The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, February 8, 1902, Page 7

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1902. AMUSEMENTS. BESS Belasco & Thall..... LAST TWO NIGHTS. A Romance of California.” ive Western Drama. ring Days of 1849, Beausiful Scenes of the Sterras TO-DAY AND SUNDAY. 25c, 35c, 50c and Tbe. ROGUE'S COMEDY.” “THE (L Theater Thoroughly Heated With Steam. LAST TWO NIGHTS. MATINEES TO-DAY AND SUNDAY. The Powerful and Thrilling Melodrama, Master and Man. PRICES—Evenings, 10c, 15c, 50c. Matinees, 30c, 1be, 25c. Next Monday—*A YOUNG WIFE.” MATINEE TO-DAY, SATURDAY, Feb. 8. Parquette, any seat, 25c , 10; Chil- @ren, 10c, any part except resers : A VAUDEVILLE WHIRLWIND! Winchermann’s Bears; Adelina Roat- tino; Reichens’ Hand-Balancing Dogs; Victor Jerome, Lottie Fre- mont and Harry W. Welch and The Biograph. Last times of Sa- bel; Jordan and Crouch; thé Da Coma Family, and the GREAT CYCLE WHIRL. OPERA HOUSE “Jim the Penman.” Commencing MONDAY EVENING NEXT, FAREWELL WEEK OF EDWIN ARDEN In His Most Successtul Drama, “RAGLAN’S WAY.” POPULAR PRICES—10e, 15c, 25c, 50c, 5c. Orchestra Seats All Matinees 25c. Good t Californio TO-NIGHT AND MATINEE TO-DAY, —— LAST TIME! JAMES K. HACKE Great Romantic Suc- THE PRIDE OF JENNICO. | Original Scenery and Costumes. Powerful Cast. NEXT SUNDAY NIGHT, CHARLES DALTON = et “THE SIGN OF THE CROSS.” SAN FRAKCISCD'S COLUMBIA 2 MATINEE TO-DAY. (Except sunda)'), VIOLA ALLEN Presenting Lorimer Stoddard's tion of F. Marion Crawford's Historical Novel, Palace of the King.” &= at 8:15 Sharp—Mat. 2:15. EAST.” +TIVOLI» EVENINGS AT 8 SHARP! MATINEE SATURDAY AT 2 SHARP! “THE JOLLIEST OF MONARCH! THE AMEER! Next Opera—-“THE SERENADE.” POPULAR PRICES—25c, 50c and 75¢. Telephone—Bush 9. CHUTES s Z0O L Coming—*"WAY nln Big Vaudeville Show | ELLA BURT COASTS THE CHUTES ON A BICYCLE. SPEGIAL TO-NIGHT! e Cakewalk Prize COMMENCING SUNDAY, THE GREAT ST. LEON FAMILY. Telephone for Seate—Park 23. ! very Week Day— Rain or Shins. NEW CALIFORNIA'JOCKEY CLUB RACETRACK. i5 p. m. sh San Franci 30 and 3 p. m., connecting at the entrance to the cars on train reserved for ladies and orts; no smoking. Buy your ferry tickets shell Mound. All trains vie Oskland mole connect with San Pablo avenue electric cars at Seventh and Broadway, Oak- land. Also all traing via Alameda mole_con- mect with San Pablo avenue cars at Four- teenth and Broadway, Oakland. These electric cars go direct 1o the track in fifteen minutes. Relurifln:—’lrltnl leave the track at 4:15 :.n:ei 45 p. m. and immediately after the last THOMAS H. WILLIAMS JR., President. CHAS. F. PRICE, Secy. and Mgr. HOFMANN, THE GREAT PIANIST. TWO EXTRA RECITALS. NEXT WEDNESDAY NIGHT, Feb. 12, NEXT SATURDAY AFTERNOON, Feb. 15, At METROPOLITAN HALL. Seats on sale st Sherman, Clay & Co,’ PRICES—$2, $1 50, §1 and 50c. P. o at 12 m. and | Resolution Presented TAR MERCHANTS' EXCHANGE IN HEATED DEBATE ON EXCLUSION OF CHINESE -by Board of Directors Advocating Admission of the | Mercantile Class Causes Impassioned Argument Between Members. The Labor Council Is Strongly in Favor of the Re-enactment of Law Tl HE largest meeting of members of the Merchants' Exchange wit- nessed In many vears took place yesterday afternoon when the organization took action on the resolution adopted by the board of direc- tors as to an expression toward the né- newal of the Chinese exclusion laws by Congress. The assembly room of the Merchants Exchange was crowded to the doors when President George W. McNear called the | meeting to order. Men representing great | Wwealth and of prominence in the commer- cial world were present and the greatest interest was taken in the proceedings. The preambie and resolution adopted by the board of difectors and which were or rejection were as follow. Whereas, There are now pending in the National (ongress of the United States at shington certain bills which we belleve may nstrued to so restrict the entrance of the | ntile class of China into the United | States as to be harmful to our mercantile in- | terests; and Whereas, The trade of. the "port, of S: | Francisco with the Chinese empire 1s*of great | and Increasing importance, ts value for | year 1890, including Hongkong, ' being $1 | 689,458, and for the year 1800 $30,685,433; and | Whereas, For the proper conserving and | promoting 'of - this ~exchange of - ccmmodi- | ties we Dbelieve it is of the utmost importance | that all facilities of .commerce. and, the caur- | tesies due to friendly nations be extended, pa ticularly to that class of the Chinese empire which operates, controls and has in it<elf, the means and power of furthering this trade, which, under favorable conditions and by the assistance of & broad Government policy is destined to assume vast proporfiops in the fu- ture; therefore, Resolved, That we, the bdard of dlrectors of the Merchants' Exchange, do hereby miort Tespectfully and earnestly pétition the Presi- dent of the United States, and our Represer- tatives in Congresg, to use their utmost efforts to induce Congress to enact legisldtion so as to grant enrestricted entfance into the United States t all merchants and members of the mercantile clasé of Chinese, such as salesmen, Clerks, buyers, bookkeepers, actountants, managers, storekeepers, bankers and cashiers. Desire Trade of China. President McNear stated that as ‘the Kahn bill now before Congress meant the ! absolute exclusion of the merchant class of Chinese and_as thé entire world was seeking the trade of China he felt that it would be a fatal error for this country to close the door to Chinese merchants, thus affording China an oppdrtunity to retali- ate by sending her trade to other coun- es. “’Lewis Gerstle moved to amend the reso- lution presented So that it would favor the re-enactment of the present Geary ex- clusion laws. The amendment of Mr. Gerstle was put to a vote and defeated. Hugh Craig moved to add to the resolu- tion, after the word ‘‘cashiers,” the fol- Jowing clause, “‘barring under’all circum- stances every class of coolie laborers.” The motion of Craig was the cause of considerable oratory and heated discus- slon and the president had his hands full in keeping the members in order by use of the gavel X Craig made a_long speech in favor o excluding all Chinese coolie labor. H said that the organization should be most careful in its expression on the exclusion {laws. He argued that the resolution as presented meant an unrestricted admis- sion of all Chinese and that this meant a menace to the working classes of this | country and to the rising generation. purchased goods from this country to the extent of 6 cents per capita per annum, while other countries purchased as much as $15 per capita each year. He attacked the resolution as presented and hoped that his amendment would prevail. Directors Oppose Coolie Labor. R. P. Schwerin stated that the board of directors only sought to show that it was | the desire of the business community to secure broad commercial relations with China and leave to Congress the question of coolie labor. “] resent Craig's statements that the directors want coolie labor to enter this countr: id Schwerin. *“The Kahn bill | takes care of that and it is impossible for any coolie to enter this country banker, clerk, broker or business man un- der the present laws. “The Kahn bill seeks to prevent the admission of the merchant class and all we seek is a broad commer- cial relation with China. We purposely PRESIDENT DA Continued From Page One fore, and returned to us without being handed to_this commissioner, all right. Mr. Ach—Well, I will not hand them to the comimissioner. Mr. Snook—THat is the understanding. Mr. Hill—That is distinctly understood. ADVERTISEMENTS. Pears’ All sorts of people use it, all sorts of stores sell the famous English complexion soap. Established 178¢. Sold all over the world. PALACE and | GRAND HOTELS. | On one side of these magnificent 1 hotels is the wholesale and manu- facturers’ district—on the other re- | l | tail stores, clubs, railroad and GRA newspaper offices, banks and thea- lers, Street cars to all parts of the city—depots, ferries and parks— pass the entrance. American and European plans. AMUSEMENTS. ND OPENING TO-NIGHT. JUYENILE FAIRYLAND CARNIVAL, LTI e MECHANICS’ PAVILION, SATURDAY EVENING, FEB. §TH, 7 P. M. ALLEGORICAL ELECTRICAL BALLET. 150 Children in Gorgeous Costumes, | PACIFIC CAT CLUB'S SPLENDID ARRAY OF PRIZE FELINES. BENNETT'S BIG MILITARY BAND. . BEAUTIFUL EXHIBITS AND BOOTHS. Ana 50 Other Great Attractions. THE ONE BIG ENTERTAINMENT OF THE YEAR. Six Admission Transferable Tickets, $1; Sin- gle Admiseion, 25c; Children, 10c. 3 Ticket Sale Now Open at Sherman, Clay & Co’s, The Emporium, THE PAVILION And Other Places. placed before the meeting for muficatlonl The speaker then stated that China only | as al | | | ture. * = The San Francisco Labor Council at its meeting last night adopted resolutions strongly condemning the ac- tion of the Chamber of Com- merce and Merchants’ Ex- change in regard to Chinese exclusion and demanding the re-enactment of an anti-Chi- nese law by Congress. o resolution and confined ourselves to merchant class.” When the president sought to put amendment as presented by Craig the the vote was taken by rolicall on demand of a | member. The Craig amendment was voted downby 36 ayes to 42 noes. Fairfax Whelan said that the majority vote was far too small to stand as the expression of a body like the Merchants" Exchange, with its mem- bership of 46S. He moved that the entire membership be allowed to vote on the resolution by a postal card vote. ‘When Hugh Cralg arose to speak again he was met with loud cries of “‘previous question.” Craig shouted that he would keep the floor all night, but that he in- tended to express his views. E. W. Hopkins, a director of the ex- change, emphatically stated that the di- rectors were opposed to coolie labor and had always expressed .themselves so. Craig Rebuked by Meeting. Craig at_ this point accused President McNear of saying on the previous day ihat the resolution was intended to al- low the coolie class to enter_this coun- try to reclaim islands on the Sacramento River. President McNear answered: ‘‘The gen- :leman is making a statement that is not rue.” “You made that statement to me yes- terday on the floor of the exchange in the presence of another member, T. J. Clunie,” retorted Craig. Clunie jumped to his feet and excite- ment arose when he addressed Craig as follows; “What you say is not true. All that President McNear said was that there was certain kind of work in California that white men could not do.” Craig” attempted to speak again, but was met with shouts of “shame” and he took his seat. . Thomas J. Clunie made a speech favor- ing the total exclusion of the coolie classes from this country. He deplored the action of the meeting in voting down the amendment presented by Craig and said that it was an insult to the working classes. Amended Resolution Adopted. The motion to vote on the resolution by a postal card vote was opposed by Andrew Carrigan, and the motion for a postal card vote was lost. George Newhall expressed himself in positive terms as being opposed to coolie abor and said that there was an evident | belief in the minds of some members that the directors favored the admission of the Chinese laborers. “We only seek to deal h the com- mercial proposition,” said Newhall, ““and feel that Congress will take care of the coolie question.” _ A motion was then made that the reso- lution as presented by the board of di- rectors be referred back to that body, with the request that the clause proposed by Hugh Craig, barring out all coolie la- borers, be added to the resolution, and that the resolution, with the additional clause, be accepted by the meeting. The motion prevailed and the meeting adjourned. LABOR COUNCIL TAKES ACTION Passes Resolutions Favoring the Ex- clusion of All Chinese. The San Francisco Labor Council met last evening and passed resolutions con- demning those adopted by the board of directors of the San Francisco Merchants' Exchange and the San Francisco Cham- ber of Commerce, the latter favoring the | unrestricted entrance into the United States of all merchants and members of Mr. Ach—That is all right, Mr. Commis- sioner. The Commissioner- it is not all right. Either I am to receive evidence or I am not. Mr. Ach—Well, you are recelving evidence; he simply objects to the books being left here. The Commissioner—Well, T insist if they are goIing to be in evidence that they shail be produced. DECLINES TO PROCEED. Mr. Hill—Now I will say, so that there will be no misunderstanding about it, and for the purpose of protecting the rights of my clients, that not one of these books will be delivered into your custody now. The Commissioner—Very well, 1 decline to proceed further, that is all. Either I have got to have the evidence to report to the court or I simply quit right here. Mr. Ach—Well, the whole matter is prema- , The mere fact that my adversary, whose client’s deposition I am taking, refuses to per- mit certain books to leave his custody should not prevent the commissioner from going on and taking the testimon: And so Mr. Ach smoothed the troublecd waters. Then a minute examination was made of the transactions by which the nominal directors of the company secured their stock. Mr. Daniels finally admitted that A. L. Smith and L. 8. Jordan each held but one share of stock, the latter having secured his from S. F. Danlels, the fati of the defendant, who was originally a di- rector, but is now dead. Both of these ! shares of stock were deposited in the (‘en- tral Bank together with his stock as so. curity for a loan of $55,000. These shares of stock Mr. Daniels said he had caused to be issued to the holders in order that they might become directors, and that no money was ever paid for these shares, PURCHASE OF THE PAPER. Then Mr. Ach got down to the original purchase of the paper and wanted to know about the agreeraent to buy which was made to H. N. Dalton, the father of County Assessor Henry P. Dalion, who is accused by Mr. Collins of having interest in the newspaper. This agrec ment was finally produced, and is as fol- Tow: This agrecment made and entered into this 7th day of January, A. D, 1895, between K. A. Leach, A. B. Nyé and D. Kdward Coliins, parties of the first part, and H. N. Dalton, the party of the recond part, witncsseth. The par- ties of the first part agree to sell and deliver | to the party of the second part, and the party of the second part agrees to purchase and take | from the parties of.the first part, 500 shares of |the capital stock of the Oakland Enquirer Pub- | price, lishing Company, a corporation duly formed. grganized and existing under the laws of the State of California, the capital stock of which is §160,000, divided into 1000 shares of the par value of $100 per share, of which capital stock there has beer. issued 750 shares, and no more, for th: sum of 000, of which amouni $500 is herewith paid, the recelpt whereof is hereby ac- knowledged, and the balance of thé purcn: to wit, $54.550, is to be paid on or be fore the 15th of February, 1896. PROVIDES AGAINST DIVIDENDS. Said deferred payment shall bear interest at the rate of 6 per cent per annum from Janu- ary 1, 1%98; 'the sald’ capital stock hereby agreed 10 be sold to be delivered to the party of the second part on the full payment of the said purchase price, and free from all incurn- brances, and on the further condition that ni dividends shall be declared, and no impairment of the capital stock of saidl corporation during the existence of this ‘agreement It is further agreed and conditioned that the party of the second part shall name a majority of the directors of said corporation, upcn the payment of sald purchase price; that is to say the parties of the first part shall, upon the payment of said purchase price, cause the im- mediate resignation of a majority of tne pres- ent directors, and that their places shall be filled by such persons as may be selected by the party of the second part, In witness whereof the said parties hereto have hereunto and unto a duplicate hereof sub- — lutions adopted by the Labor Couneil fol- low: Whercas, The board of trustees of the San Francisco Chamber of Commerce and the board of Airectors of the San Francisco Merchants’ Exchange have during the present week adopted_resolutions calling upon the President of the United States and the California delega- tion in Congress “to use their utmost efforts to induce Congress to enmact legislation so as to grant the unrestricted entrance into the United States to all merchants and members of the mercantile class of China, such as sales- men, clerks, buyers, bookkeepers, accountants, managers, storekeepers, bankers and cashiers,” and Whereas, The ostensible reasons“gziven by these bodlés for their action is that the Chi- nese exclusion measures now pending in Con- gress would if enacted “be harmful to our mercantile interests,” and ‘Whereas, The Chinese Exclusion Convention held in San Franc!sco November 21 and 22, 1901, a: which were repres:ntatives of all in- terests of the State—labor, agricultural, manu- facturing and commercial—unanimously de- clared In favor of the re-enactment of the ex- isting Chinese exclusion law, with the proviso that, if possible, 1ts terms should be made moré comprehensive and effective, and ‘Whereas, At the said convention the repre- sentatives of the mercantile interests were unanimous In the exvression that they had nothing to fear from an exclusion law, as de- monstrited by the maxim that “there is no sentiment in business” and by the fact that the trade of the United States with China has greatly increased during the ten years since the Geary act became operative, which in- crease is now admitted by the resolutions of the Chamber of Commerce and the Merchants' Exchange, therofore be it Resolved, By the San Francisco Labor Coun- cil, in regular session assembled, that we con- demn the resdlutions of these bodies as an act of the grossest bad faith toward the people of the State, as treachery toward the interests of the State and nation and as absolutely inde- fensible upon any ground: further Resolved, That we regard the attitude of the Chamber of Commerce and the Merchants' Ex- change as calculated to defeat all efforts at effective Chinese exclusion, for the reason that the classes which these bodies propose shall be freely admitted to the United States are precisly those from whom the greatest danger of competition is to be feared, and for the fur- ther reason that any attempt to exempt any class from the operation of the Chinese ex- clusion law would vitiate the entire measgure. Further Resolved, That we hereby urgently call upon our respective Representatives and Senators in Congress to work and vote for the passage of House bill No. 9330 and Senate bill No. 2060, o the end that all c of labor shall be equally and fully protected from a degrading u'r‘ni hopeless competition with Chinese, Fur- ther Resolved, That we earnestly invoke the im- mediate action of all individuals included in the classes named by the Chamber of Com- merce and the Merchants’ Exchange, 1. e., sales- men, clerks, buyers, bookkeepers, accountants, managers, storekeepers, bankers and cashiers, in order that the views of these classes may be conveyed directly to their respective Rep- resentatives and Senators in Congress; and for this purpose we request that each person so concerned shall communicate his views by let- ter or postal at the earliest possible date. Further Resolved, That a copy of these resolutions be forwarded to the President of the United States. to the Representatives and Senators from California in Corgress, to the California | Commissioners at Washington, D, C., and to the press of San Frareisco. DEMAND AMERICAN CREWS. The Iroquois Club ado resolutions last night: Resolved, By the Iroquols Club Francisco, that we regrer and condemn ‘the | pernicious efforts of the San Francisco Cham- ber of Commerce and the Merchants' Exchange and of all individuals and organizations in aid of Chinese immigration, and that we deem the passage of the bill which has been approved by the Pacific Coast delegation in Congress as the only effective impediment which will pr Yvent a renewal of the disastrous and demoral- izing influx of Chinese that has been noted in this State by wantoni lawlessness and by de- grading soclal and industrial horrors, Resolved, That we favor the strictest exclu- sion of Chinese from the Philippines, Hawail and Porto Rico, as well as other sections of our country, and that we favor an enactment to prevent’any Chinese now domictled in the for- elgn colonies or territories of the United States from being allowed to enter any other port of. the Union. Resolved, That we favor restricting the crews of all American ships to American citizens ex- clusively, and that we oppose and condemn all attempts’ to induce Congress to enact a ship | subsidy bill appropriating millions of doilars per annum to American bottoms that are man- ned and operated by Chinese satlors, Resolved, That we finvite the Democratic | State Central Committee and all other Demo- cratic organizations to take such action by reso- | pted the following : = lution or otherwise as may seem meet in the excluded the coolie proposition from (he' the mercantile class of China. The reso- premises, 2 L e e R R SRR M MR MRS ARIN 3 D ENQUIRER scribed their names the day above written, and_year first FRANK. A. LEACH. D. EDWARD COLLINS. A. B. Nye (101 shares, H. N. DALTON, DANIELS’'FINANCIAL STANDING Mr. Ach made a minute and searching examination of Mr. Danlels’ financial standing at different times during his business career to bring out facts in sup- port cf the assertion that he was without ! means .to make the purchase’ of the En- | quirer at the time of the transfer of that paper to him in 1888. Mr. Daniels said that he owned his home, which had a mortgage thereon, and some of the stock of his store, which store had been closed, and a small piece of land in Contra Costa County. From this they went to the question of | Mr. Daniels' experience as a newspapor man and then to politics and Dr. Pardee and Ccunty Assessor Henry P. Dalton as O Rhe anty exper .—The only experlence th; v in the newspaper business, Mr. bantew frod the history of your life here given, is that of selling newspapers over your counter at the stationery etore, isn't {t? A.—Which we G didn’t h .—Then you didn't hav. 4 : ence, did you? A-—DIAR't have thas P S perience. QDo you know Dr. Pardce? A.—TYes, sir. Q.—How long have you known him? Since 1885, T think. §oasas Q.—Met him as a o store? A.—No, sir. RANKED AS CAPTAIN. Q.—Where did you meet him? A, him as an assoclate in & millti organimatie Q.—You were an officer in sanization, were you not? A, pee upitia or- Q.—How did you ran A.—As'a captain. Q—And the doctor? A.—As 4 Heutenant Q.—You were his superior officer, then? A.—At_that moment, ves, sir. (Morrie Q.—But not now? "A._Does that oall Yor | an answer, Mr. Ach? 2ot eli the answer I wanted, Have you ever had any business {ramsactiins with Dr. Pardee? A.—Well, T presume st presume I have sold him goods. f Q.—From the stationery store? iy ; A~ pre- —Do you recollect making a him? A.—Ob, [ have no distinet personal Feco Q—Ever borrow any money f e Yy from the doc- —Sir? A—No, sir. \ —Ever lent im any money? - 't | remember to have sver loancd Bim 2y oot Q.—Never had any to lend him, hey’ ac Well, I don’t know that that is true WAS DOCTOR'S FRIEND, Q.—Then were you a so doctor's; that is by social, lations, 'social relations exs ‘respective familles? A —Y, Q.—Callea at his hou: —Called at yours? —Dined there? A.—T Q.—Did you dine there Foir remamberd: UK ,—Had vyou prior to 1868 goen o intimate terms with fir."fne.n’{:e es. sir. id vou frequently meet him at vari places of meeting of societies of whieh. l;:u were both members? A.—I met him in a good | different places. man; a’.—DId you ever talk with him about managing or manipulating the | politics of the county of Alameda clal felend of th I mean family re- & between _SXlsting between your in January, 1 ! —No, air. don't tomenher 1898, | A through the press prior to the Jth c¢ay of February, 18987 Mr. Hill—We object to that as immaterial and incompetent. Mr. Snook—I would suggest the witness need not answer that unless ne wants to. The Witness.—I certainly will re- ADVERTISEMENTS. CIGARETTES are in a class by themselves among Turkish cigarettes, and have never been equaled. There is no uncertainty or indecision when buying them: you are sure that they are the best Turkish cigarettes that you can get anywhere. They never vary or change in quality, flavor or workmanship, because they cannot be made better or of better materials. It will interest you exceed- ingly, if you smoKe “Turkish” at all and have never tried DEITIES, to light one and—well, you will Know then that “No better TurKish cigarette can be made.” EcyprTIAN EMBLEMS are the same as DEITIES but with cork tips. Ghis signature is on every box. That is a ridicu- fuse to answer it. lous proposition. CERTIFIES THE REFUSAL. Mr. Ach—The'commissioner will kindly cer- tify the refusal of the witness to answer the question to the court The Commissioner—Very well. Mr. Ach—Did you ever have a conversation with Dr. Pardee relative to acquiring the control of the capital stock of the Oakland Enquirer Pub- lishing Company for the purpose of manipulating the politics with him of Alameda County? Mr. Hill—And the witness is not required to answer that question. The Witness—I refuse to answer. The Commissioner—I want an an- wer to that question. The Witness—Well, I will have to 1efuse you, colonel. | Mr. Ach—Counsel for the plaintii asks the commissioner to certify the refusal of the witness to answer this question to the court. The Commissioner—Well. that is all right. Mr. Ach: Q.—Had you ever had any busi- ness connections or relations with Henry P. Dalton_prior to January 7, 18987 A.—I don't remember to have had any Q.—Did you ever have any business rela- tions or connections with H. N. Dalton prior to January 7, 18987 A.—January 7. Wil you let me lock at the date of the agresment? Q.—That is the date. A.—WIil you let me look at it? Q.—Oh, yes (handing agreemeat to witness). ANSWER CAUSES MERRIMENT. The Commissioner—That is when he was can- didate for Congress, you know. The Witness—This is not the one. colonel; this is not the gentlaman. (Merriment.) Then adjourrment came with the inter est intense. BLANCHARD INFLICTS EXCESSIVE PUNISHMENT Superintendent Webster Reports That the Facts Adduced by an Investi- gation Justify the Charges. The report of Superintendent of Schools Webster regarding the alleged excessive corporal punishment inflicted upon John Ragglo at the Hancock School by Princi- pal M. E. Blanchard was made public yes- terday. Webster says in his report that the facts adduced after examining twen- | ty-four witnesses justify the charge for- mally made that Blanchard inflicted upon Ragglo unugual punishment and in an un- usual manner. Blanchard himself admits that the punishment was somewhat se- vere. The report says: As the resuit of this investigation I have de- a: termined’ John Raggio was an uaruly, trouble- fe boy and & truant. e hat his offense culminated in an act of "fiat Princival Blanchard, having re soried to othcr measures of correction with- ot Ruccesk, conciuded that the boy must be ubjected to corvoral punishment. —_—————— Advertising Blue Book. Encyclopedic newspaper catalogues are not uncommon and have their uses. More conve- nient for many business men and much handier for general consultation s a handsome 286- page book just issued by the J. Waiter Thomp- son Co., the well-known agents of New: York, Chicago and Boston. Its title, *“The Blue Book R vertising,"” expresses both its looks and fts contents. It is blue throughout, printed with blue ink on blue paper, and bound in blue. 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The joint committee of the Board of Supervisors and League of Municipalitics met yesterday for the purpose of taking steps to bring about the defeat of the | morping. proposed constitutional amendment pro- viding for the appointment of a State commission to fix rates for water, light, | common carriers, telephone and telegraph services, 7There were present at the meeting Mayor Schmitz, Senator Lukens of Alameca, Mayor Hutchinson of Palo ‘Alto, Supervisors Connor, Braunhart, | Curtis and Wynn. It was decided to draw_ up a circular calling attention to | the obnoxious features of the amendment ! which will take away the powers of local ( Boards of Supervisors to regulate home affairs. Coples of the circular will be matled to the press, civic and labor or- ganizations and to the voters throughout . the State. \ FARMERS SMILE AT WEEPING SKY Rainfall Is Generous the San Joaquin Valley. in Special Dispatch to The Cail. FRESNO, Feb. 7.—Rain commenced fail- ing here at 3 o'clock this afterncon and the downpour has been almost continuous since then. The rain was greatly needed. A half inch fall is estimated for this af- ternoon. BAKERSFIELD, Feb. 7. everin but only sufficient to lay dust. MODESTO, Feb. 7.—This evening at § o’clock the rainfall had amounted to .24 of an inch. Clouds are threatening and the wind is from the rainy quarter. Grow- ing crops are in excellent condition in all the but the western portion of Stanislaus | County. 5 STOCKTON, Feb. 7.—Rain has been falling here since early this morning. ports show that it is general throughout the county. KESWICK. Feb. 7.—For two days past it has been raining continuously in Shasta County. Creeks are swollen ramerto at this point Is rising rapidly. AUBURN, Feb. welcome to Placer County, particularly to the mining section. The season’s rainfall to date in Auburn amounts to about 22 inches. JAMESTOWN, Feb. 7.—Light rain has been falling throughout this section since Advices from Strawberry, in the higher Slerras, are that it rained for | eighteen hours up 'to 1 o'clock this after- noon, since which snow has been falling. SACRAMENTO, Feb. Rain began falling heavily at noon. There was a good downpour eatly this_morning. 1.OS ANGELES, Feb. i.—The rainstorm has not yet exiended south of Tehachapi. 2:30 o'clock this after- FACTORY SANITATION LAW IS PARTLY ANNULLED Supreme Court Thinks Bureau of Labor Statistics Commissioner Has Too Much Power. The Supreme Court yesterday annulled the act which provides for the sanitation of factories in so far as it gives legisla- tive power to the Commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The law, which was_ declared void, makes it a criminal offense for a factory or shop Rain fell this | Re- | hnd the Sac- | ‘The present siorm is | owner to refuse to introduce sanitary ap- paratus when ordered to do so by the Commissioner. Robert Schaezlein, proprietor of a metal polishing shop, was informed that his employes were compelled to inhale dust, filaments and injurious gases, and he was therefore ordered to put in a suction pipe to carry off the objectionable matter. He refused and was convicted of criminal neglect and disobedience of the authori- ties by Judge Cabaniss. The case was appealed and Schaezlein wins his conten- tion that the law in question is unconsti- tutional. The court holds that the Legislaturs may enact laws to protect life and health, but cannot delegate legislative power to the Commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Under the act, it is said, three factories might be in the same condition. One man might not be visited by the Commissioner, the second might be fitte: up at a trifling expense, while the third, on the mere order of the official, might | be put to an expense of thousands of dol- ll:‘l":] in introducing apparatus of some | kind. —_——————— | FERRIS HARTMAN HOST ON GAY TROLLEY RIDE Takes Feminire Part of Tivoli Com- pany cn Trip Over the ‘“Scenic Route.” The girls of the Tivoli company assems bled at ihe theater yes | response to a my meaning of which could not guess. | Ferris Hartman was there with so serious a face that a shaking up of some sort was expected, but the comedian's surprise fir | | the fair members of the compary was a | trolley ride over the * fc route” of | the Market Street Rallway Mrs. Kreling chageroned the party 2 | Frances Graham, Anna Lichter and Ann e Myers enjoyed the outing as much as the applause of the first night of th eason. | The motorman and the conductor were | the only men ailowed by Hartman to | share with him in the smiles of tae | chorus. | —_————— Maintenance of Boy Criminals. ! Superintendent Lewis cf the Boys' and Girls' Aid Society appeared before the Supervisors’ Finance Committee last night to urge an increased appropriation for the maintenance of the boy eriminal committed to that institution. The last tax budget set aside $6000 for the purpe: 1 and the fund is already exhausted. The committee will request Judges Lawlor and Fritz to appear at the next meetin with a view to lessening the number « recommitments to the institution. | Expert Cyril Willlams filed a state- ment showing that the net delinquency on tax collections will be $15059. which will be wiped dut by a surplus in the rev- | enue from other sourc ————— Vermonters Entertain Friends. The Native Sons of Vermont gave their monthly entertainment and social last night in Odd Fellows' Hall. There was a large crowd despite the rain. The pro- gramme rendered was greatly enjoy A Flash in the night—the passing of Light of the swift and luxurious California Limited gleaming with its real electric lights. It races from San Francisco to Chicago in three days { { (Santa ll'/ |V