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Cut Out the Coupon on Page 2 Fill it out with your choice for Exposition Site and Mail It to The Call Today VOLUME CIX,—NO. 79, CONTROL OF OCEAN IS SOUGHT Pacific Mail and American* Hawaiian Companies Join Hands REDUCTION OF FREIGHT RATE IS FIRST STEP Opening Gun Is Fired in Attempt to Force Independent Line to Wall COMBINE MAKES OFFER TO ACCEPT $5 A TON THJB American- Hawaiian steam ship company yesterday joined forces with the Pacific Mail com pany for the. obvious purpose of running the California-Atlantic steam ship company off the ocean, or at any rate from that part of it that lies be tween here and Panama. Both the Pa cific Mail and the American-Hawaiian line have made a deep cut in freight rates, and In New York R. P. Schwerin. vice president and general manager of the Pacific Mail company, Is personally canvassingl the street for cargoes for his ships at baxgaJn prices. President Dear born of the American-Hawaiian line 13 In this city in personal charge of thfs end of the fight. Bates & Chesebrough, general agents for the. California-Atlantic steamship company, have refused to meet the cuts and have turned to the shippers for the support promised at the time the California-Atlantic line was started. The continuance of the direct service via Panama and of a water route serv ice that means real competition with the transcontinental railroads now de pends entirely upon the shippers, who so far have given every Indication of their Intention to support t-he Bat»s 6 Cbespbrouarh line. Incidentally, A. M. Garland/freight traffic manager of the Pacific Mall com pany and author of the famous boom erang circular, has perpetrated another joke which lends force to the declara tion of the man on the street- that "Garland is the best asset that Bates & Cheaebrough* have in the battle for business." Garland's latest production la a full ■<ag:e advertisement In the northern California citrus fair pro gram caHing attention to the Pacific Mail Panama service as "The water route for citrus fruit!" Fruit Shippers Smile , Tho citrus fruit en did not have to be told that Garland's company for more,than 40 yenrs had left them to the mercy of the. transcontinental rail roads or that the Pacific Mail would not have dared to invite citrus fruit Shipments until Bates & ■rough. a (ew'weiks ago, successfully landed a oarpo of oranges and 'lemons in New Tork 22 days from Los Angeles. They also knew that the withdrawal of the Bates I Chesebrough ships would mean a' withdrawal of Garland's invitation to ehip,oranges and lemons by water and a return to the $2.1 a ton rate ex acted by. the railroads. ' The local Rhippers understand the situation as well aa the frultmen and this is tne reason, thpy say. for thetr support of the new line. T'nder oath, before congress. R. P. Schwerin declared that $8 a ton on freight shipped by water from here to New York was an unremunerative rate. He has now put the rate to $5 a ton. Harry Bates, of Bates & Chesebrough. nald yesterday that If Schwerin vm here he wa< sure that the Cali fornia-Atlantic line would be given a srjuare deal. A local shipper received yesterday from New York a telegram to the effect that Schwerin waa there personally soliciting freight at a rate of $5 a ton or $3 a ton less than the rate he declared under oath would not pay. Objection One Sided The participation of the American Hawaiian line In the flght Is not a sur prise to those familiar with the history of the war for real competition In the transportation of freight between here ami Xew York. Although President Dearborn of the American-Hawaiian line had no objection to make when the Pacific Mail put its rates down to $8. he filed a vigorous protest at Washing ton when tho nates & Chesebrough line began operations on the same basis on the ground that the |8 rate was unfair to his line. In a letter written January 19 by Secretary of War Jacob McQ. Dickinson t Taft on the Panama slt the secretary, referring to the Kf-rvioe as It was prior to the entrance of the California-Atlantic steamship company, said he had many vigorous "? from commercial bodies and Individuals on the Pacific coast who stated that the Pacific Mall service had become ao inert as to be of no practical value to the shipping public as against the activity and high rates "of the transcontinental railroad lines and Continued on Page 2, Column 7 THE San Francisco CALL ADMIRALS’ CHORUS: ‘PLEASE EXCUSE ME’ Naval Officers Shy at Honor of Commanding the Second Pacific Division WASTED—£«« tdmiztl to *«nnuuMi ; *«co«uJ diricion of P*jißo fleet Unit bs »fcl» to play second fiddle grace \ fully. Spaed? advancement ituured to th« riffht party. - Apply Sx-rj Depart «n«Et, WMhia^ton, D.' C.. '' The position of commander . of. the second division, of the Pacific fleet is trolng a begging. Rear Admiral Suth erland,, who was appointed to the posi tion, li said not to want the job, and Rear Admiral Cowles, the next choice, prefers to remain in Honolulu, where he took command only' a few weeks ago. ■ The other available officers are keeping- very quiet, and the secretary of the navy is scanning the horizon for a nice, obedient admiral, who is willing to take life easy In the Shadow of com parative oblivion for an indefinite pe riod. Theoretically, of course, an admiral obeys without question or. hesitation any lawful command issued by' a su perior, for even an admiral has a boss. In practice, however, the great god In fluence sometimes tempers the harsh, wind of discipline, ; and although the god may not be able to give his favor ites everything: they want he can usu ally be counted on to save them from' anything they may regard as unde sirable. ■■■!. •;%! -^. .Admiral Sutherland is said to be very comfortable when, he is in Washington, which Is the god's headquarters. He is ready to go to sea. if he must, so the navy gossip goes, but would very much prefer to command the second division of the' Atlantic, fleet, of which Rear Admiral Osterhaus. now in command at Mare island, is to be chief in command. Admiral Cowles, who is one of the very new rear admirals, is said to have been offered the second division of the Pacific fleet, .but la reported to have expressed a desire to linger longer In the tropical climate of Honolulu. In Honolulu he is In full command. At the head, of the second division, Jits.'-chance! t» shine would come only on' the rare occasions when he was allowed to take his division beyond the Jurisdiction of his chief, and even at that there are only three ships, armored cruiser*, in the second dlvtsion. It is not that ad mirals have any .particular desire, to shine, but there Is no denying the fact that the commander, of the second divi sion of the Pacific fleet goes into prac tical eclipse, and that's no business for an admiral. Meanwhile the second di vision is a family without,a head, and on the West Virginia are spacious quar ters at the after end of the, ship over the main entrance of which might be tacked the sign, "To let,* furnished." ■ " T ' 1" ■' i '.'■'' . ;■ YOUNG GRISCOM KEEPS SECLUDED IN HOTEL Family Refuses to Explain Soli tary Confinement [Special Cable lo The Call] ATLANTIC CITY. N. J.. Feb. 16.— Georire S. Grlscnm Jr. did not leave his room In the Chalfonte hotel today. To night marks the end of th» fifth period of 24 hours during which he has re mained in strict seclusion. He occupies a room on the third fldor, adjoining that of his parents. All his meals are served in his mom. and his parents are the only persons, except Roger O'Mara. the Pittsburg de tective, and friends of the family, who, so far as is known, have had any com munication with the younger Griscom sln^e Saturday night. The management of the hotel Is un der strict orders to refuse to send any communication to Oriscom except through his parents, and all such com munications remain unanswered. It is known that he had a long con ference today with O'Mara, but the de tective refuses to disclose the nature of their conversation. One of the strangest features of the situation Is the impossi bility of learning from the family or of O'Ma'ra the reason for the solitary con finement of Griscom. COMMERCE JUDGE TO HEAR SWITCHING CASE Testimony Will Be Taken Here in Near Future WASHINGTON, Feb. 16.—An order was entered today by the commerce court designating April 3, 1911, as the date of the beginning of hearings be fore the court. The sessions will be held In this city. Pending the hearing of cases by the full court Judge Mack will visit San Francisco and Los An geles to take testimony in what are known as the San FVanclsco and Los Angeles switching charge cases, in which the commission entered an order unsatisfactory to the railroads, the Union Pacific and the Atchlaon, Topeka and Santa Fe. The hearings by Judge Mack will be held early In March. The home Industry league is send ing a request to all labor organiza tions to patronize home Industry and suggests that when any union has a meeting for "smoke talk" that It procure cigars made in this- city. WOMEN ACCUSED OF ROBBERY—M.ry Brown. Julia Blunder* and Cora. Pitt* were held to , answer before the superior . court by Judge '" Short tit yesterday on charge* of robbery. They •re accrued of hiring enttced a Japanese Into - ■ rootnlnir house and of Uarliu takes bis purse ,; .V«mttteliif IS* . • : ._ . SAN FRANCISCO, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1911. TAFT DEMANDS CONSIDERATION OF RECIPROCITY President Warns Senators to Expect Special Session if They Dodge Issue Committee Will Report Measure and Leave Objections to Individual Speakers "WASHINGTON, Feb. 16.—The Can adian reciprocity measure will be con sidered by the senate committee on finance at a special session Saturday. It Is not likely that the bill will be disposed of In the committee In one day, although all Its members are agreed that action shall not be de layed unnecessarily. Lodge and Smoot. who are members of tne committee, assured President Taft today that the bill would not be smothered in committee, regardless of how much opposition there might he to it. From president indications, the bill will he returned to the senate about Wednesday and certainly not later than Thursday. It may be that no re port, either for or against the bill. will be made upon it, chiefly for the reason that the objections which the members of the committee hold to the measure may lead them to desire to amend it, if it is to have committee approval. Extra Session Probable In view of this attitude, the mem ber!, of the committee feel that it would be better to submit the whole matter directly to the senate without recommendation, all members reserv ing the right to pursue whatever course, their individual opinions may suggest when It is considered on the floor. Senate leaders are not sanguine of reaching a vote. Failure to pass the bill will force President Taft to call an extra session of congress if the ad ministration Is determined to press the agreement. This declaration was made by Smoot after a conference with the president. Lodg« and Root were pr«-' ent al»o. Smoot entertained the belief that the bill would meet obstructive tactics that would prevent a vote before the dote of congress, March -I. Heyburn Grows Hysterical That, the senate was sitting supine and disgracefully unresentful. while It was being accused of "crimes blacker than those which occupy the attention of the criminal court*. 1 was asserted In that body today by Heyburn. The Idaho senator's resentment was aroused by the publication of an article In a local newspaper saying that only by making it plain that he would call an extra session of congress could the president compel the senate to pass the Canadian reciprocity bill. "A charge that any member of this body could be influenced by the 'crack of the whip' is a charge of cowardice," said Heyburn. -Can we sit silent under such charges affecting the dignity and honor of the senate?" No other senator took up the matter. Annexation Is Proposed WASHINGTON. Feb. 16.—Bennett of New York, one of the republicans who vot»d against Canadian reciprocity, in troduced In the house today a resolu tion requesting the president to enter Into negotiations with the British gov ernment looking to the annexation of Canada by the Vntted States. The resolution was referred to the committee on foreign affairs. In speaking of his resolution. Bennett Insisted that he was serious and sin cere. He derlared that to his mind an nexation was the logical result to be expected from reciprocity. Borah Discusses Negroes WASHINGTON. Feb. 18.—Thai preju dice against the negro was just as in tense in the north as in the south and that the north played the hypocrite in Its contentions to the contrary was as serted in the senate today by Borah of Idaho. Borah's declarations regarding the negro were made at the close,of a pro longed speech in opposition to the Suth erland amendment to the senate reso lution providing for the election of senators by popular vote. That amend ment would have the effect of giving congress control of senatorial elections. The Idaho senator's pronouncement on the race question was made in re sponse to the assertion made recently by Root that without the SutherlanC provision the resolution would deprive the Southern negroes of federal protec tion in the exercise of the franchise. Borah contended that although the resolution gave the state legislatures control of senatorial elections, congress would "have the right to interfere in protection of any citizen whose right of franchise had been Interfered with. The Idaho senator expressed deep re gret that the race question had beeta brought Into the controversy and as serted that its Introduction was In tended only to Imperil the resolution. "The northern states have exhibited the same race prejudice that has been shown elsewhere," he said. "in the north we burn the- negro at the stake and there, as In other sections, we have our race wars. We push our negroe« to the outer* edge of the in- Continued on Page 4, Column 3 TEARS FLOW AS WOMEN RISE IN HEATED DEBATE California Daughters of Ameri can Revolution Renew Bel ligerency of Last Year Mrs. W. W. Wymore Is Elected to Regency After Long, Wordy Wrangle Heredity asserted itself with over whelming force at tin- third annual conference of the California Daughters of the American Revolution which opened here yesterday and war was waged by the. opposing factions with a fierceness which Increased rather than diminished as the sessions progressed. So heated were the discussions, so con trary minded did the delegates become that the'afternoon meeting did not close until 20 minutes past 6, and even then the motion to adjourn was made to smother -a proposed by one of the combatants. The battles today were the result of last year's proceedings, when two an nual conferences were, held, one here, at which Mrs. Frederick Jewell Laird of Berkeley was named for state re gent, and one in Los Angeles on the same date, at whin, m, s . W. \V. Stilson Continued on I'age 4, Column 1 Member who was defeated for re election as state regent POISONERS FOUND GUILTY BY JURY Life Sentence for Russian Nobleman Who Caused Relative's Death ST. PETERSBURG, Feb. 16.—A ver dlft of guilty was returned tonight against Count O'Brien de Lassy and Doctor Pantchenko for the poisoning of Count Vassilli Bouturlin. In the case of Mme. Muravieff, a verdict of not guilty was returned. The jury recommended mercy in the case of Pantchenk on account of extenuating circumstances. Re Lassy was sen tenced to penal servitude for life, and Pantchenko to 15 years' imprisonment. The trial aroused enormous Inter est and developed some startling testi mony. Prior to the proceedings, Pant chenko made a confession, in which lie accused de Lassy of hiring him to poison Count Vassilli, who was hei^ to General Bouturlin's millions. At the eijd of the trial De Lassy was overcome. He attempted to make a speech to the jury, but -ended abruptly by saying: "I ran not talk. I leave the fate I myself and relatives to your minds and your hearts." Pantchenko, in an Incoherent spee<h, said that he did rot repudiate his con fession, but wished to verify the de gree 6f his guilt. He said that the question now was whether a Russian physician was capable of fcueh a das tardly crime and to this he proudly an swered no. Mme. Muravieff refused to say any thing. The Jury was out three hours. SPIRIT OF ’76 LIVES ON D. A. R. RIVAL FOREBEARS The newly elected state regent of the California Daughters of the American Revolution and the two members of the society who led the opposing forces in yesterday’s strenuous sessions. MAN WHO WROTE “GREAT ILLUSION” IS REVEALED He Proves to Be Citizen of Kern Ccuntv and Identity Is Made Known Through Dr. David Starr Jordan [Special Ditpalch to The Call] STANFORD I'MVKRSITV. Feb. 16. — Through Poctor Jordan, president of Stanford and the lecturer in the course on the history of arbitration being given for the first time at Stanford, the name of the mysterious author of "The Great Illusion," considered the greatest book ever written on the sub ject of international peace, has become known. The author, who has written under the norn de plume of "Norman AnarHl." is Ralph Lane. 1-anf! is a citizen of Kern county, having lived there for ten years before he went to Paris as editor of the Paris Pally Mail. Lane has hitherto pre served his anonymity, having refused the international news service permis sion to reveal his identity. He ha* held a position of great importance In Paris and has been In close touch with international affairs. It is considered a foregone conclusion that he will come into even greater prominence when the Nobel prize Is awarded next year for, the greatest contribution to the cause of international peace. That the revelation of "Norman Angell's" identity will be of great in terest to the world of letters from the tributes which have been paid the "Great Illusion," which Is considered SMOKE OVERCOMES WOMEN LODGED IN BURNING HOTEL CLEVELAND, 0., Feb. 16.—Six women were rescued unconscious tonight from the upper floors of the Hotel Euclid during a fire which threatened for a tta* to destroy the building. All the rescued women were over come by smoke, but none was seriously hurt. NATIVES PAY HONOR TO GRAND TRUSTEE MOOSER OAKLAND. Feb. 16.—Presidio parlor No. 194, N. S. G. "VV.. with its drum and piccolo corps, came from San Francjaco tonight to take part in the parade up Broadway, escorting Grand Trustee Louis H. Mooser on his annual visit to THE WEAfUER'? \ j YESTERDAY—PJighelt^tJm^aralur^ sjj; . . lowest Wc^ndsdtaiMUfliL 39.^'f/^'-. FORECASTy^fBB^^^TUght 'northwest wind. an epoch making work, goes with out saying. The work has been translated into every European lan guage as well as into Japanese. Particu lar attention has been attracted to the book since the. very high tribute paid it by M. Jaures of the French chamber of deputies. M. Jaures quoted from the hook at great length, according to the press dispatches,- and said that the book had done more for the cause of international peace, than all the peace .conferences and endowments by mil lionaires since the inception of the peace movement. Henri Tourot. a well known French Journalist, has said: "'The Great Illusion' is destined to have as great an Influence on the con ception of international economics as Darwin's 'Origin of Species' had on our conception of modern biology." Thts work Is the most Important reference book in the course on the history of International arbitration now being given at Stanford. Lane was born in Kngland, educated in France, and came to California when 20' years of age, starting ranching in Kern county. It was while there that he wrote "Under Two Flags." After ten j-ears in California, during which time he took out naturalization papers, he went to Paris to take up Journalism. The fire started In the hotel annex and spread rapidly up the elevator shaft, causing' a panic, which was checked by the police and firemen. Several persons were slightly burned, but no serious casualties were reported! The fire was stopped with a loss of $10,000. Piedmont parlor No. 120. The party was met at the train by the Piedmont, Bay View and Fruitvale drum corps! Alter the work of the parlor the mem bers took part in a high jinks. IS WED IH SOUTH—Lot 'Angeles,; Feb. 16.— % marriage license { win \ iseued a today to ,!Edith ■; Slocuni of : Ban Franefseo ana Claude H. Rider ' of,CcntraHa,' Mo. 'yt\. '. :;':-','>'''■'■ "■'■-". -~.:''-.' ■'■" PRICE FIVE CENTS. CZAR WARNS CHINA TO EXPECT WAR Russian Note Insists on Com' pliance With Six Demands Regarding Commerce in Mongolia VIOLATION OF TREATY OF 1881 IS ALLEGED Foreign Powers Notified of In tention to Make Military Demonstration on the Frontier PACT ABOUT TO EXPIRE AND CHANGES DESIRED ST. PETERSBURG, Feb. 16.— The strained relations between Russia and China have resulted in decisive a-ction by the Russian government. According to instruc tions, If. Korotovitz, the Russian min ister to China, has presented to that government a note, bearing on the treaty of 1881, which China had seemed disposed to abrogate. The note contains six points, and Russia insists on compliance, on pain of complete cessation of friendly rela tions. Demands by Russia These points follow: 1. Russia's right to impose import and export duties unlimited, except in the 50 verst zone, wfalch is duty free. 2. That the extra territorial lights of Russians in China shall not ba infringed; that legal suits involving Russians and Chinese shall be con sidered by a mixed jurisdiction. 3- That Russians shall enjoy spe cial privileges of trade and duty free commerce in Mongolia and Hi extra wall provinces. 4. That Russian consulates can be opened immediately at Kobdo, Khami and Guchen. X Due respect of the local au thorities for Russian consuls. fi. Russians to enjoy the right to acquire real estate and erect struc tures in Mongolia and the extra wall provinces. Demonstration Intended I/DNDON, Feb. 16—The relations of Russia and China are strained to the breaking point. Russia today notified the governments of Great Britain. France and Germany of her intention to make a military demonstration on the Russio-Chinese frontier owing to China's persistent violation of the Bt. Petersburg treaty of ISSI. Treaty About to Expire WASHINGTON, Feb. H;. —There have been rumors recently of an intention by Russia to bring pressure to bear on China because of allied violations of the Russo-Chinese treaty. That the situation was acute, however, has been denied both by the Chinese foreign board and the Russian legation at Peking. It has been admitted that there were differences in the interpretations of the international agreements as made at St. Petersburg and Peking. The treaty adopted In 18S1 expires this month and It has been reported that China was unwilling to renew It, at least not un til certain modifications had been made. The exchanges have been closely guarded by both powers and what stago the negotiations have reached was not Indicated until yesterday, when the St. Petersburg Gazette announced that an important conference had been held at the war ministry to consider "Chinas persistent flouting of treaty stipula tions." Troops Ordered to Border The province of 111, to which Russian troops will be sent, lies in the north ern part of the Chinese empire. By a provision of the Russo-Chinese treaty of 1881 the western portion of 111 is incorporated with Russia in order to serve as a place of establishment for the inhabitants of Russia who adopted Russian dependence and had to aban don the lands. which they possessed there. The frontier between the possessions of Russia and the Chinese province of Hi is defined in the treaty. The whole Incident comes as a great surprise to the diplomatic service in Washington, for, although it was known that sharp issues had arisen between Russia and China over con flicting claims of Jurisdiction in Man churia and In connection with commer cial, privileges in Mongolia, the situa tion waa not regarded as critical. It was believed that in view- of the deplorable conditions existing in China as a result of the frightful famine and the terrible ravages of tbe plague, Rus-