The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, February 14, 1907, Page 1

the poster spage, “Washing- which is a feature of The Sunday Call Every lover of Robert Louis Stevenson will be interested in the story of the last chapter of Jules Simoneau, which ap- pears in The Sunday Call SAN IRANCISCO FHURSDAY FEBRL ARY 14, 1907. II\L PRICE /ife of T ase Juror Is Fui 11, and a M1strlal Is Posmble 0CKS LW IN 10 OF BINGER HERMANN Against the Accused Statesman Is Brought to tandstill by Plea Made MAY ESCAPE TRIAL FOR LAND SWINDLE orney’s Objection Indictment Is by the Court ) THE CALL Feb. 13.—Sensa- ents marked the sec- trial of Representative ermann, former Commis- Land Office, on the destroying public records. roceedings had little more than when counsel the defense ch a strong objection to the line of evidence being presented that machinery of the court was an abrupt standstill and members of the bar not the of for e result y be the quashing of tire case against Hermann. ney Jesse ose time for devoted ‘ on e ud cases. Rlik s 3 essors in office, we w show d Adkins, “that Bing- ren he assumed the of- | oner General not permit all of the | at that office to &o | the regular channels, but by of the ved letter which bore the | his nativ e State, Oregon, his desk The missives erse subj , some ire and s 2 personal natr per- letters were answered ht serve » was apparently rict Attorney Baker ac quested permission to file of particulars t to fense again objected. In he case rested, pending arguments for nd against filing the amended bill to- | MAY BE ANOTHER JOHANN HOCH DISPATCH TO THE CALL NE, Wyo., Feb. 13.—Hiram w, arrested here today by perintendent of the West- | York Detective Association, sccond “Bluebeard” Jo- New | executed in Chi-| recently alleged that the prisoner| under a dozen aliases; | married five women in| , without @ivorcing any | he has swindled many that women and that he has attempted the| rder of one wife. Mrs. Mary John- | of Buffalo, alleged to be Boshaw's wife, employed Loysen to run| Boshaw was decoyed from | ver to Cheyenne today on the pre- | tense that Miss Sadie Bosch, bis latest | sweetheart, was here with $900, !hei smount of an inheritance, and that she | nted him to come at once. Johnson charges that Boshaw | mpted to poison her. i it o POSTAL RECEIPTS DECREASE | WASHINGTON, Feb. 13.—Postal re- | ceipts at San Franeisco during January were $147,261, against $161,253 during | jthe same month last year, a decrem[ {of $18982. Recelpts at Los Angeles |last month were $90,876, an increase of 812,400 over January, 1906 w | Lutheran School in Oakland. | beneficiary institites contest, | Oakland. | WASHINGTON | FOREIGN | woman_ ten SAN TLLEPHO‘\ E TEHI’ORARY 86 fRANCISCO CALL’S NEWS TODAY SDAY, FFBRLARY 14 190/ “‘EATHER CONDITIONS YESTERDAY—Partly cloudy; perature, 66; minimum temperature, FORECAST FOR TODAY—Cloudy; pmsibl\' sprinkles in the morning; light south wind. EDITORIAL Either the next Legislature must enact a direct primary election law or let primary legisiation alone. Page 6 | We Let us brag Mr. Roosevelt's puzzle department. JAPANESE QUESTION Root's amendment probibiting transmigration Japanese coolies from Hawall reported to Congress and will undoubtedly be passed. Mayor Scimitz hopes to have Toklo Govern- e e school, where superior o Jupanese children. P.5 | Lave Page € advantagy A Siate liw paseed ‘seshentiig n, his representations being that 1 Page 5 | LEGISLATURE Assembly passes resolution placing Hartman's ant! prize fight bill on second reading file. P.2 Senate may shorten Greenwell's leave of ab- | Page 2| sence because of Bakersfield scandal. State Printer Shannon sells three presses at a 1l bargain sale Page 2 promise support to the city's ks invites bids for the construc- w Monroe School bullding. Page 13 denies report that she d of W o divorce. Judge holds Page 14 tten law. e H. Crocker and several assoclates purcbase third interest in the Savings and Loan Soclety, a pioneer bank of the eity. Page 5 Tentative award of the Board of Arbitration | is found to have given great concessions which applied to few workmen, and small concessions where large numbers were involved. Page 14 Two thousand school children will be guests of San Francisco lodge of El at Chutes Park Chilean woman, stranger in ecfty, nar- rowiy escapes being robbed of her jewels, worth | $3000 Page 14 SUBURBAN Berkeley Boerd of Education refuses to aban- don stand against echool fraternities. Page & Miss Grace Eaton, sweetheart of Percy Pem- broke, testifies for bim i» Oakland court snd is taken into custody on a charge of perjury. Page 4 Clergyman pursues youth who annoys girls at Page & Dr. E. H. Woolser's will provides that if any legacy shall be used in building drinking fountain for dogs in Page 4 COAST Exploston of gas in Los Angeles restaurant kills several persons, and wrecks two-stors bullding. Page § W. T. Wilson, who killed assaflant of step- Gaughter, makes same plea in Los Angeles court ss Thaw {s making and Jury acquits him. Page 2 “Jim"™ Rea uses fist in his fight for purity of | politics in San Jose and puts out Attorney Cairns, who appeared for man accused of buy- ing votes. Page 3 | DOMESTIC Tliness of juror's wife causes delay in Thaw case and may result in mistrial. Dr. George F. Shiels of this city to assist in defense in Thaw case. Page 1 Trisl of Binger Hermann is brought to stand- | still by court's ruoling that indictment is Page 1| ino Pulajanes attack and burn two towns | and two American teachers are missing. Page 1| Western Union Telegraph Company gran 10 per cent increase in wages to the operators in its principal offices. Page 14| Passengers who survived the wreck of the steamship Larchmont accuse captain and crew | of cowardice. Page 2 President Roosevelt sends message to Con- gress asking for legislation to conserve country’s | fuel resources and to prevent' public land | frands. Page 2| Amendment to maval appropriation bill pro- | viding for coaling station at San Dlego de- Page B feated Woman suffragists make another demonstra- at House of Commons and many of them | are locked up in jail. Page 3| SPORTS ; Edwin Gum scores a lucky victory in the Logistilla bandicap at Emeryville. Page 8 Mrs. F. W. Jackson and Mrs. Herbert Munn reach the finals for the women's golf champion- ship at Ooronado. Page & Miss May Sutton will defend her title as champlon of Southern Cllllnn\ll s at Coronado. e 8 Mike Riley of Tonopah falls to make zood on Gans-Britt match. Page 8 | MINING Important strikes in Daisy and Combination reported and the Diamondfield Page 13 Rich strikes in Daisy aud Fraction advance prv es of shares. ARINE Army transport Thomas encounters terrible | westerly gale in midocean snd is considerably damaged. Page © LABOR Mueh agitation for an eight-hour day in the iron trades among the. sixteen ested. Page 13 Page 7 THE CALL’S BRANCH OFFICES Subscriptions and Advertise- ments will be received in San Francisco at following offices: 1651 FILLMORE &' Open unfil 10 o'clock every nisht. 818 VAN NESS AVENUE Parent’s Stationery Store, SIXTEENTH AND MARKET STS. Jackson’s Branch. 533 HAIGHT STREET Christian’s Branch 1096 VALENCIA STREET Rothschild’s Branch. 1531 CHURCH STREET George Prewitt's Branch, maximum tem- | done and we are doing great things. | Page 6| Page 5 | dissatisfied with results at Wash- | Page 1| ‘my officer after obtaining | woman to answer for | shooting at rival, but says she will be acquitted | Page 9 | Page 9 | mangles and Injures many | | of good in the shortest space of time. | service. | condition; unions _inter- | Movement for Clean City Is Gaining Support Teams Are Donated by Prominent Firms 4o HE Street Repair Association ancl Board of Pub- lic Works have confldence that ‘‘cleaning up day” will meet with public favor. Many teaming con- cerns have offered the use of horses and wagons. Volunteers are responding from every district of city. e i e | | i 0| =1 l | | Five of the largest teaming companies in the city have agreed to lend/horses and wagons for “cleaning-up day,” which will be, if the committee o decides, a week from next Sunday. The concerns are |the Draymen’s Association, Gray Brothers, Warren . Improvement Lompan_\'. Bricker & Coats and the City Street Improvement Com- |pany. There are many other firms that have signified a willingness to give their moral and financial support to the undertaking. Conferences were arranged for today with officials of the | Teamsters’ Union, team-owners and with members of the clergy. It is not the desire of the Street Repair Association to have the volun- | tary work of a general cleaning up of the city done on a Sunday, but if it were done on a weekday it would entail a loss of many thou- sands of dollars in wages to men who would have to lay off half a day to accomplish the desired results. Chairman A. W. Scott Jr., | after going over the situation yesterday, declared that he had found | that the clergymen were not against the cleaning movement takingK ‘place on a Sabbath day, as they had been convinced that it would be impossible to gét men away from their regular work on any other | day for such a gigantic proposition as is before the citizen who wants | to aid in the effort to get rid of all the surplus dust and dirt that }llttefi the city. | Individual firms have sent commumcatlons to the Repair Asso- | ciation saying that they will look after the streets in‘front of their | premises and see that their employes are approached on the subject | of lending a helping hand. These employes, in the case of nearly | i every business house in the old whole- sale district and scores in the new re- | tall . section, have voluntarily come for- ward and expressed a desire to help in the movement. The business dis- trict has. practically aecided to clean up on the plan submi +The Call, whether a general ¢ 5 day is determined upon or not. STATE WILL HELP The State Board of Harbor Commis- | sioners will co-operate with the citi- | zens on cleaning up day, or on some day preceding if it is found ‘expedient to do so, and all thoroughfares within the jurisdiction of the State will be | cleaned from one end to the other. Michael Casey of the Teamsters' Union will confer today with Chairman Scott, und it will be decided whether it 1s within the province of the union | to allow its men to volunteer to run |the teams, the man to donate their services for an eight hour day's work or such fraction thereof as they feel that they can afford to spare for the labor. The Building Trades and other untons will decide also whether they can give an hour or so per member to help out the movement. President Duffey of the Board of Public Works sald that he believed the movement was the best schemc that he had yet heard of for the ac- complishment of the greatest amount He said that if the people of the city took the cleaning up day in hand with a vim and put it through it would give | his men opportunity to keep the city clear of debris and the patching de- partment opportunity to do effective Duffey said: “I think the pian an excellent one. To be sure extraordinary conditions confront us such as did not confront Eastern cities. It was easy enough for big places like Boston and Phila- delphia to plan a general cleaning up day, because the cities were in normal it will be a little harder task for San Francisco, but no matter SKETCH OF EVELYN NESBITI THAW ON T) LquG THE STO 8% E ROOF GAW!I\. AND A PORTR. P YSIC!’A), WHO WILL AID ATTORNE ALIENISTS 'WHO WILL TESTIFY AT T Y OF THE SHOOTING OF STANFORD WHIT! Physnaan Tells of the Abnormal Pulse of the Defendant 'HE WITNESS STAND. WHILE SHE WAS E_IN MADISON AIT OF A ;WELL-KNOWN SAN FRANCISCO Y 'DELMAS IN THE EXAMINATION OF 'HE TRIAL. what percentage of work is done here it will count fourfold in the average of results. T feel that the scheme is a most excellent one, and the Board of Public Works will enter the work with vigor.” Chalrman Scott Jr. was the recipient of many telephone messages during the day and offers of money and labor came from all classes of people. Among those who expressed, indirectly, inten- tion of giving the movement their sup- port were members of the Board of Health. This important branch.of the public service has had its hands full on account of the growing demands upon it as a result of unsanitary con- ditions that cannot be downed without the co-operation of the people. Any- thing that tends to the improvement of health conditions meets with the unqualified support of the Health Board. ' TR : centrated’ upon a wholesale cleaning up of our streets, about $100,000 ' in work can be accomplished in six or| eight hours of one day.” WOMEN EN'I'EUS!AS'I‘]C 33 The city. houqe-clumng which is to y. after next will be 1 ‘if/the sympathy and O~ operu.tlonaot ,tho ‘women of ‘the city can muke it ‘so. ATl the society and club women Wh could be reached yes- them\elveu héartily in favor of the phn. = “I unite hea tily with any such proj- ect,” said' Mrs,’ Eleanor Martin. “It is a most desirable’ thing to do, and when it is once accomplished we should endeavor to keep things in order. We ought to.be"mi‘—c!eanast city in the world, surrounded by sea ‘water on every sile. -It-ought to be utilized for | /there shall be no friction of any sort ALL CLASSES INTERESTED “The movement,” said Scott, “is in the interest of all the people. It has started off with the right idea that lana that San Francisco has set aside all memory of controversies, political and otherwise, with the one thought of pitching in and putting the eity in first class condition. Every San Fran- ciscan who loves ‘his city—and few of them there are that don't—is anxious ‘Woodward's Branch. to see order come out of chaos. - Ig concentration”lies the great secret 6f success, and if our energies can be con- keeping qu city clean. I feel for the working ‘men and women who have to go down mh'ivors' day in the present condition of-the streets.” - SHOWS' CIVIC PRIDE Mrs. J, ¢ WL Orr. preuidant of the c-momw'm 1a: streets habitable, s: We all have to spend so. mfl; Al-m.lr time _traversing them. It ‘the utnfit; wor« cleaned it would ho ‘only .be. bcfiory for pedes- trians, mxt»b yevnmq-u ‘we should it is.'d7 good thing to make the It is a fine| op's friends efforts have been made to ULAJKNES RTTACK NEERDS TOWNS MANILA, Feb. 14—Pulajanes at- tacked and burned two towns in Occi- dental Negros vesterday and killed six| of the constabulary. Two :American teachers, W. K. Bachelder and Walter | J. Tse, are reported to be missing. | No cause is known for the sudden up- rising. Ralds were made within a ra- dius of ten miles and schools were sacked and burned in both instances. The province of Occidental Negros has been free from disturbances for four iyears. It is believed that thg raiders ‘were mountaineers venting their hered- itary enmity against the coast towns. BISHOP J. W. HAMILTON SERIOUSLY ILL IN EAST Friends Attempt to Conceal Fact of % His Sickness and His Present Abode NEW YORK, Feb. 13.—Bishop J. W. Hamilton of the Methodist church is lying seriously ill of stomach trouble at the home of John B. Huff, 33 War- rington place, East Orange, N. J. For Some reasqn best known .to the bish- i conceal the fact of his illness, as well 'as his present abode. e | ing the eight visits to Thaw's cell in] ,.v.'»‘:'}}' o WA Shiels of This City Is to Assist the Defense NEW YORK, Feb. 13.—With the depressing specter of a mistrial loom- ing somberly upon the near future, District Attorney Jerome and D. M. Delmas determined today to expedite matters as much as possible by putting |'off their fight in private and out of hearing of the jury. Jerome will receive from Delmas a typewritten copy of the famous Thaw will and codicil and will go over it carefully to determine whether he shall continue to object to its introduction. In like fashion he will examine the alienists who have been called for by the defense in his own office to determine whether or not an arrangement can be reached by which their testimony can be so framed as to make it admissible without further objection. Today was a broken one in the Thaw trial, the entire proceedings lasting but two hours. . There was no session in the morning, owing to the illness of the wife of juror 11, Joseph D. Bolton, and should her condition becpme worse it is not at all unlikely that a mistrial will result, due to Bolton's leav- ing the jury box, and it will then be necessary to start all over again. MRS. BOLTON VERY LOW At the house of Juror Bolton tonight the physician said Mrs. Bolton had reached the crisis of her illness. If she survived the night, he said, and no further complications arose, it was altogether probable she would recover Juror Bofton, accompanied by two officers, went to his home tonight and spent forty-five minutes with his wife.4 i He then returned to the hotel where the | cated, he sald, that the sympathetic jurors are staying. | nervous system was sertously at fault The testimony of Dr. Evans was in-| Dr. Evans declared he found no traces tended to take the edge off a story that| of drug habit nor any of the tremers had been circulated for months and | characteristic of excessive indulgence whick reflected seriously upon Evelyn | in intoxicants. Nesbit as well as Stanford White. The| Evans said he felt it was extreme- testimony of Dr. Evans set forth in|ly unfair to him as a physician to detail the results of a series of physical | require him to separate his physical examinations of Harry Thaw made dur- | examination of the defendant from the questions and answers to his mental processes. He was interrupted by both Jerome and Delmas and Justice Fitz- gerald said: “Will you kindly confine yourself to answering questions and not giving expressions of opinion. There is some limitation even' to the province of an expert.” YOUNG MRS, the Tombs last summer. THAW'S FREAKISH HEAD Dr. John T. Deemar of Kittanning, | Pa., was recalled just before adjourn- ment and asked to state what he knew of the mental condition of John Ross, first cousin of Harry Thaw. Jerome objected to the question on | the ground that the relationship was too remote to permit the drawing of THAW AGAIN deductions as to hereditary insanity. Both question and witness were with- | drawn temporarily. Dr. Evans detailed the results of his | various examinations and physical tests| + in his visits to the defelldant following the tragedy. He declared that there was a depression in the back of Thaw's head of a most unusual character. Evans said Thaw's pulse action was the most extraordinary, he had ever encountered. The pulse would change beat four times within one minute, the “varfance béing from twelve to twenty-four beats. ~ The pulse indi- As a result of a conference between counsel just before adjournment Jerome said Thaw's attorneys had turned the will of the defendant over to him for examination before it should be again formally offered in | evidence. Jerome said he might or ! might not offer further objection to it. He did not wish to take up the 'ume by reading it over in court. | Counsel~ also agreed that Jerome should have the privilege of talking freely with Demar and Bingaman, the Thaw_family physician, about certain Continued onm Page 3, Column 1 - -