The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, February 24, 1907, Page 33

SAN FRANCI CO SUNDAY FEBRUARY 24, 1907 ‘Death Saved Stanford White From Disgrace’| EAELUSIONITS {THEY WILL NOTBE MUZZLED — League to Continue Urging Cause Against the Japanese TVEITMOE TALKS OUT Committee to Go to Sacra- mento to Work for the McGowan Bill FOR SCHMITZ “EGGS” Unpleasant Reception Sug- gested for Home-Com- ing Delegation If President Roosevelt and his Washington advisers, together with the silenced California delegation ed by Mayor Schmitz, believe hzt Califernia is muzzled - on the Japanese exc n the the Japanese and Korean n L:Cne last night should The the ‘mg stick” has in no ipaired California’s speaking “We will not be muzzled,” an. President O. A. Tveitmoe. sh of S ntc ation relative to the ce taken be done on be at o jelegates are bringin esident, “admonishing ep our mouths shu whic the Le ed to ma s be at United States 3 4 Japan wa ed. Tt was only agreed|fied Gowan %ill, which provides . ople of the State have the ght 2t the next election to vote on the c Asiatic exclusion, should be islature before it strongest un ve boa Tveit- the jons = on the execu ra of and it was steted by the legislatore, if hat S the right vote on to grant could not ret to their mpt =aid the the question pencies with God. at 1 me constit ity to President had resident, in the California dele the Legislature hopestly an confidence and’ in of this and in Y to act question that T have in Californis. If the Legislature the guestion of Japanese ex- rightly or the pen of put usion on the ballots at the next elec- tion and give the people o the State & chance to express themselves, I do pot care how much Roos.felt waves how much money or how msny men are sent to California to | peat it. Japsmese exclusion in this State would become an accomplished fact, and we should be able to conduct schools according to our own no- his stick, or cilns.” Nothing could have been the denunciation of the Mayor's trust by E. A. Gates s breach of cuggested that incinded in any scheme f proper re- ception to the returning delegation,’ and the remark was loudly applauded 1t was the judgment of the execu tive committes that continued agita- tion of the Japaneése question was the only solution of the situation. The se- cretive methods of President Roose- | velt, in keeping the public in ignor- snce as to thelr conferences, were zon- demned 25 un-American in spirit and unjustified. BRYAN ON STATE RIGHTS says Californis Should Have Control of Her Public Schools WASHINGTON, Feb. 23—William Jennings Bryan stands squersly with | the people of Sen Francisco in thefr and that they bg sccorded the right | egulete ettendsnce of their own ectiools ip thelr own way. Mr. Bryan mekes clear his position in the current iseue of The Reader, in which mags- ! gine the first instaliment of the Bryan- ol 7 S IRt Continued on Page 34, Column 4 city | stronger | He | “rotten eggs should be| | INDEX OF THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL’S NEWS TODAY sé TELEPHONE TEMPORAI’I\' SUNDAY, FFBP( ARY 24, WEATHER CONDITIONS YESTERDAY—Clear; minimum temperature, FORECAST FOR TODAY—Partly * threatening by night 1907 maximum temperature, | 58 50. clondy Page 43 | | EDITORIAL | | God help the rieh! Pzge 26 Significance of the automobile show. Paze 26 Roosevelt’s infinite varlety. Page 26 LEGISLATURE | World's fair bill is in Governor is opposed to 1t. danger of defeat, as Page 35 s oot off estimates of State de- by the ways and means com- Page 35 partments mittee. JAPANESE QUESTION Exclusion League will continue ta wage ¥ig- orous campaign for Japanese exclusion regard- less of President's wighes. “Rotten eges” sux- | gested as feature of reception to homecoming | ! delegation Page 33| hoOpe yesterday, and it was a gala William Jernings Bryan champions San Fran- | day for the miversity town whcfl cisco in 1ts attempt to segregate Japanese | sehool puplls from whites. Page 33 | ¥ cITY How The Call expects to prove that Cali- fornia L the most beautiful womsn in Amer- ica, refuting Chicago’s claim. Page 21 in Bares wide open while the police Page 83 record made for number of sales and | at the automobile exhibition. P. 45 1lionaire and Portuguese nobleman over painting. P. 38 ese try to escape from British captured by the po- Page 30 extends Supersisor though charter gives Page 28 investigation gas aud elec- | Page 56 and are ve, annnsl for Supervisors for eight-hour | aflway franchises. Page 36 | ntinue without a presi- | the anoual meeting of the directors Page 38 | lares that he was | bis accomplice, | Page 37| to consult with Repalr Associa- ncerning marsbaling of forces on eleaning. Page 3¢ body of Cooper Medical College will ort policy of mew management Page 44 isfog of corruption fund by firétrap theater lead to indictments by the Grand Page 44 r bodies te for Sap Frabelsco husiness. Page 44 ive committees favor passage of bill issue bonds for Islais Creek barbor. Page 36 SUBURBAN Commercial ix wite, | traveler of Berkeley charges a clubwoman, with neglecting thefr | hildren Page 40 | Francisco, Alameda and Eastern Raflway | ny incorporated by F. M. Greenwood to | electric road ‘and ferry system be- | meda and San Franc! Page 41 | ong Worden & Co. stockbolders settled | of court Page 40 | apitalist of Fresno and soclety girl of St. | re ed at Martinez Page 40 | Milk-wagon drivers end dairsmen settle dif es and strike 1s ended Page 40 | mployes of Traction Company .are not satls- | new wage scale. Page 40 s of both houses of the Legislature rkeley and inspect proposed site of e capitol Page 33 | reity of State of Washington restricte socfd] events of students to give mére time for stody. Page 27 Bride finds that man she married in haste was once in & madbouse, Page 23 DOMESTIC Harriman expected to dleclose all about hls epsations] railroad tramsactions when he testi- fies before Interstate Commerce Commission to. norrow. Page 33 Had Stanford White lived one: night longer one of his studios would bave been raided by Harry Thaw's relatives anxlous to end shocking revelations of the trial. Page 33 | Probibition campaigns are waged in fifteen States and alliance of churches is formed to war o liquor traffe Page 22 President Roosevelt addresses 2000 Harvard men on the value of manly sports. Page 39 Members of Texss Honse committes conclude inquiry into scts of United States Senator { Batler. Page 39 WASHINGTON the police | Senator Perkins and Representative Knowland | are expected to recommend Paul Shaefer for | postmaster of Oakland. Page 40 | Appropriation of $50.000 for military prison | o0 Angel Island is passed through House with |21d of a ruse Page 35 Agricultural appropriation bill recelves farther ‘cfllkflsw in the Sepate. Peago 34 | FOREIGN | Professor predicts disaster to earth in March | trom Marchette comet. Page 27 Cradis of Alfonso XII is prepared for the new beir Page 37 | sPORTS Albion Rovers cinch the Bay Counties Leagne championship by defeating the Oakland Hornets { st associatiop football. Page 54 | Csiifornis varsity team defeated by Sants Clara College in thirteen inning baseball game; | seore, 3 to 2. Page b4 Walter Miller, world's champlon jockey, makes bis farewell appesrance at Emery- | ke Page b4 Willls Britt and Barry Pollok en route to Reno to clioch Britt-Corbett match. Page 55 Three races are wop by Charles W. Clark’s | ponjes at San Mateo meeting. Page b4 MARINE Dissbled power schooper Rita Newman, for which the Thetis searched in vatn, is towed into port by steamer Coaster. Page 43 Liser Newport, which sails for Panams, car- | ries ammunition for the Government of Sal- | vador. & Page 42 MINING Stoekbolders of Goldfield Consolidated Mines to hold annual meeting at Evanston, Wyo- ming. Page 37 Ban Frapeisco and Tonopah Mining Excbange to resume business tomorrow in this eity. P. 37 SOCIAL ' Mrs. George O. Pardee and Miss Penniman guests of bonor at luncheon. Page 40 LABOR All the union hbumenuuedtywm-urt | at street-cleaning next Sunday. Page 27 | The Iron Trades Counefl is expected to de- clare for an eight-bour day at its meeting to- morrew might. Page 27| BERKELEY'S 3ITE FOR THE CAPITOL Members of the Legislature Greatly Impressed by Beauty of Place |BANQUET IS ENJOYED Hundred Motor Cars Are Used to Carry Party to Land Offered The sun smiled on Berkeley’s 4 the special train from Sacramento deposited its host of legislators who had come to view the site offered for the State Capitol. Banners bearing the slogan “State Capital for Berkeley” fluttered from the hundred auto- mobiles which carried the party to the ground. On bits of paste- board the same sentiment ap- peared affixed to the buttonholes of committeemen and citizens, and was repeated in huge letters of gold on a green streamer which floated over the site from the top of a flagpole raised for the occasion. Berkeley was hope- | ful, and the legislative party en- couraged the idea by admiring the view and enjoving the banquet with a zest of goodfellowship. “It s one chance in a million,” Senator Lukens, is & sure one. said “but that one chance There is only one capital prize and Berkeley is going to win 1t.” Even President Wheeler, who avowed that it was improper for the head of the State University to appear in the role of a promoter of the project, ad- mitted that it was a ‘“natural idea” that the university and the capitol buildings should be in the same town. The special train ‘was somewhat late in arriving and the fear was expressed that the Southern Pacific Company did not approve of the plan, but the ban- quet hall was adorned with a large map which showed the “proposed Southern Pacific capitol station” adja- cent to the new site, and the doubttul were assured thlt there was to be no friction. ‘When the train drew in at'a quarter before 4 o'clock the legislative party Costinued on Paxe 33, Column 3 SOLONS INGPECT ———— | Harriman is expected, for instance, to HARRINAN 13 70 MAKE STARTLING DISGLOSURES Magnate Expected to Tell All About Railroad Transactions NEW YORK, Feb. 23.—When E. H. Harriman takes the stand Monday morning“as a witness in the investiga- tion being conducted by the Tnterstate Commerce Commission into the affairs of thé Union and Southern Pacific rail- roads. it is belleved in financial circles that startling disclosures will be made. Harriman will unbend, it is expected, for the first time in his history and fully and frankly reveal the innermost details of the transactions which are under investigation. Defiant of public| opinion he is acknowledged to have| been, but unless men Who consider themselves ‘good judges of the situation dare greatly mistaken, he is about to take the public into his confidence. Upon the public’s reception of these disclosures, according to general opinion in Wall street, depends the continuance of existing methods. If a wave. of popular disapproval should follow, it would amount to & revolu- tion in the methods of high finance. | acknowledge his absolute supremacy in the: affairs of the raiiroads which he| dominates to the extent of spending millions of dollars of their capital as| he sees fit and then bluntly reporting | the fact at the” next meeting of his executive commitiee. One of the most interesting ques- tions which will be put to Harriman will involve a transaction in which 300,000 shares of Southern Pacific stock were transferred to William Rocke- | feller in March, 1904, and bought back in November of the same y:: ‘at the | same price, although a commission of 81!1.000 vu I.uflm m look-mm-. “Cafe” | that fact leaked out., although jdly by and ses his work undone. .4 + | "‘Tenderlom” Rans Wide Open While the Police Look On Proprietors Raise a Big Corruption Fund and Vagrant Women Swarm Saloons The tenderloin v;ras a flare of red last night and as noisy as if Captain Mooney had never made an arrest there nor closed a saloon. Women’s voices were raised' in laughter in the, cafes of Ed Henderson, Casserly, Schiff Brothers and the other resorts that cluster along Golden Gate avenue, Fillmore and adjoining streets. The glasses clinked as the habitues commended the action of those “higher up,” Mooney. who were responsible for the calling off of Captain Captain Mooney did his duty a few nights ago and closed these resorts. Not a woman was permitted to enter the back rooms of the saloons, and in consequence the tenderloin was in darkness. together, raised a purse and swore they would run their house in deflance of law and decency. They bitterly com- plained that their business was being ruined by the powers they had be- friended and by the they had helped into public office. They not figure why Ruef permitted them to be molested, nor why Chief Dinan's men should raid their place. It was base ingratitude, they said. Every “cafe” man readlly contribu- ted $50 to the purse, and all promised more financial aid if it was needed. A sum which must bhave run into the thousands was raised in a night, and every Then thé “cafe” men got men could effort was mads " to keep the matter { trom the public. The significance of the opening of the “cafes” the follow- ing night was thus emphasized. With the “sack” in their hands the “cafe” men had Captain Mooney defeated. They were unablé to buy immunity from him, but they evidently “squar: matters “higher up.” Perhaps a feeling of remorse inspired Chief Dinan to relent, or perhaps it was a recollection of past favors at the hands of the tenderloin kings that | caused those “higher up” to relent. Whatever the cause, every house in the tenderloin was running wide opan last night, and the saloon men commended those who had al-\hd off Police Cap- tain Mooney. _ As for Mooney, he was forced to stand His hands “n tied. He could not even dis- C“” ar ice headquarters. Captain Mooney stated, however, that it he could not close the saloons that _reason for the sudden change | + cater to women's patronage he could raid the houses of Infamy that Infest the new tenderloin. So he was busy last night with his men, gathering in female vagrants and taking notes of those he saw In the back rooms of sa- loons. They were safe from him there, but he decl. he will them later. ——— COURT-MARTIAL TO'TRY PAYMASTER JOHN IRWIN Naval Officer Must Answer| Charge of Embezzlement and Irregularities SPECIAL DISPATCH TO THE CALL WASHINGTON, Feb. 28—A naval court-martial will assemble at Mare Island Navy Yard on February 38 for the trial of Paymaster John Irwin Jr, U. 8 N., who is charged with embexz- zlement, irregularities, etc. This board will be composed of @aptain T. S. Phelps, Pay Director C. M. Ray. Lieu- | tenant Colonel Lincoln Karmany. Ma- rine Corps Pay Inspectors T. S Jewett " |and E. D. Ryan. Lisutenant Commander R. F. Lopes, Surgeon A. W. Dunbar, with Passed Assistant Paymaster P. J. ‘Willett 28 judge advocate. Paymaster Irwin, 18 very well known | on the Pacific Coast, having spent most | of his life here. After his appointment | to the service he was sent ta the Phil- ippines. While there he was repri- manded by the Becretary of the Navy for bebaving in manner unbecoming an officer and gentleman. Paymaster Irwin's wife is a niece of the late Warren B. and William D. English. Both Paymaster and Mrs. Ir- win have taken a prominent part in the leading society events in this city and Oakland. THAW'S BULLET PREVENTED RAID ON "STUDID” Had Architect Lived Night Longer Exposure Was Certain CARD FOR DEFENSE Two More Girl Victims of White Willing Give Evidence to AN ASYLUM OPPOSE Counsel and Relatives of Prisoner Fight Against Lunacy Commitment SPECTAL DISPATCH TO THE CALL | NEW YORK. Feb. 23.—Had | Stanford White lived just one night |longer than he did his career as a { high life vice devotee would have been brought to a disgraceful clese by a i raid on one of his studios by the police. | This is the statement made today by one of Thaw's atiorneys. If necessary, the defense is prepared to prove this on the witness stand in Thaw's trial. The defense has in its hands another strong to plav if any weakening of Jerome's accord- Two sir tes xaminat the ft, to same White, fered at his e way as did the command of thelr storfes. DEATH PREVENTED DISGRACE | Thaw's bullet saved White from wit- | nessing his own exposure to the world for the man he was. White, this attorney declares, had planned to glive another of his famous dinners night of June 26. This fact was known to ons of the antivice which had | been seeking to bring White to justice. Through this soclety the police had been‘enlisted and a raid on the den of | the rich architect had bdeen arranged. Had Thaw but waited the bringing of his enemy to justice before the bar of public opinfon wolild have been accom- plished Without his intarference. Then Evelyn Nesbit Thaw would not have had to pay the awful price, through her confessions, as to her share in the un- veiling of White's true character. ‘Whether Thaw knew of the contem- plated rald is a point on which his at- torneys would throw no light. Thelr silence raises the question of a strong point they may be able te nake in his favor... If they can show that Thaw knew White was to be “shown up” and killed him anyway they can base & strong argument of insanity. The defense looks for an attempt by Jerome to throw doubt on Evelyn's veracity, just as he has torn to shreds her reputation. If any success attends his efforts these two girls will go on the stand to tell the story of their wrongs as proof that Bvelyin told only the truth in her own recital WILL FIGHT ASTLUM PLAN Counsel for Harry K. Thaw spent & | good part of today denying the usual ’crop of recess rumors which spring up during every adjournment. The atter- neys wers particularly aaxlous to have it understood that they will fight any attempt to have a commission in lunacy appointed. Despite this, however, the beltef grows that Jerome is continuously | pointing his efforts tn that direction. | He perhaps may have been influenced by this idea in making his cross-exam- | ination of Evelyn Thaw perhaps un- | necessarily cruel He hopes that the attorneys for the defense may profit by | tnis first show of severity and agrea |to the appeointment of a commission. | When they failed to-do this Jeromes manedvered in another direction. He himseif declared openly that he had no taste for the ordeal to which he was subjecting the frall young woman, and wanted to have her testimony stopped long emough to puyt on the stand Drs. Deemar and Bingaman, physiclans to both branches of the prisoner's family. It is now sald that Jerome's idea was to build up from the testimony of thess | two physicians the groundwork for his application for a lunacy commission. The defense objected to this, despite the fact that the doctors were sum- | mened from Pittsburg in behalf of the defendant. « It i also reported that Mrs. William Thaw and other members of the Thaw family are anxious that the trial, with all its shocking revelations, shall stop. District Attorney Jjerome has just be- | gun to show the strength of his hand, who suf nds almoat in the sar victims of Evelyn Nesbit, are at | the defense to teil in the a studio on s0; ., Continued on Page 34, Colama 3