The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 22, 1902, Page 3

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 22, 1902. MAYOR SUSPENDS JUSTICES’ CLERK WILLIATIS FOR FLAGRANT NEGLECT OF OFFICIAL DUTIES Many re t City Hall, and M has his hands full of business. The Mayor suspended E. W. Williams, chief clerk of the Jus- tices of the Peace, yesterday on charges of constant neglect of duty. » the ground for the probable of Williams from office. Powel ck was appointed by the Mayor and n t ke the place of Williams, ., a former School ed by the Mayor v on the Board d by the resignation of J. The Mayor is likely to have to fill, as School Di- and Mark are schedul2d to Bduca- B. will try Clerk E. arges of neglecting his time at the race- polrooms and also e absent y trial and prob- m office Mayor w at the very by in the C A been associated with years, and it was he boss that he suspended clerk uring a lease of tne s some years ago from cation. was given his appoint- five ms was al- been a matter that almost the entire s fell on the shoulder: and that George M his duties. The res were rarely, if ever, seen e payday came for them to w necessary for No Work. one of Williams' dep- for some years as the of Boss Crimmins and f County Clerk. another _deputy, is guard of the notorious ctated the selection of the & County Clerk’s office. well known d is also on the ¥ in the Justices’ pointed by ex- extra clerk to the ins and, though he public servant, he v all his time to pubiish- ommercial newspaper. Schmitz went into office s drawn to the flagrant in the City Hall ties. The Mayor been a famil g their way along the line” business hours. ed =z certain citizen to the daily doings of Wil- on the same. a_daily attendant frequenter of sa- s i= shown by the led against Williams: mitz, Mayor of the Francisco—Sir: 1 liams. chief clerk of Peace of the city and with wiliful neglect isconduct and ask his at T am an elector of the y of San Francisco and a resi- ms was appointed chief ces of the Peace of said city o by the Justices and county on ¢ qualified as SPOT HIM. Perhaps Coffee Is Getting Its Work In on You. People who think they can digest cof- fe d wet are sick half the time might lea 2 valuable lesson in health and get some happiness out of life if they would meke up their minds to quit coffee and Postum Food Coffee. trace the results so accurately as to leave no possible doubt of the cause of the sickness and the reasons for the return of health. A lady from Blue Mount, Miss.,, gives her experience. She says: “I always used to drink milk, but in "8 I went down to the southern part of the State to teach school and boarded in a family of coffes drinkers. I began drinking one half of a eup 2t 2 meal. The habit grew on me and I increased the amount. “Gradually I became nervous, my com- xion grew sallow and yellow and fin- ; stomach would frequently throw ihe food. I gradually ate less and less, depending upon the coffee to keep me up. vy 1 concluded that the trouble was lard and the doctor advised me to ve that part of the country. So I went up to the hills in the hope of getting tter. Instead of that I got worse. Pal- ion of the heart set in and I got so could scarcely work. a great many remedies, but > relief. I went to the mountains California for two months without im- vement. 1 was thoroughly discour- 1 about my condition when one day iend said, “‘Why don’t you give up € ‘Quit coffee,’ I sald, “Why that about all T live on.’ She begged me to try leaving it off and use Postum Food Coffee. “I did not have much faith in the ex- periment, 1 had tried so many things without benefit, but I decided to yield to her entreaties. In less than two weeks after 1 quit coffee and began using Pos- tum the pall of 1ll health left me and I 2 to sleep as sound as any one. My complexion improved and my stomach began to regain its strength. “Now, after three months’ use of Pos- tum, I feel as well as I ever did. T would not be without Postum Food Coffee and will never drink another drop of coffee. It came too near killing me.” Mrs. Vera Deniat, Blue Mountain, Miss, You car off Fin is City Officials Are Charged| With Constant Gambling. USPENSION and appointmerts | his appointment has neglected, to per- e order of the day at the | form the duties of his office on the jor Schmitz | | the fight of Bert Mahony | Lackmann | zens, namely, the | and wvisit | { | | | | days hereinafter specified. That he | bas absented himself from his offics | on every afternoon hereinafter speci- fied, for the entire afternoon, as spec- fied, and has spent his timé’at the racetrack in Emeryville, Alameda County, and in the saloons and resorts | in San Francisco, as hereinafter man- | d occasions specified, and of said days, sald W und ageinst his o 1 ¥ all of his deput; cler with one exception also to absent themsolves . their post of duty and has seen and met em at the said racetrack and elsewhere away om their office and post of duty. and that | groater part of the times hereinafter | entioned the duties of the office for which | five d clerks are by the charter prov performed practically by cne of such | Since December 4, 1901,.I - heve kept a record of his whereabouts every afternoon. On a few of the days I was unable to ascertain his | whereabouts. Went to the Races Early. ( On the following days he spent his entire afternoons at the Eme eral of his deputies frequent same time. He took the usually, sometimes the 1:15, a sion did he return to his office: 1901—December 5, 9, 17, 31: 1902—January 1, (Fifteen days.) On the following days he spent his ! entire afternoons at various saloons, poolrooms, resorts and cigar stores where ‘wagers are said to be made on | the horse races, leaving his office usually between 1 anc 2 o’clock and | returning to his office for a few mo- | | ments on only three occasions. | | 1801—December 4. 6. 12, 14 and 1902—January 7, teen days.) The following days were Sundays and holl- | Sev- 24. (Thir- , 7. 10, n 8, 9, 11, i4 and 17. | days, when he was not required to be at his office: 1901—December 8. 1902—January 1 The following day in_their busi- 901; January 13, always seemed much intereste ness. December 18, 23, 30, [ 20, 1902 (Aive daye) “This accounts for forty-two days of the forty- | seven' intervening between December 4, 1901, | and Jenuary 21.” 1902 | Since December 4, 1901, the following are | | the only afterncons 1 know him to have been | on duty at his office: January 15 (interested in investigation of A._B. Mahony—all on hand) and January 6 (at Board of Supervisors, etc., interested in question of commencement | of term). | On one day, January 16, I was ill and do | not know where Williams was. On the other | days not reported on 1 could not ascertain | where he was. { 1 charge the foregoing as violating the char- | ter and the law and as good cause for hie re moval from the office of chief clerk as afore- said. The Mayor Takes Action. The Mayor on receipt of the sworn copy of the charges af once sent Willilams a copy of the same and at the same time the accused clerk of the Justices of the | Peace was served with the following-let- | ter suspending ®im from office: | E. W. Willlams, Chief Clerk of the Justices | of thé Peace of the City and County of San Francisco—Sir: Duly verified charges having | been filed with me charging you with willful neglect of duty and official misconduct, which | charges 1 have investigated sufficiently to jus- | tify this action, I do hereby suspend you from the office of chief clerk of the Justices of the | | Peace of the city and county of San Francisco. pending an official investigation of said charges. I have caused y to be served here- | with with a copy of the charges and I hereby | notify you that on Monday, January 27, 1902, | at 2”o'clock p. m., 1 will proceed to ti- | gate sald charges at my office in the City Hall | San Francisco, at which time you are hereby notified to- be present to make such defense to the same as you may be advised. T do not desire to exercise my prerogative of removing you for cause without affording you ample hearing. You ase take notice also that I have | appointed d 4o hereby appoint Powel Fred- rick to discharge the duties of your said office | during the period of your suspension, to whom | you will at once turn over and deliver pos- | ssfon of your office, and all books, papers, | rds and property thereunto belonging. v ete. E. SCHMITZ, Mayor of the City and County clsco. When Williams was notified of his sus- | pension from office he rushed at once to | the Mayor’s office, but did not find the | city’s chief executivi The news of thel of Ban' Fran- | | mal_ posse: | gast, James Craven, J. 8. Wardell, George FreoRicKk ~ suspension spread around the City Hall at the close of office hours and consternation | was expressed on all sides. Heads Scheduled for the Ax. Those of the delinquent officials who had been away from their desks during the day were informed of the suspension of Willlams later on and warned to be at their desks this morning E.\n if the Mayor finds that every of- ficial in_the city’s employ strictly attends to his duties from now on, past offenses will not be condoned. The list of sus. pected and accused officials is safe in the Mayor's possession and there is likely to be an upheaval in the ranks of those who hold their positions on account of the political “pull” of Boss Crimmins and his crowd. Powel Fredrick, who has been appointed by the Mayor to discharge the duties of chief clerk to the Justices of the Peace, was sworn in_last evening by Deputy County Clerk W. A. Deane. Fredrick fur- nished his bonds and will assume his dutles this morning. Fredrick has resided in this city for the past ten vears and has been engueed in the wholesale jewelry business at 220 Sut- ter street. He managed the recent cam- paign for Mayor Schmitz and his many friends are delighted at his selection for official duty by the Mayor. Last evening Powell Fredrick took for- jon of the office of the clerk to_the Justices of the Peace. ‘With the exception ofsRobert Dennis all the deputies in the office were at once suspended from duty by Fredrick, who served each of them with the following notification: Dear Sir: Your services as deputy clerk of the Justices' court of the city and county of San Francisco are hereby dispensed with dur- ing the period of the suspension of B. W. Wil- | liams, chief clerk, and you are hereby sus- pended from duty as such deputy during the period_of such suspensfon. _Signed POWEL FREDRICK, Chief Clerk, tices' Court, etc. The deputies who were gerved with the notice_of suspension are P. H. Prender- Jus- 8. McComb and J. E. Sharp. It is expected that Chief Clerk Fredrick will appoint the following named as his deputies: George F. Auberdine, John W. Rogers, James De Succa and James Rox- burg. The retention of Robert Dennis is also expected. UNION LABOR CCMMITTEE COMMENDS MAYOR SCHMITZ The executive committee of the Union Labor party—Parry faction—met last evening. S. D. Simmons, who was re- cently chosen chairman to succeed J. § Parry, presided. Secretary George F. Aubertine was also present. A Ewell, chairman of the press committee, introduced the following reso- lution, which was unanimously adopted: to Succeed John B. Casserly AYOR SCHMITZ yesterday appointed Thomas P. Wood- ward as School Director to succeed J. B. Casserly, whose enforced resignation was ac- cepted. Woodward was ap- pointed as a Republican. He was elected School Director for. three terms, serving from 1886 until 1892. It now-looks as though the city will soon have a Board of Education the mem- bers of which will be entirely of Mayor Schmitz's appointment. Charges have been filed with the Mayor against Direc- clans on the power of the Mayor to suspend or remove officials for offenses and delinquencies. Believing that the law justifies us, we earnest- 1y indorse Mayor Schmitz in his honest effort to give the city of San Francisco a good ad- ministration, and we trust that the courts and all good citizens will support' him in his posi | tion. Mayor Schmitz was indorsed and J. S. Parry congratulated in this resolution, presented by Peter M. Duffy and adopted with unanimity by the committee: Whereas, His Honor Eugene E. Schmitz, the Mayor of the city and county of San Fran- cisco, has in the exercise of his wise' judgment conferred an honor upon our trusted chairman of the governing committee of the Union Labor party and appointed him to the position of Fire Commissioner of the city and county of San Francisco; and Whereas, Brother Parry has demonstrated his lovalty to union principles and to the wel- fare of our cause; be it Resolved, That the governing committee of the Union Labor party extenas its thanks to Mayor Schmitz for his wisdom and good judg- ment in the appointment of our worthy past chairman. Be it further Resolved, That we hereby extend to Brother Parry our best wishes and congratulations upon The Unfon Labor party views with apprehen- sion the attack made by the machine politi- the distinguished honor which has been con- ferred upon him. % = SCHOOL DIRECTOR CASSER- LY'S SUCCESSOR, AND MAN WHO DISPLACES WILLIAMS. i <+ tors Mark and Denman and they may de~ cide to resign before submitting to the or- deal of replying to them. It is alleged against Mark and Denman that they act- ed with prejudice in the matter of re- moving teachers who were given a trial. Principal among thd accusers of the two Directors is former Vice Principdl Ebe- nezer Knowlton, recently dismissed from the department, who, with his attorney, Henry C. McPike, has placed the matter before the chief executive. Knowlton alleges that he was con- demned even before his trial commenced on the charges preferred by Principal Ly- ser of the John Swett School. He fur- ther alleges that the trial was not fairly conducted and that no attention was paid | to his evidence, which he asserts utterly destroyed the testimony that he was in- competent. Knowlton refers to a remark made by Director Mark, in support of his contention, to the effect that Principal Lyser’'s testimony was lamentably weak and that it did not support the charges that were made against Knowlton. Di- rector Mark said further that “Knowlton always did talk too much. This board suspended him once and other boards | have done likewise.” Knowlton claims that this is an open admission that he was not tried on the evidence, but on the belief existing in the minds of the Direc- tors, All this and considerable of like import has been placed before Mayor Schmitz, who promises a speady inquiry. Teachers Not Legally Tried. Another line of inquiry to be pursued by the Mayor is that 4f the course of Phelan’s board in trying accused teach- ers on its own responsibility, when the charter specifically . provides that the charges must first be investigated by the Superintendent and report made by him to_the board. Denman and Mark, as the remaining members of the board, will be asked to explain why they “stood in’’ to ignore the report of Superintenqynt Webster that the charges filed against certain teach- ers were frivolous and that the accusers would not swear to them, as the law pro- vides. In the face of that report, the | board proceeded to try several teachers, some of whom secured restraining orders in the courts, while others lost_their po- sitions. All this Denman and Mark will have to explain and the questioning may become so warm that they, like Casseely, may realize the advisability of resigning. Political Complexion of Board. The father of School Director Wood- ward was the owner' of the Alta, a news- paper which was successful for many years. The new Director is assoclated with a printing firm, is a graduate of the University of California and a civil en- gineer by profession. He is a member of the present Grand Jury, but will immedi- ately resign therefrom. He was president of t{ne Primary League and a director in the Glen Ellen Home for Feeble Minded. Casserly, the retiring Director, was a Democrat. The charter requires that “the board shall never be so constituted as to consist of more than two members of the same political party.” The three remaining members of the board are re- spectively Democcrat, Republican and Unicn Labor, thus leaving the Mayor the power to appoint a member of ary of the three parties to the vacant place, Maycr Schmitz issued statement yesterday afternoon explain- ing his reasons for appointing Woodward. In making a selection for the vacancy on the Board of Education I desire a man of expe; ence in the school department of this city, and one acquainted with the educational needs of the people and their children. Experiment has demonstrated that professional educators have not given general satisfaction either to the pub- lic or to the teachers of the depart- ment. I want the teachers within tha limits of their rights to be satisfied 2nd to be treated fairly, so that they will cheerfully and enthusiastically give their best to the education of taeir pupils, and take a cordial inter- est in their work. The prominent men in the Union Labor party | open to accept appointments at my hands are in my opinion from their experience and quali- fications better suited for and would prefer other positions. I have therefore decided to tender the place to a gentleman of the Re- publican party, whom I have known inti- mately for many years, and who was not a candidate for the place. Secret sessions of the board, or, as the - o’clock boat to the racetrack at tounded when the names of at the audacity of these employes, ) * PLUNGES DOWN SHAFT OF MINE George Gardner Meets Death Near Angels Camp. ANGELS CAMP, Jan. 21.—George Gard- ner, who has for a long period conducted the resort known as Gardner’s, near the Big Trees, was killed in the Morgan Hill mine last night, and Fred Dunsmore and Gus Hershberg were injured, the latter probably fatally. The accident occurred at 11 o’'clock. In the darkness Gardner failed to notice that a platform, used to cover the mouth of the shaft when the cage is at the bottom, was not in its place, and he pushed the empty car into the shaft, supposing that' the cage was there to receive it. He went down a dis- tance of 170 feet with the car. A projec- tion in the shaft penetrated his groin and he bled to death in fourteen minutes. One of his arms was broken and he received :_nxtel“nnl injuries that would have proved atal. Dunsmore and Hershberg were standin, beside the cage when the car-struck an were saved from instant death only by the cage breaking the fall of the car. As it was, Hershberg sustained fractures of two ribs and internal injuries that may cause his death. Dunsmore's injuries are not serious. Gardner was 36 years old. His aged mother and a sister, Mrs. Harvey ey Blood, daughter-in-law of Senator Blood of Cal- averas County, survive him, called by a friend to a carload of deputies, clerks and other officials bound for the ferry to take the 1:30 car were given me. I was expressing my surprise at another group was pointed out to me, also bound for the racetrack, among them being Mr. Williams. On the preceding car had been at least two of his deputies, Eineryville. I was as- least a dozen on that when, on the next car, mined to SEVEN MEN MEET DEATH IN FLAMES Crowded Loggers’ Abode in West Virginia Is Burned. HAMBLETON, W. Va., Jan. 2l.—About 4 o'clock this morning Camp 5, of the Otter Creek Boom & Lumber Company, several miles from here in the forest, took fire and burned so rapidly that seven of the forty men asleep in the bullding failed to get out and were burned to death. The dead: ( JOHN MORRISSEY., JOHN RILEY. GEORGE VAN HORN. ARTHUR HEDRICKS. THOMAS HICKEY. MIKE CRANNON. FOREST MANARD. Bud Welch was so badly burned that he is In a critical condition. It was not more than five minutes from the time the alarm was given until there was no chance to escape. The building was 22x20 feet and the upfier part was all in one room. In this the forty men were sleeping. Two very small windows and the narrow stairs afforded the only wn{- of escape, and those who went to the windows, a dozen or more, had to jump twelve or fifteen feet, the others rushil down the steps like sheep, pushing an tumbling and falling over each other. Magic. The way Salva-cea cures Plles. and, as this was a business day, it struck me as a most outrageous proposition that both principal and dep- uties should thus neglect their duties. I decided to in- vestigate the matier fully and these charges are in a measure the product of that investigation. My. Williams’ office is not the only offender in this regard. There are deputies and clerks in the Sheriff's office, and in the County Clerk’s office also, who are also daily frequenters of the racetrack. I am deter- During my term of office every municipal employe must attend to PR 3 R R Y R LS St SR At e S AR | VS el ¢ put an end to these practices. TRIAL SAVORS OF SENSATIONS Farmers to Determine Fate of Mrs. Addie Richardson. PLATTSBURGH, Mo, Jan. 2L.—Mrs. Addie L. Richardson faced a jury of farm- ers in the Circuit Court here to-day and her trial for the murder a year ago last December of her husband, Frank W. Richardson, a wealthy merchant, at their home in Savannah, Mo., began in earnest. Mrs. Richardson was surrounded by her three youthful sons and several other members of her family and that of the man whom she is charged with murder- ing, including his brother, John D. Rich- ardson, the cracker millionaire of Chi- ‘he prosecution under the indictment of murder in the first degree is based on the gropoflltlon that the prisoner either killed er husband or knows who did. The_be- lief that all members of the Richardson family have all along expresesd in the in- nocence of the widow appears to be un- shakeneby_the recent arrest at North Yaki ‘Wash.,, of Stewart Fife, the former business assoclate of Richardson, or any information thatf may have de- veloped in the last year. The Attorney.in opening the case said: “As a motive we will try to show that Mrs. Richardson was unduly intimate with Stewart Fife and we expect to show that Fife was in-the neighborhood of the house that night.” SCHMITZ TELLS WHY HE SUSPENDED WILLIAMS. HORTLY after my election my attention was treasury. I have information that the amounts of money lost by some of these municipal officials in betting at the racetrack far exceeds their salary, and have been ad- vised to have their financial accounts experted. I pro- pose to do this also.- I mean this suspension as an ex- ample and warning.—Statement by Mayor Eugene E. Schmitz. BRAVES YUKON'S - PERILS 10 WED Bride- Elect’s Thrilling Winter Journey to Dawson. DAWSON, Jan. 8 (via Seattle, Jan. 21).— Mrs. B. Morrill has just been married in Dawson to C. A. Morrisson, after a trip of 1500 miles from Seattle. Traveling up the coast by steamer, she took the train over White Pass to White Horse. From there she came 500 miles in a sleigh of the ‘White Pass route, drawn by four horses over the perilous trail before the ice was entirely safe,for the winter. Twice the ice broke immediately behind the sleigh after it had passed over, and the. bride-elect fainted. The first break was on the river a little below White Horse and the second was on the Yukon. ‘When on the- cutoff above Selkirk the sleigh was overturned on a side hill and all the passengers save the bride-elect were thrown from the rig. She was 1m:'ed beneath, but fortunately was not ur . The first freight to arrive in Dawson over the ice gom ‘White Horse this year comprised a heavy !le:lfhload drawn by four horses for the United at Fort Egbert and Eagle. Stewart, a brother of Greg Stew- art, one of the first men to stake on Bo- nanza in died at Forty-Mile a few days ago. He was 19 years old. His par- | States army his duties. If the work of the office can be done without their attending to it, their positions should be declared vacant and the amount of their salaries left in the city ents live in Grand Junction, Colo. The body was burled at Forty-Mile. Hungry Porto Ricans in Jail. HONOLULU, T. H., Jan. 15.—Twenty- four destitute Porto Ricans were arrested to-day and taken to the police station. All of them had left sugar plantations, hoping to find easier jobs in Honolulu ‘than they had in the cane fields. The{ will be offered onnrtunlflu to go bacl to work, or will prosecuted for va- ncy. Most of the lot were hungry when taken by the police as they gathered in front of the office of the Associated Charities. The Porto Ricans are the only class of people who have been known to reach this condition in Hawall. There are many of them already serving terms as vagrants, and it is thought that the re- cent frequency of small robberies, bur- grllarle! and hold-ups /ls largely due to em. ONE GENT AndWhatlt W/ill Do. Information in regard to collection of bad bills, notes, etc. No commis- sion charged. Legal advice free. Send postal to California Commercial Guaranty Co., 184 Crocker Building, San Frauncisco. the following | T 1:30 this morning Williams, with Attorney T. D. Riordan, secured a writ of certiorari from Judge Carroll Cook. Accompanied by Deptity County Clerk E. J. Casey they went to the City Hall. They were stopped by Police Officer O’Connor, but secured permission by telephone from County Clerk Mahony to file papers in his office. In the meantime Lieutenant Birdsall telephoned to Mayor Schmitz, who instructed him to eject the men from the City Hall, but the writ, which enjoins the Mayor and Fredrick from interfering with Williams and is made returnable before Judge Cook Saturday moming at 10, had been filed. — * Mayor Appoints Thomas P. Woodward School Director Resigned. former president was pleased to term them, “council meetings,” are to be dis- continued. Superintendent Webster and Director Roncovieri are both in favor of iansacting the busingss in public. The charter gives the Police Commission alone the right to hold executive sessions. An exception will be made in the case of a teacher whose reputation or compe- tency is called into question and charges regularly preferred. Superintendent Web- ster is of the opinion that in such cases it 1s but fair to the accused to hold exec- utive sessions, as he or she might be proven guiltless of the charges. Webster will begin his battle to-day for additional accommodations for pupils in many of the schools by recommending that new classes be established in the Buena Vista, Edison, Agassiz, Haight, Henry Durant and Monroe schools. The board has already signified its intention to form new classes in three of the schools. Superintendent Webster will submi¢ at to-day’'s meeting the report of his investigations into the charges of dereliction of duty preferrsd against Physical Director Magnus. The outlook, for Magnus retaining his position | is dark, for Webster will recommend that | the position be abolished. From written reports filed by principals of several schools it is shown that during the entire year of 1301 Magnus devoted a total of but | 110 hours to the work for which he was employed, and for this he drew $2700 from the city’s coffers, which of about $25 per hour. A delegation from the Federation of Misslon Improvement Clubs waited on Mayor Schmitz yesterday morning and formally presented a resolution adopted | by che federation calling upon the Mayor to remove from his office Colonel George H. Mendell, president of the Board of Public Works. §i The delegation consisted Schnee, Max is at the rate of Gustave Popper, Peter Stelberg, J. L. Cutter, W. L. Coles and George H. Roundey. The resolution, which has been published in full in The Call, recites that Colonel Mendell draws pay from the United States Government as & retired of- ficer besides collecting his salary from the | eity which is prohibited by the charter. | Agaln it asserts that Mendell, by reason | of advanced age. is incapacifated from | doing proper work. Schnee addressed the | Mayor regarding the alleged extrava- gance of the Board of Works. The sten- ographer took careful notes of the re- marks, and the Mayor promised to make an impartial investigation of the charges. The Rothschilds now employ 27,000 mem in their various copper mines. ADVERTISEMENTS. ARE QUICK TO SEE Good Doetors Are Quick to See and Appreciat: Real Merit in New Medieines. Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets are a discovery of great value to the medical protession and the public. They are an unfailing specific im a1l cases of dyspepsia and disordered diges- tion. 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