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The San Francisco call., 1909-04-22
WHO ORDERED
SPARROWS' DEATH?
Slaughter of ''Doves of Peace"
Disquiets Daughters of the
American Revolution
Superstitious Members of Ma
tional Convention Prophecy
ALI Sorts of Direful Results

WASHINGTON, April 21.-On the eve
OF the battle of ballots for officers OF
the Daughters of the American Revo-
luton the contestants are concentrat-
ing their forces. Mrs. Scott of Illinois
and Mrs. Story of New York, the rival
candidates, are confident of the out
come.
SHE MADE A BLUNDER
A dramatic feature of today's meet
ing was the frank statement of Miss
Jeannette Richards, the official leader,
that she alone was responsible for the
"blunder" of last night that had placed
Mrs. Story, Mrs. Mclean and the con-
gress in an awkward position and had
resulted in the refusal of the president
general to recognize Mrs. Story in or
der to submit her report as regent of
New York.
The explanation, which was accom-
panied by an open apology, was greeted
with applause and what promised to
develop into most disagreeable situ-
alton turned out to be genuine love
feast. Mrs. Mclean and Mrs. Story ex-
pressed themselves. as entirely satisfied.
SLAUGHTER OF sPARROws
Iile superstluouSs ones, however, TO-
night are predicting all sorts of dire
happenings tomorrow and all because
the English sparrows, which had in
Tested the hall since the congress con-
yened, have been destroyed.
During the afternoon recess men
armed with air rifles picked off one by
one the little doves of peace as they
came to be known, and their merry
chirps sounded no more. No official
was willing to admit that she gave the
execution order.
The annual contributions for Con-
tinental hall fairly swamped the presi-
dent generals desk. The actual sums
handed In, together with the pledges
announced. aggregated about $4,000.
The days events were brought to
close by a reception in honor of the
Daughters by the Sons of the American
Revolution.
The San Francisco call., 1909-04-22
TAFT WILL ACT ON
CHARGES
Utah Senators Claim Hartman
Lines Are Vi0lators of
Sherman Law

WASHINGTON, April 21.-President
Taft today took up for investigation
and promised to act at once on a COM
plant filed with him alleging that the
western railroads are discriminating &
against Salt Lake city. Ogden and
other intermountain cities in the mat
ter of freight rates and are violating
the antitrust laws
The charges were made by Senators
Smoot and Sutherland and Representa-
tive Howell, all of Utah. They asked
that the matter be taken up by the
department of justice rather than by
the interstate commerce commission.
The papers filed alleged that Harri-
man shows no respect for any law but
the federal
The papers declare the Hartman
lines are enormously profitable, and
include petition from commercial
bodles In Utah saying the discrimina-
tion has been carried on for many years
and that the roads have steadily in
creased rates and eliminated competi-
ton.
Higher rates, 1t is said, are being
charged for freight from Chicago and
missouri river points and Denver to the
N,a eCiiitoEy tHdn lot the lflucn longer
maui to Pacific coast cities. These rates.
says the petition, are without warrant
or any competent court or commission.
The roads specified are the Southern
racine, the Union Pacific, the Oregon
snort Line, the oregon railroad and
navigation company. the San Pedro
Los Angeles and Salt Lake, the Denver
and Rio Grandes the Missouri Pacific,
the Colorado Midland, the Colorado and
southern. the Chicago. Burlington and
Quincy, the Chicago, Rock Island and
Pacific and the Atchison, Topeka and
Santa Fe.
1t is stated that on cocoa beans the
rate per car from Chicago to Utah is
1884, While for the same car all the
way to San Francisco the charge is
only s255. On a car of nails the charge
from Chicago to Utah is $40, and from
Chicago to San Francisco only $780,
on car of printing paper the rate
from Chicago to Utah is S420 and to
San FrancfscoAonly 5000
The San Francisco call., 1909-04-22
MAIL BAG WITH $4,000
is LOST IN WYOMING
Pouch With Registered Pack
ages JoIted From Train

DENVER, April 21.--Chief Inspector
Cochran OF the Denver postoffice an
nounced tonight that a mail pouch
containing % registered packages had
been lost from a Union Pacific train
between Green River and Bryan, Wyo.,
Sunday night.
Upon comparison with the records Of
the San Francisco postoffice it was
discovered that three packages of un-
signed banknotes, aggregating $4,000.
consigned by the treasury department
to California banks were among the
contents Of the missing package. The
notes need only the signature of the
California bank officials to become legal
tender.
There were five mail clerks in the
car when the pouch was lost, but the
loss was not discovered for some time.
The pouch is supposed to have fallen
from the car through a door jolted
open on the heavy grade.
One OF the packages was consigned
TO the First National Bank of Palo
Alto, Cal, and contained $40 and $40
notes, numbered from U-324232 to
U-324247, amounting to $500.
The second package, aggregatinE
$1,000 in $50 and 800 notes and num-
bered from B-62T533 to B-62754s. was
consigned to a San Jose bank.
The third package of $1,000 in SO
and $40 notes. numbered from H-514342
to H-5I4S7T, was addressed to a bank
in Santa Cruz.
The San Francisco call., 1909-04-22
CREW BILL KILLED TO
PROTECT MOTOR LINES
Amendment in Assembly Mis-
placed in Section 8

SACRAMENTO. April 21.-It is not
hostility to the intent of the full crew
bill that will cause Governor Gillett
to withhold his assent to its becoming
law, but because in the form it
passed through the senate it would not
do otherwise than work a hardship on
the railroads. The governor would
have signed the bill had it ex-
cluded motor cars from the rule which
required a full crew on single cars.
In its original form the bill did not
exclude motor cars, but the assembly
committee on common carriers amended
sections / and 2 to make them apply
only to trains drawn by steam engines.
In amending section words were mad
vertently inserted in the wrong place
and made the bill apply to motor cars
as well as steam.
Governor Gi1lett signed Assemblyman
p. II. Johnson's bill authorizing the
formation of dual sewer districts in
Incorporated critics.
The governor also signed assembly
bill 1863. appropriating $1,000 for the
purchase of portraits of Robert L.
Beardslee and p. II. Stanton, who have
served as speakers OF the assembly and
senate; bin 1861. permitting the sale
OF Agnew asylum lands.
The San Francisco call., 1909-04-22
MANDOLIN ORCHESTRA
WILL GIVE MUSICALE.
Vocalists to. Assist Pupils of
Samuel AdeIstein

A mandolin musicale with an elaborate
program of classical numbers will be
given by Samuel Adelstein and his
pupils, assisted by Mrs. L. LIE Page.
soprano, and Harold Pracht. barytone,
at Lyric hall tomorrow evening.
numbers by the mandolin orchestra.
consisting of Mrs. c. J. Bauer, Mrs E.
Forbes, Miss Lois Bolton, Miss Emma
Noonan and Samuel Adelstein, mando-
Inns; Miss Clara Whitman, violin; Miss
Mabel Stierlen, cello, and Miss Mollie
Pratt, piano.
There will be songs by Mrs. L. LIE
Page and Harold Pracht, mandolin solos
by Miss Lois Bolton and Samuel Ade1-
stein and mandolin duets by Mrs. c. J..
Bauer and Miss Lois Bolton.
The program includes many numbers
of great technical difficulty for mando-
Inns. violin. cello and piano.
The San Francisco call., 1909-04-22
Intervention Close at Hand

ST. PETERSBURG, April 21.-The
situation in Persia engrosses the at
tention of the Russian foreign officers,
the Turkish crisis assuming a position
of secondary Importance. In spite of
the prompt compliance by the shah
with Russia's ultimatum that a six day
armistice must be declared at Tabriz
for the purpose of providing food for
the foreigners and noncombatants, it
is felt that Intervention in Persia can
not long be postponed.
The armistice will be utilized by
Russia in adequate preparation for the
military occupation of northern Persia
for considerable period.
All steps have been taken in full ac-
cord with Great Britain, which has
given Russia free hand
It is not expected by the foreign of
fee that any international complica-
tions will follow the killing of II. C.
Baskerville, an American school teach
er. The American consul had fore
warned Baskerville that he was for
feiting his right to American protec-
tion by joining the nationalists. The
British consul gave similar warning to
4he English correspondent, Moore, who
is now Satar Khan's principal lieuten-
ant
The San Francisco call., 1909-04-22
YOUTH OF Ii MAY DIE
FROM DRINKING WHISKY
William Norton Found in Street
Suffering From Alcoholism

Unconscious and in a critical condi-
ton, william Norton, aged IA, of 1ss
Shotweil street was found by Policeman
tieth last night and taken to the cen
trAl emergency hospital, where 1t was
discovered that the lad was suffering
from alcoholism. Detectives are inves-
tigating in an effort to find out where
he got the liquor. He may die.
The San Francisco call., 1909-04-22
AMERICAN LEADS
A FORLORN HOPE
II. c. Baskerville Killed While
at Head of Desperate Sortie

LONDON, April 21.-The Chronicles
Tabriz correspondent stated that II. C.
Baskerville, the American who was
killed there few days ago. and an
English correspondent had been train
ing bodies of men for an attempt to
raise the siege. Five times they ar
ranged a serious sortie, but every time
the courage Of the authorities failed at
the last moment and the organization
broke down hopelessly.
Later they took counsel again and In
despair the authorities decided that it
was Imperative to make an attack.
Baskerville and his companion opposed
the idea. but finally, yielding to
pressure led out their men. When
they reached striking distance Of the
enemy Baskervilles so men had dwin-
died to nine. He was shot while lead
ing these to the attack
The San Francisco call., 1909-04-22
unconditionally

ready have warships on this coast,
while Germany is sending vessels, and
in addition all the great powers main
tain guardships at Constantinople-
The consuls and the consular agents
stationed on the Syrian coast sent In
kilograms today declaring that the
missionaries were receiving strong pro-
lection at the hands OF the Turkish
authorities.
J. B. Jackson, the American con-
sui at Aleppo, however, expressed some
concern for the missionaries in out
lying stations, who have given asylums
TO Christian refugees.
ConsuIs Succor Foreigners
Late reports from the Syrian coast
say the racial fanaticism is extending
in the vilayet OK Aleppo. Disturbances
have broken out at Antioch and Bire-
iik, and foreigners have taken refuge
at the British vice consulates. The
British cruiser Diana has landed SO
men off Alexandretta.
The Sheik u Islam. the head of the
church, has telegraphed the ecclesi-
astical authorities in Syria to exert
every effort to put a stop to the dis
orders. The civil and military au-
thorities appear TO be powerless effec-
lively TO control the situation.
A telegram received here today from
William Chambers. an American mis-
sionary at Adana, dated yesterday,
says
The trouble began April IA. By
evening of April 16 Adana was euieter
and peace still continued. The town is
under martial law. Many people were
killed There was much looting, great
damage was done by FIRE. the market
was almost totally destroyed. and the
district was in a turmoil.
The San Francisco call., 1909-04-22
Excursion to UkIah

The Northwestern Pacific announces
an excursion to Ukiah on Sunday, April
%. This is the most popular excursion
run by any railroad in the state. The
ride is through Marin. Santa Rosa.
Russian River and Ukiah valleys. and
at this time OF the year IL is a most
beautiful trip, owing to the fruit trees
in full bloom. The trains pass through
a veritable bed of wild flowers. The
trip can be taken in absolute comfort.
as each ticket insures a seat. there be-
ing. no. more tickets sold than there are
seats provided. The fare for the round
trip is only $3.50 and tickets are now
on sale at the new city ticket once
S74 Market street, and at the ferry'
The leaving time from San Francisco is
500 a. m. and from Ukiah 500 D. m.
The San Francisco call., 1909-04-22
INCORPORATORS ELECT
Y. M. c. A. TRUSTEES
Secretary Reports Legacy of
$1,000 From j. III. Neff

The fifty-sixth annual meeting of the
1ncorporators Of the San Francisco
Young Mems Christian association was
held at the Crocker national bank yes
terday morning. Rolla V. Watt pre-
sided
General Secretary II. J. Mccoy pc
ported that the association had re-
ceived a legacy of $1,000 by the will of
former Lieutenant Governor j. H
NeH and that the erection of the steel
frame of the new building of the asso-
citation at Golden Gate avenue and
Leavenworth street would commence
within a few days. 1t is expected that
the building will be ready for occu-
pancy within year
The following trustees were elected:
Edward Coleman. chairman. /. J. Tru-
man, treasurer; b. c. Wright, secretary;
RQlla V. Watt, T. G.. Crothers, A. NJ
Simpson. Isaac Penny, George A. Null
len, G. S. Wright, G. w. Pike and Rob-
ert Bruce.
The San Francisco call., 1909-04-22
Sultan Must Submit Internationally

April hecbinet
Sutan wthhe m1iH members o. the commit
pnm remaIt ne
of and his f
uarantes, hich t twoudn not be to grant
the andsu
uncondifo
The San Francisco call., 1909-04-22
Ten Thousand Persons Killed

LONDON. April 21.--A special dis
patch received from Athens today says
that kilograms that have come in there
from Mersina set forth that fully 10000
persons were killed in the anti-Chris-
tian rioting of the last few days in the
Adana and Tarsus districts. Entire
villages were razed and the country is
a smoking wilderness.
The San Francisco call., 1909-04-22
European Women Leaving
Chief Of staff Shows skill

lzzet Pasha. chief OF the general staff
and principal member in Constantf-
nople of the committee of union and
progress. has handled the situation so
skiiifuliy that the First army corps
has been won over to the constitutional
cause to the point. in any event. of
not Offering any opposition. Izzet
Pasha is making every disposition Of
the troops within the city to the ad-
vantage Of Husni Pasha. the COM
mander of the constitutionalists
should The committee deem it neces-
sary to occupy the city.
lzzet Pasha's most sBle assistant in
handling the affairs of the committee
within the city has been RiTat Pasha.
minister of foreign affairs in the cabi-
net that was forced TO resign April l3.
SuItan'S Fate in Balance
1t is probable that detachment Of
cOnstitutionalists viii come into the
city tomorrow and encircle Yfldiz
kiosk, where the sultan is. and there
remain until il is determined what dis
position is to be made of his majesty
OF those outside the palace the.
sultan still sees only his grand
vizier, Tewfiz Pasha- The committee
has diverted practically every person
OF distinction from the sultan, and it
has refused TO negotiate with anybody
on DelaI OF Tne sultan as TO what is
TO be done regarding the sultanate.
whether il is 10 be continued by Abb
dUi Eamid or with some other person.
Neither has the sultan made any
overtures to the committee. His pub
lie policy has been steadily TO affirm
that he is not an enemy TO the consti-
tuition and that he today offers no OBJ
lection TO the operations of a par
liamcntary government with a minis
Try responsible to parliament
Welcome for Cruisers
The receipts Of the news here that
ne American government had ordered
the cruisers Montana and North Car
olina to Alexandretta for the protec-
ton OF Americans has brought satis-
faction and a sense of security to
Americans here and in the Syrian
coast cities OF Mersina, Beirut and
AleSandretta. whittier the information
has been forwarded.
Great Britain. france apd Italy al
The San Francisco call., 1909-04-22

France had 43S.466 men out on strike
in4 1906. OF whom 190.477 demanded
higher wages.
The San Francisco call., 1909-04-22

The Oldest bridge over the English
Thames is four miles west of oxford
and 500 years old.
The San Francisco call., 1909-04-22

Fifty years ago Minnesota was a
wilderness, but today she is one of the
richest states in the union.
The San Francisco call., 1909-04-22

A white tiger. the first ever known.
recently was killed by some hunters
in Assam.
The San Francisco call., 1909-04-22
AIbanians Spread Terror
Panic in Many Places

BEIRUT, Syria. April 2I.-The situa-
tion at Alexandretta is critical Panic
everywhere prevails. Thousands of
refugees are crowding the city, which
is patrolled by marines from the British
cruiser Diana. The British battleship
Triumph has gone up the coast to Ayas
to relieve that place if possible
At Boilan pass. above Alexandretta.
conditions are desperate. HadJin is
threatened, but is holding out The
fanatics are also threatening Marash.
Mersina. Tarsus and Adana are re-
ported quiet, but conditions are very
unsettled. There are ominous rumors
from many. other places, and northern
Syria and Asia Minor are on the brink
Of a volcano The people of Beirut
have thus far maintained a calm exte-
rior
The San Francisco call., 1909-04-22
PORTLAND BRrwER IN TRoun1rpor,

land, April IL Warrants have been issued from
the district attorneys office for the arrest OF
brewing company. and S. Breslauer. book keeoar
for the same concern, in connection with the AL
legged tampering with an Initiative and referen
dun petition filed with the county auditor FOR
safe keepIng-
The San Francisco call., 1909-04-22

Arthur b. Hueston and wife of Santa
Cruz and Robert Williams of Chico are
at the Imperial.
The San Francisco call., 1909-04-22
Germany Favors Sultan

LONDON. April 21.-One Of the Con-
stantinople correspondents describes
the city as becoming decidedly bored"
at the slow movement OF the investing
army.
Public opinion seems to incline to the
belief that the sultan VIII, after all. be
retained on the throne, with proper
precautions to safeguard the constitu-
tion.
If a settlement OF this nature is
reached it will to a large degree be due
TO the attitude of the Second army
corps which does not desire. that the
sultan be deposed. 1t is also said that
the influence of The German emperor
will have had something to do with it,
AIbanians Spread Terror
BERLIN. April 21.-A dispatch from
Saloniki gives a report from Monastir
that $500 Albanians have revolted
terrorizing the district and killing
their colonel, large number of young
Turk officers and the mayor.
Advices from Uskup. 100 miles from
Saloniki, say the rising has spread
throughout the whole of northern Ma
cedOnia. Eight thousand armed AL
banians have overawed the small
bodies of troops and Christian families
are fleeing.
The Young Turk committee is now
organizing 10000 volunteers, who will
march TO the scene of the troubles and
help press the rising instead of pro-
ceeding to Constantinople
The enterprise-recorder. (Madison, Fla.) 1908-1933, 1909-04-15
SAVAGE Australian Eaalehawk.

Perhaps tho deadliest foe of the Aus.
tralian sheep farmer is the .eaglehawk,
and many ami wonderful are the con-
trivances invented for his destruction
or capture.
A correspondent at Singleton says
it is no uncommon thing for a farmer
with a run of quite average extent to
lose a hundred sheep in a season
through the depredations Of these car
nivorous birds. Their strength" he
writes, lis SC abnormal that it is prac-
tically impossible for the sheep on
which one pounces to resist the attack,
and their appetite for live mutton ap-
pears to be Unsuitable, They are occa-
sionally caught by means Of a trap at
tached to the carcass Of a sheep, and
sometimes poisoned; but their num-
bers are nevertheless continually in
cre1sing. London Standard.
The enterprise-recorder. (Madison, Fla.) 1908-1933, 1909-04-15
New YORK CITYS IDLE ARMY INCLUDES 10000 union MEN
Startling Figures Furnished by Organizer Herman Robnson
, Not Due to StrikeS-VaSt Percentage Of Cases -
- - rtii Due to Depression In Business - e., -

10000 unemployed and in
York City,
27OO have been discharged from Backwells Island Work
before expiration Of their sentences make for others
in
800 willing families unable work being
the improvement of the Poor In
1907 the number 49,
$50 able men, work. the Workhouse
months City Magistrates their requests
10000 New York State have been forced from
their organizations for lack of funds to pay dues
withdrawn from 1873 savings banks in New
York State last
The enterprise-recorder. (Madison, Fla.) 1908-1933, 1909-04-15

Former Warden John NJ Fox is au-
thority for the statement that ma
jority of the men imprisoned in the
Workhouse - probably seYenty-fVe
per cent.-would never have been
there could they have found employ
ment. In this connection one magis-
trate said:
MY experience is that there is
more distress among the worthy poor
now than at any time in the last
twelve years. I have committed,
chiefly at their own request, more de-
cent men this winter than l have sent
there before in any five years Of my
term as magistrate"
Distress Among Women.
Mary E. Dreier, president of the
Women's Trade Union League, said:
This year the distress among
women workers has been greater than
ever before. 1t is pitiful. The saw
ings of years have been exhausted,
and to this misfortune is added a
woman's constant dread of sickness.
Others constantly fear being thrown
out of work, and this is too often the
case. Manufacturers do not now lay
in a large stock which will keep these
women busy. They fill orders on
short notice. They want fifty girls at
once. The girls complete the order
in two days, and are then dismissed.
This is true in all branches of gar
ment trades. This high tension Is
making the women of New York ply
steal and nervous wrecks. 1t is a
most deplorable condition Of affairs"
Frank Julian Warne, whose efforts
for a bill now pending in Albany,
creating a commission to inquire into
the causes and effects of the unem-
ployed in New York State, and to sug-
gest remedies, are meeting with gem
eral appreciation from all organiza-
tions, said
mot wishing to be sensational, but
as truthful as possible in our limited
way of getting accurate figures on
present industrial conditions, it is abb
solutely fair to say that more than
100000 men are looking for work in
New York City alone. ..I
Crowded to the Roofs.
Look at any city institution to-day
where the INDECENT get aid. They are
crowded to the roofs-the city can't
care for more. The hospitals are
filled and so are the insane asylums.
Where will New York place her un-
fortunates in another year II the pres
ent ratio of unemployed keeps up?
1t Is a terrible question to face.
when a city's wardens turn out
200 prisoners before their terms
have expired to make room for incom-
ing crowds, you may imagine what
demands are made on the city's insti-
buttons"
Professor John Bates, Of Columbia
University, in suggesting a remedy
for the economic i'll, says:
Loss of employment by large bod
les of men personally fit is due to
mal-adjustment, since there is never
time when there is not within the
limits of society to which these men
belong q need of their labor and a
chance to dispose of its produce. The
trouble would now be relieved by a
migration from populous centres to
the country"
Percy Alden, M. P, in THE I'm
employed" says: There is a rapidly
growing feeling that the community
has a responsibility for the unem-
ployed and must discharge that re-
sponsibility, not by inficting pc
and penalties upon the genuine "
er. hut ~ enabling himto find