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Who were the 10 greatest artists? Who the 10 greatest composers? Read the interesting and enlightening opinions, of local painters and composers in The Sunday Call VOLUME CH.— XO. 98. Stage Tumbles Into Gorge; San Franciscans Injured Pinchot Dictates Nominations for Office at Irrigation Congress DEVLIN TELLS A QUESTIONER TO "GO TO H-L" Oath His Reply When Asked if He Can Serve S. P. and People, Too IS HARRIMAN LAWYER; \u25a0::.. — r l Defends Aiding Railroad to Grab Sacramento's Water Front PRESIDENT WILLING Federal Prosecutor Cools and Asserts His Con nection Was Known Are you or Is th* firm of which you t-rf -a menbtr employed In a legal or other capacity by the Southern Pacific company or any other public service corporation which might, under given conditions, be subject to prosecution by you In your official capacity? •• T« It consistent with good legal ethics for a federal district attorney to be In the employ of such a corporation or to be a member of a law firm accepting or enjoying such employment? r« there anything In the federal statutes or In the rules of the depart ment of. Justice prohibiting United j States district attorneys accepting or! 'CDntlntilr.g" In such employment? \u25a0 •If you or your firm. a« attorneys, are! in the~- •employment^ C£ the" Southern} , Pacific company do you not think that . '.he public would be justified in doubt • thg: the sincerity of your prosecution j *nf tre cattle shipping or other cases In which the railroad company is a de- Tendant or is Interested? The foregoing list of questions was submitted to United States District At torney Robert T. Devlin yesterday by a representative of The Call. Devlin flushed hotly as he read them, and when he. had finished he was agitated an. angry. "Who sent you here with thoseT' he . demanded. : "The editor of The Call." was the ' r*p!y. VYou can tell the editor of The Call , to go to h — W announced Devlin. - After his passionate outburst the federal district attorney calmed himself somewhat. 'I don't care to enter Into any con troversy about tire matter," said Dev .".lin. • "I have a right to engage In law cases outside of my office. At this 'moment Assistant United States Dis trict Attorney Clark Is trying an In .fringement of patent case in the Unite States circuit court, which he has a . right to do. I have opened a law office In the Crocker building with Stratton and Kauffman. where I shall take pri vate law business." aids iiariuma* <;a&n The question which stirred - the dis trict attorney's anger was prompted by his participation a* a. Southern Pacific attorney In a case In the United States district court la which the city of Sac ramento has been trying to keep the Harrlman corporation from gobbling .a lar#e part of it* river front and ex cluding the Western Pacific X)n Tues day last Judge Van Fleet denied the city's petition for a temporary Injunc tion against the Southern Pacific. As was stated in The Call of Wednesday, j United States Attorney Devlin ap- i pcared in the superior court of Sacra mento county in behalf of the Southern Pacific when the case was heard at the "capital city some time ago.. Later In the day, when his temper ature was back to normal. District At torney Devlin volunteered a further statement, not desiring, he said, to have his refusal to answer the questions mis construed. ENLARGES STATEMEXT "Before I was appointed to this of fice," said Devlin. *"I had cases from the Southern Pacific company, and some df these cases are yet pending. But I was never under salary. I received a fee for each case I took. That matter. of my acting a* attorney for the railroad company was thoroughly discussed-be tween President Roosevelt and the at torney general before my appointment. They had been advised that I had re ceived fees from the railroad company' for my services and' that I had never been under salary Co Aat corporation. That Is all I desire to say Ton the sub- ! Ject." , These assurances from . Devlin that jhis superiors have no . objection to his* (appearance Jn the courts as an attorney /for the Southern Pacific take away none ' of the edge of some comment that is i Con Uau ed on Pare ' 2, Column t The San Francisco Call. INDEX OF THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL'S NEWS TODAY telephone: temporary so FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 1907 WEATHER COXDITIOXS TESTERDAX — Cloudy; rnnTirriTiTn temperstnre, CS; minimum, 56. FORECAST FOE TODAY— Fair; fresh wwt wlod. Pace 9 NEWS BY TELEGRAPH EASTERN Eenolt Booserelt rarrlTes rleora cf marcb with regulars, but fie«s from onsUcsht oiAMu' 6ewing circle. Wtg& I FOIIEIGX Coadjutor Archbishop "WTHUm H. O'Connell of Boston Is reported to be In line for promotion to cardinal. Page 1 Fiftj" persons reported burled by an a-ralancbe of enow on the ' Argentine frostier. Paga 1 German traders in Morocco suffer ruinous losses, and will claim indemnity from France. Page 1 France now fears complieationsOTer Moroccan situation, which Germany is watching to see that limits of Algeclras conrentlon are not orerEtepped. Page 5 Stage OTertnros near Santa Rosa and 10 per sons are Injured, six of them San Francis^" cans. Page 1 Eleven men, women and children lose lives in hotel fire at Shelton, Wash. Page 3 Whirling fiywheel hurls young engineer to death and his sweetheart j makes pltif ul scene orer body. Page 1 CISo-i Plnchot dictates nominations at the na tional irrigation congress. Page 1 EDITORIAL Harrlsian and Oregon. Page 6 He beat the battleships. , Page 6 Plenty of time to bury wires. P»*e 8 Hearst doesn't count. Page 6 CITY John J. Tansey, charged with the murder of Policeman McCartney, is confronted by George Bell, bis companion, and the prisoner shows bis discomfiture over the weight of eridence against I Mm. - Page' lS T. 3. Kennedy, district manager of d?e Uni versal adding machine company, .was arrested * yesterday on a charge of felony embezzle [ meet. Page 7 Ordnance experts frora-Fresldio will man ob serratorles in Golden Gate park to be built by fTOTt-rnniont as an aid for £.t'.n~ bis P&BS on &ny hortUe fieet. , Page 13 General Morteu Khan, minister from Persia, j arriTes on a toor ~. to Cad the ' true American, whuta be baa ' failed to ' locate ' in . eastern cities. Page 3 \u25a0 J. A. Cha&slor and C. A. Can&eld. millionaire oil operators, are charged with fraud and ' tlo latlng antitrust . law In suit brought to fore«f ore« Santa Fe railroad to relia'juish lease of 40.0C0 acres of Midway. land. Page 14 Wife whose husband holds her beauty , dear at $2 is granted dirorce, alimony and restoration of maiden name. Page 14 Supervisors consider- appraisement *ot Spring Valley water company, which is offered to city for T27.000.000. Pare 14 Geary street directors , accept proposition of supervisors and cars will be running In 10 daye. Pace 7 Deputy sent to rescue stoker eald to bare bees shanghaied on British steamer cows armed special policemen before being allowed on board; captain disappears.- Page 7 Hereral riots, which the police ended in their incipiency,' were started after the funeral 'of Iron Worker Peterson, Who was killed on Labor day. Page 2 Albert Sutton. architect and clubman, files suit for divorce from wife, who fled to Los An geles with W. E. White, a chauffeur. Page 14 . "Go to h—l,"h — 1," reply of United States District Attorney DeTlln when asked if he can serre the people and at the- same time the Southern Pacific in cases like' the one In which be ald?d railroad to .grab Sacramento's water front. P. 1 Lottery trust member caught by police, who pursue him in his own house. Page 2 Lieutenant • Clarence Carrigan testifies In Grindley courtmartial proceedings that .the' general character of Lientenant Jones, the chief prosecuting witness, was not good and that that of the defendant was excellent. J Page 3 SUBURBAN Oakland city council ' ordered \u25a0 Into court to a&swer suit which opens park land fight. Page 4 Wife of Tsuderine singer obtains dlTorca in Oakland ca testimony that husband deserted ber ob fourth day of tone j moon. > Page 4 Sophomore and \ freshman classes at Stanford university will clash in mild rope rush to morrow. . \u25a0 Pag* 4 Southern Pacific company asks for permission from city council to electrize its Webster street line into Oakland. . Page 14 Japanese residents of ', this state insist j upon Inserting "war clauses" in \u25a0 leases of - prop erty. \u25a0 \u25a0 Page 4 Four men . blown to atoms by explosion of gelatine packing boose at the. Hercules plant "of California powder works near Pinole. Page 4 SPORTS ; % Former State Champion Herbert Long, defeats Hal Braly,- champion of southern California,. in tennis match at Del Monte. Page 8 Cleveland . Americans hand out a shutout- to Detroit. Page 9 Frank X. . Brown's - stable, including Montgom ery, Keator, Faust and otter high . class borse*, : will be raced at Oakland. - , p»^e 8 Golfer R.;V. Uayne of the Burlingame' country club wins the Del * Monte etip. f- *. Page 9 San Francisco . loses to Log Angeles in a 14 Inning baseball game. ,; V . ; Page~ 8 Faint hearted Alba-a stake horse at 'the: Peta luma meeting." *'\u25a0' Page 8 J loamy ' Brttt** ruggedness and strength ; appeal to his admirers, are supporting him in; the. betting. .\u25a0 \u25a0 \u25a0 Page 8 LABOR Book binders fix upon October 1 as the date <m \u25a0 which .they will demand an" eight hour As -t-*-ME& pp * f c 7 MARINE "^ Steamer " r Xebraskan, bound from * Elcele ~ for. Salina'Cna, is seven days overdue and is quoted for ; reinsurance at^2l per cent.-"" .Page 9 Cablegram receiteo!* here *ays that ship;Kenil worttu; from Philadelphia for Saa Ffanctsco,"" has pet in to Bio de Janeiro in distress. '.Page 3 MINING ' ; ? Market, grows • stronper and prices . for; Gold-i field itocks \u25a0 show ; marked advances A . '. \u25a0 Page 1 13 social j&WjBl ; ?:K ; . : :1 ' ' Miss Frances Stewart ' U> be the sruest ,durins winter r of '- Mr:i and t Mrs. /T. T.\ Williams , and Mlas'.WUllams lnNewVrork.', \u25a0 Page 6 SAK^PRANC^^ Sketches of the Irrigating C Cartoonist Ewer President's Son Flees From Sewing Circle A tier Surviving Rigors of an Army March Kermit Shies % at Pelting Special b}; Leased. Wire. to ;7*/ie Call . CHICAGO, Sept. s.— : Kcrm!t; t Koose yelt. eon of :.the:presJdent,oX the United States, reveled for height days in "roughing it" with a United - States army'camp on the march, and. then ho was .routed by; the repeated onslaught of the "ladles" 6ewing. circle" and'kin dred";organizations and- forced to desert at Joslln. 111. The petting and pam pering; by women at every/ stopping place became Intolerable six 'days ago, but the news of It became public .only today. Young Roosevelt, for the novelty of the experience, joined^the first squad ron of; the Thirteenth United : States cavalry on Its "hike" from Fort Riley, Leaven worth, Kan., to Fort Sheridan, 111. The story told by his route has leaked out. The officers tell- another and more dignified storyl They say that the ; president's son left 4 the march at Joslin to" keep a: hunting trip engage ment with friends. In/the; Dakbtas. -.There is no. difference of opinion on one thing,.' however. .'-.Kermit* Roose velt disappeared, and" his whereabouts today was not known to any. one; sew ing circle devotee* or other. : The 'offi- cers 'said they believed he was in Chi cago. The . men said they bel ieved '; he had ."taken to the tall weeds.". Coadjutor Archbishop May Receive Red Hat Special by Cable and Leased Wire to The Call ROME, Sept. s.— lt; is; reported;' that Coadjutor/^ Archbishop ,^llliam";H. " O'Connell, who succeeds the .late Arch^ bishop' John: J. Williams of Boston, wUI come "to J Rome to see -the; pope. \ ; The rumor is insisted that O'Connell '.will be ' proposed for; election as a cardinal ato ne of the approaching .consistories. The pope will "hold a*, consistory, soon, but only Italians will* be^named to fill the . place ' made vacant by the recent deaths of cardinals." Fifty Reported Buried by an Avalanche SANTIAGO, Chile, Sept: s.— Fifty per sons are said to- have ; been .buried alive by a 'vast; avalanche of < snow that -has rolled 'down'; the'; mountain- side and'ob literated the Chilean 'custom house at JuncaLf ' This 'station* ls .on ;the: Argen tine frontier, hlghaip in the Andes. Japanese succumbs - to kick HONOLULU, "r S f ept. \ 5.— A 'Japanese prisoner ; In ;the ;Kauai jail, djecT today; from : the, effects of /a": kick .administered by the jailer. There is. some apprehen sion of :an.uprising of Japanese:planta tion laborers on account of:tlie'prison er's death.; \u25a0 -?v- \u25a0 FORMER CONSUL' ENDS! LIFE WASHINGTON, Sept. s.— William II: Abercrombie.*^ formerly'- United 1 ' States con 8 ul at * Nagasak i." J apan, .'. co m rii i tied suicide by., asphyxiation' at . his ;.' apart ments :in , Stoneleigh ';. court -'-, today. \.X He was 65 yearsold. ". Wliiflinf Wheel Hurls Oirl's lover to Death young Engineer's Coat Caught in Machinery and His Life Is PoundedlOut on Floor Special by Leased- Wire* to The Call .SAXJOSE,' Sept. s.— Oeorsg T. Parks, a young; >pr!j?inecf i»i- the Western .-Dis tilleries company's works," near.'A'g news, the. son of a frell" known family here, was hurled to his death:by a fly- ing shaft. wheel In tvhich his coat be- came entangled tonight. Parks was to have been married to Miss "Laura Goranta next Sunday. '• In some way ..the young_ woman learned of the accident soon after It occurred, and -waving aside all" re straint, rushed to the place where her dead lover's, body lay. Arriving there before the coroner, she' caught a glimpse of ' hla crushed and mangled body and created a pitiful scene. Parks was oiling some -machinery \u25a0when' he was killed. ; He was caught In the machinery.' thrown 40 feet ;In' the air and - whirled Ground and round: the shaft : wheel clothing tflnally gave, way and dropped : his lifeless body, to the ground. ; The accident' was wlt^ nessed by a number of his fellow; work men, who were powerless ;to render as sistance. An inquest will ber held, by the coroner tomorrow morning. German Traders Will Seek Big Memnii^ Special by Cable and Leased \u25a0 Wire to The Call '\u25a0: BERLIN/ SePV.^ B^The statements made by three*' German merchants who have^Just returned from- Morocco re garding the extent, of the injury 'done to ' t orel gn ; commerce tlnterests,t Interests , there as the ..result ' of ~ the < military . operations indicate that the" indemnity claims that France" will be called uporito settle at theconclusion of the campaign will sbe considerable. .: . '\u25a0\u25a0 According to 'these merchants, ...who \u25a0were "'engaged in the export and Import trade"; between^ Morocco and the father land,"'.' the German businessmen In Casa Blanca have' suffered -ruinous .losses. ' In addition to the" damage directly 'due to the." bombardment; the invasion, has caused ,a *suspepsion.',of trade .which threatens to be ; permanent. - In effect, every.* German trader, in* Morocco, with out is said- to be entitled to claim damages.' . Herr. Ficke and his, colleagues declare that; these conditions were «1 avoidable, being due", to; the /hasty, and: needlessly d ras ti c t charact er of; th e French i' opera'-; tions. "The '" returned "merchants have had ;an -audience with Foreign Secre tary Tschifechky, 'giving him a detalied account., of .their ; claims. •XAMEI BATTLESHIP NEW YORK -. WASHINGTON, ; v Sept. ;.; 5.-7-The ; navy department" has; decided* to christen; the ,20,000 • ton -battleship: No." 29, a'sister ship"; to ['{the Delaware, the ; NewrYork. This can be" effected by changing* the name of ; the armored cruiser of^that name, to {the \u25a0;.-* -\u0084- - , - -. BOMBS ;KILI/:!SIX ROSTOV-ON-THE-DON, Russia^ Sept; ! s^-Six men: were:blown,;to pieces.'here ; today by the accidental '."discharge'^ "of l two ; bombs .which; they, were, carrying j 'ttirough J the' streets;/; ' '" ; - r'V;-! Goudy of Denver Will Head Irrigation Organization Luther -Bti^flic'sr7a//c is the Day's \ Feature dtS^ramtt Martin Madsen v;-SACRAMENTO,\ScpV-5.—-Gifford Pinchot- had'Xut a, good \u25a0 ":i;--?^^£"Hvsi ; fSj^fS' .:; ;.;' i :*--;:--^-j-i\" < ''- ! ' i-i '-* ir .>''-. \u25a0\u25a0 \u25a0••-•* \u25a0. \u25a0 big ; 'stick from \u25a0•isonsewhefe up^:' on a. rocky cliff,;.where the growth is t6ughest,> before lie came to'Atlie' national - irrigatiori congress, and, fnuch'in the fashion that his friend ' Roosevelt employs, he went after the delegates today, to have them elect as he; desired thY officers of the organiation f or the ensuing year. ;The "committee on per manent •- organization, which reports: a ticket that \u25a0 the convention merely ratifies, met this afternoon and a \u25a0 surprising demonstration was "given of the interest that the chief forester and his associates from ,the- reclamation service takein the ; personnel of the offices. Here is the ticket that. was made up by the. committee "unzini mously/'/ ostensibly, ' but the cause of - some ,' painful disappoint ments tonight : ;• : President, J. C.Goudy, former xohgressmanMDenver; first vice president, George E.- Barstow, Bars'tow, Tex. ; second .vice presi dent,; Judge yjbh"n^ E. \u25a0\u25a0 Raker, Modoc '• county, Cal. ; third vice^ presi dent, WilliamJE." Straine, Montana; secretary, B. Fowler, presi^ dent water, users' association, Phoenix, Ariz. •\u25a0 \u25a0'"-'\u25a0 \u25a0v l^The^report of ;the:con]mittee .will not be/ made until /Saturday forenoon;; but there is _"-iio;, probability that any- changes will be made. \u25a0"/ " • • ' . - \u25a0 That' Gifford Pinchot heldhis big stick poised was .manifested in the race for -the secretaryship, in which there were three aspirants, convening . of -the "committee did Pinchot' betray himself, -and then- he' injected; Fowlerinto the fight as;a'n-eleventh\hour 'candidate: The others were'C; H. Ander son _: ;.of * editor' of ? the ; Irrigation Age,: .wHo'^has held the office during; the last year, and Blame PHillips > of 'Boise, ; Idaho, who; has r been -Idiligently telling; the delegates ;that .the^acquittal of HayAvoodVas pa 'triumph of. justice,' and that- Harry; Orchard lied even ; when he said that :he had killed ex-Gbvernbr Steuneiiberg. Pinchot Jwas determined to de- 1 feat^nderson,v -It appears that j the i rrigation editor, has been bold j enough. .to criticise - the forestry ! bureau " : and the reclamation serf, I vice.* \ says .he .meant | nothing:by it, for he : was" heart I and soul in the work, that the goy- \ ernment was doing. But Pinchot f ] asit TisTj explained tonight^does; as ] Roosevelt does. The »mildieditor I had found fault, and; therefore, He i was an enemy to be put but of the | way..' ' ' ' "'.' '. '-. - ' \ PINCHOT, TURNS TO FOWLER The story goes tHat the head of '• the. -forest: service"; turned lips-as the man with whom to| beat' Anderson. -^ . , The young man from Boise had al ready ;'an noun ced -hi ms el f ras - a caiididate, and / did : . no "• little de nouncing ;of the -kicking- farmers who were making, chargesj against the goyerhment;; All was -going' well; for} his, candidacy {until .early this morriing.v- \u25a0It;isin6tfclear why, \u25a0Pinchot dropped /Phillips; so sud-; (Jenly /-.but Vine suggestion "is made | th"atUhetlouclfch^mpi6ning;6f thei "uride^iribleicitizens'VdidUt. was^sent^to! Towler/of ; Arizona^vthis^ forenoon tqiaskhim^tb^become a- candidate i; forf^thet' 'secretaryship. 5 The Arizona man is* a \u25a0 warm " f r i e*n d , b f And e r s o n and jretused^^^S|Se^wld ; have '"a ta iW "wftb \u25a0t^^Slcai^^i^^^ Continued ; oat ~ Face 2, Column 4 '.At Stanford and at the University of California -they are now picking out the Greeks. \You will find .this a matter worth reading about, in The Sunday Call Impertinent Question No. 15 ;For the moSt original or wittiest answer to this ques tion—and the briefer the better—The Call will pay FIVE DOLLARS. For^ the next five answers The will pay ONE DOLLAR~each. Prize answers will be printed 1 next Wednesday and checks mailed to the winners at once. Make your answer short and address it to . IMPERTINENT QUESTIONS, \u25a0' • • -:. THE GALL. Prize Ansrrers to "What la Aa Automobile!** - $5 prteito E.-,Winter, »92 Pia« it., city. "'•' A good thing; push' it along. ' -," ;.'.sl" prise:.' to Gr«ce ; Hibbard, 1359 : Sacramento st.,' citr. A machine v,'hich enables a rich man to.toot his own horn. 11 prize to Gertrude Thomai, Los Bass*. CaL • A-toot-toot,.a farewell; . -!WV' - - A ibig noise-arid a": bad smell. • "-\u25a0•-• -•-\u25a0 -• *v'»i *iii lQrnwwf"'^T7**Bi'''riffiiiiMiiMi^iß|HlM|| . 51- prize -to. J.. A.. Jon«>s, \u25a0 ITI3 Sasc&cx St., city.: v It's a long; way from being - a water wagon. $1-prise to J. Liunan, 2322 Warring St., B«k*lej. Cal. '• The" quickest way into and out of trouble. v $I_prize; to : Robert "sladison., 1819 Fourteenth St.. Ocklaod, CaL . .-_$ Something. out of the reach of.the poor except when'it'hits them. . .\u25a0\u25a0• PRICE FIVE CENTS. BABY VICTIM OF FEARFUL PLUNGE £Tine Others Hurt in Runaway Accident in Mountains Driver Abandons Seat and Leaps to Safety Passengers Declare Conductor Showed Cowardice Doctor and Mother of Infant Badly Battered Special fep Leased Wire to The Call SANTA ROSA^ Sept. s.— After a "short runaway the Pieta stage overturned on a steep mountain grade -17 miles from here this afternoon and tumbled down a 25 foot embankment, and 1 0 passen gers, including several San Fran ciscans, were injured. Two of the latter, a baby and a physician, arc in a serious condition. They were thrown under the vehicle when it hit the bottom of the gorge. The injured : Dr. M: W. O'Connell, San Francisco, wrenched back and legs ; serious. Infant son of Mrs. L. White man, San Francisco, head and hips hurt ; serious. Mrs. L. Whiteman, badly bruised. Agnes E. O'Connell, San Fran cisco, cut and bruised. Mrs. Stephen Bernal, San Fran cisco, bruised. . C. O. Bugge, deputy internal revenue collector, San Francisco, bruised. O. Gaugh, Santa Rosa, badly shaken up and hands cut. -. Robert Graham, Hay ward, scalp badly cut and elbow injured. Andrew Sorenson, Hayward, hip and leg bruised. B. H. Flier, Santa Rosa, back Bruised. The accident occurred about