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VOLUME CL— NO. 73.
SCHMITZ YIELDS
TO DEMAND OF
PRESIDENT
Hopes to Escape at Graft
l Trial by Capitulating
in Anti-Japanese Fight
THINKS ROOSEVELT
WILL ASSIST HIM
Looks to WMte House for
an Official Statement
That Will Whitewash Him
Ira E. Bennett
SPECIAL DISPATCH TO THE CALL.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 10.
Mayor Schmitz and the San
Francisco Board of Educa
tion spent several hours to
day preparing a written
statement to be submitted to
the President tomorrow. It
is understood that the Cali
fornians will also have some
written suggestions to offer
as to the scope of the pro
posed arrangements to be
made with Japan for the ex
clusion of coolie laborers.
The indications are that
an understanding will be
reached between the Presi
dent and the Californians
which will result in the ad
mission of Japanese school
children of proper age into
the public schools of San
Francisco on the assurance
by the President that he will
do all in his power to ne
gotiate a treaty with Japan
providing for exclusion. The
President cannot make an
absolute promise at this time
that a treaty will be signed
and submitted to the Senate,
but • his appeal to the Cali
jornians to remove the chief
cause of grievance is expect
ed to be successful.
If Mayor Schmitz were not deeply
involved politically as a result of the
Japanese complications, there would
be ho question of his readiness to ad
vise the school board to rescind its
segregation resolution for the sake
of facilitating the treaty negotiations.
But the Mayor's political existence is !
at stake, and he thinks the outcome of
his conferences with the President
may have great weight in determining
whether or not he shall be convicted
at his forthcoming trial on the charge
of gratt.
A member of the California congres- i
Fional delegation said tonight: '"The
probabilities are that the President
•uill be able to convince Schmitz that
he I« displaying great patriotism in
Traiving the school matter for the sake
of reaching an understanding -with
Japan. Possibly the President may see
fit to issue a statement which will set
Schmitz right with the people at home.
Then Schmitz will go back and face
bis trial with some hope that his con
ference with the President has helped
to whitewash him. But if a treaty is
not forthooming after the school board
has surrendered. It will be all off with
Schmitr."
It was reported tonight. that In case
an understanding was reached between
the President and Schmltz,\ a state
ment will be Issued from the White
House prals'^ig the San Francisco del
egation for " Its patriotism in back-
Ing down In the school question.
K.\OWS JAPANESE TRAITS
President Roosevelt I* .Merely Pin j Ing
to tbe Asiatic Gallery
From a. Callfornlan who enjoys the
confidence of President Roosevelt It was
learned yesterday that the President
and his immediate advisers were nego
tiating a new, treaty with Japan and
that the conferences were approaching
a favorable termination at the time the
disturbance concerning the Japanese In
the schools of this city came Into pub
lic notice. . The terms of the proposed
treaty would have been acceptable to
Californians. It Is said, but the nego
tiations were disrupted by the publica
tions of the school trouble, at which
t^| "gentleman nation," as President
jffdan calls Japan, took offense. Then
followed the utterances \u25a0of the Presi
dent, which California took, as a per
sonal affront-
But the fact is, according to those
"who pose as spokesmen for the President
Pa»e 2, Middle Column 3
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INDEX OF THE
SAN FRANCISCO CALL'S
NEWS TODAY
TELEPHOXE TEMPORARY ; 86
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 1907
WEATHER CO.NDrriOXS
TESTEBDAY— CIear; maxlmnm temperature,
60; minimum temperature, 50. :
FORECAST FOR TODAY— Fair, wlUi light
tog In tbe mornlnp. Faffe 9
EDITORIAL.
Bar Association's minimum wnge bill Bbould
be -entitled an act to prorlde bunko apparatus
for shysters. . Pegs 8
OonKressman ".WlllUm Randolph' Hearst sus
pect* hlmcelf. \u25a0 ' • - \u25a0..'-. Pape 8
' Dnffey Is a pood dral of a man. He' makes
the dirt fly. ..'.'\u25a0\u25a0 Pt*e 8
Vses -of \u25a0 the duck dinner, as a Inbrlcant ot
Irglslatlon. . Page 8
LEGISLATURE
Frar that four-track railway bill is framed in
th« Interests of the Southern Pacific. Pages 1-2
Wiley's letter on pure food bill was not writ
ten to McCartney, but to Bell. Pase S
Members In Legislator* favorable to organized
labor may force early action on the Japanese
school question, SchmiU's surrender being con
demned. Pft»« 2
CITY
William Maltland. known a< the "Dpkd of the
Press Club." dies suddenly in New , York
hotel. . Paje 7
Rev. Bradford Learltt declares In sermon Tb"»r
people of the East expect San KraiK-J.jeo .to
Btorap out grafting. _ " Pago 2
Judpo Dunne will rule upon the Schmitz-Kuef
demurrers in extortion caSes today. Page 7
Former City Attorney W. C. Burnett suc
cumbs to stroke of paralysis. Page 7
Matrimonial market experiences shtrp up
ward turn as result of reconstruction pros
perity. / Page 12
Olympic Club members break nod for tbe foun
dation of taeir new home to be erected on the
site of their old one, in Post street. Page 7
Senator G. Russell . Lukens returns from trie
Orient and discusses attitude of Japanese on tbe
school question. ... , Page 3
Board of Arbitration may render its decision
today in settlement of differences between the
United Railroads, and its employes. Page 12
No surprise would be created If the Tresldent
6hould appol^| Victor H. Metcalf to the new
Federal Jad^eshlp. Pagre 12
Thousands throng Golden Gate Park and enjoy
bright sunshine and crisp air. Page 12
Los Angeles Street Railway secures new
rolling stock, while United Railroads officials
continue to talk of cars they haye ordered. P. 12
Members of First Congregational Church re
sume serTices In ediftce in* the burned dis
trict. Pagre 12
School children of San Francisco , to ol>serve
Lincoln's birthday anniversary. Page 7
Thirty Japanese house-cleaning companies in
trust to dictate prices. Pa;e 12
Funeral of Yee Yeah. leader of Chinese so
ciety, is marked by elnborate ceremonies Page 12
National Guard will reoeiTe large appropria
tions from State for armory In Sacramento, new
uniforms and for contingent fund. ' Pago 9
SUBURBAN
Berkeley Lodge of Elks will open new club
rooms ioui;:bt. •\u25a0\u25a0 - v • Page 4 '
Sabbath «chool leaders of . Portland," Orei;' will,
open instltote In Oakland on- Wednesday '."V jPag-e i
Aged LiTennore rancher blows out his bra his
while . despondent becanse of Ulne««. \u25a0 Page 4
I^arge transfers of realty lv Oakland -and. re-,
newed activity In the; market. . Page 4
Oakland newspaper carrier held up in day
light and relieved of smell sum and new hat. P. 4
Clbkli Is imminent between Mayor Mot t and
the "Boosters.", - Page. 4
Alameda detective races In auto after trolley
car, overtakes . It and arrests man alleged to
bave etoleu a dog. . . Page 4
* Fatlier Egan's testimony against C. 'H.
Beardsley to be corroborated by brother^
priest. Page 3
COAST)
Steamer Spokane strikes rock and is forced to
put in to Seattle. '- Pa?e 2
Mrs. Hattie H. Weston commits suicide In tbe
Lome of her parents. in I'etaluma. Pa;e 3
DOMESTIC
District Attorney Jerome to attack the credi
bility of Evelyn Nesblt Thcw an a witness, -and
will strive to show Jury t!ie difference be
tween . Jealous rage and the niaaness of in
sanity. Pages 1-2
Sobmltz hopes to escape at graft .trial by
capitulating to President on the anti-Japanese
fight. _^ Pajes 1-2
Harrimaa-Fish . railroad war dethrones Mrs.
Fish as queen of tbe "Four Hundred" in New
York. Ji Pag« 1
Clerk in New York Comptroller's office. burns
$3,000,000 worth of tax stamps on his own re
sponsibility. " . - Page. 8
Members of the Commercial Telegraphers'
Union threaten to strike If men . discharged by
Western Union Company are not reinstated. P. 3,
FOREIGN : , ;;(
Haytl in trouble with Germany as result of
refusal of German bankers to return sums of
money to Ifayticn Government. Page 3
Opposition claims a victory In tbe elections
held in large cities of Russia. Pa;e 3
Secretary to late Premier Crispl publishes let
ters written by Cardinal Hoheniohe bearing on
church affairs. ' Pfcgo 3
Controrersy between the universities over the
location of the field meet 'should be settled at
once. \u25a0 ' . - - Page 8
Uandicapper Egbert will announce today j the
weights for tbe Family Club stake. Page* ft
Manager Rlley of tbe Tonopab Athletic" Club
announces " that the Gans-Brltt fight, scheduled
for March 18. Is off. . ' , Page 9
Golden Gate Junior Tennis Club la arranging
for a number of tournaments. ." \u0084 ; ' Page 6
Vampires defeat Hornets at association foot
ball by a score 0f. 3 to 2. ' . '.' ; Page 9
Injury- to j Walter S. Hobart at . Borllngame
spoils a promising. game of polo.: -Page 5
Wild Gns. . a- short euder, scores over Cheyenne
in tbe final at Ingleslde Coursing Park. Page 9
MARINE
Steamship Siberia encounters terrific storm on
her way from the Orient. • • :' . Paje 9
mining \u25a0 -\-7 \u25a0 \u25a0\u25a0•-;, - -,
Strikes of rich | gold . ore are reported In n
number of • California mines, - with large . ' de
poslts. Page 8
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SAN. FRANGISCO;^'MONDAY, {FEBRUARY . li; . 1907.
FOUR - TRACK BILL
MAY CONTAIN
A JOKER
Railway Measure Is One of
the . Conundrums of the
Session of Legislature
LOST IN SENATE
BY A MIXED VOTE
Members of <Both Houses
Fear the Biiris in the In
terest of; Southern Pacific
CALL HEADQUARTERS,
iOO7 EIGHTH STREET.
SACRAMENTO. Fek 10.—
The four-track railway bill is one of
the conundrums of the present session.
Some gossips say that it is a railroad
measure, but it was beaten in a;rail
road Senate last Wednesday by a
mixed vote. Programmers rubbed el
bows with, re formers as they bent over
to strike the finishing blow. Tomor
row it comes up in the Senate on re
considerationof the vote by which An
derson'sr four-track bill failed of pas
sage. The following day the Assembly
will have a final roll call on Transue's
bill, which in text is identical to the
one introduced by Senator Anderson.
According. to their, piomoters 'the
Anderson . and Transue bills merely
provide for the condemnation of ten
rods of right of "way instead of nine,
as is allowed by the present law. They
give assurances that the measure is
wholly innocent and that a bug con
cealed within it would die of inanition.
FEAR OF C.OXCEALED DESIGX
Still" numerous members of "J. both
houses against whom no chattel raort
i gage is known to exist fear that Jere
Burke and Walter Parker have framed
up the measure In the interest of. the
Southern Pacific. Some say; that the
! concealed design is^ to-keep_the..Cwejs.t.-I
errii.Paci.fta .f roni .'getting" through; Nile's*
Canyon', : but this charge" lacks verifica
tion. Xo Western. Pacific representa
tive* Is 'here working against the : bill;
THe measure, came up in. the Senate
last', Wednesday. No one was paying
any' particular" attention to it, and it
might have gone through with, a rush
if Sfenator Anderson had not made a
speech. * " -'
"This is a good bill." he said. "No
one is opposed to it. The railroads are
In -favor- of It. I submitted it to the
attorneys ol the; Southern; Pacific and
they assured/me they .were satisfied.".
. Antirailroad Senators .took due no
tice and lined up in opposition. Twen
ty-nine members were present, and the
division was as follows: . \u25a0. /
Ayes — Anderson, Anthony/ Bates,
Bell, Belshaw, Broughton, Carter; Cart
wright, Greenwell, | Irish, Leavitt, Mar
key, McCartney, McKce, Rolley, Savage,
Weed and Wolfe— lß.
Noes— r ßlack," , Boynton, Caminettl,
Curtin. Mattos, Nelson, Rambo v Rellly,
Sanford and Walker— lo.
Anderson changed his vote, and gave
notice of a motion of reconsider.
HEURIX CA.\ FORCE BILL '
The second and final test will come
tomorrow. Railroad men predict the
bill will pass, not because it is "pro
gramme," but because it is right arid
in line! with the needs of a State that
is crying for more trackage. Whatever
the merits of the bill, whatever Its. bugs,
the Senate's vote upon it proves. noth
ing. Two of Abe -Ruefs boys, Nelson
and- Reilly, ' voted against it. No one
doubts they , are for Herrln whenever
he needs them. If the, bill reappears
tomorrow adorned ; with'; the ."pro
gramme" label they will vote for"? it.
Not. allowing for- other changes,: this
would make twenty ayes, one less, than
the necessary~number.' The twelve ab
sentees ; included , Hartmann; Keane,'
Muenter'and 1 Willis. .Therefore tomor
row will tell tthe ; tale. If Herrin is
anxious to force the bill it will pass
the Senate, , with several votes to spare.
; . As, to : the fate of Tfansue's bill, much
depends on what the Senate does with
the* 'Anderson 'measure/; Evidence of a
programme in ione house* will 'have'; the
effect ' of : the vote in the : other. ."Train-'
sue puts' his-hand" over his ; heart, and
says the bill' is intended solely.' for v the
benefit" of _lhe electric • , railways of
Southern' California, but Davis of \Hol
lister; and'' Devlin of Vallejo, one a
Democrat /and <the other '\u25a0\u25a0 a Republican/
are. far' from.' satisfied. .Xhey want au
thorltatlve-assurance, that^ the measure
is n'qt /Intended' for the : benefit ."of . one
transcontinental, railwafy. to 4ho;detri
ment of. rivals; ; " \u25a0 ' > ;. '
jURY'St PET /BILL DISFIGURED
Only -Hi* > Name MR emnlns When Com
'\u25a0' 1 miltee j Gets Through With , It iv :\- ;;
; S ACR AM EXTOr Feb. 1 0 .--"Wh en ' J s a
bill not! a.,! bill ?V. asks ; Assemblyman.' R.
H. Jury, of SanMateo. ; . 1 . '\u25a0
His^- answer, is, it; comes out
of; the'banks and -banking committee."
Earlyiin the ;'sessionf Jury, at the ;re
quest" of- therCallfornia^ Press
tion, •introduced ;. a ; bill ? .to^require all
persons, ? firms -or "corporation's . engaged
in moneyi to * ( publish^ financial
. Continued on ' Face ;3, Column : 0
Jerome Will Attack Credibility
of Evelyn Thaw as a Witness
EyELYNNESBIT THAW will resume the stand today and face. soon the trying ordeal of cross-examination by District
Attorney Jerome.^ Jerome has prepared to attack the credibility of the wife of the, slayer of Stanford White as
a witness. He will also endeavor to show the difference between jealous rage and insanity. ;(Y;
DEFENDANTiIN'CSENSATIONAn MURDER 'TniAIi 'AND • I'WOMAN; OF ; MYSTERY.", TO- WHOM -MRS. THAW- WAS SUPPOSED TO HAVE FLED IMMEDI VTELY «rTER THE tHOOT
- .ING- OF STANFOItD^'HiTB. : AIA. EFFORTS^TO LOCATE THE MYSTERIOUS W.VIA.V,', WHO IS "BELIEVED TO KNOWTHE CAUSE :OF THE RUPTURE BETWEEN WHITE
'.. AND -EV ELl> ; r^BSBIT, ; HAVE-* FAILED. '.";'\u25a0. - . ... .^ ' '\u25a0 . ...-*;-- ~ "..*\u25a0 ' " . ' . \u25a0 .' "\u25a0 ' ' \u25a0 '. -- ,' \u25a0
Harriman - Fish War Dethrones Mrs. Fish as
Queen of the "Four Hundred" in New York
NEW YORK, Feb. 10.— Mrs. Stuyve
saht^FiVh'sisocjalr^supremacy' hung in
theY balancefwhilev her| husband's^ posl-;
tion as "» presldent v "of "\u25a0 tti¥?iiliriblsVcen~
tral -j' Rail way^was | inji' jeopardy j during
his contestlwl th| E.tiiVHarriman.v Har
riman -won- ' ; Fish i lost ; his - presidency
and =Mrs:. Fishvis •devoting, all': the^re-'
sourcefuli energies ; of 'an: ambitious'iwo
man-to-save her > social in^the
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J.'fourj'hundred.'.yMany,, declare* earnestly.
that'shehas lost-her leadership. '\u25a0; \ • J
.When Mrs. : Fish niarked. outja social
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deadline ; and declared - that . Harriman's
"daughters must riot, cross; it, shia. paved
the "-"way .'for the**decapitation .of her
husband.^'"; For "the 'last .four ''month's
; New . ; York's 'smart ', set; has ; been \u25a0watch"- 1
ing* the -]- Fish-Harrlman -;• social . battle
with -; bated- breath^", Those 'who .have
been" keeping count declare that^ the
palm< of victory .rests v with ;Harrlman,
and" that' Mrs.rFish has been dethroned.
'What • Is ;, saltl to have been the con
clusive test •• of: Mrs.' 'Fish's, standing;. ln
the : smart tf set] came /::; night
' Japan's famous tale of the Forty-se\'en
Roniris will be illustrated. in color by the
Japanese V Charles Dana Gibson next
Sunday in .. \u25a0
when she. gave. a. dinner at" her home In
East, Seventy-eighth .^street., 'Sixty, per
sons were ' present, . but , not :'an • Astor,'
Vanderbilt, Goelet. Rhinelahder.Scheiv
merhorn t . or. "Wilson,, all of • whom, stand
in •\u25a0 the , front rank 'of ; smart
set. ;. \u25a0\u25a0' .. " -. .-•\u25a0'.. . ;'.r ;,;
<£.>The i Astors.i Goelets / and Vanderbilts :
are all = directly^ representedtinj,the~ Illi^ I
nois '.Centra_rdirecto"rateMHa~rrlman.'hlin£ \u25a0
self/lsvnotfa^socialiasplrant, buti he*isT ;
Intensely: interested; -in ; having fhia'
daughters"/ " into" \u25a0 XewMYork"*
.Vfourl hundred." : .' -'\u25a0 .. .Tl'?.".
The Sunday Call
PRICE FIVE 'CENTS.
Thaw's Trial May
Be the Scene of
Strife Today
Delmas to Combat
The District Attorney
SPECIAL- DISPATCH TO THE CALL
NEW YORK,- Feb. 10.— That
the nature of District Attorney
Jerome's . campaign against the
defense will be revealed first in
an attack on the testimony ci Mrs.
Harry. Thaw was the opinion to
night of persons who profess to be
in -touch with the plans of the
prosecution. Jerome will seize
his opportunity, at the conclusion
of Mrs. Thaw's examination by
her husband's counsel.
It was not expected that Jerome
would launch his attack tomorrow
because of the probability of Mrs.
Thaw's absence. As told today,
it was the intention of Thaw's
counsel to initiate tomorrov/
morning the fight to get in evi
dence Thaw's will, made on the night
of his marriage to Evelyn Nesblt.
Mrs. Thaw will continue her recital
tomorrow. Harry Thaw, who it was
rumored would so upon the stand to
corroborate his wife's narrative, will
positively not testify.
These two important questions were
definitely decided upon tonight at the
most important conference held by"
Thaw's lawyers since the trial . began.
The ' conference, took place at th«
apartments" of 'Attorney Delmas in
TVest Seventieth street. , all counsel In
tlie- employ of the defense being: pres
ent. -It was- also determined to settle
at -the very opening of the court's ses
sion tomorroyr mornins the question as
to the admlssibility of Thaw's odd, will.
\u25a0 Delmas ha 3 prepared a long brief on
this point end is confident that Justice
Fitzgerald will ' rule favorably to the
defense. The advisability of brlngng
to the attention of the jury Harry
Thaw's eccentric bridge whist playing
as a medium to bolster -up the claim
that at the time of the ; commitment of
the fact he was of unsound mind was
discussed. ;bi;t not definitely settled. If
it I .'should be decided upon to . subpena
witnesses to tell of Thaw's hobby for
bridge. whist, a game in which he, lost-
Thousands of : dollars. /persons high In
-"Society and prominent in clubdom with
:whomhe played would be called to tes
-It Is believed that Jerome will at
tack; .'Mrs. .Thaw's % credibility as a,
witness and strive to create in the
Injnds ' the » Jury a doubt ; as to^ tha
truthfulness of her story, which paint-