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Photos of California s Beamif ul Women S?e rouring 1 n-^4^tmgoo 11l .. ! . r The Paris Lenten festivals, legends of Easter flowers and 'two clever short are special Easter features of tomorrow's edition oi | The Sunday Call VOLUME CL— NO. 120. Schmitz Has a Plan to Protect the Stolen Franchises Cornered Bribe Givers Take Step Toward Intimidation DEAD IN WRECK IN SOUTH TOILS TWO OVER SCORE * Bodies of Twenty-Two Victims Recovered at Colton CARS ALL, ABLAZE * Eighteen Italian Laborers and Four of Train Crew Killed ORDERS NOT OBEYED Coroner Begins Investiga tion to Learn Who Is to Blame COLTON, March 25.— Th« list of thoee who met «ea.th in th« trreck of the Sunset Express In the Southern Pacific yards here yesterday afternoon vu completed tonight and the search for additional bodies supposed to be burled under the debris of the demolished cars was abandoned m useless. The cor rected list of dead, including two raen «ho have died since last cijrtit. Is twen ty-two. Eighteen of these were Ital ians, nearly all of whom were tmmi- X rants on thfir way to* San Francisco. The others were: Alb-rt TV. Shle. mall « Itrlc !Los Angeles: George L. Eh&rpe. Muncl*. ma.: H. L Walters. Sacraoento. Oal.: Patrick Egan. Southern Pacific section foreman, residence believed to be Colton. Epaa. who died this ev«rfn£. Is not believed to have been aboard the wrecked overland- He was found vn < or*scious n*rar the scene of the disas ter and taken to Los Angreles. His <leath is believed to be due to an epilep tic fit, induced by witnessing: the acci dent. Fully half a dozen of the injured are tonight reported in a condition so pre carious that death Is but a matter of hours. With but four exceptions, all ' the Injured have been moved to Los Anjjelcs or have proceeded on their journeys. A great many of those who were slightly injured left Colton on i the relief trains and were able to pro ceed to hotels after reaching Los An . celes. Responsibility' for the accident will not be determined offlcially until to ! trorrow evening, when 'the Coroner's • inquest, which was bejrun today. Is , concluded. The adjournment was taken 'in order that the depositions of the ; injured ens^neer and fireman of the Overland might be secured. The wit nesses examined No. «. including the j switching crew,;whi r h has been blamed rfor the accident. The testimony deemed of most lmpor • tance is that relating to the experience \u25a0of the men who composed the crew. It i was admitted that one had been em ployed by the company only two days: ' that the service of a second had been ; but of two weeks' duration, and that • the third had been employed in the 1 yards three weeks. On*, the fireman jof the switch engine, had never read {the rule* of the yard. L. E. Alvord. for«»raan of the crew, {testified that he had be*»n notified at ! S o'clock that the overland was eight i hours lat* and that he had received ! no subsequent notification of its where : About*. The other members of the crew • had received the information concern ' ing the overland through Alvord. Fur ther than this, each man testified that up to the moment of its appearance 'they believed that the overland had •already passed the switch. rnn\cn troops occur v oudja PARIS, March :?.— The War Drpart m pnt hae rrcclve-<j a dispatch from Gen rral . PiautT savins' that thr occupa tion of 0«<3.1a. Morocco, has hern car ried out ac«?r6inp to Instructions. LEAVES CASt'ALTV COMPAVI KtTV TORK. March 29. — Itobert P. Armrtrong: h«« re*lgrne«l as pr^Ffdent of -the Casualty Company of America, because of HI health. WOMAN LEAPS TO DKATn NIAGARA FALLS. N. V., March 2».— I An unidentified .Ti-oman Jumped to death ! tram American Falls. Proppect Park. U*te today. MBfEU CA.S»IMIR-rEIIIER DIES PARIS, March 29. — Mme. Cassimir- Perlipr, moth t of the late ex-Premier Caselmlr-Pcrier, \» <lca4. v The San Francisco Call. INDEX OF THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL'S NEWS TODAY TELEPHONE TEMPORARY S« SATURDAY. MARCH SO. 1907 WEATHER COXDXTIOXS TESTEXDAX — dear; ""^'""i* temperature. 00; T"lr+w™ tesperttnre. 46. rOBECAET FOR TODAY— Fair; Kffct north west wind*. . P«*e 11 EDITORIAL Scttterlsf *Z tt» ctptiftf of tatastrT. ?•*• S G&lTettcs expertises! is sxsslelptl gofernment eppcan to work adrcirtbi'. P«*« t \u25b2 remarkable political ntJtfli. Par* I Sim work tat tie Grtsd 3otj. P»*« > GRAFT SCA^DAX IVr B. Josea> atXorsejr tn ZtSrvtaAmt TUepboo* Oacapcsr. win ;»!1 Grtad Jcry fco* Bchißlta idateA Bsef la trrl=» to bold h!a op tor 1100,000. Pmr« 1 SchßltJ Ggcrem <m mluilsc by cae ef sooct wortlrx tataartty «t beud t» protect tnn cti***. **** 1 Cocserefl ftrfber* «tteirpt to frtjiiten pnxe cuioii ty tiie»tea!ajr ftntnriil rcprlu.l. P*C* 1 GnzA Jury laT«ctl(a.tioß "*HI c«ster soon oo torOeiT tj tt« Cclted fiailroaAi uid Eta Frin cJsce Gas aad Electric CosspiaT. Face 2 Jfrw Felice CocsmlaaioorT Ftaa t^UI protect th« lavlesa ealoosa «ad the ridoos rlesseat. P. 2 A. X- Detwtter atill la tiilss while bU To ledo assodatea stride to s«ccra boads for tim. Par* t Uesiber of Loa Ajyf^V-a £rm which fiaaoc<*d the Berne Telephone Oa&tpany bnrriea to tb» East to cocfer with DeMrller. P«*e 3 "BetarmrOT' Botrfl cf Scuerriaon pltn ctm rttpa «f retreactmeat asd reform. T»t* * crrv EJ4r»T J. Salisbury dies aa wj'.t cf snicidal de«d, th« risn- of wfcicb is ctill a crtifrj, P. IS Xjtva Soeder la haogrd at San Qur&tia prtaoa for the tsurder of bis brotber-la-lair. Jc»»-ph Blaise. Pa«« * Dra. TTorth md Harr*y will rrtisn from Board of Health, following ezaaple r«t by Ward. Pate 16 Judge Gn.haa »cor«s secretary of CfcUdres's Sodetj tot altered tnlscoadnct la cocrt case. Fag« IS Cbainaaa of arbitration board in the tfles npb«rs' vagr dispute maVe« a rulisx adverse to tbf operators. . P*t* • aj ho» Aaceles sends coots, of phot«s of bevotlfa] main, *nd all sectiens of toe State are pre srotivg fsToiitn. \u25a0 I**«e IS Ouptato of Poi*r« MocofT r^rani cv; irarrwiU i;i'.sn t#Terai a&Joeakeepcrt for violation of psrUti«ii Ut. Fs*s.lS C«»d"Frt(Jax sdUblT ©bserred la tie •\u25a0ilj's Catholic and Episcopal cberches. . F»|t t SUBURBAN Olstxlct Attcrary ef AlAiaeds. beglss sraft 1b- CBlry. Pace 2 Percy Pembroke, last of the "Jim Crotr" tteg wtich tetrorized FnUtrale by marder sad robberies, coarlcted of robbery after a len; res te«t In Oakland. Ph? 10 H. C. Coward, msniger of the Callforsia Silt Cosspaxf, seeks CLrorce from his wife on the grooad of extreme cruelty. Pags 10 Oakland lacadrles threatea to dose doors if employes lrfut on increase in wages. Paf» 10 XMstrlct Attorney Brown will is role new antl-trost ststnte sgainct Osklsnd "mest ting." Pag« 10 Mosic ncaibcrs »1U precede tie addresses be fore Alsatdt Cocstj Tracttrs" lsstltste. 7. 10 COAST TTrrrV cf Soaset Express at CoTton Is blaned on employes, srreral ©f had been at work for the company only a few dsys. Page 1 DOMESTIC Crocker estate and Hnbbard sue Southern Pacific for interest on boads of s Texas branch road. Page 6 Thaw's lawyers cooftdest that cpmrnSssloa will sad tiro uae sad that bis trial will he recoiard Moaday. Ps*« « Order traasferrtns General MacArtbw to Eastern post is msde at bis reqeett to raable him to report oo fcis trip tcroujrh Orient. P. 6 State militia and regulars will drill tortther this summer at arasy posts. Page 9 Pitcher WlIUs arriTes from the East to Join the Eesls. * Pag* « The csrtflstl a.nd bine aad gold freabmea will bold secoad latercoUeglste first year meet at Etaaford today. Pag» 11 Favorite players have a bad day at Arcot Park. . *ag» 7 Talimund at long odds comes to life at Emeryville. *age ' Battling Kelson wire* The Csll that any club wishing to match hint mnst make all the ar rangements with BBly >>>l«n. his manager. Tbe talk of lack of harmony betwera toe Daoe asd bis maaacer Is tta« set at rest. 7ac« 7 LABOR Labor Coosrll decides that all unices affiliated with tt saoold bold a parade on Labor day. P. 9 MAIU-VE Kotmos liner AbestinU U briaglag a record cargo el coree from Guatemala. Page 11 MIM.\G Shorts la the market, by coTcrln?. stlffea the prices of J-V T»(Ji minlss sham a;tia. Page 15 SOCIAL ~ >*"- Openiag ereat of Easter scaeca will be «V » tir? caralral of Monday Night Clab. Page S (PLACE YOUR j WANT ADS FOR THE SUNDAY -LALL MORNING Send them to Main Of- fice or through Branch Offices or phone them SA^ FRANCISCO, SATURDAY, MARCH 30, 1907. "IT GOES," SAID MAYOR OF RUEF'S $100,000 DEMAND Elmer B. Jones of Independ ent Phone Company to . Implicate Schmitz "SAW" BOTH CHIEFS Agent Found the Franchise Business Too Strenu ous for Him WILL BE A WITNESS Attempt of Boodlers to Sell Out Third Time to Be Laid Bare- . Elmer B. Jones, a promi nent attorney of Salt Lake City, is to be one of the most important witnesses before the Grand Jury next week, and his testimony will result in new indictments against Abe Rtief .and _ Mayor Schmitz. Jones came to San Francisco in the spring of last year to bid in the name of the United States Inde pendent Telephone Com pany for a franchise in San Francisco. His experience , was brief but instructive He explained his mission to some of his business friends and was at once given the advice, "See Ruef." Jones saw Ruef. He also saw Schmitz. Then he called the] game off and went back to Salt Lake. Ruef told Jones that it would cost him $100, 000 to begin. This money was to go to Ruef. It did not guarantee the franchise but was to act as a soil: of in itiation fee. Jones called upon the Mayor and received the repty, "TThatever Ruef says goes." • *' Jones was induced to come to San Ffancisco to look into the franchise question" by W. J. Arkell of Manhattan, Xcv Arkell thought it a good op portunity for the Indepen dent company to obtain -s franchise on the coast, andj so advised Jones. The United States Independent Cdhi pany is a very large concern with extensi ve branches " ir Eastern States. : . Jones had had a good; deal of expeii enee. but he had never encountered such r a proposition as Ruef put 'Mcc. him. Jones I talked of ; tlie matter to his fri ends ; a f ter returning to Salt. Lake, j «He will be a willing witness be fore the Grand Jury. T The testimony will ', corroborate that of Dr. Ferdinand 'But : terfield, who was allied witli the United- States ludependi Continued on I'agr 3. Column * S Developments * In t^l^cal Graft Scandal Mayot ' Schmilz tries bribe some members of the Board of Su pervisors to induce them to resign ,in order that he .may gain control and save the franchises of the cor porations. . : * * * '\u2666 Mysterious circular sent . to Jhe savings banfys^of the city to dis credit the prosecutors in the graft cases on the ground that a financial \ panic may follow the cancellation of. the franchises obtained by fraud. - '.'. James A. Dcvoto, attorney 'for the Board of Public Work's- and the Board of Health, and numer ous'other tax-eaters, to lose their jobs as a result of the retrenchment campaign of the "reformed" Board' of Supervisors. if. ¥ 3/. The lav department of the United' Railroads will be subject ed to a searching examination. , Inl the- gas rate 'case the names f : of Samuel Naphtaly, superintendent and W. B. Bourn, president of the San' Francisco Gas and . Electric Company, will figure' prominently. Edwin* T. Earl, millionaire owner of the Los \ A ngeles Even ] ing : Express, and Dr.' John \S Hdynes, wealthy v ' and prominent physician of Los Angeles, both heavy stockholder s in the Home Telephone Company, subpehaed by the Grand Jury. Elmer B. Jones) a prominent at torney of Salt 1 Lake; City^whc \represcntedllhc^United States In 1 dependent. Telephone ir \u25a0\San Francisco,: Will tell how *Abc ' Ruef. and -May or- Schmitz' tned' to i hold ' : company -upj for $ioaooaw \u25a0 \u25a0 - ; t : Mr^Rhillips yofi^ the A dams* ' nhillips Company,, the [concert whichti floated fthe^ bonds: of \u25a0] ifu Home^Telephone^ompany^cotv Where He Kept It Schemes to Secure a Working Minority of supervisors Would Pay Some 'to Resign, That He May Appoint THeir Successors : Schmitr, who gives no quarter and keeps his violins under the flooring of his bedchamber, has hatched a plot to persuade enough of the Supervisors to go to San Quentin, so that after filling their places he may have a working minority on the -board, and. thus save the ill-gotten franchises for his friends who now hold them. Schmitz has an \ idea that he thinks will please some of the millionaires who- :are bound to him by the closest ties. He fears that the franchises for the overhead trolley and the telephone svstcm, secured -with so much [trouble .and at : so much expense, may be declared invalid on the • ground that they \yere won by fraud. With eighteen Supervisors^ — or sixteen, if Tvcitmoe ; and O'Neill be left out— acting the parts of good Indians, he fears that the ill-gotten, franchises are in danger of being revoked. Tfiose who bought Schmitz and the others at an expense of several hundred thousand dollars to get. these franchises are also apprehensive, and they arc willing.to throw in a few hundred thoiisnad more to save thei privileges. . - , \u25a0 THINKS $100,000 A HEAD FAIR PRICE j But .wherever the mone}- to put it through is to come from, the plot itself has all the earmarks of having been densed by the mind of the Mayor, who keeps his violins under the .flooring of .his bed chamber. Aware that he could kill by veto any act of. the board which came to him supported by less than fourteen votes, Schmitz has been diligently at work for the last two days trying to indiice three members of the beard to hand. in their resignations and allow him to appoint three others in their places, who, with Tveitmoe and O'Neill . would constitute a working. minority, for the purpose of "saving the franchises; Asit is generally believed that such a bad break on the part oi any ofthe gentlemen who have confessed their boodling and been put oh probation 'would result in "their prompt indictment, it is nat ural tliat 'the l Mayor's idea must be presented ; to them, with aliure hicnts. >Men don't go to San Quentin, to please even the most bril liant plotters. They must be well paid for going.to.the penitentiary. A" franchise that is worth, several millions is-; obviously worth more than $450,000. the crooked : price paid by the United Railroads. Inthe cliff erence'between: these sums Schmitz thinks there money chough -to \u25a0'persuade three' of the confessed bribe-takers to go to San Quentin.. ;His, idea is; that three or four men be" found on the board who would be willing to : serve a term iii stripes at $100, 000 a head,- and-. that it would/be a bargain that would please his friends: V : . \u25a0 " FIGURES, ON^BUYING:iTHREE ;:MEMBERSV ; Schmitz reckons^ that*' if -Tveitmoe* and ' O'Neill, o\-er whom the prosecution holds , no ".'club, can.be reHed, on. ihe will need to purchase COXTIA IED OX' PAGE • 3, MIDDLE COLUMN 3 Perhaps you've -watched the gulls that follow the ferry-boats for years without knowing any of the interesting things about "them which are told in The Sunday Call PRICE FIVE CENTS. COVERT THREAT IN THE WORDING OF A CIRCULAR Financial "Reprisal" Hinted At by Corruption- / ists IS SENT TO BANKERS Written Ostensibly in Interests of the V «-- "People V NO NAME ATTACHED Predicts Dire Things if the Quarry Should T. : . \u25a0\u25a0 . Show Teeth' The • corporation bribe givers have set up a scare crow by which they hope to frighten the prosecution into keeping out of the franchise field. Aping the methods of the* railroad magnates who sought to whip President Roosevelt into line by start ing panics in Wall street the ' 'Men Higher Up" in the local graft scandals are try ing to intimidate the finan cial institutions and through them the depositing citi zenry by drawing gk>omy t pictures of what they claim to foresee if the District At-, torney and the Grand Jury? continue the crusade against' municipal corruption. Under date of March 26 anonymous circulars were sent to all the bankers and financial leaders in the city, purporting to come from the secretary of a fraternal or ganization and stating that i; as things now stand in thi3 city the savings of the wid ows and orphan^ and the se curities of our banks are in jeopardy, caused by the threat of the District Attor ney and the Grand Jury to cancer all street railroad, gas, electric, telephone and otherTfranchises. " The suggestion is made that "some evil - minded persons, who have come un der the ban of the Grand Jury because the Supervis ors have held them up" might wish to make repris als against those who have contributed to the Grand Jury expense fund, in which case, it is hinted, the banks would be attacked, causinga panic. The letter is.as follows: Sir: As a depositor in your in stitution Itake the liberty of cal! ino- your attention to the enor mous depreciation in your annual statement, as well as that of all other savings banks, to the^Bank Commission, caused -by the weak and demoralized condition of Continued on Page 2, Bottom Cslsnl