.Portraits of IOJOQ Beauti^ 5
The women's clubs arc after the scalp
of Ellis Parker Butler in deadly- earnest.
•If you don't know why, you had better
read the lively account in
The Sunday Call
VOLUME CL— NO. 102.
Ruef Forced to Trial Today on Grafting Charge
Sally From Luxurious Prison Repulsed by Courts
W. V. STAFFORD
IS TO SUCCEED
CHARLES SPEAR
£abor Commissioner Will Be
Made Chairman of the
Harbor Board
DENNISON IS NAMED!
Takes the Position Held
Briefly by Senator
•" J. G. Mattos Jr.
PLACES DISTRIBUTED
Several Nominations Sent to
the Upper House by
the Governor
George A. Van Smith
CALL HEADQUARTERS.
1007 EIGHTH STREET.
SACRAMENTO. March 11.—
State Labor Commissioner W. V.
Stafford will succeed Charles Spear as
chairman of the State Board of Har
bor Commissioners for the port of San
Francisco; W. E. Dennison succeeds
Senator John G. Mattos Jr., who in
theory alone took the place pf_John_D.
Mackenzie on the same board. The
nomination of Dennison was sent
to the Senate today. The appoint
ment of Stafford will be made as soon
as there is a vacancy, which will not
be until March 1 4.
In the selection of his Harbor Com
missioners for the port of San Fran
cisco, Governor Giilett has been his own
counsel apparently. His appointees
have not been recommended by political
cabals nor yet are they the selections
of any commercial interests in San
Francisco. .With the commercial in
terests Giilett has kept faith— he has
chosen resident* of San Francisco.
Dennison Is president of the Steigler
Pottery Company. He is an engineer
of attainment, was in charge of the
City Improvement Association work,
and came under Gillett's observation
when be assumed control of the work
on the Humboldt jetty, which, prior to
his Incumbency, threatened to involve
a tremendous loss, but which under his
direction netted a handsome profit.
The selection of Stafford has not
been given out officially, but there is
no doubt that the appointment will be
made promptly witn the expiration of
fipear's terra on March 14. Stafford was
appointed Labor Commissioner in 1903
by Governor Gage, and his commission
issued by Pardee In April, 1904. Dur
ing the last campaign he was chair
man of Gillett's personal campaign
committee, and to his energies and alert
activities Giilett has frankly ascribed
no small portion of the credit for his
election. Stafford was appointed to the
I,abor Commissioner's berth from Oak
land, but is now a resident of San
Francisco. Giilett believes that the
technical knowledge of Dennison, com
bined with the energies of Stafford, will
make the Harbor Board a very live ad
junct of the State government. Den
nison 1s appointed fora term which will
ond March 14, 1910, or four years from
th* date of the expiration of the term
for which Mackenzie was appointed.
Stafford's term will expire March 14,
1911. while IT. J. Crocker, the Pardee
incumbent, will complete the term for
which he was appointed March 16, 1909.
The batch of nine nominations «ent
to the Senate today by Giilett fill nine
places; eight of which Pardee attempt
ed to fill, ni* nominations being with
drawn. Two members of the S?ut«,
Mattos and Anderson, nominated ; fiVS
Pardee to the San Francisco ; Harbor '
Commission and the Board of Trustees
of the Whlttler School respectively,
failed to land in the Giilett list.
The third Senator, Belshaw, was the
object of special grace, through which
he will get about thirty days* service !
on .the Prison Board before he Heps j
aside for Lieutenant ' Governor Warren 1
Porter, who in a party to the neat little ;
Btrategem designed to save Belshaw's
political fac> and personal sensitive
ness. John Swett of Martinez and Van
derlyn Stow of San Francisco are the
other two Pardee nominees sustained
by Giilett. GilJctt'n personal friend, J.
yy, McKinlpy of Lo* Angeles, get* the
place as University Regent which Par-
Continued on Paffe 2, CoJnmn 4
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INDEX OP THE
SAN FRANCISCO CALL'S
NEWS TODAY
TELETTIOJn: TEMPORARY 86
TUESDAY. MARCH 13. 1&07 ]
vrELii'UK^t con>rnoxs
TESTESDAT — E«ln; pr»r!pltaaon. .19; tatrl
rcum tnapermtsre. E2; mlnlrncm tenpei-itnre, 48.
FOEECASr YOU TOXX*X— Cleartajr; fresh
v«st wtftda. tf t
EDITOHXAX
Bnfi cms* 1* gtm»A l fegt tte bars are
tier*. Fir« •
Dangerous are th» uses of Impetuosity la tb«
Csgirg of canals. Page «
It l» doubtful IT the frre 4 doctors 'Who claim to
ttT» Ciscerered tie rod &<\u25bc• aa rente of wul
among tbria. ' Pice 6
LBGISLATUBB
Bflf h»w caused PrisoB Director, bat Is to
resign oa April IS to glv* wtj to Lieutenant
Governor Porter. Pag* 1
XV. V. Stafford to be rbslrwin of Htrbor
ComrcJsEion and W. E. Dennison appointed a
membra. P*g« 1
BUI providing for OtVInul Harbor Comm1«!xi
Is permltxed to die. Pace S
BUI regnlailBS dirtriea of const]?* goes to
the Governor. Pag* S
JAPANESE Q,TTESTIOX
Japan baits negotiations oo exclusion until
San Frtncii.ro School Board keep* Its word to
admit children; atatnde of California Legisla
ture also blocks war to agreement. Pate 1
President Bends message tr» Governor Glllett.
<*1bo r«B8*>s Legislature to abandon all legisla
tion on Japanese question. Pare S
PreiBcre may fore* Toklo iloTernment lo re
more passport limitation and exclusion amend
ment wonld thereby be nullified. * Pace 3
GRAFT SCAXDAb
Abe Ruef is. forced, after applying to rarieot
courts, to stand trial before Judge Dunce today
on Rraftlnp charge. Page 1
Committee of three appointed by the Bar
Association call? for written atatements from
attorneys and litigants shoving iocompetency of
Judge Hebbsrd. Psge 5
CITY
Display nt affection i» courtroom almott pre
vents recoociliatioo in divorce suit, j Page 7
Secrets of a beauty shop are divulged tbroutrb
bearing of salt in courts . . Page 3
Sapervli»ors pats gar, watrr and electric r«t«
ordinance. Page 6
Firetrap theater ordinance r»-referre;d \ to
committee, where It will be sbelred.. Page 5
Oil on bay catches fire atrd destruction of
"long wearf" and miliion* of dollars' icorth of
shipping is threatened. Page 14
Successful opening of Van Xe«» Theater by
SaT«ge's Opera Company in "Madam But
terfly." Page 14
Thirteen persone injured la wreck of elec- j
trie cars «n the San . Mateo line. Page 6
SUBURBAN
Grace Eaton, who was arrested on s charge
of perjury in the Pembroke ca»e, is held for
trial In Oakland court. Page 4
Frank W. Hally, an Alameda realty broker. Is
severely beaten by George McHae of Schiller
divorce fame for baring sent . a note to Mrs.
Schiller. Page 4
Women of Oakland meeting success in effort
to raise 540,000 for working girls' clubhouse. P.4
Mayor Mott winner in battle of ballots in
Oakland. P**« 4
Treston. murderer of 6Jlva at Goldtield. seut
to Tonopub to prerent a lynching. Page 1
Seventeen Greek laborers are drowned in
Sacramento Elver. P»* e *
Night watchman a utrons witness for former
Sheriff Boss In Santa Clara County election
contest. P«*« 3
DOMESTIC
Secretary Cortelyou approte* the demand for
the resignation of Chauneey M. St. John, deputy
Surreyor of the I\rrt of San Francisco. Page 1
Prosecution i» Thaw case begins ca^e In re
buttal in attempt to discredit young wife's
testlmocy, but Delmas blocks District Attorney
Jerome. P*T« *
Evidence ' will be introduced in Christian
Science «oit to prove that Mrs. Eddy was
worshiped as a deity by many of ber fol
lowers. P«*« »
Witness in trial of Blnger Hermann tells of
letters the defendant wrote. Page 5
FOREIGN*
Premier Petkoff of Bulgaria Is killed by as
u«ein while enjoying a willr. Page 1
Xlcaragoans are routed by Hondurans In fierce
fighting. "\)% : ' ; %.^ OV;V- Pt ** 4
SPORTS m-J;,'~2
Pitcher Hogue and Shortstop Moriarlty Jcln
the San Francisco baseball team at Bakers
field. : '•«• *
Spring Ban and Lone Wolf win at long odds
at Emeryville racetrack. Pag« 8
Automobile race from I>r»8 Angeles to San
Francisco set for March 28. " Page 4
LABOR
. President Cornelius of Carmen's Lnion leaves
on trip to Portland to investigate strike con
dition*. ' . p *K e 7
M.VRIXE
Heavy squalls cause sereral collisions on the
bay. Ship Dirigo pulled off Alcatrar shoal. Page 9
MI.\I\G ..
Labor troubles at Goldficld depress the market
for mining shares, which are bit bard. Page 7
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SAN- FRANCISCO, •= TUESDAY, MARCH 12, -19Q7.
JAPAN WAITING
FOB SCHMITZ TO
KEEP HIS WORD
Breaks Negotiations on Ex
clusion Till the School
Board Acts
-,-.'- - i- • •!
SOLONS ADD TROUBLE
President Asks Giilett to Put
a« Stop to Hostile
Legislation
STATE MUST YIELD
Otherwise, Bars Will Not
Be Raised Against the
Coolie Influx
Ira E. Bennett
WASHINGTON, March l l.—
Negotiations between the ; United
States and Japan for an exclusion
treaty have come to a halt on account
of the failure thus far of the San
Francisco Board of Education to carry
into effect its agreement with the Presi
dent to admit Japanese children to the
public schools. Tht threatened enact
ment of anti-Japanese legislation by
California has also operated to block
the efforts of Secretary Root and Em
bassador Aoki to reach an agreement
The President has accordingly re
quested Governor Giilett of California
to withhold hJs approval of any legis
lation affecting the Japanese until a
letter Relating to the situation can
reach. him.
Secretary Root was at the White
House until nearly midnight Saturday
conferring with the President on the
Japanese situation. During the confer
ence a telegram was drafted and sent
to Governor Giilett asking him not to
sign bills passed by the Legislature af
fecting the Japanese and advising him
that an explanatory letter would be
forwarded. The letter was then writ
ten and mailed. The President and
Secretary Root did not know at that
time the California Legislature would
adjourn on March. 12. and it is possi
ble that the contents of the letter will
be telegraphed to Governor Giilett at
Sacramento.
SCHOOL BOARD REMISS
In' his letter the President explains
that the Japanese Government is> will
ing to enter into negotiations for. an
exclusion treaty, but- insists upon the
preliminary condition that Japanese
children shall be admitted into the pub
lic schools of San Francisco in accord
ance with the assurance \ given by
Mayor Schmitz and the Board of Edu
cation when in Washington. Japan
gave its consent to the enactment of
the amendment to the immigration bill
excluding Japanese laborers from the
mainland of the United States, but it
was with the understanding . that the
school controversy should be settled
first.
Thus far the Board of Education
does not appear, to have acted, and It
is feared here, that the California Leg
islature .'may' enact such "laws as *to
prevent the board from admitting Jap
anese children into the schools. If this
if done the Japanese Government Will
not only decline to enter into negotia
tions for a treaty, but it will withhold
its consent to the • enforcement of the
exclusion amendment.
It is understood that. Governor Gii
lett'was advised by the President that
he would not put the exclusion amend
ment into" operation unless the San
Francisco Board of Education proved
Its good faith by-- admitting Japanese
children into tho schools." If the board
Is prevented from doing this by hew
legislation it-will be inferred that Cali
fornia is not-desirous that the exclu-*
don amendment,' shall -be Enforced. \u25a0
PLEDGE MIST BE KEPT,
At any rate, the President [makes': It
plain to the , Governor of California 'no
steps ." will be taken toward .exclud
ing: Japanese laborers until this coun
try '."shall. have discharged. in; Rood; faith
Its "obligations ; '-;inV the school,'^contro
versy; .."'. .-•" '..".. - , \u25a0\u25a0\u25a0 ' .\u25a0-\u25a0 .-. ;.-
While the conferences between Secre
tary Root' aridf Embassador' t Aoki'have
been entirely "-'cordial,'"' it is r said that
the. Japanese' position' was, found to ;' be
Continued \u25a0on * Page . 3, Column '< 1
Administration Dictator, Cornered by Heney,
Must Face Accusers Despite Artful Dodging
IXDICTED:b6sS;IN; CUSTODY. OF; HIS -OX, THE WAV FRO3I THE ; UXITED; STATES DISTRICT
• 'COURT "TO. THE ST. FRANCIS HOTEL.- .: . '
SEVENTEEN LABORERS
DROWN IN SACRAMENTO
Panic-Stricken Crowd Up-;
sets Ferry Boat and Men
; /Are Swept Off
SPECIAL DISPATCH TO THE CALL.
RENNET. ' " March • 11-"-f-.* Seventeen;
Greek : laborers were, drowned in ; the
Sacramento Riverwhere. it empties into
the Pi t River/ near here, . this afternoon.*
None of .the, bodies has. been recovered."
The men were graders on the railroad
between Pit \u0084and . Delamar .and \u25a0 were
on their, way in a ferry-boat from din-,
ner. The boat was propelled by. slant
ing it" against, the /current," and; the
rocking;on account of^the swollen con
dition of the river frightened the men.
All rushed ;to the rearend, causing that
portion of ;the boat to sink and fill.
*Charles v O'Neill, the "".foreman, "and
George .Westy, the" Indian ferrymanl
tried to control the crowd, but all made,
another, rush- for the prow, . the, -boat
was submerged and the men were swept
into- the, swiftlcurrent. , ; -" : V
' b"Neili;arid'."V\'csty. clung to the: guy
ropes and were rescued.' 'Another 'ln-]
dian. and V Greek swam ashbre.'-
AT large crowd of Greeks lined " the
shore, \but none made any attempt to
save" their countrymen, whose , heads
could Ibe seen bobbing up and Ydown
as they were whirled away downstream.
GARRISON .COMMANDER AT
YALTA WOUNDED BY 'BOMB
Death Instrument Hurled From ; House
: He'Passes by /and 'Assassin '
Commits -Suicide' , \u25a0
•YALiTA.CrirnfaT March N ll:-^Colo'nel'
bunbVdPzrfcommandant.of"the^^
here, was ; slightly* wounded \u25a0 and ! - ' liis
coa<":hman and adjutant -were /seriously
injured today :by a; bprpb thrown 1 * at
the colonel's .-carriage;/ from;, an^uppT
Vvindow*in. a' house^in a street through
which^he'.was :.
' The^m'an-'whOithrew^ the •bqmb^ com'- v :
mJtted'suicidft in\ordar to avoid: capturii
\u25a0- \u25a0 -.- ;:.' \u25a0 , ; .''-'<-- - '\u25a0 \u25a0 . v" . : .- j
THREAT OF LYNCHING
MADE AT GOLDFIELD
Preston, Murderer of Silva,
"Sent to Tonopah for ••;
> Safety
, -SPECIAL DISPATCH, TO .THE CALL.
; GOLDFIELD, Is'ev..; March li:—Clti
zeris-"at' a meeting * this 'afternoon. de
precated;lawlessness.' The meeting was
well attended; • ' : - ' "
M. R. Preston. \ the murderer of^ilva,
surrendered to^ the. authorities and was
taken to Tonopah tonight -to avoid; a
lynching. .Joe Smith. ywalking^delegate
of 'the Miners' Union, was; arrested on
complaint* of ;Diamondfleld r ' Jack ?Davis,
as accessory, to. the -murder.-: If he :is
not '.taken away tonight strenuous
\u25a0measure are. threatened t>y the enraged
citizens. .; • ;: * "
;'; Miners. will meet: tomorrow, to perfect
a union independent of * other • crafts.
They -probably , will '• parade; the- streets,
andall mines will be'ejosed. A tragedy
is' feared before. morning. \u25a0 ' ; -;
ASSASSIN TAKES LIFE
OF BULGARIAN PREMIER
-Minister of Commerce and
V^gncultfi^
\u25a0 With^Wound
* : SOFIA," March;, 1 1.-— M. Pet
k'off?-th'e^ Premier-: and; Minister' "of the
Interior.' was assassinated ";h'eYe ; today.' .'
\u25a0'Tpetkoff; . with two .other .ministers;
was wa Ik i ng \iri i t he* Bo r i s [Ga r d e n , t wh en
lie 'was' attacked rby"an ! A unknown|man,'
whoiflre^d at t him;with:a/ revolver^ The
PremVeVVwas wouhdPd by •three* 'bullets,
"and: di'ed 'Immediately. ; , , , - . •••:;;-. i,;';
Im. • Geumadip?ff, ;the -Minister '* of -Co'm
fnerce'and Agriculture! who was one, of
trie'frninistersl' a e'eompanying \u25a0' the ; - -Pref
CORTELYOU PRONOUNCES
SENTENCE ON ST. JOHN
Approves the Demand for
. the Deputy Surveyor's
.Resignation gggg
SPECIAL DISPATCH TO THE CAU*
| . WASHINGTOX, March 11. — Secretary
Cortelyou -has approved the action , of.
Assistant ~ Secretary^ of \u25a0 the .Treasury
Reynolds in demanding the resigna
tion of. Chauncey ? M. St. John, deputy
surveyor of. the. Port of: San Francisco,
.' ior the good of ; the \u25a0. service."
St. Johns. resignation, was.asked. asked for
to take effect on . March " 1, but he re
fused to resign and exerted influence
to remain' in office. The Treasury De
partment . meanwhile passed , under the
control of Secretary Cortelyou and he
was . unable until this week to reach
St." John's case. Orders have been sent
!to San ..Francisco' which will divorce
St John from his job, unless he , has
already resigned.-.
: • Treasury, -^officials are . beginning to
wonder. what kind of adhesive plaster
St. John .wears. They say, however,
that all predictions as to his'losins his
Job will come true this week.-
ARRESTED MURDER
i AFTER -MANY YEARS PASS
New,' Mexican Charged
'VWith /Crime for^ Which Aged
Father Was Hanged in Texas
/'ALBUQUERQUE. N. M.. March 11.—
Sheriff ,H.*,N.\ Denny .of Otero County,
2C. \u25a0 M« arrested today at Este . Ci ty 'Wil
liam" Mitchell, alias Henry Russell/, a
stockmanl charged with .murder com
mitted, in. Hood County, Texas, thirty
three ~ years { ago.
."•lt.fslallegedf 'that Mitchell allowed his
aged father to be convicted and hanged
for the crime in IST-t. . -rt^^Sfi
p CONSERVATIVES IX COXTROL
MADRID. March 11.— -The election re
turns, iWhlch* £ are- now practically coni
pl«te, indicate- that the- Conservative
SenatofsiwilK.be in- the'* majority when
they tak© office' next 'montbu
Bangkok is a splendid city, where
everybody works but father, brother, hus
band and son. You'll find it interestingly
described and pictured in
The Sunday Call
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
JUDGE DE HAVEN
KILLS HOPE OF
RUEF TO ESCAPE
Lower Federal Courts Can
not Interfere With State
Tribunals
ELISOR HOLDS BOSS
Supreme Court Denies Writ
Restraining Superior
Judge Dunne
SCHMITZ ASKS FAVOR
Mayor Wants to Be Tried
Separately on Joint
Indictment
"Abe Ruef goes to trial at 10
o'clock this morning on a charge
of extorting money by threat
from the proprietors of the Del
monico restaurant.
Judge de Haven, sitting in the
United States District Court, re
fused yesterday afternoon to issue
an order granting Ruef the right
to- shew- cause, why. a writ or
habeas corpus should issue to
him to free the petitioner from
the custody of Elisor William J.
The Supreme Court of the
State denied to the indicted boss
a writ of prohibition to restrain
Superior Judge Dunne from pro-*
ceeding with the trial of the
accused in the face of Judge Heb
bard's issue of a writ of error to the
Supreme Court of the United States.
De Haven's ground for ruling was
that the lower United States courts do
not interfere -with State courts save
when a petitioner's Federal rights are
involved.
. Before three the cornered
boss appeared with his legal staff,
horse and foot, and in the end he
spent the night a prisoner in his pink
cell at the Hotel St Francis, with
every move watched by the men ap
pointed by Elisor Biggy, the men who
have assisted Special Agent Burns to
coUect the evidence which is aimed to
drive Ruef from his dainty hotel prison
to the sterner cell at the penitentiary-
At 10 o'clock today in Department
6 of the Superior Court the impaneling
of a jury will commence, with Assist
ant District Attorney Francis J. Heney
and Special Prosecutor Hiram W. John
son representing the people.
HAD THREE OPPORTUNITIES
When Ruef awoke yesterday morn
ing and his wardens watched him rise
and prepare to enter court it was Just
a week since he fared so well before
Judge Hebbard, whose act no court has
justified, and went into hiding at Troca
dero.
If the State Supreme Court would
grant his writ qf prohibition Judge
Dunne could not proceed with the trial
until the United States Supreme Court
at. Washington. . in 'its leisurely way.
had passed upon the writ of error se
cured so- unblushingly. Or If Judge
de Haven, sitting in the District Court
of the United States in the Postofflce
.building, would decide that Judge Heb
bard's act was legal and that Ruef
was not now answerable before Judge
Dunne, then again, Ruef could go free
until the Justices siting in the capital
had considered his case.
With those chances before him h«
left his cell, which is as gay as a
maiden's .boudoir, and rode by auto
mobile to the Temple Sherieth Israel.^
where he met his attorneys, weighed
the ysslbilitles of the day -and ex
changed greetings with Mayor Schmitz.'
It; was -a. morning of argument and
postponement before Judge Dunne.
Ruef and Schmitz had whe satisfaction
of "knowing that- as centers of the
stage : they still have great drawiag
powers. Men fought t>e able -to get
into court and watch the struggle for
municipal purity carried on by Heney,
Johnson jand Langdon.
MAYOR'S CASE DETACHED
Yesterday was the time for setting
the "date of the trial of Mayor Schmitz
on the c charges of ."extortion on which