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VOLUME -CIL— NO. 70.
PARTISAN REGISTRATION DECLARED CONSTITUTIONAL BY SUPREME COURT
Pardee Exposes New Harbor Plot of Southern Pacific
WESTERN UNION
TELEGRAPHERS IN
CHICAGO STRIKE
'One Hundred and Seventy
, five Operators Quit
and Traffic Stops
BOYS ALSO WALK OUT
Los Angeles Controversy Is
Cause of Sympathetic
Movement in East
NEW YORK AFFECTED
Wiremen Decide to Ignore
Their National Officers
to Aid Fellows
Mrs. Sadie Nichols, operator in the
Wtiiem Union office at Oakland.
lehose difficulties ever the Teire tj/h Los
Angeles telegraphers Jed to it^sirU(e.
SPECIAL DISPATCH TO THE CALL
CHICAGO, Aug. 9.— A strike
completely tieing up the main
office of the Western Union Tele
graph company was called at 12
o'clock last night. One hundred
and seventy-fiye union operators
filed past the . time keepers and
reported out. Reports from St.
Louis, Cleveland, Detroit and
other cities indicate that the
strike will become general. Only
four operators remained in - the
local affice and the walkout com
pletely closed down the business
of the company, the four men
being unable to do -any considerable
amount of work- When T. P. Cook,
general western manager was notified
that the operators had struck he made
this reply:
"All right, good night."
W. J. Lloyd, assistant superintendent,
arrived at . the office of the company
shortly after 12 o'clock but refused : to
make any statement.
The messenger boys partook of the
strike fever and were soon on the
street, declaring that they would carry
no messages handled by. nonunion
operators. Tills action on the part of
the boys was unnecessary, however, *as
no messages were being received.
RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED
The resolutions which caused the
trouble, as adopted by the* .executive
board of the local union at a meeting
held last night, are as follows:
"Whereas, our Western Union broth
ers In - Los- Angeles,. Cal, are out. on
strike for their rights: therefore be it
"Resolved, by the executive board of
Chicago local NoJ 1, C T. U. A-.- the
Western Union, grievance committee :
concurring.' that' It is "the sense of these
bodies that no member of this union,
any friend 7 of; union labor or any self
respecting telegrapher should work' In
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INDEX OF THE
SAN FRANCISCO CALL'S
NEWS TODAY
TELEPHONE TEMPORARY 8«
FRIDAY, AUGUST 9. 1907
WEATHER CONDITIONS
TESTEBDAT — Clear; west wind; maximum
tempera tare, 74; minimum; IS.
FORECAST FOR TODAY— Fair, except cloudy
In the morning, and, possibly, sprinlcles; light
eoutli wind, changing to fresh westerly. Page 9
EDITORIAL
Tainted Matter In a Clean Newspaper. Face 6
A Baltimore View of San Francisco. Page 6
Light on Corporate Methods. Pose 8
Bicn Men as Municipal Assets. Page 6
GRAFT
Theodore Y. Halsey, taken suddenly ill with
appendicitis. Is operated upon and is In a Criti
cal condition. His trial on a charge of bribery
has been postponed indefinitely. . Page 8
CITY
Western Pacific will construct elaborate docks
near Islats creek If harbor commissioners erect
seawall. Pago 7
•Question of Masonic influence Ca Jurors figures
in the Benson- Perrln trial In the United States
district 'court; Jury completed and introduction
of evidence to begin today. Page 14
Snperrisors recommend election NoVember 12
to rote on bonds for auxiliary salt water system
for flre protection. Page 14
Dispatches from Salvador contain story of last
revolution and forecast another. Page 7
Secretary of Agriculture -Wilson arrives here
and tells of Impending Imnbsr famine. - Page 14
Steamer President sails for Salvador, \rher»,
It is said, the little vessel will be transformed
tnto a warship. Page 7
Captain Rosg I*. Bush will contest wife's
suit for divorce and will fight for custody of
children. . . Page 14
Wife shoots and kills husband, mistaking him
for burglar. Page 14
POLITICAL
Supreme court upholds Devlin registration law
In refusing to grant writ of mandate to Edward
Scbustag. Page 1
Regular republican league will ask Detectiv*
Burns, to expose "colonization' in Thirty -sixth
, Oakland wife deserts heshand to live with a
streetcar conductor, "according Ito husband's' 'tea -
Umony in Ms" divorce' mult. Page 5
WIH of Attorney Willis G. Witter of Berkeley
Is filed for probate, showing estate is worth
more than $200,000. Page 5
Furmcr Governor Pardee exposes new railroad
plot to monopolize harbor ' of Oakland. Page 1
COAST
Fatuous Stanford stock farm will be reopened
for breeding of fine animals.- ;'/ •' '.>;-.- Page 5
Southern Pacific boiler, makers' committee ad
journs without taking action on proposal to arbi
trate strike. Page 8
DOMESTIC
Department of Justice orders that Chlneu
crew of German steamer Tolosan be returned to
their employers as deserters. Page 7
Tellurlde mine owner exhumes skeleton of al
leged strike victim from grave said to have be«>n
pointed out by Steve Adams, accused of having
been a paid assa6s!n In the service of the miners*
federation. Page 3
Minister* from Central Americas discuss with
Assistant Secretary of State Bacon a project of
holding convention In Washington to establish
permanent peace among republics. Pajre 8
.Alabama wins victory in battle to force South
ern, railroad to obey new fare and freight
laws. Page 4
Divorced first wife and present wife of Michael
C. McDonald, Chicago's king of gamblers, plead
for forgiveness at hjs bedside, the former for
faithlessness and the other because she stands
accused of murder. Page 3
Western Union telegraph operators In Chicago
go on strike In sympathy .with Lcs Angeles wire
men and walkout movement Is expected to
spread throughout country. Page 1
FOREIGN
Horrors are enacted by natives In Casa Blanc.i
after bombardment by French cruisers lnaugn
rates reign of lawlessness. Page 1
SPORTS
Heavy going again upsets the calculations of
the "dopesters" at Seattle. Pago 8
Philadelphia Jack O'Brien writes play entitled
"The Double Cross," and Tommy Barns will
star. 'Page 8
With the score of 8 to 3 against them. Seals
put up a whirlwind finish and defeat the
Angela. Page 8
Oans-Britt match is secured by Jack Gleason
and will be staged at Recreation park on Valen
cia street. . Page' 8
SOCIAL
Wedding of Miss Helen s Frances Thomas and
Boswell King In New York unites well known
San Francisco families. Page 7
LABOR
Stationary firemen sign contract with San
Francisco gas and electric ' company. \u25a0 Pago 7
MARINE
Pacific Mall Un;r Manchuria sails for the
orient In command of former captain. Page 9
MI. VI JVC
Falrvlew Eagle rises as result («f( «f \u25a0 a reported
strike; Goldficld Consolidated Mines stock Is
hammered down again. Page 13
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SAN FRANCISCO, FRIDAY, 19,^ 1907;
*TT*HE supreme court, in its decision in thexase of Schostag against the board of ele ction commissioners, sustains, the Devlin primary elec
\u25a0* tion registration law in its every feature. This decision,' besM^ legislature to require a declara-'
tion of partisan affiliations as a prerequisite to the exercise of the prim^ of direct primary legislation
of one of their most effective weapons arid [simplifies the: people's fight'for a comprehensive direct primary election law.
HORRORS FOLLOW
THE BOMBARDING
OF CASA BLANCA
Landing Party Inadequate
and Natives Pillage
and Murder
FANATICS ARE ACTIVE
Hostility to Foreigners Is
Spreading to All Towns
in Morocco ::.
TROOPS ARE RUSHED
France and Spain Prepare
to Lay Heavy Hand on
the Country
LONDON, /Aug. B.— The [ horrors
of the looting of Casa * Blanca -by the
native : tribesmen^..'after^tbeV* French'
cruisers began their bombardment are
being detailed in the- dispatches •; re
ceived here from Morocco.* The , sit
uation is becoming more alarming, as
there is danger of a general outbreak
of the Moors against the! Jews" arid' E
uropeans. A holy war is being preached
at Rabat and fanatical agitators ' are
busy everywhere, inflaming the minds
of the natives.. \ From ; several coast
towns of Morocco come reports of
increasing danger and European fam
ilies are already beginning to- .flee
from Tangier. The Angorla. tribesmen
In the immediate vicinity of that city
are restless and may get beyond con
trol. The Moorish authorities are
powerless in the situation.
There are many complaints among'
the Europeans that France acted . ill
advisedly In bombarding Casa Blanca
before protection could be arranged
for the Jews and Europeans there and
elsewhere on the coast and in the in
terior.
ALL AUTHORITY VANISHES
The news from Casa Blanca, while
conflicting, shows that the bombard
ment was continued longer than was
first supposed, and that the lack of an
adequate French' force to afford pro
tection resulted in an opportunity for
barbarous looting, rapine .; and pillage,
with all the accompaniments of murder
and horror. The first French * landing
parties conld not control the situation.
Moorish authority vanished when the
French cruiser's guns opened on the
town and lawlessness reigned. *V .':
It is reported, however, that between
2,000 • and 3,000 '-\u25a0 French and Spanish
marines and bluejackets are ashor«-at
Casa Blanca and that order has been
restored. The Europeans there are all
safe." The loss of life among the Moors
resulting from the bombardment ap
pears to have been much greater than
was first indicated. ,
France .and Spain, the two powers
responsible for the maintenance of
order, are sending reinforcements, and
cruisers and transports are proceeding
with all speed for Casa Blanca and
other coast points. France, in; order to
restore security /and \u25a0 order, t may be
forced to occupy a number of Moorish
ports and perhaps even. send a punitive
expedition/ to Fez. \u0084"
There has been a - native ou^reak
against^ the Caid at ' Mazegah. This
port has been bombarded ; by , the French
cruiser Dv ' Chayla. A' large portion of
the town was - destroyed. The consuf
lates were not damaged. T . Many t Jews
are' said to have been killed at Maze
gan. - >-;.\u25a0\u25a0 ,
The'sultan of Morocco, It Is. reported,
has not yet been informed of .the grav
ity, of the situation, ;•''•:. v
MAM' MOORS KILLED
TANGIER, Aug. S.— The \u25a0 French war-,
ships landed 2,000 additional men yes
terday-at Casa Blanca, .where
fiKhtlh^i.apparcnUx^ continues,' judging:
from .*;. the desultory." firing heard day
and night by. those onb oard the- ships
anchored < off 'that town:: "The Jewish
quarter, of Casa Blariea has been* sacked:
Many Ipersons were „ massacred in ' ' the
streets;' The city; is said to' be ' full of
*'. Continued on Page *2, Column ; 5
Former Governor George C. Pardee,' who, in jan address dcliv- .
ered r in Oakland yesterday, laid '- bare the Southern Pacifics \u25a0 plot [ io "
maintain a monopoly:, of "?the ; harbor through proposed stale
Ex=GovepdiD^lares State
Oakland Must Hold Water Front
Rights to Prevent Monopoly
OAKLAND, Aug. .B.— "State control of the harbors of Cali
fornia means Southern Pacific control, and Southern Pacific con
trol means monopolization and the | keeping out of other railroads
and transportation companies where it is possible to do so." .
So declared former Governor George/C. Pardee tonight in an
extended address before the harbor league at the chamber of com- 1
merce. s Pardee said that .the Southern • Pacific company was
scheming, to obtain through the state; legislature jsiich a strong
hold upon the j harbors of California that ; it would be impregnable.
.He:proceeded as follows; ; , ; \ \
"With a legislative committee composed; of. San Francisco, Los
Angeles and San Diego legislators, hone of whose constituencies
is yet wise- enough to protest against : the monopoly, of the- water
.fronts 'aimed, at, the Southern Pacific hopes to' bring ab.out a "recom
mendation .to .the .next legislature of a plan whereby, . under the
guise of ; a' beneficent state ; control, "all the" harbors of Galifornia
may be put. under the management of a state bQard or a series of
state boards— but which, because the board or boards ,will be "con
trolled by the railroad, will be, in truth and' facV Southern Pacific
boards. The argument -will be,; as Garpentier made -it to, Oakland
in; 1852; and the" Central Pacific repeateel it to us in 1868, that these
harbors, should all be improved on wisely, conceived and practically
-worked "out .plans; that, to do this work, more money .i will -be
required than any one city can-command ; that "the harbors, being
•for: the benefit: of all the\ipeople : ; of the state ahd, not alone for the
cities , situated upon the harbors, .the*
state, -and not the cities^ ought to
finance' the construction work'and con
trol the " harbors" after the work Is
done*". -\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0-'. ••\u0084•• H - l .
iDrv Pardee ;. recited "the hlstory.-of
Horace /.W, : Carpentier's " grab 'of the
Oakland' water; front, told how the title
was. manipulated so- that the old Cen
tral Paciflc men, Stanford, Hun tington/
Crocker and. Hopkins,' gained \ control
of it by far-sighted methods "and how
vast -sum's were "spent fighting .law
suits,^bribing ofllcials -and, influencing
elections to V. keep : possession of the
water-front.' \,V- \_.;-..j . .'- :,!.''> -. '•. . • ''.'
•'The insistence ,wKh. which the West
ern ; PacVflc ; 4drovo .itself '/through' : the
Southern '. Pacific's i holdings ;• to' reach
deep .water; on our .-western shore,":con
tinued 7 the ;; speaker,, ."is proofs of ' the
corre"cj.ness"of the/views of Carpentier
arid the; railroad poeple concerning :the
strategic and monopolistic importance
of Oakland's water front." 5x
r HISTOUV OF THE TITLE
Dr.iPardeo continued: '\u25a0"\u25a0
\u25a0 -The title to tbc '-'Oakland-.' water - front \u25a0 was
pained by tfcet ; Southern ParlfVMn* tt«V* following
raannefP'TUe state cave If to the-iowii-cf/'Oak
lanfl,' i'whlch, exchanged ''it'tCßarpentleV- for* a
$1,200 f-cluiollioußP." ; Carpentler, sol J It i j'or many
hundreds of. \u25a0 thousands ; of 'dollars' -to .the Oak
land (water; front company, Vhieli" transferred : It*
to the Centrarraciflc^railroavi.^bicbThandedUt
over to I the Southern- raciilc.?§^^/7. ; . -,;
'-I "So" soon'erj had /the. town ' of .Oakland • given* the
Continued on Page' 2, Column 4
~ Twenty thousand . years ago at : Shell
Mound ! A flourishing settlement was
there at that time. Read about its strange
inhabitants and their life, in .
• The Sunday Call
\¥rit of Mandate Is Denied to
Edward Schostag and the
Devlin Law Is Upheld
Member of Lithographers' Union
Debarred From Participating
In the Coming Primaries
George A. Van Smith
The supreme court of California refused yesterday
to Issue a writ of mandate to compel the San Francisco
board of election to certify. Edward Gus
tave Schostag as* qualified to participate in the primary
elections next Tuesday.
. Partisan registration as a prerequisite to participation
in primary elections is not in violation of the constitution
of ' California. In refusng the writ of mandate sought by
Schostag the court sustained the validity of the Devlin
registration law in its every feature. Schostag and every
other qualified elector who declines to state his party
\u25a0affiliations" is; debarred from the exercise of the primary
Hection {franchise.^ By,^ -its decision the supreme., court ha 3
given assurance that hereafter primary elections will be
what they are designed to be— partisan functions.
rSßut the decision of the supreme court is wider in its
effect than at first appears. It is the second substantial
victory for the proponents of direct primary elections. The
alleged unconstitutionality of compelling the voter to
declare his partisan affiliations has been the most effective
lever in the hands of the corrupt politicians who have
fought the direct primary idea in the eastern states. ,The
Devlin law, sustained by the unanimous opinion of the .
supreme court, is the accomplishment of the first great
step toward the enactment of a direct primary election
law that shall be all that its'name implies.
Schostag, a member ot the lithographers union, was
selected by the trades council to test?" the validity of the
Devlin law.s Upon presenting himself for registration he
refused to declare with which political party he purposed
to affiliate at the ensuing primary elections and demanded
that, : regardless of such refusal^ the board certify him as
qualified to vote on August 13 and with any political party
that he might then elect to affiliate with. The board's
refusal of the certification demanded by Schostag was
made the basis of a test suit. The petitioner contended
that the Devlin law was unconstitutional and in conflict
with-. other provisions of the political code. It was con
tended that the law was in violation of the constitution,
in that it was an assumption by the legislature of a povSr
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