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Tfte Sunday Call ,
VOLUME CL— NO. 123.
SUPERVISORS RENOUNCE RUEF AS MASTER, BEHEAD KEANE
HATTON'S DEALINGS WITH HOME COMPANY INVESTIGATED.
SOUTHERN PACIFIC
EMPLOYES EXPECT
ORDER TO STRIKE
Unions at Sacramento Are
Preparing for Long-
Siege
MERCHANTS WARNED
Passed the Tip to Secure
Goods Before Roads ;
Are Tied Up \u25a0
DEMANDS REDUCED
Employes ?pf the Western
Railways Will Accept ..
-Niiie-Hoiu: Day
SPECIAL MSrATCH TO TIIE CALL.
SACRAMENTO, Aprtf 1 y— The
local <li\isipn of&cials of the Southern
Pacific Railroad Company are no
longer able to conceal . their agitation
byer the impending strike of the cm-,
ployes of the operating department, and
The Call correspondent has it on un
deniable authority, that, an to I
sirike is expected at^ an^w tirae • f rom J
the East. A well knoy^'n citizen of this
cit\- said today that country merchants
; in t»iis *="«uion -of ifte State who receive
th*lr supplies t f rom Sacraiticnto have
all been quietly passod the tip to stock
.'.up oni all of their goods .which' can be
rushed to \u25a0 the-m at onre.-v. . : ' \u25a0 ; \u25a0 . ' \u25a0
: .. Th*» jlocial unions are. on .tiptoe ex-
p^cting- an order to go but at any time..
' As 'far as Sacramento is concerned:
the situation is critical, for the. wages
: paid out to employes of the railroad
Jines amount to 11.000.000 annually and
:go far .toward ; sOstainihg t^he life of
this city. It is known that .the local
: unions arc very, strong financially,, and
; it is >aid that since the-sreat railroad j
strike of 1594 the unions have b«ien
pi'inf? up funds for future^emergencies:.
\, CHICAGO. April I— Th« ra.i|way em
ipioyis.ln the train service of the TV'est
«rn railroads .have reduced their de.
' rnands to a nine-hour •.vbr«vinj? day, and
the. Government officials who carrie to
Chicago last week; to. bring about a
peaceful adjugtraent of the threatened
strike are working hard to overcome
that obstacle. Commissioners Knapp !
and >*eiU held an almost continual ses-.|
.fion today with the managers *nd the
'representatives of the trainmen. : :
.The men today signified their will*
Snsness to accept the wase increase
made by the railroads if the managers j
would grant the demand for the nine]
hours workday. . ; '['r'j: ' , : ;\u25a0_\u25a0".; . /\u25a0'\u25a0"- ' j
.It -v - a» learned tonight that the nine- j
hour demand of the ifiremen was \u25a0 what
was preventing 7* : settlement- of
tbe.. labor . difficulties thft Wc^st- :
.em roads are experiencing. \u25a0'\u25a0':.\u25a0 ] \u25a0 \u25a0'\u25a0'.
THAW COMMISSION WILL
MAKE REPORT THURSDAY
Lunacy Investigation, to Be
Continued at Meeting
; : . Today \
NEW. YORK. April I.— lt is probable
that the Thaw lunacy commission will
report Thursday morning.". The .case
was adjourned, last week until this
morning and when the Jury was called
before the court today. Justice Fitz
gerald adjourned, the trial again until
Thursday -morning. •'\u25a0/ - •.
itie lunacy commission trill meet to-"
morrow and ii' .Is -expected, that it will
be ready to report Thursday.
In. the. commission flnds that
Thaw is today insane within the mean-
Ing of: the law, the triaj will.be stoppeu*.
buf If it finds. that htM» capable of go
ing on. the .tilal will be returned at
once. It .is doubtfutif the defense will
call .any' other witnesses. So soon as
the. defense Tests the summing up win
begin ;ana\Tunder the* agreement made
between . .the attorneys, : will .• last for
two days.' ' \u25a0': \u25a0' •
"When Mrs. -Evelyn Thaw made her
.daily visit to. her husband in the Tombs
todajr *B.he* was met by a process server,
who handed her a subpena directing
her to° appear before the- lunacy com
misEion tomorrow. Mrs. Thavr was toid
that her presence /was merely a matter
of routine. - . ; •
The San Francisco Call.
INDEX OF THE
SAN FRANCISCO CALL'S
NEWS TODAY
TELEPHONE TEMPORARY 86
TUESDAY. APRIL 2, 1907
WEATHER COXDITIOXS -
'.. VESTERDAT-^-ClPar; mailmum temperature,
SS: minimum -temperature, 50.
FORECAST vop. TODAY— Cloudy, "unspttled
weatbfi-. -possibly 6bowcrg. Page 9
.EDITORIAL :
Close tie Daris 'deathtrap. . Page 6 |
A birdteye view of the . grafters. .Page 6
An unexpected discovery. Page 6
CRAFT SCANDAL
• Edwin f. Earl, newspaper owner and hanker
i of Los- Angeles, testifies before Grand Jury con
icerning. Rome telephone financiers. Pa*© 1 j
Grand Jury Inquires Into George Hat ton's con- t
nation with the Home TVlepßone Company. P. 1 {
Supervisors snnounce through Gallagher that \u25a0
they hare cut loose from Ruef and prOTe fact!
by dismissing George Keane from chief clerk- I
eI »P- . V . p M « 1
Ruef s name Is declared to bare been on the
payroll of tbe UnJted Railroads as well as
\u25a0 other, corporations.. \u25a0?:•.' - *\.' Face 2
Trialof Ruef on charge of extortion to go
ahead today. ' '. ' • ,',-_ '•' Page 2
Ruef petitions the State Supreme Court to be
transferred from the custody of Elisor Bicev to
toe. care of Sheriff O'Nefl. Page t
Police Commission will probably be dead,
locked today In cafe cases, thus removing "the
lid." •\u0084 : . . _ . . . page 14
. General. Mai'Arthur la relegated to Milwaukee
by Secretary T»Tt. . Pago 14
: : Tflephone. glrU determined to strike unless
company increases pay. and two leaders ef
movement are . discharged. •< ° . " Pare 6
Walkout of blacksmiths and helpers from two
iron works may precipitate strike Involving en
tire Iron -industry .of cltjr. - Page 14
j \u25a0:;. Gee.. ting, deported Chinese, and American
fcrlde. to sail for Cblna today. . „ .Page 14
. ."-The."- Board 'of Education wants $1. 710.3(U
from; the city for Rchools.for next year. $100,000
being for a raise In the salary of teachers. • P. 4
• Fourteen, laundries refpee to accede to de-
I mands of \u25a0 workers and more than" 1000 go on
I strike, seriously Interfering with business. P. 14
L : ; .Sou'sa's opera. "The Free Lance," Is presented
at the Van- Ness -The'a*er. . * 'Page 5
: . • Supervisor ' Boxtoh cj-ltli-Izes B«ard of \u25a0 Works
for. . being - slow in. repairing streets. Page 4
StBUBBAN j."-; '.;t-«^.-:jt' i i .' \u25a0
."• Mayor Mott In; Ms second inaugural me^pape
to Qakland City Council outlines wide raage of
projected public lmprOT'ements. ; T*.f« 4
; Persistence of landlord- in disregarding ten
ants' lease causes *' salt for damages. Page 4
COAST \u25a0\u25a0-\u25a0":•" \u25a0 . .. '
Siouthern . Pacific : employes . «t ' Sacramento ex
pect, to receive order, to strike and unions pre
pare for a long siege. •'• V;».'. . Page 1
Anarchists complicate mlrte situation at Gold
field by booting arid cursing the- flag and con-"
stitution-: • .•• - \u25a0'\u25a0' ' ' Fage'2
\u25a0 Chicago. Milwaukee; and St. Paul Railroad
Company begins work upon Tacoma terminals to
cost. $3,000.0001 :"->\u25a0\u25a0 . ' Pa*e 9
DOMESTIC .- '.\u25a0\u25a0•\u25a0\u25a0. .•
-Thaw. lunacy commission Is expected to report
Tonrsd*y. \u25a0 " . Page 1
President .Roosevelt. In letter congratulating
supporters of the shipping bill In Congress,
ebsracterJzps the defeat of' that measure aa a
\u25a0blotv .to tbe natlon.'s prosperity. '. Page 5
Mayoralty election in Chicago today will
settle streetcar question there. Page 6
. In letter to. Illinois manufacturers President
RposeVeit explains- why be .does 'not care to
6peak on railroads now. . Page 5
FOREIGN . ' • . •
Earthquake does great damage, to buildings in
Bltlis. Turkish Armenia, and" . homeless people
ere camped in snow, [ Taf« 2
\u25a0Sea. irises , flooding street* of Harana, and
. police rescue . endangered person*. • Page. 9
Bulgarian bandits make a daring attack on
a ' Sfrriin town..-- Page 9
SPORTS \u25a0 . * ; •."•;•;
Geo?ge.t\". S?pVar. former employe of K. E.
Smatbrrß. the /millionaire, borseman, testifies
that be acted as go-between in attempt to bribe
Lou Dillon'* trainer" to drug that zbare In order
that Smatbens* ' Major Delmar would • win
race. : -. : • • . ' Page 8
New California Jockey Club extends the Em
eryville meeting to June 22. . ' Page 8
. Three gray horses start In races at Emery
tille And' all win. : Page 8
"Dad" Moulton* puts twenty-six Stanford
atbletfs on training table diet Page 8
Supervisors will- Issue no more permits for
amateur boxing contests unless tbe* applications
are passed by tbe police committee. Page 8
LABOR
.Typographical Union No. 21 to begin publica
tion of a monthly magazine. Page 7
MARINE -
Cargo of the Japanese liner Hongkong Maru,
wbicb arrived yesterday from the Orient, in
cludes a large shipment of raw silk. Page 9
MIXING
Sao Francisco Mining exchange Is opened
with speeches and luncheon. j Page 7
Goidfield • mines may remain , closed unless
miners today repudiate Industrial Workers of the
World- by ttcir . totee. Pag« 7
SOCIAL
Wedding of Ml«s Emersion Owens and George
Ansoo this eTening. interests society." Paje 6
THE CALL'S
BRANCH OFFICES
Subscriptions and Advertise-
ments will be received in San
Francisco at following offices:
1651 PrLLMORE STREET
Open- until 10 o'clock every night
818 VAN ITKSS AVEVUB .
Parent's Stationery. Store. .
SI XTEEX VH AAD HARKET STS.
Jack eon's Branch.
633 HAIGHT STREET
Christian's Branch.
MM VALEACU STREET
Rothschild's Branch.
1631 CHURCH STREET
George,: Prewitt's \ Branch.'.*
8200 FILLSI ORE STREET
Woodward's Branch. . '
SAN PRAN CISCO, TUESDAY, APRIL '39Q7.
Summary of Graft News Developed by Yesterday's Proceedings
/ . George Keanc, close political friend of Ruef and Secretary of Board
of Supervisors , ousted l from position.
2. Grand Jury direcß fire in the Home Telephone case at George Hat
ton of political staff of Southern- Pacific. ,\ ;
3. Rucf's attorneys file a new appeal in the Supreme Court for a writ of
habeas >;<££• '
PRO3II.YENT ACTORS IN' YESTERDAY'S GRAFT PROCEEDINGS;
Earl Is Heard Regarding
Telephone Finances
The Grand Jury, concluded- yesterday.- its , investigation 'of - the i transfer
of Home Telephone. Com pany'V funds frbni T-Los^ Angeles -to San Francisco,
the principal of 'the day being Edwin T. Earl, -owner of the; Los'
Angeles" Express; and ;a : director ;'of "the Western Trust; Company of.'Los
Angeles, which .was . formed to market - the bond ] issue of; the H ome
phone Company. '
Dr. John R. iHaynes of Los Angeles,' a stockholder "of -the, samcVcom
pany, : \vho Ayas subpenaed as a witness and afterward 'notified] that! he need,
not come to San,; Francisco, did. not receive ".the telegram'' containing ; the
latter message in- time. i.Hc,^was closeted with .Liangdoh, ' Hcncy, •Burns/
Earl, and; James vB.; Kelly, \u25a0 anotlier/Los -Angeles •; witness _\u25a0 whose - testimony
was not needed,; for some^tirrie : yesterday: morning. . Earl and; Haynes/; with
forty-one other subscribers, composed the! list of stockholders of -.the -Western
Trust Company, of which- ].{S: Torrance;is '.'but neither Eari
nor \u25a0 Hayne's would J admit fan \u25a0 intimate \u25a0''^knowledge; of \ any ; of the affairs :of
the Home Telephone ', Company. ! Dr.; Haynes^ was 'told ; by ' Hency ; that|he
CON TINUED iONi ON ' TAGB ', 2,S COLUMN a
4. Los Angeles millionahe tells how money o) 'Home TelephoneCom
° pany u;<7s ra/sec/ and shipped to San Francisco.
5. /?we/ on //ze pat/ro// o/ other corporations besides that of the Pacific
States Telephone Company. ..
6. \u25a0 Incriminating notes of Abram K.Detwiler's stenographer fall into the
i hands of the prosecution. .
INQUIRY TURNS
UPON THE HANDY
MAN OF PERKINS
His Correspondence With
t< Phone Company to Be
V Looked Into .
ACTED AS ATTORNEY
Miss Cochrane, His Stenog
rapher, Is Before the
Inquisitors
KAHN ALSO RETAINED
Congressman Was" One oi
\u25a0t\. the Corporation's
,;.>]. ; :
The Grand Jury directed its fire
yesterday toward George Hatton, the
manager of Senator Perkins' political
bureau" and recently of the political
staff of the Southern Pacific. * Hatton
was attorney for the Home Telephone
Company when the corporation first
made its plans ta enter the San Fran-
Cisco field. , Two witnesscs^were called
to tell of Hatton's connection with
the Home company. They were ; Miss
Lucile Coch'rane, Hatton's : sten
ographer, and Hartley Peart, an at
torney in Hatton's office.
The evidence showed that Hatton
had been" engaged as attorney for the
Home Telephone Company as . far
back as 1904. Congressman Julius
Kahn was retained as attorney for the
company at about ? the same time.
Later Hatton , and Kahn withdrew,
and rumor had it that overtures had
been made^to Ruef to act for the cor
poration. . , •,
NOTE BOOKS WANTED
After leaving the Grand Jury room
Miss* Cochrane said that she had been
askedCto tell'. what r she v knew, of the
correspondence between- Hatton and
the officials of the \ Home Telephone
Company. She 7 was \ not -able to tell
rnuch^ she'said.'. It is^understood that
she will be, asked to produce her
: ," Contiaued : oa '\u25a0 PaKe 2.'. Column 1
. is new, but hunting lost gold
ledges in Xevada isn't new. Read the
interesting story, of how men have risked
their lives for years, in • . ; :. ...
The Sunday Call
Chief Clerk, Vassal of Boss,
Is Dismissed From Office
Club of Graft Prosecution
Works Startling Change
• The Board of Supervisors has for one year and three
months past acted politically and officially in accord with
Mr, Ruef, but it has been decided by a large majority of
the board to do so no longer. Mr. Keane, while a very
estimable and capable gentleman, has long been and is
still in political accoTd with Mr. Ruef, and as the board
has determined to cut loose from Mr. Ruef hereafter it
was deemed better to have some one in Keane's place who
was not so closely in political accord with Mr. Ruef as
Keane is, Keane informed a large majority of the board
that he proposed to continue to be in accord with Mir.
Ruef, and it : was thereupon decided to dispense with his
services.—Statement by Supervisor Gallagher.
The. "big stick ' ? has again been wielded. The official
head of George B. Keane, Abe Ruef's* closest and most
confidential political friend, has been cut off, and the fore
going statement, .made by Supervisor Gallagher at the
close of the meeting of the board yesterday afternoon, at
which the decapitation occurred, explains why the deed
.was 'done.- . .' \u25a0 ; '. *• :\u25a0 * . \u25a0"\u25a0 '
. Keane was first asked to resign as Clerk of the Board
of Supervisors because the Siiperyjsors, in their agonizing
excitement to! do what the graft prosecutors would have
them to. do, have at last thrown their -former master,
Ruef, over absolutely. When Keane refused to resign he'
was discharged bodily. His discharge is an additional
price paid by the Supervisors for the hoped-for immunity
from prosecution as a result of their confessions of brib
ery before the Grand Jury. . They are "being good" with
a vengeance. . .• . . . L
Keane Shows Fidelity to Master • ;\u25a0 ;
Keane 's removal Was not put through, without a
struggle, and only after more than two hours of. secret
caucusing on .the part of the discredited Supervisors.
Keane Was; called, into the anteroom and asked point
blank to. resign from the. position to which he was reap
point ed only two weeks ago after his return from attend
ance at the Legislature as State Senator.- The Supervis
ors thought that if Keane 'would resign it would save the
necessity of answering leading questions as to what had
forced his ; removal. . But Keane proved that he was loyal
at least to: his fallen chief; Abe Ruef.; : J /;"\u25a0:.;. •-,'
"I will not resign today, gentlemen, I would like to
have a week to consider the matter. -,' ; : : : «
• But Gallagher, who was spokesman for the board,,
would not give Keane the time he asked: When Gallagher
asked Keane if he intended to. continue in accord with
Ruef , Keane replied : •" '\u25a0\u25a0[ '.';-. .. ; ..
"I am for Ruef first, last ancl all the time."
As Keane refused to resign a resolution was quickly
typewritten declaring his position vacant and appointing '
John H. Ryan, former chief assistant clerki to the chief
clerkship. Thomas B. McGinriiss, assistant clerk, was
appointed chief assistant clerk. •" "\u25a0 ' •\u25a0•...; . '
New Supervisors Oppose Removal
Before the meeting was called to, order District At
torney Langdoir looked in to see if the Supervisors were
carrying out orders, but left before Keane ? s! removal was.
consummated. . .- ' • ; \
Keane 's summary removal ' was not accomplished
without some unpleasant references by Tyeitmoe and
O'Neil, the new members. of the board, to the abject atti
tude of their colleagues. Tveitmoe waited, action' post- :
poned^ohe week, saying: ;;• •': : . ; . . .": . = \u25a0
" : Only two weeks ago Mr. Keane Was appointed ClerkV
of this board by a unanimous vote. -He is eminently quali T
fied for. the position and all citizens who have any dealings
with this board will" bear me out in this statement. I
would like to know what has transpired in the last two or .
three weeks to cause the removal of a competent clerk
who was elected two weeks ago.' v •••" ,\
6/Neil^demanded an explanation, and Gallagher, who .'.
looked uncomfortable, said the finance committee deemed
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