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The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1912-03-07
WESTERN PACIFIC
PLANS EXP ANSION
Wall Street Hears Rumors
Schlacks, Jeffery and Goulds
to Visit the Coast
TSpeeiaI Di,potch 10 The Call


NEW YORK, March s.-wau street
heard today that plans were maturing
for improvements by the Western Pa
cifc
Charles H. Schlacks. first vice presi-
dent, who has been here for six weeks
comforting with f. T. Jerery. the
president, will leave for the coast at
the end of the week. l It's probable
! that he will be accompanied by Jeffery
and members of the Gould family.
It is understood that George Gould
is anxious to visit the Pacific coast and
look over the property, His sister,
Miss Helen Gould, also may be of the
party A stop viii be made It Denver
and B. It. Bush. the president of the
Missouri Pacific and Denver and Rio
Grande. will join in the trip
Betterments Planned
1t is the understanding here that the
Western Pacific will be provided with
funds for betterments The extent OF
the additional financing is not known.
but ii is understood to be sufficient for
Immediate necessities.
The report that Miss Helen Gould will
make the trip to San Francisco has
awakened unusual interest, as it may
mark the readjustment of family fnan-
cial relations. If George Could and his
sister, Helen. choose. they could at this
time arrange for the needed loans
through the personal assistance that
they could give.
Gould has several million dollars on
call in the street. Miss Helen Gould is
also possessed of ready money in large
amounts
At the Office of f. T. Jeffery it was
stated that nothing could be given out
for publication at this time. Jeffery is
busiIy engaged on the financial plans
for both the Western Pacific and the
Denver and Rio Grande.
In the street it was stated that within
few months Jeffery would be relieved
of the. presidency of the western Pa
ciic and that he would be succeeded by
b. F. Bush.
Bush left New York the other day for
Denver. where he announced that s15.-
100000 had been raised for the Denver
and Rio Grande. He said that this
amount would be expended in better
ments over the next two wears
Shops to Be Enlarged
These improvements will be made as
fast as is consistent with thorough
work AS soon as the ground thaws
track work will begin. About $1,000
600 will be expended this year.
The Denver shops viii be enlarged
until they are capable of making any
thing from a needle to a locomotive
Terminals in Pueblo. Salida. Minturn.
Grand Junction and other towns will
be expended.
About s1.soo.ooo will be spent in the
vicinity of Soldier Summit, the back
bone of the continental divide. to re-
duce the grade and make easier the
operation o&freight trains. Consider
able double tracking will be done in the
vicinity of Soldier Summit. Repairs
will be made wherever necessary along
the entire system. New equipment of
the finest description will replace roll
ing stock which has become worn out.
I'VE shall put the road into first class
condition TO meet every need and to
take care of all transcontinenta1 traffic
before 1915. said Bush before leaving
New York.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1912-03-07
Street CAR
STOLEN BY
BANDIT
Bold Young HigIlwayman Holds
Up and Drives Off Oakland
Crew
CONDUCTOR FORCED TO
HAND OVER ALL FARES
Desperate Runs the Coach at
Breakneck Speed Into
Heart of City
ESCAPE is MADE FROM
A MOUNTED POLICEMAN
ESCAPE is MADE FROM
A MOUNTED POLICEMAN
Especial Dispatch 10 The Call


& 1ssss p q. s'.,' s'.s . ss''s' GRAND 's's .'s
nue. electric car shortly before
O'Clock tonight at Perry street
bold young highwayman drove the
conductor, II. F. Geney, and Harry
Solue, the motorman, from the car and
ran away with it, He abandoned the
stolen car in Grand avenue near
Webster street, 10 blocks from the
scene of the robbery, and disappeared
There was no passengers other than
himself on the car
The highwayman, who was described
as being about % years old. we'll
dressed and we'll spoken, got on the
car at Broadway, handing Geney a
transfer He rode to the end of the
line at Perry street on the front end
with the motorman, and remained on
the car for the return trip. changing
his place to seat inside of the car.
Robber Takes $17.40
The car had just left the switch at
Perry street when Geney entered to
get the fellows fare. he being the
only passenger. The man paid his
fare and Geney had rung it up when
the highwayman pulled a revolver
from an overcoat pocket and covered
Geney. telling him to throw up his
hands and hand him all the money
he had or take the consequences
$40 in silver.
Solue had slowed down the car, but,
not being armed, he did not interfere
with the highwaymen. When Geney
had turned over his money to the rob-
ber he covered Solue with his revolver
and told the motorman to stop the car.
This was done and the two carmen
were ordered to alight. He compelled
them to keep their hands raised until
they walked to the sidewalk. Then.
with a few deft turns of the controller
lever, showing knowledge of the
mechanism, he started up the car and
ran it almost into the heart of the city,
stopping within few yards of Webster
street
Policeman Gives Chase
The robber ran the stolen car al a
breakneck speed and this attracted
Special Mounted Policeman Hitchcock.
who gave chase When Hitchcock
came to where the car had stopped,
the robber had make good his escape.
A few minutes later Geney and Solue.
who had followed after the car on
foot, arrived and the police were noti-
fed Of the robbery.
The carmen were convinced that the
highwayman expected a confederate to
get on at Perry street. and when his
pail" failed him decided to do the job
alone. Geney said that shortly before
he was held up he saw the handle of
a revolver protruding from the mans
overcoat pocket.
on this line were committed at the
terminus of the line. The Oakland
Traction company offered reward of
81 900 for the capture of the robbers.
two men having worked in the other
robberies. A good description of the
man was furnished and the police be-
lieve that he was implicated in the
other car robberies
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1912-03-07
OROzCO NAMES
GOMEZ AS new
MEXICAN RULER
ReyOIuti0nists at Chihuahua
Await Machine Guns for
March on Capital
Proclamation Announces That
Movement Is Based on
Fundamental Law
Rebel Army of 5000 Mounted
Men to Begin Campaign
Sunday

~ HIHUAHUA, Mex, March s.
General Orozco became the sworn
leader of the revolutionary forces
in Mexico today, and Emilio Vas
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1912-03-07

YESTERDAY - Highest temperature, 54
lopest Tuesday night, so.
FORECAST FOR TODAY Shopers,
clearing during dap; moderate south wind
changing TO pest
For Details of the Weather Pagsls
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1912-03-21
Cannot BUILD
IF NO SEWER

Unless some other method can be
provided for extending the sewer sys-
TEN throughout the low-lying parts Of
Honolulu. all real estate transactions
in connection with the opening of
tracts in those portions OF the city
must be held mp. Is the opinion Of
President Pratt of the Health Board
which has held up certain apple atoms
for the erection Of buildings.
The people opening ny the tracts
for subdivision in the low.lyinp parts
OF the city" he said this morning
should be made to extend the sewer
system to them and have this facility
ready for the people who buy the lots
At the present time there are a num-
her OF applications to erect buildings
held up simply on account Of this
Where there Is only, say, two feet
down to tide-watcr we cannot allow
people to put in cesspoolS. II may
seem hard on them but the fault real
= ~ lies with the law as 1t Is at the
, present time. In other parts Of the
world real estate men opening az
these tracts are required to extend the
sewer system to the blocks before
they are sold. In Oakland. California
they have also to lay out the roads
and put down cement sidewalks be.
| fore the land can he sold.
AS matters stand at the present
time here q real estate man can 20
ahead and open up piece Of I1nh
and not do anything more to IT, When
the people come onto their blocks they
want to put down ccsspool but We
cannot allow them.
III there is not enough money avail
able in the Government funds ther
the people buying the blocks SHOULD
he made to pay for the cost OF extend
ing the sewer system. The real cs
tate people could have the work me
In one big contract and could th"r
charge II up in proportion.
AS things are at the present time
however. cannot allow any permit
to be granted and this comes "spc
cially hard on some people. Take 70
instance Percy Pond; he hgs don,
some good work lately draining on
swamps and having them filled in In
| cannot allow him to put cesspDol
in, as there Is only depth of ahDu
two feet, even with the filling bctw"",
the surface and Underwater"
The matter Is to be brought up a
the meeting of the Board of N"llt
this afternoon. The members NEE
at half-past O'Clock and will in a
probability look over some Of III
tracts.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1912-03-21

President THft. Rear admiral Rich
ard Wainwright and Charles Francis
Adams OF Boston have been selected
as speakers 10y the committee on ar.
rangements, consisting of Gen. Horace
Foster. Admiral George Dewey and
peace meeting to he held by the Navy
League Friday February %, during
it's convention In Washington. II will
take place in Continental Memorial
Hall and is expected to be the most
largely attended session of the Navy
League convention
II Is particularly hitting that the
Navy League should hold n peace
meeting. the committee on arrange
ments believes, AS an adequate navy
is the only sure guarantee of peace"
This doctrine il set forth in the fol
lowing quotation printed on the pro-
gram of the meeting:
| Adequate armament and effective
arbitration are cOrrelative agencies for
national security and for international
peace and Justice"
At the leagues annual dinner Thurs
day. February %. Secretary Of the
Navy Meyer. Mai. Gen. Leonard wood
Rear Admiral Richard Wainwright
former Speaker Joseph G. Cannon
Representative william Sulzer, chair
man OF the House committee on for
eign affairs: Representative William
l.. Humphrey, former Ambassador
! Henry white, former Secretary OF
War J. NJ. Dickinson and ". Morgan
Shustcr. former treasurer general OF
Persia. will be among the speakers
and guests.
This gives promise Of being one oi
the most largely attended banuuets Of
the year In Washington, as 800 mem
bers of the league already have sig
nihcd their intention of attending. anC
at the rate responses are being re-
ceivcd the number of guests may
pass the 1000 mark. II Is expected NJ
itpecCh at the banquet viii attract
more attention than that of Mr., Shus
ter, as IL viii be his first public APP
pearanCe In this country since hi'
eventful career as treasurer general q
Persia.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1912-03-21
Skinner DOINGs

Doctor Hodgins, IllustriouS poten-
tate, will meet a large delegation Of
the fair sex that Is interested In the
local Shriners at the Masonic Temple
this afternoon and will arrange for
the disposition of tickets to entertain
ments that will be given next month.
II is expected that the sales will be
large. New uniforms will be features
OF the visit OF the Arab Patrol to Los
Angeles In May.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1912-03-21
BY C.. S. ALBERT.

especial Is ! ! - n Correspondence
WASHINGTON. ID. C.. Mar of
Gcials Of the Navy Department have
decided to establish the Pacific re-
serve fleet. It will be maintained in
Puget Sound
The formation of the reserve fleet
will begin when the armOred cruiser
West Virginia returns from the mys-
FERROUS voyage upon which she start
ed Tyhen smiling from Honolulu She
will be- at once ordered to Puget
Sound
The other vessels designated to join
the West Virginia and form the Pa
Ciiic reserve fleet are the Pennsylva-
MIA oregon, 81. Louis. Galveston, Da-
Wis Charleston. Raleigh. Milwaukee,
chattanooga, Fox and Cleveland
when Secretary Knox returns from
his visit to South and Central Amer
lea. he will make n trip to San Fran
cisco as the representative of Presi-
dent TAFT to attend a magnificent BAN
uu"t that viii be given by the CALI
furniu Development Hoard" said Rob
rrt Newton Lynch of San Francisco.
viCN president of that association, at
tn" New Willard. Mr.. Lynch and for
mcr Governor James y. Gillett of Cali
fOrnia saw the President and at the
White House met Colonel GOethals and
Secretary lIilles. Following confer
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1912-03-21

lmprrEnublc to the Onrush of hos
tile hrct. built to harbor the largest
of the United States naval vessels
in fact, cquulrd only 10y the Rock Of
Gibraltar as II national defense-is the
description given of Pearl HarbOr
around which win be located the de
lenses of Honolulu. Hawaii,
when the work Is finished within the
next few months 1t viii have cost the
government of the United States APP
prOXmutely SlO,OOO,OOO, but 1t will
have made 1t possible for large ships
u enter a harbur where II heretofore
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1912-03-21

II Congress at this session refuses
to authorize the construction of two
more battleships of the super Dread
nought type. the Democratic party
must take the responsibility. as the
minority In the House intends to make
q fight for the customary naval in
crease. II Is said that good many
Democrats will decline to he bound by
the action of their party caucus which
declared against public buildings and
battleships at the present session, and
win vote with the Republicans for two
ships costing sl2.OOO.O00. Representa-
tive Foss of Illinois. formerly chair
man and now senior minority member
Of the naval affairs committee, has in
PRODUCED a bill providing for two first =
class battleships to cost t6,O0O,0 200 each
exclusive of armor and armament and
making an immediate appropriation OF
SO .0O0, 900 of this amount. 80 that work
may he begun at the earliest possible
moment
The naval affairs committee has been
preparing the naval appropriation bill
but has not yet held hearings on the
increase proposition This viii he taken
| up in few days.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1912-03-21
Bulletin nds best Business Get.
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and prohibition OF the importation OF
morphine or cocaine except for m"di-
cal use by the terms Of IN" convention
between the powers represented at tn"
Internal ional opium conference at The
Hugu.
The United States. china. France.
Germany. Great Britain. Holland, Italy,
Japan. Persia, Russia and Siam have
signed the convention, and all other
civilized powers not represented AT tn"
conference viii be urged to do so
The subscribing powers agree to
limit the number Of ports where pre-
pared opium may be exported, and the
powers agree to control the manufac-
ture. Traffic in raw opium will lie
limited to authorized persons.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1912-03-21

Another Of the wooden vessels which
composed the old navy. the Pensacola
which has been doing duty as the re-
ceiving ship at the San Francisco naval
training station. has been sold for $l2.-
O25 to Henry J. Rogers of San Fran
cisco. cal. as the highest bidder. The
vessel was built at Pensacola. Fla. In
1862.
Coupled with this announcement
was another one rather ominous for
five other vessels of the navy. gen
cral board of survey II ordered to ex-
anime into the condition of the receiv-
ing ships Independence and Lancas-
ter. the prison ship Manila, and the
converted yachts Sylvia and Vixen
The Manila was Spanish vessel cap
tured during the Spanish American
War 49,.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1912-03-21

WASHINGTON. ID. G., Feb. l5.-CoI
George W. Gocthals. chief engineer OF
the Panama Canal, II now In this city
for the purpose of comforting with the
officials Of the War Department and
congressional committees in regard to
the affairs of the canal, especially the
question Of canal tolls and govern
| ment
lie has told the newspaper men that
he has little to add to what he had
previously said about the progress OF
the work on the canal II surely Is
going to be opened officially January
| !, 1918, he said After that there
would have to be perpetual tinker
, ing. and perhaps reconstruct ion in GER
tain parts Of the work that had been
completed. lie could only generaliz"
on the percentage of the work tina,
had been completed. At Culebra the
percentage was 10. and AT the Gatun
section about 81. In the several 9TH
err parts of the canal the percentage
was between so and 80. Perhaps the
general average might be put at more
than 20.
The slides in the Gatun and Culebra
sections have been practically multi
fled 10y reducing the pressure on the
sides, said Colonel Gocthals. Every
body was happy In the Canal Zone, he
said, being undisturbcd by the higher
cost of living, which had not mate
rally affected Uncle Sans little col
Ony
The colonel said his views on the
tortihCatiOn of the canal were well
known, aud II was not necessary for
him To say more about the subject He
has advocated fOrtiticatiOns and the
operation of the canal under trained
officers and employees. The actual
work will be completed he said, be-
fore January !, 1915, and II IL likely
the ditch viii be utilized for the pass
age of ships months before the formal
ceremony of opening
The colonel said he wanted to get
back ON the job again as soon as pos
sible, but he did not know definitely
when he would return
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1912-03-21

The possibility Of having to "Np"nd
Il great annual sum and also to pay
accumulated back ella inns Is said to be
obviated by ruling by the court of
Claims that an enlisted man In the
military service Is not entitled to extra
pay while on recruiting service.
The test brought - Spencer y. Phil
lips. an enlisted marine, was decided
yesterday and the cas-" dismissed. The
claim was tor S22I.
The opinion sets forth that In both
the army and navy the custom has
been to make no allowance for extra
pay for the service in question. The
government faced suit tor $4,000 In
claims had tn" complaint been sus-
tuincd.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1912-03-21

Representative Hardwick Of Georgia
wants the American woman To pay
Sau.UO0OUO more annually for silk
sturkings. laCcs and other things that
ad"rn her person than she pays at
present Mr.. HardwIck Is married.
The member from Georgia was chair
man of the sugar investigating com
mittrr lie wants Congress to put
sugar on IN" free list. Sugar now pays
S50,UUO 900 annually In revenue to the
customs houses. II this revenue were
cut OF by placing sugar on the free
list Mr IIardwiCk suggests that wo-
mems clothing could he forced to pay
III" deficit. He said that the wealthy
women Of the country can well AFFORD
to take the burden from the poor wo'
men by paying more for their clothing
while the women In the kitchen pay
Tess for their sugar. He will appear
before the committee on ways an,
means in advocacy of his plan.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1912-03-21

Col. George X. Smith, Pay Corps, L.
$ Army. has been nominated az pay
master general with the rank OF brig
adler general. vice Brig. Gen. Charles
H. Whipple. who. on his own applica-
ton. will be transferred to the retired
list on the 18Th instant. col. Smith
Is the senior colonel in the Pay Corps
ard IL now tn" principal assistant to
the paymaster general For many
months he was In charge Of the army
pay office in the Lemon building. He
is native If New York and was
graduated from the Military Academy
In June. 1875. He served In the 18th
Infantry as second lieutenant and first
lieutenant until July. 1852. when he
was transferred to the pay depart
ment with the rank of major. II,
reached the grade of colonel In that
I department In April, 1908.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1912-03-21

Rear Admiral Charles +. Stokes. sur
gcon general Of the navy. speaking be-
fore the Medical Society of the Dis
trict of Columbia at the George Wash
ington University College of Medicine,
advocated the establishment OF "A med
lcal reserve corps for the navy SINH
lar to that In the army, In order to
have n sufficient number of doctors
and surgeons skilled In military sur
gerry and medicine In time of war.
The topic Of the lecture was "Medi-
cine in the Navy Today" a number of
stereopticon slides being used to Illus
tratc the manner In which naval sur
geons are compelled to combat the
dangers attending modern methods of
warfare and tn. advanced science of
gunnery; powder gas poisoning and
burns Of various sorts being among the
casualties Of modern war. not inflicted
10y the enemy. which the surgeons OF
today have to contend with. Speaking
OF medicine generally. Admiral Stokes
said II should be considered not only
rs cure for ills. but a. an insurance
and II sound business proposition.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1912-03-21

April II has been designated by the
President as the date for the formal
dedication of the statue of John Paul
Jones, the naval revolutionary hero,
now in process of erection at the main
entrance TO Potomac Park, foot of l7th
street. Congress appropriated 100000
for III" statue. and til" contract for It's
manufacture and erection was award
ed I" Paul II. Niehaus. the New York
sculptor.
The uuvcilinE of the statue will be
marked by elaborate Civil and military
ceremonies The Secretary of the Navy
viii preside, and addresses will be
made by the President and other prom
inrnt officials
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1912-03-21

In order to be thoroughly up-to date
In the exhibition line Secretary Meyer
has had the model of the Utah and
Florida type of battleship removed
from his office at the Navy Depart
mcnt and model of the Wyoming
and Arkansas type of battleship sub
stitutcd. The Utah and Florida, which
are now In commission, have each n
displacement of 2l,s25 tons. while the
two ships now nearing completion have
each displacement Of 5000 tons
Probably to supply men for the new
battleships about to he placed in com
mission, the whole Fifth Division OF
the United States Atlantic fleet will
bc placed IN reserve at the Philudcl-
phia navy yard. beginning April IL.
ON that date the scout cruisers thcs-
ter and Salem will enter the reserve,
followed. April 70. by the scout cruiser
Birmingham and HrmOrcd cruiser North
Carolina. and lastly, May |, the ar
mored cruiser Washington, which will
he about the time the vessel completes
its assignment to carry Secretary uf
State Knox on his Central American
trip.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1912-03-21

china Is assured OF an early aboli-
ton OF the lndO- chinese opium traffic
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1912-03-21

Senator Lodge has introduced in the
Ernnt" II hill to apply the educational
test To all aliens seeking admission to
III" United States The bill would cX-
cludr, after July /. 1912. in addition
to aliens already excluded, all male
aliens sixteen years or over, who are
unable to read and write In some Ian
gunEc or dialect.
TIA" hin win be bitterly fought and
IL not likely TO pass in the near fu-
tuTC
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1912-03-21
NEWS and NOTES FROM WASHINGTON

has been impossible. The principal
work was in cutting channel through
one side of q coral reef so that ves-
sells could get to deep water on the
inside The channel Is thirty feet
deep. Now that the channel has been
finished to such an extent a. to allow
the passage of some of the cruisers
on the Pacific station. work viii begin
on the batteries overlooking the har-
Dor. and which will contain the de-
lenses of the island.