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Why DoYouLie?
| Impertinent Question No. 8
i See Prize Answers on P age A6
VOLU^IE CH.— NO. 54.
Wreck Survivors Laud Heroism of Women
Mayor Taylor Sounds Keynote at Peace Conference
STRAUS IS NOT
INTERESTED IN
THE CAR STRIKE
Does Not Believe That He
Could Solve Vexed,
Problem
DISCUSSES SITUATION
Federal Department Chief
Is Here on His Way to
Hawaii
BESIEGED BY CALLERS
Visitor Will Address Con
ference Called by the
Civic League
Oscar 5.- \u25a0. Straus; i secretary I of '
the department of commerce and
labor, t>ho is visiting this city.
Oscar S. Straus, secretary of the
department of commerce and labor.
will give his views on the problem of
industrial peace today before the : con
ference fathered by the j Civic league.
These views.VrTll.be based purely on
theory and his illustrations will be only
hypothetical cases, • for he said yester
day, directly after arriving from Seattle,
that he had no idea of involving
himself in the San Francisco situation,
which he 'thought was badly tangled if
his subordinate, Charles P. NeilL gov
ernment commissioner of labor, could do
nothing: with It. This was substan
tially the secretary's . reply to • a Ques
tion if he would again act &s p«au
maker In the streetcar, war if he were
requested to do so.
Straus, with Mrs. Straus, their, son,
H. W. Straus, and the cabinet official's
secretary. T. L- Weed, arrived here
yesterday afternoon, on; the way*- to
Hawaii and the other Island outposts
of the United States. He was at once
besieged with callers, many.:' of them
f riendsr others members •• of the ;. con
ference now in session.' All, brought; to
him the suggestion 7 that possibly -one
side or the other in the battle be
tween the. carmen . and Calhoun might
seek his aid in ending the present" bit
ter strife. It was Straus who - arbi
trated the " car strike four - years ago.
At that time he was what Neill ; now
is, head of the labor bureau. But; as
chief of J a department , which deals
alike with the antagonistic -forces of
the Industrial world,'* the capitalists of
commerce and the men who "draw/ pay,
he meets situations like the present
one diplomatically.
SOT KA3IILIAR WITH- SITUATION
"If I ' were approached *by an' author
ized agent of "either * side with * the ' re^
quest to seek a solution ; of : your in
dustrial problem,- lidonot' know : what
my reply would be," said the secre
tary. "But Neill,i who; is a student of
all the phases ,of "strikes,, was?, here.
He has gone again , without effecting
anything. I do not see what I could
do." : .'• -;
"Furthermore," Straus - continued, • "I
am not' familiar with the.- situation
here. I was the \u25a0' arbitrator in the
strike between, the .street .railroads
Continued on Page C, Middle Column 5
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INDEX OF THE
SAN FRANCISCO CALL'S
NEWS TODAY
TELEPHOVB TEMPOBAEY. 8« . :
TVTEDNESDAT,^ JULY ;-24, ; 1907 "
Weather coirprnoNs .
YESTERDAY— PartIy, cloudy; west winds;
maximum temperature, 60; minimum * tem
perature.; 52.' •'
FOBECAST FOR TODAY— Fair, except cloudy
lln the morning ; . light south : wind, : changing to
fresh westerly. " ' \ ' Page 11
EDITORIAL
If tbtre Is a'tlgstict," swing it !«nd stop
the Spring Vallej ' 'steal. " P*r» 8
The Columbia" disaster. ' Pa»«" S
A rawhead and bloody bone plot. P«J« •
- How the \u25a0 money is made. Pare' B
WRECK -7 *,
' Steamer.' Pomona reaches .'San Francisco, iritb
some -of. the surTlrors of the Columbia, amons
them the quartermaster who rescued thlrtjr-tw«»
persons. " Paces' U2-3
GRAFT
The prosecutloß \u25a0 is expected I to ' close Its cir
camstantlal case ' against \u25a0 Louis Glass of the
Pacific telepheme aad telegraph company^ today
and the " defense • 'will then •; seek to \u25a0 refute : the
damaging testimony " giren : by the boodling - su
pervisors. Page- .16
CITY • ;
' Nearly two-thirds «V the moon's face will
be in. eclipse ,at 8:22 o'clock this eren
lng. ' Page 9
Boodle «upenrisors - intend to carry,: out . loot
program ' and present the Spring yalley water
company with \u25a0 $160,000 from ; the - public
purse. '-\u25a0 \u25a0 \u25a0'- \u25a0 \u25a0 '\u25a0 Page 16
Rudolph Spreckels declares that: Maestrettl is
Berrln's tool and that graft prosecutors: are not
doing, politics with iiml \u25a0 ' ! " Pa ** 8
Mayor Taylor principal . address .at
opening : eessJon *of • industrial .."congress, -.which
began tfiree^lgy.conTeiiUon at' Christian 'Science
halj» yesterday. - . \ ~\- Pagis 1
,' Oscar S. "Straus, secretary -of > the department
of commerce 1 and- labor, ; : who .arrired here ;yes
terday. say« be : does >' not * feel "that;- he " could
BoJTe* the-ear strike, problem. '> ; i: .^ij^ Paged
"' SorriTerj .' 'of ; wrecked '"'steanjs'nlp". \ ColumbU
praise' spartan heroism of * women .- amM the
scenes of terror. Pag«l
\u25a0 'Frank Bishop take* wild ride in : Market strieet
in aatomoWle and "after colliding with & telegraph
pole -is arrested" on 'a r charge 'off. drunken
ness. \u25a0\u25a0-'\u25a0\u25a0- V/V- " , - ; P«*». : 16
f. Mayor - Taylor still; busy * with . selections 'cf
Buperrlsors ; . nine : members of • board ' bare - beeen
decided on. _ \u25a0 Page 16
SUBURB AK
Oakland's i beard of ' superrisors '-' will - inTesti-'
gate question of . realty . rallies fixed. by. \A*«e"o»-
Dalton. .. , . ' '. , \ Pace.7
- Judge • Ellsworth ! decides that the throwing of
a cup of tea Into a husband's face is not suffi
cient » ground for a dirorce. \u25a0. • ! Page 7
Trial of packing ' house foreman : accused of
attacking - girl is began at South :' San Fran
cisco. . Pago 7
Dr. A. S. Larkey of Oakland and \ party Jump
from automobile as it topples orer Jtigh embank
ment and saTe their Utcs. Page 7
DOMESTIC
Attorney Richardson closes his plea 'ln behalf
of Haywood ' with : dennnciatlon % for ' all ' persons
connected - with ; prosecution. • • . Page- '6
coastJHßß
Victoria Tlslted .by a .: disastrous fire. C flre
bk>cVs being destroyed. Pag« 6
FOREIGN
British delegation " to * The HajTie \u25a0 peace con
gress withdraws { suggestions defining : warship I
and' rights of 'merchantman.. • Page 5 '
SPORTS
St. : . Francis - wins \u25a0 a handicap - sprint at The i
Meadows. * • Page: 11 j
. Ballot an easy winner. of .the .Iroquois stake*!
at Brighton. \u0084 ,Pag*^ll|
Pacer Heproachless wins the Qhamber'of Com- j
merce stake at Grosse point. ' '•' Page 10 j
- . San • FrinclscA \u25a0 and ' Portland ' rictorlons 'in ]
coast : Uagn* '• basebalL : _ Pago 10
:. Automobile club and - Dealers' ; association may j
bold their, rum to Let* county together. Page 10 :
-" Crew "of i the \u25a0 challenger Valkyrie * ixrlre * from i
Los Angelas \u25a0 aad " go - into - quarters -\u25a0 at • Sausa-
LABOR • • \u25a0\u25a0 \u25a0 \u25a0\u25a0 • I
" ' Iron . trades * cocncQ elects ' officers ' for . ensuing
term.- . " "'" - : • Pa*«;*
J.* B. \ Bleilyt • iecretsiry t of { barbers' , onion,-. re- j
signs cat : account of his : poor health. .- Pag* 9 i
MARUrE3i' ; ''-I-'.-- -\u25a0•:\u25a0 V 'V : . :,v.j
> Steamer M. S. Dollar arrlres from the far j
east . with ; 8,000 tons of oriental ; products.''- P. 11 j
MiHriHrc: v ;:.s; : \u25a0/_\u25a0../. :/.\"\^-':~\
,\u25a0 In .'total • sales of 1870,000:1 870,000 : southern Nevada i
shaves .- Goldfleld - Consolidated '» Mines stock Is
prominent. , ' ._. ;« , - . '-,'.-" ;Pag» f 15 ;
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Si|; ; - : fUM: 24/ 1 1907 l
MissOdiiUeilJedelt of i 1 328 Larkin) stre'et t ]who saved! top 'lives
altth&sinlfogiof^faiCbiMn^m^^
rvas the] means: of^scdmgimcmy^bjhcrs^^i':- •}: % VT- ''']'-
Mothers on the Columbia
Perform Deeds of Bravery
Eluek ; m^Savitig : (Companion; :
The; real -Victors voyer the fear of \ death ; in" ; -'_tlie horror of % the
Columbia-; wreck , numbered women -as -. well /\u25a0: as) men. ; The ; dauntless
figure* of ; Captain vDoran] gripping the bridge .railj with -'one- hand and
with :thefother> hand holding ~; open j tKe" ! whwtlef;^alve/ ; wkh; rope'"' tight
clinched,": so that the ship in its : last 'plunge' might sound its; siren - call
for , help, ; was , not • the i only spectacle of i intrepid- heroism. . : : Frail
women ; rose .to ; thej emergency . a^d condu^
tan] bravery. 7 ;Ini the ? rush 'and: the Vdar^ess^ttieir/idehtities/^ecarne
lost, ; probably r forever, 4 but 'their courage .was t the ; theme • many -ttimes
yesterday) when' the :i: i few survivors if of {the I wreck f • toid \ : to (anxious
Usteh^ltJ^?st^i^ of Hh^; wreck: ' . ?v; / /; : " ; ;
:\WKenithe Second ?MatejAgerup Iwas • onf, the abridge
with'.Ciaptein: Dor an. 7. : He; was ' asked ; ''yesterdays' How ;' i tieTrrieh itfehaved
andr-repliedltf a^\wile* manyibd^
werelthejgreaterf heroesv;.^ ; ,^ ;v; -; ' i '^'i r 'c[^H^' :^y ?l*'.K- \u25a0 % ' >\u25a0 h*J •• ~' iz '' )
'%fHe^said :V«l< sham heverc f orgetjvtHe|scenes 1 that vwent by/ me / like
visions lih^atdr^
and> h'ugginglthem ' to^theirtbreasts,'; thenf j umpingim *. to ; rafts, i sorhe
times.ito> safety^ amissornetimesjto^
and .f there* lending |aid| r ita;'le^ss: : 'co^u'rag^us"^qn/s.'/i-. '*;" % r
' Miss"; OttiJie^liiedelt ? .was .one 'of . the f heroines.';' Berkeley '\u25a0 is i • ring
inghvitriipraise '< forjithe \u25a0 pluck "ofi anotnerib'raye \ woman', , Miss -May belle
Watsoh.i'Theiheroihe of:the^
woman ;.passenger;; for two hours r in itheitossing,^vaves,Vahdiwhen,a
lifeb^atfapproacnedvand f Officer*
ih^slie^said :; i ;/Tak'e\this\vvpman ; first ;; shechas- fainted:'' ' ' >- ),- V U
- ,-' When V both -the ;, women •' wer e , saf e ' in : the '.boat ; Miss 'Watson ? i m^.
mediately * gave i her -\u25a0 attention , to .the \u25a0 companion ; she had ? saved; \u25a0 who
had y become; demented j f rom : f right Vand^e'xposure. '\u25a0£ All ; .i through"; the
nightjrMiss3.\Vateon|^
f a^Hng^ seiemty* anid^ f ai^; ; v S^ ; did^fhot^
worrien'vjpassengj^sVpe^
fortitude of the^highest- order. . - _
> Even in ;, his - formal and \ sworn ; statement ; given yesterday; to In
spectors>B6lles^an'dlßulger/jTHifd-'bmcenß6b^
mto;port on.the' Pomona, could- not'refrainarom?according<hightpraise
to : tr^j heroiclworr^^
He referred* to the three women who were; in the iboat^under his' comf
mahd. nearly; hakeld? and f scarcely^; prot^
sailxfrom^e^^'s^
through^ trying^ to ; assuage 'i the; terrors^ real v and:fancied;K6f \u25a0 Miss
Liedek,^whpse!mmd\was!distraught;by .herrbattle- againstdeath. . ' :
, ; I^feel is iwhat^Thir^ •
• : 61 ! 1 ?^" of -P ra . lse - io r ..; thealiree
CONTINUED ;ON PAG E | S»lCpiiUMX|f S^|
Heroine of WreiK
Tells Story of x
Gatastrpphe
San Eran cisco Girl Saves
Two From Death
; Serene and confident in herself,'
athletic "and accustomed to the
sea; like a daughter, of /fitan," Miss
Ottilie Liedelt" was one of the
heroines : whose courage wfcs ; the
means of saving ;: two . lives, and
whose example carried /'many
women,' •; less brave, - through the
jaws of, death when the San Pedro
plowed its resistless stem into the
crackling hull of the Columbia.
The young .woman was the first
passenger of the wrecked steamer
to >* reach : San Francisco and
deprecated the praises which were
suiig-by officers and'erew who re
turned on. the ; , Pomona with iheV.*,
.sHc> escaped as- quickly; : as she
could from her questioners and
went to her home,. 328 Larkin
street, 1 where a \ part of the story
was told. 'But the part concern
ing herself was not told'by Her."--
In \u25a0* the middle of the -night,
•.while 'splintered timbers :• flew
about : and frightened passengers
rushed on .deck half dressed, Miss
Liedejt climbed from her bunk
and-; h*urriedly v put . on "such gar
ments /as; lay^nearest'atyiand:
' v>ThV;bow>ofithe*'si.h E -Pedroiwas
'drkwinerlawav ?- from f the > e^sh .it
Had|ma^eTau(l<the^seafwa.s^ rush
ing/ into hole \ when she went
onfdeck.U.rrhcre, was i-rioitime -to
secure? -life .- belts, . although .she
'Helped* some-: of > the .^wonien who
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X^HOIXIGI* ;\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0 A •few-issues-baclc -we refarred,to an
- • *». ,1 opinion of r an suivertiaer who had returned
• • from' San that conditions la. th«**
.__ » # ,- - '^newspaper; situation ; had \u25a0 changed '.consid-
#7^ I < \u2666<> *^ Vv« ."erahlyither©*? and: that "It" appeared, to -him
,? .--V^xlU 131I1&""' ..that The Call had outdistanced the Chron--,
\u25a0 .s-T Jlr <^ - : icle iii (.circulation 'and .popularity.;.
|V^ O1 I I It^irt/^'f* * ./ The Call has Jumped at th« off er as one to
7j.yX<XIJL Vyl VJ-V'l ir solve the question! but the Chronicle so far.
-^ ;'. .:\u25a0'\u25a0\u25a0'-" \':' ». - " - *- - . has kept: silentr -To allow 4 such a fair offer .
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tt ' "\u25a0' 1 "' ' -The S promptness vwith which The, Call
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'The * republican who fails to register
.and cast, his', vote at" the; primary election
lends -his sanction to Herrinism and
Appeal for Civic Harmony
Made by City's Executive
A/ajjor : Edward Robcsori
Taylor, * n»/ioV{i made . a . ringing
for chic and \u25a0 industrial
harmony; at [the, peace conference
yeslerday.
Science hall, at Scott and Sacramento streets, where "the
conference was held, "taxed to its utmost capacity, v the
attendance : was i large and fairly- representatiye. In the;
afternoonVmpre than I,ooo_ persons gathered at the hall^
among ; them ailarge .percentage /of women. ? . .
- accredited ;/dele^tes7attendc(i?
yesterday's" sessions,- fepfes'enting \u25a0'womeh's : :clubs'-as wellj
as civic, commercial and labor^.' organizations.-. While a ;
large majority of the delegates-represented the employing
interests, such well; known labor leaders as , Ahdrevßi
COXTI.VUED; OV PAGE 4, COLC3IX 1
price; pive Scents.
Industrial Congress -Be-|
- gins a Three Day I
;.\u25a0"..\u25a0 A " ringing declaration by*
Mayor Taylor for civic har-J
mony and for a proper rey-|
erence for the . established:
law sounded the kejnidtej
yesterday afternoon of San;:
Francisco's first industriaß
peace conference. The occa-J
sion was one of double sig-^
nificance. It marked the^
first public utterance of
the new executive and \u25a0 sig-» i
nalized the opening of a
definite moyemerit to put an
end to* industrial warfare 'in
San Francisco.
Sessions were held in thd
morning, -the afternoon and
in the evening ; and although
at no time was - Christian