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VOLUME CV.— NO. 99.
BIG INDUSTRIES
OF COAST HIT
BY TARIFF BILL
Lumber Tax May Be Cut in Half
and Duty on Hides Deeply
Slashed
Conservation of Forests Argu
ment Advanced for Free
Wood Stock
Spanish War Revenue Act
May Be Revived to Meet
Expenses
[Specie/ Dhpdch to The Call]
WASHINGTON. March 8. — The
fresh argument that the con
servation of the forests of our
country could b« effected by
placing lumber and manufactures
of lumber on the free list has'
influenced the republican members of
tie house committee on ways and
means, which has prepared the new
tariff bill, according to reliable in
formation. The bill is now being
printed preparatory to final revision,
and it provides, it is understood, that
the duty on lumber be cut in half.
Hides on Free List
It is asserted on equally reliable
authority that hides have been placed
on the free list. These two articles,
\u25a0which are important California and
western state products, incited much
<i*bate at the tariff hearings.
It * was thought that lumber would
be put on the free list. The testi
mony at the hearing on the lumber
schedules was In effect that the forests
of this country could only be con
•erved by the free admission of for
eign lumber. It is understood that
Glffort! Pinchot, chief forester, is pre
paring figures in a further effort to
have lumber admitted free.
Fordney Leading Fight
Representative Fordney of Michigan,
& member of the committee, has cham
pioned the cause of the lumbermen,
end the latter have been working ener
getically to prevent the reduction.
They contend that the rates should be
Increased in order that the American
Industry may compete with the cheaper
labor employed in Canada and because
of the better facilities for transporta
tion afforded by the proxifnity of the
Canadian lumber camps to waterways.
The effort to obtain hides free is
being made principally by the New Eng
land shoe and leather manufacturers
and is strongly opposed by the cattle
men of the w«rst. It is said that the
fraruers have agreed to a material" re
duction on leather manufactures.
An impression prevails that the plan
Is to have the hide and leather sched
ule fixed in conference after the ques
tions have been thoroughly thrashed
out on the floor of the house, in the
senate finance committee and on the
floor of the senate.
Champ Clark's Part
Champ Clark, the house minority
leader, passed considerable, time today
with Representative Underwood In
laying out the plan to be followed by
the minority in its fight in the house.
Ij is understood that the democratic
policy will be to criticise the repub
lican b!ll and offer amendments to it.
They will follow a policy of tariff for
revenue rather tlian for free trade.
It is expected that by Wednesday the
entire measure will be in type.
It has been learned on unquestion
©ble authority that because of the
placing of hides on the free list the
duty on shoes will be considerably re
ftuced.
While no figures were obtainable re
garding the steel schedule. It was
*aid on the same authority that a sub
stantial reduction in the duty on steel
rails, tools and similar products is pro
vided for.
Put Duty on Coffee
A duty of 4 cents a pound on coffee
Is levied. This is by way of com
promise with "the Porto Ricans, wiio
<Ifemanded a tA» of 6 cents a pound.
Whisky and beer will remain as they
are at present if the subcommittee
recommendations are enacted into law.
It was felt that whisky was already
carrying all the tax It could stand.
\u25a0while in the case of beer the prohibi
tion movement throughout the country,
it was explained, had cut down the
consumption of beer and it was felt
that it would be a hardship to impose
any further tax.
Revive War Tax
It having become jmanifest to the com
mittee that the customs duties under
the new bill would not produce the
revenue expected, it turned to the ex
pedient of reviving the war revenue
act of IS9S, which placed a tax on tele
grams, bank checks, playing cards and
all stocks bought or sold.
That feature of the war revenue act
is incorporated in the tariff measure as
drafted. It is said.
A matter perplexing to the commit
tee i* that of placing a tax on Inher
itances. President Taft wants it, it is
declared, and Is pressing the commit
tee to take action along that line. It
1* predicted that the committee will
yJelrt to the president's wish**.
The San Francisco Call.
INDEX OF THE
SAN FRANCISCO CALL'S
NEWS TODAY
TELEPHOAE KEARXY 86
'TUESDAY. MARCH 9. 1909
WEATHER CONDITIONS
VTEATHEB CONDITIONS— Te«terday. west
wind; clear; maximum tempera tore 62, mlnf
bso 50.
FORECAST FOB TODAT— Fair, with brisk
north winds. Page 15
EDITORIAL
Bearing of Spokane rate decision. Page 6
In«irg*ncr la the hoo«*. Page 6
O'Nell and McCarthy differ. " Page 0
LEGISLATIVE
Ackerman forced to withdraw all charges
agalast Webb and Kingsbury. Page 3
Fate of \ direct primary to be decided to
fl*J"- , Pace 3
Carroll Cock retained to tale charge of lobby
against ls!als creek bill. Page 3
Senate frowns on plan for dlrorce exam
iners. Pace 3
Boyntoa's tax amendment favoring lnterurban
llaes killed. Page 3
GRAFT
| Hoodoo hole ia Calhonn Jory box agatn yawns
when accepted talesman Is excused on tech
nicality. * Page 16
CITY
Henry Ach and Carroll Cook are- said to
haTe been employed to attack the antl-bettlng
I*"*- . Page 1
Albert Pulitzer, retired Journalist, now au
thor, pays $40 to leara he may eat horse
radish. Page 1
Failure to heed warning In The Call seren
years ago held responsible for the collapse of
concrete piers on the water front. Page 1
Fashionable NordhoS apartments, hostless, oc
cupied by 40 bewildered guests. Page 1
F. W. Wakefleld will contest with Tfeor th<
suit for dlToree brought *y his wife in
San Diego. _ Page 2
"Girls." Clyde Fitch's elerer comedy, pleases
Van Ness theater audience. Page 7
Valencia theater company presents "Under the
Red Kobe.** Page 7
Harold Skarlan. a clerk, takes unexpected
trip out to sea. * Pace 5
Ben Bogaer, early day Olympic club acrotmt,
dies in Los Angeles. Page 5
Counsel Countryman end Sergeant Matheson
furnish Amusement in Ah Sam case. Page io
Market street merchants object to United Bail
roads' plan of dlrertlng traffic Pace 5
Banquet planned to honor federal doctors for
directing war against plague. Page 16
N. S. MrLeod. racetrack follower, disappears
from St. Francis. Pace 9
Mayor Taylor to direct board cf public works
to tear up track in Tost street. Page 9
Father Henry Stark Intercepts attempt to loot
church belfry. Page 9
SUBURBAN
stayor Mott and administration, ticket win
a sweeping rSctory in Oakland city elec
tiens. PageS
Carlton - Wall, AUtned* society mv," i stares
from honeymoon with hia bride. Page 8
Lithographic chemistry experiments result in
UnproTing system. Page 8
Suburban residents reDew fight for 5 cent fare
on carline. Pace 8
Dr." Henry Isaac Jones, specialist, dies in
Oakland^ Page S
Japanese buys home In Berkeley residence dis
trict and society people up In arms. Page 8
COAST
President of lllinous Central coming west for
meeting with Harriman. Page 3
Aeronaut drops to death in sea. Page 3
Millionaire- rancher is ambushed and killed in
Arizona. Pace 2
Francis E. Keerl brings suit for divorce as re
sult of San Jose hotel ecene. 'Page 8
Nevada senate rotes down resolution asking
free coinage of silver at 20 to 1. Page 4
F. n. Vance, local insurance man. Is found
dead In BakersSeld. Page 4
EASTERN
Hides and lumber Industries of Pacific coast
hit by proposed reduction In tariff. Pace 1 i
President Taft plans trip to Pacific coast
in fall. Pagel
President Taft and party leaders confer at
White House relative to tariff revision. Page 2
Federal court knocks out Missouri's 2 cent
fare and maximum freight rate law. Page 9
Government report of wJwat reserve causes ;
turmoil In market. Pace 2
Pustln Farnum secures license to marry Miss
('i.an f !1. his leading lady. * Page 7
Several persons killed and large amount of
property destroyed by a tornado in I Ax
fcanxaa. Page 4
FOREIGN
Frederick Palmer write* of lack of church in-
Buence in Central America. . . Pace S
SPORTS
Cbulon Is tied up with matches la the
east which prevents his coming to the
coast. Page 10
Cal McVey defeatt Smith la the opening
game cf billiard" tournament for coast cham
pionship. Page 10
Jockey Seoville, suspended ln~ connection with
coup on Blagg, will be reinstated. Pace 10
Selling platers of ' mediocre caliber monopolize
card at Emeryville. Page 10
St. Joseph's school track team recovers Alonzo,
th» mascot, and expects to win trophies at big
Indoor meet. Page 11
Horses return to form at Arcadia, and talent
enjoys successful day. Pace XI
Botsford and Brtntnall win qualifying round
for Hotel cup on Coronado golf links. Pace 10
SOCIAL
Miss Virgilie Bogue Is hostess at Informal
luncheon and bridge party at home in Vallejo
street. Page 6
MARINE
In spite of wireless promise to be. in port by
5 o'clock liner Nippon Mara does not arrive until
too late to pass quarantine. P«ce 15
MAN SLEEPS SOUNDLY
WHILE HIS LEGS BURN
George Campbell's Wooden Ex
tremities Badly Charred
[Special Dispatch to The Call]
SAN JOSE, March B.— George Camp-
Well of Sunnyvale is congratulating
himself today upon the fact that he is
a cripple In both" legs. Last night a
fire broke out in the American hotel in
Murphy avenue In Sunnyvale, which
was discovered by the daughter of the
proprietor. In her night 'dress and
barebooted she ran a* " quLfter of a?
mile to sound the alarm and probably
saved Campbell's life. When the vol
unteer : fire department arrived upon
the scene they found : that; his wooden
legs were burning, ' but he,', was sleep
ing blissfully \u25a0. unconscious of the fact.
The blaze was practically confined to
his room.
SAN FRAXGISCO, TUESDAY, /MAECH r i9, 1909.
PULITZER MAY
DIET MUSE ON
HORSERADISH
Forty Dollars Is the Cost to
Learn There Is No Harm
in the Relish
Retired Journalist, Now Author,
Cables His Physician in
Vienna .1 ' ;
Favorable Reply May Mean
Much to World's Literary
Output
MR. ALBERT PULITZER'S
BREAKFAST
Eight Baked Apples.
Three Classes of Orange Juice.
Two Glasses of Crape Juice.
One Class of Lime Juice.
Bread.
Horseradish.
FORTY dollars is what Albert Pu
litzer, the retired journalist and
author, now a permanent guest at
the Fairmont, paid for'the privi
lege of eating horseradish. The littera
teur did not part . with two double
eagles In exchange for a. range where'
the horseradish thrives. He invested
the money in a cablegram addressed
to h!s physician in Vienna.
"31 ny I eat horseradish?" aaked the
"Yea," returned -the doctor by Atlan
tic fable. ,
"Forty dollars, please," said the
young woman who operates the cable
branch office at' the Fairmont, "Thank
your - y —-.*-.::
Becomes Real Author
Pulitzer, who is a brother ot Joseph
Pulitzer, editor of the New York World,
graduated from a brilliant career, as \
reporter on the Xew York Herald to
the proprietorship and editorial chair
of the New York Journal, which "he |
sold to W. R. Hearst in 1895. Evidently j
he was a better reporter than editor,]
for his paper was 'nearly* as bad" as
it has been since it changed hands. <
In his reportorial days he was known |
in New York as "the king of inter- !
viewers." Now lie has gone into au- !
thorship and is writing his memoirs, a
book which will be filled with skillfully j
assimilated reminiscences of inter
views and associations with the great
men and women whom he met as a re
porter, author and traveler. .
Appetite Works Overtime
Already Pulitzer has become a leg
endary figure at the hotel on the hill.*
His appetite for wor.k is reputed to be
as great as his appetite for the dis
tinguished principals on the hotel bill
of 'fare (Including; horseradish), and
that is Pantagruelian. As for the din
ing room part of his fame, it started
when the traveler, installing himself
at the hotel, sent to the chef a list of
his favorite dishes. The chef has pre
pared a card index system by which
to catalogue the viands of authorship.
A new cash register has been needed
in the grill since the , advent of the
writer. One day his check figured up
to $40, the price -of, the first taste of
horseradish. At that,,; he complained
the next day that he had had nothing
to eat. Luncheon is a matter of i $10;
dinner a function of $20.
An. Epicurean Joy
From liquid refreshments the jour
nalist is abstemious, so far. as alco
holic beverages are Involved.^ But on
his * breakfast table, so the legend of
the hotel reports, the^king of inter
viewers has 1 a sparkling semicircle of
seven glasses. Four of these contain
orange juice, two grape juice and one
lime Juice. * A tray of bread dissolved
into its masticated atoms before the
author. Eight baked apples,; their
glistening brown s,kins shining out
of the splash- of pure cream; form at
the beginning of the meal the outer
works beyond the seven sisters of fruit
Juices.
His feasts are topped off with a
quantity of California fruits. The cash
register rings a fresh! dollar on to the
bill at sight of the_ pyramid.
Rushes Literary Output iilSill
But this. diet of a Pantagruel does
not^interfere with* the >work »of a Pu
litzer.» He desires a; stenographer to
take his 1 dictation .wants one "who
Is used V to literary, people and- can
read his own notes." One hundred and
twenty words a minute is the requi
site speed. »The writer. has a suitelin
the* most desirable corner of -the. Fair
mont. From one. window, he commands
the Marin shore . and .. hills /and "off.
toward the Golden; gate, -from another
ihe has '\u25a0 the splendid ; panorama of .. the
lower/ part Vof .-the city, the ; .bay ; and
the.Alameda cities, and heights. \u0084.
! On, .thosV'Alameda heights are ; reared
the pungent horseradish, ;the j soft' con-
Contlnucd on'.Faeej 2. Column 3
Failure to Heed Call's Warning
Responsible for the Faulty Piers
GUESTS INHABIT
HOSTLESS HOTEL
Fashionable Nordhpff Apart
ments Occupied by Be
wildered Set \
Forty bewildered gu'stsl have -beep
left- in possession of a JsridlorSless"ho
tel; through a misur/-; over,
the : management • oj^ y " :^t>is^onaDle
Nordhoff apartments', v at Sut'ter .and
Larkin streets. ; - Darkness hangs' over
the artistic dining room." where the
! pink shaded candles have nightly shed
I their luster. "Walnut and oaken furni
ture, Turkish rugs, and brass bedsteads
have been carted away by the vanload,
but-Still two score guests hold to their
rooms, wondering if the owner of . the
I premises, has merely " abandoned them
'to fate or Intends to install another
i management. -,
' Loyal bellboys and clerks have stood
I by, their post and the representative
i of a furniture house stands guard. - The
'guests go in and out, mournful at their
plight, but consoled by the thought
that' there is no one to collect the bills.
\u25a0:' -The- hotel s has been under. -the' man
agement o£ Mrs. I. J.Truman and has
numbered among Its guests a long list
of persons prominent in local society
and commercial circles^ There has
been trouble with the owner of the
\u25a0place, Louis Metzger, -the lottery king, |
and when^this was settled a few weeks
ago Mrs, Truman announced that she
would not renew her lease. She;noti
fied her. guests and provided new, quar
ters for' those who desired to move. It
was understood, however, that Metz
. ger Would "effect 'some new arrange
ment and many • 'of \u25a0 the guests desired
to remain. : 'Metzger fall ed,~; however,
either to obtain a new v lessee or to place
any one in temporary and
yesterday the: hostelry was -left':host
less and forlorn. > .- r
The -first rift' came with a. damage
suit brought b>; Mrs. ;; Truman when
the erection of a .new building was be
gun next door to the Nordhoff. A deep
excavation was made under the founda
tion of "the Nordhoff and damages were
claimed. I This was settled in Mrs. Tru- (
man's favor,, and .recently, with < the
Intention of ?\u25a0 retiring - from; the * hotel
business for the present, she informed
Metzger's agent that she would give up
the. house. _"_ .... , __
A large; part of the ; furniture In the
place belonged to the firm of Laven
son.-; & ; Shiely. The \ guests have not
been in the possession of
such necessary .' articles : as, ..bureaus and
bedsteads, 'but. surplus - fugs and /air
articles* : not in use :. have been taken.
Among the guests still \u25a0 in the hotel
are: T Dr. Tracy ,G. Russell - and , his
mother,' Mrs. H. *S. Cr ocke r, H. C. Nor
ton,'-; Dr. % M. ."Walton, R. Lindsay,
H. H.', Dunham, _H.* S. s Stoddard, \u25a0 Isaac
Up ham. P. ? C. Anderson, -W. H. Col
lins, vMr.VandcMrs.; Thomas Ealin, ' J. C
llurphy, .-.Clarence Grange . and . 'the
Misses Nash,- Ostrander "and Kerwin. "•
ALLEGED -MURDERERS IS
FOUND- INS AN QUENTIN
Chicago f Officials Say Convict
Policeman 7 Years Ago
V- - CHICAGO, ; March « B.^-Af ter v'a seven
. years'' hunt ;the Chicago police declared
tonight that the murderer, of Policeman
Patrick HHr. r Duffy had been found/- Yin-"
cent Brlscoe, alias Brltton, who is serv
inga sentence for, robbery 'in the } San
Quentln penitentiary -, in California, is
thought' 1 to be the man. Efforts will
be;made''to|bring:him to. Chicago. ' "
Engineer who had charge of faulty, construction work on water front and
- facsimiles of warnings published by The! Call seven years ago.
TAFT PLANS TRIP
TO WEST IN FALL
Will Visit Seattle Exposition
and Alaska and Return
; Via California
[Special Dispatch to The Call]
• ; WASHINGTON, D. C March B.—
President Taft contemplates a. long trip
through the west^ and probably Alaska
this' summer. He spoke of his purpose
today to Senators Smoot and Suther
land of Utah, who: called upon him '"to
extend an invitation to attend the
forty-third annual encampment of the
G. A. R. to be held at Salt Lake City
from August 9 to 14.
: The president said that he would like
to accept the invitation and would do
so if possible. J He' wished to make a
trfp through the west, •he said, and
if he could arrange matters he would
stop at Salt Lake.
Generally, he wished to go to Denver
and other western places ' and then on
to Alaska : and the Pacific coast to at
tend the Alaska- Yukon Paciflc^ exposi
tion at Seattle, which opens_ : in June
and closes in October, and "thence home
by; way; of California and' the south.':
; . Taft' is also scheduled . ; for an ex
tensive "i. southern ' trip, this . fa 11 ... He
has -practically 'promised that he will
Visit every; eoutherri state.
PLUCKY GIRL^MURDERED
BY THUG IN BALTIMORE
Slapped • Highwayman's Face
and He 1 Fired : Fatal Shot
• BALTIMORE, March 3.— Jennie Reed,
21; years old, was murdered 'tonight by.
a ; highwayman j at Mount
a suburb, c She and Joseph^Mueller, : to
whom : she was s engaged,* were on the
way to visit friends.- j Mueller ! gave ; up
what money he'had andithenUtie high
wayman 'demanded a , necklace worn
by Miss Rted. She'replied by. slapping
his: face. ' 'Heathen fired, ; killing; her.;
DANGER TO
WHARVES IS
NOT NEEDED
Said to Have Been Engaged to
Attack Anti-Betting Law
in the Courts
iln spite of the cloud of mystery that
surrounds the plans of the racetrack
people with reference to the new anti
betting law, enough is known to indi
cate that a bitter fight is in contempla
tion and an elaborate campaign being
organized. Henry Ach, counsel for Abe
Ruef, is to conduct the fight for thelop
ponents of the law, and^t Is understood
that former Superior Judge Carroll
Cook will be his associate.
So far reaching are the plans for
combating the "Walker-Otis law that.
In order to give T. H. "Williams and his
associates in the New California jockey
club a free hand, the Arcadia racetrack
will close its gates for this season on
Monday, April 19, the day before the
anti-betting law becomes effective. V
Book Maker George Rose, who is
prominent in the management of the
Arcadia track, unexpectedly appeared
at Emeryville yesterday, and made the
announcement. , This will shorten . the
racing season scheduled for the Santa
Anita. track by five days.
-Rose came north to attend to private
business, but while here he will confer
with Henry Ach.
JAPANESE CRUISERS
COMING TO HONOLULU
Aso and Soya Spoils of the War
With Russia
HONOLULU, , March •' B.— According to
dispatches received from Japan, : ; the
Japanese armored cruiser Aso . and the
protected cruiser Soya will arrive here
Aprill;
Formerly Russian Vessels
Both;the Aso and the Soya Were for
merly" Russian war vessels sent to; the
bottom during the war, with Japan^ and
afterward refloated and : added *to the
Japanese 'navy. " "'.» "."•. •*. ". '
go to ifiriJDOOjr.' \ £\
"- How lie &Hw It tatJum''^i»i^^^^aP^'-^
The^Sunday Call
PKICE FIVE CENTS.
DIGERTO
- • . \ \u25a0
Disintegration of Concrete Piers
Predicted by The Call
Seven Years Ago
Warning as to Faulty Construc
tion Disregarded and Great
* Expense Results
Work Done by Inferior Methods
Must Be Remedied by
the State
Claim Made by Contractors
That Engineering Knowl
edge Was Deficient
FAILURE to heed a warning sound
ed in the columns of The Call as
long as seven years ago Is re-
sponsible -tor the disintegration
of the concrete piers on the water front
and the dangerous condition of the
public wharves. It was during the
time of the construction of the piers
in 1902 that this paper set forth with
complete detail the dangers involved
in the methods employed and called
attention to the flagrant manner in
which specifications had been disre
garded- An appeal was made asking
that the errors be corrected while
there was yet time, but no hand was
raised to «af eguard the interests of
the people, and now, confronted by
crumbling piers, the state must at
great expense and Inconvenience right
that: which • could have been mended
with little difficulty at the time.
Work Carelessly Done
It was' during the construction of the
I Union street wharf No. 2. the. Filbert
street wharf. Greenwich street wharf
Xo. 2 and others that this paper pro
- tested. '^-It appeared lhat'th* work was
being carelessly ftooe and that inferior
methods had been substituted for the
high quality of -work demanded by the
specifications. Lott IX Norton was
employed by the harbor commission as
chief engineer at the time, and a great
part of the censure fell upon his
shoulders.
It was pointed but that the piling
was not properly constructed, that
adequate foundations had not been pre
| pared, that cement had been placed in
the cylinders while the water remained.
| and that the cement was not reinforced
/with the expanded metal as the con
tract required-
Broadway wharf Xo. 1 was built a
short time after by the contracting firm
of Hyde & Harjes. Norton again super
vised the work for the harbor com
mission. The specifications were loosely
drawn and inferior methods pursued.
Now It has been discovered that piers
of this wharf are in a serious condi
tion. Eight of the concrete piles have
become only skeletons of their former
selves. The concrete has peeled off.
leaving the wooden piles to support
the structure. These piles In some
cases have been eaten through by
teredoes and the piers have fallen
down. An investigation has been or
dered by the harbor commissioners and
an effort will be made to fasten ,• the
blame.
Due Warning Not Heeded
. Wherever the responsibility may rest.
it is clear that the entire trouble could
have b«en avoided had the warning
sounded in these columns been given
responsive ear. The Call published Its
first article on the subject May 18. 1902.
and followed this with a second article*
May 20. The first publication quoted
the specifications and showed how they
were being violated. It was explained
that in order to build proper concrete
piers the cylinder should first be
pumped dry. Then the mud at the
foundation should be removed. "With
this as a beginning the cement piling
should be built up.
Instead of pursuing this process In
many Instances the water was not
pumped from the cylinder and the ce
ment poured through the water. Sacks
of cement placed at the foundation
were ;not properly, chosen and gave no
adherence. Instead of the expanded
metal reinforcement Norton ! allowed
the contractor to use short lengths of
cable; which, in the opinion of com
petent engineers, detracted rather thaa
added to" the strength" of the pillars.
In writing of the .faulty wharf con
struction at the time The Call said:
"One of- the most expert engineers tn
the state, thoroughly familiar with
cylinder concrete work, stated last
evening that if the ' cylinders on the
new wharves were filled In the manner
allowed by Norton there would be
danger} of the structure collapsing in
the future.
"He explained that when the teredoes
destroyed ; the outer wooden casing of
the cylinders the concrete work would
crumble away and expose the toner ,
piles to the . teredoes. As the top of the
cylinders consists of good r concrete
work for a depth of seven or eight feet*
that portion would remain intact.**
• . .That is exactly, what has happened