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Is Lalixornia s Most peautitul W 14 The second installment of photos of beautiful women entered in the great beauty contest — maybe a prize winner among them — will appear in The Sunday Call VOLUME CL— NO. 104. Cortelyou Aids Banks That Hold Uncle Sam's Money Exclusion of Japanese from the Mainland Will by the President Today GREAT STRIKE THREATENED ON WESTERN ROADS Trainmen Are Voting on Proposition to Enforce Demands MORE PAY WANTED All Systems This Side of Rocky Mountains Would Be Tied Up 47,000 MEN INVOLVED Switchmen in Large Meas ure Hold the Key to Situation OAKLAND, March 13. — Forty-seven thousand men, the membership of the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen west of Denver, are voting whether to £0 on strike to enforce demands for an increased scale of wages. The poll, the most extensive movement toward a general strike since the American Rail way Union tieup of 1894, has not been finished. Indications are that the !;ist ballots will reach the national lioadauartcrs at Cleveland. Ohio, about March £5. RrJlroad racn who have been follow ing the course of events since the bal loting began believe that a strike will be called. The hostile movement fol lowed the failure of ' negotiations be tween the trainmen and the managers at Chicago last November. The de mands were taken under consideration at a joint meeting of representatives of Western roads at that time, l>ut after several conferences nothing was ac complished. t— The switchmen, like many other rail road men, are affiliated as individuals with the Brotherhood of Jtailway Trainmen, though they have unions of their own.' The. switchmen are voting on the strike proposition as individual?* tit' the invitation of the Brotherhood. The switchmen's attitude toward the question of a strike is an important factor. The Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen has not recognized the Switchmen's Union as such, makingr all of the overtures to the men as indl viduals. v \ The Sv.-ltchmen's Union has no stand ing- as an organization with either the railroad managers or the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen and this is 'one of its "grievances." It has been fighting to gain that recognition, Independently of the brotherhood, W. 11. Barr, master of the " local Switchmen's Union No. 158, said to night: "My opinion is that a strike will not be called without the co-oper ation of the switchmen. , The brother hood has asked us to vote as Individ uals. The switchmen want to be recog nized as a distinct branch of the Broth erhood of Railway Trainmen. They ob ject to having their schedules made by men from other branches, who have no Mdequate conception" of the switchmen's needs." Earr said that the real working rail road men were in favor of a physical «\amination as required by the South ern Pacific Company. "Following the fire last year," he explained, "when the company needed men badly, an order was given without General Manager Calvin's approval doing away with the physical examination. As a result many men afflicted with serious diseases ob tained work and gained entrance to tlie. horpitaln. Wo would be glad to have stricter requirements enforced as to the physical condition of Hie men. It would be a protection as much to tlic'uwiti'.limen. yard and shop men as to the company." FIFTEEN PERSONS INJURED IN STREETCAR WRECK Freight Engine Crashes Into a Sub urban Line Coach on the Out / skirts of Los Angeles LOS ANGELES. March 13.— Fifteen persons were crushed or otherwise in jured shortly after midnight last night when a Southern Pacific freight engine crashed into a Maple-avenue car at a crossing near Ascot Park. Two. of the injured. Motorman t^raheck, and Ben jamin Head, both- residents of this city, probably will dl*. The San Francisco Call. INDEX OP THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL'S NEWS TODAY TELEPHONE TEMPORARY 80 THURSDAY, MARCH 14, 1907 WEATHER COXDITIOXS ; XESTEBDAT — Clear; naxlmcm temperature, SS; relnlmnra temperature. 44. FORECAST FOR TODAY— FiSri possibly Ugbt frost ia the momlnc Pi*e t EDITORIAL j Absurdities of "expert testimony" «uch übu been sees In the Tbrw case. F«r« 6 "O'hat bare the Philippines cost the United States? Vtgt 6 Bewildering rarlety of theories that hate grovm op around the recent robbery at the Cblc&ffO eubtreaacxy. Pace 0 Japanese «re not desirable la any way. We can very welt spare the lot. Part 6 CITY Board of Education aaopts formal resolution to allow Japanese Ato return to all public schooli. Pa* • 1 Trial of Ruef, Indicted boodler, it begun ia earnest. Pas* 1 Captain Peabody lotws hi* appeal to Inspector Berminjrbam for an annulment of the Judgment ; suspending his license for elz months. Par* 7 Proposition to bond city for additional $20,000,000 for sewers and pavements opposed by member of Works Board. Pace 3 Mystery arises in The Call's beauty contest. Is the most beautiful woman In California con cealing her identity? Pace 1* United States Inspectors lnrestigate charts that life preserrers and fire drill on steamship City of Sydney were not cp to required standard. Page S Howard C. Hclmen appointed consulting en pineer for the construction of the new transport docks at Fort Mason, which will Include a 6tone breakwater TOO feet long and two steel piers. *>• Page 14 Ijtrpe addition may be built to the St. Francis Hotel on the Geary-street side. Page 14 Clorinj: Japanese woman, fighting fiercely, Js carried aboard the liner Nippon Maru to be re turned to her homo in the Orient. Fs*e 14 srni rba> Trainmen on roads west of Denrer are rot ing on proposition to strike to enforre de. j::«iifi>. Page 1 Whillrr Perkins, son of Lieutenant Colonel C. M. Perkins of Berkeley, is appointed to Naral Academy at Aiinajiulls. Pafe 4 Mrs. Finks and Mine May Flttock sare women and boy from drowning In Alameda estuary. Page 4 Mrs. M. J. Hasey of Emeryrllle obtains dl- Ttirce on testimony that, her hatband sent her end '-U'drrn out of Alaska to pet rid of them. Page 4 United States Senator George C. Perkins re turns to his lioine In Oakland from Wash ington. Page 4 Editor of Stanford Sequoia creates sensation j with editorial declaring that politics of univer sity is done by unprincipled organization. Page 4 COAST l'resno deputy sheriff captures horsethief after du«-l in which both are wounded and later Is murdered by his prisoner. A man who accom panied him also Is missing. Page 1 Iluntlnfton orjraniws electric company to supply light and power for irrigation in the Sap Joaquln. • j Page 3 Shfiujr. suspended railway mall clerk, criti cise* n Ijos Angeles department head and denies £.11 rharjres against him. | - Page 3 All wirpiosH telrgraph records broken when the Point Ixnua station takes messages sent on the Atlantic seaboard. Page 3 Secretary of Treasury relieves financial strin penry by extending time for railing in $30,«00. 000 from depositary . banks. Page 1 School Board opens doors to Japanese and President announces that he will make Japanese exclusion law effective today. Page 1 Volcano on Akutan Island, Alaska, becomes active and Unalaska is shaken by an earth quake. Page 1 Jerome lashes Thaw and wife, depleting pris oner as brutal woman-beater and showing Evrlrn a« defamer of Stanford White. Page 3 Fritz Sebeel. famous orchestra leader, dies in Philadelphia after a month's Mines*. Page 2 Plans made public for consolidation into Pacific fleet of all American warships In the Pacific. ' Page 2 FOREIGN Archbishop Ireland praised by Cardinals at Rome and American prelate's cbance for red bat grow*. Page 3 SPOUTS Ace of Eearta hasdleap at Emeryville won by Dr. Leggo. Page 8 "Tex" lUckard, made the subject of a joke by friends, narrowly escapes going to Jail In Orovllle. - - Page 3 Expulsion of a member may result In the disruption of Loe Aogelei Driving dub. Page S Manager Nolan Is here ready to match Nelson against Cans. Page 8 LABOR Call bus beeq issued for a State Council of Carpenters to meet In Oakland April 21. Page 7 MAIIIM3 Pilot boat America Is »wept by tide rip Into German ship Kdmusd and badly damaged. P. 9 MIXING San Francisco Mining Exchange demands wire facilities given to other stock selling board. P. 7 Eastern order* to wll Southern Nevada stocks knocks merger shares down to $8. • Page 7 THE GALUS BRANCH OFFICES Subscriptions' and Advertise- ments will be received in San Francisco at following offices: ICSI FILLMORE STREET Open until 10 o'clock every night. SIS VAX >ESS AVE.\'UB V Parent's Stationers' Store. r SIXTEE.VTH AXD MARKET STS. l Jackson's Branch. 533 HAIGIIT STREET Christian's Branch. 1090 VALENCIA STREET Rothschild's Branch. 1531 CHURCH STREET George Prewitt's -Branch. 3200 riLLMORE STREET • Woodward's Branch. SAN FRANCISCO, THURSDAY, MASCH 14, 1907. SCHOOL BOARD KEEPS WORD AND ROOSEVELT ACTS Desk and Seat Now Await Children of Mikado's RESOLUTION PASSED White House Immediately Announces Close of the Bargain NEW LAW EFFECTIVE Bars Raised at Hawaii and Suits in Courts to Be Dismissed Ira E. Bennett WASHINGTON, . March 13. — The San Francisco Board of Education, .throuch President I.a«rencr F. AValah, advised the President by telegraph today that a resolution bad- been adopted , carry- Ins into effect the modification!! affect- Inc Japanese ncbool children that were ajrreed upon Id Washington, the prac tical effect of which Is to admit Jap anese. Into- the public school*. The President . .thereupon authorised the \u25a0ttatemrnt that be rrould Imur an ex ecutive order tomorrow carrying; into effect the exclusion amendment of the Immigration act. .The Bureau of Immigration \u25a0will be charged with the exclusion of Japanese coining from Hawaii. or foreign coun tries other than Japan, if it shall ap pear that such Japanese are detrimen tal to American labor conditions. An investigation of the extent to which Japanese labor menaces American labor on the Pacific Coast will probably be ordered by the President. But he will not wait until this in vestigation is made before executing the exclusion law. The information al ready in the Immigration Bureau ia sufficient to satisfy the officials that Japanese coolies are making Hawaii a mere way station on the journey to California, The ports along the Mexi can border will be closed to Japanese as well as Chinese as soon as the Presi dent's order is Issued. The President and Secretary Root now hope, that agitation will simmer* down both in Japan and California so that negotiations' for an exclusion treaty may be undertaken. BOARD MAKES FORMAL SURRENDER IN SECRET Two Star Chamber Sessions Necessary for Opening School Doors "At reg-ular meeting; of Board: <of Kdoratlon, held this afternoon, resolu tion as ' nsreed upon with you -was adopteAt unanimously-. . Certified copy Given to United States' District 'Attor ney Devlin."— Message wired to • Presi dent Roosevelt yesterday by . President 'Walsh of the Board of Education. - In the telegram quoted above," Mayor Schmitz and the. school board flashed their formal surrender, across the con tinent to the national capital. With the swish of the big stick still sound ing 'in their ears, they met. yesterday and, calmly' resolved that the schools of the city be thrown open to Japanese pupils. It was the same body of men. which, but a few. weeks before, had de parted for Washington determined, so they said, that the rights of California and San Francisco should be upheld. ':. As, though ashamed of the work that they were .to do, the Mayor and the school twr&rd met yesterday in secret conference. It required two sessions, one In the morning and' another An the afternoon, both star chamber perform ances, to complete the task. After the bpar^ had adjourned President Walsh •liurried to a telegraph. office and . sent the news to President Roosevelt. ' \u25a0 United States District Attorney] Dev lin \u25a0 was also Informed of the board's action and. In" accordance with instruc tions from Washington, he wili^dismlss the suits begun In the courts to force the 'local schools* to -.'admit Japanese children. The amended resolutions. adopted by Continued on I'uce S, \ Col uma ' 3 TRIAL OF RUEF FOR EXTORTION IS UNDER WAY Names of Four Men to Be Examined for Jury Ser vice Drawn • ~ -\u25a0 ( - PREJUDICE IS DENIED That Judge Dunne Is Not Biased Is Shown by Affidavits USUAL DELAY TACTICS Defense # Tries to Obstruct 'ii Progress, but Is Not Successful Abe Ruef, long under indict ment, was finally put on trial yesterday morning before Judge Dunne in Department 6 of the Superior Court, the names of four men being drawn from the jury panel. It was ordered by the court, that 'during the trial the boss should be kept a close pris oner in the custody of Elisor Biggy. The Sheriff and ; Coroner, put in office ; by Ruef, are ; not deemed worthy of. the confidence of th*Tcourt.and cannot'be trusted 'with the, guardianship of the"- prisoner .."of 'the pink bedroom, y .. --:,*' :.. LIKE THE COIiLCVS CASE , -v ' », /. t . \u25a0 ... \u25a0\u25a0 ;. , ,\u25a0 \u25a0 ....'-* . Those who hax'snot^d a remarkable similarity between the Collins case and the trial of Ruof^rpcallfdthe fact yes terday* that it was exactly at this stage of the proceedings that Collins became a fugitive.- _ Four ' ;lurors had been drawn to . try. Collins on; July 7, 1905, and an adjournment. was taken till the following Monday. ' Foiir^, jurors \u25a0 liave been drawn for Ruef and an adjourn ment is announced for Monday.. Col lins fled, but Ruef ; will hardly escape from the watchful Biggy. Biggy takes his position most.seriously and . devotes his spare moments to devising schemes for making- •\u25a0his-, captive's durance i doubly secure. ~ Ruef, who is on the way that- Collins 1 traveled and who is ; "going quite niceljr~now, thank you," as one of the prosecution put it last night, has arrived "at tho point where his prototype thought Canada advisa ble. Ruef may entertain similar Ideas about foreign residence, but he will not be .able to carry' them out— not while Elisor Biggy is on guard. The. ready-to-be-trled Mayor must wait his turn, but the .trial of Ruef will be -swift and -he will not have to wait many weeks to learn the fate of the man that took him up a fiddler and taught him how to be a boodler. On Monday next ] the J Jury box will be filled by th« "drawing of eight addi tional names. Then the men will all bo examined. The incumbents of the Jury box, In the order of th«- drawing, are: :..\u25a0._ '',-:. : ":\u25a0 : -*i,j \u25a0 \u25a0?,' \u25a0 ~ . J. R. BRADSTREET, * woodworker, 2167. Hayes , street. . . # APTOELO R. DEPERU,; real estate broker xtlth Bowes-Breuner Company, 2152 Pine^street. 7 > . '..:.'•' J. 11. DnUMBRELL, 1821 Droderlck street. \ . \u25a0- . \u25a0\u25a0-, -.";-., WILLIAM COHEX, retired merchant, 1383 McAllUter «treet. HSlfi^Vi Drumbrell was not ln'court when his name: was called, a: fact .which • sug gested a delay, , of proceedings,- and court adjourned to meet again on Mon day at 10 o'clock. - Following! is the list, from which the Jury: which is "to try Ruef will be drawn: , * { : Braditreet. '; J. U. ; v Theodore ( Cohn., merchant;, 2440 Clay. Willlatn^Cohen. capitalliit; ISB2 McAllister. " Frederick H." Coon.". salesman;; 2oo3 "Bush. " * John" J. vDuffy;?Sl27^Twenty-slxtU^'v Duffy; ?S127^Twenty-slxtU^' , \u25a0 J. II. ) Pnnibrell.^ merchant; 1812,-Brodeript; - Gwrße : ninon," bookkeeper; iiSA Clara avenue. '\u25a0\u25a0} Anpelo l K. Depf r0,, 2152 Pine..', ' • . . Max Gam, capltallßt;T2297; Franklin. Abrahani> Hockn-ald. • manager;.- 2134 Post.. ' T. It. Herllhy.:teamfter;U233 : 'Br6adTrayV - -William D. Knights," cashierp 21 VParnassus arenue. ' » \u25a0 -''\u25a0'•_ \u25a0- , -,^"" \u25a0' : *; v " .'v '\u25a0. ; Theodore S.; AI East,' g:rocer: ; 7ol Hayes....- ' -Maurice Levy,., painter; , 1330 Golden "Gate aremie.v . Julius Mayer.- retired;. 1726, Page. - " • James^O. ; Menzies,-. 2319 ' Octavla. . Felix * Mahon, : i gTOcer ;'\u25a0 2601 } Post. [J. Donald ' McDonald, -2146 ' Sntter.'- /-' ': Bartholomew, O'Beagan, . retired: 183 J Noe. 'v ; Christlaa"", Ileis.' northeast ,' comer '. Sutter and . Octa ria?|||S2££<w3J ' ' John"' H.'. Sheeban.^ '. tailor ;'3orsbraderV Continued on Page S, Column . 4 ... \u0084 » \u25a0 . : . \u25a0. • .. . ... ' . . ' .\u25a0\u25a0:•\u25a0•\u25a0,:": \u25a0 . .-- MVRTILE CERF. ntIKF'S-MAN' FRfDAV.' 4 WAITING FOR .HIS MASTER IN FRONT OF ; >TE.MPLE'SIIEUITII. ISRAEL, WUERE TIIE' # 'BOSS" IS BEING TRIED FOR EXTOR TION. - . - ... . - \u25a0 FRESNO DEPUTY SHERIFF MURDERED BY PRISONER Joseph Price : Slain /While Bringing Jnaii Alleged ; Horse, Thief ; • FRESNO, March .13.— Deputy Sheriff Joseph Price .was murdered thls-after nob'n while -bringing j to* this city, a man named Richardson, arrested for horse ateallng -near* the Squaw Valley -Fost-' office! Cwith;Prtce ? was J. k . W. Grayle'ss, whose rig 'had been stolen. It is 'feared that Grayless"; also' was" killed._ The pris oner escaped and- Sheriff Chittenden and a, posse {of v six deputies' arejsearchlng the. mountains back, of Kings for him. -. '..-/\u25a0.. , \u25a0 ;-. •. , ; ; \u25a0 V The* story of the t murder, was brought to Kings River early In the evening by John, Rouse, \u0084 on .. Pearson's ranch. Rouse- found .Price's horse and buggy at DunhigaiT. Gap, five miles', from- kings^Rlver. *;*ln the' buggy was the body of tho'depiity", with : the throat dut. v : ; ' : : ' ;; > J ' : \u25a0\u25a0 ' ' Price had procured' a 'search warrant for/ '.Richardson, * and, "\- together .".Jwlth Graylcssir had -gone to Squaw Valiey 'to make the' arrest. • -He > met ' Richardson on tho Millwood road./' The .: two; ex changed shots andiboth were wounded. Price 'finally in 'the outlaw into: his bug^y. and started "for Fresno, thirty 'miles distant. f'-Grayless was on horseback; some distance 7 to the rear.:' ; > / ' '. *-. : :..•\u25a0> r."; .:" • : ;.... [\u25a0 V How ' Price was. klUedjis . not yet known. TheA Sheriff's' posse' M s :"-being constantly augmented" by men from Sangeriand Dinuba. ; •-_ - \u25a0:.\u25a0•. Gray less (disappeared, and no trace of him or his horse has been ob talned.""/'-''\u25a0*!'<=>.>•- \u25a0>\u25a0'?. V; J '.-% : '\u25a0 TOVI'BOAT.SIXKSi'nVO.DROWXED -. NEW.< YORK.* March; lS.-^-The towboat Cruiser, : ' owned ff V by. .the '\u25a0 '• Monongahela River, Cbnsolidatea;Coal andiCokeJCom pahy.'. struck ;*, the •*\u25a0> pierj, at /dock ,; No 7 \u25a0 3 tonight-' and 'sank. -Two; of the".; crew were , Two.- others;' we're ires cued .&• mile . below ?. the ,-' scene 'of j. the accident*; after,', they' had ;been? in the water"an' hour. : ; .- ' - \u25a0 \u25a0 '. A sprightly San Francisco girl has found an occupation that isn't over crowded. She is a wrecker. Read the interesting story about her in The Sunday Call VOLCANO ON AKUTAN ISLAND IS IN ERUPTION Activity of Crater on Alas kan Peninsula Accom . panied by Shock - SPECIAI. DISPATCH TO THE CALL SEATTLE," March, 13. — According to advices ' received" here the volcano on Akutan Island, of the Aleutian Archi pelago, off the Alaskan Peninsula, after several years of: Inactivity Is again -In eruption. ' The ' Information comes from Valdez, .where: reports were received from officers ' o*f ships plying between that place and Unalaska. J. E. Thwaltes, mall, clerk on the steamship Dora, gave, a- description of the eruption observed; February 22, accompanied by earthquake shocks. He said: :. -•. "As the Dora passed the island on February .22 the Volcano presented a magnificent- spectacle. The amount of flame visible was not constant, there seeming to be a maximum and mini mum stage, each occurring about every twelve minutes. Shortly before this Unalaska, but a few miles distant, was shaken by an earthquake of great in tensity." "Akutan Is a- small island. It Is vir tually of no value. Its only Inhabitants are^Meuts.. The nearest ports of ; any size are Dutch Harbor an<j Unalaska, about forty, miles. to the westward. The mountain of Akutan has an altitude of 4 100 feet. ' DBUJIHEAD DEATH RECORD <\u25a0'; ST. PETERSBURG, March 13. — Sta tistics published today regarding the ; drumhead court-martials, show thatup ' to -March 5,'; when the ; activity of, the | court-martials was suspended, 1764 per sons-; had -been j executed, an average of almost "five daily: The majority of the executions occurred In Poland 1 and' the 1 Baltic provinces. PRICE FIVE CENTS. EXTENDS TIME FOR CALLING IN THE $30,000,000 Secretary of the Treasury Relieves Financial Stringency HEEDS SPEYER'S PLEA Banker's Trip to Washing ton Bears Fruit Very Rapidly DEPOSITS WILL STAND Institutions Loaned Vast Sum on Securities May Continue Its Use SPECIAL DISPATCH TO THE CALL. WASHINGTON, March 13.— James Speyer, the New York banker, was at the* White House today, and as a result of his visit an informal meet ing of the Cabinet was called to dis cuss the financial situation. The prac tical outcome of the Cabinet meeting was the issuance of a statement by Secretary of the Treasury Cortelyou to the effect that he would not^caU in the $30,000,000 of government deposits which was to be paid by depositary banks during this month. Speyer'a visit was secret, and an ef fort was made to prevent any publlclty as to the Cabinet meeting. Speyer is generally credited with hav ing: more influence with the President in financial matters than any man in New York, as he is not identified ac tively in stock or railroad manipula tion and is a personal friend of the President. -1.. MOSEY MARKET TIGHTENS . The money market of late has-been tightening up to a point where a panicky feeling prevailed in financial circles, and just as the professional financiers were wondering what might happen the \u25a0 new Secretary of the Treasury released virtually $30,000,000 of Government money. The relief doubtless will be felt at once. Secretary Cortelyou did not withdraw that sum from the treasury and distribute it among the banks. What he did was to decide to permit the national banks which had that sum on deposit, but were expecting to re turn it to the treasury, to keep it for an indefinite period. Last September Secretary Shaw, in order to relieve an unusual stringency In the money market, consented to ac cept high-class State, municipal and railroad bonds aa security for Gov ernment deposits in , lieu of United States bonds. He distributed $30,000,000 in addition to the ' deposits already placed with the United States deposi tary banks, but it was with the under standing that the treasury would call for the money in February or March of this year. TIME" IS EXTE.VDED Naturally the banks were prepared to surrender It and this very fact, prob ably, was one cause of the presaat stringency. Secretary Cortelyou's statement reads: "The Secretary of the Treasury an nounced this afternoon that it is not his intention to fix at present a date upon which the $30,000,000 additional deposits placed with existing deposi tary banks, secured by State, municipal and railroad bolnds, under the terms „ of the President's announcement a* September 22, 1906, shall be returned to the treasury." Thus the deposittary banks Instead of -returning this . large sum to t'no treasury will be able to throw it into business channels. ' 9 :.',V--: '• \u25a0 ' m STOCK PANIC J.V WALL STRKET Sensational Mii:nt» Coumch ' Wtltl Scrnmble anil I. own of Million* NEW YORK, March 13. — Millions oi dollars were lost In a stock panic in Wall street today, started by sensa ! tlonal slumps in Berlin and " London. Scrambling and fighting, brokers strug ; gled to unload their holdings or to bolster up the demoralized market. Bears won the day, and -stock values were many millions less when- tlia Continued on I'age 2, Column 1