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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
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