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\u2666 VOUTOIE;^CL— Na 122.
Schmiz and Ruef Had Agreement to Divide Equally All Boodle Money.
Greenbacks Received by Supervisor Mamlock Destroyed in Great Fire
RAILROAD MEN
MAY BE ORDERED
TO STRIKE TODAY
Gossip in the Sacramento
Carshops Gives Hint
of Trouble
READY TO WALK OUT
Brotherhoods Await Word
From Their Chiefs in
the East
TROQPS AT CAPITAL
Presence of Federal Force
Not Understood by
Citizens
SPECIAL PISPATCB TO THE CALU
SACRAMENTO. March 31.—
While neither railway officials nor em
ployes Will discuss the many rumors of
en impending strike of the operating
employes of the Southern Pacific lines
in this State, in common with more than
500.000 employes of lines throughout
the United States, it is certain that
"something is doing." .When the re
cent referendum vote 'of the employes
was taken as to whether or not to
strike if the demands made upon the
associated managers of the country for
increased pay and a shorter work day
were refused, the local railroad men
voted overwhelmingly in favor of strik
ing. A rumor which went the rounds
of the railroad yards and shops today
was that orders for a strike -might be
received from the heads of the various
railway employes* brotherhoods to-
The presf nc*> In this oity of two com
panies of Federal troops, which are
. paid to be on their way to the Philip
pines, has given strength to the strike
talk. The statement was given "out by
"the soldiers that they were* here await
ing the sailing of a transport to Manila.
Throughout the city tonight the im
pending strike was about the sole topic
of discusfion and citizens In general
are anxiously awaiting tomorrow's de
velopments.
CHICAGO. March 31. — Martin A.
Knapp. chairman of the Interstate
Commerce Commission, and Charles P.
JCeill, Commissioner of Labor, who came
to Chicago yesterday to try to settle
the- controversy between the conductors,
held a series of >?essions today and
tonight. Knapp said after the confer
ences that progress was being made,!
but that nothing had been accom
plished definitely. It was said that the
labor conferees had intimated to the
Commissioners that they were willing
to concede something from their origi-'
nal demands. The railroad managers
on the other hand were said to have
declared they would grant no more
than had already been 'offered.
MANSFIELD'S CONDITION
IS EXCEEDINGLY GRAVE.
Fears Are Expressed for
the Recovery of the
Noted Actor
SPECIAL DISPATCH TO THKNTALI*
NEW* YORK. March 31.— The condi
tion of RichanJ Mansfield, the actor,
who. ls. suffering from nervous exhaus
tion and a complication of diseases at
liis home, 316 Riverside Drive, became
suddenij r worse today and at a late
hour tonight gravt fears were ex
pressed for his recovery.
When the actor's physician, Dr.Cran
d&ll, was seen tonight he admitted that
the patient's 'condition was exceedingly.
grave. teVWrWlfi
JIOORS KEEP THB PEACE
OUDJA.. Morocco, March -Sl.— Calm
prevails lntbe town of Oudja and;ils
\icinlty. » The work of cleaning the
streets is progressing. A nafive hos
pital and dispensary and a heoliograph
and telegraph office have , been opened.
A battery from Oran and a snuadfon of
Hpahik '\u25a0\u0084 from Sidl Belabbes, , Algeria,
have left for Marrila: .where, they will
-cmain until further order*
The San Francisco Call.
INDEX OF THE
SAN FRANCISCO CALL'S
NEWS TODAY
TELEPHONE TEMPORARY. S6
MONX>AT, APRIL. 3,/ 1907
WEATHER COXDITIOXS
TESTEKDAT— CIear: vrett \u25a0wind; minimum
tetnp*ratnr«. 50; maximum, 60. *
FOBECAST FOR TOD AT — Cloudy; cooler:
fresh north wljidg. P««e;10
EDITORIAL
Publicity for public w-tlc* accounts P«*e 6
California- U becomipt tbc playground of
America. * •»• 8
Suppression of-m California plebiscite. - Page 8
GRAFT SCAXDAI, gllpßfc«
Cltlm and totrns of Tacific Coast discues
plena to wage w«r oa bcodJing, the movements
resulting from ;, graft rerelations in San Fran
cisco. Pa«« 2
Graft prosecutors arc unable to locate Det
wller, the inflict*) Toledo caplUllst. - Pa«e 2
Fact la disclosed that Scbmltz and . Kuef bad
an Iron agreement to divide all spoils. Page 1
SuperTicor Mamlock bas confessed he lost his
bribe moDej- in flre and Halesy demanded re
turn of funds. Page 1
Grand Jury will take up pas and trolley deals
thin -week and startling' disclosure* " ; are . prom
ised. . " Page X
Jerry Priscoll, Important witness against
Schmitz. lea res country aid; goes -into biding
in • Mexico. Page 2
Rnef told SnperTi«or ThUHps that Halsey
needed a lesson for trying to steal his board. P. 2
Chief of Police •of Toledo , says lie can \u25a0\u25a0 find
»o trace of DetwUer. Page 2
Boodler Phillips tells Grand Jury.. of tbp
treachery of Ruef in , telephone deal. . Page 2
CITY .
Sixteen-year-old " .Arthur Gnrgens fatally .
stabbed by 12-y»ar-old Johnny Po-wers at Bush
and Baker streeU. Page 14
General strike of all union laundry trorkers
in this city and Oakland will probably: be de
clared today. . -_:*•*• *
Telephone girls Trill insist , that women - again
be ' giTen places ' aa 'chief operators. :\ Page 14
United States Government, . through the War
Department,' dlacrteiinates against mothers-in
lavr of San Francisco. Page 14
TVelre hundred horses to > shipped \u25a0\u25a0" from
San FrancUco"- to~ Philippines for cavalry". serT
ice. . . Page 7
Easter are # beld in the city's cbnrch*£
more than 100 of the congregations •worshiping
In temp<Ttxj7 ed'Scw '• erected since the disaster
of a fear ago. . Page, 8
Millionafre' RawllDß bag burro. which beT rode
during his, mining ; days- brought up. from
Mexico and placed on pension list at hi* Los
Gatoe bomel. . > Page 4
SUBURBAN
Building pennltß issued ,in Oakland during
past year ebow a total outlay of J8.555.157.75.
Page 8
Miss Eleanor Joseph 'tings In' Greek Theater
and receives great praise. Page. B
Erlasd H. Soderberg, slayer of bis own.moth
er, . to ' invoke Insanity plea • despite • his confes
sion. . Laboratory tests blood stains 'on
Oakland matricide's garments. Page 7
Party of bill , climbers fiad . body of a snlcid^
la lonely spot near Claremont JIot«l. Page 8
Southern Pacific employe* at ' Stcramento are
\u25a0 expecting a strike order today. Page 1
DOMESTIC
Richard ' Mansfield, the noted actor, ~,Js criti
cally 111. ' s Page.l
Socialists, planning' preliminary campaign 0 to
enter the race for Presidency. -Page 3
Thaw confldeot. that commislson will find him
sane and that jury will »c<iuit him. o Page 8.
Much comment is aroused 'by the ; failure , of
Chile to send an envoy to United States. Page 8 <
FOREIGN
Fire docs considerable damage In the 'Palazzo
del Drago in Rome, the abode of American. Em"
bassador • Griscom. * Page 3
German Chancellor and Italian Foreign Min
ister discuss' strengthening triple alliance. P. 3
Revolt'of. peasant* in Roumania is brine si-ad
ually suppressed. ; Page 8
SPORTS
Boxer Mike (Twin) Sullivan ta here en route
to Los Angeles t<T meet Honey ' Mellody in a
twenty -round bout. ' •\u0084 .. Pag* 6
M. '/ O. '. Fendner , high man in ' the champion
ship trapshootlng event on* tbc opening day pro
gramise of the . Empire Gun Club.'" .'Page '6
Polo teams play a tie game. on F. J. Cardan's
private field at Burlingnnie. - Page 5
. Cboo Cb.xi and The Crowd are stake winners
at ' Ingleslde Coursing Park. "* . . ' I Page ; 5
T. C. Kierulff,- president ,:of "the ; San 'Fran-'
dsco . Flycasting 'Club, establishes new \u25a0 world's
record. . ; . Page 6
Numerous handicap events will bring out high
class horses . at . Emeryville ;. tbls ": week. \u25a0 "- Page 5
Oakland' Hornets : defeat Independents i in as-"
sociation* football] game«by^3" to_o. <' .Page. 6
Percy : Mnrdock' defeats Charles ' Foley . in \ Onal.
match for : the tennis 'championship of Alameda
County.' Vr^gjffl HBWSB^&SBa^ffitEf* 4^
i Hundreds of fans fTisit : the new. ball park a;
Tif teentli and , VaUucia i streets ' Page' 5
MIXING
. Green wai'tr.' copper .: belt kto be - mapped and
described by the SUte Mineralogist. ; Page 9
MARINE,
Steamship '; ; Curacao arrives ',__ from ' % Mexican
ports with passengers," treasure and freight." P. 'lo
THE CALL/S
BRANCH' OFFICES
Subscriptions and : Advertise-
ments I will be \u25a0 received in San
Francisco at following of fices:
1051 FILLSIORE STREET '
'Open until 10 \u25a0: o'clock J every nigfaL';
; - SlB \u25a0 VAJfi NBSS;*AVESrCB :': - \ ;
'.- Parent's Store.
- SIXTEENTH Txiipi MARKET 'STS. ,',
,*:\u25a0* Jackson's; Branch. .
~&&!HAIGHT' STREET/
\u25a0 Christian's \u25a0 Branch/.^ . .- .
• , lO&fl; VALENCIA^ STREJBT"; -
Roth«child's r ßranch. ,3 ;j,
.ioSIrCHURCH 'STREET
George I' Pre witt's " Branch. ;;'\u25a0;
: 3200 FILLJIORE ; STIIEET !>
~ 'Woodward's ; Branch.
SAX ; ERMCISGG, :;MOND^, f APRIL 1; 1907.
Latest Developments in Connection With the Boodling Operations.
7. Grand Jury' has learned that) Schmitzr and: Ruef had a solemn
agrecmentito divide all graft revenues equally. : > \ "" \u25a0 ;
2, Mamlqck^hds confessed that he lost $%500 of his bribe 'money
intheifireafterdepositmg:itinabox;
3* ."\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0 The disclosures when the gas and trolley deals are tdl(en vp 1 this
Week will be most startling yet.
You Were a Godd Friend of Mine Aftet All.
Max Mamlock Tells Hard Luck
Story to the Grand Jury
Declares the $8500 He Received From
- Tele'pKone Gpmpanies
When ° Supervisor MaxrMamlock made -his oconfession /before
the 'Grand 'Jury^ of tlie°. method 5 -by .'avhich he had been able in fifteen
months' -time to climb from 1 a state - bordering !closely.! on poverty ito
one of \u25a0''affluence,-' .he raddcd^some.statements^which., were more'-siir
prisihg' in their nature than those' contained -in the average accounts
of his fellow, confessors. ; o
Mamlock. -was the -'presiding.. genius; on the seat v of \u25a0 a -delivery,
wagon prior to' his election to a seat- in the .Board, of -Supervisors.
Fifteen months later he was the. owner 'of automobiles." . vHe
told just how Aladdin Vlanip, was brought to him; and of the several
occasions -o'n which lie had rubbed, it to good effect; but he also
told a hard luck stoiy 'that .might have jcalled, forth tears of 'com-:
passion had it been. in a; worthier cause. ;r; r
\u25a0'.\u25a0: \Mamlock waslone of the "eight 'Supervisors^ who. believed fin
consistently ; taking evelytM^
tate to play, both sides, of >thej game when the fight over the franchise
of the Home ; Telephone. Company led to
bribing and counter-bribirigr. Mamlock
took ?5000 from Halsey -for his vote in
favor of the ' Pacific States Telephone
and Telegraph . Company,*, and then he
took ?3500 from the Home Company to
change that vote." He received his pay
ln : greenbacks,,- put. themvin a strong
box and deposited the box. In a safe
corner of .the office., of. the electrical
company' with which he was connected
at the 'time, believing 1 them,, to .be safe
from theft or destruction. '.; But the fire
burned the building in which Mamlock
had stored- his- wealth, , and with the
building's destruction; went. the destruc
tion of his $8500 worth; of .greenbacks/
I LO.\BRGAX.ADOPTS;STOIIYf
When Mamlock .told the Grand /Jury
of his_ wrong 'doing;., he ; testified;; under
oath td tbe'loss of . these'' bills. \u25a0 Then
Lonergan heard of;. the story,>and,;ac
cording^ to • a generally T accepted " s story,
adopted; it: as; his- own. v ; Lonergan,\jtoo;
'had received similar/ rolls of bills just
prior to the fire"," and Jjoncrkan -was
afraid that* the? prosecution -might; or
der him ; toVdisgorge;'iTe;saw: a' -way ; to
prevent ;.thls,v so fafter-h'c had -told- his
story/- to the* Grand "Jury .without;nien
tioninsr^ the destruction of ' hiß : money,
he let.it out quietly. that itho money. had
been burned. . , ' ,
That Ijonerg-an had Pome. -basis ,-for
his fear that 1 demajids'jfnigiit bV^made
on -him" to T re t ur n. the .bribe ; money- he
had taken wasidevolopedifrom-his.own
confession,, as;weir as ,tiiat of; several
of l the : other. Supervisors. -While -the
prosecution could^not tlemand'the'nion
ey nor ; force the -bribetakers ;tos give lit
up;- merely yy c because -it -was \u25a0\u25a0 unlawfully
secured, Ithererwrre |; others 4^l'iOffc^^^
wlllhiK to^riskj a 'demand,': and^^^S^g
sistenee led : toUhc fr-nr Which it isbc
lieved v caused \ Lonergan c toi hatchfup|a'
story similar to that told byiMamlock.^
HAtiSBY DEMANDED MONEY BACK
j"' When the Home. /Telephone Com-!
pany's franchise -\u25a0vyas awarded in spite
of; the. efforts of^the Pacific States Com
pany; to prevent "it, . Halsey, who Chad
paid -tho bribes 'for the latter- company,
was filled /with" wrath. He had^beeh
made; thejyictim of. his. trust ins,thieves7
and ; he was not willing to lose the ; |so-*
000 .he had paid over without an effort!
Several.^ Supervisors included f -i in * their
test imony; the ; statement tUatj Halsey
approached -them^and^dem.anded the -ref
turn of i'the; $5000' they' had"' received,
but all * he ; got .for* his . pains -was v a
: kno wing ;,wink^and- a, curt j response.' ii
\ " In 'telling- of deaiing;,the
Supervisors',who;had .taken^bfibes from'
both"-; side's: attempted- to : justify*- their
action-; in- so doing- by ; a peculiar. Vper
1 version, of : moral argument. . They de
| clared •.'that ; Jialsey ;?had k not '; Vtreated
j them , "square," ;.'and -that ) consequently.
j thsy could .not- feel -themselves "bound.
i Halsey,. they ._ declared.^. had originally
I agreed; to ; pay \u25a0 them • $7500 . each, : but ;re'^
fvispfl to} deliver the; final Ts;>soo .install
ment" oil "; the ; after. - the>vh'ad.
secured; the \u25a0 $5000 frolis... Also, '] Halsey
toldiractf ; of -?;thern^in: turni-*that^ f tliW
others ; had - already .been \u25a0 •'fixed, I .' ' 'and
that;tlio particular vote sought wasjthe
o'ne'needcd to decide the question of .the
iErarii- > "h» < »(\
'" \u25a0\u25a0When "rtbe^Supervisors ' '; learned ';. that
this \u25a0 appeal; to) their ;.yari|ty"«waV. untrue
and ! furthermore \u25a0} th*at the. $2 500 still'
due >,woulid^ not* be forthcoming r on de
mand,; their., sense .. of waa«in
jurod: Tiioy ronsidrrod it-a'broach'of
*cwitm^w|the^Part r.of, Halse^^hich
*alh>wing' coinpunction^^oJcog'aSglim^
4. Jerry Driscoll,' Wanted as : a, witness against Schmitz, has left home
and gone into hiding in Mexico,
s>' Supervisor Phillips confesses that Ruef ordered him to ia\e bribe
from both sides' in connection with telephone deal.
6. Detwiler has riot yet been located, and Chief of Police of Toledo
can find no trace oj him.
Men Higher Up
Are Slated Next
For Indictment
Big Game May Be Land
ed in Sfeetßailway^
7, andvliight Briber^
Out' of coming week's in
yestigation^by ; tlie -Grand ' Jury
into \u25a0 corru ptidiij \u25a0\u25a0 wli ich
starts at 1 :30 "o'clock today, is ex
pected to- come disclosures Avhich
will mak'e'the corruption already,
laid bare seem com parati v'ely
trivial, according to the anticipa
tion of the prosecution
against Ruef ism and . its attendant
efraft; There a few
threads of the evidence against
the :i cbrruptionists of ; the Pacific.
States and Home Telephone com
panies to be gathered on the skein
j by jHeney; and then the wayi will
be- clear for. tlie probing anto: the
i San 'Francisco; Gas . and Electric
Company graftJarid-the,bribery/of
the United Railroads. It is in
those.-; cases * that -the greatest
slaughter.' of ; proud . -reputations
willVbe rnacie.;:
;>When: the' details^of ; the" opera
tion s : of • th e gas Vcom pany an d) the
street railway combine are prorne^
haded to the \tune of 'multiplied
indictnientS:thereAviirbeajgreater :
drawing, of -recruits -for the . lock*-'
stepfrqm^club and ballroom than
in .any of the other cases: ;"
;'•'Already ; Special' Agent- Burns]
is \n i possession , of .testimony * and
'(EyidenceVampk/to^conyictVman}',
citizens^ of position, <but it^is the
intention -of ; thc -prosecution? to. go
intbitheimattcrsltlibrouglily; feel
ing;eacii instep ; and^yatcliing^f on
new ends. With* the:,c6nfessibns
of the'members : 'of / the-'*Board> of
:\u25a0 • '•' • ~- -^ - - \u25a0-; .;--v-i-: • .r;. r ;
Supervisors.ifrom Boxton through
,-\u25a0?*>:} ™&BK&i&&$£? : "- >"";\u25a0'" = '; ; , y \u25a0 '- ' . i :
to Sanderson . it ; was : nlaiii. that
\u25a0diere'wouid^ be n6?lack of evidence
ConttniTed CTpijeTanMlddlerColaiiiaj X'
£ n "^V^^e^'J^Sf^if^lk a .marvelous
little }i/ariare. An
armvWfiicerMescnbes-«ft ac it has not
/7 s * *?/ tj -
t Dcen^dcscribed before, in//
\u25a0N<r^GHhef^jictay Call
Mayor and Boss Partners
in All Bribes Paid.
But Shifty Ruef Did Not Act
Always ''on the Square" ,
That a definite understanding as to the division of all
spoils extorted from ttie hundred and one sources they
knew as well how to bleed existed between Schmitz and
Ruef has been positively established by the testimony
given before the Grand Jury. Whether this unincorpor
ated" partnership of graft owed its being to any written
contract between the despoilers is a matter that has not
been determined. It is known, however, beyond any pos
sibility of a doubt, that there was an agreement made
binding by solemn pledges— -an agreement which provided
that Schmitz, when he filched a dollar from the pocket of
a saloon-keeper or a gambler, should at once deliver fifty
cents to Ruef, and thai/Ruef, when he received a thousand
dollar check from; some wealthy corporation official,
should promptly^ hand $500 ovex.to his, puppet Mayor.
SCHMITZ SHARED HELLO FEE
When the > -surprising fact was made known to the
\u25a0Cfran'd Jury Saturday by -Attorney E. S. PiUsbury that
Riief had been on *the payroll of the Pacific States Tele
phone Company for two years prior to the giving of the
franchise bribe steps were taken to find out if the binding
agreement cbetween^Euef^andvSclimitz had extended to
thisVtransaction as well as to the others. The investiga
tion was fruitful* and it is positively known that Ruef
pocketed but $600 of the monthly fee. The other $600 •
went to Schmitz. ,
The partnership of the corruptionis,ts extended to
every phase of graft, big or.little. Whether it was a rich
public ownership corporation that contributed to the fat
tened purses of the areh-graftei'S or whether it was a sa
loon/ a theater, a resort or. some contractor that was to be
bled, the result .was the same^— if Ruef was the recipient
lie; divided Equally with Schmitz; if Schmitz personally
received the money he put half aside for the insatiable
THIEVES STEAL FROM EACH OTHER
But as they stole from the public, so these thieves
stole I from each other. Neither Ruef nor Schmitz played
" f air \ J when • thereCwas a chance to ; { hold out on the other
withpuVtbo great'a chance of discovery. Sereral instances
in^which the^part^of the hypocrite was acted by one or the
otlier ; have already been dhnilged . in the course of the
XSraiicl -Jury^y investigation^ These failures to abid.e by
ffieir: agreement, always led to friction, to ihcriminations
and toithreats between them, and on several occasions led
dangerously; near, to the^ destruction of the bulwark ; of
safety^they had^built. \ But, while each was. jealous of the
other, each^ also^ was afraid, /recognizing that the othei:
'held a -dangerous power^ .Soothe storms blew over and the
\u25a0paitnersnip; ? continued.
RUEF CHEATED;OFTENER
That Knef did not" play fair as often as Schmitz is
eyidenced by the fact that while the division between
.themVwas supposedito be eqiialy the^ Mayor's share ? so far
as"- the prosecution has been able to ascertain, was "much
less than that; of-'Euef.;. Already $100,000 in i'cash deposited
bjjiEjief Uii local; banks has been traced, ,while Schmitz *s'
known^revenvie ffonif graft is approximately $750,000. :
Ruef Refuses to Deny; Receipt of
ree rrom lielephone Company
Easter Sunday in Grafter's Prison
Ruef > speiiuv a c(iuet Eastcr-yestertlay .in.', his expen
sively furnished iFillmore-street ';prifeon. There were no
nery- spring- garments for this newly discovered million
aire, no)pr6nicnade on Van Ness avenue in the morning or
teethe parkin 'tl^-aftei^on, not even* a decorated E
efis^n^hislireakfast^table^toirelnind him that spring was
COXTIXOED ; ON" ; TAGE " 2, > MIDDLE COLU.U.V J.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.