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

for a college play. Read about hir ‘ 1he Sunday Call | ulian Eltinge, Harvard student, made | Now he dr His suc- aws a for- m in | | I l UME CIL.—NO. 167 SAN FR A\( Ib(‘O THLRSD&Y Judge Landis can do other things when he isn’t imposing great fines on the trusts. He tells Abraham T some splendid new stories of Lincoln in | he Sunday Call NOVEMBER 14, 1907 PRICE FIVE CENTS. ¢ WILLASK TOWNS OF BAY 70 JOIN INBHEATEH 0Ty — Realty Board Requests the Ch iamber of Commerce to Call Meeting ENTHUSIASM SHOWN Various Phases of Question Presented by Able Speakers PROJECT IS FEASIBLE Tax Rates to Be Strong Argument of Campaign Lower Bay Cities Divided on Consolidation Idea | regarding consolida- | leading citizens of ewed last night | vored the pro- meeting of the San Ma- trade addresses d the balance of was in favor of hav- y cities all under one teo of were made, an c ot agree. st Berkeley does not care to thing to do with Oak- ld join San Fran- nd South Berke- t a d objects to joining San but has a consolida- s own, by which it take the towas on of the bay as far Leandro under its San o as the fourth size in the United States as ht into closer prospect fternoon at a meeting estate board when r was unanimously adopted requesting the chamber mmerce, the oldest commer- in the community, to convention of delegates 1 the bay cities and coun- n a plan of co a n-| . hen get together a constitutional t h will enable the ate to absorb | territory surrounding | become the certer | on which will reach in | Y the next census will be sent out the latest, and repre- Oakland, Berkeley, Ala- y front towns of Marin, and San Mateo will meet ancisco probably before onth. businessmen gathered the meeting, which was held in the room of the promotion com- eard the resolution. It was ted with the report of the real boar&’s epecial committee on San Francisco”™ and was as call nbly tee, ter ws RESOLUTION IS PASSED Fra Oakland, reda and the several mities In the bay Contra CoSta, Ala- Mateo, which are closely i to one another by in- jes of community Interssts, is by the San Francisco real 00, d bou: alities concerned and certain to be effected in as, the proposed consolidation, ing the names and identi- jes through the adop- e s0 called borough system, ts communities to govern irs, will create a mag- of over 800,000 comm nk of the municipal- e United States, with all the ge that great size implies; 1 presti the me subject is being usly sidered by sevaral of ercial and eivie organizations , as well as by its press and Whereas, s, the San Francisco real es- believes this great move- Continued on Page 2, Columa ‘ the consolidation of the | inhab- | ——=— | was blown out, but no one was in- INDEX OF THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL’S NEWS TODAY- TFLEPHO\ E KEARNY 86 | = — = } THU RbDA > I\O\'EMEER 14, 1907 WEATHER CONDITIONS YESTERDAY—Partly cloudy; maximum iem- perature, 66; mintmum, 63. FORECAST FOR TODAY—Cloudy; light north wind, changing to southwest. P-‘e 9 | Holiday Today ‘ Y proclamanon of Governor | James N. Gillett today is de- ’ | clared a legal holiday in California. | 3 - NEWS BY TELEGRAPH | EASTERN Michigsn soclologist al politiclan is of d says American protes- most debased type in Page 1 d 40 tons of powder are torm center om the Ute Page 1 Friends of Governor Hughes are eager to begin active campaign to secure for him the republican pomination for president Page 1 mber_association appeals to interstate com- gainst alleged illegal of to ralse 11 Page 2 Soutberner val and weds girl who saw killipg and who would go to jail with husband Page 5 writes letter explaining | lett off the mew | Page 13 | omen attend opening sesston of Bradley | ngton, D. C Page 2 eiver for Enterprise national = bank n!‘ exstate treasurer Page 10 e lottery company in Chicag service men, Who make ar- | y tickets. Pege 2/ 2n's lawyers make stubborn fight erstate commerce commission from Page 1 o day President Roosevelt od We Trust” dragg! secrets into light. | FOREIGN | Kaiser William 1s coldly greeted when be ar- rives in the British capital. Page 13 EDITORIAL Tbe criminal mismanagement of _street- i Page 6 The railrosd commission's long sleep | Page 6 Newlsnds as presidential tim- Page 6 Still blaming the sheriff. Page 6 CITY Matron Condon at the clty prison saves womwen | from attack of drunken cellmate. Page 14 | Good government lesgue elects permanent offl- cers snd petitions elected officials to make ap- poin on merit. Page 2 Trading continues dull on the stock exchanze. | Dais lines seversl poluts under selling pres- | sure Page 13 Hesly-Tibbitts construction company with- | draws its bid to raze ball of justice, as bid was | opened on le oliday. Page 7 City officials send dispatch to General Wyman, | bead of the federal medical service, ing for | government ala in carrying on santtation work | lin San Frunctsco. Page 5 | United Rastirosds will erect ornamental light poles in Gowntown seetion of city. Page 18 n Francisco real estate board requests mber of commerce to call a comvention of | Gelegates from all bay cities to agree on & plan dation for San Fran- > Page 1| kers report a general improvement in the | acial situation. Governor Gillett expected 1l an extra session of the legislature in & Mrs. Octa y worth $50,000, Is Page 13| bronze statue of Robert Burns ready for qgstallation 1n Golden Gate park. Page & San Francisco real estate board goes on record | jegainst move of California title insurance and | trust company to supply city deeds. Super- | visors hear report of errors discovered by com- pany’s clients. Page 14 Thirteen ‘year old Ina Ellison of Guernevilie wins $50 prize in The Call's vote guessing contest Page 14 | SUBURBAN Elvira Giordano, ballet dancer, stricken by death while taking part in grand opera presents- tion at Oakland theater. Page 1 N. €. Goodwin of Mill valley, being sued for divorce, begien severely by boy, according to report current@n tbe town. Page 4‘ Dr. William L. Dunn ealls police to aid in recovery of diamond Tings left by wife in dress sent to cleaner’s. Page 4 entation of ‘“Bi BI” by Ebell eclub Thursdsy night will be a brilllant soclal event. Page 4 | Queer mixup in family ties revealed by tather's search for dsughter, who will be motber | and aunt to ber children. Page 4 Heavy deficit in Alameda county’s geaeral fund for the first six months of the fiscal year |18 certain. Page 4 Mashers must go, is' order of Oakland police board, which intends to remove oglers of women | from street corners. Page 4 Bertozzi scores as Mignon in opera of that name et Ye Liberty theater, Oakland. Paged Bosrd of works serves as brake on city council by deferring action on wharf reso- Intion. Page 4 SPORTS Long delayed match between Stanley Ketchel and Joe Thomas will be clinched to- night. Page 8 Berrymald wins the Beldame bandicap at Aqueduct. Page 9 Southern Oslifornia poloists are already pre- paring for the champlonship tournament at Coronado in Mareh. Page 8 Berkeley high school defeats Oakland at American football, 6 to 0. Page 9 St. Mary's college baseball players suffer from stage fright and Honpolulu Stars win bandily. 8 Page Arrangements are completed for the automo bile endurance run to Witter springs, which will be started from Tiburon tomerrow. Page 9 Starter Dwyer overlooks horse that had not resched the post and Judges declare bets off |after race s run. Page 8 Stanford’s Rugby team 'will go to Britiah Columbia to play for the coast champion- ship. Page 9 LABOR Avoosl report of secretary of the anited brotherhood of carpenters and Joiners of America shows that the brotherhood bas had s highly }w«.wm- year. Page 7 | MARINE Stesmer Hilonian brings big cargo of canned | pineapples and other tropieal (products from | Bonolulu. Page 9 A dispatch from Victoria, B. C., says that the British steamer Indravelli, previously re- {ported shore, is being kept afloat by { pumps. Page 9 |sociaL Announcement is made of betrothal of Miss Roma Paxton and Laurence Austin. Page ¢ ——— EXPLOSION IN THEATER MARYSVILLE, Nov, 13.—During a performance of “The Cuban Spy” In the Wheatland opera house at Wheat- land last night a keg of powder was exploded through the blunder of a stage hand. A corner of the building ! Jured, BANKERS REPORT | Crops Will Soon Bring Flow |MORE BILLS PLANNED | closely upon the general peace| | This includes a record shipment | of flour to Salvador and general % |the savings banks are confident that| |the relier which they requestea will INIPROVEMENT IN MONEY MARKET of Gold From East to | This State * BUSINESS IS BETTER| America Follow New Treaty of Peace Issue of $2 Denomination Is Expected to Com- plete System R f A, decided improvement was | noticeable in banking circles yes-| terday and any apprehension | that may have existed previously | is being rapidly dissipated. The farm products which have been | held up since tHe last cfays of | October have begun to move | eastward and with their arrival there a new flow of gold will <et. with this have come large orders | from Central America following agreement signed a few days ago by the belligerent nations. Some of the largest orders that have come to San Francisco from Central America were placed during the early part of the week. cargoes to the other Central American states’ In commercial circles it was confl- dently stated that the call for the extra sesslon would come before the end of the week. While the governor refused while hera to commit himselt definitely, it is known that he will limit the scope of the speclal session as far as it can be done. While he| made no promises, representatives of | be granted. This will make the pay- ment of taxes to some extent a mat- | ter of book keeping, and instead of locking $8,000,000 or $10,000,000 in the vaults will keep it in circulation. At the clearing house it was stated that the new certificates had done their work well. So far certificates to the amount of $2,600,000 have been {ssued. Provision is being made. to place in circulation a number of smallsr bills in the sim of two dollars. The one dollar certificates have been absorbed so rapidly that a further issue may be necessary to meet the demand. These certificates have found their way down the state and Into Nevada, where they are readily accepted in lieu of coin. The subtreasury reported yesterday that it had paid out to California banks nearly $600,000 in gold and silver coin, on transfer orders from New York. Most of the money went to Oakland banks. Thirty thousand dollars went to a Seattle bank, $30,000 to a Humboldt county institution and $30,000 to a bank in Bacramento. The remainder was distributed to various banks in the city. The custom house reported that its receipts for the day amounted to $24,272. ; It is freely predicted in banking oircles that the holidays will be con- tinued for some time to come. From the governor has come the assurance that they will be proclaimed for the remainder of the week, and in local political circles it is stated that they may be continued until the legislature is convened or even later. A local banker called attention yesterday to the fact that the tons of grain, beans and fruit which have been held up temporarily because of the flurry have begun to move toward the eastern markets. When the. ef- fect of the stringency was first felt in California, buying of produce halted for the lack of necessary coin to carry through the transactions. With the clearing of the situation in New York and Boston has come a renewed de- mand for California produce, and as a result shipments will be forwarded. This means an increased flow of gold to the west. Every fall California is pressed for*money with which to move its crops and In January, when the payments begfp to pour in from the east, money begomes easy. There is no reason, say’ the local bankers, to believe that January will not see the same conditions as formerly. The directors of the California safe deposit and trust company will mail a statement today to thelr stock holders. Rapid progress has been made in arranging the affairs of the Insti- tution and the preposed method of procedure will ' be laid before: the Continued on Page 3, Column 2 {&a child. | team. ’Ballet Dancer Dies on Oakland Stage Audience at Opera Applauds, Unaware of Sudden Death of Elvira Giordano OAKLAND, Nov. 13.—~Though the audience never knew it, deathy stalked upon the stage of Ye Liberty theater tonight and struck down Elvira Gior- | dano, one of the dancers, in the midst of the amazon ballet In the first act of the Milan opera company's presentation of “Mignon.” Exhausted by the wild, | rushing dance demanded, she pirouetted {Heavy Orders From Central | | men and women bevond the footlights, the spectacle | into the wings and fell dying, while the roused to enthusiasm by she and her companions had presented, were vigorously applauding. Other members of the troupe awalt- | ing their cues in the wings lifted Signorina Glordano from the floor and hurried her to a dressing room. She was dead when they placed her upon a | But the opera went on. the ballet ended couch. When ‘was the {dancers hurried to the room where the | | dead woman lay. They shed a tear or two and then went tozzi, her triumph. Signorina Giordano had been with the Tughes’ Friends Eager| opera company since its organization. She was a native of Milan and became a ballet dancer when littla more than| That was many years ago, and she had gained in welght greatly. welghed 180 tod: dance, with its exhausting demands, was too much for her strength | death stepped in. Signorina Giordano's death is back to dance| | and laugh again, while Signorina Ber-| in the role of Mignon, continued | She | and the amazon | and | the | in toward California. Coincident |second extraorainary occurreace in the| - | | | b | Men prominent in the hegring at New York to determine whether or nct E. H. Harriman shall answer questions concerning the sale of railroad stocks. Frank B. Kellogg (upper left), special counsel for the government; Senator John C. Spooner (upper right) and John G. Milburn (lower) of counsel for Harriman. * | | | | ~ to Begin _Campaign | Believe New York Delegation Should Be Instructed to Support His Candidacy | chorus ranks of the Milan opera com-| pany within & week. A baby boy was born to Signora Italia Agostl on the train which brought the singers to this oity Monday. She is now in a hospl- tal here, while the body of the dead dancer is at the morgue, awaiting a coroner’s inquest. ——— Sacrifices His Life to Save Children Special by Leased Wire to. The Call 'PALO ALTO, Kov. 13.—Frank (Bu- chaup, propristor of ths Live Oak liv- ery stable, was killed here this after- noon while trying to stop a runaway » Buchaup was walking in the street near the depot whan a team hitched to a heavy wagon bolted toward kim. The horses were headed for the curb, where a number of little children were at play. Buchaup saw their danger and ran from the sldewalk to stop the team. He grasped at the bridles as the horses sped toward him, seized a rein and was thrown under the feet of the animals. His skull was fractured and he was injured internally. He lived only 15 minutes after the accident. Buchaup was well known in Palo Alto and was an expert in handling horses. It is sald that the horses swerved toward him and thus bore him to the earth as he grasped the lines. A wife and childrén survive him. One Killed and Many Hurt in Collision MARYSVILLE, Nov. 13.—A Northern Electric local car, bound from Marys- ville to Yuba City, collided with the engine of a freight train tonight at Fifth and Eighth streets. Joseph Hyel, an employe of the Yuba construction compeny, was killed. The following were injured: John Galvin and three daughters, Herman Wolfskill and wife, W. Jones, J. H. Barr, Charles Jones, George Shu- macher, Mrs. John Mannix, Judge Ma- hon, superior judge of Sutter county, and elght others whose names have not yet been ascertained. Mrs. John Mannix is the most riously injured. It s feared that she will dle. The electrio car, going at high speed, started to cross the track ahead of the engine of the freight train, which was switching cars on the slding. At a late hour tonight the motorman and con- ductor could npt be found. Italian Serate Tries Educator for Graft ROME, Nov. 13.—Owing to the more serfous accusations brought yesterday before the senate, sitting as a high court for the trial of Nunzlo Nast, former minister of public instruction, on charges of defrauding the state treasury, the president of the senate today asked the chamber of deputies to extend the case to the new indict- ments or recall the indictments which should extend the accusations. The senate decided to continue the trial and also to hear the testimony of the witnesses who have been called to establish the allegations that fraud was practiced in the distribution of struction while it was under the dire tion of Nasi subsidies by the ministry of public in-J Special by Leased Wire to The Call WASHINGTON, Nov. 13.—Friends of Governor Hughes believe that unless he permits his supporters in New York state to begin an active eampaign shortly to secure for him the repub- lican nomination for president he will severely jeopardize what is now re- garded as an excellent chance of win- | ning the high honor of being his party’s standard bearer in the big fight next vear. They are becoming more and more convinced that a contest should be entered upon forthwith for a dele- gation to the convention instructed for Hughes. An uninstructed delegation, in their opinion, would probably mean that the governor would not figure seriously before the convention. The man who would be most benefited by the sending of an uninstructed dele- gation from New York, would, as the politiclans view it, be President Roose- velt himself, who In spite of his elec- tion night declaration that he would not accept a renomination is generally looked to for an amendment of that determination if the delegates of his party cast the necessary number of votes for him. It looks now as if he does not want the delegation instructed. National Committeeman Ward of New York and National Committeeman Brooks of Connecticut have conferred with the president in the last 24 hours, and from the very little they had to say of their Interview it is quite clear that President Roosevelt is inst in- structions. It is held that it New York sends its quota to the convention with- out saying specifically for whom the delegates are first to vote, the presi- dent will be able to swing them as he pleases. The third term boomers are in a more hopeful frame of mind than ever over the outlook and are declaring that the situation is shaping so rapidly as to make it almost certain that the presi- dent will be nominated. Russian Conspirators in Grasp oi-L;w in connection 'with the discovery of & ensational plot for. the sale and oom- veyance of a quantity of military docu- ments to Germany. The information upon which the arrests were made was furnished by state detectives. A total of 20 persons were taken Into custody. Among them were two train masters of the Warsaw-Vistula railroad line and their wives, who were arrested at Alexandrov. The luggage of the train- men was also seizefl. It consisted of several double bottom . valises con- taining the train schedules of the rafl- roads of Poland, well as eight plans setting forth the number, size, speed and capacity of the trains and the hours of thelr arrivals at the frontier. The documents laid bare the possi- bilities of concentrating Russian troops in Poland. Says U. S. Politicians Are Most Debased ANN ARBOR, Mich,, Nov. 13.—Prof. Charles Cooley, head of the sociology department of the University of Mich- igan, in a lecture declared that the American type of professional poli- | ticlan vl§ the most debased ‘in the world. “The whole trouble with our pres- ent political system,” he said, “is not that we have the professional politician, but that he is a dehu«l typo of pro- tessional ; WARSAW, Nov. 13—The authorities of this oity made several arrests today fiafling Guns Go to Ute Storm Center OMAHA, Neb.,, Nov. 13.—Forty tons of powder and shells passed through Omaha yesterday over the ~Missour! Pacific and the Northwestern on its way to Gettysburg, S. D., the sceme of the Ute trouble. The shipment was from Fort Leavenworth, also lneludlnl several gatling guns. Colonel Frank ' West, Second cavalry, from Fort Des Moines, wires the army officers here from Thunder Cresk, | B. D, that all three squadrons of the regiment are now there. He suggests a new route, supplies and supplies for the troops who are now in the fleld to guard the runaway Utes—from Gettysburg, 113 miles from the camp, to Lemmon, 65 miles—the latter point being on the Milwaukee's extension from Liverwest. UTE AGENCY, Shiprock, N. M., Nov. 13.—Superintendent Shelton of the Ute Indlan agenoy at this place positively denies the report sent out from Du- rango, Colo,, that another.battls took place between the disaffected Utes and the United States troops now. In the fleld here to subdue the rdskins. involving less haul, for -+ | cluded until 6:30 p. m., changing the point of| HARRIMAN'S LAWYERS oHIFTY |Make Hard Fight to Protect Rail- road King | District Afforney Openly | Charges ““Stock Jobbery” Ex-Senator Spoener Appears for Defense Judge Hough fo Render Decision December 1 NEW YORK, Nov. 13.~Aiter sev- en hours and a half of argument on both sides of the question, Judge | Hough in the United States circuit court announced tonight that he would n- . be ready to render a decision on | the petition of the interstate com- merce commission to compel E. H, | Harriman to answer certain questions propounded to him last spring in the course of the commission’s inquiry into the so called Harriman lines un- til December 1. The opposing counsel were given the privilege of filing ad- ditional briefs during the next two weeks. During the arguments United States District Attorney Stimson openly ac- cused Harriman of “stock jobbing.™ The argumants, which were not con- took a wide range and the privileges and powers of the Interstate commerce commission were thoroughly gone into. Former Senator John C. Spooner of Wisconsin llnpuud for the first time in the case nd argued in defense of the position | maintained by Harriman—that he is not required to tell the commission what individual profit he made In selling the stock of other raflroads held by him to the Union Pacific company or to detail | the manner In which the famous 10 per cent Union Pacific dividend was de- | clared in August, 1906, and why its an- nouncement was deferred for two days. Harriman also has declined to say how much stock of the Union Pacifle, 1£ |any, he bought just befors the a | nouncement of the dividend. | John G. Mllburn also was heard in | defense of Harriman and in opposition | to the petition filed by the commission, | On behaif of the government, repre= | sented by the interstats commerce com- mission, the arguments wers conducted |by Unitea States District Attorney Henry L. Stimson and Frank B. Kel- 1088. special counsel to the commission. COMMISSION'S OBJECT Stimson opened for the Interstate commerce commission. He sald that the commission, before starting the ine vestigation during which Harriman was asked the question which he has de- clined to answer, had stated the ob- ject of the Investigation. This object, Stimson sald, was to in- lmpertment Question No. 25 Why Do You Laugh? For the most original .or wittiest answer to this ques tion—and the briefer the better—The Call will pay FIVE DOL . For the next five answers The Call will pay ONE DOLLAR each. Prize winning answers will be printed next Wednesday and checks mailed to the winners at once. Make your answer short and address it to IMPERTINENT QUESTIONS, » THE CALL — ‘Winnfng answers to “What is the matter with San Framcisco?” { %5 priwe to L. M. Dayton, 1843 Scott street, city. If de Young, Hearst and Pat Calhoun were not here I would be puzzled for an answer. $1-prize to Garmet Calkins, 1847 Hayes Nothing, absolutely nothing. street, city. - Dr. Taylor was called last week, and he said all she needed was a little change. $1 prize to William Mason, 2446 Chamning way, Berkeley. Nothing!- She just backed up for a running, nv roaring start at prosperity. “$1.prise to Louis Fichter, 310 Montgomery street, city. Nothing. election day. Needed a community bath and got it on $1 prise to Hejman ¥. Budde, Pourteenth and Alice streets, Oakland. " Election day Missouried me—she has got the best show on the coast. $1 prize to Mrs. Alma Aveboom. Sonoma, Cal. Nothing—with 11,189 plurality to prove it.