The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, September 20, 1903, Page 33

mgfiggéé SAN FRANCISCO, SUNDAY, CORNERSTONE FOR BRANCH LIBRARY IS LAID WITH BEFITTING CEREMONIES President H. R. McNoble of Native Sons of the Golden West Conducts Exercises and Addresses Are M»ardeh by James D. Phelan and Mayor Schmitz ceremonies and ¢ presence of a large con- i | f 0) the corner- £ new branch Sixteen stree | | o s by Andrew B close by. The pupils wers te and carried small flags, y waved during the singing of songs. Miss Estelle Ho ¢ children and thefr fresh y he air with sweet sound principal of the Denman es filled Ma AT STONE OF N BRANCH LI- BRARY ON SI H STREET. from thts buflding bs good now and forever. MAYOR PHELAN SPEAKS. | The school children then sang “The ars and Stripes” and at the conclusion of the song ex-Mayor Phelan was intro- duced. The distinguished citizen was ac- orded a hearty reception. His oration, elivered in behalf of his friend, Andrew d B. McCreer an excellent one and was received with hearty cheers. In part hi as follows: at the request of Mr. Mec- ul and munificent gift to ible form. The due to our gen- lthough he would péak for ° as de should” not be s sume formal cere- reciplents of occastyunally B |} H | i in lis early & 34 4 enterprise —asigle ate a large (o of rd of ;kms changed’ the history of the worid and || L L e Ll eside In opentfig | 8dded tressures untold to the wealth of na- 7 7. the Seiats, | founders. = He hel 1ay the corherstone | SR hes Letoos B s the | Of_the city and ing that he shouid | B el Jete upon | Participate” to-day n: the cornersione which e o of a public library DRGNS & ¥ ety | pleted structure | STATE'S HISTORY. | < and attained its ndman now sees with | ted eyes the t of his fondest e 1 know that Mr. McCreery has enest pleasure In maxing this gire'| nd we ac- | e cession of this territory are of interest to all Calif: b the latter date we the ' & into act thut he < pleasure which he has con- particips ferred to select 1 be more endir- s upon & foun- f the des- ‘on others: and it was & happy theught th of the library. Mission districe for the jpcation | | The mother sectign of the city | ed by her children. Here was | ement of n Francisco. Pub- | lic butldings have b cted, parks have | been laid out, but t sections of the | | { city have been the beneficiaries of these public works. COMING BOND ELECTION. a4 bond election about to take il have an opportunity te right ment of other countries h. and its wild barbarism w d only some adventurous soirit, who in the broad val f the great rivers, | w smoke that from his cabin| In the prop mingled with the untinted air of heaven and | place the cf arked the loneliness of his abode, and where | this wrong and see that the Mission Dolores was content to drag out & monotonous ex- | shail have its share of public improvements. free from cares, restraints and respon- [ The city itself will be sdked to emulate the e exacting worl But when the | axample of this generous citizen who has con- excited messengers flew to the four points of | siderately selected the Mission for the new NATIVE SONS TAKE CHARGE. President &nd Trustees of the Public N , bearing messages of the discovery | pranch library. £ the gold, drama-like, these ecenes were changed | = The missionary fathers were - famed - for % red the cUStomE of | their wisdom in selecting sites, and here in 1 that civillzation' whose | | within the sound of my voice, they t was based upon thel founded their mission, and we are told that instinctive justice of | {wenty-five later they had under their r ore typify history. _ For | ilous journeys s State would, in all remained unsettled for 814 Indtans and had ralsed herds of cat- , ‘horses and sheep and cultivated hundreds vheat, barley and oats. But Amer- em the pioneers mal without them our gl n supplanted their work and it human probability | > : ¥ . is now occupying their lan Instead ot the n are. end many now prosperoue States | yigwams of S)0 savages, ihere are now the L s et medn | homes of thousands of cultivated men and who came to Callfc | women. ears have b S athd Sitiiand | passed away, and this great city otcupies the seifish effort and » future destiny of otr State. they |Fite of these early Christlan labors, there. is him keene us exprese the no permanent library building and no public park. If the city {athers were as diligent as | the on's fathers we would not be here to express our wants. But our wants are of a bigher order than those of the Digger Indian and it is one of the dut} a great municipality to provide | for, those wants. "All citizens should vote for a cerftral library building, which shall be the feedlng stream of the branches. 1 am glad, therefore, to congratulate the Mission upon the substantial progress which 1 am eure is in store for this section of the city. Beginning with the library, the citizens cer- and did not imagine s or the brown foothills & more valuabie products 11d cattle and horses plains: little did they think 4 be made the granary of ms they nev t the beginning of the | b century would be situated geograpl he center of the United States and the i dark ra heavens in we, by the into beloved State the 1 s wreatest tion know S s g : Gk e (ainly will be as Just and as generous as its = fent: thut ifbicty Wt the cegie: | donor and-ive us a park and other fmprove. - s e B g B e of brosperits | ments in other sections of the city, whieh will tates of his own consclence: that liberty Thet aceomp establish our worthiness to administer the - e St i1y argonauts has been | trust which goed fortune has put Into our governmental policy U1 to-day our Stated hinds as warders by the Golder Gate. na + ol i the miions “and® e pvoR SCHMITZ APPLAUDED. ai bond. Can the world itizens and residents of call ourselves Califor- nkin WHAT ORDER REPRESENTS. Mayor Schmitz was not down on the programme for a speech, but was called are_proud 4 x}»«h \';.11.\’ rs;m-, w‘(!m niane? Can the wor'd wonde: that we natf: upon by President Mann to say a few o of centurles A, 18’ Callfornians glory in the fact that we are Na- | gorgs, The Mayor's reception was also a tive Sons of the Golden West? dlal CORNERSTONE IE LAID. i I‘;‘;_!,“ ! ‘The president of the order called upon i o pemg on the programme, T hardly ex- Pzst President Lewis F. Byington to de- | pected to be called uvon to make any remarks | liver the invoeation, after which he called | to-day and after the eloquent words that have one. He spoke in part as fol- 4 wh mpathetic with the ty our native iand spired by the ancestors, it is the pride of s lofty sims have gained and heid and admiration of our whoie peo . just been. spoken by my - prodecessor- there is class. sect or creed. Under | upon Henry Martin, grand treasurer, and | very little Jeft fcr me to say. However, in an. i eand Within ot | jjonry Lunstedt, grand secretary of the | cepting this gift on behalf of the city and is subservient to the glory go0d_name of California. eel that it is peculiarly fitting that our has been invited to lay the cornerstone of county of San Francisco, I do so with a feeling | of gratitude and pride.’ Gratitude for a wise | and noble und generous man and pride in the realization that the donor is a ploneer. Native Sone of the Golden West, to learn whether they had prepared the documents which were to be placed inside the stone, h is to be for all time a store. the second occasion du £. rmation for the citizens of our |and when each had answered in the af- | o aunce on wveich T have had the Blesars™™ ‘;;';';An:;‘;’;;e-;p';'},p;:fx;_'{'gxfi firmative he accepted a silver trowel pre- | taking part in a dedication like = this—onos died and jeft their characters upon {Sented by the architect of the building, | when another Nbrary was présented by the emen who bhas just preceded me and one of time, where their sins and virtuee ' and as the stone was lowered in its place, jes of warning or efouistion * h { which has done great gocd ,for the people o been the brigbtest factor s | 1°, 244 {south of Market Sivest. I -ghean the Fourth: sman mind and extending cfv- | By the suthority In me vested and under | street Library which was donated by the Hon. ging about the amelioration of | the kind Invitation of the trustees of the Py | James D. Pi n. (Applause.) Y iic Library of the city and county of { " There are ral forms of charity. Every California as the State of our | Francisco, and in the name of the Grand Par- | organization Mas established it as one -f fts speclal pride In her educa- | lor of the Wative Sons of the Golden West, [ | principles. There is charity which reaches | the individual and charity which reaches a limited number of individuals, but charity: of Blessed as we are with | lay this stone on a firm foundation and. dedi- barvest. { this kind will do good for thousunds and hels flowers, our gol , our ; cate this buflding to the purposes of the dis- and lakes, cur mineral and climatic ' femination of knowledge and the free educa. yet we ever turn with to our - tion of the masses, for keeping ever bucmins ' them in the fight for success in life. I be- efucations] institutions for inspiration and for | brightly the torches of friendship, lovalty and ; lleve this twllding will stand as & monument The realization of our hopes for the destiny of | cherity; and the protection of our repubiican | to @n hunoruble nd zenerous man, and when form of government. cur children and our children's children kuye My friends, I trust that the solemn ceremo- | Passed away those who comc after them will ‘occasion nles of this may not be I know that it was donated by and erected gur hearts. In'the gift of this iy iP0n | A hdrew B. McCreery. (Applausey by, *h Aty building, for its noble ¥ “An " e VTitten ‘his name forever wn the. tabieis ot Lernies otnreme LE e . L6 f | entire gathering joined in the rend love and memory, his acts o e rendering to all good citisens. May ite wally :3:5';':;& (of the anthem. Mr. Byington then de- of the world, the University of Cali- of discord or unkindness may | llvered the benediction and the guests =nd Leland Stanford Jr. University. Ebe all the education and influences tm’ _flow | took their departure. ip . conquered, settled, civilized and to-day le ‘the reat of two of the greatest educational Insti- gt SEPTEMBER 20, 1903. M 0F 1. BUEF 15 QUER Dzclares That He Must | Support Schmiiz for Mayor. AR Fears He Would Be Called Ingrate If He Fatored Another Nom‘inee. —_— Asked to Define Position, He Says He Will Do So Before Mayor- alty Candidate Is Se- lected. CETIE A. Ruef, in a conversation at the Pal- ace Hotel yestérday with Thomas P. Woodward, president of the Board of Ed- ucation, declared himself in favor of Eu- gene E. Schmitz for Mayor and remarked that his obligations to the Mayor were such t.at should he forsake him his man- hood would be Involved. In regard to the conversation Mr. Woodward says: “Ruef and I had a conversation in which he predicted a vote of at least 23,000 for Schmitz. When asked his position In the fight he =aid that it was his duty to stand by his friend and that it w matter with him now. He been a Repul) and he expects alws to be such, but that at this clection he is between two fires an peculiar circum: f declared | that he thought his manhcod would be sullied should he turn against Schmitz | d that it was his obligation to stand | him.” Last evening Mr. Ruef was questioned | on behalf of The Call with a view of as- certaining whether he intends to I support the Republican ticket or to be tray his party at the eleventh hour. - uef was somewhat reluctant and evasive last night, but he cannot define his position in the campaign too soon to suit the Re- publican voters, the Republican press and his Republican associates in the United League. There is no longer any middle course for him. He is one of the organizers of the league. He is free to participate in the councils of the organ- ization, to frame its policles and princi- s upon the merits of pro- For nearly a year he‘ h a prominent place in the inner | counclls of the organization. Beyond that he went on the Republican ticket at thé August primary and was clected a dele- gate to the Republican municipal con- vention. As a delegate and as chairman of the Forty-fifth Disttict delegation he partici- pated in the organization of the Repub- ! liéan conventiomar Now he @clares he must support Mayor Schmitz or place | himseif in the light of an ingrate. There ! {s no honorable course for A. Ruef 0(h€r: than that of coming forward and pledg- Ing to his fellow delegates in the Repub- | ltean munieipal convention and to his as- | soclates in the United Republican League | thut he will support without reserve or | qualification the nominees of the Repub-; an party in this local campaign. He | of his personal obligations to May- | chmitz when he entered upon his du- | as an organizer of the league. His withdrawal would have been all right at | that time, but the situation now is alto- | gether different. & LOOKS LIKE CROCKER. It is common gossip in political circles | that Henry J. Crocker has developed suf- ficient strength to win- the Republican nomination for Mayor. There were sev. eral conferences of prominent delegate and party leaders yesterday. The aspira- tlons of Mr. Crocker were considered and the judgment was ressed that he would rally the voting strength of the party at the polis and be elected Mayor | of San Francisco. | At headquarters of the United Repub- | lican League last evening there was con- | siderable gossip touching the reported settlement of the contest in Mr. Crocker's | favor. Hon. A. P. Williams, Dr. McNutt, Thomas D. Riordan, David Rich, A. Ruef, | John C. Lynch, Henry Ach and other or-| ganizers of the league exchanged views | relating to campaign prospects. The Call, desiring to ascertain if Mr. Crocker's | nomination would enlist the active and | unqualified support of the active pro-| moters of the league, asked Senator Wil- | liams and his assoclates of the organiza- tion to reply to this question: RUEF NON-COMMITTAL. “Should Henry J. Crocker be nominated for Mayor by the Republican convention would’ you give him your unreserved and | unqualified support?” Senator Williams, Henry Ach, Thomas | D, Riordan, John €. Lynch, David Rich | and Dr. McNutt replied readily and di-| rectly in the affirmative. | A. Ruef was the only one of the active promoters of the league that gave indirect response. He repiied: “My position is a | peculiar one and I cannot at this time de- fine it. Again, T do not know that Mr. | Crocker is to be the Republican riominee for Mayor."” i The question was then addressed to Mr. Ruef in this form: “In the event of Henry Crocker’s nem- ination by the Republican convention would you support him in preference to Fugene E. Schmitz, the nominee of the Labor party?” Mr. Ruef replied: “Iwill make my posi- tion in this respect clear before the nom- ination is made. 1 will not bolt'the nom- | ination. If I take part in the convention | 1 will support the ticket from top to bot-. | tom. The attitude which I shail take may | be acceptable to Mr. Crocker. Yes, T| know that the time has arrived for me to fish or cut bait.” MAY SATISFY CROCKER. Mr. Ruef was asked to corsider this query: | “As one of the leading promoters of the | United Republican League, do vou not | consider yourself in honor bound to stana by Senator Wiillams, John Lynch, David Rich, Thomas D.’ Rierdan, Dr. MeNutt, Henry “Ach and others who have given vou their confidence and support from day to day and month to month in the | work of organizing the Republican forces | for this campaign? Do you hold your per. ' sonal friendships and obligations above ' vour allegfance to the Republican party 7+ Mr. Ruef replied: ‘‘There are obligations, personal and po- litical, which T am bound to regard. If I | disregarded them I would be an ingrate, | In due time and beforc any nominaiion is | made by the Republican convention I mui explain my attitude. When all the facts | | | { “ L | 'men at an early hour this morning at STANFORD Opéning Contest of the Season s AND RELIANCE ELEVENS FAIL TO SCORE IN FOOTBALL GAME Slow, But the Men of the Cardinal Prove Well Advanced in Physical S [ | ' 3 TS IN THE SITY BETWEEN | 43 A0AD CONTINUES FOOTRAD SHOT MWD GIFTURED 2 ! Police Catch ‘John De-! | | California Northwestern Strike Develops No Vital Changes. ving, but His Com- panion Escapes. o . | With an its ins and Louis Lawson was accosted bY two ith all its trains and boats operatlng‘ | an schedu? time and with its ability, up to the present time, to handle freight de- livered at -its wharves, the California Northwestern Rallway clalms that it has the strike on its road well in hand and expects no further trouble. Yesterday the corner of New Montgomery and | Howard streets. The men attemptcd!’ to hold him up, but he shouted for| help, and Patroimen Heinrichs and | Tillman came to his rescue. The footpads took to their heels. The of- ficers fired -two shots at them and one bullet hit John Devins, one of the rob- bers, in the head, inflicting a slight wound, Devins was captured, but his companion escaped. @ i @ acceptable to him.” A prolonged session of the officers of the United Republican League was held ! last night. The secretary was Instructed to say to the newspapers reporters that| the session -was. executive. ) The Thirty-eighth District delegation tn\ the ..epublican convention met last even- ing and indorsed D. B. kaktor and ur. is attributed tb the desire of the men who have quit their work to carry on the strike in a peaceable manner and to that end they have taken every possible precaution to prevent outsiders from mix- ing in their affairs and getting them into trouble. Several reports recelved at Tiburon yes- terday. from points up the line were to the effect that a number of new men | had joinéd the strikers and the committee in charge of the strine was exceedingly Jubilant over what it considered indica- tions of a general walkout. President | Foster and the other officials of the road, however, declared late yesterday that nmo men had left the employ of the company during the day and, that no-trouble was being experienced in tae running of trains and boats. President Foster said: that we have received assurance from varfous labor organizations of San Francisco that we can have all the men we want to take the places of the strikers. ave had no commu- J. 1. Stephens for the Board of Super-| pjcations from the labor organizations on this visors. A. Van Der Naillen Jr. was inw subject and the company has made no ove: dorsed for a patronage office. the position | tures to them regarding the filing of places. of County Clerk ‘being preferred. j o s bousiee By yivester. Shaben, Vice president of the| ¥ork and will have little trouble in fling the Retail Clerks’ Union and a member of| are prepared to do so. In any event, we do the District Council of Retail Clerks, Is| not purpose to :fi»lc“u'p'n‘,‘x:n‘::,":m“;e“?"m' d_und c com- making an active campalgn to secure the | .jieq to confer with the United Brotherhood of Republican nomination for County Clerk. | Raiiroad Employes or any other outside bodfes There are signs of an interesting con- | regarding how we shall conduct our business. test for Public Administrator between for- mer State Sepator Thomas C. Maher and | Willlam E. Lutz. : > A strong effort is being made in_ the Fortieth District delegation to bring about the indorsement of M. L. Asher for Su- pervisor. Fred W. Meyer, a well known merchant of the district. has a legion of friends in the convention who are adve cating his nomination to represent the people in the Board of Supervisors. —_————a——————— checks of the men who have struck ready for issuance, but the latter did not call advised by the strike committee not to do so. F. Halton, auditor of the U. B. R. E., who has charge of tne strike in the au- sence of General _fanager Estes, stated would be made to President Foster of the road to-day to reinstate McDonald and if thg recuest was met with a refusal at least % per cent of the men still work- ing on the road would bo called out mon- day. The officials of the road claim that they have no fear of a general strike. FRUITVALE WILL NOT BE INCORPORATED Majority of Citizens Vote Against Proposition Which, They Claim, Would Increase Taxes. OAKLAND, Sept. 19.—The project of in- Lou Dillon Fails to Beat Record. CLEVELAND, Sept. 19.—Lou Dillon (2:00) in an attempt to beat the world's wagon record of 2:04%3, held by herself, trotted a-mile in 2:05% to-day at the Glen- ville track. The weather was extremely cool, while the track was somewhat heavy as a result of recent rain: — e——— Time Check Trapped Him. John Wilson, a colored man, was arrested yesterday by Policeman Henneberry op a charge of burglary. Wlison is accused of hav- ing robbed the room of a stevedore named Judd. The loct he is alleged to have secured Included an $18 time check of Judd's, and it was In at- tempting to_get this cashed at Steuart-street wharf that Wilson came to grief. 1 v i by You’ll Need Trunks Some day, so do not forget that we sell at carload prices In the leather goods depart- that place. The forces opposed to the incorporation gathered strongly and polled about 250 votes to 70 for incorporation. ~ The election was hotly contested. The ment. Sult cases and travel bags at; main argument used by those who dis- satisfactory prices. Sanborn, Vail & (‘g favored incorporation was that the taxes 741 Market street. would be increased too much. f— TRKING TRAFFIG was a quiet one at Tiburon, a fact which | Reports have been given cut to the effect | besieged by applicants for | places vacated in the rafiroad shops when we | Yesterday the company had the time | for them, having, so it Is reported, been | during the afternoon that another appeal | corporating Fruitvale was defeated to-day | by a large vote at the election held in; Condition---Entire Squad Has a Chance on Field 1 A FECESSFUL TACKLE o HE first whistle the season opened a football game on the Stanford campus yesterday aft- ernoon which was typical of an early season’s display. Rellance and the Stanford varsity struggled la- | borfously through two twenty-minute | halves without either side scoring a point. Long spaces of time were taken out for | rests and In vociferous squabbling. The | same was heavy and paintully slow. As affording a line on the present con- ditlon of the nucleus from which is to | be selected the Stanford eleven the con- ltest was of interest. Considering the | time of the season_the men of the car- dinal seemed in remarkably good physi- cal condition. They were aggressive the first half of the game and quick get into action considering that a scant | month has been spent in training so far. At present the team work ls in a nsbu lous stage of development, the line ts not particularly strong at holding and serious fumbling mars their work at eritical ’ stages in the game. MANY PLAYERS TRIED. In the game yesterday Coach Lanagan gave almost every man on the sguad a chance to get into the game. In fact, it was virtually a freshman eleven which faced Rellance in the latter part of the last half. Efther it is too early in the season to take a snap judgment or Stan- ford is not going to have any pre-emi- | nently star players this year. With the | possible exception of the work of Sco- field and P. Tarpey, thers wers no plays above the ordinary. For Rellance Geiss- | ler and Atkinson did some brilliant work | in advancing the bail in sharp, straight rushes. The game opened with the kick-off by | Stanford. Soprott sent the ball to Re- | lance’s 15-yard line. The sphere was run |in to the 3-yard chalk mark, where Re- | Hance found the line impregnable and | lost on downs. By a penalty for off-side on the part of Rellance and some end runs by Dole, Stanford brought the ball to the middle of the fleld. After losing the sphere Stanford re- gained It at the -yard line and Sprott | tried a chance at Reliance goal by a place | kick, but went to one side. It was after | Rellance had kicked out and obtained the | ball on downs that Geissler of the club team did some brilllant work in straight bucks through guard and tackle. After covering territory which began to advance the ball Into the cardinal side of the field Rellance gave up the ball | and it rested on their 2-yard line when | time was called. | RELIANCE PLAYS STRONGLY. If the honors had been slightly in Stan- | ford’s favor in the first half, they were certainly all coming td Reliance in the second. By the substitution of new and raw men the cardinal team was so weak- | ened that bix Atkinson, the captain of | the club men, walked through the line for the full distance time and again. In the early part of the half Parker, the Stanford fullback, made a good long punt. Kicking was not the feature of the game and was indulged in but once or twice by the Rellance men and scarcely more than that bv the collegians. | Near the end of the second half it was Rellance’s tnrn to try a goal from the fleld, but at this Geissler falled signally. The game was brought to a close with the ball on Stanford’s 15-yard line. | The line-up of the teams was as fol- | lows: in to | | | | | | | | Positions. Stanford. | _ Reliance. | Magee, St. John, ‘Whitmore e t ..R E L.Stanford. Butterflekl Bransbach, Stott Dole. Brennan i, Parker Mueller. _...R H L.P.Tarpey. Umplre—W. P. Scott. Referes— | Fadden. | re—— g VOSMER SMOKES UP. There will be another big time at Coney Island, the new pleasure resort, near Cliff House, this afternoon. Professor Vos. mer will ascend in his monster alrship. There will also be a refined vaudeville show and band concert. . ———— e | Equalized Assessment to Stand. OAKLAND, Sept. 19.—The City Coun- cil will be formally advised Monday night | by City Attorney McElroy that the as- | sessment for taxable purposes in this city j must“be based upon' the assessment as | glven by the Assessor and equalized by the City Board of Equalization. This will ! not necessarily change the present levy of $1.257, although the members of the | Council are agreed that the rate of 312 | will be better because of the ease with | which the extension can be figured by the « Assessor. 4