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A number of clever artists have made drawings in color which depict The Fourth, tSlorious and Inglorious, as they 1 see it, which will appear in The Sunday Call VOLUME CIL— NO. 27. Eugene E. Schmitz, Convicted of Extortion, Will Be Sentenced Today Police Board May Get Rid of Dinan and Make Wilhelm Chief NATIONAL GUARD OFFICER TO BE HEAD OF FORCE Program Agreed On, but Time of Its Execution Is Uncertain LEAHY CAUSES DELAY Resignation Due to Request That He Break News to Dinan JURY FORCES ACTION Threatens Drastic Measures if Incompetent Chief Is Not Removed The resignation of Chief of Police Dinan raay be formally requested at the meetJßg of the board of police coTrrrissioners this afternoon. If the members should find themselves in a mood averse to such a drastic step ere of them may be appointed to ask Dinan to file an application for an ex tended leave of absence. In any event Schrr.itz* chief of police is to go, and Cclorel Thomas Wilhelm of Gov ernor Gillett's staff will be appointed acting head of the department. The plan to make the national guard or^cer the city's police chief is not a cew one. It developed yesterday that r!*!r 't?r>ss practically decided upon •: ; — weefcj ago. and it was withfu . fiay* of the time that the fact l>e er'-is knoTn to the police commission • n t the resignation of Commissioner I.'s^t was Sled and accepted. Lreafcv had been chosen by the com mlszion as the member to demand D5 nar.*s« application for an extendes leave, and the handing in of his own resignation followed. This was after it had been made known to the com mission that if it refused to act Di rian'B head would fall under the ax of the graft prosecution. D!nan has repeatedly made the as sertion that he would not resign from his position at the head of the police department and that only action by the police commission, based on formal charges against him, would serve to separate him from his high station. The chief has conSdently relied upon the personal loyalty of the men who \u25a0were appointed to the commission by his own friend. Schmitz. but these very men have turned against him and are pledged to secure his removal from of fice. SOXXTAC FORCES ACTIOX Three weeks ago Grand Juror Charles Sonntag, acting as agent for the prose cution, appeared at a secret executi\ - e session of the police commission ar.d demanded that action be taken at once against Dinar.. As an alternative he told the commissioners that charges would a-t once be filed against the chief and that he would not only be forced out of his place, but would be landed behind prison bars as welL An extended discussion was the re sult, and it was finally agreed by Sonntag and the members of the com mission that instead of throwing Dinan out of office the board would ask him to apply for an extended leave of ttb eence. It was also agreed at this meet ing that Colonel "Wllhelm would be appointed to the vacancy. President Leahy was selected as the one to break the newe to Dinan and de mand that he file his application at once. Instead of doing this Leahy re f-: gned. With the appointment of Joho I* Moore as commissioner to succeed Leahy the proceedings against Dinan came to a sudden halt. The commis sion found itself without a spokesman to go to Dinan and explain to him In the amiable manner desired Just why It was advisable that he make his request for an extended leave of absence. A successor to Leahy In the performance of this duty baa not yet been appointed. Is the meantime the prosecution has continued to insist that steps be taken to get Dinan out of th« way at -once and put Colonel Wllhelm In his place. The commission . is pledged. to act. and if the demand Is made will act today. If Dinan refuses to acquiesce In the program that has been mapped out for him his personal feelings will be ig nored and formal action will . be taken against Ma The only possibility of delay is due to the mayoralty situ ation. The advisability of . forcing . Di nan out at the present time before the sew mayor has been appointed has been seriously discussed by tbo prose cution, but no decision has as yet been CoeUssed on Page 3. Coloma X The San Francisco Call. INDEX OF THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL'S NEWS TODAY TELEPHOXE TEMPORARY 8« THURSDAY. JUNE 27. 1907 WBATHER CONDITIONS YESTERDAY — Clear; maxlmom tecperatnre, 65; Tnfalwn-'i | 48. FOKECAST FOB TODAY— Fair; f ng "la taorn lag aad at nlpht; Ufht t octi wiatU, chasglnf to brUk mestertr. . Pt«e 11 EDITORIAL '. 71a» to do something abort land frauds. P. 8 Some ethics of clothing and climate. Ptsre 8 It let* nothing jret *•***• P*ff« S A partnership of crime. . Vise 8 CRAFT Eogeae E. . Schmitz wCI be sentenced to ctate prlsoa bx Judge Dcnne this morning, followisg vhich the board of scperrlsors, noti fied officially of the racancy in the office of mayor, irfll proceed to carry out the graft prosecution's pitas for the selection of a a*«r mayor s-d a reorganization of all municipal departments. . Page 1 Special Prosecutor C. TV. Cobb presents stale's argument against motion to set aside Indictments ag&imst Loci? Glass and qcestlon will be Fotenltted today. Pag« 1 District Attorney Lanpdoa asks Auditor Horton to bold up Schmitz' Bal&ry. Page 6 STRIKE SITUATION Grand Jnry Indicts nine men for committing assaslts on strike breaking carmea. Page 2 Telegrs pliers cltim company shipped messages to Oaklasd by rail, but officials say they ere only slightly crippled. Page 2 CITY Police commission accedes to grand Jury's de mand that Chief Dlsan be remored and that Colonel Wilhela be appointed In bis place; action may be taken today. Page 1 Southern Pacific trill abandon Port Costa to order to straighten line and arold marshes !>• twetn Benicla and Saisun. Page 1 Commonwealth clcb holds banquet at whirb. Lincoln SteCens. Francis J. Heney and others deliver addresses. Page 9 Xew police district xrlll be established east of Presidio, west from Jones street and north cf Jaclcson. * Pmge 16 Dr. Felix Adler cf Colombia unlTersity ad dresses teachers' institute. Page 16 Boy Is CTrrcome.by fumes of gas, falls into steamer's tank and Is nearly drowned In oiL I Page 16 Wandering whale collides with loaded lighter o9 Point Diablo 'end nearly sinks launch. Page 9 Hundreds of psplls in - the graausar and pri-, ciarj schools weire diplomas.; of gradna- Promtnest Oakland clubman .is sued by wom&s who was struck by bis automobile.- ' Pa.g» 7 Pyrotechnieal \u25a0 display and uar&l ' parade on Lake Merrltt will be features of Oakland's cele bration of the fourth. - " , Page 7 Dr. McTaggart, an eminent \u25a0'- English phil osopher, declares before gathering of Berkelty professors bis belief that horses, dozs asd other animals cf a higher order hare cools and are Immortal. -; r.-sf. Page 1 Wife ef Oakland man declares in dlrorce com plaist that husband beat ber on their weddlc? night. Page 7 Alleged Russian coblem*n in Fruitrale is accused of trying to send sane woman to asylum. . . Page 7 COAST '; ' * \u25a0 . - Mrs. E'Q^e&ia Le Graffe elopes with Roy Pierce of Woodland while John Shyrock of . Anderson dreams of wedding os morrow. Page 1 DOMESTIC Foot witnesses introduced by the defense ia Boise trial to tell of threats of Orchard against* Steunenberg and to impeach his testimony prore to be of material aid. to •prosecution ooder the fire cf cross examination. Page 1 Yaie student killed and three others injured la wreck of auto which leaps from bridge to bed, of creek. Page 4 Secretary Klrwan and Delegate Mitchell pass the lie at raisers' conTention. Page 4 Secretary Straos says be will make cloee In vestigation of Japanese immigration during nls coming visit to Hawaiian Islands. Page 4 SPORTS Affected by the intense beat, many race bones contract sickness while bcisg shipped from EmeryTtEle to Seattle. / Page 10 \u25a0 Oakland and Los Angeles win Coast leagce baseball games, the former passing San Fran cisco in the percentage column. . Page 11 Two Tictorles orer St. Louis increase Chicago's lead In the National i league race. Fag* 11 Following raid upoa Sacsalito poolrooms by Maria cocsty's sheriff town officials release cap tured gambler* and place raiders ' coder arrest. Page 10 Cornell wins varsity eight oared race in Inter collegiate'regatta by narrow margin OTer Co honbla. Page 10 Richard Crofcer's Orby wins the Irish derby *.t Corragb. Page 10 Nelsoa-Britt CO round fight Is postponed until July 31. Par* 10 LABOR Iron molderv. electrical workers asd stationary firemen elect officers for easuing terra. | Page 9 MARINE Death • of . Geonce H. • Rice, well • known steam sbipfeaß. la Santa Barbara. Pag* 11 MINING While Combination \u25a0 Fraction shares drop • 40 pot&ts, the tcae of the aisles stock j market Masy society people of this city will" enjoy the fourth at Burllngame, , where a golf toarna mesl trill be beld oa that day. Pag* 8 Miss Rose Cue eo aad John L. de Benedettl are married at fn Matro. ! Pag* 7 THE GALL'S BRANCH OFFICES Subscriptions and Advertise- ments will be received in' San Francisco at folio wing offices: 1<551 FILL3IORB. STREET Open until \ 10 o'clock every -night" 81SLVAJT JfESS 'AVEXUE . Parent's Stationery ' Store. ; , SIXTEE>*TH AXD, afARKET STS. ' Jackson's Branch. 533 HAIGHT^ STREET Christian's ' Branch. ; v 874 VAXiBXCIA" STREET- . HalUday*s Stationery Store.' 3011 , IBTH Z ST." COR.: MISSION International Stationery Store, ?iisi "church street • George Pre witt's Branch.^^ SOO FILLMORE " STREET £\u25a0 "Woodward's* Branch.*.*^ SA^ miIRSDAY, JTJNE; 27, 1907: - Sketches ' in Judge Latelor's \ court. • fester Jcy ', during , the stale's argument : in ; opposition to • the motion \u25a0. to set - aside the'indict ments . against Loais Class. Uppet \u25a0• ro»,^/e/ Vlotrighl—-Atlorncss/P. Mj Delmas; A. 'A. Moore and T. C. Coogan. Loiter picture sheas Special Prosecutor IV. C. Cobb a^dreuhng' the[courl.~'and a pm SOUTHERN PACIFIC TO ABANDON PORT COSTA Will Change Main Route to Avoid the Marshes ; Near Suisun- , "With the arrival ; In San Francisco today of - Julius Kruttschnitt, director of maintenance and .way, . the* Southern Pacific company will begin preparations to straighten and Improve the main line from Oakland pier "to) Suisun. -:' Accord ing to the plans which became public yesterday the^' curves /on » the Alameda and Contra Costa shore* will be elimin ated and the transfer^ point at Port Costa abandoned. > Instead : docks will be constructed at Rodeo at' Pinole point and . from there* trains ' will -be ferried across to South Vail e jo > Instead ; of»Be^ nicia. In. order to avoid the -marshes and sinks between Benicla and Suisun the main line will* be changed to.; run from South Vallejo, to Flosden,': through American canyon _to ; Cordelliurwhef e', it will Join the Napa Junction ,and ; Suisun road, connecting . wlth^ the _main" line , to Sacramento and the east. . The contemplated -improvements are among- the most important under taken by the Southern > Paciflc in recent years." During the last i f ew f months 75 trains have been ' r unnin g daily over the i main line' between* Oakland^and* Suisun. -This is' th© main outlet to Sacramento and the - east and iis - the > most f travel ed ; lin e on . the Southern Pacific. ' - Vast fills will be made along the bay^ shore \u25a0\u25a0'-. to obviate the 'curves^ and millions of dollars *-will be spent In Improvements at Kodeo. V The 16 miles of road between Benicia and Suisun have been a. source of con stant worry- to .the! railroad >^officials. The line traverses **the< marshes j; and y during the winter months- the- roadbed is often -under water. It' was necessary lastt winter: to 7 deflect •\u25a0 teams down the San Joaquln valley* in' orderi to^ avoid the treacherous 1 line J through ( '-,; tho marshes. \. *At aj point < between" Cygn us and Teal • on IJhe^Benicia-Sulsun^ section of the road 4sj what is " asl the bottomless i pit. 'For i several t years ;thi company J has r^been -i dumping < : dirt J lnto^ Continued oa Pace 9,' Cobuna 3 LOSES BRIDE WHILE HE SLEEPS IN HER HOUSE First Suitor Dreams and Widow Eloper : Another SPECIAL DISPATCH TO THE CALI* . WOODLAND, June 26.- T -John Shyrock] of -Andersorv Shasta county, mourns the-loss-of a' promised bride this morn ing^and -'cannot be comforted. , ':." ; j Shyrock became engaged- to Mrs. Ea-', genla' Le t Graffe, now of . this-city. but. aj former president 'of \u25a0 Sacramento. ., She was , formerly -a ; Miss Wiseman. ; Shy rock \u25a0 made • occasional , trips ; ber e to see his promised ; wife ; and aj f ew^days ago came "down ; to' insist that : , tne^marrlagei take place at once. To this the woman I demurred, but /yesterday; i consented I that the : ceremony: should ;\u25a0 take place today! Wi th; that , he retl red 7 last " night' at ;3>«ace : Trith j the \u25a0.world, ; making use of. a room in her house. % .This;. .> morning v Shyrock that while ; he slept Mrs.l Le ; Graffe = met Roy Pierce and "arranged rto "fly* with him. A buggy was * procured \ and the couple were driven 'to j Davis. \u25a0"'\u25a0. This morning- they ; 'went , to;' Sacramento, where ' they- secured , a - license"', to "wecL He gave his age as 30 and she hers as 35.t Shyrock iwill J return to Ariderson.* WOMAN MISTAKES >OIL f FOR COiFFEE^AND^ DIES Puts -\u25a0 Can \ of \ Gasoline on : Stove -_ and ; * Is Enveloped \in j Flames^ Fol lowing: Explosion . ;\u25a0;\u25a0• LOS JLNGELiES,*June.26.-^-Mrs.liOulse Rohan, wife of F.* G^ Rohan, and mother of four", children, "was j burned i, to.; death by an explosion of gasoline at her home' at? 825 \Tennessee • street % today.*/. }^ Mistaking a' can of gasoline for^a^ can of "coffee^ she? put | Itfon |the^, stoveVif She ; was 'enveloped, immediately; = with* flames andf so " badly S burned :"\u25a0 that 'i sheXdled^ a 'fewthoursilatenX-f,.^, -j*"J":\i-*' : '* -7^-\ ; .-"-.7s*/';' • .> Mrs.- Rohan '^ was married ; fwo* months ago;to' :: ber second ;\u25a0 husband. :-'"\u25a0 '. } . GALIFOR3riA3rS "IX- PARIS ij-: PARISH June 26.— AT; E^Tates i of ; San Francisco v ajad ; Mrs.iGeorgeSß.^ Ellis' and family of lios 'Angeles registered' at' The CaU-HsraJi: burea^ftuda^y . : ; >. ; - \u25a0 Weak Showing by Witnesses for Haywood State Turns Them to Its Account in Crossfire Oscar King Davis ! j BOISE, Idaho, June 26.— Four witnesses were called by the de fense in the Haywood trial today. Two of them/were torn to pieces by the cross ; examination of the \ prosecution and . from the others ; testimony of decided importance ;to the state was elicited. Three ; of . them were witnesses upon I "whose testimony 7 Attorney Rich ! ar'dson of tHe defense had based \u25a0 formal \u25a0 impeachingi questions pro pounded i tof .Orchard-- and denied jby him. * These : questions had been based and. to; that extent the defense fulfilled its object in call ing- them. . But the cross examination utterly discredited .two ;of them ; and left < the } others ; In • the . unhappy* situa tion of 1 having contributed more to the state than to the defense. . - The\ four witnesses examined were Mrs.'; Lottie Day. keeper, of a Cripple Creek lodging, house; John M., b'Xeill, editor \ of the. Miners' Magazine; John T. Elliott, \ the man who says that : he held • a remarkable - conversation •.*• '*rtth Orchard on ja ; train > between W^eiser and - Caldwell ' : ' in,; November, 1905; ; \u25a0 and !w." F. : Davis. : the/ union man sV fre quently^.lmplicated by Orchard lnVthe violent .'doings .. about "Cripple Creek. during^ the 1903. strike. . 1 Davis and '- Elliott \ were the two com pletely .„\u25a0 undone 'on -cross : examination.' Mrs. Day /stuck ;to : her. story about* the threats , Orchard* had made against Steunenberg while talking to her, but contributed \ thie f new " information that on t one \u25a0 occasion awhile \ she was Ing '.with him ; in I the Belmont . hotel *In Denver, \u25a0 "where she '£ knew him ; under the name ;_Dempsey.* Haywood came into* the' hotel •looking for hiia. jDemp sey.^ introduced "jherr to ".. Haywood ; and went\to ' his • room • f or/a > private talk. : \u25a0 This; was first itesUmony brought out; from any iwitnesa "except (Orchard that di rectly I inked \ Haywood with f Or chard . and* coupled -the 'secretary-trea- <Coattßue>d on- Page > s» '" Colnma 1« J\ The Rare Photographs of Old San -Francisco have awakened the interest of all California. , Particularly interesting is *the second installment. Sec Tfte Sunday Call Order Consigning Ex=Mayor to Prison Will Clear Way for New Regime pollotrlng- the sentence this morning of Eugene E. Schmitz * to state's prison for the crime of extortion. Judge Dunne will Announce officially to the board of supervisors that the office of mayor has been vacated, and that body will proceed to carry out the plans of the graft prosecution fora municipal houscdcaning. Opposes Motion to Set Aside Glass Indictments Using the same cases re lied upon by the defense, Special Prosecutor C. W. Cobb submitted yesterday the state's argument in op position to the motion to set aside.the indictments against Louis Glass. The argument * presented by Cobb and a prolonged if not unprofitable examina tion of Foreman Oliver of the grand jury by Delmas consumed what is again promised to have been the next to the last day to be frittered away in the submis sion of the motions. Gobb's argument was neither so fluent as the effort of .Coogan : nor so polished as has been the -every utterance of Delmas, but it was clear and comprehensive and showed an exhaustive re search of the law and au thorities touching challenges to and disqualifications J of grand juries. The striking feature of Cobb's argument was the manner in which he used the cases cited by. his adversaries in support -of their conten tions to refute' those conten tions. He confined himself almost entirely to an answer of the chief question ad vanced by Coogan, who claimed .that the Oliver grand jury had ceased to ex ist by operation of law prior to the return of the indict ments against Glass. The : special prosecutor ar gued that the sections of the code relied upon by Coogan to { prove , a definite term for Conttnued on Page 3. Colnma 2 Impertinent Question No. 5 Whafs the Difference Between a Bribe and a Fee? For the most original or wittiest answer to this ques- tion—and the briefer the better— The Call will pajr FIVE DOLLARS. For the next five answers^^ The Gall will pay ONE DOLLAR each. Pri^* winning answers will be printed next Wednes- day and checks mailed to the winners at once. >: Make your answers short and address them to IMPERTINENT QUESTIONS, 1 iiH* v'^/A 1 ~.\ ft Prise Aaswers to **Why Should You HaTe a TaeatJoar> $3 prls« to C. V 7. I* Bead. 474 S«cooil arena*. Saa Fnac!»co. My wife is the best dressed woman at Sea View hotel. . SI prlie to E. Bj.": Bell, 2543 Pledmoat trease. Berkeley. TofVest up^from the* one I had last week. fl - prise to O. A. Boldea. 1259 Eddy street." Saa • Fnncisco. - Needed.' earned 'and coming. $1 prtE« to^Joseptslae E. Bock. Stony Pnlat. Sonoasa consty. CaL ,'; To avoid : those^ who have had theirs. . fl prlM^ to Cora Beyßolia, 2130 Haste ttztet. Berkeley. To get tired. Jlpriie to Helea Braafa?. S6C Heary street. Oallaad. Read The Call's summer resort ads. PRICE FIVE CENTS. Schmitz to Appeal After Sentence Is Pronounced Eugene E. Schmitz, until recently mayor of San Fran cisco, will be sentenced at 10 o'clock this morning to state prison for the crime of extortion. As punishment for ' the , offense the penal code prescribes confinement in the penitentiary not to ex ceed five years. It is wiihin the province of Judge Dunne to name the length of the sentence which Schmitz must serve. With the impo sition of sentence upon Schmitz Judge Dunne will clear the way for the reor ganization of the city gov ernment. It will i rest with him to send onTcial^brd to the supervisors that Schmitz has been sent to state prison and that it is within their power to fill the vacan cy thus created in the may ors office. It was stated yesterday by the attorneys for Schmitz that they would interpose no objection this morning to the regular process of the court. The prosecution an nounced that it was ready and there appears to be nothing to stay proceedings for* Schmitz. l After he has heard the words condemning him to a felon's cell his at torneys will apply to the dis trict court of appeal for a new trial. Pending the de termination of their petition Schmitz will remain in the county jail. When Schmitz was con victed on June 13 Judge Dunne announced that he ; would not pronounce sen- Coatlaued ea Pas* 6, Colnma 3