The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, February 27, 1907, Page 5

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 27, "1907. Chief Engineer Stevens Resigns; - Army Men to Bulld Canal HIEF ENGINEER STEVENS of signed. method for the work amd ha of the army the responsibility for { | canal Isthmian Canal Commission, which Senator Blackburn of Kentucky will be a member of 3 f Panama canal construction has re- The President has abandoned temporarily the econtract s transferred to the engineer branch the future conmstruction of the the body is to be reorganized. Contréct Mefhod Is| Abandoned by the President an order Shonts of th tod. lay law, trans- nch of the the further canal. He abandon- of the al work done centage,_ sy e was the announcement on as <y i1s leaving - r n nection with a gr gineering rprise in this more than from the o weeks it has been ru- Stevens was dissatis- the canal t, a5 explained inet today, Ste- President hod of con- The probability is v determine » done at the d enginee: CHIND JUBY THRERTES THE UNVTED RALADAS “There ix mo doubt that the man- | agers and officials of the United Rail- roads can be held mccountable for the death of passengers killed by the ears. They may be indicted for man- slaughter.”—Statement of Grand Juror Charles Sonntag. “If there were the right sort of gov- ermm> nt in this city the franchises would be takem away. No court in God’s world would uphold a franchise under which such accidents happen.”— ¥. J. Heney before the Grand Jury. the ge If the wanton- disregard of the United Railroads for the_lives of its patrons continues Grand Jury will begin action to deprive the company of to indict the cor- for manslaughter. &, chairman of the com- 1ittee on police and enforcement of Jaw, made that announcement yester- day afternoon at the conclusion of a jong session of the Inquisitorial body in Native Sons’ Hall in Gough street. The incompetency of the Board of Public Works was thoroughly discussed by the jurors and an Investigation was begun into the chimney inspection ser- wice, which was under the direction of S. A. GIIL “President Duffey of the Board of | Works does as he pleases,” said Grand | Juror Sonntag at the conclusion of the | meeting, “and there never was a time when the men were more incompetent than they are under the present Board of Works. Duffey acts without con- sulting with the other members of the boerd, there is no system, and the wel- fare of the city is sadly neglected.” | In discussing the campaign to be waged against the indifference of the| United Rallroads Sonnteg said: “The Grana Jury has been instructed by Assistant District Attorney Heney that the franchises for overhead trolleys | can be set aside When the company doesn’t comply With the requirements for public safety. That is a police reg- ation and has been so held by the ted States Supreme Court. When is shown that there is an irremed- | t iahle danger connected with the opera- tion of the trolley system the com- | pany can be made to put its wires un- | derground. The Grand Jury will matter of the maiming and killing of | take up the | passengers, and there is no question | that the officials can be held account- | able for the death of passengers—it is manslaughter. It is analogous to the| gituation when the owners and captain | of the steamer Slocum, which was purned with great loss of life in New | York harbor, were indicted for man- | pT. S trman of the committee onl police and enforcement of the law I propose to request the Chief of Police 2and the Coroner to give me the names of the people killed from this time on, together with the names of witnesses. The public is reguested to assist me in this matter by making reports to| me of the circumstances attending such accidents. - 1 “1f it is shown that the trolley serv- | jce is unsafe, that the motormen have | 1o run recklessly in order to make up time, or that the cars are sent out im- properly equipped, we shall hold the and managers of the United Railroads responsible. They may be held for manslaughter under the law. It is not the conductors and the motormen that we are after.” Before the Grand Jury Assistant District Attorney Francis Heney sald: “If there were the right sort of gov- ernment in this city and the present car system continued the franchises would be taken away. No court in God’s world would uphold a franchise under which such accidents happened.” 1 rand Jury inaugurated its in- on into the “chimney inspec- ft by questioning Louis Levy, of the Board of Works, on report of Chief Inspector Gill. The ort included the period from May 1906, to February 20. The receipts the bureau were $85,508; “the ex- penditure for employes, $78.015.25, and 1 incidental expense; such as the of booths, printing, paid on duplicate to $6208.08. hand February 20 was In nearly every month the expenses were greater than the income, though the account was balanced finally. The record of the months of heaviest busi- ness gives an idea of the relation of the profit and loss. The following is an excerpt from the report: Months— Receipts Payroll June .. .$46,044 July Tinmez Augost 64 November 569 Levy explained that some payments were not made at the time that the inspections were finished. Gill will be ed before ‘the jury to testif is hoped by the grand jurors t person victimized by chimney spectors, or who pretended to be such, will come forward and tell of their experiences, The theater graft was taken up briefly by the jury. Z. Abrams of the National, Samuel Loverich of the Nov- of the Wig- elty and Joseph Bauer stationery, | s buggy hire, car|terday was 6000 and Miss Haywards {in |a complimentary wam testified regarding their permits. | Abrams could not do that, because the National had no permit from either the Mayor or the Board of Works. He denied the report that he had collected a fund of $12,000 for protection of the firetrap theaters. Loverich stated that the Novelty obtained a permit from the Mayor, and Bauer said that the Board of Works issued the permit to the Wigwam. The Grand Jury ad- journed to meet on Friday next. RUEF JURY PANEL DRAWN The names of fifty men, from whom the jury of twelve to try Abe Ruef-on the charge of extortion will be selected, were drawn from the trial jury box in Judge Dunne's court yesterday. The names were drawn from the box by County Clerk Mulcrevy in the presence of District Attorney Langdon, Assistant District Attorney -Heney, Attorneys Johnson, Shortridge and Fairall, and Sueriff O'Nell, and the latter was given until Thursday to make returns on the fifty names. There was no contest nor an incident of special note connected with ~the drawing of the first graft trial jury, but the fact that the court ordered but fifty names drawn occasioned consid- erable surprise and was unexplained. It is believed by those interested in the Ruef case that a panel of this size will be exhausted long before a jury is ‘selected, as a hard contect will un- doubtedly be made over every name end it is not unlikely that several ad- ditional panels will be necessary before the jury is completed. The fifty jurors drawn yesterday | were ordered to report Tuesday morn- ing, when Ruef's trial is to begin and Judge Dunne announced that none but statutory excuses for absence would be accepted. The list of fifty is as fol- | lows: James C. Nolan, 1116 Fulton stsest; Lesser Prager, 2826 Washington street; Patrick Mit- chell, 821 Fulton street; Nathan Kalischer, 1774 Turk street; Golden M. Roy, Louls Levenbaup. 2775 Claystreet; H. A. Nau- man, 927 Ashblry street; e 8. Newbauer, 1014 Sacramento street; William 8. Kittle, 2525 Fillmore street; Nathaniel F. James, 289 First avenue; James P. Mulryan, 1432 Geary streot; Henry Monahan, 1445 Octavia street; George A. Rigg, 1518 Baker street: Charles Z. O'Donnell, 870 Sanchez street; John L. Nelson, 531 Hugo street; Lott D. Norton, 745 Cole street; Oscar Fisher, 2088 Bush street; John Marchl, 2020 Filbert street; Timothy D. MecCarthy, 1658 Gold- en Gate avenue; Jobn H. Greevy, 120 Silver street; Peter A. Lind, 430 Cheners sireet; Guy A Buell, 728 Schrader street; Theodore Gieseke, 246 Porter avenus; E. R. Gardner, 1169 Pacific avenue; John Loughlin, 741 Oak-street; Adolph Mack, 2678 Pacific avenue; Adolph H. R. Schmidt, 2579 California street; I. s Moulton, 2190 Devisadero strset; Thomas Judge, 1401 Lyon street; Peter Bacigalupi, street; Charles H. Workman, 1 Castro street; George Thompson, 1168 Treat avenue; Nereen, Castro street; Frank Piper, Jackson street; Francisco uum?:-', 2205 rrington, Poiut Scott street; Willlam No) ; Charles Dick, 49 Alpine street: George M. street; Charles Louis, 2519 Clay street; O. Nourse, 873 Post sireat; Michael Meyer, 2136 Butter street; Rinal- C. Li 185 Jersey street: Charles 65 ;_lsamc Magnin, 3652 Clay street; Alexander Martin, 893 Haight street; John H. Lindow, 2735 Californis street; Leon Kabn, 1779 Turk street; John F. Carroll, 218 Fourth aveoue: Lewis C. Nostrom, 2710 Baker street; James H. Cutter, via streef. tores Toa. Wh 8 chatrs church Ray Co., 141 Grove | | | | | i | | Gold Prize Nearing Sacred Heart College Beginning to Sprint for TODAY'S SCORE FOR SECOND SERIES OF PRIZES 1—Miss Norma Merani, 5613 Vallejo street, Oakland, Cal..... 2—Mrs. J. F. Doherty, 920 Fourteenth street, Sacramento, Cal. 3—Sacred Heart College, Fell street, near Fillmore, San Franeisco. Emily Hayward, Martinez, Contra Costa County, Cal. Rose Breschini, Blanco, Monterey County, Cal... 6—William Emerson (“Jack, the Newsboy”), San Jose, Cal. 7—Miss Tillie Harts, Danville, Contra Costa County, Cal..... S—>Miss Ethel Potter, Newman, Stanislaus County’ Cal. 9—Emile Iverson, Sausalito, Marin County, Seesns 10—Miss Lois B. Pfitzer, Newman, Stanislaus County, Cal 11—Mrs. Mary C. Deasy, box 128, Napa, Cal. 12—Miss Mollye Sheridan, 39 Sutter street, Stockton Cal. -y and son, San Rafael, Marin County, Cal..... 25,000 14—Miss Gladys Adcock, 13 Franklin square, San Francisco.. 15—Hattle M. Hoppock, Fresno, Cal..... ~ 16—George H. Angove, Somoma, Somoms County, 17—Christ Church Athletic Club, Sausalito, Cal...... 18—Walter Hamshaw, 1310 Oxford street, Berkeley, Cal - 18—Miss Irma Klaumann, Pacific Grove, Monterey County, Cal. 20—Miss Theresa Coleman, Point Richmond, Contra Costa County, Cal. 15,600 4—Mi B M 13—Mrs. Rose E. Tri 21——James Anis Quinn, 730 Fell street, 22—Tobin and Winchester, 67th Coast 23-—Miss Effie Vaughn, Merced, Cal. 24-—Miss Jennie Tibbets, Hanford, Kings County, Cal. 25-—Henry Pope, 1416 Valencia street, San Franeisco.. . 26—Miss Blizabeth Bockerman, 1628 Central avenue, Alameda, Cal. 27—Mrs. Ellen Smith, Walnut Creek Cal. 28-—Miss Pearl Van Meter, Lafayette, Contra Costa County, Cal 29—Miss Hatti¢ Eden, 22 Ritch street San Francisco. . 30——Miss Anna'Skinner, 14 A street, Washington square, San Francisco .31—Bud Benjamin (“Buster Brown”), Angel Island, Cal 32—Earl E. Gifford, Alamo, Contra Costa County, Cal. 33-—Miss Magda Steinkamp, Rescue, El Dorado County, Cal. 34—Young Men’s Christian Association, Stockton, Cal... 35—Joseph Fassler, 340 Chapultepec street, San Francisco. 36—<Edward A. Cormell, Porterville, Tulare County, Cal, With the end of the second perfod of the gold contest only four days dis- tant, Sacred Heart College is begin- ning to close the gap in the score be- tween it and the two leaders, Miss Norma Merani and Mrs, J. F. Doherty. The college registered a gain of 32,850 yesterday, but still is 17,550 votes be- hind Mrs. Doherty, who has been prac- tically at a standstill since Saturda Miss Merani made a gain of 11,000 and has a lead of 25,350 over Mrs. Doherty. Miss Merani has remained at the head of the list so steadily throughout the present heat of the race that it'will be & great disappointment to her and her friends if she does not win first prize in the end. It is by no means cer. tain, however, that she will be so for- tunate as to secure the $500 purse, as Mrs. Doherty and Sacred Heart College will unquestionably poll many sthou sand votes more before the end of th week. No one is going to win firs prize easily, and Miss Merani cannot rest in security with a score of less than 300,000, which it is altogethe probable she will be able to reach b fore Saturday night. The race for fourth place in the list between Miss Emilie Hayward of Mar- tinez and Miss Rose Breschini of Blan- co 18 no less exciting than that between the three leaders for first place. Miss Breschini was No. 4 on Monday morn- ing, but Miss Hayward recovered the position in Tuesday's score, and still holds it by the very narrow margin of 150 votes. Miss Breschini’s gain yes- 3500, barely sufficient to prevent the Iit- The ktle Swiss girl from being No. 4 again. ITALIAN-SWISS SIGNORINE L'Italia, & daily newspaper devoted to the Italian colony of San Francisco and the Pacific Coast, has been champion- ing the cause of Miss Merani in the contest, while La Colonnia Svizzera, the organ of the Italian-Swiss colony of California, has been performing a like service for Miss Rose Breschini. TLa Voce del Popolo, which circulates large- {1y among both the Itallans and the Swiss, has now taken up the cudgels behalf of both the Itallan and the Swiss representatives in the contest. Monday’s edition of La Voce del Popolo contained a picture of Miss Merani and article headed “Due gnorine ed un Concorso del Cal having reference to the participation o Miss Merani and Miss Breshini in the contest of The Call. La Voce del Popolo comments on the prominent part taken by these two young ladies in the contest and urges all the Italian and Swiss residents to lend their sup- port to one or the other of these girls. The contest is emphasizing one thing at least, and that is the power of the Ttalian and Swiss populdtion of Call- fornia as a factor in the prosperity and the politics of the State. If the Itallan- Contestants the Goal : First Place Cal.. . Cal. San Francisco, Oak.,. Artillery, Presidio, 8. F.. speaking people of California all pull | together for the accomplishment of any definite purpose, as they are doing in the present contest, they can secure nearly anything they want. Mrs. Rosa E. Tracy of San Rafael, by a gain of 3950 yesterday, moved up two numbers to thirteenth place. She finished as No. 15 In the first period of the contest and bids fair to hold a higher position at the close of the present period. Her young son, George, is helping her to roll up the votes and deserves some of the credit for the success she is meeting with. LETHARGY OF CHURCH FOLK | George H. Angove, the young chicken farmer of Sonoma, has captured No. 16 from Christ Church Athletic €lub. | | The church peopls are not helping the | boys composing this worthy organiza- tion to win & fund for the equipment f their club as they should. The boys | |are disappointed that more of the| | church people have not been willing to help them to secure one of the big| | purses. Candidates who have an inti-| | mate acquaintance with saloon men are | | recelving much more liberal support | from them than those who are appeal- {Ing principally to church folk for as- sistance to further a good cause. That | is one of the anomalies of the contest. Sacred Heart College is abput the only | contestant that is receiving any con-| siderable support of an ecclesiastic na- ture. The Catholics are ever loyal to their own people and institutions in any worthy cause. Miss Jennie Tibbetts of Hanford is making hay while the sun shines in Kings County. She entered the con- test at the eleventh hour and had small hope of winning a prize, but has al- ready gained a place within the prize- winning limits, No. 24, which she at- tained yesterday by a gain of 4100 which took her up four degrees from No. 28. Henry Pope is now the lowest of the | probable prize winners, being No. 25, | with a score of 10,700. Miss Bocker- 'man of Alameda, who was No. 25. for a long while, has crossed the dead- line and will remain among the “down and out” unless she gets a lively move |on within the next four days. | All those with scores of less than 120,000, which includes all below No. 19, are in jeopary of being left out in the | cold when_ the prizes are distributed, unless they bolster up their waning fortunes in the next few days. The time to stop loafing and get down to hard, earnest work Is at hand, The drones will find to their sorrow that they have drawn blanks when it is too late. . Remember that the contest closes next Saturday night and that all votes must be in The Call office or on the way there by mall or express by 10 | p. m. of March 2. SAVES HARRIMAN FROM THIALAS LAW BREAKER President Roosevelt Use the Evidence to Educate People * Continued From Page 1, Column 4 obtain the punishment of any indl- vidual. Opinions here are divided as to the wisdom of the course now being pur- sued. Some public men think the spec- tacle of a king of finance cenvicted and imprisoned would be more potent than the disclosure of corporation methods by such a man himself. Harriman Says Fish Juggled Big Funds NEW YORK, Feb. 26.—Declaring that the removal of Stuyvesant Fish from the presidency of the Illinois Central Railroad had no connection with the acquisition of the latter road by the Union Pacific, BEdward H. Harriman, president of the Union Pacific, this aft- ernoon charged Fish with having used his position for his own personal bene- fit, and laid his removal to that cause. Harriman gave this version of the famous Fish-Harriman quarrel in his testimony before the Interstate Com- merce Commission in the course of its investigation into the various Harriman mergers. He has been represented as having treated Fish with unfeeling se- verity, and he seemed to welcome the opportunity to give his version of the affair. He asserted that he had kept Fish in office after the directors wanted to remove him, and declared that he had personally loaned Fish $1,200,000 to enable him to satisty his obligations and meet the views of the directors. Harriman said: “In 1903 President Fish deposited half a million dollars of the raflroad funds in the Trust Com- CASTORIA For Infants and Children. - The Kind You Have Always Bought Bears the Signature of Will pany of the Republic, of which he was president, and then went to Hurope. ‘When I learned of this I began work to get these funds back and finally| succeeded. Later the president did the same thing again, depositing another big amount with the Trust Company of the Republic, using the money of the Illinois Central to pad the deposits of his trust company. He also) lent large sums to himself.” FISH IS RETICENT The allegations of Harriman caused & flutter in financlal and railroad circles and aroused a storm of gossip as to Just what the attack will lead to. Fish declined to make a statement. It was reported that he would seek an oppor- tunity to appear before the Commerce Commission. Lawyers.engaged in con- duc:lnftthlt bxot;iy'l inquiry said an op- Pportunity would be giv PO gliven to Fish if he Other features of Harr 5 o i iman’s testl- A continued refusal tions relating to transactions; Explanations of the transfe, - 000 shares of Southern Pac!flcr!‘:toc?%o Willlam G. Rockefeller during the at- tempt of James R, Keene to secure con- trol of the road, and of the delayed announcement o. the dividends in Union Pacific and Southern Pacific; Attempts of the Government to show that the union Pacific charges unfair rates, stifles competition in the vast territory traversed by its lines. and that its dividends of 10 per tent and its expenditure of $240,000,000 on better- ments came from an unfair toll on its patrons; An academic discussion of railway regulation by high authorities on either side that ran from a plea for legalized combinations of railroads under Gov- to answer ques- individual stock 75¢ KIMONOS, 3%¢ . Upon presentation of this Coupon we will sell you Kimonos and Dressing Sacques made of fancy fig- ured lawn. These are all new spring goods; have fancy sleeves and are trim- med with Persian. Regular 75¢ values. With Coupon only, 3%¢ No mail orders. Nct more than 3 to a customer. Good for Wednesday, February 27, only. s PRAGERS COUPON 50c EMBROIDERIES, 25¢ Upon presentation of this Coupon we will sell you your selections of a big assortment. of patterns in elaborate designs of beau- tiful cambric oorset cover embroideries; comes 18 inches wide, and is worth 500 a.yard. With Coupon only, yard No mall orders. Not more than 23% yards to a cus- tomer. Good for Wednes- day, February 327, only. PRAGERS ALWAYS RELIABLE MARKET & JONES STS. COUPON Upon presentation of this Coupon we will sell you a pair of extra large, heavy White California Blankets. They have attractive colored borders, and are especially recommended for their splendid wearing qualities. They sell elsewhere for $4.50. ‘With Coupon only pair $2.95 Not more than 2 irs to a customer. orders. Good for No mall ednesday, February 27, only. 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It is worth considerably more than our special Coupon price, yard S, 23e of this ell you 4-karat Pins, set and tractive from. th Cou- . No mail orders. Not more than 10 yards to_a cus- tomer. Good for Wednes- day, February 27, only. PRAGERS COUPON MADRAS CURT. will sell you a pair Curtains. They com: effects, in all the tensively used for unusual value at $1.25 ! price of, pair Not more than 2 No mail orders. February 27, only. Good for Wednes- Upon presentation of this Coupon w 'AINS, T5¢ PAIR of beautiful Madras e in the cross-stripe popular coleor: side drapes, and an our special Coupon 11 1 7S¢ pairs to a customer. Good for Wednesday, PRAGERS that the Government control railway stock issues; A charge and an admission that the misconduct of the railroads created the popular anger that moves determinedly for-their regulation. A charge that no other country in the avorld is so hostile to large trans- portation Interesis; An assertion that the purchase of Southern Pacific by the Union Pacific had given the Southwest ten years ad- vantage .in development, and that the failure of the Union Pacific to securs the Northern Pacific left the North- west ten years behind where it would have been if control had been obtained. AN AID TO HISTORY All this ended in a remarkable scene where the Government and the man stood confronted. The day's events gave a vivid and intimate realization of the problems of swollen wealth and railway regulation. It made a notable contribution to the financial history— light and dark—of the time. Harriman's examination was con- ducted by Frank B. Kellogg of St Paul, special counsel of the Govern- ment. The statement of the witness as to Stuyvesant Fish came in the middle of the morning session. Kellogs, in refer- ence to the Illinois Central, spoke twice of the “squabble” between the witness and Fish. There was & renewal of the objection to the commission’s right to inquire into Harriman’s private stock transac- tions, and the matter took the same course as yesterday. The commission ruled that the questions must be an- swered; then followed a formal re- fusal, and the record was formally completed. The first objection was against revealing the amount of hold- ings of Harriman and his associates in the Santa Fe, and the second as to the Cabinets, Card Systems, Fountain Pens. We sell Legal Twinlock We are sole agents for the Shaw-Walker Filing Devices, Multi- . Ledgers, Loose-leaf Devices and I &lanks and Writing Materials of every descrip- tion; Boéokkeepers’, Artists’ and Architects’ Supplies. Our Picture, Frame, Moulding and Mirror Department are of the _very‘best; even better than before the fire. X ANBORN, VAIL & CO. existence of a pool er private under- !tl:d(n‘ as to stock in the Illinois Cen- | tral PROBE THE SPECULATION The most interesting objection was as to the possible speculation in Uniop | Pacific stock in July and August last, and particularly on the day the an- nouncan‘-nt of the dividend was held up. Harriman first testified that he knew | of no speculation, and explained that the dlirectors of the road already held much of the stock. Commissioner Lane wanted to know if the witness had him- self bought any stock after he knew that there was to be a dividend. Attorney John G. Milburn quickly blocked the question with an objection. | The witness created laughter when he declared he had bought Union Pacific at 25 in 1898 in expectation of the divi- dend in 1906. The objection was renewed through- out the day whenever Kellogg re- ferred to the stock transactions of the witness in the railroads under inquiry, and so all examination along that line was blockéd. No steps have been taken yet for testing the question in the courts, but Chairman Knapp has shown great care in laying the foundation in the record every time the proposition has occurred. alarmed, and SACRAMENTO IS ALARMED Capital Removal Measure Is Said to Have Programme Indorsement SACRAMENTO, Feb. 26.—The indus- try displayed by Jere Burke and Walter Parker in enlisting support to the pro- posed removal of the capital from Sac- ramento to Berkeley has given rise to the report that the project is now a fully indorsed programme measure and will have little difficulty in passing | both houses of the Legislature. Whether this is so or not, there can | be no denying that the movement of the Berkeleyites has very definite bot- tom and will develop into one of the most spirited fights at the close of the session. Sacramento is genuinely tonight there is talk among some of the influential residents of raising a fund to oppose the re- moval. Paso Robles Hot Sprivgs An all year round resort for those who nesd rest and recreation and a change from the byrrving. dustling clty lfe. New $100.000 bathhouse, with all the latest appliances for the remedial uses of mineral waters. Stopovers on frst-class rail and Pullman tickets. Speefal reduced rail rates. including board at hotel. Ask agents Southern Pacific. . FREE FROM - PRICE 974 INVESTMENTS Central California Traction Co.'s 5% First Mortgage Gold Bonds Interest Payable April Ist and October Ist lemn" Investors 534 per cent. Subscripti Mgt CALIFORNIA SAFE DEPOSIT AND TRUST CO, California and Montgomery Streets, CALIFORNIA NATIONAL BANK, Sacramento, Cal. STOCKTON SAVINGS AND LOAN SOCIETY, Stockton, Cal From whom Full Information be obtained. TAXATION and Interest San Francisco