3905 team; James A. Force,
< aptain California's 1905 team; A. J.
Chalmers, captain Stanford's 1903 team;
SI. P. Stott, captain-elect Stanford's
team; Hoy Elliott, captain-elect Cali
fornia's team.
There was not a unanimity of feel
ing among the faculty over the pro
posed substitution of Rugby football
for the present game. Some of the
leading men from both Stanford nd
California felt that the present game
was the best. All agreed that some
means of leesening the danger of the
g-am© should be adopted. They all
agreed that football should not be
'played in preparatory schools. The
faculty members present were Dr.
David Starr Jordan. ' Dr. William P.
Snow and Dr. Frank Angell from
Stanford; President Benjamin Ide
Wheeler, Colonel George C. Edwards
and Professor H. B. Torrey from the
University of California.
The resolution adopted Is as follows:
"Resolved, by the joint faculty athletic
committee of the University of California
and Leland Stanford Junior University,
That we recommend to the faculties of the
two universities in question that the In
tercollegiate football contest shall no
longer be held under the regulations of
the present football rules committee. We
rrcomraend as a substitute the present
English Rugby game, or else the present
American game, with such modiflcations
as shall promise to eliminate the present
existing evxis."
IVO OAXGER IX RUGBY.
The Rugby game is not at all like- the
American game. In it macs formations
end interference work, where most of tbe
accidents happen, are not allowed. In
stead of being a game with a team acting
as one man. it is a game of individuals.
Tbe ball is kicked on*. The player who
I receive* it can run with it or kick It back.
lie runs until he is tackled, not below the
\u25a0waist, after the style of the hard-smash
ing tackles of America, but about the
waist. When he sees that he can go no
farther he cries 'Held,' and the others let
po. The ball is then given to the txroplre,
who throws it among the forwards, who
. may cither run with it or heel it back to
„ the halfbacks behind them. When a man
/runs with the' ball' nls team mates must
V'.r-ep behind him all the time. Goals and
are much the «ame as in the
American game. The roughness of play
Is eliminated by the absence of mass play
Rnfl interference. It will take the Ameri
can public a long time to- become used
to seeing individual work instead of the
C«utinard on Page 2, Colnntn 6.
The San Francisco Call.
F.W. RICHARDSON ADMITS HIS DEFEAT
FOR BERKELEY POSTMASTERSHIP.
" POSTMASTEK AT BERKELET.
WHO WILX.- BE REAPPOINTED
AFTER. BITTER FIGHT. 5
"SWAN SONG"
THE PRELUDE
TO A SUICIDE
Fear of Paralysis Drives
a Musician to
Death.
Special Dispatch "to The ' Call.
NEW YORK, Dec. 11.— Melancholy con
templation of approaching death imparted
a weird, mystic Quality, to Emll Frank's
rendition of- the "Swan- Song", from
"Lohengrin", when, he played it on his
piano to-day just before ' he killed him
self. • Frank was the victim of a highly,
organized artistic temperament, burdened
with Its complement of nervous tension,
which caused hlin to endhis life while In
fear of insanity and paralysis that would
cause his fingers to become npwerless.
Frank's father, Ferdinand, / with whom
he lived on East Eighty-eighth street. Is
a musician of some fame. The elder
Frank's genius is shared by his : other j
children. -
While coming homt* on Saturday night
young Frank, who was 30 years old, fell
and struck bis head on the sidewalk. The
injury yrz.s trifling, physicians at the.
Presbyterian Hospital assured him. - All
of yesterday he moped and hung about
the* piano, strumming minor chords, in
spite of his family's endeavors to cheer
him up. %
After breakfast to-day Mrs. . Frank
heard her son strike into the "Swan
Song." Frank repeated the impressive
finale, closed the piano and walked away.
Five minutes later she found him dying
in a bathroom. He had cut his throat.
FORTUNE IN GOLD
LOST IN A WRECK
Ninety Thousand Dollars Be
lieved to Have Been
3lelted.
ROCK SPRINGS, Wyo., Dec. IL—Nine
ty thousand dollars in; gold belonging to
a shipper, whose name' the railroad and
express companies will not disclose, was
In one of the cars of ' the Overland IJm
ited\whlch was and burned lost
week, near here. : The 1 gold! cannot be
found. Probably it melted.
* Soon after .the , collision ; armed . guards
were rushed to the scene and se%'eral peo-^
pie * were prevented I from \u25a0 searching vic
timsVof the accident* for valuables.. One
man " who ' attempted ; to "« rob , a \ passenger
was threatened with death.'; , ; .
"W/ C. Mulford," chief railway mail clerk
of the Omaha-Ogden. division, : announces
that one of the incidents ,\of; the i wreck
was the consuming. of 'a big : consignment
of 300 sacks of /Australian mail. ;.' All ;j of
the mail, which included the; registered
pouches' from San; Francisco and ; Pacific
Coast points, was destroy^ , £
SAN FRANCISCO, 7 TUESDAY, :,DECEMBER 12, 1905.
George Schmidt
Will Remain
in Office.
Declares Gover
nor Was Not
in Fight
BERKELEY, December 11.— The
controversy over the Postma-stership of
Berkeley, which has lasted for ten
months and involved a United States
Cabinet officer, a State Governor and
Innumerable minor politicians,, ended
to-day when F. W. Richardson made a
public announcement in his newspaper
admitting: his defeat by George 1
Schmidt, the present Postmaster.
Schmidt's name is to be submitted
to President Roosevelt by Congress
man Joseph R. s Knowland on Decem-.
ber 16, and no opposition to the ap
pointment is anticipated. Richardson
has written to the Congressman ask
ing that his name be withdrawn and
that the opposition to Schmidt, as far
as he is concerned, be considered at an
end. , '. . ' /\u25a0 > -.. "-. \u25a0\u25a0 , \u25a0• '..'. \u25a0"-
The Call printed the. facts relating:
to Governor ; Pardee and Secretary Met
calfs controversy -over \u25a0 the ' Berkeley.
Postmastershlp. a . fortnight." ago,
Xr^xnltHiVzair-r
'liolntniem^f 'this r sort"; )»ad;f served ,- to
rupture relations - between 5 two .^distin
guished > Callfornians, arid led -<to". com
plications affecting, -'oothe r
State officers, Including the. '. place > of
the Warden of j San Quehtin prison,
now filled by ; J. W.Tompkins. > De
nials of the :Story. were , heard,- but" F.
W. Richardson admits -to-day that; he
was defeated by Secretary. Metcalf be
cause of, his alliance with Governor
Pardee's supporters, his- stateme'nt .re
garding this phase of the matter be
ing as follows: \u25a0
The truth Of this matter is that the Poet
mastership light was a 'fight between big poli
ticians. X never dreamed that It would take
in \u25a0 Secretary lletcalf.. or' I wouldn't have be
gun It. I reasoned that Metcalf was too bis
a man and occupied too Important a position in
tbe- a:falrs of the nation to - interfere In so
small a matter. J . knew he had cause to sup
port rather than oppose me, and hence thought
he certainly would not" mix 'in the matter. I
was mistaken, as were many of his friends and
mine. • . \u25a0
I knew the patrons t« belonged' to Congress
man Knowland. and , of. course thought;, he
would dispose of. It- as he pleased.' .
I ha\» lto.cn informed that Metcalf. has in
sisted that I shou^not^be appointed because
I am a Pardee nui.^ I supported both Pardfe
and M.'t.calf in the cainpaKin three years ago,
but I iiave not be*n Identified with any fac
tion during my nearly .five years' residence in
Berkeley, as my. Republicanism is built, on
stronger and flrtner .lines.. , In justice to Gov
ernor Pardee 1 will say that while he has al
ways treated me with courtesy, and consider
ation, and is my friend, I did not ask him to
take- any part in- this, -little.' contest, and. he
absolutely had no Dart in it. - - : .
.An investigation of the supporters of Schmidt
and myself in this flint will show that the
many local admirers of. our splendid. Governor
have been badly mixed, soipe standing for me
and otliers for Schmidt.
I had an interview with Knowland Just be
fore his -departure for Washington, and he
promised to make one More effort to get Met
calf to withdraw, his; request. On ; his arrival
in Washington -be • found > Metcalf ' as firm » as
ever, and rather than have a breach with the
Secretary, he will hand Schmidt's name to: the
President. "* . - • \u25a0 \u25a0 -."
I firmly believ* that Congressman Knowland
'was desirous of recommending me, and would
have done so had he not feared such action on
his part would have ' caused a breach | between,
himself and ! Metcalf. and -, that : rather 2 - than
cause *uch a ' breach he • complied ; with I Met-;
calf's demand, even thoush It .was against his
own wishes and his interests.- - • \u25a0{\u25a0 :, •
• I have no regrets whatever. ; I have enjoyed
the fight while it lasted. I had all the trump
cards, but Schmidt I held ' the Joker. '.The Joker
was in the deck by mistake and I now -fully
appreciate the Joke and nho Joker. '. -,
• I - have been able to hold the matter up for
ten months. > \u25a0 and - could probably hold it stlU
longer but I feel that It is better to have it de
cided before tbe end of the year and made that
request -' of Congressman • Knowland . befora his
departure of "Washington. :- ': \u25a0\u25a0\u25a0'\u25a0?:"\u25a0 ' :
POLITICIANS ARE \ MAKING V 5;
TROUBLES FOR RAILROADS
"Ko Faßieß, No^FranchUei," !\u25a0 the
.Motto of Counellmen In ' "V
..-\u25a0,;.;\u25a0.-,-: • Pltt»b«rff. \u25a0<;"\u25a0\u25a0: :': ' : -v '. ; •.\u25a0>' ' :
PITTSBURG, DecS 11.— Because ; the
Pennsylvania, the Baltimore and Ohio
and the Wabash' have: shut off free
passes a 1a 1 clique in" the PlttsburgCoun-.
ell, controlling the • majority vote. ; has
banded, together to block all railroad
legislation. '. .
"No passes, no -franchises." is .the
motto.-' ... .'.'• ; . :
Unless a compromise be effected . \u25a0 the
Wabash may be . blocked • in ' Its % tight
to get to the : seaboard. The Baltimore
and .Ohio ordinances ' for wharfage • for
a; $1,000,000 depot\are;heldiup:^ Select
Councilman Burns / to-day, started „ the
fight against the Baltimore and^Ohio
ordinances.. ', . -\u0084'\u25a0 "\u25a0'".':"\u25a0".' -.v--.:.,. v --. : . , \u25a0;'.\u25a0;\u25a0 ,:" -,
.The -Pennsylvania* Company has : sev
eral important; bills ,pending." They: will
not get out , of .the- j committee r imtl ,V
some new, deal has-been; made.' '' ' :
SULTAN BOWS HIS HEAD .
SggffifSSPig^TO WILL' OF THE POWERS
Accepts the Scheme 'for ' Financial Con
: .•troV.ot Macedonia as Pre- •- -i^' -'-\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0
" '".;: -.'Bented' to ' Him. °^ r . '"•'/, \u25a0:,-."'
i ; LONDON, ,; Dec. V l 2.^-Tlie ;' correspond- 1
ent; of ; the Daily; News "at Constantino-!
p.le^says: ; ,..' ' " ;,;, / : ' ''" '' vv/"'.''';/:' r ,.'" '.
, > "The i Sultan ': has^ 'yielded.^ He accepted
the scheme ?for t the \ financial V control tot
Macedonia,; as embodled^inithoilastfcol
lectlve note'of thepowers/ I . '>
CIVIL WAR
II ROSSI
IS CERT!
Emperor Heeds Ad
vice of Reaction
aries.
St. Petersburg 1 Resem
bles a Great Mili
tary Camp. ;
Populace May Be Deprived of
Measure of Liberty Al
ready Wok
ST. PETERSBURG, Dec. 11. — Abso
lute, anarchy prevaila 'in Livonia. 'A
meawngcr irliu arrived here thla morn
ins declared tliat the ;»treet»;-'o*. Rls»
were' flovring blood.. --After a
meetlug the railroad men of Riga ivere
mowed down I»j- the flre «f machine
jcuns and artillery. -\" \u25a0'\u25a0\u25a0/"*:?£ ;-" '
:ST.- PETERSBURO/ Sunday, l^eci' 10^'
Th e . situation . is ; exexjeififfgl >*;* omlaous.
'Pubnc;6piriioii i«:iprMtlcany^imahiml>Va
that ' the .Government J has ! ! entered*:upon
ithe fatal'path* of reaction : and that* De
Witte's. ministry must: fall. Reaction
and revolution confront one another in
a death-struggle. 'Both General Trepoff
and General: Count Ignatieff,: acording
to the: popular impression, are being
held in reserve- to execute the pro
gramme of repression.'.^
It \u25a0 isi said' that -the i entire Cossack
strength of 400,000 will be mobilized in
a supreme effort' to 'crush, the revolu
tionary force. 1 General Parsenoff said:
"I think v/e are' coming to rivers of
blood in which the revolutionary/ party
will lose their game and Russia her lib
erty."
Certainly the appearance of St.
Petersburg and the events here to-day
seem to justify this black picture'of the
future. The capital .resembles a great
military camp. The patrols everywhere
were doubled. to-day and grim-looking
cannon rrumbled though the streets.
What occurred smacked strangely of
the old regime. .A large workmen's
meeting was. dispersed by; Cossacks.
The building in which , the . executive
committee of the League of Leagues
meets was surrounded , 'by ;troops ;ahd
no. one was permitted to enter it. The
colonel in command replied to all ; , In
quiries, "I have my orders." At the
same time a. vast meeting of '.'loyalists"
was freely permitted, at which speeches
were made extolling the Emperor] and
the Government. . .-.. ;
To cap .the climax the . funeral of
Lieutenant General. Sakharoff, former
I Minister of War (who was assassinated
at Saratoff on December 5), with an im
posing: array of military,, representing
1 all arms of the service— artillery, horse
guards and foot soldiers— passed up the
Nevsky : Prospect . between: sullen crowds.
; RETURNS TO 'OLD POLICY.
It is j learned on high authority/ that
the Government has 'finally decided
against \ universal suffrage ? and practi
cally \u25a0 in ; favor ;of ; the *\u25a0 old g project i; of
twenty-one'/ .workmen,
and the extension} of jth.e'vballot to? the
small merchants"' and the
.educated „" classes/. •- However,? the , \u25a0 law
must still pass/.the Council of the* Em
pire I and ; receive ".the : imperial ' approval;
If ,^the -decision sbe; upheld^ it; is apt- to
end : all ; question of the support of . the
Zemstvolsts. ;:
; The railroad men i claim they have been
informed ' that sections |of the
Southwestern systems j have already re
sponded ?' to ' the appeal ' for a general
strike." Cooler heads, f however, ; ; ; are ad
vising against' precipitate action, "which
might result in failure, and are .urging
postponement of action until the "organi
zations throughout the country have been
consulted. \u25a0\u25a0;::"'> ':. -~; : v J'.:-.:,'J '.: -
.:,' It "is "believed that i if- the 'attempt 'at re
action is perßisted, in the moderate. liber-!
als.lwho are disgusted with the tactics
of / the revolutionists, V fearing ' anarchy
and being incllnedito support the Govern
ment,' 1 will 1 surelyNse driven back into the
camp of , the extremists. -,i* ."_ \u25a0'-:': r"~. ' . '
: ;.• I DB WITTE'S PO\VER WJUIES. ' vi? V
Premier *de ' Witte's . friends declare em
phatically' that he' has never been ' in fa
,yor».'of armed \ repression, -and; they Inti
mate % strongly - that % arrests Zof ; the
strike leaders mustbe;charged, to Interior
' Minister/ Durnovo;" who' insisted I that ; he
had * proof > which? could .be ; established! in
the t courts '; that j M.'|Krustaleff Iwas - plan-;
ning ans armed i revolution C and , that, ? be
sides . attempting^ toJ subvert' thelGovern^
; ment, j tie'? had | attacked : _^ its' credit 1 lnfcir-,
' culars l advising^ thel. workmen 5 and;, peas
ants > to i; withdraw; theirs f unds i f rom i the'
savings -,» banks.];; !; Notwithstanding ,];'\u25a0 thla,
doubt tis - expressed *' as | to^ whether . Dur*
ho vo • can 'establish^ his | case,^ as -the i'spe
cific { law-making;:; agitation^ for^political
'strikes, which \ interf ere^thTthe j railroads;
telegraphs^ posts, i'etc.f^aTcriminar{offense
has 'notiyet ;beehi T promulg"ated;vJlt b ls
pected j that i the) lawi will j be j promulgated
bef ore; the7end;of |thej week, 1 ? when,^ It Us
said.i. the\ Government fcanl probably j allay,
'the'"*lnflu_encelofitheia«ltators.^'ii23(pM
; is ; understood j that ;\General Dedulin,'
r Continued . on ; Pace 3, Column \6.
BODY FOUND ON MOLE
IS IDENTIFIED AS THAT
OF FRANCIS H. McGRATH
The hody found on the Oakland Mole last
Thursday ha f been Jdentfied as that of Francis
<t H^^^tlt^§SWMlt^l McGrath killed two
men of that" town in fist fights, . his first victim being
Arthur C. Gilligan and bis second George lay lor
It is thought iiliatyhe was murdered ; by friends of
one of these men^ jb"lx
FRANCIS HALL McGRATH, WHOSE DEAD BODT, FOUND ON . THE OAKLAND
MOLE LAST : THUReDAT,- HAS BEEN IDENTOTKD,' AND THE -DOG OVER
"WHICH HE KILLED A MAN IN ; SAUBAUTO.V \ l "
Evidence Strong;^HatSatisa.litd
Man Was Eoully -.Mtirder'ed,
, The body ( that \ was found - stranded jon
the breakwater i rocks :; of ,' the \u25a0 Oakland
mole last r Thursday '•\u25a0 has- been . poslUvely
identified as that of : Francis Hall .{ Me-
Grath of Sausalito. McGrath f killed ' two
men lin \ brawls " in " that . town, -and > the po
1 lice ; of Oakland j and jthis ' city, are working
on ;the" theory 7 that'frienda : of his victims
murdered him.out of revenge.; '\u0084-
\u25a0r- Two*- years agoiMcGrath, with *his fists
fatally injured Arthur C-Gilligan/i pound
. keeper^ of I Sausallto,^ in . a^ quarrel / a
dog,", which - appears ; in ; the j accompanying
: photograph.': 1 On"' 5 - December r4. { 1904, f /.Me-.
Grath r 'gave: George kTaylor.^aUsailor,'; on
" the :' revenue" cutter : Bear,' a " fatal 5 beating.'
He was > acquitted * of I manslaughter •' last
February ; and \ left j Marln- .County;; imme-',
diately,^ saying "4 that *,"some ! fellows --had'
sworn : that, they 4 would; get ihim.*,^.- J ,;
AnT anonymous i letter; f rom 'l Sausalito to ,
Chief /of : Polict ' Dinan \u25a0 gave ',the , first : clew,
to McGrath' s 7, Identity. l The* letterjdeclared>
\u25a0 that S the ":-, body.f found .2 on a the j mole \ was \u25a0
that i of Hall * McGrath;; who • had^
killed ?a ? man^ at 1 Sausalito.;; ;'y; > " '" -j 'X
\u25a0i'A* photograph ?of ? the ' dead \u25a0;• v man ?~ was
shown l^toi PoundmasterJ Charles : C-1 -Bright
of Sausalito. Awhoi had < befriended r ; ; Mc-^ :
Grath \ through' his trouble. At - first slanco
THE THEATERS.
AIjCAZAR— "The Secret of PollcM
nelle."
ALHAMBRA— "Kesurrection."
CALIFORNIA — "Merry Burlesquers."
Matinee. \u25a0• •
CHUTES — Vaudeville. Matinee
COLUMBIA— "The Coll«se Widow."
GRAND^-*The Fires of St. John."
MAJESTlC— "Christopher Jr."
ORPHEUM — Vaudeville.
TIVOLI — Comic . Opera. .
LYRIC HALL— BmII Sauret. »
1 Bright sajd: ':• "That -is • he; - 1 \u25a0am pretty
sure' of.lt.-: J ' . . V'.Mk
:- Bright. took the first \u25a0 boat , to ' thi3 side
of/tho;bay; and '.crossed to /Oakland.
Though 1 the*.' features -of . the ; corpse are
blackened ;• and fdlstorted-. Bright recog
nized ' his i former ' friend. 7He .' positively
Identified I portions - of ; the \u25a0 dead man's
clothing .which I ; were shown to him/ -
""Thelurethatdrew.McGrathtb the Oak
land ; side of the bay,? where . It ' is thought
the murder was committed," was probably
a v woman: tVWhlle i' he '- was In " the- llarin
County' Jail 'awaiting, trial forjthe second
Ihqmiclde •> the \' woman * visited" hlm'-Icon
' stantly. ; McGrath was madly In love with
[ her.t'"' "'.V -j* .-• : \u25a0\u25a0\u25a0.""';\u25a0."\u25a0";\u25a0-.-. \u25a0- \u25a0; ; ' .-•• ;
;^That ) is fall \ that ; ; the 'police ' know ; of the
murdered 3 man's "antecedents 4so far. He
: lef t> Mar in 1 County j last r February in fear
'of nls life.^Since ; then f he has-been In this
city/ and \in 1 Oakland \ tryine -to \ hide from
i the J people Vwhol had * threatened ! to . "get
\u25a0 him. I ' C" \u25a0-\u25a0*,' -'' c '*"'*;-vi'.'"'"'' ; \u25a0«' l. s V ;'i^;-;";.;
(u'McGr&th' iwent fto j Sausallto ) in ; 190 L •\u0084 a
discharged ; soldier iwho \ had \u25a0' seen 'service
In i the \ Philippines.^ He\worked ] there as
"an^eipressman.'tjiHewasj something of an
Continued on Page 2, Columa 6.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
RYAN READY
TO DIVULGE
EVERYTHING
Will Be Recalled
in • Insurance
Inquiry.
Harriman's Threat to
\ Be Revealed to
Committee.
Sensation Is Probable When
the Equitable Magnate
Again Testifies.
NEW YORK. Dec. 11.— The Legisla
tive Life Insurance Investigating Com
mittee appeared to- night to have sue->
ceeded in its attempt to mak« Thomas
F. Ryan divulge what E. H. Harrimun
said or threatened to do to Influence
him to divide his control of the Equi
table Life Assurance Society. District
Attorney William T. Jerome, who was
asked by the committee . to take steps
to punish Ryan. for refusing- to answer
the questions. about. Hazr>rru»u,. report
ed to the committee to-day that he had
informed Ryan's ' counsel that Ryan,
ought to answer. Jerome also wrote
to the committee that he believed Ryan
would answer It brought befora the
committee again.
Ryan, who bought 502 shares of tha
stock of the* Equitable Life Assurance
Society last summer and placed them
in a trust to be voted by three trus
tees, of whom Grover Cleveland is on-,
was on the wltnes3 stand before the
Insurance Investigating Committee
last. Friday. He testified that on th<»
day he got possession of the Equitable
stock E. H. Harrirnan. president of tha
Union Pacific and Southern Pacifies
railroads and a director of the Equi
table Society, asked him for a share oC
the stock. "What Harrlman said to him
to induce him to part with that stoc'.c
Ryan refused to tell the committee.
RYAX HEADY TO. TESTIFY.
' .Hughes declined to say when Ryan
would be recalled, but it 13 presumed
he will take the witness stand to-mor
row or the following day. Subsequent
ly Guthrle, Cravath and Henderson,
counsel for ( Ryan, gave out a state
ment that they had advised Ryan that
he should answer the questions- and
that he was prepared to do so when
ever recalled by the Investigating
committee.
The committee was engaged for a
part of the time to-day In Inquiring
into the affairs of the Provident Sav
ings Life Assurance Society of New
York. Charles E. Hughes, counsel for
the committee, had brought out by
questioning Edward . "W. Scott, tha
president of that company, that when
Frank F. Hadley of New Bedford.
Mass., secured control of the company
in 1896 he borrowed $162,000 from thu
company on his collateral notes to pay
up for the stock of tbe insurance com
pany. Scott testified that Hadley
never repaid those loans and that the
insurance company realized only
$30,000 on the sale of the collateral.
Companies in which Hadley was in
terested failed and he committed sui
cide.
"It cost the Insurance company just
1132.000 for Mr. Hadley to get control
of it." said Hughes.
SCOTT BACKED BY MtCAU.
Besides the $162,000 Hadley had bor
rowed $200,000 to pay for the assur
ance company's stock and had put up
that stock as collateral. Scott testified
that, he bought that stock at auction
after Hadley' s death and borrowed tha
money to do it from the New York Se
curities and Trust Company. John 'A.
ilcCall, president of the New Yoris
Life. Insurance Company. Scott said,
"stood - back of him" in the negotia
tion 'for the loan.
Other witnesses have testified that
the New York Life Insurance Company
controlled the Security and Trust Com
pany. '
After he got control of the company.
Scott said. John A. • Home, brother-in
law of x John A. McCall, was mada
comptroller of the Provident Savings
Life Assurance Company at $10,000 a
year. Scott testified also that his four
sons and a nephew- were employed by
the company, of which he was presi
dent.' \u25a0;. .-•-.
'Hughes \u25a0 read from a statement of
the legal expenses of the Provident
Life'' 1 Company a ' list of five pay men t j
made to Andrew , Hamilton, the legis
lative \u25a0_ agent of the New York Life In
surance Company, .who Is now -In Parii
and \ who has - been , asked to come to>
New York and : testify. The payment*
covered- a period .from -1898 to "1901.
! One^ was J $500 and another $2500. tho
amounts of the others not being stated,
-y "The i witness said* that Hamilton ' bad
visited t- the ; Insurance L , Departments oC
Illinois \u25a0 and <: Kansas and possibly some
other ' States to secure permission for
the • Provident' Savings Life Insurance
Company • to iasue^a- policy .on the flr*t
year; on: which no reserve would be re
quired. The -"company got th* p*rxaU
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