Impertinent Question No. 22 WHAT ARE YOU AFRAID OF? See Page 5. Bottom Columns 1 and 2 VOLUME CX— NO. 147. SCORES PERISH AMID RUINS OF CALABRA QUAKE Two Hundred Bodies Are Found and Deaths May Surpass 500 VILLAGES DESTROYED Torrential Rain Increases the Misery of Panic Stricken People CAMP IN THE OPEN Several Famous Structures Are Razed by the Temblor ROME. Oct 24 At 6 o'clock this evening about 200 bodies were taken from the earthquake ruins in Calabria. 1 It is now estimated that the deaths ; will surpass 500, but it is impossible to get accurate information on this [subject, as many villages are still cut; off by the floods and the destruction; of roads and telegraph lines, and no word from them can be had. ' The earthquakes continue; but they j sj-e slight. The people arc still in a condition of apprehension, which is in j creased by each tremor. In spite of the torrential rain that is falling, they ab solutely refuse to remain under any cover. They have made their beds in the open. Mattresses have been spread about the squares and the fields sur rounding the stricken villages, and the j • people are covering themselves and I their children as best they may. Many thousands \r:ll pass the night In this manner. The only huildings | that the frightened people will consent to use are the church-.:?, and even there j they will not stay lonjr. Facred relics have been exposed in the r-^tbedral of Catanzaro and this served in a measure to calm the population. \u25a0 _ No bodies \,z\\ heevj recovered from the ruins xraUl €. o'clock' this evening. Xt that hour about 200 trcrc taken out.' This earthquake bids fair to rival that The details received here during the day regarding: ttic earthquake in Cala bria yesterday -in every way tend to sho-w that the damage done was much' more extensive tTian at first estimated. The first shock' fortunately brought' s^ the entire population of the " villages 'Into 'the 'open, many succeeding in^ making ' their escape* to the hills or! To Bd*s to *hw desolation csiuFrd by' the earthquake it was raining in tor rent? v^Fterday,' which grcatlv in- 1 creased the suffering among the home less rr-ople. Half the bouses at Fcruzzano and Brane&leone. collapsed and many per rons were buried in the ruins and at, ESnopoll and Stellario more lives are! said to have been lost. Panic pre vailed ever> where. Half the bouF"»s of the village of Gerace are 1n ruins and similar condi tion* prevail in a numh«r 'stera | Pacific railroad reaches Stockton from ;Xtw Uop». •\u25a0;'.-.->\u25a0\u25a0 \u25a0 " \u25a0 -\u25a0' Page' ll Schooner Ncreltr, owneil in this city, runs j asliore near Coos bay. Members of tbe crew j cs-eape tbroufh the surf. \u25a0 ' Pasre 7 Tbree bandits hold up the crew of a freight train near Loe Angele* aDd escape Id tb<» iiarV"' new. Page 5 FOItEIGV Great damage done br earthquake In-Cala bria. Italy: 2e end of an outrageous Job. Past S Mised .ratioosl politic*. . , Pace 8 1 A hero of tbe interior. " . Taxe 8 POLITICAL Allied foes of "Lanpfion and ?ood sOTCtnment in ordpr to Veep their pact -with .interest* be hind R.ran are bunting •in the open .where tliey may , arid stalking witb tbe gumshoe brisaJe where they dare no* sbo^r bared VniTes. All.tliU cawes labor men ' and republicans to flock." to Taylor's banner. ;= , . T n K e l McCarthy and MeGowaa address crowds dnrios day* tour of. city «n7 Afslstant j rostm»*ter G^o opsr.x tion of < ar« «>;BS to conrct thepri'sent wr»rc*ed eerfU^ri SolliTa* submits ordinance to c/Mnpci Vnf:6d;ilatlro«d'!«"-|o"-put mider?r.iu*r.tbe. trolley wire* alcmK former cable Uats. . ' Page- 9 TUn^s* tell V. dramatic story : *>t flayinir • 1 ensrincer on . board Olßk by C» pta in KlrnV«"u- Ibcrs.. oo trial &s[£ , . [ •£'• Page 16 I Tbe associate. MT-irgs hanke of San Tra'a j ci.«ro rote to protest the Ictj- for tbe mnnlclpij : operation of tbe Geary street road when: tas«* ' arc paid by them and' to take the matter 'into jccjjrt. • -,"-\u25a0\u25a0 ' Page 15 Frsrsk -Schmlxt.-, brother of convicted mayor, resigns as superintendent, of \u25a0. the ,:«uimi« bouse. ' • \u25a0 '-'-\u25a0-•....-. Page 9 .Mrs. J-^T. bepin« - srtinn for" dlTorre from bushar.'l, wbon»d."«iready'"inslltuted'simi lar proceedings in- AlaskJ. Paste 12 Oct. of Fol*"ro street ctr /-lube pollc«;n3*n wbo ' attempts to. cbecV a riot, and C*Bi«ctor Percy is *b« in tbe side. . - Page 1« City TrjllloTlte Pr^ident nooserrlt 4nd c-m pref-smen will urpe that be accept nmt«M>,o 10 rL'it Pan Frsncisev. Page 16 Darpi? iotroduces an anonymous letter In ssr-" port of i iM en First nations! bank and jr.ift prosecutfOD. •. .; Pager Dete<-tiTe« to tborouithlj . inresticatc death 'of Fran» Gray, supposed 6oicide. and woman com panion win b*< examined. Page 16 SUBURBAN Alfrrd j Salisbury ' of, University of California cl**s flf 1907, api>olnted ( to American cmba^.-y at Tokyo as *t witui Interpreter. Pajsc 6 Presbyterian .Ssbbith \u25a0 »eb'«l institnte C'i«?n«. With . any prominent clergymen in j an-?e. " Paye^6 Fatbrr J. J. "Porno, \u25a0•.witness in tbe trial of Olirt S-ully; charged, with the murder o{',lanii>s F. Olorer. . Page'o. RaNTt E. Cartin. wbo shot and Vlll»d John • A. \u25a0 Titus, ii* held for trial on cbarcp. . t-t murder. . -\u25a0 • Page, 6 Prof.' w: C. Jones of Berkeley denounres tie corropt methods of the' railroads. • Page 11 DPtsctlTe Burns lectures to enthusiastic awOl- Al«meda on graft prosecution. Page S SPQRTS ' ' Hir»es belnir pointed for the -opening 'stake 'at EmetTTille show np well .in the imornloß worVmjU. . Paa;e 10 Swimming contests' will b» held tonight in Olympic cluV tanks. . Page 10 Owen Moran, tbe crafk English • feather TceJ?ht. : Js' matched ( by 'Alex.* Greggalns. to O^ht Frankle Neil. Page 10 -Boxer ' Jim Flynn iciprestes < TisHors^t his training qnariers . • with his dasb^ aiid I strength. \u25a0 '•.. ''-Page 10 1 Speedway horses will meet in matinee races at, the park. • ' : Page 10 Stanford . students ..prepare to •nt^rtaia th» rislUng Rugby players from Vancourer.Page 10 LABOR """Tbe" "ret*'sr"cl#rks**arV mallDK" a'canraVs cf tbe Mission residents in aid cf the early %toftsz moT^ment.-'- \u25a0'\u25a0 -• /\u25a0. '.\u25a0 '\u25a0 *.\u25a0 -• -'\u25a0.•' .Page 9 -.-Kan" Francisco lodge of machinists Intends to build «' hs 11. , - ;•' Page 9 MARINE : •Harbor commisslOßers .i«ili nuVe • «xt«niiire imprOTemeots" in lights and fog slgnals-at-' ferry depot. • .... .- '...-' . .Page 11 Liner Manchnrit sails; for tbe ; orient. '":na>mg the passengers being Baron Mitsui," Japan's i-om mercinl, kla?.'... \u0084: ,^:' ; '. ".' >' . .-Page 11 . " Lot : Jfo. '3* in . EastTstreet ' near Brosd'vay "is selected by. harbor commissioners' as" site foVfrte oarkeu. .'••'".'. ' Page'll MINING ; \. ]oy. '. Mining . 8t«V«, I after ' initial " drop cf ; somV points, rise , more : or : less • and "\u25a0. market *cloj.ps etronger* than was' expected., ' > -Page 15 S»n Fr«n.clsco; stock' and* exchange board de cline* to. close 'ln respond, to, requegt'fronj Toaoi pah and- conUones business *all ; day." Page 15 SOCIAL . Z X«wg . i» receiTtd . here of tbe ; birth of "a fourth mi m • Prince < and ; Princess Andre Poniatowski tatP*ri»;-v. ';'_'; .;\u25a0_\u25a0":_ \u25a0 ./.:' \u25a0; Pages ' i MisjT Marian -Wolff ' and .John : de reyster Teller to sbe at rried today ; la ' Christ \u25a0 Epiaopal "churcbj Alimrti. - - '\u25a0- -"•- -- -- . - Hj-. ... . . Pa^e fi SAN ;^RiNOISqO, *TRIDA-Y; : OCTOBER 25, -, 1907;> MAGNATE RICKEY IS LIABLE TO LOSE MILLION DOLLARS President of Nevada Banks Makes Plea for Time . .to Adjust Affairs ; BLAMES: LABOR .-WARS Declares Industrial Strife Caused the Closing of "•'•\u25a0 His Branch' Houses GOES- HOME TODAY Interviews : Financiers Here, \u25a0 \ but Apparently Fails to \u25a0 Obtain Help : "I stand to lose, $1,000,000 in tlie state.: of " Nevada* as "a result of tlie financial \ stress.'' ,said , Thomas B. Rickey yesterday, -"but ; I do not be lieve I will lose a single dollar. I don't believe anybody is going to lose any thing unless the entire country; goes plumb to smash. All we ; want _? is ra little time to ' adjust : our : affairs and realize on. our securities.'. The trouble lls t purely- : psychological. Confidence has been k withdrawn and" the banks got pinched, buf the money is in the mines; the stocks .we have as securi ties are worth' many times the \ sums loaned on them, ..and unless' we are forced to peddle our. securities, and al most give them, away we .will be run ning again in due time." ' ' ' ' . Rickey, who is president, o? the State Bank and Trust company , of /Xevada, whose branches in Carson City, .Tono- ; pah, Goldfield. ' Blair and' Manhattan have suspended paymcijt.^ spent yester-* day interviewing local bankers with la yiew # to - obtaining -* assistance from -them". in] tiding ovef^th'e "difficulty until ..the- financial paa'rteßt rights itself. ' - j i \ Rickejvwas: iofortned by sprne.rof tbe bankers' that money i- in v this citV kwas "•But,"- he- said, ''ttere; is? a' great deal of money in youribanks.rjusf.fhe/.sara*.' It x Is needed; I am ' tolri, 1 ' to ""move" yiur Croppy to 'assist; fri* the^bUildinff of your. cityn. and ..forjthe-.transactionj of yottr tremendous, volome'of other business." It* was apparent that ;he hoped that, when the, true i stateVof- was placed before." • the s local,. bankers 'and the securities' to-be proffered were ; ci-. arnined" 'care fuUy, 'enough cajsh', wouid be ( advanced "to ./loosen -_' the. -Xeva SAYS BANKS ARE SOLVENT - "The .only authentic' information : 1 had received up; to this .'morning was what I read in The Call." 'he said. r "From; my personal knowledge .of "the situation Ido not see* ho,w. a single : de positor could lose a cent. Tlie banks are solvent: "the "securities "they, hold are ample, and..it:.wiirrequire,,'only 'a little time to adjust the present trouble." I; \u25a0 President Rickey said" that unceasing labor troubles were mainly responsible for the financial depression in Nevada mining camp?. •* r rAs a result. of thefeeMndustriardis turbances," he said, Vw«s noticed |a gradual .withdrawal of ; funds ;by^ de positors/ v.-hoi disgusted, with the strife. took their money .; to other" places. .Lessors of mining properties, unable to prosecute. their work, threw up their leases "and went away.- in; two, months more- than, |2.000-,o6o\was' taken^.from our ;banks by disappointed miners; and ppeculators'iwho; left- the state "because of ithe industrial unrest. I-wentiafter my cashiers and told, them to: collect on note?: Then came ' a series "of let:. ters from //clients .who had 'notes^Vith us and who, if compelled to, sell.i'their on a broken', market, would have been ruined 'financially. ' Then "came the break In/; stocks all over the country, affecting* collaterals of all varieties." "' , \u25a0 ;"-;".'\u25a0\u25a0.\u25a0\u25a0;\u25a0'\u25a0* .-\u25a0':. : '\ : n.: , i LOXGER ; HOLIDAY . j Referring to the holiday which['Gov ernor John 'Sparks' had declared in Ncr .vada, Rickey.-sa.id: <: ' • - \u0084• i ... "It. was *«. wise move, but jthe, time j given is far too. short.. Nothing can' be j done In .two' days.' ' It- would ' take fully i a week to present Nevada's case" in the j financial, centers .and I hope., that' Gov- I ernor Sparks . will extend \u25a0\u25a0\u25a0 the -holiday J time .that 1 10ng." ..... r : ~ ..... ..__^^..;-; ; 'i .-.The. condition of /.the Nevada \u25a0: banks i which suspended, payment .was Tprc-'l nounced by local bankers: yesterday to j be -good. «The^policy- pursued by Qov e'rnor. Sparks in declarlng-'a'holidas' of two days 'was ".commended, : on- ; the ground' that time/would . thus be forded Ito' have!, the' actual 'situation more 'completely!; understood- by- the public and so allay, excitement that was ito some extent. unreasonable. - .•"';\u25a0< "The standing'ofthe'Nye*and!Orms by county -bank," .said '- F."] B.'* Anderson,"' manager 'of Uhe^Bank-'of r ' Calif oriiia^t'ls exce^ent/^;,Our, i bank*is"thV\San^Ffan» ,XllCoatliiiied.;jiml : .PaKej B> .Columa i 1 • Railroad' Telegraphers iiiiditiiiii Forty Thousand^ Men to' Refuse to Handle Commercial ; ; :;;V;:Mcssages. I ;•\u25a0*.;• ;'•'•/.\u25a0 \\ '\u25a0 TT ~S:;~ S :; • : \u25a0••-\u25a0!: " -That the iVallroadl telegrapher* of the > ..Unf ted/ States 4.had«dec)ded^ to take-up 'the^ cause \ot * the'.'st'rikrng ; commercial telegraphers, arid;; at! a'date, alreadyjqet, \u25a0would . refuse ;* to .*; handle ' ( commercial business, was 'the statement- made" last' night -.by.'.V.* \u25a0>W^;.!McCindl^sh/ ; /actiny deputy, nationa I'\u25a0 president . of .the fstrik-^ er2i=c™anizatlon. i It was based upon' a . telegram \u25a0; from* ' Deputy » Na ti onal ' Pr esi -' dent Copp»,,delegate to, the special con vention\ which .convened \u25a0• in Milwaukee yesterday *r* in 1 ?• the • ' criminal' I branch -of ..the jjsupfeme court found ".Dr.. j Walter-R. ": Gillette^sTformer '.vice} Pjesi- I dent of the;Mutual;L.ifeinsurance:com pany,.-guilty, of perjury'ln the : third -de*-, gree." ; The^v*e7dict jVas! accompanied -.with \u25a0 a recommendation, for -mercy;'-* The maximum « penalty* \ for this \ ; degree \u25a0" of perjury.; is ;1 0-s'ears'l imprisonment.^ , The'speciflc charge'; waa that'Dr.-Gil lette .. nad'^testrned^falsely^/before ;the grand jury } May.*" 2 4/: at \u25a0which^ time j he! .was vice"; presfdentVof ? the ' Mutual,^- al-' jieging Jthat^when ' examined;by District Attorney* ' Jerome he testified that\',cer tain * moneys ;in* the": Dobbs :Ferry^banlc were his personal funds,' rand that fun-. dcr : cross examjn&^ionthe; admitted; the 'off vhe strike t-r^ij c*o'utely ; false.".Va rious schemes ,E.rc." btfn*;. employed' by the companiesito'cauit'a' stampede, but' .they - are ; jokes *as ;far \u25a0 as \we \u25a0 are • con cerned.'';•':;\u25a0': ;* •;"-.'-•.;'. \u25a0 > :-'-: :. ' . V^McCandlish, asserted thata conserva tive T estimate of; the^ loss suffered -by. .the. Union i by:" reason \u25a0•> of : the 1 strike^^pla'ced'-it; at; $100,000, 'a day. \u25a0 "The company was unable to pay its lastfdividend rand its stock. dropped- 15 r jto ;; IS L points,','-* he£ said. -v. '"Its ; next - de-; fault will- put* the stock -below- 50." - - ' The daintiest." prettiest "and most 'be witching'of all maids will captivate you when >-ou see her. She appears this week Fluffy Ruffles in The Sunday Call fundsl were .really; the property of the ! Mutual' Life.**^ "Vh*'' \u25a0 - "Y'./'f \ ~!*Former "Justice f Hatch; -in -summing '\u25a0 ,up| for;,tho^defendant;' said '^ his client ' had- been* made]a%scapegoat "while the ! ,gui!ty-,offlcem *of "the", insurance com- j ; pany^h'ad^ escaped" prosecution. i JOhe ;Hiindred Dollars for v gy|'Eli|ctittn Guesses ; figure out the resuh "of the eoming^dectioa'in San .i '^il^Ftwiciico?^.'^ '-.'";.'.'\u25a0"; '\u25a0'.'\u25a0' \u25a0 \u25a0 \u25a0 Whom do YOU forecast as the people's choice for mayor? |. ,7 By/what, vote do , you predict fhe will be elected? -"o.^. Here's some easy money for YOU all you have to do it to guess and guess better than. your, competitor*. \u25a0 " * * ' Down below is a coupon for you to fill out with your • V: f OTceast, your name and address '. and then \to ': mall: to - --: Election Returns Editor, The CaH • Fcir the prediction that comes nearest the winner's plurality as i r; shewn by r \tne"^scmiomdal returns to'-the registrar The Call will pay .'' :' \u25a0' ' \u25a0 ' \u25a0" ~-r[ Fifty Dollars -' "'" ' •\u25a0 '• '- \u25a0•',-V:P«r the second nearest prediction The Call will pay \ S '\u25a0'\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0<: "j -•. \u25a0 '"; "\u25a0 \u25a0 . i Thirty Dollars ff^^^ -\ \.' - For the third nearest prediction The. Call will pay i-r ' : ; Twenty Dollars V ? I. - . (Fill out: tins coupon and mail it* to'ELECTION' RETURNS KD^ \u25a0 THE, CALL. SAN FRANCISCO.) (Taylor ') wUl.be' elected mayor by. a plnrafity McCarthy >. • ... ... - , Ryan ) 0f............. votes, "\u25a0 i-\u25a0\u25a0i -\u25a0\u25a0 \u25a0.'. \u25a0 Name ; ..*........-.»..^' I BmH^^^^ Addre55......... .......... ....... ...~..^ NO 5 PREDICTION WILL BE: CONSIDERED \u25a0 THAT REACHES ; THIS I OFFICE LATER THAN MIDNIGHT, SATUR • ~ - .; - : . , r .DAY. NOVEMBER / . PRICE FIVE CENTS. KNIFE SHOWN BY FOES OF LANGDON Two Ryan Men Now Gome Out in the Open Champions ofMcGowan in the Gumshoe Brigade County Jail Ticket Backed by Foul Tactics Voters Not Deceived Flock to Taylor's Banner Political Meetings Today TAYLOn-LANGDOrV . .: Xoon— End Konrth street. . *> p. m^-Mtiilon rfok, Mlsalmi street betrrrra Xlaeteeath and Tirentleth. McCarthy . .\oos— Oreeon Aock. Xlßht— DoTeneeVt halt. Twea ty-fonrth and Cbnrrb streets. r>«-rl»adcro hall, 321 Devlsadero street. .\>tt AVashhistoa hall. Ftllmore : and Pine streets. Voube Men's HebretT Auocla* tlon" hall. ; 1970 Page street near . Stanyan. *• f :; RVA.V ' V»on— Fulton Iron norkn. Msht — Urcnmlno.l risk. Sorter and Steiner streets. George A. Van Smith v'^.With two members of Ryan's • 1 county committee openly opposed to District Attorney William : H. Lang don and /half, his campaign machine ' working more or less secretly for the ! election of Frank McGowan. the rally \u25a0 of the graft interests to Ryan and tha i disposition of the funds that Calhoun \ and the ahti-Langdon influences have '. poured .into .'San Francisco are ex- ' plained. . John D. Daly, member at large of the new Ryan city and^ounty committee of. 35 members, and Dominic. J. Beban, committeeman from the forty-third as- •" sembly district, have quit dissembling \ and. are . openly opposing the re-elec- ' tion of District Attorney William H. \u25a0 Langdon, upon whom depends the con- !*! * tlnuance of the graft prosecution. I'.\ASUANED CHAMPION!* .\u25a0- , , ,_ \u25a0 . Estt«Bß*ll*ffli>^^^tt^^^^^^3 .; Daly, and Beban are not thu only members of 'Ryan's specially selected county commirtee working against Langdon. but they stand alone as open and unashamed champions of McGotran aid his ant! graft prosecution policy. Other members "of the Ryan committee belong to .the anti-tiangdon gumsho« brigade :and are swinging their lcnires Industriously, if with a t semblance".«f secrecy. * Daly" Is an old warhorse of the South ern Pactfic's flying brigade and. bears the scars of several well directed kicks