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cfiSh<*»t Temper ilnre Yenterday, S4t T««wf<it Monday Mcht. 46. Fot Irtnil* of the VVpHfher *fp !•««:«• !■'. The fresh fruit ship* '■''-'■ ember 27 were 13,3G7 CARS against 12,307 up to- cor >onding date last year. VOLUME (XIII.-XO. 11. CIVIC BETTERMENT AMENDMENTS RATIFIED Colonel Theodore Roosevelt Outlines Aims of the Progressive Party OLD PARTIES ! IST FOLLOW ' PROGRESSIVES! OR GO UNDER! •"Our Function Is to Bring | About Needed Realign- j ment of Political Parties; Along National and Ra-j tional Lines — Substan tially Old Parties Are but; Wings of Same Party of j Reaction and Privilege" \ BIG BUSINESS IS TO BE UNDER CONTROL "We May Trust the Events j of the Next Year or Two! to Develop Our Ablest and j Most Resourceful Men." "The Progressive Party Is the Servant of the People" | -"Financial System Needs j Thorough Readjustment" B.t fiKORGV. G. HI 1.1. • ial dspatcb to The Call CHU *c. Hi.~Pians for the permanent organization of the pro- Kresaj otsTlined today on door of *'■* • nel Rooeevelt appeared ' i*ray. Some say it was his first appearance in political activity In anything other than the prince al bert. The brown cut&Waj> was styled the unifor lUua" Roosevelt. Nevertheless he outlined the pla.ns for ie party before the con- Tonight a banquet—a plain affair, not a function —was given at the Audi torium. Guests in evening dress were barred. The menu included beefsteak and pumpkin pie. iev»M and Albert J. B«v --eridge were the speakers of the even- Cheers for Jane Addams Senator Dixon opened the. day's meeting at the Salle hotel Miss Jane Addamp was cheered when she was motioned to a seat on the platform, several hundred women in the audience loudly applauding her. ■ ns? others conspicuous in the meeting were Francis J. Heney, Oscar Straus of New York, the progressive candidate for governor; James B. Gar- and othets. Colonel Roosevelt «#id (George W. Perkins of New York were the leading flgiir"- at Uμ conference today. jnel Roonevelt, digressing from a prepared address, delivered ■ vigorous attack ;ipon the Idaho supreme court for its de* Laion during- the recent cam paign regarding presidential electors. Perkins took the center of the stage « <-!. jt became known that certain of hie fallow progressives had started a • ement to oust him from the national executive committee because of his for mer corporation connections. Fights for Perkins Bel Roosevelt took up the fight for Perkins in his address. Pointing out Perkins and railing him by name. Colonel Roosevelt declared that the New York financier was one of the men he was proud to have as a fellow worker in the progressive party. Later in the day Perkins made a he asserted that al waye he had been for progressive mess- B, and that he resented an intima tion that he was a convert to the cause. Taking* up the Idaho supreme court decision, Colonel Rooeevelt said, in part: "I hold that decision was an outrage ous decision. I hoJd that it was the duty of every honest citizen to protest against it and to denounce it in the strongest terms. "I hold that it would have justified any lawfaj action taken under the pro posals that we progressives advocate for the recall of the. judges. "And now that Idaho court, continu ing to the cause of reaction, has summoned Mr. Sheridan, the editor of the paper, and others before it for con tempt. I do not want to laugh at this. ■ matter for bitter laughter that there should be the chance of perpetrat .< h an outrage, but they have it in power now, by the infliction of a ntly heavy fin?, to ruin the progressive paper—the only paper with the independence to stand up against a monstrous perversion erf justice in "'Aβ far a? I am concerned, I Trill ad- l ..niSnued on 2, Column 4 THE San Francisco CALL "An Independent Newsoaoer" REJOICES IN HAMMER FIRE Recreation Official Heralds Project With Delight James Edward Rogers, secretary of the Recreation league of San Francisco, in a letter to The Call expresses delight at the suggestion of this paper for a hammer burning celebration at Lotto's fountain on Christmas eve. Mr. Rogers writes as follows: ■"in the last two issues of your paper I have noticed with pleasure your arrangements to hold a gala Christmas eve to commemorate the burying of the hammer—the knocker. "The Recreation league of San Francisco is interested, in addition to the acquiring of recreation parks and playgrounds, in the develop ment and fostering of pageants, car nivals and other public fetes and celebrations, such as we have been in the habit of having on Christmas eve. These are distinctively Cali fornian celebrations and particu larly San Franciscan. The idea of The San Francisco Call in preparing Austria Has Army Scandal Corruption May Avert War United States can not join peace conference owing to Ambassador Reid's serious illness. Special Cable to Tlse Cull LONDON, Dec. 10,—The serious illness of Ambassador Whitelaw Reid, which has necessitated the calling into consultation of famous specialists, including Sir William Osier, has disposed of the proposal that the United States should participate in the ambassadorial conference on the eastern question at the very moment when the way had been opened for the realiza tion of Sir Edward Grey's desire in the matter. In order to avoid the HARBOR MASTER IS HERO IN VAIN Sacramento Official Risks Life at Wharf Trying to Save Man Who Sought Death SACRAMENTO,.Dec, 10.—While Com missioner Wilder, City Engineer Givan and Harbor Master McArthur were in- Fpe<-ting a new city wharf today a man dived into the water. McArthur rlimbed over the wharf and at the peril of his own life slid down a wire cable to the water. The man was clinging to a pile. McArthur reached out his hand and railed to him to grasp it. But the man in the water pushed himself free and floated on his back for a moment. "Let me alone. I want to die!" he called to McArthur and ducked his head under the water. As he did so Mc- Arthur saw a deep gash in his neck. The man kept his head below the water until he drowned. The body was not recovered. CUDAHY CHILDREN ARE RETURNED TO PARENTS (nnri Formally End* Separation Which Began Three Year* Ago After Mills Scandal KAXSAP CITY, Dec. 10.—After being legally separated from their parents for nearly three years, the four children of Mr. and Mrs. .1. P. Cudahy were turned over to them formally today by court order. Litigation concerning the Cudahy chil dren has been in the courts most of the time sine« they were given into the charge of their grandmother, Mrs. Michael Cuda-hy of Pasadena, following the Jere S. Lillis scandal in the Cudahy home here. Several months ago Mr. and Mrs. Cud ahy were remarried here. INFORMER DENIES PLOT "Brldßle" Webber Repudiates TVetl nionr That Helped Convict Becker NEW YORK. Dec. 10.—"Bridgie" , Webb*'-, one of the four informers Testimony convicted Charles Becker and the four gunmen of the murder of Herman Rosenthal, returned from Havana today and issued a state ment repudiating in many respects the story he told on the witness stand. Today he said there was no plot to murder Rosenthal. On the other hand he said the gunmen went to the Hotel Metropole to frighten the gambler, but two of them got drunk and the fatal shooting resulted. STRIKERS BATTLE POLICE iana, infuriated becauae their places on the coal docks at Edgewater, N. J., op. posite Riverside drive, had been filled. fcrtjgrlH a pitched battle with railroad detectives today. Two officer** fell wounded when the strikers opened fire during their retreat before the fists and cudgels of* the detectives. A hurry up call for police aid was sent to Hacken- Far-k, Hnd for a time the situation was SAN FRANCISCO. WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 11, 1912.-PAGES 1 TO 10. for a big pageant on Christmas eve is one that the Recreataion league of San Francisco is interested in. "Personally I herald your project with delight and shall myself do everything in my power to add to the attractiveness and success of your affair. "The whole evening should be one mass of color, of music and of joy. It should become a municipal pageant. "I know that there are many or ganizations that would be glad to co-operate and assist with their choral societies, their musical ag gregations and their military drills." PAUL LAMBETH presence of the Japanese ambassador and ostensibly to guard against em baxrassing certain powers by the in troduction vexed questions not concerned with the muddled affairs of Turkey, the conference is to be confined to Balkan affairs purely and simply. Paris Story Is Unfounded There .absolutely is nothing to tht story from Paris as to objections likely to be raised against the Russian, Ger man and Spanish ambassador* on the rather unique ground that they have been at one time or another holding portfolios of foreign affairs. Arrange ments for the conference are proceeding smoothly. 7T is believed that the pre liminary discussions Jn Faghteche have smoothed the way for the peare com missioners, who will begin their work here Friday. Turkey, it is stated, ha? agreed to cede all the territory west ol the Maritza river to Adrianople and north of a line to be drawn from Adrianople to Visa and from Visa to Cape Malatra. Certain jpiinor questions as to croTn lands and Mohammedan church settlements will have to be ad justed. Indemnities and Divisions For the rest, however, the principal questions will be as to indemnities and the division of conquered territofy among the allies. The situation as between Austria. Russia and Rervia if peculiar. Austria, it is said, suddenly has decided to avoid a clash for th<= present. Ugly disclosures and reports of further disclosures to come are breaking through the censorship de freed in relation to all military* new? within the dual monarchy. The resig nations of the army chiefs, already re ported, are stated to be not altogether unconnected with the grave disparities discovered h"twppn Austria's war strength on paper and its war strength in fact. I indicated what has sines happened a week ago when I outlined the fear felt by Austrian army officer? that Count yon Bechthold was rushing into war blindfolded, utterly unaware of the rottenness of army and navy administration. Emperor Advised at Last Moment It seems that the emperor and his principal minister were enlightened at the last moment and a general shakeup wa B begun. But let it not be thought sJhat the investigation will go very far. In Vienna it is not the custom to look for the "man higher up." There, they select as far as possible the dupe lowest down in official and aristocratic influence. The chief offenders likely will go scott free and other notables merely will be invited to resign. There is much speculation here as to the purpose for which Austria is raising $25,000,000 in New York. The general belief Iβ that the money is needed for guns that will shoot ammu nition that can be depended upon to replace the "paper ,, rifles and fixed ammunition and the defective weapons, now worrying the war office In Vienna. It is understood that the American bankers have been assured that the money will be spent mostly in the United States. War may be averted by the muddling mismanagement, or worse, of the Austrian military estab lishment. The renunciation by Turkey of all the territory conquered by the troops of the allied nations and certain mat ters relating to pious foundations and ( uiitlntifti on Pace 2, (olunio 3 Miss Cleveland Sets Hearts Aflame White House Girls Make Social Hit Fair Debutante Like Mother in Charm of Composure New York Society Is At Feet of Esther, Helen and Ethel MARGARET WATTS DE PEYSTER Special Dlepatch to The Ca]) NEW YORK, Dec. 10.—With the three daughters of Woodrow Wilson promising a fillip to Washington soci ety after March 4 next, New York de voting most of its spare ttme to mak ing much of three presidents* daugh ters —Miss Helen Taft, Miss Ethel ! Roosevelt and Miss Esther Cleveland — there is a delightful tinge of diplomatic color to the first stirrings of the sea son now unfolding its petals to disclose buds and blossoms and —well, let us say, the blooms that have bloomed and remained yet unplucked, for a series of seasons. Miss Esther Cleveland has been the suhject of the principal interest the last week, for until her debut a few weeks ago she had lived in such girlish seclu sion that people had almost forgotten that the baby of the White House must have grown to young womanhood. Miss Ethel Roosevelt, who made her debut at the White House ip her father's last administration, is a more familiar fig ure in New York, amd her being here to join in the opening functions of the season gives esi>eeial interest to the young set. Helen Taft, the present daughter of -*-■■■>«. the White House, has a particular niche I of prominence, of course, and she has i been entering into the first of society's affairs with much enthusiasm, and a little later the daughters of President elect Wilson will doubtless be added to the groups, and then, with the daugh- , ters of four presidential families fig uring, in the social set, New York will begin to rub its eyes and wonder if the scene hasn't changed to Washington. All three of the White House daughters now here will be followed by eager ryes at the benefit performances which are marking the opening of the season. Esther Cleveland g<H her first, taste of life as the most conspicuous^debu tante of the year at the time of the Titanic memorial benefit Friday after noon. Her willowy form in coral pink chif fon and her prdtty blond head tanta lizingly obscured in a large black hat with a roral ribbon spanning it. Miss Cleveland showed not a flicker of ner vous excitement. With the perfect ease of a finished social product, ahe entertained six gallant officers alone and fold a program a minute, making change, if necessary, but usually suc cefding In obtaining a smile and an offer "'to keep .the change." But that was not all, for between programs and officers she managed to receive old friends and meet new ones. When Charles Rann Kennedy shook hands and asked whether he were to condole with her or congratulate her upon her debnt, she replied: 'Oh, its awful—but Tm having a glorious time." Miss Helen Taft gave en autographed copy of a photograph of the White Houee to be sold for a charity last week, acted as usher at another benefit and has been seen at most of the gath erings of society folk. Miss Kthel Roosevelt, enormously popular, is always the center of an ab sorbed group wherever she appears. She wiil sell flowers at the ball to be given at Louis Martin's next Saturday for the benefit of the French day scry ( "All the News All the Time" Miss Esther Cleveland, elder daughter of the late former president, who made her initial how to society last Friday afternoon — the most conspicuous debutante of the year in New York — and is taking a prominent part in social events. CONGRESSMAN IS A HOYLE, BUT HE'S NO WHITE HOPE Canal Inspectors Come to Blows on Ship When Fitz gerald Lays Down New Whist Rule Special r>ii«p*t<'h in The Call WASHINGTON, Dec. 10.—While members of the appropriations com- mittee of the house were peacefully enjoying a whist game on the war vessel that was taking them to Pan ama for an inspection of the canal a dispute over the rules of the game arose between Chairman Fitzgerald and Congressman Charles I* Bartlett of Georgia. The result was a fist fight in which Bartlett smashed hard at the face of j the Brooklyn congressman and broke the letter's glasses. It is said Fitzgerald, who is consid ered the ablest parliamentarian in the houtp, tried to promulgate a new rule in whist. At least Bartlett thought it was a new rule and he insurged. He wouldn't stand for it and there was a hot dis cussion in the of which the Georgian arose in his place and with out wasting words over time and place proceeded to try an uppercut on the New York member. The blow broke the spectacles, but Fitzgerald instead of. striking back *almly said: "In our state it is a felony to strike % a man with glasses." He continued to chide the Georgia member for his hot headedness, but, peace was finally reetered. §mW LS WEATHER FORECASTi ■CAammyt ltttht rnln»i mortornte south trlml. j T, V . ■ n J California' oil-! divi- Auto vehicle registra dends fof* October tions J°J ctobcr rr ] ' r ported by Secretary of were : : ": : : state were $668,113 2,459 WILSON THREATS LEAD TO ARREST OF MOUNTAINEERS Jersey Bandits Are Caught After a Sharp Skirm ish in the Ramapo Hills NEW YORK, Dec. 10.—Three mem bers of a gang of mountaineers- that for a long time has been terrorising the farmers in the Ramapo mountains in the northern part of New Jersey, were lodged in Jail in Newark tonight on the charge of sending a letter to Governor Wilson demanding $5,000 in gold with death as the penalty of a refusal. The trio were arrested in the aft ernoon In the wild district known as Fords Mine, near Whartton, by Chief of Police Corterpou, Inspectors Butler and Larrabee. The inspectors posed as . congressmen and representatives of the . pension bureau to get near the men they have been trailing for weeks. The mountaineers were heavily armed and there was a sharp fight before they were subdued. The prisoners are Warren Dunn, alias Pete; his brother, Jacob, alias Nig, and Seely Davenport, alias Snake. Jacob is understood to have been the writer of the letter to Governor Wilson and j of others to Thomas P. King, an artist of Ledgewood, and H. J, Meisel of Dover, whose death was hastened by the threats he received. The postal inspectors obtained a. partial admission from the men that they had sent the letter to the gov ernor. PRICE FIVE CENTS. LOCAL OPTION AND FIREMEN ARE DEFEATED AT THE POLLS Nearly Half of the Charter Propositions Carry at Spe cial Election, Including All of Those Designed to Fur- ther the Growth, Improve ment and Prosperity of the City and to Aid Pan ama - Pacific Exposition; Returns Come in Slowly SALARY INCREASES DECISIVELY BEATEN Public Utilities Franchise Policy Will Be Modified; Civil Service in County Of fices Approved; Bureau of Supplies Created; Fire Alarm Station in Jefferson Pack Favored; Library Bond Sale Is Sanctioned; Fairly Large Vote Cast Complete return* from ien out of 4SB preelacta gave theee total* for >o. S. the firemen* two pUlonn amenfi meat, 9,ieS; tucalnat the amendment. 134t65. • For the public atllttlea amendment. 10,Tβ!: wtgminmt tbe amendment, 9,777. Complete returns on the local option amendment from the name precinct* ehowed a vote of 4.288 for the amend ment and an adverae vote of 18,080. Complete and partial returns from widely scattered precincts at 1 o'clock this morning indicated the ratification of the civic center, exposition and ex tension of civil service amendmnt*: the overwhelming defeat of the local option proposition and the probable defeat of the firemen's two platoon amendment by substantial majority of probably 12,000. The ratification of the public utili ties franchise amendment by a narrow margin was indicated by the returns available at midnight, but the margin was sufficiently narrow to leave the result in doubt. Local option was re jected by a vote of approximately 4 to 1 and a majority of about 42,000 The earliest returns were prophetic of defeat for all the amendments. Completed returns, however, from a few precincts, sufficiently scattered tc be considered as fairly Indicative of the vote of the entire city, indicated that nearly half of the 37 propositions would be ratified. Salary Increases Voted Down The propositions involving increases of salaries for public offlcalg vrvre voted down decisively, but apparently all the propositions designed to facili tate street opening and the construc tion of tunnels, subways and viaducts met with popular favor and •were rati fied if by comparatively small majori ties. The public utilities franchise amend ment involving radical departures from the accepted policy of the municipality and opposed by the radical proponents of municipal ownership received a heavy adverse vote both north and south of Market street, but the com plete partial returns available indicate its ratification and the passing of the determinate franchise. Among , ,, the amendments ratified is that providing for th« extension of the 2,000 *har«i of TIbEWATER Son. Ry. for sale at 10.67H -1000 Sunnyvale Land Co., 12%, at 55c 100 Wwttrn States Life la*, at 913.00 85 Chiapas Rubber, at 5.50 100 Cal. State life In* at SO. 50 WE WSX BUY 300 Western States life Iμ. 75 Vulcan Fire Ins. 150 Mascot Copper. 60 Ocean Shore By. Foulwn Wireless. Turlook Irrigation Bonds. CHESTER bTeLLIS & CO. STOCK AXD BOND BROKERS. 714 Market St., Opp. Call BId«. L Largest Dealers in Unlisted Securities oa the Pscifle Coa»t. Bst. 1889.