The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, June 4, 1907, Page 1

California. Read of their exploits and see outing photos of them in ' Spriglitly women who fish and hunt= ' with success! There are many of them in i THE SUNDAY CALL \OLL \Ih (‘H NO. 4. Grand Jury Charges Chief of T elephone Electricians Strike to POND LEWES DEBTS THAT TOTAL 75,000 - \ Former | Disappearancc of Mayor’s Son Due to Heavy Losses | FAILS 1IN BUSINESS| @oes East While - Brother | Attempts = Settlement | INDEX OF THE | SAN FRANCISCO CALL’S NEWS TODAY TELEPHONE ’I'E!!PORAICY 86 TUESDAY, JUNE 4, 1907 WEATHER CONDITIONS YESTERDAY—Cloudy; maximum temperature, 60; minimum, 52. FORECAST FOR TODAY—Clondy; fog in morning and at night; light southwest winds, mngm, to westerly. Page 11 EDITORIAL The impudest Pullman monopoly. Page 8 A lesson for California. Page 8 A chattering senator. Page 8 Vagrant vegetables of Berkeley. Page 8 | STRIKE SITUATION | Two bundred electrical workers strike in sym- pathy with telephone operators. Page 1| Governor Gillett to assist conciliation commit- | | tee in bringing about conferences with President With Creditors MAY .BE PAID| ALL Clubman’s Predicament Due in Part to Decline in Fishing Products { d Po r, - whose nd, clubman and son®of departure - from | i by _announcement - of ——— | Liabilities estimated at $75,000 are given as the reason for the disappear- ance of Edward Pond, prominent young clubman and son of former‘ Mayor Edward B. Pond, “who "has| been missing two weeks. About 25| creditors, for the most part ship chandlers, are said to be affected by| the failure. Young Pond’s: relatives and business associates, beyond ad-| mitting that they last heard from thew missing man in New York, persist m. shrouding his whereabouts in mystery | and are making an effort to effect a settlement with his creditors. Pond’s failure came to light two weeks after he had departed, when his brother, Samuel V. Pond, of Watson, Pond & Riddle, requested statements of ac- counts from the missing man's credit- Among the beavier creditors are M. Josselyn & Co., 106 Main street, the Leslie salt refining company. Pond’s failure, his friends claim, was aused by a general decline in the es of fish products, coupled with | losses resulting from . the- fire | There has been no-meeting | rs. heavy ast year. of the credifors, though:all have been asked for statements by Samuel . Pond of Watson, Pond & Riddle, real estate ~g~nts, who has undertaken t'\, straighten nis -brother's affalrs. The assets, he asserts, will nearly meet the liabilities and he believes that an ad- justment . satisfactory. to . all can _be arranged OWNS THREE VESSELS Edward Pond was also a member or the firm of Wheaton, Pond & Harrold, aairy products and provisions, .at 1 Commercial street. .The members of Bt s £ A LB S Continued” Puge 6, Column "2 | strixes. erime. Page 2 GRAFT Grand jury returns charges of misfeasance in | office aguinst Chief of Police Dinan. Page 1 { against » break will ioto Unpited States supreme court, Page 16 PDefendant in divoree sult earries pistol fo court, but disclaims murderous intent. Page 9 return ‘mateb. Page 7 LABOR Telegraphers’ union presents schedule to Postal |end Western Unfon, but latter ~declines to negotiate. Pago 9 MARINE | MINING Celhoun of United Raflroads and President Scott | of telephone company with a view of settling | Pages 2 | Frank J. Symmes cpnfers with governor enlargement of scope of committee of ten; close watch to be maintalned in governmental uf- tairs. Pago 2 Haight street car wrecked by bomb, but pas- sengers escape injury: Danfel White, a striking carman, captured after chase and charged with Eleven jurors are secured for trial of case Schmitz and defense exhausts its per- emptory challenges. Page 1 Reagan to be star witness of theé prosecution of Mayor Schmits. Page 3 cITY Liabilitles of $75.000 given as the reason for the disappearance of Bdward Pond, son of a former mayor of San Francisco. Page 1| Dr. Bdward B. Perrin, indicted with John A. Denson, makes pitiful appesl for up«dvl trial. Page 9 pervisors amend municipal budgetso' special | tax will be levied for street improvements in- | stead of Geary street road. Page 16 rvisqrs wrangle over attempt to force es committee to report on resolution for- felting franchises of United Railroads. Page 2 Attorney quarrels with Sheriff 0’Neil and tells bim that his turn before the grand jury will come next. Page o Contesting heirs of Jacob Davis to carry fight Principal and janitress of Richmond schoul complain to beard of education that new order menaces children. Page o Glsle Ebardt granted divorce from soldier fter her mother testifies that be bad won ber daughter away in courtshbip from a saflor by means of @ love potion. Page 16 SUBURBAN Oakland clty council decides upon fmmediate seizure of all tide lands lying between the broad gauge mole and the Western Pacific's strip and will fence in the area with a line of plles. Page 1 Case of Dr. F. H. Van Tassell, who disap- peared last Thursday from Berkeley, continues to baffie police. Pago 4 Oakland steam laundries resume as ‘‘open Union denounces university students who work In place of the strlkers. Page 4 Governor Gillett recedes from position in tilt with regents over architects to superintend state university buildings. Page 4 Sheriff begins crusade against roadhouse re- sorts selling liguor witbout permits. Page & COAST . Laundry workers and teamsters of San Jase #£0 out on strike. Page & DOMESTIC Court of appeals sustains sentence of con- tractors jmplicated - in big Savannah harbor fraud. Page 10 Complete Jury 1s sworn for the trial of Wil iam D. Haywood and introduction of testimony by the prosecution will begin today. Page 5 FOREIGN Feeling of uneasiness prevalls in Tokyo con- cerning future relations between America and Japan. Page 11 Missionaries fice from Chinese rebels to Swa- | tow and it is reported American squadron hax been ordered to concentrate. Page b Union leaders call off strike which has tled up the ports of France. Page 11 SPORTS ‘Well backed thoroughbreds win four races at Emeryville and book makers bave an unprofitable | aay. Pago 7 Montgomery, ridden by Radtke, wins the Jockey club stake st Belmont. Page 7 Britt and Nelsofi, the latter represented by Manager Billy Nolan, agree upon terms for a United States cruiser Milwaukee, with trial officers on board, sails for Santa Barbara chan- el for final gemeral test. Page 11 Local mining stock boards resume business and sell southern Nevada shares with general de- cline in prices. Page 15 Deal is mada by which combination of mines in the Lee district is effected, penditure of $100,000. involving ex- Page 15 THE CALL’S BRANCH OFFICES m:fi"m received in_San Francisco at followmg offices: 1651 FILLMORE STREET Open until 10 o'clock every night. 818 VAN NESS AVENUE Parent's Stationery Store. SIXTEENTH AND T STS. Jackson’s w 533 HAIGHT STREET Christian’s Branch, 3011 16TH ST. COR, MISSION International suuouery Store. 1531 CHURCH George Puwltt‘l Branch. P ootwards Branch. | the broad gauge mole of the Southern (AKLAND TIDE LAND AREATO BE FENGED IN City Council Will Take Pos- session by Driving a Line .of Piles VAST TRACT CLAIMED Stretches From Broad Gauge Mole to Western Pa- " cific’s’ Strip IMMEDIATE SEIZURE Municipality’s Action Based Upon Recent Decision of Circuit Court OAKLAND, June 3.—~By unani- mous vote tonight the city council decided to take actual possession of all: the submerged and partly sub- merged land lying between the north training wall of Oakland harbor and Pacific company, by driving a line of piles extending completely afound the lands, and inclosing a space approxi- mately 4,000 feet long and 1,500 feet wide. The city engineer was in- structed to begin the work of driving thepflnnonoe.flurmlubnpm- ‘that all the monéy oW in_the| wharf fund be made immediately avail- able for the work. The resolution pro- vides for the immediate sefzure of vir- tually all tide lands 1ying between the broad gauge mole of the Southern Pa- cific company and the partly finished mole of the Western Pacific railway, but does not encroach upon them. The Gould people hold a franchise from the city for tracks on the fill not yet com- pleted. The lines to be followed under the council’s direction start from the south end of Peralta street, extending to low water mark. This brings the point of commencement bearing upon the easterly end of the filll which the Western Pacific has made along the north_training wall of Oakland harbor. The council has taken the position that the land in question belongs to the city of Oakland under the decision of the United States circuit court of ap- peals in the recent Southern Pacific: Western Pacific fight. The decislon de- clared: -that the city of Oakland pos- sessed the right to “wharf out” and this has been construed further to mean that the right to “wharf out” carries with it title to the land necessary in the construction of wharves. The action tonight follows the council’s call on the city engineer to prepare plans and es- timates for wharves on this land. SCENE OF FORMER SATTLE The land for the selzure of which provision is made in the resolution adopted tonight was the scene of a battle between the Southern FPacific company and the city of Oakland 14 years ago, Wwhen former Governor George C. Pardee, then mayor of Oak- land, forcibly ;emoqu 2 line of piles which had been driven by the raflroad company to inclose all the land be- tween the north training wall and the broad gauge mole. The action of the council tonight is the most radical which has been taken since Pardee sorcibly removed the obstructions of the railroad company and is the first step by the city toward taking posses- sion of the water front. Councilman Jackson ;introduced the resolution providing for the seizure of the lands and it was adopted under suspension of the rules. Councilman Jackson said that the proposed line of piles did not in any way interfere with the mole .of the Southern Pacific com- pany or the comstruction work of the ‘Western Pacific, the resolution providing simply for the inclosing of the land be- tween the two, which abuts on ‘the ‘westerly portion of the water front of the city. S TEXT OF THE mournox The adoption of the resolution was opposed by Councilman Pendleton on the ground that technical” pussession of the lands at much less. q;iqqu. by driving & much smaller num of piles. 'After an ex- tended debate’it’ was decided to adopt the Tesqlutiog: ‘and. procesy th: the the city could take| MEN WALK 00T T0 HELP F 0F THE Demand for Recognition of the New Union Is Ignored SCOTT NOT ON HAND Committee Says President of Company Purposely Kept Away GLASS’ PLEA IN VAIN| | Repair and Installation De- partments Without Workmen More than 200 -members of elec- trical workers’-union No. 151 deserted their posts in the six stations of the telephone company yesterday in re- sponse to the call for a sympathetic strike in behalf of the “hello® girls. No other company employing elec- tricians was lfi'ected by the m : afternoon met yesterday.n 6 o'clock. It was vested power to ‘act, and wil ado it decided to stiike Henry T. Scott PCMM;F fusal’ to recognize the ‘operators’ ‘union, The committee proceeded to Scott’s office in Fell.near Scott street, but he was not there. Instead, the committee was greeted by Vicefie i- dent Louis Glass. He said that he was n mo position to give any assurance that the request would be granted, but asked the committee to postpone flnn{ action for a few days. According to Presfdent Leonard, who is chairman of the strike committee, It was evident that President Scott was purposely absent. “We asked where he was and were told that he was in Menlo,” said Leonard yesterday. “Then we suggested making an ape pointment over the telephone. We sald that we would be wilfing to go to Menlo .or any other place that he might name. Again we were discour- aged. Glass sald that he did not deem it expedient for us to visit President Scott, and again urged that we.deldy final action for a few days. We told him that we had visited Scott at the time that the telephone operators struck and that he had been aware for a long time of our Intentions. “There was nothing to be gained by further delay., We asked Glass for a final answer and he replled that he would do nothing and that it was In- expedient to - bother President Scott. Then we sald, ‘It's all off, Mr. Glass,’ and we walked out. “All the members.at work for-the telephone company were at once moti- | fled to quit at'1 o'clock, which they did, except some few men who .were working on uncomplsted jobs that if left unfinished would jeopardize life or property. Such wo_rkmen completed their work.-and tomorrow there will be no more electrical workmen in the em- ploy of the telephone company. “There will be some difficulty in San Rafael, too, because .our jurisdiction extends to that place. The linemen employed there went out, “We were much guatified when 25 nonunion electricians employed in the stations here struck _with us and have made application to foin the' union. These applications will ;be acted on at the meeting of: the union tomorrow. morning. “The work of the company will be more seriously hampered .than ever. There Wwere ‘orders on file to install 6,000 phones and our h'mm- pushers’ were kept busy rtplirlu the equip- ment already- installed. It will go. un- repaired for some, time, m bolhw. Leonard said'that the «fnhl member- ship of No. 161 _'u a fltfla more than ith Chief of Police Jeremiah Dinan, against® wham formal charges of : misconduct in' office and who of- twenly days. s grand ' jury ~has the made / will be- cpiation + Eleventh Juror Selected in Trial of Mayor Schmitz Defense Exercises Its Last Peremptory Challerige and Calls for More Eleven Jurors: Accepted L. WEIL, 2855 California street; buyer. PAUL BANCROFT, 735 Market. street, real estate broker. CHARLES 'H. GISH,' 1682 San Jose ‘avenue,’ contractor. JAMES FITELBERG, 1723; Oak. street, furniture dealer. GEORGE ‘DE URIOSTE, 189 M th avenue, ' commission ° merchant. 13 JOHN O’MARA, . 333; Cnmbfithnd street, blacksmith. JAMES E. R."BENSON,: 827 Capp street, pressman. CHARLES'S. CAPP; 628 ‘Baker street, real; estate broker. THEODORE - DELLWIG,: 270 Ninth:avenue, retired -baker. FR!{}JERICK BOECHMANN, 966 Haight ‘ Street,- rétired liquor 'THOMAS - ELRICK. 2233 Grove street,: haberdasher. of Ma;or Schxmtz wben adgonumunt was uhen yuterday -fter not uuul it had made herolc a&mpt to get double its share of peremptories: and thus. mdefinn\dy’dehy- the . pmgreu of the trial in the Malfam‘ extomon cése, which should ml:h’the teemnony stage .today. Thmyurouwereaccep;edyenm'dly memthemnmgand mmtmdummmdmemm#WWSodockm e:ght talesmen. in ‘the panel not yet. exainined.. - Theodore Dellwig of 2?0\ Nmth avenue, a retired baker, ‘who /had- ptovxded the staff of life to city folk for 30: years,~was chosen in- the morning, and F:rdcfick Boeckmatm- of” 96§ Haight street, a wholesale - liquor dea}er now remed‘ who had-done pohtxcs th Ruef ‘in .Laumeis- | con ross Misconduct ause of the Operators% fleet has its ghost ship along of the world. Stories of these DINAN TO STAND THIAL ON GARGE OF MISFEASANGE Grand Jury Makes Formal Accusation Against Police Chief LANGDON PROCEEDS Immediately Files Papers Containing Serious Allegations OFFICIAL CONFESSES Tells Inquisitors How He Used Department to Help Grafters The grand jury returned a for- | mal accusation against Chief of iPolice Jeremiah Dinan yesterday | afternoon, charging him with gross misconduct in the adminis- tration of his duties at the head of the police department. Dinan will be brought to trial in the superior court on this charge in a few days, and if found guilty will be removed from office. The accusation was placed in the hands of District Attorney Lang- don and filed by him with the | county clerk Ilate in the after- - noomn. Dinan’s epen championship of the indicted grafters was directly responsible for the action taken to depose him. Not only has he espoused the cause of Schmitz and Ruef personally, but the evidence be- fore the grand jury shows that for the past three months policemen de- tailed by him have at his instigation neglected their work as peace officers to assume the character of private de- tectives in behalf of Ruef and Schmitz. This, however, was not the only charge made against Dinan. He is ac- cused of having conspired with Ruet and several men known as the owflers and promoters of evil resorts to oper- ate and give protection to the noto- rious Pacific street brothel, so long one of the rottenest of the administration’s many rotten institutions. No criminal charge is brought agalnst him for his participation in the affairs of this dive. nor for his activity In having jurors and veniremen Investigated in behalf of the indicted mayor and boss, the form of action brought calling for the penalty of dismissal from office instead of imprisonment. It was developed by the grand jury yesterday that the investigation of prospective jurors by members of the police department working under Di- nan’s orders was not an innovation be- gun since the commencement of the Schmitz trial, but had been going on in connection with the Schmitz and. Ruef trials for three months. Since the first jury venire in the Ruef extortion trial was drawn four members of the police department have been withdrawn from their regular duties and have given their entire time and energy to the work of securing the history and antecedents of prospective jurymen to the end that the indicted chiefs of ths administration might be provided with weapons to fight the officials of the prosecution, whom Dinan is sworn to assist. So brazen has Dinan been in his open champlonship of Schmitz and Ruef thar, according to District Attorney Lang- don, the reports of the detectives and policemen assigned to look up jurors have been made directly to members of . the counsel for the accused, with only oecasional supplementary reports to Dinan himself. Following the return- ing of the accusation yesterday, Lang- don said: BEGUN LAST MARCH “The beginning of this corrupt mis- conduct was three months ago, when Ruef’'s trial was begun. Corporal James McGowan was put in charge of the Investigation of talesmen in Ruef's behalf, and with him were ective Sergeant Archie Hamill and lcemen Rocea and Willlams. They gave all their time to looking up talesmen, and instead of reporting to Dinan Me- Continued on Page 3, Columa 1