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The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1908-01-13
'Standard0ilMakeS
on State Rival
Raises Prices, Hoping California
authorities Will Get
in the Fight

The Standard oil company has de-
clared war on its most powerful rival
in California and has undertaken to
force opposition from the state by the
unique method Of raising prices AS a
rule the American trusts have destroyed
competition by lowering prices tenn
porarily but the Standard. with sys-
tenn and methods peculiar TO itself. has
decided to raise the stakes to the point
where 1t believes it's rival will be un-
able TO sit in the game
The Standard Is directing Its attack
against the big English corporation
which operates in the state under the
name of the Californian petroleum re-
fineries and Californian oil fields. In
the Santa Maria territory the concern
goes by the former name and in the
Kern county districts by the latter
designation.
The English company has gained
foothold both in producing oil and in
the refining business. 1t had Just be-
gun to operate on large scale when
the Standard opened its campaign by
raising prices. The high prices will
make it impossible for the English COM
pany to fill its contracts with any de-
gree of profit.
Great surprise was expressed in local
oil circles on Friday when It was
learned that the Rockefeller company
had raised prices in the Kern river.
Coalinga, Midway and McKittrick fields
to 40 cents barrel and to S5 cents in
the Santa Maria country. This sur
prise was natural in view of the fact
that the Standard was receiving a large
part of the Santa Maria production on
so cent contracts.
The English company has a contract
with the Togo Kisen Kaisha steamship
company for 100000 barrels a year at
AZ cents a barrel. The company found
1t difficult to I'LL this big contract and
was forced into the open market for oil.
Just as the English concern was ar
ranging to sign with the independents
the Standard jumped the price to a fig
ure which the foreign corporation
could not afford to pay in view OF its
low price contracts. Reduced to its
simplest terms. the California re-
fneries company had sold short in the
oil market and the Standard has seized
the opportunity to turn bull and en-
barrass its rival.
The English company has no thought
either of abandoning the field nor Of
selling to any other concern. according
TO Manager Phillips
I'VE have met some obstacles" said
Phillips. Our wharf has been de-
stroyed at oilport, but any report that
we are to sell out or give up our re-
fnery is false We are arranging to
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1908-01-13
EASTERN

Interstate commerce commission demands that
railroads exhibit tsrid sheets that can be under
stood Page z
Roosevelt announces immediate withdrawal of
troops from Goldneld. sustaining report that con
ditions did not warrant the call for the mill
tary- Page
Second trial of Harry K Thsw for the killing
Of stanford White begins IN earnest today and
the issue viii be responsibility or irrespon-
eibility. Page 2
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HELD CAPTIVE BY SNOW
AT A MINE NEAR INDEX
Daughter of Ambrose Bierce
Awaits Coming of Husband
to Effect Her Rescue
SPECIAL DISPATCH TO THE CALL

RENO, New. Jan. 12.-Far from any
habitation and hemmed in by barriers
of snow averaging 10 feet in depth,
Mrs. Harry cowden. formerly Miss
Helen Ballard Bierce. daughter of Am
brose Bierce, is held an unwilling pris-
oner at the Index mine near Index, Cal.
Her husband passed through Gardner
vile yesterday on his way to rescue
her. Il was imperative that he go at
once, and he made the journey from
the railroad to the mine on snowshoes.
It win be impossible for Mrs. Cow
den TO leave her prison until aid ar
rives. but she is not in danger Of suf-
fering. as an ample supply of food and
fuel will be taken to the camp. she
formerly lived at Carson and is well
known here
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1908-01-13

support the general allegations in the
governors request for troops. nor were
his specific statements established to
any such extent as to justify his use
OF these statements for the purpose of
getting federal troops.
1T concludes with this recommenda-
tion:
But we must firmly believe that
upon the assembling of the legislature,
or within few days thereafter. the
troops should be removed. regardless
of any request for their retention that
may be made by either the legislature
or the governor of Nevada, 1t being the
essential that the state of Nevada shall
understand this situation completely;
shall recognize the fact that there will
at that date be thrown upon it, and it
alone, the primary responsibility OF
keeping order, and that, recognizing
this responsibility. it may take such
action as is the duty of the state and
as will be sufficient in the premises
THINKS TROOPS UNwARRANTED
In his letter to Governor Sparks, after
reviewing the steps so far taken in the
Goldfeid mining trouble, the president
continues
.I have just received the report of
these three gentlemen Murray, Smith
and Neill). which sets forth in the most
emphatic language their belief, after
careful Investigation on the ground
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calling on the president for troops and
that the troops should not be kept In
definitely in Goldfeld. The report fur
ther states that there was no insurrec-
tion against the power of the state at
the time the troops were called for;
such an insurrection, and that none OF
the conditions described in sections
52S7-s-s athe Revised Statutes as war
ranting interference by the federal gov
ernment existed, and that the effort was
and is plainly an effort blythe state of
Nevada to secure the performances by
the United States of the ordinary police
duties which should. as matter OF
course, be performed by Nevada her
self
The report further says:
There is absolutely no question that
lif the state of Nevada and the county
OF Esmeralda exercise the powers at
their disposal they can maintain salts
factory order in Goldfield; that so far
these authorities have done nothing but
rely on federal aid, and their attitude
now is expressed by that OF refusing to
do anything and desiring to throw their
own burdens on the federal government
for the maintenance of those element
ary conditions of order for which they
and they only, are responsible
ADVISE EARLY WITHDRAWAL
HThe signers of the report express
their conviction that the troops should
remain in Nevada until the assembling
of the legislature, SO as to preserve the
status quo in order that the legislature
may deal with the situation as it ex-
lists, but that shortly thereafter the
troops should be removed.
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It agree with the recommendations
of this report. of which inclose a copy.
and shall act accordingly. Unless 1t
can be shown that the statements of
the report are not IN accordance with
the facts. it will be incumbent upon
the legislature of Nevada when it con-
venes itself to provide for enforcement
of the laws of the state. The state of
Nevada must itself make resolute eff
fort in good faith to perform the police
duties incident to the existence of a
strike
AS the operators association had in
stigated the call for federal aid. the
lsoommission on reaching Goldfield al
lowed its counsel to present the opera
tors side of the case fully. This occu-
pied five days. At the end of these
hearings. the report says:
'Inasmuch as we were by this time
satisfied that the mine operators had
not in any particular established a case
Justifying either the bringing or the re-
tention of the troops. we did not deem
| it necessary to take any extensive evil
dence on the other side. and the hear
ing was substantially closed with a
brief formal interview with the COM
mittee from the miners union"
Reviewing the conditions leading up
to the present strike and since the
strike began. November 81 last. the re-
port draws this conclusion:
USED SOLDIERS AS WEDGE
The action of the mine operators
warrants the belief that they had de-
termined upon a-reduction of wages and
the refusal. of employment to members
of the western federation OF miners,
but that they feared to take this course
of action unless they had the protec-
tion of federal troops. and that they ac-
cordingly laid a plan to secure such
troops and put their program into ef-
] feet
When the troops arrived the mine
operators issued statement in which
they indicated reduction in miners
wages from $5 to 81 "a day. also their
| intention not to employ miners who
belonged to the union.
The report adds: while this cut in
wages and refusal to employ members
of the western federation OF miners
swasSnot announced until after the ar
rival of the troops. every indication
confirms the belief that such action was
in contemplation before the arrival of
the troops, was part of the general
plan of the mine operators to estab-
lish their independence of the union.
and that the coming of the troops was
expected and urged by them to make
/ such a plan feasible"
MIsREPREsENTED CONDITIONS
Conditions at GoIdneld the report as
serts. did not Justify calling for the
troops. The single case of the unlaw-
full use of dynamite, which failed to
/ accomplish any damage, was sur
rounded by such circumstances, the re-
port says, as to raise a reasonable
doubt as to the genuineness of the
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The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1908-01-13
Troops Must Leave GoIdfieId, Is the
Announcement of Roosevelt
Report Charges That Mine Operators Used
Military as Wedge to Reduce Wages

WASHINGTON, JAM 1z-Presdent Roosevelt has deter
mined Withdraw federal from Godfeid, Nev
shortly after the legislature begins its special session Tuesday
This known at the White House today,
when the of the special investigating committee was
made puic with letter from the president dow
Sparks dated January The president says ne shall be
in the report unless the
of the report not in
with The report the conditions die not
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1908-01-13
FOREIGN

Moors at Fez revolt and proclaim Mulai
Hshd sultan, demanding rejection of Al
gecirss act Page 8
japan worried by overwhelming sentiment in
America IN favor Of exclusion bill. Page 2
Women lead rioting socialists IN Berlin and
are charged upon by police with drawn sa
bers. Page /
3sttleship feet safely reaches Rio de ia
Metro after 1900 mile trip from Port of Spain.
and gets royal welcome Page
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1908-01-13
lmpertinent Question No. 33
What Is Your One Best Bet?

For the most original or wittest TO this ques
ton and the briefer the better-The Call will pay
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
IAdPERTINENT QUESTIONS.
THE CALL
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EDITORIAL

Dsrgie once baked in raid on Alameda treas
ury, now loots public Golfers unhampered. Page
Mr Hearst blocks Brysn's way. Page 8
Reason 10 look for building boom. Page 6
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SPORTS
MARINE

Steamship Glenlogsn encounters two hurricanes
while crossing Pacific from Mo1- Page 8
-Four big sailing vessels Start on race to Ha-
vsii and vagers are made on result. Page 2
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COAST

Faction in British Columbia legislature viii
tempt 70 impeach Lieutenant Governor Du
muir because Of his friendship for the ]
sDese- Page
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INDEX OF THE
SAN FRANCISCO CALLS
NEWS TO-DAY
MONDAY. JANUARY 1s. 1908.
rELEPHoNE kEARNY Sc
WEATHER CONDITIONS
NEWS TO-DAY

YESTERDAY-cloudy; northeast wind: max
imum temperature. 81: minimum IS.
FORECAST FOR ToDAY-Cloudy; unsettled;
possibly light showers: light east wind.PaEe
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1908-01-13
CLASH WITH POLICE

CLASH WITH POLICE
The police of the city undertook to
restore order and the men from the
hotiIa attacked the police for inter
fering. and the net result OF it all was
that large numbers OF sailors were se-
verely handled and 90 were locked Up
The morning journal-courier., 1908-01-15
FESSENDEN'S WILL
Estate of Three Quarters of Million
 Goes to Relatives.

Stamford, Jan. 1.-The will of the late Samuel Fessenden was offered for probate to-day. The value of the realty is given at $1O0,000 and the per sonal property at s300,000. It is be- lieved that the entire estate is worth about three-quarters of a million. There are no bequests of a public na- ture. The estate is mostly in Stam- ford real estate and stocks and bonds. All is left to relatves except $1,000 to Helen Davenport Perry. of Maine, who IS named after MT. Fessendens wife.
 MT. Fessenden has left his four un- married sisters and married sister $lo,oOo each; his brother, Oliver G., se,oOo in trust, the principal to go to the latter's daughter; to his brother Seth, $1O,O00; to the Stamford Trust company, $2,000, the income to go to his aunt and, after her death, to her daughter, while the residue is to go to MT. Fessenden's son and two daughters. in trust, the principal to go to their children, if they have any, and, If not, to the nephews and nieces.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-01-15
NATL GUARD AS.O.
Recommends That it be Made Integral Part of Regu-
 lar Army.
COMMITTEE MAKES REPORT
Advises Better Pay for Army and Sug- gcsts Military Correspond
 cncc Schools.

Boston, Jan. 1.-The desires of the National Guard association of the united States for new national leg s. lation afr scting state milities were deh- nitely expressed to-dly by an almost complete representation of the volun- tee forces from every section of the country at the tenth annual meeting of the organization In Faneull hall. The report of the legislative commit tee, to which members from each state were appointed vest rday, was read by the chairman of the committee, Gcner- al James A. Bra!n and unanimously adopted.
 The feature of the report was a rec ommendatlon to change the Dick law, so as to make state militias practlc- ally an integral part of the regular army and as such have them support ed and controlled by the federal gov ernment.
 Resolutions were passed to-day fav- bring action by the United States con gress to provide better pay for the mil- itary service of the country: the policy of giving physicians of the national guard preference whenever it, became necessary for the federal government to add to the medical corps of the ar my and the investigation of the advis- ability of establishing military cores pondence schools for the instruction of officers
 A telegram received from General Charles Dick United States senator from Ohio and president of the associ- ation, annQunced that Illness kept him from attending the meeting
 Following the action on the reports a general discussion ensued as to methods in prosecution of the proposed changes In the statutes. General Drain suggested that upon adjournment of the convention tomorrow each dee- gate go direct to Washington, button hole his states congressman and i'm press upon them the unanimous de. nland of the national volunteer militia for new legislation.
 The financial question was finall, disposed of by vote to make specia assessment on the basis of s5 for ever, 5e0 guardsmen. or l cent per member which with the 100000 men will aggre- gate an even sl,000 for carryin, through congress the proposed meas ures.
 The convention then adjourned fol the day.
 After luncheon a majority of the visitors went to Fort Banks and Fort Heath, Boston harbor, where special target practice with the big guns and mortars was arranged.
 Without opposition the convention accepted the report of the nomination committee, favoring the reelection of General Dick of Ohio as president oi the association.
 Adjutant General Cole of Hartford was elected a vice president.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-01-15
ATTEMPT ABDUCTION
Men In Automobile Enter Home of
 Hciress at New Canaan.

New Canaan. Jan. 14.-A bold at tempt to abduct Miss Giles c. Mo Clanahan. the heiress who is now un- der the guardianship of pr. c. H. Sco- vile, was made tonight by five men in an automobile.
 The machine was backed through the street until 1t reached a point near the house. The men then went to the door and asked whether Miss McClan- ahan was at home. On being informed that she was. they said they had come for her and wished te have her leave immediately with them.
 Miss Mechanism appeared in the room. but made no effort to accompany the men. The nurse refused the re- quest and attempted to telephone to pr. Scoville. but as she was about to take down the telephone she was grasped from behind 5ud was not al lowed to give an alarm. The men. how ever. berame frightened and left
The morning journal-courier., 1908-01-15
SYMPHONY SUCCESS
Splendid Rendition Given of Goldmark's Beautiful
 Sakuntala.
WORK WAS EXCELLENT
Refinement of Spirit Marks the Per- formancc of Difficult
 Program.

Last night at woolsey hall In the presence of large audisnce, the New Haven Symphony orchestra gave the third concert of the season.
 The program opened with Gold marks beautiful but difficult overture "Sakuntala" which was given very good reading and a performance far better than any hitherto given in New Haven. 1t IS a work of such pure and elevating character that 1t should be given place on the program every season. Regarded solely from it's edu- cational standpoint I consider it the most potent factor in the whole library of the orchestra and as the players be- come more and more acquainted with It's delicate and intricate passages It's refining influence will become cores pondingly greater among the people
 Repetition is the cornerstone of all development Tschaikowski's great B flat minor concerto for the piano was the second number on the program and it's rendition calls for nothing but the highest praise Katherine Goodson, the soloist, is an artist of very fine qualities and her playing of Tschlik- owski was extremely sympathetic but hampered somewhat by the heaviness of the orchestra.
 Only once before have I heard this concerto played with as much refinc- ment of spirit as WIS infused into 1t last night land I have heard 1t num- Der of times) and then it was played by Rosenthal.
 After having been recalled several times. Madame Goodson graclously re. sponded with an extra number, Re verie' by Richard Strauss-the com position was simple but full of choic- est poetry.
 Beethoven's seventh symphony closed the program and It's rendition confirms the judgment already passed that both the orchestra and Professor Parker feel a more intimate bond to Beethoven than to any other composer. The con- cert was good-both the orchestra and it's conductor gave us the result of earnest endeavor and their efforts are appreciated. IPSE
The morning journal-courier., 1908-01-15
PROVING INSANITY
Witnesses in Thaw Trial Recount Ec-
 ccntricitics of Defendant.


 New York. Jan. 14.--The attorneys Harry K. Thaw at his trial to-day be- gan relentlessly to build up the case of legal insanity which they have in- terposed in his behalf as a defense for the killing of Stanford White.
 The two principal witnesses of the day were Prof. Charles F. Koehler of Winona. Minn., who acted as instruc- tor to Thaw in the Wooster. Ohio, uni versity in 1886, and Mrs. Amy Grozelle of San Mateo, Cal, who attended Thaw as a trained nurse at Monte Carlo in 1897. They both told of the young mans eccentricities and declared that his manner always was irrational.
 Dr. John T. Deemar. of Kittaning. Pa, one of the Thaw family physi- clans. also was heard, as also were the attending physicians of three institu- tions for the insane where members of Thaw's family, on both paternal and maternal sides, werc confined.
 District Attorney Jerome, by unex- pectedly invoking the sacred privileges of physician and patient, blocked such of the testimony as to unsoundness of mind n the Thaw family but the call ing of the witnesses and the questions they were allowed by the court to an- swer left the desired impression upon the jury.
 MT. Jerome explained that the law compelled him to object to such testi- mony without an express waiver from the patients. Even the nurse who at tended Thaw was not allowed to tes- tify until Thaw personally made a wiaver of the confidential privileges in open court.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-01-15
Secretary of War Tells Ohio Sc- ciety That Effect of Send ing Fleet Has Been
 Wholesome.
REASON WITH THEIR EYES
Question of the Open Door in China the Important One to Us-Our Trade Second Only to
 England.

Philadelphia, Jan. A. - Secretary Taft of the war department was the chief guest of the Ohio Society at Philadelphia at its banquet held here tonight. Congressman Theodore E. Burton, also son of Ohio, was ex- pected to accompany MT. Taft, but he was Ill and could not make the jour hey from Washington.
 A feature of the affair was the dec orations, every design having conspic- uous in its make up the Buck Eye. At each plate, instead of the usua guest card, was hat pin, with a Buck Eye" for a head on which was painted the Ohio coat of arms. At tached to the pin was small flag of the state on the reverse side of which was the name of the guest
 When Secretary Taft arose to speat he was greeted w.lh a song in whicl he was referred to as 'the only one' In reply to this he said:
 Tt seems to be mighty poor society occasion of this sort when you do no nominate some one for the presidency so when we are through I'd like to talk, a little paper and sign it Value re. ceived.'"~
 He described Ohio as the typica American state, referred to the place its sons have held in the history of the country and then talked on the rela- tions of this country with China ant Japan.
 The Japinese he said, do not desire war with us, nor do we with them. The question of the open door in China. he declared, was the important one to us. The United States, the secretary said was second only to England In is com mercial relations with China, figures failing to show the true conditions be- cause American goods entering Oh na were compelled to pass through Hong Kong, port controlled by England. The sending of the American fleet to the Pacific, the SD aker insisted. had no war-like significance,
 But the effect as. viewed from the Oriental standpoint, was most whole some, since the Orientals reason through their eyes and the material evidence of the government warships in the Pacific settled the talk of war in the Philippines
 Secretary Taft also delivered brief address before the Military Order of Foreign Wars.