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"The American Idea in Motherhood,"
the new book which is creating such, a
stir, is the subject of an unusually inter
esting article in .
The Sunday Call
VOLUME CL— NO. 89.
Japanese Boy's Letter to Girl Shows Danger of Open Schools
CARMEN QUIT TO
SEEK POSITIONS
WITH MORE PAY
Five Score Turn in Badges
and Hundreds More
Will Follow
TERM AWARD UNJUST
Father Yorke's Minority Re-
port to Be' Read at
Today's Meeting
MEN CANNOT STRIKE
Will Abide by Decision Un
• til May, When Con
tract Expires
One hundred carmen hare left the
employ of the United Railroads, and
it la announced that several hundred
others will turn In their badges and
Keek employment elseTvhere. prompted
bj" the unfavorable avrnrd of the board
or arbitration. v»ht<-h will withhold
from them the elgnt-hour day and
makes but a «light increawe in their
W-asn.
The United Railroads l« thus
brought face to face wfOi a condition
\u25a0«' liloli mar prove more serious than a
more generous anard to the men mould
have been.
The forma.! announcement of the
award of the board was postponed
jtgafo. yesterday and the st&temeut was j
/:iade that both the majority and mi- |
ncr Sty opinions would be filed this
morning-. There is, however, a possi
bility of even more delay. The post
ponements of the last two days have
been for the purpose of giving Father
Vorkc an opportunity to complete his
dissenting opinion. This, it is under
stood, will be a lengthy document, and
its reading at the meeting of the board
this morning may give rise to further
argument.
"I shall want to s*e Father Torke's
opinion before it is filed," Chief Justice
B»»atty said yesterday. 'T understand
it will take some time to read it, and
it may occasion some further discus-
DECXARE AWARD UNJUST
The majority opinion was written by
the Chief Justice and is concurred in by
Major Frank MoLaughlin. Its terms
have been published in part in The
Call. The fact that it is acceptable to
the arbitrator of the railroads, and is
at wlde # . variance with the views of
Father Torke. who represents the car
men, may he taken as evidence that it
is favorable to the company.
The carmen who have heard of the
adverse award, in which nearly every
one of th«*lr contentions is controvert
ed, are inclined to the opinion that it
5s unjust. Discontent has be»n aggra
vated among the ranks of the union
by the information concerning the re
sult of the arbitration, and irrespective
of the justice or injustice of the ma
jbrity decision, the award will not
make for p*»ace.
SO. STRIKE AT PRESEXT
•There /will be no strike at this time."
said President Richard Cornelius yes
terday afternoon. "The men will ac
cept the terms of the award, whatever
they may be, and abide by them juntil
the Jet of May, at which time the con
trart expires.
"At the same time, several hundred
men will leave the employ of the com
pany as soon as the matter is settled^
The union, as a union, will be bound by
the terms of this award. That will
not prevent the men who can earn
more money in a hundred, other occu
pations from quietly leaving the em
ploy of the United Railroads."
J,IKK COMPANY ARGUMENTS
The men look upon the majority
opinion and award of the board ac a
rather remarkable document, as it is
i=aid to embody in large measure the
arguments of the company as they
were presented to the board. General
ly speaking, the writer seems to have
been more sensitive to the property
rights of the corporation and to have
considered that the alleviation of a
class of underpaid and overworked men
yeas remote to the legal aspect of arbi
tration.
The carmen say that the day of
•agreements and arbitration is over as
i far as they are concerned. Some time
ago it was announced that the com
pany would not enter into another
contract with .the men. Now the men
say that they have found contracts and
arbitration to be fruitless, and at the
expiration of the present' agreement on
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The San Francisco Call.
INDEX OF THE
SAN FRANCISCO CALL'S
NEWS TODAY
TELEPHONE TEMPORARY 86
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1907
WEATHER CONDITIONS "
i YESTERDAY— Maximum tempera tur<\ 56;
minimum temperature, 44.
FORECAST FOE TODAT— Fair; freeb north-
TMt Trind. ' Page 9
EDITORIAL. "
The Call's fight for the direct primary. Page 6
Two of Johnson's vicious bills. ' Page 6
Mr. Harrlman'f breach of trust. Page 6
Commissioner Wolf's modesty. Page 6
i Collins bunting an easy Judge. Page 6
LEGISLATURE
Model of national pure food bill passes the
Assembly. Page 3
Senators try to defend brazeo presentation of
taxpayers' money to attaches that are not
needed. Page 3
San Francisco delegation declares war on re
formers. Page 3
CITY
Filing of the award of the board of arbitra
tion which f arors the position of the United
Railroads is again postponed to enable Father
Yorke to complete his dissenting opinion. P. 1
Japanese youth who wrote improt>er letter to
schoolgirl in Mill Valley arrested; public brought
to realization of what the open school door
means. Page 1
Powder trust absorbs all independent com
panies in California and fraud is charged. P. 14
Southern Pacific and Western Pacific may op
erate Jointly over Dumbarton cutoff and main
tain big terminal yards at Ulais besin. Page 14
Orange growers of State Inaugurate movement
for national orange day to adrertise fruit. Page 7
If- fatal car accidents continue the Grand Jury
may Indict United Railroad officials \u25a0 forjman
eluußhtcr and hedn action to take the franchises
; from the corjioratton. - Page 5
- Jood A. Britton *«'.I» Superrlsors of \u25a0 increased
; cost of producUori of gat and electric light and
of henry lost<ef> sustained by corporation In tbc '
disaster. fi 'Page 7
Conscience-stricken pt'^'V", brooding o-rer.
mother* death, attempt* k_£l<le three times 'in
his cell 'at the City Prism. . Page 7
. EeJi^f Corporation will go out of existeucc* at
earliest possible • date and . may found - hospital :
tvltli surplus funds.' \u25a0' ' ' " '* * Page 4 '
, Associated Oil Company- buys" control", of 1 an
otb'er CoallnsaT corporation and increaies.itsland
holdings. ' ' ' ' • PageS
; \u25a0 Contractors outline tee" plan of work for bleaa-
I Ing-up day. Page 9
I Harry Kearney, alias Bailey, who with Slem-
I sen and l>abner attempted to rob H. Behrco-l,
ba« I»een discovered in Oregon Sf/ite prison aud
I will bp brought here for trlsl.V Page 14
Eetelle Arthur, who gained fame as a mess
enger at the Cuetom-bouse,' disappears, and
mother fears that she has eloped. Page 3
SUBURBAN
Three hundred clubwomen of Oakland work
as military army to raise funds for clubhouse
for working girls. :. - Page 4
Adelphian Club of Alxmeda to ! glre card
i matinee for building fund. . Page 4
COAST
Capita] has been provided to develop diamond ,
mines near OrOville. Page 1
Heroine loses life In Lc* Angeles fire. Page 4
DOMESTIC
Tb« President's policy is vet to prosecute
Harriman as lawbreaker, but to use. his evidence
for education of the people. Page 1
Thaw's eounVl plans to close case with bat
tery of experts. Pages 1-2
WASHINGTON
Senate pt*s nundry civil appropriation bill
carrying JIU.OOO.Ono. Page 3
CbleT Engineer Stevens of Panama canal work
resigns and tbe President will have army en
gineers supervise the construction. Page 5
Pepaty Surveyor Chauneey St. John ;of San
Francisco will have no opportunity of resisting
the. request for bis resignation. It- being in im
perative form and "for the' good of the^ M»r
rice." Page 1
SPORTS
Santa Barbara .. stakes for two- year-olds, will
be run today at Ascot Park. Page 8
Van Ness wins the Hatasoo handicap at Em
sryTllle by » bead. Page 8
Cyclone Thompson, and Dick .Hylsnd have been
matched by Morris L*-vy to fight here in
March. Page 8
Enoch VTishsrd will train a , stable .'of thor-'
©ughblVds In the East this reason for A. B.
Spreckels. * Page 8
Pacific, Coast; Baseball T.»»en» officials will
bold Important meeting tomorrow: . . Page 8-
LABOR
Painters* Union No. 19 supports position of
Building Trades Council in the electrical work
ers' dispute. . Page"7
MARINE
LiDer" Mongolia lands her passengers -, and ' Is
discharging her ' big cargo at ' the Pacific Mail
wharf. » Page 9
MINING .
Creditors of. Sullivan Trust Company agree to
have their shares and those of company pooled
until prices rise. . Page 13
"Local dealings in Southern' Nevada shares
lessen" in volume and ' quotations show, de
clines. . Page 13
THE CALLUS
BRANCH OFFICES
Subscriptions and \u25a0 Advertise-
ments will- be received in San
Francisco at following of f ices :
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Open .until .10 o'clock v every,, night.
£18 VAX XESS AVEMIB ti
, Parent's Stationery Store. , v
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v Rothschild's ; Branch
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." Woodward's f Branch.' X~/'^ v
SAN FRANCISCO. t\rEDMSJ3AY-:t^EßiEfcUiAltY-V:-27, 1907.
EXPERT BATTERY
TO CLOSE THAW
MURDER TRIAL
Delmas Plans; to Put Client's
Mother Upon Stand.
Before- Finish
WIFE'S ORDEAL ENDS
Mrs.; Evelyn Thaw Steps
From, Witness Chair
With Bright Smile
DELMAS TRIUMPHANT
SPECIAL DISPATCH TO THE CALL.
'NEW \u25a0 YORK, Feb. 26.—Eve
lyn Thaw's sacrifice has been con
summated ; true or false, the un
paralleled story of shame; begun
by her on February 7, when she
first took the stand to give her
direct testimony, has now been'
completed.
Her ordeal was finished by aft
ernoon, when both the defense
and the prosecution in her hus
band's trial for murder announced
that they had finished with her as
4- _ ;\u25a0'- \u25a0\u25a0\u25a0'•••—;\u25a0.:
PAXESE YOUTH AND THE SCHOOLGIRL TO WHOM HE WROTE AN IMPROPER LET
TER,. BELIEVING .THAT THE MORAL ETHICS WERE \u25a0 THK SAME HEEE AS IN
a witness. She had been on the
witness stand throughout six ac
tual court-days, three of which
were under the pitiless fire of the
District Attorney's cross:exam
ination. *
When she stepped from the center
of the spot light- today with a .prim
little nod toward the Judge and a
slight smile toward the defendant as
she walked lightly to the seclusion-of
the witness-room, she , lookpd not: a
whit more Worn and her marvelous
nerve appeared even less shaken! than
when she first faced the jury' more
than two weeks ago. Jerome-, had
practically finished with her when the
midday recess was ordered.'*' Duriftg
the afternoon session, under ;; Del mas',
redirect examination, he, and she did
what they could to/ repair the : ; gaps
opened . in ! her story .' by? the District At
torney's : heavy- artillery. V I
Dr. Britton D. Evans, one of the'de
fense's expert alienists,; is 1 to come 'iii
for Jerome's attack; in
tion, and Dr. i Wagner, another expert,
is scheduled to^failow the New. Jersey
alienist in ; the'same. role.' ~: ; ' .' \ . \u25a0'\u25a0 , "\u25a0"-.
Dr.;Deemer7arid Dr. ; Bingaman, f or- v
merly ifamlly^physician-.of iThaws?
have ' Jbeenisummoned' by C telegraph'
from: ; Western Pennsylvania. ' 'I , After
they have been fully, heard the defense
plans '.* to ?. jplace^ oh y the stand Harry
Thaw's mother. • ' : \u25a0•*
Dr. GraemeVM.', -Hammond , and ?Dr:
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SAVES HARRIMAN
FROM TRIAL AS
A LAW BREAKER
Roosevelt's Policy Is to
Use Disclosures .to
Educate Public
MAGNATE IS [IMMUNE
His Admissions vWill- Create
Sentiment J in? Favor, of
National ICbntrol
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AIDS THE EXECUTIVE
SPECIAL DISPATChItO THE CALL"
WASHINGTON, Fcb % 26.—
\u25a0That E. h\.\ Harriraan is now under
going the pleasant and cleansing pro
cess called an "immunity bath" Vis the
belief of certain public » men here who
Have had' access to information regard
ing : .- the investigations ; made By the
Interstate Commerce > Commission. It
is said .the commission is in possession
of evidence which could be used with
crushing force against Harriman in
criminal proceedings, that it is pur
suing a• . different course because the
administration believes the public reve
lations made by' Harriman will be *of
more value than a criminal prosecu
tion.even if it should prove successful.
-.;. The'i admissions already made ,by
Harriman are regarded a?i highly im
portant in' enlisting public .; sentiment
in- favor of Uhe administration's poli
cies toward national control, of-inter
state corporations. All that Harriman
divulges' under the grilling examlna
tion'to which he is being subjected will
be employed, of course, for the educa
tion of the^ people as to the! abuse- of
corporate power .by a few : individuals.
Nothing: better could be contributed* to
the". President's campaign f or v corpora
tion control. j \u25a0— .' . N . .: \u25a0 \u25a0 •
Th<y very fact that Harriman is tell
ing: a part" of^. what he knows. of inside
corporation .\workings. will ; operate,
however, to • prevent any criminal pro
ceedings that might ; be instituted. '\u25a0;\u25a0 He
is 'rendered' practically immune from
such 'assaults = when > he voluntarily, tes
tifies \ before : the commission. :It
argued: -that a criminal,*.*.'prosecution
would 1 have to^be conaucted within very!
narrow lines, and, that i the -moral effect
would: not be, so great as. it, would be
if : . the: commission should succeed in
forcing admissions from Harriman: him-:,
self and , .-which : could "L be "\u25a0' .published
broadcast.^; The* President, t in, l- other
words^is^aiixloiisLtol carry.; into VefTect
a'jbroad.TpermanentFpolicy,'; affecting . ; all
interstate VcorporatJons7 J j rather j than |to
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CHAUNCEY ST. JOHN HAS
NO HOPE OF HOLDING ON
Deputy Surveyor Must Get
Out for the Powers
Are Against Him
'SPECIAL DISPATCH 'TO THE CALL
Washington! Feb. 26— officials at
the Treasury Department, said today
there would he no difficulty whatever
over the resignation \u25a0 of " Chauncey M.
St. John as Deputy Purveyor of the
Port of Sa^ Francisco, whether .he
.protested or not.; notwithstanding the
fact, that he was in the civil service.
H«> [ viir : doubtless resipn on. time.
It. was pointed'iout that. th« Presi
dent' had modified ' the civil- service
, rules when : an /impudent chauffeur
crossed, his path a f^w months ago,
by providing that the head of" a de
partment '\u25a0"' may dismiss .. any employe
without trial ; if .he decides, that ; such
dismissal , would be , "for .- the good of
the service." ' ':
As ) a to * St. John „ indicated
that : his 'resignation was- desired for
the good . ; of 'the service, there is •no
doubt that Ihe will see 'the advisabil
ity of resigning by March 1. as | re
quested. • \
. ."No 1 charges have been .filed against
St. John."- said^ one of the assistant
secretaries today, "and none will . be
needed- The department has simply
reached -the conclusion that he should
resign. / W,e: have 'not received : any
; protest- '.'. from /him. A protest would
not' cut any" figure in; the matter, as
the decision has/already been made."
PERKINS DISCHARGED
Case Involving Contribution of Insur
ance /Funds in Campaign Falls :
AT-BAN Y;'i N. Y., * Feb.- 2 6. — The Court
of ' Appeals-decideds -decided in favor of George
:W. Pei kins, a vice president of the
New York Life Insurance Company
andj a member of' the :firm .of J. P.y
Morgan .& V Co", v today in the matter
of -the; charge of "grand larceny made
against .him -in . connection ' with the
payment" -of funds" 1 of - the New. York
Life.- to the' Republican- national cam-
paign ' in; 1904.
The decision is .by ,a ; divided court,
voting 4 • to\3.s -.The prevailing, opinion
holds "that; there w.as no larceny,
owing- to' the';absencft';of -criminal \u25a0 in
tent. ,The^ /dissenting- opinion holds
that : the • larcen y\ .consisted fin ; taking
property 'belonging* to J some : one else,
even« though * for f a > commendable • pur
pose;: . - -„- .'. : . -.'. \u25a0•\u25a0-. . ( ;: ; - •-.\u25a0\u25a0."
Everybody is talking about the spots
on the sun. If you want to know what
is known about them and what they
mean read|the article in
The Sunday Call
OROVILLE DIAMOND FIELD
TO BE OPENED AT ONCE
Capital Obtained to Back
Development of Gem
SFECIAL DISPATCH TO THE CALL
* OROVIL.L.E, Feb. ; 26. — Announcement
was made yesterday that the bond
upon forty acres of land near.Oroville.
which has ; been prospected for dia
monds, had been taken up, and that
actH-e development work would -be
started at once. Together with this
the owners of the property also made
public the fact that a number of dia
monds of high commercial value had
been found.. together with every' satel
lite of the diamond found in th*» South
African" diamond ' diggings. Diamond
mining machinery is . to , b«- installed
at once and active 'work started in de
veloping, the. ground.
• Not* only •have*, diamonds been found,
but the- famous "blueground." or klm
berllte, has!also been struck at a depth
of forty feet." This ground has been
viewed by a; number of , South ' African
diamond miners.'who all pronounce it
an exact duplicate ;of the - Kimberly
formations.
The discovery of the diamond "pipe"
here: was .made; by.M. J. Coon'ey, who
for almost thirty .-years was 'in > South
Africa as a diamond expert. A number
of : r capitalists are!, backing him, and
they .".-will develop: the ground as a
close corporation. In addition 'to the
forty acres purchased at Oroville, the
company has also bonded 125 acres
near Cherokee, where, ; during the days
of placer mining, over 200 diamonds
were found.
This ground will thoroughly
prospected [\u25a0\u25a0 to \u25a0 determine whether the
diamonds "were r in "placer ; there.
CHINESE PLOT EXPOSED
Honolulu Authorities Get Evidence of
Attempt at Bribery by, Gamblers
HONOLULU, Feb. 18.— Chief, of De
tectives' A. ; P. Taylor has V been offered
51400 a.. week on behalf of a combina
tion of- Chinese, gambling-house keep
ers to allow a certain number, of gam
blingV&a'mes to run. He allowed the
matter to proceed as though he in
tended, to accede.; .Finally, after a" num
ber , of [Interviews, : the /proposal 1 , .was
'mada. 'definite andiin detail by,, Lee ; Let,
alprominent;Chine3elmerchant. In'^the
negotiations it jW^s^ frequently stated
to the Chinese, 1 that they had
bVeh jriUhe habit of paying $100 a week
less : under^ the \ previous police regime.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
MUKAI YOUTH
PLEADS INSULT
WAS A "JOKE"
Writer of Note to Child
Placed Under Arrest
in Mill Valley
CITIZENS INDIGNANT
Public Brought to a Full
Realization of Evils
of Coeducation
QUESTION OF MORALS
The story published in
, The Call yesterday of the in
terception of an obscene let
ter sent by an 18-year-old
\ Japanese pupil in . a Mill
I Valley school to a 14-year
old white girl schoolmate
has served not only to em
phasize the evil of. permit
ting the young men of the
'Oriental race, with their dif
ferent standard of morals,
| free' access to the public
jschools, but.it has also re
jnewed and increased the in
uxUgnatiQn of the people of
.California over an attempt
•of the Washington admin
\u25a0istration to force them to
tear down barriers that they
have found it necessary to
raise for the protection" of
j their homes. This indigna
tion extends in no less de
gree to Mayor Schmitz and
jthe members of the San
Francisco Board of Educa-
tion, who went to Washing
ton to protest against the
outrage and ended in be
coming party to the State's
betrayal.
The utter impossibility of
reconciling Japanese no
tions of morality, if they,
have any, . with Occidental
scruples had a full demon
stration when Frank Mukai,
who was placed under ar
rest yesterday at Mill Val
ley by Postal Inspector
Coyne for sending an un
speakable letter to Marie
Havelock,- said: "That is
not bad in my country; the
Japanese do those things.
It was only a Joke. I .did not know
that it was wrong to write a letter to
a pretty girl."
"What th« little brown man said la
his letter to Marie Havelock has been
kept from her. The unpublisnable let
ter was Intercepted. It was so much of
a joke, however, that it bids fair, la
spite of President Roosevelt's admira
tion for Japanese customs and manners.
to send the young son of the nghtinff
Samurai to prison; It was so much of
a . joke ' that Marshal Staples of Mill
Valley says that it 'would have invited
a lynching bee had its contents not
been kept quiet; and finally it was so
much of a Joke that any white parent,
whether he lives in the East or "West,
would have gone "gunning" for its au
thor if bis daughter had been similarly
addressed.
DIDVT KXOW, IT WAS WROSG
Nevertheless. Mukai is honest when
he says that he .was not aware that
be was doing any wrong In writing
Marie Havelock this letter. It is not
wrong in Japan to send a letter to - a *
little girl containing statements that
no American, however lost to decency,
would say ' in v the presence of a -
14-year-old maiden. Mukai'a eight
brown companions in the Mill Valley
School sympathize with their friend,
who is now behind trie bars. They do
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