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Probably the greatest discoveries ever made concerning the sun will come through the new Mount Wilson tele scope. Read of it in The Sunday Call j VOLUME CI.— NO. 56. UNITED RAILROADS COWERS BEFORE AROUSED GRAND JURY TAKE UP CUDGEL FOR SOCIAL PURITY "WomeD of Episcopal Church Demand That Men Be as Moral as the Gentler Sex BONDS OF WEDLOCK TOO EASILY BROKEN Determined Stand Against Remarriage After Divorce Is Urged by Committee MCMBER OF COMMITTEE OF THE HOUSE OK CHLXCHWOMIiS WHICH nCPURTED against ki:.m.\i;kia<ji: after ihvoece. I'be H«iuk.«" of Cliurclinnnipn took up :<-ncr(!:!r the prublems lli::t toocli must \itn!lv the xrry foundatlon« of the *o <-iul *tru<-tifrr, namely, ditoroe and re tunrriaer and f»ort>onal purity for nrp and nomrn alike. Thin body of rhurrbTromeD, ax rrprrttfntatlvr a« aoj litnl i of lMMii'-n of thr Jlpffonjial rl;ur<-h thru Tta» rvrr satbered In the whole Iriurth and brradtb of ih*- land, wrnt «>n rerorri sqnarrly an <ippo»rd to v marriaere aftrr fllvirt-r. am demanding; tlir Kniiie standard of puritjr for men as > for wobcb, and as opposed to card playing when ft led to gambling* and to *orlal dissipations on Sunday that )ni»rl<-r»-(1 nilU the Mrrrdnm of the dny. • Tbe resolutions to this rttrrt xvrrt! embodied in a rrport of the committee on Ttoman's inCu«-D<f In society and In tlir community, «vnlrb nm rrad by Mrs. (inillard Monej, the cßalrman of the rommltter. The report, in part, was: "Tour committee would lay stress upon the necessity nf demanding the tame standard of morals for men as for women. Is it not the duty of every Christian woman to debar from her entertainments men who are known to be Immoral as quickly as she would •women of cuestionahle reputation? 'Tour committee would lay special empharis on the importance of taking n definite and determined stand on the divorce problem which confronts us to day and is undermining the very foun dations of society. Christian women ought to *>xert all their influence against this over-Increasing evil. Your committee r^cognizos that circum stances may arise which make it Im possible sometimes for the marriage relation to be continued. In such a case neither the church nnr the state does or should compel the husband or \u25a0wife to 'live together, but the evil of divorce is that so lightly is the mar riage relation held that people sepa rate for the cause of trivial disagree ments and seek consolation in another union. The real ovil of divorce is the remarriage. Door not the remedy lie to a great extent with tbe mothers, who should teach ttteir sons and daughters the sacredness of marriage and a fuller understanding of that, clause in the marriage contract whlclr reads "for bet- SOOAL GAMBLY\G "Another crying evil of the day is the social gambling which prevails to a greater or lees extent in society. If si.ll Christian women would take a de cided stand against It by refusing to participate or to permit It in their houses it would go far toward remedy ins the cvil — not that your committee would put themselves on record as dls- Continued on Pace 3, Bottom Column 1 The San Francisco Call. INDEX OF THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL'S NEWS TODAY TELEPHONE TEMPORARY S« FRIDAY, JANUARY 25, 1906 WEATHER CONDITIONS YESTEttUAT— Rain: north wlnfi*; m*rhaum trmpprature. 50; minimum tern per* tur*. 50. FORECAST FOB TODAY— Cloudy, unsettled ««»»thpr; possibly light Bhoirer«; fc; In the morning. Fare 11 EDITORIAL Opmins jirooeefiinps In the trial of Th«w •upplied neither tragedy nor drama. Par* 8 William Randolph Uearst paying for bla gold brick. . Pare 8 Stanford afford* aolrmn spectacle of a college boy lecturing bis elder*. V«*» 8 Less noise from Schmitz since Jodse Dunne railed ' Lis bluff. Fa«» 8 LEGISLATURE Senator Keaoe Introduces resolution c dimly pro testing against naturalization of Japanese. P. 2 Jobnson takes v.Uack at rallruads by intro ducing two hostile bills. Page 2 After enbridled extravagance legislators mnst begin to cut down building restoration plans. P. 2 Assembly man Stetson introduces measure | aimed to bring about primary reform. Pag • 1 <:itv Jiirj- gives Thomas I. Bcrgin a- rerdlet against 4'oraiuercial-Vnioa Assurance Company despite \u25a0 :;: . Ilium Lc clause. Page 16 Solemn requiem mass is chanted by semlna rlaus and priests ut Menlo Park in honor of | aiemury of late Archbishop Montgomery. Pare 9 Injunction may be eougut to prerent the aus : pension of A. L. Hudgens. broker on the San . Francisco Stock and Exchange Board, under tbe iH'srd's by-laws. P«T« 16 Boy ridlnff on bumper of cemeteries an San Ma ten car iv caught by trolley rope, thrown violputly to paveuseut and badly injured. Page 1 "~ Orand J ury confers with United Railroads tvitu olject »'f obtaining promise of better Ferxiie. Pajre 1 Women <>f F.piseopsl church adopt report that urges hi-rhest standard of social purity. FafS 1 Aged widow of the late pioneer, Donald Mc ! Lea. is burned to dearh. Page 16 Fre« and easy methods of Fupenrinor Cam i Paris' saloon plainly discussed by Police Com mission. Pag* 16 Foreman of mill is forced against whirling saw "by fall of pile of lumber and loses bis leg. Page 16" SUBURBAN Lead-poUaning f roia fumes from acid tanks cauws violent Insanity of in expert foreman *t Berkeley Acid Works. P**« < School Director advises female pupils and teacher* to near short sKlrta if tbry would fscipeolloßiootii. \u25a0 Pagß.4 Mr*.' ' Horace ' M.' Howard, former , S*n . Jose society- itlrl. si*» b unhand of " six weeks for «lroj-c*. - - . \ \u25a0;•\u25a0 • Par* 4 i j Miss Martha. Chlckerlng. daughter of Attor ney Wflliam H. Chickerlng.' «nd a chauffenr are Injured lfl collision of their auto Vlth electric car in Oakland. Page 4 COAST Portland business men tell of coding of com petition since railroad merger. Page 7 Bridge gives way at Santa Rosa, carrying team and driver into water tilrty feet be low. Page 5 Frwno man kills giri and then commits suieidp. Page 2 Ilo«s gains a substantial lead in shrievalty recount tn Santa Clara County, and gross frauds are evident. Page 7 DOMESTIC Commissioner General of Imnoigrati<m Sargent tcllß of "detention" of Japanese here. Page 1 Mexican troops defeat Yaqtsia in battle near Gnaymas. Page 1 Thaw trial is resumed and three more Jurors are accepted. Page 3 WASHINGTON House committee »gre+« oa' appropriation for navy aggregating $95,O0C'.0<Xt. Page 6 Full tert of correspondence between Rear Ad miral Pavjs and Governor Kwettenbam is re ceived by Government. Pa*e 7 Senator Russell A. Alg»r of Michigan, for merly Secretary of War, dies suddenly Id capital city. Page-3 President and Senate committee agree on a bill to abolirt the Canal Commission and place affairs in control of ooe roan. 'Chief Engineer Stevens is to serve as president of board in the meantime. Page 7 FOREIGN William Wbitrl»y. founder of We department store In London, murdered in street by an un identified youth, who claims to b« a son. Page 3 Tatnous old St. Lszare prison in Paris is to be torn down. Page 5 SPORTS Majority of turfmen believe Nealdn will \u25a0win the Burns handicap. *•*« 8 Decision of Judges in close finish at Emery ville arouses Ire of bettor*. , . Pag« 6 Jockey Miller's strange eonfloct glv»s rise to a suspicion of collusion between riders at Emeryville. **•"• • Commodore Charles Meyer resigns • from tbe Golden Gate Tarht Club. Page 6 MARINE Eighteen Japanese seamen sre taken off sink ing wbocner by the steamer Tydens. Pa(-e 11 Harbor Commission gives executive officers of board authority to discbarge subordinates who shirk work. Page 11 MINING Developments in Goldfleld district ere. . as signed as caures for brisk rtock sales. Page 15 Sales of f>bar*s in Southern Nevada mines amount to 800,000 in round figures. Paare 15 Mr«. Grorge C. Tart^f and Miw Pcnalman ffuesta it Oakland luncheon. Paxe 4 (THE CALL'S) BRANCH OFFICES Subscriptions and Advertise- ments will be received in San Francisco at following offices: 1651 FILLMORE STREET Open until 10 o'clock every night.. SlB VAN JTESS AVESTUE Parent's Stationery Store. •42 TURK STREET At the Sigrn of the Lamp. SIXTEENTH AXD MARKET STS. Jackson's Branch. 553 HAIGHT STREET Store. 1099 Valencia; strtt-_t Rothschild's , Branch. 1531 CHURCH STREET - George Pre Witt's Branch. -. . 8200 FILLMORE STREET , Woodward's Branch. V "v ' x . J SAN FRANCISCO, FRIDAY,. JANUARY 25,-1907. , TAKES A STAND FOR PRIMARY REFORM Stetson Offers Measure Em bracing Features of the Laws •„ of Three States HOPES TO SECURE IMMEDIATE ACTION His Bill Would Give People a Voice in Selection of a Successor to Perkins George A. Van Smith CALL HEADQUARTERS, 1007 EIGHTH STREET. SACRAMENTO, Jan. 24.— 8y adapting the Texas elimination method to the Illinois primary election system, then engrafting the whole onto the California in termediary primary election sys tem, Assemblyman John W. Stet son of Oakland purposes to solve the direct primary problem and get immediate action on the Re publican platform pledge to the people of California. Assembly- 1 man Stetson is in favor of the adoption of a constitutional amendment which will enable a subsequent Legislature " to , ena^ct a real direct primary election law, but he is also one •; of those 'who believe. it: would be an excellent thing to enable the people of Cali fornia to express at the next gen eral primary, elections their pref erence in the matter of a candi date for the United States Senate to succeed Perkins. In the Hist place, the Stetson bill Is possible only in the event of th« enact ment of the Lucas bill, which makes the present primary law operative and mandatory in all voting: precincts. If the Lucas bill -becomes law the Stetson bill •will become interesting: as an in genious compromise between the dele gate system and the promised direct primary system. Like the Illinois sys tem, after which it Is almost wholly patterned, it cannot be deemed a pure direct primary measure. ' UNITED STATES SENATOR, TOO Like the Illinois system, it embraces in\its operation all nominations, from United States Senators down. Candi dates for the United States Senate may file applications with the Secretary of State without the formality of a peti tion. Candidates for nomination to State office must reinforce their filing applications with petitions signed by aC least 1000 voters. District, local and municipal candidates must secure the signature of at least 3 per cent of the vote of their respective parties In their several districts. Local candidates may file applications with county clerks, and municipal or town candidates with the secretary of the legislative bodies of the political subdivisions In which they are to be nominated. Signers of petitions must certify their party affiliations, and all signatures must be verified under oath by a qual ified elector. The stetson bill provides for a distri bution of sample candidates* ballots and for the advertisement of candidate tick ets in newspapers. Party ballots are to be of different tintsT The candidate ballot is to be voted in conjunction with the delegate ballot provided under the present law, but cast in a separate bal lot box, and returns are to be made as for the delegate ballots under the pres- STBTSO.V IS IN EARNEST So far the Stetson bill is the Illinois law and no more. Then conies the ap plication of the -^ Texas Idea, / If any candidate have a plurality of all the votes of his party for a given office within- a precinct, and that plurality be not less than 25 per cent of the party vote,, the delegates elected at the same time are bound to vote for him bo long as his name remains beforethe convention. -But In the convention, after each ballot falling to show a'maV Jorlty for any 'candidate, the candi date having the fewest votes Is dropped and his name cannot again be brought before the convention. . This process, of elimination-i s- to be continued until some candidate has a clear majority,- of the delegate votes." • £.\[\ ".The. Stetson- bill, Is - fathered by an earnest , man', • . probably not so much" Continued - on Page 2, Column 1> ONE inexcusable accident and a long list of delays calcu lated to drive long suffering passengers frantic marked the operation yesterday of the United Railroads system. To offset this. the. corporation gave promise to improve conditions. The public will watch for its fulfillment. NO "DETENTION" OF JAPANESE HERE SPECIAL DISPATCH TO THE CALL Washington; Jan. 24.— Frank p. Sargent, Commissioner General of Im migration, said. today that there had been no "detention" of the Japanese passengers on the' steamship Alameda at San Francisco in the ordinary, mean-. Ing of that word, but that the landing of the Japanese was merely . delayed until the circumstances, of their.com ing to this country could be investi gated. He had ordered that they be permitted to land! upon receipt of a re port from Immigration - Commissioner North that they were entitled to ad mission. There was no friction be-1 tween Sargent -and. Secretary Straus. v The movements of these Japanese will be further observed t>y agents of the immigration" service, with. the pur-; pose of determining .whether the Jap anese in question \u25a0 have come- to San Francisco in violation of the alien con tract labor law. • . • . '-"-• It is believed In. official circles here that contract laborers are brought into this country from Japan through Ha waii, A violation- of- law Js technically avoidedby "the landing of these immi grants at Honolulu, although they may at once be> transshipped' to the main-, land. If Is 'understood tjiat r the .Jap anese Governments is. really, opposed to issuing to Its subjects passports for the United States' proper, although it did not(object to their settling in Ha waii.,. '- ,< It Is believed by the officials here that if it '• were shown to Japan that these landings of .Japanese coolies in Honoliilu were only tricks to "permit them to "proceed \u25a0 unquestioned to the Pacific Coast, the Japanese Government would then take measures to prevent a continuation of tho immigration of Its subjects to. the, United States. " : It is ' probable that Commissioner General Sargent may soon recommend to Secretary Straus of th> Department of Commerce and Labor jhat he confer with Secretary .Root on this subject with a view of bringing to the. atten tion ,of the Japanese Government through diplomatic channels the ques- tion of the immigration of Japanese subjects"; tn- violation of the contract labor law lof;tbis country. HOUSE 'VOTES _ TO ABOLISH V <pZ&, ,ALIi PKXSIOX 'AGBXCIKS Favor* OntralUatten of Payments In ; Wa«hln«fon,\Th>ii Passe* , Bill Cnr v ryinc ' $138,000,000 for Veteran* f WASHINGTON, V Jan. 24.— The House today voted to abolish/ all the pension agencies throughout the country,' eight een in number,' and centralize" the pay merit :.6j: .6j pensions In the City, of Wash ington.- This action was talten on- the pension appropriation bill after spirited opposition on 'the part of those having pension agencies in their States.*.. : By ajvote.of SS-.to 114 an amendment offerediby^Dalzell of Pennsylvania, :.- re-' storing .the ""number of , agencies", to' eighteehras-, at .present, was defeated and" itherii 1 an-. amendment; offered >'. by Gardiner f of; Michigan, consolidating. all the agencies lin one/ was adopted with- 1 out d-lvlslori.^if \u25a0\u25a0\u25a0'''" ''''-• »• '•\u25a0-'!" •*';!•< :'The"*penBloh, appropriation .bill, car rying I138.000.000.", was Dassed.yV. : •; MANAGER ,AND CIIIKF COUNSEL. OF THE UNITED 'RAILROADS AND'THE TWO C.rwAXD JURORS WHO DEMANDED .OF .-. THEM 3 YESTERDAY : REASONS FOR THE 1 EXISTING 'MISERABLE: CONDITIONS .IN 'THE. QOMPANV'S CAR SERVICE.- * - MEXICAN SOLDIERS FIGHT YAQUIS EL. PASO, Tex., Jan. 24.— Reports .were received here "this evening .of, a desperate battle. between Yaqui Indians and Mexican troops which occurred yesterday In the . mountains 1 southeast of Guaymas, State of Sonora, Mexico, in the section on which Is located the station LJen'ch'o.". which was" raided and destroyed ; by ; the Yaquls in. December last.: fi '\u25a0'<'-"§, l-" y '\u25a0 •. The .Mexican, troops! have been hunt ing the. Yaquis • since .the. Lencho' inci dent and, have had frequent skirmishes with them, ; but not. until yesterday were they able to- force \u25a0an engage ment with any considerable force. In this fight twenty' Mexicans' were' killed and a number wounded. The Yaquis we're defeated .with considerable loss, but as they took both their dead and wounded with them when ..retreating. It is>hot known .how many were- killed. Owing to ihq remoteness of - the^fscene of the conflict .further particulars can not be.jObtalried tonight. V \u0084- '// '•*\u25a0 "Representatives of the, Mexican Gov-; ernment are without official, advices as to the battle,'- but -say' that it'is the purpose of the authorities of the State of Sonora, . as well as of the_ National Government,- to exterminate the Yaquis, that" the "militia has been In constant pursuit of them with' this end in view, and that a" number, of fights have,.oc curred recently. .; : .'.-. . \u25a0 ;.,, r . ." OIL WELLS ARE DISTURBED; BY THE JAMAICA/. TEMBLOR Fl >w . of.- Properties- in Texas Ha* De creased Aearlj- Half Since "West Indian 'Disaster ; . - "\u25a0» \u25a0' \u25a0 . CHICAGO. Jan. 2 4^— According to^a dispatch "to the RecOrd«Herald; from 7 Galveston, Tex., the- gulf coast oilfields have' decreased their, production over 45; per,' cent during -the -last week and the;cause?is attributed .to^selsmic dis turbances . in Jamaica.; \u25a0 The ; sudden drop was noticed . the. second 'day* after.', the Jamaica . earthquake "and \ seventeen wells in Texas ?and, Louisiana went dry entirely; ' f.. '^ . . V " '"-^ ":.•\u25a0\u25a0'"• ' *: ./:. . ••"Af ter , ; the^ .Valparaiso; l^earthquake many, wells to^. flow, ".while, an immense" oil lake /appeared .out. in the San FrajKJtSfcrto^Buenos Avres'bv rail! dream, but an imminent reality. Read about it in The Sunday Call AROUSED by the miserable service thrust upon the public by the United Railroads, the Grand Jury served a de mand on the corporation yesterday that conditions be bet tered forthwith. The company admitted its delinquencies and gave full promise of reform. One Accident and Innumerable Delays Weary -of Their Long- . Suffering Promises to do better for the pub lic and a general orernanlln? of the system of" the United Kailroads were offered yesterday to offset one rather serious accident on the company's lines and sereral bad. tieups. The corporation loosened its pursestrings and orders were plven to put on an additional force- v of inspectors and the various branches , of the - service were **jack'efi. up" from headquarters. The day started oft badly. Car No. 1230 of tiie cemeteries and San Mateo line, inbouno"' /rounded a curve in Mis sion street, near: Trurrible. causing, the trolley to fly from the wire, and the rope . attached -to .It caught . Antone Nabazo. \u25a0; a 15-year-old* boy, about the neck and .fished him from his standing place -on "the"' bumper. ' The lad was 1 whipped into the" roadway, striking on his- shoulder. J. B. Dunne of 101 Lee avenue'land T. • Lorenzo of .443 Miguel street were s&ept off the' bumper by the dislodged i-body of the boy.- Lo rerizo • was slightly hurt, but Dunne did hot suffer more than a ducking in a" shallow pooll j Young Nabazo, '.who' lives In Miguel street in the same . house with . Lo renzo, was cut on the side of the face, his shpiirder "was 'sprained and he was bruised. on the body. . For a few min utes after his strange experience |of having been whipped through the air like a fly on a trout line the lad was unconscious. • Help was summoned and he' and' Lorenzo were taken to St. Luke's HospitaV* and later to the St. Francis Hospital, where Nabazo was treated, but Lorenzo made no applica tion for surgical aid. v CAB WAS OVERCROWDED The. car was In charge of Motorman A. "VN". La grand c and -Conductor S. A. Manuel. The accident occurred at 7:25 o'clock in the- morning. The thre© persons 'knocked from the bumper had clung to that projection, as they were tunable to get Inside of the car, it being too crowded. . r - The management of the road In a written statement issued yesterday ad mitted, the force of,' the argument that the cars should not follow the system of switching . back. General "Manager Chapman staid the system was much abused and .that it would be stopped. Extra inspectors were put out at vari ous points of the many lines to straighten out tangles and at Fillmore street the cars were "spaced out" and not allowed to bunch. The Eddy and \u25a0Fulton street lines got badly mixed up during tKe_day, however, and between 5 and 6 .o'clock in the afternoon the traffic on this" branch was all but de moralized. \u25a0 , ...One good result .-of The. Call's cam paign' for : better service materialized in, the order . to the company that has the contract to repave between the tracks of the newly constructed lines to finish the work without; delay. Continued on Puce 5. Column 4 PRICE FIVE CENTS ADITS SERVICE MEEDS GREAT REFORM Street Transportation Com pany Agrees to Consider Rights of the Public OFFICIALS MEET THE VIEW OF INQUISITORS Promise to Dump People in Mud Xo More, Nor Order Them to Take Next Car The Grand Jury took a hand yesterday in the affairs of the United Railroads. Aroused by the miserable service the public has been made to endure, the members of the inquisitorial body decided to make an investigation into existing conditions and to demand that the corporation im prove its system to meet the re quirements of the city. Grand Jurors Oliver* : Sanborn, Coffin and Sonntag went to the offices of the United Railroads and there held a conference with G. F. Chapman, manager, and Tirey L. Ford, attorney for the corpora tion> The conference was cordial in every respect and at its conclu sion it was announced that the grand jurors had made a number of important suggestions which the United - Railroads would adopt. Grand Juror Sonntag. as chairman of the committee on street railways, tak ing cognizance of the public indigna tion aroused by tho poor Service given by the corporation, resolved to take up the matter with the officials of the cor poration. He asked Grand Juror San born of the police committee to be a party to the conference. Foreman Oli ver and Grand Juror Coffin were also invited to attend. Foreman Oliver reached the confer ence half an hour late. He .had been delayed by a truck that brolie down on the car track, and his experience fur nished one of the topics for discussion. NATURE OF COMPLAINTS The attention of the railway , officials was called to the various deficiencies in the system which have been the sub ject for general criticism — the irreg ular schedules, switching back in the burned district, the fuse explosions, the overcrowding of cars, the 1 lack of in spectors, the failure to stop lor passen gers and the blockades on the streets. The representatives of the corporation admitted that the service was unsatis factory, as unsatisfactory to themselves as to' the public, they said. They de clared that they were anxious to Ub all possible to better the service, and added that they would welcome any suggestions. Grand Juror Sanborn presented point by point each phase of the service which has aroused public criticism. In. reply, the. company's men said they were working night and day to improve conditions, and that they were willing to expend as much money as might be necessary to bring about the desired improvements. A general agreement was reached on several points which the grand jurors and railway officials alike believe will result in greatly improved service. It was agreed that switching back must cease. It has been the custom for crews when behind the schedule to dump their passengers at some point half way to the terminus. and then to turn around and go the other way. This has been one of chief sources of complaint. The representatives of the road assert ed that they would allow this to be done only In extreme cases in th« fu ture. MORE INSPECTORS It. was also suggested by the graad jurors and agreed to by the corpora tion agents. that the force of inspectors be increased. Before " the fire, traffic was greatly expedited by the efficient Continued on rage 5> Column % - \u25a0 \