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8 REV. C. CULVERT SMOOT'S SERMON ON STRIKES Discusses Laws and v Sasrs That Warring Factions Crush Public POINTS TO REMEDY Socialization of Wealth Is Declared to Be the Cure for Trouble The labor strikes disturbing the prosperity of San Francisco were dis cussed In sermons delivered in several local churches yesterday. "Cause and Cure of Strikes," was the theme of the address made by Rev. C. Calrcrt Smoot at the morning services 5n the Second Unitarian church at Twentieth and Capp streets. He Fald in raH: "Our city is now in the agonizinj? throes of an economic struggle between capital and labor: between the warring interests of a railroad company, owned by outside capital, -and a labor organi zation contesting for shorter hours. Added to this struggle Is a sympa thetic etrike of linemen, a strike Among the teJephone operator*, which is the cause of unending antvoyanc*. & laun «iry etrike and a strike in the mechan ical industries affecting thousands of skilled toilers. In the meantime the I>eople are crushed between the upper and nether millstones of these grinding factions. \u25a0 "L*t us congratulate ourselves that order reigns despite the disturbances attendant upon these conflicts, though some rowdies and over zealous sympa thizers with the striking carmen com mit acts of violence occasionally. But law and order prevail generally. SAYS DEHAXDS ARE JUST "I believe that the demands of the carmen are just- I also believe that the demands of the telephone operators are Jutt, and tnat they should be grant ed, but they must be secured by peace ful means and not 1 y violence." The speaker then called attention to the laws which guarantee equal rights t<3 all. the laws which permit an em ployer to hire whom he pleases and dis charge whom he pleases, paying oucli wages as he pleases, and 'to the laws which protect aggregations of work fngraen to organize for the betterment of their condition and to secure. . by ull peaceful means, higher wages and shorter hours. "The right of workers to organize and to dissuade other worker* from taking their places when on a strike is unquestioned." declared the pastor. "The union man is justified by the law of the land and the constitution of the United States. If he can persuade other men from taking his place, as on the platform of a trolley car, he is entirely wlthlp his rights and should be pro tected. "This strike Is the expression of a c!ash in economic interests; it la the symbol of economic disease. It also 5s a sign of the awakening of the work ingmen." TELL? OF CONVERSATION The clergyman then told of a conver sation he had overheard on the street between two antlunton men trno 1 agreed that in a short time the unions would Jiave their own army to enforce their demands, and that the only, thing to do would be to crush them at once. 'WTiat stupidity!" said Rev. Mr. Smoot, "The unions In this city are ?O.GOO strong. They are- founded on self-interest. They may lose a strike, they may experience « setback and they may lose ground in their march of progress, but crush them you never can. "Unionism was born *s\the fruits of tho organization of capital. Capital or ganized, flxed the rate of wage: labor organized and endeavors?" to fix its own scale of wages. "Have the needs of the workingmau ever been a factor in the price fixed oy the employer? Have his warts ever l«een considered by the organized capi talistic interests when the owners came together to Viace a price for labor? Have the price at which the products of labor are sold, and the cost of pro duction v been a factor in ' monopolistic adjustment of wages? No, of course not, and never would be unless or ganized Labor insisted on recognition of these factors. "I^abor has been treated cs a cpm modity. -subject to the law of suppiy and demand. The purchaser of labor likes to see a flooded market end a low price. Moreover, th»» organized capitalist has the power to fix not only the price of labor but the price'of the product- It takes a work in groan five days to earn enough to buy back the product of one day's work. He real izes this and then strikes 'or a larger proportion of the product. of Jiis work. "Strikes, thus, are increasing, and the 'demands of labor will never ceas-i to long as society Is divided by the two classes .of capitalist and wage earner. They are made, of the same stuff, human nature, whos* charac teristic In eelf ; lnterest and se!f preser vation. The 'capitalist has been reap ing a richVbarVest; the laborer now lias entered the field to reap as welL "The "wage earners will some day see that their only hope lies in the social ization of the wealth of. the land, when the people will owif>en<l control the Sifts of nature, the means of produc tion and the methods of distribution." FORMER AGENT OF STEEL COMPANY PASSES AWAY William B. Isaacs Dies at His Home in This City After Illness of Four Weeks William B. Isaacs; one of the beat known men in the. steel and iron trade*, died on Saturday morning at his home. H2S Post street, after an ill ness of four 'weeks. deceased -represented the Carn-» kle eteel company on this coast for more than twenty years, and main tained his headquarters In this 1 city. He'retlred from, active work about two rears ago. WILL FORM PEACE SOCIETY SALT LAKE CITY. Utah, i May 18.— - Steps 'toward the organization •of a peace society, in Utah were; taken at ; the Mormon tabernacle * this afternoon. Governor " John I C. Cutler presided at * the* meeting, which was attended by 'prominent Mormons and several gen tile . clergymen. A" committee : of seven was appointed by the governor to draw up a plan.' It is intended to extend the work of pacification; to the differences between Gentiles and Mormons in Utah as well as to" international controier- Blea/SHH . \u25a0 •\u25a0'\u25a0- '\\u25a0*V- r> IRISH PRIESTS VICTO...OUS LONDON, "May :'. 20:— The \u25a0} correspond ,ent at Dublin of the Morning Post says .he understands that at the Irish nation* jalist convention next Tuesday , John : Redmond will move a resolution hostile \to Chief Secretary^f or; Ireland Birrel l's • Irtsh MIL "" \u0084Tn«i*-c orrespondent I. adds: : "This ; will . be a conspicuous \ victory t or '• the t priests V against . whose local i in flu | esce over, education the bill is secretly 1 •*»>•*" IMPORTANT CONVENTIONS TO BE HELD THIS WEEK Educators and Statesmen to . • \u25a0 \u25a0 - -*#.-. . . Discuss International Arbitration' TO_ DISCUSS TARIFF Manufacturers Will Hear Report on Poll of Members *Many prominent:- educators -and statesmen will gather at Lake ilohonk, N. T., on Wednesday to take part in the three days' session of the thir- , teenth annual meeting of the Lake j Mohonk . conference on international! arbitration. Among those who will ad- i jdress^the conference are Enrique C.I Creel. Mexican embassador to thej United States; Nicholas Murray Butler, [president of Columbia university. j and John Barrett, director of thn ! bureau of American republics. The National Association of Manu j facturers, which will begin its con- ! 'ventlonin New York city today, Is to j hear the result oft a poll of its 3,000 j : memberi on* the , tar Ie question, which j i has been taken during the past year at j the direction of the 1906 convention. |- The tariff; committee sent out several j j questions Intended to ascertain. If poi- j i Bible, not only how much revision was j ] desired, but also when and how the • I revisionists wanted the problem under- | I taken. j Other subjects to be discussed by the convention, with the names of the i chief speakers .on the different topics,] will be: '."Further Railroad Legislation." | Charles A. Prouty, interstate commerce j commissioner; "The Child Labor Prob j lem," Dr. Charles P. Keil, commissioner ! of labor. | "At the annual banquet on Wednes | day addresses will be made by Secre j tary Straus, Senator Dolliver of lowa, J i Rear Admiral Sigsbte and Major' Gen- i eral Franklin Bell, chief of staff of! i the army. ! | Thejfate of the Irish bill, introduced! In th<» British. house of commmons.May t 7. will largely depend on the attitude : ; taken by the Irish nationalist conven- j tion, which wlirassemble at Dublin on ! Tuesday. All the Irish corporations and the borough, city and rural coun cils. Irrespective of. politics, have be*n invited to send delegates, the branches. of the United Irish league in Ireland and England will also be rep resented. "\u25a0', - The appeal of Count Boni de Castel lane against the decislonof the court • which on November 15 last granted a | divorce to the Countess de Castellane. j formerly Anna Gould of New York. w»U ; come up In Paris on Tuesday. | PYTHIAN SISTERS MEET IN GRAND TEMPLE TODAY California Women Gather at Oroville to Hold Convention The grand temple of . California- of the order of Pythian : sisters will -be convened in'Oroville, today.' " Following is the list' of representatives whoVwlll legislate for the organization: - California ~ tf-mple. Sacrtmrnto — Gussle Morri*. ! : Marjr Forest; I'arity,' Los Ao;*n — Uuth tX AU ! not. Mary 1.-Sb*CT«r. Sanaa I. Hutsfll; DuntoD. I i San Mppo — LIUle Keseler ; . Fidelity. \u25a0 l'tudras — i Krama Ulchardscn; liarmon.r, Arrojo t:rnii«!» — i Is.-mri Boptett: Calanthe. Oakland— Cora Us i gritlge. Alice <.'ampbell, Lois FraUrs; East Oak- i Un<l Oakland— lrui* H<^<l; Ramoaa, Eureka—' LtflU Barkw. Mary FMter; LUr. Crockett— I >lir»ud« Halnin; Olympic. Gra«s Vslley — Francis Ilcwe. Mary Frank. Sopfale Krast. : | San Francisco — Larlula Copo. Olga Benfeldt; ; RlTerelde. HJTcrsi<ie— lilU M.. Jonn«on, Marr j Fonth: MjTfle. Trnckfe. Caroliuc Andersou; I Ma£n«lU, Santa Maria— AUJe Johnson. Lucy i Ilaslam: Sunset. Rakemfield — Edith M. Bernard; I i J>juaLrry. SaHnns — EmlJr Cbrlstensra; It-laud i City, Ala&ieda — Ida Chaplin; Diamond, Black [ l»ianiocd— Catberlne Maxson; It.v I^>af, Forest ; IIUl — Ji-jt E. Howcll; Damon. Stockton — Kate A<l»m», Ella Hermason. E«slth ' Deltr:' Corona, I'cQiona — Helen Lindsay. . LIUJe Forester; Sunny Sooth. Oarberrllle — Annie Parker; Wcsblnpton. ] HlacerTlHe — Mary Lucas; lx>dl,~Lodl— ElU Wll ! son. Myra Pearsiia; Moss Brae. Dunstnulr — Edith ißelbr: Frultvale. FraJtvale— Betta \u25a0. Mar \u25a0^tiall; Fern l^af. Ferndale— Cora Hlnd ! If 7, Harriet Poole; Uoyal, Hanford— ; Ida A. Short: Paradise, Angplt-»-Carrle . Drew; I North Star, Arcata— Fintoa Miller; Woodbine. ; Han Di«ro — Mary Cro*jh«u ; Pacific. South --*&ta , Pranrlnco — Kffiv V. Uot*;' Santa* Tner.-" Santa : TD»>r — E*» J. Gardner; Monroe. Kern — Inez Wal . lare; Madroas. UeaUlxbars — Barbara Logan; Rose ! %'a!l€>j-. l.ln<v!n — Anal- Bnnh. Nannie Kenned r; \ Irmahoo. San Francic«> — Jt-nulp Grader; , -llet ruii.n. S»!it.i Cruz — llam)«! Gardner, -Emma »Lj • tiaoi; la)**\. Oaklsml — Ella lterat, O. \u25a0 Blge ! low: CoMen. Bedlandu— Hattie Shephard. ' Ma [ riu» BrrndboUr; Solano. Itfo Vlota.' Mary Offftr- 1 iiu*n: Ad«. Vniii-io — M«ry M. lit*-*; Violno. SU- I I foa«— CfHa , Montfomfry ; Granite, Perrls— Mary 1 I E. flarrinzton: Kose. Ventura— Edith Join?*;'] ! Olive,- Santa Barbara — Caroline Wbeaton: PyiU ' lan. Santa Ana— l>-a Sherlln; Long Beach, Lonj \u25a0 Be*<Sj— Carrie Torrer; Callamiira. Porterrllle— j Kose Brown; Pro«perity. Fr«-«no— Kate Kellogg; j Mission. I^impor — Maria Meali^." Carrie' Pratt; | ! ';o|.ifn Gate. . San Francinco— Bertha Klemm : MJ*t!rtoe, Ibx-klln— Eva R. Schneider; ' Lo« Ansele*. Lo«s Anseltn — Emma \u25a0 Ogram. Mary I Livin-Hton; EwJivholtxia. . San Francisco—Nan nie Bush: Ji;nir.rr«>. San l Lnia Obbtpo— Grace Arata: Duroc, \Vood!>rldg<v— Belle \u25a0 Perrott; ETer ereen. Ertgewood— uo\* Craig; Winters,-) Winters- Sarah ' Errington; ; Snowdrop. ' Whittier— Florence Triplett: Orpha. '. Carters — Ida * Foster; \u25a0 Ocean Spra.r. '- Crwwit Clt.T— Eliiabetb Jenkins, •• Cora Hamilton; Pine. Loyalton— lx>Ule Couuter; l*'ae nice, Orodl — Lizzie Campbell: Unit Y Richmond — Henrietta BIy;> Phoenix, Napa— Theresa Ileln; Sunfhlne. Camenteria — Llzzte Doerr; I Oro : Vista, OroTille— Martha G ingles. Kate. > Dnnn- ' Hleh land.: HichUod — Carrie . . Campbell; ' Castle, R*d Blnff — Era Karmel: . Chleo. Chlco — Martha ' Btil linyton: Sherman Rose. Monterey— Amy V. Blcic . ford: Santa Monica. ; Santa . —onica — Carrie . Tal- I lis: Martinez. Martinez — Mary Moore.' MARCH WITH RED FLAGS Demonstration in Chicago in Behalf of Haywood and Companions CHICAGO, May 19.— A parade and mass meeting. *as a demonstration^ of sympathy, for. Moyer.- Haywood and-'Pet tibone, accused of the' murder, of former Governor Steunehberg - of " Idaho, [) took place here this afternoon and .were par ticipated in by nearly 4,000 persons. 500 of 'whom- were; women and -/children; The j demonstration .was largely, a" so cialistic a affair f and hundreds "of "red flags , and banners were carried* byithe marchers.: . ' The police ' made": no :\u25a0 effort to suppress - the flaps, but extra' precau tions were taken' to preserve order. ;At various places along the line^of : march similar flags were .wared from* windows; There was no - disturbance. After ** marching^ through 'i the \u25a0; down town district,' the paraders proceeded to a vball""v ball "" park ; at ': Loomls ; and' -Harrison streets. Raln ; began to>fall:as the des tination was ; neared, 1 but \ th"e>program of j speech" makin g .- was 'carried out -' for several 'hours. . - >'": " '" ; REV. C. M. BARNES DEAD .:-. SEATTLE, May.. 19.— Rev. CM. Barnes, V_ who " was 5 known, as head-" of v the fe Barnes T5T 5 company,;:"'- pub lishers of : school \u25a0 books, died f here \u25a0 this morning ; of ; heart : failure lat "Broadway, hospitaL- aged v74' years/I* Barnes s sold oat his; interest: ln: thejpublishirifflbusi? ness " thfe c years : a go*- . .He -' leaves 1 - '"a widois*.' and^ five lchildrenh.' A -daughter; Mrs.iDodds,' and a son* Dr." S.'D.'i ßarnes,' reside in this' c!ty.\" < ?->.' ''-'\u25a0'-'\u25a0 - Rapid growth .of ahe" finger- nails iis a sign of pood ; health. t>''^~'' THE ) SA^: FKANCI SCO v CALL; MOJ^D A Y<^I^Yf |20,^ 1907; UNCLE SAM'S SOLDIERS WIN LAURELS IN CUBA Great -Achievements ; Gained j -in Campaign of .Army of Pacification WORK IS BLOODLESS Discipline and Good Deeds j Result in Triumphs for I »hs for Military Men HAVANA, May is— The army of Cu ban pacification, after a bloodies? cam paign of six- months, fmayj fairly} take ! rank as the crack corps. of the forces of ( the United states: Without having j been called upon toflre a v shot or make j a. single hostile, demonstration,, it has" ' to "its credit a list of achievements of ! which its men, are proud. ;\u25a0>. . . -'.', .' |-_ Among Its] moral triumphs. have been the;, maintenance of standard of dis i cipline and;, sanitation of /more -than Japanese excellence .. and the ; preserva-; tion "of perfect : self r control .while .In j contact with an' unsympathetlc>,pop- : i ulation. Its greatest; material acfcievo \u25a0 ment has been the production, based on j countless Teconnaissaces; and. survey 5 ?," I of a chart of ..he Island of Cuba which j. officers declare to be I the most ,mlriu tely a i perfect mHltafy map in existence., With ! the, completion of. this work: the' possl { bility of successfully carrying on guer i rilla tactics ; such% as . formerly , enabled ' j the Cubans indefinitely to prolong their* i revolution against the overwhelming I i forces' of Spain may; be said to-ihave j i vanished.. • i The army ,'of Cuban pacification,} which originally numbered 6,500 , men j j of air arms without including marines,! has v now; dwindled by the; natural pro cess of discharges on expiration of en listments to' 5,500 men. L: There are also under .General Barry's command about j 1,000: marines. These It was proposed! to withdraw, but . on "account of the | difficulty of obtaining recruits j I cient to fill up the ranks of the. army they will -be retained in compliance i with the request of General Barry, who believes that his force _is^none too large as it Is. Of these troops \u25a0nearly 2,000 quartered In' Camp Co ; lumbia form the ' garrison, of '\u25a0 Havana, ! and theVremainder are scattered :'over the Island in 30 posts,- 11 of which are occupied, by' marines. . , . PRESIDENT AT CHURCH CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va., May 19.— President and Sirs. - Roosevelt and Archie Roosevelt worshiped'" today, at Christ's Episcopal "church,'^ less than a mile from Pine Knot, Mrs.' Roosevelt's country home. The service began at 4 o'clock and the -Roosevelt party ar rived punctually, accompanied by Wil liam and Joseph Wilmer. - x ATTORNEY A. J. HARWOOD IS HELD UP BY ROBBER Thug Halts Him and a Lad} Friend iri the Western Addition It was ..reported- to the .police; late last; nights that A> J. " Har wood,'.- an • at-* torney • living ?at '.; 894 " Fulton '; streetr while I escorting a ywelj 'j'known?. young: society woman . on ; a" visit ; to * friends at 2841 Devisadero street had been held up and robbed of jhls watch and money. The highwayman had a broad brimmed hat pulled downover hlseyes and went about- his work: with-. the air : of. an expert. He : offered the young] woman no violf?nce^B§S^^^|^^' <~ Harwood refused to divulge the'name of his companion. ADULTERATION OF WINES ANGERS FRENCH PEOPLE Nearly 200,000 Gather to Enter Protest Before Government PERPIGNANY France, May .19.— A giant demonstration? in \u25a0[ which;- 190,000 persons \ took ; part s was . held , here ; today for the purpose - of /urging government to^ remedy, the ;distress^caused,' by; the overproduction : ''of twines, and, the ( ex tensive sale .of manufactured from grape refuse ahcr sugar.;. * '['.', Persons* arrived? in "every, imaginable conveyance fromall parts of the Bouthr i Many, arrived ?. byj special " trains, : num : bers- of them refusing ; to; pay/t heir. \u25a0 fares,,- and, ; the^rallway,= officials being ; powerless ;tor ."collect *f ares." i ;> : 'j''- ' 'if After a parade, a- meeting was held at which "C, the" A speakers ' /demanded '"j im^ mediate f action* b"y ? the v government ; to stop I\the ! wholesale T adulteration T *of wine. \ Strong jrorces^ of ; infantry tand cavalry, had ) baim c drafted! and \ were 'in readiness; In* case**'6f trouble, , but ? the ; demonstration^; wks.~orderly and z their I services" were .not. needed.' *>"-\u25a0-\u25a0 BELL WILL EXPERIMENT WITH NEW MOTOR KITE Telephone Magnate; Believes He -Can Solve t Problem f of Aerial vNavi- gation Withj His \ lnvention NEW YORK; MayU?.— "I; am- "going to gn'y place < oh V the • Bras dOr, • lake; Capei Breton?; within Va :few.s d&ya.v and wlir at 'once .; experiment! with'Ja^ motor equipped fman'-; lifting s ki te.V Last year my . kite v succeeded .in S lifting %a" man, { and now that I can raise him and keep him in the;air;;l^am,goinerUojtry^ to propel; the -kite by,meansfof a motor. ; VI | am \u25a0a ; firm j believer/ In 1 , the than alr;_.: idea; v and -believe •; that 5 the entire >: problem '.'of i aerial .navigation will* be /solved; along; that' llne,V:A*ri v^ ,i Returning from' England todayi on ; tho steamer.; Amerika^l Prof essbr/Alexander Graham- Bell,\; Inventor 1 of if] the ;\u25a0;-tele phone;'; made 5 the j foregoing, statement as : his t next j Intended > move \ in* the'Sln-*' terests >Qf|aerlaJ| navigation^ in '\u25a0? which he has recently made'experiments." - CREW ABANDONS NEW SHIP ' ST, JOHNSON;; F.^]May:i9.^-The"crew of £ the : steamer;il6eniai^which\went 'On a • reef •\u25a0 off i Cape ', Ray |~yesterday,t= aban "* donedv:the.;veßsel|at?sundown| tonight; Its bottom jhavlng^been tbeatenf out fcby pounding; on" the rocks;¥j ltlwas ra?new vessel /bound \ tor j Liverpool h from .To ronto, ; : with^a^cargb;i of pig •iron,;; and stranded- yesterday a" heavy storm;.-. :';\u25a0\u25a0'. ' ';'-\u25a0\u25a0.'\u25a0:;-'\u25a0*\u25a0;: .\u25a0'\u25a0 - - .-\u25a0 \u25a0; FRUIT CROP IS A FAILURE X ANSAS I CITY,^ May 19.— At : a - meet ingn g I last | evenlnsribri the|Mißßo url iVal - ley* hortl cultural | socletyj reports lot {the members : showed |"aTconcensuß ? of i opin ion that there will vbe 11 percentagfe|6f |the,Vnormallfrult|cr6plin the)Mlssouri yalley/thisTyear. ' MILLIONS OF DOLLARS POUR IN FROM JAPAN Rails and Equipment" for Manchurian Road Are Bought in America •IN' -HURRY '• TO BUILD /Topnotch Prices Paid /That Rail Orders May ße FillediatrOnce NEW YORK. May.' 19.— America's in- : dustrial invasion of the 'far; east' is* now in \u25a0\u25a0, full? swing, ', and Japan is, pouring a | golden C stream *in to the United ~- States i for-; steel*. rails,, cars' arid- locomotives, j Twenty •£ million >_ dollars already '\ ha ve j been expended in this 'country for rail-] roadr supplies to. be ijsed in "the con struction: of t the South ManchuriaYrkil road.: andjj contracts 1 involving*; millions of : dollars* are Spending. . Deliveries fof , rail s ; are* being . made, : arid f for [ the ; next three Jinonths steamships "chartered^ .by Japan- will, ply; across i the: Paciflc:bear ingrr valuable : cargoes 'of ; steel: and* lron. I :;' Manchuria >: will'; be' strapped with American steel :\ from" . Dalney : to e Miik den,'. and ;t; th c ; t ra vele r will "\u25a0 rid e in •; cars of .American / manufacture, ,; drawn by locomotives built in; this countryi'Thou sands^of; dollars ' : have .been spent in premiums ; to : our \ manufacturers ' for quick > deliveries, for the Japanese" in j Bist that these railroads must .be built j and bevln- full operation within two years/ - >^^H^^^^S£KBH ! Japan's- representatives were ; told ;to go ahead and get Uhe railroad supplies I at all costs.. ..Having broken. the record | last February, v when ; they, purchased 50,000 tons of steel rails at the Carnegie mills for $28.50. they proceeded to break another, arid. bought! 13,000 tons of rails j for- $29 a. tori, with .the^stipulation, that j the ': delivery \u25a0 must begin nex t 'f month. j Steel. rail. millsihad all the orders that j they could 'attend to {until late in' th> year, but' the' Japanese^agenls said that they must I have ; the .i" a ! ls and they placed their ;'order's, f ; paying the'highest export prices , in-; . many: years. . Over $2,000,000. has been spent i.with^ ; ;the Am'erlcan locomotive building company, an d i almost , evepy • steamship from ;Pa <:iflc, ports! has one or more 'locomotives In lts;hold; : : .^ ;.«., \u25a0Japanese agents" here indicate 'that $5,000,000 will have to be spent for rails In"; this ; country*' before^ the* railroad in Manchuria is completed. ''.-.; AGED STATESMAN DEAD SAVANNAH, Mo., May 19.— Former Congresamah: Andrew Jackson Haflan, who {represented the 'Eleventh .; Indi ana district in the thirty-first, 'forty second- and' fifty-third congresses/died at his home here today,' aged! 92 years. SIERRA TAKES REFUGE ON CRUISER YORKTOWN NicaraguanGbvernment Re ports Defeat of Rebel •-. General 1% \~ > PUERTO CORTEZ. May :: 141 4 (yii^Mn '.v bMe, •' ; Ala".; ; Mayr:i9)^puHng^th f e*^iast; week "many report's? have i been" in ; "cfrcu latlohj regarding^ fightlngibetween^ the goyerriment/and ;the ? forces? of ' General .Terucie ; Sierra,' \u25a0 who'^was^ reported \u25a0<\u25a0 us marching^^fromjAmapbla-* toward "tri-i capital: to .Tegucigalpa.' \u25a0 : ?\u25a0 .". A -telegram from President Da Vila ~*o General : Estrada, -kcbmmandingJahe Nicarguan -forces," dated i May, 13, in forms (Estrada "that '; Sierra .was "driven back i and .'has ! gone /on " 'board the United \u25a0 States .' cruiser v ; r ;iTofktown - : , at Amapala," and -that' the- Hbndurah' forces expect :to_ take possession^ of Amapala today—- May 14. ' ;-,;_.-;\u25a0" ' Captain -Ful lam of the -United States gunboat < Marietta sent ;:an't additional gun "and . a : squad ot} men";; to :San ; Pedro before the : .arrival of General Estrada's forces 'toald in the protection of: for eign interests. *. : •'-\u25a0"\u25a0• '.'.-:. ;V>.W-'. : .-:Vr: " r \u25a0'.\u25a0•'-'" ' : . '\u25a0 TRAIN KILLS MECHANIC BEFORE WIFE'S EYES James O'Meara Is Struck by Southern Pacific Engine at B Street, Oakland , OAKLAND, j May . 1 9— -James , O'Meafa, a; mechanic 'employed .by j-the'; : Oakland Traction company, • was struck rf and killed by V Southern v«Pacifici train at :the ;B ; street , station tonight; O'Meara. his wife and son were" walking along- the tracks when "an' approaching train: neared. thelpartjv :'. Be fore; O'Meara? could Jget f but ..ofithe way he was", hit. I ,' His jwlf e, and boy wit nessed ( the*; accident, but \u25a0". neither.-: was able to save the'man.- ;j,'O'Meara "was ;f alive '• when*- the f, police ambulance v arrived, v but^ he \ died ; on ' his way^to}the;receiving;hospital. V The ac cident shortly : after,' BjVclock: O'Meara" 11 ved at; 1 5 : : Watt s' s treetr;>. ACCUSED OF HAVING SOLD WORTHLESS MINING STOCK New Yorker>Posing as" Broker ; ; Jailed on Complaint of Banker : '-;-Who y Sha res v : NEW YORK,: May; 19! — Leonard/,J; Mosness,". who ; described : himself vas - a broker.vwasjlockediUpHonightiafterla police court ; hearing,! in T i which i he": was held 'in t : ?lo,ooo^bail :; for;, examination tomorrow -on the charge of grand- lar- '\u25a0'-.., The : complainan t ; is* James "', Spears, i.' a" banker - of ; Canton. N. V.,'.- who.Xaccbrd -" ing Jto thef police,^ purchased* "for. $48,000 etock * of -the .Temple".; creek r .' mini nip company,^which,- it *; Is r alleged,^' was \u25a0worthiess.^g6H&aHHteSßeß!Sßsßfe- ; ' '' '". WRECKS BLOCK LIKE : MBDFORp,rOre.^May^ 19>^Trafiic on thej main -line of the Southern Pacific is blocked i by^ two^derallmenf isL?. A^il grit engine jumpedj umped \th c \u25a0 track * near iTolo Ith is* 1 morning. : ; ' It'fewa«gto_o';' heavy i;fbr .'%the apparatus ;! at .TAshland?iand ; the ~m ßoseb iirg S outfit Vi was ! Theilatt"er/outfit,lwhllerrunnlngr at high : Bpeed,Xwaa l'dltchedi near i^oodville^J No . casualties ; were? reported. X .: * "" v* y'\ SANTA FE TRAIN WRECKED The ;wreckfofJalfast|frelKht|onithe"' Santa Fe| ear ly | this g \ a t \ Mai rie? sta-^ ition l^2ormileß| i westiofiFlag«aff, s }\Arla:*' delayed \ traffic on|th«] Santa* Fe ; from' 12 to l l s s hours;#t'A'; broken - flange • on] a car isasaidStoihaVe^caused " the- smashup; ,which|totallyjdemo]ished|lo r carsxwith : their J contents j-VndJ, tore "i up> the \ track for"severar-hundfedTfeet.''lTrafsc?waß resumeditoriightf '''•-.- v V-'. :.-"\u25a0 .i .-\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0 -/} V: DEATH OF CHARLES F. CUTLER ?NEWV YORK. May }19^CharlesfF/ CutleV|of|MoVrl«toi^^N^^|president of the| NswjYo rk r telephone? company, 1 died froml hearts disease i last nigrhtfatlthjTOTanaclin n ,iSaranac]laka. v f airyf of Berkeley to Gieinriuar Ball Tomorrow Night ..'\u25a0>* \u25a0\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0 •-.. . -\u25a0.*-•.\u25a0 . \u25a0:• \u25a0 . . • - t?f BERKELEY, May' 19.— Berkeley par lor:lso,:Native Daughters of the Golden ; West, i will : give its second annual - ball i onv Tuesday ; evening :.in:Wllklns* hall In~ Haste , street.' ;;-Thej3paclous . ballroom I is^.being 'decorated r oy "the Daughters themselves and ;a~ first class orchestra has ~ been engaged. : .; The' committees in charge of the ball ( are : a's follows:: 7 -':- Committee ; \u25a0 of . - arrangements— r Mts3 Leila Brackett,* chairman; Miss Estelle So ward. Miss Bessle ! t Chrlsty,;Miss May Robinson: Miss -Jennie- ,"Wooley, r Mrs. Evelyn -JWisewell.T Mrs. jMarlon Elliott, Miss Clara Liihr,' Miss Sophie Mickleson. v ; Committee on decoration— Mrs. Anna Luhr.; chairman: 'Mrs.. Minnie Putnam. Mrs. , 'Jessie 'Middlehoff,' .Miss Lois Davenport, 1 Mrs. Adolphus Mitchell, Miss Gertrude Hey wood.\ Miss ; Lulu Stutt, Mrs. .' Emraa^ Foolley^ Mrs.*; Sue Nichols. y .'& Reception ' committee-^-Mrs. ; Eleanor Middlehoff, Mrs.; Florence \u25a0 Smurr, Mrs. C Z. "i, Ellis, I Miss ;-Xettie ; Meek, Mra. Agnes* ."Wilson/ Miss -Irene Gilman, Mrs. A. 'A.'-Haridle,^ Miss .'Edna'; Morrow ;'_ and MissJfjDora^Meisel.V " ;; ?^ 4 F i "oor .committee— -Charle«:R. r Smurr, 'maa aV«f; -.'W/ E.* T u'r n ef,* D r. C." A: Meek, iS^fAr ;Boynton.' SA' B.'J, Hey wood, : "vV"." " J. llson, :C.'A: Abbott and G: . Wright. PREFER DECAPITATION TO LIFE IN SHANGHAI JAIL Thirteen . Convicted Chinese Have to Be' Removed ;*Fr6m v Courtroom to : Prison by Force I \u25a0-. SHANGHAI,:' May.-.lj.—L\n extraordi-1 j nary scene occurred 'Saturday in the j mixed; courtfduririgrthfi'trial of 13 of the; ringleaders :in*:the,; outbreak "In the j imuhlcipaljall in *May? last? year, 'when j Governor. Blennernassett.-tliehead war-^! den, |- and J; two y' warders -fvwere -severely » -wounded. ;JThe 'prisoners-.were sen- S tenced^o.terms^ln: prison from j five;to 20; years." All beggednot to be j sentitolthe city;jail.]declaring,that der ' capitation-would; be "preferable .to ;. im- S \prlsonment^ln::the municipal jail, .and r force:had;to be used; to'remove them ! from the courtroom. ENGLISHMEN IN DOUBT AS TO DISARMAMENT .Vienna : Paper; Receives Replies to Queries Sent ;to^ Prominent Siab ; jects of King; Edward ..'•' VIENNA; May 1 9— The Neves Wiener -Tageblatt ;publishcd \ answers today to hundreds lot " sen t : : to '•.. proml neht:persons\in t England regarding the question >of > the ; of arma ments.'-:,;; The;- majority .- of - the replies show '% skepticism. 'i.j Answers : were -\ re ceivedt- f rom V Arthur^ J. : Balf our. / Lord Lansdowoe, y- Lord the ; duke of;: Devonshire/jYAustln'A Chamberlain, 'Pield | Marshal:- Sir t Evelyrr : Wood' and Si r/A rthur ; Conan ' Doyle. • ;•.' A'*, few . of the- repl ies .' are „ favorable,' while some sharply protest against the idea. ? : " ?:': \u25a0 '\u25a0\u25a0' ' ';\u25a0; : > -\u25a0\u25a0 NEGROES MAY NOT ATTEND THE ENDEAVOR UNION Colored ; People of j Seattle Ask * Bish-- ops and Delegates to Stay Away on Account \u25a0 of ; Hotel \u25a0?^ SEATTLE. ) ".- May -f \ 9.— Loca 1• n c groes met \u25a0 today r : and ; passed (resolutions • ask-" ;in'grnegro!blsh6pß[andTdelegates;to tha Christian"^ Endeavor 'convention to |bo held;,here; thisKsummer^tot stayr ,'away froniLtheJconventlqn;and;the:clty.lSome tlme*ago|one"£Of Jthe 3 local.', hotelsh-re fused ? to '', reserve 'accomhTddations -for thejcolofedrdelegatlonslwlthlthelwhlte *delegates.t\The [ChViatlan'Endeavor en^' tertainment committee refused to inter fere with the ruling'bf the ' hotel and L thej actionTof ; tbe I negroes"! today [was : a "result f bf the; trouble; ;i^ -U .- '\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0": ' \u25a0 * ASK DIAZ TO END STRIKES t:M ORIZABA,' Mex.. 'May; 19.-^-In order to bring Jabout ; , an ~\ end \ to ! : the I disastrous ilaborf troubles ;at^the>Rio> Blancaitex tile^workß,«ithe""j authorities ; have"; petl« dent ' Diaz, whose personal f interest = iri the jmatter.Sltiis Relieved,: would: result in a speedy/ settlement^ ;^ : MAY LOCATE IN BREST '\u25a0; :BREST,I Ffance.irMay^ 19:^The : presi dent | and pother -l officers fof | the i French steamship > Hne7\who] have t been ;' inspect^" the port facilities here, left I tonight.-. It lßjbeliev^'|thßT| ( 'wHl^reco"mmend ; the transfer 5 ot I th« i terminus lot 2 their * line tTom]Ha.VT9 to Brest. ' -, BOSS WILL RESIGN May ;'l9^David w: Ross.l generalrpurchasing agent >oi i the Panama ; canal j commlssiori.iw II I S resign soon?- to s becorae s president i of ;- a ? large manufacturtng^concernlin^Chicago.- :: Ui. The amour t !*f imoneyjt paid i annually itOiSthelffworld'sL; rulers amounts ;to MISS NETTIE MEEK (UPPER PORTRAIT) AND MISS LELIA BRACKETT, MEMBERS OF COMMITTEES THAT ARE ARRANGING FOR NATIVE DAUGHTERS* ANNUAL BALL IX BERKELEY TOMORROW -NIGHT. DEMANDS THE LIVES OF ALLEGED ASSASSINS Mexican Prosecutor Arraigns Putative Slayers' .of .Borrillas j MEXICO CITY. May ID.-4-Asserting j that Florencio -Morales and Bernardo Mora. Guatemalan?, are guilty of the \u25a0willful "assassination" of .General Bar i rlllas and - that ".the murder was done with 'premeditation and : in a _ most treacherous manner, the public prosecu tor hziS 'formally petitioned the court before .which the case was- tried to pro [ nounce the' death- sentence on the pris \ oners. ~ . . The bitter arraignment'of the accused: and the 'demand, for.t he death penalty. \u25a0 ; coming at this stage of the proceedings. '\u25a0\u25a0 have created . a sensation : here and the action ; -of the : court- is awaited, with, eager Interest.' * The ' prosecutor was notlfled : privately through al ong epistle; bearing; the names of 'nftny persons. v both native ?\u25a0 and t Central Americans *prominent:'ln" this capital, that hisiac tioh'.was in full accord with the popular sentimentTof 'the national capital. .The : defense is* preparing. lts final re view of/the case, to J>e presented thl3 weefelat- the first .sitting -of the court. ItT-is believed that, whatever; decision the !court the case will be ap pealed^by one side or the other, to the supreme tribunal of the nation. PREDICTS GREAT FUTURE FOR SAN FRANCISCO Charles Page * Says Repulsive Tariff on Foreign .Goods Has ' Retarded Growthvof .City STANFORD UNIVE RSITP. May 19.— Charles' Page "of .the^San' Francisco bar addressed -the Stanford \u25a0 law association Saturday on the subject of "The Pacific Ocean and the" Law." "He declared that ,the^ repulsive tariff* on? foreign goods had long kept San Francisco from com ing- to her " own, but that < owing to her natural •position*: she; was destined to become 1 a /great city no matter . how much damage she may have In ; the \u25a0 past.' Page further stated that the;trusts. J infwhose Interests the tariff was -made,< were 'tottering." and that it was": likely !thatUhe : objectionable" laws would be ; repealed. ; IHe • predicted that in twenty-live :; < years .San "Francisco would : .be'one of the greatest and rich est | cities Un the . world,, and the trade opportunities ."openlng.orp in, the Orient and ithei completion of " the" Panama canal would materially aid toward that PENTECOST OBSERVED BY OAKLAND HEBREWS Confirmation of ; Class of Thirteen by . Rabbi Friedlander a Feature of; Celebration OAKLAND, May. l9.— The feast of the Pentecost Cwas celebrated by members of * the iFirst Hebrew, congregation .In the synagogue : at ; Twelfth .and • Castro streets, today, i, The" feast is. the" annual commemoration^ofj: the igivingKof. the ten -commandments .by MosesJ. at the foot of Mount Sinai, and Is made- the occasion*. for. conflrming Jewish: children who" have '; reached \ the age of : 1 3.i Those 'confirmed v today • by) Rabbi f Friedlander .were: }'\u25a0 JeannetteZ Jonas. l Annie iz Llcht, Millie .<Flnkelst«in,*s; Lena >;Brownsteln, Dora Schatten, Minnette Meister, Fleu rette"^ Levy,^ b.;.< Lionel : , Samuels', Marymont.Tlrvlng.Cohn,: Charles" Frank and'Harry, Samuels-';, V [:'-- REPORT TWO MEN MISSING May 19.— Mrs.- J6hn i God son. 1 who!lives >t ? l2l9. : Magnolia stre«t has asked the ( police \ to r aid : in locating her husband.iwho disappeared from' his home yesterday. Godson is 60 years of aeeT* Lamartine ; Krober. 5 40 ; years old/ who lives:at!9so,Peralta. streetf; has been re ported-as "missing JsinceVMay ! 15 by h.l» wife, Mrs.cKose Krober. V • SAYS THE PRESIDENT IS HARMING COUNTRY Railroad Magnate Relieves Roosevelt Goes Too Far PREDICTS A : REACTION Policy Now Applauded, He Holds, Soon Will Be Unpopular ! CLEVELAND. 0.. May IS.— President William H. Canniff of the New Yor*. Chicago and St. Louis railroad com pany (Nickel Plate) believes in the regulation of railroads by the nation and state, but regards the,pre3ent ac tivities of President. Roosevelt as pro ductive of harm to the country in gen eral. He holtts that railroad regulation should -be accompanied by liberal con servatism, else ill effects will be felt by the' people. President Canniff said to day: : Tbe peodalam » U Mrtafflnsr ia i>n« dirMtlm now 'but it cann*tf«n t» swias ha.-s. and when it avhizn back-it i* bMrad ' ttji»w»y a ' *ood deH in the other direction. By tSat 1-tt© net mem tbat *r nw>:fnr a Jfewmrtal panic, bat I *• mean simply that tfcer* will t>* a retarding c« the procress ot the last flre years. k for wblcfc th# country will be the worse off. - ._ »*» * ' Coontries wttt make tb^it h«oe». Read M« Into history «nds*e where Caesar was lauded »y his people me «lay «nd perhaps the ne\t w« railt-1 at. The pr«*M«rt lv" Mrnclt a keyno*» that has met with wady response oq the part «f the p«.ple. It in not «rw*y* sane to believ* that the approTal of the buss« is aannrsac that the most jrnodi* to, come from the b!s^>«t numbt-r of people, for t'ae world oftea appla-i.l* a man and later dfe*"©**™ that what it ap pro Ted haa done it ho ifwd. • \u25a0 It will not be lons er* the whole situation w!JJ be settled Into e»en ruaninz azain. trot not irofil after the pendulum has had its swing a 'little the other way. . _-^____ FRUSTRATES ATTEMPT TO BREAK FROM PRISON OAKLAND, May 19. — A well planned attempt to break jail, which would have resulted in the escape of 11 of the most desperate prisoners in the city irison, was frustrated this mornla? by Captain of Police Petersen- Fred Crown, an ; ex- convict, was caught in the act of sawing through one of the heavy doors of the jail to-reach the lock on the outside. Crown confessed that he Lad planned the break and gave us> the saw with which he had been at work. The attention of <"*aptain' Petersan was first attracted to the work of the prisoner when he Was outside the rear of the jail. The officer heard the grat ing of «.-» . saw and- located the. noise In one of the departments in which are confined some of the worst prisoners in the Jail. Captain Petersen slipped quietly into the jail and, going? directly to the cell in which he had heard the the sound of the saw, surprised Crown at work. The ex-convict, who has served a term in San "Quentin for a burglary committed in Los Angeles, leaped away from the dcor as the captain started to unlock it and concealed the saw with which he had^been at. work "". Later he confessed and gave, lip, the *Sa^. Jt was, al fragment of a. hacksaw/ to which a^wooden . handle had, J>een fitted. With itTa ciii. nearly « Inches' long had* been made in , the jioor before the attempt ,was' discovered. :, Crown had taken advantage of the fact that the Salvation Army was hold ing services in the jail and begun his \u25a0work \u25a0 wh*n the singing of the prison workers, drowned the, grating, of. til saw. The latter sound could not b* heard' within the jail, and had it not been that Captain' Petersen heard it from the outside the attempt to escape probably would have been successf uL With Crown in the cell at the time were 10 other prisoners, all of whom have. bad records. Three besides Crown are ex-conyicts, and the others are serving long sentences for petty lar ceny .and vagrancy. Crown* will be charged with attempted, jail breaking, which is a felony, and the other, prifi oners will .be put on bread and wateA for a week. - • \u25a0BBSMHinEaI Headache DoTyou -want relief 4^in just a few moments and no bad • after-effects. If so, you have only to t ake ? Dr. SdHes ? 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