The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, August 9, 1902, Page 2

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, AUGUST 9, 1902. MUTILATED BILLS ARE EVIDENCE OF CORRUPTION AT SAN QUENTIN - fl\r' CORVICT - - - Eag PREPARED PORTION oF BILL, FASTED To PART OF A GENUINE TN VoICE= Them evidence is presented by The Call of cor ud at under the how the ab- su- Gov- he 3 ® to h the pho- in T ha Call to- MUTILATED. | nat the bill of H.'S. ¢ of e billhead was cut from a | 1 of the firm and bears the | of its clerks. The of the bill and the bot- | are pasted together and | en therein are three s one es called for in the bill d. tc San have been | ct 1o paste the bill together and write in a singls item. It is due 2 of California that Governor Gage demand from War- were legitimately th con suppli Quentin prison 10 need for to the pe den Aguirre why the bill of the Crock- er Company ed together 1 | three pleces and a portion of the ac- count written in by convict. The photograph of the bill of Main @ it MORE EVIDENCE Pk | tifitd to by Commissary Francis | on the pub & Winchester, published herewith, was taken from the records at Sacra- mento. The billhead was cut from a e bill of the firm and a eonvict Quentin pri of paper to it and wrote in the item, “one hide enameled cushioned leather, $13 15.” The bills of the Crocker Company 1 @nd of Main & Winchester were cer- Foley and Warden Aguirre and were paid for yut of the public treasury. EXPLANATION DUE PEOPLE. Can Gage or Warden Aguirre explain to-the people of Cali- fornia why the bill of Main & Win- chester was mutilated by a convict? This method of mutilation of bilis opens the door to the grossest frauds treasury. By taking two bills sent to the prison by any firin the accounts of the prison could be so Governor | jumbled that no check could be found to prevent fraud. The billhead of one bill could be cut off and the item of that bill added to another. With a genuine billhead of a firm bogus articles could be charged to the prison. Duly certified to by Aguirre ard Commissary Foley, there would be no trouble in secyring money from the treasury to pay for the fictiticus ac- ccunt. In the face of the evidence of the mutilation of bills at San Quentin pris- on, a8 shown by The Call in raproduc- ing photographs of accounts of many firms on file at Sacramento, it is dua to the pecple of California that an hon- est investigation of the affairs at san Quentin prison be held without further delay. ettt @ ESENTED Continued From Page One. manufactured at Quentin prison dur- ing the regime of Warden Aguirre. Con- victs supported at public expense have been kept from work in the jute mill The farmers of California are forced to pay & high price for the bulk of the jute sacks needed in their business. The State | of California equipped the jute mill at Ban Quentin for the purpose of supplying the farmers of California with grain | sacks at a moderate figure. 1 Warden Aguirre has not kept a tuu! foree of convicts at work in the mill | The result is that the output of sacks | drom the prison mill is far below its ca- ‘ pacity, and California farmers are com- pelied to puy imported grain sacks. Instegd of having every convict, able to wirk, employed in the jute mill, 'Warden /Aguirre bhas bhad dozens of prisoners working in the manufacture of bedsteads, lounges, settees, armchairs, chairs, hat- racks, banjos, guitars, saddles, whips, harness, cribboards, chinaware, hunting- | knives, etc. Convicts, who should be employed In the jute mill, have been set to work in | decorating chinaware and weaving stk curtains and upholstering furniture, a portion of which The Call proves was shipped to the ranch of Governor Gage by Warden Aguirre. The people of California have distinctly prohibited the manufacture of anything at San Quentin other than jute sacks, This step was taken by the representa- tives of the people in Legislature assem- bled, and it was for the benefit of free labor and the business community that a law was passed to prevent conviet labor competing with free men and taxpayers. The Call has presented proof in the past few days of the large shipments of Convicts Prepare Sheets of Items and Paste 10 Heads of Genuine Bills for Sugplies Sent by San Francisco Firms on pasted a piece | o N \/\({ <\ T S FOR SUPPLIES ACTUALLY F THE CONTRAST IN HA | 1 e BILLS WRITTEN BY CONVICTS AND PASTED TO GENUINE BILLHE. ADS URNISHED TO THE PRISON. THE MU NDWRITING ARE PLAINLY APPARENT. 3 CUT FROM BILLS RENDERED TILATION OF THE BILLS AND HE Call has proof in its pos- session to show that dquring the regime of Warden Aguirre at San Quentin pris- on the jllegal manufac- ture of furniture was not the sole in- dustry in which certain convicts were employed. { The Call is prepared to prove that | | and other officials many convicts were kept at work in making saddlery, har- ness, whips, hunting belts, dress suit cases and sole leather trunks out of material paid for by the people of Cali- | fornia. The Call is prepared to prove that a valuable double set of ivory mounted harness was made by convict labor at | san Quentin prison for Governor Henry | T. Gage. The Call has in its possession the names of the convicts who made the harness and of the prisoners who en- graved and carved the ivory mono- grams for the same. The Call is prepared to prove that ® i prison-made furniture to the home of Governor Gage. This alone proves that Governor Gage is the enemy of free labor and the business community and is pot worthy of again holding the high office to which he seeks to be re-elected. PEOPLE OF HONOLULU WAIT LONG FOR MAIL Steamship Ventura Arrives at the Islands Eight Hours Ahead of Nippon Maru. HONOLULU, Aug. 2—Honolulu people were greatly disappointed on the arrival of the Oceanic Steamship Company's Ventura at noon July 30 to find she had no mail. She left San Francisco at 8 p. m., July 24, six hours after the Nippon Maru, and arrived here eight hours ahead of her, thus beating the Japanese liner by fourteen hours on the trip, the latter not docking until 8 p. m., July 30. Instead of people receiving their five | under the direction of Warden Aguirre | Set of Ivory-Mounted Harness Made for Governor Gage Is Re- shipped fo San Quentin From Los Angeles and Returned to Warden Aguirre After Publication of Charges by The Call shortly after it exposed the corruption | at San Quentin prison the double | set of harness made for Governor Gage was reshipped from Los Angeles Coun- ty and returned to Warden Aguirre. SUIT CASES AND TRUNKS. The Call is prepared to prove that large quantities of leather, purchased ! for belting for machinery in the jute mill, was used in making dress suit cases and trunks for a relative of Gov- ernor Gage, The Call is prepared to prove that ‘Warden Aguirre kept a number of con- victs at work in San Quentin_prison painting chinaware, intended for Gov- jernor Gage, and that this painted | chinaware was “burnt” at San Rafael. | Governor Gage declares that he has | not benefited by any covert act on the | part of Warden Aguirre or any other officlal of San Quentin prison. The Call will add further proof to that already published and prove that masses of convict-made furniture was shipped from San Quentin prison to Governor Gage's ranch at Downey, Cal. i | / days' mail on that day they had to wait il the morning of July 31, and anything | but blessings were showered upon the head of the San Francisco postmaster. The Ventura passed the Nippon Maru on the third day out, at 6:23 p. m., July 2. On the same day she passed a White Star steamship bound east, and at 6:35 p. m. she passed a steamer bound west. Murderous Asgault on an Editor. GUTHRIE, O. T., Aug. 8—A special to- night from Suwanee states that Fred Risling, city editor of the Daily Herald, received fatal wounds as the result of a murderous assault, alleged to have been made on him by parties concerning whom articles had appeared in the Herald. Ris- | ling was knocked down with a- revolver and otherwise was badly used. Fire Damages a Utah Town. SALT LAKE, Utah, Aug. 8.—A specfal to the Telegram from Silver City, Utah, says that fire there this afternoon de- The proof already presented by The Call and the balance to be made pub- lic consists of photographs of eonvinc- ing documentary evidence. The evidence secured by The Call was obtained under great difficulties and it but represents a portjon of the colossal corruption that exists at San Quentin prison. ‘While The Call was able, under great difficulties, to secure this convincing evidence, Governor Gage had every ac- cess to the prison records, that were denied to representatives of The Call. If Governor Gage had made a gen- uine investigation of the affairs of San Quentin prison, instead of holding a ‘“star chamber” session, he would have informed the people of California that under the regime of Warden Aguirre San ‘Quentin prison was a nest of thievery and corruption. Governor Gage,” however, declares that not one cent of public money has been misapplied at the prison and that ‘Warden Aguirre is guiltless of any wrong. stroyed eight buildings in the heart of the town, involvnig a loss of about $25,- 0. The insurance is less than half. Tie fire is supposed to have been caused by the explosion of a gasoline stove. The town is without fire protection and but for a fortunate change in the wind would probably have been totally destroyed. Alexandra Presides at a Meeting. LONDON, Aug. 8.—The Queen presided this afternoon a?& meeting of the Sailors’ and Soldiers' Families’ Queen’'s Hall. that Lucas Tooth, the Australian who presented $50,000 for the hospital funa, had given the Queen a similar sum which her Majesty desired to devote to the Association in work of the association and that the Quecn’s appeal in January had brought | in $1,506,000, making the total of public subscriptions to the assoctation during | and since the war, $5500,000. Large crowds gathered on the route to and from the palace and warmly greeted the Queen. . Announcement was made | OVERNOR GAGE tried to blind the people of Califor- nia when he announced, as a result of his “star cham- ber” investigation, that there was nothing wrong with the adminis- tration of Warden M. G. Aguirre at San Quentin prison and that not ome cent of public money had been misap- plied at the penitentiary. The Call is prepared to prove to the taxpayers of California that Warden M. G. Aguirre has had a large quan- of the prison and that the machinery is now in operation in various parts of the State. The Call has in its possession the evidence to prove that the machines made at the prison l’btrlnged a patent L e e e e e S e e Y ] AMERICAN EAGLE CAST IN JAPANESE BRONZE Work of Art That Delighted Admiral Dewey Is Mounted at Stanford. STANFORD UNIVERSITY, Aug. $.—An immense American eagle in Japanese bronze was mounted to-day on.a rough cairn of stones which stands between the museum and the new chemistry building. The work was procured by Mrs. Stanford from the firm of Kuhn & Kauer in Yoko- hama during her recent trip to Japan. The supporting pedestal of solid bronze is ten feet high and weighs more than 2000 pounds. It is shaped to represent a huge moss-covered 5tone encircled by clinging ivy, and around it is a group of scampering monkeys in all sorts of gro- tesque simian gestures and contortions, climbing up and down the rock. The eagle surrounding the pedestal stands as though ready at any moment to sSwoop down. Its beak is open and its wings, | measuring eight feet from tip to tip, are almost fluttering. This figure of the eagle attracted Admiral | Dewey's attention during a brief visit to | Yokohama after the Spanish war. Dewey thought the swooping eagle was typical of America bearing down upon the Span- | ish in the Philippines and that the chat- | tering monkeys beneath were *for all the { world good counterparts of some Of the natives of the islands, some clambering up for the protection of the eagle’s wings and some clambering down like the insur-~ rectos, taking to the woods at the very first cry of danger.” s SR JOLUMNE, Aug. 8.—Captain W. A. Nev- flls Das foreaicubdt G the Mooy mming of &6 Tuolumne Mother Lode Mining and Develop- ing company to satisfy a §10,000 mortgage. ————————e Piles Cured Without the Knife. Itching, Blind, Bleeding or Protruding Piles. | No cure, No Pay. All druggists are authcrized Dby manufacturers of Pazo Ointment to refumg money where it fails to cure any case of piies, no matter of how long standinug. Cures ordinary | Cases in six days; worst cases in fourteen daye. | One appiication gives ease and rest. Relieves | ftching instantly. This Is a vew discovery, | is_the only plle remedy sold on positive guar- antee, no cure, 1o pay. A free sample will be sent by mail to any on> sending name and ad. dress. Price 50c. If your don’t keep Iy o e e ‘wai full size X by mail. Dufact: CINE CO. L tive | PARIS MEDICINE CO., ke . who also manufacture the’ celebrated cold cure, Bromo-Quinine Tablets. tity of machinery made in the shops, +* Expensive Machinery Is Made at San Quentin and Sent Out to Factories, in Spite of the Law to Protect Free Labor and that the inventor has thereby been defrauded of a portion of his profits. In the making of the machinery by conviet labor Governor Gage's ap- pointee, Warden Aguirre, has stabbed at the rights of free labor and of the Industries of California. The machinery in question cost many thousand dollars, and if it had been purchased or made in an open market the bulk of the money wpuld have gone into the pockets of the workingmen who would have been employed in ita production. Business firms would have received a share of profits if the ma- chinery had been ordered in some of the many shops in this city. Governor Gage declares that Warden Aguirre has done nothing wrong in his administration of San Quentin prison or that any of the public funds has been misapplied. The people of California pay for the keeping of the convicts at San Queny tin. The very workingmen, taxed to maintain the convicts, have been in- jured by the acts of Gage's chum, Aguirre. Convicts have competed with them in the manufacture of machin- ery and other articles, and The Call is prepared 'to present proof of this charge. A convict draws no pay; that is why certain Intimates of Warden Aguirre succeeded in getting machinery made for them in the prison at San Quentin, ADVERTISEMENTS. Rheumatism What is the use of telling the rheumattq that he feels as if his joints were being dislocated? He knows that his sufferings are very much like the tortures of the rack. What he wants to know is what will permanently curs his disease. 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