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VOLUME CIX.— 140.
GOULD DEFEATS
OPPOSITION IN
M. P. RAILROAD
Head of Western Maryland Line
Is Elected President of
• the System
Kuhn, Loeb and Company Retire
From Position of Finan
cial Agents
Cornelius Vanderbilt Quits the
Board With Representative
of Bankers
NEW April 18—Although
forced out of the position him
self, George J. Gould, opposing
the Rockefeller-Kuhn-Loeb in
terests, caused the elevation today of
Benjamin Franklin Bush as president
of the Missouri Pacific railroad, defeat
ing David P. Pram-is, former governor
of Missouri. Bush Is president of the
Western Maryland railway.
The victory of the Gould faction was
followed by the announcement of Kuhn.
Loeb & Co.'s withdrawal as bankers
for the system, and with the resigna
tion of Paul M. Warburg, the com
pany's representative on the board, and
of Cornelius Vanderbilt, an ally.
Edgar 1* Marston, representing Blair
& Co., Fred T. Gates, representing
.John D. Rockefeller, and E. D. Adams,
American representative of the Deutsch
bank, voted against Bush, but did not
sever their connection. It ls rumored
that Adams and Marston will resign,
although this can not be confirmed.
Gould Congratulates Road
George Gould and Kuhn, Loeb & Co.
Issued statements explaining their sides
of their case. Gould regretting the
withdrawal of Kuhn, Loeb & Co.. but
congratulating the road upon the selec
tion of Bush. „'.-;--■•"
Kuhn. Loeb A Co. stated that they
did not favor Bnsh and because of his
election Warburg and Vanderbilt felt
"unwilling to share responsibility in
the management of the company under
these circumstances."
Gould, in his statement, said:
"The board has, I think, made a,wise
choice in selecting B. F. Bush as pres
ident. He is familiar with conditions
on the line, and with the affairs of the
company, gained while in its employ
some years ago. ' ;. I'■.-"■;_■'_-■_:: ■■
Reasons for Election
"I wan mach In flne nerd la my ad
vpcaey of bin election by the results
be ban attained In hla administration
of the Western Maryland railway, and
by the esteem ln which I know be waa
held by Mr. Rockefeller, who U no
largely interested In the Western
Maryland, and who, next to oar fam
ily, Is the largest stockholder In Mis
souri Pacific '•.■■■".':..
• "My personal relations with the mem
bers of Kuhn, Loeb £ Co. have been
so pleasant that I was reluctant to
conclude that the continuance of that
ffrm as bankers for the property was
net to the corporation's best Interests.
I part with them with personal regret
"Their interests in the Union .and
Southern Pacific, both essentially com
petitive lines, 1 made a continuance of
their relationship as bankers in ; my
'Judgment inadvisable for the stock
holders of the Missouri Pacific as well
as for the public. »
Opposition to Francis
... "Latterly, when they advocated the
election of former Governor David R.
Francis to the presidency, of the prop
erty, I could not but feel that their
influence was not a helpful one for the
property, for though Governor Fran
cis has my respect as a public man,
Ijls efficiency as a railroad operator
was not quite so apparent to me."
As given out by Kuhn, Loeb & Co.,
the vote stood 8 to 5 for Bush. Those
against him were Warburg, Vanderbilt,
Adams, Marston and Cates. After the
meeting a member of the board said
that the opposition to Bush was
' grounded in the belief that he would
■ not command the support of the bank
ing community and that he had not
sufficient experience in handling large
properties.
Change Weakens Market
. Missouri Pacific was the pivot of an
excited and demoralized market all day.
• Wall street had Intimations that the
board meeting would not be harmoni
ous and the whole market declined
violently as a consequence.
When George Gould retired from the
-presidency it was generally under
stood, in deference to banking senti
ment, he would permit the Rockefeller,
Kuhn, Loeb, Vanderbilt holdings to
assume a large share In the manage
ment of the property, although the
Gould holdings remained dominant.
.Events proved otherwise. But as the
tone of the statement issued by Gould
was cordial in Its reference to Rocke
feller, the Inference drawn in Wall
street was that Rockefeller now holds
the. lance of power in the board.
Bush Rose From Ranks
BALTIMORE. Md., April Benja
min-Franklin Bush, president of the
'Western Maryland railroad, who was
today elected president of : the ; Missouri
Continued on Page 6, Column -4
THE San Francisco CALL
Benjamin F. Bush.
President Missouri
Pacific Railroad
AUTO JUMPS BANK
WITH FOUR RIDERS
University Students Escape
Serious Injury, but Machine
Is Total Wreck
[Special Dispatch to The Call]
BERKELEY, April 18.—Four stu
dents of the University of California,
Miss Rose Gertrude Menlham, Miss
Anna Lee Hopkins, Floyd Howard and
James McCormick. narrowly escaped
death yesterday afternoon when the
automobile driven by Floyd Howard
crashed 30 feet down an embankment
in the tunnel road near Walnut creek.
The. occupants of the machine were
fortunate In having been tossed out im
mediately, after it ' left the road. ;- It
struck the embankment and turned
over, throwing the students ahead In
its path, but pinioning none. \
The automobile party was compelled
to turn to the extreme outside of the
road in order Ito ] allow a - team' to pass.'
The bank gave way under the weight,
and ' the machine J slipped [to the edge
and plunged forward.
Miss Menihan, who was in the front
seat with Howard, was thrown 10 feet.
Before she reached the bottom of the
bank she partially regained her balance,
so that she landed feet foremost. Al
though she was severely bruised, ,no
serious injuries resulted. - Howard, the
driver, was also.injured slightly, hav
ing been struck by the machine as it
fell.
The machine was a Pierce Arrow
and Is a wreck. Before 'it was halted
by a tree it turned over twice, •■ and
when it struck the tree it fell In a
demolished heap.
Miss Menlham and Miss Hopkins" are
enrolled in the College of Social Sci
ence, and both are members of the
Delta Delta Delta sorority. Miss Menl
ham comes from Cloverdale, and ] Miss
Hopkins' home is in Goldfleld. The
young men are members of the Kappa
Bigma fraternity. McCormick is en
rolled from Tacoma, and Howard's
home is in Berkeley, at' 2545 Hllllgan
avenue. ;
The Tunnel road is a favorite drive
for, college parties. •It had been con
sidered quite safe, no defects having
been discovered heretofore.
W. L Hunsaker and George J. Law
son. Oakland businessmen, carried the
four collegians *to Berkeley. . Miss
Menlham and Howard were taken to
the Student Infirmary on the campus,
where Dr. A. W. Sawyer attended
them. . . .
PRESIDENT JORDAN'S SON
UP AGAIN FOR SPEEDING
Arrest Makes Second in Three
i Days
i [Special Dispatch to The Call]
| STANFORD UNIVERSITY, April 18.—
For . the' second time in .three days.
Knight Jordan, son of the president of
Stanford university, has been fined ■ for
exceeding the speed limit in his auto
mobile. '.Young, Jordan appeared before
Judge. Schneider this morning in Palo
Alto and pleaded to a complaint • made
by Chief of ,Police Nobel that he had
driven his machine over one of i the
Palo Alto 1 streets at a rate of ; speed
of more , than ten miles ,an hour. He
wag fined $20. Jordan was arrested and
fined the same amount last Saturday
In Burlingame., '
FRENCH ARMY AVIATOR
IS DASHED TO DEATH
Captain Carron Fails 250 Feet
With Aeroplane y-; ■*•■
VERSAILLES, France, April 18.—
Captain; Carron, of the French » army
aviation corps fell with his aeroplane
from a height of 250 feet today and
was crushed to death. : The aviator had
left Orleans this morning for,this city
and was midway"* between Vlllacoublay
and Versailles when his machine fell
to, earth, .-, turning over arf" it r did * so.
Carron was caught under-: the wreck
age. ■■ ■
SAN FRANCISCO, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 19, 1911.
KNIGHT WARNS
TAFT TO FEAR
PLACE HOLDERS
"Federal Brigade Must Keep
Hands Off Campaign," Says
National Committeeman
Resignation and Consequent
Chance for Opposition Of-
fered as Alternative
GEORGE A. VAN SMITH
THE federal brigade In California,
severally and collectively, must'
"keep Its dirty hands off* the
Job of rounding up a Taft dele
gation to the next republican national
convention, or there will *be more
trouble than Taft delegates In this
golden state.
So says George A. Knight, republican
national committeeman" from Califor
nia, who has unloaded ■ another ulti
matum on Frank Hitchcock et al., and
donned his war paint.*
Knight has declared that Taft's cam
paign, for renomination shall not be
made odoriferous by the management
of Surveyor of the Port Duncan-Me-
Kinlay, .' Postmaster Arthur Fisk, - Col-;
lector Fred -Stratton, George F. Hat
ton or any of the rest of the members
of the federal brigade, who, for Knight,
must "run in the end book."
Notice to National Machine
Knight has not stopped with a mere,
declaration of objection to those . fed
eral office holders. He has served no
tice on the , engineers of the national
republican machine that he is in ear
nest about keeping Taft's California
campaign uncontaminated. He" is in
such i deadly earnest that he has inti
mated that if the hated federal brigade
is not called oft he may resign from
the national committee and permit
Meyer Llssner and the, republican state
central committee to * name a; La Fol
iette man In \ his * place. '"..','
Knight " put ".' Postmaster General
Hitchcock in a hole last year by shov
ing a resignation at him, '. when there
-was not half as much at stake. 'Under
the circumstances, he may be Justified
in believing that he can .force; the na
tional ; organization to call off - thei; un-
federal brigade..,:'
Objection to Brigade
"The federal brigade \ must keep its
dirty hands off this , fight," declared
Knight -yesterday. "I. believe that'is
a Taft state. I believe that the people
of California want to send a Taft dele
gation to the next national convention.
They do not require the assistance; of
the federal brigade and I do not-pro
pose to stand for 'Dune' MeKinlay,
George Hatta*, Arthur Flßk, Fred
Stratton or any of the rest of them
getting their fingers Into this pie.
"They are doing pretty well to draw
their salaries.\ They are lucky to have
their Jobs. They had better attend to
those Jobs and let the people and the
people's business alone.
"It will not be necessary for MeKin
lay to run around the state organizing
Taft clubs or holding up any one for
Taft funds. «'•
People Able to Manage >
• "The people of California who are
interested in " the prosperity of -, the
state; who are interested ln the tariff
and what it means to California can
see to it ? that . a Taft i delegation.' goes
from California. The people can man
age their own affairs without any fed
eral-, brigade assistance, and they are
going to do it.
"I have had all the honors I want." I
have attended several national conven
tions 'as a", delegate . fro; mthls . state. I
have seconded the nominations of three
successful candidates for . the presi
dency. There Is ! no-office ■ I want or
would take. They have talked -about
the 'man With the big voice.' Now
let them sehd a man with* a big ! head,
but let the people do it, not the federal
brigade. _ Those fellows had better at
tend to 'drawing their salaries and let
thei people alone." .
Demand for Banishment
'■:, Knight refused to admit or deny that
he had put the banishment -of the fed
eral _' brigade iup to Taf !and Hitchcock
with "'an alternative of his "resignation
from the national committee. However,
I am in a position•* to say ' that he * has
put; that' alternative .up to the heads
of the ■ party,; if not "in express' terms,
so broadly intimated that there s can ; be
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Woman Leads New Army on Agua Prieta
Juarez in Terror as Madero Approaches
Typical streets and scenes in Juarez,, which the insurrectos arc approaching and where fighting: is expected.
The city across the Rio Grande river from El Paso, where General Navarro is preparing to withstand the
attack of the main force of the insurrecto army, numbering about 3,000 men. The houses are mostly substantial
adobe structures and afford admirable defenses for the defending force.
MASTER OF IROQUOIS
GUILTY OF MANSLAUGHTER
Coroner's Jury Returns Verdict Against Capt. A. A. Sears,
Whose Vessel Sank, Drowning Twenty/Persons *
VICTORIA,- R. C. April 18.—A* ver- .
diet' of manslaughter' was returned
against Captain A. A. Sears, master of
the steamer •Iroquois,* which .foundered"
off. Sidney last Week, with a loss of 20
--lives, by the coroner's Jury which has
been;- investigating** the disaster.
Captain Sears Is already under in-"
dictment on a manslaughter charge, a*
NUGGET-WEIGHING 1 4. POUNDS
IS FOUND ON WILLOW CREEK
'■-.. -'... .7 -•'■„• -'J *.X>-.'- [Special Dispatch to The Call] \-V': V .>.■-;./,*»';;.. : *'M
BUCKS '. RANCH-; w (Plumas county),
April 18.—A 14 >' pound gold nugget
valued at $8,200 was found a short time
ago on Willow, creek, near this place,
on the claim of NyH.'.Frils.. .
Accordingto authentic 1 reports the
nugget was" found fby workmen > who
GOVERNMENT SURPLUS TURNS'
'm "::y TO DEFICIT OF $4,000,000
WASHINGTON,. April 18.—The gov
ernment finances, have slipped back
over * the line from.' surplus ,to deficit
April, which began with a surplus for
the flrst '. time sin) the * fiscal ; year," _ now
FIRE IN BELGIAN CITY /
DESTROYS PAINTINGS
Flames Devour Art Treasures of
Schae'rbeck's Municipal Hall \
BRUSSELS, Belgium, April 18—The
city hall at Scbaerheck,' a suburb of the
capital, together with - • Its * priceless
works of,art, including notable paint-'
ings and gobelins, was destroyed by
fire last night. Two firemen were killed.
COMMISSION ON POSTAL y;'!
, _ .RAtES MEETS MAY 1
/WASHINGTON, ; April 18.—The first
meeting of the commission .to investi
gate . : proposed: increases '■ *. in "second
class j postage * rates will, be held ,at 'the
White House May 1. - - ..- „'■., ',:
warranty having been Issued before .the
coroner, completed. his investigation. '.
The evidence given .'at' the Inquest
was*, to the. effect that Captain 'Sears,
who --was; the first man to reach shore,
deserted * the : ship; while passengers
were aboard and that he did not make
every,effort to, rescue those struggling
in "-: the * water. \: Captain.-," Sears ii. will . be
arraigned .Thursday.: ■)'__ :.'*?,."..-*"-': . ".".
have been working In the gravel; mine
for * the ; last week or more. /«.*_"*." *'■:':
This is the ; largest single, piece of
gold f found ; in -the district ln many
years' but not' the only large one. L f.;
. On account ,of snows, the claims can
not 4 be worked more than three ."months
every year. •.. * ■?•::>-*■._.? y ■
-■ ,-•— ■ * - ♦ • . ~
shows a deficit of some; $4,000,000. Ex
penditures ;' for: the ,: month have . been
$3,000,000 greater.; than last year and
receipts are $1,000,000 less. There seems
,to ..be'; a ! general ; drop 'in ;, receipts from
all sources except the corporation' tax.
"BIG; BILL" EDWARDS I
GETS: CARNEGIE MEDAL
Rewarded for Saving -:Life' of
Mayor > Gayn or From * Assassin , j
",' NEW YORK. April 18.-r-"Big Bill*'
Edwards, commissioner of street clean
ing, t- received the medal * which.--• was
awarded him by the Carnegie hero fund
commission J, for 'saving '; Mayor, Gaynor
from 'death iat -.the hands of i James G.
Gallagher August 9 last. : - ; •'..''; .-■,- " •-■
FOURTEEN YEAR OLD BOY
V-y ■'"= HANGS SELF in? BARN
•., CHICAGO, v April 18.Edwin Tatge.
;1.4, years old, committed • suicide early
today by hanging himself in his father's
barn. >< No ■ reason was advanced by : his*
parent* for fc his act. • "'- -*■- *
' T THE WEATHER
J^ftfeD AY--Highest temperature. 62;
- Jop&t Monday night, 50.
-foRECAST FOR TODAY—Fair; with
fogs, light brisk west wind.
DIPLOMATS URGING
ARMISTICE IN WAR
Ambassador Wilson and :De la
Barra Hopeful of Early
* Peace
MEXICO CITY, April 18— to noon
today no reply* had 1 been received by
American ;Ambassador Wilson to * the
representations made to the- Mexican
foreign office by the state department
at * Washington - concerning danger to
Americans v In the border , fighting at
Aqua Prleta."'
The first note from the United States
government was delivered to Senor de
la Barra, the Mexican minister of for
eign affairs, by Wilson Saturday morn
ing. ' The ambassador remained in his
'office; until midnight . that night wait
ing an answer that did not come. Wil
son had ,received nothing further from
Washington on ■ this afternoon regard
ing the i fighting at ■ Aqua *: Prieta * and
Douglas. The American diplomat ap
pears to regard the situation as serious.
l"i The' armistice proposal appeared to
be ',an' outgrowth of the battle at Aqua
Prieta,.arid; the. loss of .life and bodily
injury. in Douglas, by the fire from the
Mexican side. It points to the dangers
of -;internationalr complictitlons, which
might follow a* continuation of the con
flict. :'■'■■
y" Minister de 'la • Parra" sent to ; Wash
ington ." the ',_ answer >; of ,:.' the proposal
made by the. agent ,of; the revolution
ists. v In ;it* he stipulated minor i terms,"
to which it*.is '■ believed there will be
"no objection. - . t ,
; . "• It 'is t believed no time < will be lost ;In
either by the rebels or by the govern
; ment ' in concluding arrangements ;for
.the * armistice,' and . that ■ as soon ". there
after: as' possible; the \ drafting of; terms
for permanent r peace : will begin. It *la
conceded both sides realize-.the war is
costing too .much, in" * money ' arid I lives.
*»It; will not be at aIT surprising if the
armies -in- the ; v north receive • orders to
cease • operations within _■ the; next 48
hours, or before the beginning 'of the
threatened battle near' Juarez. * '-.
w While no confirmation /could be ob
tained.-a, rumor was current .that* the
rebel terms .are; the resignation of
President Dla-s '<_ within five . months, the
appointment of Minister de la Parra as
preside^ pro* tern, i pending-a; special
presidential \ election ■-; and, * revision ;of
, electoral laws, i
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
CONGRESS IS
PASSIVE ON
MEXICAN
CRISIS
Taft Keeps Leaders of Both.
Houses Informed and There j
Is No Disposition to
Interfere
ANOTHER REBEL FORCE
MENACES EVACUATED TOWN]*
Lack of Ammunition Forces th&
Insurrectos to Retreat After \
Holding Federals Off
. for 2-4 Hours
DIAZ'TROOPS REFUSE
TO DIVULGE CASUALTIES*
AGUA PRIETA, State of Sonora,,
Mex., April 18 * (via Douglas,
Ariz.).—When darkness fell
.» > -2 'J" over Aqua Prieta tonight there
was the greatest uncertainty whether
Lieutenant. Colonel ;, Diaz* -. federal
troops would ) retain undisputed pos
session of - the city or whether ' rebel;.
reinforcements, appearing suddenly"
from the westward this afternoon,
would precipitate another battle. .
* Watchers were surprised, after a;
day 'of "quietude, to see a column of
troops move out ,of the mountain
passes, 12 miles to the west of.Aqua
Prieta, and debouch upon the plains; ■
in front of the city.
,: It was at first uncertain whether*,/
•this was a new rebel force or whether
it was only more federal troops com
ing from Cananea to assist in the ;
holding of Aqua Prieta.
Insurrectos Approach
•There, was little time left, however,;
for doubt. The column began its
march directly. toward the city. The
men . were : mounted and were riding
rapidly. As they drew nearer, it was'
made out, with the aid of glasses, that
the approaching forces were insur
rectos and •„' that they were moving
toward Aqua Prieta with hostile in
tent: , '',
:;As they approached- the* outer
breastworks of the city , the federal
outposts opened upon them a long!'
rifle range fire. The column, however,
was far -beyond the carrying power of
these bullets, which fell harmless on
the desert. But the firing- had the
effect of .stopping, the moving column.
It came to a halt, , and' stood for J soma
time as if indecisive.
It was, apparent : that the approach
ing rebels were unaware of the actual
situation* in Aqua Prieta and uncertain '
now whether the border.town was held »
by friend,or foe. Finally the column,
wheeled about and" started to, return
toward the mountains. Then it halted ,
again.,- - ; ' '
Another Column Follows
; As it stopped this time, there ap
peared *at the mouth of the mountain
canyon from which the first troop had
emerged . a second and' longer column. --.-.'
This second detachment moved slowly ij
across the desert and joined*■. the first.' :
There '.was. apparently more than ; 500",
men In the combined column.
Cowboys who came into Aqua Prieta
about' this time brought word ; that the
approaching, force was that of Juan,
Cabral.. the noted insurrecto leader of ;1
Sonora, who at different;times in the
last few weeks has wrecked such havoc
on the federal forces. "-With him, now, -:
it was reported, was the insurgent com- ,l_
mand led by Senora v Talamantes, the •
"Mexican Joan of Arc."
A Mexican Insurrecto on foot crossed
over the line west of Douglas and sur
rendered to an American ;•citizen. ,He'":::;
said he was a member of Cabral's band
advancing from . the west. - He . said
i Cabral. had no knowledge that the fed
eral shad taken Aqua Prleta, and were
| moving forward, expecting to join the
[ rebel garrison when first fired upon.
i This,rebel's horse was shot from under
I him while he was . scouting far In ad- *
' vance, and ■be scaped on foot through
| the brush to the American side.
I Federals Ignore Them , '*■.-.
j., 'The. federal forces in Aqua Prieta at ;'
! first took small r notice', of .the. column *',
1 which appeared :in the I offing. Their :'.