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VOLUME CXI.— 126.
TAFT BRANDED
A REACTIONARY
BY ROOSEVELT
Colonel Says His Definition of
"Progressive" Lets the
President Out
Pie Headed," "Dull of Men
ial Vision," Terms T. R.
Applies to Opponents
Executive Scored for Putting
Stop to Country Life Com
mission's Work
•j- OUISVILLE, Ky., April 3.—
--. & "Every man who April fear
"Every man who fights fear-
I J lessly and effectively against
"* *~ special privilege in any form. is
to that extent a progressive. Every
man who. directly or indirectly, up
holds privilege, and favors the special
interests, 'whether he acts from evil
motives or merely because he is puzzle
headed or dull of mental vision, or
lacking in social sympathy, or whether
he simply lacks -interest in the sub
ject, is a reactionary."
So declared Theodore Roosevelt here
tonight in a speech which he devoted
largely to denning "progressiveness"
as he applies the word to American
politics today.
What Is a Progressive?
"In his recent speech at Philadel
phia," began Colonel Roosevelt, "Presi
dent Taft stated that he was a progres
sive, and this raised the question as
to what a progressive is. More is'in
volved than any man's say-so as to
himself. A well meaning man may
vaguely think of himself as a progres
sive without having the faintest con
ception of what a progressive is. Vision
and intensity of conviction must both
go to the makeup of any man who is
to lead the forward movement, and
mildly good intentions are wholly use
less as substitutes. . ■
'"The essential difference, as old as
civilized history, is between the men
who, with the fervor and broad sym
pathy and imagination, stand for the
forward movement, .the. men who,-stand
for the uplift and betterment of man
kind and who have faith in the people
on the one hand, and on the" other the
men of narrow vision and small sym
pathy, who. are, hot "stirred by the
wrongs of others, and with these men
stand those other men who distrust the
people, but wish to keep them help
less so as to exploit them for their
own benefit."
Taft Called Reactionary
Referring to the method he has advo
cated of letting the people of a state
decide upon the constitutionality of
certain acts of their courts, Colonel
Roosevelt declared:
"To denounce such a proposition as
•putting the ax to the tree of freedom*;
without proposing any more workable
or better remedy, is to champion the
cause of the special interests,' in whose
favor, as against the people and against
the cause of-justice, the courts have
decided.
"When, in deference to the reaction
aries in congress, the president put a
stop to the work of a country life com
mission so that for three years the na
tional government has done little: to
mark time, or indeed to step- backward,
as regards this movement, then, no
matter how good his intentions, his
actions ranged him against" the pro
gressive side. . When the president op
poses the effort to give to the' sober
Judgment of the people due effect as
against the decisions.of a reactionary
court, then he shows himself a reac
tionary. ',
Now Chief Supporters
i "Four years ago the progressives
supported Taft for president, and he
was opposed by such representatives of
special privilege a3 Penrose of Penn
sylvana, Aldrich of Rhode Island, Gal
linger of New Hampshire, as Lorimer,
Cannon and McKlnley of Illinois, and
*"he was opposed by practically all the
• men of the stamp.-of Guggenheim and
Evans in Colorado and Patrick Calhoun
of San Francisco. .These, men were not
"■'-'* progressives then and. they, do not
pretend to be progressives now. But,
unlike the president, they- know who is
a progressive and who is not. Their
'z judgment in the matter is good.
"After three and a half years of as
sociation With and- knowledge- of the
president (hose and "their fellows are
now the president's chief supporters,
and they and the men who feel and
act as they do in business and In poli
tics give him the ' great bulk of his
strength. The: president says ho is a
progressive. : These men know him
■well and have* studied his actions' for
three years and they regard him as
being practically the* kind of progres
sive, whom \ they approve. However
good the president's a intentions, be
lieve that his actions have 5 shown that
• . he is. entitled to the support of pre
clsely these men.
Party Faces a Crisis
"The republican party is :now facing
a great crisis. .'. It is ; to bo?'decided?
whether.-it will be, -as in , the days of
Lincoln, the party of the plain people;
' r the party of ; progress, the party of
social and industrial justice, of^whether
Jt will be the party of privilege and
Continued on Page 2, Column 4
Holdup by Floods
Robs Miss Crocker
Of New Easter Hat
[Special Dispatch .3 The Call]
FREMONT, Neb., April 3.—
Miss Jennie Crocker of San :■
Francisco is en route to New;
York city in a private car» to ;
buy herself an Easter, hat. ...
Miss Crocker was held up here;
for 36 hours by: the floods, and ,
is bewailing: the fact that she 1
will not reach New York in
time to get her hat trimmed be-•
fore Sunday.
While in 'Fremont Miss.
Crocker spent most of her time *
in seclusion in her. private car,
but several times expressed her
self forcibly to the conductor, *.
explaining that because- of her:
delay she would not reach, New'
York until Friday, which « would
be ? too late to have her hat
trimmed for \ Sunday.
NAVY MAN DEFENDED
DV DIVORCED WOMAN
Mrs. Mcßeynolds Testifies for
Lieutenant C. K. Jones at
Court Martial
SEATTLE. April 3.Mrs. Margaret
Mcßeynolds, divorced wife of Lieu
tenant Charles S. Mcßeynolds, the ma
rine' officer who is the complaining wit
ness against Lieutenant Chandler K.
Jones, V. B. N., on trial by court mar
tial at the Puget sound ."navy yard ac
cused of conducts unbecoming -an- officer
and a gentleman, went on the. stand in
behalf of Lieutenant Jones today.
• Frank H. Kelley of Tacoma, counsel
for.':the defense, prefaced Mrs. Mcßey
nolds* testimony by* a long statement
in which he. said that the defense would
undertake to show that- Lieutenant
Jones,.. who is charged with breaking
up the home of Lieutenant Mcßeynolds,
had responded to, an appeal from a.', vir
tuous wife to protect'; her from the
brutalities of an insanely jealous hus
band. -' . "\. £*(-*; „. '„ ,V;;V*J * : ■-
I Kelley said that Mrs^McßeynOlds and"
her* husband had quarreled ■- years be
fore coming to Bremerton and that in
Cuba Lieutenant Mcßeynolds was* un
der surveillance for a time as to his
sanity.
'Kelley said that Lieutenant Jones
had agreed to protect and care for Mrs."
Reynolds only after she had promised
to become his wife after she became
divorced from her husband; with whom,
she - had said a reconciliation was im
possible.
Mrs. Mcßeynolds said that her hus
band told her that if she did not obey
him she would have to leave him. The
cause *of the quarrel, she said, was her
refusal to sign the renewal, of a ; note
for $500 held by. John Armstrong, an
enlisted man. She said she refused to
sign the renewal because her husband
would not tell her why he borrowed
the money.-.
v: "I was led to believe it was to pay
the hospital bill of a woman, in New
York named Polly Stewart,", added the
witness. '
Mrs. Mcßeynolds was on the stand
when court adjourned.
WIRELESS COMPASS TO
REMOVE FOG TERRORS
Marconi Invents Device to
-, Guide Ships in Haze -
[Special Dispatch to The Call] ~
NEW TOPIC, April 3.—Within a few
months,-; by ? a new type of wireless
equipment, Marconi's.--latest invention,
steamships caught in a dense fog need
have no more fear ,of-it;than' they now
have of; starlight? or'sunshine^ i" - '
- "The day of terror on account of fogs
is about over: on the sea," declared
Marconi today. "Just before I came
here on my present trip I concluded^a
series of, experiments with the so called
'wireless compass,' which I had been
thinking, of -for many years. J*'
"The" last experiment was a complete
success.;:. There arc many more experi
ments to make, of course, but I have
the .thing so, far advanced that it can
not disappoint me."
Registration Stops
Midnight, April 13
. No woman who is^not: enrolled
as a partisan ;on the great, regis
ter may; participate.. la ? the - presi
dential* preference primary-May
14. . Registration ;■ for the 3 presi
dential primary ' closes „at mid
night Saturday. April 13. *■'.:-.'
' There will be no " precinct ? or
district registration for the May
primary election. . Electors may
register only ?at ,? the registrar*"
'office In the old city hall at Hyde
and McAllister streets.;
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The office Is open dally from
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8:30 a. in. to 5 p. in., and In -the
evening from 7:30 to 10 o'clock.
'A* force -of ft deputies capable of
enrolling SXIOO electors a day la
,on ? dnty. and! all women deslring
to register may be assured that
their enrollment will consume
but a- few ;,minutes;each.
THE San Francisco CALL
INSULT ADDED
TO INJURY IS
FATE OF HILL
State Harborv Commissioner's i
Alameda Roosevelt Clv: j
Made a Maverick ,
Then G., T. Morris Refuses to
Shake Hands an* 1 Threat=
. ens a "Punch"
[•• State Harbor Commissioner George
M. Hill, one of the.most prominent of
the progressive .' republican % leaders of
I Alameda county, suffered a hard ; fall
; from grace and a double blow to his
pride at a meeting of the executive
; committee of the' Roosevelt Progressive
league of .» Alameda . county - "Tuesday,
night in Maple hall in Oakland. First,"
the Alameda Roosevelt club* j which he
fathered as one of the pioneer political
"bodies of the Roosevelt campaign, was
coldly dropped into- the discard by", the
executive committee,: and then, as 'he
was leaving the hall, he was threatened
with .physical violence 'by George : T.
Morris, also of Alameda.
,- Morris twice refused to shake hands
with Hill and told him : that he was "a
political crook.".. He concluded his de
nunciation by Informing, Hill that if he
would remove, his glasses he- would
punch his face. At this point the argu
ment attracted the attention of several
other :members of the executive com
mittee! and*. Hill retired from the field.
Trouble Over Stamps ; •
• The trouble, between Hill and Morris
dates from s the time, of "the last state
primary campaign in -1910,; when * both
were active workers, in behalf of Hiram
W. .• Johnson . and were • - enthusiastic
members of the Hiram W. Johnson Re
publican club of Alameda. . ...,.,..
!.•'■* Several* clashes occurred between .
' them .then and a serious breach finally
i developed' over, a matter of' expendi
! ture. .Morris,' who had made a liberal
I donation to the funds of the club, spent
I about $40 of his own;money = for stamps
for campaign -literature,"; expecting -to
I be./reimbursed. ' Hill is said ,to have
! advised the club-.to "let Morris whistle"
for his money and : '-to 'have used the
Available; club funds in the payment of
''-other bills. '-. ; •/';'. ;, --.:. ■- t • ■-■ ■;■
In any* event Morris has always
I blamed Hill 'for. his failure to receive
I the money which he expected and has
! had nothing to do with the state har
, bor commissioners. Thus the scene
I was set When Hill; started to leave \ the
j hall /at the conclusion „ of *' Tuesday
I night's meeting. Morris was "standing
near the doorway talking; to Arthur
i Mock, a former Alameda man.
Refuses to Shake Hands
"How are you, George?", volunteered,
Hill, extending his -'hand to Morris. '-/
"I'll have to refuse to shake hands
! with you," replied Morris, looking HiP
squarely in the eyes. "I'm not in " the
I habit of shaking hands'with .-.'political '
crooks.""
"What's the'.'■;mater with you?" .in
quired Hill. ' ;,
•"• "If you were any kind of a man
you'd know what's the * matter with
me." declared Morris. Hill hesitated,
and then ... tried again to shake hands
with Morris.
"Keep away—keep away from ' me,"
threatened Morris, "or I'll put one over
on you."
' Several persons stepped up, Inquiring
the cause of. the trouble. - -• •
"Oh, one of those wild longhairs
from Alameda is after me," explained
HilL:-; '>';•' ; '■ ■ ; "■■'■: ■-- -.*.-
Threatens to Punch Him
"If you'll take your, glasses off," was
Morris* reply,- "I'll punch ) your face 'for
you." .- . ' .---
.The spectators had ; crowded 'Inv by
this time and tho encounter came to
an end.-';; Morris admitted the- details of
the verbal battle yesterday, but Hill
declared that he had ; not had any
trouble with Morris, and added that
"whatever occurred was nobody's 'busi
ness anyhow." '[. r •
: Hill's i turndown of the early even -
ing took place, while the executive
committee was deliberating over the
organization of Alameda county in be
half of Roosevelt. When'the colonel's
hat fell Into the- ring. In- California,
Hill was one of the? first"; to busy him
self with organization.* matters, and.
representing himself ?as authorized by-
Governor Johnson Vto' inaugurate the,
movement In Alameda, organized afclub
m that city by electing D. 'J. Geary
president, - Mrs. T. H. Speddy vice pres
ident, "■ W. A. ; Nicholson, vice? president
and 1,. M. King secretary. ....
Blow Is Made Keener
Tuesday, night , the executive; com
mittee of the league refused to recog
nize- this club and appointed a com
mittee to organize "another:. Alameda
club In its place. The blow was made
the keener when Mrs. Speddy, first vice
IJaWMMHaT r* Wi't'HP* ILtiWr' "jff"f"TH Jfttf u""~nftf aff**la^Mah<^rt|iß*WßaTTlroH|aTnV
president 1- of the Hill club, was named
with Samuel ? Poorir^tifjr^a^he^comr
mittee to take charge of this organiza
tion. Mrs. Speddy promptly accepted
the commission with the £ statement
that : she; had taken a hand In the first
organization only because of Hill's
statement that he ; was authorized by
Governor Johnson to bring the club
Into being.
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The effect of the women's action was
completely to discredit the club formed
by Hill and to take the matter of or
ganization in his home city entirely out
of his hands,
SAN FRANCISCO, THURSDAY, APRIL 4, 1912.
I. W. W. HORDE
IS DRIVEN OUT
OF SAN DIEGO
Police, Aided -; by Citizen Volun
teers, Expel 30 Members of
Organization
City's Limits Are; Guarded to
Prevent Street Speakers
From Returning
SAN DIEGO, April 3.— The police,
aided -by citizen volunteers,'■'; have ' be
gun in earnest .the expulsion-^ of Indus
trial. Workers ;of >the World -" from ■;' San
Diego, andi declare the*work will con
tinue until all have been sent away.
i:- Thirty men were, a taken out "of "• the
city '" tonight by the! police and'a citi
zens',; committee,. on '.a train and In au
tomobiles. The;, rhen were ; carried be
yond the corporate '^limits and told ,to
walk in the .opposite direction -from
San .Diego. \- A guarfl remained at the
scene to prevent their return.- V
>The constable's posse.soon; was made
up and left at 3 o'clock for the (county,
line. Members of "the : posse carried
blankets and rifles. Later'" a large body
of citizens left in automobiles ?for the
county line to reinforce, the (constable's
"posse.- _ ;' ';'-,' .';';. ■''■-.'= !-/'>v/V:'.
I. W. W. at Santa Ana
SANTA ANA;,-April 3.-—Ninety mem
bers of the Industrial Workers of the
World, on their; way from? the north
west to 1 San Diego: to aid fellow" mem
bers of the organization"i there, dropped
off freight trains-hero last night.
According to, one of the leaders of,
the I.' W. W„ 40,000 Idle men in Kansas
City, 30.000 in San Francisco and thou-;'
sands in other cities.will be brought to
southern .California" to help win the
free speech fight. •«■-
f Tonight a portion of the "men here
marched to Caplstrano. .
Strike Is Spreading
/. SEATTLE. ApriL 3.-4lnterest in the
Industrial Workers of World strike
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in the Pacific "northwest,- which .in-;
volves ,6,000 railroad laborers in Brit
ish Columbia arid- 14,008 workers
in -southwestern Washington, centered
today in the' GanadlanllrV»vince, tj,whKr«.
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It was- reported that strike .-' leaders
were preparing; to extend '. their oper
ations toT the Grand Trunk 'Pacific;;
Several, hundred men from construc
tion camps : left Vancouver * for Seattle
today. They* are;well supplied with
money, and,-itMs reported that the In
dustrial? "Workers' leaders- intend to
send them to Grays Harbor to take a
hand In the fight against,the sawmill
owners there? who v gained the upper
hand by deporting .foreign laborers.-
AUTO BANDIT CHIEF
CAPTURED IN PARIS
Thug, to Cheat Law, Swallows
Harmless Tablet He Be*
lieves Poison
[Special Cable to The Call]
_ t PARIS," April : 3.—At last one \of the !
chiefs ?of the ; gang sof automobile ban- i
dits ; that? has been:terrorizing- Paris ; for j
the' last three .months' has ?, fallen into <
the hands of the police. ' - j
1 i Edouard ' Carouy,;:;one , of ,ithe*, three j
men most: wanted by the police for the J
killing ■ of a chauffeur at ; Villeneuve;St. j
George's and th robbery of •a • bank at;
Chantilly March 24, was captured'today
by Chief of the* Detective Bureau
chard .at Lozere :railway,:station,--; in the
south of the city. ; All France has been
on -the? lookout fori the'desperadoes. ;
: This afternoon Chief, Gouchard-Jeft
headquarters in a racing auto with his
men, and": caught 1 Carouy ■In ?,fro;; of
the railway station^ at "Lozere,, a suburb
13 miles out of J Paris. Taking the, man
by surprise, they surrounded and
pinioned him • before he -j, could draw
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either of •;■ the two automatic.:; revolvers
he carried. . ? ; . '
The prisoner did not deny his iden
tity and admitted that he took part
in the bank robbery at Chantilly, where
$8,000 was stolen, as well as being im
plicated In the murder of a policeman
In the middle of Paris and the assault
in Rue Ordener last December.
While the examination was proceed
ing in the Paris police station Carouy
took advantage of a moment when the
attention of the guards was distracted
and hastily swallowed a tablet of what
ho supposed was poison. Energetic
measures were immediately ri taken to
save the man's ; life, when ;it was dis
tiUhl im'l ilffill lWf" ""I1 W * ffl ■pMHiii'^^Wll''l'll' MpffllT"i^Miii Jlniiin
covered that the % supposed poison was
a perfectly harmless compound which
a druggist had sold him In place of the
deadly preparation he believed he was
buying.
Carouy exclaimed dramatically: "[
am -^ going to die!" But '-. the doctors
laughed and retorted: "Not at all.
What you have taken will do you
good."
Four detectives arc guarding Carouy
to prevent { him 1 from attempting sui
cide,. : "" "
FALL KILLS AVIATOR
Noted 'Cal' Rodgers Crushed
Calbraiih P.' Rodgers, who crossed the 'continent,in) an airship, who was
, l\ killed by a fall at Long Beach.
Exhibition Flight Fatal "toi- TBirsnan Who
Crossed Continent in Biplane
LONG, BEACH,. April-3.—Calbrakh/P/'RodgGrs^'an,' aviator;'of .'worldwide
fame, and the first: man to cross the American continent? in- an aeroplane, was
almost instantly killed here at ,1:15 o'clock this afternoon, "when, his model
B. Wright biplane, in which he had been; soaring over the ocean,. crashed intc
the surf from a height of , 200 feet, and buried him in the wreck. His neck
was broken and his body*badly.mashed
by the (engine •; of | his machine. He
lived? but a few moments..
Rodgers;: had -been } . making "daily
flights here for a week and had? taken
many :: passengers,?..both: men .arid
women, up with him. Today he started
from his", usual: place and soared out
over the ocean, crossing the pier, and
then .turned and dipped close to the
roller* coaster. '..." .
Seeing a ",flock,-of; seagulls disport
ffMlTjyrr-'TEgSi;-~--i££±LZPg&t'***^- ! '" £ themselves ' a™? a great swanr
I of sardines just over the breakers
Rodge rs (again -.turned: and" dived* dowr
;into|them,?. scattering the 'birds in all
directions. ; ■ '?vV ";' "
Elation ? Leads to Fa 111
Highly elated with the -outcome ot
'his dive. Rodgprs flew farther ; out t.c
sea, " gradually -Vising , until he had
;reached/ a height ? of; about 200 feet
Making a short turn, he started full
speed ' for..' the pier, then .suddenly
dipped his planes and his machine be
gan a frightful descent. -
§* Rodgers 'was seen Tby hundreds "of
persons on the pier to relax his hold
on the v levers, and then, seemingly
realizing that* he was \in* danger, he
made, strenuous efforts to pull the nose
of his machine into a level/position.
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Failing in this. Rodgers, by hercu
lean efforts, managed to turn farther
in ? shore, and an instant later the
r - ' • . . .
huge ? craft crashed into?- the edge ;of
f the surf, not 500 feet from the spot
where, December 10 last, he finished his
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ocean to ocean flight. ■ • ,
•Neck, Jaw and 'Back Broken
Many men Instantly rushed to his
aid. Firmest Scott* and* James t Goodwin!
life guards, were first to . reach the
injured man. They said Rodgers' head
was hanging over one wing of the ma- :
chine, -the heavy engine was -on his
back and his feet were drawn up, nearly::
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doubling over his shoulders. Blood !
was flowing freely from his mouth. -
As quickly as possible, Rodgers was
lifted from the wreck and hurried to
the bathhouse hospital, where Dr. A.
- t ".'■■ -■^--■vrrrg*"***™*'*1" 'rs^w^t^i^s^yKMaa^
W. Buell pronounced him"-dead.
"He died on the way here," said the
.doctor; >• -
8 FALL VICTIMS
TO RISING FLOODS
Famine^ arid Exposure Add to
Horrors of High Water in
Middle We:t
BULLBTIX
ST. LOUIS, Mo., April — The Mis
sissippi r river reached ' the? danger mark
—30 i f«et— .- here f at; midnight { and still
is rising rapidly. • -
; BULLETIN
: PAD L'CAH, Ky., April 4.—Telephone
messages • from ■ Cairo I this morning; say
the i Mobile \ and Ohio levee ".there '', has
gone out' and that' house* and factories
are inundated. The Illinois Central
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levee was holding j early this; morning;,
and It protects the , main '-part' of .'the
town. .' .
■-■■"■ ST. LOUIS, April v 3. —The fsituation-; at
the ' deluged centers' is -becoming; more,
menacing. , Two > more r levee breaks
were reported i.tonight .near i Chester, 5
111., where 30,000 acres of farming land
was inundated. • >" !l .".-'.*
? The: weather forecaster at 'Memphis
urged managers of railroads entering;
that city from the west to warn the
inhabitants of those districts^ to-move
to higher ground.
The number of lives lost was brought
I to eight when the death of-three rail
road men near i. Fulton,: Ky., was re-/
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ported and two more were drowned
near Clarksvllle, Term, The latter
drove off the road* into overflow water
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of the Bed river.
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Hickman, Ky., is the worst sufferer.
The 2,000 Inhabitants of the town were |
augmented yesterday by the arrival of
j 1,0001 refugees a from Dorena, Mo. The
food 1 * supply at Hickman will last three
more days. • No trains,; have been run
into *or out of the town for several
days, and food and tents en route there
are held up by washouts.
At Columbus, Ky., which waa the
first town inundated, the situation is
'grave. Residents are leaving rapidly
; and'? there is much suffering in outlying
districts. The damage In that vicinity
is estimated at $100,000. . '//
- Damage at Memphis is. estimated at
$250,000. About 1,200 persons have
been driven from their homes. The
j --,»' v- * •- ' . - * *"»wss» . «* t!»
gas plant was put out of commission.
Reports from New 7 Madrid, Mo., are
meager. The town is flooded, but sno
loss fof I life is reported. ?
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If/ /^HE-WEATHER
YESTEIw)AY — Highest temperature, . 60;
l^- lowest jjrucsdaX) nights 4&.
FQRECfiST FOR TODAY—Cloudy; light
showers; light south^wind, changing to west.
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From a hurried examination, it was
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cablegram to his mother, Mrs. H. 8,
Schweitzer,| who is- in London. The
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- to' Pasadena -. tonight.
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PRICE FIVE CENTS.
10 HOLDOVER
OFFICIALS
ACCUSED
Grand Jury Charges McCarthy's
Commissioners With Mal- *
feasance
WILLFUL WASTING OF
CITY'S FUNDS ALLEGED
Mayor Urged to Take Immediate
Steps to Remove Old
Board Members
FIVE COMM SSIONS ARE
INVOLVED IN CRITICISM
A RECOMMENDATION for the
summary, removal from office of
10 McCarthy holdover members
. of various city commissions is.
contained in a formal letter, sent .to
Mayor;Rolph yesterday by the grand
jury, following" action taken by that
body Tuesday night, as told exclusive
ly in The , Call yesterday. -
-v Specific charges of malfeasance are
made "against each; of the half score
of commissioners, and the mayor is
urged to take .immediate steps {to oust
them and appoint their successors.
The 10 commissioners excoriated by
the grand Jury for the manner in which
they have conducted the affairs of their
departments: are:
.. 'Michael'Casey, president of the board
of ; public works.
C. S. Lanmelster, member of the board
of; public works. >--.--'
James K. Dillon, fire commissioner. •
John Donokoe, fire commissioner.
Eugene E. Pf aeflle, Are commissioner.
Frank J. KUmm, member, of the
; board ofi health. •-'-'•
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Dennis =: J..: Murray, >i member *: of the
! board of health. ;. . -
V Arthur M." Sharp, member of the board
of health. < - \ - *: - - '
if.- H.hSplro,i. member of the ? police
commission. - ' ,
B. B. Rosenthal, member of the civil
- service commission. v • /
■ One- Exception Noted
The list does not include all the Mc-
Carthy : appointees remaining on the
various commissions.- "It ' v eliminates
.only those whose appointments.were
made Just prior .to the expiration of
Mayor McCarthy's 'term-of office and
who had little or no part in the official
I acts of? departed administration.
The single exception to -this* Is in 'the
ease of; Colonel James E. Power, of the
I board of education, .whose; name is not
included" in the' grand jury's list of
undesirables, the investigation of the
' school department having .shown no
; ground-of action against: him.
i Charges of Jurors
.The charges against the 10 commis
■ sioners recommended-, for .removal" are
comprehensive. In scope, including ac
cusations of willful waste and extrava
gance .in ■:■ the expenditure .of . public
funds and general incompetence in.the
i direction of; public affairs.
, Mayor Rolph had* not received- his
: copy of the grand jury's letter last
nights and declined to discuss the line
I of action which he might take -until
after;having thoroughly considered:the,
nature. of the. charges.
" As the matter is; presented to him,
. . however, in the form of "directcharges
and - specific recommendations, 'it is
probable .that, be will pursue the
J course -which? he ? outlined: at the be
ginning: of his administration of bring
ing:, the commissioners , to' trial and
.; conducting an open hearing on the ac
j cusations.- : ■
I Commission's Report
; Accompanying the letter, to * the
mayor is a copy of the resolution
adopted?*?: by utliev civil service com
mittee -of-the grand jury,, upon which
the action . by' the entire body was
' based. The committee's report,, signed
by Chairman Charles .1. Pidwell and
I Grand Jurors M. Stern.and William 11.
Ford, was: as follows:
j -Whereas; a careful investigation
having been made of the various
- a ; departments under the government.
of the city and county/of San Fran
cisco, conducted- before this grand
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