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Women's Roosevelt League Holds Rally
Speakers Ask Support for Progressives
ftFPEAL BASED
UPON VALUE OF
A HUMAN LIFE
Miss Helen Todd Says That Con
gress Does Not Represent
the Commonwealth
VI th« final rally of the Women's |
"\t league in the Palace hotel I
3 "j-torday afternoon Miss Helen Todd. :
ha P. Wheeler, Daniel A. Ryan, j
Harris Weinstock and Jesse Steinhart ;
1 '"ps.ented the cause of the progressive |
Pftrty and askod thfi people of Cali- j
fornla., the women, to sup-j
port
Mrs. C. If. Bentley, president of the
• . read a letter from Miss Jane
i which she expressed regret
Aβ was unable to be in this state
1 *peak for the cause.
Miss Helen Todd appealed to the
n voters to realize that, the fu
t«r« of the American people depended
upon the human life of America, and
that congress did not represent
mm<-m wealth.
HVU PREDICTS VICTORY
have heard from all parts of
raia and are assured of victory,"
Daniel A. Ryan, chairman of the
1 'ogmsslve party state central com
"Wp are fighting the first great
a] battle in the history of the
United States In which the cause of
women and children is made para
mount to industry and the tariff." Ryan
Fa'<] that the greatest blow for woman
B'iffra«e would be struck in the elec
tlon of Theodore Roosevelt and Hiram
V. Johnson,
Cbarlea S. Wheeler explained the use
of the title "republican"' for the pro-
party of the Rtxte. He said
thai the supporters of Roosevelt were
rot dreamers, rut practical idealists
who eotipht to attain the highest good
of humanity and the country, but al
w?n s along practical lines.
ATTACK ON DEMOCRATS
JtMUM Stelnhart said that the backers
of the democratic party in California
v*»r<» the reactionaries who wanted the
;i! power that was wrested from
by the state progressive repub
party. Colonel Harris Weinstock
the men and women to spread
<-pel of California progressivism
igliout the land.
•ig- the members of the Women s
»velt league who took part in yes
s meeting were:
;'ptry Pay..t (Mrs. Gcnrjrp Clapp
• Rn>-kpr J.Mra. Harris Weiustock
Kdwerd Glsppr 'Mrs, A. R.
• - H \v. Stirewa't !.Mi«<- A. C. CUpp
I - Willlm \\ Mefk-'Mlss Rosf StHnbart
"Vfrs. ii-r,rf:c K. Ootben
1 - Merv Kinrsford IMrs. W. R. I^>T«>prove
4 DVERTfSRMEVT
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AN OPEN LETTER
The Bast Bay Cities Call Upon the Voters of San Francisco to Be Fair to
Every City in California
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Ban Francisco claims the right that every other city in this State now has, to- The defeat of this Constitutional Amendment will simply postpone this question
wit: the right of expansion. We do not deny for one moment that she should have until such time as the Legislature meets, which will be in January of the coming
that right. year. A Constitutional Amendment can then be introduced in the Legislature, and
be referred to a committee composed of the lawyers of the Legislature, where all
But the cities on the East Shore of San Francisco Bay claim the same right fhe dtieg interested may get together and agree upon an Amendment to the Consti
that San Francisco now enjoys—to have a city and county government. That must tution that will give:
be admitted.
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_, . ~, ~ t t ciTx-mTT at FIRST. To San Francisco —the right to expand.
San Francisco now proposes, by the Consolidation Amendment, SIXTH on the
ballot, to give herself the right of expansion, but, in so doing, she denies to every m n « i * i i i
other city in the State, save Los Angeles, the right to have a city and county govern- SECOND. To all other cities-the right to have city and county governments,
incut if they so desire.
The very first clause in this proposed Constitutional Amendment limits the Therefore, in a spirit of fairness, we ask the people of San Francisco and the
right i<> form a city and county government to communities having a population State at large to defeat THIS Constitutional Amendment and meet before the Leg
-6f 3oQ$080« islature in January and there draft a Constitutional Amendment that will be fair
to San Francisco, give her the right to expand, and at the same time be fair to every
The cities of the East Bay Shore have not a population of 350,000. They will other city in the State of California,
not, for some years to come, have a population of 350,000; therefore, they will be
denied the right to have a city and county government under this Amendment.
(Signed) W. E. Gibson, President Oakland Chamber of Commerce.
The East Bay cities are not only willing but anxious to grant to San Francisco
the right to expand, but in the proposed Constitutional Amendment, wherein San (Signed) A. G. Taft, President Merchants Exchange.
Francisco is given that right, the East Bay cities insist that they shall not be de
nied the right to have a city and county government, if they so desire. ' " (Signed) Louis Aber, President Down Town Improvement Club.
Now, let us be fair. (Signed) Earl D. White, Chairman Progress and Prosperity Committee.
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Members of the Women's Roosevelt league who attended the rally otthc I a '^ e "°^ c * $e*terdas. tromleft
I stock, Mrs. A. D. Clark- L
COUNSEL OUTLINES
DEFENSE OF ETTOR
SALEM. Ma??.. Nov. I.—Joseph Ettor,
leader of the 'Lawrence textile workers
last winter, wlm, with Arturo Giovan
nttti wad .Joseph Caruso, is on trial
here, charged with responsibility for
the murder of Anna Lopizzo, sought to
make a personal statement to the court
today.
His request was denied. The court
previously declined to rule on a motion
to take the case from the jury, but
granted to defendant's counsel a right
to renew it when the testimony was
concluded.
violence. Both Ettor and Glovannltti,
he announced, would take the stand
and brand as falsehoods the testimony
g-iven against th»m by private de
tectives.
Caruso's counsel «a irJ bffl defense
would be that at the time of the riot
ADVERTISEMENT
THE SAX FRAXCTSCO CALL. SATURDAY. XOVEAIBER 2, 1912.
BIG BANK ROBBERY
SUSPECT JAILED
[Special Dispatch to The Call]
CHICAGO, Nov. 1. —In the arrest to
day at Columbus. 0.. of H. E. Campbell
and Joseph P. Gavin, the police believe
they have taken two men who know
something about the theft of $272,000
from the Bank of Montreal at New
Westminster, B. CL
A third man, believed to be "Big
Charley" Montague, who was in the
saloon at 1149 South Wabash avenue
while Police Lieutenant B. J. Burns j
was beaten, when he attempted to ar
rest the men, escaped from detectives
at Columbus.
Campbell and Gavin • were arreeted
at the general delivery window of the '
Columbus postofflce on request of the
Pinkerton agency. Pinkerton men have
followed Montague for several weeks.
They are said to have received a tip
on his movements around the country
from a woman.
SALINAS BANK PRESIDENT ILL—Saltna*,
Not. I.— Judge William Vanderbnrst. president
of the Monterev County bank, is seriously 111
at his home In tbt* city. H* I* SO year* old
and has been in declining health for several
mon/bs-
A nVERTISEMEXT^
WOMAN DIVORCED
FROM A SLAYER
[Special Dispatch to The Call]
SAN JOSE, Nov. I.—The granting to
day of a final decree of divorce to Cora
Narvaez was the last chapter in a trag
edy that resulted in the death of her
brother in law, Magnus Mathison, and
the imprisonment of her husband, Fidel
Narvaez, in San Quentin penitentiary
for 18 years.
Narvaez blamed Mathison for the
difference between himself and his wife,
and in a frenzy of rage shot the man
to death.
Final decrees of divorce were granted
to Inez M. Oilman from Arthur D. Gil
man; Blanche Kaylor of Sunnyvale from
Bland Kaylor, and Mary Walker Gai
raud from Louis A. Gairaud.
Josephine Walls wag granted an in
terlocutory divorce from Alex Walls.
GENEBAL SICKLES GETB TIME—-Sew Tortc,
»■». I.—General Daniel L. was given
two we«"ks longer today by Sheriff Harbnrger
to eatief? a judgment of J.VOSO held hy the
Bank of th» Metropolis. The ssla nf the vet
eran's furniture and bric-a-brac at public tac
tion was advertised for today.
\ DV ERTTSEMFAT
SUGAR INDUSTRY
MUST HAVE HIGH
TARIFF TO LIVE
President Taft Tells Colorado
People Fallacies of Demo
cratic Free Trade
s WASHINGTON, Nov. I.—A letter from
President Taft to Crawford Hill of
Denver, dealing with issues of the
campaign, was made public tonight.
"Encouraging reports have come to
me Jn regard to the political situation
In COiOrado," says President Taft.
"From the beginning I have felt cer
tain that the campaign of education
which the republican party is conduct
ing would bring the people to a
understanding of their own interest
in the republican success this year.
The people of Colorado do not need
their vantage of altitude to see that
democratic victory means the striking
down of a great industry which baa
been built up in their state. Tt does
not require a. profound knowledge of
the principles of political economy, but
only common sense to understand that
the placing of sugar on the free list
would spell ruin for those of our fel
low citizens who are engaged in the
cultivation of sugar beet.
"The democratic party is committed
to free sugar and If it is successful
at the polls we may expect as one of
its first legislative acts the passage of
a bill to admit sugar duty free at our
ports of entry. Democratic orators may
talk until their throats are hoarse of
their interest in the American farmer,
but the fact remains that in March of
this year the governing tariff body of
the democratic party by democratic
members of the ways and means com
mittee by unanimous vote reported the
bill to place sugar on the free list and
this bill was passed by a democratic
house.
"The republican party stands for
adequate protection for the beet sugar
industry of this country. Such pro
tection is in the interest of the United
States Jreasury, it contributes to the
growth of our national policy of Irri
gation and reclamation, and it is the
shield of the American consumer
against an increased price for a house
hold necessity.
"If the United States should abolish
the duty on sugar it would stand alone
among , civilized nations as the only
sugar producing country with SJgar on
the free list. The production of beet
sugar has had a tendency to keep
down the price of sugar to the con
sumer. Free sugar would force the
suspension of our beet sugar factories,
for they would not only be forced
to compete with cheap foreign fac
tories, but they would be under the
further handicap imposed by a bounty
of "i 2 cents per 100 pounds on sugar
shipped to the United States from Rus
sia, the second largest beet sugar
country in the world. I can not be
lieve that the intelligent voters of your
state are willing to put the growers
of Colorado into competition with the
peasants*of Kussia on these terms."
ADTHERTISEMBNT
Miss Julia Dwyer
Who Will Assist At
Hibernians' Dance
Division No. \i and Ladies'
Auxiliary Join in Arrange
ments for Entertainment
A grand ball under the joint man
agement of division No. 12 and Ladies'
auxiliary division. No. 12, of the An
cient Order of Hibernians will be given
this evening at Hibernian hall, 454 Va
lencia street. Thomas Doyle and Mrs.
J. 11. Cileman will act as floor man
agers, ■with the following assistants:
Misses Julie Dwyer, N. A. Daly, A.
Brosnan, A. Malley, M. F. McCarthy
and V. McShane. and Messrs. D.
Dolan, V. Brannick, J. Madden and
J. J. McShane.
TWO WILSON MEETINGS
IN SAN MATEO TODAY
[Special Dispatch to The Call]
SAN MATEO, Nov. I.—Two Woodrow
Wilson meetings are scheduled for to
morrow in San Mateo, one in the after
noon at 2:30 o'clock in Hart's theater,
and the other in the evening: In Maple
hall. Mrs. Osgood Hooker will preside
at the afternoon gathering and Mrs.
Gertrude Atherton and Mrs. Isabelle
Strong will talk. M. J. Conway, chair
man of the San Mateo county demo
cratic central committee, will have
charge at the evening meeting, and
George Connelly of San Francisco and
some democratic candidates for office
will speak.
ADVERTISEMENT
OLD LETTERS
USED AGAINST
MEN ON TRIAL
Correspondence Is Said to Impli
cate AH Defendants in Vio
lent Measures
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., Nov. I.—Going
back to the calling of a strike by the
Iron Workers' union against bridge con
structors In 1905 the government at the
"dynamite conspiracy" trial today read
letters purporting to show that violence
was the beginning of the "campaign of
explosions" later carried on by the M ,, -
Namaras. All the 45 men now on trial.
the government charges, are implicated
by the letters.
The first exhibit was a letter written
by Frank Buchanan, then president of
the International Association of Bridge
and Structural Iron Worker* to J. J.
McNamara. saying: "If a majority of
the executive board approves, a strike
should be ordered." A strike was or
dered against a bridge company which
had sublet a contract to a Boston con
structor who employed nonunion men.
In connection with this, it was pointed
out that an explosion occurred at Mill
ers Falls. Mass., in December, 1905.
Buchanan's letters were devoted to
the union's business in directing the
strike. A letter from McNamara to
Frank M. Ryan, who succeeded Buch
anan, as read, referred to conditions
in Toledo. McNamara said that Buch
anan had authorized a member named
McOlerry to do some missionary work
in Toledo, "and that $150 was appro
priated for that purpose." McNamara
said that McClerry employed four men,
of whom two were arrested for assault,
and added that an attorney said that
if the men pleaded guilty they would
be paroled, but that after the mem
were convicted the Centra] Labor union
of Ohio adopted resolutions against
members of the board of public service
and a parole could not be had. Mc-
Naraara said that he had promised the
men pay for the time they were in
jail.
A letter was read from John T. But
ler of Buffalo, vice president of the
union, to McNamara about a "sugges
tion I would not care to put in writ-
Ing." The government alleges that the
suggestion referred to violence.
POSTOFFICES TO CLOSE
IN SHERMAN'S MEMORY
WASHINGTON, Nov. L—Postmaster
General Hitchcock today authorized
postmasters throughout the country to
close postofnces tomorrow on account
of Vice President Sherman's funeral.
Hitchcock construed the presidents
proclamation closing executive offices
as extending to postofnces as well.
Postmasters havfe been authorized to
use their discretion in closing offices
so far as public business will permit.
The supreme court delegated Asso
ciate Justices Hughes and Pitney to
represent the court at the funeral.
The treasury department also noti
fied all customs houses to close to-
morrow.
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