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The first municipal grafters— their mar-, ble. busts — have come to California. A most timely story of their -doings; will ;be found in The Sunday Call 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 The San Francisco Call. INDEX OF THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL'S 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 THE CALLUS BRANCH OFFICES Subscriptions and Advertise- ments will - : be received in San Francisco at following offices:! ICSI FILLMORE / STREET : i ..V Open ' until "10 ' o'clock ; every ' ni*;ht." .'\u25a0\u25a0 818 'VAJTXESS "AVENUE'' Parent's ' Stationery \ Store. ! SIXTEENTH « AND f MARKET STsi Jackson's 'i Branch. 533^ HAIGHTJ STREET ( 'V Christian'si Branch ' 1098 VALENCIA- STREET '• ' Rothschild's, Branchl/ ; :.-. ; -. 1531 (CHURCH i STREET I George , Prewitt's Branch.* . ," : . ' 3300.' FILLMORE I STREET.-?- I 'Woodward's^- Branch."' "^ v /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 ;. - \u25a0 . \u25a0 \u25a0 --.--. '\u25a0 •\u2666 ." .: \u25a0 *i -\u25a0-.:...\u25a0 -V.- -*.*»\u25a0 . '. . 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