The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, February 12, 1907, Page 2

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL FEBRUARY 12 1907, ill Quc_es_tioned; | Doctors in Biennial Rumpus CAMINETTI FLAGS NO-SEAT-NO-FARE FORGE DREW BACK RAILAOAD BILL BILL DEFEATED ' TO MAN IG5UE on Action “Four - Track”’ Measure Postponed Until ( Study It Semator an INDMENT ASKS AN AM CALL HEADQUAR 1007 EIGHTH STR —Caminett{ fore in Fe 1 HAWKINS MEMORIAL HOSPITAL Semate Passes Bill Enabling Hollister Banker to Do Good Deed S INT ¥ i % s &1 s dly approach- P wkins wrote a ¢ ng that fur- e Se ssed the bill, which will ena ins to deed over the hospital as soon as the measure is signed by the Governor. LOBBYIST BILL STRANGLED Walter Parker Will Not Have to Tell Cost of French Dinners MENTO, Feb. 11.—The nate at Sanford of Ukiah sive in his bill 1 lobby- ith the p an itemized tures for de- u been ber of the d - Walter on tell French ions per- the Herrin Repub- to ypriati voted we rnfa by sced by Leavitt of Ala- HALF HOLIDAY STANDS Effort to Make County Saturday Officials Work Afternoons Defeated Fet 1 SACRAMENTO, 11.—The made provid in county tory for that the Saturday great injustice on > found Saturday convenient time ess at the courthouse. no response. tes and lost Is had evi- felt “in e most Wyatt half a dozen made His Bill Forcing ¥ on Spools SACRAME! 11.—"I have ivself and know declared Sen- when plead- “full spool” Ha the swindling, rtman today fioor for his The m ure makes it a misde- meanor to put wrong yardage labels on cotton, silk and other threads. Hartman said it was a measure meant to benefit the small consumer w a plaintive little pastel in of the miliions of milliners, mo- s and other hard working dames who had been cheated out of their just share of thread. The t lawmakers remembered Tom “Song of the Shirt” and passed 1 by a unanimous vote. Hartman will now direct all his at- tention to his anti prize fighting bill. HIGGINS BILL PASSED SACRAMENTO, Feb. 11.—The claim of $950 ich Attorney Frank Hig- gins of British Columbia ran up against Celifornia for bringing about the extra- | jdition of George D. Collins, the bigam- ist, was given the sanction of the As- sembly today, after much argument. When argument was “heard to cease” the Assembly voted down a resolution by Davis that a committee of lawyer members of the Assembly investigate the bill, and passed it by a vote of 49 to 22. MORTGAGE TAX ABOLITION SACRAMENTO, Feb. 11.—Regardless of previous defeats advocates of the abolition of the mortgage tax have peved the way for another appeal to the referendum. Senate constitutional .amendment No. 6, providing for the ,change mentioned, passed the Assembly today, and the question will be sub- ymitted to the voters at the general election in 1908. has come | Johnson Says Call of the McGuire and Walsh Cause%Biennial Fight Over Per- Him to Withdraw Amend- | ments to Coalinga Billl Is On at State Capital Whistle Caused House:j to Vote Against Measure| WILL TRY IT AGAIN; CALL HEADQUARTERS, 1007 EIGHTH STREET. SACRAMENTO, Feb. 11.—One of Grove Johnson's antirailroad bills reached the final passage stage in the Assembly today and found itself eight otes short of a majority. The meas- | ire provided that railway passengers who were not given a seat need not pa whistle beat “his bill, but of 1s he changed his vote and gave notice al the of a motion to reconsider he still has another chance. The vote was not a fair test of the jailroad strength in the Assembly, as a number of Herrin programmers sup- ported the bill and a few members not the habit of taking orders opposed t. Sixty-two votes were recorded, leaving seventeen members not on record Johnson opened the debate by point- ing out that laws requiring ratlway companies to furnish seats for pas- s have been on the statute books 1861, but have been ineffective because no penalty was provided. His bill as he drew it made violations of the law a misdemeanor, but the com- | which it was referred took apd left only that part| gave passengers without seats ght to refuse to pay fare. At is part of his recital, Johnson in- “Now, isn't that rotten?” | In closing the debate Johnson spoke of the wonderful tenderness shown by legislators for the interests of cor- porations. Opponents gave different ons for their vote, but it was the| same old story. ‘I don’t think this bill will carry,”| said Johnson in conclusion. “I thought| when the shriek of the locomotive was heard through the land it would be I expect a train of cars will me, but I'm going right ahead. | question at issue is whether 11d get a seat you pay for| he law says you should have it.” The record was then made up as fol- lows beaten n ov Ayes—McKeon and Thompson of San Fran- | cisco, Berry, Birdsall, Bishop, Campbell, Cogs Collister, Costar, Cutten, Dayis, Drew, | Forh Hammon, Held, Jobnson of | Leeds, Lucas, Lynch, McClellan, | MeMullin, Otis, Pereival, Pierce, | Thompson of Los Angeles, Wyatt and Speaker Beards' | bridge, ore. Noes Barry, Beckett, Boyle, Coghlan, Cul: | Fratessa, Koblman, Strobl, Toomey, Vogel | Wilson of San Francisco, Baxter, Bell, Bush, ler, O Cornish, Higgins, Johnson of San Ludington, McGuire, 0'Brien, | ckett, Spauiding, Stanton, Tran- Absent—Beban, Fisher, Hartman, Kelly and| ling of San Frameisco. Cbandler, Deviin, | Estudillo, Finney, Hans, Hewitt, John, Jury, Smith, Smyth, Stetson, Walsh—17. MAY AN PRESS JIPANESE 1S5UE 0. A. Tveitmoe, president of the Jap- anese and Korean Exclusion League,| has received a letter from Assemblyman | T. Kohlman of the Forty-second Dis- { trict, San Francisco, bearing upon Jap- | anese legislation at Sacramento. The| letter follows: I note by this morning’s Examiner that it is | rour intention to come to Sacramento on Tues- | y next, relative to the gresent sgitation on e Japanese question, etc. The idea is a| »0d one, and I bave mu doubt your valuable | ence will have its beneficial results. 1| 1d_prepared to Introduce any legislation or lutions in the Assembly that will be sug- | sted and agreed upon by you, as Tepresenting e sentiments of the Ant-Japanese and Korean eague, as I firmly belteve and contend that | vour organization represens no less than H trades-unfonists and labor union men. bould you deem it advisable, I will reintro- | tuce my resolution of last Tuesday, which was declared out of order by the Speaker after read- | ing. 1 mafled you the San Francisco Call, | which printed it in full. I also, on request of | the reporter of the Exammer, gave him a copr, but the paper refused to print the same. I yeceived & Labor party nomination as well as Republican, as you are no doubt aware, and 1 intend remaining loyal to the wishes of tle | former, and, outside and apart from this, I am | in bearty rd_with the position your league | has so justly and homorably taken and maln- | tained, and would farther add that the same i in every way in full sympathy with my con- victions. I applaud the courage and manhood of the league for remainmg so loyal and stead- fast for the maintenance of the sovereign rights of the grest State of California snd for the protection of its people from the influx and overfiow of this undesirable Japanese horde. You po doubt moticed that Senator Black’s resolution received more courteous treatment at | the bands of the Lieutenant Governor and the | members of the Senate wnan my_resolntion did | at the hands of the Speaker. If you mee fit| vou bave my permission to give this letter to | the press. pe L S e To Cure a Cold in Ome Day Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. | Druggists refund money if it fails. E. | W. Grove's signature on each box. 25c% —_———— { | | | i ABSTRACTS AE EVIDENCE | Assembly Judiciary Committee Recom- mends Bill by One Majority SACRAMENTO, Feb. 11.—By the bare majority of one, the Assembly committee on judiclary decided to- night to recommend the Coghlan abs stract bill for passage. Thie bill speci- fies conditions under which coples of | abstracts of title may be put in evi- dence, and is designed to prevent com- | plications like those that have arisen as a result of the San Francisco dis- aster. A bill drafted by McEnerney to amend the law governing sole corpora- tions received favorable recommenda- tion. The Catholic church is a sqle corporation and, owing to the death of Archbishop Montgomery and thé illness of Archbishop Riordan, it was deemed wise to ask for legislation that would permit the property of the church to pass into the temporary custody of an |agent. Recommendation was also given the Butler bill to enable grand jurles to | hire detectives when such expenditure is approved by the court. Two Senate bills, both by Willis, were recommended. One makes the theft of 2 bicycle an indictable mis- demeanor instead of a felony, and gives the trial judge authority to send the | offender either to the county jail or | State penitentiary. The other pro- vides that defendants in lausuits shall {.contribute $1 to the library funds. The Transue conditional sale bill fell into disfavor. This measure would com- | amendment WAKE UP IN TIME CALL HEADQUARTERS, 1007 EIGHTH STREET. SACRAMENTO, Feb. 11.—Twice to- day the Kings-Fresno boundary fight broke into the proceedings of the Legislature. Drew of Fresno, naturally, does not want to see his county lose the rich Coalinga oil dis-|livellest kind trict, stole a march proposed amendments made a special order for Thursday afternoon. Late in the day McGuire came to and com- plained that the amendments were made simply to delay matters. He asked the Assembly to reconsider its action and vote on the amendments at once. Drew pleaded for time. He wanted to wait until he could get a couple of maps from Fresno. In answer to a question by Leeds of Los Angeles the member from Fresno admitted that his proposed amend- ments would kill the bill. He was proposing that the lines be drawn in the same old way. McGuire - was anxious to get down to the real fight. Phil Walsh of Oak- land joined in his request. He had been traveling around with MecGuire and there was no chance for sleep while the bill was pending. “The gentleman admits,” said Walsh, “that his object is to emasculate the bill and let it die a peaceful death.” Drew waxed warm as he denied hav- ing said any such thing. Walsh re- plied that unless his usually reliable ears deceived him no other meaning could be taken from the gentleman's words. The row ended when Drew withdrew his amendments and agreed with Me- Guire to fight the division question to a finish Thursday afternoon. PRIMARY MEASURE NERR DEFENT Continued from Page 1, Column 1. the direct primary reformers may have to be plodded along again. The fight made before the sitting Legislature and so nearly won stands to be set at naught, to be shunted upon another Legislature, ambition of a few men who have, con- sciously or unconsclously, played into the hands of the dearest enemies of the movement to wipe out boss control of partisan politics and the machinery of government. It is a responsibility that cannot be dodged, cannot be trans- ferred to the shoulders of members of the Senate collectivery or individually. It is a responsibility that must lie with the men who by their votes have in- curred it and have made it possible for the redemption of the platform pledges of both Democratic and Re- publican parties to be deferred for four or more years. ¥ If ‘the thirty-seventh session of the Legislature fails to submit to the people of California a proposition for a constitutional amendment au- thorizing the next session to enact a direct primary election, the twenty- nine men who voted for the Held- | Wright amendment on January 29, and who voted today to reject the Senate amendment to the same proposition, will have to explain their votes today to their constituents. SOME VOTED HONESTLY Some of them voted honestly, believ- ing apparently that the Senate would recede from its amendment. Others voted for nonconcurrence with a full 0| knowledge of the risk they were as- suming. If the Senate fails to recede some of these men will change their attitude if they get a chance. Sdme more of them are praying they may not get the chance. It was not children unwitting of what they did who refused today to concur. They were men, legislators, who knew they had not adopted joint rules, who knew that the amended proposition as. it came from the Senate had been fought out and even bitterly in caucus; (knew that the Senate had most em- phatically declined to submit to any in its own body; must necessarily have known that they ac- cepted nine chances of defeat for the whole amendment to one for thelr suc- cess in their refusal to definitely agree to ride one horse. More than this, the men who led the fight against the Senate proviso knew and definitely that their own scheme to advance the Sen- atorial candidacy of George C. Pardee, and for that matter any other scheme which contemplated the enactment of an alleged direct primary election law by the present Legislature could not pass the Senate nor receive considera- tion at the hands of the Senate com- mittee on election and election laws. There was a splendid opportunity for grand stand playing, but if because of these hergics no proposition for a con- stitutional amendment is submitted these men will be confronted by the necessity of explaining an awkward situation to their several constituen- cies. : STRAIGHTFORWARD MEASURE The Held-Wright amendment, as drawn, was a simple straightforward proposition, authorizing a’ subsequent Legislature to enact direct primary election laws. In the Senate commit- tee on elections and election laws, lay- men's fears restilted in the addition of a proviso, which, while it allayed those fears, did more. It made it incumbent upon the Legislature to enact a direct primary election law or ride the exist- ing primary law, singly. It wiped out the possibility of straddling. It pro- vided a plain, unequivocal redemption of the platform pledges and it left no alternative for the dodging of a subsequent Legislature—direct pri- mary or the present primary election was the meat of the propesition. Fear of this proposition, real or feigned, was the peg upon which hung the op- position, which, while it will in no way help the plans of the men respon- sible for it. may result in preventing the submission of an amendment to ae voted on at the next general elec- on. The opposition to the Held-Wright amendment, based on an alleged fear of the frightful consequences of t pel the recording of all conditional | proviso, was led by Assemblyman St contracts of sale. The object is to|son of Alameda, the sponsor for a bill prevent dishonest purchiasers from re- | which provides for the adoption of the selling property to which they have|Illinois method of amplified delegate | mot acquired title, but the committee | conventions in lieu of a direct p { such a law and will advise passage of the bill. —_— Piles Cured in 6 to 14 Pazo Ointment teed cure any case itching.b! lnfire:&nc o?prn piles 6 to 14 days or money Nlu‘d&% 4 ‘ rimary decided that there was no necessity for | election law. The keynote of this bill ~against the | and its one section ‘'which really pro- vides for a direct nomination is that section providing for the nomination ;: ltumlld.lta for the United States nate. 2 R % and that to satisfy the! i who, | integrity of the State Board of Med- on McGuire of | before the joint Senate and Assembly Johnson declares that the Kings in the morning by Having three | committee on public health and quar- { | {jority was antagonistic to the spirit DOGTORS N THEIR USUAL RUMPUS sonnel of Medical Board OSTEOPATHS BOB UP CALL HEADQUARTERS, 1007 EIGHTH STREET. SACRAMENTO, Feb. 11.—Practition- ers of the rival healing arts exposed each other's secrets, impeached the ical Examiners and engaged in the of personal vivisection antine at the hearing this afternoon of, the bills which propose to effect new reforms in the profession of med- feine in California. The chief discussion centered about the bill introduced by Senator McKee. which provides that the Board of Med- ical Examiners shall consist of five members elected by the Medical So- clety of California—two members by the California State Homeopathic Med- ical Society, two members by the Eclec- tio Medical Soclety and one member of the Osteopathic Association. Dr. George W. Greenwell of San Francisco, who sald he was speaking for the eclectics, declared the scheme of representation on the hoard all wrong. He'knew from his own experi- ence, he said, that the board was alto- gether partisan and had denied him 2 certificate because the controlling ma- of the eclectic school. “Is it not true that you failed to pass the examination of the board and | were arrested in San Francisco two years ago for practicing without a li- cense?’ asked Attorney Tait of the board. “This will never do,” declared Sen- | ator Anderson. *“We are not here to indulge in personal abuse, and I must insist emphatically, Mr. Tait, that vo will not pursue this line of argument Dr. Dudley Tait of San Francisco, Dr. F. M. Pottenger of Los Angeles and Dr. O. D. Hamlin of Oakland up- held the Board of Examiners and ar- gued that the physicians of the State, irrespective of schools, wanted to | maintain a high mark of efficiency. Dr. H. F. Miles of Sacramento, ap- pearing for the osteopaths, opposed many features of the McKee bill in the strictures it placed on osteopaths. | He was in favor of having the Gov- ernor appoint the Board of Examiners. | There was a long discussion on this matter before the meeting adjourned. | A A A AN been thrashed out in the Governor's office nearly a month before Pardee| quitted office. No real friend of direct| primary reform objects to Pardee or any other man offering himself to the| people as a candidate for United States Senator or constable. The real friends of direct primary reform do, however, object to the political ambitions of any | one man being magnified into an im- ‘portance of proportions greater than| the reform which involves the political freedom of all the people. 2 The advocates of the Stetson bill, the Leeds bill, the Savage hill and the several other direct and alleged direct primary measures had_beep told and | definitely by the Sengt® leaders that beyong the submissioy of a coustitu- tional amendment that would germit of the subsequent enactment ade- quate and comprehensive direct prim- ary legislation, the question would not be comsidered at this session. This definite information was coupled with a full knowledge that it was only by the barest margin and after a long contest that an amended form of the Held-Wright proposition had been per- mitted to get through the Senate, and | that only because of the impetuous Governor and the coercion exercised by a party caucus. | Women Flock to Swindler With Their Gold Captain Emmons Reaps Harvest With Help of Clairvoyant Wondrous tales of yellow gold and mysterious spirit messages from an- other world are strangely intermingled In the story of the rise and fali of Captain E. W. Emmons, mining en- gincer, promoter, smooth talker, and now a prisoner in the eity jail. Cap- tain Emmons reached Francisco yesterday from Chicago in charge of Detective Steve Bunner. He was brought back to face charges of a score of vietims who accuse him of having obtained money under false pretenses. In addition an indictment brought by the Grand Jury hangs over his head. Fmmons was traced, located and brought back through the clever work of Detective Bunner. The detective had to go before the Governors of two States and twice appeared in court to contest the claims of Emmons, who opposed extradition. Side partner of Captain Emmons, ally in his spectacular mining promotions, is Professor Niblo, clairvoyant, palmist, spirit medium and sure prophet of the future, if his own advertisements are to be believed. Niblo advised his clients that the way to riches lay through Emmons’ mining schemes, and | the captain was ever ready to assist his friends by selling them stock at a dollar a share, After cleaning up $23,- 000 in San Erancisco the professor and the captain winged their way to Chi- cago, where they had just resumed business when Detective Bunner swooped down on them. An unsolved. feature of the case lies in the name of the president of Em- mons' company. It appears on the stock certificates as M. A. Morton. It happens that Emmons’ stenographer was a Miss Morton, young and attract ive. not known, but she is supposed to be in Chicago. The police believe that she was the elusive president. . Among the victims of Emmons and Niblo are several women, who were induced to invest their savings in what was pictured to them as surpassing anything described in the Arabian Nights. The first complaints against immons were made by Mrs. Abble McDaniels and Mrs. M. E. Hurst. The former placed her case before the “Po- lice Department and the latter consult- ed the Grand Jury. A flood of com- plaints followed these two. PROVISO TO ALLAY FEAR { The proviso added by the Senate is in these terms: “Provided, however, that until the legislature shall enact a direct primary election law under the provisions of this section, the pres. ent primary election law shall remain in force and effect.” Stetson, in opposition to concurrence, said the proviso was added to allay an unnecessary fear in the breasts of lay- | men. The lawyers knew, he said, that | the - adoption of the constittulonal | amendment voted for would not repeal | the existing primary law. Then he| came to the meat of the situation, when he sald that If the next Legisla- ture failed to pass a direct primary law the present intermediary law would be | a part of the constitution and could be | changed, amended or amplified only by | the enactment of a direct primary law or another constitutional amendment. Cutten, McConnell, Eshleman and Hewitt also advocated nonconcurrence. Held, Coghlan and Grove Johnson ad-| vocated concyrrence, pointing out that failure to concur in a proviso that added noining but subtracted nothing from the existing law, and which put a plain alternative up to ‘the next| Legislature, would result in preventing any direct primary progress at the present session. THIS LAW, OR NOTHING Stetson asked whether Johnson meant | that if the Held-Wright amendment were not passed the people of Califor- nia would get nothing, and receiving affirmative answer, based on the known attitude of the Senate, declared: . “Then I'm for going to bat on it.” The expressed fear of all the speakers in opposition to concurrence was that in the event the next Legislature failed to act, they could not make the present primary law mandatory in their several communities, though at the same time all but Cutten admitted directly or in- dirdetly that they did not expect to ask for any such mandatory provisions. Cutten is asking for just such a pro- { vision for Humboldt County now, and if he should pass his bill it would be part of the law protected by the Senate proviso. That he has an honest doubt of this is willingly enough conceded; also, that he, with other men, magnified that doubt and, not appreciating the situation, fell into an awkward hole from which it may be extremely diffi- cult to extricate themselves. The situation in a nutshell is simply this: The Senate will not recede. The | Assembly has refused to adopt the| Jjoint rules of the last session, n'%d there Is no regular way for the - pointment of a conference committee. The Senate leaders will not agree to a special conference committee. They are in a position, should they choose, to kill the whole direct primary reform movement, for this session, at least, without accepting any of the respon- sibility which the Assembly has ac- comodatatingly taken off their shoul- ders. That they will not do this is no fault of thirty Assemblymen, who walked into a deadfall. MAY SAVE THEIR FACES Without receding, the Senate will give the Assemblymen a chance to get out of a hole and save their faces with the people. r'heu the message of non i { | gold mine, | stamp mill and work the mine. ot - | by a unanimous vote. Under the pres- -|ent law only fifteen days' notice is re- | Captain Emmons began operations two years ago in Siskiyou County. He entered into negotiations with F. W. Mahler, the owner of the Drummer Boy situated eight miles from Yreka. Emmons bonded the property for one year, at the end of which he was to pay $40,000 in cash, erect a ten- It was expressly stipulated that no corpora- (tion should be formed, but that Mahler should receive 25 per cent of the out- put of the mine, the remainder to go to Emmons. As soon as he had control of the property Emmons organized a stock company of 500,000 shares and began to sell stock at $1 a share. 10 help the scheme along he opened offices in San Francisco and entered into alliance with Professor Niblo, the clairvoyant, who had rooms at 411 Ellis street. Niblo's right name is Clark, but Clark lacks the ring of mystery which Niblo possesses. Niblo advertised his ability to consult the spirits for financial suc- cess. He had a large number of clients, mostly women. The spirits invariably advised investment in Captain Emmons’ enterprises. From Niblo, the women hurried to the captain and left piles of shining gold for a handsomely engraved certificate. Emmons’ company was made up of dummy directors with the exception of A A A A A A A A AN thelr votes today, will move to post- pone consideration of the Assembly message for one week. In ‘the mean- time the' Assembly may, if it choose, adopt the Senate’s proposition for joint rules and secure a conference commit- tee. In that conference committee the addition of a word or two that will not change the purport of the amendment can, if the Assembly conferees choose, be agreed upon and ‘the proposition again sent to a vote of both hodses. If the Assembly conferees refuse to accept some such slight change the Held-Wright amendment is dead. Di- rect primary reformers will be con- fronted with the task of getting out and passing a new proposition. That this can be done in the lmited time that will remain before adjournment without date is more than doubtgal. The Assemblymen who voted for con- currence—Barry, Baxter, Beban, Beck- ett, Bell, Birdsall, Bishop, Boyle, Butler, Chandler, Coghlan, Cullen, Estudillo, Finney, Hartmann, Held, Johnson of Sacramento, Johnson of San Diego, Jury, Kelly, Ludington, McClellan, Mec- Mullin, Percival, Root, Snyder, Spaul- ding, Strohl, Thompson of San Fran- cllxc’o. Vogel, Walsh, Wilson, Beardslee The Assemblymen who imperiled the submission of an amendment by voting for . nonconcurrence — Berry, Bush, Cogswell, Collister, Cornish, Costar, Cutten, Davis, Eshleman, Fisher, Forbes, Fratessa, Hewitt, John, Kohl- man, Leeds, Lemon, McConnell, Guire, McKeon, Otis, Pyle, Stanton, Stetson, Strobridge,| Thompson of Los Angeles, Transue, Weske, Whitmore, Wyatt—30. o SACRAMENTO, Feb. 11.—The bill introduced by Assemblyman Henry Thompson of San Franciseo to change e law in regard to notices of increase ' rent passed the lower house today bill ld make it 48 Miss Morton’s present address is |30 Mec- | REPAR THE BREMK N COLORADO olonel Randolph’s Forc?s Again Defeat River in| Battle to Save Vast Area GREAT COST OF WORK | SPECIAL DISPATCH TO THE CALL. LOS ALGADONES, Mex., Feb. 11— | The break in the west bank of the Rio| | Colorado, through which passed the | | floods that cut gorges sixty feet deep | ‘and half a mile wide in the Imperial valley and made an inland se: | Salton sink, is closed. Colo | dolplt's forces have beaten the river In this latest battle for possessiom of #n empire, and the Colorado is owl--‘i down its old chanukl to the Gulf peacefully as If it never had raged | wildly across the country, tearing up, farms, tossing towns like chips sweeplig away forests of cottomwood and mesquite as a scythe mows grass. Early Sunday evening the engineers| predicted that the Clarke dam would | { overtop the flood by Tuesday if no ac-| cidents should happen. Several train-| loads of rock came in during the evening. The night shift worked swiftly at unloading, and before mid- night Engineer C. K. Clarke, in direct charge of the work at the break, re- ported to General Manager Cory that the rock was above water from bank to bank and the river was turned back to its bed. This morning the Clarke dam showed |an unbroken crest above the water| level. Water was coming through at several points near the top, but the quantity going down the new channel was insignificant and the level of wa- ter below the dam had subsided eigh- teen inches during the night, leaving a | head of 12 feet and 9 inches. During| the day large quantities of heavy rock | were placed to extend evenly the apron and base of the dam, and train- loads of gravel and clay were dumped to plug up the interstices between the large rocks. | Nothing but a sudden and extraordi- nary flood could endanger the dam or re-establish a flood toward Salton, and there were no indications of a rise anywhere along the line. In order to supply the farmers of Im- perial valley with water the cement headgate at the intake was opened this morning and there was a consid- erable flow in the canal. The engineers pronounced the break closed at 6 o'clock tonight, and having been suc- cessful in the accomplishment of & task that others had declared impossible. Colonel Randolph left for Tucson. It has cost $325,000 to turn the Colorado back into its old channel, and the le- vees will run the total expense up to half a million. A A A A A A A A A AN the mysterious M. A. Morton, thought to be the falr typist. He not only | failed to pay Mahler the $40,000, but he | made no serious attempts to work the mine. CLAIMS TO BE PROPHET ‘While money was pouring in upon the captain and the professor the April fire cut short their operations. They fled to Oakland and opened offices, Em- mons at 967 Washington street and Niblo at 1229 Broadway. They did a thriving business until complaints be- gan to come in from their clients. When the complaints had become too numer- ous for comfort the wizards of finance nd mysticism packed up their be- lo;';_:inga and went to Chicago. ere Emmons sec ~handsome of- fices in_the American st building at Monroe and Clarke streets. Niblo es- tablished himself near by and began an advertising campaign caleulated to trap all who might read. He declared that he had predicted the San Francisco earthquake, the Russian-Japanese war, the assassination of McKinley, the Ben- | nington disaster and several other events of world-wide interest, including | the shooting of Stanford White by Harry Thaw. In connection with his boast that he had predicted the San Francisco fire Niblo published letters purporting to have been written by prominent San Francisco society women thanking him for having giving them (ample warning and thus having en- abled them to escape. After this modest description of his powers Niblo set forth that he was In a position to give advice on financial subjects. In Chieago, as in San Francisco and in Oakland, he di- rected his clients to Captain Emmons. IN TROUBLE ONCE BEFORE The two had hardly established them- selves in Chicago when the Grand Jury and Police Department of San Fran- cisco took action. Detective Bunner lo- cated Emmons in Chicago and had him placed under surveillance. Then the Grand Jury voted an indictment and Bunner went on to Chicago. Emmons fought extradition, but his contention was overruled in court. | On the charge of obtaining money under false pretenses, brought by Mrs. McDaniels, Emmons’ bond was placed at $3000. On a similar charge by Mrs. Hurst his bond was placed at $5000. He had secured $750 from Mrs. Me- Daniels and a larger sum from Mrs. Hurst. Emmons was unable to furnish bail and was placed in a cell. Emmons was in trouble in Oakland four years ago as a result of his finan- cial operations, but was able to arrange matters before his case came to trial. e C | 1 | Rheymat.ism | been careless in LOVE FOR WIOOW LEADS T0 AL Trusted Seeretary of Los Angeles Concern Steals Funds to Press His Suit CAUGHT IN OAKLAND LOS ANGELES, Feb. 11.—Love for a woman for whom he desired to do more than was possible on his comparativel small salary caused the downfall of F J. Taylor, now in the Oakland jail awaiting the arrival of a Los Angeles detective, who has gone to bring him back to this city to answer to several charges of forgery and obtaining fnoney by false pretenses. Taylor was secretary of the American Novelt Manufacturing Company and was plicitly trusted by the officers of concern; in fact, he had virtual con of the business. ‘When suspicion was first directed to- ward him it was supposed that he had his methods of book- keeping, but when an investigation was begun Taylor fled and subsequently it was discovered that he had defrauded the company out of between $3000 and $10,000. detectives discovered that Taylor fallen in love with a wealthy w to whom he représented that he o a half-interest in the company, and tt upon her he lavished practically money that he secured by According to the complaints, has been systematically company of a large sum every No one but a trusted man could worked the game as he did leged that he had “fake” printed. that he filled in bil amounts of goods, the company before < tary and as secretary signed payment of them. These countersigned by President turned back to Taylor to the company from which supposed to have come. 7 indorsed the checks and money himself. To do this he become a forger. In their Investigations t ad fow g A SUPERIOR DRESS SHIRT In appearance and fit the equal of the production of the custom shop. The SHIRT Exceptionally good value at $1.50 and more. CLUETT. PEABODY & CO., S VANILLA veers g Ve Becy T IwWays pure Dears this Iabel : Gearaniced ander the Food umber 91, as assigned to us by the U. 8. Dept. of Agriculture. # JOSEPH BURNETT CO., sosvow, wass. COFFEE brings goodwill, or drives away trade, to a grocer; according to whether the coffee good and the people intelligent. He returns your money if you don’t like it— is Schilling’s Best. Cos him nothing Genvine Must Bear CARTERS Fac-Simile Signature VER PILLS. Business Directory of San Francisco Firms MARYLAND CASUALTY €O, of Balti- more—H. B. WINDSOR & CO., gen'l agts., Mutual Sav. Bk. bldg.Temp.2394 MONTAGUE, W. W. & CO., stoves, re- frigerators, housefurnishing goods, Turk and Polk sts. REID BROS., architects, st. Tel. West 6001. SRl REFUSE SUBSTITUTES. 2325 Gough WILLEY & CO.—Carr es, busi- ess wagon: i 19 Fell s PROPOSALS. 2 PROPOSALS FOR PACKING. GASKETS. Leather Fillet, Rubber Belting, Hose, Vitrified Duck, Sash of Potash, Litharge, be received at the office of the General Pur Isthmian Canal Commission. Wi D. C., until 10:30 a. m., February . at which time they will be opened fm