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The San Francisco call., 1908-03-27
Exclusive MenlO Faces
Oriental Invasion
Wealthy Residents Line Up to
Fight Coming of Chinese
and Japanese

Exclusive Menlo has fallen under the
slant eye of the oriental. The Chinese
and Japanese have selected new set
aristocraey. The long strips Of gaudy
red blazoning forth the sign OF the
opium den are to decorate shanties at
the gate of the palatiaI homes of James
L. Flood and former Senator Charles
n. Felton-that is if the orientals are
able to carry their point against the
organized opposition of the million
aire colony. Beslippered Chinese and
bronzed Japanese are preparing to
establish their households under the
shelter of the same beautiful grove
of oaks that casts It's shade upon the
mansions of Timothy and Edward Hop
kins- To the colony. which numbers
such well known persons IS z. Black
Ryan of the Southern Pacific, Police
Commissioner Hugo D. Keil. ]. r.
Doyle and William Weir. a long list
of tuneful syllabled sons of the vast
empire of the east are preparing to
enroll their names.
Not in its entire history has the little
city of Menlo been 50 stirred. Ever since
the Athertons settled in the pictur-
esque park, forty odd years ago. Menlo
has progressed peacefully along it's
even way. but now, threatened with an
oriental invasion. the home owners
have united to protest.
The property holders hold Pro-
fessor A. B. Clark of Stanford univer-
sity and William Baird, formerly in
the employ of James l. Flood. respon-
sibIe for the danger which confronts
them. AS mayor of Mayfield Clark ham
The San Francisco call., 1908-03-27
Police Learn Fugitive Banker Is
in New York and Anxious
TO Return
Weary In Body and Broken id
Health. He Makes Plea for
Immunity
Willing to Give Testimony to
Convict Brown, Bartnett
and Treadwell
Says That he Can Snbstantiate
All Charges That Have
Been Made

Word reached. the office of the
chief of police iafe last night
that John DalzeH Robertson, as
sistanf secretary of the defunct
California safe deposit and TRUST
was in New York and
anxious to return TO San Fran
cisco and turn states evidence.
Robertson was indicted with j.
DalzeH Brown, Walter j. Bart
nett and James TreadweH for
embezzIemenf. He escaped from
San Francisco as soon as the
crash came and has been fugi-
tive for four months. Robert
SON is penniless and broken in
health. Through friends he has
made what practically amounts
to a complete confession and hopes
that he may be granted immunity for
the testimony he is willing to give.
The statements made by Robertson
directly involve Bartnett. Brown and
TreadwelL
The story told by Robertson in New
York is one Of long fight to re-estao-
lish himself in the world with failure
and poverty at the end OF the strug
81
he had been lodging from place to
place in the eastern states for the past
four months, that he had tried in vain
to secure work. and that finally the
futuility OF further resistance to fate
had impressed itself upon him. He
was ready. he said. to return to San
Francisco and eager TO again greet
his wife and look after his home.
DENIED EMPLOYMENT
During his wsnderings in the east
ern states he has applied for employ
ment at various banks. but in each
case he has been questioned for ref
erences. and these he could not give
Robertson was practically cashier OF
lHc (944lOAlAAa o0AC 0CROo4t anu bLuol
company and the trusted agent of J.
Dalzell Brown All the negotiations
for the bank were conducted by the
four men-Brown, Robertson. Bartnett
and Treadwell- OF this quartet Brown
was the active manager and TreadwelI
the directing force Robertson was
called Browns right hand man and
assisted him in the looting OF the bank
which swallowed the hard earned coin
of the 1880 depositors-
James Coming was the secretary Of
the bank, but he filled the position in
name only. He is advanced in years
and was i'll a large part Of the time. His
duties were performed by Robertson
1t was Robertson who kept the mys-
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This, in manner, will close his
mouth, and prevent him from attack
ing US for making the covert attack
on the president. Extract from a
letter written by Leigh H. Irvine, man
aging editor of the caIl<ins newspaper
syndicate.
The San Francisco call., 1908-03-27
Reveals Plan OF Covert
Attack on Roosevelt
Irvine's Letter Throws Light on
Nasty Campaign of the Cal
kins Syndicate

do not give them the slightest in
formation concerning the fact that we
intend to run something derogarory 10
the president in an opposite column.
The San Francisco call., 1908-03-27
INDEX OF THE
SAN FRANCISCO CALLS
NEWS TO-DAY
TELEPHONE KEARNY Sc
FRIDAY. MARCH ~. 1908
WEATHER CONDITIONS
NEWS TODAY

YESTERDAY--CIesr; northwest wind; maxi
mum temperature, S. minimum, 45.
FORECAST FOR ToDAY-cloudy; brisk west
winds. Page 10
The San Francisco call., 1908-03-27
Inpertinent, Question No. A
What Is a Gas Meier?

For the most original wittiest to this ques-
ton and the briefer the better-The Call will pay
s FIVE DOLLARS. For the next FIVE answers
The Call will pay ONE DOLLAR each. Prize
winning answers will be printed next Wednesday
and checks mailed to the winners at once. Make
your answer short and address it to
IMPERTINENT QUESTIONS,
THE CALL.
pdze.t 10 W. s. capp
Postscripts handwriting
pzet t Marshall Buchanan city
A bar against
prr l. na
A grafter's certificate Of his good character
D o.
You lie and I'll it.
pr o Laura Brenhsm ree+ city
An have the last word
5 TO w. Gehsn.1a Market street.
A dime novel with the last
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Explain KAIsER,s JEST

LONDON, March 27.-The Standards
Berlin correspondent says: "A fort
night ago the emperor was Ambassador
Towers guest at the embassy here
He met Frederick W. Cauldwell, the
American vice consul at Berlin, who
was starting on a trip to Washington.
Addressing Cauldwell his majesty said
in a playful tone: Tell President
Roosevelt I'm angry with him because
he accepted Towers resignation
THE emperor did not intend any,
thing against DR.. Hills appointment
by these words, which were perfectly
harmless and jocular and intended to
be nothing more than compliment to
Tower Those who interpreted his
maiesty's remark as indicating his
disapproval of DIR. Hills appointment
have acted with regrettable taste
The San Francisco call., 1908-03-27

John Dalzel Robertson fugitive official of the California
deposit and company who has been located IN New
York and has expressed willingness return to San Fran
cisco confess
The San Francisco call., 1908-03-27
MRS. TOWER OR
KAISER? QUERY
THE DIPLOMATS
Cause of Opposition to Appoint
ment of DIR. Hill Finds
Odd Explanation
Enmity of Ambassadors Wife
for One to Succeed Her
Is One Theory
Others AHege That Emperor
Seeks to Keep Tower De-
spite Presidents Act
SPECIAL DISPATCH TO THE CALL

SPECIAL DISPATCH TO THE CALL
NEW YORK, March zo.-A Berlin
eablegram to the Journal says:
"A war between two women is the
cause of the attitude of the kaiser TO-
ward the appointment of DIR. David
Jayne Hill as American ambassador
at Berlin, according to the latest re-
ports in this city.
1t is reported that i'll feeling has
existed between Mrs. Charlemagne
Tower, wife of the present ambas-
sador, and Mrs. Hill for long time,
and that the former, having great in
fuence with the kaiser, has induced
him to make an expression of his per-
sonal regret that Mr.. Tower was to be
replaced by DR.. Hill.
This expression, 1t is believed,
formed the basis for Towers cable
gram to his government stating that
DR.. Hill would not be acceptable to
the German. emperor. 1t is believed
that the effect of the whole matter will
be to destroy any chances of DR.. Hill
being sent to Berlin, but it will also
insure the retirement of Tower, a
plan that he is said to be fighting
now, although he recently said he de-
sired to be relieved.
THAT the friendship existing be-
tween Mrs. Tower and the kaiser is
S,,f77o;art1xy xz.~-, %, a~> ~, frov,, h;y,4
such an expression as he is said to
have given, no one doubts.
THE kaiser is said to have made
the remark at diplomatic reception
while discussing with the Towers
their withdrawal from the court and
the coming of DR. Hill. He is report
ed to have said:
"If President Roosevelt sends any
one here to replace you I will never
forgive him.
A washington special to the Globe
says:
The Hill affair is rapidly growing
IN public interest and all washington
is now waiting for the president ant
Secretary Root to explain this case
one of the most peculiar in American
diplomatic. history, but there is a mys-
E.terious reticence at the state depart.
ment
In official circles here there is {
tendency to infer that either Ambas
sador Charlemagne Tower alone or tn.
ambassador and his talented wife to
gether are at the bottom of tn,
kaiser's refusal to accept as Tower.
successor DR.. David Jayne Hill, tn,
present American minister at Tn,
Hague. The kaisers extreme partial
ity toward the present ambassador an.
his wife is we'll known, and it is sur
missed that the signal marks of favc
recently shown toward Mr.. and Mrs
Tower by William II may have beel
responsible for a change of plan OF
| the formers part.
"One thing Is certain, Secretary Roo
does not like Mr.. Tower. and this fact
Washington believes. is likely to lea.
| to more sensations"
The San Francisco call., 1908-03-27

The Cslkins newspaper syndicate is
tempt to w'riggle away from the dis
astrous consequences of the expose Of
its prograft, pro-IIerrin and anti
Roosevelt afiiliations by vehemently
shouting -liarr' at the men and news
papers responsible for subjecting the
subsidized publicity concern to deserved
public scorn.
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BAD TIME FOR PRoGRAFT

subsidized publicity concern to deserved
public scorn-
BAD TINE FOR PROGRAFT
All the Calkins papers have been
worked overtime carrying what pur-
port to be denials of features of the
expose printed by The Call Immediately
after Edwin Emerson resigned as editor
OF the Fresno Herald. assigning as the
reason for his resignation his un-
willingness to obey Calkins' order to
print articles derogatory to President
Roosevelt and the graft prosecution
1t has been most uncomfortable
period for the prograft, pro-Herrin
syndicate molder of public opinion.
With its little game of insidious de-
fense of the higher ups. the Calkins
syndicate has been forced to drop the
defense OF its clients and fight des-
perately to save the newspaper proper
ties it dedicated to the service of the
men and agencies that have disgraced
and degraded California
DENIES PERVERTED VERSIONS
j
Emerson resigned in disgust, has been
made to hear the brunt of the Calkins
syndicate's desperate attempt to re-
habiiitate itself. The front page OF the
Fresno Herald for March 16 was al
most exclusively devoted to what pur-
ported to be denials of the charges
made by Emerson and reported by The
Call They were, for the most part.
denials or alleged statements that had
not been made either by Emerson or
The Call. Instead of denying the
charges brought against it the Calkins
syndicate attempts to purge itself by
| denying perverted versions of the ac-
cusations.
! In a letter TO Emerson. received be-
| fore he resigned from the editorship OF
| the Fresno Herald, Leigh Irvine, man.
| aging editor for the syndicate, laid bare
the manner IN which the syndicate pur-
posed to attack President Roosevelt.
| The attacks were to be covert and to
follow special article written by an
| enemy Of the president. But the pretty
/ part OF the scheme. as disclosed by Ir-
vine. was to close the mouth of Editor
Rowell OF the Fresno Republican by se-
curing from him an article on the presi-
dent, which Irvine correctly assumed
would be laudatory and eulogistic. This
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SUBURBAN

Stanford crisis comes near
sign agreement to walk out
ings.
10 q speech at Oakland
arraigns enemies OF graft pr
ises TO land Dsrgie behind ii
Millionaire colony Of Me-
By the threatened invasion
Japanese.
Berkeley trustees repeal
scavengers now may d
where.
Former wealthy hotelmzr
accused in Oakland court
check for SIS.
Thug beats maid who gu
TO rob and police posse is
him
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COAST

Fleet in Maedalena bay engages in drills a
gun practice at night. PAGE
Los Angeles architect drinks poison a
dies when arrested for passing nctitio
checks. Page
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SOCIAL

wedding OF DR.. Albert L. SFkes and Mrs.
Alice Russ Habernicht 10 Centenary church
is attended by intimate friends and rela-
tiFes PAGE 9
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About People and Socfol lnCldenfl
AT THE WHITE HOUSE.
TFrom The rrfrrne Bureau

,,,. H. 1-Tb. President ordered all
fourth class postmasters east OF the dis7i'S 10y,
and north of the Ohio River placed under tno Ni''
Service. -
IT, ra rsors+arv NJ the Navy Truman H
NeUberrv sat with the Cabinet to-day immediate
ly following his induction into once at the ueP
ment Mr.. Metcalf the retiring SecretAiS, ~ :.
duced him and received the farewell greetings %
the President and his former associa'e' ~
members present. =,
Announcement was made OF the appOinIiiio
Herbert I. SatterIee. OF New YORK, as AssiS'H
Secretary of the Navy succeeding MI Ne"oelIS'
81 To1i.I Keefe Of Detroit Commissioner
General of Immigration. succeeding Frank r sar
gent. -. .-o,-
The President will receive at 2:ao p m to-Inorro"
Tang shao ". special Chinese envoy anu '0 ~
Including Prince Tsat Flu
The President will attend the celebration t0-H
row of the sixtieth anniversary OF EmpeioI :. ..
Joseph's accession to the throne OF AuSiiN -
Patrick's Church ...
Tba president was invited to deliver an address
at the celebration of the 4oth anniversary OK the
founding OF Calvnisrn, to be held at
February q. e.
Tn. President has declined invitation to at
tend the national apple show. to b heio at 0pO.
kama Wash December to n. bit VIII press
button the White House opening the snow,
Captain Jean de Naximon. chamberlain OF tne
Emperor of Russia and Anatole Issaen, cnief en-
O1neer of the Russian imperial printing office. who
are investigating American printing plants palo
their respects.
Among the Presidents callers were Represent
tiyes Bingham Hull. Overstreet and Dawson; marx
Sullivan D. ] Keefe Father York and friends.
and =. L. Eberhardt. OF Newark. N. J.. heading a
committee of the National Machine Tool Builders
Association.
The President took a horseback ride in the SUD
urbs and later conferred with Timothy L. WOOD
ruff. of New York. who his way home from
Hot Springs
Mrs Roosevelt entertained the wives OF cabinet
members at the White House this morning IRIS
sha led
symphony Orchestra. having with her Mrs. Victor
n Metcalf and Mr.. and Mrs. LOngworth She sent
to the homo of Mr. and Mrs. MetcaH a large bunch
of pink roses As a farewell tribute.
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4muSementS.

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NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
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BLANEY'S-2-S-Naudevill - e.
BROADWAT-2I5--Cavall RusticanA ana MI
bunara-s :20--NRlia-
CARNEGIE Halls -l5--Concert
CASINOS k-MTe Mischief
CIRCLES 3o-The Man who STOOD still
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CRITTRION-S-SaEnson.
rAIYTS-2 :S0-S .30-The World sno f1ls " he
EDEN MUSEE-The world in Wax
-Se-Jack Straw
GAIETY-2 -l5-s-I5-The Travelling saiesH1AI
GARRICK-2- Is-s :30-The Patriot
CERMAN-s-Comtesse Guckerl
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FRANCIS yOSEPHS JUBILEE.

.'Of those who, In August, 1906 says the ac-
complished historian who now represents the
British Crown at Washington, read in the news
papers that the Emperor Francis II had an
''nounced to the Diet his resignation OF the 1mpe-
rial crown there were probably few who re-
Elected that the Oldest political institution In the
"world mad come TO an end Yet it was So The
empire which a note issued by diplomatist on
the banks of the Danube eXtingushed was the
..same which the crafty nephew of Julius had
won for himself against the powers Of the East,
beneath the cliffs of Actium and which had pre-
served almost unaltered, through eighteen cen
"turies of time a title and pretensonS from
which all meaning had long since departed
Simultaneously with that resignation however,
he who had been Francis II, Emperor of Rome,
became Francis l, Emperor OF Austr1a-'what-
ever that meant" to quote now not Mr.. Bryce,
but Mr. Freeman. And the Roman crown
had been for time In the possession of the
Hapsburgs. and as Austria had been the dOmi-
nant state in the empire, it is by no means I'M
fitting to regard the present Austrian Empire,
as indeed, It's name suggests. as the direct sue
cessor of the Roman Empire. and the grandson
of Francis II Of Rome as the remote successor
OF Augustus.
To paraphrase Mr.. Bryce, we may say that in
1S4S when the nept Ferdinand was compelled
10 abdicate his throne. there probably few
who imagined that the timid and untried lad
who succeeded him was beginning one of the
longest and most important reigns in the history
of the Hapsburgs or Of the Eastern Empire.
Seldom has any reign been more inausptcously
begun or indeed, been marked with more IN
toward Incidents. Nearly four centuries ago Ii
was APPLY said Bella gerGnt ali; tn. feltT
Austria, nube" But Francis Joseph, while he
made not unhappy marriage, waged more than
one war and always with disaster. No honor
was won from the sullen subsection of Hungary,
and though Austria did not share III Dueppel
she received from ii a legacy Of woe. Soferfno
and Sadowa were proportonately almost com
parable with Sedan, and the formation Of a new
German Empire which included Bavaria rele-
gated Austria for the first time in centuries TO
secondary place In the Germanic world Never
theess. through all these vicissltudes, humilia-
lions and losses the personal authority OF the
Emperor steadily increased and SO did the affec-
tion with which he regarded by his hetero-
gcueouS subjects. It is how many year since
ACStriaLs were able to sing There is only
haise- and one Kaiser-Town," yet never in all
the sixty years Of his reign has Francis Joseph
been more truly the Kaiser than to-day.
He has borne many titles. The "Sorrowful
Emperor" was one, justified by the three appal-
ling tragedies Of brother and wife. The
Reform Emperor" they called him when, in
1867 the idea of q centralized Austrian Empire
gave way TO that of a dual Austro- Hungarian
monarchy consisting of an indissoluble fedora
ton of two equal states under a single sovereign,
Esssatayiys pssliamsnt Of its OWE Tina Peace
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enterprise at Panama has been better than the
preceding year in efficiency, economy ana
promise OF ultimate and speedy success IL we
were working for a sea-level canal the Culeora
cut would be the crux. and the rate or progress
on II would determine the time required TOT
completion OF the canal Under the present
plans the Gatun dam and locks are the cru1'
and II is far difficult to calculate tne ulne
which will he required TO finish them III lhe
absence of unexpected difficulties or disaster
however. it surely should be possible TO com
pIete that part of the work within a year OF
two after the general excavation is DONE ana
thus have the canal opened to commerce long
before the end of the second decade or TINS
century Any other result than that wouio
place upon the Gatun plan the burden OF blame
for otherwise unnecessary delay.
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can be fred more frequently. What Is lost IN
one way might be made up in another, granted
that In both cases the craftsmanship was the
same After all, then, the comparison may
fairly be made on the basis or tne heaVle @'
ems and the ratio of three to four (120 TO 1GO)
will not give a seriously misleading impression
of this country's position relative to Germany's
two years hence.
The fact is, Germany has made more exten-
sive use of the Dreadnought model than we
have She builds four new ships 10 our Two
Congress has twice refused TO comply Win
president Roosevelts request for authority to
build foor such ships in a single year Inc ao-
miuistration has also bet1 hampered by re-
fusal to concede to the Navy Department DIS
cretionary power exercised by the British ana
German governments. At least year was lost
in that manner From these two causes combined
Germany has been pretty we'll assured or the
second rank In the worlds navies by the year
or 1911,
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THE DIPLOMATIC CORPS.
IRON The Tribune Bureau


washington Dec. baron HsnSelntller Won
Hengervar Austro- Hungarian Ambassador, has re-
ceved from Emperor Francis Joseph the decora-
ton Of the Grand Cross of the Order of Leopold
The British Ambassador and Mrs Bryce enter
tanned a number OF guests at dinner at the en-
bassy tonight.
The new German Ambassador, Baron Won Bern
storfH Will sail for this country on December II,
one day after the time appointed for che arrival
here of the German counsellor, Count George
Won WedsI. Count Hatzfeldt- Wildenburg. who has
been appointed German Minister 10 Egypt. will sail
for his post December L.
The Peruvian Minister and Mime. de Pardo will
leave Washington in ten days for Peru. where they
will remain until March. when they will return TO
this country.
Colonel Baron de Bode. Russian military attache.
and his sister, Baroness de Bode. entertained in
formally at luncheon to-day at their house in r
street.
number OF the bachelors OF the diplomatic corps
entertained Count Hatzfeldt at dinner tonight as
a farewell tribute to his popularity here.
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IN WASHINGTON SOCIETY.
From The Tribune Bureau

From The Tribune Bureau
Washington, Dec IA large audience listened
TO the Boston Symphony Orchestra this afternoon.
In the boxes Mrs Wright Mrs. Newberry
Mrs Garfield, Mrs. Beekrnan winthrop Mrs Hunt
ington Wilson. the British Ambassador and Mrs
Bryce, the French Ambassador and Nine Jus
serand, the Italian Ambassador and Baroness
Mayor des Pianches, Nine. de Blampre, the Peru
Wan Minister and Sonora de Pardo. the Swedish
Minister and Nine Iagercrantz, Nine. Ii
vonius. Nine. BOnaparte. Rear Admiral and Mrs
Glover and Mr.. and Mrs. George Howard.
Senator and Mrs. Elkins returned to their Wash
ington house to-day after spending the summer at
Hallihurst, their West Virginia estate
Mr.. and Mrs. George Howard entertained a num-
Der OF guests at dinner tonight
Baroness Won Sternburg, widow OF the German
Ambassador. and her mother, Mrs. LanRham will
leave town tomorrow for New York. Later they
VIII sail for Europe and the baroness will make
her home abroad for time.
Mrs. Lloyd s. Mccormick who has been thu
guest OF Major General and Mrs. Bell for several
days. returned to Governors Island TODAY Major
Mccormick. who accompanied her here will remain
at Fort Myer to complete his inspection OF the ro+