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A lot of rulers have recently expe rienced the sort of political earthquakes that shake kings_ off- their thrones. ' A good story, next Sunday, in The Sunday Call VOLTBIE GIL— NO. 137. Reveals a Plot to Kidnap Abe Ruef Harnman Is Restrained in Scheme to Grab a Railway FISH SCORES A PARTIAL VICTORY Secures Injunction to Shut Out Votes for Harriman Illinois Central Fight Is Carried Into Courts Domination by the . P. Receives One Setback \ Scheme to Control Ail Commerce Is Checked CHICAGO, Oct. 14.—Stuy vesant Fish of New York has scored a partial victory in his battle to prevent E. H. Harriman from dominating control of the Illinois Central railroad in the in terests of the Union Pacific For months Fish has been fighting to secure proxies of stock holders for use at the annual meeting of .the Illinois Central. Arriving in Chi cago Saturday night he lost no time in carrying the fight Into the courts. Fish today through his attorneys se cured a temporary injunction. If made permanent this Injunction will prevent the voting at the Illinois Central meet ing of 256.731 shares of stock of the Illinois Central railway company which -would otherwise be voted In the inter est of E. H- Harriman. The writ is . directed against the Union Pacific rail \u25a0w a>" company, the Railroad securities company of New Jersey, and the Mu tual life insurance company of New York, which combined hold 286,731 shares of stock. jCBEMB TO GAIX COXTROI, Particularly interesting in the peti tion for the Injunction are facts re vealed in the recent report of the in terstate commerce commission showing the transactions cf the Union Pacific and Karrlman. In short, the petition charges an unlawful scheme on thq part of Harriman and the Union Pacific to control the commerce of the United States by purchasing big blocks of stock in transportation companies, thereby dominating competing parallel Jlnes. The petition signed by ex-Governor and ex-Senator George F. Edmunds of Vermont, John A. Kasson of lowa, • Stuyvesant Fish of New York and William H. Emerich of Chicago, stock holders of the Illinois Central. Is against the corporation, its directors and stockholders, the Union Pacific company, the Railroad securi ties company, the Mvtual life insurance company,. and a large number of indi viduals .In whose names, it is claimed. the Union Pacific railroad has placed all of the stock which it holds In the Illinois Central. Aside from the temporary Injunction sought, a final decree was asked de claring that the Union Pacific railroad •company and tho Railroad securities company have no power, under the laws •of Illinois, to own stock. in the Illinois Central. It was also asked that these companies be directed to sell their stock in the Illinois Central within a reason able time. AFTER -COMPETING MXES The petition sets forth _the names of corporations whose ?tock It is claimed the Union Pacific has bought, among them the Chicago and '.Alton, Illinois -Central, Chicago. '< Milwaukee and St. Paul "and the Chicago and Northwest j cm. 'It charges that these four com panies own and operate parallel and competing lines, both in and outside of the state of Illinois, and that it Is un lawful for the Union' Pacific company to own ami vote stock, In such parallel and competing lines. It is also charged that the.acqufsition of the Illinois Cen tral by the Union Pacific, which took * place in July, 1906,* was concealed: from , the public and the stock holders of the Illinois Central and^ was first brought to light by the investigations of the lrw Continued on Pose 3, Column's The San Francisco Call. INDEX OF THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL'S NEWS TODAY TELEPHO.VE KEABM' SG TUESDAY. OCTOBER 15, 1907 WEATHER CONDITIONS YESTEUDAY — Southwest wind; clear; maxi mum tfiu;v< ratine, 74; rjin'.mtirn. "A. FORECAST FOH TODAY— Partly cloudy; light northwest wind. Tajse II NEWS BY TELEGRAPH KASTEnX Stuyresant Fish \u25a0wins partial rlctorj- in Sglit to pre Tent E. H. Harridan's domloatiou of tho Uliuois Central railrocd In the Interest oi the Union Pacific aad secures temporary Injunction preventing: large number^of shares from bring voted. Page 1 ( Standard official admits _ that oil trust dls yulses branches as Independents to deveiv* | eenfumers. Page 15 EDITORIAL I.oa«i noisois on the Sapramento. l^ns* 1 B Where Calhoun ami Dtrgie meet. ' Page S Civllliatlon In Torto Kico. , : . ; 'I'ajre .8 • ' An un-worthy slcr en Scandinavian*. I*ace S j GRAFT Grand jiirr learns full details ot • flc«r M '" J ' (> plot by Calhcrai's agents to overpower Kuef's . guards an«l kidnap the es-hoss to prevrntt-lni from testlfvin? In fcrlberx trials; aljo of anot!ior plot tr> rarrj- a witness away tv a lonrlr moun tain hut. Page J Judjre LatvlcT selects 123 from venire cf ">W, and these vrlll fcrnl.*h jiTy for Ford, whose see or<l trlnl will begin Thursday. » Pnpre 5 Uumors are circulated to the effect that the grand Jury has roted Indictments for bribery against each of the four members of the Jefunct figbt trust. Page 3 1 POLITICAL NatnoK of 2. M0 refogees who have nn ricrht to vote to be removed from repUter.' I'Hge 2 More than GOO union men organize for Tmv lor-I^ansdon campaJsrn- I'asre 2 lndrpendfnt rv-paWloan club work for eJe- tiMi of Mayor Taylor. \u25a0 " Page 1 f.anj^pc is hero of openln? rally of reptihllcan campaizn vHh «lefenw» of Immtintly. \u25a0 Page 2 CITY Traffic bur»»n to »M all bcsicrea Is p!sn which tie Merchants* ri^nans*" J* t"ork:iis oat. Page 7- . By prohatir^ a letter Hurrjr W. Hu'ton s«> cures *ctat» left by. liis wife. . Pace 7 \u25a0Pnp»C TS * ;'; ' r * ' jtW# iV iv<fla?i-l««fi«>:jr' i an»lvy -i*^'_ ' ordinance prantin? street \u25a0 railway franclilse In ParWsMe anJ Mayor Taylor Trill «ls?n . It toter. Pase;lß San Jose lawyrrs testify rencernicjt the po-ti liar coadoot oi Alexander YoeU, whese will i« being eont^te-1. Pase 4 Proposed abandonment of city and oouuty bocpltal draws vigorous objection from J^p^i- visor Sulllvau against plan. - \u25a0 Pase 7 ' Supervisors receive reports ..of . utilities com mittee ngafnst purchase of Spring Valley plant and revocation of trolley and telephone franchises. Pase 3 Admiral Dewey writes that he will visit San Francisco during tbe stay of the Pacific fleet here and accepts offer cf entcrtalnisent by re ception conunittee. I'nce 10 Aft«>r admitting error editorially lv his Chronicle. M. U. de Younz persists in effort to pral> {>ortion of Myrtle avenue. Page 1 Army officer? are studying plans for fortif..*- Id? the land and water approaches to S;in Francisco. \u25a0 . Pegelfi Precldent'fi examination order, Involving &! vere tens, Fends five prominent army officers before retiring board. . Page 7 Divorce proceedings instituted by 'Willlnm H; Talbct develop many sensations. - Page 4 Mrs. Emma Moalc of 1354 Fultoa street Is a« *aulted and l^ft unconscious by lntn who gave ber a -ride in trasgy. Page 4 Mob attack? Japanese lanndry in Fell «tr.H-t, beats the proprietor and a fellow countryman and is dispersed only after liberal application of clubs by large^xjuad of police. Page 6 Controversy over water rights causes the Lagunlta* company to begin suit agalnxr two companies in Marin county. Page 7 Eccentric Calaveras miner, who claims resi dents of. San Joaquin county are defrmnlhis him, makes fruitless visit to the supreme court. . . . Page 5 Man whose bankbooks show deposits of §30,i'00 found wandering by police.- • ' Tage 4 Snpers at the Alcazar theater jjo out on strike when refused an Increase. In wages. Page 16 Womaji Is killed in fall from third floor jvin dow and man companion Is arrested. Pai?e 4 Motorman fires Into \ crowfl»d car and . wounJs two men in revenge for beating. Page 10 SUBURBAN _ x Attorney Clarence Heed wefls Miss .Estoll"! Peterson Trinity chnrch, Oakland. - Page C 'Dr. Ernest F.- Victors' 'Wife snes for. divorce on ground of failure to provide. Pase 8 Alameda county grand Jury summons Oaklnnd women as witnesses, to ald^ investigation of al leged milk tract.' . "", Page 8 Succefgfnl opening of bazafir for the beneflt of St. 'Mary's parish in, Oakland; Page H Student cast Is ready "for presentation of the tragedy of "Samson and Delilah.' \u25a0 at the .. julvit-" Blty Greek theater SatifVday evening. Page 8 Oakland plans wide thoroughfare alou^ the water front to make It 'accessible : from :. every section of the city. ... Page 10' Chemist finds cyanide of potassium in stomnch of <scad wood carver and "police are investi gating. V. T; -, :;\u25a0 Page 8 Aged man accused" of blowing-up bnlldinjf in Point Bichmoud to satisfy revenge. '-Page 0 SPORTS World's pacing record for 2 year olds Is broken by Slom Beaty. at. Newkirk, Okla. ". Page 10 Many Jockeys of note, will rlile at' KmoryvilU'" track during winter racing wesson. -*\u25a0 Pnge 10 - Siaplamat club runners are praised for_ tholr. showing in" croos ' - f ' country . race -on Hxxu day. . . l'aere 10 Boxers Jack Johnson , and Jim Klvnn nicft lo nlght to sicn articles -. for a. " \7, rrunri bontl. ' •-\u25a0\u25a0* Pflgfi 10 LABOR : One-half of the. carmen who went on striie are, working;' at other occupation^.. • Page 0 The amalgamation of local electrical vvorkers will be. completed this wcrk. y~ ;.Pasc 9 MARINE; Arnjjr trani«p<>rt I.ogan from Msijllh arrives off \u25a0 the ligh»«hip,":bit ** a wall 'of . fog i holds': the. istftomer.. outside .the. liarlior; untllVnfter' sundon>i." .'•-.*. • I'uge'.ll; MINING '' / \ - Floren;*. . GoldQeld - ConsollrtafSil _ ami . Coiiil>in:j- 1 . tion " Fraction 'rise sharply, ami;- Ili-'ii as suddenly \u25a0 | dKrliue. :r " Pnge' ls' social \u25a0; .* Engagcmrnt ..of. Mi*s Hllctba ' I!«rrl»oii v .and' Curtis :. rvmb'rokc Sargent' uf,' I'ortlaail, - On*.: \*': \u25a0 announced. : I'ase a SA^y rFRANGISGO, OCTOBER c GEN. DE YOUNG TRIES TO GRAB HALF A STREET Lays Claim to Poftibri of Myrtle AvenueVahd Gity Demurs FORGETS ADMISSION ". . ....\u25a0 •.• „. . . ,-. | Chronicle's Explanation a | Year Ago That He Made • Error/ Is Ignored WILL FIGHT FOR IT Apparent Intention to \u25a0 Tr^^ for Possession: of Thoroughfare This is a tale, as told in the records of the city, of a strip of land 275! feet long and 17^ feet wide, part of Myrtle ! avenue, but claimed as his own, with i all the legal phraseology employed in makipg such claims, by. General M. H.de Young. It is something over a year ago now that title .'< to 'this valu able strip of city thoroughfareVyvas de manded by General de Young, and when his attention" was called "to the matter be promised, inferentially, to be good and give it back. But .rib move to that end has been made, Aln /act.for allitl:at he i has signir\e4;ic.thp«' contrary, he. purposes to battle in the" courts for this strip of Myrtle avenue. General- up [, Young's -assumption of title 'grew otit* of the fire \>f April IS; 1506. ' This flre destroyed- many records of property, and General de^ Young:, as others did, filed notice of ; suit to quiet title to various pieces^of land within the city. Among the doughty general's holdings was & pieced of- property that fronts on-O'Farrell street for 275 feet and runs back . 1 20; feet,' where ' Myrtle avenue bounds _it on the north. But instead . of- specifying 120 ! feet as the depth of his lot. General. do Young,' In his notice of suit, gave it a depth of 137% feet, which made his lot extend 17*4 feet into Myrtle avenue, taking up half. of that thoroughfare for a distance < of 275 feet. - i - On August S of last year. The Call drew attention to this .expansion of General de Young's real estate. : It was suggested that perhapß the heat of the great conflagration had swelled the lot : But there was no sign of .contraction;] and again on October 12 : The Call re ferred to the matter, insisting' that it was not quite right- that a piece of the I city's-. property should be grabbed. In ! response,; the Chronicle published an editorial which was a combination of ! Jauntiness and evidence of injured feel- i ings. It ran thus: '. - . AX KXPL.ANATIOX . And a Request for Simple Justice to a Xewspaperman A morning contemporary yesterday published a diagram of a piece of prop erty owned by .; the .proprietor of i the Chronicle, in which • the - dimensions given lln a description which he | fur nished carried the depth of thelot into a rear street. " The ; mistake t was .so patent that it: is astonishing that/it should have \u25a0 attracted < any;, attention whatever, yet It was promptly 'twisted Into an attempt to grab'a street. 'The intimation Is too; rijUculous to deserve serious attention? yet a 'failure to cxi plain may be construed into vim" ad mission.-. >Like : numerous other/own ers of real estate, in^ San Francisco^ the proprietor "of the Chronicle had the misfortune to lose much ,of his real estate data. In .the recent fire. In his effort to restore the plat book the error referred to was ' made. ; . Under.-:no'fcir cumstances' could the -mistake made haveaffected the title, for^there* is ,no question respecting the complete dedi^' cation tojpublic usi 1 ! of/. the -Btreeti in advertently;, encroached .' upon 'by the I description. It is" just such. ah; error. as : many other property .holders -twilli" be ' likely' to._ make in "'\u25a0 their ( 'efforts : to .re store their plat books.' -The .work done by: agents ;; is riot infallible;-and'^unin tentional,-errors-are -bouiid to- cr*»epUn.' If^tlie palpable ""rr, or -we; are 'speaking of had -been, made;" by;' any; othor.-per son . it ; woufti \u25a0\u25a0 not' have Jbeen notiend, or. vt s l«ast, -no -fair > minded I person -would have . \ placed r ; suchV.' an v^ interpretation upon it as that whlchour contemporary chose, to 'adopt. • \u25a0 V• , ,".'• ' : . ;Xo one. will dony.-to a.' newspaperman' the ' \u25a0- jjiptlcc. • of- which; " ho, - fronorally. stands: in n<j»d, but 'tlio^reoords 'at >t lie cou n t y clerk's oflie'e : in'd i»:a t e ' tha i\ Gfii •iral do ; Young wants just h-'<^ tjliis^K^" ff-^t. of' Myrtlft.avcnuv.T I] is. claim" for i it still is on] file ; unariioniled.-., Opposed; to" iiy arc domii rrcrs ': li lod * b y . IJ.G. t Pla 1 1; Cwntinucd on I'upe ,5, Column S Mr. Ryan Addresses the Ryan I^j^^ie^s Independent Republicans to Worked Elect Taylor Carried On in #11 districts. George A. Van Smith \u25a0An independent . republican club pledged to "Mayor Taylor and good government will be. at work in every assembly district, in San Francisco before the end- of/the week.; Preliminary organization plans were last night at a meeting of the executive com mittee of the ;.independent republican club .of "San Francisco, , the organization built" around'-the minority that; left the republican - con vetiqn.which.Ryan forced, to nominate him -for mayor. t .. - The plan of the independent republican central organization, of which Thorna S , j? : Haven is president^contemplatea a central body of 149 members., apportioned as were the delegates : to the Ryan v con^ iyention. ':- : -\V6rking with^ and under the* direction, of the central -body I clubs composed of republicans are :to be ! formed in each assembly district: : Thrqugh. these district clubs a regular republican campaign for Mayor Taylor /and good /government \ will be conducted. -\u25a0':\u25a0:', The • work of the : central \u25a0\u25a0\u25a0•organization", which was launched last week,- lias ; progressed } in a. remarkable manner .;.••_\u25a0 Through:itsTpresi " dent"- the independent^republican 1 .'-club 'announced- its purpose Vat; the Taylor ratification meeting Saturday night: Nearly. 5,000" cards, pledgingithe^sigriers, as republicans,. to' support Mayor Taylor, were distributed;- at ; the ratification Cmeeting.^- More tlian^ 1 ,000 ; of \these car^jCsigned^by^reVublicansrari trict \u25a0in j San^>l^ancisco-have^alreacly^been* returned to the Jieadquar-l ters, 1018 Fillmore street, -/rhe^bfficers of the independent club cxpect ; -to-have:lo,ooo;,repuW under the Taylor and good government banrfer before the end of the week,: an^. to show before thes campaign ends;^by/ the signatures of republicans-affixed to Taylor •pledges,, that a niajority: oi >the republicans] of San Fran-, cisco wei'e opposed to the nominationfof -.-Ryan^-- arid want 'Mayor -Taylor -in office. „• /. . x ', :' ~ \u0084- • " r ':r; "\u25a0'„'\u25a0 \OncJ oi- 'the ; most encouraging if eaturcVfof.tHc first- day's, work doneT.by. j the ; independent republicans was ,-f the' spirit f with V which .'\u25a0; the rnenibers of its^ finance ;comniittee \u25a0''were received " byi; the.' public. :; More than, $500 was rai?cd in one /hour,; 'and Milton ;H- Esberg, •vvhb' presented, the" Taylor 'pledge' cards'? to 21 republicans." received 21 1 signatures sand ;Vsl". .with each signature. The subordinate.. clubs^in ; the" ; several" •• assembly"-; districts/fwill; ; n"ot'.'at{ tempt, for the" 1 most part, to -open hc'adqua"ftersyH'Each'club"%\\*illi v Jiinvcvcr,;." h'pld - one j or ". more .; subordinalpi organization ; ;m_ the thirty-ninth 'district will be completed >Fri-", :day,; ingHtvamhJn^thej fofty-third 'district;; organisation "will be effected *to^ night: i '£ ' \u25a0 \u25a0y \u25a0 \ - \; }- rrThc ; officers;, and v of ;. thc>centraliindependent'; republican (club • arc : ; : President, ; Thomas })l. - Haven ; 11 rst Avice "Tpresiderit, • Milton - H. ; Esberg ; 1 second ' vicc-jSresident,' A;; G/ B6j?gs; tliindi vice president," CJ -A; Day; i •taryifyoscpjn)|B^( r .uttcn; assistant secretary, Lester.^ G. Burnett^ executive COJJTINUEIJ ON- PAGE'S^ COLUMN?! Impertinent (Question No, 20 What/ Is Moneys Anyhow? See Page l^^Bottom of Columns 1 and 2 Cover ninent May Send laborers to Coast Needs of, Battleship ' Fleet Are 1 Being Considered .WASHINGTON, Oct.; 15. — In connec tion with the procurement of the large amount of labor necessary on the Pa cjflc coast to" ; make -the repairs to the battleshlp^fleet when It reaches Cali fornia' next year? the ;navy department is' considering a proposition which will undoubtedly cause a stir among the labor unions on the coast. This is to Induce eastern laborers to go there by giving -. them ' and their ' families free transportation, "provided they contract to'v remain In tha government's service a certain time. Of course higher wages must be paid than are common In the east, as a -necessary feature of 'the plan. '. V •V- * X • \ BRITISH SPIES ARRESTED ".:\u25a0 BERLIN, Oot. i 14/— <A. correspondent of th« I Tagebl&tt at Emden : telegraphs that ; according 1 .to "a v dispatch received from Borkum a spying yacht with En's-. lish . ; naval officers ; on \u25a0; board \ had 'been captured by two Wilhelmshaven tor pedo-boats. The officers are suspected of having taken and made photographs In forbidden waters."-!. i"-- HEADQUARTERS \u25a0->! -'- I • fl -?* 1.-1* \u25a0\u25a0- -^ Tt L \u2666 \u2666 1018% Flllmor* Stre«t nflPHPflnPni - H Pill Itl 11 1 Fcl 11 I Iflh ! + Bet. Golden Gate Avenue ' lIIUIUIjIiUIIiI. lit JJIUjIIIQII VIUU \u2666 J.-- and McAllister Street - -'•"«"•-.>*\u25a0" \u25a0\u25a0 , - .;•. ' -. \u25a0 '"- * " *-\u25a0 • -J I; ; "TAYLOR fOR MAYOR" i ,y L" . ;__^- . ; \u25a0 -'\u25a0'\u25a0 , "- . \u25a0 *,"'"".' ' - - '' . -J*. - " \u25a0 '-\u25a0'-'\u25a0"" . - \u25a0 \u25a0 *' \u25a0 - \u25a0\u25a0 * "I Hereby enroll'; myself^- as a -member of the Independent;*' Club'of the. .V. . . 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Informs Detective Burns . • and Plot Is Frustrated Banker of N ewman Given as Agent ' in Affair \u25a0 • Calhoun Detective Hires Gun Fighters for Work The almost unbelievable meth ods employed by Patrick Cal houn and his crowd of indicted fellow corporation magnates to' defeat justice and prevent their own conviction received new confirmation before the grand jury ; : yesterday through the tes timony of E.T. Newsome, a for mer deputy sheriff of Stanislaus county. From . Newsome and other witnesses it was learned that the attempts to kidnap Thomas Lonergan , and Fremont Older, which have been balked within the past few weeks while the * - plotters were attempting to put them into execution, werew riot the first of the gigantic scheme to do away with the important witnesses .against-, the. corpora-, ion bribe ; ; givers/ but that a plot ; was formed as far back • as ; June' with an object oj.no llesss s magni tude than kidnaping, of Abe. Ruet himself; in spite of the'fact that the one time boss was- then under heavy guard in the cus jtody of Elisor Biggy. The testimony given the 'grand jury yesterday is so clear - ; as to leave not the slightest; doubt; of the identity, 'methods! . or 4 objects of the kidnapers, asi the essential' details we're given* the jrrand jury in corroboratiom ** -, . \u25a0 .-.•\u25a0 \u25a0-\u25a0\u25a0\u2666 of a sworn statement made.. by Newsome, \ who/ was;' himselfl-a ! -; party to the plot. •"Newsome, who was employed, by^Calhoun's agents in June, was so shocked at the intention?, of his r employers : when . he found Con tinned on Pase 3, Colnnm 3