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VOLUME CL— NO. ,75.
President's Solution Is to Stop the Japanese Influx From Hawaii
One Hundred and Fifty Persons Perish Collision Sinks Steamship
JOY LINER IS
RAMMED BY
SCHOONER
Crash Occurs While
Pitiless Storm
Is Raging
Life Boats Wrecked
After Leaving Vessel
Half-Clad Men and
Women Succumb
to Exposure
Captains of Craft
Blame One Another
BLOCK ISLAND, R. L,
Feb. 12. — About 150 persons
went to their death in Block
Island Sound last night as
the result of a collision of
the three-masted schooner
Harry Knowlton and the Joy
Line steamship Larchmont,
bound from Providence to
New York- It is estimated
that, including : the crew,
there were nearly 200, per
sons on board the steamship
when she sailed from Provi
dence. Of these only nine
teen appear to have sur
vived the disaster — ten
members of the crew and
.nine passengers. Forty-
Teight bodies have been re-
The Larchmont left her
dock in Providence last
night with a heavy cargo of
freight and a passenger list
estimated from 150 to 200.
A strong northwest wind
was blowing as the steam
ship plowed her way down
through the eastern passage
of Narragansett Bay, but the
full effect of the gale which was blow
ing out In the sound was not felt until
the Larchmont rounded Point Jnttith.
Captain George McVey was prepar
ing to retire after a turn around his
ehlp, when he was startled by several
blasts of the steamer's whistle. He
rushed Into the pilot-house, where the
pilot and quartermaster pointed out a
three-masted schooner sailing eastward
before a strong wind.
VESSELS CRASH TOGETHER
The schooner, - which proved to be
the Harry Knowlton. coal laden, from
South Amboy for Boston, had been
bowling along on her course, when 6he
seemed suddenly to luff up and head
straight for the .steamer. Again sev
eral blasts were sounded on the
\ steamer's whistle, the pilot and quar
termaster at the same moment,whlrllng
their wheel hard to port in & mad en
deavor to avert a collision.
As the steamer was slowly veering
around, the schooner came on with a
speed that almost seemed to equal the
gale that had been pushing her toward
Boston. Before another warning could
be sounded the schooner crashed into
the port side of the Larchmont, and
the impact of the big vessel was so ter
rific that the big, clumsy bow of the
sailing craft forced Its way more than
half the breadth of the Larchmont.
When the force of the Impact had been
epent the schooner temporarily re
mained fast In the steamer's side. hold-
Ing in check for a moment the inrush-
Ing water. The pounding sea soon sep
arated the vessels; however, ana the
water rushed into the gaping hole in
the steamer with tremendous .velocity.
..A« the water struck' the boiler room
g^sat clouds of steam arose^ and the
passengers were first under, the lm
\u25a0pression that a -fire had broken out' on
board.
Captain McVey could not communl-
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INDEX OF THE
SAN FRANCISCO CALL'S
NEWS TODAY
TELEPHONE TEMPORARY ' 8«
WEDNESDAY. : FEBRUARY IS, 1 907
WEATHER COXDITIOX S
YESTEBSAY — Partly docdy;- mirimmn twa
peratore. 04; miniTonm temperatnr*, SO.
FORECAST FOB TODAY— Cltradj; lfcht e*at
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EDITORIAL
The PoUmaa Conipany, outlaw and tax
shirker. " ./ r Pa*e,B
Discipline for the street railway com
panies. . Pago 6
The tremendous toss raised by the "gentle
man nation" orer the segregation of a few stu
d*nta serves, to direct «t tent ion to the numerous
forms of discrimlaaUOß against American resi
dents la Japan, ~ - Face 6
legislature:
Assembly most swallow the Senate joint rales
proposition to save Itself and the direct primary
amendment. ' Page 1
Four-track bCI passes Assembly, amendment
to make It less beneficial to Southern Pacific
being beaten. - Page 3
Opening skirmish on racetrack bill is won by
exponents of track gambling. Page 8
CITY
Jadge Titcomb, one. of, party of Tisitisg Ta
comass, speaks strongly sgalnst Japanese In
flux. Page 12
Supervisors grant library trustees authority to
build temporary reading-room structure in Van
Kess avenue. * Page 13
Lev! Strauss Company will erect two big
buildings at th* corner of Battery and Pine
streets. . \u0084'.; Page. IB
Mrs. Josephine Cunningham- Wnlttell ..and
millionaire husband are reported to have become
reconciled. ' Page 14
Bearing President J. B, Howell of Beal
Estate Board. toasts city officials for taking no
steps to restore municipal buildings. Page 7
Siemsen and Dabner will not be hanged on
date set by Judge Cook, as bills of exceptions
filed for them will act as stay. Page 9
Bobert Hancock, the wealthy society . man,
accused In court of failing to support child and
divorced wife. Page. 7
Gigantic spots on the stu may be seen with j
the naked eye. :- Page 6
Sailors on whaler Herman testify to - tortures
inflicted on.. them by captain while vessel was
on cruise. ' Page IS
George Boss, carried to sea on Sunday by ebb
tide, drifts for forty -eight hours In open boat
without food or. water. " Page 14 '
Movement to set aside day for the general
cleaning up of city meet* with support. from all ;
clashes. : ' V. > ; :,\- '--^Page.SJ j
. After a courtship . beset with * many > obstacles
end 'after * a "long^wait $ at^the ', church * for
the ; ' brjde.i to^ appearT J J*. EarlyT; Craig ] weds 1 Mrs."
' Babla;^tbe ; sweetheart *of his^ yonth-T.^i P**«j 14
/'All public schools " hold , exercises lv honor of
Lincoln day and pupils bear . addresses \u25a0by G. 'A.
B.*menl / -^ ; \u25a0 . Page'l4^
SUBtjUBAX-''' :. y^ \u25a0\u25a0•' ' *•' " ..'_ \u25a0"- "'-'J-j. j
~ . Oakland : relief committee turns . over trust !
fond of $25,000 to Associated Charities. Page 4 :
Burglars blow open safe In postofflce at Mills ;
College -after binding and gagging ' the night j
watchman. ' Page 4 '
Berkeley High School pupils given a lecture
on flirting. -s*. Pags 4
Supposed sister of alleged thug on trial is dis
covered to be his sweetheart. Page 4
COAST
Burglar In Los Angeles escapes from house
after exchanging shots with citizen. Page 13
Senator Greenwell leaves Bakersfleld late' at
night after charges made by Young. Page 5
DO3IESTIC
One hundred and fifty persons perish as result
of the ramming of a Joy Line steamship by. a
schooner daring a terrific gale : off the . Bhode
Island coast. j Page 1
Bitter clash between Jerome and Delmas
marks progress of trial of Thaw. Page 1
Former Governor- of New York, Frank jW.
Hlggins, dies at his home in Clear. Page ' 8
Sudden cold wave in New York causes many
deaths. v Page 1
Shortage of $150,000 found in accounts of
missing treasurer of bank in New Britain,
Conn. v Pa * 6 l
WASHIXGTOX
President Boosevelt's solution of Japanese
question Is to have Congress prohibit ' immigra
tion of Japanese' from Hawaii, which, it is be
lieved, will be acceptable to San Franciscoans.
as it virtually would mean exclusion. Page 1
FOREIGN
King Edward's speech to . Parliament \u25a0 aids
Irish home rale, . thanks Americans for relief
work at Kingston and points to coming solution
of differences ' between House of Commons and
House Of Lords. j Page 1
SPORTS
Cloudlight wins the Tradition handicap at
Emeryville. Page 8
RKal automobile agents post forfeits for a
race from Los Angeles to San Francisco for
$3000 a side.' Page 8
Boxers Gans and Brltt post forfeits and give
Manager Blley of Toncpah ten days In which
to do likewise. • - Page 8
SOCIAL
Members of \u25a0 the- Burllngame Club . celebrate
Mardi Gras with - a bal masque at their club
bouse. Pags.6
LABOR
Coast pressmen up in arms at the unwarranted
agreement signed with i the United Typothetae
by the International Union. Page 7
MIXING
Owners of 250 leases at Goldfleld are devel
oping their properties by sinking shafts Page .7
3IARIXE , y
Volcano :-. of Fuepa, near San Jose de"'Guate
mala, shows signs of activity and causes unrest
among population. pjP<ff*lß
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SAN ; FRANCISCO; .WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY- 13, 1907.
TOKIO SAID TO
HAVE AGREED
TO PLAN
School Board Will Yield,
It Is Thought, to What
yirtually Is Exclusion
CONGRESS READY TO
. PASS AMENDMENT
Raising of Bars Against
Transmigration Will End
the Question Temporarily
Ira E. Bennett
WASHINGTON, Feb 12.—
The President and Secretary
Root are believed to have hit
upon a temporary solution of the
Japanese question that will be ac
ceptable to all parties concerned,
including the San Francisco
school authorities; Secretary
Root was very busy today on the
preliminaries necessary to bring
about the consummation of the
plan. AH of his moves were
made with the strictest secrecy.
The plan, as nearly as can be as
certained, contemplates the pass-;
ing of the - pending immigration
bill .with-, an ' amendment
Asiatic Immigrants from icomlngr, toYthe
United-- States <i rora * its' insular
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• This! will T stop" the influx, of -Japanese
.into j the . United- States -from " Hawaii;
Secretary Root . ; has been, in communir*
cation with ., the. Japanese Embaesador,'
Viscount Aoki, and, also .with Embas
sador "Wright at Tokio. , It is report
ed that the. Japanese Government has
replied through" both of these diplo
mats that it has.no objection to legis
lation which will be applied equally
to all Asiatics, provided that the United
States . will first obtain a withdrawal
of the resolution segregating Japanese
school children in San Francisco.
With the consent of thY Japanese
Government thus , secured, \u25a0 Secretary
Root" visited the Capitol today, and had
conferences with Speaker Cannon and
certain members of the conference
having in charge the immigration bill.
Meanwhile the President sent for other
members of the committee and laid
before them his plan: for adjusting
the, Japanese difficulty.
COXFEREXCE TODAY
Sufficient progress was made to
cause the- President to send word, to
Mayor Schmitz and \ the San Francisco
School Board that he would like to
see them at 2:45 o'clock tomorrow aft
ernoon. The Calif ornians were not ad
vised of the exact nature of the pro
posed legislation, being told merely
that an amendment was being prepared
which would be entirely satisfactory
to them. It is expected that the Pres
ident' will: be: able j by tomorrow after
noon to 'assure the Calif ornians that
the ; proposed amendment" will \be en
acted,, whereupon they will be asked
to rescind the resolution
Japanese school children.
I Mayor Schmitz said tonight that : he
did' not know exactly what the solution
of < the situation would be, but ; that
he. was satisfied that the conference
tomorrow would be final." It is sup
posed that the partial 'exclusion :of
Japanese as thus outlined will ibe fol
lowed by looking to a
treaty/ for, the complete exclusion of
Japanese from the .United States -and
its Insular possessions. '.-•' ; \u25a0'". \u0084
Apparently the President did not have
any definite understanding with Japan
when, he sent -for: Mayor' Schmitz and
the : School Board, and : he has been ; em
barrassed; by the unyielding attitude
of 'the Calif ornians.
The .immigration - bill has been in
! conference since the last session of
i Congress, ; and until 'yesterday' the
! prospect was ' that it would fail. The
j Senate; inserted-;; an amendment provid
ing for/an educational Uest* of immi
grants,.-.which was strongly ;. opposed
Iby the House. The' House In turn pro
vided for ;a * commission to >. investigate
Immigration matters, and ;* this aid not
suit ; the : Senate' conferees.
[ AGREEMENT IS REACHED
j After ;' Secretary;;; Roofs',; talk ;with
Speaker Cannon, Senator Lodge and
others,; « it \u25a0-. was reported that; a tacit
agreement had been reached to two
propositions . only.'jone providing for 'an
immigration commission': and the other
Secretary. Root's amendment. The con
fefl^oji]£hV}£mmigratlon -bill are Sen
atorgj[Dllll^h^^L^gl^jidjMc"c7eary'
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TACTICAL ERROR
LIKELY TO BE
RECTIFIED
House Must f Swallow Sen
ate Joint Riiles to Save
Face and Primary Measure
SIMPLE ; TASK; FOR
CONFERENCE BODY
Some Slight Change to Ap
proach Han lof Cutten
Would Tide f Oyer Trouble
George A. Van Smith
CALL HEADQUARTERS,
1007,1 EIGHTH STREET.
SACRAMENTO. Feb. 12.—
Floundering in ; the* pjtjdug by its own
experts, the Assembly, must swallow
the Senate joint rules proposition to
extricate itself and 'save- the direct pri
mary constitutional, amendment. Most
of the men who . assisted *in their own
grave-digging, recoj^nizing .tfieir tac
tical error, are game 'and will rectify ill
It is really, not a very' bitter dose the
Assembly must swallow,' \u25a0 and, fortu
nately, the lesson learned; by a number
of young legislators ".will *be ample to
serve as a guide f ori a • number of ses
sions should their be retained
by appreciative constituencies.
', /As a matter of . fact^the :bugabbo in
the." Joint rules is* a straw-; creature,*
erected by the versatile! Grove. L". John-,
9on.yC Johpson is" notjonly l yersatile,but
•he;'_ia^j)roMfla-'^^Js^b^i*i«e^tiirnb«Ved'
;^y^the^|More.^Th^"r^linay.ibe : s_onae^h«>
wishes to " pass.' '% In ; any^event' hefftiakes
a i fine,'; strong.- play "tq^that"' effect; "and
when: the SenateiOfjfe'red'thVjoint^rules'"
e'mployed'byVthe last- Legislature; John- r
son had-a littler improvement to sug
gesti The? Sacramento' sage' : wanted - : 'a
rule . compeilingl, the: Senate committee,
to report \u25a0 out - all Assembly; bills within
five.' days; after \ the receipt. The Sen-*
ate has' its collective eye on some of
Johnson's measures and declines to en
ter into. any such ; agreement.
APPRECIATE SITUATION
Until the real . reformers In ; the As
sembly fell-' over 'their.; own feet.yester
day Johnson was enabled to prevent
the adoption of Jolnt^ rules. Now these
same ; men realize that If they do not
adopt Joint rules the primary amend
ment will fall, and ,on flieir .shoulders
will fall" the responsibility. - A major
ity of them are really in favor of 'di
rect'primary legislation. They thought
they raw a fine opportunity to bring
the Senate to Its knees and at the same
time exhibit a > bit of real Independ
ent statesmanship. So far as the Sen
ate is concerned it could^ not have ac
complished more had it'by its leaders
planned \u25a0 ; : the I coup .the Assemblymen
sprung on. themselves. - . ,'
The Assemblymen who participated
in the ; blunder; appreciate the situation,
and while many of them- think there is
a lurking demon concealed ' somewhere
in the horrid depths of those joint
rules, they, do not { intend; to* imperil ".the
ultimate adoption of a direct primary
amendment.*""' They • cannot afford to go
back to; their constituencies without
passing such an mendment, andean
agreement.of joint rules will results
BELS HAW'S MEASURE
The conference; committee appointed
under" the ; joint rules will ; have, e lf it
chooses, a simple task. Some •'slight
change ; to fit approximately" to Uhe
plari^". 1 suggested by Assemblyman , Cut
ten would 'undoubtedly be' satisfactory
to the Senate. An attempt,- however;
to go the whole distance \u25a0 proposed by
the Humboldt man would ; be,; simply a
repetition > of ff v what Senator,; Caminettl
failed 'to do when the amendment was
before :the Senate. . .
Should the conference committee fail
toi agHPee the .will beT asked to
pass the r am'endment introduced by' Sen
ator Belshaw/.TheHeld-Wright amend
ment was 'given 'preference : over this
measure in the Senate committea on
elections, but \u25a0' yesterday, '.fearing ":. the
Held-Wrlght "amendment/ would: die a
weight - # of 1 expert '; leTglslative ; enbeayor
ln s ithV^Aßsembly>i Belshaw^ asked ;Vhe
Senate -committee ; to resurrect his prop
osition; ; This morning £ the
reported : it .. out ' without irecommenda
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BILL TO BREAK -TRUSTS
Sanf ord of TJkiah . Presents ' Such Meas
\:':< to = Corporation! lieKlßlature f r,;; -
SACRAMENTO,' Feb. V l2.— Sanf ord', of
Ukiah introduced a trust buster, meas
ure .in the . Senate ? today, ;-,wtilch'.< iaVa'n
adaptation -of the ..familiar Ohio law.
The' biU* prohibits, any corporation in
business sintCallfornia^orlanyjpersonlor
persons £f rom^combinih gi to j pool •? inter
estsTandfrestraih'competition.l^^- ' -\u25a0'
""ilthas provislons^hich^prohibitcom
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ENGLAND'S KING
TO GIVE AID
TO ERIN
Edward Talks of Measures
to Benefit Ireland -at
Opening of Parliament
j WORDS OF PRAISE r -; : :
FOR THE YANKEES
Monarch Refers" to Great
Aid Rendered at King
ston by American Tars
LONDON*, Feb. 12 The second ses
sion .of the Second Parliament of the
present reign, vrhich promises to be full
of Interest and importance as a conse
quence of a projected liberal attack
upon the House of Lords . and the In
troduction, of an installment of home
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Bitter Clash Between Counsel
Enlivens Trial of Thaw
NEW YORK, Feb. 42.— A bitter clash'between ;D. \u25a0 M/ Delmas
and District Attorney Jerome today . roused jury, and 'spectators at
the trial of Harry K. Thaw, to anticipations of exciting days aheadl
Jerome hotly accused Delmas of trying to instill into the minds
of -tHe, jury^the implied suggestion that the! operation' performed on
Evelyn Nesbit in 1903, before Thaw took her to Europe, was of "a
cfimihal nature," -when, as "a" matter, olr fact,'- he said, "it was for
appendicitis."
. Delmas/ called the attention of Justice/ Fitzgerald to^this,
saying that the District Attorney was slating -facts not in evidence,
and that a "very serious exception must be : taken* to his remarks." \u25a0
"SendS the} jury ) out< ; of, the room . lf«J
you want to," ii exclaimed Mr. Jerome,
"but I "am 'going Ho get thisTTflng
straight lam not going to have: these
false * impressions fostered before "this
jury."'- '"'(',' • c-^ 7 -'
JEROME WROUGHT UP
Mr.' Jerome . \ seemed thoroughly
wrought up. Mr. .Delmas did not for
ah '< Instant lose his demeanor, but
he gave emphasis and j force to his
a words to • his \ hearers. -*. Jerome said he
'would^.withdrarw'.- the \u25a0objection ; to the
term' "capital operation" 'if Mr. Delmas
"wouid give '\u25a0 him the ] word -of counsel
that .they "did? not V know, the ; nature ot
the v operation. - Mr. Delmas 5 gave .{his
word"that;he ; did "not know of -its na
ture. •.';.-."\u25a0"\u25a0 '';- f :*: * .'\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0.\u25a0'; H;/.. . , \. ' \u0084 ' :
VBu't you? may, consult with counsel,*;,
suggested ,;MrN i Jerome. Y;-J- . \u25a0, ;'.•\u25a0;
"I $do /not care \u25a0 to) 'do that," \u25a0 replied
Mr. i Delmas. -- "It \u25a0 is ; not essential." r
"Ah!" \u25a0 cried ;the . District Attorney ; In
a "' ioudi^v;oice,^"then% you do want "to
makeithis 'insinuation?"; \u25a0 /\!
District ' Attorney strangely for
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gets j, h is * character j and i position ;_wh en
, he- charges me withan' attempt
The Shah is dead; long Hve the Shah t
An interesting illustrated article on Per
sia's late; ruler and her new one in
The Sunday Call
THE first serloas clash between D. M. Delmas and District Attorney
Jerome enlivened the progress of the Thair trial yesterday. Jerome
accused Delmas of endeayorins to create a false Impression re
carding the operation performed on Evelyn Neablt Thaw and this
Delmaa characterized as misconduct.
ceive," retorted Mr. Delmas with'mor«
feeling \u25a0in ; his .voice \u25a0, than at any time
during the trial. ;. "He* must -upon de
liberation' see the injustice of his Im
plied discourtesy."
"I. see injustice plainly," retorted Mr.
Jerome, "but not^in ; my remarks."
.Justice Fitzgerald did npt .rule out
any of the District "Attorney's remarks
before the Jury, and ; Mr. Delmas took
"care : to ;have every" exception' he made
'.'seriously noted." .
Mr. : Jerome won : his 'point, and the
words "serious if ,_ not capital," as de
fining "the operation, : were withdrawn
,by } Mr. Delmas. .:.
•> During the. tilt Mr. Delmas asked the
District -Attorney how he 1 learned; of
-the character *'of. the operation* upon
; Miss 'Nesolt'. without I "violation of a con
' fldence. V, Mr. ; Jerome • said he ; had been
I told of it iby.Miss^Nesbifs mother. Mrs.
S'Holman 'of ; Pittsburgh j lUthus : became
! • known* f of J the • flrstj. tlme^ that the * Dls
j'trlct'Attorney: is lri'possessioh'bf a long
statement by I Mrs. '"; Holman; .
\u25a0 > Rumor; has insisted " that the opera
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PRICE FIVE CENTS.
SKETCHES OF- THE - SO^ OF STANFOBO
WHITE. THE FIRST WITNESS; CALLED IX
THE THAW TRIAL. WITJW.SS WHO TES
TIFIED THAT HE HEARD WHITE THREAT
EN TO KILL THAW AND THE CALIF ORNLi
ATTORNEY WHO IS DEFENDING THAW.
COLD BRNIGS DEATH
IN NEW YORK
SPECIAL DISPATCH TO THE CALL
, NEW YORK. Feb. 12.— Three per
sons were frozen to death, several were
found frozen and revived with diffi
culty, ;and' many, thousand suffered In
tensely \u25a0 from '" a wave of . zero weather -
which swept Into and out of New York
todayl „ - - . , -
.The 'most pitiful of the cases of ex
posure _was,^that" of a woman who was
found 'in the 'doorway.- of a saloon at
Fourteenth; street and Sixth avenue.
She^had crept. Into such shelter as tha
doorway afforded -and- was so huddled
up -ln^ her ragged garments when Po
liceman Keech of the West Thirty
seventh-street; station .discovered her
that he thought at first it was a
bundle of- old clothes. She died later
at Bellevue.
Neither . of - the men who were dead
when found, had been Identified to
night. \u25a0.
BANK'S TREASURER
SHORT $150.000
NEW BRITAIN. * Conn.. Feb. 13. —
A . high official of the Savings Bank
of New- Britain said today that tnere
was a big shortage In the accounts of
William "Walker, the jmisslng treasurer
of the bank, and that the bank's own
officers up \ to noon had discovered a
shortage of $150,000. Tho examination
of the bank will be continued and the
officers say that doubtless the shortage
will be found to be. much largsr. The
disappearance of Walker occurred
shortly after the bank examiner visited
the bank last Thursday. At that time
Walker said he felt 111 and would b«
at' the bank later. He has not been
seen -since. '
BELIEVE AGED MAX TVAS KILLED
BY YEGGME.\ FOR HIS 31O.VEY
Body of Victim Is Found Under B rid its
\u25a0 Xear Xeedlen and All Valuable*
Are Misstate
SAX -BERNARD IXO, Feb. 13.— Th«
body of P. V. Springer was found by. a
train -crew under a bridge two miles
east of Needles yesterday. The deceased
was an aged man and "started to walk
from Ithe town to Beal, where hia son
was in charge of a bridge gang. Alt
the valuables were taken from the
body. It Is believed he was murdared
by. yegginen. -