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EDITORS LAUD
CIVIC MORALITY
OF ROOSEVELT
Lecture in. the Sorbonne at
Paris Evokes Hearty Ex«
pressions of Approval
Former President Attends the
American Church and Re=
ceives Social Attentions
PARIS. April 24.— Colonel Roosevelt
passed a comparatively quiet Sunday In
Paris. Accompanied by Ambassador
Bacon, he atended the morning service
in the American church in the Rue de
Berri and listened to the sermon of
Rev. Chauncey W. Goodrich.
Mrs: Roosevelt, accompanied by Ker
njit and Miss Ethel, attended the Amer
ican church in Avenue de I'Alma.
Colonel and Mrs. Roosevelt lunched
\u25a0with Ambassador and Mme. Jusserand,
the other guests including Premier
Briand. M. Barthou, minister of justice;
Consul General Mason. A. Leroy Beau
lieu. Albert de Coubterin, Count de
Lasteyrie and Count de Portales.
In the afternoon there was an auto
mobile trip to St. Germain, where
Colonel Roosevelt visited the chateau
of Henry IV. On returning the Roose
velts dined quietly with Ambassador
and Mrs. Bacon at the American em
bassy.
AVOIDS KLECTIO.V BOOTHS
Although the general elections were
He!d today in France Roosevelt did not
visit the voting booths, saying that he
had not time to investigate matters
that did not concern him directly. Be
sides, he supposed the election, ma
chinery of France was neither better
nor worse than in the United States.
Roosevelt will be the guest of the
municipality of Paris tomorrow. The
city fathers will receive him at the
Hotel de Ville, where luncheon will be
served, after which he will sign his
name in the "Livre dOr," which con
tains the signatures of all monarchs
and noted persons who have been
guests of the city. In the evening he
will dine with General Brugere and
from there will go to the opera, where
. he will occupy the presidential box.
"Salome" was the bill, but at Roose
velt's expressed desire Saint-Saens*
! "'Samson and Delilah" will be produced,
with ballet.
PROTEST FROM EGYPTIAN
At the close of Roosevelt's lecture^ in
\u25a0 the Sorbonne yesterday some one in the
srallery hissed, but this p&ssed unno
ticed in the applause. It has since been
learned it was an Egyptian, who later
explained he desired to protest by this
jneans against thf speech the former
president delivered at Cairo.
The lecture at the Sorbonne created
a tremendous impression in France.
The newspapers, in spite of the closing
of the electoral campaign last night,
devote an immense amount of space to
it and" Roosevelt's doings.
Except some mocking criticism 'by
free lanceF, such as Henri Rochefort.
editor of Patrie. and by Judet of Eclair,
papers of all shades of opinion ring
with approval of the doctrines of civic
morality expounded by Roosevelt.
The Temps declares that the impres
sion produced is all the greater because
Roosevelt did not present the theories
hf conceived, but experiences he had
lived. It finds suany lessons therein for
Prance, and concludes with an appeal
. to France to take "the ad\iee of an
honest man whose deeds and life during
SO years qualify him to speak."
The Journal dcs Debats says that
Roosevelt's words are the echo of the
old Puritan spirit which made a con
quering England, and bear strange sig
nificance when he preaches a sane and
vigorous life, of which he is the em
bodiment, to so many unbalanced peo
ple: probity to politicians, and common
sense to those who are seeking Utopia.
COMMENTS OK EDITORS
"Our great democracies." says the
paper, "are experiments. From the be
ginning they leaned toward corruption.
Roosevelt's simple and energetic lan
guage is that of Hercules, armed not
' with a club, but a broom, at the door of
the Augean stable."
Liberto, under the caption "A Mag
nificent Lesson." says:
"We have few men in France with
energy equal to Roosevelt, but thous
\u25a0 . ands upon thousands who think as he
jdoes."
Th« Paris Journal says:
"No nobler lesson of civic duty ever
fell from human lips."
ARBITRATION PROBABLY
WILL SETTLE BOUNDARY
Appointment of Late Mexican
Minister's Successor Awaited
WASHINGTON, April 24. — The state
department is waiting with much in
terest the appointment of a Mexican
minister for foreran affairs to succeed
the late Minister Ignacio Alariscal.
The submission by this government of
a plan for the settlement of the cele
brated Chamizal zone case, which in
volves the question of whether a por
tion of the city of El Paso belongs to
Mexico, was under consideration by
Minister Mariscal at the time of his
death. .
Officials here are not willing to_dls
euss the suggestions made to Mexico
for the settlement of this case, but,
inasmuch as the United States Is the
leading exponent among the nations of
arbitration for the settlement of inter
national differences, it is not unlikely
the proposition made to Mexico may
involve the reference of this case to
' pome statesman of a neutral power for
definite settlement.
In any event, it is not believed
the United States would consent, ex
cept as the possible result of a deci
sion of arbitration, to convey to Mex
ico the land in dispute.
Notice to the Public
Owing to the great demand for the picture of
"THE DOCTOR"
(the first of a series of four) the first lot was
exhausted, but in a few days another consign-
ment of . "The Doctor" will be received and
all orders on hand for that picture will be filled.
NOBODY WILL' BE DISAPPOINTED
Flames Menace Children
While Asleep in Bedroom
Mrs. M. Veen and her three children, who narrowly escaped being
burned to death
Fire Spreads From Stables and Arouses Parents
To Rescue Their Babes
Three children narrowly escaped
death when fire broke out in the ware
house and etables of J. Kennedy & Co.
at 3361 Twentieth street yesterday aft
ernoon and quickly spread to an ad
joining apartment house in which the
tots were sleeping. One entire side of
the bedroom •was blazing before the
father, himself awakened by the crack
ling flames, rushed through the smoke
filled halls and, after wrapping the lit
tle ones in blankets, got them to the
street and safety with the assistance of
his wife.
The fire broke out in the hay loft of
the Kennedy company about 4:20
o'clock and had gained headway, with
the assistance of a high wind, before
an alarm was turned in. After arriv
ing on the scene the firemen were
handicapped in getting to the blaze by
12 horses stabled under the hay loft
and terrified by the flames. By stren
uous efforts the snorting and quivering
animals were finally led out by the
firemen.
HORSE INJURES FIREMAN
One horse reared and fought vicious
ly in a stall, injuring Roy McNally. at
tached to truck No. 25. The fire fighter
was badly bruised.
In the meantime the blaze had spread
COURT MARTIALS
NEARING CLOSE
One Inquiry May Involve Sue*
cession to /Command of
Marine Corps
WASHINGTON. April 24. — Several
court martials and courts of inquiry
which have been drifting along for
weeks are expected to, end this 'week.
Most notable among them is the inquiry
Into the differences between General
Elliott and Colonel Lauchelmer of the
marine corps.
This proceeding has gone far beyond
the scope originally assigned to it, and
it now looks as though it would involve
the succession to the command of the
marine corps when General Elliott re
tires next fall.
Thursday the three retired admirals
who have been working on the Lau
cheimer case for six weeks will turn
their attention to the charges against
Commander Frank K. Hill, that he
maintained his ship, the Marietta, in a
dirty condition. It is understood the
officer is fully prepared to acquit him
self of the responsibility for. the condi
tion of the ship and earn commendation
for the efforts he made to bring the
vessel safely into port.
There are 6,300 electric lights on the
Mauretania.
THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, MONDAY, APBII; 25, : 1910.
to 3363 Twentieth street and the side of
the building was in flames when M.
Veen, a merchant tailor, and his wife,
who occupy the upper story, were
aroused from a nap. In an adjoining
room their three children were sleep
ing and the flames had entered by an
open window and ignited the curtains
beside the baby's crib. The mother
took the oldest child, 3 years of age.
and carried her to the street while the
father and the flremen got the other
children out without injury.
WIND SPREADS FLAMES . *
The wijid carried the flames from the
roof of the Kennedy establishment,
which consisted of four one story
buildings. to the apartment house at
606 Shotwell street, owned by R. A.
Livermore and Mrs. J. C. Cottrell. The
first brigade of fire fighters "had been
reinforced with other engines by that
time, however, and the blaze was
checked in its progress toward the
south, but it was then found that
sparks had started a fire on the roof of
3350 Twentieth street. This blaze was
soon stamped out.
The principal damage was to the Ken
nedy company's plant, owned by Mrs.
Sarah Rice, which amounted to .$3,500.
The loss to the Veen apartment was
?1.000 and Jo other surrounding prop
erty $1,500. The cause of the fire was
not determined.
STIMULANTS REACT
ON STOCK MARKET
Artificial Buoyancy Lasts Only
a Short Time and the
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Prices Fall
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NEW YORK, April 24.— The financial
markets of last week underwent a
sharp revulsion of sentiment from the
hopeful temper of the week before. It
was the commonly accepted view of
close market observers 'that the ad
vance had been organized as an ex
periment by important capital and' by
banking interests to stimulate outside
Interest in_the. dealings and to proclaim
a feeling of confidence at the financial
center which might react-on general
•business.
The action of the market at" the
opening of last week was sufficient to
demonstrate the .failure- of the experi
ment. Instead of -buying orders, the
country sent orders to sell ; stocks and
to take advantage. of the higher prices
established. . :
. The professions of contentment. with
the conditions of the' steel trade, which
had "'Come from official sources, had: to
•be contrasted, with the ; yielding price
of pig iron; caused by the generally
poor trad e^conditions. = ,-..' \u0084 ..\u25a0/. ,
; A supplemehtary^cause. was. the Con
tinued poor trade Conditions in' the
copper industry. ' , \
• The money market position 'was ob
scure : and .somewhat distrusted.". .The
London money; position causes anxiety.
Because of the conviction^ of wild -spec
ulation in rubber, and oil shares; there
is .a prelude to a, collapse and -heavy
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\u25a0 .This condition goes to confirm the
belief that the holding, of old grain and
cotton, the extensive purchases of farm
lands and the large outlay in. irrigation
projects "have tied up an enormous vol
ume of creditß;the.;c6untry_'over.\ Spec
ulative liquidation^ in grain, and cotton
'are welcome for that'reasoni - •
BARBER IS OFFERED
$48,0001F0R 160 ACRES
Secured Property on Mortgage
of $380
[Special Dispatch to The Call] V
-EUREKA, April 24.— George E. Davis,
a, barber employed in: this ! city, has
been offered $48,000 for 160 .acres \of
land \u25a0he owns ; near' Ba.kersfleld.V-: Davis j
secured the property six 'years ago on a
mortgage j for; $380. decided: to
retain his, holdings [for i the present.' : Oil
wells : have been located •'. near I Davis'
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STORM AND FROST
GRIP THE EAST
Fruit and Early Corn Crops Are
Badly Damaged Throughout
Middle West '
Shifting of the Wind Is Ex=
pected to Mitigate the
ST. LOUIS, April 24.— Heavy snow
storms and high winds, with a temper
ature several degrees below freezing,
are reported throughout Missouri and
southwestern Illinois tonight.
A report from Lebanon, Mo., in the"
heart of. the apple district, says farm
ers have given up the crop and have
ceased smudging. The peach and berry
crops, according to the St. Louis weath
er officials, probably are destroyed also,
although there is hope a rising tem
perature will save a portion of both. "A
severe snowstorm is raging near Cairo,
111. . .
All records for late cold weather in
central Illinois were broken today. It
was 10 degrees below freezing this
morning in Springfield. The total snow
fall for, yesterday and last night, was
three inches.
The ' minimum temperature in St.
Louis today was 25 degrees, and simi
lar registrations are reported through
out a radius of 150 miles. \u25a0
SHIFTING OF WIND MAY
MITIGATE CROP DAMAGE
""CHICAGO, April 24. — Despite the al
most unprecedented storm that swept
over, a'-* dozen states in the last 48
hours and a government prediction
of more cold and snow, the shift
ing of the wind to the northeast prom
ises to mitigate extensive. crop damage
in the middle west.
A canvass of the situation shows
greatest damage has resulted in lowa,
Illinois, Indiana and Ohio. Greatly re
duced fruit crops and loss of early corn
are certain. Reports from the north
west indicate barley, oats, rye and corn
were badly damaged by cold. The soil,
however, is still in fine condition for
plowing and it is not too late for re
seeding. .
! In Kansas, Missouri and Kentucky
snow is expected to protect small fruits
'and lessen loss on apples.
Mississippi, Tennessee and Arkansas
reports show considerable damage has
been done by the coldest late April
weather on record in those states.
Information from Wisconsin * and
Michigan indicates the fruit crop will
not be much more than half its usual
size.
Will Reduce Crop
KANSAS CITY, April 24. — Reduced
fruit crops and the loss of early corn
in western Missouri and eastern Kan
sas will result from the present cold
wave.
Major. Frank dlolsinger, a fruit grow
er, who is in touch with crop condi
tions in ttTis section, said tonight that
the outlook was for a 25 per cent crop
of apples and a 20 per cent crop of
cherries and pears. ' Desjpite weather
conditions, he declared every indication
pointed to a larger peach yield than at
any season in the last nine years.
Kansas farmers . have been- holding
back corn, planting -for fear of unsea
sonable weather, ~i Those -'that- '\u25a0•have
planted corn wiir be obliged to do this
work over again, as the damp, cold
ground has be&n fatal to growth. Fol
lowing a slight fall of snow after mid
night the. lowest temperature recorded
here today was 30 degrees.
Heavy Frosts Predicted
TOPEKA, Kan.. April 24. — There was
a light frost in low lying fruit sections
of Kansas this morning, but in most
parts of the v state the high winds'pre
vented frosts. For tomorrow morning,
however, the weather bureau predicts
heavy frosts, and horticulturists >l ear
the. destruction of the fruit crop. To
night the sky is' clear, the wind has
fallen and the temperature is descend
ing rapidly.
Omaha Fears' Frost
OMAHA, Neb.. April 24.— High winds
prevailing in this vicinity since Friday
subsided early this afternoon. With
the dying out of the wind the tem
perature moderated considerably. With
; clear skies, the local forecaster sees
possibility of frost tonight.
Wisconsin Storm Over
MILWAUKEE, April 24.— The back
bone of yesterday's storm in Wisconsin
has been broken and by noon tomorrow
normal conditions: will be restored, ac
cording to' Major H. B. Hersey of the
Milwaukee weather bureau.
Ohio Crops Suffer
. CLEVELAND, 0.. April 24.— Killing
/rosts have been reported today from
practically all the principal points' in
Ohio. In Columbus,- Cincinnati and
Cleveland the mercury fell below freez
ing point Saturday night and, acord
ing to United States Forecaster James
Kenealy, frost., snow and rain^ is the
immediate outlook.
tWhile frosts attacked the gardens
and orchards of southern Ohio and
Kentucky, the losses sustained were
not as damaging as was expected, as
the season was too far advanced.
The majority of the fruit trees have
shed their blossoms and unless colder
weather visits this vicinity /the loss
will be . slight. /
Snowing in the South
LOUISVILLE, Ky.;' April 24.—Un
precedented low" temperatures for the
season and steady snowfall throughout
western Kentucky ._ and western Ten
nessee'today, marked the progress of
the ' cold r wave which has now spread
as far south' as northern Mississippi."
In western ' Kentucky the \ snowfall
gave, prospect that morning would find
a blanket possibly two inches deep on
the ground. /
Reports j from ; that section and west
ern Tennessee are that \ the % snow gis
expected to protect small fruits and to I
hold down the loss/on apples. 1
TWO SPOTS WHERE THE
HEAT WAVE IS ROLLING
• April 24. — All
temperature '\u25a0'\u25a0 records for 'April -were
broken here -today when the weather
bureau > thermometer "registered ; 89.3
degrees. .This is ; the hottestnempefa
ture in ; the 37 years that I the .bureau
has kept records in "Walla Walla.
San> Diegans Swelter ''
\u25a0 SAN j DIEGO, • April 24.—The warm
.wave of .Friday and Saturday, when the
thermometer registered in the nineties,'
was partly broken' today, . the « maxi
mum r temperature j being 83 ."degrees j at
the weather -bureau." On the; street,"
however,.'-, it; was warmer.
The local '.-i forecaster predicts -.cooler
weather • tomorrow. •;.-,_ , a \ >.
WESTOJT EATS FLAPJACKS
> UTICA;: N. V. : . ;April 24.— Edward P. :
,Weston will j; resume ; his walk *• to - New
York'iri ! the morning; 'from! Vernon s 16
miles • west. > He 'slept from :\u25a0 8 a.*, m:\ to'i7»
p^m. [; today *af ter- a.* hearty f breakfast
which , i ncluded 'eight pancakes. -\u25a0 He ' has
not entirely ' recovered ; from his • attack
"of- Indigestion-' * > ,i., .. , \u25a0..;\u25a0.> ,
Queen Lillian Prepares
For May Carnival Reign
Miss Lillian Rosenberg, queen of Santa Rosa rose carnival, which is
" Vto be held in May
CHOOSES MAIDS
AND SIR KNIGHTS
Santa Rosa's Fair Ruler Exer«
cises the First of Her
Royal Functions
SANTA ROSA, April 24.— Miss Lillian
Rosenberg, who yesterday was elected
queen of the rose carnival to be given
here during the first week of May, to
day received formal recognition of her
royal prestige when she was asked to"
make the appointments of maids of
honor and to name the gallant sir
knights that are to act as escort to the
pageant.
Queen Lillian received the committee
with a quiet dignity and graciousness
that spoke volumes-for the courtly man
ner with which she will administer
her royal- functions. She receved many
congratulations throughout the day on
her victory at the election booths.
The excitement of the voting over
the arrangements for the carnival pro
gram are rapidly taking form.' Details
are being perfected and the co-opera
tion of: the ' countryside has been se
cured. The result is an unusual amount
of interest and enthusiasm, which indi
cates that the carnival will be the most
elaborate and most successful ever held
in this city.
It is estimated that constantly some
3,000,000 people in the United States are
ill from preventable causes.
GOLDEN STATE LIMITED
:; For High Class Travel
CALIFORNIAN
. The Tourist's Delight
\u25a0\u0084 - \u25a0 - . .Daily to Oliica^o and lot.'XjOuis via
\j-[- Los Angeles, El Paso and Kansas
Low round trip rates East in effect
SOUTHERN PACIFIC- — -ROCK ISLAND
Flood Building, ,882 Market St., Market St. Ferry Depot,
Third and Townsend Sts. Depot,
Broadway and Thirteenth St., Oakland.
Eat Raisin Bread April 30
California Raisin Day
TRIAL OF HEINZE
TO BEGIN TODAY
Special Guard of Special Agents
for Jury to Try the Ac*
' cused Banker
NEW YORK, April 24. — F. Augustus
Heinze will be placed on trial tomorrow
in the criminal branch of the United
States circuit court. He is charged
with violations, of the national bank
ing laws, specifically with overcertifl
cation of the checks of Otto Heinze &
Co. and misappropriation of the funds
of the Mercantile national bank, of
which he was former head.
Counsel for Charles W. Morse In
the fight for a new trial made capital
of the fact that Morse's jury was
guarded by special agents from Wash
ington.
To avoid criticism this procedure,
it is understood, will not be followed
in the Heinze case. Two weeks prob
ably will be taken up by the trial.
The University of Calcutta probably
is the largest educational institution
in the world. It has about 10,000 stu
dents. - • ...
Fifty ton loads of coke can be
dumped from up to date steel freight
cars in less than two minutes.
Advertisements were taxed at one
time in England.
CALL MEETING ON
COAST RATE CASES
Members of Interstate Commis
sion to Discuss Railroad
Freight Charges
San Francisco, Reno and Seattle
Complaints Will Be Under
Consideration
WASHINGTON, April 24.— A notably
conference will be lield by the mem
bers of the interstate commerce com
mission Thursday "and Friday. Thosa
days have been set aside by the com
mission for the consideration of the
Pacific coast cases heard by the com
mission on its long trip last autumn.
The cases involve not merely freight
conditions local to the Paciiic coast, but
questions of rates affecting the trans
continental traffic in its entirety. The
cases Include the rehearing of the Spo
kane rate matter, the Portland and
Seattle backhaul cases, the San Fran
cisco cages, involving rates into the
intermountain territory ana the Reno
rate case.
The last is the most important now
before the commission.
RE.\O SHIPPERS' REQUEST
Reno shippers have urged the com
mission to give them the same rate" on
clasa and commodity traffic from the
Atlantic seaboard as now given to Pa
ciflc coast terminals.
It was developed In the hearing of
the case that the rate from Atlantic
ports to Sacramento and Pacific coast
terminals was $3 on first class freight
and proportionately less on other
classes and commodities.
The rate to Reno from the Atlantic
points Is the sum of the Paciflc coast
rate plus the local rate Sacramento to
Reno. The distance from Sacramento
to Reno Is under 130 miles, and the
backhaul rate is $1.29 on first class
freight. This makes the rate from
the Atlantic seaboard to Reno $4.2?.
although the freight is unloaded at
Reno on the westbound haul. \u25a0 .:"~ *
WATER COMPETITIO.Y I.WOLVED
The defense "of the railroads is that
Sacramento is a water competitive
point, a boat line being operated be
tween Sari Francisco and Sacramento.
They hold, therefore, that, although
Sacramento is a longer haul, they are
obliged to make a lower rate on ac
count of the water competition.
It Is~understood that the members of
the commission are divided on the ques
tion of proper adjustment of these
rates. It appears likely that It will be
determined to reduce the rates to both
Sacramento and Reno, the reduction to
Reno proportionately greater than to
Sacramento.
This case in concrete form Involves
the question of the long and short haul
which is being considered at present by
congress in the administration railroad
bill.
BLAST FURNACES MAKE
CAMPAIGN FOR BUSINESS
Decline in Iron Prices Causes
Scurrying for Orders
NEW YORK.. April 24. — Blast fur
nace interests In the east, as well as in
other sections, have been, making a
: quiet, but energetic canvass of pig iron,
consumers, being stimulated to secure
orders by the downward tendency of
prices. No. 2 X foundry has ranged
from $16 to $17 at furnaces in the Le
high and Schuylkill valleys.
The opening of canal navigation from
the lakes allows Buffalo iron to come to
New York harbor at $1 per ton freight
and to water points in Connecticut at
$1.50 per ton. Alabama foundry iron
can be delivered at tidewater at $16.2.1
per ton, with 50 cents lighterage
charges at New York. No. 2 foundry
iron has been sold and delivered in New
England at $15.25 and $13, and even
less.
Action has been taken to reduce out
put 10 to 15 per cent in the east. In'
finished products the principal new
business has "been constructural and
fabricated steel. New orders for build
ings and bridges aggregated a little
more than 30,000 tons, although specifi
cations were only 15,000 tons.
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