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VOLUME CJH.— NO. 5.
CALHOUN'S FATE
MAY NOW DEPEND
UPON ABE RUEF
United Railroads President
Will Be Placed on
Trial Today
EVIDENCE REQUIRED
Testimony of Go Between Is
; Needed as Connect
ing JLink
DEMANDS HIGH PRICE
Ruef Wants Immunity as
Reward for Convicting
Bribe Givers
Patrick Calhoun, president of the
United Railroads and the towering
figufre among all the alleged corrup
tionists, against whom the graft cru
sade of the past year has been waged,
will go to trial at 9:30 o'clock this
morning in Judge Lawlor's court on
a charge of having bribed former
Supervisor Thomas Lonergan in con
nection with the ordinance for an
overhead trolley franchise. ' In view
of the acquittal Tuesday of Tirey L.
Ford on a charge similar to that
which Calhoun is to face today, one
question of overshadowing interest
and importance is raised by the be
ginning of this trial. Will Ruef be
called by the prosecution as a witness?
In the answer to this question may
lie the fa-«J of the future of the graft
prosecution In San Francisco. Abra
ham Ruef, once political boss of the
city and now admitted thief and con
victed boodler, is still a factor to bo
reckoned with. Through the long
months ©f his imprisonment in the cus
tody ef an elisor Ruef's mind has lost
none of .its crafty cunning. Though
apparently defeated, m "his last effort
tV'prVrent his' imprisoamont as a felon
and inevitably doomed to serve his
time in Ean Quentln. Ruef "has never
given up his flght; Instead he has for
tified himself In a position which he
now believes must bring him complete
immunity in spite of his many crimes.
IMMTJXITY IS RT7EF»S PRICE
Without his testimony Ruef is con
vinced that the prosecution will never
be able to convict the majority of the
wealthy bribe givers now under in
dictment; with his testimony at their
disposal he knows that the prosecuting
officials can make good their every
promise to clace the corruptlon'sts of
the public service corporations behind
the bars of the penitentiary. He has
calculated the probabilities of the va
rious cases to a nicety, and has named
bis prlco. That price is his own com
plete immunity.
Ruef Is running no mere, meanlng-
I«es bluff In thus demanding his ab
solute freedom before he will unseal
his lips An testimony against the bribe
givers, -for even though his price is
refused by the prosecution he still
looks forward to gain rather than loss
to himself. Where frank truthfulness
might bring him freedom the arch
criminal knows that silence and Im
prisonment can command the price of
millions in financial gain. His refusal
•to testify against the millionaire bribe
givers may be the means of saving
them from the very fate that it is sure
to bring him, and Ruef knows that If
he cannot drive his bargain with the
prosecution he can still wring any sum
of his own najning from the men who
are in his power. In Ruef's mind It is
2O"v himself in the balance against a
score of bribe givers. Freedom must
come, he believes, to one or the other,
and he trusts that It will be to him.
ponXR OF PROSECI7TIOX
"Whether or not Ruef has been given
partial Immunity already in return for
his testimony before tbe grand Jury,
the prosecutioa has never made known,
but even this dees not alter Ruef's po
sition at present. There still remain
enough indictments against him to ren
der possible a series of convictions that
could send him to San Quentin for the
rest of his life, and ' this is the one
card held by the prosecution that may
still force him Into compliance. Should
the complete immunity be refused and
Ruef carry out" bis policy of silence
every charge that now lies asrainst him
would b« pushed to trial, and trial for
Ruef means conviction. Imprisonment
for the, ex-boss does not mean loss ot
reputation, for h« As none to lose; it
does not mean further ignominy, for he
has already been plunged to the depths
of Ignominy: It simply means loss of
freedom. "WTille there Is little doubt
that Ruef would undergo a. prison sen
tence of a few years and gain thereby
a million or two million dollars, there
In stll' a- question whether or not any
sum might tempt him to undertake the
service of a life sentence behind prison
bars while the alternative u>
him of accepting partial Immunity and
the comparatively short sentence which
the prosecution is. undoubtedly willing
to give.
The prosecution, has given no hint
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INDEX OF THE
SAN FRANCISCO CALL'S
NEWS TODAY
TELEPHONE KEARXT 8«
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 6. 1907
WEATHER CONDITION S
YESTERDAY— Sooth Kind: cloudy; maximum
temperature, 63; minimum.' 50.
FORECAST FOR TODAY— Unsettled, -with
occasional rain; fresh soatbtreet win*. Page 11 j
NEWS BY TELEGRAPH
EASTERN _
Hsrriman »ees di«n «f n»w «r* of prosperity ;
and aaj-a confidence In. flnanriem is being re- (
stored. t Page 1 \
At comicaßd of Irlng. gypsr b«nd tear* from j
father's arm* th« daughter he ha* hunted for a
year. Page 1
Comptroller Rldgley esV* Rational hnnks for
•tat»m«nt and response i* n»realtng yrently.
itren«theoed condition of institution*. Pagr« 1 \
H. O. Ha-vemeyer. president of American sajrar j
reflnlag company, passes away from, heart failcre
after lUness of week from aAite indigestion,
c*oted by hearty dinner eaten on Th&nksgiTlxig
dar. , - Page 3
Leadtag reptibUcan* arrire in Wasblngtoo for
meeting of national committee. Pagro 4
Riding testa of officer*, j it is understood, will
be made an annual occurrence. Page It
Frank G. Peaae, California graduate, disap
pears from "*i»lrit fruit" colony with Belle
Norris, particular affinity of - head of tns
cult. Page 1
Congress representing all states In the ' union j
raeeta In Washington to adfooate the itDprore- !
mrnt of inland waterways. Page 3
FOREIGX
Aoki requested that, he be recalled, is state
ment of official high in foreign office, who says
TaVahira probably will succeed him. Page 3
COAST
English Bcientirt eats cactus soup to t»!>t Bur
banV'B cplnele** as food for mankind. Page 13
Fruit growers of California, assembled in
contention at Marysrille, adopt memorial to
congress urging repeal of Chinese eTrlusion law
owing to la<-fc of white men to perform crrbard
and farm work. Page 3
EDITORIAL
A stinging indictment of dirty politic* and a
ringing demand for the direct primary. Page S
Ran Francisco owes much to .the OHrer
jury. Page 8
Lirely market for war rumor*. Page S
By way of baiting Roosetelt. Page S
CONGRESSIONAL
Nearly a thousand bill* are introduced in tbe
sonar*, many of the measure* being drafts which
failed to paes at tbe last cession. Page 4
Newly appointed house committee on banting
and currency holds discussion and appoints fub
committee of five member* to draft currency
bill to correct \u25a0 tbe \u25a0 present . financial .situ
ation. _ Page 4
CITY
General Funston recede* order* to hold troop*
In readiness for trouble orer miner**" strike at
Goldfleld, Gorernor Sparks of Nerada. telegraph
ing that the situation is *erious. : Pagel
J^aUtsk .Calhoun "• \u25a0ifXtt.'-.tax* trtai'thjs tooraius
on tie-*haise -of firing 'bribed former Supsr
risor tooergan, "and "interest In the case centers
on -whether or sot Abraham Ruef wiU :»*\u2666•» lied
as a witness against him. . / . \u25a0 Page 1
PTtsldlhg^ Jnd£e Coffey dtxws: SO -na^es for
grand Jory panel, tbe Ust including number of
leading bosinescmen of the city.' Page 2
Attorney Sbortridje brightens proc* eding* in
TalbofdiTorce case with humorou* cross cxara
isation of defendant. \u25a0 Page 0
Leading men support plan for $4,500,000 l?>nd
issue to construct subway car line throughout
tie city. Page 16
Woman burglar fights feminine captor and '.h
dragged to jail a disheveled -wreck. ' Pag* 7
ExecutiTe committee considers plans for
Greater San Francisco at Its firat . meet-
Ing. Page S
Bank commission will decide today whether
to give California safe deposit company further
time or to place matter in hand* of the attorney
general. Page 5
SUBURBAN -'-^
Alameda county authorities search for Jewel*
worth $1,000 whit-h Mrs. Vernie Carmin owned,
and which if found may convict M. A. Wilkins
of slaying her. Page 1
Alameda county poultry association's annual
6how 8t Idora park prorcs to be -a. -great -success
in every way. Page 8
Oakland board of education withdraws ban on
football in public ' schools. ' Page 0
Mayor Taylor talks to undergraduates of Sitnn
ford university and Is given an enthusiastic re
ception. Page 0
Under cross examination Olive Seully denies
throwing acid Into tbe face of • James F.
Glover. Page 6
Mrs. Gurnee's divorce decree |is made final
and she returns to New York. Page C
SPORTS
Irishman who claims the jiu jitsa champion
ship is training for. match with two Jap
anese. . Page 10
Habcnicbt's machine breaks down within sight
of goal, with 18 minutes in which to make 6
minute run to finish within record. Page 10
Sam Berger is . selected to referee the fl^ht
between Ketchel and Thomas. Page 11
Madders will have a monopoly of today* card
at Emeryville racetrack. Page 10
Prter Sterling captures Berkeley handicap
easily. /, Page 'lo
Many form uprcU msrfc day's racing at Ciiy
park' in New Orleans. Page 11
Stanford and UniTeratiy of California men will
meet tomorrow night at the Olympic club In
the first intercollegiate swimming match ever
held here. Page 11
Amateur ; boxer* besiege the Olympic club in
their eagerness to be given, a' trial \vitb
tbe glove*. Pate 11
The millmen nominate candidates for
offices. t Page 9
Borne telephone company restores the wages
of laborer*. Page 9
MARINE
British ship Crown of Germany is enveloped
1b ice during blizzard off Cape Horn and remain*
at mercy of storm for two days. Page H
Raft of logs at Fort Mason goes adrift and
becomes scattered over bay, mcnnclng VVs
seta. Page 11
MINING ?
Muting shares hold- np fairly well under le
ports oX impending trouble in. Nevada. Page IS
SOCIAL y
Marriage of Mi** Alice Borel-«tid Aylett^K.
Cotton Jr. at Grace chapel on the Borel estate
In S«n Matoo county. "Page 8
Mi« Helene Irwin will glre. a; dinner Friday
niybt and several of j car's debutantes will be
among tbe fuests. Page 8
HARVESTER TRUST CASE
TOPEKA, Kan., Dec. 4. — The state
has gained a -point' in' its attempt to
oust the. International 1 harvester com
pany from ; doing business in Kansas.
"Witness Griggs stated on, the stand to
day that He had heard \ Cyrus "McCor
mick, president* of \u25a0 the/ .International
harvester company, state in a' speech
made lii Kansas City in 1903, "that the
combination of 'which he ; was the head
owned or controlled 95 ; per cent of 'all
the money. used for the purpose of.man
ufacturing, and eelllns harvesting ma
chinery.-.
SAy FRANCISCO. THURSDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1907.
HARRIMAN SEES
DAWN OF A NEW
PROSPERITY ERA
Says Country Is Too Big to
Allow Long Drawn
Depression
CONFIDENCE RETURNS
Public Faith in the Great
Financiers Is Being
FEW ROTTEN SPOTS
Most Are Sound and No
Further Panic Need
Be Feared
NEW YORK. Dec. 4.— That the
country is already beginning to re
cover, from the severe shock received
in the recent panic is the opinion of
E. H. Harriman, as expressed in an
interview published here today.
VWe are in the rebound from the
depression from which we have
jumped to stay," Harriman said.
"There will be no falling, back. Each
step that we are taking is firm. Un
derneath the whole situation there is
industrial stability. There is too much
work to be/done and too srreat a ca
pacity for doing it to allow a long
drawn out depression. There are indica
tions everywhere that confidence is be
injr- restored.
"The country is too- big a,nd'the peo
ple too sensible to .allow the acts. of a
few men to shake their- faith in the in
tegrity of our groat financiers and busi
nessmen- as a whole. " Naturally, there
was a little scare at first, but when the
people" saw 'that "there" were 'rotten
spots only here and there they quickly
recovered from their fright.
'\u25a0'"Thsdawnof a new. era of prosperity
ishere. • The overstrain on each; ss ue-^
ins "relieved, and credit ia once more
being v allowed.^to ;; : perform - its normal
worlc . . But . we mustnot expect at oiica^
to. see' every ' line of commercial busi
ness as active as it has been during
the last two years.
"Perhaps it is better for tlie country
that it should not be so. "."We have a
presidential campaign in" front of us.
It is only natural that we should feel
our way cautiously for some time.
"When I say cautiously, however, I do
not mean hestitatingly, but rather con
servatively."
Comptroller Calls on Banks
For Statement of Resources
Great Gains Shown* and JUcsump*
tion of Cash Basis Is Indicated
\u25a0 . .- \u25a0 v» *\u25a0-•-•--
WASHINGTON, Pec. ; t *4.^r-THe comp
troller of the currency^:today issued a
call for a|statement .^of; the condition
of national banks at the close of busi
ness December 3. "The following tele
gram was today forwarded to the man
agers of all clearing houses by Comp
troller of the Currency. Rldgley:
"Reports of conditions called for
Tuesday, December -3. Instruct all
clearing house banks to report clearing
house certificates as follows: On face
of report, below item- 10, under 'Re
sources,' or below Item 22 under
bilities' as 'clearing house accounts of
net balances.' On back of report, be
low item X, in schedule of 'Loans and
Discounts,' show total amount of clear
ing house certificates taken. out by the
bank and the total amount on hand," . .
BIG GAINS IV COl>*
CHICAGO. Dec. 4. — Cash in vaults ot
Chicago banks today approximates
$300,000,000, $100,000,000 of which "is in
the savings bank's end the remainder
in the national Institutions. The last
call, August 28, showed $128,452,062 on
hand. Never In the history of . Chi
cago banks has the money on
hand been so large as it is at'present.
Reserves are well above the;/ 25 per
cent of deposits, as required by the
national banking law.
, A return' to; a cash basis seems near
at band. Sixty .'? thousand , dollars in
clearing house certificates 'were de
stroyed today, making the total retired
1210,000. Only 110.000 of -the checks
have. been given out this week and de
positor** requests for money have been
met without question. Practically all
country correspondents "-^of'.' Chicago
banks hs.ve been taken care "of land
still 'the 'reserves' have been kept up.
KFFECT TO BE^ENTSFICI^ir^
NEW YORK," Dec. 4.-— The call ; for l a
statement, of • the , condition of the na
tional '"• banks '.was not unexpected in
financial circles here. Only four of , the
frve; required~*by law , had been ; made,
and in the course of events It was an
ticipated that , the fifth and .last, call
could not- be much longer delayed.
.'"it; is felt" here that it^will exercise
a beneficial 'effelctVoni the situation, in
asmuch as the banks customarily > try
to prepare for. aj call! by
their cash and when \ the : call I has been
made this -cash \u0084 Is automatically : re
leased.: The> belief .} also" prevails*,' that
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VERNIE CARMIN'S
LOST GEMS MAY
CONVICT WILKINS
Detectives Search for Rich
i Jewels Owned by the
. Dead'Wornan
TOTAL VALUE $1,000
Husband Furnishes Police
With Description /of •
Missing Articles
HEARING TOMORROW
Witnesses Subpenaed for the
Preliminary^ Trial in
Justice Court
- OAKLAND. Dec.; 4.— The theory
that robbery was the ; rj^tive for the
alleged murder" of' Vernie Carmin by
Mark A. Wiikins; at- Elmhurst has
been taken up by the Alameda county
officials and an active search is being
made for evidence to substantiate the
theory.
The suggestion that Wilkins may
have murdered the woman, to gain
possession of valuable jewels, worth
$1,000, which she^owhed, was first
made by Louis \ iM Carrntn, her hus
band, who came from Kansas City to
Oakland in order to, identify the body.
Upon information furnished* by Carmin
Sheriff Frank Barnet today gave the
police a list of the jewels said by her
husband to have belonged to Mrs.
Carmin and requested that a search be
instituted and every effort made
trace the gems in order that they may.
be produced as evidence.
Carmin said that when his wife left
him •In -Kansas V City, over a , year ago
she;, had * $J,ooo':worth .of. jewels- witij
her.\i 'ArnQng;' the-.'gfenis^whJcH- Jie. de
scrlbed, to- Sheclff.. Barn et- were ;^a;,r>4ir
of /diamond earrings .valued at $200, dla
niori'd-ring valued at $200, gold Vire
ring witJj a diamond set valued at $100,
and pins and other ornaments. Several
of. Wilkins' neighbors.in Elmhurst have
given partial substantiation to Carmln's
statements by saying that when Mrs.
Carmin came to • Elmhurst to -live she
frequently wore several handsome rings
and' jeweled . ornaments, but that for
some time ,j>rior to her death she had
not been seen with them. ...
The bracelet' which belonged to Mrs.
Carmin and which Mrs. Ida Anderson
claims was given to her by Wilkins
after the woman's death,- as .well as. a
gold chain with a .gold cross pendant,
"have been recognized by Carmin as part
of the jewelry which belonged to his
wife: It was the name Carmin written
on the bottom of the bracelet box which
gave the first clew as to Mrs. Carmin'a
past and resulted in the locating of her
father and husband after her death.
. Since his arrest Wilkins has 'main
tained persistently that if any Jewels
were missing they have b.eeh lost or
stolen, and that he was in no way con
nected with their disappearance. If the
gems can , be found it will not be a
hard matter to trace them back, and
possibly implicate Wilkins beyond any
question. Sheriff Barnet believes that
Wilkins murdered the woman either to
gain possession of the jewels after her
death or else to prevent her making
known* their loss after he had stolen
them prior to her death. Another sug
gestion made is that Wilkins may have
sold >the , Jewels to. raise money for
household expenses, which would help
to account for; the fact that at times
he had large amounts of money in hi 3
possession and at other times almost
nothing. '
The witnesses .who have been sub
penaed to appear at .Wilkins' prelimi
nary examination before Justice Geary
tomorrow morning are Mrs. M. JE.
Burke,< Mrs. Ida 'M. Anderson, Sheriff
Frank ; Barnet, Deputy \ Sheriffs ' John
Reilly and ,'W; Moff at x Peter Burns,'
Louis^ L. \u25a0Carmin, Mrs. Charlotte Be'a
nett, George Belchee, Mrs. George Bel
chee, Mrs.' Frank Folsom, Chemist Rich
ard \u25a0 Benzigo and Drs. O.- D. Hamlin,
Curdts, Heinle and Kant.
KING OSCAR ILL, HANDS
SCEPTRE TO CROWN PRINCE 1
Aged Monarch' Deemed Dying .and
Gustave Is Appointed Regent
of ' Sweden -
- STOCKHOLM. Dec.^ 4^— A serious sit
uation.has arisen in Sweden.., King Os
car, who is nearly^ Bo years old, is, in
such ill health that he has jbeen com
pelled to hand over the reins of govern
ment to Crown: prince Gustave, who
was- formally appointed regent today.-
Tlva illness ..of the king is such that
there > is little ; hope i for, his ;. ultimate re
covery,.his heart and kidneys -being se
riously affected. '.. : '"^
KILLED '; BY TRAItf*.
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SAN- JOSE/ Dec. .4.— An unknown man
was I killed by ;'a ; Southern . Pacific 'train
1 at" Wayne '.; station 'shortly., after. Vl
o'clock, this afternoon. .The deceased
wasapparently.a'labbringman'a'nd'waY
, about &Q year* oX a**» .
Mrs. Vernie Carmm, whose body : was found buried under a barn
at Elmhurst, and who, the police b=lieveV was murdered- by her com
panion, Mark A. Wilkins. .
Cild Torn From fattier
liy Gypsy Band
John Thompson of Los Angeles
Finds Abducted Daughter
After Search of Years
SPECIAL DISPATCH TO THE CALL
ST. LOUIS, Dec. 4.— A .clash, between
United States and gypsy ; laws will take
plac* in the federal court here'tomor
row when John Thompson and his wife
will file peonage charges against
Ezekiel Adams, king of a. big camp of
gypsies in St. Louis county, for the re
covery of 'their pretty brown-eyed' 1 16
year old. daughter Marie, who,-they'al
lege, was -abducted from their home in
Los Angeles, Cal., and sold into slavery
a year ago. . • • . j .
t Thompson alleges, he traced her and
her - abductors to El Paso, Austin, Gal
veston.and Houston, T^xas,, and when
he found her in the gypsy .camp" last
night she screamed for liberty, .but . 70
gypsies tore her fromhis.arms by their
king's command, -whereupon Thompson
got his daughter seized by sheriff's dep
uties and placed : in i the j county Jail ,<by
writ of habeas corpus' directed against
th£ gypsy king: ;'--;:li'?i''.> ':\u25a0
The gypsies declared. Thompson had
sold , his ! daughter four times for sums
aggregating ?2,400. ' She; ; denies : the
charge, saying, ."Leo Lahan, a , gypsy,
stole; me from my father's home, in
Los Angeles and sold -me to hls ; tribe
fqr/$300.\. They told me I was-, to be
the j bride of Peter Adams, their king's
brother,, but he has. not married me.
They : forced .me 'daily to tell ' fortunes
In the city, and I had to. give. ail of thai
money, I earned, averaging; $15 a day,
to the king,- who • had bought- me."
Her : father says he sold his Los An
geles ;and spent . $4,000 find
ing her.- '.The' gypsies claim she is Leo
Lehan's ' wife, ..but she ; alleges ho has
a-1 gypsy wife * ; whom . he.: deserted. \ To
night,'gypsies)assaulted a deputy sher
iff -when ; ho ;attempted\tor serve "vijir
rants for, their arrest for resisting offi
cers who seized thVgirl.- Gypsies took
a bag full of money ' to and
obtained the release of five of .the dep
uties' assailants on \u25a0 $200 ; caah bond. V
SANTA FE»\PINCHED FOR
. FUNDSr.DISCHARGES MEN
Division \ Superintendent Says : 1,200
More May Go if Situation
Does Not Improve
SPECIAL' DISPATCH TO THE CALL
\u25a0i STOCKTON,: Dec." 4.— While oV an; of
ficial '', visit = to. this V city ; today Division
Superintendent "Walker of the Santa Fe
stated ; ; that: 1,200 men on his division
had been discharged to date, and unless
the - financial situation* improves : inside
of , Bo daysi as mtny more, would -be let
out. . The'offlcials of the '\u25a0. road ' said : they
were f compelled - to '• cvt J . down i expenses
during the tightness of the money mar
ket. Walker also . stated that ; a
crn electric tower would be constructed
at the crossing ;of \u25a0 the j, Santa * Fe ; and
Western' "Pacific at \u25a0\u25a0 Taylor • and ' Hunter
SU'CftU. _ .'. '
Crippled and an. athlete! Sounds im
possible, but it is not. A striking story of
crippled athletes who hold records will
be published in \
} The Sunday Call
[j
pwer of Cult Finds
a New Affinity
head of "Spirit Fruif' Colony
Mourns Loss of Belle Norris
to Sculptor Pease
SPECIAL DISPATCH TO THE CAIX
CHICAGO, Dec. 4.— Belle Norris, the
flower of. Jacob Beilhart's "spirit fruit"
colony and recognized as. Bellharfs
particular affinity, has vanished. Simul
taneously there disappeared from the
"spirit fruit" cult abode at Fox Lake
one Frank C. Pease, a dashing young
soldier . who had seen service in. the
Philippines, and who visited Bellharfs
"home" last Track. He is a student at
the Chicago art Institute.
It is said the young woman has re
nounced the teachings, of Bellhart as
"woozy dope" and embraced the doc
trine of .materialism, in which Pease is
a ; believer. She had partly completed
her studies wl^en, still in her teens,
she. ran aioul of Beilhart. She was dis
carded by her father, orthodox Chris
tian ; clergyman ; that " he was, \u25a0 and by
her rich relatives.
'Pease is a graduate of , the University
of California and is studying sculpture,
with a view of fitting himself to Illus
trate his writings, in emulation of Jack
London, with whom he spent consider
able; time In Glen: Ellen.
REQUISITION FOR ADAMS
BOISE, - # Idaho, Dec.' 4.— governor
Goodingr today granted a requisition for
Steve Adams, wanted at i Telluride,
Colo., for th«i murder of Arthur. Collins.
impertinent Question No. lo
;: WhfrDoYwWahf Most for Christmas ?
For- the most original wittiest answer to this ques
tion—and the briefer the better — The Call will pay
FiyE DOLLARS. For the next five answers
The Gall will pay ONE DOLLAR each. Prize
-winning answers will be printed next Wednesday
and checks mailed to the winners at once Make
your answer short address it to
IMPERTINENT QUESTIONS,
TT-TF PA? I
.1 nxi. w-\LjL<
\u25a0ninnlnj Asinfn *©."Wh«t I» the Matter With Teddy V*
|5 prlts -to Edward Brljgs \u25a0 Jr.. XSC« Masoslc mtetroe. city.
• : .-- r- Chronic honesty; diagnosed . as incurable by Dr. Trust
j |i pri«> to T. .W. Swidttsoo. SB7 Xoe street, cltj.
He is lonesome, being m a class by himself.
flprtae to J. D. Martin, Haywird.
; ; v /-Has ' his hands -full trying to please 80,000,000 people.
; *1 prii# . t» C. H. Chase, -. box 294. Chlco. \u25a0
Slprixs to'VT. F. «Je Stnno, 2so7' Howard street, cit7-
Yoir mean the other .fellow,- don't you?
\u25a0' $1 . priia to F. P. Baabatn* 1*27;- Triegrapb •T«na«, OakUnd.
Oh, lots of things; -but what do they amount to?
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
NEVADA MAY
CALL FOR
TROOPS
Funston Receives
Order to Be in
Readiness
Fear of Strife Over
Goldfield Miners' Strike
Sparks Wires That
the Situation Is
Serious
Thirty-Five Hundred Men
Available in California
Orders were received here
by General Funston yester
day directing him to hold in
readiness all available droops
of the department of Califor
nia for possible service at
Goldfield, Nev., in suppress
ing riot, should the pending
trouble between the mine
owners* association and the
western federation of miners de
velop into open warfare or vio
lence. President Roosevelt is
sued the orders* to Funston ort|
the representation of Governor
Sparks, of Nevada that the situa-
I lion was serious. Nevada* has no
state militia" and should trouble
break out federal troops would
be the only defenders 1 of life and
Should the Goldfield miners accom
pany their strike with acts of vlol«nc»
and the government troops be aent to
the scene there may be repeated ia th»
Xevada minins camp the bloody ecenas
\u25a0which characterized labor trouble* la
Idaho and Colorado.
WHY THE GOVERNOR ACTED
Governor Sparks Informed President
Roosevelt that the Nevada situation did
not demand immediate federal inter
vention, but the soldiers In th« depart
ment of California were the most a.v»il
abla for Nevada service, and sine* it
would take at least 13 hours to trass
port them to Goldfield by special train,
the governor desired that preparations
be made for their movement.
General Fun3ton admitted last 4van
ins that he had had a communication
from President Roosevelt regarding th«.
possible movement of troops, but said .
that the message was confidential and
could not be discussed at present. Th*
general said that there were 3,500 men..
In the department of California who
would be available for service.
General Funston inferred that as yet
oo orders for the movement of troops
had been given, but^that h* was simply
directed to hold the men ia readiness
for departure. He would not say If as
would go in personal command of th<%
men.
TROUBLE IS FEARED
The situation at Goldfield last ntsat
was quiet, but- it was feared that trou
ble might break out at any time, for th» v
mine owners* association had. det*r-