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SCHLACKS BARES THREATS AGAINST WESTERN PACIFIC Gould Road Vice President on Stand at Hearing Says He Was Warned to Shun Competitors TRACK CONTRACTS AS CLUB, HE AVERS Told Not to Expect Traffic Interchange If Electric . Were Recognized Continued From Peer 1 Valle.io) that our contract might be ended." Tie added that he had a talk with Mr. Sproule and that Mr. Sproule had told him that the Western Pacific could scarcely expect to have an Interchange of traffic with the Southern Pacific < ompany 1f it entered Into contracts vctth other Unes opposed to the sys tem. Mr. Schlaeks said that his company 'ad put on a 100 hours fruit express to •"hicago and that a protest came from N>w York bankers who were financing the opposition. It was made plain to the president of the Western Pacific in Xew York that the Southern Pacific and its allied corporations objected to the plan of fast service. W. P. LOSES FREIGHT TRAFFIC "Wγ went back to the 140 hour? *■ -I , Mule." said Mr. Schlacks, "and T noticed that this beat the former fast schedules by 24 hours and that was simp help to the shippers. '•We grot little of the fruit shipped after the protest wag made. Pressure was brought on the shippers In various *vavs and they deserted us." • Mr. Wheeler had 11. M. Adams, traffic mana-ger of the Western Pacific, on the etand to show how the Southern Pa riflc railroad was charging the Western Pacific six-sevenths of the rates paid the new company for certain trackage privileges in San Francisco, Oakland and elsewhere. A few minutes before Mr. Adams tor>ic the stand A. A. Denison, secre tary of the Oakland Chamber of Com jnierce, presented Oakland's desire "to have maintained fair terms of equality fcetween the rail carriers relative to the terminals on the other side of the bay." DODGES THREAT ORIGIN During the cross examination of Mr. s, hlacks by William F. Herrin for the Southern Pacific, Mr. Schlacks deft\y '■>dged the direct question of who had threatened him as related in his pre » ions testimony. W. W. Cotton for the Union Pacific argued that the Southern Pacific, on paying the Western Pacific for certain rights, was In the same position as the Western Pacific was when it paid the Southern Pacific or ?nv other road for similar rights. It vra& ■ matter of reciprocity, he said. Traffic Expert Sanbnrn of the --ail r<->ad commission gave the commission, Ht the commission's request, a history of the early organizations of all the roads subsequently known bs the Tlar rlman system. '"'hairman Ksh'eman of tlie railroad commission during the afternoon hear ing received a message from the attor ney general, saying that the decision Involving the contract made subse quent* to the supreme court's unmerg ing order would be withheld until the commission could be heard from. Arguments for the contending rail roads were begun at 4:1-") o'clock and ia*ted out!! "•-'•"' o'clock. B, J. Mc- Cutchop represented the Central Pa cific and was the first speaker. Judge < "otton followed for the Union Pacific, ft;. S. Wheeler spoke for the Western Pacific and Mr. Herrin closed with the Southern Pacific's contentions. IMan Assailed in St. Louis <ST. LOITIfi, Feb. 24.—The Ftock rlis •••ihution plan for the dissolution of the Union Pacific-Southern Pacific merger, which had been agreed upon by counsel for the Ilarriman lines and Attorney Meneral Wickersham was criticised here today in arguments before the federal judges who must pass on the scheme before it can become effective. The dissolution plan was placed be fore the United States court for the district of Utah, which for this particu lar purpose was composed of Mrculf? judges. The judges who heard the ar guments and who now hold the outcome of the famous merger suit In their hands were Walter H. , Sanborn of St. F'aul, William C Hook of Leavenworth, Kan., and Walter 1. Smith of Council Bluffs, la. The objection to the stock distribu tion plan was entered in the arguments by F. W. M. Cutcheon, counsel for the Western Pacific Railway company. The clause in the dissolution plan providing for the exclusive use of the Bc-oicia cutoff, the short line V-tweon Oakland and Sacramento, by the South ern Pacific and the Union Pacific was denounced by Mr. Cutcheon. Maxwell Evarts, counsel for the Southern Pacific, in discussing this phase of the plan, said: ••The Southern Pacific Is willing to grant to the Western Pacific whatever i Slits it now has over the Benicla cut off. Those rights the Southern Paclflfl illingr to perpetuate." Sacramento Chamber Protests .SACRAMENTO, Feb. 24.—At a meet ing , of the Chamber of Commerce today resolutions were adopted opposing the proposed joint lease of the Central Pacific tracks between Sacramento and Oakland to the Southern Pacific and the Union Pacific. Only two votes were cast against the resolutions. F.W.W. CALLS 15,000 OUT Hayvtood and Elizabeth tiurley Flynn lo Direct Jcraey Silk Worker* (Bp*cfkl Plspat'-h to Tbe Call) NEW YORK. Feb. 24.—A strike of more than 15,000 silk workers in Pater son, N. J., has been planned to begin tomorrow. The strike will be under direction of the Industrial Workers of the World. William l>. Haywood and Klizabeth Gurley Flynn will be on hand. DANISH KING IN BERLIN Kaiser and Household at Station Give Ruler and Q,ueen State Entry (Sptefal Cable to The Call.) BERLIN', Feb. 24. —A picturesque <tate entry into Berlin took place to day when King , Christian X of Den mark and Queen Alexandria arrived. Kmperor William and members of the imperial family with their suites were Ht the station. Thousands assembled in front of the station. Codes multipTaphed and typewritten. Addressing. Lists. Kamgcy Oppen- I eltn C". 112 K>arny street. Jfhone tetter 15!66.--Advt. Chief Rabbi Going to London New York Prelate Transferred Dr. Joseph H. Hertz, chief rabbi of the British empire. Noted Hebrew Divine Elected to Fill Respon sible Position in British Empire \E\V YORK, Feb. 24.—Dr. Joseph H. Hertz, the newly elected chief rabbi of the British empire, will leave within the next few days for London, where he will make his headquarters about March 5. In the accompanying reproduction from his latest photograph, Doctor Hertz is seen in the study of his home at 9 East Ninety seventh street. KING COAL COMPANY IS MEETING FOREIGN BUTE Utah Product as Cheap as Supply Brought In by Vessels For Use first time In the history of San Francisco local dealers can buy domestic coal shipped into the city hy rail as cheap as they can purchase it from foreign countries shipped in by water. r The King Coal company of this fit; , . dealers in the output of the coal mines in Utah, owned by the United States Smelting and Refining company, an nounced yesterday that it would sell egg grade coal for $8 per ton. This is the price charged dealers for this grade of coal shipped in by boat. There is a great demand for this grade of coal along the coast, and upon the suggestion of J. S. Critchlow of the King Coal company, B. L,. Carpenter of the United Stafs Smelting and Re fining company during a visit recently decided to inert the ra.tea b< the for eign thjpftere. The change is a reduc tion or more than $1 per ton. The dif ference in rail shipped coal is from $1 to %- more than water transported coal. Retail dealers will charge $12 per ton for the prade affected by the change in the wholesale price.. prom 4,000 tons per day output of the Utah mines there la a great sur plus of the egg gni'Jc of coal that is used extensively by tiie small con sumer?. Siix-o the United States Smelting and Refining .ompaiiy bought the Utah coal mines a year ago their engineers have reported that there are more than 100.000,000 tons of coal available—suf ficient to last at the rate it is being mined at the present time for the next century. The company ships only to the Pacific coast. For the present other grades.of coal will not be sold for lesa than the prices now in effect. LITTLE BABY DIES IN COURT OF STARVATION Indignant Judge order* Father to Jail Following Pitiful Incident Before Him (Special Dispatch, to The Cell) CHICAGO, Feb. 24. — Starvation claimed a baby in its mother's arms in the court of domestic relations to day a few minutes after Frank Stupka, proprietor of a tailor shop, had told Judge Uhlir that he was unable to support his wife and child. When told that the child had died the father showed his indifference. "Send this man to jail," thundered the court. WIN RACE WITH DEATH San t rmiflsm Woman and Slater Reach Baltimore In Time to See Father (Special Piepetch to tie Cell) BALTIMORE, Feb. 24.—Mrs. Charles B. Lewis of San Francisco and Mrs. Hugh Lennox Hodge of Silver City, .N. ML won the race with death this morn ing -when they arrived in Balttmore while their father, Thomas W. Gough, was able to recognize them. THE RAX FRANCFSCO CALL. TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1913. TUBE TELLS OF HIS WARNING CONTINENTAL I Former Commissioner Says He Cautioned Concern of Realty Loans ■ The Continental Building and L»oan j association *as considered solvent by Jacob P. Tranfup of Los Angeles when be was building and loan commissioner, but he warned the officers of the com pany that they were carrying too many realty loans. This was the tes timony of the former state official be fore Judge Seawell yesterday at the resumption of the hearing of Com missioner Walker's petition for court sanction of his act in taking charge of the Continental. Attorney R. P. Ilenshall for the de fense and Assistant Attorney General Harrison for the state informed Jndge Seawell that the submission of testi mony would be concluded today. Tt was agreed that argument would begin March 5. The testimony of Transue was ob tained by Mr. Harrison in rebuttal of testimony by Continental officials that the corporation had b,een conducted on an entirely basis. He declared that he .had warned the officials of the Continental half a dozen times that the realty they were carrying might prove a handicap in case the corporation found it beceagary to liquidate hastily. ROYAL BAKING POWDER Absolutely Pure ROYAL—the most celebrated of all the baking powders in the world—celebrated for its great leavening strength and purity. It makes your cakes, biscuit, bread, et&, healthful, it insures you against alum and all forms of adulteration that go with the low priced brands. BOARD REJECTS SOCIALISTS' PLEA School Directors Rescind Ac tion Permitting Meet ings in Buildings Three Members Who Fa vored Plan Absent and / Minority Rules OAKLAND, Feb. 24.—The board of education at a meeting tonight rescind ed the action taken a week ago and voted against the request of three so cialist organizations for permission to hold public meetings in tho school houses. When the Twenty-third Avenue So cialist club, the Women's Socialist league and the Young People's Socialist league applied for permission to meet in the schools the request was voted down. School Directors A. S. Kelly, F. B. Cook and Harry Boyle, who were In favor of the plan, were unable to be present, and Miss Annie F. Brown was the only supporter of it. Those who voted against it were Directors C. M. Orr, John Forrest and M. R. Bronner. UtU Brown said that she would re open the question at the next meeting of the board. A. P. Stlefvater protested against using the new Dewey school as an in termediate school. No action was taken. The contract for the construction of anew school in Perry street was award ed to the Van Sant-Houghton company for 166,468. TWIN PEAKS TUNNEL TO START ON 17TH STREET fllajrtau l'l o>haiiehnpMv to Eliminate Proposed Subway From Present Plana On a recommendation from City En gineer O'Shauglmessy the board of works decided yesterday to confine the construction of the Twin peaks tunnel to the main bore from Seventeenth street southwesterly to the exit on the other side of the elevation, thus elim inating for the present the proposed subway approach which was to extend from Seventeenth street to Valencia, McCoppin and Mission streets. Mr. OShauglmessy, in advising against the preparation of plans and specifications for the subway, ex plains that the matter requires ad iditlonal study since, in his opinion, it may be necessary to build the subway 1 considerably farther than at first pro posed. He suggests that the extension will probably be made as far as Third j street. ROLPH FAVORS TURNING OVER CITY LOTS TO KIDS ! Mayor IMußtieted With Uw Rids for Leases Sujcseetn Municipality Fol- Iptt Strauss Firm's Plan Mayor Rolph. in auctioneering five pieces of city property for lease at the meeting of the board of supervisors I yesterday, received racn unsatisfactory [ bids that he delated a great deal of i'ity land should rrM leased at all. i but reserved for public playgrounds. I "Since the dedication Saturday of the I X overalls playground by Lcvi Strauss & Co. on the lot adjoining their fac tory in Valencia street, it has struck me that this example might well b* , I followed by other manufacturers and !by the city," satd Mayor Rolph to the I supervisors. WALSH CONFESSES GUILT Sfe~W York roller Captain Admit* Col- lectins? Money* NEW YORK. Feb. IS. —Police Captain j Thomas W. Walsh, implicated by Po- J liceman Eugene Fox, self-confessed col- j lector of "protection money." who later i confessed to having received graft money from Fox. pleaded guilty today j to the indictment against ging | bribery. Bail was fixed at $1,000 and sentence deferred at the request of district At torney Whitman, to whom Walsh con- j feased his part in th" alleged system of levying tribute from disorderly | houses. Inspector Sweeney, who since his in dictment on charges of bribery has been reduced in rank to captain, plead ed not guilty. NEW YORK INDICATOR HERE Edward W. Stitt, district superin tendent of schools of New York city md superintendent of evening recrea tion centers In the public schools in ;hat city, arrived here yesterday to attend the Pacific coast playground md recreation congress, which opens oday. In the afternoon he called on President d'Ancona o< the hoard of 'dncation and expressed his great sat sf;iction of the course of the board in iMiatlag the playgrounds commission. 'jater he was escorted to a number of the pchoola. ___^____^____ SUNNY DAY FOR THE WILSON INAUGURAL So Says the Weather Bureau, But Street Department Takes No Chance Vice President Elect Turns Down Appropriation for House Rent "WASHINGTON, Feb. 24.—Despite the fact that the weather bureau has prom ised "Washington clear and bright weather for inauguration' day, the street cleaning department of the city proposes to l>e prepared for a repeti tion of the blizzard that married the ceremony four years ago. A large, forer of men has been thoroughly organized. ! Besides 300 men regularly employed, an additional 300 will be available should conditions make it necessary to keep the line of march free from snow. These men will be held in readiness on the morning of the parade. They will be massed near the beginning , of the line of march and if necessary precede the marchers and sweep the snow to ward the side of the streets, at the same time brushing the cleared space as dry as possible. The line of march this year is nearly two miles long, and the entire distance will be watched and kept clean and free. The isolation of Washington which made the inauguration of President ' Taft four years ago such a memorable one can not occur this year, according to information obtained from the tele phone and telegraph companies here. Within the last four years the com panies have installed a complete un derground system of wires that extends from the capital to New York and Boston through Baltimore and Phila delphia. Marshall Declines Money INPINAPOLTS, Ind.. Feb. 24.—Thomas j R. Marshall, vice president elect, re- | fused $4,800 today. That amount was carried in the regular appropriation bill to reimburse Mr. Marshall for i money spent for house rent, light, heat | and water during his fuur years as | governor of Tndiana. The formpr governor said he did not believe the appropriation constitutional ! and sent word to the conference com- I niittee to strike out the $4,5.00 Mr. and Mrs. Marshall leave for' Washington Wednesday, and he said j lif did not believe he would have the: opportunity to appear personally be fore the committee, as ho had not com- . ploted his iiiaiigui%il speech. Men Plead Not Guilty TRENTON. X. .T.. Feb. 24.—See1«y Davenport and Jacob Dunti, charged with threatening the life of President •foct Wilson, entered a pica of not j guilty today before Judge f.'rnss in the j United States district court. They were commitod to jail without bail to await trial, probably next week. The men. who were arrested last ', December in Now Jersey wfetta the j president elect was in Bermuda, are i charged with having written tetters to Mr. Wilson threatening that unless he forwarded them money they would take his life. CALIFORNIANS TO SAIL NEW YORK. Keb. 24.—Among the I RailiTtp on the i (Jporpro Washington of ttr* North Or- ' man Uoyd lino on Saturday from New i York for London. Parts an<] Brpmpn, vvero the folio, win j? from California: Miss Hecker, C. Neumann, ym. IMTCBCPT WHOLESALE il I in 11 El W I BUYING SUBSCRIBE IHIIHI TC H Now at $25 Per Acre 1 1N fl KA I ■11 20% cash mi nun iku The formation of a syndicate to buy land at wholesale undeveloped price, on a plan that will enable the subscribers to the Cash Capital to participate, is winning great favor. From all parts of the state we are receiving inquiry. How can we do it? CASH PAYMENT ONLY 20% WE HAVE FOUND THE LAND We HAVE Secured Favorable Terms.=We have the water for irrigation. We have plans for improvement. We have experience in the Land Business. This Opportunity Unequalled ACRES UNDER PLAN, 32,000. 3,200 TRACTS of 10 ACRES Each. 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