nighret Temperature Yeeterday, 2; r,ovre«t Snmla;
Muht. 50. For /lot at Is of the Weather gee i>anr IB
an investment of $272,000,000
since April 18, 1906, to No
vember 1, 1912, in new buildings.
VOLUME CXIIL—NO. 80.
SUPERVISORS' PLAN
IS TURNED DOWN
BY SPRING VALLEY
Water Company, Rejecting
Rail Commission Arbitra
tion, Says: "We Can Not
Understand Why Proposi
tion, Known in Advance to
Be Unacceptable, Should
Be Offered by the Board"
RUMOR IS OUT FIRM
WILL TAKE $37,000,000
Officials Deny Report They
Will Be Satisfied With the
City's Figures and Indi
cate They Will Stand Pat
for Additional $500,000,
Price Set by Directorate
The Spring Valley Water rnmpany
yesterday rejected the supervisors'
proposal to allow the state railroad
commission to determine Its value for
the purpose of purchase, the letter of
reply from the directors saying '"vTp
ran not understand the purpose of a
resolution which, it was well known in
advance, would not be accepted by this
company."
At the same time a rtimor gained
< irculatlon that the company would ac
cept the previous SHT.OOO.OOO offer by
the city, since President Bourn, said to
v>e the person who held out most
strongly for a higher price, had been
rersuaded by other directors and cer
tain of the bond holders to change his
stand.
This was stroncrlv dented by officials
of the cpmpauy-
"There is absoli:tely no truth to the
statement," said Secretary John E.
Rehan. ""We have no idea what could
have given rise to such an impression."
'•,o=sip of financial circles lays much
stress on the probability of ultimate
success of the negotiations and the de
sire of the water company to sell.
THE SPRIXG VAM-EY LETTER
The reply of the Spring Valley direc
tors was read before* the supervisors
rervisor Koshland, and was then
placed on file. Mayor Rolph said he
ivoulrl not take further steps without
consulting with the board. The letter
is as follows:
a regular meeting of the board
of directors of the Spring Valley Water
company held this day, on motion, duly
anil seconded, it was unanimous
oived that the secretary be in
structed to addro<=s a communication
■ ■: as follows:
'• 'Wo beg to acknowledge receipt of
a letter from the clerk of the board of
supervisors inclosing a copy of resolu-
Xn. e?4 (new series).
* \\ NOT rVDERSTAXI) MOTIVE
" 'The attitude of this company with
to the proposal contained in the
resolution was well known to all mem
• f the board of supervisors. W«
team from the public press that when
the vote was taken on the resolution
numbers of the board were evenly
divided, and that the resolution was
formerly declared carried by a change
of vote, at the request of the mayor,
by one of the members who had op
it. We can not understand the
purpose of a resolution proposing a
P'aii of arbitration which, it was well
known in advance, would not be ac
cepted by this company.'"
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CHESS PLAYERS PLEASED
Comment by Vallejo Editor
rriUW tbc Vallejo Evening C'hrorticlO
It is pleasing to chess lovers—
and there are many in our city—
to know that the San Francisco
Call has commenced a chess cor
ner for its Sunday edition, and it
starts out with snap and interest.
It is edited and managed by Ern
est J. Clarke, who from the first
shows a keen appreciation of the
game and its attractions. One
little story in the beginning is a
paragraph on Professor Ryder
of the University of California,
;aid to be founded on fact, in
which that distinguished gentle
man is shown to be clever at the
game. But for The Call's chess
editor, it might never have been
written. It goes to show what
there i« in chess, and how a
game, no matter how intricate,
lingers in the memory and re
mains a delight long after it is
ended. The starting of a chess
corner means that The Call will
have many new readers by rea
son thereof. The Call under its
new management has been vast
ly improved, both in editorial,
news work and in typographical
appearance, and today it is a
better paper than ever.
THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL
"The People's Newspaper" \
OCEAN DESTROYS
WORK OF YEARS
Caisson Bottom at Pearl Harbor
Yields to Pressure — New Site
Must Be Selected
HOXOLULU, T. 11., Feb. IT.—Ocean
pressure burst today the bottom ot
the great caisson which had been sunk
for the construction of the Pearl har
bor drydock.
There -were no fatalities, but the
loss in machinery was heavy. The
■wreck of the caisson also dissipated
years of work in the attempt to build
a firm foundation for the improve
ment.
Several engineers said the bursting
of the caisson indicates that the soil
conditions of the site selected will
make impossible the construction of
the drydock and another must be
chosen.
LID IS CLAMPED DOWN
TIGHTER ON "THE COAST"
-Vo Female Visitor* In Any Saloon In
District Bounded by AVasblntrtun,
Uupont, Vallejo aud the Daj-
Clamping the lid down still tighter
than before by a resolution which prac
tically does away with all slumming
part'es te the Barbary coaet the police
commissioners last night ruled that no
female visitors or patrons should be
permitted in any saloon or dancehall
in the district bounded by Washington,
Dupont and Vallejo streets and the
bay. Furthermore, no women may be
employed to sell or solicit the sale of
liquors In such places. The ruling goes
in effect March 1.
COLD WEATHER IN ITALY
Mercury Below Zero In Rome—Mount
Etna Covered With Snow
ROME, Feb. 17.—The exceptionally
cold spell prevailing throughout Italy
reached Its climax tonight In a snow
storm after the temperature had falleD
several degrees below zero. In Mes
sina the winter has been the severest
for 20 years. Mount Etna Is entirely
white with snow and presents a mag
nificent spectacle at night.
FINE IS PAID WITH ECLAT
Society Turns Oat U> See Albert Pollard
(.Ive Town 910
(Spssfa , , DUpsMh to The Call)
HusitS, Feb. 17.—Society turned out !n
forsa tonight to see Albert Pollard,
member of the Pollard Steamship and
Pollard Lumber companies of San
Francisco, pay a $10 fine for letting one
of hia prize dogs appear in the streets
unmuzzled.
THAT CHICAGO WEATHER
>e*r German Vice Consul Think , * It , a
Something Fierce
(Special Dispatch to Tfce Call)
CHICAGO. Feb. 17.— Herr Consul
Eckhardt yon Schack, the young Sile
sian who has just arrived to act as
German vice consul, today declared
Chicago weather execrable. He was
pleased with everything else.
MRS. WORKS TO ENTERTAIN
nlifc.rnla Delegation Will Dine at Home
of Junior Senntor Wedneaday
Special Dfspateti to TLe Call)
WASHINGTON, Feb. 17.—Mrs. John
D. Works, wife of Senator Works of
California, will entertain at dinner in
honor of the California delegation
Wednesday.
FATAL SLIDE BARES ORE
Nevada Winer, Working Two Yearn on
Lease, Killed an Wealth Near*
MANHATTAN, Nev., Feb. 17.—Forty
tons of rock buried Alexander Hub Hey
here today and cheated him of a for
tune. The slide that killed him laid
bare a rich ore vein. For two years
TFubley had been working alone on a
lease in which he had faith.
PRINCE RUNS DOWN CHILD
..-ilirrlnniJji Noble Srrloimly Injure*
TwMfrtH While Automobiling
HEDDERKHBIK, Germany, Fob. 17.
Prince Henry of the Netherlands ran
over and seriously injured a 5 year
old child while driving an automobile
in Heddernheim yesterday. He picked
the child up and took it to a hospital.
MRS. YOUNG QUITS BOARD
Chicago School Superintendent Resign*
Postilion Under State
CHICAGO. Feb. 17.—Mrs. Klla Flag*
Young, superintendent of public
schools, resigned today as a member of
the state board of education. Her
resignation was not due to politics, she
said.
ATTACK GIRL WITH KNIFE
1 him* Cut Her WrUt to Force Her to
(ilre t'p rurae
Thugs used a sharp knife on the
wrists of Clara Minto, 22 years old, to
force the girl to give up her purse
last night in the Mission. The girl
gave up the purse, which contained $5,
and the holdup men fled.
SYLVIA ARRESTED AGAIN
Mtus Pankbumt Taken While Throwing
Stone* Through \\ indovre
LONDON. Feb. 17.—For the third time
this month Miss Sylvia Pankhurst is
under arrest. She was taken by the
police while engaged with other suf
fragettes in window breaking in the
cast end.
SA# FRANCJSOa TUESDAY, FEMUARY 18, 1913.-PAGES 1 TO 10.
HARRIMAN CHIEFS
PRESENT TO WIND
UP GREAT MERGER
Robert S. Lovett of Union
Pacific and William
Sproule of Southern
Pacific Conferring
ARE HERE TO MEET
COMMISSION
Dissolution Will Not Affect
Terminals Nor Ferry and
Suburban Traffic
Effects of Dissolution
Ferry System Unchanged
Following are some of the ef
fects of the unmerging of the
Southern Pacific and Union Pa
ciflc lines as outlined by officials
of both roads:
Rijchteen hundred mile* of C
P. (Infon) line* In California
will be eeiiarated from Southern
Pacific.
Ferry system operated nnder
joint management will not be
affected.
Passengrer and freiKht business
as far as public i* concerned will
he practically as It has been for
years.
Arbitration will be rpnoriod to 7
I If agreement can not be reached I
trlth Mate railroad rommiiilon T
i end T'nitfd Stntem courts, per , >
plans outlined by the latter.
• Pennlnn reg-uletlons affecting; I
* 62,000 employe* -will not be '
changed and all contract* of ■
either road tvIH remain as If there [
had been no dissolution.
1 nlnn Pacific own* xhn|«< In (
Sneramentn and nntll Southern j
I Pacific* make* other arrangement* L
1 all work nill be done there.
i Dumbarton cutoff will be used j
jolelly by both ll»e« that *>~„( h- '
era Paciflc may run Itn train* dl- •
rei-tly Into Sen Kranclnco.
i < •
•southern Pacific will make con- •
V cessions to Vnion Pacific on Red- j
i wood City to Son Francisco i
branch and other lines. *
6 ■ 6
Officials of the Union Paeiflc and
Southern Pacific lines of the Harriman
system arrived yesterday '.morning
from Omaha on a special train after
attending numerous conferences in New
York and Washington relative to the
federal supreme court's decision that,
the roads must dissolve the merger
that has existed between them for
years.
Judge Robert 8. Lovett, chairman of
the board of directors of the Union Pa
cific, and William Sproule, president of
the Southern Pacific, made it known
that they would appear before the
state railroad commission of Cali-:
fornia tomorrow morning and answer
any questions regarding the unmerg
!ng of the two big railroad systems of
the Harriman organization.
The conferences in the east were for
the purpose of learning just what pro
cedure the government desired the
corporations to take in the pending
separation of their respective inter
ests.
PERSOXXKL OF PARTY
Aboard the special train were Judge
J. A. Munrop, vice president of
the Union Pacific; Gerrit Fort, general
passenger agent of the Union Pacific;
Mr. Sproule and William F. Ilerrin,
vice president of the Southern Pacific.
The officials immediately entered in-
Ito consultation in the general offices
I in the Flood building and went over
j the local situation and Judge L,ovett
I and Mr. Sproule later gave statements
bearing on the-eituatlon.
"The service of the two corporations,
including all suburban lines, will not
in any way affected by the merger,"
I said Judge Lovett. "The impression
has been that there would be an up- j
setting of service so far as passengers
are concerned, but the public will not
in any way be inconvenienced, no mat
ter how the decision falls.
TKHMI>AIS TO OPKRATE JOINTLY
"All terminals will be operated
jointly under the agreement. The
ferry system and the electric systems
already are operated jointly and. as
all are commercially interlaced, it
would be impossible to separate them,
and we have no desire to do so. Our
whole purpose has been to accomplish
the work of separation with as little
disturbance to the general public as
possible. There will be absolutely no
disturbance of the suburban service.
"The Southern Pacific tracks from
Oakland to Paernmento, via Benicia,
will be operated jointly by the Central
Pacific and Southern Pacific. The Cen
tral Pacific line north of Tehama is
the link between California and Oregon,
and the government requires it to be
transferred to the Southern Pacific to
preserve the Shasta route.
"The Dumbarton cutoff will be used
jointly by the two corporations and
the Southern Pacific is to give the
Union Pacific right to run from Red
wood City to San Francisco.
"Features concerning trackage ar
Continued on Pave 2. Column 5
JOAQUIN MILLER PASSES
"POET OF SIERRAS" ENTERS PEACE
Conscious to Last.
He Meets End
Confident
Ashes to -Minglej
With Dust of
Loved Ones
Joaquin Miller is dead. The vener
able "Poet of-the Sierras," in his seven
ty-third year, breathed his last at his
picturesque home all "The Hights," in
the beautiful hills back of Fruitvale,
at 3 o'clock yesterday. Miller passed
away,in the presence of his wif£, Abby
Miller, and daughter! Miss Juanita Mil
ler. He was parti* conscious at the
last and was avvar that death was
about to occur.
High on a funeral pyre built by the
poet his ashes will be strewn, to be
blown by the winds over the hills he
loved to their final resting place, in
accordance with his Inst wishes.
The world is in mourning today for
the last of the immortal California trio
—Bret H-irtfi. Mark Twain and Joaquin
Miller, said by T-,ord Tennyson to be
the greatest poet this country ever pro
duced.
DEATH WAS EASY FOR POET
Death was easy for the great man
whose verse has accompanied California J
in its history and whose works are
known -wherever men read poetry, i
Miller realized his end was naar and I
gloried in the fact that he was soon i
to stand at the great moment. In his |
last words he welcomed death with a
smile and urged his coming.
"I want deatii; I prefer death. I
know I can not livo, for I am dying.
Pity me, pity nip; take me away, take .
me away, , ' were the last words spoken. I
During his last moments his mind was j
clear and he dwplt tenderly on his j
many friends and acquaintances and {
spoke lovingly of hit wife and daugh
ter and the glories ( f nature. •
"You are so capab a and industrious.
Abby," he spoke to iis wife, who was
sitting on his couch, "and I love you."
KKFISKI) Mi:i»M V! AID
Mrs. MlHer endeavored, to press some ;
, d—! I
< nut iniK-.l on I'aicc :$, ( oluiiiu 1
Rudolph Writes to "Dear Jim"
Rolph Writes to "Dear Rudolph"
Spring Valley Topic Discussed
Rudolph to "My Dear Jim":
"Your active participation in the negotiations for the city's purchase
of Spring Valley was in bad taste, in view of your business relationship
with the Bank of California, and particularly when the president of that
bank was an active member of the committee that represented the
Spring Valley in those negotiations."
Jim to "My Dear Rudolph ,, :
"I really feel that it is an act of kindness on my part to point out
to you that your intense self-righteousness, combined with your most
extraordinary admiration for yourself, is making you ridiculous."
Beginning their respective commun
ications to each other with the affec
tionate address of "My Dear Jim" and
"My Dear Rudolph," Rudolph Spreck
els and Mayor Rolph have entered
into a personal controversy over the
Spring Valley purchase through the
medium of an exchange of letters.
Under a thin veneer of extreme cour
tesy Mr. Hpreckels apd the mayor have
each offered to the other some direct
and pointed criticism and have each
indulged in some ungentle sarcasm and
pointed personal flings. Following: the
receipt of a letter from Mr. Spreckele
from Washington, V. C. on the sub
I "An Independent Newspaper"
Latest picture of the poet of the Sierras taken four weeks ago, his daugh
ter, Juanita, and himself in front of his home, and the tomb in which he will rest.
ject of Spring Valley yesterday after
noon, Mayor Rolph promptly dictated a
reply, and last night made both the
original letter and the answer public.
The two letters follow:
"Washington. D. C, February 12,
1913. Honorable James Rolph, Jr.,
Mayor's Office, San Francisco, Cah
"My dear Jim: Until now I held the
hopo. that you would realize your ob
ligation to our city, and not permit
your personal interests and business
associations to assert themselves when
dealing with public ijuestions. Your
active participation in the negotiations
Continued on Page 10, Column 5
SOLDIERS IN PLOT
STAB ENVER BEY,
YOUNG TURK CHIEF
"Best Soldier in Sultan's
Army" Severely Wound
ed in Attack by Dis
gruntled Troopers
LONDON, Feb. 17.—Turkish soldiers
early today attempted to assassinate,
and succeeded in severely wounding,
Enver Bey, the young Turk leader.
A news agency dispatch by wireless
from Constantinople says that Enver
was stabbed several times, but gives no
further details.
Enver last week made a disastrous
effort to pierce the flanks of the Bul
garian army on the shores of the Sea of
Marmora, but the Ottoman troops were
beaten back with terrible losses.
He was one of the leaders in the re
cent revolt of "young Turks," which led
to a renewal of the war between Tur
key and the Balkan states. Several
threats against his life had been made
among the disgruntled soldiery, who
were aroused by the assassination of
Nazim Pasha, their beloved commander
In chief.
Enver was a prominent military lead
er in the war with Tripoli, and was
called by European experts "the best
soldier in the Turkish army."
GREAT OPPOSITION TO
NEW JAPANESE PREMIER
Old Constitutionalists Vow \o( to Sup
port Government Unlesa Cabinet
Adheres to Party
TOKYO, Japan, Feb. 17. —The new
Japanese cabinet under the premier
ship of Count Yamamoto is meeting
with great opposition from the old con
stitutional party. At a meeting today
the constitutionalists resolved not to
support the government unless all
members of the cabinet adhered to the
party. In consequence the position of
Count Yamamoto has become about as
untenable- as that of former Premier
Prince Taro Katsura.
It is considered in leading political
circles unlikely that Premier Yama
moto will yield. It is believed that he
will report to the emperor his inability
to transact business while the diet re
mains in session.
DR. COOK IS TURNED DOWN
Attorney Say* .No Jury Could Deter
mine \orth Pole Controversy
LOS ANGELES, Feb. 17.—N0 jury
could decide the north pole contro
versy, asserted Deputy District Attor
ney Blair today in declining to issue a
warrant charging criminal libel at the
instance of Dr. Frederick A. Cook. A
Pasadena newspaper recently com
mented satirically on the exploits of
Doctor Cook, and he desired to have
the editor punished.
- tVEATHRR FORECASTS
. j> Kir, brink north ninrin.
YOTNU man w>>'ild Ilk" to start with :->mf> re
liable company, rf-al estate preffrr«l. nnd l<\irn
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. pack, changeable back hihl extension bellows,
FOR CONTINUATION OF THESE ADVERTISE
MENTS SEE CLASSIFIED PAGES.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
TWO THOUSAND
MARINES WILL
WATCH MEXICO
ON CUBAN SOIL
Sea Soldiers Mobilized at
Eastern Ports by Presi
dent Will Go Aboard the
Transports Today and Sail
for Naval Base at Guan
tanamo to Be Ready for
Invasion Should Condi
tions in Turbulent Repub
lic Demand Drastic Action
ARMY IS ORDERED
TO REST ON ARMS
Taft Does Not Desire to
Leave War Upon His Suc
cessor's Hands, but He
Would Concur at Eleventh
Hour of His Term Should
Congress Vote to Suppress
Civil Struggle With Which
Madero Now Is Occupied
BT M.ETIV
CITY OF MEXICO, Feb. 17.— \t 1f»:3«
o'clock tonight there was fighting
tlirouchniit the center of the city. Gen
eral IlutTTn this attempting to encir
cle the arsenal and to advance hi*
linen so that he could drop mortar
liombft within General Diaz* strong
hold. The rebels were resisting the
advance with terrific machine gun fire.
General Blanquet has been made com
mander of the reserve at the national
palace and General Huertn Iμ person
jiKv leading tonight the assault on thr
arsenal.
BILLETIX
MEXICO CITY, Feb. 17.—1t Iβ re
ported that Francisco de la Barra Trill
be arre*ted mt the first opportunity for
alleged complicity In the rebellion.
BIM,ETISf
MEXICO CITY, Feb. 17.—The fed
eraln were preparing tonight to u»e
dynamite bombs In an assault on the
Diaz position*. A sustained attack hjr
the federals against the Y. M. C. A.
building this afternoon was repulsed
by the rebels.
WASHINGTON. Feb. IT.—Two thou
sand United States marines from vari
ous barracks along tho Atlantic? coast
were ordered to Cuba today, there to be
held In readiness for possible use In
Mexico.
Half of them will leave tomorrow
night from Philadelphia on the army
transport Meade on its way from New
port News for the purpose.
The second thousand will start from
Norfolk on the naval transport Prairie
which, it Is expected, will clear
Wednesday.
The marines will be drawn from the
barracks at Norfolk. Washington, Phil
adelphia, New York, Portsmouth, Bos
ton and Charleston.
GUAVTANAMO IS DESTINATION
GuatUanamo is the present objective
point of the marines, who will be estab
lished in camp In connection with the
fleet under the command of Rear Ad
miral Badger.
Whether these men will pet farther
than Guantanamo will depend upon
Mexican developments.
The marine brigade will be in com
mand of Colonel Lincoln Karmany; thn
First regiment, which leaves from Phil
adelphia, being , in charge of Colonel
George Barnett of Philadelphia, with
Lieutenant Colonel John A la Jeune of
New York, second In command.
The Second regiment, sailing from
Norfolk, will be under Colonel Joseph
IT. Pendleton. who was active in the re
cent activity of American marines in
Nicaragua, and lieutenant Charles G.
Long, who also was in Nicaragua, will
be second in command.
rRESIDEXT STIM. A>.XOYED
President Taft plainly is worried by
the fact that although he has only 17
more days to serve in the White House,
the situation in Mexico shows little
signs of becoming less troublesome.
The president has no desire to leave
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