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NUMBER OF ITEMS IN YESTERDAY'S CALL 213 Chronicle 204 Examiner 184 Both Quantity and Quality in The Call. VOLUME CXI I.—NO. 168. Bulgaria Signs Armistice With Vanquished Ottomans Fall of Adrianople Is Announced From Both Turkish and Servian Sources NEW RUSSIAN PACT MADE BY U.S. Compromise Will Replace 1832 • Commercial Treaty to Be Abrogated January 1 OLD PASSPORT POLICY CONTINUES IN FORCE Czar to Dispense With Maximum Tariff Duties on All Imports From America STRICT SECRECY MARKS ACTIONS OF BOTH SIDES WASHINGTON. Nov. 1 4.—An un derstanding whereby a modus vivcndl will be established between the United States and Russia to prevent a '-omplete rupture •mmrrrial relations January 1. when abrogation of the commercial treaty of 1832 become? effective, has been reported by Secretary of State Knot and Russian Ambassador Bak metieff. The exact details of the understand ing have not been made public, but it Is said that an adjustment has been made that will prove satisfactory to both countries. A great tariff war is thus averted ami, incidentally, another long and provoking debate in the presA ing-re's*! has been avoided. It was generally reported an a.a:rer> f "nt had been adopted between this government and Russia as the result of conference* between Knox and Am b.ipsaiior Rakmetieff. (rot it was learned tonight that the result of the diplo matic negotiations 'an not be termed an agreement. Tt is simply an arrangement for a modus vivendi to he sealed by the ex change of informal notes and will not have to be ratified by the T'nited States senate. In other words , the Russian- American passport question, which is the fundamental involved, is to be passed on by the present administra tion to Wood row Wilson. The only effect of the understanding: between Knox and Bakmetieff Iβ to preserve the status quo until the new adminis tration comes into power. Even with the best of intentions on the part of the negotiators, because of the difficulty of rapid communication between .Washington and St. Peters burg, save by the unsatisfactory cable method, it will consume little less than the seven weeks that intervene be tween the present date and December 21, when the old treaty expires, to ac- i complish this mutually desired result. Because of the extreme delicacy of 1h» subject and the possibility of the j complete failure of the proposed agree- ] ment if there should be public discus sion and criticism, neither party to the negotiations Ifl willing to throw any I light on the details of the arrange- j ment; in fact, it is even impossible to ! seeiire an official admission that the j agreement Is within sight. From such sidelight a*s is obtainable, however, it appears that Russia has not consented to modify its practice of Continued on I'agre 2, Column 7 IIVDEX TO ADVERTISEMENTS Btaftto CwtHtod Public lp AMPta Wanted l^ Alameds Real Estate •13 i Al!<»n. Wiley B 2 Amuaeiupnts • Ap«rtuip'itß • • Vi Awl)i!*ri« IS A **» » er* U Aslrology 12! Attorney* W Auctions •• !• Avtnmobitm .5, 12 j Hat«y tariiaees '- : j BarN .md Supplier ...... 12 i Blue B<v,k 4 8.-rUOrt !£eal fertatC 13 BurlinsHDic Real l>tatP 'J Business t hacc* i:; B'jslne*,. < MlppoK 1- Bu«lnes« I'orKonals* 12 Beclima w nnte<] U Button* and Pleating 12 Carjiet Cleaning 12 1 Carroll. Taul |j Catarrh am] Deafness 1* Children's Chairs 13 City Real Rstyte 13 ClflfrTOvant"! I' 2 j Colaebta Pbooogxaph Co 2S rottwres t<, I>ei 13 Connrry Rpal Ketate 13 ( c rroJl 1 I T>pafne«s mid Catarrh 12 | Kentists 12 Ix-s k-'i] C*t HosyltaN 12 ( »rriasf-> 13 I>r-p« Making 12 K-)ii<at!i.nal 12 KMfr. I'«titl / 2 Kmpki.vnipnt (»fflrp» 1U LmplovrDf-nt WanlM lF<»r)]alr) 12 j Kmploymont TN"an)pil i\lalf) 12 Female Uflp WantpJ 33 Fll»* nocut X! Financial 1 ': u IS n«tf« tn i.pt ia For tsalp—Mlvoilaiicf.us 12 rtirntafcfd ApariniPni* ,13 i Furnitnrr For Salr 13 I f>jr« 1" Sarincs Bank 18 iump, S. fc <J 7 Hiitr (teoia 1" 1 Hal*' Brof IS Hayings Clothing Co |g Hut ward Kfiil fotatr t:; I J\tsn.r*. Ilarnoss. Wtt&nt 1" Hotels 13 I RULERS OF TURKEY AND BULGARIA, NOW ENCAGED IN PEACE PALAVERS. AND SCENE IN ISLAM'S CAPITAL GIRL ENMESHED BY VISIONS OF GREAT WEALTH Rare Alchemy of Fairy Tales Said to Have Transformed Studio Into Prison [Bj> Federal Wireless] IXXS AXGELDS. Nov. 14.— Tales of beautiful princesses, marble palaces,, diamonds and wealth untold were the gilded bar? that kept pretty Miss Pris ci'la Bigger?, 17 years old, a prisoner in the home of Giovanna Carvadossi, a noted singer, for over a month, ac cording to the story told by the girl to the police when they visited her in the city jail, where she is being held temporarily as a witness against Carvadossi. Late last night Carvadossi was arrested at 935 West Twenty-fifth street, where the police say he kept the young women imprisoned in his studio. The police have investigated thor oughly the circumstance of theialleged imprisonment and say that Miss Big gers is possessed of an intense desire to become cultured. They will ask the juvenile court to permit them to find her a home. "I came here from Texas to study music," said the girl. "I went to Sig nor Carvadossi and he treated me like a princess. He said that I had a most wonderful voice and that within a year I would be a great singer. I was so happy I cried. He told me to stay right in hie house and he would pay me 510 a month to do the housework." • SENATOR RAYNOR NOT EXPECTED TO SURVIVE Statesman Has Relapse and His Family Is Summoned WASHINGTON Nov. l-V —Senator Isidor Raynor of Maryland, who ha.s b«ren .seriously ill for some time at his res : rience here, had a relapse tonight and his son and other members of their immediat* family were summoned hur riedly t<"> his, beilskie. The senator lias been suffering frorm neuritis. Pakp Hulfrm A Co ' 15 luse. tx Uxtarmlsated i^ inTaliii Chairs \% j j3 f-"ane on rvnjnfrr Preewty Wnntrd 13 l>»ga) anrl Offiria! 14 I.'xifnng HJBuaei Fur Hale 13 l>-pf and Fr«in.l • , j« !/iimh«>r For f'ale ..}.. 13 Baths , jg Mal«> \Yani*"l , i^ Maternity Homes ' ]2 Merrjmonial '.. y^ Moetings l.odf;<»R 1° Misoellanrnn* Wants '. 12 M.inoy to ' j;; Moner t" I/mn—Rral ............ Vi: , .. 14 SkfOMjr WantPd v Musical rn*tnimpnts Votary PebMe .......... \\ 12 Niirfips ' ' y* Oakland Honshu U, l.Pt (liifnrnished i 13 Oakland Real Rstatp 13 Of flees and Stores to lα* .......'. \% Patent Xttornera 12 Personals 12 Physicians 12 Property Wanted ..'..,'.'.'.....'. J?, Proposals nnd Bid* it Rallrofld Time Teblps 13 Kpml Krftai*- to Kxchange U Rpdw.wxl City Rtal BMate '~' RicUmond Rpsl &»ta1«>....» ....'.'.'!.' 13 FlooniK and Hoard Offered »».•«.'! 15 Rooms and Board Wanted ...»%. 13 Rooms For J3 Room* to Jjet (Furnished nnd T r nfurnieli«><3) '.'. 13 Rooe Bros J SaiTHtnenti. Vallry Lands *. 13 Sal*>sme« nnd Solicitor* . 12 Samoels. P 7" ]g Sianatorinm For Sale ' j^ San Matpo Real K«tste 13 Santa Gnu Xtf*\ Kftate .•. ir? Schlitz Beer 10 S»-« i'iC MncMn«"s |jj Sherman, Clay & «'o 4 Sloane i Co jj Spirisiialieni -. 12 Something For Sametliiii"—To Rxrhongr 13 Stauin ering ~ 12 Steamfhip 13 S?if>?t>JWs .'. 11 Htor»tf an<i Morleg Vhiis 12 To (MW ~ 13 end Supplier |g Trus<-f>s 12 Wood gJaaketa , is • THE CALL EIGHTEEN PAGES— SAN FRANCISCO. FftIDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 1912.— ITO 10. Panic stricken inhabitants of Constantinople assembled in the square, before the great mosque of Sultan Suleimanich. They have packed their household goods so as to be ready for flight should the allies attack the city. The portraits are those of Sultan Mehmed V (at left) and Czar Ferdinand. DOCTOR FACES GRAVE CHARGES OF FALSIFYING Lurid Fake Sidelights on the Slingsby Case Won't Save W. W. Fraser, M. D. For the alleged falsification of a birth certificate, the farts of which were discovered and published In The Call November 4. Dr. W. W. Fraser, formerly a practicing physician of San Francisco, is facing serious , charges before the state board of health. At tlie time the discovery was made it was stated that a young couple, anx ious to secure an heir at law to some property they expected to Inherit, re placed their own stillborn baby with a lusty child that had come into the world at about the same time, and the obliging doctor made it possible by a few deft changes in the record. Althmigh the child lias since been inve&ted with an imajrinary Kngrlish title and made heir to fictitious estates that never existed. Dr. W. K. Snow, :-■*-< retary of tlie state board* of health, has not required these fwked side lights to urge him on to an Investiga tion. He has working quietly for the last two -weeks, with the result that Doctor Frae«t"*i liten.se banes in a prei-arioii,- balance. According to his original findings, a Stillborn child of lieutenant Cliarles Henry Raymond Slingsby, a retired British army officer, andvhiH wife, Dor othy Morgan Cutler SlingSby, had been replaced in its cradle by a foundling, whose parents, unmarried, lived in So noma county. The incident took place in San Francisco in September, 1910. Yesterday Doctor Smxw made further search of the records and found that there was neither a birth, certificate nor a death certificate on file for the supposedly dead Slingsby baby. While the state board of health con tends that it has established the par entage of the child claimed by the Slinfjsbys as their own, there is no cer tificate to substantiate the statement that Mrs. Slingnby gave birth to a child. The corrected certificate of birth in the office of Doctor Snow shows that the much discussed baby, Continued on I'age 2, Column 5 U.S. TREASURER M'CLUNG TURNS IN RESIGNATION Friction With Secretary Mac- Veagh Said to Be Cause of His Action WASHINGTON, Nov. 14.—Announce ment of the resignation of T>ee Mc- Clung as treasurer of the United States was made by President Taft today. McClung tendered hie resignation to the president at a conference at the executive mansion today, and its ac ceptance was later announced by the president from the executive offices, with the explanation that McClung re signed voluntarily. It Is believed that Carml Thompson, now private secre tary to the president, wtlt succeed him. Mum as to Reasons The treasurer declined to discuss his retirement in any way today, but It that his resignation came as the result of continued friction with Secretary MacVeagh. McClung was one of the treasury officials named by Assistant Secretary A. Platt Andrew as having been in continued controversy with the secretary when Andrew, in a letter accompanying his resignation, declared that the secretary and his as sociates were not in harmony. The appointment of Carml Thompson to succeed him would be followed, It is believed, by the immediate return of Charles D. Hilles to the White House as secretary to the president. The, treasurer of the United Stales is not appointed for a fixed term. Ac cording to hie commission, he serves until his successor is appointed. Big Money Transfer The resignation of McClung means that the money and securities for which the treasurer i> responsible must be actually counted and receipted for, This will be the greatest single finan cial transaction in the history of the world. When McClung assumed the duties of treasurer he gave a receipt j "to. liis predecessor for $1,250,134, --946.88 2-3. This was the largest single transaction from man to man on rec ord. "While the exttct amount the treasurer's fund is not- known, it is expected it will exceed those figures by many million^ f - ROOSEVELT HAS 72 PLURALITY; STATE IN DOUBT Democrats Add to Uncertainty by Mandamus Proceedings in Los Angeles On the fare of the complete official returns from all but San Francisco, Lob Angeles and Yuba counties and the unofficial returns from those coun ties, Roosevelt has a plurality of 72 over Wilson. Pending- the outcome of mandamus proceedings started in Ijos Angeles by the democrats yesterday, the official compilation of the California vote can not be made and the result must re main in doubt. Unless the action in stituted by the democrats results in substantial changes from, the totals of ; the unofficial count in Los Angeles, a divided California electoral vote seeme inevitable. The announcement of the semiofficial returns for San Francisco yesterday showed a net gain of 31 for Roose velt. The completed canvass in Ala meda county resulted in a gain of two for Wilson. Los Angeles Holds Key The key to the mystery of the Cali fornia vote is in the Los Angeles re turns, and the announcement of the Los Angeles officials can not be made earlier than next week, and the action brought by the democrats may result in delay of another week. In the figures showing Roosevelt with a lead of 66 no account is taken of the g«tn of 72 for Wilson reported from Los Angeles.. That gain is unof ficially admitted,, but the admission will have no significance until the canvass Is completed. A private dispatch from Los Angeles yesterday disclosed that the democrats purpose to allege invalidation of the returns from eeverai precincts on the ground that they were opened in secret four days before the supervisors met as a canvassing board. Electors Bring Contest Miss Mary Foy and R. F. Del Valle. democratic candidates for elector, yes- Continued o» Page 2, Colmna 9 \ The weather — Highest temperature, 60; ? >svß>|Sf Tuesday night, 52. J FOR TODAY—Cloudy; light I gfjooH®uth wind, changing to rvest. For Detail* of the Weather See Fife 17 DIRECTORS STEP OUT OF DEFUNCT LOAN COMPANY President Sloan and Five Asso ciates Quit the Concern Wrecked by Black PALO ALTO. Nov. 14.—Business and financial circles were surprised this evening with the announcement that President D. L. Sloan and five other members of the board of directors of the Palo Alto Mutual Building and Loan association had resigned, their places being filled by other stock holders. The upheaval took place this after noon, when Sloan opened the directors' meeting with the statement that he was ready to accept resignations, that the management of the association might be placed in the hands of per sons more satisfactory to stock holders and depositors. After receiving the resignations of his son. Prof. W. H. Sloan; J. J. Morris,-George W. Harms, A. N. Umphreys and G. F. Gray, Sloan stepped out of his chair. Vacancies Are Filled The vacancies were filled by the election of Prof. C. 11. Gilbert, Prof. A. B. Clark, Miss Clara Stoltenberg, James Fraser and G. O. King, with one more to be named at a future date. Professor Gilbert was elected president, the other officers remaining the same. Representatives of the various or ganizations interested in the Building and Loan association and in the prop erties of Marshall Black met and ap pointed City Attorney Norman E. Mal colm and Judge Monroe Thomas to in vestigate the legal aspects of the case. Plans also were made for opening the doors of the association December I. Forced Into Bankruptcy In regard to the Marshall Black In vestment company the committees prac tically "decided it will be necessary to force the company into bankruptcy. No action will be taken, however, until the legal committee reports. Those present at this meeting were: Attorneys Louis Oneal and James P. Sex, representing Marshall Black; Harry Corbaley and Judge Monroe Thomas, representing the Marshall! Black Investment company; Prof. J. O. Griffin and George Mosher of the Palo Alto Mutual Building and Loan asso ciation; Prof. J. R. Slonaker and Nor man E. Malcolm, representing the De positors' league; Prof. C. H. Gilbert and C. O. King, representing the Stock Holders' league, and J S. Lakin and G. La Peire, representing the private cred itors of Black. v • GIRL IN JAIL FOR 25 CENJ DEBT - I Arrest Ordered for Failure to , Pay Night's Lodging SACRAMENTO, Nov. 14.—L*ura Stein miller was arrested today for a debt of 25 cents. She spent se%-eral hours in jail, but was later released. She owed j J. Toach, keeper of a lodging house, for j a bed last night. The specific charge i was defrauding an innkeeper. I PRICE FIVE' CENTS. ISLAM ARMY IS ROUTED IN EVERY QUARTER Bulgars Dislodge Nazim Pasha's Headquarters and Occupy Strong Position 21 Miles From Constantinople MONTENEGRINS RENEW ASSAULTS ON SCUTARI Serb and Greek Forces Menace Monastir and Surrender of Mussulmans There Is Imminent Developments of a Day In Balkan-Turko War Turkey formally appeal* to fiuljcnria for peace. Conqueror* demand tjie evae uatioo of Adrianople, .Scutari and Menaetlr aa a condition of agree ing: to an arwiatlce. Pall of Adrlanople in reported from both Servian and Turkish ■o,,rce.. Another report aay* the Bnl g-ars have occupied .No/I v Paaha's headquarter*. 21 mile* from Stamboul. Servian and Greek arraiei* art cloatna; In on Monaatlr and the Monteneenin* have renewed their attack on Scutari. BULLETIN [Special Cable to The Call] CONSTANTINOPLE, Nov. 14. It is announced here that an armistice was signed at midday today. Turkey is stated to have accepted the Bulgarian condi tions. BULLETIN BELGRADE, Servia, Nov. 14. The ministers of the powers pre sented the mediation proposals to the Servian government to day. The relations between Austria and Servia are in diplomatic circles as serious. LONDON. Nov. 14.—Turkey now has formally appealed to Bul garia for peace, thus forestall ing the tardy action of the Euro pean concert toward mediation. No armistice has been concluded; difficulties have arisen about the terms. It is said that Bulgaria demands the evacuation ot Adrianople, Scutari and Monatetir as a condition of agreeing to an armistice. Negotiations, however, continue. The censorship is again exceed ingly severe, and it is difficult to ar rive at any correct idea of the mili tary position. Fall of Adrianople Reported The fall of Adrianople is rumored from both Servian and Turkish sources, but this still is unconfirmed. Another report say* the Bulgarians have occupied Hademekeune, 21 miles from Constantinople. If this" is true, it Knox Hats $5 and up % Stetson Hats $4 and up \ Carroll Hats $3 \ at % San Francisco's n su \\ Finest Hat Beautiful % stofe J* en ?V \ 708 Market Furnishings % off Th| Store at % ?zn**~ 724 Market St. \ 2SQear y Is Showing Raincoats Priced to the % Customer's Advantage V PAUL T. CARROLL \ 1