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Are you one of those unfortunates who
once submitted to the tattoo and have
spent j'ears regretting it ? . At last some
body has discovered a way of shedding.the
tattoed skin. Read the article in
The Sunday Call
VOLUME CI.— NO. 45.
REFUGEES' FUEL
FURNISHED BY
CHARITABLE
Coal Cannot Be Secured
by Poor and They Have
to Burn Bits of Wood
PERSONS WITH CASH
MAY NOW BUY COAL
Colliers Come to Port, but
Cargoes Not Big Enough
to Cause Prices to Fail
HOCSE COAT. PRICES AT EETAIL.
'. Before coal f«m!ne—
1 Per M«-k * .65
| P-' Ton . . . : 19.00 to $10.n0
Current pri*-?* —
1 P»r wrY ! t ),(K)
j Per ton 515.00
• V, npr! has heroin*- i*»r fuel *f the
> po«r ti ho ay graf bered in refugee
I camp* and settled «n lot \u25ba or »mall
' bomes. Coal fa *014 br the- WeMera
' F*nel fompnnj sb«J dealer*, when they
1 hate Bey t« sell, at fl a tack. \u2666»»\u25a0 •early
trrlre w!»£t rrn» rbarped before the
I furl famine. One dollar a *ark mcmi
I 1 24 a too. »'v» the rate ret for a too
: fit balk t« about *IS. vrltlle pre-vion* to
: the time the trust h»-e»n tn sqaeese the
; ri»r tb«- price wbi leas tt-en flO a tarn.
In r*fupe* <-amp» the pinch of the
cola and of th» fuel manipulators has
be»n felt keenly. At Jefferson' Bquare.
IjObos Pquarft. Dolores an<s Eighteenth
etreets End other places the poor in
the rmall shacks yesterday burned !
vhst wood th»»y could fcrap* together.
R6in-eoaked .bit* of building: material
were frathered from gutters by chil
dren a* rain -soaked a* the wood itself.
F»nrps would he taken in the right
by poor sufferers who could tprn to
no other Fupply." Large department
stores realized th«? situation and pave
packing cases free of cost to all who
could carry them away. Little tot*
Ftagrgerr-d along 1 the streets Saturday
night carrying big hoxep on their backs,
or tipped the* boxes end over end from
#tore to camp."
For the present there is plenty of !
wood in Jefferson square, hut before
another week has* passed the pupplyj
\Till h»ye por.e. Into ashes end smoke.
The parr* condition in tru» «t Lobos
square. \u25a0\u25a0 At "the Dolores-street camp.'
•where there are folk* poorer then those
In th« other camp*, the fufferlng ha?'
•Jrwafly begun.
AGED WOMEN SUFFERERS
Alt of yesterday Mrs. Smith and a
companion, both old \u25a0women recently re
moved from Jefferson square to the,
other park, lay huddled in their blankets
to kpep warm, for there was not a bit
of wood In their cabin and the old
women were too fpeble to join in the
scamper for fuel. While the rain and
hail beat through the camp, chilling
the air to freezing point, the two old
women were helpless to better their
conditions. Dampn*RS permeated tb*
'little shack, and there was no heat
within to combat it.
SEVEN' COLD CHILDREN
Felix Klynn. a refugee of Jefferson
square, who is the father of the
largest family in the park, was Bt?en
yesterday afternoon regarding the con
ditions of the poor. Flynn has recent
ly recovered from typhoid pneumonia
and has had difficulty in finding work.
"The people here," said Flynn, "are
forced to burn wood. Getting coal is
out of the question, and it would be
Impossible for many of the people here
to buy one if they had to. But for the
present there is a supply of wood In
camp, but that supply cannot last long.
When that is gone I can't see. what the
people will do.; It would be terribly
hard on us now If the big: stores didn't
help us. One of them put a lot of boxes
on the sidewalk for any needy persons
who would come after them, and a lot
of us got our ' firewood there. Now
here today my family had a little wood,
enough to cook the meat for dinner and
a little bit more to warm us In the
evening, co we are not suffering gTeat
ly today. But there are other people In
the camps who are in a bad way. .They
will go to bed cold.**
For those people who can afford to
pay the great prices demanded by the
coal trust for their commodity the local
situation is Improving. With the ar
rival Saturday of the colliers African
Monarch and Mackinaw with a total of
about €500 tons of house and steam
coal conditions were considerably ame
liorated. Today the Tellus is due from
Oyster Bay •with 2500 tons of Welling
ton coal and within a week the Thode
• Fagelund should arrive from Kew
. castle, X. 6. W., with a consignment of
3000 tons. These shipments should
. break the famine for those who can
afford to pay fancy prices. Coal will
continue to sell at $15 a ton, or Jl a
j=a.ck. retail, eaid the Western Fuel
Company. In summer the prices might
change, but until then the refugees and
the other poor will have to continue to
•burn odds and endE of packing cases
and bits of building materials gathered
from the gutter.
«THB WORST IS OVER"
So IJ«^-inr«» Oakland Dealer la Di»run>
ing Cnal Shnrtaef
OAKLATCD. Jan. IS. — James P. Tay
)l«»r, a larp* wholesale and retail coal
> . Continued «B'.Fa«e 3, Col mat 4.
The San Francisco Call.
INDEX OF THE
SAN FRANCISCO CALL'S
NEWS TODAY
TELEPHONE TEMPORARY 8«
MOXDAf. JAXUART 14. 1907
WEATHER COXDITIOXS
YESTEHDAT—Btin; pwiplution. .12; m»xl-
mum temperature 46; miolmnm temperature 3<J.
FOEECAST FOB TODAY— Shower*; lleht
nortfcwest winds. *\u25a0*• 9
EDITORIAL
Ban Frtnrisco i* todir njfferinr and rtirer
lttZ la tbe crip of tb* coal tract, . ?«*\u2666 6
The contMl of corporation surpluses hai been
the Instrument witb wliicb Harrtman baa coa
trired to r*tber la 25,000 mile* of raUroedt ua
<irr him herd. V»*z 6
Tbe President* nesMpe eonwn!n|: the Colo
: rado Hirer <se*?s Trlt'u rhr roost extraordinary
< pro Mem tb*t bts ever confronted the gOTern
mect. **** 8
Ellfn Terrr, an En)tli*h artrMg ef natore
Teara. la Bnttri<3 ecncpb to ray tbst Eta Fran
rltro is not on Uie map of cirlllzation. Ttg* 8
LEGISLATURE
' Armj of rlrrka mjty be mace to ears tbeir
| salari«s. . Pife 1
AMembVna^B' FJstudlllo and Johnson each has
bis wife on State payroll. Pat« 2
An •flc'ltienal approprljtion -of $3<*},ooo will
be a&Ved for to complete lmprorfjaeots on
Capitol. Faf« S
CITY
Body of Arcbblisbop Montsramery reßored from
chapel- to cathedral proper. . Special aerrieea
held in St. Marr's. Tig* I
Orflo»ni of First Begimrnt N. <3. C. df
noanee mnMpr'tif out of eooßpaiilPs. Ptr* 9
R*>t. WiHlajn Bader explains vhy be chooses
thectfr in wtlrb to <J*lKer eermons. Far* 1
Cable car lin»« «f the Cnlted RaDroads on
Pow»Il and Jarkson ftreet» opened. Par* 7
Fire boy» narrowly e*rape death when sloop
pTcrrurns in bay. Pag a 8
Nortiwwt^rn Pacific Railroad plaas to sell
$55.000,00n of bonds to build line to
Eureka. i Page 12
TVerfc en the bridge at Ihunbartrra Point and
tbe £11 for the Me yard at Visits rlo 0 Cove is
belEg pwbed rapidly by the Southern Pa
cific. Para 12
President Jordan of Stanford says It would
be a hoodlum crt to paes a Japanece exclusion
law. Pare 12
Coal famine csiipts *uff«rtng in refugee
csmps. whfre dweller* bare to patber trood in
the rain to feed flres. Pare 1
Two men who bring dying man into boepital.
pretenfilnjr to t<e friends, are suspected by
police cf ta-Js? caused man's trjuries and ar»
being beld pending lnTeetlgation. Face 12
SUBURBAN
Osltlind marhlDirt ig the victim ef • bold
daylight mbtwry. . . Pare 4
. Uuirerelty will open doors today for last
semester of tbe fixes I year. Par* 4
Helen Mtww. blind fing-er of BerVeley, to
make a totjr of the world with Mlbs Mary
Adrle Case. Pace 4
.Southern Psc!Ec auditor** clerk - titrock tiy
train froxn rnck emba.skmest and burled to
desth «n Oallsai bay eacre. Pace 4
Remarkable course of bullet tired Info body of
din Fong durlnc battle cf Oak Usd's hij:b.
N« Ty tugboat \u25a0 Leslie - r-JCR in"' t S* r*uhos.t-
Ajisapolis asd narrowly' escapes being sent to
tb»- bottoD of tbe bay. , < Pace 3
Fresno Coantj- rather tills old trapper after
quarrel orer trlTlsl affair. P«e 3
Spokane busisees men win fl^ht-. to. secure ft'
readJOEtment of transcOßtioesUl rates. . Pajre S
DOMESTIC
R*>T»re wicd storm nweeps <-T»r . Hawaiian
Islands; yacht La Paloma stranded. Page I
I'nion Pacific Coal Company forced to glre
competitor right of way as result of Chicago
merger. Pare 3
Harrtmsn more* to merge Wellf , Farro *
<y>. «nd the Pacific Exprres Company, j; the
former to dominate. \u25a0 Pa** 8
JUyic Island passenger train la wrecked and
Ct» are. killed. . Pa*e 3
State of Illinois to *=ue . the Illinola Central
Rallroed to enforce payment of taxes. \u25a0 P«*e 3
Foreign mission boards. make appeal to Amer
ica and Britain on behalf of Congo. j Pare 3
WASHINGTON
Government's test of tbe cost system prove*
entirely satisfactory. Pare 3
Leadera In tbe House decide that there will
be no railroad legislation daring present ses
sion. Pare 3
Professor H. W. Elliott Is summoned before
the Houne to rabFtactiate his charge of fraod
made against lessees of Seal Islands. Page 3
Forecast of news in Recste and House; doings
h> this end other countries foreshadowed. Par* 3
FOREIGN
Antl-clerlcal mob* parade the streets of
Spanish cities. . Pare 1
British chip Pengwarm rnna \u25a0 ashore and crew
of twenty-foor perish. Pare 1
SOCIAL
Ftate Federation of Women* Clnba is prepar
ing for sixth annual convention to be beld in
Bakersfield. Pare 6
SPORTS
Negotiations are pending between Manager
Gleason and "Moggey" McGraw for tbe New
Tork Giants to open Dew : baseball park
here. Pare 0
Inclement weather. Interrupt* • the polo »ched
ole of the nurlincame Country Club xnes. Par* 5
Albion Rovers and Hornets tie and Vampires
defeat Ran Frandecos by 7 to 0 at aiworiation
footbsll. Par« 5
District Attorney Jerome begins campaign
against racetrack gambling In New York. Pace i
Great handicap bone Borgheel will face the
barrier «.t Emeryville, today. Page 6
LABOR
Delegates from Carpenter*' ud Millmen's
Unions of. tbe Pacific Coast In secret session tt
Oakland on wage regulation. Par* 8
MIXING
State Mineralogist Anbury predicts that an
nual returns will show that 1906 was banner
year for copper production in California. Pare 7
MARIXE
Steamship Ventura arrives from Antipodes
wlto many passengers and much freight. Page 9
THE CALL'S]
BRANCH OFFICES
Subscriptions and Advertise-
ments will be received in San
Francisco at following offices:
ISSI KILXMOrtK STREET
Open until 10 o'clock every night.
618 VAJf JVESS A\TEVUE
Parent's Btatlonery" Store.
M: TURK STRECT
At tbe Sim of the Lam».
tIXTUiKSTB AJTP MA RKET BTS. .
Jackson's Branch.'
' 653 ' HAXGHT STREE7V
stationery \ Store.
1090 VALENCIA STREET
Rothschild's Branch.
1631 CHURCH STREET
George ; Prewltf s ] Branch.
C2OO FILLMOHE - STREET
Woodward's Branch.
/SAN FRAXCISGO, >MQNDAY;v \u25a0 JANUARY/; 14, 4907/
THE remains cti Archbishop Montgomery: were removed -yesterday from the^chapel of St.
Mary's to nhe cathedral propef^where the offices for the dead-were recitedan the even
ing. Immense throng^ gathered^
CLERGY AND LAITY HONOR MEMORY
OF ARCHBISHOP MONTGOMERY
SKETCH SHOWING MOURNERS FROM ALL WALKS IN' LIFE. GAZING- FOR THE LAST
TIME UPON THE FACE OF THE LATE ARCHBISHOP: MONTGOMERY. AND PHO
TOGRAPH SHOWING - GREAT IROWD ON STEPS OF ST. 'MARY'S CATHEDRAL.
WHERE THE REMAINS OF BELOVED PRIEST ARE LYING <IN STATE.
WOULD GIVE WORK
TO NEGROES
KN'OXVILLE. Term., \u25a0 Jan. . 18.—Wil
liamJ. Oliver declared some time since
that if awarded the Panama' canal con
tract he would employ negroes to do
the work, as he had found them the
most satisfactory laborers. He said
that be thought the' man who was to ;
build the. canal should' bid high enough
to make a sum sufficient to enable him!
to retire from business thereafter. It*
was Oliver who .first suggested [ letting ;
the contract to private individuals, de
claring otherwise that the work could
hot be done by the Government, :
Oliver is" 39 years of age and* was:
born in South Bend, Ind. He' is a
nephew of the Olivers of Oliver plow'
fame. He carae»South twenty years ago,
located at Langley, S. C. and began
contracting' on a small scale, meeting
with success. Four years ago he re
moved to' this city, •where he owns one
of the largest machine plants. in the
country.' He is now. building a tunnel
under Lookout Mountain. ~ .
MOBS PARADE IN
SPANISH CITIES
. . MADRID, Jan- 13.— There, was ;a-gi
gantic anticlerical demonstration : at
Bilbao today/which was attended ,by
rlotingr."/- The. Government's; ener-'
getlc" precaution' In/holding-the-garri
son in ; readineeu • prevented ; serious ' dis
turbance's^I^BE&KBSSBBBSEsHS&HBBB
, Th^re'was'a similar manifestation^at
San Sebastian., where' 3o,ooo, persons pa- 1 ;
raded about i the : town, bi^t * n^o^clashes
jrttii \&&> police roccurred;
SHIP STRIKES AND
24 MEN DROWN
CUXHAVEN,;. Germany, . Jan., 13.—^-
The. British ship " Pengwarn,- Captain
;WHHams7 from ,Taltal;i Chile, October 6
fok Falmouth", with a cargo of saltpeter,
grounded >./off . Xichaporn', : ; ten,'"; miles
northwest of Cuxhaven, , today."Twenty
four men . comprising -the crew ' were
drowned" and ,her cargo;, is : a total loss.
The tug- Vulkan, went*to' the assist
ance 'of -the Pengwarn; .' and \. : passed
close -to her, but the crew of the Peng
wafrn disregarded the appeals to jump
into the water so that they, might be
rescued: / The ;Vulkan made repeated
attempts^ to reach the Pengwarn, but a
heavy • sea .prevented.
INQUEST FAILS TO
CLEAR MYSTERY
'/ REDDING, Jan.- 13.—^"he inquest over
the" bodies- of- the"- three Stewart chil
dren; who .were'; burned to death at An^
derson on i New- Year's day; \u25a0 was con
cluded today.;
/'The- evidence 1 brought, 'out. was {such
that the "jury could do/ nothing: bi!t find
a /verdict X of ; accidental v death,-; though
the;case-,is/shrouded;in-. mystery,? and a
belief 'prevails; that somes one Ms: guilty
of t} t oul f . play , in - « cojinection ? with 'the
case. .- - - ' " \u25a0 . /s^p^HSBS
\ No traces of, poison wore found in. the'
stoinachV. of j the"' chlldren>g&ggsiS3ftflbfcli
MATADOR i FATALLY \u25a0 GORED
:./ciTr4bFJMIbXICO;'Jan./13.^--Antonio
M6ntes.xone^of"tthe"f6/remo3tjmatadors
ofi Spain/? was jfatallyjsorea'byjalbiai
io?a^flsWliere'tod>y J^r ; '/"*//\u25a0 ':;-;.;^
Rfernairis of Brelate Removed
. Sunday in St^Mafy's Cathedfirwas consecratedto the memory
of - Archbishop Montgomery- the observance, of the,- day culminating
in the ; offices v for-the^dead, ; wHich wereTecited'iri'the'evenirig in the
cathedral, whither the body had : been carried" mthe-afternoon from
its former resting place in the chapel." All " the local and visiting
clergy- to the number of; 100 took part in the solemn: services. They
were rendered \u25a0 impressive by. all ' the splendor and : the ceremonies
with which the Catholic church surrounds .such an; occasion— -by the
varied. and significant garb of acolytes
and* priests, the trained voices of; the
choir t uplifted 1 in prayers ;in "the" melo
dious. Latin tongue, and by- the:mag
nificence of the vaulted cathedral
draped in, black.
• Before: S i o'clock the vast, pile was
packed" frpm. gallery / to the utmost cor
ner of the entrance halls. In hushed
expectancy -the audience waited, until
the' entrance of the procession "of ' the
acolytes In ' their, purple, red : bordered
robes, followed by the priests, signi
fied that^ the- services were to begin.
Archbishop . ? Riordan .presided. ,_ The
antlphons and^psalms: \u25a0were chanted by
a special choir of priests, led by Rev.
J. B. / Hannigan, and Rev. C. E. Kerif
nedy, ;Rev. John^E.; Doran and Rev. T.
b'Connell offlciated; as special chant
ers. The final lesson was , read 'by
Archbishop Riordan. ' The " solemn", ser
vices'" closed "with "the singing, of. 'the
psalm "Benedlctus" \u25a0by ' a '.quartet "of
priests,* alternating; with^ the " choir.
THRONGS AT CATHEDRAL
".'•All .^day'- dense r crowds of v.people
'surged -back and forth in the cathedral:
The officers Fof^tha League of the Cross
and the" JCnightsof ! Columbus; who had
'been-'acting'ras/anj'honowy^
the /body. 1 day ; and night, -were assisted
In t preserving . order : by /special police,
'who\.were stationed at the doors 'and at
various places in the ; church to^ direct
!the"crbw"d^ : ""•''\u25a0 ' ;. '\,\sr ;". •'':
• .Masses were celebrated in .the'eathe-;
draii as usual \u25a0in the' morning. " At the
high linass Rev.^Hannlgan delivered the
serroon', ? and .in? an 'introductions eulo
gized V Archbishop r'. Montgomery.' ; '} He
spoke of the loss to ; the church^ but re-^
minded i the /^that while
they mourned, th e departed • prelate " had
but been? relieved: or the heavy
"of life. -While it wasdifficulV! to under-*
stand '\u25a0'; the -/ways' of the L,ord:in taking
the b <? 1 o ved \u25a0'-: ai'chb i shop^ a wa y.'; j u is x: at
tnis/difficultVtime, - the 'Christian would
bo^Vti. Vth'e wiuf * * _
/•/How did the ancients move blocks of
j^tone -as. large as houses in building
'pyramids and . temples ? A . traveler who
ha&made a study of the question advances
*«4nost interesting theory- in V
The Sunday Call
v "At -\u25a0' 3' o'clock ; in the afternoon '. the
body, was' removed . from the .chapel.
The : casket : was : preceded by acolytes
bearing aloft a crucifix and tapers.
Then came the . order of Christian
Brothers, and the sisters of the .relig
ious orders, including the Sisterhood of
Presentation, the Notre Dame, 'the. Holy
"Family, the" Sisters of Charity/the Sis^
tiers', of Mercy. \u25a0 The; casket was borne
by lay pallbearers, honorary pallbear
ers /being chosen from the leading pas
tors of. the diocese.) It was escorted by
a body .'of the clergy chanting thesMis
erere. ; The " procession^" passed' out of
the ;.\u25a0' front " door, up the * broa.d , stone
steps leading up from Van Xess avenue,
and up' the central aisle.
MAXY* FLORAL TRIBUTES
•As it passed the vast \u25a0 silent throng
stood with heads 'reverently bent. -The
casket was placed before the altar and
the.' miter > and ' gilt "croiier were laid
upon,"' it. Some beautiful . floral em
blems', were; set" up on either side.
"Among; them were- a large eross -and
crown from officers /of the League 'of
the Cross Cadets, another similar em
blem from Company -L- of the League
of ! the ' Cross Cadets, .one \u25a0from the
Board 'of Fire . Chief s, "a sheaf of wheat
from' Rev/ Bettlln of New Tork, v floral
pleces:from Rev. Justin of St. Louis
and'a floral piece from a member of
St. '•' Mary's Sanctuary The
choir ":boys .of , the 'cathedral offered a
beautiful floral piece!. It was from'; the
beloved Archbishop's "own boys," four
teen of them, boys^ o* the church, each
one ' ot . whom \ felt . that : the Archbishop
had been his personal friend.
'The regard; in'; wnlch'.-the-. departed
Archbishop was held by. the/plain : peo-,
pie," was noticed/ in /the .; conyersatlon
[overheard while ! the assembled \u25a0* thou
sands-,were ' ; f or."; the" ceremony
to - take place yesterday afternoon. "He
.came „to * preach * for us in * the ;camp at
". Coatiaacd on Page % Bottom CoL 1
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
ATTACHES MUST
REALLY WORK
FOR PAY
Assembly Finds Its Army,
of Employes Has Not
Been Properly Assigned
FIVE-DOLLAR CLERK
FOR BILL FILERS
Sergeants at Arms None
v Too Strong to Do Diity,
as Swiffr Messengers
CALL HEADQUARTERS,
1007 EIGHTH STREET.
SACKAJIEXTO. Cal./jan. 13.— A ter
rible fate confronts the army .'of at
taches of the lower house of the Legis
lature— tfiey may have to work. Tf the
plan on which several of th* older
members of the Assembly are now se
cretly working- bears fruit receivers of
patronage will have to «lo something
for the salary they receive.
The scheme, to do away 'with ths
usual order of things depends for adop
tion on the now barely noticeable sen
timent that the legislators owe the peo
ple some sort of an qpology' for run
nlflar the bill for attaches of both bous»3
up to the enormous amount of $13S,Oi>0.
Not. enough work- can be found to keep
the. 216 attache? of the Assembly em
ployed six or eight hours a day. but It
will be possible to keep nearly,, every
one.busy^at least two hours. The test
of sentiment will come early In tha
week, when the House will be asked to
adopt a resolution authorizing the ser
geant' at arms to assign attaches to
places regardless of their official titles.
. It is the belief of a few of the older
members that such action is necessary.
There is a great surplus of assistant
engrossing: and enrolling clerks at $5 a.
day an 4 a shortage of bill filers. at $4
a day. Under the proposed plan th«s«
$5 clerks can. tile bills without.suffer
ing any diminution of pay. A - doz«m
messengers are- -needed, but' this job
pays. only .$3 a day, and. the list of at
taches', contains"-, jusf two messenger*.
KoTrevftr, ther* are thirty-seven sVr
g»ants«~at arms,*, not "a few of them
Strong enough for messenger work.-and
:they-may<b«L called, upon, to supply -.th*
needT' . Irf the "reach forjjofe* "with, good
salaries gatekeepers were,r overlooked,
and- some of the ornamental attaches
must do this work. This" will neeessi-,
tate "more switching around. If.'the
plan is sanctioned by the House many
able-bodied patriots who have' counted
on drawing salary for merely looking:
wt?e will be goinir around town after
working hours vehemently declaring
that -republics are ungrateful.
Strong opposition is expected, partic
ularly from new members of the House. -
This \u25a0 year ' there are. no "greenhorns.?
Candidates came here well posted on
the methods of .reaching deep Into tha
patronage"; trough, and lost no time
looking up the record of- attaches of
the last session and the salary per diem.
When the patronage committee asked
for the lists of "friends" to b« placed,
they handed in their little cards with.
names, positions and salaries set down
in bookkeeper fashion. Every new
member had figured out all the possi
bilities of $13 a day patronage, and
some of .them even borrowed a little in
order to get a Job \u0084for r one more con
stituent. The older members were as
tounded at the wonderful display' of
knowledge. In prior years veterans,
even second termers, had to devote
much of the first -week to showing th*
newcomers the ropes, but this time they
found their advice wholly
It didn't matter whether tho "cofts"
came from north, south or, San Fran
cisco, they all knew the way to pas- \u25a0
i ture.
Leavitt Has a Big
Task Ahead of Him
It SACRAMENTO/ ; Jan. . IS: — Aft«r--»
conference tonight between .- L!euten*n t
Governor "Warren R. Porter and in era- "
bers of the Republican majority! of the
Senate It was definitely decided that
the chairmanship of. the committa* on.
Insurance and insurance lawa would
go to Senator Frank Leavitt of'
Oakland. *
s This committee is regarded as on» ;
of the most important the"Senat«.
where there is said to be an influential
camarilla "', opposed to the proposed la-w.,
requiring insurance underwriters doinjr \
business in California to deposit with i
the -State Treasurer a percentage, of j
their assets to guarantee the interests r
of policy-holders.
The Insurance companies are to haya j
skilled lobbyists at work throughout j
the session.. and- the work before th« i
committee headed by Senator I^eavitt/|
will -be a matter of constant scratiny
both by, the corporations and thelesff- -
latbrs trying to regulate them. . Leavitt
is -recognized as having one of the
most unique positions t. in the Legis
lature :to gain public approval or cen
sure-He |s considered one of the most
efficient /parliamentarians ;in \u25a0': the : Sen- ,
ate, and the general, impression is that ,
his '-initiative will greatly the |
trend -of Insurance legislation at tie '.
present session.
"Lieutenant Governor Porter would
not ."make public tonight- the_p«rsonxiel \u25ba
S>l ; otivi 7 committeejs- to - ba* anaouaced j