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Lewis Nixon] has worked but the plans for the greatest battleship ever thought of— one of 30,000 tons. Mr. Nixon's ex planation of what he proposes will be found in The Sunday Call VOLUME CIL— NO. 108. Twenty-four Excursionists Perish in Crash of Trains Stranger Is Killed After Shooting Train Conductor INNOCENT MAN WILL GO FREE AFTER 13 YEARS Proof That William Evans Was "Railroaded" to San Quentin WAS VICTIM OF GREED Deathbed Confessions Made by Men Who Prose cuted Him LIED TO WIN REWARD Friendless Logger Convicted of Burglary on Per jured Testimony After having served 13 years in San Quentin penitentiary, it de veloped yesterday that William Evans, one of the convicts, is an; innocent man. • Proof positive that he did not commit the crime for which he was sen tenced is now in the hands "of the proper authorities. The judge j who passed the sentence declares Evans is ; innocent; the man who prosecuted him made deathbed j'-ia.lsments that he. was innocent, and. :-i a short time Evans will be allowed •10 leave the penitentiary, minus 13 years of life. t Against Cyans were arrayed a num ber of officials, eager to chare a large reward offered for the conviction of the perpetrator of the crime. Despite his pleadings a jury found against him. For 13 years he has pl&yed the part of a convict For 13 years he brooded over the injustice which had robbed him of life, to know at last that his innocence has been proved and tbat he may take his place among his fellows «js an equal. Early in 1594 a daring burglary took place in Amador county, the rob bers making away with a large sum of money and a quantity of valuables.. A reward was offered for their cap ture and in a short time Evans, a log ger, was arrested. Evans had served b. short term in San Quentin once be fore on a similar charge. Concerning ibis former affair he bad declared that lie wa6 drunk and entered a bouse - which was robbed tbat night. The evi dence in tbis case was very slender, but it wa6 sufficient to send Evans to: the penitentiary. When brought to , trial a second time, the fact that he had ! served time weighed heavily against him. Confronted by. a chain of circum stantial evidence forged fraudulently 1 by -his prosecutors, Evans could only offer dcuials. But of what avail were the denials of an ex-convict? He bad only his word against that of the ora ccrs of the law. and the latter won. The jury found him guilty and Judge L. Davis sentenced him to the peniten tiary for life. The prison door shut be hind him and Evans was blotted out of existence. The logger became a thing with a number, remembered by few and cared' for by none. Tear after year he led the Hfe of a convict. The rankling bit terness and brooding at the injustice of It all stamped themselves on bis features, but lie worked on patiently, quietly, hoping that some day some thing would occur which would give inni back his liberty. The "something" occurred when one of hits prosecutors died a short time ago. Nothing definite was known, but it rumored that be had confessed on his deathbed the railroading of Ev ans to the penitentiary. Evans had b«*en forgotten. For years he had been a number — nothing more— and there was uone to fight "for him. Then the rumors started afresh and the American senp.e of Justice and d*sire for fair play resulted in the matter be ing taken to th*> proper authorities. At a meeting of the. prison' directors United States Attorney Robert T.'Dev lin and Tirey L. Ford were appointed a tmmJttee of two to Investigate Evans*. but Ford was engaged in fighting for his own -liberty, and" Evans. In the orlls at San Quentin, was kept wait ing. BRBHGpI In the meantime. Detective John N. Thacker of the WeUs,, Fargo express company IntereFted himself ia- trie af Cocfluutd on Pasre 2, Middle Column 6 The San Francisco Call. INDEX OF THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL'S NEWS TODAY TELEPHONE TEMPORARY. .86 MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 16. 1907 WEATHER CONDITIONS YESTERDAY— rCIoudy ; maximum temperature, 65; minimum. 54. \u25a0•-' FORECAST FOR TODAY— Fair, with fog In morning: li£bt west wind. Pajr« 11 NEWS BY. TELEGRAPH EASTERN ' Saraat pens. bo;>k on diatoms, tbc plant Jewels of ocean depths. F&ee j 7 Government experts arc solrlns the problem of fruit shipping. Pare 2 Another coal famine is threatened Id the east and mice owners bold - meeting to derlse means to Increase the output. . Page 1 ; President Eooscrelt and family rcceire com munion ,at early raornic? services In Christ Episcopal church at Oyster Bay.. P»ge 3 Mooey market . is - banned by poor trade in copper, rast quantities of whleh. • metal txare been accumulated, ca.usins stagnation in ; tbe demand. Pt-ze 3 Error of an operator causes express and freight trains to collide In the mountains of X«w Hampshire and 24 pat scngers are killed and 27 Injured. Pa**'l PresideDt Cabrera of Guatemala, suspicious of Dlis of Mexico, blocks plans for a peace con ference of Central American republics. ' Page 3 Grorer Clcreland, reported seriously ill, Is only a sufferer from gout. Page 3 Constant goading by financial influences may yet Induce President RooeeTelt to alter bis present determination and seek . vindication at the polls. Pag« 3 FOREIG.V Eights* persons killed and "2 injured daring tbe last tourist srason in the Alps. Page 1 Cblna looks to tbe United States as only friend in crisis with Japan, according to letters of traveler in Manchuria. Fife I COAST. Burglar enters tbe 'borne, of San Jose clergy man and steals a purse containing $100. Page 1 Unidentified man shoots and slightly Wounds conductor who ejected him from a train near Tracy, and Is killed while trying to m«Ve his escape. -,/.,. , Page 1 Sorority girls at Stanford /are pottips on bo i cany frills- Out collegians arc \u25a0 betting «n .ont omelof/rusbiDg; season. ' * y«^« 4 EDITORIAL 0 I -Why. tbe. Psrkslde franchise should be grant ed. . . Page, 6 - rispid rebuilding of residence section. Page' 6 A flighty editor. : . ; ;>. ; | P*gej6 Hearst's ' insincerity. - Tag*. 6 POLITICAL McCarthy and Eagan as rivals for mayor is latest gossip of labor politics where preparations for bitter fight for nomination are believed to be on. . Page, 2 GRAFT Calboun may testify In case of lircy L. Ford, i for wbicb jury probably Trill be completed by week's end. Page o CITY National guardsmen complain of the treatment accorded tbem by tbe state. Page' 11 • Her. F. W. Ctampett and Rer. C. Calrert Smoot discuss political situation in their ser mons to congrcgationr. • - Page 10 Ernest Grotkass of Magdeburg, : Germany, tells of great advances made in beet sugar industry in United States during last year., \u25a0 I Ptg« 7 Typographical union gives old fashioned . picnic at Fairfax park. : Page li Party of two women and tljrce men* ; have narrow escape from drowning in bay, t>elng : res cued by launch when boat Is sinking.' :. Page 14 Sweeping crusade against lawbreaktng of all kinds follows Cbicf of Police Blggy's assump tion of bis office and 225 arrests are made during the 24 hours ending at midnigbt last night. thf r policemen in all parts of tbc city bbowlng I surprisins actiTlty in enforcing tbe city's laws. - Pase J v Simnltaneouiily with n the beginning" of con-* btrucUon of tbe Bay Counties railroad, a com peting lice, tbe Northwestern Pacific will ex pend $150,000 in" improTlng its North Shore branch. * ' Page 14 . Boy Luce,. 13 year old son of G. VT. Luce of the Southern Pacific, has been missing, sim* last . Friday . cTening.' ' .Page 14 Afong win contest is settled by daughters, who agree to! accept $400,<!00 of Honolulu mer : chant's millions and lea re mother in possession of remainder of tbe great estate.^ Page S White clad children ; make first communion at Holy Cross church : when 300 little ones join; in solemn procrj*ian. Page S First service is l?eld in chapel of new institute for teamen, one of tbe largest of lfs kind in tbe world. % . » , . Page 10 Srals return to. rock* after fe»r of further fire bas passed away.* [ Page 14 Deathbed : confessions of men wbo prosecuted William ETans for a burglary in Amador county reveal his fnnocence anJ be wIU ;\u25a0 b* released from San Quentin prison after J3 years. at bard SUBURBAN- Train strikes bucking horse, killing child; and tejnripg father of rictlm so that be probably will die. , ' Pa S e,l4 Commtttf* Is snowed , under by S. OOO ballots and cannot announce carniTal queen until end of count. P*g. a Police bold laborer en suspicion: of attacking Tarares' child, wbo, physician now -believes. ; Is oot. of danger. Page 3 "Ten killed and 50 wouod»vl" in sbura, battle held by Irish volunteers «t tbplr annual outing in Shell Mound park. "• j p^ e 2 Women who would wrest power from men through suffrage Iea?u«? will bf organized "in Oakland.. Pmg»4 Oakland real estate business ' in mark?d by great demand for bou*»s to rent, and locations for stores and 'factories. Pare 4 SPORTS '.Perpetual ehsllenge trophy: donated by Van couver: sportsman, to b* defended' by \u25a0ebampion British Columbia Rugby team agilnst Stanford and California/:-- .. .' 9 Page's , Foley" and ' Janes , reach , final; in ;' park tennis tournament for. players of the first classl Page 8 .Angels bang 'two -more 'defeaU upon : the Seals. -aSMf^ JWJJBJWPS^^fe P«*e 0 Jack' (Twin) Sullivan is , in; training for his 25 round fisrbt with Bill Squires. 'Page 8 MINING \u25a0 . -..\u25a0.*.. V: Rival (interests -of California mirier*.' timber m«n, agriculturists r and * others Jn" government landsVare "inTolred • in ', action f suggested Sac ramento.'-. " ' ".'';"..'_\u25a0" \u25a0\u25a0\u0084'• ' Page 10 MARINE *. ; M:&liih%l Tug Kadiak. with launch : Ugashik In tow; makes" quick" run from" Bristol ' bay. ' ' Page' 11 s^£er^^ Another Cpal Famine threatens' East Owners of Mines Call Meeting to Devise Ways and Means of Increasing Output Special by Leased W ire to The Call \u25a0 /PITTSBURG.V Sept. r "is.— Thorougrhly; alarmed over what threatens to be : the most serious coal "famine in* history,' operators of western Pennsylvania and West Virginia, the .bituminous^ \u25a0 flcid, r have called a meeting in •Charleston; W.'Vai,' for Thursday' next to: devise ways and means of increasing the coal output and handling it. ;, « One of the probable results of this meeting- will be a voluntary advance in the wages of the miners in the hope of increasing the output' Operators de clare that never has" there been such a shortage of miners. Men who have for years worked as miners are able to get work in other lines" and' are deserting the mines.. %\u25a0\u25a0' "/ * Every inducement* has been offered to the miners to increase the produc tion, but without result. The operators have concluded the only way to get but more coal vjli.be by increasing wages. The conditions which confront the operators_ are serious..^ Many of the western- railroads with which the op erators have contracts' have notified them -that they will have to fill their" orders according. to^contract or the con tracts will be canceled. The: railroads are dbing"*everything in their, power to place cars. at the disposal of the op erators, but with the present movement of crops it is almost ah impossibility to obtain carsi \u25a0 , | Burglar Invades Borne of San Jose Pastor Special by Leased Wire to The Call, _• S AX -JOSE,." Sept. V-*ls.'^-Rcv. \u0084 US- Jones,,/ pastor of v the -First • 'Metbiodist' church, one of the most prominent di vines of this city, is bemoaning the loss i of a wallet containing ?100, which -lie left last night in his Sunday trousers upon retiring for the nisht. : The front door of the rectory is left open in- the evenings, and it is be lieved* that the '- burglar entered some time after midnight and. stole quietly upstairs, to 'the. room .in which, the clergyman and; his wife . slumbered,' There the burglar; found the paetor's trousers and "waistcoat lying upon a ; trunk.' lie carried tlijc' articles of ap- i parel j downstairs, .and after securing the pursci. containing -SIOO in gold- he threw the clothing into the hallway. ' v Many Alpine Victims During Season BERXE. Sept. 15'— The roll of sum mer victinjs of: Alpine, accidents is the heaviest; jfver:^recorded.- .Eighty., per sons were killed and 22, injured iii 90 accidents this year, as against the previous record, 78 fatalities in 1906 in 71 accidents." Thirty-eight' of 'the SO persons killed .were* guides,' Z\\ were per sons, spending vacations in '.the: Alps, and the, remainder were -native flower gatherers^ etc. - < ' ;'- _ Three-quarters^ of the fatalities were caused by falls over' precipices.: 'The others were due. to- avalanches,- snow storms and lightning. ; . \u0084 % ,' Striking Telegraphers Promise Sensations Special by Leased. Wire to The Call NEW YORK. Sept. 15. — Daniel* li Russell, chairman of the striking te'leß raphers.. said today that 'the strike would have a new beginning tomorrow. • "We are about . ready,",, he said.""to 'give, a lot of, inside information in. re gard to things; notT generally known about the telegraph companies _to . a certain newspaper.- We will:make pub lic facts about certain -things .behind the scenes which^for, good .reasons,-~we' have refrained hitherto* from .difc'lo? ing.", ;• \u25a0 '\u25a0. . - . . ' ,f-,, f -, - ''\sWsm MOROCCO TRIBESMEN- /• : -' :: ".? : AREIGIVEN{ MORE^TIME French Officials Extend '\u25a0\u25a0'; Armistice tb; Enable JThefn itojCome \u25a0 to : an - Understanding /ißemselyes : PARIS, Sept.' IS.-^^eneral.Drudejrij.a dispatch 'to *;the -^war^officeV announces thatihejha.sjglven\the^Mproccan?tribes^ mail 5 another.'day's !farmistice| to|ehable them to come, to Jan S.- J understanding among ? ,themselves.>^A|^delegate^fr6m ( the " Chaiotiiali tribe.'^whoTrnadegtheT re-_: t <juest : f6f,<prolon^aUbriJofHheJarrnjsticer said ij that! his % tribe ";wbuld \ if .inecessafy^ brl ng \u25a0 f orce" > to >; mak«9 the }' o theirs tri bes accede. \u25a0'. ..;\u25a0;, ";,.'' : ;*' r - ' . VXT-:^- .\u25a0\u25a0"' : "}- : . ':*:.': \u25a0 CHINA LOOKS TO AMERICA TO AID AGAINST JAPAN Celestials Fear Coalition of France, England \' r :- Islanders : ; -j BESET ON jALL^ SIDES Invasion of Territory; and Dismemberment Is : the Growing Menace SEES: ONLY; ONE ALLY Proposal to \ Remit/ Part of Indemnity^ Is Deemed : L; Act of Friend ; ' . Special by Cable and Leased Wire to. The Call LONDON;Sept::IS.~The Chi-: nese 'are again turning toward America as : their only . friend among the nations who can. be expected to : take . their side against the threatened \ territorial aggressiorts (of - Japan;, and-: -.Euro-.' pe"an^ p^wers^^acj^fdjmg^^^tHe statements contained in letters which hav'eVibeen .-; received -here from * an v exceptionally well; in formed American who has b een traveling -in Manchuria and northern •Xtiina. •. The : writer has lived isorac years • in r the;Couhtry, speaks the ' \u25a0 language ; ; and / has a wide ..acquaintance withlChinese offi cials.- : ':'\u25a0' '-> „""'.''"• I \. '" '... President .Roosevelt's proposal, to'.reV ,mit part of the ? Indemnity appears~to lia vp-eff aced the' resentment caused \u25a0 by the-; exclusion ; policy, and the .prepara tions made '".''\u25a0 by \Chinep« mercantile guilds of ", Shanghai," which; a year.; ago \u25a0wer*: actively^ promoting 'a.; boycott," to give an", enthusiastic reception' to"Secre tary. Ta ft appears ' sign! flcant .'jot the changed of Chinese feeling _tp'^ ward ! the : United - . States.; ; One' letter says: v . " "\u25a0-...'.-.\u25a0_ V\ \u25a0..\u25a0';.. -"-•"\u25a0\u25a0'.\u25a0 . '/: . v" t .V.TheV Franco-Japanese entente; is re garded;' TiMthv much, suspicion ; by the Chlnese.lwhoVconsider that France rand England are now : acquiescent "as re gards the "Japanese .policy— -distinctly an , : aggressive one—in \u25a0Manchuria.;', SKo'uidl; Russia^ sigh: a •. similar ; . agree ment with Japan (tKejßusso- Japanese wrmnis^?Sse^lett&r^^t^|ißt^nKth? CmaiinurA(on\ P»K«j 3 » 1 Bottom 'l Coluran* 3 s "\u25a0:'.}. Dan 'fDaniels7:'a resident of ' San Francisco, ti>ho toofcpart in the \u25a0pistol- duel near/Tracy yesterday,* which: resulted, in .the. death of an : ilrain,\after having been ejected fromfthe smoking-car for refusing to , : ' r v "' ' % r' '-'- -':\u25a0':."-' * l Unknown Man Loses Life in Pistol Duel Near Tracy -.Special by: Leased Wire to The Call ; STOCKTON, Sept.) 15:~Sta^led^by;cries for help following the report of a- pistol shot and believing that' murder.' had been committed or that on : attempt, Avas; .being : made \u25a0to "hold up' the, Southern Pa : cifici north : '.bound -limited, '\u25a0? which : left X Stockton - T at 1 :20 this - after noon*,'* several passengers • and two .baggagemen "opened, "\u25a0fire iori'-an unidentified ' man 7 seen- runnings away f f om the.train .with "a ' revolver in ihis hand? and'shot athim until he fell dead in viewjof ;the ; panic" stricken- crowd .'of men;' women and \ children,''; all passen gers on' the .limited^,;. \. r C': The train "bound J for -northern \u25a0 points pulled 'out of , -Tracy,, a point ,12 ? miles if rbm- Stockton, ; a - few minutes late °owing':t6 the", heavy "traffic. Imme-' diately -.thereafter- the ("Jeff iGagft,' well known - throughout ; the |two valleys^ ;' begun "collecting jthe";% tickets/ In , "the* smoking 7 car- Gage .encountered a;garrulous,Vmiddle aged'man.'.wnoap ContlnnVd":" oa - Page ' 2. \ Coin mn \ 2 . "Uncle/^a'ra^s, Trust Busters'* an.i Doctors" are the articles covering interesting Tpranches'of the public' service next Sun ; <day in • * x - ' .-'\u25a0--. The Sunday C^i 1 Imfrertirient Question No. 16 ; For, the most • original^or wittiest answer to this ques tion^and .the-briefer the better—The Call will pay '\u25a0 : FI\(E DOLLARS. For the next five answers TKe Gall will r pay ON&DOLLAR each. Prize; winning ;^answers will be printed next Wednesday and checks mailed Uo the winners at once. Mate \ your answer short and address it -to IMPERTINENT QUESTIONS, THE: GALL. PRICE FIVE ...CENTS. FATAL ERROR IS MADE BY OPERATOR Gives : V/rpng. Order arid Engines Meet Neafea- Curve Coaches Are Telescoped arid Passengers Perish Disaster Occurs in tfe^Mountains of New Hampshire Twenfy^SeyenMore Hurt Many of Whom Will Die . WHITE RIVER JUNCTION, Sept.~-15.-rA head on collision* be tween: the southbound Quebec ex press and i:a^northbound train on rthe Concord-clJ^iiicr, r of trie Bos ton, J andrM? : ' \u25a0__- 'ad ccV^irred iour^milts ngrtitcii.Canaaii Station *early[^baay^ueto-a;mistake in the .train dispatcher's /orders, and from \u25a0 a : "\u25a0'\u25a0demolished/ passenger coach there .were .taken out- 24 dead and dying arid 27 other pas sengers, most of them seriously injured. Nearly all those who were ; in the car were returning from a fair . at Sherbrooke, Que bec,-60 miles north. The conductor of the freight train was given to understand. by the night operator that he had pleny of time to reach a siding at Canaan station, receiving, . ac cording to the superintendent of the division, a copy of a telegraph order, from the train dispatcher at Concord, which confused the train numbers,3o and 34. . ; The wreck * occurred just after the express had 'rounded into a straight of. track, but owing to. an early morning mist neither engineer s^w . the other headlight until it was too late. , IDEVTIFYI.XG THE DEAD/ Those- Identified -up to -6 o'clock to night were- as follows: TIMOTHY SHAt-GHAESSY, Castle,' Bar," Quebec. 'jtRJ. SHAVGHXESSY. , MISS A?fX A^STi; PIERRE. > FRED yt. PEIitS, Ocfclltree. Te*. MRS. A." E. HaTerhiU, Mass. \u25a0\u25a0 3IRS. F. C. BLAKE, Sootb Corlntb, Vermont. . • . , . • MRS. MARGARET LARGT, Manche*. 31155 BARRETT* Manchester. '; MR*. PHIWUIPj GAGO V, Sherbrooke. MISS Al/VIXA GIROX. Ns«san. • MRS. WEBSTER, a dress maker. Ut» fnc In .Massachusetts. J. Xj. CO>*GROTH. S«tnerTille, M»»». Infant child of Irrlna; Clifford, Con cord. \u0084 : 3IRS." E. L. BRIGGS, West Canaan, JOHN-G. DITNCAX, Bethel, Vt. * '\u25a0\u25a0-:\u25a0\u25a0 \u25a0'..':\u25a0