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The first municipal grafters— their mar-,
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VOITUME CI.— NO. 69.
Delmas Wins in First Brush With Jerome
Angry Crows Attack Inspectors and Wreck Three Cars
PASSENGERS WAR
WITH CARMEN
AND POLICE
tTwo Riots Occur Over the
Ejectment of Men From
United Railroads Coaches
HURL STONES AND
SMASH WINDOWS
Several Persons Injured in
a General Fight With the
Employes of the Company
Two serious riots occurred last
evening — one at Valencia and Market
Btreets and the other at Sixteenth and
Mission. The trouble was caused,
by overcrowded street cars and hot
headed passengers and bystanders.
Several persons were hurt, including
rioters and inspectors of the railroad
company. Cars were smashed ' and
women frightened. Numerous policemen
were called to suppress the disturb
ances.
Two thousand persons In a riot, half
a hundred policemen " trying to put an
end to the disturbance and; three cars
smashed Trtth stones and brickbats were
all caused by the obstinacy of one man
last evening at 6:20 o'clock. Many per
sons were struck with clubs, and the
cdndu^tor of car 1070 of the Castro
\u25a0street. Jin? was threatened x-.-ith a beat-
Ing by He crowd of angry men who
gathered about him.* The timely rar^
rlral of V patrol wagon filled with \u25a0?©
'lieemen saved 1 him from bodily "harm
The trouble occurred at the Junction
of Market, Valencia and Waller streets,
\u25a0where the pavement is torn up await
ing replacing by the street repairers.
The tracks of the Market-street line
are very rickety at a point one block
away from the bottom of the slope
At Waller street and that blockades
might not occur at the place in ques
tion most of the cars are stopped at
.the bottom of the* hill for. a brief
epace of time. The cars of both the
•Valencia and Castro lines were much
overcrowded during the afternoon, and
at 6 o'clock the strain upon the Castro
line at the grade was so great that it
:-was with difficulty that the ascent of
the slope was made. People crowded
'on the already dangerously overloaded
coaches when the stops were made
and then followed a blockade.
TROUBLE IS STARTED
Westbound car 1070 of the Castro
line came to a halt at the foot of the
hill and when it did so a dozen men
climbed to the roof of It. The con
ductor told the raotorman not to try
to make the hill till the passengers
came from their high seats. ,For a
few moments there was a lively dis
pute and two inspectors of the division
ordered the m«n down from the car
roof under threats of arrest. Two po
licemen emphasized the demands of the
Inspectors. All left the roof but one
man, who defied the United Railroads
and gave - the policemen his personal
opinion of Chief Dinan and the Po
.liee Commissioners. The conductor in
the meantime announced to the pas
eengers In* the car and outside of it
that- it was the orders of the 'company
not to have a car move when a. pas
senger insisted on riding on a car roof.
By this' time a string of cars from
Valencia to * Twelfth street had lined
up In the street. Each conveyance had
from 160 to 180 passengers and most of
these got off and" walked to the scene
of the trouble and loudly shouted to
the man on" the car roof to stay with
hJs seat.. An inspector took the high
seat .man unawares and Jerked him
from his perch and the motorman got
ready to start the car up the hilL :
Some one threw a stone, and in a
twinkle the car, the , policemen and
the inspectors were the targets for
such missiles as the crowd could pick
up from the- torn up roadwa,y. Women
fought to escape from the crowd and
did notrUo so any too soon, for hun
dreds of bricks and stones hurled . at
the carl smashed -: every "window In fit.
The guards were broken from its side
and an : 'effort made to overturn it.
TWO OTHER CARS \u25a0 SMASHED
The crowd then bombarded two other
car* of the Castro line and tried "to
get at the conductor, - against whom
they felt aggrieved. Policemen got the
carman out of' the way after he had
p^-en' roughly* used.' ; A riot' call had
> ceen sent In by, telephone and a patrol
wagon full of policemen from the , Ce
ntral station and a detail : from O'Farrell
street responded. Much difficulty^ was
found in clearing the -street. /Thejpo'-'
L iC«aUwica •«a Pms« % CilssaS
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INDEX OF THE
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NEWS TODAY
TELEPHONE TEMPORARY 86,
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1907
WEATHER CONDITIONS UuV.:!
YESTERDAT — Clear; ; . maximum temperature,
64 ; \u25a0 minimum temperature. 52. J . ; j
FORECAST FOR TODAY— Fair; light north
east wind. Pare 11
EDITORIAL ;
The Oakland water front and decision of the
Circuit Court of Appeala. Pare 8
The present might be termed the Legislature
of a thousand freaks. . Para 8
A year ago the producers were getting less
than 20 cents a barrel for oil. Niw tbe Stand
ard and Associated are ready to make contract*
a* high as 30 cents. - Page 8
LEGISLATURE I
Caucus will pass : upon Held- Wright primary
constitutional amendment. Pace 1
Senator Rolley attempts to pull nose of P. H.
Coffman, Tebama politician. • ' Page 3
..Alleged grafters' change of Teaue bill recom
mended for passage by Assembly, judiciary com
mittee. . / Page S
Students arrlre at Sacramento from Berkeley
to lobby In behalf of a $250,000 appropriation
for a new agricultural college. Page 8
Senator Black introduces resolution decKrins
for Japanese exclusion. . . . Pare S
CITY 'i-V-'i'
Two serious riots — one at Valencia and Mar
ket and another at Mission and Sixteenth — In
which three streetcars are smashed and sereral
persons Injured, f Page 1
Standard Oil Company gets control of .two
large producing oil companies . at Coalinga for
$953,000. • . . Pa*e 16
Crocker estate spending fortune on downtown
property and opens great suburban tract. Pare 16
Acting Mayor Gallagher pledges city •to [ pro-
Tide $150,000 out of surplus fund to repair main
streets In the burned district and work will be
rushed. , r? \u25a0 . • Pare 16
Harrey C. Somera, . pioneer : grain merchant.
passes ' away at j hospital, I lea Ting j estate | worth
$500,000. .- . , . \u25a0 Par* 16
Miss Mamie McCarthy tries to commit suicide
with soap and produces - great \u25a0 flow of-bub
bles. ... :\ ,. .• v v /Pare. 16
Police on the, trail of gang of swindlers who
aided A. Burnett In passing' bogus checks. P. 18
Park Commissioners ask : for . an ' allowance . of
$174,000 from relief fund : for tbe restoration' of
public parks and ' squares. . : , _ " -_ -• V Pare ' 4
Robert Dollar testifies In' contempt proceedings
ajslnst Sailors' Union ' that " had " he been , here
bo 'strike \u25a0 would "hare , occurred.'iv^' \ " Pare' 9
New dereiopments ; transpire ,In • the - mystery
of . the East-street • lodgias-house murder. Pare' 9
SUBURBAN* - j . .' .\u25a0!";'.-.. \u25a0-\u25a0--:.
'-' Oakland ' man .' tells : police ; that an f enemy \u25a0\u25a0 beat
him on . the . head \u25a0 with large; rock. ;, :\u25a0 : •:* Pare >16
\u25a0.* Sob of \u25a0 lowa'' millionaire .comes West "to i fight
timber,; trust ' and . disappears* after leaTinf .Oak
land for. trip to Oregon.* - \u25a0*. -'. .'?.-'»• Page -10
. LI rely campaign ~ Inaugurated -by Taylor • and
Fordertr "for, first Mayor of Alameda.*.. Pa^elO
Oakland political campaign is : quiet ' owing to
the almost unanimous choice of parties In nom
inating-lelden on the tickets.! ;-- i<S Pare 10
John Biggy - of Oakland \u25a0 excused f ro_ra Percy
Pembroke jury - because he admitted ' that * good
looks of defendant might influence him. Page 10
Justice Renner of Sansallto Imposes ; $300
fine on owner of a' "blind pig" in Mill ' Valley
town. . * • \u25a0\u25a0'•-' Pate 10
COAST
Guggenheim*' purchase -White Pass railroad
and steamship ' line, : indicating that ' they '. will
exploit Alaska on a-\u25a0 large scale. '- Pare. 5
Interstate Commerce Commissioner Lane bears
testimony of Ventura and Santa; Barbara' ship
pers in rate case against Southern Pacific Rail
road. \u25a0 \u25a0 Page 4
Annual eonrcntion^ of State Federation 'of
Women's Clubs Is opened in Bakersfield.' Pare 11
; Young' people wed In automobile on road near
San Jose. Page 4
DOMESTIC
Mutineer on cruiser' Tennessee fires . upon and
t stally wounds . chief master - of . arms, \ whom
tbe tars accuse . of petty 'persecution. Pare 1
Rear * Admiral ' Albert Kautz, retired, dies -in
WASHIXGTOX . -\u25a0/ ,
Telegrams - and • letters received -\u25a0 by. President
from Calif ornlans conrlnce- him that sentiment
In State on Japanese question has changed and
is now with; him.' - ...> .'Page. I 1
Chief signal officer of the : army \u25a0 plans for; ex
tennlTe' experiments * with all ,' kinds of ,'- air
craft . \ -». ;>U: ,' ,'' \. ' ' _ Page -4
Senator Hale presents plans 'for bis battleship
which will _ equal '- any / fighting ressel . In/ the
world. Paf©"2
SPORTS \?
"Brooklyn Tommy*' ! SulliTan . and Abe A Attell
matched for a fight in Los Angeles. \u25a0 ,r, r \u25a0 Pare . 6
Bt. | Mary's College* Phoenix' nine of j Oakland
defeats the : Unirerslty \u25a0of - California tat. baseball
by a score of 3 to'l. .1' : : Pare 6
Coming of ' Boxer Squires from : Australia * next
month will 'stir op " the' heaTyweighta. Pare 6
Trapshooters of \u25a0 the const will compete .. for
artistic trophies." \u0084 . . Pare 7
Corbett-Herman \u25a0 . fight * will -take place' two
days after v Gans-Britt ' engagement. ..-,'. Page 6
LABOR.: ' " ' ;. .;\u25a0;"',';\u25a0;...;\u25a0 v.': I ;'.; s^
Some friction !\u25a0 arising la labor circles' orer
the' Importation' of ; metal window,' frames "from
the East.; ;\u25a0\u25a0'-'; \u25a0\u25a0'-' 'Page 9
MARINE ' ; _
\u25a0 Schooner W. ; F. - t Wltxemann, ; deserted •by the
wind and lost in a fog, drifts ashore on Dnxbufy
Reef."- .Page 11
MIXIXGCi ':'\u25a0'. . .
Combination • Fraction stock ,' is ' slaughtered'^ In
the local \u25a0 market • and ; a . raid • campaign \ is. sus
pected. . • * . i\u25a0 ' :- ' • ', Pace 9
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/San francisco; Thursday, eebruarY/.V/, [ : iw;
BRIGHT OUTLOOK
FOR UNBOSSED
PRIMARIES
Held- Wright Amendiiient*ls
to Be Passed as Measure
of the Republican Party
LEADERS IN SENATE (
DECIDE ON A PLAN
Movement Is to Be Carried
Throuarh Next Session and
Freedom Given to People
George A. Van Smith
CALL ; HEADQUARTERS,
1007 EIGHTH STREET.
SACRAMENTO, Feb. 6.— lndorsed
as a party measure, the. Held- Wright
direct primary constitutional . amend
ment is to be brought out of Republi
can senatorial caucus tomorrow morn
ing and passed. .It will ' in all proba
bility be brought out: exactly as
amended by the Senate ; committee on
. elections and election laws, but if any
further amendments are to be sub
mitted they /will be agreed upon in
caucus and strictly adhered to on the
_flbor.V : ",..'" "\- • ". - '" •\u25a0.\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0.-"\u25a0 ;\ "v '
An amendment authorizing the next
Legislature to . enact 'a i primary
election^law. and a programme of-con
structive: direct, primary- legislation*, at
the '-. next ,. session • is j' the I plan'; agreed -
upon; by ; the. Republican -leaders of > the
Senate , 'today. ' party,
assumes ; all^responslblllty^f or ith^enSl
actment * _of f aVcMap'^h^eYißiy^^and^ad'e?.]
quatel direct^ primafyilaw.'>,-DemocraUc'
iUnkerinsVivillv'ROt^oe^peirmitted^iVr'^^;
\u25a0';" ' \u25a0 C AMIXETTI^ TO -AMEXD 'V - j?* '•
\u25a0->. The call -for. a Repubjjcamc^cus^and
the .decision to' push"/ the "adoption^ of
the -Held-Wright ' amendment' waß'pre
•\u25a0- \u25a0 . \u25a0•\u25a0 ' .-\u25a0"\u25a0' ," '- -r • .; •''.--:•'-• - - '
cipitated -by -Senator, . ' Caminettl v this
morning. : \ Owing. to the absence of Sen
ator Wright arid several; Senators - en
gaged; in the , inspection ; of ; State ; insti
tutions, Held-'vrright .. amendment
has been ' permitted . to \u25a0 retain \u25a0 its * place
oh- the' file since' 1 Monday .withoutUc
tion. When it was passed, again for
another day 'this morning ? Senator . Ca
mlnetti' gave . notice \u25a0 that when it came
up for; flriaHconslderation l he would! of
fer an amendment. He believed, so he
stated, th^^tSefpr^R^' added :. by ... the
Senate ' commltte^^^he : resolution as
passed by th^f^LSsen^ly^would'^ make
the present . primary ./election '. law, a part
aiid ; that 'save! for
its repeal|byithe! enactment iof t a> direct
primary^lawitit j pquld^A 0^ fke » amended
Coatlßvc4 f ob i Paso j B,f Colonial l,'
TARS ON WARSHIP
ATTACK PETTY
OFFICER
.Chief [} Master >at j Arms Fa- !
; tally Wounded '< and '\u25a0\u25a0 . Two
Others Stop? ; ? bullets
I TENNESSEE?a:vDEGK } - ./.
SCENE OKBATTLE
- \u25a0 — - — ;-;- : \u25a0:\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0 \u25a0 _ -,; •, •• • ;
Climax to Feud^Resulting
From : Alleged ;? Persecu
tion of the Bluejackets
SPECIAL DISPATCH TO^THE: CALL- >
\u25a0 PHILADELPHIA, FebVe.^-Mutlny and J
possibly murder on board the : United !
States 'cruiser Tennessee was the cli- !
max this morning of a?long feud be- j
twe<in the ". ship's bluejackets and^ Its
chief .'master at arms, Jnm*» Ai^Dous
las. The man who did the Khooiins;, a
bluejacket named Henry Burke, was at
"once confined lp arm and j leg. irons -in
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a- temporary; canvas prison erected on
the ship's de<-k. A police patrol Wasou
and the ' ambulance 1 of the Methodist
Hospital . were hurried*to ' the.v League
Island navy yard, Tvhere.tbe Tennessee
In lying, and Douglas wns s taken to the
United - States Xaval '• Hospital,'' In Grays
Ferry, road. One bullet had. lodged in
his head - and . another. In! his \u25a0\u0084 left hip.
Ills condition tonight was serious. v
In .the" hand- to-hand": strufirg'le';. which
preceded ;% the '": shooting \^'of >.;- Douglas
Burke';'.was^;shot ; , "wrist.
wiliiam^-McCooki- theVsh'ip's;lassistant
..... .\u25a0•.--.\u25a0>-.-.,\u25a0\u25a0,-. .-,.. } ,v.,;i-. .ii.r/r.T;.-?j~^i(
masterlat-,a.rms,'. gof.a'cglancihgrSbullet
wound' on" the .chin' an J^ia^Paee'- 1 war
rfiu?tied*bV^ powde v. X V^'fe» < ;^ r^jM&M
-v, HMn£PV«.' • - .'- U. .*- "
? ; > ATTii3SII»T iTO *S UP PRESS <-XEVVSfOj
C 'Every^', official '.source j;6f | information
on \u25a0> the i parsnip,- inVthe;yard v andMn !^the
naval ; hospital vwasjVs'eaied; immediately
after ,*^th'je^traif*edy.^SiWu'eJackets~-and ;
marinesSfon^thc* 'Tennessee • and .the
other ~ cruisers;, were : ; given to under-
stand j that /it Would -be" well ?f or'-them
to (follow 'l' .trie 'i example ;; of . theirj supe
riors ' in' keeping ; closed; mouths." The"
enlisted men" refused ; to take '• the hint,"
and the '\u25a0.\u25a0 stories \ they/ told ••were -all -.in
defense of Burke and a bitter; criticism*
of 'the harsh treatment .which r ,they
claimed \ to < have ; receiyefl f roni'; Douglas
and; other; pettyjofflcers.s •/ \u25a0.:;;/...; ";•>\u25a0 /\/ \ \u25a0-;\u25a0
•."They^v treated -jus [vlike 'dogs-. father
than " like; human beings,'.' ' said \ one "of
them. "Burke felt s that t he"^woufdlas 3
soon <be killed as to live ; under, the petty
persecutions 'to'.; which^we* have^been
subjected.. i ;• '\u0084 - ".-:\u25a0\u25a0..".-.\u25a0. .•/
' . "The J. trouble :^ commenced ~ .before l; the
.Tennessee': ief t . Hampton ; Roads'itof act
asi<me:of;the?ships;escorting.the?Prcsi-'
dent ltbtPanama^Evefy; day ahVfexacS
Coiitißued^fPajSel^j^CrtnmjiTi/,
TELL PRESIDENT
CALIFORNIA IS
WITH HIM
Telegrams aqcl Letters Froni
•: ; State \u25a0\u25a0In'derse- His Attitude
»' on the Japanese Question
SENTIMENT T^OTJGHT,
TO /HAVE .CHANGEI?
White House Much
Thiat the Wisdom- of Its
Course Is : Appreciated
NEW YORK, Feb! 6.— A spe
jcial dispatch to the Herald from
Washington .- says : '{_:][_ President
Roosevelt, while far from con
vinced that his contest v/ith Cali
fornia- over the Japanese school
question. is won, is much encour
aged by the evidences that ; he ; is
receiving of a change "of '\u25a0_. sehti
ment on the part "of the' Pacific
Coast.",- '. , -.'"'- \u25a0 ; : \u25a0:' ;."-
Telegrams and -letters on this
subject; have 'been received .al
most .daily : since,, the,' President
v his 1 last .effort l to '"_impress
jcnembers oL- Congress* from * Cali4'
:\u25a0;'--;: vV; r //'. -;;/ v^^v-f" I '^./'';^^'' -.',*- V-"V",
f ornia &,with .; the s fact ithat-i if %they t
did-r not- -use r theirs lnntienceS.to
*P&m ;>'*;'\u25a0\u25a0 \u25a0- \u0084-.-- : /.'^'4 : v^- : :.- ;^r:>^V'-" : -- f '':
settle -the v dispute ; withy.-Japan
they /would - hi' taking T a . great;'* re-
Vpon'sibiiity 'fc'r the future. ' .The- Praa r
ide'nt ; knew fiat lie had impressed \ the
California .'doicg-ation, and ; he : now
SKETCHES OFiTHEiWIPBJOFiTHB'WBFENDANTiIN.THBKEW/TOEK MURDER TRIAL.
°;-HKR4FMEND\WHO«HAB?COMEr!bnN)mOTOBIBrr.-THE^'CAIJrORNIAvI^WYEB
iWHO* ISsNOWiOONDOCnxapTHBsDEPBNSByANDuHrS: CHIEF* ASSOCIATK,> AND
THE •' MAGISTETATB f, BEFORE | WHOM ? THE - CASE BEISO TRIED. • . \u0084 ,
kiiowsYthat I tie* has -. impressed I thejjci ti -;
< "-The- change in popularlisentimenrak
especially^manlfestf;, wnong; ft business;
\u25a0meh§[of|CaHl!p>ntSp£THey|B«e|the7a<i-/
van taseVoftrmakiziff ;; concessions I| jritn
f\ ;A^monument has been erected in Japan
k to ''Commodore Perry; who opened that
country^ to .the world. An interesting il
lustrated; article in
The Sunday Call
•ITVeIM AS shows hinself to cope easily -.with : New York's
§ >'J celebrated }] prosecutor^ in Thaw case. Calif omian • puts story
. ....; of 'cencerning threats, of White against defendant,
before'the- jury. .Mrs. -Thaw"may 'take the stand today.
Californian Puts Boman
Story Before Jury
reference * to -j th^^apa&ei«^hUdren iin
local fschoois in • return : foV^af balancing
concession 11 ; by^* Japan s-frelative ,*. to "i the"
emigration of , Japanes e; cool ies > tolCall-^
forniaKw So] many j letters ? have |come £ to*
Ccßtlancd ! •* F*k« 3, Cvloax 3:
an — irinrnifcTTn-MiiiiriiTTr™ i aAa m\u25a0\u25a0 « « \u25a0 K. m...
PRICE FIVE; CENTS.
t rNEW; YORKi Feb. 6.— ln
the - Thaw case today Del
mas ; announced that either
mother or his wife.
"Evdyh-NesbitThaw, would
be the first witness to take
.the stand tomorrow.
j • !Deimas had showed him
:sel£'fa lawyer able to cope
'with v the best skill of the
District Attorney. He suc
iceeded:in • placing in evidence
!the 'remarkable story of Ben •
;jamin Boman, \yho narrated
'•an ; alleged conversation with
White, in. »the
\u25a0•course-. of which White had
displayed- a- revolver to the
witness- at the stage entrance
(of JitKe Madison-square The-
Jater and had threatened lo
shoot Thaw before daylight,
this taking place two and ;a
half j years before the trag
edy; |
/From .'the moment court
opened; the leadership of
f Deimas . had breathed new
;lif etjnto the defense: It was
: as \t if ? sonic powerful I- stimu
lant ; had • been injected into
trie Jlif e rblood •of a moribund
patient.
*. It iwasj the California . lawyer's day
and,* so far as the .morning session was
concerned, * it : was a day ias marked
(progress? for "-the defense,, as Tuesday
had'; been one. of triumph \u25a0 for the prose
cution.
•- : Torn s McCaleb of . San ' Francisco : was
the: most-i mportant of the day.
\u25a0Hef displayed 3 much,". •nervouin-eBS and