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A Clean, Wholesome California Homes. VOLUME 115.—N0. 2 USURPER HUERTA MUST GO, SAYS PRESIDENT — — mm ■ • km : _•. v ■ *-» m kCtf v to* lOi bum km «-» • — — $5,000 Offered for Capture of Sunset Express Bandit NOT GUILTY IS PLEA 111 CUT BY PLEADED NOT GUILTY 4*3> <*>♦<* BIGGINS NOT PRESENT DR. S. 1.. HIGGINS not p>— eat Kkta rose is called. Judge Crist announces ball will be forfeited if he does not appear at hearing Thursday. Higgins in hiding. Detectives unable to serve warrant issued yesterday. "Dr." C. A. Baxter pleaded "not guilty" to charge of ob taining money by false pre tenses. Jan trial set for De cember 11, at 2 p. m. Dr. W. S. Card and Dr. Hor ace C. Edwards were arraigned -on charges of bribery. Both pleaded not guilty. The rase against Card was postponed un til 'Iliursday after preliminary examination to get some state records from Sacramento. The Edwards case is on this after noon. The rase against Edwards was continued until Thursday. Fnless Spencer L Higgins appears in Judge Crist's court Thursday morn ing to answer the charges made against him by the state board of medical examiners his cash bail of 1500 will be forfeited. Because the specialist failed to ap pear when the case was called today. Judge Crist ordered the case set down for hearing Thursday and warned Higgins' attorneys to look out for the ball money. ELIDES WARRANT SERVERS Effocti made to serve Higgins with c warrant more serious than either of the first two, accusing him of ob taining money under false pretenses, have been unsuccessful. Detectives who have been working on the case believe Higgins has left ..V '• : san Francisco. When Louis Ward, attorney for the '.medical examiners, appeared in Judge • Crist's court, he asked that the bail • -of Higgins be forfeited immediately _'V because of the failure of the defend • ant to appear. "..Out of courtesy to James Sweeney, Higgins' attorney, whose mother died '•Yesterday, Judge Crist allowed Hig : gins a respite, but set the hearing ' .peremptorily. ;.' " ''Dr." C. A. Baxter of the Globe —.. . Medical company, 773 Market street. Continued on Pago 2. Column 1 \ WEILLER REALTY CO. GENERAL, SALES AGENTS : WICKHAM HAVENS ♦ PROPERTIES ♦ The l.arcn« Organization Went of Chicago Devoted Exclusively ♦ to the Development and Sale of High Class Residence Properties I HAVENSCOURT ♦ 2OR-9-10 BALBOA BLDG. I 2nd & MARKET STS. ♦ Phone Sutter 2817 i...' San Francisco, Cal., Dec. 1. 1913. I The Call, T San Francisco, Cal. 4' .Gen'tleroen: !j •.. We write this to express our appreciation of the results of your ▼ Sunday's excursion to Oakland. « Tlje peOple who went on the excursion express their thanks to i- The Call for showing them the wonderful development of Oakland ♦ and the opportunity to buy property at Havenscourt. ♦ At least seventeen of the purchasers told our different salesmen t. that thjcy/wtjuld never have known about the wonderful develop ♦ nlent of this district if it had not been for The Call excursion. ♦ • .* • Considering the financial condition at present, we consider the ?. sale at Havenscourt very gratifying. * **j '.'• ■• •' ♦ Thirty-«ix pieces of property were sold yesterday and we have ♦ prospects for at least forty more to be closed during the week.- : ' ♦ Wishing The Call the success justly due it, we remain. .• ."• I Very truly yours, ;•'"•''.• ♦ * 1 WEILLER REALTY CO, ' • ♦ * Representing I *. * WICKHAM HAVENS INCORPORATED, . J Per R. WEILLER. . / ♦ asa_a.'ssassassass^ THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL OFFICERS OF PRESIDENT ARE ON TRIAL: (Left to right) Inspectors Dolan and Guthrie, who are trying the officers of the steamer President; Fred Cockburn, a witness; First Officer H. C. Ravens, Second Officer P. L. Mathieson and Captain R. J. Paulsen, WATER BILL FOES LED BY WORKS WASHINGTON, D. C, Dec. 2.—Sen ator Wcrke today led the opposition to the Hetch Hetchy bill in tlie sen ate, speaking against the measure that provides a water supply for San Francisco. Works declared San Francisco had no right under California laws to appropriate flood waters for use in the adjacent cities. He said an ex amination of the water appropria tions would show San Francisco has no right to all the 400.000.000 gallons of water reserved to its use under the terms of the bllL He asserted the bill did not repre sent the wishes of all the people of San Francisco. He was frequently interrupted by Senator Thomas and other democrats who favor the bill. Protests against the bill were pre sented by Senator Root from Alden Simpson on behalf of three-fourths of the members of the Sierra rlub of San Francisco and from the Institute of Arts and Sciences of Columbia uni versity of New York. FOURTEEN PAGES—SAJS FRANCISCO, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1913 Captain and 2 Mates Charged With Negligence When 4 Men Lost [ ° ■ With officers, mombera of the crew and passengers present, the ottloiai j trial of Captain R J. Paulsen, Ktrst Ofßcer Ravens and Second Officer Mathieson of the steamship President, charged with negligence in the loss of one passenger and three sailors Wednesday night, began today before Halted States Inspectors Dolan and Guthrie. In all the testimony the bravery of ! Fourth Officer Shane and his suhordl ; nates, who went to the rescue of the drowning passenger, becomes more : and more apparent. Testimony differed on minor details, but practically all the witnesses agreed that the men manned the boat I knowing that they were courting death and without being ordered to perform the task. SENSATION AI, TESTIMONY "The only persons I noticed giving any orders on the President were the bartender and the night watchman." This testimony was given this morning by W. W. Sweet, a passen ger. Sweet's testimony substantiated the previous' story told by passengers re garding the inefficiency of the crew. None of th« officers of the President, he said, ordered an yone to man the boats or went to the boats themselves. He also said that a mob of passengers surrounded the fourth mate, pleading that something be done, and that he (Sweet) timed the casting loose of the two boats, which operation, he said, was very slow. F. G. Palmer, a sailor, denied that there were no plugs in the boat he was in, and testified that the plugs were lashed to the boats to secure their safety. The doors of passen gers' cabins, he said, had been lashed shut, but several passengers had cut the lashings. The hearing was ended with a re cess at noon and will be resumed at 2 o'clock this afternoon on the fifth floor of the custom house. According to Third Officer McCarthy, he had received no orders to get Into the boat, but was only prevented from doing so by the presence of storm nets which were lashed around the decks. NO ORDERS GIVEN Jacob Gunderson, one of the men rescued from the sea when the first boat capsized, testified that the boat was lowered to the water's edge on a perfectly even keel and did not cap size until after It had reached the water. Gunderson said that no orders were given, although he remembered that he had heard the fourth mate say: "Come on, fellows! Let's get Into the boat." Gunderson said that he had called out several times to "lower away" after getting into the boat. He also testified that life preservers were thrown in great numbers by the passengers, many of them landing on him. The flrst stories related by the pas sengers when they landed here on tlie President are being contradicted In all major details by the members of the crew.. '• • - * The propeller was not started while the passenger and sailors were'strug' gling lnithe water, according'to Fred Cockburn, of 12-54.Filbert street.. - *' • •I-t also developed In the ■ hearing that cries for help, could be' - h'eard even after the men were lost to-°sight.. Aviator for Winston Churchill Is Killed EASTCHFRCH, England. Dec. 2.— Captain Wilrlman Lu?h'ng*nn, com mander of the naval branch of the aviation corps, with whom First Lord of the Admiralty Winston Churchill made two flights Saturday in secret, was killed here today when his bi plane collapsed. Captain Fawcett, a passenger, was Injured. REGRETS SHE USED ROOM FOR SUICIDE A woman Riving' the name of Esther | Ellsworth who yesterday rented a room in the Aloha apartments, 2793 Mission street, was found dead in her room at noon today from gas asphyx iation. The woman left a pathetic note to the coroner and another to the land lady, in which she apologized for tak ing her life in the room. The letter to the coroner was as follows: "I am sick and out of work. I am discouraged and so unhappy. lam all alone and have no friends or rela tives. None will suffer for what I shall do. I have always tried to do what was right, and this can not be very far from wrong. I am leaving the name of a mere acquaintance. Send him word. No one is responsible for this. I simply have no courage or strength to fight fate any longer. My only wish is that my body be cremated and that this be kept as quiet as pos sible." At the bottom of the letter appeared the name of F. Fisher, 58 Sutter street. The dead woman was neatly dressed and refined looking. 11 Are Drowned in A Texas Cloudburst! FORT WORTH. Tex.. Dee. 2.—Eleven were drowned at Belton today when a 30 foot rise swept down Nolan creek, following a cloudburst. Eevry house on the bank of the stream was swept away. The flood ?aught the home of W. C. Polk, drown ing Mrs. Polk and five children. An other family also was lost. • ■ ; , • Rains throughout Texas put many rivers out of their banks and scores of bridges were washed away. The gas supply at Dallas was .cut off today when the pipe line from the' natural ga-s fields' was- damaged by water. '..• . '■: ..' ■ .. • '•' 1 Killed, 3 Wounded In Indianapolis Riot jinijianafolis, Dec. I.—One man was shot and killed, another probably 'afcally -wounded and two shot but not leriously wounded in a strike riot here it noon today. A man on an ice wagon drove up to l saloon in Indiana avenue and start ed to unload ice. A crowd gathered md rocks were thrown. Suddenly iome» man in the melee pulled a gun tnd four or five shots rang out in ■apid succession. One negro was found dead and two ithers, one a white man. were shot. President Wilson's Message at a Glance HUERTA MUST GO—There can be no certain prospect of peace in America until General Huerta has surrendered his usurped authority in Mexico; until it is understood in all lands, indeed, that such pretended government will not be countenanced by the government of the United States. General Huerta has forfeited the respect and moral support even of those who . were at one time willing to see him succeed. CURRENCY REFORM AND FARMERS—I need not say how earnestly I hope for the early enactment of the currency bill into law. The pending currency bill does the farmers a great service. DIRECT PRESIDENTIAL NOMINATION—I urge the prompt enactment of legislation which will provide for primary elections throughout the country, at which the voters of the several par ties may choose their nominees for the presidency without the intervention of nominating conventions. TRUST LEGISLATION—I think it will be easily agreed that we should let the Sherman anti-trust law stand, unaltered, as it is, with its debatable ground about it, but we should as much as possible reduce the area of that debatable ground by further and more explicit legislation. RURAL CREDIT REFORM—The congress recently authorized the creation of a special commission to study the currency systems of rural credit which have been put into operation in Europe, and this commission is already prepared to report. PHILIPPINE INDEPENDENCE—In regard to the Philippines, we must hold steadily in view their ultimate independence, and we must move toward the time of that independence as steadily as the way can be cleared and the foundations thoroughly and permanently laid. OUTLOOK FOR ALASKA—The people of Alaska should be given the full territorial form of government, and Alaska, as a store house, should be unlocked. One key to it is a system of rail ways. These the government should itself build and administer. PROTECTION FOR WORKMEN—Our bureau of mines ought to be equipped and empowered to render more effective service in improving the condition of mine labor. We owe it in mere justice to the railway employes of the country to provide for them a fair and effective employers' liability act. Rebels Capture Tuxpam; Hold English Oil Fields BULLETIN MEXICO CITY, Dec. 2—The Tarahumare Indians* .heretofore friendly to the federals, have, gone on the warpath and joined the rebels. The combined force of Indians and insurgents today, attacked a body of 275. federals encamped on ' Smaloa. river'and; killed 65 pf them.- • .' . BULLETIN.' . • MEXICO CITY, Dec. 2.—Several hundred' bandits and Zapata rebels have united south of here to*a*ttack the capital, according to reports that reached the government this after noon. The minister of war immedi ately countermanded the orders which were issued for federal troops to leave Torreon. MF.XICO CITY, Dec. 2.—Battered by heavy reverses within the last 48 hours, the Mexican government has now reached, a condition indicating that it can live dnly a short, time. Following close upon -the news that the federals In Chihuahua city- had fled .before the .approach of 'General "Villa, word was received here today that Tuxpara, the key to the oil fields, was taken- by the insurgents':under Aguilar after a.sharp flght. • The'cap ture .of Tuxpam is reported in a pri -vate dispatch. • . * The possession of tliat city would "put the rebels in the position to cut off the oil supply of the republic. Tuxpam is the distributing tfenter for oil produced by the Aguilar com pany, which is owned by the Pearson syndicate. It has extensive contracts with Mexico, the National railway sys tem and the British government. With practically . all. of northern Mexico in the possession of the rebels and the rebels holding important ports on both coasts. Mexico City will Continued on i*uce 2, Column X , Sol HpcLncisco'^ PRICE ONE CENT DICTATOR NEAR END DECLARES MESSAGE WASHINGTON, Dec. ; .2—Far, the fourth, time since Woodrow Wilson became president tie addressed the senate and house, assembled in joint session, today. He delivered the first annual message, conveying important Information about the chief execu tive's policy, giving a line on the po litical career of the sixty-third con gress. . ° ..'.'' '•' -'!'■> • . The galleries were well filled with spectators hours before the president arrived, manff suffragists being pres ent. Members were slow in arriving. Not until the senate marched through the corridor of the capitol and en tered the house chamber did the house, members begin to take their seats in force. Afte rthe door keeper had an nouncetUhe arrival of the senators, headed by Vice President Marshall, the senators were seated in the front of the house chamber. The assembled bodies then sat quietly, awaiting the arrival of the president. As on former occasions of this kind. Vice President Marshall was seated at the speaker's table at the right of the speaker. PHESIDEXT HAS TO WAIT As soon as the president's arrival was made known a committee of three senators and three representa tives was appointed to escort h|m from the speaker's office. .. Text off Me§sage : s ,[ The following is President Wilson's complete message, delivered to Con»-.° gress today: ' . .-.'•...' ■ • '.. In pursuance of my constitutional duty to "give to the congress infor mation on the state of the union," I take the liberty of addressing you on several matters which ought, a> it seems to me, particularly to "engage the attention of ypur honorable bodies, as of all who study the wel fare of the nation. ' T shall ask your indolgence if I venture to depart in some degree from the usual custom of setting be fore you In formal review many mat ters which have engaged- tho atten tion and called for "tihe action of the several departments, of. the govern ment, or tohich look to them for early treatment }n the futufe, because the •lrsl as long—very long—ajid would suffer in*the abbreviation to wsich I should' have to subject it, I shall submit to you reports of the* heads "of 'the several departments in which these subjects are set forth in careful 'detail, and beg that they may receive the thoughtful attention of your com mittees and of all members of the congress who may have the leisure to study them. Their obvious import ance, as constituting the very sub stance of the business of the govern ment, makes comment and emphasis op ijiy part unnecessary. j.- Country 5s at Peace THE country, I am thankful to say, is at peace with all the world, and many happy manifestations multiply a*bout us of a growing cordiality and sense of community of.lnterest among the nations, foreshadowing an age of settled peace and good will. More and more readily each decade do the na tions manifest their willingness to bind themselves by solemn treaty to the processes of peace, the processes of frankness and fair concession. So far .the United States has stood at the fiont of such negotiations. She will, T earnestly hope and confidently be lieve, give fresh proof of her sincere adherence to the cause of interna Continued on i'age 2, column 4 SCORES OF POLICE ON TRAIL OF ROBBER BANDIT VICTIMS S. F. Persons Robbed „'• . Victims of the bandit who .held up the Sunset Express were: * KILLED HORACE E. MONTAGUE, -18?2 Cedar street, Alharnbra, Southern Pacific traveling pas senger agent. ';■ ROBBED MRS. R. C. HARDING, 359 Gramercy place, Los Angeles, $6. • .W.S. CONDIT, Van Nuys hotel, Lbs Angeles, $60. M.R. and MRS. A. M. COLEN, 239 Webster street. Sari Francisco*- ring valued at $250, and $40. . MRS. J. S. DOTY, Oakland, $60: ; MR. and MRS. W. J. BROWN, Yurna, Ariz., $60. , j.. W. COMPTON, Los An geles, Pullman car conductor, $95: • ' -F. J. ROBIN Los Angeles, train flagman, $8 and watch. W. R. Scott, general manager of the Southern Pacific, announced n reward of 95,000 this morning for informa tion lending to the arrest of the ban dit who robbed the Sunset Express and shot H. E. Montague to death. Southern Pacific detectives think the Sunset Express bandit Is the same man who held up the California Lim ited at Richmond three weeks ago and the Shore Line Express between San Jose and San Francisco. LOS ANGELES, Dec. 2.—Following a conference of the sheriff, chief of police and special agents of the South ern Pacific railroad, a dragnet was thrown out over the city early today in search of the lone desperado who last night held up tlie Southern Pa cific Sunset Express near El Monte, shot and killed H. E. Montague and jobbed nine* passengers of approxi mately $300 and Jewelry valued at an equal amount. The officers believe the bandit Is in hfiiing in the city. •During the night three posses of armed men, comprising approximately 50 members, scoured the country in the vicinity of the holdup. OFFICERS TRACE MOVEMENTS Officers tracing the movements of the bandit today declared that Im left Los A*ngeles about 3 o'clock yesterday afternoon and* arrived* at Pomona about 4:50 o'clock. He made his way, they say, to the Southern Pacific rail road station and inquired for "Boll inger, tlie baggage rr.an." The suspect was told that Bollinger is a towerman and not a baggageman, and that he would not begin work un til 6 o'clock. The bandit replied pleasantly that he would see him then. The man then walked down the railroad track in the direction of Los Angeles. At 8:10 o'clock last night he reappeared and purchased a ticket from Agent Botsford. He was the only purchaser of a ticket for that train from Pomona to Los Ange les. When the train arrived he swung upon the rear coach and stepped in side. When the train reached Spadra he drew a pistol and leisurely demanded tfiat the passengers deliver their val uables. He appeared more like a boy playing a dangerous Joke, but his careless handling of his pistol con vinced the passengers it would be well to be on the safe side and offer their valuables. Among the passengers were Mr. and Mrs. A. M. Colen of 239 A Webster street, San Francisco. Mrs. Colen was compelled to surrender a $250 diamond ring and her husband gave up $40. Colen is a Southern Pacific engineer. Mrs. Laura Ellen Doty, 402 Grand avenue, Oakland, contributed between $40 and $G0 to the robber. J. W. Compton, tlie Pullman car conductor, was the first approached. The bandit thrust his gun hard against Compton's body and gruffly ordered him to "come through." Compton gave him $70 of the com pany's money and $25 of his oWaV, Continued on Page 2, Column i