Impertinent Question No. 22 WHAT -ARE YOU AFRAID OF? See Bottom of Page 3, Columns 1 and 2 *• VOLUME CIL— NO. 151. Langdon Majority 20,000 Is the Prediction of the Mission Schmitz Directs McCarthy-McGowan Fight From Cell CRISIS IS OVER; COPPER RISES; BOLD ENGAGED Banks Closed Temporarily Are Preparing to Re open Doors CAUTIOUS WITH CASH Trust Companies. Refuse to Pay Out Currency for Hoarding . SECURITIES GO UP Yellow Metal Shipments on the Way Aggregate $18,750,000 ,' \NEW YORK, Oct. 28.-^6 prin cipal events in the financial district today indicated that the worst of the j crisis was over and that conditions were settling down to normal. There were no further bank suspensions and reports were favorable for the re sumption of most of the banks which closed temporarily last week. The; engagement of $15,750,000 in goldj from Europe for importation to New; York* was followed by the sensational j *• anno'*mctmcnt of sales of American eoprrr abroad. whfcTi vUI further in , -crease tlis . tJ<2e of foreign money to this country Jo a n mnmrnmam toi.^;-«vc r j $25,000,000. ~\i\e. with the rapid rise | of jc6od securities on the stock ex- j c-hangc. In Vouie cp.&os as" much aa. 4 j ' and t per c rut, and the policy of the ; .. trust companies not to pay out cur- i j.Tcncy for lioaruing purposes, all con- i tributcd to strengthen the feeling in; tanking circles and among the public {'.aX large. " -r o Hxxrifi upon banks especially ceased, partly because of recognition .that "they V, Ve,re c unnecessary and unjustifiable and part I y because of the policy adopted to • JV-' ' lar o e checks only in certified <<^W cks in df P° £ ' tor >' banks. This sys ""\r«iS« of payment worked no apparent \*rds:iip and was the oause of little , protctt. Small checks were paid promptly 'in currency" and larger amoMnts, -where it was demonstrated currency was required for purposes other than hoarding. ..COPPEIfS SHARP RISE One of the sensational features of r f,i«> day was the remarkable develop ment in the «:opper trade. The; United Metals celling company reported a. t-lianp advance In *.he price. Copper vhicli they would have glatlly sold. 10 days ago at 12% cents a pound com manded 13«4 to 13=i cents a pound to- C\. DuiMng the month of October Vh3»ales st wind; clear; maximum temperature, Cl; minimum, 50. FORECAST FOU TODAY— Fair; lijtht wind. -"*<'.;'':; . Pnge 11 NEWS BY TELEGRAPH EASTERX Crisis is over in N>w York, vrbose bonks have enjaged $18,750,000 gold for Import . from Europe. Page 1 FOREIGX Daughter of Russian princess kidnaped »n«l hclu by George B." »V!! 1-', cutt. pr»crctary r and controller of the l'niie.l Railroad*. Page " William" E. Pargle. necking to prcve good character In 5100,000 libel suit, gives lUt of honest men ainontr his acquaintances. Page 1> I Snperrisors order the construction of Normal school buiMlns at a cost of not more • tii.in ?SJ. b!o» insclilm;. comfian.T. . arresitcd on a charge of counterreitius labels aud trademarks., I'age 115 Armed with a rerolTer. Mrs. Theodore^ Kytka prc-Tcnts ' a borgHr -from entering ; her home. Page 1« To safeguard Interests of local depositor*. Saa Trancls^o " banks decide to: Issue cl'MHns house certiflcateel' ' Page 10 Sudden death of John I". Barrett, news editor of the Examiner. Page 11 Hay dealers denounce th« tactics of the South ern Pacific in f tiling to furnish cars to mute crops. Page 5 > Harry Klein, accused of embezzling ' $I,SGO from the Swift packing company. Is arrested at Santa Hosa. Page 4 SUBURBAN Oakland' employment agent arrested on charge of.BWlndlinff three Filipinos. • Page 6 . Hold fe«t to. water' front, says; Oakland's harbor league \u25a0 to city council Id- twain tlons. : -. -; Page 6 Husband of Olive Scully aids her defence on witness stand In murder trial. Page 6 Edgar Smith, unlxerrfty - freshman, -"bullda aeroplane .and will: try., it In flight •\u0084f rom. hills.. ' Page 6 Berkeley puzzleif . by series of. robberies at tl»> Young Men's Christian association. \u25a0 Page 6 SPORTS : C«l nwing will. succeed E., Bert on the hncfd of tho nitional association of .minor, league base ball.clubs. \u0084 v Page 10 Ma:>y bor*c«! are being pointed, at KmiTyville travk" for ' the ojvnlng day : Bl«k<*. •'' Page 10 VancuTf-r Hnghy playrrs defeat stale univer sity team, nc«fe 3; to - ing with Mg Jack Johnson.'-'- • Page 10 LABOR: W^Z' Typopraphio?l .union No. Cl donates'*".'J4(.iO -j to the *s>mmerciar tf-legraphers. Page 8 Tbfrc I« talk of* a rooremfnt ' ti>-! ; * Ft «'\u25a0»>' nfwnl>nys «inn tlie ptr««t«. Pages MARINE ! -• Shlpwreckcil - crew of ' the ' whr.lrV Csrrie". c»0 AnnJe arrive on the .\M». ~ Paigre*!! MINING ');%\u25a0 - rr«wan« for ready, cash on holders' of j Nevada mining '\u25a0 stocks ' forces ;- GoXMvH ;.'. Co*n»Viliy tinther G. . T*rorvn. lir-<-nuKc; I I«ad Itenrd j that he "at»t! Karl -Rogers, lrerc' ln; tjhe ba&lnrsV- of niiboralns jurors^ nnd v.il- : &c<9ses» and' also ._ttwit' titrr) Wnrtl' thin justice 'of ;\u25a0 .\tiic'"'" peace "^(SunimerfieJd) , down there, nnd that hir and Walter rorker'.had had him, (the justice) put In,, and also' the" countable*- that raiiie up here aad .nldcdlti the kJunaptngof Older. I also -beard that he controlled the district attorney's office;, that.- "\Val-' ter Porker, had" appointed every deputy, and that Captain Fredericks Ulie dis trict attorney* Is a chmlldate for. con gress, and IhKt |.«ther Brown - is - v the political bo«* of the congressional-dis trict and -'chairman of -that delegation, and that at leant one of the constables Tvho came up Is n member of that com mittee."— Hcney's testimony. Assistant District Attorney Heney was a witness for but 15 minutes in Judge Dunne's court yesterday during | the hea>ing,of the motion of. Attorney j Bert Schiesinger to '-have set aside the j; indictments charging} Luther lG/ Brown, the disrated chief of Patrick Calnoun's gumshoe < men, and R. Porter Ashe,; the deposed attorney for Tirey L*. "lord, with kidnaping Fremont Older, the newspaper editor. Dut during those l.'» minutes- he made the courtroom sizzle with his" accusations against Brown, who was .'in the courtroom, and , Earl Rogers, who was " not. TV. Hoff • Cook and Charles "W. Cobb represented the dlstrict'attorney's office. . Schlesihger sought to Jiave the in dictments set aside -on the ground that Heney ; had ' appeared before - the ; grand jury and examined witnesses relating to; the kidnaping charge while he was attorney for , Older •In the criminal libel case. .' Older -had -been arrested on.= -a charge of criminally libeling Luther G^ Brown -in-the Bulletin, and the arrest had beenT; carried out -.Trithout- proper, procedure."; The' point *that Heney .was Oldcr's. '-witness wasj backed \ up.. ;~'-by Schlesinger, with' 'a. -telegram sent '.by Heney -"to the" district ."attorney's- office, infwiiich Heney had asked that the pre-, lirninary examination \u25a0; of : Older be. con tinued; as he wanted." to appear. \u25a0 Yesto.rday Heney • admitted the tcle gram,~ '.which was produced in court with the affidavit of C.' C. .McCqmas, as sistant district attorney for lx>s 'Angeles county. "But he said that the telo "gram .was 'ln* error and that. he had at no tims. intended to appear.foritho;av, cused': editor," but simply ;to be. ; inoourt | that he, might watch; th« methods .of ! Luther. Brown... , ,",',.': v .' Ilehey,- asp«srt«»il that, while ho, pre-; sen.J«>dtbe.easr;'ag3inst Brownand Aslift to 'the grand "jury, he d id ; not? argue .tho facts. Jn. relation to"; the -sending' -of tiie telegram, the assistan t."> district -at torney: declared "'th'nt he" wanted -; to -be in, Los- Angeles] to 'protect t.h<; interests of .any one •; connected^. with \ the?: case.' Thenhn srayri his crisp" vieVs, on: Brown and' Karl '" Rogers' connection' 'with Hho Los Angeles district , attorney's i office* and. with '. Justice.'- Summer field,- .i" lief ore wliom Oldor was ", ;.'. to"^ have '!\u25a0\u25a0 \u25a0\u25a0'• boon ' a.r faigncd/: \u25a0v, ; ; ,c, c :. ; . -.7 '^ \u25a0'-.;: V;. ... . '; :• , Heney w«?nt on- to ; say : « tinder*. the rp liictant' enoouraKcnif»nt < :nf.,: : !f;ch'leßinger'B .\u25a0\u25a0;\u25a0' :'.'\u25a0:\u25a0 .-v.,'---.i.-~.T:-.t-t M\u25a0.- r C .«*-- i \u0084-\u25a0--, -'\u25a0\u25a0'\u25a0\u25a0 questions that.; Luther*Brown'hatl at tempted to kidnap ?liOnergan, and pre-; Cent Inn c d ; on \ Page ;' 5, \ Column . 2'l McGowoiiM With a Wink in It Felon Ex-Mayor Confers With Labor Czar and Advises Him at Lawyers' Office Eugene E. Schmitz, with headquarters at; the county jail, is -giving the benefit of his personal ma.i agement to the campaign for tlie county jail ticket, - which he. programmed for the "Big Six." \u25a0 The active interest of the felon ex-mayor in the municipal campaign did; not end with th. com pletion'of the slate which McGarthy.N bor convention to nominate. Thanks to the verdict of a trial jury and a five year sentence for "felony, Schmitz .wasnot-permitted to jnit his personality' into the fight 'for His \u0084 * county* jail -";ticlcet^but mere locks and bars; do not serve : to keep Him from staking: a prominent advisory' and', managerial part the : campaign. .' v . *. -^ ; ' * Conferences between the power behind .the* ars: and: T.- H. Me-; Carthy. candidate of" Schmitz for' mayor, h'ave-nqt^been so; frequent sincc' ; the-slatc was made up and receivedvthe- official sanction of tlie. . felon ex-mayor. Schmitz has, of; course, been able \to' have his sage . advice and managerial: dictates -filter to the alleged^ campaign man agers at the- downtown through/ hisyhostand-friehd.' Sheriff-Thonfas-F/b'NeiU but the finerpoints of the game Schmitz ; is playing 'for, the i election of .'"McCarthy arid McGowari'Have not been' intrustccl to; faithful -Torn ,o'Neil." ; They; have ; beqi : given to Mc- Cartb.y.iii person, or sent to hini through- the felon \u25a0 mayor's 'family. ; . Gnc : of the niost • iniportaiit\conferences' between ;the felon- ex- - mayor and'^his county ja.il candidate; for. the same^kind-of honorslwas - Held last. Thursday 'at -the offices of _. CampbeH/.;'Metson\u25a0v\u25a0&.;Dre\v,\u25a0\u25a0 Scnn^itz:s" attorneys.' This" powwow consumed something dike, two hours '-. Xo cspecia 1 difficulty attended \u25a0 the completion of- arrange-. " nicnts for ;a^ conference at the * offices of; Schmitz' ? counsel:"where'the j > boocllcr^cxrniayor h'as-bcenM'reqiicntly.take^ f : in deriancc' of oivicrs : oj4hc : court.; \Schinitz is /brought- ;into< court, at '. I lcastoncc each: week answer ready for>l rial on^the- remaining extor-- : | tioir charges; which have been postponed -from; weekjto; week, pending. ; : the disposition of Schmitz's appeal to; a higher court.;" . ; [ . Other;, con ferences have been S arranged - foryan'd C; rr\essages \ con-; ve\'ed'irqnv;Sclnnitz to McCarthy and vice- versa-thrqugh^tliefrnedium . of'Sclijnitz's household. 'and/the^tciephoiie.* McCaftlrvvHas^beenfsaved ) from ; charges ;of;;c6)nmunicating;directly •.? with? jail^ fpri; His orders > by, - : having. those prdcfssent'to him tl^oughxthe^Sclimitzniome; - ;It ;lias . [ alsq^bcencf^nv^mentfor the pq^ informed! tHrough'thc^Schinitz home,^^.whoivit was the'pleasure»of the L creator oh the Jcounty^jailiti^ ; candidate; ;McLarthv, :; and: hi through /fortuitous: circumstances,- the, • master hnVjail-.was^unable ,to^keep anfa^ CONTIxtJEbVoX^PAGEI4^c6L;f4: :: -; ; "; ? George A. Van Smith 3 • rlt'TtSii dorft like traveling by water, see how it is done in \ Isonie* parts of Italy, Ireland and Japan. A good illustrated story in The Sunday Call one Hundred Dollars for Election Guesses HOW do YOU ; figure but the result •of the coming election in San \u25a0 Francisco ? ; %. . ,v \Whwndo-YOU forecast as the peopled choice for mayor? • * By what: vote 'do you predict he will be elected? Here's some easy money f or ; YOU— all you have to ; do ;\u25a0 is \ to ' guess and guess better than "your competitors. ? v.. Down -below isa coupon for you to fill out with your 3 forecast, your' name and address ' and then to mail to • Election Returns { Editor, The Call. C: For, the prediction that comes nearest the winner's plurality as ihown by, the semiofficial > returns to the registrar The Call will pay '' \ -Fifty Dollars r . ;For. the second" nearest prediction The Call will pay t Thirty Dollars -. \-i : . For rthe; third nearest prediction; The Call will pay ? -Twenty Dollars /(Fill out this i coupon and mail it' toELECTION RETURNS ED ITOR, ;THEJjCALL,^SAN FRANCISCO.) (.Taylor. ) will be elected mayor by a plurality I 'predict that .;.-." A 'McCarthy \ v * ' (. Ryan ) 0f:. ............ ....v0te5. NO 5 PREDICTIOnTwILL ?BE? BE CONSIDERED THAT ' REACHES |^P2THIS ? OFFICE vLATER THAN \u25a0 MIDNIGHT, SATUR •". . -- ;DAY,CNOyEMBER 2,(1907. PEICE FI\ T E CENTS. UPROARIOUS CHEERS FOR SPEAKERS Heney and Johnson Stir Enthusiasm of Thousands Shouts Greet Pledge I -to Prosecute Calhoun Throngs Eager for History of Graft Campaign Hoi Attack on McGowan ij Given Roaring Plaudits "Twenty thousand major ity, for William H. Lang donr That was the cry * that brought an echo from thou sands; of throats last night at the^. Mission . \u25a0 rink, where Special Prosecutor Francis J. Heney, Attorney Hiram* W. 'Johnson of the pros ecution arid District At torney Langdon himself addressed a- multitude ;6f enthusiastic \*oters. • With the promise^ on his lips to -fight the battle against the grafters to the end and to prosecute Patrick Calhoun for bribery, come what may, Heney carried one of the; greatest audiences the Mis sion'has ever. known off its feet with wildest enthusiasm- Johnson, in an eloquent ad-^ dress that strttck right from tlie shoulder, won a thunder ous promise of support for the man who stands for the principle that no man is above the law. and Langdon,. Continued on Pajfe 2, Column 1