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CHARGE OF PROFESSIONALISM WILL NOT DOWN
Grand Jury Will Be Asked to Institute Investigation or 'Jrial Conditions
VERDICTS WORTH !
NO MORE THAN
m TO THE IN
So Asserts Talesman As He
5 Is Examined for Place in
Box in Esola - -'.
* Case
Market street by an unidentified man,
:? who* offered him $20 if he would en
deavor to act as a juror in the Swart
hout case, then before Judge Dunne.
.. "I told him to leave me alone and
not try to get me mixed up in any
such business,", said Schmidt. "I am a
man of family, and I didn't want to
(at into any trouble. I told a police
sergeant of the affair and asked him
to tell the: man who had approached
/trie that I didn't want him ever to
(ppeak to me again." \
'■ ■.. "Who was the officer? ,, asked .Berry.
C';; "Sergeant Driscoll," replied Schmidt.
HIS MAX XOT 1* COURT /;*' i\
:■ . "Do you know the man who spoke
to you?" he was asked by the prosecu
tion.
5 Schmidt said he would know the man
Sf he were to see him again.
i '"Do you see him in the courtroom :
510w , ." queried Berry. ii
% -Schmidt's eyes traveled slowly about
the courtroom. carefully scanning
."every face which came within his line
of vision. Then he": turned to * the as-- !
distant district attorney and shook his I
'head. "No," he said, "he's not here j
now." .
♦; Schmidt was excused. ■-• ■
'! think this a matter that should
'Have the attention of the grand jury, , 'j
- v said the court.
"J have intended to bring the matter!
to that body's attention," replied Berry.
owing to' the pressure of other j
matters the grand jury has been un- j
-able to consider it." ■ j
Berry afterward said that he had j
known of the attempt to influence J
-Schmidt. He said thai the matter had j
'.'xficn brought to him by.- one of the j
i smen on the EsolaXpanel. 7 !
MO I 1.11 lIAVK ) BKK.V 9'M IX IT
"During-the trial of the La fond case, j
on -May 2," said Berry, "a juror named j
pirn.* A brains told some of the other
jurors that there would have been $20
in it for him and Schmidt if they had !
served on the Swarthout case."
, Yesterday's proceedings were opened t
by the prosecution' peremptorily*chat-']
lending William Fahey,'\vhb\had been
temporarily passed the preceding day. J
.Assistant District Attorney. Berry
:t asked permission of the court to re
examine Fahey; and his request was
granted. It developed that the tales
man had been previously intimate with
Captain Gleeson of the San Francisco I
police department, which was the cause
of his challenge.,; He was excused.
H. >'ehlc.«selmun, 1369 Hayes street,
"was the first talesman passed for cause
during the morning "session,; but late:- "
in the. day was excused;' He was fol- j
lowed by X. P. Ludwigpon, a collector,
'436 Buchanan street, .who was passed
after a lengthy examination; but like
•wise excused. • v.
HAVE IMPKSSSfOIV OF GLII/r
• C Gangloff and J. Thorpe were chal
lenged for cause by the defense and
•excused by consent. . " "
' Then followed James Crampton, re
tired grocer, 2905 Twentieth street,
who was passed for cause, but later
excused. -■; ;'.,.•, ■.• .■• ■-,/ ; ;-...-,,■ _ : .
Admitting that he had formed an lm- j
pression of the guilt of t the ; defendant \
•from reading the newspapers, George •
Kiln was excused, as also was Bert I "
Bliven, a livery stable man, -•- j
_i With the temporary ' passing' of Nel- 1
. son Adams, the morning session was
brought to a close. There.' were six
jurors sworn when the noon recess was
ailed.
The trial was resumed at 2:30 o'clock
in the afternoon, when material and
rapid progress in the selection of jurors i
was made. : . . _ ._ t
t Throughout the examination of talcs- ! .
men Attorney Thomas O'Connor took I
particular care to ascertain ; It any of
the prospective juror* had read any of
i the autobiography of Maurice de Mar
lini, a confessed bunko published)
in one of the local papers. He referred
'" De Martini cynically as "Chevalier
t de Martini," and on several occasions
took pains to discover * Whether tales
men had read the portions of the bunko
man's life history, in which it , referred :
•to his ] oval lineage or wherein he de
■scribed himself as a prize fighter.
•*i,isir- kuad referred to
: . The reported statement of District
'Attorney Fickert's that a '-'slush" fund
;wa.« being raised for the defense of the
accused officers came in for its share of
attention at O'Connor's hands in ques- j
tioning talesmen. .; ,' , > - <•:■ /
'■;'.: Throughout the day's proceedings '
Hoe defendant. Frank! Esola, sat beside I
.O'Connor, taking an active interest in
everything that was said, making notes
in a book occasionally, but never at
any time showing" much concern, v,;
-:•;- When the Jury panel was- completed "
Judge Dunne announced that he would
• have to turn the % 'jurors' over into the
.custody of the sheriff. . .He;apologized j ;
for the action, but said 1 that* he deemed '"
-, it best to take such ; ,a r course. There!
• •'•as considerable. displeasure ; expressed
Thy the jurors, arid a few of them asked I
to be excused from serving on va
rious pretext*, but all were, denied.
SWIFTNESS CAUSES SURPRISE '""*• -'■ *
* The rapidity which marked the ee
lection of jurors during: the afternoon {
'session was a • matter-;of considerable}
surprise to both:sides; as :it was at first j
fxpected that the final completion of,'
Vthe panel would require another day. |
i IJoith District Attorney Ftckert ;• and j
At ney Thomas O'Connor for ' the. de-" j
- feiise expressed their satisfaction with I
the jury appointed. "
f ;:; During the afternoon the following !
talesmen: were examined, but excused:'
Carl Erb,: retired furniture dealer, TiTS '
; Seventh ' avenue; Bs J. Schmidt, 4312* '
Nineteenth street; Charles Dodler, mm- 1
ing man. t , retired, :, 600 Geary street; j
.Ueorge dv Boise, pensioned police offl- ;
• <•;■. 2504 * Twenty-third 'street; i Mathiae |
C;forge. grocer, and Rudolph Arm- •
ttrong, 7JO Fair ; Oaks street. '•.'«-."»*-''
U\V. WAM II.KKCKD
'*r Every; talesman examined was ; asked 1
it" he had ever been fleeced by 'a jbunko: !
man, but only.; one, !'. M. COchrftO, :a:
lumber man, would adiuk that he had.
Cochran was -: asked ; ;' if T!i««»nian who:
had fleeced him was either Maurice de
The judge presiding at the police bunko graft trial, the defendant an one of his attorneys ' and several of the jurors, sketched in court by
* one of The Calls staff of artists.
Martini, Frank Dubois, Frank Corrigan
or Mike Gallo,. but he replied "So." .
The trial of Esola will be resumed at
10 o'clock this morning.
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\ POLICEMEN SHIFTED
ir LOSE OLD BEATS
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\ ; In - accordance with . the : announced
I policy to change the beats of more
I than 100 - patrolmen within the next
I month in detachments of ;10 or more
i each week, Chief White yesterday made
: the following transfers:' '
I.oois: Ballettb, central to the Mission: P. G.
i-Welch; central to the Busli: M. A. Collins, eta
; iral to tlic park;", George Clarji.' rentrtl to . the
i park; R. O. Hughe*, park ;to the central; l>. I.
I Bol«Dd.3Ilselon to the centralis If; IX. I.eonlmrr,
I park to the central; W. P. SnlViran. Bush to the
I central; (A. .'Johnson, southern i* tUe Infleuidc:
I William Jones. Ingl«>ei(le to "the-southern, J. L.
Vi7,zard. park to the southern; K. ' Opnenlieim,
southern •>• the park. :'"-.■>---..;v;?>..">. '■ ■ '. - :.' ' '
i The policemen changed from central
fiistrict beats to 1; other, .stations have
been in , the downtown district for years.
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MAKE CAPS "POP";
, 2 BOYS INJURED
Oregon. Lads, Finding Dynamite :|
In Cellar, ThroTP It on \
I ,'''-■■■ Kitchen Fire 1 QVi!
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MILWAUKEE,: Ore., ; May 27.—Royal j
Marsh, 9 years old, is dying • and his |
brother, Lawtori, two years older, is !
seriously injured from an explosion of j
dynamite caps . which they had thrown |
into the kitchen stove ;in their home
near here "to hear them 'pop. , " ' ■
A fire followed the explosion, but it !
; was i extinguished by Mrs.: Marsh. , One j
corner of the house ■ was demolished. I
;. The youngsters found the caps in the
cellar, where- their father had buried
them. T'.'-'V.', .> ■" '•" ■'■ > f ' ."• " -"j
EMBEZZLER PAROLED TO I
CUSTODY OF HIS FATHER i
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Former l>i\iuln Student Sentenced to
Five Year* .Iβ ■ I'rlaon, Hut ; Com
nitlinrnt Ik Stayed
v ,ST. LOUIS. May —William Schultz,
the former divinity student at Concor- j
riia , seminary. ': St. Louis, who was ' ar
rested in ? Denver recently for embez
zlement from the funds of . the college
publication of i which :he [ was manager,
pleaded guilty,, in .'; the : superior court
here today, ile was sentenced to five,
years' imprisonment. Ti■- : ''~:-*■ ■'■ ■ : "-' v, ■ r -'"-Ai
j-,: The sentence was stayed and Schultz
was : paroled.-to. the custody of his
father. Charles Schulz of v Cleveland,
who has -; agreed, to make good v ; the
amount =; stolen. ", - '' . r /) r , ■- ..■',■,
/- Schultz v took the money to pay * the
expenses of hi« honeymoon when he
married Miss Thelma Gillion, an ac- I
tresis.'" , ' v --"■.'' '■ ."•-• -, ■>>CiV*V;; \ ■_ :: •*
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CONN, PLEADS NOT GUILTY:
< ji-M- of "SIOO,OOO Bura-lar" ■■•Postponed
'"t .;>, AVerli to. Be Set for Trial
" - C'weh D. . Conn, the" "$ 100,000 ♦ burglar,"
appeared before Superior Judge Dunne |
yesterday and pleaded not guilty to a
charge of burglary. •>.'*.s.*> ::>- V' J - : '-'^lr-.'■■'"■-.
--i" ! Conn .was shot by Policeman Hughes
I 'tfiree'f months ago in the park district t
and* in f his \ room -at >' the j : - St. Francis
'hotel' , much sof ■ the. loot from San Fran
oisco homes was discovered.
•
Ti,e case was , postponed one ; week to
['be; set for trial. " •-;••*■■■:■*-:'» ; ■ -',::-'*■*■'
POSTOFFICE CLOSED FRIDAY
Every Department Will Take Vacation
" .Memorial Day "
./Every 'department-' of the Pan Fran
cisco postonlcervvlll l be closedf Memorial
day. The order was received 1 ' by Post
master Arthur : Fisk yesterday from the 1
postmaster general. This ; will be the
first time that the general!-delivery has
closed . all day.-.on Memorial day.^^;^
: - Yds EM ITE IN a night
i Pullman sleeping: oar via Southern
Pacific. Ferry , station »:40 p. m.;
(Oakland, Sixteenth streets fetation. 10.17
Hi.: arriving ) s El Portal 7a. tn. Round
trip fare from San l-ramisco, includ
ing:; stage fare between Hotel Del Por
j tal and Sentinel hotel., in center^:of
I park. 1I ; ; miles, $22. S5. Stage fare
i thence to "Wawona . iMarlpoea big
jT€!es),^2utimilesJ- ; and return, $15.00
|CaßUf.rfebJf camp*, in addition to first
class hotels.—Advt. *
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MAYOR DECLINES
TO HINDER SERVICE
ON SUITER ROAD
United Railroads to Be 'Au-
I" thorized to Run Cars
Through to Ferry '
at Once * j". ' I
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'".Continued: ; From . Page "1 *:>- ;? 7'7 : j
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street cars ;were,aHowe(fu to-run t& tliej
ferry » they ; would interfere wltli the j
construction* of' the extension of lie j
Geary road, and Mayor "Rolph called" a
meeting yesterday' afternoon, at which
he;discussed' the situation with iCashin
arid Chairman Vogelsang of : . the super-, !
visors' publicr utilities committee. They I
came to the conclusion that the fSuT-f j
ters* street Tears ? would not tinterfered to
any serious extent.. : 7. ■''""-'' *"'*':»* -■* ■" * *"">'
TRANSFER QUKVriON' Pl.V- f
"We 'decided," said the .mayor,v"that; j
if the Sutter street cars were allowed"!
to run to "the ferry immediately vthe'y- j
would not hinder Contractor 1*. Ro- i
landi in the building of the two blocks
of track down . Market;street;p On-the' :
other hand;.patrons of the Sutter street !
line would have the convenience of a
through trip to the ferry. In addition
to this, the : city could at once7 enter
: into the transfer privileges provided in
the agreement with the Fillmore street
and7Divisaderqj street lines. We have
the transfers I printed and, are I ready «to"
put them .into use the moment the
Sutter street cars begin running to the I
ferry. As to the exchange of transfers*
at Kearny street and Larkin street, this *
privilege 'is optional on the part 1 of the |
city and will not in any case:be' exer
cised until the 'Geary cars'run * to the
water*front. • ? '
DISADVANTAGES OFFSET
* 7 "In my opinion '.any; ; slight 7 disad
vantage which might accrue77; to the' j
Geary road by reason of * the immediate I
operation"/ of J the . Sutter cars ; is offset i
by thef exchange of transfers v and the
"convenience7[to; the Sutter street pa- |
trons who have waited far too long j
already for .""a** through'; line."
MayorfRolph; stated 7 that the public
utilities », committee would meet this
morning and decide whether or not the |
Sutter ; street > cars .i should be allowed j
to 7 go to7;the ferry at once. * - v • ,■ ■% C;
*,--,If; }, the committee decides for - the i
Sutter cars, which seems /"the"'
mayor ' will.get.in?touch with all mem
bers 7 of the board of ; supervisors be
fore, tomorrow : night, and 7 if a ma
jority 7 are in favor of -allowing the
Sutter cars7 to -proceed ■>'he ? will..' give ;
his consent to the United Railroads.
It 7 will j then be incumbent upon the
United Railroads i to take off the horse
cars without delay, all of which leads
the' mayor to; declare that! tonight prob
ably 71 will >7 be {; the "last of *' the horse
drawn trams. . •<
Mullally, assistant to the
Outing Suggestions t
In Men's Wear :
We are specially prepared in every department to meet all
requirements for your outing, vacation or week-end trip— -
NORFOLK SUITS . BATHING SUITS .■ * I
OUTING SUITS FRENCH CUFF SHIRTS II !
KHAKI SUITS OUTING SHIRTS '-\
DUCK TROUSERS ATHLETIC UNDERWEAR «
FLANNEL TROUSERS TUB TIES s'', - \\ I
MOTORING COATS TRUNKS AND BAGS 1 !
TRAMPING BOOTS ;■-. SWEATERS
TAN SHOES—STRAW HAT3—HOSIERY ' ;|S
Hastings Clothing Co. ;
Post and Grant Avenue j
Rattler Invades Chico
Killed at Busy Corner
I'? (Special I>i*pstCh to The Call) ' i ;<*
; >•'" CHICO, May — After Hearing •
i J 1 " , fvom«>n ,> 'iind.'eVl|<Jr<>n and wpdine* f'
•TKCfßk r **« «*>**fW'i«iou. a four f<iot ?
I I rmitlrnnnUr-kYffr killrd today *♦ l>.
i,, . t!«in unit Jflr«t, titreetii, one of n ■
< > the bii*te«< p*in~t* in Chico. How '
1 ; ; thr rattler| got into the city Is" '
;? ? a mystery.•■-"■* : "*' l " ,' ":'-"',' l,;
<■ c~».>-«..»»».. »y.»^
I president' of the United .Rail roads,*7 in
I answer to the 'question "When will the
i Gutter r street cars ; run to the ferries
if the city gives .consent to their
operation?" ?aid; .'^--'-- v ; \
*■■;.."Our,; tracks are iii, our lines, are lip
L and Cwe -are ready to s run to the | ferry.
I: fl "In .the V conference, y howev, which
took plage between the mayor and my-
I self regarding the lower Market street
matter one of f the Concessions' askd by
i him "'wasii that we i should 5 ? not run the
street cars to the ferry until the'
I municipal road '. had built its tracks to
I the ferry and was fgady'to run to that
'point.
! "Pursuant to i this:, condition imposed
by him for adjusting the matter, I
promised i the mayor j that we would [ not ."
run the zSutteHstreet , cars to ; the ferry
.until; t-Jte lipes«< of the municipal road
had been -built and the city was , ready
t(J run Us cars to the ferry. '•";.',
"While ,this promise was not put in
the written agreement, yet, as my
word ;is as good as \my bond, I feel aa
I much bound by :it as \if It were in the
I written agreement. *We shall not,
I therefore, be able to run ¥ the i Slitter,
'street 5 care; to the ferry until the mu
nicipal road has built its "i lines■;arid is
[ ready to run to the ferry, unless the I
[mayor tells me that he does not wish j
'us 'to comply'with the promise which j
was made at his request. . . !• ,:,-.< ..
"While the present status permits |
I the city immediately to begin the con
i struction of its tracks in Market street
I for the purpose of running Its cars to
I the ferry, it of course makes the rest !
!of the agreement . inoperative until the j
tracks are teady for the municipal cars
to ru,n to the ferry." / '
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TRAINS COLLIDE; TWO DEAD
Several Paesengern Among Injured In
• ; "', - WlNMuurl-t'nrtfli- Accident \
BRANT. Mo., May 27. —Two engineers
h were killed and i several other persons,
including a number ot passengers,(were
I injured in , J a headon collision between
passenger trains No. 11, westbound, and
; No. 12, eastbound, on the Missouri- 1
Pacific 2 railway near here early today.
BANQUET BROKEN
UP BY SHERIFF
Bon ; Air Hotel at " Escalle
Levied Upon in Midst
"; of High Revel
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; ( Special T»lspßtch; to The Call) '. .'. " .V, , •
I:■:.•■ SAN RAFAEL, May 27.—Sunday night
at . the fashionable . Bon Air hotel
E.scalle Sheriff John Kcating's deputies
descended upon a gay gathering and,
arnirtiu with a court order, swept away
■evert/movable/ article in the place.
That is, everything, that had not been
previously, covered by a. chattel I' mort
gage held by the Bank of Tomales.
- 41 ti was the | grand opening night of
I the hostelry, and nearly 200 San Fran-'
I cisco men and women had just/seated
themselves; at the banquet tables ; when
! Deputy.; Sheriff J Oscar J Emerald, at ;? the
I head of his posse, entered the place.
The hotel manager consoled!: his
quests, t dispatched men "IT hither ft; and
thither and /soon provided food and
tvine, chairs and tables, and even re
placed the missing bar with one resur
rected from the basement. And the
dance was on again. '
The attachment by Philip B.
Cross of r San Francisco against the
Bon/Air Heights company to collect a
claim of $2,073. The cost of removing
the 'seven truck loads was figured in
the sheriffs office to be $40. ; -, . .
Cigar Information
What is ■ the difference between "■ Why, if there is no difference in
a cigar made in Tampa, Florida, of • quality, do some smokers demand
Havana? tobacco, and one made in Havana-made cigars?
Havana? . . Havana-made cigars f
; No difference in the quality, but Why do some fine old gentlemen
about 100% in the price. still wear a stock instead of a
t . . ;, : fourhand A :
What makes Havana cigars
cost more? V. J ; ■ ' Are Sanchez & Haya cigars
:c The government charges a much made entirely of Havana Tobacco ?
• , , higher duty on cigars than on leaf Yes, and of the 1912 crop - the
T" " tobacco. -■■-■■- -..-_- --:- ■.-,- best tobacco grown in Cuba for
Are the workmen the same? years.
Yes, both are Spaniards. - Are the dealers now supplied
:: Is : the tobacco cured :in the with, the new crop cigars bearing
same way? the national band?
Yes, it is all cured in Cuba. '■'-• li ' : Yes, ask your dealer*
Sanchez & Haya Cigars
(Factory No. 1 Tampa Florida) ,
"The Same Old Brand with a Brand New Band ,, -
Tillmann & Bendcl Distributers
BUTTE COUNTY SWEPT
BY GRASSHOPPER ARMY
"TO*. - v-- . • -i
Insects Strip Twenty Acre
Orchard, but Pest Is
Checked by the Rain
(gp«fcf»l Dispatch to The Call)
CHICO, May 27.—A great army of!
' grasshoppers -is sweeping its way
through the orchards of eastern Butte
county a nd on toward Chico. Tonight
the rain lias checked its progress, but
! the pest is doing vast damage to or- i
i chaFds and vineyard?. The Pentzor- j
chard of 20 acres has been stripped of j
leaves and others are badly damaged, j
Orchardists and-gardeners are using I
sacks and tenting to protect their trees ]
and vines from the hoppers. "* ''
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Army Twenty Miles Long
' CLOVIS, N. M., May 7.—The great
army of grasshoppers which yesterday
invaded New Mexico on the east; today
reached Elida, Roosevelt county. The
army is .20-,* miles long and i .4 miles
deep, and the grasshoppers are liter
ally stripping the country bare in their
path. They are '\ moving; j 3 westward
across;' the central J part of the state at
i the rate of ; a mile a : day?-; A 'mass meet
ing J'ls^tb;' be held here tomorrow, at
which funds will be raised and a plan
devised for resisting the invaders be
fore 'ithey/reach^ Clovis. ,£ Growing crops '
already have been totally destroyed by
the grasshoppers and the range bared
of grass. ~ ,'-■ ; \-'.- . '* ' ; ;; ::'■'->. \ "
INVASION CAUSES
1 LITTLE ALARM
WASHINGTON, May 27.—The grass-
I hopper ; invasion of - northeastern '« New
Mexico, a telegraphic report ;of which
i reached the department of agriculture
I today from A. G. Hammer, one of its
I agents, is "/ not * causing alarm among
officials here. ". ;■, .'-";;; "-:"';;,'■':" '"■■/,} : ;
Prof. F. M. Webster, in charge of the
work of ■; insect:^investigatione.itoday
said that the j pest , was not likely to
spread over ; : a'i large territory, as it
: could be successfully fought because it
had i: not traveled far or done '■>} much
damage to crops. The report from Mr.
Hammer shows; it is the "differential
grasshopper," not the fast moving
variety, which spread i over nearly the
entire country in the eighties. j"T J .
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