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VOLUME CX.—NO. 63.
SENATE PASSES
AMENDED FREE
LIST MEASURE
Bailey Defeats House Bill, but
Insurgents Assist Democrats
on Final Vote
Kern Proposal Accepted to Give
Canada Preference on Meat
and Cereals
i
Taft's Veto Expected to End
Tariff Revision Activities
at This Session
IRA E. BENNETT
[Special Dispatch to The Call]
WASHINGTON. Aug. I- —Had It
not been for the single demo
cratic vote cast by Senator
Bailey of Texas- the farmers'
free list bill passed by the house would
have been ratified by the senate this
afternoon and the president -would
have had a chance to veto it before the
end of the day.
As it was. with Bailey's vote defeat
ing the measure, the -unholy alliance
between the democrats and insurgents
again was brought into play and ex
ai outlined in The Call this morn
ing, after a reconsideration of the orig
inal v>«te. an amended form of the
was enacted by a vote of 48
Works Votes With insurgents
Thirteen insurgent republicans, in
cluding Senator Works of California,
enabled the democrats to pass the mod
ified form of the house bill, which
eliminates from the free list meats and
cereals, except those -'coming from any
foreign country with which the United
States has reciprocal trade agreements,
nnd whi.'h shall admit from the United
states free of duty cotton, corn, wheat,
oats, horses, cattle and hogs."
The amendment was made with par
ticular reference to Canada. Bailey
offered an amendment putting lemons
on the free list, but although Works
had announced that he would vote for
such an amendment he voted against
it. The amendment was defeated, 15
insurgents -vwho voted for the
Bailey proposition were: Borah.
Brown. Bourne. Clapp, Crawford,
Gronna, McCumber and Nelson.
Bailey May Lose His Seat
The chief talk of Washington is tUe
single democratic "vote cast against
the house free list bill by Bailey.
Democrats of the senate and house are
charging that this vote will cost the
Texan his seat in the upper branch of
congress. They insist that he has
shown that he is not in sympathy with
a majority of his party and that he
stands virtually alone among the
democrats of the senate.
It is an odd coincidence that one of
Bailey's colleagßes on the conference
committee from the house side will be
Flepresentative Ransdell of Texas.
Bailey and Ransdell are enemies and
have not spoken to each other for
months. Ransdell has declared him
self a candidate for Baileys seat in
the senate and they will fight out their
differences in their own state. Rans
dell is a strong advocate of free raw
materials, while Bailey is opposed to
that doctrine. Their meeting in the
conference committee is likely to prove
sensational.
Vetoes Expected From Taft
The free list bill is ready to go to the
conference. It can be stated as certain
tonight that not only the wool bill, but
the free list bill, will be sent to Presi
dent Taft for his approval or disap
proval, and it can be asserted with equal
positiveness that he will veto both.
The house democrats may agree to
the modified free list bill without ask
ing for a conference. They are well
satisfied with the result of the "unholy
alliance" in the senate, and will not
balk at the Kern amendments, which
won the support of Ihe insurgent re
publicans. There is not the slightest
doubt that the house will agree to the
bill.
Chairman Tnderwood announced on
the floor of the house today that if the
president vetoes the wool bill there will
be no further efforts* at tariff making
this session.
The democrats admit that the presi
dent will veto the wool bill. Everything,
therefore, is in readiness for an ad
journment by August 10. The woo! bill
and the farmers' free list will come out
of conference, will go to the White
House, where they will be vetoed, and
then congiess will adjourn.
ANDERSON PREPARES
TO OPEN NEW BANK
Takes Office in Redding and
Awaits National Charter
REDDING, Aug. 1. —Alden Anderson,
former state superintendent of banks,
arrived in Itedding today and opened
an office preparatory to opening a na
tional bank to take over the accounts
of the Bank of Shasta County, which
failed recently. The establishment of
the new bank is part of Anderson's
plan for the rehabilitation of the de
funct bank. Anderson expects to re-
I charter from Washington within
a w<;ek.
THE San Francisco CALL
Pasadena, Haunt of
Millionaires, Faces
Shortage in Babies
[Special Dispatch to The Call]
PASADFNA. Aug. I.—Why, oh
why. h#.s the stork turned a cold
wing to Pasadena?
That is the question that is
worrying this town, which hoasts
of more millionaires and multi
millionaires than any other mu
nicipality of its size in the world,
hut which has produced a crop
of only 48 babies during the
month of July just past.
Fp on Mount I^owe the wise
ren are trying: to read the an
s ver in the s^ars. They think
that perhaps the stork is jealous
of the ostrich, whose advent to
Pasadena has -not been of suf
ficient antiquity to preclude him
from being in the parvenue
class.
Pasadena boasts a population
of 40.000. According to a math
ematical genius, this is divided
tnto 10,000 families. This light
ning calculator figures that S.OOO
families at least should contrib
ute once a year to the increase
of the census and that 6,00*> tota
should mouth their silver spoons
in the sunlight of the Ran Gabriel
valley. This should make xn
average of 500 babies a month.
Make further allowance and say
400, or even 300—truly a banner
crop. But 4S!
Physicians, confronted by these
figure, admit that Pasadena is
facing a baby famine. The stork
has a bigger kick than the os
trich.
SINCLAIR GOES TO PRISON
FOR PLAYING BALL SUNDAY
With Ten Other Ardenites in Single Tax Colony He Is
Sent to Workhouse for Eighteen Hours.
[Special Dispatch to The Call]
WILMINGTON, Del.. Aug. I.—Upton
! Sinclair, the writer, and 10 other Ar
denites of more or less prominence, to
night were sentenced to IS hours in the
Ches'terfleld workhouse for
breaking th* Sabbath by playing in
tennis, baseball amj other sports in the
sir~le tax colony of Arden. They
Blight have escaped had the 11 defend
ants been willing to pay a fine of $4
each and cost*, but Sinclair declared
they did not recognize any such law
and they -would go to the rock pile.
They will be released at 3 o'clock to
morrow afternoon.
During the hearing Sinclair acted as
■attorney. The defendants entered pleas
of -guilty and Sinclair argued that they
were breaking no law, as he and his
fellow prisoners only recognize the
single tax law of the late Henry
George.
After the defendants had pleaded,
Sinclair declared he had consulted
BOY PUTS 600 PENNIES IN
CHICAGO'S NEW POSTAL BANK
[Special Dispatch lo The Call]
CHICAGO. Aug. I.—A fair slseJ
crowd, including several children just
past 10 years of age, was lined up at
the Joor of the new postal savings
bank in the federal building today at
9 a. m., the opening hour.
With one hand clutching a $5 bill
and the other gripping the doorknob,
small Mike Phelan, copy boy in the
Tribune's telegraph room, stood braced
in the doorway, pushing back his com
petitors and glaring suspiciously at the
guards. He had been there since 2
o'clock a. m.
Next in line was 12 year oIJ Adeline
O'Grady. who expressed plainly and
frequently her desire that Mike with-
OSTRICH BREAKS ITS NECK
IN FRIGHT AT AEROPLANE
[Special DUpatch lo The Call]
LONG REACH. Aug. I.—Frightened
by an aeroplane that flew over the city
and skimmed along above the pen
where the birds were confined, a big
ostrich at the farm here fell and broke
its neck.
ARMY OFFICER IS
SECRETLY MARRIED
Miss Gertrude Bolseh Bride of
Captain Knudsen
Captain Frederic Knudsen of the
United States army and Miss Gertrude
F. Bolseh, society woman of Monterey,
were secretly married at Captain Ar
thur Cranston's residence, 3317 Jack
son street. Monday afternoon.
The wedding was solemnized by Rev.
E. H. Benson. Only a few friends were
present. After the wedding the couple
took apartments at the St. Francis ho
tel. They will start on a honeymoon
trip to the southern part of the state
in a few days.
Captain Knudsen is regimental ad
jutant <ff the Eighth infantry and is
stationed with his command at the
Presidio of Monterey. The bride is
well known in social circles in this
city and Monterey and has been living
with her parents in Monterey.
SAN FRANCISCO, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 2, 1911.
BOILING LAVA
CAN GIVE EAST
HEAT POINTERS
Scientists Find Temperature of
Kilauea's Crater to Be
1850 Degrees
Blighting Breath of Volcano Is
Braved by the Carnegie
Foundationists
{Special Cable to The Call]
HONOLULU, Aug. I.—The party of
scientists sent by the Carnegie Founda
tion to Hawaii to study the crater of
Kilauea have succeeded in measuring
the temperature of the boiling lava in
the mouth of the famous volcano. The
specially constructed pyrometer regis
tered 1.010 degrees Centigrade, which
is IJU% degrees Fahrenheit. This is
the first time that the temperature of
boiling lava has been ascertained.
What Real Heat Is
There are people who think they
know what heat is. The unfortunates
who, lived "through the torrid weather
in Chicago and New York talk awsome
ly of days when the thermometer reg
istered 104, and of nights spent on the
sidewalks while the scorching atmo
sphere was never cooler than 96. But
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three attorneys, all of whom had In
formed him that they could not be pun
ished for their alleged breach of the
law. Sinclair told this to Magistrate
Robertson, who remarked:
■f think a trip to Greenbank fthe
location of the workhawse) will do you
all good."
The 11 prisoners accompanied Con
stable Brown to the workhouse, each
prisoner paying his own fare. They
promised to be good. The constable
would not handcuff them together.
When he is released, Sinclair de
clares, he will organize an anti-blue
law club in Delaware and will prose-
cute every person he finds breaking the
Sabbath. The ofher prisoners are:
Fred Steinlein, Harold Ware, Hamil
ton Ware, Don Stevens, Fred Windle,
a lawyer of Philadelphia; Prof. J. H.
Farrod of the Northeast manual train-
ing school, Philadelphia; Berkeley
Toby, Chester Lightbourn and Alexan
der Dupin.
draw, fall asleep and leave the line,
evaporate, or do anything else that
would let her in first. Adeline de
posited $1. Her place in the line had
been held by Stanley Honski, a mes
senger, since 4 o'clock in the morning.
William Lupec, 6 years old, was the
youngest depositor. He was accom
panied by his mother and carried 600
pennies in a large stein.
The first day ended with 359 de
positors on L'ncle Sams bank books.
The total deposited was $9,416, an av
erage of about $26.23 apiece. No one is
allowed to deposit more than $100 in
a single month, or the average would
have been raised considerably.
Wheh the manbird hove in sight the
ostriches fled in wild alarm and one
of the largest birds collided with the
trunk of a tree and broke its neck.
None of the other ostriches were in
jured.
SWEET TOOTH DELAYS
3,000 MILE HORSEMAN
Temple Abernathy Gets Pain
Before He Starts
NEW YORK, Aug. I.—Temple Aber
nathy asserted today that sweetmeats
should not I>p included in the training
calendar for a .'s.t>oo mile horseback ride
to the Pacific coast.
The Abernathy boys. Temple and
Louis, had all but started on their
coast trip early today when Temple
complained of pains about his belt.
Too many candies was the cauge and
a doctor advised that Temple postpone
the long ride.
I>ater in the day Louis, accompanied
by his father, started on the ride to
the Pacific coast and Temple was left
behind. It is said he will join his
father and brother in Poughkeepsie,
going there by train.
FLAME BILLOWS
DOOM MOUNTAIN
TIMBER SUPPLY
Huge Torch Four Miles Long
Paints Red Glare Through
out the Valley
San Bernardino Resorts De=
stroyed, Millions Lost and
Rangers Give Up Fight
SAN BERNADINO, Aug. I.—The
mnuntrin fire which for a week has
been devastating the slopes of the San
Bernardino range north of this city to
night stretched for four miles along
the backbone of the range and the
whole valley Is illuminated by the red
glare of the burning timber.
The exhausted rangers and their
forces have given up the fight and it is
believed that the fire will run un
checked until the entire range is laid
bare. Millions of dollars of pine tim
ber are either already turned into
charred stumps or are in the path of
the blaz».
Resorters Flee Flames
At 5:45 p. m. today the fire wiped out
Clifton Heights, a small resort near the
summit <it Skyland, the occupants of
the camp narrowly escaping with their
lives before the rush of flames. The
conflagration rolled into great billows,
passing Clifton and into Houston flats.
wh«re there are miles of unprotected
timber. Back firing on the east side
of Houston flats, to prevent the flames
from the direction of City" creek enter
ing the timber, got beyond control of
the firefighters and swept into the
flats from that side.
Skyland, which has been threatened
by blazes in the brush half a dozen
times, was tmight confronted with al
most certain destruction.
Skyland Is Doomed
The big pines in which the homes of
the r»s'.rt , t ie scattered have caught
fire nn all nicies of the ramp, and it is
believed that there is no possibility of
the buildings escaping^ destruction. No
lives are imperiled, as the camp was
almost completely deserted several days
ago.
The crest road, the artery of travel to
the resorts all along them ountain, runs
through Skyland, and consequently all
efforts to carry food to the rangers east
of that point have been temporarily
abandoned.
Whole Valley Swept
The most serious damage to timber of
commercial value is at the eastern end
of the fire line.
The flames today swept the entire
length of Little Bear valley and into
Grass valley, from which place it will
undoubtedly bear down on Fredalba, a
lumber camp and summer resort, and
upon the lumber mills and camps of the
Brookings Lumber company.
That the entire mountain range from
one end to the other was doomed was
the statement made tonight by Dr. J.
X. Baylisß, owner of much valuable
property in the mountains.
Fire Rangers Criticised
W. W. Bryson Jr., president of the
chamber of commerce, announced to
night that he would call a meeting of
that organization tomorrow to consider
the filing of charges "of inefficiency
against Forest Supervisor Charlton and
Assistant Supervisor Long. It is
planned to urge the removal of Charl-,
ton and turn the command of the fire
fighters over to local men.
It is charged that chaos reigns among
the ranger's forces and that they have
at the point of their guns prevented
camp owners from setting back fires
that would have saved their property.
Other residents here denounce the
criticism of the government force.
John Anderson Pr., a banker, who re
turned today from the fire zone, says
the rangers have done all in their
power to defeat the flamrs.
CONDITION OF GATES
SHOWS LITTLE CHANGE
Financier Holds Own After a
Rally in Morning
PARIS, Aug. I.—The condition of
John W. Gates showed little change to
night. He was holding his own and
his strength had been fairly main
tained, but the action of the kidneys
was not so satisfactory. Last night
his condition was so plainly crjtical
that his son Charles hastily summoned
Doctor Gros. At 6 o'clock this morning
Doctor Gros found Gates in a semi
comatose and dangerous state, t>ut
when he returned to the bedside at 11
o'clock he noted a decided rally.
MISS FORCE FIANCEE
OF COLONEL ASTOR
Betrothal of Society Girl and
Money King Announced
NEW YORK, Aug. I.—The engage
ment of Miss Madeline Talmage Force,
daughter of William H. Force, to Col
onel John Jamb Astor wss announced
here today by Mr. and Mrs. Voroe.
Colonel Astor and Miss Ava Willing of
Philadelphia were married in 1S!)1 and
they were divorced in 190 a. There are
t*vu children.
Girl Made Air Pilot
First Airship Queen
| Miss Harriet Quimby, whose intrepid feats in monoplane won her a pilot's \
license.
California Woman 1$ First of Her
Win Professional License
HEMPSTEAD, L.. L, Aug. I.—Miss
Harriet Qulmby was awarded a pilot's
license today by the Aero Club of
America, the governing body of aero
nautics in this country. This is the
first license that has ever been awarded
to a woman aviator in America. Miss
Quimby flew in a Moisant monoplane.
Miss Quimby anJ the Aero officials,
Q. Campbell Wood and Baron d'Oroy,
and a large number of aviation en
thusiasts were on the field shortly be
fore 5 o'clock this morning, but a
dense fog made flying impossible until
almost 7 o'clock.
Conditions could not have been more
perfect. Thoroughly composed. Miss
Quimby rose gracefully In the air. com
pleting five figure 8s about 150 feet in
the air and then landed not only within
the 164 foot mark designated by the
conditions, but also made a world's
TWO BIG TREATIES
READY FOR SIGNING
WASHINGTON, Aug. I.—President;
Taft said today that he expected to
send the arbitration treaty between the j
United States and Great Britain, and I
probably the treaty with France, to j
the senate before the special session j
adjourned.
The treaties will be signed in the
historic east room of the White House
Thursday afternoon.
Secretary Knox will sign for the ;
United States and Ambassador James
Bryce is understood to be on the way
from his summer home at Bar Harbor
to sign for Great Britain. The French
treaty, with Knox's name attached, will
be sent to Paris by special messenger
to be exchanged for one bearing the
signature of the French minister of
foreign affairs.
THE WEATHER
YESTERDAY— (empstaftire.'SO!
lowest Monday nighU 52, ' j >^ C^y j]
FORECAST FOR TbpAY-^Faif. moier
■ ate temperature; light ,sbtit}i*sn'd£eh<mgini
- to brisk vest. "■' '- -^ZSZ?^*
s_ '
record for landing. Her mark was
7 feet 9 inches.
With a brief rest to cool off the
motor. Miss Quimby again rose in the
air.and again completed all the remain
ing figure Bs, turning first to right
and then to left with all the skill
of an experienced aviator, and landing
on her descent at the 124 foot mark.
i&ls* Quimby then started for the
altitude, —liich calls for a height of
164 feet. She reached more than 200
feet and soared about in a large circle
before coming to the ground, where she
was enthusiastically greeteJ.
Miss Quimby is a former San Fran
cisco girl, Miss Matilda Moisant and
probably Miss Blanche Srott will short
ly apply for their pilot's licenses.
Ferdinand de Murias of Havana,
Cuba, today tried for his pilot's license
and succeeded. During the first round
he obtained his altitude while making
his first five figure Bs.
HAITI CAPITAL AT
MERCY OF REBELS
PORT AU PRINCE, Aug. I.—The
capital has been invested by revolu
tionists, and it is probable that they
will refuse a delay of three days asked
for by President Simon to perfect plans
to save the capital from pillage and
will enter the city immediately.
It is probable that. President Simon
will be obliged to embark tomorrow
for some foreign port.
There are enough soldiers in thft
capital to maintain order.
Crirser Rushed to Haiti
SYDNEY. (\ 8., Aug. 1 —Rush
orders received from Paris took the
French cruiser d'Estrees out of this
port at full speed today bound for
Haiti.
PRICE FIVE CENTa
CONBOY HAS
A WEAK
PLEA
Accused Tells Jury He Shot
Lagan for Fear of Being
Robbed
HE ADMITS THAT VILE
NAMES WERE EXCHANGED
Prisoner Says He Was Sober
Enough to Know What He
Was Doing
FICKERT GRILLS WITNESS
IN CROSS EXAMINATION
THE case of former Police Cap
tain Michael Joseph Conboy,
charged with manslaughter for
the killing of Bernard Lagan in
June, 1909, will be in the hands of
the jury tonight. The last testimony
was taken at an extra session of the
court last night, and both prosecution
and defense rested their cases'. The
closing arguments are expected to
consume the entire morning and the
greater part of the afternoon session
today, obut the case probably will be
submitted by 5 or 6 o'clock this
evening.
Conboy took the stand in his own
behalf as the last witness for the de
fense, and his examination occupied
about an hour last evening. He gave
his own version of what occurred on
the night of the tragedy and then was
put through a brief but severe grilling
on cross examination by District At
torney Fickert.
Conboy's defense for the killing of
the young coal dealer is that he be
lieved the latter was attempting to
rob him and that he fired upon the
youth in self-defense. He also de
nied the charge that he was drunk on
the night in question, but admitted on
cross examination that he was not
exactly sober.
Not Absolutely Sober
"Xo, I was not absolutely sober," he
admitted. "I don't claim that I was
absolutely sober, but I knew what I
was doing. I know that Lagan de
served what 1 called him."
'You knew perfectly well what you
w?re doing, did you?" asked Fickert.
"I knew reasonably well," answered
the defendant.
Conboy's narrative of what occurred
during the early part of the evening
was substantially the same as that
given by other witnesses. By his own
admission he drank a pint bottle of
white wine with his dinner, had one
highball while automobile riding,
drank a pint of beer at the Odeon cafe •
later and finally had a portion of a
pint of champagne divided with two or
three other persons.
Conboy's explanation of his presence
at the lamppost in Ellis street is that
he was very sick at his stomach at the
time, but he swore last night that he
had not been there for more than two
or three minutes when the shooting
occurred, while the testimony of sev
eral witnesses has been that he was
there for from 20 minutes to half an
hour. He als<j denied that he was
shouting or calling out, as has been
described by a number of witnesses.
Says Lagan Seized Him
"When Lagan came along." said Con
boy, "I was feeling very sick. I had
between $89 and $90 in my pocket and
had on my watch, and both my coat
and overcoat were open. He came up
and put both hands around my waist
and said, "Brace up, old man." I
pushed him away and we had a scuffle
in which I hit my head against the
lamppost. Then, when he was going
away I called him a thief and a pick
pocket."
Conboy said that Lagan came back
demanding to know who was being re
ferred toas "thief" and "pickpocket,"
and that he told him he meant "the
other fellow." Lagan, according to
Conboy, answered that he didn't care
who the latter meant and that he was
going to "tear his head off" anyhow.
He swore that Lagan pulled off his
coat so that it was hanging from his
left forearm and that it was then he
drew his revolver and fired two shots.
"I fired them to the left of him,"
said Conboy, "but he kept coming on
and reached for his hip. Then 1 fired
the third shot, and he fell."
Called Each Other Names
On cross examination Conboy de
clared that he and Lagan were calling
each other names.
•Why dkl you call him names when
he was going away?" asked Fickert.
■Because he had called me some vile
names," said Conboy.
"Why didn't you arrest him?
Wouldn't it have been as easy to say
Tini/'i police officer and I arrest you*