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Primary Measure Safe; Mutual Insurance Plan; Spur Track Bill in HOuse
MUTUAL PLAN IS
COMMENCED
• * ......
Farniei^s' Insurance Com
pany Explains Situation
to Senate Committeemen
RISK IS NOT GREAT
CALL HEADQUARTERS,
1007 EIGHTH STREET.
; SACRAMENTO. Feb. 4.—Announce
ment that the Senate committee on
insurance is in favor of extending the
ecope and privileges of mutual insur
ance associations attracted a delega
tion of representatives from organiza
tions of this kind to its meeting this
afternoon. A quorum was not present,
ihowever, and Senator Leavitt, chair
man of the committee, confined the
.business of the meeting to issuing in
structions to O. G. Jones, insurance ex
pert of the Senate, to confer with the
persons interested and arrange to meet
Ithem again and amass preliminary
" kJata to thrash out at subsequent meet
" 'ings. ftJJ#
Jones arranged with Senators Rolley
'and to meet representatives
iof the mutual associations Friday
'.right. Both Rolley and Anderson have
'bills relating to mutual insurance, and
discussion on these occupied some little
lime this afternoon.
; Representatives of the Farmers' Mu
tual Insurance Company of Sacra
mento County said that if Anderson's
: bill were passed in its present form
' *they would be driven out of business.
JThey pointed out that it provided that
jno mutual company could engage In
( business unless it had a capital of
• ,$500,000. They thought this was un
necessarily harsh, declaring that the
'hazard assumed In the Insuring of
\u25a0farm property was not as great as that
•Involved in Insuring town or city prop
. 'erty.
| Senator Roller's bill provides that a
Tnutual association can enter upon the
business of insuring when it has $50,
'©oo. This was regarded as an equable
. 'stipulation.
t Delegates from other companies
•pointed out that mutual Insurance had
done more toward reducing the "moral
hazard" in other States than any other
: of insurance corporations.
There was a general lack of mutual
• 'capacity In California, they declared.
: jThis applied to both "outside" and "in
. eide" mutual insurance. Attention was
;\u25a0 drawn to the fact that flour mills, fac
.'.. 'torles and other enterprises insured by
'\u25a0; • mutual companies were subjected to
\ more searching investigations than
: . were similar risks assumed by other
i insurance corporations.
, —xpert Jones said: "Whatever the
committee decides to do, however, It is
evident that lobbyists for the mutual
companies will not be lacKing at the
\u25a0capital when the time comes for ac
tual legislation. The committee will
go ahead tomorrow on its work of
drafting a composite form of standard
\u25a0 policy, the question of mutual Insur
ance being a thing apart from the
proposed laws to restrict welching
ftmong incorporated underwriters of
- the familiar six-bit stripe."
Assemblyman Drew's bill embodying
'. the codification of present Insurance
laws compiled by Insurance Commis
sioner iWolf and Deputy Attorney
• General Stuartevant, also several new
: laws proposed by the same officials, will
emerge from the Assembly insurance
; committee tomorrow . with favorable
recommendation. Numerous amend
ments nave been made, but nearly all
of the changes were of a minor nature
and the bill still presents an old fa
miliar face to its authors.
The measure that the Assembly will
be asked to pass requires insurance
{ companies to deposit $200,000 In securi
ties somewhere in the United States for
the benefit of pollcyholders. Another
: Important departure from the present
law is a section classifying companies,
and limiting them to particular lines of
insurance. . Still another new feature
.-.Js a surplus lien law, which will enable
those who cannot obtain enough insur
. ance now to get legitimate insurance.
;• Both Commissioner Wolf and Deputy
•; Attorney General Sturtevant are satis
\u25a0 fied with the bill as it stands and so
- expressed themselves tonight before
the committee decided to make a fa
vorable report.
v It is the intention of Chairman Drew
to- force the measure to a vote as soon
as possible. .->\u25a0• .'•)
ItEPOHT WILL BE BRIEF
Commwof and Xavlgatloß Committee
Ha« Xot Much Information to Confer
SACRAMENTO. Feb. 4.— The As-!
sembly committee on commerce and
navigation, of which Charles P. Cutten
is chairman, will make a report to
morrow on its recent trip to San Fran
„ .Cisco. As the committee had no power
to Investigate the harbor committee
and Its work the report will be in no
\u25a0way sensational. It will tell merely
•what was learned about the bill to
compromise the suit over the East
street property line and the bill to as
" sign a small portion of the water front
to amateur associations organized for
the purpose of encouraging aquatic
sports.
The latter bill will be recommended,
but action on the former Is uncertain.
The committee may take the ground
that It would be Inadvisable for the
Legislature to quitclaim property
without first making a most searching
investigation. Early in the cession As
..eemblyman Berry of Crescent City In
• troduced a concurrent resolution call
ing for a special committee of Assem
blymen and Senators to .make an in
vestigation of the various harbors of
the State as recommended by Governor
Gillett in his inaugural address. This
resolution has not yet come out of the
committee on commerce and naviga
tion, but may emerge -before the week
ends.
intSNCH REPUBLIC PRtP^KTY") < I
NOTICE I
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j We caution Physicians j
| against accepting sub- I
stitutes \u25a0 so-called
'"VICHY" offered by
unscrupulous dealers.
Not Genuine
I wilhont the word
SPUR TRACK BILL
IS INTRODUCED
Johnson -Suggests - Giving
the Railroad Gommissibn
Power Goncerning Them
WIDE-OPEN MEASURE
-CALL : HEADQUARTERS, . - .
; 1007 EIGHTH STREET. .".
SACRAiIENTQ f »F^br 4.--<srqve John
son Introduced a~ bill. today that would
enable a Herrinlzed Railroad Commis
sion to grant permission for the con
struction of any. number, of spur tracks
in San Francisco or any other city In
the State. Since the session opened
Johnson has presented several measures
likely to arouse the opposition |of .the
manager of the Southern* Pacific politi
cal bureau, but his latest effort . is
looked upon by reformers as evidence
that he has recanted and gone back to
the old machine. As for Grove himself,
he explains that his only object Is to
give the Railroad Commission : some- ,
thing to do.
The bill Is a long one and the bug
does not appear In the title. It re
poses in section 8, which takes away
powers now held by boards of super
visors and boards of trustees and con
fers them on the Railroad Commission.
In substance the objectionable section
provides that whenever application Is
made to the commission for the con
struction of a spur track not more than
&00 feet In length from any railroad to
any industrial establishment in exist
ence, or merely contemplated, the com
mission may take evidence, and, If it Is
favorably impressed, order the con
struction of the spur track desired.' _ In
cases of refusal to comply with,, such
order the findings qt the commission
shall, In legal proceedings to compel
its enforcement, be prlma facie ' evi
dence of the necessity of the track.*
Argument will be made that the pro
posed law would work both ways, but
its opponents say they do not care to
look beyond the fact "that Herrin has.
controlled every Railroad Commission
as far back as they can remember. -The
Southern Pacific Company has made
several attempts' recently to acquire
spur track privileges In this city. Tills
is Johnson's home, but It is predicted
that nowhere .will the popular agita
tion against the biy be stronger than
in Sacramento.
Another unusual feature of Johnson's
bill is that it confers upon the Railroad
Commission power to make official In
vestigation into the causes of not only
railroads but streetcar accidentß. What
ever the findings, they shall be prima
facie evidence against owners or opera
tors of roads In actions for damages.
All of the powers at present conferred
on the commission are made applicable
to "intercountry, interurban, suburban
or street railroads, operated by elec
tricity, steam or other lawful motive
power." Still another feature of the bill
is that It authorizes the commission to
act as arbitrator -of any transportation
controversy that may be • submitted to
it by the parties Interested.* ' y
LABOR AGAIXST SUNDAY LAW
Committee of Assembly Hrut Area
men tn on Both Sides - -
SACRAMENTO, Feb. 4.— Organized'
labor is not only failing to advocate
the ' submission of a /constitutional
amendment" for a compulsory- day .'of
rest, but according to the accredited
representatives In Sacramento.'watch
ing legislation,. the unions of the State
will fight the amendment to a stand
still if it Is" submitted.
For two hours and a half this after
noon the Assembly committee on con
stitutional amendments heard argu
ments for and against a Sunday law.
The measure that brought about the
discussion was the. proposed rest day
amendment submitted by request' by
Grove Johnson.
Among those who before
Chairman Weske and his committee
and argued In the affirmative .were
Bishop liforeland, ' < Rabbi Montague
Cohen, Judge N. P. Chlpman, Chauricey
H. Dunn, Rev. H. N. Bovard and Rev,
G. A. Swan. Their contention was. that
the amendment was designed to Insure
workingmen a day of rest. ' They
charged that some employers , were
making their employes work seven days
a week. Most of the speakers denied
expressly that the proposed law had
any religious significance and explained
that Sunday was chosen merely because
it was the day on which most people
rested from 'their labors.
J. O. Corliss of San.Jose and Rev. Mr;
Healy. a Seventh Day - Adventlst from
Los Gatos, made the principal argu
ments for the negative. They charged
that the amendment would be an in
fringement on religious An
other objection was that the proposed
local option In the matter 1 of closing
stores would enable 10 per_cent>of 'the
voters of a community 'to compel a
special election every two \ weeks and
thus put local governments to great
and unnecessary, expense. • •
The Johnson amendment would close
all* saloons on Sunday and' prohibit the
running of horse or dog races that. day.
As for the local option feature it con
tains no provision .by \u25a0: which' 'either
farmhands or train men could be'bene
fited. No action>was taken by the com-"
mittee, but an early, report is expected.
Whatever recommendation is , made," the
measure will be fought on the floor, as
several members have already, declared
that they, do not favor submitting any
such amendment to the people. < ;
A prominent representative of organ
ized labor said* tonight: "The argu
ments^ made by .the: advocates, of this
proposition for a constitutional amend
ment might be construed to mean. that
organized labor, is in' favor' of It.
ganized labor does not seek such legis
lation, has not advocated t this amend
ment, and will fight it -if It "Is sub
mitted."
JOHN SOX WIXS A'VOTE
Gafna Campbell '. by Asrreelns; to - Quit
- Talking ' on -'Meantire':
SACR AMENTO,' v Febi' 4.— By . ' a vote
of 49 to • 3 -^ the' Assembly] passed today
the Burke?, bill '• providing; for ;r a "<; State
anti expectoration . : ; bill. Dr/ . P/.1 , C
Campbell, ; wKo" represents Contra Costa
County, ; enlivened ' the debate) that | pre
ceded- the roll call. :He > argued 1 that lit
wouldT not : be f air >to ;• forbid- a ; man! to
spit *on the' sidewalk ~ln '\u25a0* aCcountry
town,' where ' no ' one : could, tell ? where
the sidewalk . ended : and -the :< d street
began.; , ; ;., \u25a0•'•." \u25a0'-. \u25a0•-' .--•--,: '; •-'\u25a0 : -'.- \u25a0- ." *
Pathetic.; pleading ;fell" on "deaf "ears'.
Grove Johnson'"expres6edrsurprlse::tha,t.
! a: physician should ; oppose" suchf a~. meri^
torlou s measure.*; With j,thls j preliminary
remark he, swung, into a'speech". on j' the
need of ." forbidding ,< expectoration' '• , In'
public - places.'" : Dr.> Campbell" listened
wearily for I three \ minutes.' * Hef could
6tand it no'longer. .' ; . .? , ;!;>:
.'Tll|voteiaye- if quit- talking
about, it,"- he shouted.* c ' t .
"Ally right,"'" responded : Johnson and
sat"down., : •:'.\u25a0' '..\u25a0 ' \u25a0,:\u25a0."- ;.v-,-.-' ,;j^
*; Dr. ;. Campbell * kept >word. . The'
three negative "votes were 'j cast Stjby
Berry^ of r Crescent ~& City, "MBirdsall of
'Auburn" and' Bush -of 'Napa.* *.r"*. " '
THEy SAN : :\tMaNGISCP
Senate Will Pass
Direct Primary
'Measure
Continued From . Page i 1, Column 3
islator who will •not agree" to • deliver
his vote ito the Fresno crowd . has ' the
intimation? that his bills j are In a bad
way conveyed to him. It isn't pleasant,
but it has resulted in ;ai most ; decided
and general Interest: in the measure, ,by
which Kings County,: aided;and abetted
by Assemblyman. McGuire, Senator.Mil
ler and a goodly proportion of; the citi
zenry of the Coallnga district means to
slice off a third of the area and about
a tenth of the -assessed ; valuation •of
Fresno County. '\u25a0\u25a0' ' . -
A Joint meeting of the city and
county boundaries committees in the
Senate chamber this afternoon bo taxed
the seating capacity that half of the
Fresno boomers had to stand. Oratory,
charges and countercharges filled: the
air for two. hour s\ .Fresno went to the
bat first, captained by H.* H. Welch.
His team included John A. Neu, presi
dent of the Fresno , Chamber of Com
merce; Judge A. G. Smith of Laton,
Judge W. H. Kerr of Coallnga, Thomas
O'Donnell, who. came, within forty-six
votes of initiating: Chandler Into the
Downs and Outs; George K. Anderson
of Coallnga and Miles Wallace, attor
ney and orator, of Fresno, whose speech
was so entertaining that Senator Mil
ler asked a second extension of time
for him and an entertained -Legislature
requested that he return tomorrow and
finish when adjournment for the day
could no longer be deferred. .
. , McGUIBE'S BOOSTERS
Tomorrow"' McGuire's boosters will
have their chance. The Coalinga con
tingent includes W. R. Odom, T. J.
Turner, Scott Blair, D. M. Delong,
Charles Klnney, N. L. Palmer and
B. W. Charlesworth. Just as an evi
dence'of good faith, each has a calling
card of the proportions of the accepted
form of campaign literature, bearing
in anticipation of their : hopes for an
nexation, "Coalinga, Kings County,
California."
.Senator Gus HaVtman's feelings have
been lacerated, and by The Call. The
Senator admits that The Call's poll of
the Senate committee on j public health
and morals against his antl: prize fight
bill is "correct; ' that in any. event it
agrees with such information | as to; the
attitude of the members of ; the .com
mittee as he has ibeeh; able" to secure
personally. . , But ; Hartman \u25a0 \u0084 feels the
news as published by- ,The 'Call- was
premature and- that its j effect ". on | the
public mind will oe to call -his 'motives
lato question. 'He says, and' says most
emphatically, that 'he; has v managed to
secure. an agreement uponfan^ adverse
report for. his bill. .That adverse re
port will, of course, bring? it out of
committee, and then the fireworks. He
purposes to make a ; fight on the .floor
for his bill ; and to ; put every ; man jack
in the Senate on ; the record, that his
motives may stand out clean, spotless,
before*, the -people •; of 'California, and
more particularly of San Francisco.
HARTMAN IX EARNEST
' .Hartman likes the mitt/ game — says
he loves; it in fact, but! he thoroughly
dislikes 'the Methods: of the men in
control of it in' San Francisco. He does
not hesitate to assert that they have
charged two prices; for "bum" exhibi
tions-by, tramp fighters and have been
ready, to fix a go for the sole pur
pose .of separating, the enthusiast' from
. his money ; at*~the \u25a0 pool box. :•& ; V > y.Vj',)'
. Senator Edward l.'i Wolfe came
through -.\ today, with an attache": con
stitutional amendment rwhlchrthe. peo
ple can support if they; get -a; chance.
It conforms strictly -to the recommen
dations of Governor Gillett, who fought
as best he could against the record
breaking . attache graft indulged in by
the sitting Legislature, v The
believes the amendment designed to
cover | the same subject matter that
was rejected at .the last election' went
down because, besides limiting the
amount that .- might be -expended for
attaches, it* also provided , for. an in
crease of salary for j Senators and j Rep
resentatives! /The' - Governor-; realizes
that, while by adopting that -I; amend
ment- the people would have saved
something like. $57,000 In salaries on
the present, session, 1 It should have been
submitted entirely free" from any,prop
osition to "Increase legislators': compen
sation, and that on; principle' the people
will vote against an; amendment con
taining such: a provision;. with entire
disregard ,of the amount' that might
be saved by protecting Senators and
Assemblymen from : their ; own cow
ardice. \
'.-'''"ASSEMBLY MEASURES
.lohnnon Punhpi* Through Bill Making
\u25a0". It . Eauler.to Sue ./ V.-^.'
SACRAMENTO. Feb. 4.—-Assembly
man Grove Johnson got through. a bill
today repealing the law which com
pels; complainants In suits based oh I
charges of libel or/ slander: to; put up
a bond: of; $500. -The bill now goes to \u25a0
the ; Senate. 1 Grove's" apparent ; irffa;
is to s make '; it easy .• for . Irresponsible
persons to bring suits against news
papers. \u25a0\u25a0'\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0 \-- - - . ..-•• '•"\u25a0.;..'\u25a0..-.-. \u25a0 \---' .:
'.Another measure .that .passed . the
Assembly . was ' introduced by the^, late
John . J. Burke. 'It provides : for an an
nual I vacation of [ fifteen days for mem
bers ,; of police • dgpartments/. *" -;. -, "I "\u25a0'\u25a0' )f '
!v Assemblyman \u25a0;. Sackett : / 'lntroduced v a
bill ; giving school ; boards \u25a0 control >'-over
all social and "literary; societies, formed
by I pupils ; of ; the ;\u25a0 public \ schools. 'l% Fra-*
ternitles \ and sororities { are ; prohibited,'
and members: may, be refused [diplomas
as the penalty of offending. -Pu
pils who join proscribed '. organizations
may ; also be punished by a ..fine; of not
less ! than ; ; $10 or \ more ; ; thari }; $100/
"Kohlman » of , San : . Francisco *: presented
a' bill^. to change; the existing ; i law^ so
that v citizens . not on "K the assessment
roll -may \ qualify; f or t - service l onl grand
or.-T other juries ...without ; fear; of .chal
lenge. His; bill', repeals all the} present
law,' except ' the ' *. clause -that ; provides
for a property,' qualification. : V \u0084 : '
. Davis "oft Holllsterjintroduced";hls ex
pected »' bill 'r providing;* for f a i return S to
the -old 'Australian j ; ballots system, i with
Its alphabetical! groups of candidates."'^ .
' £ .Wyattfof ; Salinas .offered ' ai bill - ; mak-'
Ing 'f it\ necessaryjjf or ? trust ; companies
to f, show a* paid-up capital'; of * $100,000
before*- beginning. business. ".. " .. , '
COXCESSIOXS; EXPECTED
Washington. Bellevrn Mayor and School
Board Will Yield ,; C '
i^WASHINGTON. 1 .'Feb:; 4. '•;—] Mayor
Schmltzbf • San" Francisco^ and-the'rep
resentatives 4of it- the v> School Board 2of
that city /are \u25a0!. to_ ? arrive] In' this
city..£on % Friday, v and % the"? congressional
representatives fof I Calif ornla 1 ; made far
rangemehtsrj'wrtn9.ther'President',? today]
toimeet ithe;delegatlontonithatiday.?;;v
\u25a0 It ;is i expected .[this " will
put ' ah * end I all Hhat jla {important « in'
the 'Japanese} school? controversy, i %
; 1 1 ?Is I the; meetlng^wl 11 ; be"
most amicable -and mutual concessions
win '{ be • made.':'-Thlsl Impression ? comes
from \ representatives j" herei 1
,who jßay*they|see|noj "reason '\u25a0} for \ any
further difference of i opinion.';; . ; I.' v
To "; Cure f a "[Cold ?. In i One j Dar j "'
Take • Laxative j Bromo \ Quinine '-Tablets;
Druggists ?.ref und jmoney^ if i it* falls.'-? E/
"OT.' drav a't'ii iciuituT* an uuh; box." "I£>a*
ASKS RELIEF FOR
MINE LOCATORS
Curtin Introduces Kesolu
tion.-:Taking; Restrictipns
Patents' of Glaims
HOLDS IT IS UNJUST
;",> '\u0084--«' CALL HEADQUARTERS, U'y
1007 EIGHTH STREET.;
SACRAMENTO, \u25a0 Feh, 4.— The Legis^
lature of California Is '; asked ' : by r a
/resolution," Introduced in, theiSen
ate :by Curtln of : Sonora;' to r put
Itself on, record as opposed to the
action :of \u25a0'' President Roosevelt in al
lowing the; land frauds: to Interfere
with patents on, mlnlnfe; claims.'*' In
his recent message President Roose
velt .touched i on this matter and ex
pressed the ';; opinion , that ;, until >•; new
laws were i drafted patents should be
held t up, Vas they i. have been for the
last three years, > v ~ * . . --"
\u25a0':\u25a0 Curtln : belleves\ that this stricture
should be.' removed from patents affect-
Ing honest mining claims. , He does not
mention Roosevelt . in ; the resolutions,
but contents himself with taking for
mal, exception to . the rules drafted vby
the' Secretary, of the Interior. '4-i These
rules stipulate that "no final certificate,
patent or other >evldonce of .title: shall
be issued under the .public land; law
until an actual examination has* been
made upon the ground by.; a. Govern-,
ment officer." - The examinations .: of
the; last three -years have not resulted
in the issue of patents. : , -^ • • .
\u0084' Senator Curtin complains in his
resolution that "this deprives an ap
plicant- for : a patent, upon a \u25a0 quartz
mining claim » of having : the ' proper
officers ;of- the-: Land 'Department
ceive the purchase price for the land
upon the completion of the publication
of notice iof , the application • for ; pat
ent." :He points out; that the law 'ex
pressly provides -that after the- appli
cant for,; a~patent; for" a quartz mine
has : paid for the. land the Government
may refuse to Issue the patent for. any
reason satisfactory to It,' and that
this provision, amply protects -;? the
Government from any fraud 0r... impo
sition being practiced upon It In the
Issuance of quartz mining /claims. \u25a0
The I resolution directs California
Senators'; and;?, , Representatives
Washington to v ; seek modification :of
the -rules to ; . the ''end that 'upon' com
pletion of the, publication. of the notice
of "the .'application for . patents upon
quartz mining claims the receiver of
the land, office. of the district be em
powered* to; act in the manner from
which he is now restricted to establish
the claimant's title.
WOMEX "FATHER" BILL ":
Wolfe's Irish Bull In Senate Makes Fair
; PS '\u25a0- ;.\u25a0 ; ;\ Sex : Titter : '
; SACRAMENTO, 4.—^An Irish
bull sprung; by Senator 'Edward I.
Wolfe of San Francisco ' caused ! a re
pressed titter among the: women/spec
tators In the .upper ; house this after
noon and loud guffaws from the throats
of 'the signified', solons. ;;;»• Wolf c was
pleading eloquently for; the -passage "of
his. bill 'authorizing,; the "r Governor - : to
set apart a ."bird -and; arbor/ day".v each
year > and i»enf oj cc, -- itsj; observance; f';> >
"\u25a0' "It's"a' bjll,^gentlemen,"- he fdeclared,
"that Is inspired by the^very' commend
able ]l desire > to/ foster. - &"i love/i for | our
feathered ' songsters " "arid wonderful
trees. It's a bill that isibeing fathered
by every woman , in California.'?.- : \u25a0}
The laughs"; that! greeted- the Senato
rial j paradox did ; not * prevent the pass
age, of the bill. t ; - ./ : \u25a0
The f Senate; was in I, an evident mood
f or pleasantrles,.'more ' thamhalf of the
members voting against a measure in
troduced | by SenatorJßolley_ providing
for*the \u25a0 construction ; of \u25a0 a highway:con
necting ; the : road, systems ** of -Trinity
andHumboldt countles.;j Rolley,* think
ing the sbill | defeated. Vvotedi against ; it
himself that he might move to recon
sider, whereupon all the Senators, ! pre
tending dissent,: ' changed HHeic^vote to
"Aye,"; and gave him '.the -laugh. [
After placating [\ Rolley, /the ; . Senate
turned-Its attentions to actual business
and: voted $2500;, each % to ', Senator.':; H. . S.
G. McCartney,; former /Assemblyman- B.*
F. , Treadwell, = former/ Senator . M: L.
Ward and Senator J.-B." Curtln-for,serv- ;
ices "rendered the. State = as-commission
ers /on ; revenue '\u25a0''\u25a0 and , : -;The
things i accomplished jby'-.thls commis
sion - are 'worth ' the I money,/ according
to " the /statements- made* by_; its, mem
bers and jthelr^ patrons |in the Senate., '\u25a0
••:\u25a0.; Bills; carrying appropriations of i 513,
500; for/ the State j Normal I School 'In San
Francisco, $50,000 / for ; the % Industrial
Home-of • Mechanical "'•*', for"/ .the
Adult i ßlind in Alamedaland; s6o,ooo .to
provide \u25a0' for a joint"; Investigation 'with
the / federal ' authorities£ofi the State's
water \ resources 'were \ passed. /://
:^Wben Senator? Wolf c's I bill provl d Ing
for.Uhe /appropriation.^ of t^2,ooo,ooo., for
harbor Improvements] came .; up j f or. final
reading, Senators Camlnettl- of Amador
persisted f\n having ;it"rltransferredHto
the ! committee jon j commerce v and I navl-'
gatlon-'/^The; committee /on Ji Judiciary
had % reported favorably ton 'Jts = passage.
Wolfe | pointed out E that j the Legislature
had/thecontrol/of-.the/money,; once/ its
appropriation had been decided; upon' by
popular vote./ ; Camlnettl I declared Tthat
the 2 extension of *i the/ : belt c line >was?; as
necessary,/ to -improve ',{ the i; harbor;' of
San Francisco'? as ;; more /wharves /orTa
seawall.' /Wolf c" finally = to
re-refer .the ;\u25a0 bill ]! to/ the j committee \ on
commerce ' and/ navigatloni .' ...
• Caminetti's flnal-wordnnitheldlscus;
Bioriv was that /he would^ support /the
measure ; and that jhe \was ; as s solicitous
for the welfare of /San Francisco as
Wolfe. , . , ' i ' .' ".
HANGIXG FOR ROBBERY
Bill Making Such/ Crime Capltai Offense
In Introduced \u25a0'
SACRAMENTO, -^ Feb. .4.— Bills: mak
ing it possible for 'juries to - decree ,that
thugs be> hanged? for! robberyjwere ; in^
troduced In s both* houses of the ' Leglsla-;
ture"; today/?/; Senator,; E/vI-% w °lfejSbf
San S Francisco^ fathered f;one^./ and 'As
semblyman Grove : Ij. 1 ; Johnson *,the .other.'
: Thel; measures^ are 7 alike g-and/t were
drafted cby? Charles/; Sohntag;! a? member
of \u25a0\u25a0 the" San^ Francisco! Grand v Ju ry. - f
>lUnder the'prbposedtlaw/every person
found -guilty.?, of >l robbery in ,'.', the p first
degree^wouldi-be|elther/; hanged or\lm
prisohedlf or nife.V^TherjuVyi would; de
cldelwhlch; It 'should J be. 'ff: ln , Its .i pre-^
llminaryjclausei the ! bill! includes ; in \u25a0; the,
first/; degree -all; , robberies /'-.committed
between ;/ sunset * and "sunrise "for 'by
.means'Of r a^deadly iWeapbnj^or^any
other? means Slikely^toi; produce^ great
inJury.^Underjthisjsectionjgas-;
fplpeV.thugsJMjrould:"be;iclaßsed,a.s-Tob
ibers of the first I degree. \u25a0 : % '\u0084 ' !
; , \u0084;;
i~ SAN < bIEGO.i Feb. 4.---Memb er s o f 11 Ihe1 h e
Senate | committee "!;- on V public X buildings
arid f grfourids Ivrefe'i here & this afternoon
,vißl ting I the^ State? Normal | School % and
conferring % rearardlrig"- the S construction
bf'aitralnlng school building, asan; ad-;
ditiori? to ;\u25a0 the I bulldinar.^*The is committee
consists ; "of J Senators :-oW right gof sjSanj San
Dlego,iPficel;of^Sori6inariWlllls|of : <San^
Bemardlrio, v: Mueriterj; of ,, Stockton and
Kennedy *bi>B»n Francisco. -'
SHUTS OFF SOURCE
OF CORRUPTION
Bill by. Sanford Prohibits
\u25a0 Campaign Donations rby
-\u25a0Industrial Organizations
AFTER; NEW YORK I2AW
CALL /HEADQUARTERS,
' , ;/ v , 1007 /.EIGHTH; STREET.
;.-; SACRAMENTO, Febi . 4.— Sanford Zof
Ukiah introduced/ a bill*, in/the Senate
today ; prohibiting, corporations or other
Industrial- * associations ' from . making
campaign /contributions, to" political or
ganizations./- 'The measure is drafted
on a claw : enacted in New York, follow
ing the \exposure/made by; the Hughes
investigating ,; commission of ;- how, the
life \ insurance . icompariies, influenced
leglslationfat Albany. " - . .- ,
; The bill provides % that;*any officer, dl
rector,' 1 , stockholder,^ attorney or agent
of any corporation or joint 'stock asso
ciation which -violates : any/ of : the pro
visions of i this section.'-who' partici
pates/ in, , aids, abets or advises or con
sents/to ,any ; such violation,, and 1 any
person who .solicits or/ knowingly; re
ceives any> money or property invviola
tlon*ofvthis section, "shall -be guilty; of
a' misdemeanor ;. and "punishable by .im
prisonment In the | county ; Jail \Ar more
than one year, and 'a fine of not more
than $500.". ' -,;'.: •// , :
,:;,! Another provision . stipulates that no
person shall , be excused from testifying
or, producing books or other documents
before any court; or; magistrate investl-.
gating : violations "= of ' the act on the
ground -that /the testimony - required
may.convict him./ It Is stipulated, how
ever, that v such/ testimony cannot 'be
employed to prosecute ; the witness
called upon! .
EXCHANGE CRITICISMS
Carter and' Belahaw. Apply S area urn to
'•;' / : \u25a0\u25a0.;\u25a0\u25a0'. ; Each Other in Senate
Sacramento;-; Feb. 4.— Beishaw of
Contra Costa County fenced with droll
ery lin replying to the 'charges of Car
ter of. Los Angeles on the floor of the
Senate today -that%the- committee on
finance was -not giving due considera
tion to bills calling for appropriations
and was raising/ many rof them for
passage undue \u25a0 readiness." Carter
was piqued because. Beishaw had moved
that i his 1 bill empowering the : board " of
trustees of the Los Angeles . State Nor
mal < School Ito \ sell I that | property and
build; anewi with the/proceeds, be re
referred.from. the committee \on edu
cation to-: the '.committee, on : finance.
Carter declared that he didf not think
this ; action neQessary, as the bill called
for. no appropriation. "„ He then launched
into criticism of the way the finance
committee, : of which Beishaw is chair
man, was being conducted.
"I should like to say, In answer to
the distinguished ' gentleman - from , Los
Angeles : that he is, not competent to
pass judgment; on .this committees for
the reason that he ; is Its' most derelict
member,'! \u25a0 declared I Beishaw: ''He will
bear/me ,out,;l: believe," In; saying, that
helis^.invariably late when he does at
tend ' the /meetings— which .is/, seldom.
He f-has,j answered:*. to ; the/_rollcall but
once fand '^has /apparently -paid j no -^at
tention . toTour \lmportunities:\ lmportunities :' to '.be^ on
"hand." 'and: ntake^; part ;vln*f; v ln* f discussions
aff ectlrig; appropriations.".".^/ ; V •'\u25a0*•\u25a0 :.-\u25a0 '•
, -i Carter^ replied 3 that jhe \ had^onlyi- been
notifled>ofxriieetlngs,vof j.thelcommittee
three times and.had;attended*as;best he
could. s£ He i/ ; consented Vto- ; have .his bill
transferred; from ; the ; committee on ißdu
catl on. , ///\u25a0•- \u25a0/---;// : ; ; "V,\i c- . . -. : ,
- The * finance coriimlttee recommended
tonight 'the of the bill appro
priating $132,000 for. a 'State- farm ex
perimental statlonin.Yolo County under
the. supervision of;,. the University of
California.* ; The bill /appropriating
$132,000 for" a g university, library -at
Berkeley;. was reported out of commit
tee \u25a0 adversely. -/The .. appropriation In
the bill providing: for the/bulldlng of
an l ; agricultural 'building .was; reduced
from^ $250,000 to $150,000."/ Billsrappro
priating;s662l for -a photographic lab
oratory and other, improvements at s the
Lick /Observatory/ were recommended
for passage. - '. ' •:*
FORESTRY BUREAU
IS ARRANGED
WASHINGTON. ?Feb. : ? : 4;-^Continuing
nisspeech, today In 1 the -Senate^n: criti
cism of the administrationVqf the public
land laws, j Senator ; said there
was ; no ; necessity 'forf and; noJ likelihood
that. Congress^ would loan the* forestry
bureau' ss, OuG.oOO. as asked by'the Presi
dent.-'.. He C said the lasto, report .of < the
bureau ; showed $273,000 to the credit of
this (bureau,' "and.; yetithe proposition- Is
to pawn the forests \u25a0 of the Government
to the Government' for. $5;000.000.--: These
gentlemen seem ; ;to I treat "these i forests
as their^own , private enterprise." • "*" * \u25a0 --.\u25a0;
;3Heyburh v said-; the- Government ? had
gone-into j hls:home;cbuhty In Idaho* and
taken; Bo;;per' cent { of,"the v county*as-a
forest- reserve. ; The * county;* had - previ
ously^made ; public^"improvements," but
these ; had*- all jbe«;n lost v to; the Tcounty
and : acquired by. the'GovVrnment.' • ;
; y Senator; Depew, asked' If ;thetSenator v s
contention ;wouldgdestroy . : the .whole
system of^thelforest^reserves.' v
''The .system i forest as
now ; operated/.'^ responded Heyburri, ' Vis
so /vicious Ithat'; anything ?,whlch» would
destroy] it \wouldibe' welcome. " t \u25a0;.* " -'>.
I/i Depew:asked^if/itf!were'not\true"tiiat
_combinationsg.of j'capltalj had
gone y into A the %West f • and ; grabbed - up
large timber' holdings. ;>..;• : ,: .
\u25a0\u25a0;'•; "The HargestJ; land: grabber Ms*; one of
the.vlce.preslderits of. the'Natlorial For
est 1 Reserve, <Association r of a the r United
States,"; answerediHeyburn::.: < He-,owns
more: land Uhe'- title {tql which" was J ille
gally.' obtained * than I any ? other,- inah i or*
all otheri men: in i the ; Un ited States.'fand
helisToneJof ithejvice' presidents ?of | the
Forestry i Association,^, the SpresidentVof
which Is our worthy Secretary of Agri- 1
culture.";-;,"/: \u25a0 ; :"\ ;^:; ' \u25a0•-"•y^--.'. y~--. . -\u25a0;:\u25a0"_
;: One>_ of ] the j greatest, points for criti
cism^ said- Hey burn^was, that it wo; acres
ofv< grazing.l land^to/oneV'of" timber vhad
been wlthdrawliias] forest, reserVes.V The
remedy, 5 ; he f sald;t*was '- 1 6'S. take ? the^ad -
ministration [« of&the jj; public «land ; laws
;fr6mlthe|lntrerioripepartment*arid : Vput
it : in \u25a0' the; haiidsjof .: af speclalHand [court *
provision * for ' Which a he,; had \ made'- in ' a
special ibill riowv pending.' v;i -* >".J:-7
GEXERAIi i HOLABIRD ; DEAD.
''^WASHINGTON, *i Feb. ' ; J". 4^-Br igad ! er^j
General ') t . Samuel £ B;v : Holabird;^; ret! red^
one j^of --.' ithe'rjOldest Jand^;' bestu^known
United " States^arniy 'officers ]lnlthe 'coun{
try,^ died |Iri^thisTcity,' yesterday faftefla
brief s lllnes^faged JBo^yeara. 1 *?; He s,will
be": buried s in|the] Soldiers 1 ;; Hojme Tceme
teryion Tuesday.- ' -. . •
SERVICE 1; PENSION^ BILL
•" 4:-rrThe ?House
;today • passed ithej Seriate | service ' pension
:blli|by;£a;&vote^;or:;l96 .toi2o^;;The>bill
'prdyides ;, that! veterans \ having j[ reached
k thejfagre'j lot J62J 62 H years j shall? "receive^ $12
perlmonthJrJO g years f $ 1 6;"f arid \7 5 1 years
i}«». .:-• ':\u25a0"..<..•\u25a0* ••'\u25a0. - -\u25a0•\u25a0 — - y \u25a0-\u25a0•\u25a0 \u25a0 \u25a0\u25a0• • .- '\u25a0-.'\u25a0 .".-\u25a0
ADDITIONAL JUDGE
FOR CALIFORNIA
Senate Judiciary Commit
1 tee Favorably : Repprts
Bill to Aid District Court
NORTHERN DISTRICT
SPECIAL DISPATCH TO THE CALL.
./WASHINGTON, Feb. 4.— The Senate
committee on .the judiciary today re
ported favorably the bill creating an
additional United States district Judge
ship -In California.. 'As the bill passed
'the House the Judgeshlp applied to both
the Northern and Southern districts, but
the Senate "committee says this Is un
constitutional, as a Judge mu3t be ap
pointed from a specified district./
: 'The, bill Is accordingly reported with ;
an -amendment placing the Judge in
the Northern Districtof California. He
may be assigned, however, to any other
district; when necessary.
; The committee also "considered the
bill introduced by Humphrey of Seattle,
and passed by the House, requiring- the
Circuit Court of Appeals of the Ninth
District to hold court at Seattle to .hear
Alaskan cases. These cases are usually
heard 'at San Francisco. A .telegram
was 'received by Senator Perkins from
Judges Morrow, Ross and Gilbert pro
testing against; the bill on the ground
that, the court 'was fully competent to
fix the time and place of Its sessions,
as It had been In the habit of doing.
Humphrey, when: asked about this,
said his bill was offered for. the very
purpose of preventing the Judges from
exercising this right. Perkins filed the
telegram with the judiciary and It
pigeonholed Humphrey's bill.
BILLS PASSED BY HOUSE
Loan of Million to JnmestOTrn Exposi
tion Safeguarded by Lien on Receipts
WASHINGTON. Feb. 4.— The House
passed a number of important bills to
day. Including the McCumber service
pension bill, the omnibus lighthouse
bill and the omnibus revenue cutter
bill. . \u0084-.->.
The House, by, a vote of 10 to 65,
concurred In the Senate amendments to
the .urgent deficiency bill, loaning the
Jamestown Exposition $1,000,000 and
safeguarding the loan by a lien on tMfc
gross receipts.
-. Resolutions were passed calling for
an investigation by the Secretary of
Commerce and Labor of cotton ex
changes, and the fluctuations In cotton
prices, giving a privileged status to
the bill codifying and consolidating the
patent and copyright laws, directing a
report -by the Secretary of the Interior
of the number of .existing patents
granted- to officers and' employes of the
United States.. . ;
• Bills, providing for the protection of
game in Alaska and . authorizing a re
fund of - certain taxes collected under
the; revenue act of 1898 were also
passed. j
WOULD TAKE WATER SYSTEM
Governor. A*ked to Secure Control of
. Private Irrigation Project .
WASHINGTON, Feb. 4.—Representa
tive-Smith has received a communica
tion.'from Southern Californlans urg
ing that the/Government take over; the
private Irrigation ; system near Yuma.
The, reasons given by signers are that
the administration of the water system
Is bad and'thatit ought to be reme
died.j.;'-/";-;-/':/;.-' . " • /-.\u25a0-,.-;
' '.The - same: parties . have appealed ' to
Secretary '.to . take . posses
slon'^of Jth'e^privat'e /water system, and
make;it part of- the, Yuma" lr-I
rig'atlbn* project" or. abolish it ;alto*
gether. ''•'.\u25a0 1 ; •/"-/' './vrV/'.. *
•-;,: Smith : says he'.wlll confer with Sen
ator: Flint to see If they cannot agree
on~i some '. ground concerning the Colo
rado proposition. <
TO BUY PRIVATE HOLDI.VGS
Smith to Call Up Bill Provldlnc j tor
• Purchase of Land la Parks
/^WASHINGTON. Feb. 4.—Representa
tive Smith- has'imade an arrangement
with Speaker Cannon to be .'recognized
'. to /call up his .bill providing for the
i purchase. of 2300 acres in Tulare;Coun
ty, comprising all land not owned by
the x Government in Sequoia and Gen
eral Grant National parks.
./Small private. holdings are said to be
a/nuisance there.'- and "the. Interior De
partment" favorably regards the pur
chase of the same.
XOMIXATED BY/ PRESIDENT
WASHINGTON. .Feb^ 4.— The Presi
dent; sent \u25a0to the. Senate today the fol
lowing nominations: <
\u25a0?i? T To;,-be \u25a0« a . member of the California
Debris '• Commission— Captain Thomas
H."' Jackson;; corps of engineers.,.
A Postmasters: California — Orlando J.
Lincoln, Santa Cruz. Nevada— Charles
F. Litrell,- Mustlm
t PROVIDES COAST LIGHTS
T/WASHINGTON. FebV- 4.— The House
today,, passed/ the omnibus lighthouse
blll»under. r /suspension jof ;the rules.' The
measure contains items / for a light
house", and. lighthouse tender on y the
California coast and' for a light on ' H
awaii. • ./- ._ . :-j:l \u25a0/; -
AIMED AGAINST PACKERS
. WASHINGTON, Feb. . 4.— The r Senate
occ/upled'i the . first .two 'hours of Its ses
slonUoday:ln perfecting the House bill
permitting" the • Government j_to take an
appeal on. points of lawlncertaln' crim
inal .cases. " :The /bill Is -Intended* to
reach" cases similar; to that against the
meat packers.
XEGROES TO. HOLD "FAIR
;,' MOBILE,"- Ala., Feb. '4.'-pA?hegro,nat
. lonalj.falr-.wlH'be 1 held In* this 'city, next
November. '-^ A feature " will .be 'the ,ex;'
hlbit ; of 5 inventions \u25a0 and . craftsmanship
of! negroes:':*-An" invitation \wlll;' be ex
tended .* to ;; the / President of .the -United
StatesJto open; the fair.: , .
BURNED TO DEATH— Chicago, Frt>.
.4.~Mr». •A. =h Haakel!.^ said i; to , haTe b*en a
wealthy, widow •of . Michigan City, Ind. , was
bcrntd.; to" death'* early: today • ia-a"flr* .'which
destroyed *a ' two-story . frame buildln g In Dun
nlnjrl street. >•< Mr 3. \u25a0 Ilaskell ' waa \u25a0 asleep \u25a0 when < the
fire ' broke ; out,"::".' • * * ;;- *\u25a0• : : •\u25a0\u25a0.\u25a0 \u25a0:\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0-. . , ; -
Dyspepsia
Is an indication that* the
stomach and other digestive
organs are weak, tired or
debilitated. It* :: ,. causes no
end of aches end pains and
Jjgfmostj > cpmm^^wh^?
people bolt» t»heir meals and
harry and worryi as tihey :
do in this country .
Hbod'sSarsaparilla
magictouch^int^ disease.
'M For. testimonials of ,*reniirka^le'carc«
:' send for Book on Dy«pepsia, No. 5.
Z mJ- C t Hoo4 Co^ Lowell. M«».
ONE COMPANY NOT
IN TEXAS RIOT
Senate Committee Begins
investigation of Colored
\u25a0 - Troois at : Brownsville
EX-SERGEANT HEARD
WASHINGTON, Feb: 4.— The Investi
gation ,by 'the Senate committee on
military affairs of the Brownsville af
fray began today. *A score Of negro
soldiers of the Twenty-fifth Infantry
who were discharged without honor
were present, but only a limited num
ber were permitted to sit In the com
mittee room during the proceedings.
Attorneys were barred, the ne * ro
soldiers having no representatives
present It Is understood that Senator
Foraker will lodk after the Interests
of the men if they are placed, in
jeopardy. ~
Senator Foraker called former Ser
geant Israel Harris to the stand regard
ing the happenings of August 13 and
14. He said: . \u0084 \u25a0 .
"On that night we had some disturb
ance—some shooting. I mean, I was
asleep in D barracks and about l
o'clock I was aroused by the noise of
guns; Then there was the sound to
arms and Company D got dressed and
we started for, our guns."
The witness then told of, getting the
guns In the .dark, after the racks had
been opened. He described the racks
and showed th»lt there la but one key
td a rack and tliat each key will unlock
only one rack and that the keys are In
the possession of noncommissioned
ofilcers. f
The witness said when the company
formed outsjde Captain Ivons of Com
pany D wai present and Immediately
called the All and personally counted
his men anduhat none were absent.
Senator Warren developed the fact
that trouble 'had previously occurred
between the nAgro troops and people In
Texas, and that-, Harris, when he heard
the shooting, feAred that members of
his company miglit be Involved. Harris
stated that he had talked with soldiers
who had claimed to.have been Insulted
and pushed off the sldwalks by
Brownsville citizens t and he thought
trouble might ensue^ in consequence
thereof. . V
Harris said It woulVl have been im
possible for the men jto have cleaned
their guns between the time of the
shooting and rollcall. \
Hi |*i "' IV #»/ / / M \fiwf%\ ij
\u25a0 DRESS SHIRTS
Meet the highest- |
; ; expectations of the I
'•' most critical dress- I
ers. v In" the best }
shops $1.50 and
j more. «
CLUETT. PEABOOY 4 CO^ ;
Women Need
a natural laxative and tonic when -
troubled* with lassitude, depression;-^
: nervousness . or a general run-down V
condition of the system.
Nature responds quickly, and regu-
larity is established by the use of
SeecAomH
MM .
i Sold everywhere. In boxes lOcand 23c .
Under the New Pure Food Law
All Food Products must be purs and
honestly labelled.
BURNETT'S
VANILLA
waa fifty years ahead of the Law. It was
always pure Vanilla. Every bottle now
A bears this label : Guaranteed under itu Food
and -Draft Act Junt 30ih, 1908" Serial
Number 9 1, which has been asalened to us •
by the U. S. Dcpt. of Agriculture. t*S
' JOSEPH BURNETT CO. *o«to»., uU*.
C«OFFEE
Best name for coffee is
that of the man responsible
Toot ' grocer returna yowe ' money If yoa don't
like, Soimilnrs Best.'
LOOKINGforHOMES
,; If . yo*u have anything which you
wish to offer, to the great", army
of ;\u25a0 home-seekers T who ; are » coming
to \u25a0: California through*; the Loa
Angeles gateway to tfie State, .-* a
small "For v Sale" advertisement ; in
the classified 'columns 'of the^Loa
AngeleslTimes**;;* will "put you in
communication with them. :If you
; have^aTranchJforsaleor'to let; or
; wwhito/disposeVof or rent a city
or ; suburban home, ;" a * small sum
expended ih: this way may accom-
plish* the desired result. : .
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