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ilishpsl Tciiipprafnro'Volerdaj. 62. Lowest Monday \ie\\\. r»G. For details of the Weather! See Pace ,1i.,., POPULATION OF pap /rf) I SAN FRANCISCO 0\)0,OOL : I ! San Francisco Directory statistics H show • that the population of San Francisco at this Pc J time is V 505,652—a gain of 23,722 for the year. This: estimate vis based i upon s a directory enumeration of 202,253 names. . ! : = VOLUME 114.—N0. 25. M'NAB RESIGNATION ACCEPTED; M'REYNOLDS UPHELD Grand Jury, in Telegram to President, Protests Move to Free Rich Defendants "I greatly regret that you should have acted so hastily and under so complete misapprehension of the actual circumstance*, but since you have taken such a course, and have given your resignation the form of an inexcusable in timation of injustice and wrongdoing on the part of your superior, I release you without hesitation and accept your resignation to take effect at once." JUDGE WARNS GRAND JURY OF "HIGHER UPS" "Police Graft Can Not Exist Without the Aid of Men Above Patrolmen and De tectives," Says Dunne, Or dering New Body to Go to Bottom, or Top, of Scandal "BAIL BROKERS BIG PART OF 'SYSTEM , " "You'll Find Head and Cen * ter of Bond Evil Within Shadow of Hall of Justice," He Urges, Hinting at Mc- Donough Brothers —First Meeting Tomorrow Night In impaneling the new grand jury yes terday Presiding Judge Dunne directed the attention of the nineteen jurors in positive terms, to the bail bond evil. This " industry is controlled t>y Me- -"♦i-nough Brothers, saloon keepers at Kcarng>- and Clay streets. The judge showed plainly that the duty of the jury, in relation to the police graft, is to investigate the higher officials of the department as well as the men in the ranks. -"Corruption of a police department • an not exist without the knowledge of officers higher than patrolmen and -detectives," Judge Dunne declared. "You will go to the bottom or the top. whichever it may be, and not stop with a mere scratching of the surface." Judge Dunne's arraignment of the MeDonough Brothers' bail bond busi ness was made without mentioning the names of the saloon keepers, Tom and Pete McDonough, but the inference was obvious. They were described, it is believed, when the judge declared that "the sys tem which profits oft police protection. influencing - police courts and controll ing bail bonds and other essentials of protected and profitable vice' , or. at least, "the captain's office of the sys i m is within a stones throw of this building- < the Hall of Justice) in the offices and saloon of a firm operating both as saloon keepers and bail bond broker*." MT>o\oi i;hv FOLLOW PIIISO.V IfcDono Brothers' loon is in the same block in Kearny street with the hall of justice, and before the re moval of the hall from Eddy street their institution was, located directly across, the street from the police sta tion and city prison and police courts. ! I followed the city prison. Judge Dunne's direction that the grand jury investigate the police de- 1 partment from top to bottom and the bail bond graft came at the ,end of his instructions to the jury. The judge first appointed George G. Gormlry, a member of the firm of George K. Plum mer & Co., 'ship; grocers, 72-74 Sacra mento street, as foreman. lie then swore the jury ; and impaneled the jurors. • lie read the law relating , to grand juries and th'en closed his instructions, .- ing: "There is one specific thing to which I wish to call your attention. That is i the corruption of the police depart-J inent. Several indictments have al- | ready been returned, but all have been j of men in the ranks. Apparently noth- j ing has been done to trace the eorrup- I on to its source, and corruption of a i police department can not exist with- : out the knowledge of officers higher ,| than' patrolmen and j detectives. « M l> BAIL BO.VO BROKERS . "If it docs so exist there is incom petency that as well merits your in vestigation -as does the corruption ; it self. And if you = proceed with the investigation it is your duty to show favor to no one at bow to no influence, however powerful; You will go to the bottom or the top, whichever it may be, and not stop with a mere scratch ing - on the surface. « complete- investigation will take you beyond the police "department it self into what the * district attorney calls 'the system.' , ' "My experience, here : has shown me that 'the- system*, is not fa;. mysterious < unliuiird I'age 10, Column 1 POINTED PARAGRAPHS FROM STATEMENTS BY PRESIDENT WILSON, JOHN L McNAB AND GRAND JURY WOODROW WILSON MEMORY, 10 DAYS BLANK, RETURNS J. H. Hogan, Thought Hope lessly Insane After Trying to Kill Neighbor, Recovers (Special Dispatch to The Call) CHICO, June —J. H. Hogan. a pho tographer of Oroville. who, 10 days ago, made a deliberate attempt to inveigle E. A. Jackson, a neighbor, into a trap to kill him, and who was, considered hopelessly insane, today regained his sanity and recovered his memory. Ho gan remembers everything up to the attempt to kill Jackson. Of that his mind is blank. He has been released from the county infirmary. ; PRESIDENT WILSON IS CALLED "NEW DANGER" Berlin Newspaper Characterizes Him as " ••Iγ <t rinjj Socialist" Who Dis turb* Hope of Peace of Europe (Special Cable to The Call) BERLIN". June 24.—President Wilson is violently attacked in an editorial in the evening edition of the National Zeitung. Under the caption. "The New Dan ger," his address to congress is > char acterized as "disturbing the hopes ], for tranquillity in the times of a crisis more dangerous to Europe than was the Balkan dispute." Mr. Wilson i-? described as "a lectur ing socialist who is convinced -that he must reform the world." • . . j:. The newspaper adds: ' -*-' "God help any one who still doubts that President Wilson is one of ; the most dangerous agitators! of modern times in one of the highest offices of the world." ; _ ■ • ;.- ..■ •.. _ . ..^^^S*s TRAIN WRECKERS FOILED Boulder in I Tout of Oakland- Ant loch ■ Express Discovered by Motorman . « (Special Dispatch to The Call) MARTINEZ. June 24.—An attempt was made last night to wreck a north bound Oakland- Antioch electric train of seven cars filled ■with Olympic mem bers en route to Mt. Diablo park, at a point several miles * east of Lafayette. ; The motorman discovered a huge boul- ! dc; on the rails in time to " stop j his train and prevent it being thrown into a deep ravine which paraliers the track at that point. BUTCHER'S BLOODY WORK j Ausruata -Man Admit* flavins Brutally [ * Hrntrn 15 Year Old Daughter ; AUGUSTA, Ga,, June 24.—Charges j that he fastened a chain around I ,' the neck of his 15 year old daughter, sus pended her from a meat hook ,in his I butcher shop and then beat her with I the butt end of a - whip until the , blood ! flowed, were made against J. J. John- I son la the recorder's court today. John ; son said Ife whipped his daughter be | cause he could not control her. AUTOS MAKE RECORD TRIP Chlrnsro to I.oe Vbui-Ic" Tour »n«i<« /Without Mlithap to 'Any. Car ; CHICAGO, June '24.—i\n automobile tour by 10 persons from Los «Angeles to Chicago ended here today ; with a rec ord of no breakdowns and no mishaps on the road from tin Pacific coast. : The party was' headed by W. ;A. Morehouse. Four cars were used— two large tour ing cars, a baggage car and a commis sary car. ■:; : ''-. : ','■ - -.. * -- ; FREE JUSTICE TO DEBTORS "So Chare? in Mcf> Kansas Court \ and I I Judge Serves "Without-Salary ; | ! KANSAS CITY, Kan., June -24.— A 1 I debtors' court in which "justice shall | ;he absolutely free , ' was authorized -by j ! the; commission of -Kansas r City today | !to be opened as soon as Mayor Green appoints a judge, who will receive _no I salary and may hold court whenever lie cheoses. ' ' .. - -\ 4 - ■ . SPOTS ON SUN DISAPPEAR i Academy of Science Announce,* la ;.. usual Phenomenon PARIS, June .4. —The Academy of Sciences is discussing the fact that spots on the sun have disappeared since last April. -fit. is an extraordi nary occurrence, the . periodic i appear ance of sun spots being within a cycle of 11.13 years. TWELVE ASSASSINS DIE Men Who Caused Death of Mihmond ! Schefket Are Executed: ' ! V:'CONSTANTINOPLE,; June 21.— Twelve of the men sentenced; to death j in connection with the assassination of Mahmoud Schcfket, the late grand vizier, were executed this morning In Bayazidc square. I THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL "The People's Newspaper \ SAN FRANCISCO, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 25, 1913. -PAGES 1 TO 10. JANSEN ACCUSED WITH WOMAN OF ABETTING CRIME Wealthy San Jose Man Is Drawn Still Further Into/■ Troubles of Lawyer Dreischmeyer MYSTERIOUS PAPERS HELD AS THREAT (Snecial Dispatch to The Call) SAX JOSE, June —An investiga tion of the "loose ends"' of the : case of Attorney Frank L. , Preischmeyer. who* has pleaded guilty ~to embezzle ment and "forgery, was - promised 5 by the district attorney's office : today as a result of startling developments involv ing Frederick -Jansen, a wealthy local capitalist, and his sister in law, .Miss Margaret C. C Stierlin, who in an affi davit and a civil action filed today are Continued on Paste 3, < oliinin 3 "INJUN" HUNTERS FOUND FIGHTING OVER TRIP HOME ! Oakland Boys Jailed; Were Bound for Desert Anned 1 With Repeaters fSpofial !>!>|iHiih to Tiio Tali i LOS ANGELES. June .'4.—Attired in khaki clothe.*. - with \. knapsacks 't and canteens thrown over;. their shoulders and ; ; carrying: repeating> rifles, ; Ben I Black, 13 yours old, son of a grocer of 2102 • Eighth avenue, . Oakland, and George Ferguson. 13 years old, of 823 Fourth avenue. Oakland,, were arrested at the Arcade station today. They were locked up at the detention home as runaways. , ■-.-?.•-■. ■:..■■■-■•;. ■ . i The boys said they were on their way to the Mojave desert to fight In-; dians. They told the officers that they purchased their outfits in Oakland and i - niMllil 111 ii I**1 ** , "~. * ' - < • -„.■ then bought tickets for Los Angeles. .--: - •'"., -f.'.-.-i. ■'■- ■•:*■•■■■.-■■—■: .:■■! '! . .-..-...; : The boys had bicycles with -.them;, and : *". -- ---■ > i^'-i^\- : ... -'' ■ i - ? 3 ., ~-■"'• ;■ v' : -—" ■..--■> -,-: '--- said ?, they were to be i utilized lin! scout : duty. The adventurer.-; were ? arguing over the possession of a return ticket to . Oakland when they attracted the at- : tention of an officer. They had but a few dollars when taken 1 into custody. "-: ■.-■-..■■ -'■. "'■,■■■•:. ' - - ■" ,- ~ . *... - .-".v ■■'•■■■■;•■•■,.■ •..-'■■■.■■:.■ ■-.■ r ;V >--':v--s . JOHN L. McNAB // it were right in May to tell me to proceed, i. it is wrong ■, in : June .to tell me to stop. If it were right in June to tell me to stop, it is now wrong to say that the .< cases must immediately proceed. If the.attorney general lan thus de clare men innocent despite overwhelming evidence, he can as easily declare men guilty against whom there is no evidence. If the attorney general has this power, the sooner the constitution is amended the better. ; Snapshots of San Francisco attorney who will be asfyed by pres ident to prosecute Caminetti-Diggs and Western Fuel company cases; assistant attorney general (on left) ; who "assumed respon sibility*; state senator likely to be named United States attorney J for southern California district and associated in prosecution, and i local United States attorney who jarred Washington. WEALTHY AUTOIST KILLED BY FAST TRAIN IN SOUTH P. C. Higgins Carried on . Fender for Quarter of Mile; Crushed to Death {Special Disp.teb to The Cain SANTA BARBARA, June 24.—Phin eas C. Hiffgins, one of the wealthiest residents of the Carpinteria-Valley die trict, was Instantly killed this morn ing when the automobile in which he was riding: was struck by the: Lark, the fast ; Southern-Pacific train, at the Nld ever crossing:, , -.' just south of :, Sorena sta ; The auto and driver were carried on .-'. ..-- - -. • - -.- -. . the engines fender for a quarter of a ' mile after the collision before the en gineer was able to bring the train to a I. "An Independent Newspaper For an administrative officer thus to single out certain defendants and re fuse to permit them to be tried is publicly to attempt to free a favored defend ant after the exercise of influence in the privacy of the attorney general's office, in the absence of the evidence and in violation of justice. We can not re frain from protesting thai our work is swept away by the autocratic act of an administrative official. McNAB SAYS HE IS GLAD HE IS OUT OF OFFICE Refutes Wilson's Statement That Criticism of Mcßeynolds Was Unjust, Saying Even President Can Not Change Facts ,, ;. Declaring that the _ ; postponement ■; of • the Western . Fuel cases was; in violation and .an - attempt to subvert the powers of the grand jury, the federal grand jury which first indicted the directors and officers of the company yesterday made a last appeal against the resignation of John L. McNab. Hardly an hour after the grand jury had ; dispatched V its vigorous reso lution to President Wilson came the news that Mr. McNab's resignation had been accepted by the president and J that his connection with the depart- j ment of justice had come to an end. . ;"I am profoundly glad,'" said Mr. j McNab, when he heard the news. 'Now that he has accepted my resig nation the incident i3;closed.^^^ "He Bays that my criticism of the j attorney general : was unjust but even ' Woodrow Wilson cannot j change facts, j If it was right in 1 May to tell me to proceed with these cases, it was wrong in June to tell me to stop. If it was i right in June to tell me to stop, it is j now wrong for him to say 'proceed.' " j Summarizing in terms f perhaps even f WEATHER -FORECAST: Vf> (%ndj; sprinkles in morning; brisk northwest niiuK IJEADS THEM ALL _>/- y 4THE CALL leads all San Francisco news {, in ' its * increase in June business . with ijgfi* sar 5 > 260 inches to the good over the same days last year. GRAND JURY TO PRESIDENT PRESIDENT AT SAME TIME DEMANDS QUICK TRIALS AND SELECTS F. J. HENEY I Exonerates Attorney General From Blame but Overrules Postponement Of 3 Diggs-Caminetti Case and Bruce and Sidney V. Smith Hearing—Department Head Writes Full Report to Executive and Explains WHITE SLAVE CHARGE WILL BE .." PRESENTED FIRST TO FEDERAL COURT Two Coal Trust Directors Next to Appear—Matt I. Sullivan and Thomas Hayden to Be Chosen As Aids to Reuf Prosecutor—Appointments Not Fully Settled, But President Admits Will Urge Their Acceptance . (Special Dispatch to -The Call) : . . .., ;■; :- ; . ' June Wilson tonight accepted the resignation of .United States Attorney John !L. McXab of San Francisco' The president, in an official statement given out to j night, supports Attorney General Me Reynolds in the j position he had taken with reference to the Biggs-Cami j nctti "white slave case in San Francisco, and also with reference to the ; postponement of the case against two of the directors of the Western Fuel company. v '■- \ .•■• - "-:.__:./.\~ \' :- ...... ~■ * ; At the same lime the president said that he believed the facts warranted a reversal of the decision of the at- | ~" — — torney general •• to postpone the cases, and in answer to questions said the cases against Diggs and Caminetti and against the Fuel, company direct- j ors would be pressed to trial at once. Special assistant attorneys will be j appointed to conduct the prosecutions. J The president admitted that the spe- ' attorneys he has. In mind to handle j the prosecution of the white slave and ] Fuel company cases are Francis J. I lleney. who" * prosecuted the case j against Abraham Rettf; Matt J. SuUt-j ■ van, who assisted lleney in that case, and Thomas Hayden. a leading demo crat lawyer. '; ; ■v A. C. Campbell of Los Angeles, who j has been indorsed for district attorney, for the southern district of California, might be asked , : to go to San Francisco to prosecute the cases should Heney re- J fuse, to take th* post. , * ; j WHITE SIA VfcJ CAME ItST . - Heney, Sullivan and Ilayden have not yet been asked whether they will act for the government, but the presi dent - will suggest their names to At torney General Mcßeynolds at a con ference tomorrow, and immediately they will be asked !to take charge of the cases for the government and ar range for quick trials. The Diggs-Cam inetti case will be first, and the trial I more-harsh . than * the ordinary local [criticism ,of the department of justice !is the telegram of the former grand jury to President Wilson. ■;■■'''■ '"We .protest against , giving ear to the private appeals of certain defend ants and ■' then \ ordering that these : de- I fendants be relieved 'from; prosecution," it r reads. : "I t ■ is" publicly to attempt to free'a\ ; favored defendant after the ex ercise of Influence in the privacy of the attorney general's office in the ab sence of the evidence and in the viola tion of justice. :'., '"We can not refrain from expressing :,\ ' : Continued '; on :• Page '2, Column 5 • PRICE FIVE CENTS. of Robert Bruce and Sidney V. Smith. Western Fuel company directors, will follow. The president would have conferred with the attorney general regarding the engagement of these attorneys, to night but for the fact that his time was. taken up with a conference with Speaker Clark on the currency. X? believes they will accept. Certainly he will urge their acceptance. Mr. Mcßeynolds wrote a full explana tion' of the reasons for postponing the cases and submitted it to the president tonight. WILSO.V DEMANDS QUICK TRIALS lie explained the postponement of the now famous Diggs-Caminetti case on the ground that Commissioner :of Immigration Caminetti, the father of one ,of the two young men who are charged with r having taken two high school girls out of the state for im moral purposes, was needed here in Washington and yet wanted to attend the trial. A;pbstponement. therefore, was arranged to oblige the commis sioner. The explanation of the postpone ment of the case against Sidney V. Smith and Bruce was that other offi cers were indicted and the outcome of their trial was being awaited. He considered the cases of the two direc tors less serious. President Wilson accepted the attor ney generals explanation and "ex pressed his confidence, in that official's good intentions, but ordered that the arrangement for postponements be overturned. ■ President Wilson, in wiring to Air. ; M Nab the acceptance of the latter';> ; resignation, characterized; the form of iit "an inexcusable intimation of .injus tice anil wrongdoing on : the- part of Attorney General McKcynolds. DEVELOPMEXTS n \ PID I, - Developments were rapid today in the situation which was precipitated by the telegrams of Mr. McXab Satur '• day to the president and the attorney i general, ; accusing:: the , latter of yield- . ing to 'rich and powerful influences" in * ordering a postponement of "these cases/ the rather of one of the de fendants' being Anthony Caminetti, commissioner general of immigration. The subject absorbed the cabinet meeting today and the president cam" to his office tonight to make public the full correspondence. First the president .telegraphed Mr. McNab as follows: .. '-..-«, ; "Washington, D. C, June 21. 1913; ; "John L.. McNab, Esq.,' .'. "San Francisco, Cal. --;•I greatly regret that you should have acted so hastily and under so coirt plete misapprehension of the actual cir cumstances, but since yon have taken such a course, and have given your resignation the form of an inexcusable ■.';"'■ "■ '■ ''■ '■:'"■" ■ ' ■"■ ■ ■'. " . ••■:: -' v