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Julie Heyneman, a San Francisco artist who has .won fame abroad, tells of the nevy pictures "at the spring- exhibition -of * the Royal- academy, in •/ . . • ; The Sunday Call VOLUME : OIL— NO. 32. Stolen Reports of Pinkertons Read to Boise Jury Test Case to Tie Schmitz' Hands Will Be Pushed FIVE MEN TO RULE CITY IS LATEST PLAN Senator Newlands Suggests Scheme at Pacific Union Feast WORDS APPLAUDED Idea Is Taken From Galves- ton Commission Sys tem After Flood PRAISED BY McCLURE Magazine Publisher Says Autocratic Board Is the Remedy EDITOR S. S. McCIXBE, WHO WAS THE GCEST OF nONOR AT A DINNER GIVEN LAST MGHT AT THE I'ACIFIC-L'NIOX CUB. A municipal reconstruction plan of great proportions, involving the placiiig 0 of almost dictatorial power in the "city's government for the next four years in a board composed of five prominent busi jness men, was proposed and re ceived with, enthusiasm at a din ° C ° o ncr given last night at the Pacific Union club in honor of S. S. Mc- Clure,: the publisher of McClure's Magazine^ wHo isa guest in ° the; city. The first stirring appeal for <the adoption of a revolutionary .char ter amendment V^a made by . United " States Senator Francis G: Xcwlands . of Nevada, •whose.ideas were heartily §ec onded and indorsed by c McClure° In an Informal address? in which he discussed P the 'history of muniefpal' government -In °thfc» country and in foreign nations, lie declared that the fcaslc principle of American democracy had' been mol c ded Without regard to human psychology and without consideration of the Busi ness principles 3 that have led to the , executive perfection of the grea o t -in dustrial organizations. = o \u25a0= ° c Senator Newlands' plan is in, sub o;stance a modification of the Galveston "nlan pf municipal government. Intro duced in the Texas city immediately after the great" flood because of ° ab normal conditions similar in many re spects po° those which confjont Sai Francisco" today. Constitutional an.i 0 charter provisidns make a strict fol lowing out of such a scheme impossible in this city anjj Senator. Xewlands.pro oposes0 poses several radical -changes . in- the introduction and operation of .the plan. o SCHEME IS FEASIBLE Sriefly. the scheme outlined by Sen ator Newlands and indorsed by llc c Clure Is to call Immediately a free-j .holders" convention of members, | c chosen "from the business, commercial and workingmen's organizations of ° the city, and including Rudolph Spreck * els. District Attorney' Langdon and As sistant District Attorney Heney, to meet In open c convention and publicly discuss the retrieving of the civic hon esty "and virtue. From "this conven tion, according to the proposal, a pro posed charter, amendment is to ema- Continued on Pace 5, Column . X The San Francisco Call. INDEX OF THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL'S NEWS TODAY TELEPHONE TEMPO RAJ&Y 86 Tuesday; july 2. 1907 WEATHER CONDITIONS YESTERD AT— CIear; maximum, temperature, 66; minimum, 50. . ' ' FORECAST FOR TODAY— Fair; fresh west YOUR NEWSPAPER \ FOLLOWS YOU Haye THE CALL mailed to your VACATION address. Change the address as often as you wish. If paper fails to arrive e regularly and on time advise The o Call's Cir culation Department promptly/ . EDITORIAIj \u25a0'•'. I The troubled . democracy. • " Page 8 j ; San Francisco reports progress. 0 Page Bit _ Salaries and the fine art s. Fags 8 ! GRAFT > ' District attorney makes arrangement vrltlf i auditor and treasurer to push test case to tie Sehmlts* bands and straighten oat municipal i tangle. Page 1 \u25a0 STRIKE SITUATION \u25a0' Pickets of telegraphers on the outlook for strike breaker who is said i to be wanted by enny officials as a deserter. c . . • . Page 10 1 Committee of labor leaders may not call on j Calhdun for further conference, as. was.' planned," because treating \rith him is regarded as hope less, * Page 3 CITY Senator Neirlands , unfolds a plan at dinner plTen to Publisher S. S. McClnra'at the Pacific L'nlon club to. place the government of the city In , the' hands of fire men. . follow :n~ the tystem adopted by Galreston after its CisasUr. Payo-1. Judge Hunt decides : that , contractors for uo ficithed buildings which are destroyed , : by : flje cannot recover amount of loss:- from "the/ owner. .* : .\ - •' . ' -"' ' 'Tigt'li Snperior ' court decision prereata * police .. com mission t from proceeding with trial of: Captain - ' Moo^ey.*'* V'; r _"-'\u25a0''\u25a0' : \u25a0'-"• -* . "^ "Page 10 \u25a0\u25a0 Schmitz .aad Rnef put en arbitrary assessment list for 53,000 each along with other prominent names. . \u25a0 \u25a0 Ptpe 16 Judge Seawell In deciding that Treasurer Charles^ A. Bastel acted legally in turning in heritance tar fees o-rer to attorney takes fling at supreme court. ; Page 10 Millions In gold- being weighed e at , the local mint for annual settlement with Uncle Sam. P«*».4 Three workmen marvelously escape death' when they fall with portion of . collapsed floor of the new Mechanics' bank building at Market and" Mason streets. ' Page 9 •> Gfllett republicans, ; of Nerada county are astounded by gOTernor's- appointment of Charles Clinch to prison ooinmissionershlp. '. , Page 2 Smart «et thrilled orer. the 1 account of tbe, .Moorish aword dance at the fencers' "fandango"* at Fort; Mason. ° -Pace 1C Southern Pacific Issues new tickets restricting commuters from carrying express baskets.- Page ft General Nat T. Janes, clubman -and onetime militia commander, is suing for° -divorce, tfce action baring been -filed .secretly 0 six wejeks ago^ 5 / I Page 1 • ° Wedding on July 4, to be 3 the tomantic sequel • to the \u25a0 narrow escape from" death of Miss Mil fire4 McGuife aid Arthur J.o Pyhe-of the ship- ; wrecked" trla rescued from Red- Bock shoal : Sun day'>venlng. • ° Peg©^l6 SUBURBAN ° ' o :-„-\u25a0- . Oakland supervisors j refuse to* let Attorney \u25a0' Kinsell • address them and ° pasab ' Western \u25a0 Pacific franchise. ° Page f »i , ; • ° • - . . \u25a0 <\u25a0 . .\u25a0 \u25a0- ° , Haste of Southern Paelflc company to *old° « Webster street "spur In "Oakland thrpws lfeht on important moves in tile projected electric line i derelopment. f° ° . . Page « Sausallto poolroom o fight wllf be carried to the \u25a0tate supreme court, o through the medium" of » testg case. 0 "" "'.'•\u25a0' Page 6= COAST < '" % ,' Ean Joaquln county saloons will be closed on ' Sundays to. help farmers keep * 'laborers -at' work. . o Page 4 DOMESTIC , ° ' Mormon church sells its Grass creek . coal mines to : Denver and \u25a0 Pennsylvanja capi talists. o ?**• 4 Reports of ' Pinkerton operatives, wbieu; were < stolen : by Stenographer Friedman^ are read to \u25a0 the Hay w/>od Jury. .*> o Page 1 Harriman inaugurates . policy of acqucintlns puWlc with all the details Of . accidents on Mils lines. Page 4 o President Roosevelt decides to mobilize "Ameri can navy ;In Pacific waters and Admiral . Evuns will bring Atlantic squadron to San . Fran-' elsco. . °o g Page 3 ' FOREIGN* . * President Cabrera of Guatemala causes arrest oX 10-'> citizens on- charge ; of 'complicity in \u25a0"•it- ' tempt to assassinate, him. . * Page 3 \u25a0 Sports ' ."Dutch" books , prevail in the . Seattll- betting ; rinj and the- public is getting the coin. P*ge 7 Flf ry^ight - hits made. In a ; baseball double 3 Leader won by New York Americans from Wash- \u25a0 Ingtcn. ° '.', 'Pagell o Olympic club may o send, a" team° to -the" un tionid cbampionslilps : at Jamestown ' \u25a0' exposl- ' tlon. . '. • 7 Page 7 Squires, the Austrairin, still rules a strong .1 public choice . over Tommj Burns. . Page 7 \u25a0 j LABOR General executive board of, state; building : . trades council; meets in ! semiannual" session '*n<l disposes of much routine *' baslacss. . . Paye 9I ' MARI.VE '; • Curacao[s cargo takes fire a o t sea and Is burn : j. ing when vessel reaches port, -: but passengers do .' not j know it. \u25a0 Page . 11 \u25a0 3IIXIXG , : Forty thousand .sliares of Fouthoru . Xeradii j stocks; are* sold tilth ; rising . prices. \u25a0•• Page. ls 1 Ophir -mining company j)rot<»*.t «».'; minority; and- Uoubles- capital stocks by ,T<steV «f ; , stock bel&en f age 15 : S^-^FI^GD^^ r1907. Photographs ; of Jfyimesses for {Deferi^ Pettibones store; 3— Paul Corcoran, too if^s in penitentiary for alleged by militia, hands fr°zen;J>^. W:.Aller,H miner. Independence; 9— Ceorge^Breen^r^ Orchard; • J \—rW:dl. B. £asfcrfy,tCVipple\&^ — M. E. White, organ- Western Jafaation-oi^m western federation of miners,- f<x;Briti&£planM \7— John Dennis, Cripple^Creek miner, escaped deportation;] a — Tom Foster. Cripple Creek miner. deported, ir^li^tedc by Orchard^ militia; 21 — Morris Friedman, author of / " T he Pj n k erto . n "^.?*-Sp?"&22^M&}M^U&;i t CJ^b^^e^Ub^cim^impUc^tedlb^ Orchard ; 23— Aifrs^Cox.^ Cold field, i Colorado, member of ; toomans auxiliary, militia victim; 2 4—MrsjCharl^H.Mo\)&;25—Mrs:;Mo^ 28— Mrs. George -Hooten of the Cripp^ /, otMC> militia victim; 30— Rev." T. S. Leland, pastor of Methodist Episcopal churcJulKicWto^ 32— Mrs. Steve Adams; 33 — Mrs. George Pelijbone; 34^^Zex/Pau/,^ecr^^ lof -the, Victor ipdmanVauxiUary. militia victim; 36 — Miss Anna M. Saun dersl Cripple Creek,[vomansjauxilimyrinM rvas'in> fcuHpen; J36^Z).XC., Copley, ex-member of executive board of the western federation of miners, Cnpple ; CreeJi;\ 39~^UUam \A mole") Victor, / Watchman of mine,' beaten, and )Tobbed} by j mob ;. 40— "Oh>ney" Barnes. • Cripple Creek district miner, impli cated by Orchard ;:4\)— Charles W± fa (Copyright applied for by Horace Myers. Boise.) Prosecutors to Urge Claims of Gallagher in Court Auditor: ai^ Treasurer TVgr^ ; in Ef f ort to^LJntingle Skein^ ; Ah action in the superior -court, Abase d, on> mandamus 'proceed ings, is to ; be. begun .today/or itomorrow to /settle ] the .question of acting Mayor Gallagher's ; right to ifignali^warranW and claims; on which the law: demands the signature- of ] the mayor.^ -the action will not result; in ; a< final determination" of ; ScHmitz';claim- that he;is still jmayor, i it will; in reality^ haye.that effect,- "and- ! will at^the same time untangle the skein r into which; ther red : tape •surrbunding the paying, out ; of the city's ' funds been' thrown^ by' Schmitz' earnings to the auditor and treasurer that: they^will^be held-respon sible! for any: payments ' made without • his - consent:^ \^r* \u25a0\u25a0\u25a0 ;] : •\u25a0 v \u25a0 > • -/Auditor Horton; has agreed : to f audit; one -of [the - : several-claims which ;°ar'e ;;_ now .r ready-, "for presentation by I contractors^ -.wiith i:only the signature of ; Gallagher '; as and vthelclaimiisVthen to'be; passed up ; to^Treasurer-IBantelVfoV^'payment.' '£ Bantel 'wjH refuse, payment -without ;Sphmitjc'* andean . application \u0084* for.: a toVicf will ; be applied for at. once In the^ name of the contractor holding : the cflaim. -When the^ matter is Ua*keri : .ih"to <Jhe o courts Schmitz : •\u25a0.vill be 'accorded the right to contest =tlie issuance pf^th'e writ' and; to advance* his .claim,, that; he. is entitled to the position of mayor, \vhile the district. attorney's -"office will represent the' plaintiff ; in the action. •; ;"-This is the plan determined; upon yesterday by.f^District Attorney ';Lang don, and' it will 'be put, into. < execution as soon as aY claimants Is 'found :: .who is willing to file his '; claim vat once and allow, it to, be;made : thelbasis of such action -and his own name used -as plaintiff in -the case. The suit against Bantel wilL bo[ 'a,. friendly, action {.and both Horton and Bantel have agreed to r assist in carrying ' out" the' ; plan, *in order "that they maybe "relieved 'of the bother and uncertainty *»of <-having>' to take orders from s two claimants : at; the same, time.' - :-. '\u25a0 . .;: '\u25a0 \.. .Horton' has/ not altered : his decision lo.honor only such claims as: contain the signatures, of both? Gallagher, and I Schmitz, but .has agreed to' allow; a single/ono 1 to' pass through -his liands with" Gallagher'sVsignature,'alonec ap pearing -on , it, withj. the. understanding, that Bantel isa to: ref uso. 1 to s pass it and that tlie \u25a0 matter will ,'be'" taken' to the courts for , a 'ilecision! '• . •'\u25a0••; ;. ..,.-;• - : j'-Thc^auditing, of> such Ja claim -was to have been f carried -out - yesterday had .S"®'.''^^-^.V®-f-?^^-jV/"?tWhgN^appeared/! and 'Au'd^toVr .Horton £ stated^rthat \u25a0 ; he' ] would.'- ]_oojlv.£the7 rna-tter"upTtoday' < 'arid ' arrange . to have Vsome 7. claim present- | ed ;as . the;.basls. for the' test Vatse. % "j>j KgX g j claimant will: be put jto^nolexpense'-for j the 'legal •'proceedings VlnVolyed,,;a's fills ' intefestj will Jbe^bjUf.a"* passive; one and] the.;task:of;prqving; grounds ;f of} a^writi of», mandate* will ;,be | undertaken; 'by,:. the 1 dlstrict'attprhey's^-office;j;'i ~ '\u25a0'.\-r~K '^K^f^t \ */A legal /tdctermination'^o'f *'aVclaim. to I office'-; cannot;' -result 'frpinVahfactfon -jlji | mandamu3,;;battthe^" problems .^arising! from 1 fluchja Vcliim'^ will T: l be ..solved f and j the**settlement'6f/the'- f mayoralty;disljute I will ' remain \ only/ for. •aVformalvdecisloni on'«the^. same;->questlon,'* ! ! .broughtl: <up i th rough* o th er| ch atin els!u In •" the mean - J time, -shouldjthelwrltfof' mandamus *b(?| grapted ? as*iis .anticipated' by; the. prose- j cutibn, \ Schniitz* - ; hands ;will":; will ": b'e:(efCec tually/. tied .and 'he ''.will l; be-". unable . to j continue his /policy: o'fi" blocking J - the j conduct 'f of | the: city's jbusinessias he rims | j done/, since l his /incarceration - 'mi' the j county * jail.'/ : '"\u25a0/.:. ' {\u25a0':\'-J '.' \* '\u25a0' .. ' ' \u0084\; '., rr ' i :' : ; | Numerous! GfaffcCasest Are ; Setsf®H^i^:Next?WeeK • \u25a0? Numerous were*',*? called yesterday c m ;.?_the^ superiorj t court,'^but Continued \u25a0 on Pose ) 3S»". Colnmn ' 5 GENERAL NAT T. JAMES IS SUING FOR DIVORCE -^ Filed ;. Secretly' , - Six vWeieks Ago b3r • ; i ' \u25a0-. ; \u25a0 v His. Counsel k .;':; : ;. ;;•:.:: : v Surprise was general • club cir cles when ; it ; became : known [that; Nat T. -James, member ofthe Bo hemian :*?V l .* > » "formerly captain of the : naval \u25a0 militia and,' at-, one • time (major 'general 'in < command : 'of \ the California j division .of V the >• national j guard, :'had i sued a for .'.'divorce. ' r lhv, the -complaint, .which. was secretly filed six weeks ago; .James -charged that his wife had*de \u25a0 serted;'hlm. Mrs. ;' James,- with . her | .daughter, \ le Jt • San Francisco • several j months ago .and" has made her home in Washington, / D." C. • .\u25a0 ' ; "i \u25a0 ' General ". Janies^ is _ one of . theM best ; known linen ; in . club : and*.military."cir cles » in, San Francisco. -He '• has > been <thej local.vrepresentative;of \a ' large surance 'corporation t . for' a • number (of ' years "has amassed • a jcomfortable competence. .'.. General . and ; Mrs. .;• James -Jiave figured' prominently, In' local socl-' .ety;.and even their- closest;friends>were •- hpf] aware , that •'\u25a0 clouds " had /gathered jupcm' the; domestic •horizon.'.* . '-..'"' "* V, When ,- Mrs/. James lef t."fof the^east with ther; daughter Jit .was Stated j that she'tiad gbne^on a brief .visit 'to : friends/ but the weeks 'passed, and ".then'.' the months i and > Mrs. "James /did /not ;• re turn, i The;, general j: turned, off the- in quiries.of-his. friends the-'state mentj that 'his. -wife Vseemed .to; like" it •/ ' ; "V-vj \u25a0 \u25a0 . /./Some ; six weeks \ ago . General » Jame'sJ •through : his - attorney. > Henry '•;.'. Davis, commenced- a [, suit.; for' divorce." -i ; The ; papers weretlled'secretly^and^ot^until yesterday did the 'secret leak. . - ; .Of 1 late : General ; James ' has * been \li v- Ing:at;.Woodville, ' his i picturesque ', cot-! tage : at the ' beach.'- , He ? has en tertained extensively.;' and?: the irumor "has ' 'gone forth,' ' that > if !."' ; the/divorce; decree be "granted , the : general \u25a0 may • wed .again.';' :' v'iPORSIER'; ARCHDUKE : DIVORCED ,- -GENEVA,: Switzerland.^July - 1.-rHerr (VVoeflurig.Q formerly "Archduke Leopold of Austria^y/ho ; ; renounced 'his ,'expecta-' :ti ons 'and Jhonors? about if our .': years? ago In*order:tormarry^Wnnelmiria'Adancia,' *an>Austrlanractress,f has. been- '.'granted a divorce, v His l wif e » offended- him I .by 'Jo^njngrrtV^AsconiaiAnchofites.-Jinfac^ cordance with whose 'tenets she Sbecaine a^ve^ttHrtSffff.entfwlth'6ut- r clothing .in taki ng i"s unbat hs", - and $ acqui red f other' eccentricities - - . ; - . . . \u25a0\u25a0\u25a0» '. \u25a0'-\u25a0.-.( \u25a0 : Some of -the present, aspects of .San . Francisco -; are not unlike - those of Rome 2,0(W-j^ars.ago. Read"Fifteen Minutes Withi^c; MenrWho Ruled Rome/- in -,- Tfie Sunday Call Work of the Detectives in Miners' Unions Exposed Stenographer Friedman Declares He Did Oscar King Davis v" BOISE,. Idaho., July \u25a0!.— -With the exception of the introduction of the Pinkerton reports which \ Morris Friedman copied for him self \u25a0 when employed as a stenographer in . McParland's Denver office; and, a brief cross examination of Friedman by Senator Borah, the^whole time, at the. Haywood trial today was devoted to going over the * situation during the strike , in . the Cripple Creek dis trict 7 in\_l 903-04".. - ': After examining . the detectives' \ reports over Sunday recess the i, prosecution" came <- to - the conclusion that they were more val liable'.tbit than to. the defense, and therefore no objection was made to .the -introduction of. them in evidence. Darrow^took up all the morning session and \u25a0 the first half hour of the afternoon in reading those f that, he^ 'Had offered. -They .were principally reports from operatives iwhb had joined the local union of the' federation at Globe yille ;and Victor, together twfth a report : from Assistant Superintend ent"' .Londoner of -the /Denver office, who, before his promotion, was sent/to .'Victor to. look over the. sltua-* tlon ; Uiere. at uthe \u25a0 time of. the .Inde pendence' depot explosion. j.The. most • interesting document of fered^ was- a~ letter : from -McParland to General \u25a0'Manager" Bangs ! in New ' York, in* which' the" Denver manager said that the.'actiohs of the . Pcabody. administra tioni•.'regarding:; the "strike 'were 'I fully. '\u25a0*\u25a0'• * "\u25a0 " Impertinent Question No. 5 'Wha^iHe'DiffeYehceßetween'aßribe and a Fee? \u25a0^ For? the 5 most i original or answer to this ques- Ttioh—and;the briefer the, better—-The Gall will \ l -f^y FIVE DOLIi^RS. For the next five K;-%^ans>versTheiCall will pay GNEDOLLAReach. / Prize winning answers will be printeH next Wecines^ (iay^ancl /checks mailed to ; the winners/ at once/ :. \u25a0 ':-:Make your/answers shorUand address them to v IMPERTINENT QUESTIONS, PRICE FIVE CENTS. y.. , r ,. .. , — : ; * jappi-oved-by a great number of proml j rient citizens of Colorado, including himself and the officials of the Den ver office, although many of the actions were ln^vlolailon of the constitution 'of the United States and the state. The cross examination of Friedman by Senator Borah gave the socialists In