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THE CALL LEADS IN POLITICAL Bin lift THEATRICAL HI I IS II I REAL ESTATE nirlAf % SPORTING IH I If If COMMERCIAL IV I If If 11 1 FINANCIAL : "; ™™" " "?W FINANCIAL ■ ■ *■ ■ ■ %# VOLUME CXI.—NO. 97. TERROR REIGNS IN OLD MEXICO; AMERICANS FLEE Refugees Bring Stories of Riot and Revolt in Nearly Every Section of Country Fate of Fifty Citizens of United States Fighting for Life Not Vet Known Consular Officers Are Ordered to Flash News to State Department [Special Dispatch to Th« Call] WASHINGTON, March Thou sands of Americans, mostly women and children, are flee- Ing from Mexico. ? Terror has •seized the entire foreign population of the republic. Refugees are crossing the line into Texas hourly, bringing stories .of riot and revolt in nearly every section of Mexico. These reports were received by the state and war departments today. They came from consular officers In Mexico and arms' officers on the border. Not one word has been received yet from the 50 Americans who when last heard of were at Asarco,: fighting for their lives. The state department has the name of but one of the M, Eugene C. Blalock. Huntington Wilson, acting secretary of« state/ said today that the depart ment is without advices of any nature concerning the Americans. He said that nothing, was known as to their Identity. Consular officers at and near TTorreon have been advised to flash the department the minute they hear any thing concerning the fate of these Americans. The victory of the revolutionists un der General Orozco in Chihuahua and that official's threat to march to Mexico City, and the determination of President Madero to give htm battle, are what caused the terror to foreigners in Mex ico City. Those foreigners who are still in the provinces are terror stricken as a crsult ot the depredations and rioting of the rebels and brigands. Taft Ready for Action While every effort is being made by state department officials to minimize the reports of the alarming state of af fairs in Mexico ____ the large exodus of I foreigner*, it la known that they are 'worried and that graver complications i are imminent. : j One of the chief causes for apprehen- j sion by American officials is the fate of j Jhe 50 Americans. It is feared these j Americans have met death, and if such j | a the.case there is grave anxiety as to j how such news ..will" be received by the j , American poo] From reliable sources it was learned | that if harm has befallen these Ameri-j cans President Taft will hesitate no j longer about the propriety of interven- I tion. He will put the matter squarely rap to congress and demand that instant j action be taken to put down the revolt and protect Americans who have not succeeded in getting out of that coun try. - ;. - - ... •>• ■..-'. AMERICANS SAFE EL PASO, Tex., March s.—Two rails were removed from the approach to the international bridge by General ftojaa 1 orders this afternoon to prevent rolling stock from being removed to the Amer ican side.* r . ? With the exception of a small hos •- \ • ■ ' - ■ - • -.-,.. . - pital. staff at Pearson, every American •woman and child in the towns of Ma- j dera and Pearson, Mex., is -*,on? United; States, soil. For : weeks ,they were j isolated and in a state of terror. 7 A. J. Halton of. Madera, an officer of the Madera company, said It was ad visable to obey President Taft's warn ing and send'all women and children to the United States. About 400 Amer ican men are left at Madera. These are armed. ' r- -.-_■•, Enrique E. Bowman;? a merchant of Cojonia Dublan.atown 50 miles north of Pearson, stated that in his district conditions could not be worse. The rebels were burning property, stealing horses, raiding and looting. ; - A pitiable aspect of the exodus is re lied in? the case of George Snell/and his family, who, just preceding their residence at Madera, were refugees from the Austin, I Pa., flood.?; They fled from Madera, leaving behind their home and stock.- ' '.- ,'■..'.."' "TERRIBLE" RELEASED ' DOUGLAS, Ariz, March Trains. automobiles and vehicles of all kinds poured into Douglas today,' carrying the American population of El Tlgre/Naco saii and Cananea. • '•' Colonel Francisco^ Chiapas, .formerly, a,field leader for President Diaz,, who fought bitterly against Madero in the last revolution, and \*?ho has-been' in jail at Hermoslllo, has been deputized by Madero,to organize an army. 'The name of Chiapas strikes-terror into the hearts of the -rebels, and their sympathizers. , NAVY YARD EXTENDS HALSEY PREMIUM PLAN [Special Dispatch to The Call] MARK; ISLAND! March s. —The navy department has decided to. adopt the Halsey prenii vm 7 system on a . much larger scale at this yard, and it Is to bee immediately introduced in the flag THE San Francisco CALL Mrs. W.B. Wilson, Bride of Stanford University Student CLASS STIRRED BY ELOPEMENT OF SOPHOMORES Miss Ruth Soule of Alameda and Vallejo Student Are Married [Special Dispatch to The Call] STANFORD UNIVERSITY, March 5.— Undergraduate circles "were stirred to day by the news of the elopement and marriage Monday at Redwood. City of Miss Ruth Soule of Alameda and Wal ter Victor Wilson of Vallejo, two stu dents of the sophomore class." The marriage was solemnized by Rev. A. B. Chirm o£ the Menlo Park Episco pal church, in the Episcopal church at Redwood City, with only Curate A. W. Darwell arid Mrs. Darwell as ■witnesses. The secret was kept until today/when, it became 'known to the -'friends of the couple on the campus. • Neither bride:nor groom was regis tered in the university,- this semester, but Wilson has " been" employed by a real estate firm in Palo Alto and Miss fc:ule has been a frequent visitor at the Kappa Alpha Theta sorority house, of which sorority she is a member. She was on the campus Sunday,* but gave no hint to her sorority sisters of the fact that she had been married nearly a week.*.' " * "7 ,* The bride is the daughter of J. F. Soule of 1801 Central.avenue, Alameda, a wholesale lumber dealer, -with offices ii. San Francisco. She was one of the most popular girls in college last year and was active in the affairs of her class, being a member of the sopho more play committee and the-Schubert club, registered in the history depart ment. '?.' "... " /• :, Walter Wilson, better known to : his friends as "Dick,"? was a star of -last year's freshman "football team,, winning \is; class numerals at the breakaway position. He was a member of the Uni versity Glee club and- registered in the prelegal department. He is a member of the Phi Kappa Psi fraternity. - ? The marriage license issued at Red wood City gave M the age of ? Wilson: as 21 and that of his bride as 20. They have not returned to the campus since their marriage became known and their friends are endeavoring to learn their whereabouts. * . . .■--*. ENSIGN DONAVIN t ; CLAIMS NEW RECORD Flies ) in Aeroplane, Rides in Auto, Dives in -Submarine [Special. Dispatch to The Call] v MARE ISLAND, March s.—Ensign Kirkwood Donavin, U. S. N.? command ing? the ,:submarine A-5, which former ly was known as the Grampus, has a record that 7no 'other officer in ■; the United .- States ;,navy' can boast' of,? ac cording to advices received at the local naval station today. :' One day last week Donavin jumped into _an'aerojlane with Lieutenant T.G. F.llyson. U.'S.'X.. at San Dieg^> and Hew across the bay to the submarine wharf. There he met:a brother, officer? who was driving.by in his automobile. -Donavin got in : the machine was carried to ; the end of the where, where he boarded his submarine boat and five minutes later he was under the surface of the water participating in some experiments with the Pike. Donavin claims to be? the first j person to fly in an aeroplane, ride in an7auto?; mobile and dive in a submarine boat all within 15 minutes. . # loft as well as the boat shop. The system in effect in the ? sail loft and i the officers say that it has proved a success. Under the * Halsey , system the ?work man gets half, the extra wages he earns, the other half going to the government: It enahies men as well as women to earn extra money for doing work in less than" the fixed ;time allowed for it. A man getting $4 a day for eight hours* work is allowed 48 hours to do a job. He does it In 36 hours. The difference between the standard • and actual time is 12 hours. The work .man.thus earns a premium 1 of $%','{ giv ing him for the job, Instead Of $18, his ordinary wages. SAN FRANCISCO. WEDNESDAY, MARCH 6, 1912> BABIES JAILED, WOMEN SLUGGED, WITHOUT MERCY Congressional Committee Hears Tale of Man's Inhumanity at Lawrence Mrs. William Howard Taft Pays Close Attention to Details ? of Strike Riot WASHINGTON, March 5.—C. F. Lynch, who - has charge '■ of the police' at,;Law-' rence, Mass., today told the house rules committee, which is hearing testimony on conditions in the - Lawrence mill strike, that f he did? not know by what authority of law women with * babies in arms had been taken to the police sta tion after the riot at the.depot. ;,: Questioned by Stanley, Lynch .said none of the parents of the children had appealed to him against being taken away, but he understood from one, of the police captains that all of. them did not ,have ; permission to leave. "Did you see in; the jail .after?- the struggle !at the; depot women , and, chil dren and women with babies In arms?" Stanley asked. . ? -, ....... ... • ? ; "Yes, I saw.them there; but they-were not in jail." - 7" 7 "How were they restrained? Weren't they free to golf.' they, wanted to?" 77 "They were brought there to be held Continued on Page B, Column 5 COTTERILL GAINS, MAY DEFEAT GILL Women \ Voters Big Factor in Seattle Mayoralty Election; Battle Was Furious SEATTLE, Wash., March 5.—-At 11:04 o'clock tonight 130 out of .281 precincts gave the following vote .for mayor: Cotterill, 14,408; Gi11,,14,285. . George F. Cotterill is municipal own ership and single tax candidate.- Hiram C. Gill is an "open town" candidate, who ; was recalled a year ago and who •ought vindication in the present cam paign. .'_',.;' ' ' '7'/ .7""?;/ _;? .In the precincts that have reported are many of the Gill strongholds. Gill held the vote which he obtained in:the primary of February 20 7; and " added something-to it, whereas. Cotterill fre quently,; doubled and trebled7his;.. : vote. < ntterill supporters claim a majority of more than 2,000.. *. "■■—.'■ . • ';v'■?"-• : * During the last few days the" cam paign- took on the aspect of a furious battle for the. recall of , Gill, . and ? the church people and the "women were j im plored jto i vote \ "for: the ■ suppression of vice." 7, No „ returns ? have been 7 received on the single tax - amendment to : the char ter, or. any of the other? propositions submitted to referendum .-vote. LEGISLATURE DEMANDS SENATORS RESIGNATION Mississippi Law Makers Pass -. Resolution Against Percy JACKSON,„•,Miss.," March 5. —A joint resolution demanding the resignation of United States Senator Leroy, Percy, was adopted by both houses of the Missis sippi legislature today. The resolution recites' an, alleged promise of Percy to resign if. he should be defeated in the democratic primary election of last summer. Former Governor James K. Vardaman won the nomination over Percy in the primary? Senator Is Silent '■■'■[j -i'.t^^sfi§\ 7 WASHINGTON. March s—Senator Percy was advised today of the action «.,,. *, .. . -*. - «-• of the Mississippi. senate in demanding his : resignation, ? but declined to discuss the matter until after he had read the full resolution. JAMES E. WEST ■ '" : > SPEAKS IN OAKLAND OAKLAND, March s.—James E. West, secretary of the national council of the Boy Scouts of America: who.ls accom panying Sir Robert Baden-Powell on i •v-™*'J*«<i*sJ_*»«**_PrE^ his tour of the United States, spoke tonight* In the children's. room of* the Oakland public library on the subject, i*__*m;-'- -* •*>„.',;•* ; __ * '•The Field of Education and Recrea il on for ' Boys.' - -.•'-?„- -; * ? ■-. ; , PROGRESSIVES WILL AID TAFT PIONEERS LEAD STATE FIGHT "There is one man who by his dignity, his sincerity, his constancy rises above all others as a fitting candidate for the high office of president at this time, and that is William Howard Taft" -*• ___*. SHINM *| • Some of the officers and members of ! the executive committee of. die Taft League of Progressive Republicans: of ; California. Top picture, left to right Marshal Hale, F. C. Sanborn, J. O.Hayes, E. K. Johnson and W. D. j : j Fennimore. Lower picture, left to right—J. E. Culten, C. M. Belshaw "and A. L. Shirm. * * . \ ■ ■»,.-,- ~ : \;.V:.:^-- -•— :.-,^:.-^-——.:;■; ;-"-;■■-. ?: "??7 .';^'?_?"7"^"7.'.' ■ 7?~'.-"'-'"^.77.-2--.'.". -'7?'.'■ 7 '?,?; :;.?'..':W; ,', ..■ --51Z...A.. ?,,. --.'. .? ...'.. ......'*', HURRICANES CAUSE DISASTERS AT SEA Fiji and New Caledonia Swept, Vessels Sunk and the Crews Drowned VICTORIA, March s.—News was brought by the steamer I Makura? today of the disastrous hurricanes in the Fiji and New Caledonia groups,-causing the loss of a number of lives and of many '.vessels..'. 7.,.. The steamer Hornelen from Columbia river # for .Auckland encountered 7 the hurricane' in • the^Tongan group. Its masts ? were carried 7 away,- bulwarks smashed, two boats smashed, two boats splintered ..-* and : the "> deckload swept away.7-';',-, -7- . . - .■" .-'.,,*"*•■■■ The -funnels and bridges were 'the only.? things 'left on the deck when the - - '" 7 • ■ • :. vessel reached Auckland. *; - ' . f * i The steamer Croydon arrived j consid erably 7 overdue, being .44 days from San Francisco to" Auckland. " v *'•'.' \. The schooners Aeroplane and George de Laubardee were sunk at , Noumea, several /members of the crews being drowned. /The-sctiooner^Whlteford, went ashore Ut* Banks ? ; island, }. but v the * crew escaped. The trader Dick Angler went down with all hands off Noumea. \ At Noukulofa, where the steamer Corydon encountered the storm, every, launch'in the harbor was wrecked and half the town was destroyed, many per sons being drowned by tidal waves that followed the blow. ; CYCLIST SPEEDS FOR AID WITH CLOTHING ABLAZE Fresno Boy Probably Will; Die From Burns FRESNO, March s.—With his cloth ing a mass of"flames;. Clifford Seymour, the young? son of Mr. and Mrs. George Seymour, rode on his bicycle from the ... .... - *-'*i%(»*_(f» business center of this city to his home, neadly a mile. He probably will die. ■ v--—wrr'-'y*T,**V*V,fl_ " . *'—'**VS I**'1 **' The lad's clothes were set on fire by f~-i*JEkmt' •*«*-*• - * li*"*-*: the explosion of gasoline that he was using to start a coal fire, in a printing office. Young Seymour rushed from the building, his clothing aflame, and rode to the Emergency hospital, which he found closed. In desperation he con tinued to the home of his mother in the » residence - section. f.. J . ;. V" V**w; v^'SaSjE * ?'Scores of residents beheld him 'i pass by with clothes aflame. When the boy reached- home his;, clothes •-, were prac tically burned from his body and the doctors hold out little hope for his re- ! jcover^. | CALIFORNIA WOMAN CLAIMS BIG ESTATE Mrs. W. J. Sutherland of San Francisco Says She Is Real Widow [Special Dispatch to The [ Call] ?■.. NEW, YORK,' March 5 s.—Two women, each describing herself as 'his 1 "widow,'.' are laying claim to % the estate of ?Col onel. William." James Sutherland, -,; an American :gold mine promoter, who died last April at * Cross - Deep fin ? England. The : estate was valued at more than $1,000,000. - "'-,'-• \J - . .•Agnes? Pearman? Sutherland, formerly of '. Tacoma, „Wash., whose father, Reu ben F. Daffoon, lives at the Hotel Bel mont, this city? is the '"beloved wife" of Sutherland's, will, which was admitted to probate in England j sometime ?bef ore, it was filed with Surrogate Cohalan.in New York, October 31. With a 5 year old son, William J. Sutherland Jr„ Agnes Pearman Sutherland shares the entire estate. . . - . \. ' . Now, however, Mrs. W. J. > Sutherland of No. 210 Octavia street, San Fran- Cisco, has entered suit against the ad ministrators of the estate ;in England to enforce her claim as the widow-of the promoter. She alleges she was married to him in 1574, in St. Joseph's church, Boston, and that there has been no*divorce.",'With two sons, Ignatius, 36 years old, and Victor L., 32, the San Francisco woman lays claim to the entire estate. litigation , is, pending against the ancillary executors for the United States. ROSARY LEADS BURGLAR TO CONFESS HIS CRIMES Objects to Mother's Gift Being Listed "Plunder" . SAN ;DIEGO, ** March s.—r.ather than . *- _ - rJ*^rri-.'»i see a set of rosary beads found in his suitcase classed as the plunder of a -■'■;»___... • . . * .Ih.**"l* _, thief, J. G. Dalelden, professional bur fa>j-«-f*b%fc,,*" ■"" • ,-.. •■■ . 4 ■ ■'■■■■ "■'"'■'* ■ ' """ V " * glar, broke down in the detective's > of flee today, and between- sobs and im- MF^Mrr*"*-' ' .«',•-« -» ,"i ploring to -have the beads returned to him. confessed •* to t having committed eight burglaries, four of them in San Diego and the other four In Sacra mento within the last month. ----- "Give them to me. for God's sake, give them to me, 'and I will . tell all," pleaded Dalelden... .. "They were given to me by my mother when I was a child, and I would gladly spend my days in jail to save her gift from dese cration." The beads were gi\*en to Daleiden tonight, He will be charged with bur r glary. Plunder^valued.at $I.oooi/'waa"" discovered by '■ the officers when they j found his . suitcase.. ''" "\ .■r SCHMITZ FREED ON INSTRUCTION FROM THE COURT Jury in Bribery Case Frames Verdict of Acquittal in lo:**i'rr J ->T?*'???' ■:"■'• _y»v"7j_f'»" _? ' '.'■■■'■ -~--.'-'.' V Six Minutes , Eugene E." Schmitz, former mayor of San 'Francisco, has been. ' spared the humiliation ; of» a prison - 5 sentence as i a climax? to his official disgrace. A jury that * took just { 6 . minutes to * frame its verdict acquitted ,- him * yesterday after noon in Judge » Lawlor's department of the superior court of the f charge of bribing Andrew. M. Wilson, one of the boodling supervisors, after ,4 a trial ex tending over a period of > six weeks. 7 Insufficient evidence to bring about a conviction that would stand the test of the recent supreme , court ruling in the Coffey ? case caused Judge ] Lawlor to advise the jury in the course to fol low, leaving no question of fact to be deliberated. 7:, District^Attorney? Fickert himself made? the motion that brought the case to an abrupt end. 7 -.-'. * X "*£?■' *,*C,i--*i. }•■ ':%)> ■ * -"• '•••»' ; - '-■-•'■ :\ ','.'■■' ", '-,' '- ■-■*■- " Defendant Jubilant * u-?.-_I-v.- *.**--- .-■ e*.* -* *r:*: '*■ --,-v*--v---■■ ' .:■ -' ," % : *,?Every,**indication now points to the speedy .dismissal of the remaining in dictments pending against the defend ant. Jubilant and happy, Schmitz left the * courtroom? with : his lawyers, , un mindful of the fact that the departing jurymen -had- passed him by a moment before without so much as a glance at his half extended hand and the eager smile of victory that he turned on the whole assemblage.*'" * ?'- Seated near by in a-corned. Abraham Ruef, one time ally and closest friend of *• Schmitz, and codefendant with the former '■> mayor in * most: of the graft cases,'? watched : the proceedings 1 until the end. Schmitz was acquitted, the jury discharged and arrangements had been ' made ras% to ';. the postponement <of the other cases when they come up this morning." ' ■ * ' * v Then Judge.;Lawlor,r briefly as pos sible, pronounced the order that will return Ruef , to San Quentin prison to day to serve out. the remainder of his 14 year sentence. • Dramatic Situation It was a dramatic situation for those who have followed the ' graft cases through the five , sensational / years of their history. Bert Schlessinger, attor ney for Ruef, stepped quickly inside the rail and addressed the court in a voice that betrayed his emotion. - » ■ -v- ■■■:,: - -- :: -A ■ -■■ * ** * ■■.■-..■■•■., -.' * ■ - ..;..■■■ ■ « "I was going to suggest, your honor," he said, "that there ought to be some method known to the law whereby Mr. Buef2could be placed upon 7an equal basis .with '-. his '■ associate defendants. They have all been dischargedall freed—and? it . seems to me that he conscience of this court — the con sciences: of ; all the courts :of this f state ought to rebel against this man being ff>>r-*ii~.,< - . - • • • ,- .. taken hto h state's prison while ' his co defendants go entirely free." Judge JL_*.wlor busied himself with the papers on ,- his , desk. ■ ", "Perhaps that is not a subject upon which **• this court should express itself at this time," he said. Later, when the court had adjourned, he agreed with' the spirit of the stand taken by Ruefs attorney. ....... ? This afternoon Ruef will be taken -.. . * . back across . the bay to * the • grim seclu sion of high stone walls, which he left - Contlnu*d*onVPage 5, Column 3 ■ .- * . *. .' - , - . v ;■' THE WEATHER :' t .l.tlt, W Cf/1 1 tl£Lt\ YESTERDAY '■;— Highest temperature, 58; •*: lowest Monday fright, 52. FORECAST FOR TODAY—Rain; brisk to yMig^mßtufoinds. , a^T" ""^Sfc^J-i^" of the Weather See Page 15 PRICE FIVE CENTS. PRESIDENTS RECORD IS PRAISED Leaders of the Good Govern ment Forces Form League for Campaign SENATOR CM. BELSHAW HEADS ORGANIZATION Forward March for "Califor* nia's Best Friend" Begun With Enthusiasm Chiefs Who Will Lead Progressives Battle PRESIDENT M. Bel shaw, Contra Costa. S SECRETARY—Joseph - E. Cut ten, San Francisco. VICE PRESIDENTS—A. .-';!« : Shlnn ? and Marshal Hale, San .Francisco. EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE *B. B. Tuttle, Yolo. 77 '■77 Byron Man-}', , ' 7 Fred G- Sanborn, ._..„... W.D. Fennlmorc,"" '- C. A,' 1' Munlock, Andrea Sbarboro, Marlon D." Conn, 7;V?Ai D. Fret*,, Alexander Russell, • ■■■■;■■■ # 7, :■■;.: San Francisco. 'M. E. Sanborn, Sutter. Colonel D. W. Lone-well. . -J. V. Kelley, ?; ■. Los Angeles. ■ H. Ward Brown, San Mateo. <• W. P. Lyon, ' ' 7 Santa Clara. A. E. Miller, -' - Sacramento. GEORGE A. VAN SMITH CAPTAINED by the pioneer /leaders of their fights for a " free party and,free government. "??: the progressive repuolicans of California formed their ranks yester day for: the forward march for?Taft and republican national success. 7 - The Taft League of Progressive Re publicans of California was formally organized at the Palace hotel by re publicans generally , representative of the forces that made Hiram W. John son governor of California and of the i.thousands of republicans who have j fought -unceasingly * during the last decade in the cause of: progressive re publicanism. ??'*-',.■■.. : j / Under the leadership of the men who led them four years ago, the thousands; i of progressive republicans in Califor t nia whose progressive republicanism is | untainted ? with , the lust for personal I preferment will -be: organized again ;to | make the {winning* fight for a Califor \ nia delegation ;for*Taft. ;. | Preserving organization autonomy I and their identity as adherents of ;.the policies they have championed 7 for? years, the Taft League of Progressive ; Republicans will perfect organizations ' POULSEN WIRELESS IS NOW OPEN FOR BUSINESS TO CHICAGO : ? We recommend the purchase of the shares of • this i company, which is rapidly dpvplop - Ing i Into *s a s factor in ? all i telegraph : business. 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