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VOLUME CI.—NO. 78:
SCHMITZ RAISES FLAG OF SURRENDER
FORMER VALET SAYS HYPNOTIST SPURRED THAW TO SLAY WHITE
CHEAP SQUABBLE
OF FACTIONS IS
SAN JOSE'S WOE
Hayes and Rea Followers
Involve Fair Name of
Santa Clara
PRISONERS IN COURT
Alva Is Released, but Ama
dor Insists on Stay
ing in Jail
ACCUSE POLICE CHIEF
His Arrest Is Followed
by Warrants for Lang
ford Supporters
SAN JOSE, Feb. 15.— Two sides
of a very grave political question
confronted Santa Clara Valley yes
terday afternoon. A day brought
forth a material change in the situa
tion, and the fight that has involved
the fair name of this usually quiet
valley in a scandal has degenerated
to a cheap squabble between the Has
Becns and the Powers That Be.
San Jose doesn't, like the sensation.
The dtyjfeels that it is not in a posi
tion at present to stir up political
controversies. But the politician
seems to take a different view of the
matter, and he is playing the game for
Individual gain, Santa Clara County to
the contrary notwithstanding^ " *
Several peculiar and somewhat con
tradictory things occurred this morn
ing. The cases of Domingo Amador
and Charles Alva were threshed out In
Department 1 of the Superior Court
before Judge Welch. Amador and. Alva
were held in custody by Sheriff Lang
f ford. and. to make a very long story
short, there was not apparent to the
average uninterested layman any rea
. boji why either one of them should
| have been made the center of such a
" turmoil of political dissension. . The
. Judge and others know their business
j In Santa Clara, as they undoubtedly do
in other counties, but it is a hard ques
; tion to answer when it is put that men
\u25a0 with fairy tale charges hanging over
\ their heads have to give bail in the
. cum of $5000 to 520.000 and still be
| fussed over in vain effort to find a lean
' technicality upon which to hang a
• tangible something.
j AJ/TA SURPRISES REA
V Rea lost out when Alva went on the
;' stend and said that it was not true
; that he did not wish to be released.
: He surprised the ancients with his de
mand for freedom, and the District At
j toroey acquiesced in his dismissal. In
' this the district official was also a sur
j prise, and as Judge Welch summed it
j up, "Why, gentlemen, we won't have
j any case to try before long." Amador
! did nt>t give In. He stood by his decla
j ration that he was not anxious to be
i relieved by writ of habeas corpus and
: that no one was in authority to speak
! for him In the matter. He wanted to
• stay In Jail awhile and think things
; over. His request was granted.
Chief of Police T. W. Carroll was ar
j rested during th* afternoon on a
\ charge of rescuing a prisoner. It was
j a long- distance arrest and came In the
! shape of a warrant handed to the bel
\u25a0 llgerent chief on a shovel, for most of
the anti-Carroll faction fc» San Jose Is
'afraid of the reckless, not- to-be-bluffed
' head of the police department. The
! warrant alleged that Carroll tried to
prevent the taking Into custody of Pa
trol Driver Navares, who slipped
: through the*' Sheriffs net when the
deputies were after him at the city
prison laet night.
The attempted arrest was about as
sensible as anything that the Rae fac
i tlon has sanctioned, and the Indiffer
ence of the law shown by Carroll and
: his determination to resist arrest,
1 without due knowledge of the legal
status of the Sheriff In the case, might
;by some persons be construed Into
meaning that there Is no law at all
in Santa Clara at present, and If there
is, It U In poor bands under both city
and county administration. The law
as It is usually Interpreted seems to
v^e misunderstood by more than one
Racial of San Jose and. Santa Clara,
'and the good of the town and the
county seems to have been sacrificed
; for polltlca.l chicanery. ''J
Charle« Alva wallt«d out of the court
Continnrd on Peje 2, Column O
The San Francisco Call.
INDEX OF THE
SAN FRANCISCO CALL'S
NEWS TODAY
TELEPHONE TEMPORARY S6
SATURDAY. FEBRUARY 16, 1907
WEATHER CONDITIONS
YESTERDAY — Partly cloudy; maximum tem
perature, 6S; minimum temperature, 54.
FORECAST FOR TODAY— Cloudy, with fog In
morning and possibly sprinkles. Page 8
EDITORIAL
Legislator Stanton would like to be honest,
but the others Tron't let him. Page 6
Mr. Harriman delivered into the hands of his
enemy. pp a g:e 6
Wall street's mind ; mores mysterlouElj- Its
wonders to perform. Page 6
The honest lawyer Is the hardest work of
God. \ Page 6
LEGISLATURE
Fate of the clean primaries measure rests
with conscience of the Assembly. - Page 1
Forbes ©f Inyo is full of liquid eloquence
and makes nine speeches In one day. Page 3
Glllett agrees that auditing board of Com
mission of Public Works shall be retained. P. 3
JAPANESE QUESTION
Big sticks fly at Washington and Mayor
Schmltr goes down with all others before the
President. The schools of San Francisco are to
be opened to Japanese children and the Influx
of coolies from Hawaii Is to be stopped. The
controrercy Is virtually ended. Pago 1
President David Starr Jordan In an address at
Stanford University declares that President
Roosevelt wrote bis Japanese message while In
bad temper. /./Page 2
CITY
The Wells Fargo Nevada National Bank and
the Union Trust Company buy altes in Market
street, costing $2,250,000. Page 14
Harry Sterm arrested for robbing mining man's
wife of valuable jewels. Page 14
Supervisors begin investigation of operations
of Spring Valley Water Company, which City
Engineer values at $24,569,328. Page 14
Mrs. Kate Muller. a refugee, dies of burns
following explosion of oil stove. Page 14
Two important realty transactions are con
summated. " " _ . . ' j Page 5
Brutal robber overjibwers woman in her home."
ties hex hands end feet.' ' ransacks house," secures
small ; amount ' and •\u25a0 escapes. '- :': ' ' ' Page 7
• ". Grand 'Jtnr^ J&gins; Investigation of dangerous
theaters,; chief \u25a0, among ' which is >~ the - Davis
Theater, - with "fa . view : of .enforcing compliance
with building ordinances. 'Page 7
/3len .with soft j palms will don overalls and
swing : shovels on;-Vcleantng\day.!7.; -' ' . Page 4
Employes of Aretla.Oil Company, In ende'avbr
ing to conquer balky horse," tort«re animal by
cutting' off Its upper lip with drag rope. P. 10
SUBURBAN .
Oakland police search for five children who
disappeared from their homes recently. Page 4
Retired sea captain 1 breaks leg of Oakland
widow who refused to marry him after acquaint
ance of only tw6 days. Page 4
Alameda County lumber yards threatened with
tieup by general strike. Page 4
Alameda girl's elbow gloves, saturated with
benzine, take fire at stove and she beats out
flames on grass in yard. - Page 4
COAST v^'f^
Charles Alva released from custody of Sheriff
Langford of Santa Clara; Chief of Police Car
roll served with warrant. Page 1
Fierce storm rages In Alaska and mining
camps are suffering severely. Page 6
DO3IESTIC
TbaWg former valet declares that a hypno
tist who had the young Pittsburger In his con
trol prompted th<» murder of White. Page 1
Movement of merchandise throughout country
is resuming normal state, but there Is still a
shortage of cars. Page 5
WASHINGTON
Negro ex-soldlers testify^ whites planned mas
sacre at Brownsville. Page 3
House passes naval appropriation bill carrying
$36,000,000 and provision for vessel of Dread
nought, type. Page 3
SPORTS
Long shots hold high carnival at Emeryville
and bookmakers make another cleanup. Page 9
Play In tennis tournament at Coronado
brought down to the final rounds in nearly all
events. Page 9
B. I. Miller ruled off the Ascot track because
of the doping of Round Dance. Page 9
Fernando Nelson offers , perpetual trophy for
auto race between San Francisco and Los An
geles. Page 8
Ascot stars to race local cracks in Family
Club handicap at Emeryville today. Page 9
Monte Attell and Jimmy Carroll box ""four
fast rounds to a. draw. Page 9
3IARINE «
Steamer Watson 'collides with the bark Servia
and both vessels sustain extensive damage. P. 8
MINING
Goldfleld Consolidated Mines shares make an
other advance and . Red Top Extension is
strong.. ' ,; " ' Page 8
SOCIAL
Officers and ladies of Presidio prepare to plve
hop next Friday evening at Presidio Club. P. 6
LABOR *
Labor Council favors supplying free textbooks
to private as well as public schools. . Page 7
I PLACE YOUR J
"for the
THIS
MORNING
Send them to Main Of-
fice or through Branch
Office* or phone them
SAN FRANCISCO, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY^- 16H J 907.
PRIMARY REFORM
RESTS HONOR
OF THE HOUSE
With Assembly Lies Fate
of Measure for Clean
Nominations '
SENATE FEELS SAFE
Clears Skirts by Adoption of
the. Amendment, With
Slight Proviso
JOHNSON BLOCKS WAY
Demands That His Bills Be
Passed Out Within
Ten-Days
By George A. Van Smith
CALL HEADQUARTERS,
1007 EIGHTH STREET.
SACRAMENTO, Feb. 15.—
The submission of a direct pri
mary constitutional amendment
for adoption or rejection by the
people : of California depends upon
the ( action . of \ the Assembly. : - %\ If
the Assembly : .- consents :to ; the
adoption;, of the -joint" rules' which
governed the' deliberations of the
last Legislature, the- people of
California will, have an oppor
tunity to authorize the next Leg
islature'to direct primary
laws and thereby redeem the plat
form pledges made by the Repub
lican and Democratic parties.
Should the Assembly refuse to
adopt joint rules, there is perhaps
one chance in one hundred that
any constitutional amendment
touching the subject of ' direct
nominations will be submitted,
and that one chance involves the
problematical submission of an
amendment that will be satis factory to
no one save the practical politicians,
who are on principle opposed to direct
primary legislation.
SENATE SAVES ITSELF
There is more than direct primary
legislation involved, the question of
joint rules.: but none of such Impor
tance to the people. The Senate Is In
a position to. assert with every color vof
fact and apparent good faith that it has
performed its part in the preparation of
all the legislation on which the two
bodies differ. The machine end of the"
Assembly has wittingly and unwitting
ly played nicely into the Senate's hand,
and now, the Assembly must come
through or aefcept responsibility for the
defeat- of legislation in which the peo
ple of the State as a whole are directly
interested. . .
Fortunately for the Senate and un
fortunately for the Assembly, as it may
be. and unfortunately for the people,
the Assembly has permitted the direct
primary act to be the pivot on which
the differences are to turn. The* Senate
went into caucus and made the Held-
Wright amendment with the added pro
viso tying the Legislature to the pres
ent primary, law until a direct primary
law should be enacted a party measure.
The Democrats in [ the Senate attempted
to play politics. with it and failing, as
they 'knew they must fail, to tinker the
amendment. in any way, voted for iti
*The proviso did not suit either the
Pardee men- in the Assembly or the few
who thought they might bo deprived of
a chance to make thrf present law man
datory in a county or two. Some of the
Pardee men dodged the vote, ; but more
of thorn staid and helped draw the lurid
pictures of the horrible fate awaiting
the people if the present Intermediary
primary law could only be changed for
a "direct primary law. The result was a
sufficient number of votes to. prevent
concurrence in an amendment to "a
measure that would give the Seriate a
greater leverage upon the lower houso
than any one measure pending at 'this
pesslon. V ' " \u25a0 \u25a0 .
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JOHXSOTS STGBBORXXESS
The differences ' as jto Joint rules are
slight, save-tOiOne raemb'er.of -the- TAa
Continued on ; Page 3, Bottom Col. 1
Wild Youth Influenced by
Man Who Hated Archi tec t
RIVETS MISSING FROM
BOILERS OF YORKTOWN
Inquiry Is Being Held to
Determine Author, of
the Outrage
VAL.LEJO. Feb. - 1 5. —It became
known today that an inquiry is being
held at the Mare Island Navy Yard In
connection withVthe condition of th£
boilers of the cruiser Yorktown.
The Yorktown had been ordered to
Magdalena Bay, to protect .American
interests in troubled Central America,
but just before ; starting: it -was - found
that her boilers were leaking , badly,
and examination showed that eleven
rivets had been ; removed, apparently
deliberately.' . \u25a0 6 /_:
Had the Yorktown. been allowed to
proceed ; it '\u25a0 is . stated 'that the " Benning-.
ton horror would have been duplicated.
The flagship Chicago - was dispatched
south in". place of } the; Yorktown.
FIFTH WIFE DISCOVERED
Herman Boshaw, Muchly Married/
Will * Be X Tried >in :\u25a0 Buffalo
CHEYENNE, iFebJ .15.— Herman : 80-'
shaw, arrested on a \u25a0 charge of -.bigamy,
consented' today ; r to return -to -Buffalo,
N. Y.,;to stand? t rial ; without the^ need of
requisition.. _'\u25a0/\u25a0-• 1 .. ;
" The alleged fifth wife .was discovered
yesterday , by . aVtelegfam c f rom 1 Cincin
nati' inf qfmingi th« : officers; that -Boshaw
had been married. there ; under: the name
of .Herman vAllison.-"-
Jerome Mil Not Ask for , a
Commission in Lunacy
BGSToNrFeb.as.—That<HarrvK. Thaw was in- the habit of
using 1 deadly; weapons when in^a paroxysm of rage.' long before' the
Madison ; Square "roof garden .tragedy,', is" the startling statement made
today by ; James. Morley, for more than five years valet to the young
millionaire. *S
iT, Morley.- arrived. In Boston . today onr
the steamship S&xonia from. London on
his , way to;' New Yo'rif to offer himself
as a witneas for"*the defense. He ex
hibits a knife wound on the right
wrist about ' four inches • long * and \u25a0 a
bullet 'wound i. in the leg, inflicted by
his: young master. 'the 'former, valet de
clares,.; in 'fits* of ..passion, to. which, he
was' stirred ; by •\u25a0 imaginary wrongs.
That Thaw's, incentive; to the slaying
of ,, Stanford .'White -was due not.alone
to his insane jealousy of the architect,
but to. the machinations ~of a: swindler
named Mariette.. who held the young'
millionaire -in..- the; grip <of ?a - strange
personal influence, is the statement
which Morley says that he •is "prepared
to. prove.' i*' - .!.«. ,
The former, valet did; not- leave \u0084the
employ of IThaw until some-time after,
tha l latter's v marriage _to Evelyn Nesblt.
He;,was: the young Pittsburger's body
servant \u25a0 during ; the ; period l of : his rwild-'r wild
est dissipations and 'during the years
ofi his 'ardent -wooing' of tho artist
model.V; Morley j knew ; Intimately
than s any other " person Thaw's habifs
of •conduct. ..He .was a .confidant
by his joung. master, and' will. If^het la
called ? to < the" stand.% tell > many, things
that will .more clearly^' let; in ; the light
upon Thaw's * mental; -condition" and
upon ; the - why and \u25a0 wherefore :of -' the
roof garden -tragedy. \u25a0 "i^ ' ' ;
' Father Crowley and permanent homes
for the refugees is the subject of a .very
interesting article in .
The Sunday Call
Morley was hired by Thaw as valet
nearly seven years -ago In Plttsburg
when out^of employment and sorely in
need' of assistance, "and the kindness
of his young ; master at that time.' he
says,-, put him. under such obligations
that he has gladly come across the sea
to. aid him.
"I love Harry dearly,'* said Morley
today/ "in spite of; his remarkable con
duct at times toward me. He was very
generous and very Ttind when he was
himself.. But- he was of a sort of a
Jekyll-Hyde nature ever : since he fell
into the cluches of a French hypnotist
named four, or five. years ago
In- Pittsburg. This man, whfo has
swindled Thaw out of Immense sums"
of money,^changed him -completely.
Mariette followed Thaw to New York
and continued rto hold him In his grip.
He \u25a0 came to : Thaw's room very, often
and Harry was with him everywhere
about ; town. . ,-
'.-'-!' At^ one : of s : the < clubs Mariette had
trouble -with Stanford White and be
came-his bitter- enemy. It was about
the same" time, that Harry became deep
ly -injlove with ; Evelyn' Nesblt. The
attentions of White »to: her were made
capital *i of, by ; Mariette * in ; his . purpose
Of , setting lThaw v against'. the architect."
" NEW' YORK. T Feb. 1 5.— District At
• Continued on Page 2, Column 5
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
BIG STICK'S
ARGUMENT
WINS
Senate Is Clubbed
Into Line by the
President
Hawaiian Amendment
Is to Be Enacted
School Board Will
Open Doors to
Japanese
Controversy Ended
for the Time Being
Ira E. Bennett
WASHINGTON, Feb. 15.
Japanese coolies are to be
prevented from coining to
California from Hawaii.
Japanese school children of
proper age are to be admit
ted into the public school
of Sari Francisco.
These are the results, so
far as concerns California,
of one of the most bewilder
ing displays of big sticks
ever known in Washington.
Everybody was on the
rampage. Japan also swung
her stick and refused to ac
cept the proposal to estab
lish separate -schools for
Japanese in San Francisco.
Secretary Root swung
this announcement ; over
Schmitz ? s head and forced
him to surrender on the
school question. The Presi
dent brought out his stick
and told the Senate that if
the immigration bill with
the " > Japanese exclusion
amendment was not passed •
he would call an extra ses
sion of Congress immediately. "When
Senator Aldrich In Xew York heard, ot
the President's threat he sent word
that unless Senators Tillman and Ba
con agreed to permit the Immigration
bill to come to a vote by Saturday
ntght clauses In the. river and harbor
bill pertaining to South Carolina and
Georgia would be stricken ou!t
Within an hour an agreement was
reached among the Senators for a vot*
on the bill before adjournment tomor«
row.
AlA* KALI* BEFORE 'CI/CB
The steamship companies heard that
Tillman and Bacon were wavering. and>
word was sent to certain Senators that
they must rally the assistance of tha
Southerners. Thereupon two Re-j,
publican Senators attacked the bill, and,
are expected to be joined by others to**
morrow. But the bill will pa 39.
There will be no extra session. Sena
tor Aldrich will leave for Europe, as ho
had planned. Immediately after March 4*
Mayor Schmltz was called to tha
State Department this morning. Secre
tary Root Informed him that Toklo had
declined the proposition to establish;
a' separate school for Japanese children
in San Francisco. Schmlta returned to>
his hotel and told the School Board
that the Jig was up.
The only thing that they could hop*
for was the exclusion of coolies corntrijc
from Hawaii and the assurance of ef-«
forts to negotiate an exclusion treaty
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