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TAX SHRINKING MONOPOLY
TO BE BROUGHT TO TIME
.State ; Eqiializers I Welcome
Pullman Car Com
pany's^Movej -
HOPR-;vITl WILL XSUE
Attempt to i Lower rAssess
:--:». . ment Likely to End
\u25a0 in' Disaster
J SACRAArEVTO. Aug. 29.— Much • in
terest Is being -shown in the hearing
which the Pullman", palace . car : com
pany has asked of the state" board of
equalization, with a. view: to. having its
•assessment reduced." Tbe board has set
the bearing for Saturday morning and
it" is expected that Attorneys Plppy-and
T. F.'Coogan of San Francisco will be
here; to represent the company, whose
assessment- hac .been raised ' about
f 1,000.000 in a year., , ,;
Alexander Brown of th« equalizers,
who is leading the- fight against the
Pullman company, refused- to outline
his eld,e of • the , case , or what- he ex
pected, the car company, to endeavor to
chow. but Intimated | that an effort
woold be made' to show that the board
had oot- the Jurisdiction to make the
asseesmeat. '• Brown is - fortified by
many supreme court decisions and other
documents In proof that the company,
instead of 'being harassed, is being
treated liberally. Brown says the Pull
man people are the most notorious tax
6hfrker« in the country-
Brown la. anxious for the battle, as
he expects that Attorney Coogan. who
has bulldozed the members of the
commission. In tbe past, will be on hand
to continue his tactics. The hearing
promises to be the most Interesting
that the board will, have held this year,
as the Pullman representatives have In
timated that they will sue if their plea
°for ay. reduction is not granted. The
state board is anxious to get them into
court, as it believes that it can then
obtain the information for which the
recent tax and revenue commission
sought In vain.
RENO STOCK EXCHANGE
CLOSED BY DIRECTORS
Venture a Failure, but New
Institution Will Be
Organized
Special by Leased Wire to The Call
RENO. Aug. 29.— After a year's ex
istence the Reno stock and bond ex
change .' has closed its doors. The
remaining money in the concern will
be divided among the share holders
and the fixtures; will be donated to the
officers of the Xevada commercial
league. The exchange, except for a
short time at the commencement of its
career, has been a failure. Internal
trouble arose soon after its inception
and of late It has. been doing no busi
ness at all. At a meeting of the direct
ors yesterday.it was decided to liquidate
the concern. It Is hoped, however, that
*he near future- will- see another ex
-h«nor<-, organized on a 'different: basis
and worked- by modern methods.-- v
That the. city needs an exchange of
this character there is little doubt, and
the new element already is aiming to
start another as soon as possible.
PRICE OF WINE GRAPES
ADVANCES FROM $11 TO $16
Growers About Sacramento Rejoice
Over .Shattering of the Rate
That Combine Fixed
Special by Leased Wife to The Call
SACRAMENTO, Aug. 29.— Through
the heavy purchases of grapes in this
section by the Napa winery, owned by
J. Migliavacca, the price of wine grapes
has been boosted- from $11 to |T6 a
ton and it is likely that this last
named figure will rule for all of the
fruit which has not been ' contracted
for this season.
• The w^jpie trust set the price at $11,
and it Jayked as though that would be
the figure,: but the Napa winery, which
Is one «Jf;ther largest In northern Cali
fornia, was left out. of the combine and
when it began to buy grapes it found
that the trust had secured a great part
of the choice fruit and that it had to
offer fancy prices to get the product
Many growers of choice grapes are
receiving. IV& a jton and some are hold
ing out'for ?20. , In any event this will
be a banner year for the grape grow
ers of California;
CENTRAL METHODISTS TO
ERECT CHURCH BUILDING
Edifice Will Be Located on
Site Chosen in Burned
"'£\u25a0 ; District
The congregation /of \u0084 the Central
Methodist. Episcopal church, which has
been holding-, services sinee 'the- fire in
Simpson* Memorial- church '-at- Hayes
and Buchanan -.streets,'. f contemplates
building a 'house of " worship" f or. Itself
in the »ear future. Tb« new structure
will not-be located on the site of the
edifice which was destroyed by. the fire
in Mission street'near, Sivthi Jbut'.wlll be
erected in tbe 'burned.drstetet- east of
V*n Ness, ; between rMaHtet; andiO'Far
reU streets. Until Jthfo church ki> com
pleted .-services, will be: held .in -St.
Mark's .'Lutheran- church in O%"arrell
street. ' ; ~ x "* " " ~ ' .'
Rev. G. W.\ < vnijte»~who has decupled
the pulpit of Central church 'Xor,some
time, will leaVe-it to accept WeaTT"f rom
the First Methodist Episcopal church of
Oakland. Rev. E. R. Dille of that
church- will-take- his; place in- the San
Francisco church.. _The exchange of pul
pits r,has. betsn^r cpjiflnneaif -by.£;*tUe
trustees of. Central cfrrircK, subject to th*
approval of ' Bishop Neeley/ THe matter
will be presented fn^llie conference,"
which will m&el'Jn Pacific Grove- 9ep-;
tember 11. :> -^ \u25a0".
Hxernrsf on to Caplt ola
Opening day . *ale""or:*lots CapTtola
Heights,- Sundajv% September, X.. 1907.
Round trip" tickets, "including' luncheon,",
% 2 60 * : Fare ' returned, to . all: purchasers.
L^rge marln* 'View lots^Xrom :slo©' to
1200- * eary payments.;,.. Special" train
leave* -Third and- Towneend streets at
S-16 a. m. .For further Information ap
ply to Stanford &rCo..^2« J Montgomery
et.. City. Phone Temporary -4473. •
COSTESSCS BintGLAET— ThonjM.J.'vHuwr
inia. a!ia« Bdwardß, •-w»ltw..WM atTMted yes-
-fey Del peti \e * Burke sod Soldi and will
be chanted wtt&^iOTKlarj';;", He.: confessed," to
tiring, broken into tbe residence; of., tool* 'An-
Henoo: bntefcer. . 1338 T»lencU street. • l*«t Sun-,
toy. o<J st*«iln«»* "*»W watch and' chain, a
*-*»-» ut ud MTeral article* of jewelry."-"'."*
Lack^ttendancc Marks
Opening of Symphony
Concert Season
.Sunshine and" the promise of an .in
terestingly balanced - program yester-'
day afternoon failed ' to bring ;out \u25a0 the
sort of .an, audience that ; should have
greeted the opening of the symphony
season at the Greek theater at.Berke
ley. There was a '"conspicuous absence
of ;the university faculty, and the stu
dents. Perhaps the college year- is too
young yet \for_, them to ,\ have l'had time
to arrange the. periods so as to admit
of -giving an: hour . and a 'half = to the
music that is making the university
famous. »KSSl&s&6?iPfi»sß
. .; The freshmen are ..too'- self centered
.with the big new experiences; that -are
coming to them to wander far from the
classrooms;. the professors are too busy
getting the' college machinery working
again. ; But the empty: seats cannot all
be charged to the university . folk. .
There was not the usual pilgrimage
from San Francisco to Berkeley's shrine
of music. Perhaps the season is young
for the urbanites." . The coming con
certs will surely jbe better attended:
The people around the bay must .live
up to their reputation for musical; ap
preciation, once they awaken from their
summer lethargy.
Despite the absence of so many sym
phony supporters the opening of. the
season was an occasion . most reassur
ing. The . program was exceptionally
well made up, opening with the digni
fied Gluck "Alceste" overture and con
cluding / with the Brahms "Hungarian
Dances" done with such snap and spirit
that the audience went down the beau
tiful slopes from the amphitheater with
the wild rhythm of .this always wel
comed composition playing : tricks with
their feet MBmßjSl .
' Director Wolle carried something of
a dead weight during the overture and
the first movement of the Haydn "Sec
ond Symphony" that followed. His
reading of the "Alceste" overture was
indicated plainly by what he tried to
get his orchestra ito do. The musi
cians could not really, spoil its fine
measures, but they did not give sym
pathetic response. It was not until the
andante movement of the Haydn sym
phony was reached that the musicians
were truly alive to. what was expected
of them. The melody of this movement
was bound in graceful legato ' and
colored with delicacy. From this on all
the characteristic beauty of Haydn's
work was brought out. The menuetto,
of which this composer was full mas
ter, was so well interpreted that Its
presentation was one' of the real pleas
ures of the afternoon.
The Tschaikowsky "Serenade" (for
strings) proved to be as praiseworthy a
number as the Symphony orchestra
ever has given. Master of musical ex
pression, Tschaikowsky expressed in
this composition all the sentiment that
could be conceived for a serenade.
There was the lilt of the waltz, the
romance of the elegy and the enthu
siasm of the finale to lend beauty, to
this pretty conception. The serenade
was interesting in form, the construc
tion dividing the story to be told into
four' chapters. \ A theme, distinctly
Russian in suggestion, opened the first
part. It was so definitely cut off from
what followed that a colon would have
been fitting punctuation. The tempo
in the last part was a little too much
for the strings, they lacked clarity. ''As
a whole the Tschaikowsky number
brought distinct credit to the director
and his men.
The next symphony concert will be
given Thursday afternoon, September
12. The program will be:
Overture, "Sakeuntala" (Goldmark) ;
Fourth Symphony (Beethoven);'"Con
trasts — the Gavotte,. A. D. 1700 and
1900" (ElKar); ballet. music and wed
ding- march from t"i« opera. "Feraraors"
(Rubinstein)... »- - A. PS
RARE SPECIMENS IN
UNIVERSITY MUSEUM
Department of Anthropology
Issues Description of
Collection
BERKELEY. Aug. 29.— The depart
ment of anthropology . Issued today a
pamphlet, providing a detailed descrip
tion of the collections of the anthro
pological museum of the University of
California. The description, is In part
as follows:
Greek and Roman marble statuary,
totem figures from Kwaklutl Indians,
and German wrought iron work of the
fifteenth to. seventeenth/ centuries. The
four rooms on the first floor contain
respectively collections of the follow
ing description: Greek and Roman,"
ancient Peruvian, Paclflc islands "and
the Philippine islands. The Greek and
Roman collections include among, other
things ' Etruscan pottery; limestone
statuary, vases and pottery from Cy
prus (about 1500 to 500: 8..C); glass
ware from Syria; mosaic and" painting;
reproductions of familiar., or unusual
Greek and Roman antiquities.
The collections from the American
continents " are grouped - together upon
the second floor of the building. On
the landing may be seen portrait paint
ings of .North American -Indians. .Ob
jects f rom the Indians of Mexico in
clude casts of small antiquities, and
from Guatemala .come clothing and
utensils. - ; -
STATE WARNS EPICURES
OF RABBITS' EPIDEMIC
Bunny Race Faces Extinction Under
Attack of Strange and
.Fatal Malady
Special by Leased Wire to The Call
SACRAMENTO. Aug. 29.— The . state
board of health has just Issued a warn
ing to the' epicure against the eating. of
rabbits for fear; that, the meat may? be
diseased. An unknown; malady ,ls kill
ing millions of rabbits in 'California,
Oregon and Nevada and .In' fact- is
threatening- to wipe the .rabbit 'race
out of existence in , the states men
tioned. ;\u25a0- r .\. " .".-/-
. , There has been little , or no effort
made to inquire, into the disease, as the
rabbit Is . considered a rodent' that/ may
well be gotten along without. Its. meat
is unwholesome at : J.hev present time,
however, 1 and ; the . public is warned - not
to eat- the flesh."/. •,
Klamatb . Falls ; and - Return— -« 19.00
Excursion to Klamath 'region. -.-Take
Southern Pacific. 3:4o p. m. . train* Se
ptember 7. .Tickets Mncludei-trip over
Klamath Lake R. R. and stage line.' Re
turn any time up to September 22. Stop
overs, at 'Shasta Springs., . •
FIRST CONTRACT. LET ON "
'-IMPERIAL AND i YUMA ROAD
Special by Leased Wire to The Call
• SAN DIEGO, Aug. 29 r—Theiflrst con£
for the actual . gradin g of the Sari"
Diego and Arizona k railroad . from :} this
•city '\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0 and * bay ,• to i the ''_ Imperial i",valley,
Yuma andr-beyond-was ieU Tuesday Ho,
Rendall, Frailer. &- Co.* local ; contract-'
ors. J Work twill begin before; the fend
of \u25a0' the"; week.' \u25a0\u25a0 > \u0084,\u25a0'\u25a0. ~ *;
" John • D.~ Spreckels, president ; of '£ the
road. " says that; just ; as., fast as the i re£
malnder of [' the', right; of *ntay/ can \u25a0 be
cleared •« for action additional ) contracts
will be let and the work rushed. .
THE SAN, tfkANUISCOv^
BELLIGERENT FARMERS
TO STIR UP CONGRESS
Charges Reclama
tion Men Will Be ; Madejy
! in - Sacramento^ vl i\ -U
LIPPINCOTT'ASSAILED
Irrigation; Convention
Promise of Being a
Lively Affair : -?- r
Special' by Leased • Wire to >The Call
SACRAMENTO,- Aug. 25i:—Th'efvNa
tlonal Irrigation congress I is ' going ; to
have much- serious .: business V, on" : its
: hands that : its, promoters-! never,, took
into their reckoning when they planned
a gathering, for the purpose ' ofri'riyet
lng" the attention of .the cbuntryon.the
Irrigation of the\ west: 'Instead -of :a
: heavily dignified "and 'formal'- : convention
of decorous citizens, the congress prom
i lses : to -be ! about as 'HvelyjanVaffair^ai
a .discordant 1 session of socialists- -in
Germany. - Three V. thousand >'' delegates
will\" be - in attendance, and as about
1,000 of them have chips on! their shodl-'
ders t the. possibilities conflict \u25a0•: are
bright. -There 'is L no; more : desperate
fighter -. than the ' farmer .'-whose * crops
are dying from want of water;; (he rhas
often used shovel and rifle with deadly
effect in California's irrigation history),
and that there will \be some ? genuine,
hammer and tongs scrapping! 6hvth~e
floor of the congress: seems I assured.^'rt
' The officials \u25a0. of the /United States
reclamation service^ fromVpresenttindlf
cations, will be subject to a. going- over
that certainly, will rivet" attentionvfar
and wide. 1 They, on Jthe ;-'< other?.: hand,"
are expected to make vigorous "defense.
In many instances grave - accusations
are to ,be preferred. : The- charges
against : these engineers- range" : from
"crookedness" to - flagrant); incompe
tency. All of the grievances are no be
aired and the congress is really ; to «;be
an important, effective | affair, -,' for it
j will have to deal with big. actual.prob
lems. ' . V. '.\ : . .:\u25a0•.:;•:.{;
So earnest are the men who are in
fighting array "against theureclamatlon
officials . that f they will hold ja} prelimi
nary convention of their own on Satur
day, in preparation for the-'- war. that
they expect to wage in next - week's
congress." /The . water users' conven
tion is the. name under which, the
assemblage was called by the farmers
of the Yuma / valley. All irrigation
ists of sections where the government
has supplied" water 'or- undertaken ! to
supply it are invited to attend ' and pre-^
sent their troubles. .The" Yuma'; men
are aroused \u25a0 against J.;* B.";" Lippincqtt,'
who has had charge of the reclamation
work in their section and' bluntly ac
cuse him of having victimized them- out
of water rights that they owned.'lVhen
the government took over, the" estab
lished irrigation system, it is alleged,
the officials,: failed to maintain a sup-,
ply of water,' causing the ruin; of 'half
the farms in the flourishing* valley. :
The Klamath settlers complain that
the work of the government" in 'build
ing a canal system: there I ; is "disgust
ingly, slow"; in fact, .marked by, 'gross
incompetency. The Owens valley peo
ple are hostile because ;;; Los , 'Angeles
city was permitted to j locate a { water
supply on the lake. Ranchers along the
Truckee river are, charging Uncle; Sam
with stealing water -from themfor/hls
project-, lower, -down;: the valley.;/ v ln
short, the. reclamation; district, is: yet ..to
be : heard .from that Is not eendlng: dele-"
gates .in bellicose mood/ .. >'\u25a0 -J^^v*»tis»' "s%
. All of which: will 'be .very; profitable.'
: for; the .opportunity will beY offered : of
drawing; effective \u25a0,attentionj;-.to".,the
wrongs. If .the government's reclama
tion service needs a" shaking ; up the
congress Is 'likely to bring .it i about'
Governors and United States senators
from several states will bet in /attend
ance and . Secretary Garfleld j and -Presi
dent Roosevelt will be watching 'the
congress with more - thanK a 'languid
interest. 1
' The forest reserve question; will-be
one of the : leading ., features of the
convention and the hammering: of; the
administration's policy that : made : such
an edifying exhibition at the public
lands 'convention In Denver /some
months v ago will in all .'probability;: be
attempted here. The> feeling; was; so
strong in the Colorado "meeting '-that
stuffing of delegations was "resorted
to. The cattlemen and land; 'sharks
are not to be expected to'lef.the-irri^
gationlsts go this time without put
ting: up. a, battle as ,has been' done* on
every previous occasion.
- Some of the United States ;\u25a0 senators
who are coming here are ; ready to swat
Roosevelt every; time they are given . a
chance 'and will attend the convention
largely, for the purpose; of landing? a
blow upon- him.; .Interest; will? be; lent
when Vice President -Fairbanks visits
the congress in his; tour,;of the country,
enlisting all ; t the elements1 J he:can : in
his candidacy 1 for .the; presidency. v He
is. -keeping hands off any- I fight, of
course, but it will be surprising; if *an
emphatic demdhstration. is' not -made
in his behalf, '- Inasmuch \u25a0as he Is I not
the administration's man for the White
House. l^frff^ftjti^ftJiftT^^WStflißpffffiS^^'^P*^
The Capital City Is outdoing itself in
its : preparations for the congress.* ; Ten
thousand .visitors are expected! for : the
week," and; remarkable energy i has; been
shown' in 4 arranging hospitalities or.
them. : As an adjunct of; the convention;
there- will :be an exposition, of irrigated
land and^forestspr'oducts.-tcal
culatedVto serve ."as ~a.h-. 'object k lesson
of the possibilities of .water andTdes'ert'
Saturday .^ night, , after v thei congress
shall have 'adjourned,' the ; guests 'of "the
city will;be treated. to what is^described
as an: allegorical irrigation parade/, The
press ' agent i, says \u25a0;. that : '% it ja
"pageant Tof '.: Roman 'r..magnlflcence ? 7J
Twenty' floats of designr'coritempbra
neous with r , the period !repr~esent'edtwill
tell ' the epochs ,1n? the history /of ;water
rights '.and Irrigation;-: be ginning; about
the time that Jacob established. the' first
water right.- when '; he du g ' his '\u25a0 well.^arid
continuing '< to ;* the . ; modern-day \u25a0* when
great i rivers ; are threatened^ wlth^ being
.wiped' off^the map.t:"' Besides, <;thf re is to"
be some marvelous s "street^lliurti^natlcff, f
as \u25a0 well as .festivities "durlng^thefweek,
to ? convince the "stranger*. thronjrXwhat
a hustling town 'Sacramento lisjahd how
earnestly: It ;.looks; for 5 its .great" future"
to the -irrigation/ of the -broad -valley
of 'which it is the certterl •\u25a0:. ' \u25a0•\u25a0 ' .
LABORERS ARE^ STARVED] ivj
; : . DURING tRAILWAY TRIP
Eighty Men Sent . ; From New York
to v.Omaha .Complain of \u25a0 Al
; leged Mistreatment ; •X*
Special by Leased, Wire to (The Call
OMAHA, Neb., v, ' Aug. ;
mem shippedtby ; a r labor.* agency; iii ?New_
York ito i Omaha , for. employment \by VthV
Union '\u25a0 Paclflc .< complained 'Vr at
the «" office =• of T; the.;: company; that^they"
received *; most : 'P, Inhuman *
en ; rbut'cV- Theyjleft New'Tork -Friday,
evening^ and .arrived i ihYOmaha r {|Mori -;
day;, af tenibon. '\u25a0% For,'" thirty.;' hours,'- ac
cording, fbUheir. spokesman* they^were
left '-'entirely,*! without/ food, fand twere
fed {only when \u25a0 they, threatened:-. vio z
lence. .':' ;-', -;.-'\u25a0.'\u25a0-.\u25a0 -'\u25a0.\u25a0^':'^"'CK-'-' r^. •.
: Unlohj Pacific ofnclalsTsay that^nb;la
bbr^agericy :in New ; : York- isi author,
ized rto j: men s for; the^ r'bad/v and
that :-: thlß'-. Union j Pacific^ ls^ not | respond
sible for the * treatment accorded- the
men* ** *
Delmas Again Rests Glass Defense
When Prosecution Closes Case
yFate|o|; M Be
Piafeedriii ' Jiny's Hands Tonight
The; prosecution .closed .its i case Louis Glass ,'•."• at v 8 :15
o'clock .last^night^-tHe defense again^
a single "witness; and * the/opening • argument was/begun : by Assistant
pistnct--\Attojney ; "Jo^
sketching to the jufy^a; summary^
(duceH against theitelephone magnate.:^ This:rnorhing-at;9:3o o'clock
Q'Gara'- will •resume,^ and ; he . will : be \u25a0 followed lin .turn, ; for two hours
each;:byfAttd^
.District Attorney .Heney- in' rebuttal^: ' Judge Lawlor has Tallowed four
hiours to each side ;for" ; the- addresses, andtthereis every probability
that \ the case will . be ; given' Into ?; 'the
hands of the jury either^ late this af
ternoon or at a. session tonight.
'' '' Strong corroborative " evidence < was
introduced^ by.' the prosecution [v/tster-'
day i and v the; proceedings were, enllv-;
ened* by . several (spats between - Delmas
and Heney. v wWhile .J Clerk 1 John; H.
Ryan- of .the; board of supervisors .was
pid the . stardf during the. afternoon ,the
final rupture'. ; between • the : ; attorneys
occurred.* Heney ,:, was to
introduce : the ; minutes board
relating- to; the: second^ passage; olithe
Home : telephone- franchise;ordinanceiln
Julyr. when the board .was '\u25a0\u25a0 going yover
its- business,' V> transacted!; Immediately,
after "the fire, : in order> to" insure ' its
legality. 3 Delmas declared^is Tlgnor
anceiof the. occasion, -for/!.' OTchn--itestl-l
mony and Heney. taxed } hirrt ;iKith :hav-.
Ing a* 1 poor * memory. \u25a0j'A-'.mlriUte^later
Heney, made a > mistake ; in ' referring,, to
afdate. .:• ,".'' ./:.-.' , : \u25a0 '
LAWYERS AT IT AGAIN -:.\u25a0:.:. ,-,
'. "The gentleman's memory' seems",- to
be itself not over jreliable, since in less
than : half, a^ minute he* forgets his I own
statement," retorted' Delmas.'V;
i j There 'seemed: to *be} no occasion . for
the crossfire' of recrimination which fol
lowed.': but
ance Is 'some -manner opened" the: flood
gates.. ' ;\u25a0 :; " \u0084\u25a0 ' \u25a0 : ._»\u25a0. ..
."Oh,. I don't: forget my. statements at
. all, '«J Heney answered. -''I must \u25a0 confess
I; ani not'as. punctilious as you,' though,'
about either. my dress or.'my language."
' - "I have always 'understood," .was the
retort, "that there Is nothing .more) ill
bred than a: reference to a gentleman's
dress." r \"-"\'. '\u25a0 .••";.'.-." '.*\u25a0 : '-'-.'\u25a0<' \u25a0\u25a0' \u25a0'\u25a0 C '\u25a0'•'\u25a0/ \u25a0 ''
"That is true," shouted ; Heney, ,-,'and^
there is nobody^who is more \u25a0 punctilious^
about his .language andjless about-'hi^j
conduct. than yourself." \u25a0 'J '.t*. '' '\u25a0'.>!\u25a0
i : V'There is % no greater.- blackguard than
you are onithat^subject,"' angrily cried
Delmas.' •". Heney. made no attempt to,re
spond, and Judge >Lawlor' jumped; into
the breach with a command : that such
exchanges stopat once. 7 >. v ' ,: ,
I b William A. - Beasly, the San Jose at-^
torney. -In" whose* name ;the?,fake7 telel- ;
phone: company.. In ; Oakland; attempted
to and did. secure :a franchise* in 1 an: ef-"
fort i to defeat the^ Hpme'cdmpanyJ from
gaining entrance : 'there, : told in ;full;Of
the' scheme "Cab' it:,was ' carried fout.r and
declared ; that 'Hatsey had;advanced him
all the >moriey, needed > In'.the:further
ance of- the: project jAn 7 ; effort' was
made by the". defense through; this wit
ness to discredit the testimony of E.- S.
Pillsbury, who 'declared 'that he; had
nothing to ; do " : ',jf lth" the /operations .of
this" bogus company.. The witness said
that he; had understood' that! Pillsbury,
prepared most 'of .the papers that 'were
filed I w J th jthe: Oakland shut'; he
was/hbt iureTof ithls.* 1 \u7 "", 3i . T."';3;' 7ih'\
T> ' SCOTT CONTRADICTS HIMSELF •
\u25a0a. President - Scott was \ recalled and a
similar; attack was made .on - him. *He
had - previously : declared | that ' he knew
what : the salary payments to Ruef were
f or, 1 and Delmas; read"> to] him, a part of
his testimony before the : grand ; Jury,' In
which; he made. a .directly ; contradictory
statement. Heney JdUdinot^examlne him.
Auditor, Thomas jE.'Slterwin ;was' called
and' explained | the ( contingent " liability
account referred to on: the vouchers for
Ruers salary that have been put in evK
dence:-'-'- \u25a0 '• -. . \u25a0 ". :~:-~~\: ~:-~~\ . >' : -;4:
J. J., Flyrin, assistant .to the auditor
of ; the :. Pacific \u25a0 States ' company, • and
George ; Beanston^ 'chief \ of \ the disburs
ing- division of the auditing department;
were "the j most} important; witnesses 'of
the ; day.- They' identified J the Ruef j sal
ary vouchers, rand? both; declared :;that
tho]"detail on file,"; referred to on; the
face of the ; vouchers,*'^ had* never, been
filed ;in : their : respective" departments
and that they did ; not ? know , whether,
any,' such; detailed "account , had , ever
been made' out.'. Several, other r witnesses
were ; called : to ' put : forward "corrobora
tive detallsconcerhing: evidence already,
secured, "and it was mot" until 1 nearly, an
hour; had^been at' the night
session that- Heney i dismissed the last
witness' and said: ''The ,: prosecution
Closes."- . - ,'', ';_'.'."'. ;- .\u25a0 ; ' '\u25a0'•-
.v>','So do we/ answered Delmas quickly.
f-iTlie> requests \u25a0\u25a0.for,'. Instructions to .the
jury/ ( were : filed ' and v O'Gara ! arose * for
the j opening ; argument. V s Aa? he - spoke,'
Glassleaned forward ;in' his" seat,inter
ested in every word and : taking notes of
Avhat was •; said. : The courtroom ; con
tained * several i- hundred ; people, .among
them: being a." large "number; of women;
£ut : . deep-. .slle'hce.'i prevailed while "the
argument'progfessed.t .O'Gara stood dl
.rectly Jin": front* of 'the; jurymen^ and
talked^ earnestly, 1 , to \u25a0; them ;; t without \ pre-J
tensy of rhetorical; flights," content .with
puUirigbefore'thera'in" a' clear, and coni
else? manner his ; in: support
of i the" "case whichXthja; state ; has ' put
together. He 'spoke and" dls£
passlqnately,':but his .words : were force
ful arid , direct. ; " In [ part : he t said : \u25a0 -
"Alt Is right that thin defendant should -*« .tried
without any hatred, bias or prejudice. ,;He mnut
nQt.be t conTlcted'^ except- on tthe; evidence ; itself,"
yet ! on .. the - other ? hand ?he * must -- be 1 given th«
Bamft kind of trial that'any other man would re
telve.x The fact that he, is a man of wealth, po
pltinn and standing does not alter bis standing at
all. ;Hk is .to be "tried tbe same as a man. .who
comes r^iere . wwithou t a - frlend^or a " dollar/ and
rrltb counsel -appointed byithe'eourt to represent
-him;*.'' Your decision l does ( not depend on 1 the pur
pose -with Uhe | one • who took the • bribe | re
\u25a0 ceired^ it," '• but "- on' the \u25a0• purpose \u25a0 and Intent ' with
whlch.lt was given.-' v"> " V
' -y The 1 strongest kind) of evidence concernlnjf the
payment* of j these . bribes is >iound rln t the • testi
1 monyi of the men " who " received them,*; and In ad
dition to that thn most emphatic corroboratlon in
round J In Z these % bank t : statements. >,* The ; def ens*
will tell I you I that you are | not to believe the te«
timony, of i these 'supervisors t and; wilL nrg« ithat
.ibet*. : prosecution 4 should :. ; be i discredited \u25a0- because
these : men * are i testifying/ under :*lmninnlty 5 con
tracti.i*.They,.will argueithat a 'great wrong hat
• be«n \u25a0 done ; because \ the ? immunity^ contracts > have
bfpn given \u25a0\u25a0 these . coaf essed » bribe .takers . an 4 ' be
cause; , ; they I have % been -\u25a0 brouirht •\u25a0: in - to , testify
against i this i unconf essed s defendant.-v Is ', that lan
argument?, which : ca» v be : considered by \u25a0; any ; fa tr
minded man?. ','\u25a0\u25a0' " :: - \u25a0-'"'-\u25a0>''\u25a0.\u25a0•-* - : ; ' '• '\u25a0 \u25a0"\u25a0-.:' sr '".\u25a0 '\u25a0\u25a0'\u25a0\u25a0
;v:< You l> must ' see •- tha t . the 1 d lstrlet " attorney .: has
had' no -choice; . ' If . his wishes had been consulted
both ? , the i bribe J giver ; and r the -bribe v . taker ' would
go Jtd JalU&but t without immunity; for tha 1 one Ut
in r ; Impossible : to , ca tchl the ' other. , It Is \u25a0\u25a0, a , Ques
tion 'of • punishing > one jori none at I all.A And v ' Is
the, punishment of the : bribe giver that will canse
tbe greater . deterrent effect.' ,"\u25a0 *\u25a0-" ri - ; -\u25a0*•\u25a0 \u25a0-\u25a0 .• v.-ri
>^-Lonergan • m I(?ht i languish 3in ; San ,i Quentln '. all
his -life and j Httl« ; attention 4 would I ever be , paid
him ; t the ; lesson * would ibe j practically - : lott.^ But
.take, the man ' who its' itch" and ' strong and ' power-"
fnr and ? who, has shadf the! handling?, of thissim
tnora I \ wealth » which f has ? run s over j and"< crushed
the " hearts sand . consciences \ of : men .*; -'.When '- this
man j Is: fittingly^ pun isbed ' It .will ; serve : as 1 a great
'. lesson ".to } deter; others. ihii no > element 4 to
' mitigate \a 5 crime s likel this: »?,Tbe t man ', who , com
mits an'act of ithis -depravity, hides' himself . wben
icverjhc can,*jand,lifiheliß;a-iman!of :power,ihlrei
his: underlings 'to carry ]out his crimes for.him.'».»-
Ruef s Motion* to {S^^ide \u25a0
i£*i Indictments Is Not Heard
;,' The* cases' lhiWhlch,!*Abfaham;Ruef Is
charged s.with. with ' having offered ' a • bribe In
connection; with the '}. ; Parkside -;* f rani
chises,. were Ibefore- 'Judge t Dunne - yes
terday.^ ??Ruefi' has " pending '• ay motion
to set aside the indictments. 3 -'A' stipula
tion ?i had s been .'entered -\u25a0" into \u25a0>. that f the
court I would I rule Ithat ' thej proceedings
in'.J connection '.\wlth .the viridictments
against Umbsen, Green and Brobeck
should i govern '- L th« * action \ of , the 'court
in the Ruef case.'?.' Ruef .was not present
yesterday morning/ and aa Judge Dunne
was r of >the X opinion .that \u25a0'. it Lwould be
preferable ; for \u25a0 him^ toj beT there* before
any '• action were ? taken," a ', continuance
until; next? -Friday • was^ordered. \u25a0
WOMAN CAUGHT IN ACT
OF ROBBING MAILBOX
Mystery -of Many /Thefts in
Lbs Angeles Solved
byXapture
Special bjf Leased Wire to The Call
LOS ANGELES, Aug." 29.— Efforts ex
tending over a period of weeks to cap
ture the person who has sbeen robbing
street *; mailboxes r ; culminated ' J : today in
the arrest of a woman, who was caught
.in', the" act;cf taking letters which had
just;' been' deposited jin :'a\ box. "• .When a
detective i placed; her - under. 1 arrest she
fought>, desperately? and; when :. finally,
|pvercome£- became rvwlldly,' hysterical,
pcreaming 3 at : the?top(of 'her voice and
; appealing ?< for J aid T until ; "several men
4 were7about; to attack the officer,' who
saved himself by disclosing his Iden
tity. ' ; . :': ' '..'•"
When the woman , was taken to police
headquarters she refused to' give ; ;her
name or -tell, any thing; about herself.
s" ;She was j thoroughly searched by; the.
police " matron.' but: nothing was found
which gave any clew to her Identity.
In , her,; ravings : the I woman :' ; has ; made
statements {.which ; lead \u25a0 the' authorities
to'; believe: that;- she 't«;the^person who
has been looting mailboxes all over the
city, ;but t^where she . live*. > what : dlspo
sition^she; made \of tße* letters, .whether
she had associates \in Iher crimes or I the
amount she ] realized matters^ about
which .. the : detectives \u25a0 have not* the
slightest information.: , .:~
'-.{The woman's manner' leads to the be
lief * that ishe, ; is Insane or.-, 15 .. an .un
usually f clever, actress if, she Is sham
'mlng.;-:.'.::'- ;••'\u25a0". \u25a0"-'-.'\u25a0':"\u25a0/ ; ~.'.' \u25a0"" "... ,r:'
?~The \u25a0< plan ' she ; adopted -, was ,very> slm
ple."?A[wlre frame Just 'the' size of:! the
opening 'ih^ the would be in
serted and the box closed. Letters de
posited iin .the ' : box jwould lodge > in the
.wire . frame; and the thief ; . would return
and ; withdraw/ the: frame ;and* the let
ters. 1 .The c thefts " have ; been ; numerous.
STANFORD RUGBY TEAM
PREPARED FOR SEASON
-University of ' Nevada Will
Play at Palo Alto
in October
William Unmack
Manager Sales of • Stanford . university
has completed ~ a big schedule of , games
for,the Rugby .team this season. '
: i^The jUniverslty.'of ; Nevada, \whlch". put
up such a strong flght last year against
the "cardinal : men, : ;wlll play, at Palo Alto
.on October ; 17.; '.This .will \u25a0 be ; the , varsity
team's first game and" without ; a doubt
it ] will': be 1 a good game to .witness..SNe
vada-is "enthusiastic -over; Rugby i.this
"season^t^v/. "r:" r : .•'..- ':' :\u25a0,\u25a0.-\u25a0--\u25a0•'-'\u25a0•....,.: -
' v> After the < Nevada game ] the \ Barbarian
club .will play, a' series at ', Palo Alto and
Just - prior .i to \u25a0?, the ' "big "game" 2 Canada
will again {visits Palo^Alto. \ ,: :..,\u25a0 ; r
• Regular practice at.Stanford is sched
uled :v: v to Jbe .begun; September,: 11.,., A big
rally- is > to' be ' held ,'on : September 10. i
..- Stanford's field Jf has -'been
greatly|lmpfoved.l v : The .bleachers ; have
been moved back and the field has been
grassed. V; It .Jwill I now be : of •; regulation
size. \u25a0>?. -i"_ M "' : ;. j J'":V \u25a0"{.- ' \u25a0 '.. 1 - t''-^.'^''' ''..'-
\u25a0 trip tickets on salef or September 11, 12,* 13 and 30, X^^
jW - CHIPAGO, UWIOW PACIFIC ll
<W & WORTH WESTERN LIN E /If
Mmj $70.00 to St Paul and Minnedpolis, Minn. $72i50ito[ciricago,\llL, and return. ijKji
1 WSI- $108.50^ to New York, N.Y., and return. $109.50 to Boston,; Mass., and return. MM
mSS- $IO7«6O to Philadelphia, Pa, and return. $107.00 to Baltimore, "^Md., and return. WMw
''Ifflji- ..- •-; ' '--s \u25a0\u25a0-\u25a0\u25a0-. $107.00 to Washington, D. C, and return, r -.W* \u25a0\u25a0*:" \u25a0: MM/fl •
aWjRB $97.75 Round trip to Norfolk, Va., account Jamestown Exposition, Aug. 19 and Ijfflffiffy
»|V $90.90 .Saratoga, N. V., and return Sept. 3, 4 and 5, return* limit V9o days. jiffljfW
'\u25a0 Ticket* provide for \rtopo%)er* at JViagara Falls" : ~-" : - >^W^
: Tickets at these low rates are available for passage on the electric lighted \^k3£Xt
Otftrland JLimfted: leaves daily at 10:00 A. ! M., or "on fast trains leaving>_^M&i^^^
at 9^K) A. M. and 6^20 P. M. Full particulars on request. . .;'j^»flffiP^"
Aflt. Pm*. Deol. Union ' Pacific R.R.
STOCKTON-LODI ROAD
TO BE OPENED SUNDAY
Sari:J6aquiri. Cities Will .Be
Given Advantage of
Rapid Transit;
THIRTY RUN
BusmessmeriVto; Build jCqutf
try Homes v Alongf
-.STOCKTON, -Aug. i 29.— Residents^ of;
Stockton,; Lodi and^intermedlate; points
will realize their long -deferred '-'\u25a0 hopes
next-. Sunday when the Central, Cal
ifornia "traction; 1 company -will^formally
open \u25a0 its * Inter urban,, line; -"which V in v an
other; year, .will ,v connect .; Sacramento
«nd Modesto, with* Stockton." - The'.resl^
dents of the ,two\ points w are ~ ; b*uildlng
great' plans T on "the- opening of the.. road
and many businessmen of the two cities
.will erect 'country.^ homes: two, three
and' four, miles out. v* - .*V.
\u25a0 \The;coaches,ttwo of
the Initial runs \u25a0 betweenithe itwo iCities,*!
are ? of 'the i latest -, pattern' and.p rovided
with '300 "horsepower -electric »motbrs7
which will -be supplied by; a ,» third Trallr
jlriside- Jthe city.;llm|ts -\u25a0 the -overhead;
trolley * will be;used. To prevent^accl
dents'the.third rail is covered i with! a
wooden; hood. :.-.-,'-':" """!'.
In .'addition to [ the; two .coaches there
will ;be ! an" express ; car -in operation at
the. outset. It is the intention: of >'thV
company * to > increase ' the : equipment Tot
rolling stock just as rapidly as traffic
VA rate of 60-cents.for the round trip,
including the fare on "local, city sllnes,'
has . been fixed,* withlai greatly
rate ; f or commutation tickeja.;- rl: "
Samuel ! B. '< McLenegan, .We' / general
manager/ states that stops will be .made
at all countryj roads, andVthat.' the com
panywlll In every wayendeavor.to ac
commodate the traveling* public; .-. -*, '•
• The schedule ,wlll ; begin at 7 o'clock
in'themoching. ; -;The last car for" Lodi
will; leave; Stockton* at; 9 o'clock p. m.
and the "last from" Lodi will start at
10, p.^m. ...v's ' . -.
>. -There .will be a' car every, hour, on
Sundays and holidays: and; a two hour
service \on week; days.:. Should .traffic
warrant it. this, service will be ln
cfeased;^not onlyas ta time butin the
matter of equipment. /.*'< RnK
v The'Lbdi^run will be made. in about
30 minutes, including stops,; though the
cars are capable of a speed of^6o^ miles
anZhour.br. more. > Untir the "track Is
fully ballasted no attempt at high speed
will be made. 'w- \u25a0<*\u25a0\u25a0; '. * : \u25a0
OIL KINGMUST^PRQVE
THAT HE HAS A HOME
New Complication Bars the Collection
of Witness Fee by John" D.
Rockefeller
Special by Leased Wire to The Call
CHICAGO, Aug. 29.— Unless John D.
Rockefeller can prove ' that ; he has *a
home he is in danger of losing the $72
witness fees the -United States govern
ment; owes him for testifying in the
Standard oil rebate case.
.; The richest ?\u25a0. man . in' the world, who
owns half a dozen palatial ' residences,
must ; satisfy;: the' federal;: officials that
he ,' actually;; traveled from Massachu
setts ; to ! Chicago -and? back to Cleveland
to"; appear before Judge X. , M. Landis,
and until he does so the government is
holding: up. .his pay^fOE the hour he
spen t 1 n the courtroom. FNo one seems
to -know just '.where -Rockefeller began
his j journey ,' to Chicago. ; The affidavit
signed by -, the . . Standard ' oil head in
Cleveland omits, the important: detail. .
* V; As i every one knows Rockefeller Is not
suffering for^ the /money the : com
plications are looked upon as a joke by
every, ohe'with ; the possible "exception of
the oil king himself, who maybe think
ing of i the •; interest. he, is losing on the
money. ; This. '.at ! , Standard oil dividend
rates, would be $28.80 a year.
MINERS* UNION TO BREAK
WOOD DEALERS' COMBINE
Raisins of Prices to $10 and $12 a
Cord Leads to Co-operative
' in Grass Valley
Special by Leased Wire to The Call
ORASS VALLEY, Aug. 29.-^Goaded
by j the efforts; of the fuel dealers' com
bine in raising the price of -wood in
' this ' city .r to $10 and $12 "per cord,^ the
Grass 'Valley, miners' union, composed
of ;800Jmen, axuir forming: a 'big, part of
the '\u25a0 patronage of ! the 'fuel trust/ has
voted* sl,ooo;- as u a starter \u25a0 to r fight the
combine.; It.is : planned to buy a train
load'of ;.wood , near: Coif ax -and bring it
Into :this'«city"*and- sell: it'^to the^mem
bersof the miners'.' union and widows.
r 1 0ther'if fraternal organizations - are
taking J up . similar 1 plans,. 1 and ; it . looks
as though ; there -will ,- be *a } glut in the
fuel i market- in tthe,,city.V 'Itl is likely
that an' effort^will "also be made to pur
chase ? coal ,' in San .4 Francisco , for \u25a0 the
use of the ! , union." i Within the ;lastryear
the price * of ; wood has risen ': from |s '-. to
$12 f per cord. ;.-';'.;,.; v 'V ;\ ...
QUARTER OF MILLION
A MONTH FOR KEYMEN
Sum to Be Raised by th<
Railroad Telegraphers' \u25a0
Union Alone
WILL STAY OUT YEAE
Cbpps Says Strike Status Is
i Satisfactory and » a Vie
? ; tory Is Certain
S- The striking telegraphers are pre
pared to stay out for a year If neces
sary, according to a statement issued
yesterday by .Deputy National Presi
dent Copps. He claims to be more than
satisfied with the present status of the
strike, both ; local and national,' and
say» c the" telegraphers have been as
sured of a strike benefit fund of a quar
ter of a million dollars a month from
the ? order of -railroad telegraphers
alone. Every member of the order \u25a0will
contribute- $1 a week as a fund; for
their brothers in the commercial tele
graph ranks; who are out.
£ A 3 demonstration"will be given Labor
day, when the local. union of telegraph
ers will place their float at the head of
the big parade.' The x float will repre
sent- a telegraph station in operation
and plana are being laid to make it a
memorable feature of the day.
?.'; The following statement was issued
byiCopps yesterday:
\ i Reports from 86 ; cities is the Tutted States
which • have reached . me by . mail show continued
'gains - for • oar * cause.- The companies are stitv
tne desperately ; to \u25a0 stampede our members, bat
with Uttle success. Every : city is firm is Its
demand : for shorter hours and an Increase In
wages sufficient to furnish us with a livelihood
without ; being forced to work from tour to fly«
hours overtime. ..';-.
• We are ' standing together to gain thess con
ditions and will keep away from the telegraph
of flees for a year If necessary to accomplish
What .businessmen say is justice.
,i The following pledge is being cir
culated among- striking Associated
Press telegraphers and is being largely
signed: - .
TVf will never return to work nnle«a w get
all we ask for.. Theo we will wipe out alt old
\u25a0cores, pledge ourselves to live up . to our con
tract*, help . rebuild ,the . jreat newigatherln«
association and devote our energies to the b«at
interests of our union and our employer*. Settle
it now - for all time. Otherwise there will b«
dissatisfaction. This Is.tha final word from as.
HOTELMAN QUITS PLACE
WHERE LIQUOR IS" SOLD
Manager of Venice "Ship" Hostelry
Suddenly Converted and Re
signs His "Positions^
Special b$ Leased Wire to The Call
LOS ANGELES, Aug. 29.— The spec
tacle of the manager of a big hotel.build
ihg - suddenly converted to prohibition
and ' of .; his : resigning a good position
rather than be . a party to the sale of
liquor is presented in the case of Frank
Lawto'n, until Tuesday manager of the
Ship- hotel at Venice-by-the-Sea.
That resort had been a Mecca for the
thirsty who on Sundays and after sa
loon hours in this city have found am
ple facilities there for, thirst quenching.
Lawton has \u25a0 never, been known as .a
drinking: man: but he has served liquors
at all Hours at the* hotel. A few days
ago he approached the officers of the
hotels company, with the proposition to
stop the sale of : liquors there entirely.
)# The.: suggestion was laushed 'at and
Lawton resigned, giving as his reason
that he had, determined never again. to
engage' in or be a party to the sale of
liquor. He declined to state the reason
for,hls conversion to the.cause of strict
temperance.' His resignation was ac-
REWEDSWIFE FOR WHOM
\u25a0 HE ENDURED PRISON TERM
Dan Odoane of Nevada Triumphi
Finally Over Train of Matri
monial Vicissitudes
Special b$ Leased Wire to The Call
~ CARSON : CITTV Nev., * Aug. 29.— Three
wedding ceremonies, a term in the pen
itentiary for bigamy, a divorce, parole,
remarriage . and : alimony .are some .of
the '- things 1 which Dan Odoane had 'to
pass through before he was able finally
to- realize ; wedded bliss.
' * Dan Odoane is a handsome young
fellow,- and; some years ago- was mar
ried, to-his first' wife. For a short tima
life .went smoothly, but difficulties aros*
and they' separated. A few. years passed
and Odoane, thinking his* wife had ob
tained a divorce.' married Marjorie E.
Bennett. But, wife. No. 1 reappeared
and made chages which sent him to the
V
\u25a0 - Through the -^efforts of Mrs. . Ben
j nett-Odoane her husband secured " a
pardon." In the meantime, the first Mrs.
Odoane was .: making preparations 'to
procure aY" divorce and the board of
pardons In 'granting the parole declared
Odoane- would have to pay her $60 a.a '.
month alimony. '/
-.."All right,", aald Odoane. So the di
vorced/.wife >*gets* her "ISO a month.
Odoane "gets his liberty and his 'second
love gets ; him, for he was remarried, to,
her when she came post haste on hear
ing -that ' he was paroled.
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