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The demand for The New Call's 6A. M. edition is increasing. It has been a winner from the start rtigrhcHM TcinppfHlnrc Ve«*erdajr, JW* Lew« 4 Thoriidny "M«lil, 42. F«r iJ**taHs of «h** Whether nvv pesro 10. SAN FRANCISCO HAS A $2,020,000 municipal street railway system in operation. VOLUME CXtEL— NO. 56. RIGHT RAND MAN OF MORGAN SAYS NO MONEY TRUST Lengthy Statement Prepared by H. P. Davison and Ac cepted by Pujo Committee as "Argument" Attributes Financial Co-operation to "Weak Banking Law" JAMES J. HILL ON Sf AND SHORT TIME Northwestern Empire Build er Testifies if Minority Stock Holders Be Given Directorial Representation Competitors Could Steal Secrets of the Corporation "WASHINGTON, Jan. 24.—Accepting Aβ an "argument" a lengthy statement by Henry P. Davison of J. P. Morgan Sk denying the existence of a money trust and attributing the co-operation among: financial interests to the "weak banking: law," the house money trust Investigating , committee closed today, for the time being, its financial probe. The committee will begin within a week, consideration of its report, which will recommend changes in the national bank law and legal control of various financial agencies. Mr. Davlsons statement \va* an β-nalytlcal argument teased on the ta bles and charts presented to the com mittee, "purporting to show control of $25,000,000,000 of resources by ISO directors.** BEVIES TRUST'S EXISTENCE The statement denied this conclu sion and set forth specifically that the \ flrro of Morgan & Co. "believes there . is no such thing either in form or fact, as a money trust." The commit tee did not allow the statement to go into the record as testimony, but al lowed it to be recorded as an "argu ment." Mr. Davison differed with Counsel Untermyer as to the concentration of I money and credit, and declared that i the concentration not only was not a * peril, but had been a benefit to the country under present conditions. He said the situation could be remedied only when the currency system was re formed. When asked if he believed the concentration should be extended he declined to answer. JAMES J. HIM, TESTIFIES James* J. Hill, the railroad magnate, accompanied by his son, Louis W. Hill, and his counsel, former Senator John C. Spooner, appeared ready to testify. Counsel Untermyer, for the committee, eaid Mr. Hill's examination would be brief. Mr. Hill opened his testimony with a list of his directorships In New York and Chicago banks, and In the Great Northern and Burlington roads. Mr. Hill said that the Great Northern and the Northern Pacific railroads were competitors. When the Northern Securities com pany -was dissolved, he said, he re ceived 37,000 shares of Great Northern and 62,000 shares of Northern Pacific. He now has 20.000 shares of Great Northern and his son, Louis W. Hill, has 13,500 shares. Mr. Hill, testified that he was a director in the First National Bank of St. Paul, one of the largest banks in the northwest. He disagreed with Mr. Untermyer's sug gestion that minority stock holders be given representation in directorates through cumulative voting. Hβ said that such a system might allow com- j petitors to gain a corporation's secrets j by obtaining a place on its board. CHARACTER OF MAN ALL. On the question of interlocking di- Mr. Hill said he held that the I propriety of the practice rested en tirely upon the character of the mdi- I vidual man. Mr. Lane opposed the principle of j Continued on Page 2, Column 7 GROOM IS 34, BRIDE IS 70 Widow of Former Awrmor Surprises Friends by Marriage (Special Dispatch to Tbe Call) SACRAMENTO, Jan. 24.—Friends here of the widow of Thomas H. Ber l<ey, for years assessor of Sacramento county, learned today of her marriage last September near Stockton to Theo dore Wold, formerly manager of the Goodyear Coat company of this city. Wold is 34 years old and his bride upward of TO. They are now on a tour of the southern part of the state. Mrs. Wold is wealthy. MYLIUS' CASE IS DELAYED Federal Judge Fnitt pones for One Week O'-elsinn on Habeas Corpus Writ NEW YORK, Jan. IM.— Federal Molt postponed today for one W«ek his decision on the \vrit of habeas corpus in the case of Edward F. Myllus. the Belgian journalist, or dered deported as an undesirable Mylius -will spend the week on Ellis island The writ, if granted, would . crive him Kis freedom under bond until ourts determine whether he may <":.ter the country. I THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL "The People's Newspaper" King Alfonso Plans To Visit America During Next Summer Spanish Ruler Will Make Tour if Kingdom's Poli tics Permits Trip JjOXDOX. Jan. 24.—There is a prob ability that King Alfonso of Spain will visit the United States, possibly next slimmer, should the pcflltlcal situation In his kingdom permit. Alfonso has heon greatly Interested In a trip to the United States since a visit to that country by the son of his minister of war. It is understood that the matter Is being considered by the Fpanish gpv ernrnent. In a recent conversation with Senor Azoarate. the republican leader and vice president of the Spanish chamber of deputies, King Alfonso remarked that he was considering making a visit to the American continent. PROMOTER GUILTY OF DEFRAUDING MRS. BULL Magnesia Aaheatoa Firm Head « on- vleted Two Years After Victim Dies NEW TORK, Jan. 24.—John a Qua lcy, president of the Magnesia Asbes t*s company, was convicted tonight of grand larceny in defrauding Mr?. Mary Nevins Bull, -widow of William T. Bull, the noted surgeon, out of $35,000 by inducing her to purchase stock in the company, which afterward suspended. Qualey was remanded for sentence Monday. Harvey A- Corbett, an archi tect and former instructor in Columbia university, who was indicted jointly with Qualey, will be tried next week. Corbett testified for the state in Qualey's trial. Mrs. Bull died nearly two years ago, and her testimony, given at the time of early proceedings, against Qualey and Corbett read into the evidence. ONE DEAD. FIVE OTHERS BELIEVED SEA VICTIMS Launch Helen Not Heard From in Storm Which Ragei In Prince WUHain Sound VALDEZ, Alaska, Jan. 24. —One Iβ known, to be dea£ and five others are believed to have been lost in the storm on Prince William sound. The launch Mermaid was wrecked in the narrows off Valdez bay today and Charles Risa was drowned. M. A. Linguist. Rua's companion, reached the beach and was rescued by natives. It is feared that the launrh Helen and five men, on way from Ellamar to Valdez, have been lost in the storm. On the Helen are Clarence McLough lin. George Hayes, Charles Anderson and two others. They were last heard from when they left Jacks bay Tues day after putting in to make repairs to their engine. EASTERN GRASS FOR ELK Three Carload* Leave Y'eilowatone park for Allegheny Ranges ST. PAUL, Minn., Jan. 24.—Three car loads of elk from Yellowstone national park, shipped out to provide wider grazing area for remaining animals, arrived here today. One of the cars was consigned to Clearfield, Pa., an other to r.enova. Pa., and the third to Marlington, W. Va. Recently two cars of elk were taken to Redding, Cal., by C. C. McCrea, past exalted ruler B. P. O. Elks. ROAMER GETS A FORTUNE Man Knocked About Country for Dec ade Inherits f56,000 After being knocked about the coun try from the Atlantic to the Pacific and from the Canadian border to the Rio Grande for the last 10 years, during which time he was searching employ ment, Lewis V. Lawton, 33 years old. who now lives in this city, has been advised that he is the heir to a fortune valued at $86,000. HINT OF GRIM TRAGEDY Film of OH on Sea Polnls to Founder- Ing of Steamer NEW YORK, Jan. 24.—Hint of a pos | eible .=ea tragedy was brought here to day by the tank steamer Energie from Tuxpan, Mex., which reported having passed through a film of oil on the sur face of the gulf of Mexico. It is be lif.ved that the oil on the water came from a foundered tank steamer. LOCK CASHIER IN VAULT Bank Robbers l.srape With $3,500 In Currency and Silver OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla., Jan. 24. After robbing the State bank of ; Mounds, Okla., today and locking j Cashier C. T. Brown in a looted vault, \ three masked men escaped with $3,500 in currency and silver. Two hour* elapsed before the imprisoned cathler was released. itHCe FOR THK LOSS OF AS EYE (Special Dispatch to Tie tail) HANFORD, Jan. 24.—Because a cork flew out of a demijohn of ammonia and put out one of his eyes Leland Cong don has brought suit in the Kings county superior court against the Cal ifornia Drug and Chemical company of Los Angeles. Hβ seeks $45,000 pecu niary damages, $300 hospital expenses and $.300 for loss of time. SAN FRANCISCO, SATURDAY JANUARY 25, 1913.—PAGES 1 TO 10. RAILROAD BOARD NUT DECIDE FATE OF SPRING WILEY Sutherland Introduces Bill Giving Power to Fix and Judge Condemna tion Price WILL REACH ALL PUBLIC UTILITIES Measure Assumes to Give Judicial Powers Subject to Supreme Court's Review CALL BUBEAT7. SACRAMENTO HOTEL. Sacramento, January 24. GEORGE A. VAN SMITH Assemblyman Sutherland introduced a bill in the legislature today designed to enable the state railroad commission not only to fix a condemnation price on the Spring Valley properties, but to sit !n final judgment upon that price. His action followed a request of the city attorney of Ran Francisco. * While the bill is admittedly designed to reach the Sjjfing Valley company and the dispute between that corpora tion and the city of San Francisco, it is necessarily broad enough in its pro visions to reach any public utility that might he sought to be condemned by any city, county, town or municipal water district. JUDICIAL POWERS GIVEN' The bill assumes to give the railroad commission judicial powers, subject only to review by the supreme court. That assumption is based on the con stitutional provisions under which the appointive railroad commission wa.« authorized and created. The particular provision is found in the following language used in the constitutional amendment adopted two years ago: "The authority of the legislature to confer such additional powers is ex pressly declared to be plenary and un limited by any provision of this con stitution." The prescribed procedure Involves notice ol intention to condemn, and an application to the railroad commis sion to assess the condemnation price. The commission Is then to give hear ings, and on these hearings base its finding. If its findings were not re jected by the supreme court its price would be the condemnation price be yond the reach of the superior judge before whom the subsequent condemna tion proceedings would be brought. BILLS FOR CITY'S BENEFIT Among a series of the bills designed to simplify condemnation proceedings for the benefit of the city of San Fran cisco are the following: Repeal of the disqualification of a tax payer to sit on a condemnation Jury. P'.xtending to water districts the Continued on Pagre 3, Column 1 DARROW JURY LACKS ONLY TWO MEMBERS Of Ten Men in Box One Iμ Septnagen- arlau Attacked by Attorney* , Defense LOS ANGELES. Jan. 24.—Four ad ditional jurors were sworn today to try Clarence S. Darrow on the charge of having bribed a juror in the Me- Namara case, leaving only two places to be filled. Shortly before adjourn ment for the day, the special venire of To summoned today was exhausted, and the trial went over until Monday so that 50 more talesmen could be called. The 10 men now in the box Include John Farley, the septuagenarian, who was the object of attack by the defense on the grounds of alleged mental and physical disqualifications. Judge Con ley declined to excuse Farley on the showing of the defense today, and the Darrow counsel passed him when ex ercising peremptory challenges. The state used no peremptory chal lenges today and the defense exer cised two. It is generally believed that the jury will be completed Monday, when the second week of the trial will begin. AVIATOR HAS CLOSE CALL Blakely and Pasnengrr Fall One Hun dred Feet Into Marik While flying about 100 feet above the Alameda marshes yesterday afternoon Aviator H. W. Blakely and a passenger fell to the ground in hie biplane when the propeller flew into a myriad of pieces. Neither of the men -was hurt, but Blakely admitted it was his most nar row escape from death. The propeller is said to have been flefectlve. INSTALL STANFORD MAN T.ARAMIE. Wyo., Jan. 24.—Clyde Augustus Dunlaway, formerly of the faculty of Leland Stanford Jr. univer sity, California, was inaugurated presi dent of the University of Wyoming here today. Among the speakers were David Starr Jordan of Iceland Stanford Jr. university. Chancellor A very of the University of Nebraska *ud Governor Carey of Wyoming;. PEACE HALTED BY SITUATION Turkey's New Cabinet Needs Firm Foreign Minister Turkish officers who fired on an aid, and one q\ whose bullets killed Nazim Pasha, commander of the Turkish army, and the gate of the sublime porte in Constantinople, where the tragedy occurred. | GREAT NORTHERN TRACKS FOR MILE BURIED BY SLIDE Week's Work Needed to Clear Line From Debris Left by Washington Avalanche SEATTLE, Jan. 24. —An avalanche today swept down the Cascade moun tainside at Windy Point, west of the west portal of the long tunnel, and buried a mile of the Great Northern's track. The snow upon the rails is nearly 60 feet deep in places. Telegraph wires to the summit are down, but the operator at Scenic, who can see the slide above him, estimates that it will require a week to clear the track. A suow slide west of Laconia, on the Milwaukee railroad, at midnight last night, caught two rotary plows and an engine, killing Arnold Jacobson of Seattle, a laborer. Five other men who- were buried were dug out little injured. Rain has been falling along the whole length of the mountain division of the Northern Pacific since yesterday and mountain streams are threaten ing. There have been small slides, but of snow only, and rotaries have kept the rails clear. Rivers in western Washington are rising rapidly. Farming land between Seattle and Tacoma will be under water tomorrow, it is feared. Ap parently nothing but a decrease of tem perature can prevent washouts and floods. DEATH SUIT THROWN OUT Los America Court Hold* 5t,000,000 Action la "Irreaponalble" LOS ANGELES, Jan. 24.—The $1,000, --000 damage suit filed by John Lapique against Catherine Agoure, her daugh ters and her In which he alleged that he had been damaged to that amount by the death of Mrs. Agoure'a husband, Pierre Agoure, was thrown out of court today by Judge Frank R. Willis. Lapique asserted that he had formed a partnership with Agoure, a short time before his death last November, to acquire realty at $1,000,000. "Citizens should not be harassed by legal proceedings instituted by Irre sponsible persons," said Judge Willis In his ruling; "An Independent Newspaper*' FRESNO SHERIFF HALTS A $14,850 FRAUD ON BANK Prisoner Believed to Be No torious Swindler Wears Red Wig and Two Suits of Clothes (Spwlal Pißpttch to The Call) FRESNO, Jan. 24.—With the arrest of William J. Reid on a charge of at tempting to swindle the Commercial Bank of Sanger out of %1 4,850, Sheriff Walter McSwain thinks he has in cus tody one of the most notorious bank swindlers in the United States. The arrest was made Tuesday in Sanger, but Reid was not formally booked un til .today. At his preliminary examination this afternoon he admitted the draft was a forgery. Reid says he is president of the National Automobile Protective association of Chicago and president of the William J. Reid Manufacturing company of Steger building, 28 East Jackson boulevard. Chicago. He deposited the draft Saturday in the Sanger bank, saying he was inter ested in real estate in the local ity. The Sanger bank communicated with the Fresno Bankers' association and learned the draft was fraudulent. Reid phoned to Sanger from Fresno asking if the bank would honor a check on his draft and received an affirmative answer. The sheriff was notified and reached Sanger before Reid, and the arrest followed.' Upon being examined at the jail he was divested of a red wig and was found to be wearing two complete suits of clothing. He deposited $1,000 in a Fresno bank several days before his arrest. He is about 45 years old, and his aged pa rents are supposed to live in Los Ange les. A sister, Miss Ethel Reid, ar rived in Fresno after receiving a tele gram from him statins that he was in trouble. AVIATOR'S LONG FLIGHT Frenchmaa Soar* From Pan Orer the Pyreneca Into Old Madrid MADRID, Jan. 24.—M. Bldor, a French aviator, flew from Pau, I'rance, across the Pyrenees and landed here in safety today. He stopped at Guadala jara, Spain, for fuel. His course over the mountains was at a hei&tU uK 9,000 feeU ■S^ WFVrmSR FORK* AST! Cloud yi. log In mornliiKi light F.. wind,, changing t» W. Afld lfasp f>n inodorn Hat of .>Toomgjf B' T ' TOR A JI»I>KRX EfCK on SIX —* —■ ...1...,. SEE CLASSIFIED TKC&¥OR CONTINUATION OF THESE ADVERTISEMENTS Berkeley Woman's Dogs Start Today In Alaskan Derby Five Teams Will Compete With Mrs Darling's Ani mals in Nome Race NOME. Alaska, Jan. 24.—Six dog teams will start tomorrow in the 65 mile Solomon derby, the first dog race of the season, for a big purse raised by the merchants of Solomon. The weather is clear ami cold, the temperature today being 20 degrees below zero, and the trail Is fast. The course is from Nome to Solomon and return. The entries include A. A. (Scotty) Allan, driving the dogs owned by him and Mrs. C. E. Darling of Berkeley, Cal.; John Johnson, driving his Siberian wolf hounds; O. Blatchford, Alexander Holmsen and Sing lllayuk. PLATT ON NEW TEA BOARD fan Francisco Man to Help Establish Standard cSpecSal Di«patch to The Call) TVASHINGTON, Jan. 24.—Secretary MacVeagh appointed today the follow ing new tea board to establish stand ard samples of pure tea, free of color ing matter, to govern importations. , during the tea season of 1913, begining about May 1: It. C. Morrison, Chicago; Charles B. Platt. San Francisco; H. G. Wood worth, Boston; E. R. Rogers, Tacoma; C. E. Wyman, St. Paul; Herbert Perry, New York, and George F. Mitchell, the treasury department's tea expert. The board will be convened In New Tork February 3, when it will select the standards. SEAMEN ARE DROWNED Mall Steamer Prlnceaa Clementine Col. lldea With Bark Off Dover LONDON, Jan. 2 4.—The mail steamer Princess Clementine was in collision with the Norwegian bark Heimdal to night between Ostend and Dover. In lowering a boat to take off the crew of the Heimdal, which filled rapidly, the second officer and one seaman of the Princess Clementine were drowned. The crew of the bark were taken off eafely. WIFE COSTS HIM PLACE West Point Cadet Dlamlaaed for Absence Without Leave (Specltl Dispatch to Tbe Call) WASHINGTON, Jan. 24.— Elmora Dier, the youngest West Point cadet who eloped with Miss Florence A. Davis of Buffalo, has been dismissed from the military academy, following a court martial on the charge of being absent without leave to get married. DTTO C. GREGOR IS DEAD District Attorney of Humboldt Suc cumbs to Heart Trouble EUREKA, Jan. 24,—0tt0 Clayton Gregor, district attorney of Humboldt county for the last 10 years, died here today of heart trouble. He had been confined to his bed several weeks by a etroke of paralysis. A widow and four children survive liim. v^ PRICE FIVE CENTS. POWERS VIEW WITH GREATEST CONCERN LATE DEVELOPMENTS Young Turks Regain Partial Prestige in Selection of Enver Bey to Command Army—People Refuse to Consent to the Surrender of Adrianople — General Opinion Is That War Will Be Resumed —Balkan Del egates to Peace Conference to Await Developments NEW GRAND VIZIER IS GERMAN PROTEGE Death of Nazim Pasha Due to Dereliction of European Powers, Is Statement by Reschid Pasha—Advices From East Say Ottoman Empire Is in Better Shape Than Ever for Carrying On War—Drastic Action to Be Delayed Pending Policy of Nations Trying to Arrange Settlement LONDON, Jan. 24.—Some days must elapse before the Bituatlon arising from the revolution In Constantinople becomes clear. As far as may be judged, there is no Intention on the part of the new Turkish government to force matters or to resume hostili ties if any reasonable compromise with the Balkan allies is possible. A dispatch from Constantinople to night says the council of ministers sat today to discuss the reply they will make to the note of the powers, and it Is believed this reply, while insisting on the retention of Adrianople by Tur key, will point to Thursday's demon stration as a real manifestation of the national will. The new government Is finding dif ficulty In filling the post of foreign minister. The portfolio has been of fered several of the Turkish ambas sadors abroad, but thus far all have declined It. Until the ministry Is com pleted by the appointment of a sheik ul-Islam and a foreign minister It is probable that no definite steps will be taken. Developments In the situation are awaited throughout Europe with the greatest concern in view of poeslble active intervention by Russia, DELEGATES WILL WAIT The Balkan delegate* to the peace conference in London show no desire for precipitate action. They have ac cepted the advice of the ambassadors of the powers to await the reply of the new Turkish government to the am bassadors' note before forming any resolution as to their future pro cedure. An opinion among the delegates In regard to the situation is divided. Some maintain that It is useless to wait longer in view of developments at Con stantinople, which are considered elo quent proof of the attitude of the new ministry. Others take the view that it is impossible for Enver Bey to be taken seriously. In addition, they argue, the Young Turks, who lost power owing to the absolute unpreparedness of the country under their regime in the war with Italy, can not now have the support of a majority of the people as the same unpreparedness for which they were responsible further has been demon- Sansome Street Two story and basement brick building, 37:8x137:6. Under lease to one tenant. Price. $20,000; rent, 9150 per mo. Green Street Residence Lot Near Steiner street; 30 ft frontage. 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