The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 29, 1905, Page 1

l?fi ints More News Than Any Friday day morning. A THE WBATHER. Forecast for December 29: | Sen Francieco and vicinity—Falr | brisk north winde; colder Fri- | District Foreosater. l G. MoADID, — THE Pauper.” Girls.™ ALCAZAR — “The Prince and the ALHAMBRA—"A Fight for Love.” CALIFORNIA — “Broadway COLUMBIA—*The American Lord.” CHUTES—Vaudeville. GRAND—*‘Monna Vanna."” ORPHEUM—Vaudeville. TIVOLI—*Orpheus MAJESTIC—*If I E NEW CENTRAL—"The Eye Witness.” ——— THEATERS. Gatety ‘ere King. VOLUME XCIX—NO. PRISONERS CONSPIRACY 5 CRUSHED J ailbréa? T’lot at Martinez Discov- ered in Time. John Zimmerman, Des- perate Stege Robber, the Ringleader. —_— Conceals in Mattress Revol- ver Smuggled in by Dis- charged Man. nspira vas £ dden In & It was type ZIMMERMAN UND) ER GUARD. = s v p had E - s he g : Posse REVOLVER IN MATTRESS, every ce 1. High ar hunte the time his se Sheriff removed every these were In he. the much sought after revolver @. Here was the evidence which ed the story of the plot, the de- whic have yet to be learned steps to ascertal her weapons were concealed hen began a campaign t nfederate on the outside Renton, charged with the pistol, w. night at Thirteenth street and E by Captain of Police W. J and Moitoza had told the pc whom they suspected, and Captain Peter- ocated Renton, who was preparing the city when he was captured ROBBERY AT STEGE. prisoner is one of four men arrest- ed December 8 on a charge of stealing % pounds of copper wire from the Bay tails of Veale took Zimmerman eave power station at Point Rich- His companions were William er, Charles Nelson and Leonard e men were confined in the rtinez, pending thelr trials ned and released several days attached to them and by climination Renton was se- gullty man. He lives at 520 d is a locomotive fireman. s part in the robbery at Etege shows him to be capable of the worst crimes. This robbery occurred on March 20 Ztmmerman, who has e time,” and Thomas A- Collins, an- r ex-convict, both masked and one fle and the other a revolver, bn E. Daly and Frank Roche them of $9000 they were con- Aveying in 2 buggy from the Central Bank “dc of Oakland to the Bank of Richmond. The robbers left $1000 in sflver in the buge: Phey bound and gagged their victims to make their escape, Zimmerman was convicted and given a 11# sentence. He was awaiting the re- sult of an eppeal to the Supreme Court. '!)rli!fl SAN FRANCISCO, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 29, 1905. | l | 3 | Upon receiving the Attorney Ge | { | | i | or municipal one. PARDEE TO APPOINT SUPERINTENDENT. neral's opinion, Govermor Par- | dee will appoint Reginald H. Webster Supcrintendent of Schools. Mayor Schmiiz has announced his selection of Alfred Roncovieri for the position, and a contest ts expected. The Attorney General's opinion will deal with the question whether the office ts a county R. H. Webster Will Be Governor’'s Choice for T \ FONCOrIER P j Post in State School Service. > — 5 TO TH. YUCATOR OR PAR. MAYOR SCHMITZ APPOINTE: PUBLIC SCHOOL 3 SAME PLACE PERINTENDENT OF NAMED FOR THE E POSITION OF WHO MAY BE DEE. Upon the receipt of an overdue opin- jon from the Attorney General of the State, Governor Pardee will announce the appointment of Reginald H. Web- ster to the important,post of Superin- tendent of Schools of San Francisco. For thix same position Alfred Ronco- vieri of the present local Board of Edu- cation has already beem selected by Mayeor Schmitx. This means that war Is nigh. The opinion of the Attorney General is expected to be in line with an opin- | fon delivered in a similar case and will | corr d with the already given de- cision of the Supreme Court regarding | the right of the Governor to fill vacan- cies occurring in State offices. | A bitter fight is being waged by the | s of Alfred Roncovieri, the | present president of the Board of Edu- | cation, whose selection to the position | of Superintendent of Schools was re- |cently announced by Mayor Schmitz. The question upon which decision will be made is whether the office of Super- intendent of Schools is a county or mu- 1 office. ninent local attorneys, well in- | formed in school laws, are generally of | the opinjon t the State constitution indicates that the Superinten- dent of Schools is a county officer and as such is part of a State system. decision in a parallel case, when a gu- bernatorial and mayoralty appointment | was made to a vacancy in the office of Justice of the Peaee, the Supreme Court decided that the Justice of the Peace is a township officer, and the gubernato- rial appointment was confirmed. The post of Superintendent of Schools is created by the constitution, which also defines the term of the office. The Superintendent of Schools is an execu- tive officer in his county of a Btate sys- tem, namely, the State school system, which is in no sense a local affair. Every city has its City Superintendent of Schools, who is appointed by the Board of Education and is usually its secretary. The charter confers on the Mayor certain powers of appointment to fill vacancies, but the charter is fashioned in certain particulars, as has been dem- onstrated by the decision of the Su- preme Court, without close referemce to the rights of municipal government as distinctive of powers conferred on counties by the constitution and by legislative emactment. San Francisco is anomalous, as’ the count distinet- Iy a part of the State school system, and as such it has, and must, elect, un- 4er the law, a County Superintendent. A PARALLEL CASE. - At a time when a vacancy occurred 3 in one of the positions of Justice of the Peace, Governor Pardee appointed Isidor Golden to the place, while Mayor chmitz appointed the present Super- visor, James L. Gallagher. A¢ that time a contest arose and the mutter of construing the law was taken to the Supreme Court. That body sustained the appointment of Pardee on the ground that a Justice of the Peace was a township and not a muniecipal officer. The Supreme Court held that the charter exceeded its authority in giving to the Mayor the power to appoint county officers, and that as there was no other mcthod provided by law for the appointment of a Justice of the Peace, it was deemed to be a State of- fice and part of the State judiclary sys- tem. The conclusion was that appoint- ments to fill the vacancies were vested in the Governor. Under the State law the County Board of Superyvisors can fill the va- cancy, but the Supreme Court has held that the Supervisors are not members of a county board, but of a municipal board. Before the adoption of the charter the Board of Education. was recognized as a county board, but since the charter went into effect the board has become municipal. WEBSTER SURPRISED. Reginald H. Webster has served six years as Superintendent of Schools. He was first elected in 189 to fill an unex- pired term. In 1888 he was renominated and elected, and in 192 was renominated, only to be defeated by District Attorney- elect W. H. Langdon, who retires from the post of Superintendent of Schools. ‘Webster professed to be much surprised that the secret was out, and declined to make a statement until officlally noti- fied. He said, however, that he was a personal friend of Mr. Roncovieri and also of Governor Pardee. He added that ke would appreciate such action by the Governor as a mark of personal esteem end honor as much as a recognition for hiz past scrvices as. Superintendent of Schoals. Alfred Roncovieri is one of the most popular and capable men who have scrved the city on the Board of Educa- tion. He is president of the board and has devoted himself copscientiously to its dutics and to the advancement of educa- tional matters. The announcement of his gelection for BSuperintendent of Schools, recently made by Mayor Schmitz at the teacaers’ convention at the Alhambra, was recelved with approbation by the teachers, among whom he has many ad- mirers. 3 Among the attorneys of the city who EXCLUSION ACT WOULD MEAN WAR Dr. Jordan Talks on Japanese Problem. | Predicts a Conflict if ' Brown Laborers Be Barred. Educator Favors Keeping Out { the Lower Classes of Chinese. PEP R | Special Dispatch to The Cail, DENVER, Dec. War between Japan | {and the United 'Stat is predicted by David Starr Jordan, president of Stan- ford University, if Uncle Sam puts up| | the bars against the Japanese as he has | against the Chinese. | “The Chinese are not a military peo- | ple,” said Dr. Jordan to-day, and the| noted educs ecried the efforts made | to stir up a “yellow peril,” which, he says, goes not exist. “The Chinese sim- | ;)) do not care to fight like some other | nations. “The Japanese could hardly be called a | military nation like some of the other | military nations of history. The entire | Japanese army will soon be disbanded. The Jupanesé fought because they had | to, and, now that the fighting is over, | they will resume their. forme: occupa- tions, 2 i “That China will awaken is certain, but j there need be no fear in the awakening. | The most that will result is that the | Chinese will become-an alert. peonle, im- | proved in materfal and infsiieetual con- | ditions and capable of absarbing. mmore | of our products, well as China. | “The boycott has caused trouble for the ccast’s merchants, but how much I am unable to say. They assert that their trade has becn seriously injured by rea- son of it, but that is a matter of conjec- ture. The large capitalists there would like to have coolie labor, but, of course, they do not say anything about that. “T believe that President Roosevelt is correct in his plan to admit the higher | class of Chinese, and that it will be per- fectly easy to distinguish between this class and the cheap labor class. No one wants - the lowest Chinese, for there is nothing so unutterably bad as the low, uneducated Chinese of the lower type. Tt is this class that makes what we call That will help us, ds Chinatown, and no one wants another Chinatown in any city in this country, “The position of the labor unions on the coast in regerd to excluding Oriental labor is liable to cause trouble, for the unions want 2 special ban put upon Chi- nese, Japanese and Koreans. If this measure becomes a law it will mean war between the United States and Japan. I am sure of it, because I am personally acquainted with many of the Japanese officials and know their sentiments, “To exclude the Japanese alone would undoubtedly cause troubl MUSIC AS A CURE FOR GRAFT EVIL Educator Tells of Its Regen- erating Effect Upon i Children. to The Call. Special Dispat MILWAUKEE, Dec. 28.—Professor Wil- liam L. Tomlins of Chicago says that music will cure graft. In an address to the Wisconsin Teachers’ Assoclation to- day Professor Tomlins sald: “Give the boys and girls of this coun- try the inner conception of the higher life, as it can be given unconsciously through music, properly taught, and you will have the solution of the graft prob- lem and all other material evils, ““So thoroughly have I been convinced of this fact that for the last nine years I have given my entire attention to this work. When I first began work with children I saw what could be done with them: but I did not realize the philosophy of it until several years later. My ex- perience has taught the regenerating effect of music.” Professor Tomlins then related his ex- | perlence in New York some years ago with classes composed not only of the lower elements, but of some of the most {vlclouu boys of the Bowery district. Bru- tality was their fun, he said, because they knéw no better. But with their musical training came a new spirit, until when one saw another boy clinch his fist to strike his mate he caught the hand and unclinched the fingers with the remark: “Aw, fergit 1t.” —_——————— PRINCESS ENA OF BATTENBERG TO JOIN THE CATHOLIC CHURCH ‘Will Be Baptized in St. Peter’s by the Highest English Prelate in 3 Rome. HOME, Dec. 29.—The Italia says that Princess Ena of Battenberg, who is soon to be married to King Alfonso of Spain, will come to Rome in January and will be accepted into the Catholic church at St. Peter’'s. She will be bap- tized by Archbishop Stoner, the est English prelate In Rome, in presence of Cardinal Merry del Val, the Papal Secretary of State. 4 — e L T Troops Charge on Strikers. LA ROCHELLI, France, Dec. 28— Troops to-day charged . the striking dock laborers with bayonets as they were attempting to galn entrance to the docks in order to force the labor- | ers there to cease work. A number of | persons were wounded. MAYOR MAKES ANNOU! NEW APPOINTMENTS BY MAYOR SCHMITZ School Directors. DAVID J. OLIVER JR. THOMAS F. BOYLE appointed). (re- Fire Commissioners. ! MARIO BOLLO. J. S. PARRY (reappointed). Civil Service Commissioners. RICHARD CORNELIUS. (GEORGE H. BAHRS (re- | appointed). | Board of Health. | | DR. JAMES W. WARD (re- | appointed). ‘. | Works Commissioner. | | THOMAS EAGAN (reap- | | pointed). i i Police Commissioner. { i ALEXANDER O'GRADY (re- | | appointed). I | Fire Commissioner. ! ' THOMAS McGUIRE (reap- | pointed). | | ~ . NT | Cornelius Is Named for Civil Service Board. - David J. Oliver Jr to Be a School Director. Mario Bollo Will! Become a Fire | Commissioner. | ayor Schmitz yesterday appointed the following named to vacancies in variou: offices under the municipal governmer:t: | David J. Oliver Jr., to be a member of | the Board of Education, vice Alfred Ron- | covieri, recently appointed Superintendent | of Schools. | Mario Bollo, to be Fire Commissioner, | vice Thomas Finn, who has resigned to | accept a more lucrative position. ! Richard Cornelius, to be Civil S I Commissioner, vice Charles J. Willlams who has resigned and is slated to sue- | ceed John Finn as stationery clerk of the | Board of Supervisors. | Dr. James W. Ward of the Health | Board, Phomas Eagan of the Board of | Works, Thomas F. Boyle of the Board of | Education, Alexander O’'Grady of the Po- lice Commission, J. S. Parry of the Fire | Commission, Thomas McGuire of the Election Commission and George H. Bahrs of the Civil Service Commission, terms expired, reappointed to succeed themselves. Williams' experience in the stationery business especially fits him to fill the place he has beer appointed to. No official anncuncement was made as to what position ex-Fire Commissioner Thomas Finn will be appointed to, but it is rnmored that he will get a chief dep- utyship in one of the city otfices when the elected ofticlals assume their new du- ties. WILL REMOVE REAGAN. It is said on good authcrity that Golden M. Roy, a Kearny-street jeweler, will succeed to Police Commissioner Reagan's place as soon as the latter official can be induced to resign. That Reagan is.in bad odor with the Schmitz-Ruef adminis- tration was evineed when the Mayor, on being apprised recently that Reagan had declared that he would refuse to resign, | said with some spirit: “I'll get his resignation if I want it.” It fs said that if Reagan does not soon file his resignation the Mayor will sum- marily remove him from office under a recent decision of the Supremé Court im- powering Mayors of citles which have municipal- charters to remove any ap- pointed official without assigning cause for the removal. The fact that Golden | M. Roy will be a Police Commissioner | was announced by The Call three wceksi‘ 250. | When Alfred Roncovieri assumes his dutlds as Superintendert of Schools on January § next, he will take with him | Fmmet Barrett, at present secretary of | the Board of Education, to be his chief deputy and secretary. Barrett has ably filled the duties of the board's secretary for several years, and his promotion will be a recognition of his emficlency. Bar- rett will succeed to the vacancy created by Deputy Daniel Deasy’s transfer to the position of bond and warrant clerk under District Atterney-elect Langdon, ELECTION BOARD PRESIDENCY. J. B, Sykes, who was yesterday appoint- ed vice principal of the Commercial High School, is talked of as candidate for sec- retary to the Mayor, to succeed George Keane, who will be appointed clerk of the new Board of Supervisors, but Sykes' selection as vice principal may preclude the other appointment. Election Commissioner Thomas Mec- Guire, as told in The Call of November 9, will be elected president of the board. Election Commissioner Devoto has not as yet decided whether he will accept the attorneyship of onme of the city offices, ‘and may decided to remain where he Is. David J. Oltver, the new member of the Board of Education, is a prominent mem- ber of the Woodmen of the World, and has been a ted with the Illinois-Pa- Glass Works. Mario the new Fire Commis- APPOI PR JAMES v BOARD OF MEAL T~ T =Y e Ss e S TWO MEN WHO HAVE BEEN APPOINTED TO MUCH MAYOR MITZ THE _PRESIDENT OF THE WHO HAS BE POINTED TO THAT BODY & ROCKEFELLER WILL PENSION NATION'S AGED Surplus Millions to Be Used in a Vast Scheme. Special Dispatch to The Call. BOSTON, Dec. ohn D. is planning and has uader consideration the details of a scheme for an endowment for old age pensions with his surplus millions. The plans have not yet taken definite shape, but it is understood that they have made considerable progress. Never before has there been such a probability that old age pensions would be tried in this country and with a back- ing that will insure their success. Rockefeller is one of the few persons who could attempt to carry out such a stupendous !dea, because he has the immense volume of funds required for a plan of comprehensive proportions. In Germany the Government has intro- duced compulsory old age insurance which has the old age pension idea about it, because the Government contributes toward the fund, and in New Zealand the plan is receiving consideration. Aside from these two cases the scheme has not far. advanced TAR AND FEATHERS FOR WIFE BEATER Brutal Husbhand Punished by Citizens of an Illinois Village. Speclal Dispatch to The “all. STERLING, I, Dec. 28 — After be- stowing a coat of tar and feathers upon a wife beater, a posse of citizens of Lime- stone, Stark County, hustled him aboard a freight train and ordered him never to returp. - The victim was William Meyers, who, after beating his wife two weeks ago, deserted her and their three children. She supported the family by taking in washing. The husband returned and again beat her until her cries brought assistance. A was immediately formed. Warm pitch was poured over Meyers’ ‘head, and on this the contents of a feather pillow were emptied. Rockefeller | STORK'S VISITS MAKE A FATHER $12,000 RICHER |Gift Accompanies Each of His One Dozen Youngsters. PR SR S Spectal Dispatch to The Call. ELDORA, Towa, Dec. 12—With every | visit of the stork to his home in Butler | County, George Cramer, a farmer. geis a chéck for $1990 from his father in Ger- many—and the stcrk has pald twelve vis~ fts. Although he has not Been more | than ordinarily successful at raising crops | Cramer has cleared §12,000 raising bables. Cramer came to Iowa from Germany | without a cent. He had rich relatives back in the old country, but he preferred | to make his own way as a tiller of the |sofl. When the first little one came to | the Cramer home the old father in Ger- | many was so well pleased that he for- warded his check for §$1000, and declared | that pe would duplicate it with each visit jof the stork. By thrift and economy Cramer has tn- vested the stork money until to-day he is the possessor of a comfortable bank account, and nowhere in the State Is there a happler family than that of the German who wculd delight Presideal Roosevelt's heart. —— FREEDOM FOR ASSASSIN WHO FIRED UPON EDWARD Would-Be Slayer of Preseat K‘ of England Is Enrolled in Ambu- lance Coros. GHENT, Belgium, Dec. 23 —Jean Baptiste Sipido, who in 1300 fired at the Prince of Wales (now King Ed- ward) as his train was pulling out of | the Northern station at Brussels on the way to Copenhagen, has been re- leased from the reformatory. to which he was sentenced, and enrolled in the army ambulance corps. —_———— Death of a Noted Art Critle. NEW YORK, Dec. 28.—William, H. Payne, one of the oldest grain dealers in this city and an art critic of na- tional reputation, died of heart disease here to-day. Payne was a charter member of the Union League Club, of whose art committee he was chair- man. His collection of American pic- tures is one of the in the cowatry. e