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BRAND JURY MAY PROBE
SCHMITZ AT ALMSHOUSE
Brother of Mayor Said to
Have Mulcted City
on Contracts /
DEALERS INVOLVED
Accounts Alleged to Have
Been Juggled and
Bills Raised
Soon Frank Schmltr, superintendent
of the almshouse. and Herbert T^
Schmitz, secretary of the park com
mission, are to be out of office and
the city government will be free from
tne name which has all over the United
States become a slang phrase for graft.
Herbert Schmitz, it is expected, will
quietly drop out of his position. Frank
Schmitz may go out under different
circumstances. The grand jury may
investigate the Schmitz regime at the
institution over which he had grasp
ing control and charges of grafting
may be preferred against him, as they
were against his brother, the ex-mayor.
now an inmate of the csty and county
jail.
The n»me« of the firms of James A.
Snook & Co. and Convey & Sons,
butchers, the contractors of supplies to
the almshouse. are mentioned in con
nection with Schmitz's alleged misman
agement and malfeaeance. It is charge!
that the superintendent allowed the
contractor Snook & Co. to pad their
accounts with the city, and that he
$av^ orders that any sort of meat
should be accepted from Convey & Co.
Thus the inmates were said to have
been victims of the dishonesty of the
superintendent.
It also is charged against Schmitz
that he took blankets sent to the insti
tution by the relief commission and sold
them for his own profit, that he en
paged in the contracting business and
boarded his men and horses at the
almshouse at the city's expense, that
he was on the salary rolls of the con
tractors furnishing supplies and that
he took money under false pretenses
from an inmate of the almshouse, Cap
tain Brow<r. defrauding him, it is al
leged, of $200 of his pension money.
Included in the accusations ie th-3
< hsrg*' that Snook & Co., about the
time the present grand Jury begun its
work, gave Schmitz $900 for the osten-
Mble purpose of contributing to the
fund bein«f collected for the reception
to Mayor Schmitz when the latter re-
under indictment from his
Kuropean trip. Prank Schmitz incau
tiously told about the almshouse that
he had offered $500 of this "contribu
tion" to J. H. Rogers, who was com
missary at the almehouse. Schmitz had
the surprise of his life when Rogers
refused the money, it is reported, for a
Schmitz could not understand how any
one would Jet gold get away.
It appears that when Eugene E.
Sehmitz was elected mayor and put his
brother Frank in charge of the alms
house he directed a virtuous examina
tion of the institution's account to see
if the previous administration had mis
managed the place or had been guilty
of grafting. It is reported that Frank
Sc-hmltz discovered that the dealings of
the firm of James A. Snook & Co. had
not been entirely regular, and for a
while the Schmitz people threatened
trouble for the firm. But soon the
menacing hands were lowered and the
Snook people were the fair haired
guests at the county establishment.
In 1906 Snook & Co. had all the good
contracts for almshouse supplies,
thanks to the activity of Frank
Schmitz. When R. P. Julian, a com
missary at the almshouse and a man
close to Schmitz, had to resign his po
sition under pressure brought by Pree-
IJent James W. Ward of the board of
health, the simple resignation of Ju
lian did not, it is said, alter his rela
tions with Schraitz. nor mean his with
drawal from the almshouse. He went
into the employ of Snook as an "out
side** man. but stayed at the alms
house, the "guest" of Frank Schmitz.
s.chmitr declared that Julian had vol
"(inteered to skip to Mexico and assume
responsibility if the almshouse irregu
larities were found out.
Early in the Schmitz regime the firm
«•' L. Scatena & Co. had the subcon
tract for the delivery of potatoes to
tk»e almshouse. It is alleged that Sca
tena would send out an accurate tag
of the goods delivered, but the bill of
the regular contractor would be
stretched out amazingly, and the city
wocld accordingly pay for 80 sacks,
cv 11,000 pounds of potatoes, when but
$6 sacks, or 9,680 pounds were deliv
ered.
When the Oliver prand Jury begun
its Investigations of the city depart
ments Frank Schmitz had a panic. He
reported about the almshouse, in the
moments of loquacity which frequently
befel him. that he had secured from
Snook & Co. "some erasing stuff"
which could be used in altering Sca
tena's books that they might corre
spond with Snook's accounts. He
talked of paying $50 to a bookkeper to
straighten out this matter.
In his dealings with Convey & Sons,
it is reported, the butcher once paid
Schmitz $132 for some pigs raised on the
almsbouse land. The meat delivered by
Convey and Intended for the inmates is
reported to have been so poor in quality
that it could not be used. On only one
occasion le it reported Schmitz ordered
the putrid meat returned to the butcher.
Schrader, an honest butcher who held a
contract, was euchered out of his share
of orders, to Coavey's gain. It la al
leged.
It is also charged against Schmitz
that he permitted the contracting firm
supplying flour to send underweight to
the Institution. The delivery tags
would call for 50 barrels, when the ca
pacity of the wagon carrying the bread
stuffs would be but 40.
One of the most extensive grafts
charged to Schmitz is that involving
the contracting firm wnich he formed
in connection with Jerry Drlscoll. Eu
cene Schmitz' brother in law, and Lewis
Hansell. This concern did grading
work for the Parkside realty company
Impertinent Question No. 21
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For the most original or wittiest answer to this ques-;
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FIVE DOLLARS. For the next five answers
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IMPERTINENT QUESTIONS,
THE GALL
Miss Dot Ranl{in, who came
near death rvhen auto fell across
her neck in accident at Santa
Rosa.
GIRL CHOKED BY AUTO
COMES NEAR TO DEATH
Special fcp Leased Wire to The Call
SANTA ROSA, Oct. 20. — One of the
worst automobile accidents which has
ever occurred in Sonoma county took
place within half a mile of the city
limits shortly before midnight Satur
day, and as a result David Murray, a
hop buyer from Sacramento, lies at the
Santa Rosa hospital dying and several
prominent Santa Rosahs are nursing
broken bones and bruises or lacerated
bodies.
The escape of Miss Dot Rankin, a
popular society girl, is deemed little
short of miraculous. Pinned down by
the auto, the back of which fell across
her throat, she was slowly choking to
death, and was resuscitated only after
long continued efforts by physicians.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles V. Talmage of
Mount Olivet had taken a party of
friends for a moonlight ride after a
supper given by Milton Wassaman to
a number of friends. Others in the |
party were .C. C. Donovan, a .well
known local politician and wealthy hop
dealer; William Maddux, a wealthy
hop grower of Mark West; Louis Ros
enberg of San Francisco, a brother, in
law of Wassaman; Miss Ella Noonan,
daughter of P. H. Noonan of this city,
and Mies Rankin.
The car, a 60 horsepower Thomas
flyer, was coming toward town at a
fairly good rate when a piece of
sprinkled highway was reached. The
car skidded. Talmage, who was at the
wheel, threw on his axle clutches sud
denly. The car turned half way round
and whisked completely over, landing
with the running gear in the air.
Murray, Talmage, Wassaman, Miss
Noonan and Miss Rankin were caught
under the heavy car and pinned to the
ground, while the other members of the
party were thrown clear of the wreck
and "scaped with minor cuts, bruises
and lacerations. They were all stunned
but Donovan, who brought help from ;
a nearby roadhouse. The heavy car
was lifted sufficiently to remove the
bodies of the unconscious men and
women from under it.
Word was telephoned into town and
a corps of physicians responded. The
worse injured were hurried to the hos
pital, while the others were brought to
the offices of physicians in this city,
where their injuries were dressed.
David Murray's skull was fractured
and he has concussion of the brain.
The attending physician holds out no
hope of his recovery. He remains un
conscious.
Milton Wassaman, who is a hop buyer
for William Uhlman & Co. of New
York city, suffered a fractured shoulder
and was cut about the face and body.
Miss Noonan's shoulder blade was
broken and she was severely injured.
There is fear that she suffered internal
injuries.
The other ladies suffered severe
; nervous shock and were badly bruised
and cut about the head and face. Tal
mage is Injured' in the spine, but how
severely is "not known. Donovan es
caped without a scratch.
Avoid substitutes — get what you ask
for. Never accept a substitute or imi
tation.
and the men and teams were boarded
at city expense by Schmitz. Schmitz
also had a partiality for dairy stock
and is accused of having conducted a
dairy at the almshouse, the cows for
•which were recruited from the city's
herd;* the animals transferred - being
listed as dead. .
Another favorite trick accredited to
Schmitz was to order delicacies for his
own table and for the entertainment
of his personal and political guests and
enter the articles of the feast on the
books under the prosaic titles of
"beano, mackerel and pork."
SA^ FRANCISCO CALL, MONDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1907^
Pamphleteer Reveals Details of
Dargie's Quest for Gold
F. R. Porter Scores Editor/ of Oakland
Tribune for Financial Methods
"When Dargie needed the money," is the ; theme of a pamphlet
being circulated/ in Oakland by F. R. Porter,: some time '* wind
raiser for the publisher of the Oakland Tribune, who claims that
he got the desired coin for the editor but did not get an adequate
commission for his- services in the, transaction.
Dargie's methods are too well known .in financial circles on
both sides of the bay for Porters pamphlet to cause any surprise.
Porter intimates that he intends to sue Dargie. Meanwhile his
brochure is designed to show how, as he claims, the predatory
publisher was both ungrateful and unfair to a man who had served
him. well in a. transaction t».at needed*
sldU-and patience. Porter's purpose is
apparently to expose Dargle as a com
mon cheat.
That It was a difficult task to raise
money for the Oakland champion of
Patrick Galhoun and other men under
indictment for grafting Porter would
have the readers of his pamphlet be-,
lieve. He narrates that it took from I
July 30 to September 4 to raise ?5.000, j
which was later cut down, to $4,450 in
real money, and that securities valued
at $6,100 were given by the editor as
collateral for the loan.
Dargie went into the Sierras "afr^r
his money. . Oakland and San Fran
cisco were not disturbed in the cam
paign. This move for money was made|
some time after the "Dargie ' paper;
switched suddenly from the support ofi
the local graft prosecution to the suo
port of Callioun and attack on Heney
and Spreckels.
The Porter brochure is entitled:
"The unsettled claim of F. R. Porter
against W. E. Dargie for the commis
sion fee of at least ten per cent on a
$4800 transaction."
Plenty of display type is thrown out j
against the editor. On the inside page
is the subtitle,. "How W. E. Dargie
got $4,800 and why F. R. Porter is
"On Saturday, September 7," .the
story of the "mad" Porter begins,
"Dargie offered to give me $50 In full
payment of my services in procuring
him $4,800, based on a 55,000 note I per
suaded Harold T. Power of Auburn to
draw August 29 last, in exchange for
a $5,000 note of Dargie, in Power's
favor, and the Dargie nofe was coupled
with collateral security having a nom
inal value of $6,100. Said collateral was
certificate No. 8 of the Power tlmbor
company, for 610 shares of the capital
stock of that venture. That stock has
a face value of $10 n share "and the]
yearly rate of stated interest on it is
five per cent. f
"I informed Dargie that my charge
for negotiating the business would be
CAMUS II PRISON
II THE CZAR'S CAPITAL
Continued from Twee 1, Column 7
There was no evidence on which to hold
Durland.
Walling is a wealthy socialist. For
several years he has taken an active
interest in the Russian struggle and
this is the third time he" has visited
Russia.
Walling has been associated with the
four Finns who were arrested today. In
this party are three men and one
woman. The woman tis the' wife 'of
Professor Malmburg of Helslngfors
university. The Finns have been in
St. Petersburg several days. They have
been under clos,e police observation.
Yesterday and today the. Finns, Mr. and
Mrs. Walling and Miss Strunsky dined
together and tonight the ' entire party
was taken into custody.
The arrest took place at the Hotel
de France, one of the leading hostelries
of the city. The rooms of the Walling
party and the Finns were searched
thoroughly by a colonel. of gendarmes
and several assistants. All • the bag
gage and effects of the Walling party
and the four Finns were opened and the
gendarmes took possession of a large
quantity of books and other documen
tary material. '\u25a0'~'-'p*''
Walling and his wife, who is known
to the literary world as Anna Strunsky,
and Miss Struncky were taken to the
gendarme headquarters because all the
prisons are overcrowded and no other
place to confine them could be found.
After much telephoning by the author
ities, places were finally found for the
prisoners. .The three -Americans were
separated. W ailing was sent to the
detention prison, his wife .to the
woman's prison and Miss Strunsky,
who, apparently, is regarded as the
most- important captive, to the new Jail
recently built for the famous third sec
tion of secret police..;
It was impossible to learn tonight
what the charge was against the Finns.
It will determine the accusation against
Walling, but a member of .the secret
Bervice who accompanied the*' gen
darmes who made the arrest,- said the
order of arrest had originated in his
section an/I that the secret service had
been shadowing Walling constantly for
two years. The police I have been in
structed to look also" for James' M.
James, a New York newspaper man,
who has been over here for a New
York weekly and several socialist pa
pers. James left St. Petersburg several
days ago and has not yet: returned. He
has been taken into custody twice dur
ing raids on revolutionary gatherings in
this city, but was released upon prov
ing that he was present in his Journal
istic capacity.
Walling had Just returned to' St.
Petersburg from attending the socialist
congress In Germany and France. yp He
had spent several . months recently \u25a0; in
Geneva, where he" frequented the .head
quarters of the Russian revolutionists.
He is intimate with many leading.revo
lutionists and liberallsts. , Walling is
accused by the police of giving finan
cial aid to the revolutionists, though
this charge is not the foundation for
his arrest tonight. :..*: ..*
'The arrest of "Walling In St. Peters
burg tonight bears: a striking resem
blance to certain^ reports of his arrest
In the Russian capital in January, 1906,'
which -originated with the; editor of a
Jewish : newspaper in j New.: York, but
was at once denied from' St. \ Peters
burg and declared to be without foun
dation. "Walling' is 30?; years Jof age.
He is a son of Dr. VWill6ughby.."Wnlling
of Chicago, formerly United States con
sul at Edinburgh. "He is \ a ' graduate
of the University; of Chicago. : : He* in
herited a fortune from ? the estate of
his grandfather, ', William. H^ English of
Indianapolis, and after/working, among
the poor ! of Chicago and; New,, York .he
associated himself i with' the ; university
settlement , at . Rivington , and : Eldrige
street He lived'; there ; for; two years
and . was an intimate ; associate of J. G.
PhelpsStoke« and; Robert, Hunter.
•,Walling ' is , described-' as -having been
a quiet, reserved : man; until he was
aroused • on ", the. 1 subject lof ; child " labor.'
Then " ; he -forced -himself ( to .the {front as
an aggressiveVchampion 1 against chil
dren .working ; in;. factories." . His .. ener-*
gies and '• his means ; were enlisted in
this cause.7 : AtWorieVtimo i he^was a
state factory, inspector. In; Illinois.,
\u25a0 ."Wiien tho. boUcq jansacked .Walllns's
at least 10 per~cent of the: $4,800, . or
$480. He insisted that $50 was ample
pay for me."
That is only the start of the Involved
story of how Dargie "got the coin. It
must have been tedious waiting .for
the Oakland publisher while . Porter
was chasing the elusive gold. Two
trips to Auburn and one to Lake Tahoe
were made before the cash reposed In
the barren coffers of Dargie. When
Porter first went to Auburn as minister
to the gold givers lie carried the bunch
of timber security,' mentioned in his
document, and also a leter to Power in
which Dargie pleaded for aid in realiz
ing on the certificate.'
As Power was not within range when
Porter began the Dargie campaign of
getting the coin the gold chaser tried
other, folk with -money. He made over
tures to D. W. Lubeck andJ. M. Fran
cis, Auburn bankers, he says. Francis
was willing to advance, money to Dar
gie if Power would indorse Dargie's
note. But Power, when he was ap
proached, was coy. Dargie was glum
and sour when' Porter returned to Oak
land with empty pocket. -
But the. need of money made an
optimist of Dargie. On September. 2,
according to Porter's acount, . Dargie
dispatched him on, a second mission to
Auburn. They planned a new campaign
but Power was still coy. Finally Por
ter's telling eloquence, in the cause of
the need-the-money Dargie, impressed
Power. He gave a note to Dargie for
$5,000 In exchange for Dargie's note for
the same amount, backed by the timber
security. Then Francis, . the banker,
relented and advanced Dargie $4,480 on
the strength of Power's, indorsement.
At the end of the .narrative Portar
publishes the letters that passed. In the
negotiations. .They are interesting.
Dargie should read the pamphlet to see
what Porter thinks . of him. for v.-hen
Porter was chasing the money Dargie
thought well enough of his agent to
praise him in the Tribune.
papers they took more than 70 pam
phlets on revolutionary topics which
the lecturer had written. Walllng's re
quest that he be imprisoned with his
wife was denied. The couple were
taken to the police station, and, after
their arrests had been registered, were
sent in opposite directions under a
strong gnard. Walling is In one of
the cells lri the prison where exiles
are detained prior to their being trans
ported. His wife is in the women's
exile prison.
The cells where Mr. and Mrs. Wall
ing are confined are in the worst ver
min infested, prisons in the city.; Ro-
Jestvensky, the chief 'jailer,; expressed
the opinion tonight that they would be
released- tomorrow and ordered to
leave the country.
Walling has been' In peril 'of arrest
for a long time because of his uncon
cealed sympathy with an association of
revolutionists He is probably not in
volved in, ther plans, although it is
known that he was in close touch with
the leaders of the Moscow rebellion in
1905. The Moscow police declare they
had evidence that Walling contributed
to the revolutionary cause.
NEW YORK, Oct. 20.— Ellas Strun
sky, formerly a wealthy San Francisco
merchant. Is now living here, having
been ruined by the earthquake. Mrs.
Walling, after her marriage, preferred
to be known as Anna Strunsky, . saying
that to call herself Mrs. Walling would
lose her in her husband's Individuality.
They,, came to this country last Novem
ber and were received by Club A of No.
3 Fifth avenue, an organization of sym
pathizers with the. Russian revolution
ists. Waling in an interview then
prophesied that "terrible times are
ahead for the czar."
Rose Pastor Stokes, the former cigar
factory girl with ' socialistic tendencies
who married multi-millionaire Socialist
J.:G. Phelps Stokes, when informed to
night of the arrest ', of Walling in St.
Petersburg expressed great- surprise.
She \u25a0 said ; her husband last heard from
Walling when the latter was In Paris
some; months ago. Stokes Is now trav
i cling in the west. Mr. and Mrs. Stokes
gave up their east side apartment more
than six months ago and are now living
at Brick house. Stokes' country place
at Noroton, Conn.
James M. James of this city, who has
spent some- time in Russia studying
trade unionism and as correspondent
for socialistic periodicals, was arrested
in St. Petersburg a year ago.; He was
kept in a police station five hours, but
was released^ on threatening to appeal
to the American consul.
Kellogg Durland, who also was ar
rested, but released. Is a Harvard
graduate," and for more than a*year
was assistant chief ? \u25a0at the university
settlement on-*Kldredge street.
INDIANAPOLIS, 2nd., Oct. 20.—-Cap
tain William; E. English, uncle of Wil
liam English Walling, received tonight
the following cable from St. Peters
burg: "English and Anna arrested in
St. ;.-i Petersburg. Start government
pressure on embassy. Local lawyer; is
David • Sosklce, whose telegraph ad
dress is' Sikson, St. Petersburg. *No
cause for anxiety.
"KELLOGG DURLAND." ''"
TRIES TO KILL HIMSELF
YREKA, : Oct. 20.— James Dillon, 30
years of age, attempted suicide at Cecil
vllle \u25a0 today. \u25a0 He -is insane and will' be
sent to the state hospital at Napa.Y ' "'
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TO PREVENT A CRISIS
. NEW YORK, Oct. 20.— At a late hour
tonight the Associated Press was as
sured by the clearing house commission
that- the Heinze-Morse-Thomas inter
ests had been eliminated from the
banking organization of New York, and
in the light, of this fact the clearing
house association announced its readi
ness to lend all necessary aid to any
of the banks which have been under
suspicion, the clearing house Investiga
tion having established their solvency.
It is 'believed that this action will pre
vent any crisis In New York banking
circles. ' -c^ftV^*
William H. Havemeyer, one of the
directors of the National bank of North
America, was ytoday elected to the
presidency, of that bank, succeeding
Alfred H. Curtis, resigned.
~ It , Is understood that the Mercantile
national bank will undergo a process
of slow liquidation. At a special meet
ing- of the board" of directors of the
Mercantile*:national bank this after
noon Seth H. Milliken was . elected
president of the bank to succeed F.
Augustus Helnze, resigned. At the
same time William Skinner and Gerish
H. Milliken were elected additional
-vice presidents, Gerish H. Milliken be
ing added to' the board of directors.
The clearing house commission met
with the directors of the Mercantile
national bank and the two boards were
in session for about four hours. Later
William H.'Sherer, manager of the
clearing house association, on behalf of
the association gave out the following
statement: . .
\u25a0 "A committee of the clearing house
has examined the several. banks of the
association that have been under criti
cism and finds them solvent. The
clearing house committee, has decided
to render them such assistance to meet
their deposits as the committee may
think necessary."'
* Neither the members of the board of
the Mercantile bank nor the clearing
house committee would add to the
above announcement. The statement
of | Sherer is, however, taken to mean
that the clearing house committee is
perfectly satisfied with I the reorgani
zation, of the Mercantile national bank
and will see that the bank Is enabled
to meet any crisis that it may be forced
to face because of the widely "published
story about . Its condition following the
collapse of the Helnze corner In United
Copper.
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national \ directors E. R. Thomas, one
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pertaining to~>ociallsm, and finally de-.
termined to go to Europe. A party given
iin her honor by -the Bohemian coterie
ijust before her departure brought to
gether at one of the local restaurants
one of the most cosmopolitan oompa
nles of artists and writers that the city
has ever known.
Miss Strunsky went to Geneva,
Switzerland, with Gellet Burgess, but
returned after a' short time to San
Francisco. Here she met Walling for
the first time. She returned to Geneva,
met him there again, became engaged
to him some time later in St. Peters
burg, and was married to him In Paris
in August, 1906. Since her marriage
Anna has always been known by her
maiden name, refusing to give it up for
fear of losing her identity. She and
her husband entered actively upon the
work of advancing the socialist propa
ganda, in Europe and have visited all
the socialist centers there. They made
a short visit to New York about a year
ago, but did not come to San Francisco.
On their return to Russia they were
accompanied by Rose Strunsky. who
was arrested with them yesterday.
FIXDS COAIi IX DESERT
GOLDFIELD. Nev.. Oct. 20. — If the
find made 20 miles southeast of here by
Victor Stancher, a well known prospec
tor, turns out to be what he thinks it is,
tho fuel problem of southern Navada
camps may be solved. While hunting
for gold Stancher chanced upon a ledge
of bituminous' rock •which burns read
ily and he believes 'his discovery will
lead to the finding of coal ledges. Ex
perts share this opinion and consider
able excitement prevails here as a re
sult, v ' -
\VTMj XOT BE AMBASSADOR
CINCINNATI, Oct. 20. — Regarding the
statement that he will be appointed
ambassador teN Berlin, Representative
Nicholas Longworth, the president's son
in law, said tonight: "There Is nothing:
in it."
of the directors, announced that he had
disposed of all of his holdings in the
Hamilton bank to a syndicate composed
of men interested in the bank. This
action had been 'expected.
TO CURE A COLD IX OXE DAY
Take " Laxatlre Bromo Quinine Tablets. Drug
gists refund money if It falls to core. E. W.
Orore's signature Is on each box. 25c. *
STUPENDOUS WATERWAY
IMPROVEMENT PLANNED
Special b$ Leased Wire to The Call
WASHINGTON, Oct. 20.— The inland
\u25a0waterways commission, whose report
will be published late in November,
will outline a gigantic system of im
provements. The president will follow
it up in his annual message to con
gress by urging that legislation be
enacted at the coming session that will
start the program going.
It is to be a network uniting the
great lakes. with, the Mississippi valley
streams and the latter with one another;
with Hudson bay and the gulf, and
linking the mouth of the Mississippi by
the "western Inner passage" with alt
the Texas ports and the Rio Grande,
and by the "eastern inner passage"
with Mobile bay and through the
Suwanee* river across Florida with tb«
Atlantic seaboard: a network also anni
hilating the, distance around Delaware,
connecting Delaware bay and Rarltan
bay by cutting across New Jersey, con
nect in jt Delaware bay and Chesapeak«
bay by improving the existing Dela
ware and Maryland canal.
The whole is to be rounded off by
cutting through the isthmus of Capo
Cod, affording a short route from Long:
island sound into Massachusetts bay
and Boston harbor.
But one important point is aa yet tin
decided. Several members of the com
mission favor a direct recommendation
of a bond issue large enough — 3200,000.
000 is mentioned — to furnish the funds
to start the great work. Fearing the
criticism which usually follows any
suggestion of a bond. issue, other com
missioners hesitate ax the proposition.
The chances now are that a bond issue
will be recommended.
Holidays at San Jose
Southern Pacific sells Saturday to '
Monday round trip tickets to San Joao
at $7.50 to those wishing to enjoy the ;
week end holidays among the fruit or
chards of the Santa Clara valley. Tick
eta include board and lodging at Hotel !
Vendome. • :
HONOLULU. Oct. 2O.~The Japanese \u25a0
government has decided to permit the '
return of Japanese lepers from Hawaii, i
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