The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, March 20, 1907, Page 1

Many Jealous States Contest \Califomia’s : Beauty Claim—See Page 14 The soon to open its door. great Jamestown what it is like and what it stand Exposition is You can learn s for in Everybody has been talking the Smoot case. It is Mrs. Smoot who wins. An article about her and her triumph ap- pears in The Sunday Call VOLUME CL—NO. 110. SAN FRANCISCO, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 20, 1907. PRICE FIVE CENTS. Boodlers and Bribers to Be Indicted Today Millionarre Criminals Seeking Services of D. M. Delmas + EGOTIATIONS have been opened with Attorney D. M. Delmas, now defending Harry K. Thaw in New York, with a view to employing him in the defense of persons high in financial and social circles involved in the graft scandals. The millionaire criminals are already casting about for ways and means of escaping conviction and have fixed upon Delmas as the best-equipped attorney in the country to conduct their case. % | : A Two=-Handed Justice MELLEN LEAVES WHITE HOUSE IN A SEVERE CHILL Railroad Magnate Is Given Cold Comfort by the President { QUAILING NAPOLEONS Powers of Finance Make Sorry Exhibitions in Conferences ROOSEVELT UNMOVED More Determined Than Ever| to Curb the Traffic Corporations By Ira E. Bennett WASHINGTON, March 19.— Another railroad president has visited to the White House and gone away with It was President Mel- len of the New Haven road who went empty hands He was After the talk the President saw about twenty newspaper men and talked to them up against Roosevelt today inside about forty minutes with amazing frankness, but mot for publication. Mellen had nothing te sa3 to the press $55 ; Sanithontan: Hme managers and financiers h White House is remedy for the t teken the rafin one of the raliroad men has offered to the Presi- ent any suggestion of value looking to allaying put feeling agathst the rosde or g a way for co operation between the public and the rafiroads. Each has his idea of but & ples to Rooses what he wants, down off the State Legislatures and take control of | the whole railroad gquestior The raflroad men are completely adrift in the attempt to gauge senti- ment or mold it. A few days ago they | applauded to the echo a speech eriti- | entralization | $8ea, and now they are advocating com Phete Federal control of a cising Becretary Root's a Sations. Some of the « dustry who have seen the President ately were either attacke with buck ague when they gained his or were there merel wWall » ety street and circ affect the market. They had absolute- ¥ nothing to suggest to the President e stories to and some of them earned his contempt It was made clear today that the President does not intend to take rail- | way presidents or financial magnates They him only as much as the public already knows Francisco i& just as well posted on the | President’s policies as President Mel into his confidence learn from | The newspaper reader in San en was when he left the White House today Any one who has read the Presi- dept's messages and speeches knows that he advocates more complete Fed- eral control of interstate railroads When the raflroad presidents tell him their troubles he points to his mes- sages and speeches and asks them to resd them carefully. He believes that the people of the country are deter- mined to control interstate railroads, and thet they will not cease until ex- isting unsatisfactory laws are per- fected and strengthened. If there is no other way to comtrol the railrosds, the President will faver | tise enactment of & law governing the incorporation of interstate railroads, relating to their capitalization and uo! on. The President does not place any | faith in the conversion of the railroads to the doctrine of Federal control. The President will speak at James- | town on April 26 at the opening of the | exposition and again at Jamestown on | June 10th, when the Editorial Associa- tion meets. At present it is the Presi- éent's inclination to make a speech on | the rajlroad question to the editors at Jamestowi | St. Dominic’s Church. (THE CALL’S INDEX OF THE [ SAN FRANCISCO CALL’S NEWS TODAY TELEPHONE TEMPORARY 86 WEDNES! AY, MARCH 20, 1907 WEATHER CONDITIONS YESTERDAY —Rain; maximum tempersture, 64; minimum temperature, 54 FORBCAST FOR TODAY-—Cloudy, weather, with sbowers unsettled EDITORIAL Coufessions of the rallroad magpates. Page 6 Value of eggs broken by jolting of wagons on roads Page 6 Superior Judge J. C. B. Hebbard have a Page 6 3 vacati GRAFT SCANDAL considers tndictments that will be Schmits, Ruef, Halsey and Pages 12 Butterfield of United States Independent \one Company tells of efforts by grafters up that corporation Page 2 Fact established that Roef heat Schmitz out of $55,000 ou trolley boodle division. Page 2 Heney says 'the conviction of the bribe-givers will be an easy task Page 3 vice Ruef declines to discuss Grand Jurr returned against others Dr On bis own graft situstion Ty ge Mogan censures Attorney Framk Schill r. Winslow Anderson in open court ged demanding of excessive foes. Page 14 ors of Relief Corporstion discuss plans ing atd for refugees. Page 14 Lieatenant Willlam G. Motlow. U. 5. A., tries | cut bis throat ar the Presidio, SUBURBAN Wife and children of Judge Ogden in Oak- lend marrowly pe death when upksown explodes infernal machine at the Ogden Page 14 Norble suffers paralysis as result of that Page 16 beating her Page & Oakland police raid poolroom patronized by bool boye State law providing for forty additional jes in Alsmeds, County offites must be d in courts. Page ¢ istee Forderer of Alameds, charging that President Gorbam bad wisrepresented his atti- tude toward the mew charter, produces a sten- ograpbic of Gorbam's remarks in proof tion. Page 4 or Hilgard carries out compact made years ago to write memoirs of Professor Joseph Le Coute Page 4 Oakland Board of Education bas debste over ing of & Dew school after the poet. o Page ¢ Village of Dresdful, near Oroville, swept away by floods and seven are drowned; great dsmage wrought in Sscramento Valley; Stock ton is &ll under water. Page 1 Governor Gillett sigos many Dbills. Page 7 DOMESTIC President Mellen of New Haven road 8nds cold fort at White House; Roosevelt more determined than ever ip bis raflway poliey as result of sorry exhibitions of magnates before him Page 1 Teking of testimony in Thew trisl will be concluded today snd verdiet is expected before pext Supday. Page 7 FOREIGN Roumsnian peasants begin attack on Jews and thousands of fugitives are crossing the border into Austris. Page 9 Nicaragusn soldiers are promised spofls of first cities they capture. Page 7 | sPorTS Fir Fawsrd besten in furious drive by light- weighted Chimmey Sweep at Ascot. Page 8 List of entries for the Pacific Coast inter- scholastic field day i snnounced. Page 8 Bolomsn, Misty's Pride and St. Francis in s three-nose 6nish at Emweryville. Page 8 Jimmy Britt can have a mateh with Joe Gens st bis ewn terms. Page 5 LABOR Executive Council of the State Federation of Labor will be in session on Sunday. Page 7 MARINE Heavy weather outeide the beads compels cossters to return to port for shelter. Page § MINING More than 100,000 shares of Red Top Exten- sion, Dismondfield Trisngle and Grest Bend are sold. Page 7 SOCIAL Preparations are well under way for Cafe Chantant to be given in aid of organ fund of BRANCH OFFICES Subscriptions and Advertise- ments will be received in San Francisco at following offices: 1651 FILLMORE STREET Open until 10 o'clock every pight 818 VAN NESS AVENUE Parent’s Stationery Store. Page 5 | Pege 3 ebe alleges Captain O'Nell gave | Page 4 | | * Village of Dreadful Swept Away by Flood of Feather River Lives of Seven Women and Children Lost CHICO, March 19.—The village of Dreadfui, near Oroville, has been entirely swept away by the | +» Sanderson Returns flood waters of the Feather River. Over 200 men, women and children were driven to seek refuge in trees and tops of houses, where they were exposed to rain and cold for forty-eight hours. Small boats rescued many of the refugees this morning. One boat engaged in rescue work was capsized and seven were drowned. They were Mrs. J. R. Hogue and child, Mrs. J. F. Dallis and two chil- dren, Mrs. Legallay and Stella Le-% —_— iy farmers were powerless to save them, Page 6 | A relief train fram Chico with boats, dis- over the Northern Electric clothing and was patched road, difficulty. provisions The work of rescue con- tinues. Fifty pedple are yet on the island, and there is much suffering among women and children. STOCKTON SUBMERGED Flood Pours Into City and Damage Is Enormous STOCKTON. March 19.—The greater part of the city is under water tonight, the most serious flood ever experienced here having descended from the foot- hills. Two lives have been lost and the property damage is endrmous. The rains have overtaxed the natural out- lets and frome twoQ channels streams are pouring upon the city. 2 Mres. Maud Menesee and George East- man were drowned while trying to cross an arm of the San Joaquin River, near Venice Island, today. They were in a skiff and the surging flood waters capsized the frall craft. The bodies have not been recovered. Not since 1862 has a flood Invaded the city farther north than Poplar street, but at midnight last night ihere was not a spot In the city which was not under water from one to four f in depth. A small section is above water tonight. The country surround- ing the city is a vast inland lake. ‘Weber avenue is more like a mill- SIXTEENTH AND MARKET STS. race than a street. Hacks and vehicles can make no headway against the stream and the residential section is entirely isolated from the business part of town. # reaching the scene after much | | much damage will result. The storm i:l\u; not abated and the San Joaquin River is flooding the lowlands along its banks. What the total loss will be in this city cannot he estimated even approxi- mately at this time. Every store which held regerve stock in basements has lost very heavily. LEVEES PROTECT CAPITAL | Sacramento Feels Safe Though the Country Is Inundated SACRAMENTO, March 19.—8ince reaching the highest stage on record at 11 o'clock this morning the American River at this point has been gradually receding. Considerable damage was done all along the course of the river, but ajl the levees around Sacramento are standing firmly and no harm to this city is expected. The Sacramento River registered 26% feet here this evening and 1t is still rising at the rate of an inch an hour. Tt {s not expected that the flood in the Sacramento River will crest here for many hours. Tn addition to the wreck of county bridges at Fair Oaks and Mormon Island the half-completed bridges of the Western Pacific and Northern Elec- tric companies at this point were badly damaged. There is an unconfirmed re- port that the Rattlesnake bridge across the American River in Placer County and the Coloma bridge between Placer and Fl Dorado counties have been washed away. The town of Folsom is virtually cut off from the outside world both by mail and wire. Overflow water backed up between Perkins and M hews and covers the tracks three fest ‘deep for several mites. Hun, acres of farming land are covered e v-m. water and reports’ came to this. having all they could do to escape with their families. Weather Observer Scarr predicts that the worst has not been reached in the flood situation. Reports from El Dorado County are to the effect that many bridges have been swept away. The water is fall- ing at Marysville, as a result of a break at Starr Orchard, where the Sac- ramento River is pouring out a large stream upon Sutter County orchards and Yuba City. The greater part of ‘Western Yuba County is under water and many head of cattle have drowned. OROVILLE IS SAFE Waters Receding and Citizens Giving Attention to Refugees OROVILLE, March 19.—The river is fast subsiding tonight, having fallen a total of over six feet since it began to recede at 1:30 o'clock today. Re- ports from tha.mounulngi‘n ‘to the effect that a warm storm is raging and that eight feet of snow has melted. If this report is true the water will probably rize again tonight. A citi- zens’ committee has taken charge of relief work. Merchants have lost thousands of dollars in the flood. The homeless are being cared for and the hungry fed. Provisions may be scarce for a couple of days. The domestic water system Is out of commission. The total loss in Oroville and vicinity will be over $1,000,000. ONE DROWNED AT NAPA NAPA, March 19.—When the flood waters in East Napa receded this aft- ernoon the body of Charles H. Heater, a local shoemaker, was found hang- ing to a barb-wire fence near FEast and Confession Is Taken Last Cast of the Dragnet Through intermediaries, communication was estab- lished yesterday between Mayor Schmiiz and the Districl Attorney’s office. W hile no definite proposals were made on either side, the information conveyed to the Mayor was of such a nature that it presenied the alternative of a con- fession or imprisonment for the rest of his life. The inter- mediaries were in no way clothed with official power. They were personal friends of the Mayor and they were allowed by the District Attorney’s office to see enough to convince them that the evidence against Schmitz is moun- tain high. Later in the day they called upon the Mayor ai his home and informed him that resistance on his part would be hopeless. Schmitz gave them no direct answer, stating that it was his habit to discuss such matters with his attor- neys before taking them up even with his friends. The in- termediaries will pay another visit to Schmitz during the week. No definite promise of immunily will be made fto Schmitz, but it is the intention of the prosecution fo direct its efforts to the conviction of the bribe-givers. Should Schmitz confess, it may be stated that he will be allowed to go free. Indietments against Mayor Eugene E. Schmitz, his creator and master, Ruef, and Theodore V. Halsey, bribe dispenser for the Pacific States Telephone Company, are the first fruits of the unparalleled confessions of the bribe- taking, puppet Supervisors made tc the prosecuting of- ficers and the Grand Jury on Monday. The first of these indictments will be returned today. They will be followed quickly by true bills against the real bribe-givers, the employers of Halsey, and in turn the men who through Ruef and Schmitz bought the Board of Supervisors for the United Railroads, the Fight Trust, the Home Tele- phone Company, the water companies and the manipu- lators of the Ocean Shore franchise. Johnson. Spends the Day Preparing Indictments Special Assistant Prosecutor Hiram W. Johnson, the indictment expert, worked all day yesterday on the bateh of indictments that will be transmitted to Presiding Judge Coffey today. Their number is expected to be nearly 100. They will be leveled at Ruef, Sehmitz and Halsey, who, the Supervisors have confessed, paid them $5000 each for their services in behalf of the Pacific States Telephone Company prior to the time Ruef ended that term of service by selling them to the rival Home Com- pany. With the confessions of all the boodling Supervisors in their possession and the testimony of all the old Board of Supervisors, save that of Sanderson and Duffey, before the Grand Jury, the prosecutors no longer entertain the slightest doubt of their entire ability to make good their every pledge, to purge the city of the grafters and con- viet the bribe-givers. Last Cast of the Net to Bring Up Big Fish With the information now in their possession the conviction of the bribe-givers no longer depends upon the confession of the Curly Boss. The net is cast for the last drag. When it is drawn the big fish will be enmeshed with the small fry, the ereatures who betrayed their trusts for corporation gold. Sanderson has been brought back from Arizona. ‘He came willingly enough and solely to tell the Grand Jury ‘he knows of the grait which permeated the Supervisorial