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VOLUME CL— XO. 47.
QUAKE AND FLAME DEVASTATE KINGSTON
PRIMARY LAW AMENDMENT APPROVED IN COMMITTEE
JpARTHQUAKB and fire assailed Kingston, Jamaica's picturesque capita and [last night iti^citywais reported devastated from
the effects of the tremor and the two days 9 conflagration. About loo lives are reported lost. SijK Jam English
statesman, is said to have been instantly killed, but his is the only known death among Europeans or Americans. Direct communw
with the stricken city has been cut off and only meager information is coming through^ . v 1v 1
EARLY PROMISE
A PUZZLE FOR
BURKE
Direct Primary Law Will
Go Out of Committee
With Support of Majority
CHAIRMAN IX STATE
OF INDECISION
Probable Change of Mind
Offered as a Flimsy Pre
text for His Evasion
Geo. A. Van Smith
CALL HEADQUARTERS.
1007 EIGHTH STBEET.
SACRAMENTO, Jan. 15.—Un
less the enemies of direct primary
reform arc able to bring some ex
traordinary pressure to bear, the
Held proposition for a direct
primary election constitutional
amendment will be reported out
of committee for passage in the
'Assembly and that body will have I
the privilege of passing the ques
tion up to the Senate or placing
itself on record as renouncing its
obligation to the people made by
the pledges of the Republican and
Democratic State conventions.
Only one member of the As
sembly- — YVessling. the sole rep
resentative of Hearstism — can
claim immunity from the obliga
, tion of the platform contracts
* with the p^oplfr of California. Demo
crats and Republicans arc alike bound
by those pledges, and all but one mem
ber of the Assembly on constitutional
amendment*, to which the Held bill
was referred, has definitely promised
to fiupport surh an amendment. When
the bill reaches the Senate, as there
Is *>v«?ry reason to believe it will, and
promptly, the real tost will come. In
the Senate the bill will be referred to
the committee on elections and elec
tion laws. There it will have to run
the gamut of virtually all the obstruc
tions that will be placed in its way.
There its form may be expected to be
changed, if it is to be changed; there
It may be expected to languish and die
unless there is a decided change of
temper from that now in evidence.
ni'HK i:\N WEAK STAND
The Assembly committee which has
the Held bill is composed of Assembly
men Burke, EstudiHo. Drew, Wyatt,
Eshleman. Cutten and Forbes. All but
Burke are either positively or con
ditionally for a favorable report on the
bill.
Burke, chairman of the committee,
; is In a most unsatisfactory state of
indecision. 110 has heard that his
people are strongly in favor of the
enactment of a direct primary election
law. He has also heard that the peo
ple who elected him expect an un
equivocal redemption of the" direct
pledge made to them by the Republi
can party and by Assemblyman Burke
when he accepted the Republican nom
ination and election at the hands of
Republican voters.
Burke declines to pay that he is for
or against the submission of 'a con
stitutional amendment and his refusal
is based on the ground that he may
later want to change his mind.
Estudillo is for the amendment His
announcement Is squarctoed, unequivo
cal. He said yesterday: "The framing
of a bill for a direct primary election
law," v that may well claim
the* lion of our lawyers for the
one* *wo years. But the submis
sion % .t an amendment should "be done
now. In fact, I cannot sec how any
Republican can consistently entertain
any other idea. We are all bound by
the pledge of our party platform."
Drew was among the first of the
Assemblymen to announce his willing
ness to redeem Jiis party pledge and
Ito announce squarely that he would
vote for the submission of a constitu
tional amendment. Beyond the sub
iniFS-ion of an amendment Drew
Continued on Vagc 2, Column 1
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INDEX OF THE
SAN FRANCiSCO CALL'S
NEWS TODAY
TELErHO.NE TEMPORARY 88
WEDNESDAY.' JANUARY 16, 1907
I WEATHEII CONDITIONS 't, -^
YESTERDAY — rartly cloudy; trace of rain;
I Dixlnum temperature, 44; minimum temper
ature, 38.
FORECAST FOU TODAY— Cloudy, unsettled
trentber, with frosts In the morning and prob
ably showers by night; light north winds,
changing to southerly. Paye 11
EDITOHIAL
Tupl famine offers a great opportunity for the
Relief Corporation. Tugt 8
Tbe Mil file t>olntg the way to salvation, but
none need iiiske ttu- mistake that la Sacramento
rlrtue Is its own reward. Fa?e 8
Prophet* of eTil confuted by opening of Pan
ama canal bids. Pare I
EARTHQUAKE
City of Kingston, Jamaica, is derastated by
<-ar;fci;w.kr and fire. Paces 1-2
LBGULATURG
Hold proposition for direct primary election
amendment lirk support in committee of all bat
Chairman liurte. »'.'- Pace 1
Governor Glllett disapproves of legislative
action in endeavor to oust Pardee men. Face 3
Senator McCartney introduces measure favored
by labor men. providing for Increased stuff of
Lebor Commissioner Stafford. Payc S
city *W; ; ."
Archbishop Riordan will ask tbe Pope for «
coadjutor to succeed Arobbisbnp Montgomery,
but the selection will be delayed for several
months. - Paje 16
rjnlted S(»>i District Attorney^ Whltsan nilei
that failure . vf w*:ter supply doe* not relieve
Insurance company of liability. Pi£e 9
Harry WakrfleM, manasrer cf grocery, at
tempts RUicide while grieving over loss of
wife"* love and will probably <Ji« from bullet:
wound. Pace 18
California Club resolves to make figbt before
legislature for enactment of law regulating con
etrurtiun cf tenements. Fare 9
Fourteen gambling bouses in Chinatown pax
JTSU weekly to police for protection. Pare 6
l>ry goods firm receives box of cobblestones
instead of expected case of silk goods.Pag* 10
I'rivuie advices say that election of General
sji.-nrn.ii to Presidency of Salvador may cause a
revolution. Page 16
Weather Propbet McAdle promises warmer
weather for bay neighlwruood. Page 16
Pardrc's slap at Attorney Henry Acn for legal
Jugglery awakens interest among lawyers of
State. Page 16
Leon Sorter Ik nenteaced for tbe second time
to lie banged for tbe murder of Joseph
Elaine. . Page 7
Sheriff O'N'eil ban made binwelf liable to
imprisonment by allowing George D. Collins bis
liberty. / Page 7
Marion I.eventrltt/ will be enrprlsed to learn
that deeds bare been on record for some time
to hie $l(Kl.oi>0 lot on Geary street, Newman
Oil n iH-iag sponsor fur tbe ancient . docu
mrats. Page 16
Insurance rates In tbe bcrned district ad
vmiced berauite of the Impassable condition of
Uie streets. N Page 11
Judge McKinley of Ixw Angeles is to be ap
pointed a I "ni versify Regent la place of H. J.
Tnwoig. Page 5
Oakland etableman. battles with tbng armed
with pi*tol and *Mih. / Page 4
Key Konte official* said to be planning all
eight ferry service between San Francteco and
Oakland. Pare 4
Mr. and Mra. g. M. Walsb and Miss Marion
Wfcls'n were j,iß*eng*Ts on overland limited
wrecked at Verdi,- Nev. Pare 4
Tormer Mayor nenry of Oakland diet of heart
failure. Page 4
COAST
Opposition develops at convention of Building
Trades Council in Stockton to re-election of
President P. It. McCarthy. Pare 1
Reno light and power plant Is destroyed, leav
ing city in darkness, fuel Is scarce and water
shortage Is feared. Page 7 ',
Paymaster Lckesb, under arrest at Mare Isl
and resigns to avoid court mart Ul scandal. P. 7
Citizens of Vallejo vote $60,000 bonds for new
Lijrh school bundle?. Fare 7
DOMESTIC '
Typhoon sweeps Philippine Islands, causing
hundred deaths In Leyte alone/ Page 1
Hluioa Guggenheim la elected United States
Senator by Colorado Legislature. ' Page 10
District Attorney Jerome springs a sensa
tional scandal involving New York Aldermen
in bribery charges, one of them being caught
wben money was passed. Page 1
tiecretary of . Commerce Straus teles verbal
fling at San Francisco on Japanese school ques
tion. ... Page 10
WASHINGTON '
House committee votes to make favorable re
port on ship subsidy Mil prepared by Ilepre
ecntative Littaurr. Fare 10
Senator Spooncr In . speech excoriates Tillman
for his Incendiary ntterancea on negro ques
tion. Pare 10
91 CI it I 9 • *
••Killing" made in poolrooms on ; the victory
of DnroeJl's Temaeeo at Emeryville. Page 6
Coronado County Club offers most valuable
tropby ever competed for by borneinen. Pare, 7
•'Wire tappers" defraud .a ' Chicago horse
owner out of $70,000. * Pare 8
San Francisco Boys' Athletic League Is now
a permanent organization. - Pare 6
MARINE
Barkentine Tropic Bird goei ashore at Perula
Bay. Pare 11
I MIXING
Advance in tbe price \u25a0 for i Mohawk stock Is
principal feature of day's market. Page 10
SOCIAL ... *Jp
Mr. and Mrs. E. W. Hopkins give elaborate
dinner at California-* tree t borne for Mini Lydla,
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SAN ;. FRANCISCO; JANUARY ; 16V- 1907;
P. H. M'CARTHY
HAS FIGHT ON
HIS HANDS
Opposition Develops to His
Re-election as . President
of the; "State Council
TVEITMOE ANSWERS '
DAVID STARR JORDAN
Declares the University Man
Is "Talking Rot" as to
Hoodlumism and Japanese
STOCI^TOX, Jan. 15.— The second day
of the sixth annual convention of the
Building Trades councils of the State
developed some opposition 'among the
241 delegates to the re-election .of
President P. H. McCarthy. There are
other strong men in the convention
whom certain factions are urging to
come out against him, but thus" far-no
one has been willing to enter the race.
It is^felt that McCarthy is too strongly
intrenched among the delegates.
.Those who are openly, lighting Me-,
Carthy • declare,' however, .tjjat^sornojjmo.
iviil be placed In the*" field against' him,
and that a -determined effort will be
made to depose him.
During:the afternoon' session a reso
lution was unanimously adopted,, with
out reference -to the committee, approv
ing the action of the San Francisco
Board -of Education In, providing sep
arate schools for Oriental children. It
criticised the j message of President
Roosevelt in no uncertain terms. It
resents the declaration that Japanese
children are fit to sit side by side with
white children of tender age. The at
tempted Invasion of State rjghts by the
President is condemned In scathing
language.'
A telegram was : read .; from Mayor
Schmitz expressing his regret that he
could not attend the convention. ..He
wished for the success of the sessions
and hoped that the deliberations would
conduce the . best interests of organ
ized labor. Representatives from . the
Japanese and Korean Exclusion League
were received as afliliated delegates,
and they made addrenses on their work.
Among other thing's, they said that the
league had accomplished the defeat of
the Foster bill in Congress. V
O. A. Tveitmoe, secretary-treasurer, of
the council and, president of the Ex
clusion Leaguo, took exception to the
pro- Japanese utterances; of .David Starr
Jordan, president of the Stanford Uni
versity, and said in part:
"I have ' been an ; ardent admirer of
Mr.' Jordan. Ho has a giant intellect,*
broad mind and generous impulses, but
I do/* not 'agree with him regarding
Oriental immigration. I hold that Jor
dan's" generosity has carried away his
giant Intellect, This is more than, a
labor problem— it Is a race problem,
and . the benevolent assimilation theory
is.a miracle; that neither 'he' nor; any
other. self ntlst can' ; hope ! to' achieve..
"If it could be' accomplished we* would
have a'; nation 'of "cutthroats, 'gaspipe
thugs and : human hyenas. /Slemsen*.; is
a* product of j this- theory... '. Hls : father
wasla- German" and -his mother. a half
breed; Kanaka'~and)Chinese. ".,-\u25a0..' ., : ,'^.;r« ; * : '
. ''If/jajianVseVexclujßlon^ls^ a']- hoodlum
Continued on Pace 5, llol torn. Column"]
ALL PROMINENT BUILDINGS OF THE
CITY SAID TO BE IN RUINS
PHILIPPINE ISLANDS
SWEPT BY TYPHOON
Huriqfeq Lives Lost in Leyte
During Terrific Storm
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\u25a0 ; M ANIEA, Jan. 16.—^Tlie islands of Leyte and Samar
were [swept; by- a; typhoon on.. January ."; 10. ' One 'lrundred
lives were lost on the island of Leytxi. .The* barracks i/and
officers',; quarters on the east;' coast • of .-; Samar; ; werevde-:
stroyed: ; 'No 'estimate 'of the (damage to property has. yeti
been niade. VNo damage to .".s hipping is repdrtedf- ; ; : ; ?Fhq
storm/'is ; tlie-worst that -has /occurred within the' lasp-t^
yearsJ: vCqnimunication^witli ; ; ljeyte :and Samar :has: been
cut: off. for- the** past^ six days,- and only.'meager-particulars
of .the; storm? were, received today. '-r^" 1 ' i
LOCOMOTIVE - EJVGIXEERSV DE3IAXD
:. ELi PASO,*, Jan:§ 15.— The -three•hun
dred iocomotiveengirieers oiytlie Mexi
can Central* Railroad and^ its
today \to V'demaiidVof j;the]••'"au
thorities *(&n',>; iricreascVln^; wages "\u25a0* siim
cient to*. bring- their payjfto.the'jsfajidard
pay of engineers ini the, United jStates.*^
SPANISH UICoTJ DISCOVERED
j ' Jam(^ls.-r-Theipojjce^haye
['discovered' nrV> anarchist.;', plot .-.toy kill
\u25a0 several "\u25a0\u25a0 prominent persons » January * 21*
the -day/lixed for' the? opening of -the
''parlianientarV' debate upon* the; attempt
on jtlie' lives of (King "Alfonsoja"ndjQueeh'
»"Vlct6ria*on-Uhe^dayVof Ulielr^inarrlage, 1
May.-31 last. \u25a0" \ \u25a0 ,"\u25a0 iSMm
; I -The story of how- California • in 1906
produced the treasures for which all na- "
tions strive makes; a gorgeously illus
trated page- of . exceptional interest. It
shows \that" California reaped other things
v than disaster last year. See it in -
|[ The Sunday Call
BRIBERY SCANDAL
IN NEW YORK
.\u25a0_ NEW YORK, Jan. 15^— In the arrest
of . Alderman W. S. Clifford and David
Mann, foreman of a stone yard, on
charts of bribery today, In connection
with (the election , of . s» Recorder of the
General Sessions Court, the District At
torney's! office 'declares a plot has been
uncovered . by \u25a0\u25a0- which eleven 'Aldermen
agreed to sell their votes for Recorder
for $500 each. - \u25a0\u25a0\u25a0:- \u25a0'.'\u25a0• ...
' v Accordins'to;the District -Attorney's
jofflce,Vs6ooo;.ifi' marked bills wasi 'found
\u25a0on Marin, "who Is accused of ' being the
gro-b'etween. - It; is alleged that Clifford
'accepted] a ; bribe of 46000, In, return' for
which- he I'was to deliver' the. votes of
jhimself and ten other Aldermen for. ex-
Judge RufuS'B. Cowing for. Recorder.
; \ Cllffordi met Mann today^ the District
office declares, and took the
I$ 60 00, f 9r f ' paymentn t to the Aldermen. De-;
tec tives^ from* the; District Attorney's
office ,were\witnesses arid they\ promptly
airrested-v' Aiderrnan ' Clifford. /-Clifford
iater^was jafr'ai gned ; and held in $ l'oioOO
ballif or .{further examination!
y^t^the^BoardVofj Alderman meeting*
todajr^^ voting- for? the^several candidates
.fpr_ Recorder/, resulted sin i'aVdeadlock.
Cowing 1 s"n name^ was tioned * for \u25a0 the
-first^ ; tlmev by,? Alderman l . Clifford, i who '<]
•had .; beent,' elected l^ , oh -'the ,
Ownership ticket." *He • had . pre- j
y > lousJy^yoted J for v ex-JudgeT :> aimieri. |
V;-!UMiblef;to : J prdcure» bail,' Clifford^ was!
'lodg^nnfa'police.-station^tonightr-Re-'j
regard lngjhis a"rrest=he^ said :. "They pre
\u25a0pa red ia r trapVahd ' t'rl ed ", to rcatch ; me."
;-r> "Asked'- aboli t f ' the *? $ 6000.* •;: Cl lfford : re-.
r plfed* < ';"That'*was*r for TaV business j ton-"
sideVati6n.i»'i>I -*r have *, •' received ;\u25a0•\u25a0". money
.ff6mtMarm*befor"e7^This : is'hot "ftifel first
ttiniePlvhaVeNiad • close \u25a0•business iirela-:
tions iwithlhlm.''^.p.%^ ' .;. • • ,
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
oir James rergu
son Is Among
the Dead
KINGSTON, Jan. 15.—
The picturesque capital of
the island of Jamaica, King
ston,, has been devastated by
a violent earthquake-
Details of the disaster, are
lacking/ as direct communi
cation with the stricken city
has , been cut off. The land
lines had been reconstructed
to within five miles of King
stdnthis^evening, and from
meager reports received
through such channels as
were 'open it has been learned
that mariV of the most im
portant buildings have been
destroyed and that there has
been serious loss of life.
' .So: far as . the reports indi
cate, the fatalities number
less than 100, though : the s
hospitals are filled with in
jured, and the list of victims
may be materially increased.
Kingston and the other points
of 1 interest of: the island are at
this season of the year thronged
! "with tourists from both America
I and > England. The greatest ap
; prehension is felt for the safety of
I many, persons '\vho;have recently
| arrived-at the Jamaican resorts.