Newspaper Page Text
THE CALL ISSUES A FOURTH EDITION AT 6A. M. DAILY CONTAINING ALL THE LATEIVORLD AND CITY NEWS Mlishesit Temperature Yeaterday, 52; l«owe«t Saturday L\lrH. 42. For detail" of the Weather nee pagt> 15. — The bank clearings of San Francisco for week ending Jan. 11 were $56,335,994.11 A gain over the same week last year of $7,399,661.30, or 15 per cent. VOLUME CXIIL—NO. 44. BIG STEAMSHIP HITS REEF HERD ON AND STRANDS Uranium Held Fast in Grip of Rocky Shore Below Halifax—Bßo Passengers All Transferred to Other Vessels by Surf Boats and Are Landed Safely CALM RESTORED BY OFFICERS AND CREW Accident Is Due to Thick Weather — Captain and His Men Remain Aboard and Hope to Have No Dif ficulty in Floating Liner HALIFAX, N. S.. Jan. 12.—The •teamer Uranium of the Uranium Steamship company, bound from Rot terdam for Halifax and New York, stranded on a reef during thick weather near the Chebucto headlight station, nine miles below Halifax, at 11 o'clock today, and tonight still is held fast in the grip of the rocky shore. Her 880 passengers, 100 in the cabin and the rest In the steerage, were taken off the ship by the government steamer Lady Laurier and a small fleet of harbor craft, and were landed safely in Halifax tonight. NO LIFE LOST IN TRANSFER Although surf boats had to be used In transferring the hundreds of pas sengers to the rescue boats, the work was safely accomplished and not a life was lost. Captain Eustace and his crev re mained aboard ship, which Is hanging bf her bow on the reef. The captain hopes to get the steamer off at Ivp w«ter late tonight. The eFcap e of a ves*el from such a predicament gener . ally is made at high water, but the -rain believes the weight of ffte Pyafter part of the steamer will gradu »"y drag the Uranium free as the tide ALARM \MO\G PASSENGERS There was much alarm, especially among the steerage passengers, when the ship struck, but the officers and eailors soon succeeded in restoring calm. Tlie rescue # boats arrived at 2 p. m., and the transfer of the Uranium's pas sengers was begun at once. Three surf boats from the life saving station and the life boats of the Uranium were used. The Lady Laurier took women and children first, and then the men were transferred to the Bridgewater. STEAMER STRIKES HEAD ON The steamer struck head on when the tide was half high, and late in the Afternoon her how was six feet out of water, while there was 7 fathoms of vi,-iter under her amidships and 17 fath oms at the stern. The plates at the bow are ripped open and No. 1 hold was flooded. The weather continued heavy tonight tnd wrecking steamers are standing by the Uranium to rescue the crew should necessity arise. TOUCHING REUNION SCENES The last of the rescue ships, the steamer Lady Laurier. reached Halifax about 10 o'clock tonight and in less than an hour her 600 passengers— women and children —were safe on shore. Some excitement followed as the women sought their husbands, the children their fathers and sisters their brothers. The masculine passengers were all on shore before them and re wre many affecting scenes with in the immigration buildings when the ••'a rated families were united. The steamer was far out of her course when she struck. She did not have a pilot on board. At midnight the wind had shifted and was blowing a gale from the north, kicking up a big sea and making the position of the stranded liner more perilous. Ships Feel Storm's Fury LONDON, Jan. 12.—The United King dom was swept Saturday and Sunday by heavy gales and snowstorms. There have been many wrecks of small craft, and coast shipping has been damaged. "■ Vessels arriving in port today felt the J full fury of the storm, and some ofj them are badly scarred. The Danish steamer Gkoeh has been wrecked off Girdleness, Scotland, with the loss of seven lives. In the north of England the storm Avas of terrific severity, lasting 33 irs. There was a continuous snow la 11 in th« Newcastle district. Tele graph and telephone wires are down in all directions. WAYFARER I\ DISTRESS The steamer Mauretania was held alongside the landing stage at Liver pool until *:20 o'clock tonight, when she sailed direct for New York. The .--famer Celtic from New York January 1, which arrived at Quesns > n this afternoon, reports having ex ed terrific weather. The gala. a •.= ?o violent on Friday and Saturday • the passengers were forbidden on promenade deck. The Celtic at 4 a. m. Friday spoke the British steamer YYayfarer from Liverpool. January 5, Continued an Page '4, Column 5 "Tlwi People's Newspaper" WOMAN AT 35 MOTHER OF 27 Cleveland Stork Has Brought 2 Sets of Quadruplets, 3 if Triplets, 5 of Twins (Special Dispatch to The Call) CLEVELAND. 0.. Jan. 12,—The birth of four boys makes Mrs. William G. Clark of Cleveland the mother of 27 children. Ph P is only 35 years old. The quadruplets died because of an injury to the mother. This is the second set of quadruplets the woman has borne. She aiso is thp mother of three sets of triplets and five sets of twins. Six of her 27 children are alive, the oldest,- Roland. * being 19. and the youngest. Hubbard, is 2 old. Mrs. Clark's mother has 2S children. Her grand mother had 29 children, quadruplets and triplets among them. STATE'S "ANGEL" ASKS PAY Action Reviewed to t olleet *R8,44S Ad- ranced Attache* in 1878 (Special Dispatch to The Call) SACRAMENTO. Jan. 12.—Dwight H. Miller, guardian of the estate of John Kelly, an aged incompetent, has peti tioned the superior court for permission to~employ a lawyer to collect 158,448.26 from the state for moneys owing the attaches to the constitutional conven tion of 1879, the claims of which Kelly took over. The money was not avail able and ivelly is said to have advanced it. He has previously tried to get the State to reimburse him, but without .success. KING HONORS YANKEE AID T. Sf. C. A. Secretary Geta Medal for Dnrbar Festival Services (Special Dispatch to The Bait) CHICAGO, Jan. 12.—King George of England has conferred on Robert Ew ing, a graduate In the University of Chicago, the durbar silver medal, in recognition of services rendered in con nection with the durbar festival last year in Delhi. India. Among the 11 medals of this kind, this one ranks sixth. Mr. Ewing was stationed at Madras as general secretary of the In ternational Y. M. C. A. when the durbar was held. ?INDS HOUSE "STACKED" Do Not Believe Burglars Ran sacked Home Finding the rooms In her house "stacked" after a method formerly popular with college freshmen, Mrs. A. Calderella of 1358 Webster street yes terday reported to the police that her home had been ransacked by burglars. Co-operative search by detectives and Mrs. Calderella revealed the fact that no valuables had been taken, and the police are disposed to consider the matter as a unique method of getting revenge on the housewife for some fancied slight by making her believe the place had been burglarized. SCULLER LYON PAYS FINE Tale Star Reaenta Sir Tobert'a Insult to Stenographer (Special Cable to The Call) PARIS. Jan. 3 2.—The famous Tale sculler, Irving Addison Lyon, has Just paid a $40 fine in the Paris courts for writing a letter to the. English leather knight. Sir Tobert Walton. Lyon as serted the 70 year old magnate insulted his young stenographer. He wrote a letter which contained several epithets. Lyon says he willingly would pay an other $40 If it would teach Walton how to respect a woman. i BIG FIRE IN EDMONTON Loss of 9100,04)0 Sustained With Ther mometer at 80 Degrees Below EDMONTON, Alborta, Jan. 12.—Fire which broke out in Reed's bazaar store for a time' threatened an entire block in the central business district here early today. Owing to a broken water main the firemen were unable to get a stream on the Are and a number of small buildings were torn down before the progress of the flames could be checked. The loss was $100,000. The thermometer registered 30 degrees be low zero. \RCTIC HUNTING IN PLANE Cnpt. Bartlett, Pcary'a Aid, to Pilot Gunning for Big Game (Special Dispatch to The Call) ' BOSTON, Jan. fc.— Captain Robert A. Bartlett, of the steamship Roosevelt, in which Commander Peary went on his successful search for the north pole, will begin the study of aviation in the spring with the novel Idea of piloting arctic shooting parties In airships over the ice fields of the polar regions, where they will shoot big game. JOHN EYRE NELSON DIES Descendant of Duke of Marlborough, .Michigan Resident, Succumbs (Special Pispatch to The Call) BATTLE CHEEK, Mich., Jan. 12.— John Byte Nelson of Battle Creek, nephew of Karl Nelson of British no bility, an da descendant of Admiral Lord Nelson, is dead in England, where • 0 gone to visit his parents, Rev. and Mrs. Nelson. He was a descendant of the duke of Marlborough on his mother's side. THE CALL SAN FRANCISCO. MONDAY, JANUARY 13, 1913.—PAGES 1 TO 8. ** HYDRO-AEROPLANE SOARS IN FUTILE HUNT FOR CONVICT In Chase for "Perfumed Bur glar" Conducted by The Call, Christofferson Skims Shores WARDEN BELIEVES CAPTURE DUE SOON Wrong Scent Taken Five Times by ArmecJ Posse; Farmers Worried The Marin county manhunt, with Herbert Repsold, the escaped San Quen %in "perfumed burglar" convict as the quarry, was continued without suc cess all day yesterday and all uigbt by 100 armed men, some of tbem possess ing authority, but the majority wor ried ranchmen, anxious for the safety of their women folks. Warden John Hoyle believes the con vict soon will be recaptured because of the hardships he must be under going. All Saturday night and yester day a cold, drenching rain fell in Marin county and this was abetted by a strong wind. It is believed Repsold, without food or shelter, must sur render, t HYDRO-AEROPLANE USED The chase was not confined to tfie land, however, for The Call conducted a keen and novel search along the Marin county bay shore line by means of the hydro-aeroplane of Christof ferson. With a reporter of The Call as passenger and guard, ,the aviator skimmed In and out of the Indentations of the irregular shore line yesterday afternoon until a dense fog compelled a return to the beach near the United States army transport docks. Five times during the course of the day Warden Hoyle was Informed by frightened farmers that they had Spotted the fugitive < i eeplng through brushland. AH alarms were from the rural district between Lagunitas and Novate, and on each occasion an emer gency posse of '35 men was rushed to the supposed hiding places. The last time the hunters succeeded In rounding up a tramp, who was soon after the prison guards examined him. WIRES TO PRISON DOWN During the afternoon the peniten tiary was cut off from communication with the outside world, when the tele graph and telephone wires were, pre sumably, blown down. This incident is being carefully investigated, for Rep sold taught a bitter lesson Friday night when he made his ingenious escape after blowing out the fuses of the entire lighting system of the peniten tiary, leaving the institution in total darkness until he won a good lead on his pursuers. When The Call's plan to hunt the criminal with a hydro-aeroplane was explained to Aviator Christofferson he was quick to realize the possibilities of his water-air-land craft. TRIP OF CRAFT ROUGH The trip across the bay from the transport docks, past Alcatraz island and toward Angel island, was made, for the most part, with the pontoon splashing against the top of the wave lets which roughened the surface of the channel water. Once beyond Angel island, C nr l*t. o n> r »on elevated his front control until the aeroplane was flying well above the water. Then, swerving in toward the shore line, the real search began. Roundlng Bluff point and flying past the country on either side of El Campo lecessitated a return to the water level, for a fitful wind was encountered which made flying at a low altitude ex- tremely dangerous. At California point Christofferson suddenly shut off his throbbing engine, but started it almost before the sound of the motor had died away. Both he and the reporter had discovered a solitary duck hunter crouching behind a blind. The hunter spied the biplane and stood up, waving his arms in greeting, revealing a pudgy body not at all resembling the slender lines of the violet perfume loving Rep sold. RETURN TRIP THRILLING' When the grim outlines of the walls at San Quentln were visible the avi ator changed the course of the gray* specter like air vessel and prepared for the return Journey, cruising along the shore. As the machine was brought about a couple of guards could be dis tinguished moving back and fortfl on top of the prison walls. The return trip was made more thrilling than might have been "ex pected even of an aeroplane conducted man hunt. The lack of a compass bothered Christofferson considerably, and for one tense period neither shore line was visible. The rest of the trip was made along the surface of the water, with spray drenching the lower plane of the ma chine and the occupants. POSSE TRACES FOOTPRINTS The posse was busy yesterday tracing the footprints of the escaped convict from the place where he walked out of the prison yard to the place on the bay shore where were found the electric Continued oa Page 2, Column T FLOODGATES ON OHIO OPEN; LEAVE 2,500 HOMELESS River Passes 60 Foot Stage at Cincinnati, Rising at Rate of Two Inches an Hour PROPERTY LOSS TO REACH THOUSANDS Schoolhouses and Churches in Kentucky Towns Are Filled With Refugees CINCINNATI, Jan. T2.-~ The Ohio river passed the 60 foot stage here today and continued to rise steadily at the rate of two inches an hour. In the lower parts of the city and in Day ton, Newport and Covittgton, suburbs across the river in Kentucky. 2,600 persons hay% been made temporarily homeless by the Invading waters. In the Kentucky towns schoolhouses and churches have been thrown open and are filled with refugees. The prop erty loss will reach Into the thousands. HEAVY' LOSSES SUFFERED Cincinnati commission merchants and warehouse owners whose places of business are along the river front, have suffered heavy losses. Hundreds of cel lars have been flooded, and in some buildings facing the wharves the water is up to the second story. The Panhandle and Louisville and Nashville railroad freight houses are half buried In water, and all trains running In the Grand Central station are to be routed into the city. STEAMBOAT TRAFFIC OFF The flooded streets along the river on both the Ohio and Kentucky sides were filled with rowboftts, skiffs ana launches all day, carrying out refugees and their belongings. Steamboat traf fic on the river has be>eri practically abandoned, the water *Mng so high that many of the b*>*S - are una I!e to pass under the bridges. The swift cur rent Is a bar to upstream traffic. The government forecaster predicted today that the rise would continue for 38 hours, assuming a cessation of rain. The forecaster's omce is kept open day and night, and frequent bulletins are Issued on the flood situation. Great Levee Weakening PORTSMOUTH. 0., Jan. 12.—1t is estimated that several hundred families have been driven from their homes by the flood here. Moving vans and all kinds of wagons operated busily all day long, carrying families and the belongings to places of safety. The. poorer class found refuge In the public school buildings. Flood defenses are holding water out of the city proper, but the Broadway levee, which holds floods out of the east end, today gave signs of yielding to pressure and Is now being strength ened with sand bags. Water Surrounds Towns GALLIPOLIS, 0.. Jan. 12.—The Ohio river reached a stage of 52.3 feet to day and Is still rising. EJvery river town for 50 miles with the exception of Galllpolis, which now is surrounded by water, is flooded. All trains on the Kanawha and Michigan and Baltimore and Ohio are out of commission, water being several feet deep In places on their tracks. Farmers in the bottoms have suffered heavy losses. Louisville Families Flee LOUTSVILLE, Ky.. Jan. 12—Between 700 and 800 families have been driven from their homes along the water front here in the last 24 hours by the rising waters of the Ohio riv«r. a stage of 33 feet is predicted by tomor row morning and of 40 feet by Tues day evening. This would put the water over the cutoff embankment east ot the city by Monday noon and flood an area of several square miles and make approximately 400 families homeless. 9 AUTO JUMPS OFF BRIDGE fission Man and Three Friends Have Sensational Mishap Special Dispatch to The Call) SAN JOSE, Jan. 12.—1. Miller of 611 Mission street, San Francisco, and three companions escaped serious injury this afternoon when Miller lost control of his big Renault car on the Oakland %oad near Mllpitas. . The machine dashed over a bridge which spans Coy ote creek, plunged through a picket fence and brought up against a tree. Miller and a friend who occupied the front seat were hurled several feet, but the men In the tonneau were able to hang on to the car. The car was towed to San Jose for repairs. ACTRESS LOSES BY FIRE Structure Owned By Blanche Bates Burned io Ground. (Special Dispatch to The Call) NEW YORK, Jan. 12.—The building containing a valuable library, bowling alley and garage owned by Blanche Bates, at New Castle, three miles from Osatning, was entirely destroyed by fire today. The library was expensively. fitted up. It was there that the mar riage of Miss Bates. to George Creel took place. Miss Bates is at present spending" her honeymoon in Denver. j "An Independent Newspaper" , KING'S CONDITION CRITICAL Queen Mary Nurses George V ( Queen Mary, who personally directs diet of King George V whose weakened condition alarms his subjects. Court Physicians Reticent and Try to Suppress Information (Special Cable to The Call) LONDON, Jan. 12.—A rumor is current that King George is in a danger ous condition, his recent cold coupled with chronic dyspepsia having seriously affected his heart. The court physicians are reticent, and concerted efforts have been made to suppress information. Owing to a sudden illness at Christmas, the king took no part in the roal festivities. For months he has been living on soups and biscuits steeped in 'warm milk with a little fruit. Queen Mary has taken personal charge of the royal diet, and two eminent GIRLS IN BED HIDE RINGS FROM THIEF Rich Caunt Sisters "Playj Possum" as Pasadena Burglar Works (By Federal Wireless* PASADENA, Jan. 12.—While a burglar ransacked two dressers In their room early this morning, the Misses Gertrude and Vivian Caunt, daughters of Joseph Caunt, millionaire shoe manufacturer, who lives in Oak Knoll, both feigning sleep, slipped the rings from their fin gers and hid them in the bedclothes. Following the advice of their father that it is better to lose their valuables than their lives, they allowed the thief to get away with articles worth about $300. Each of the young women believed the other to be asleep, and feared that If she made any move it would only re sult In an*alarm and possible harm. As they removed their rings they watched the burglar gather up other jewels he found in the room. As he was departing one of the young women screamed and awakened her brother, Stanley Caunt. 16 years old. He discharged a revolver to attract the attention of the night watchman. The burglar had a good start and es caped. GREET CARDINAL GIBBONS Three Thousand Kiss Ring; of Prince of Church (Special Dispatch to The Call) WASHINGTON, Jan. 12.—James Cardinal Gibbons, prince primate of the Catholics of the United States, received the New Year greetings of 3.000 Catho lics of the capital in new Carroll hall , today. After pontifical high mass Cardinal Gibbons proceeded to the hall where sodalities and societies pre sented addresses and the three thou sand in turn kissed the cardinal's ring. WEATHER FORECAST: Cloudy, •with ahoweraf moderate nouth wind. BARGAIN IN MODKRN 50 ROOM HOTBL, Hot tod cold water; ateam heat: extremely cheap rant for swell location; only $4.25 per room: price $3,000: ternia. For Continuation of Thta Advertisement So* ( laaalfled Page* doctors are in constant attendance. Prince Albert, George V's second son and Britain's young sailor prince, will soon set his foot on American soil. His royal highness sets sail on the cadets' training ship Cumberland, from Plymouth. Saturday next. He will be away from England for six months, will rough it with the rest of England's future admirals above and below decks, I and will incidentally help to show the I flag at several United States ports on the Atlantic seaboard. It was originally intended to restrict the Cumberland's greeting of Uncle Sam to the port of San Juan, Porto Rico, just before she touched at Havana and Bermuda. The plan was changed at the last moment. Young Albert wants to say "howdy" to Uncle Sam. He has read a lot about the United States and has met a lot of nice army men when on leave at his father's castle at Windsor and at Buck ingham palace in London. He wants to see the big republic for himself, and as usual he has his own way. Albert Is a sturdy young man In his seventeenth year, who has done four year's hard work at the Royal Naval colleges of Osborne and Dartmouth, learning to be a real sailor. This will be his first cruise. The Cumberland is an armored cruiser, displacing 9,800 tons, with a speed of about 23 knots. Her commanding officer Is Captain Aubrey C. H. Smith. M. V. Q. Captain Smith was summoned to the palace last week, when Queen Mary gave him final instructions as to the government of her son. The king could not be present owing to indisposition. After the six months' cruise and the return of the Cumberland, Captain Smith is sure of a decoration, probably that of knight commander of the bath YERKES' WARD TO INDIA Retslns Beauty, Although She Is Only Shadow of Former Self (Special Cable to The Call* PARIS. Jan. 12.—1n the hope of re covering her health, which has been failing for several months. Emilie Griggsby, ward of the late Charles T. Yerkes, has gone to India to spend the winter'and spring. The famous beauty is still lovely, although she is but a shadow of her former glorious self. PRICE FIVE CENTS. THREATS MADE BY POWERS TO PLANT FLAGS IN ISLAM CAPITAL High Diplomatic Authority States That Unless Bal kan Peace Commissioners Make Reasonable Progress in the Coming Week Four Great European Nations Will Occupy the Capital of Islam and Settle the Controversy Out of Hand GERMANY AND RUSSIA, ENGLAND AND FRANCE Fact That Austria and Italy Are Deliberately Omitted Has Given Rise in London to Grave Fears That an International Crisis Has Been Reached as a Result of the Demand for "Com pensation" Made by the Roumanian Government BULLETINS CONSTANTINOPLE, Jan. 13S.— Th* council of ministers Is considering the question of summoning a national as sembly to discuss the existing situation la the Bnlknns. Similar action was taken In I*7B la the Russo-Turklsh war. ROME, Jan. 12.—A CettlnJe dispatch to the Secolo says that King Nicholas of Montenegro iia* sent a long cipher telegram to the king of Italy asking him to Intervene and settle the question of Scutari and the Albanian Boundaries. (Special Cable to The Call> LONDON. Jan. 12.—A high "diplomatic authority # states that unless reasonable progress Is made by the Balkan peace commissioners during the coming week four of the great powers have mads up their minds to occupy Constanti nople and settle the controversy out of hand. The four powers are said to be England, France, Germany and Rus sia. The fact that Austria and Italy are deliberately omitted has given rise to grave fears that an International crisis has been reached as a result of the Roumanian demand for "compen- I sation." NATIONS HEATEDLY BLAME EACH OTHER (By Associated Preaa) LONDON. Jan. 12.—The British sec retary of state for foreign affairs, Sir Edward Grey, and the ambassadors of the powers have made representations to Reschld Pasha regarding the pro jected departure of the Turkish dele gates, which is equivalent to a definite rupture of the peace negotiations, for which Turkey is considered responsi ble. In reply Reschid Pasha said that he was not responsible for the suspension of the work of the conference, which was decreed by the allies not only without asking his opinion, but with out even allowing him to express It when he begged to do so. RESCHID PASHA WAITED WEEK He had waited a whole week, hoping that reflection would bring tbs allies to more reasonable and moderate views, but as no desire had been manifested to hear what further rectification of the frontier Turkey was prepared to indicate—naturally without ceding Adrianople—the Turkish plenipotenti aries could not remain in London In definitely. ,In deference to PJngland and the other powers, whose ambassadors re gretted the rupture cf the negotiations, Reschid Pasha > oisented to telegraph to Constantinople asking definite in structions. ALLIES ALSO TIRED The allie? also are tired of waiting. They do not believe the note which the powers will present at Constantinople ?.. L ' LLLi-J — ,' . g ROYAL j NESTOR Original London & Cairo Cigarettes Edw.Wolf Co. *rX>isTFrißi>rcff-s. 161167 CALIFGRNtA ST. , ; r ,* •,