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The beauty of a California girl will now make her famous. Guess who she is. If you can't, you will find the answer — win ner of the beauty contest— in The Sunday Call VOLUME CL— NO. 155. Strike Cripples the Telephone Service YARDARM IS TO AVENGE MURDER Honduran Chief of Police in Irons on Paducah f American Negro May Die From Assault ? Brutal Officials Are i Seized by Blue Jackets ;• Fullam to Hang Them^ ! if Victim Succumbs 7 . i i r PUERTO CORTEZ, i Honduras, £pril 29, via- Mo- S bile,' Ala.., May 3.-— The chief : of police and several police < men of this place are in irons ; aboard the American gun i boat Paducah awaiting trial ! by court martial on a charge •of murderous assault. If \ found guilty they- will be { hanged from the yardarm of • the war vesseL The prison • ers were arrested on orders 'issued by Commander Ful ; lam of the Marietta for hav | ing attacked a Louisiana ne ! gro named General Davis ? here on April 27: The vie ( tim was probably fatally irir ' jured. : A number of Nicaraguan i officers and men also were < arrested in connection with j the affair. These were de livered into the custody iof .General Estrada, who was advised by Commander Ful lam that he would be held accountable for their safe Davis, who is an inspector for the ', Thacker Brothers' steamship line, was talking with some negro companions today when, he was threatened with a machete by^Pa drunken soldier. Davis wrested the weapon away from the man and went .i into a house near by.; Soon a squad of I police and soldiers arrived and arrested • him. I "While .being dragged to the prison • Davis was beaten into Insensibility. ; Thinking that he was dying, the po • licemen and their companions took him , back to the place of. his arrest and •* threw him down on. the ground, refus "j Ing to allow his companions to remove j him into the shade. Physicians arrived i and found him probably fatally hurt. "4 Within .ten minutes the bluejackets • of the Marietta, under Ensign Rofa ! sach, jwere on the spoV Commander ' Fullam's orders, were sharp and de i 1i 1 cisive: ' | "Arrest the chief of poTice." her said, • "and the policemen engaged- in the as f sault: put them in irons and send them • aboard ship. Arrest the < Nicaraguan } officers and men engaged in. the assault ' and hold them for orders." - It was thought possible that,an-at . tempt would be made to feleaseUhe \ soldiers and. police captured :\ by the , bluejackets ' and additional men were 1 landed from the Paducah and the; Ma- Irictta. The 'Pad ucah moved to a posi tion fronting . the Nicaraguan prison, Continued on Pace 3, Column 1 The San Francisco Call INDEX OF THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL'S NEWS TODAY TELEPHOXE TEMPORARY 86 SATURDAY, MAY 4. 1907. AVEATUER COJVDITIOXS I'ESTEIf&Ar— Clear; . maximum temperature, US: minimum, 50. ' - FORECAST FOH TODAY— Cloudy, nnsettled woatber. - Paffe 7 EDITORIAL \< Let there be a secret rote by the carmen. Let us hare peace. :. Page 8 Some tagenioas casuistry. j Pa*e' 8 Edward H. Harriman Is changing his skin. P. 8 STRIKE SITUATION Week of conference between the carmen's union and the United Railroads ends without result and the mass meeting of the union in to be held tonight to decide the question of the threatened Btrlke. Page 1 Sympathetic strike may be declared to aid telephone girls in struggle for recognition of their union. City service crippled, and strike may extend along coast line*. \u25a0 Page 1 Iron trades council refuses to arbitrate with ' their employers and strike takes a more serious turn. , p»{- e 2 GRAFT SCAVDAL' - Heney and Burns plan indictment of Unlte-J Railroads ofSrisls who yesterday declined ; to be sworn by grand jury, i . Page 1 Grand Jury examines Los Angeles telephone officials in effort to trace bribe money. Page 4 CITY Alleged would be kidnapers ask Judge Shortall to transfer case to another court. Page 16 Representatives of real estate exchange ap pear before, supervisors on behalf of Spring Valley water company. '.' ** '\u25a0 Page 16 SlmpJe funeral services are held OTer Judge nosmer's body at Trinity church. | . Page lft Spring Valley water company- declares its willingness to. come to terms for purchase tt Its. plant by the city. - Page 16 j Owners of . Qretrap theaters may attempt" to close all frame buildings erected within- the. flre limits... , •'"' Page;l6 Syndicate of New. York and .local millionaires to ask eupervlsors for franchise for new.'street car ;syßtem. '-\u25a0". ' '".'': * " ', ' ' Page \u25a0Id sxißunßAjr/ . ' .'., -V ;: -\-^ . .Lives ' of - sleeping - family * are ' endangered \u25a0* by Incendiary " who ' flo>s dwelling.'. " ; ;' ; ; - ' '. Page .. 7 . Onklncd councilman proposes jto bond city' Cor improvement of the? harbor. 1 \u25a0 .\u25a0,;,', Pag c ,6 Founder** day obserred at. Mill* college '.with morning, and afternoon exercises. • •". Page 7 John TV. . Mott. In response' to ugly, charges, . declares that Councilman Altken of Oakland 1* "an unmitigated ;Har." -Page 6 Three young couples of . Berkeley. are secretly married at San Rafael. . - Paga 6 Winiam E. West,- alleged actor, arrested for brutally beating and 'kicking wife and boy.; P. 7 Miss Gladys Bombard, a beautiful girl, whose wedding day 'was set for June, shoots herself at Saa Rafael and ' her ?i life* Is : hanging \u25a0'- In the Tonopah bar tender is killed by his wife while preparing to Jeare her. \u25a0 Page 5 Willows authorities believe -man killed, by peace officers was Ed Curtis, a fugitive: mnr derer from San Bernardino. Ptga 5 DOMESTIC Trade conditions of country are good, though cold weather is Etlll having a retarding effect. Page! 11 Major f General "John F. West will succeed Gen eral W<i3d in command of the Philippine division. Pare 3 Senator Borah of Idaho scores former Fed eral Judce* 'James Bcatty as a dishonorable Jurist. PageS President Roosevelt will issue statement that be will not accept nomination for a .third term. Pag* 8 FOUEIGX ' Chief of " police and several policemen |of Puerto Cor tor, Honduras, are in irons on board United States gunboat Pad ucah for assault* on American negro and, Commander' Fullam will hang them from yard arm If the victim dies. P.I Tacoma's officers Investigate trouble ' between Bailers and police at | Santiago. - \u25a0 Pags 5 Great loss of life and destruction of property, are caused by explosion of magazine In Canton, China. * - « . ' -\u25a0 \u25a0 • Page 8 SPOUTS | Seals lore another time to the Beavers, score 3 to 0; Los , Angeles defeats the '; Commuters, \u25a0 score 1 toO. . .' 'Page 10 Matinee races will . be held today oa the track at Pleasanton. Page jlO Automobile dealers* association arranges for an endurance * run to : La^ Honda. -" . : Page 5 - Kid Sullivan knocks out Young Corbett in the eleventh roand. ~* . :\u25a0 Ta^o :10 MAUI.VE ' Tramp steamer HyndfortJ breaks . down , after cotnlag through pt raits of Magellan and : drifts back to ' the Atlantic ' through I maze of , reefs' without suffering further harm. Pajre 7 MIXIXG;' '';•-.'-;. ..'" --' \u25a0\u25a0"..'-'.' , Lack of : telephone . service prevents transmis sion of . buying . orders and mining stock. market Is affected. - * j Page'lS LABOR . Striking [ longshoremen ' of .. Eureka appeal }' for aid to building trades council. - Page 9 -Place: Your I Want Ads FOR THE THIS MORNING . Send theni to Main Office or .through!* Branch Offices—' or telephone; them. :siS^|RiAMISCO, SATURDAY, MAY 4, 1907. Calhoiin arid rMmiallyiSllent I . JE^VIDENCE to, be. completed before the f grand? jury ' today: is 7 \u25a0~-^ i expected to result in -the -indictment of 'F^atric^lGclhoun and Thornwell Mullally ;in^~corihecti6n [ with :the : overhead i trolley j franchise of the United Railroads that Was secured : through M'ibes f paid to [.Ruef and the [board of supervisor s* Neither Calhoun no^ consent to be sworn or testify when summoned- beforeHhe: jury] yes terday, asserting the constitutional right of. refusing toaid'ih .iheir, own prosecution. '" «-'.'\u25a0 /' \u25a0"'\u25a0' : -' : ~" '\u25a0\u25a0'' \u25a0'• • ""\u25a0 :'^/'-;' :: - :.'\u25a0'\u25a0\u25a0"\u25a0 Proseeiitipn Opens Fire on If Calhoun and MullalSy United Railroads Officials' SumiriG)ned ; But^Refuse to -Bei^OTi^tijSiS^^ Patrick Calhoun and Thornwell Mullally; are to; t>e in dicted in connection with the overhead trolley^ franchise of the United Railroads .-. if plans: of j;Heney'ah^jfßufns'are realized on the outcome of testimtny to be completed be fore the grand jury today. Heney and Burns have amassed evidence^which: leads them to believe; that both Calhoun and ;Mullallylwere;cog nizant of the bribes paid to Ruef arid the'board of super visors to secure the franchise; for 'the United Railroads. - Confident of the conclusive nature, of this evidence the graft prosecutors sprang ;a surprise 'yesterday by 'Calhoun and^Mullalli" before: the grand -jury. 'Both '"received subnerias while tHey'^vereVatv luncheon at ;2)o'clock'm.UheJJafternoori|^^3repaired^ shdrtjy ;.: afterward 11 * to "Native Sons'- .~HallVih^a}v;automdbile7K*Gaihou"n' was'the first witness. callecl ; .toHhc stand.- '.<~\l •\u25a0 ' : . :*" ; : : ' \u25a0''[ "\u25a0;]; -The interrogation of ; Galhquri > *by.' t He*ney arid' his replies were substantially- as ; :follows: . \u25a0\u25a0'\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0'. \u25a0.':?' . ' ' ; ; "Q. Mr. Calhoun,<you are a lawyer*? and therefore it will not' be .necessary for me to inform you as: to your rights inthls proceeding.. The purpose of this investigation is to inquire into;allega tions that have been made that supervisors were bribed by the United Railroads In the. matter of the granting of certain franchises to thaticompany for the : use of th^o overhead trolley sys tem. This investigation,'therefore,,af fects the officers "of the; United ( Rail-, roads." . \u25a0 ' V : "A. I understand all that, "Mr. Heney, and Ibeing a subject of investigation I simply rest on "my constitutional; rights and decline to be sworn, (turning to the i grand Jury):' Mr.'. Foreman and gentle men of the grand jury,; you" will \u25a0 un derstand that this means no disrespect to, you gentlemen, cither ;as individuals ior In' your official capacity; but ; for months past it has J been announced almost daily from sources more or .l ess directly connected'; with )this ;prosecu-' tlon that officers of the United Rail roads/would be indicted" on all kinds of charges. I' simply rest the case- of | myself, as president of the United, Rai- i roads, upon the law and decline to ! . be sworn." . \u25a0 . j Calhoun was then excused andMul lally- was called 1 , and' put; through the same " process. Mullally's ; language t- Is lore Water to^Be Added to; United . RoidSfStoefc 1/ • VneW.; YORK,' May ./s.^Thef United Railroads of ' San; Francisco has decided to 1 - water its, stock. ., .The annualvmeet ingfof.'dlrec'tors of ; the United' RaUroa'ds investment company, was, held^ at .-Jersey, City] today. .} .The; following ; ' authorized statement waslmade'jtolThe Call's •cor respondent: '":... .-;..• .^^-;.;V '\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0•"''\u25a0\u25a0 '""'\u25a0 . ; .''ln cohriection'.witn plans, intended to provide .-t he*. United , Railroads :; of ; San Francisco wfthTmoneys that be re quired by itj iii" the.f uture'f or 'construe^ tion and '^improvements, .authority, has been.giyen" by "the"" directors "of -the 1 in vestment?- company,'- to>vote'lthe.rstrfck holdingsiof .;this^compahy v in jthe'; United Railroads j'of ; Sari 'Francisco - \ri; favor *of a proposal toj increase the !capital -'stock* of/that ' company/by .J the 'cfeatfori } of an issue, of •; : $5^000,000 j ; of .first V' preferred stock, . the; Bame » to ibear; iriteres.ljYat < the rate \ of ,', not ness',; than v'^.vper^centXp'er annum'andJ to ; be I cumulative. i •-"' jj >"Of.lthis ; issue of : first "preferred stock $i;sOO,o6o* ; isYpr ese'ntly ; issuable, . and 'our directors; have authorized a" subscrip tion; thereto, by -our company 'at; par if or cash. \u25a0 .\u25a0\u25a0.... \u25a0 . \u0084\u25a0 . ' ...... ... v, "The new., stock issue; applies ;only to i theTsubsidiaryl company/arid • notUo the j holdih^rorjiinveistmenJLicompany.^whlch I also .embraces streetcar ! understood : to iiave been" so" nearly, iden tical -Jwith' that of -his chief as to mdi T cate- a careful preparation, -.if not re hearsal, 4 for. the ordeal. , Charles [Holbrook, a director of th'^ United Railroads, was the next, witness. He ii wa3 sworn. "• He was asked if/ he \u25a0 had knowledße "of the- fact that pra ; vious to' the fire -very" large' sums hfirl been. expended by the United. Railroads | for; trolley :'* poles! .The drift '..'of thia branch of the Inquiry is, understood to | have been-in tho direction of- showing I that . the r United Railroads knew long t before - the': .trolley . franchise was granted or even talked of among "th<2 I supervisors that it was coming and that? it^equlp'ped^ itself accordingly.. • [. Holbrook replied that as far ? as he I knew , there :' had • been no unusual ex penditurei for poles -before ; the flre. lie] said, .however, that the company had been - engaged , for \ some time prior 4V4 V zo Continued on Page 4, Column 1 THE CALL HAS REQUESTED \u25a0\u25a0' THF fHRONin F TO IOIN IN A PUBLIC EXAMINATION OF \u25a0 / ; ; THE^^ULATIONS OF BOTH' ' UNION MEN TO VOTE ON STRIKE DURING NIGHT Week of Conference Fails to Change United Railroads Controversy OUTLOOKiNOT BRIGHT Men Who Talked Peace Now Believe a Is Inevitable v, NO MORE OVERTURES Platform Men Say y That Calhoun Must Make Next Advances : '%l^\ Tonight tHe. carmen's union will meet at the Central \u25a0theater to ';. vote on the question of -'.the threatened > strike' 'A; week of conferences \ and .publisfied_ state ments has left both parties vwhere they : were ; at the;begihhuig.\' The ; carmen (are standing; by ' their^de- j nianid rf oV the $3 ' arid ,•' e igh t v hour j wage and the ;United \< Railroads ! is still 'firm ; in ," its position ; that the rate established by ! the board of arbitration is the limit beyond which the company will not go.: ' The only ; difference in the out look/is fhat many of ..the* men who talked peace a week +ago are saying today that a strike Is inevitable.' , "{;'j The members of the union-, feel that Calhoun : . has not been .willing to meet them when they came to himproposlng compromise.; Calhoun, on ! the other hand/ claims that compromise Is ; Im possible V. where the .company has reached-its limit and that the wages cannot be raised at, each bargaining period. ' I- ' -.• ••: ;"-.' "\u25a0' :' >.' 'V \u25a0 /"It Calhoun wants-^another'.confer ence, v let. hlm'/ask -for . It -and 'We -are readyito confer agaln,"'is, the statement made Vby/,Corn«Huß.j:. f Against-* this ?Mui-' !lally': said ..last . night ."t hat there \ was Continued on Page , 2, Column 3 \u25a0\ ]|t is' 1 supposed that most women wear: : f corsets; but it is known' that many women = J know how to .wear them. An illus- j {tratetl exposition of the right way in The Sunday ' Call Telephone-Strike Developments .I. Linemen offer to go out on sympathetic stride to aid the cause of '.";.'\u25a0 the operators; 2S- : Telephone, girls in other cities of the state express readiness to , co-operate) with local union. 3. \ Service of . the telephone company* badly xrippled during the 4. But forty girls remain at switchboard to do work of the 500 SYMPATHETIC WALKOUTS MAY AID GIRL OPERATIVES Assurances Received From South and Coast Lines Likely to Be Tied Up \ With the first day of the operators' strike the service of the Pacific States telephone and telegraph company was insuch a crippled condition that not more than one call in twenty received . attention. Forty girls attempted to do the work of 500, but they found it impossible. By night the service had practically come to a standstill. During the day no overtures toward a conference were made by either side. Evidences of sympathy for the young women increased during the day .and by evening .had assumed practical form in the offer of the linemen to go out on h sympathetic strike and the proposal of the operators in isevera^-otlier- cities in the state -to walk out if necessary. \u25a0inVadditipn^ consicleratioh: to'a proposal to institute a rigid boycott of ;the ; , THe public suffered the inconvenience of the crippled system^with a great deal of patience. In some quarters the tielip assumed seriou% aspect. The railroad companies \u25a0were unable to handle their 1 service with the usual prompt-: riessj the emergency hospitals found it necessary to dhr pateh A mounted, policemen- throughout * * the city. to act as messengers, physt -. \u25a0 - * - .-*.-*\u25a0--.' - clans", were 'unable to meet their calls and business • generally was seriously affected. - Stocks fell 5 eafly^ In the day when'the difficulty of transacting busi ness -became, apparent. Notwithstand ing all this expressions of sympathy were general for the striking girls. ,\u25a0' Both sides stood firm. during, the day. Statements were issued/ from" head quarters and, the young women showed that they.'- were - able 'presents their side with" the logic and force of trained diplomats. \u25a0 . Sound ; argument displaced the .usual feminine "because." Before they- enter • into ; negotiation with the company the 'gfrrl3;demand~ recognition of "theirlunion. 1- This;granted,Tthey wil] PRICE FIVE CENTS. be willing to go Into conference ;With the representatives of the corporation on the question of wages and conditions of work. President Henry T. Scott, of the telephone company, who has as sumed control of the. situation for the corporation, said that the company would endeavor to meet the situation as it found it. -He has no offer of any sort to submit as matters stand. - EVIDE>CES OF TROUBLE; Some evidences of trouble appeared yesterday, : but the day passed with only' one; arrest in connection with the strike.. Max Kahn, a brother of gressman Julius Kahn, was arrested whlle^ speeding the. streets . In an automobile to gather up girls for