The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, August 15, 1906, Page 1

S—" THE WEATHER. .For San Francisco and vi- cinity: Fair Wednesday; con- tinued warm; light west wind. Experts have figured labor’s wages for rebuilding the city; | amazing story of the biggest job in the world in Sunday’s Call. ! £ SAN FRANCISCO, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 15 1906. PRICE FIVE CENTS. E._air of You Ruef Triumphs, Electzng Republlcans and Defeatlng — FLECTRIC GARSISAYS THE QUMKE 10 REPLACE | CLAUSES ARE JlEAM. | VALUELESS, Harriman Will Transform‘:Attomey Rednian of Policy Holders' League Alameda System Into a Modem Trolley Service| CHANGE ISFORCED |SHOWING OF FACT BY THE KEY ROUTE lines Abolition of the Oakland Locals s entire Alameda | ervice into an elec- and to extend that over new Van Ness Retailers to Present OT more than four ance companies have earth- insur- (1 quake clauses that have a chance to stand court. The rest are valueless except as a bluff. We have more than an even chance to defeat even tI _se four clauses om pre- L. A. in e neariy ns by engi- Company. the com- g the utmost est semsation of facts.”—Attorney his new move, | ers’ League. reached a | ved the sane- “An Eastern adjuster sald to me: “The California people mre the easlest fruit I have ever picked.” This organi- have been | zation will put = stop to these welch- bay that | erg”—Attorney L. A. Redman. supersede steam 10| «What we need now Is good insur- g of the local traln trafic it | gnee legislation, a uniform California je cities of € The rumors | eigeo snd = mutual insurance company. e ey Route | onstrated 2 SuUccess far (. 1y these es of its projectors. | Wetnstoek. San Francisco the | mpe policy-holders’ League, the or-| wpany officlals had | | ganizaiion of capitalists, business men | lose attention. The| .5 pankers, launched ité campaign to | prepared | oo 00 the insurance companies. to pay eownieed | dollar for dollar. on their San Francisco losses, at a meeting with the Van Ness- avenue Retall Dealers’ Assoclation in the lobby of the White House last night gether and urged to join body so that the general fight against the welching insurance i the railroad for the time | ALAMEDA MOLE THE CENTER. te mews s has been lo- Continued on Page 2, Column 6. Continued on Page 3, Column 5. Lumber Shii) Crashes lnt(; Crowded Ferry onBay. —With a crash which to the panic-stricken pas- -boat seemed to sh r timber of the ooner Tampico, bound evening collided with the ferry-boat Bay City every lumber-laden steam er vessel was about to enter the slip at the Alameda mole. awaiting the landing of the ferry-boat, e Bay City at the time of the collision. Men and 1g that the ferry-boat 'was about to sink, struggled madly preservers, and a dozen men leaped from the Bay City pico before the latter backed clear. eams of the struggling passengers could be “heard the r f the officers of the ferry-boat, who, knowing that safety 2 few feet away, made every effort to restore order that the ht be docked without further accident and the crowd landed crowded on the Schooner Fa:.ls' fo Obey the Signals. e B n charge of Captain W. W. Rodgers, was on the 6:15 ancisco when the accident occurred. The ferry-boat was the narrow-gauge mole when the Tampico was observed 1th, bound for the mouth of the Oakland estuary. Two le was the sigpal from the steam schooner that it rn of the ferry-boat, which kept on its way, but the Tam- ke clear way and seemed not to be under control. saw that the other vessel was not heeding his answering Rodgers rang for full speed ahead, but the time was too instant the bow of the schooner struck the ferry-boat just ddle wheel with 2 force which made the steamer careen. from the shock the Tampico again plunged against the erry-boat, striking the second time astern of the big wheel. iwork along the side of the Bay City was splintered and torn away where the bow of the schooner struck. After the second Tampico backed and Captain Rodgers at once ran into the slip i his frightened passengers. Those who had leaped to the deck chooner were taken ashore a few minutes later. Captam Rushes the Ferry Into the Slip. With the first crash the passenegrs of the ferry-boat were thrown , a pamic. Amid the din of rending timbers and the Woarse blasts of whistles of both vessels could be heard the shouts of men and the ams of women, as the passengers, fearing every minute that the er would sink, fought madly to reach the life preservers and boats. e the passengers were struggling to reach the life preservers, Dr. Evelyn, seeing that the crowd was held by the rope across the F. W ¢ his fellow passengers a chance to jump should the boat sink. < soon as Captain Rodgers cleared the Tampico he pressed the Bay forward into the slip and landed his badly frightened boatload of pas- ers. The Tampico, which escaped with slight damage, later proceeded 1 her way to Oakland harbor. kS Out-| Case of Assured| TO GUIDE COURT‘ Plans of Company May In-|Organized Body Meets With Urge a Fighting Union| Redman, retained by the Policy-hold- | Oakland, | poljey, 2 water system for San Fran- | It is the dujeet of the league to for- projects.”—Colonel H.| The retailers were called to-| the larger| companies | drew a knife from his pocket and attempted to cut the line, thinking | thful Bandits Who | p———————— + | ESHEERIN S OCEAT PR TAVERN = | FARMER COMPELS AGTOR 10 TOIL SPECIAL. DISPATCH TO TEE CALL. PORTLAND, Or., Aug. 14.—Camped lin a beautiful spot on the Columbia, William Harris, the character man, and two other members of the Baker stock company were preparing to have the time of their lives, when their peace was disturbed by a farmer, who de- manded that they depart. In the ar- gument that ensued the ‘rancher re- ceived a jolt in the neck that laid him out and apparently gave possession to the‘&mplng squatters. But the next morning, when the the- atrical party was fishing, down came |the farmer with a dozen husky hired men. and they forthwith surrounded the Thespians. . “I ain’t forgotten the title ve gave me yesterday,” said the farmer. “Now, I'll tell ye what ye hev to do. I'm short of harvest hands. . Ye hev to come up an’ work in the field."” Harris looked at the bunch of hired men and then decided it was best to do the Stoessel act. “We'll work,” said Harris. And they did, for three dayss Mulinix Founql in Park Democrats Detectives Gain Important Clews O mountain fastness available, the vouthful bandits n:ho murdered Fred Mulinix had their lair in Golden Gate Park. The picturesque retreat was discovered vesterday. In true bandit fashion the band went for a brawl Sunday afternoon among the Ocean Beach resorts and several persons saw them and could identify them if apprehended by the police. s GIFT3 OF FLOWERS, GARRY DEATH. SPECIAL DISPATCH TO’THE OALL. PORTLAND, Or. Aug. 14—On Thursddy in July Margaret Barger gave a red rose to John Lockwood, the man she loved. That same afternoon the man was electrocuted. On Thursday last the girl gave to an- other admirer a red rose, and yesterday morning this man, Wallace Sherrod, was |- electrocuted. During the early part of the gay on whith John Lockwood was killed he walked home with Miss Barger. _As they went along the sidewalk thay pessed a lawn, near the edge of which was a rosebush. From it the girl plucked a red rose and gave it to her sweetheart. “Keep this till you see me again, and be sure to call me up this evening." she said in parting. 3 The incident was almost. gmuy dn- ‘| plicated last Thu!fll& o il * DESERTED lair, 150 yards east of the Dutch windmill in Golden A Gate Park, that had been occupied by the four youths who took the life of Fred Mulinix as he was walking with Miss Norma Plisa along the Ocean beach Sunday night, was discovered by the police yester- day.- Blankets neatly spread and other comforts that would have appealed | strongly to a refugee camper were found. Important clews were gained | and, together with other evidence gathered, the prospects brightened wr\ running down the perpetrators of the shocking murder. An overindulgence in dime novels is probably responsible for Sunday | night's tragedy, for it became apparent when the camp was found that the | yoting outlaws had organized as a band & bad men, with all the picturesque | accessories to be, read of in the pages of Nick Carter and his ilk. | Hold High Revel in Their Safe 'Retreat As desperate bandits the imaginative youths had to have a hidden retreat. The dense growth of scrub pine and underbrush afforded admirable oppor- tunity. “An array of empty bottles and a-heap of ashes tell of the merry feasts that had followed the exploits abroad. Approach was thickly screened | by yielding branches, and secure from the guardians of the park the revels | could. be held and the plans made for the expeditions of night. | A handkerchief mask was also found yesterday in the pathway leading | ! from the spot where Mulinix was killed into the park. It is a plain white handkerchief with-a large hole torn in it. With the care of a man in the hold-up business it had been seen to that there was no laundry mark on the handkerchief. The discovery has only a very remote possibility of a clew Policeman Black examined the lair of the young murderers early yester- day morning. People residing on the beach had noticed four young men stealing into the park, and after the murder they explored the vicinity and came across the rendezvous of the criminals. The police were notified and CROsS To THE LEFT OF WINDAILL SHOWe LOCATION OF LAIR,, AND TAAT QN BOQULEVARD WALKs 3§ ofFOT WHERE AULINIX FELL -~ L 3 = 2 igiven their first trail of any value The descriptions of the quartet given | by the residents tallied with that of |the murderers of Mulinix, and there is no question that it was the same gang that shot him down. It is two weeks ‘since the youths were first seen in the vicinity, but they have been camped there for a longer ‘period. A quantity of milk bills of the Standard Company were found, indicating the hold-up of a milk wagon driver, several of which crimes have been committed during the past few months. Among the other things that Policeman Black took to headquarters with him was a club, neatly fashioned of hard wood, such as would be used for laying low | a victim for robbery: Clot of Blood Is Found That the occupants of the rendez- vous were guilty of the beach murder | is strengthened by the fact that a| clot of coagulated blood was found on |2 quilt. Tt is supposed that one of the gang stepped up to Mulinix's STUHBS NflT BfllNG body either to see if he was dead or to search his pockets, and that he NEW YORK, Aug. 14—J. C. Stubbs \ Mmmuw that flowed from the bullet wound be- tween the eyes. One,resident of the beagh says that he had been watching the stunge four youths' very closely of late in their stepped into the pool of the stream | soi1 today ‘"ot there wasino trith in the report that i.e was going to leava the Harriman system.to take up rail- was going to stay with the Harriman system “until he is kicked out” He said also that, as far @s he knew, Sproule is not going to succeed him as traffic_director. ' From another source it was learned that Sproule would leave the Harriman | system . to go with - another railroad uomp-ny. but the name. oluh company road work in London. Stubbs said he| comings and goings, and that he saw them the last time Sunday afternoon as they emerged from the Bbrush. They have not been near their re- treat since. Start OQut On-a Carousal ‘their camp the young bandits Edgm Sunday afternoon on a tour ‘of the saloons along the beach. They drank considerably and must have ‘een under the influence of lquor when they committed the hold-up of ge\w‘nthfauly near the Speedway ‘Continued on Page. 4, Columa 5. l LOGHLPRIMARIES UNGOVER NEST UF FRAUD. [Colonizing Is Shamelessly Conducted in the Bumt Districts of San Francisco 'REVENGE T TAKEN ON JUDGE LAWLOR 'McNab Loses the Delegation But He May be Able to Retain the Party Control | po— R cans, Democrats and La- bor Unionists practically as he pleased. He will hand 151 dele- sates to Herrin in the State Couvention of the Republieans. The local boss Invaded the Democratie foid, defeating Me- Nab and destroying Judge Lawlor's chances for a regu- lar nomination. This is in re- venge for the punishment Justly givem to the ballot-box stuffers and will probably re- sult in Lawlor making an in- divided the UEF swept the towa yes- } I be able clearly to figure out who is the winner couvention gets down business of balloting. e il HE local primary election is now an incident in the political his- tory of the State. It is not a healthy incident by any means, | nor one that reflects any credit upon decent citizens, who should take part in the political affairs of the city and State. but it illustrates better, perhaps, than any other election ever held in San Francisco the shameless and crim- inal extremes to which practical poli- ticians will go when they have the field to themselves. If the offenses of Steffens, Rebstock and Wyman were crimes, there is no word to character- izé the actions yesterday of ward heel- ers everywhere in town. Abe Ruef dominated every party ticket in the city. In the Republican field he captured seventeen out of the eighteen districts, electing 151 dele- gates and losing only 8. These he will deliver to Herrin whenever and for whatever their services are needed in | the State convention. In the Demo- cratic camp Ruef lent his surplus forces to the opposition to McNab, with | the astounding result that McNab lost | ewery district with the exception of the | Thirty-first, Thirty-second and Thirty- | Afth. In the Wnion Labor party Ruef, of course, controlled, and even in the insignificant Socialist demonstration his | heelers thrust in an apposition name here and there to break the integrity of | an organization that has at present no serious meaning. Ruef, therefore, is master of the situatipn in all political parties. RUEF AVENGED ON LAWLOR. His digression into the Democratia | camp was perhaps the most significant | incident of the day. It was unex- | pected and, for a time, to decent citi- zens inexplicable, but when the harm had been done the reason was made clear. Ruef worked out his vengeance | yesterday on Superior Judge William P. Lawlor and defeated him for re« | nomination on the Democratic ticket. | Lawlor has grievously offended Ruef. |1t was Lawlor who presided at tha trials of Rebstock, Wyman and Stef- fens, and it was Lawlor who conducted the preliminary examination of young | Denicke. Ruef planned his vengeance and exe- cuted it, but so bold and brutal has been his method of taking it that as early as last night the suggestion was made that Lawlor run independently, golng on the ballot by petition. That has been done with success Dbefore, when the motive was not by any means as strofg nor the hope of obtaining honeat votes nearly as great as are the arguments urged for Lawlor's accept- ance. In the burnt district the election was a criminal absurdity. All factions colonized with men that had no right than the others, and won. Wherever there is a stable or 2 barn or a bunk house men were registered. In the District Ryef -defeated the brothers Welch easily, but that was to vote. Ruef colonized more héavily -