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Fourth, tSlorious and Inglorious, as they
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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
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INDEX OF THE
SAN FRANCISCO CALL'S
NEWS TODAY
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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
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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
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Whafs the Difference Between a Bribe and a Fee?
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tion—and the briefer the better— The Call will
pajr FIVE DOLLARS. For the next five
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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.
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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