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VOLUME (XL—NO. 68. "SAN FRANCISCO, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1912.

THE WEATHERYESTERDAY — Highest temperature, 66;

lowest Sunday night, 52. . '. -,-'.",

FORECAST FOR TODAX — Cloudy;.\u25a0 probably -light rain in \u25a0 morning; brisk '; south

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PRICE FIVE CENTS.

TROOPS READY TO MARCHMexican Crisis Near

ALARMING NEWSWITHHELD FOR

PUBLIC'S GOODDispatches Received by State

and War Departments Cause 'Prompt Action

Mobile Army in United StatesHeld Under Marching Or*

ders by Wood

Madero Has Ignored Adminis*tration's Note Demanding

Protection of Americans

{Special Dispatch to The Call]

WASHINGTON,Feb. . s.—Dis-

patches of an alarming na-

ture, which are withheld "for

the public good," were re-ceived from Mexico today by"the state

and "war departments. In addition to

this it is believed that John Hays

Hammond, now in Mexico, has com-municated -with President Taft.

Thirty-four thousand troops, prac- ,

tically all the mobile army in the \United States, were ordered today to \u25a0

prepare themselves for immediate duty

on the Mexican border. The order was

Issued by Major General "Wood, follow-

ing a conference with Secretary of War

Stimson.

At the time the order was issued

additional orders were sent to the

commanders of \u25a0 Forts Sill,". Huachuca |

and Apache to send a regiment of in-fantry and one of field artillery to the

border. These organizations will re-

port to Brigadier General Duncan and '

be a part of the guard that officer has

* on duty at the border.

Action Follows ConferenceThe action of lie war department was

taken following the receipt of dis-patches from Mexico, over which the jsecretaries of state and war conferred j

half the morning, and in the absenceof any reply to the note sent to Presi- 'dent Madero yesterday, by the adminis- jtration demanding the protection of jAmerican lives. . .

From Chihuahua, Morolos and Guer- jrero reports were received stating that!conditions in those states were worsenow than they were at any time during

the Diaz revolution. The situation all \u25a0

over southern Mexico is- described as

bad. The Zapatista are reported to be jin control of most of the territory be- Itween Cuerna'vaca, in Moros, and Chil-pantingo, in Guerrero. The federaltroops hold but one important town in |this entire section, and that is Igulax.

Communication from most of the towns ]

in southern Mexico is cut off. From jthe City of Mexico come reports that

the revolutionists there are expected to

attack the garrison of the metropolis.

6,500 Troops Along BorderThere are now 5,000 troops in Texas, j

When the two regiments ordered theretoday report there will be approxi-mately-6,500 men along the. border.These men will be stationed at Eagle

pass, Laredo and El Paso, these citiesbeing considered the danger* points. Allthree of these towns are railroad cen-ters. Out of them railroads operate, inMexico and the United States. It isconsidered,advisable to have troops,sta-tioned at these, places to aid in keepingopen communication. ,

The troops ordered to be in readiness jto move will not leave their present jposts unless it is believed absolutely to |be necessary. It is felt here that that itime is coming and soon, but that con-

ditions now do not warrant any furthersteps than to enforce the neutrality jlaws.

With congress In session PresidentTaft can not send even a detachment oftroops across the river without author-ity from congress/ In the event of con-ditions becoming .so bad that it isnecessary to send troops Into Mexico,the president will send a special mes-sage to congress." '

Appeal to Japanese MinisterMEXICO CITY, Feb. —Pascual

Orozco will be appointed military dic-tator of the state of Chihuahua" if therecommendation of the retiring acting

governor, Aureliano Gonzales, is heededby the federal authorities.

. The Japanese minister has been ap-

pealed to for protection for his country-

men in Chihuahua, who declare theirlives are in danger and that many Jap-

anese storesi were looted during the re-

cent disorders. .. '/- The anniversary of the adoption ofthe: Mexican constitution was cele-brated here today with a parade and

speech making .:. at'; the- Juarez monu-ment. President Madero attended.' Hisreception by the crowd in the streets

,and about. the raanument was apathetic,.•\u25a0•-...\u25a0--.,

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President Madero, who facescrisis in Mexico.

FATE OF EMPERORBEING DISCUSSED

Chinese Republicans to SolveQuestion "What to Do With

Our Ex-Rulers"

NANKING. Feb. s.—Wu Ting Fang,

the republican minister of justice; Tang

Shao Yi. the representative of PremierYuan, and Wang Chung Wei, the repub-

lican foreign minister, had a long con-ference today with President Run VatSen on the final terms as suggested bythe Manchus.

It is believed they have decided onsome modifications, namely that theemperor shall retain his title during

his lifetime, but that it shall not behereditary; that he shall have no polit-ical authority and that he shall be per-

mitted to reside in the palace at Pekingwith an annual pension of 4.000.i>00taels.

A dispatch from the northern gen-erals embodies a request to the Nankingrepublicans to grant the most liberalterms to the court in vie%v of the abdi-cation and to insure peace and savemillions.

BRIDE, BUT NOT OF MANHER FRIENDS EXPECTED

Gilroy Business Man Wins WellKnown Berkeley Girl

BERKELEY, Feb. s. —Miss RoseJorgensorf, daughter of Mr. and Mrs..lohn Jorgenson Of 2223 Byron street,Avas married Saturday afternoon atAlameda to John iHolback of Gilroy,

the news leaking out today. The briderecently announced her engagement to•""harles A. Smith, a young businessman of Oakland, and her marriage toHolback fames a * a surprise to evenher most intimate friend?.

The Jorgenson family is one of the

oldest in Berkeley and the bride hasa wide circle of friends in the col-lege city. She was the honor guest

at many social affairs following theannouncement of her engagement toSmith, and nothing was known of theromance which culminated Satur-day. It is known that the bride'sparents objected to her marriage toHolback, and for this reason the youngcouple went to Alameda, where Rev.F. S. Brush tied the knot. The parentswere not consulted and knew nothinguntil after the ceremony, when theyoung people returned home and werepromptly forgiven.

They then left for Gilroy, where they

will make their home. The bride wasgraduated from the Berkeley high

school and is an officer of Piedmontparlor, Native Daughters of the GoldenWest. Holbach is a young businessman of Gilroy and has prepared anattractive home for his wife.

TIMOTHY FACES MURDERCHARGE THIS MORNING

Mrs. Moore Subpenaed, but MayNot Attend Hearing

SAN MATEO. Feb. s.—The prelimi-nary examination of S. R. Timothy, thechauffeur who shot and killed J. J.Moore 10 days ago in a revolver duel infront of the Moore residence on ElCamino real, will begin at 10 o'clocktomorrow morning before Justice of thePeace J. A. McCormick. Timothy facesa charge of murder.

Sheriff J. H. Mansfield personallyserved a subpena upon Mrs. UllianMoore tonight, commanding her to ap-pear in court tomorrow mowilng as awitness.

I don't know yet whether Mrs. Moorewill be able to appear tomorrow ornot," said her physician. Dr. H. C. War-ren, tonight. "She is still ill and underthe care of a nurse, and we do notwant to take any chances of a relapse.Sh« will be in court, if possible, forshe has said that there are severalmatters in connection with the shooting:and the way in which her nattie hasbeen connected with it that she\vishesto clear up/* \u0084-,..

EXPRESS FIRMSFACE CHARGE OF

$2,000,000 STEALCompanies to Be Indicted in San

Francisco, Chicago and NewYork for Overcharges

Commerce Commission Formu-lates Plans for Criminal

Prosecutions

[Special Dispatch to The Call]WASHINGTON, Feb. s.—With more

than $2,000,000 in the treasuries of the

express companies of the United States;

collected, It is alleged, through over-

charging the public, the interstate com-

merce commission has formulated plansfor.criminal prosecution of the corpo-

rations. .-Commissioner Lane said last Thurs-

day that i"the- grand-jury" understood

the legal aspect of the matter, but sev-eral grand juries, and not merely one,

are to be asked to return indictments.They will not he asked to indict the in-dividual officials.'

Each' company will be prosecutedseparately, as the alleged violations of

the law were committed at the prin-cipal offices of the concerns. Many, vio-lations of the law were committed in

New York. Chicago and San Francisco,

and action against two or throe com-

panies will be brought in each of thesecities.

There will not, be a wholesale(prose-''| cution. . The commission will selectsome of the most flagrant violations

! and ask the courts : to impose heavy

fines in these cases.The smaller offenses will be over-

looked by the commission. The pres-

ent announced object of the commis-sion is to not enter on a punitive cru-sade, but to stop the practice of over-charging.

HAINS TRAGEDY SEQUELIS SECOND MARRIAGE

Divorced Wife of Army ManBecomes Artist's Bride

ROST-W, Feb. 5.—-Claudia C. I.ibbey

Rains, \u25a0who was the '-entral flßur" inthe army tragedy of some four yearsago which culminated in the murder ofWilliam K. Annis by her husband.Captain Peter C. Jlains, was marriedtonight at the home of her parents inMilton to Reginald Fairfax Bolles, aBoston artist.

•'aptain llains obtained a divorce

from his wife two years ago, naming

Annis as corespondent. The divorce

was nVjt contested. Mrs. Hams re-turned t<> Boston to live with herparents. At the ceremony tonight theonly witnesses were Mr. and Mrs.

Charles Llbboy, parents of the bride,

and Mathew Bolles of New York,

brother of the bridegroom.

Bolles is a Harvard graduate of the

class of 1900 and has considerable repu-

tation as an illustrator. He will make

his home with his bride in the BackBay.

MONOPOLY OF RADIUMIS HELD BY AUSTRIA

Government Buys All Mines inJoachinstahl

[Special Cable to The Call]VIENNA, Feb.'- 5.-—The government

has bought all the 1 radium mines- In\u25a0 Joachinstahl, Bohemia, for $1.*.0,000, i

thereby making: the production of

radium an Austrian, state monopoly.

Radium is worth $80,100 a gram'(ls,432grains),* but, costs only 1,000 to pro-

duce. -Besides in securing' a gram ofradium sufficient uranium is ; obtainedto make 6,000 pounds of ochre witha market value <of $24,000. - The jgov-

ernment's Investment consequently

promises to be exceedingly remunera-tive.

OFFICER IN RACING CAROVERTAKES SPEEDERS

Sacramento and San FranciscoAutoists Arrested

[Special Dispatch to The Call]SAN .lOSE, Feb. s.—Overtaken and

arrested by Deputy Sheriff Emile Agnmat the wheel of a special racing carwith open ports, four automobilistsgave bail today for their appearance

this week before Justice of tho PeaceBrown in San Josp.

L. E. Brown of Sacramento and W. E.

Bates of San Francisco were having alively speed tilt on the Oakland roadnorth of Milpitas when Agraz buttedin and made it a three cornered matchand beat them both. Bach deposited125 with the automobile officer, andBrown jokingly remarked that it wasworth that, much to beat Bates.

N. N. Winans of the Newark Invest-ment company a»d Fred Marriott, pro-prietor of the San Francisco News Let-ter, were also arrested.

PORTLAND COUPLE HELDFOR U. S. OFFICIALS

Awaiting action by the federal au-thorities, the police are holding Clar-ence S. Parker and Eula Ingle, whowere arrested last night at the HotelHay wards by Detectives Tom Furmanand Tom Callahan. The police suspectParker of having lured Mrs. Ingle awayfrom her husband, S. F. Ingle, said tobe a wealthy lumber man of 1277 EastTenth street. Portland, Ore., for thepurpose of making her a "white slave."Parker and the woman were placed indetinue pending action by tne federalofficials.

TRUSTIES' 'DOPE'RING IN COUNTY

JAILBROKEN UPThriving Industry in Penal In-

stitution Stopped by Eggersand Gilfether

Thirteen Prisoners Sentencedfor Violating Poison Law

Denied Privileges

First among' the reforms effected by

Sheriff Fred Eggers and Superintendent

of Jails A. J. Gilfeather is the breaking

up of the "dope" ring that flourished inthe county jail for two years.

Thirteen men serving sentences forviolation of the potson or "dope" lawhave been taken out of the line of trus-ties. A thriving industry has been

broken up. For the first time sincethe law making it a felony to carry

"dope" into a county jail was enactedan offender has been held to answerunder it. For the first time in twoyears the state board of pharmacy isreceiving the active and effective co-operation of the county jail staff in itscrusade against the drug traffic.

Line of "Dope" SellersFour weeks ago, when Sheriff Eggers

turned the county jails over to Super-

itnendent G!if«ther with orders to

"clean up," Gilfether found a solid lineof drug peddlers extending from thefront gate of branch jail Xo. 2, intovirtually every department of theprison.

That line was composed of prisoners,

every one of whom was serving a sen-tence for violation of the state poisonor 'dope' 1 law. Beginning with themen on the gate, extending across thegarden into the dining rooms, butchershop, kitchens and even the oil room,there was a hue of 13 "trusties" seiz-

ing lenience* of from 50 days to sixmonths for peddlng "dope."

Bfack King of RingJust before Kegers took possession,

the retiring sheriff announced thatJack Black had made his escape. Black,

a notorious criminal, was the insideking of the "dope" ring. Me entered

the branch yy\ *-ith hut ,">art of a shirtA few days before the time he escapedfrom the jail he was known to have|2,T(10 in his money belt, the profits

of the traffic ho had bossed in the jail.

Prior to Kggers" incumbency drug

peddlers vim were "right" found thatjail sentences, with the alternative offines, wore a source of double profit.They saved the amount of tlie fines by

going to jail, and in jail found a fertilefield for their operations.

Now, with the trade broken up in thejail, the "wise" drug peddlers are pay-

ing the fines imposed upon them after

conviction by the state board of phar-

macy.P\ll) FI\K AM) LEFT

in fa<-t, one of them, who had settleddown at the jail in anticipation of aprosperous three months, found it such

a dull ptetfl under the Gilfeather man-

agemeat that he has paid his fine andsought pastures new. The other dope

peddler "trusties" who remain in the

jail are in their colls. No drug vendor

or drug user is in the line of trusties

nor out of his cell except during theregular walking hours.

The conditions at the branch jail

wore almost beyond belief. Strenuousefforts have been made to distract at-

tention from the disclosures that were

inevitable. That those efforts will be

futile is evidenced !.y the fact that therecords arc incontrovertible and thefurther fact that preparations to makean official presentation to the grand

jury are virtually complete.

TRUSTIES J*OM> DRUG

Some idea of what the conditionswere at the jail may be gathered fromconsideration of the makeup of the'dope" line that went out of business

when Eggers assumed the duties ofsheriff.

According to information obtainedthrough the investigation, the two gate

trusties were dope peddlers. Thesemen alternated in the care of th« frontgat*\ They were Edward Blume andJohn Barnes. Next in the line werethree gardeners, Harry Morton, JohnSullivan and William Alien. Theirheadquarters were under the stairs to

the main entrance of the jail. They

worked without the supervision ofguards in the Jail yard and were ableto communicate at will with the gate

trusties.From the. gardeners' cache under the

main stairs the dope line, it is de-clared, reached into the building- to

Jesse Johnson, the butcher shop 1 trusty;\u0084.; -vC..'C-:jr*»Jl"«-.»l''.tti<»y,i—«'S Jf- ;

to William :iIt. Holden, head waiter in

the prisoners' dining room; to Harry LaTouche. cook; Frederick Reed, cook'shelper in the guards' dining room;Wong- Sing1, pantry man in the super-intendent's dining room; Arthur Mc-

Daiels and Frank Slattery, waiters inthe superintendent's dining room; PaulGallivan, in the laundry, and Lee Dun-phy,*|in charge of the oilroom.SOLD PRISONERS OIL

Dunphy had made a comfortable startupon a sentence of 100 days imposed asan alternative for a |200 fine for ped-dling dope. His importance was suchthat he was not compelled to wear thejail uniform. He was the custodian ofthe oilroom and to Him was intrusted asa side line the vending 1 of the county's

oil to the prisoners who had money to

Hook Is to Succeed HarlanTaft Overrules Opposition

JUDGE WILLIAM C. HOOK,The jurist n>hom President Taft mil tomorrow appoint to the supreme

bench to succeed the late Justice Harlan.

President Stands By Wickersham's Report on

Jurist Despite Attacks of Senator[Special Dispatch to The Call]

WASHINGTON, Fey. s.—President Taft will send to the senate Wednes-day the nomination of United States Circuit Judge William Cather Hook ofKansas for the place on the supreme bench made vacant by the death of

Justice Harlan.Opposition to Judge Hook's nomination has been strongly presented by

those who have taken the view that his decision in the Oklahoma 2 cent farerailroad case, holding that such a rate was confiscatory, was such as to unfithim for a place on the nation's highest tribunal.

Judge Hook's nomination formally was opposed by the Oklahoma cor-poration commission and the North Dakota state railway commission and

other bodies. Jhe light was carriedso far that Senator Owen of Okla-homa announced that it the noniina-fiim was presented he would lightconfirmation to the hitter end andwould introduce a resolution in thesenate asking the president for copies

of all indorsements of Jttdge Hook.All these protests were referred by

President Tuft to the department ofjustice for investigation, and resultedin a report from Attorney GeneralWukersham that he found them to begroundless. The latter pointed out thatit would he unfair to judge 4 the char-acter of a jurist by a single opinionsimply because it happened to favor apublic service corporation, and addedthat an examination of Judge Hook'srecord refuted the.charge that he wastoo conservative. It was also shownthat Judge Hunk's derision in *toe Okla-homa rate case was sustained by thecourt of appeals and that the supreme

court refused to reopen the case.Judprc Hook, through Senator Curtis

of Kansas, laid before the president aTetter denying the charge which hadbeen made against him that his sonwas an attorney for the railroads inthe Oklahoma, case.

As an offset to this opposition, it hasbeen recalled that the railroads raisedan outcry when Hook was appointed afederal district judge in 1899, objectingto having more power given a man whohad made a reputation as a successfulattorney in damage suits against them,

and that after his promotion the thecircuit court four years later hy Presi-dent Roosevelt he again lost favorwith the corporations by,his views con-cerning the Standard Oil and Harrimanmerger cases.

NAZARETH GIVES UPMEDIEVAL CHURCH

Excavator's Pick Strikes Upon

House of Worship Builtby Crusaders

[Special Cable to The Call]JiOXDON. Feb. "..—A special dispatch

published in the Pall Mall Gazette re-ports that excavations at Nazareth, the

home of Christ in Palestine, have re-

vealed an eleventh century Crusaders'church with wonderful mosaics, stone

doors and utensils and exquisite orna-

ments. The church is being uncovered.It is also said that another important

discovery is believed to be the sito of

the carpenter shop of Joseph, the fatherof Jesus.

The message says that, according to

the researches of the most learned ex-

plorers, the church was built by thefirst Crusaders at this hallowed spot

and it afterward fell into the hands of

the victorious Mohammedans. The

monks of the Franciscan order Intend

to build a temple on the spot.

SYSTEM IS EXPLAINEDBY ARMOUR'S EXPERT

Packers' Trial Jury Hears Moreof Test Cost

[Special Dispatch lo The Call]

CHICAGO, Feb. s.—Additional in-

formation regarding the method used in

figuring the test cost of beef, which.

the government contends, was an im-portant part of the system by whichthe packers maintained a combination

in restraint of trade, was given the jury

in the packers' trial today.

William T. Sheeh\*. who figured in the

test cost of beef for Armour & Co. in

the period covered by the indictment,

explained the system. He said that a

killing charge of $2.75 a head was

added to the live cost of the cattle andallowance made for the byproducts to

ascertain the test cost of the dressedbeef.

The witness admitted there was a pe-

riod in 1908 when no allowance wasgiven for hides by Armour & Co. infiguring the test cost of beef, but hewas unable to remember the exactlength of time this continued.

When pressed by District Attorney

Wilkerson to give his best recollectionas to time, he said the hide allowancewas discontinued from six months to ayear in 1908.

AGED MERCHANT FIGHTSOFF TWO DESPERADOES

Found an Hour Later and Takento Emergency Hospital

After fighting with two armed andmasked thugs in the offices of the EliteFashion company, 305 Grant avenue,last night, William Close. 72 years old,proprietor of the company, was beatenunconscious and left for dead. He wasfound nearly an hour after the assaultoccurred and was sent to the centralemergency hospital, where his condi-tion was pronounced serious.

Close was working alone in a rearroom on the third floor of the estab-lishment when he heard the front doorof his office slam. Looking up, lie sawtwo men, wearing. masks and carrying:revolver*, approaching him. The leaderordered the merchant to hold up hlahanda, but the old man sprang at thethug and wrested his revolver fromhim. The other bandit switched off theelectric lights and in the darknessbrought his revolver butt down onClose's head. Th.c merchant fought un-til he lost consciousness.

When Close revived the intruders hadfled without 'obtaining 1 any booty. Themerchant

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could not account f for theattack, as he had no money or valuablesinUhelbuU^^ ;-, \u25a0

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RUCTION INLAFOLLETTE

CAMPMedill McCormick Withdraws

Support; Senator Will Stay

in the Race

CHICAGO MAN LINESUP FOR ROOSEVELT

Physical Condition of the Wis-consin Candidate Causes

the Opposition

ILLINOIS TO BE SCENEOF BITTER CAMPAIGN

WASHINGTON,Feb. 5.—

Senator La Follette, throughhis campaign manager, an-nounced tonight thtt he

would not withdraw from the race forthe republican nomination for presi-

dent.Fast on the heel of his declaration,

one of his most ardent supporters,

Medill McCormick, president of thfeIllinoisProgressive Republican league,

issued a call to the Illinois progres-

sives to defeat the La Follette league

and to work for a solid Rooseveltdelegation from Illinois inthe Chi-cago convention.Creates Flurry

The two statements created a flurry

in progressive political circles. Thefirst statement was made for SenatorLaFollette by Colonel W. I* Houser.his manager and chairman of the na-tional progressive republican commit-tee.HOi;«ER*S STATEMENT

The statement follows:Senator La Follette finds It neces-

sary to take a few weeks' rest.This may prevent his makingspeeches in the states which are tohold early primaries, and hisfriends in those states will makfsuoti a campaign for him as in theirpjudgment will servo best the pro-gressive principles which his can-didacy represents.

Senator La Follette was urged tobecome a candidate by the most

active progressive., republican* of

the country, because they believethat he, better than any othf-r man,

by the whole course of hfs polit-

ical career, represented these prin-ciples. He would never have con-sented to stand as a candidateexcepting in good faith.

Though he fin.ls his plans inter-fered with by his temporary indis-position, in fulfillment of th« im-plied pledge which hi? a n . «lacy

made to those who have ways

believed in the sincerity a •<? con-stancy of his purposes, li nnxwill be presented to the 1 Mnnalrepublican convention an<' dele-gates will make an aggress •\u25a0• on-test for his nomination ar for astrong progressive contest for his

nomination and for a strong pro-gressive platform. To this end th«>progressive republican campaign

committee will devote its best ef-forts.

McCormick's StatementMcCormick's call to the members of

the Illinois Progressive Republican

league was made pubHc an hour later.

It was telegraphed to the league head-quarters in Chicago and was as fol-lows:

Considering all the circum-stances, including Senator La. Fol-lette's physical condition, in theopinion of the overwhelming ma-jority of republican members ofboth houses of congress, pro-gressives In Illinois must unite to

send Roosevelt delegates to thenext national republican conven-tion.

With Roosevelt and Jones theprogressives can sweep Illinois andestablish In state and nation pro-

gressive administrations whtfch will •substitute a policy of positiveleadership for a policy of com-promise with principle and conces-sion to special interests.The Jones mentioned as a running

mate on the ticket with Colonel Roose-velt is the progressive republican can-didate for the nomination of governor

in Illinois.

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