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HieheM Tpinv'TnOirr «0; I.ovmt Mondar >lgh«. 42. For <]i-tntl« of the Weather nee page 15. THE BIG SMOKESTACK EDITION of The Call issued Sunday can be mailed to any part of the United States FOR 7 CENTS POSTAGE For foreign countries 13c Is required. VOLUME (XIII.—NO. 88. RAILROAD BOARD OF CALIFORNIA HALTS UNMERGING Kruttschnitt Declares if De-i cision of Railroad Com-* mission Is Upheld It j Means the Submission ofj Another Plan—Attorney j General Regards Action i as a Purely Local Matter j UNION PACIFIC MAN SAYS NO AMENDMENT Local Southern Pacific Offi cers Assert That Further Consideration Must Come From the East and Wait for Statement by Judge Lovett—Every One at Sea Pending Decision by Court Harriman Men Gloomy Western Pacific Rejoices California decSsion local matter, ways attorney general. Jfo change in plnn of government. Inlon Pacific attorney says hie nystrm will submit no amend ment*. Kruttwchnitt says plan "coee by the board" if court uphold* Cal ifornia railroad commission. Further consideration must come from the east, say local rail road officials. Verdict of commissioner* signal victory for people, declares WentWß Pacific attorney. General Manaser Nchlnaeks re jolees over decision with re spect to its future effects. Circuit court has matter under advisement at St. I.outs. v ......■......■.«.■■■.. ..... u ST. LOUIS, Feb. -s—The order of the California railroad commission denying the application of the Union Pacific railway for a 999 year lease of the Benicia cutoff between Oakland, Ca-1., and Sacramento will not affect the government's plan for the dissolution of the Union Pacific-Southern Pacific merger. Attorney General Wickersham said today. "The California decision," said Mr. "Wiekersham, "is a local matter, and the government plan for the dissolution will not be changed." Other attorneys who argued the ds- ! solution .-are before the federal court for the district of Utah here yesterday refused to discuss the matter. John G Milburn, counsel for the Union Pacific, however, stated that the matter would not again come before the court, there by indicating that the Union Pacific would not submit an amendment to its }>lan. The dissolution plan is now under consideration by the three circuit judges who heard the arguments yes terday. Plans May Fall Through NEW YORK, Feb. 25.— Julius Krutt- Bchnftt, chairman of the Southern Pa cific company, said today that the Union Pacific-Southern Pacific dissolu -1 k>n p'ai would "go by the board," and that a new plan would have to be • • olved should the courts uphold the ision of the California state railroad inmission, rendered at San Francisco Bterd&y. "If the decision of the California etate railroad commission is upheld by the circuit court at St. Louis," reads a formal statement issued by Mr. Krutt schnitt, '"the Union Pacific-Southern Pacific dissolution plan goes by the : rd, and negotiations will have to pm l< gun all over again from the besin ■.a;. It means an entirely new plan ill have to be evolved. The commis n's decision includes many con ditions which the Union Pacific has all along been unable to accept and which the Southern Pacific In turn has found impossible also to accept."' j7ntire matter may Ij go back to court "Further consideration of the iin merging of the Central. Union and Southern Pacific railroads must come from the east," was the decision yes terday of the 10-al officials of the Southern Pacific company in dealing with the decision of the state board of railroad commissioners Monday night. "The verdict is a signal victory not only for San Francisco, but all of Mfornia," declares Charles S. Wheeler, attorney for the Western Pacific com ny, who successfully presented that ompany's protest against approval of the findings sanctioned by the attor ney general of the United States. Julius Kruttschnitt, chairman of the board of directors of the Southern Pa # cific company, notified the local offices that if the decision of the California emission is upheld by the circuit • >vi t of St. Louis the negotiations would have to go by the board and an Continued on Page 4, Column 1 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL "The People's Newspaper" SUICIDE RECORDS DETAILS OF DEATH Instrument Maker Dies fcp Device Which Permits Him to Feel Oncoming fSr*r!al Pfsnntrh to The Cell) PHILADELPHIA. Feb. 23.—"With a stethoscope fastened to his ear and a tiny steel lance made by himself em bedded in his heart, Karl Schneyder, an instrument maker at 20S South Elev enth street, was found dead, a suicide, by his wife and a friend today. The man had calmly resolved to die. Familiar through years of manufactur- j Ing instruments used in surgery, he determined to lise his last moments to feel the oncoming , of death. He lay down on a couch, placed the stethoscope on his ear?, then took the lance and slowly started it working toward his heart. As the lance thread ed its way through the flesh and mus cle the man could hear tho heart beats ns they throbbed their way through the delicately adjusted instrument that registered their pulsations. As calmly as if death were the last thought in his mind, the man stabbed himself through the heart. OSCAR HAMMERSTEIN IS MARRIED BY REPORT j name Rumor Does Xot Xanie Bride, \or Hits lieutenant Heard Wedding Bells J (Special IMspateh to the Call) NEW YORK, Feb. 25.—Report had It along Broadway this afternoon that Oscar Hammerstein, who was divorced by his wife about one year ago, had been secretly married. The name of the new Mrs. Hammerstein was not disclosed. At the Hammerstein offices in the Victoria theater the report could not be confirmed. Neither Hammerstein nor his sons, Arthur and William, could be found. Mr. Levy of the Hammerstein staff, when questioned about the report, said that it was news to him. "I am pretty certain that the story is not true," he said. "If Mr. Ham merstein was married I probably would have heard of it, but until the report of this afternoon 1 have never heard that he was contemplating mat rimony." WOMAN ELECTROCUTED BY MASSAGE VIBRATOR Appliance Forms Conductor and Kills Unfortunate While She Iβ Taking Her Bath DES MOIXES, la., Feb. 25.—While bathing at her home here this after noon Mrs. E. B. Austin, wife of a prominent business man, was electro cuted bj- a "massage vibrator,' , which she had been using. The body was discovered by her 9 year old daughter when she returned from school. It was partly submerged, and a deep burn across the breast and neck caused Coroner Lee to decide that death was due to shock from the vibrator. It is believed the water formed a conductor and sent the electric cur rent through her body. SHERIFF'S OFFICE LOOTED Chicago BnrKlnrs Overlook Only What's Tied Down (Spcinl Dispatch to Ttie Call) CHICAGO, Feb. 25.—Burglars forced entrance to the criminal court build ing and looted the sheriff's office early today. Bonds for bail totaling $50,000 were stolen, together with gold watches, gold stars, money, handcuffs and even leg irons. The desks of 50 deputies were broken into and the door of the vault wrecked. Five hun dred subpenas, made out for the sum moning of witnesses, also were taken. EGG PRICES ARE FALLING Re»t Petaluma Product Selling at Low- ent In Yearn The best Petaluma eggs are selling to tradesmen for 18 cents and 19 cents a dozen in the local wholesale market, the prices being the lowest for a num ber of years. The outlook Is favor able for still lower quotations. The supply is far in excess of market re quirements, and hesitancy on the part of wholesalers to commence storing is responsible for the low prices. COLD CUTS STRIKE SHORT Silk Operative* Return to Work Rather Than shlvrr la the Streets PATERBON, X J., Feb. 25.—1t was so cold here today that 5,000 striking silk operators who quit work this morning in various mills went back to their machines rather than shiver in the streets. The mill owners said they were running with full forces. • NORA BAYES TO WED AGAIN Once Champion Happy Married Womaa tv Ilepcat Experience (Special Dispatch to The Call) NEW YORK. Feb. 25.—There Iβ a strong rumor around Broadway that Nora Bayes, the actress, 'who recently divorced her doting and admiring hus band, Jack Norworth, in Chicago, coon will be married to Al Fields, the vaudeville player. ANOTHER AVIATOR KILLED German Airman Drops 200 Feet to Death at Hangelnr COLfOGNE, Germany, Feb. 25.— Bruno Werntgen, an aviator, fell to day from a height of 200 feet at Hangelar, near Bonn, and. was killed. n SAN FRANCISCO, WEDNESDAY, 'FEBRUARY 26, 1913.—PAGES 1 TO 10. CARDINAL GIBBONS BLESSES 'HIKERS' OF SUFFRAGISTS "General" Rosalie Jones and Doughty Army Invade Venerable Prelate's Home Without Warning Dispatch to The Call) BALTIMORE, Feb. 25.—James Car dinal Gibbons, prince primate of the Roman Catholic church, today blessed the little "On to "Washington" army of suffragette "hikers." "You are modern Joans of Arc. God bless you," said the cardinal. And an Knglish "militant" in the army con fessed that she could hardly resist the temptation to kiss the venerable pre late. Continued on Po£C 3, Column 4 U.S. RECOGNIZES FRIEDMANN CURE FOR TUBERCULOSIS Young German Physician Consents to Give Quan tity of Bacilli to the Government XEW YORK. Feb. 25.—The United States government took official recog nition of the claim of Dr. Frederick F. Friedmann to the discovery of a cure for tuberculosis when, by the order of the surgeon general, a physician of the United States marine hospital service, Dr. Milton H. Foster, was sent to meet the young German physician on his arrival here today aboard the steamship Kronprinzessin Cecilie. At the request of the government surgeon, Doctor Friedmann consented to turn over a quantity of his bacilli to be tested by the government and to demonstrate the efficiency of his cure before physicians of the hospital service. Doctor Frledmann, who comes to this country at the invitation of Charles E. Finlay, a Ts'ew York banker, who hopes the physician will be able to cure his son in law of the disease, tonight said that his remedy was not a secret and that he purposed to make known "to all the world" the method by which it was created and the manner in which it vnut administered. It consisted of Mcilli taken from a turtle into which tubercular bacilli from a human being had been injected, he explained. ALL FORMS ARK CI'REU "I have been working upon the cure for 14 years and in the last two and a half years I have treated from 2,500 to 3,000 patients," he asserted. "How many I have absolutely cured I can not estimate, but their number has run into the hundreds. The remedy cures all forms of tuberculosis except such cases as are quite hopeless—that is, on the point of death. The process is a slew one, but the first effects are to be seen two or three weeks after in noeulation. The time when an abso lute cure can be said to be effected is a matter of months. The method of ad ministering is 50 per cent of the cure. "I want all mankind to benefit by my discovery. I already have turned over some of my bacilli to the German gov ernment and I am very glad to turn it over to the American government." L>K\ll-:s OFFER OF MILLION Doctor Friedmann denied that he had been offered $1,000,000 by Mr. Finlay !f he would cure 95 out of 100 patients in Continued on Page 2, Column 3 EMILIO MADERO, BROTHER OF DEPOSED PRESIDENT, REPORTED TO HAVE BEEN SLAIN; MONTEREY TELEGRAPHS DENIAL Infantry pitching shelter tents on the Presidio golf links (upper), and soldiers engaged in loading one of the mule pack wagons preparatory to taking the field (lower picture). MRS. JOHN K. TURNER'S PLEA Editor San Francisco Call: My husband, Mr. Turner, has been arrested the second time in Mexico City because he dared to protest against the outrage of his de tention in the arsenal on February 19. Mr. Turner is not a Maderist nor an adherent of any faction whatever in Mexico. He is simply observing the situation from a writer's point of view, as a cor respondent would observe it. His detention is an outrage that should arouse all American citizens who care for their international honor into violent protest. Please make this known through your newspaper, and I will be eternally grate ful to you. I have protested to President Taft by telegraph. Most sincerely yours, MRS. JOHN KENNETH TURNER. Carmel, California, February 25, 1913. WIFE OF SENATOR BOURNE SAID TO HAVE LEFT HIM Departure of Oregon Solon's Helpmeet for West Stirs Washington, Reviving Old Scandal (Sp«v*inl Pispntrh to Ttse Call) WASHINGTON. Feb. 25.—Mrs. Jona than Bourne, wife of the senator from Oregon, it is declared tonight, took French leave of her husband to day, departing for Oregon and inti mating that she would bring action for divorce and would name an attrac tive young woman, an employe of the senate, as corespondent. Senator Bourne admitted this evening that his ■wife had packed her lares and penates and departed for Oregon, but beyond that he would not discuss the report which occasioned so much interesting gossip at the capitoL Senator and Mrs. Bourne live at Stoneleigh, but, it is said, have occu pied separate apartments for some time—ever since, in fact, Mrs. Bourne returned from an extended trip in Europe. Mrs. Bourne's departure to day was unannounced so far as her friends were concerned, and the inci dent has set all the tongues in Wash ington wagging, and some interesting and lurid anecdotes of the senator's career as a Lothario, most of which will be taken by the more conservative as highly imaginative, are being re- Continued om Page 3, Column S , "An Independent Newspaper" PRESIDIO GARRISON MOBILIZED BY ORDER OF WAR DEPARTMENT Two Regiments of Infantry, Four Troops of Cavalry and Signal Corps Company Stand Ready to Entrain With their entire field equipment packed, the two regiments of infantry, four troops of cavalry and one com pany of signal corps, stationed at the Presidio, today stand ready to entrain for the Mexican border on a moment's notice. Tropical clothing, field rations and 90 rounds of ball ammunition have been issued to each soldier, and 100 army wagons fully loaded with tentage and forage are waiting In the corrals. Under orders from the war depart ment the entire garrison, consisting of 2,400 men, was mobilized yesterday morning and placed on a war footing. An emergency camp was established and every man was thoroughly in spected by officers of General Murray's staff. The shrill note of "Call to Arms" rang out over the Presidio shortly be fore 7 o'clock. OHDER OUT OF COXFVSION Soldiers hastened to their quarters for thetr arms and equipment and offi cers buckled on their side arms. Every thing appeared In confusion, but out of the disorder companies, battalions and regiments of Uncle Sam's fighting men were formed ready for any emergency. Mule trains were rushed from the corrals to the barracks, where tentage, forage and rations were quickly stored •board. There was one wagon to each, FORECAST i uortll «md». changing to ■onfhTveM. ' ' ' ■' a 1" _JE|oost j£i Every Copy -• If you haven't done so already, send a copy of the big; annual edition of The Call —the Smokestack Edition—to your friends back East. It is good California publicity. dlers for 10 days. In the cavalry wagons was an extra allowance of hay Hardly had the notes of the trump eter ceased, than the soldiers began shouting. "Tv Mexico, t<> Mexico, hoo ray:' , Theory was taken up from one barrack to another, and soon the 2,400 troopers were giving voice while they hurriodly went about their tasks. SIRE IT WAS "ON TO MEXICO" Every one at the post wa3 sure it was "on to Mexico." The order came as a surprJee, but it found no one want- Ing. It proved conclusively that the army of Uncle Sam, no matter if it is small, is surely efficient. Exactly 45 minutes after the order had been received the several thousand fully equipped flghting men were step ping it off over the dusty roads to the westerly part of the post. The morn ing carried with it a slight chill and a thin, white fog hung down over the green slopes, but the "boys" were re sponding to a test call for action, and little did. they care of the weather. They believed they were going , to fight and see real action and all they wanted was their own Springfield rifle, ample Continued on. Pave 3, Column 5 PRICE FIVE CENTS. TROOPS LDTAL TO WITH OVERTAKE HUNTED FUGITIVE With Escort of Thirty-five Men, Victim Was At tempting to Reach Laredo —Uncertainty Whether He Was Killed in Action or Captured and Executed MEXICO IN FEAR OF A TEXAN RAID Bl LLETIX LAREDO, Texan, Feb. 2.*5.— A tele crrmii received here late tonight from Monterey denied that Einilio Madero bad been ahot near that cltj-, an re ported In v <lis|i:il<h from Mexico City. Everything In quiet In the vicinity of '■ Monterey, according to the dlapntch. (Si*>«ial Dispatch to The Cain MEXICO ClTi', Feb. 25.—Emilio Mα dero, a brother of the deposed president, has been shot and killed north of Mon terey, according to reliable information received here. "With an escort of 35 men Madero, It is said, was attempting to join the rebels holding Laredo when he was overtaken by tl- ops sent by General Trevino. The reports do not indicate whether Madero was killed in action or was executed. The shooting of Madero took place between Villadama and Bastamente. BEGAN COI.\TER REVOLUTION Emillo Madero, in conjunction with his brother Raoul, began a counter revolution at San Ped.-o, in the state of Coahuiia, a few days ago, in the ex pectation of uniting the rebels about with those in the Laredo dis trict. " Fear of a Texan raid of reprisal ami displeasure over the strong revival of pro-Diaz sentiment were exhibited to day by Provisional President Victori ano Huerta, who is busily organizing his own campaign for the presidency. Huerta has issued frenzied warnings to federalists and rebels in Matamoras to abstain from any act which might precipitate a clash with the Texas state authorities. Rebels and federalists seem more concerned over the militant attitude of Governor Colquitt of Texas than the representations of the United States state department or the proximity of a full division of United States troops to the border. DIAZ' PORTRAIT RETURXED The return of the portrait of Por flrio Diaz to the national palace, whence (as from other public buildings) por traits of the old dictator had been ban ished by Madero, was accomplished with determination by the more mili tant Diaz faction. The latter were willing enough to profit by the support of the followers of the old regime, but they fear now that either Porflrio Diaz may return and displace them from power or that the animosity of the Maderista and other anti-Huerta parties will be in flamed to such a pitch that the Huerta following will be caught between two millstones and ground to pieces. The assassination of Juan Sanchez Azcona, private secretary to Madero, has caused all surviving close associ ates of the murdered president and vice president to flee from the capital. AMERH\A.\S BEAT OFF BANDITS A thrilling account of how a number of Americans, employes of the Conti nental Rubber company, fought off a besieging force of more than 200 Mex ican bandits near Charco, state of Zacatecas, was told today in a dispatch to the company's office here. Attacked by the bandits, who de- WITH AFTERNOON TEA One of Haas Candy Hints: Try Our Dainly Mellorv Mints. 4 Candy- Stores