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A lire'-w.y ConfrMiclon, Will Interrst-
Bo(h Wonca nod Men Readern
SEE THE SUNDAY CALL
VOLUME CVTL— NO. 84.
IRELAND HOLDS
THE WHIP HAND
OVER ENGLAND
Redmond Declares That the Na»
tionalists Will Not Support
Government Program
Sensation in Game of Politics at
the Opening of the New
Parliament
Conservatives May Aid Premier
Asquith in Putting Through
the Financial Budget
LOXDOJf. F>b. 21. — The players in
the game of polities threw their cards
\u25a0upon the table in the house of commons
today. The government Is without the
allies necessary to carry legislation and
the prospect is that the country will
be stirred up by another general elec
tion within a few months.
Finances Will Be First
Premier Asquith announced that the
financial legislation will be put ahead
of the proposals to curb the power of
the house of lords. John E. Redmond,
th* Irish leader, declared flatly that the
nationalists would not support that
program. The laborites sre holding a
meeting to decide their cour^p. They
probably will follow in the footsteps
of the Irish members.
The government may be able to adopt
th« budget by the ??raee of the con
servatives, who possibly will vote for
It in order to avert financial chaos and
keep the wheels of the empire turning.
The enactment of the budget will, as
Redmond pointed out. leave the win
ning cards in the hands of the lords,
who then will be free to reject the bill
for the reforming of their house and
force another election.
The Occasion Momentous
The meeting of parliament today was
a momentous one, for the cablnefs pol
icy was not revealed to the country
until Premier Asquith took the floor.
Redmond and his Irish colleagues
controlled th» course of events.
His pronouncement that* xfie" Trif-h
members would not support the prime
minister \u25a0was the sensation of the day,
and it appears to have settled the ad
ministration's fate. It is reported that
Ca radicals have declared their Inten-
Uon of supporting Redmond against the
government's ; course and that great
pressure is being brought to bear from
the radical? to induce Asquith to re
sign forthwith.
Tariff Reform Looms Up
Austen Chamberlain will propose an
amendment to the king's speech in
favor of tariff reform and imperial
preference at the Fame time, deploring
the failure of the ministers to recog
nize in the speech the nature and j
gravity of the state of trade and om-
The" kings speeches usually are pro
saic, but one clause in hts speech today
is regarded as most significant. Re
ferring to the proposed reform of the
house of lords, the speech contained
the qualifying clause:
"In the opinion of my advisers."
King Not in Sympathy
This is interpreted as meaning that
the king "wants to disassociate himself
from such proposals.
Prince Henry of Prussia rode in the
royal procession and attended parlia
ment. He appeared in the uniform of a
British admiral and the crowd gave him
a reception less warm than visiting
members of royal fmilies usually re
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eelve.
Address by Balfour
During the debate on the king's
speech Arthur J. Balfour spoke for the
opposition. He criticised the king's
speech for its ambiguity, particularly
on the naval question. He had hoped,
he said, for a declaration that the gov
ernment -was prepared to face the situa
tion and provide anything necessary for
the defense of the empire. The general
election had been primarily on the bud
get, he said, and he was not quite sure
what the country had pronounced.
"When the budget." said Balfour,
'has received cold and chilly but nu
merically adequate support in this
houFe it •will doubtless become a law.
The Home Rule Specter
"I believe a majority of the con
stituencies in Great Britain are pre
pared to support the budget, but can it
be pretended that Ireland favors it?
If Ireland abstains from opposing the
budget It will be because Irish mem
bers think that the interests of home
rule override those of finance and I
hold that If the budget were isolated
from all other questions it would be
rejected.
"If the prime minister's home rule
declaration, made Just before the elec
tion, had been taken seriously in Eng
land, as it was in Ireland, the other
questions would all have been
dwarfed."
Continuing Balfour said he had had
]4S speeches of cabinet members ex
amined and only one contained a vol
untary reference to home rule.
What Did Election Decide?
Looking under the surface, how
could the government say that they
knew what' was the opinion of the
Continued «a I'fiff ", Column 3
The San Francisco Call.
Protests Against
Sending of Unsafe
War Vessels to Sea
Chief Engineer of Cruiser
Maryland Warns the
Navy Department
Admiral Sebree, • who was in
cotnand of the fleet, denied at
the time that anything serious
was the matter 'with the ships.
These protests, it is said, have
been favorably indorsed by the
commanding: officers of the two
cruisers and by the commander
in chief of the fleet and forward
ed to Washington.
SHIP SUBSIDY BILL
REPORTED TO HOUSE
Administration Measure Is Sub
mUted and Policy Is
Outlined
• WASHINGTON, Feb. 21.— The ad
j ministration ship subsidy bill reached
the house today through the filing of
the report of the committee on mer
chant marine and fisheries, which had
favorably acted upon it.
The report says in part:
"In this measure we are making war
against unlawful and oppressive forms
of trusts and combinations on the sea.
"This legislation. If enacted, will give
to the United States the very best
oceau mail and fast freight service in
American ships to South America, In
stead of the present worst service in
foreign ships. It will defeat the effort
of the Anglo-Japanese alliance to drive
the American merchant flag off the Pa
cific ocean. The compensation given
under the "conditions of this bill la
emphatically not a "subsidy," but actual
pay for important public service ren
dered."
DIVORCE SEEKERS IN
IDAHO IN GREAT ALARM
Judge Grills Traction Magnate
of Dayton, Ohio
BOISE. Idaho, Feb. 21. — Consterna
tion was thrown into the Idaho. colony
of divorce seekers today by the de
cision of Julge Fremont Wood in the
case of Valentine Winter?, a Dayton,
0.. traction magnate, apainst Helen
Clegg Winters,"for divorce.
Judge Wood denied the decree on the
grounds that the plaintiff did not le
gally establish a residence in Idaho, but
came for the purpose of invoking the.
aid of the courts to secure a decree of
divorce.
Judge Wood not only denies the de
cree, because of nonrepidence of the
plaintiff, but finds that the preponder
ance of evidence is in favor of the de
fendant, whom the court says, "seeks
only to protect her good name and that
of her children."
The decision states that the evident
purpose of the plaintiff in attempting
to secure a divorce was to marry an
other woman.
ENGLISH VISCOUNT TO
MARRY AMERICAN GIRL
Engagement of Diplomat's
Daughter Is Announced
LONDON, Feb*. 21. — The engagement
is announced of Miss Mildred Carter,
daughter of John Ridgely Carter, for
merly first secretary of the American
embassy here and now minister, to
Roumania, to Viscount Acheson, late
lieutenant of the Coldstream guards
and a veteran of the South African
war. *
Miss Carter is one of the most pop-:
ular Americans in London society. She
remained in London after the departure
of her father for Bucharest.
Viscount Acheson is the eldest son
of- the fourth earl of Gosford. He
was born in 187 7.
PROMINENT NEW YORKER
IS CALLED BY DEATH
Jackson Gouraud, Whose Wife
Was Aimee Crocker, Dies
NEW YORK, Feb. 21. — Jackson Gou
raud, "first nighter" and man about
town, died at his home here today. An
acute attack of tonsilitis, followed by
blood poisoning, casued death. t,
Mr. and Mrs. Gouraud were known
for their lavish and unique entertain
ments, at which many celebrities had
been guests.
The latter was formerly Miss Almee
Crocker, daughter of the late E. M.
Crocker of San Francisco. She was
Mrs. Henry Gillig, widow of a. former
commodore of the , Larchmont club,
when Gouraud married her.
DELAY ACTION AGAINST
WOMAN SALOON KEEPER
{Special Dispatch to The Call]
REDWOOD CITY, Feb. 21.— The
charges brought against .Maud T. Earl,
proprietor of the County Line saloon,
of allowing a condenceman to conduct
games in her building at-,6040 Mission
street and of permitting M. M. Millett
to advertise himself as proprietor of
the place, came before the supervisors
today, but no decisive action affecting
the license was taken. . .
COUNTRIES ENTITLED '
TO MINIMUM DUTIES
WASH IXGTON. Feb. 2 1.— The presi -
dent today issued proclamations de
claring that the following named coun
tries are, entitled to the minimum rate
of duties i under the Payne-Aldrichact:
Abyssinia, Morocco, British Guiana,
Ecuador, Bolivia, .Peru. Chile, Greece,
Portuguese* India, Macao, Cape,; Verde
islands/ Angola, Portuguese, Guiana and
St. Thomas and Prince islands.
EGYPTIAN PB.EMIEH DlES— Cslin. Egypt, Keb.
21. — Boutros Paoha \u25a0 Ohali. i thot Egyptian \u25a0 pre
jj mlcr and mtnlstPr. of forelpn affairs, ?wbo> \u25a0was
y shot by a student s yesterday. v died < tcxlar. . ;
SAN -FRANCISCO/ /TUESDAY, FEBRUAJR^ 22; 1910.
JOHNNY HERGERT
TRAINS TO RUN
FOR CONGRESS
"Young Mitchell" Training to
Slip One Over for the Count
on Julius Kahn
Confident That Trusty Right
Will Bring Home the Con
gressional "Bacon"
Johnny Herget, sometime "Young
Mitchell,", premier exponent of the
gentle art of swat and incumbent boss
dispenser of the supervisors' fight per
mits, is preparing to slip Julius Kahn
a sleep producing^ left shift.
Hergefs fighting blood is up. Weight
figures not at all in the preparation of
the articles. Johnny is more than will
ing to go in at catch weights, winner
take all. Any old site for the mill
will do. Herget is out to give J. Kahn,
most amiable of all California's gen
erally complaisant congressmen, a
beating.
On the level, J. Kahn, who has raised
his voice against no man in lo these
many years, is to be forced Into an
unseemly disturbance. His nemesis
admits that Julius is a shifty lad, but
insists that youth and condition will
bring home the bacon.
Nothing Personal
Hergefs determination to put Kahn
down for the count is not actuated by
any mean spirit of personal revenge.
There is nothing personal in it. Not
that. Johnny has just naturally got
to beat Kahn to realize his ambition
to show congress some of the niftiest
infighting ever dished up for a lot of
overweight high brows.
Herget is a candidate for congress
from the fourth California district.
Surest thing you know. His run for
supervisor convinced "Young Mitchell"
that he could make ring condition
within two weeks after signing
articles. His experiences as a super
visor have convinced him and his back
ers that the statecraft stuff was writ
ten for him. Wherefore, fare ihee well,-
Julius. "" "
Hergefs backers declare that his
campaign will be made on a single is
sue, llerget will give up his political
blood in defense of the theory that the
referee has no right to touch a man
while he Is able to work either hand.
Hot Tip Coldly Greeted
The hot tip that Herget wanted to
go to congress to engineer a national
fight trust and the erection of a me
morial arena on the white lot is de
nounced as a vile canard inspired by
J. Kahn's press agent. The same ori
gin and motives are ascribed to the
report that Herget purposed to submit
a constitutional amendment prohibit
ing a United States senator from hold
ing stock in more than one national
ized club.
The low down on Hergefs candi
dacy exhibits something more than
mere ambition. Local pride is respon
sible for the beating promised poor
Julius, not his failure to have the
tariff suspended on building materials
for San Francisco. Congressman
Herget is to be a constructive states
man, say his friends. He purposes to
pass a bill prohibiting the promotion
of boxing exhibitions at any point In
the United States and our insular»pos
sessions east of the Embarcadero,
north of Bakers beach; west of Char
lie Mitchell's place on tho beach or
south of an imaginary line drawn in a
generally easterly and westerly direc
tion through Tom Finn's office at the
county jail.
TILLMAN'S CONDITION
SHOWS IMPROVEMENT
Senator Now Believed to Have
Chance for Recovery
WASHINGTON, Feb. 21.— The con
tinued Improvement in the condition
of Senator Ben E. Tillman of South
Carolina has' inspired renewed hope of
his ultimate recovery. In the opinion
of the physicians, chances are now in
his favor.
There was some abatement of the
paralysis and ' today the senator re
gained tjie use of his right arm and
leg to a limited extent. The aphasia
has markedly improved and he is now
able to speak.
. The change for the better was said
to be most remarkable, ; and^ was at
tributed t » his temperate life and
strong physique.
MOROCCAN SULTAN AGREES
i. TO PAY BIG INDEMNITY
Gives In to France's Demand of
$12,000,000 . '
PARIS, Feb.* 21.— The Moroccan en
voy today announced to M." Pichon,
minister of foreign affairs, that he had
received a letter from the sultan rati
fying the accord. - , ." ,~ '.
• This action follows an ultimatum de
livered a few, days ago; demanding, a
ratification of the; accord- within" 24
hours. The to
Mulfii Hafid by a special courier and |
set forth the peremptory /demand that
the Moroccan loan recently arranged
; receive the sultan's signature! ! - ' \\" :^ : \u25a0\u25a0
: • The financial, acoord - obligates Mo-.
rocco to pay^n in"demnKy?arid.the,dam-.
agc3 , arisin g; f rom .the Casa • BlaYica 'af
fair,^amounting; to -\u25a0 ; i :
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SPRING VALLEY
TRIP DISRUPTS
MAYOR'S HERD
Municipal Rodeo Follows Su=
pervisors' Ramble Over ~
Mountain Meadows
Bell Wether Leads Depleted
Band in Hostility to Pur*
chase of -Water -System
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Mayor McCarthy yes- !
terday's meeting of the supervisors
with a municipal, rodeo. He rounded
up the reliables of the board to see if \u25a0
they had grown fresh hide over . the
administration, brand.; He had been
more than ordinarily alarmed by their
ramble over the Spring "Valley meadows.
He carried the fear that the lure of
these pastures had disrupted his herd.
After their tour of inspection a ma
jority of the. board members had de
clared that McCarthy blundered In op
posing the purchase of the plant by
the city. It was just before adjourn
ment at yesterday's session that Mc-
Carthy entered the corral to separate
the goats from the sheep. He sounded
the- well worn call, "Who'll be the
sheep, an' who'll be the goats?" .
Only four volunteered for the meeker
service. It would appear that the bell
wether leads a depleted band in his hos
tility to the water purchase.
"Our attention has been- called," said
the mayor, "to the published report that
the majority of the supervisors believe
a mistake was made in opposing the
Spring Valley, purchase. I should like
to hear from the members .of the
board."
The words were recognized as a chal
lenge. There was. a pause. Then Su
pervisor Kelly, the mayor's iwhip, arose.
"I can only speak for myself," testi
fied the supervisor. /"I have not ex
pressed any opinion in regard to the
matter."
Then Kelly sat down and Supervisor
Walsh arose.
' 4 I was my own counsel," said 'lie. "I
made no statements in regard, to the
value of the plant at any time during
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Then Walsh sar down and O'Dowd
arose. .
"Worthy mayor," said O'Dowd, "I did
not express any opinion."
McLaughlin Has Opinion
The mayor nodded. Then O'Dowd sat
down and Supervisor McLaughlin arose.
There was something strange and crisp
in his tone that caused the mayor: to
regard him quizzically.
"I do not know that I am called upon
to make an apology," began McLaughlin.
Surprise was sketched in the mayor's
countenance. But McLaughlin had taken
the fence at the first hurdle and away
he went.
"I believe that the Spring Valley
plant is a valuable piece of property,"
he contlned. '"There are valuable water
rights and water sites;' and if the city
owned the works it would soon be sec
ond to none."
The gentle lamb was by this time in
full gallop, clear and free of the ad
ministration range. . : .
"The Calaveras dam, by the expendi
ture of $3,000,000," he resumed, "could
be made to "accommodate, all the water
that could be dumped into it from the
Tuotumne system. So far as my saying
whether or not the mayor made a mis
take, I did not express myself, but
there is bo question that the -property
is very valuable."
McLaughlin .was talking by the book
and he knew it. lie proceeded to fol
low up his advantage.
Never Over Property
"Has your honor ever been over the
property?" he asked with Irritating di
rectness. • '.
"Well. I am familiar with: it," an
swered the mayor.
McLaughlin was relentless. "
"But have you ever gone over the
system?" he persisted.
"I have knowledge of its main parts,"
' replied McCarthy. "Besides," he added,
"the platform of the union labor party,
on which you and I and others of these
gentlemen stood, pledged us to deal
with this matter. .
But McLaughlin was not to be
stopped. He was. as fluent as one of
Bourn's cataracts.. '\u25a0'>' .
"The Spring Valley water company
has lots of water running to waste," he
explained, "but the mains. are not large
enough or the pumps are not strong^
enough to carry it. If the city owned
this piant it wouid ; have the- beginning
of what, wi th ' f the Hetch : Hetchy , would
give us the best water system in the
world." . : " ' - ,
That seemed to be about all there
was to sayron the -'-'and ..-the
rodeo was over. .".The "strays" had not
been fully revealed.
RABIESAGAIN BREAKS
OUT IN RIVERSIQE
State; Health Board - Receives
Report of New Caisves
[Special Dispatch} to The Call] ' -'
SACRAMENTO, Feb. . -'si.-^-More rabies
in 'Riverside '\u25a0; is' \u25a0\u0084 t he \ ; reports Secretary
Doctor Snow of the state^he'alth aboard
has, received ; f rom ".' the south'. the
last : several {weeks a there has-been no
report' of \u25a0•"\u25a0.\u25a0rabies .'-and* 1 ! t 7f was f: thought
the'scourge nadbeentwiped^out.. .A colt
and ; two Jdogs are f nbw« afflicted* AVith
UNION PACIFIC'S
MERGER GRILLED
BY TRUST BUSTER
Attorney Frank B. Kellogg Puts
Vice President of Harriman
System on Rack
Attacks Legality of Combine's
Capitalization in Pointed
Cross Examination
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NEW YORK. Feb. 21.— Frank B. Kel
logg took up today the cross examina
tion of Julius Kruttschnitt, vice pres
ident of the Union Pacific-Southern Pa
cific system, in the government's suit
to dissolve the merger of the two roads.
Kellogg asked . among other things
about the list of commodities used by
FRAXK B. KELLOGG
the merged system on which Krutt-
SQhnitt had v testified prices had in
creased" V~
A Selected Increase
: "Did ..you select for this list com
modities .'. upon which there had been
large increases?" asked Kellogg.
"No; I simply asked our purchasing
agents to make a list of the principal
commodities showing the differences
in the prices paid," was' the reply.
The -witness."- said there were, very
few things which- had not advanced in
price. «i
Kruttschnitt defended the decreased
speed- of certain freight trains on his
system., "V - " \
"A very small ; per cent of the pub
lic is dissatisfied," he declared." .
"The Union Pacific at times has
operated under ."\u25a0handicaps compared
with which those- of the Pennsylvania,
for instance, are 'nothing." . . v ' .
About Watered Stock
"Watered stock," dividends arid prop
erty valuation •\u25a0werq'« other things re
garding which Kruttschnitt was ques
tioned. "Asked if the"^ lncrease of ap
proximately 90 per cent, in taxation' on
the . merged; system's ; property in 10
years, which he had : testified to, repre
sented the increased .value of the prop
erty, Kruttschnitt replied: . -
"I;wouldn't say as to that offhand.' I
would have to think It'over before an
swering." .....: :'\u25a0 ." .\u25a0. .•. • - . ' . \u25a0...',
When Kruttschriitt- quoted the Inter
state commerce commission report on
dividend averages and showed that al
though his roads were paying a 10 per
cent dividend now the average of the
Union Pacific for a 10 year period was
4.62 aiid;on the Southern Pacific 1.9 per
cent, Kellogg asked:
"Would , you undertake . to say what
portion of the ' stock ,upon which rail
roads pay dividends is watered stock
and what" paid, actual capital invest
ment?"
Is Good at Answers
Kruttschnitt answered that he rather
believed the interstate commerce com
mission had disregarded watered stock
in preparing its tabulation of dividend
averages. He; said he understood four
of the 10 per cent dividends were paid
on investments. "
"Don't you know," asked Kellogg,
"that the property was mortgaged for
$100,000,000 for the "purpose, \u25a0 of pur
chasing other railroad properties and
that interest -on this $100,000,000 was
paid out' of operating expenditures and
charged before dividends?" w_
"I j believe our reports will show the
facts, whatever -they % may be," • said
Kruttschnitt. , "There has been no se
crecy about anything that" was done.".
A. L. ; Mohler, vice president and gen
eral manager of the. Union :Pacific. fol
lowed as, ia. witness and described the
development of the Union Pacific during
the last. 10 years. , ,
Doubts Wizard's Judgment i
Mohler in- the: course off 'his testi
mony. questioned 5 the judgment of the
late K. H. Harriman as to the opera-;
tion of trains •between Council
and Ogden. "" .; -1" .71 \ *
Vln 1901," tsaids Mohler, "we-moved
some vcars more, quickly; than ,we do
now, but more of them.-more slowly*
The service is •" better nbw-iand- more
uniform, iaml 'i.believe is 'giving more
satisfaction. .;,- We < could ,. run., a.5 4. -h our
Continued : : on ' Page 2, : Colum n'% 6
Federal Inquisitor
And Raii Magnate
At Sword's Points
JULIUS KRUTTSCHXITT
FATHER SETTLES
SON'S BAD CHECKS
H. Grupe Pays $1,620 Into the
Treasury of the Emporium
and Incident Closes
With the payment of $1,620 H. Grupe
yesterday reimbursed the Emporium
company for the money it had paid to
Grupe^s son, H/G. Grupe, a young milk
dealer of Oakland, on checks which
proved to be worthless. On making the
paymetn the elder Grupe roundly be
rated- 'acting- Manager- Benjamin rT*.
Schlesinger of "the" Emporium for his
lax. business methods in permitting- the
young man to have the money.
Last week tRe son had secured from
the store $1,620 on four. checks drawn
on the Commercial bank of Oakland.
When the young man presented the
large checks the firm complacently ac
cepted them without making Inquiries
of the extent of the young milkman's
resources. It seemed to be very easy
money for Grupe. and the Emporium
found itself $1,620 to the bad, for the
chucks -were returned marked, "no
funds."
'Then the Emporium cried for help
to get its money back, energetically
locking the barn door after the horse
was gone.
'" H. Grupe, father of the ambitious
youth who had s^o easily duped the
business house, was appealed to. The
elder Grupe realized what his son had
done and censured the Emporium for
making it so easy, for the youth to
beat it. ; \ ,
He came, forward with tha $1,620, so
the Emporium finally got its money
back^ ' ' '.
'.'I have nothing further to say re
garding this matter," said Grube last
night. ; "Thanks to the foolishness of
the Emporium I. am 0ut~51,620 and my
family, has J been dragged into a ' "dis
tressing scandal."
At the Emporium yesterda>\the man
agement -resented all inquiries regard
ing ;the method whereby young, Grube
badfpassed his worthless checks.
Having first secured the presence of
WilllamKaufmann, assistant secretary
of the Emporium corporation, presum
ably \u25a0 for- the moral and perhops phys
ical effect. Acting Manager Schlesinger
announced that -he -would say nothing
which might throw any light onVthe
matter. ".;" * ."' ' \
WHEELER IS SIGNALLY
HONORED BY EMPEROR
Kaiser Invites. University Pres
ident to Take Voyage
BERLIN', Feb.* 21.— Emperor William
today' invited President Wheeler of the
University of California; who is Roose
velt professor in' the University of Ber
lin, .and ; Professor <G. F. Moore, ex
change lecturer the University of
; Berlin, to take a pleasure voyage with
.him" on the' North- sea on. board the
North German Lloyd steamship. Kaiser
VVilhelm 11.- "^^^
The start' will be made from Bremen
on 'March" 7,% bu t' both" professors have
arranged ;to -leave- Berlin." before that
date.f and.-so will be unable to accept
the/ invitation.
• On. the trip. the. emperor will be ac
companiedTby Admiral yon sec
retary, of .the. admiralty/ and: other high
officers- of the, -navy to : the number' of
about 20.''
WEDDING IS A SURPRISE
TO FRIENDS OF COUPLE
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[Special-Dispatch to ) The Call] . ; *
': SANTA Sf ROSA; - Feb: - 21.— Miss Anna
Haj'nie, eldest daughter "of Mr.rand Mrs.
W. B..Haynie, and Homer B.Carrlngton.
the: second. son of C. N.\Carrihgton^ were
married :today.:^The ; wedding comes as
a 'eompletej surprise ; to .theirt' many
friends.-! -.Mr.,and ; Mrs.',Carrlrigton, after
ay short:«honeymdon in^the ..bay ¥ cities.
wilT return*, here 'to: reside. . *
*- 4, WE WEATHER
YESTERDAY— CIoud)?; vest vmd; max
-Wnmrff temperature, 52; minimum* 46.
FORECAST FOR TODAY— CIoud)?, vith
occasional showers; south B»tW, changing to
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PRICE FIVE CENTS.
ORGANIZER OF
CARMEN IS
ARRESTED
Philadelphia Police Charge the
Leader of Strikers With In
citing Mobs to Riot
AUTHORITIES REPRESS
CROWDS WITH FORCE
Thousands of Deputies Sworn
In and Militia Is Held in
Readiness
TRAFFIC IS SUSPENDED
AND PUBLIC SUFFERS
PHILADELPHIA. Feb. 21.— Police*
officials took the initiative tonight
in the war being waged between
the striking carmen and the offi
cials of the Philadelphia Rapid Transit
company, when they arrested Clarence
O. Pratt, the national organizer of the
amalgamated association of street and
electric railway employes on a warrant
charging him with "conspiracy to in
cite to riot."
The warrant was served on Pratt «9
he -was leaving an automobile after
he had attended a mass meeting of the
union carmen. He was locked up in
the city hall and held to await a hear
ing tomorrow morning.
The police at the city hall late to
night refused to recognize a discharge
for C. O. Pratt, issued by Magistrate
Gorman before whom friends of the
strike leader, had entered bail In the
sum of $1,000. He will be obliged to>
remain In a cell all night.
It Is reported that warrants have
also been issued^ for John M. Murphy,
president of the central labor union,
and Peter Grlscom. head of the local
carmen's union.
Union Men Indignant
-. Pratt's arrest aroused great indigna
tion among union men. A delegation
from the building trades unions to
night pledged their support to Murphjr
and announced their intention to stand
with him whenever he felt It necessary
to call a general sympathetic strike.
An attack was made late tonight on
the elevated railroad. It was the first
time that this line of travel has been
interfered with. As the train ap
proached the Forty-sixth street sta
tion in "West Philadelphia three bullets
were fired through the windows of the
foremost car. No one was injured.
The first fatality of the rioting oc
curred tonight when an unidentified
man died at a hospital. He was in
jured today in a clash between a mob
and the police. Knocked down and
trampled upon, he was found lying un
conscious after the street had been
cleared.
Policeman Mortally Wounded
Policeman Fred Tyson, whose skull
was fractured in a riot, probably will,
die.
That a general strike of the labor
organizations of this city would be
called before the week waa over, pos
sibly tomorrow, was positively stated
at the carmen's headquarters at mid
night by John J. Murphy, president oC
the central labor union.
"Power has been placed by th# cen-»
tral labor union' In the hands of myself
and Secretary Charles Hope." he said*
"to call a general strike. This will.in
volve at least 100,000 worklngmea and
women in this city.
The police force was augmented to-»
night by the swearing In for riot duty
of the State Fencibles. an Independent
military organization of about 20©
members. Plans are being- discussed
tonight by the commanders *of threo
local . regiments of ' the Pennsylvania
guard to mobilize their troops at a,
moment's notice. The mayor is em
powered to call upon those troops. Gov
ernor Stuart and Adjutant General
Stewart are here tonight, and If neces
sary a call for outside troops can bo
made any time.
POLICE ARE REINFORCED
The regular force of 3,500 police and
3,000 specials was enlarged today by
swearing in , 66 park guards and 500
city employes from other departments.
Five carloads of strike breakers
reached here late today. They were
loaded on trolley cars at the Pennsyl
vania railroad station in "West Phila
delphia and taken to car barns In that
section. A large squad of mounted"
police escorted the cars and prevented
a thrcateneded demonstration by a
mob of several thousand. Trouble is
expected to follow the use of these
men on the cars tomorrow. '
Reports vary as to the number of
cars In service today. .The company
claimed that 700 cars were in operation,
but the pickets watching the car barns
reported that only 124 cars were In
operation and that nine crews of
strike breakers that left the car barns
this morning had deserted. The cars
were withdrawn at 6 o'clock tonight,
the company stating that It did not de
sire to endanger the lives of Its loyal
employes. '
IIIOTI.NG IX BUSINESS SECTION"
Rioting in the very heart of the
business section of the city," the at-
I tempted: burning of another car and
many petty attacks by sympathizers led
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