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j j — — — — — - ~ _ "When Landsmen in Uniform Took a Fighting Ship to Sea,'- a clever illustrated story of the San \u25a0 Francisco Naval Reserve^appears • \u25a0\u25a0.': . ! 11l j THE SUNDAY CALL; i VOLUME. C— XO. 135. Two Young Morphine Fiends Susp ected of Gaspipe Murders Citizens Are Gathering Evidence Against the Police Department Schoolgirl Prowls Through Night, a Burglar. ;' !IKCXI>N.' \rnO : CO>TESSRS THJ i'^US. UKE.V IXOBBING JIOCS£s i Enters 'Dwelling to Steal and Is Caught" by Owner, v: Arrested In the . act of looting ] \u25a0 !:ct;>e, 14-joar-old » Tessile - Herncn, a Kchool^lrl In abort dresse*, made a re irarkablj confession to the police last tilght. [l it.:: Clairalne to be tbe victim of Irre hlrtible tmpblses'wbicb make be'r leave twer iioißf and go alongr dark streets, trying; -tlmorv., the srlrl iaade . volnntary adinfksica-of ilie. burclar>' 1» wiilrh site v, as detected, toxretfcer -Mlth the de tails, of anot.lifr _«bich lias lirrn pur ;i!n; tbe police for " the last three Heloa !Ives vrith, her widowed another at 3111 Wc-liStcr street. 1 -It was short ly after 9' o'clock last. Bight when Tliomas • Cur|«»y heard footsteps, -in : a front room of.h'.s horne_*at_2.o72_ Union street. Gplr.g cautiously to the door \u25a0*-ay, and peering in., he .was surprised to find the. girl in the act of' searching the room. He hurried inside and grasped fieri by'an'^arm and saw that sh« had already, picked up ; a prayer book wbich had been lying on a bu reau. -;- \u25a0•;•• . — \u25a0 :&'.~;:^ GIRL IS ARRESTED. Curley went outside and blew a whistle' which summoned. Patrolman Jack Sull'van.who took the girl to'thc Central police station. - There- Helen admitted ithat she hadentered'the Cur ley home for the purpose of stealing. The san\« impulse that impelled her to this, burglaov she r said, prompted her to steal a gold watch \u25a0 and fob .from the. home, of Mrs. M. R. Hall at 2005 Greenwich street, three weeks ago. .The latter burgjary. \u0084she eald. happened about 10 o'clock at night. - • \u25a0 "Once I stole the. watch, l didn't have any use for It," she said. '.'lt had a nice monogram \u25a0on it, and I ' couldnH help taklng.it once I. had .entered: the house. I gave It to my aunCKatherine Hernen, who. works for . the Cooks at 3616 Washington street., I7"toldI 7 " told her that It was given to me by an uncle. Sl-c didn't know I stole It IMPULSE; IRRESISTIBLE. "I don't know what maices me steal. I never think about It in the daytime when lam at school, but: as. soon as it gets dark something makes me go: into the streets and begin to try doors. - I try not to do it. but it's no .use. •[ I simply can't resist the feeling that tells me to steal... No one at home, suspects me of It." 1 From what the police have been able to learn Helen's mother." Mrs. Sadie Herncn. is a hardworking .'widow, wrio does her best to provide for,and.edu cate the girl. They-do, not'thilnk: her aynt had any suspicion that' the ; watch had. been stolen by Helen,* but are in vestigating the matter. -.1:.. i. l: .. i -\u25a0'\u25a0'.. ; \u25a0\u25a0 Helen was "detained ,at- the : Central Emergency- Hospital.Vbeins: "placfed" in *h*Tse cl th* matron. The San Francisco Call. INDEX OF THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL'S NEWS TODAY. TELEPHONE TE.IIPORARV 86. SATURDAY. OCTOBER 13. 1906. WEATHER CONDITIONS I YESTEEDAT-7-Clear;' west., wind; .maximum temperature. 70; minimum. »52. FORECAST FOR TODAY— Fair; .'continued warm;, light north wind. Paje 6 CITY. Masonic Grand Lods? elects -of fleers and ap polnts committee to B«rure' temple site. Page 14 Acting Mayor GallagJier s that he" trill ] not allow committee of safety to ' Introduce 1 lynch law. Face 2 Hljrb Insurance rate uptown / and ' Ugh rentals in burned district are evils retail \u25a0 merchants fsce. ' , Pa r e 5 President of Works Board • stops ; running "of cars on . Stanyan '{ street between , Fulton . and Hayes. : ' . Pa«a 14 Coroner's Jury censures' United . Railroads .for not baring fenders on car that -killed -Helen TJmMd. .... f Page 13 Saloon man with revolver, routs : thug .who In tended to 'hold him tip. • ' Page 2 Amateur sleuth captures a special.' policeman as a hold-np man. - Page 14 ' Detectives -have* 'been -engaged.' In ' cojiectlng evidence of police collusion with criminals ou whleb citizens* committee will . base V future prosecutions. . \u25a0 \u25a0' '"* Pajo 1 Three men are seriously Injured '/by • being brushed off a car on • the O'Farrell-street line. Jt '^~-Z', ;• , Payo 9 Two young men arrested on sucplclon o*l»einr implicated in gaspipe murders. j P»ge»,- 1-2 8-Tewle Ilerner. schoolgirl, makes .remarkable confcssSon" of "robbing houses to'i^lice. v "PcgeT \u25a0 Kraest H. DenicVe." who shot and] killed 'a man last April, is held for trial. - P»ge"l '.Lick and Lowell football teams- to ; play'to day. Far*:-'? Coaches •of Berkeley and Stanford pick 'teams to play first Rugby game. • " .^ Pas* 7 . Commuters • show 'how the j game fche'uM ' not be. played and lose to' Seals.* J \P£jr*!7 '.; Roseben -only horse' ln^ the Msnhatiaa •• han <3!osr> at-Xlelrnout Cark..' ' '' L " ' / * Page ' 7 • La<y- Jooclyn foaptures steeplecbaar ; by*;f«it ronj on ; tke • flat, "• .* - \ ; ,' '\u25a0 '\u25a0 \u25a0' •*•\u25a0'-' t. • " Pago 17, -Sweet .'Marie-' tails' t« lower l : b«f i own.* record. of, 2":^: ..'.'."\u25a0. '-.:- *\u25a0\u25a0•: ':;r ,}:,.. S;*£x*\l ' r ' Chicago Nationals tie- with tbe ' Amtric-ins , In chimplonsMp^ series;.: ;7 * ,: " :' - Page ' J Kr**no- loses ]to - rortUng and t Reattl_c'^trlnj» the* Angels. '~~i '; : '\u25a0 " , , ' ; > \ 1 "\u25a0 ' /'• ' * •'\u25a0 i V^e*"- 7 '^Sam.Berfrer, w-11l bq up. to. date^in his trajninc methods by using an automobile. \u25a0 Pago 7 POLITICS. ' \u25a0'- \u25a0\u25a0\u25a0 ' i V;' Republicans confident , of , election . Of/ GUlett for Gorernor. \u0084'J !...«. / P«-K«,.3 Theodore A. ; Rell . falls to secure/ eipected crowd at Santa Ana. ,' . Page 2 Gillet and Langdon met ajt ..San • Bernardino and Gillett. draws the big crowd. Page 2 SOCIETY. ~ ' \ Engagement of Carl Schilling of Oakland find Miss Genevleve Isaacs announced. ; Paige r 4 labor.' §|;^ ;.,">l ? ]';,./ , ./ ..' \u25a0 - Differences between . millmen " and ' owners 'is settled and workmen' get $1 • ralse/after •thirty days. - . , , p &?e g 3IIXIXG., Rich strikes reported In the new mi nine: camps of Nevada. , • ' ' . Pa.;e 6 Japanive- liner \u25a0 Nippon ' Marui sails ; for the Orient wUh x many passensers. - '. Page 0 siburuax. • '".'•. y-y ; ; f, ' Superior Jiulge Melrln. who, was.' inJurr-U In auto accident. . resumes' . duties. ." 4 Miss Elizabeth .Wright elected -eapt*in^ and Miss Marian «'raig chosen mansgerof, tbe Uni versity of Callfdrnia bdsket bill team. • Pa^e'4 Spanish" missionaries cross ocean and 'continent to;wed,'in-'Ca]ifprnia., .-. „ . ."' . .-Page. 4 Eastslde police \u25a0 department stirred by reports . of, many.' thefts. _ ........ . . _ Pa f • * \u25a0 Woman • burn*d* in Oakland ty explosion of aa '.alcohol .stove. •.- '. .„' ." c. i ' "Page 4' • Pytbians will dedicate a new. castle, in O»i-. land 'next month." ' ""'\u25a0''- ' Page * - Oaklind' City 'Councilmen » favor - further' In crease Jns the police .force*. • '. . . ' Page 4 .• «ot -headed Alameda .youths with Hlsts In rivalry over girl. ' " ." ' ' Page 4 -- ?ire'-»ln' South- San -Fr*ncisco ' destroys "four buildings valued at J $50,000. .'-..„ Page 4 Oakland real" estate . dealer' Is* scalded* to death-ln^a bailitub. * * Page 4 coast' • - \u25a0" — ." *\u25a0• ''\u25a0 y ' \u25a0"\u25a0'" ..; •Several'^posses : are . searching \ for -the • lone bandit. jrho-Tneld- up • the Round . Mountain .'and Tonopah" stage.' "* *. " v " " "P»*fe 3 QfuUef^CaHfornla- ordered- to return -to ' San Franclivo . for . repairs. . - . \u0084 • \u25a0 * ; ~Page 8 '.. Ixjpis,. Danzig,., former Sajr.Francisco^mercbant. . dies' a pauper at Reno.' . \ - ' \u25a0 ' Page -3 DOMESTIC. ' _._ *|._.," • Asiatics lire driving whites to the wall In Hawaii. 'safs^Labor; Bureau 'Bulletin; -,'• Page 1 Mr». : Oollls P. Huntlngton- pays $20,000dutv on igems ; on ' arri vaUJn • Ne «•. York. ' • • ' S Page 3 Steel- magnate Cory ls-to "marry Miss Oilman In Paris. "Page 2 KORCIGN*. -. Count Witte announces in; Paria" that 'he will never return, to power.' . \u25a0'? Page"3 American Peace » Commislson 'is given • recep tion on eveof Its departure -from "Cuba. -Page.* Accommodation : of Its Patrons ; the Call Has - Established a New Branch Off ice " 818 Van Ness Aye, X Between Ellis and Eddy Sts. r Where Advertisements -and:' Subscriptions' will be received i t SAN -FRANCISCO,^iSATURDAY^IOGTOBER (13, 1906. ASIATICS FORCING WHITES FROM HAWAII. -d U a- - \u25a0' *^"*>4 -".\u25a0;\u25a0\u25a0• '\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0 -i= ; -r ±>uu etin 01 Goy eminent I Ikbor \u25a0;\u25a0 Bureau . :-. Tells" of I Orientalism of the V NEEDS Japanese Have; Ad vantage • Because Their Main jßiyal, I the \ JExcliided . - SPECIAL DISPATCH TO-THE -CALL. ': WASHIXCTOX, , Oct. IS— ''BeVneeii depression' and 'Asiatic* competition -the whites -iire_ belnß driven out of Haunll and'the Asiatic* are .succeeding:. It, is a Mructde for survival, vrith the white element r - slowly * and; steadily^ losing; pnmnd. In mercantile grounds. In tlac fields of labor and in small farming alike the experience Is the name."- . - ; "This observation. \u25a0 contained'in:a'»bul letin' issued today by the [Bureau* of Labor,' summarizes the' results *of "an [ investigratio'n *ofj_the i "prlentalizatlon^ or 1 "Hawaii^ lower -standard of living:; and '.protected* from competition in their own. class iby'j the Chinese exclusion law, the Jafyan- \u25a0 ese, according .^Jo . this report, ' ..'.'havpj' secured v a. preponderance "7 among- ;the ; plantation, workers which .creates Isd-] rious ,;. difficulties. ' of ./-. administration,' renders, plantations liable to great. loss 4)y.*«tf ikes' and /has \to a' certain • extent 'taken out .of'* the- hands of . overseers ,and '^managers \u25a0 the ; control \of; T the -ad-, iKJJLniatr atibh.'4^w^V' ' J~.r~^~.. .* <^> ;; * ' \u25a0 : Ck L; -J/ *.< .- The' report shoves' that 'building .work ; >ls abdiTt ' 25* per fcert V cheaper ' than; that | dqiife : byt wh 1 , t €. litbdr !uhder r*Hf tev'd 1r M - ,tion. : v^Great . bitterness • is/f feit by [trie white" mecliahic 'and' sniikll 'white* njer chant at. their "own "displacementl r "This has 'produced*, a vfeeilng that. white_ Jabor in j this new * territory shQuld be.protected, against the 'kind of: competition represented by_ the Asiat-:i ics. '-"The Chinese biting "excluded, ;the; Kbreans'. .who. have 'enter e'd inrconsid-. erable numlJersV during, the .last \five ; ; years, are the'only. Asiatic rivals of;the': Japanese other than the'Chinesc already' residents in .Hawaii., >,:..;.., : ' DENICKE HELD FOR MANSLAUGHTER. - 'Ernest' H. DenlcTtc, theson. of Mil lionaire, E. A. Denicke. was^vestcrday held'for- manslaughter -for <the -killing of an unknown man at the junction of Batte'ry,^East-randyLonib"ard streets on the afternooji of April 20.^' Judge Law lor, .before whom \u25a0 the preliminary examlnatlph.was^conducted.'Set.tHe'bali at, .$lO,OOO. .1 \ '.'\u25a0 /*"':•\u25a0 j5 X [ Judge Lawlor.-'discussed ,the details of the' shooting* at sdrno"jength and det. clared that the 'defendant could find no Justiftcation for •the'act' committed, either -by 1 , -virttie^of^his "official • char acter as aj member of the State Uriivcr slty'Cadets ;or- under ;th'e r 'authorlty Mayor ;Schmitz'a J ,proclamation. of .mar tiai.iaw.-;.,: a;; 5^ V. \'\u25a0\u25a0'/.r..'v..\ '\u25a0\u25a0'/. r..'v .. -. ; ; ..."In. my; judgment, .neither- In. thought nor .deed , was a the., deceased; guilty ;of anything . which" would "justi/ y- tlie »ac tion or the 'defen'danV," ' declared Judge Lawlor. "I •am .{equally "\u25a0; convinced , "^hat there -was "nothlngj in"-' the • appearance of 'what the •unfortunate man-d'id:which would; justify:. .the ."that -.he lyr'&k endeavoring , to do anything, other, than to' avoid -thevinjnictionjof "injury upon himself.. \,He'' was 'thoroughly^" fright-' ene'd ; *and and.- was, simply endeavoring' to- get away: cThlstis^sb clear^fVom''; the evidence : that the! ac tion ;*of" the defendant'isyinexpiicablo upon any 1 rational^ theo'ry^ 1o1 ot > jusUfica* tlon. \,\u25a0 --'\u25a0 ~'\" '"". '.'''"\u25a0.- ; ; ' -*'V: r . "Theact of , 'shooting .was undoubted i ly^ddrie with deliberation and •premedlr" tat'lon.* ." The t defendant ia '.quoted by one :of ithe • witnesses ' as 'declaring; that ! heshot to kill/ - yr- ;^; v: ;. f . J \;r moxtpelbe'volcano] ' ,*--;•' - ! . - IS ' AGAIN \u25a0IN ERUPTION \u25a0 ' *'" , '^ ' f ..'\u25a0..' ". .'. Dense .* Volume;, of , Ashes v_ls ; .Emitted .From.' the ' "Crater J and; Surrounding ":, \u25a0 : Y Country. Is Covered With Dust. " \u25a0 BASSETERRE/^ Island, of ' Guadeloupe; Oct, . 1 2.— A violent ' eruption*" yester'day^ of \ the 'I Mont ' Pelee lyolcanoi 1 ' Island/ of Martinique," caused v a" rain of 1 a*shes over, the "southeastern ;?; part-off Ga'u'deioupci: The - Souf rlefe A'olcano •' on'l' this '.-i island showsf'nofsigns of 'f j ixO ' • ST. THOMAS. jD^W/'l^Oc'tXlS^T-Frdrn 'October 6^to October 12 (the'atinoVphef e here ';.- was . thickly chargedl? with refine volcanic :ishe&,", equal 'in with those observed, 'during * the .' worst 'erup^. tlons' of -Mont-. Pelee.! which "ttPvarentiy ~i • m \ T"*7T l 'iffiWiMi'iiwll 111 l 1 1 iLVil /^OLDIE-HERBERT -and John MeranHa, young , men Who: formerly worked ay messenger boys, are under arrest on vJsi«pi(^h;bi<;being ;-:"gaspipe;murderers/^.- ; •">:'-^V-.- .#\u25a0;" ;' ' *- * * I7\USINESS men^employ detectives to search out evidence : in Police Department, and preparations are made - for - a BARTENDER; in saloon at First avenue and C street, by quick .disjplay, of revolver, puts to flight a thug who drew bludgeonV :" _•; \u25a0. " - ', " '•'.": \u25a0 \..-~'. •.-.""• \u25a0- ' ' '' '-''^^^^^ \u25a0'" : .. \u25a0 .Two - gaspipc muider 5 suspects .'an J the house in , Golden Gate avenue : in which * they", were* captured.'- Cross mdi. \u25a0-•-• cates^ 1 entrance vtoi that .part ;of ,tlie .buiiaing ."in, which Tthcir room is located. ••:•• ? i:y£*J '\u25a0-- . . FORMER MESSENGER BOYS ARE ARRESTED ON SUSPICION OF BEING THUGS. .'.'; The police believe^ that they have ; in.: custody the murderers tof Johannes Pfitzner,' the McAllisterrstfeet p^erchant; whose grains were beaten out \yitn y a window weight and his place roto who^mirclere^^^ the Golden Gate Bank on O'FarrellJ: street,^ and AitMs;tbelieved^thajt ;they\ have knowleHge \of - the three crimes which VJ aroused ! .the ( elntirle f city;.; The evidaice at. hand- connects the ;rnen more closely witH-t^-Pfitzner I murd^ iiam \u25a0 \u25a0 Frlede, : : the '\u25a0/\u25a0 Market-street mer chant, who was vbeaten^to death *an"d robbed \u25a0by the » gaspipe i bandits. 1 ": ' V • While the.poiiceV'wilirrriake.an 'effort (o connect": thersusp'ects with ', all thr.ee of the brutal r murders which' have, thus far led rnpletejyj,baf flea :':the" detectives. the"; information -at "'this sta^e \u25a0.would; indicate -that;, the. prisoners -were 'dl - rectly ; concerned *\ In . the '£\u25a0 robbery r and murder/of jJohannesjPntzner. --.•> \u25a0-.;- -.] , Detectlves-O'Day.andßyan, lrho arc tryinic'" r tbV weave A a -web x : of '.I e'yldcnce abou t V the ««*;>ects), 5 say., thnt .the "two men under arrest, if ; not the murderers ji anted, ,- are'; desperate ; criminals:' - . "From, t he ' present In dlcat lous," '. said Detective ' Kyan, j..*'** !:T roul^i. npDelt . r ; ns '\u25a0> ** these' men* .Were 'concerned r in' Pfitz'ner'a murder.'. .Tnere.f Isj also evidence ,con n ret lifß - th em^Wlth -. the ; other murders. .\Vet'naye';«iwH|Kyjev|acnce*lni*our^po« \u25a0esslonVto'f make us \u25a0 absolutely certain that these >"«» have "been 'caKased \u25a0in Wrongdoingr, [upd thnt ; they have 'avoid ... \u25a0 .\u25a0• , -S-. -\u25a0-•-'\u25a0\u0084'»» <•*"'.".\u25a0/'•* \u25a0\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0''-! •'\u25a0\u25a0'\u25a0*\u25a0\u25a0•\u25a0 "'1 ••:*\u25a0; <-\u25a0\u25a0••\u25a0»• '; cd . tlieV police onfall, occa«lons an^ir In fear of : arrest." At this time we do' not . -.. ' . - - \u25a0\u25a0 -,- .--.r"~s .-\u25a0\u25a0...-;-, ..-..,•- \u0084 .j, 1-r-w'-- .^-j« rrlsh* to V make ran ;^oi v our information public, \u25a0"\u25a0but 'In *a.-.dar!:«r ylivo r unnaual developments maj- be expected.*'- ' v \u25a0\u25a0< »,,-.*. -\u0084- . :,:;,\u25a0 VI--';.--. '^^'Sf~^ n \-wf.\ \u25a0\u25a0-\u0084 • ",»..Tho-nuiiiVs', of .it!i«i'..two,rfieniunderia'r r -' are; GoldleiHerbert'ttnd John Meraiida.' •Both '•- suspects'; are mature men, but have at various, times woVked.'as raes-' senger -boys.: They were ? arrested ; In \u25a0Los Angeles together' before they ;cafne to-this^city^": The house where men - were .taken ;into custody ; by De-^ tectives Ryan "and O'Dowd is 1137 A' Golden -.Gate " avenue. .For more than tenf days since the bank robbery the' :men : have, been } in* hiding'; there, never out -during - the daytime. r an"d : orily'coming ; forth , at night,' when' the '.'mother ' of \u25a0 Herbert'^ had ; made i a careful ' inspection of the neighborhood! to see \u25a0 if . any -policemen were: In ! sight.- first "attached -itself "to the' 1 .two / men -'on ; account - of ' their ' f ear;- o*f J 'daylight /and . of the : police, and their "peculiar"^ actions. ,- Both - men .dressed:' In the - height .of t fashion, , ; and at ; all' times had plentyiof. money., Patrolman Thomas ' Flynri .watched ;tlie^~ two i men i depart^during the early* hours -of tha : night, i and i. saw thonr. stealthily: return.*; HeTsaw^Mrs. Herbert, mother of one of the 'suspects, emerge every p » even-'. 'ing;'iTJake^a[s"urvey of tlie hcighborhood "and return.?::.; ff; a> v pollce:iian was*, in ' "sight the ? two . .well-dressed- youth's wouifl'Tcri^aln' in": hiding "until the' coast' >ij \u25a0-+.--,'- ---',\u25a0 \u25a0\u25a0'\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0; '\u25a0\u25a0 '\u25a0\u25a0 \u25a0-\u25a0:-\u25a0 \u25a0 - - :.;. -•' ;";• -; ;waS'Cleui'., \u0084, ' -» \u0084 -\u0084, \u25a0 .-. -;.: I ' v, ' ' po lice .:. "A ' /Seyeri-rMile Over the Hardest Course in the World," a story of Ythe great "Dipsea : Indians',",, race, with remarkable photqgrapn^, is in THE SUNDAY CALL. headquarters , Detectives fO'Day, Ryan and O'Dowd^ were 'detailed onTthe case in - 'conjunction' with" Policeman Flynn. who" took, the :. first' information ;to head-, quarters.; watching the actions of : the 'men'for forty-eight hours the detectives ; decided that' .there was sonie tMng wrong, and - yesterday they . ar rested I the ; ; men while \u25a0 they . lay In bed sleeping*, off •- the '.wearfness' caused by prowllng'ti»e city 'at- night. . GREAT VARIETY^ OP HATS. VWhen ". the offlcers -forced their way Into • the" room . .where. Herbert "and. MeVanda asleepTa! sight met their eyes^which;convincedj".them that they had;;! desperate "*.'*\u25a0 crlrnioalsV-, cornered. . whether .jOr rtof they 'were the'murder ers of the two'- mercrtants .and the one banker,'^ .whose" -lives'- were taken .-by, bludgeons.- ," .There were three suits of stylish.clbthes in the room.. There were alsV'hatsVof all-,descrlptions^ Derbies, white liats, ; : soff hats'.i brown, hats and felt \u25a0 hats ' were . In evidence. From -the" assortipent'a style of. hat flitting "any. of f the .-varied '-descriptions "of head£reikr'i worn by- the • murderous -robbers could j be"' chosen. ' T'.ie : fact"; that there were \ so-many hatsat;once-!edth-i detectives \ CuuttiiuctJ eal'aje 2, Colutua i, " ; llBuiaaHGilaMiMiSaMaiMßawiHßl PRICE FIVE CENTS. GETTING EVIDENCE OF COLLUSION BY POLICE. Citizens »\u25a0 Detectives Are After Material on Which - 1 0 ' Brin^ Prosecutions CLEANSING OF THE CITY IS DE^IANDED Mass-Meeting Willße Held ; Today to Name, a Com mittee' of One Hundred Private detectives. in the employ of the leading business men, who- ; are preparing to form the citizens* com mittee, are working in the Police De partment, securing evidence that will be of aid to, the committee of one hundred that will be named today. , A* great mass-meeting of the citi zens of. San Francsico will take place - this afternoon on Union Squar«-to consider, the i naming of the tee of one hundred,* from which the \u25a0^gecutive^ committee will fe chosen. •Encouraged by the offers of moral and fiftandaljal-d from 'the 'merchants and industrial : bodies of the "city, a sys tematic* campaign * will be inaugurated to clean up San > Francisco. .' .Already ,the members are reported as feeling 1 the hand of Ruef.fn the for mation of^the" plans. It Is the feel ing of more than one member of th« preliminary committee of flve'.that has been meeting from day to day that the opposition that was made to resolu \u25a0 tldns calling: for the cleansing: of the city came from men in the pay of Ruef. and preparations are - being made to thwart such influence In the great meetin.s today. .The committee on chairman met yes terday afternoon at the Merchants' Ex change, and although several names are 'mentioned, the most likely appears* to be Rudolph Spreckels. It is inti mated that it but remains for t Mr. Spreckels to signify his acceptance of the position. The other names con sidered'are those of F. "W. Dohrmann, W. A. Doble. William Greer Harrison. Raphael* Welll. H. "Weinstock. Percy Morgan and James D. Phelan. It Is probable that many of these will de cline through .lack of time to devote to the formation and work of the com mittee. The permanent chairman will have the naming of the committee of one hundred, which will In turn name the executive committee, and both bodies wnl be busy night and day. The committee on selection of chair man will meet this morning at the Mer chants': Exchange, and it is possible that no report on a chairman will bo made. In that event a list of the fore- 1 going: names will be presented to the' meeting for its selection... In seciJrlng evidence In the Pollc* Department, the first work has . been to secure a list of the' gambling dena and brothels that are paying .tribute to the henchmen of the administration. The protection of criminals Is also be ing Investigated, and cases .win be made:' out against the patrolmen -who refuse to make arrests for fear _t hat the offender may have a friend "high er up." ' Effort .will also -be made to arouse public feeling and give sup port to the"patrolmen of the lorce who VouM'db their duty If Insured against dismissal. The lncompetency of' th«» detective bureau has been fully Investi gated, aiid< steps will be made ' to ' force : its cleaning out and upbuilding. Offers of financial support in th» movement to purify San Francisco have come from Fresno, Eureka, Sacramento, San Jose and -Santa Cruz. ' "GALLAGHER OPPOSES PLAX. Actics Moj-or Asalnat Formation of a '.". x Committee .of ' Safety. •/'There shall be no lynching . In this city! and 'I sincerely hope that at -the . meeting to'be held In Union Square to morrbw; morning the^leaders will have ' 'enough/sense to do nothing that will Injure the* city." said Acting Mayor Gallagher yesterday afternoon in dis cussing, the committee p* safety which it has been proposed should be organ* ized this afternoon to deal with tha criminals who now infest the city.. .. "They will call it a 'committee of safety.'-" the Mayor continued, "but; other cities .will call It'a vigilance con mlttee. -.and -tliat . \vllt . do . Irrevocable harm to baa Krancisco. 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