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CITY EMPLOYES MOST
KEEP OUT OF POLITICS
Mayor Taylor Goes After
Three Members of the
Fire Department
ASKS FOR REMOVAL
Says They Violated Charter
Provisions During the
Last Campaign
Three employes ef the fire depart
ment, Daniel Dewar. a blacksmith; O.
Cullfu. a blacksmith's helper, and John
A.- Cull^n, time clerk and commissary
in the corporation yard, are in danger \
ot los;:i~ tli^ir official heads because off
the rclit'eo! activity displayed by Uiem
during- the last campaijinn. '
Mayor Taylor In a communication ad- i
dressM to the fire commissioners ha 3!
requested that immediate attention bet
piven by them to the .niatter and thac
the off^ndors hf dealt with in accord
ance with the provisions of the charter, j
which forbids municipal employes tak
:nc active part in politics.
Dewar was a member of the cam
r;is:i committee of the union labor
party, and G. Cullen was, it is said, a
•Irlrpate to the union labor party con
\ention.
The mayor charges the commissioners
that under section 3 of article 16 of the
f-harter it Is their duty to remove these
two offenders. In the case of Clerk
Cuiien. Mayor Taylor writes: 'John A.
Cullcn is at the present time clerk and
commissary in the corporation yard. Ii
sm Trfiljnformeii that he is Incompe- 1
tent for such a place and he is alto- i
gethcr Inefficient. He Is also a mem- !
bcr of tho legislature. If this be so it
is your duty to remove Mr. Cullen ard
appoint some one in his place who ?s
competent and efficient." :
The fire commissioners have turned
the matter over to Commissioner 80110
to make an investigation and report at
the meeting of the commission next
Friday.
The fire commissioners have accepted
plans . drawn by City Architect
nrp for a. fire department house to
be erected at the corner of Sixteenth j
street and Albion avenue. It is esti- !
rrtate.l that the building will cost
Jlfi.noO.
Flr« Chief Phauglmessy will ask the
supervisors to increase the appropria
tion for new fire houses from SI 000 000
to $1,:00,900.
HOLDS UP GRAND JURY BILLS*
Finance Committee Desires Legal
Advice Before Acting
""he finance committee of the super
visors took up the question of the ex- J
penses of the Oliver grand jury yeeter- !
day. and after wrestling with the mat- |
tf r for nearly two hours referred sev- j
*ral of the tills to the city and county i
attorney for an opinion as to the ex- :
tent of their power In dealing with!
them.
A demand for $3,200 drawn In favor j
of Miss L. H. Condon, the jury's !
stenographer, which had been signed ;
by Judge Coffey. was presented by |
Auditor Horton. who had refused to ;
Jir.ow it until after It had been passed !
on by the committee. He had pre- 1
viousiy allowed two demands afegre
srating 5562.95. drawn in favor of Miss
Condon.
The committee was in doubt as to its
authority io act in the matter, mas-;
much as a superior judge had signed j
the demand, and- decided. to secure the}
opinion of the city and county at- j
torney. # !
Demands for remuneration at the
rate of $2 a day. drawn in favor of the
RT?nd jurors, for the actual number
of days they had served, amounting to
J3.155, were also held up pending a
legal opinion as to fiie scope of the
law fixing the pay of the Jurors. i
If the present bills are allowed the
expenses of the grand Jury since July
1. ISO 7, will amount to $20,171.95.
FAVOR REMOVAL OF WIRES
Supervisors Decide to Recommend
Passage of Sullivan's Ordinance
The public utilities and judiciary
committee* of the supervisors, sitting
!n joint session yesterday, decided to
L reeoTKmoed the passage of tho ordi
nance introduced by Supervisor Sulli
van providing for the removal of poles
Rnd overhead wires. The ordinance as
recommenced is amended in three par
tlcular*'. The time for placing- the
wires underground in district "A" Is
allowed to remain at two years: In dis
trict "B"' the time will )be extended
from four to five years, and In district
"C ' from six to eight years. During
the time granted for burying the •wires
permits may be issued for the erection
of temporary poles and wires under
the supervision of the -works board,
but these temporary -wires must be re
moved with the one* now in position.
It i* probable that a minority report
Trill be presented, ap Supervisors
D'Ancona. Molera and Brenner voted
against the amended ordinance, while
Supervisors Booth, Sullivan. Murphy,
Megpe and Center supported it.
. The public utilities committee again
took up the Geary street franchise
\u25a0 matter and decided yesterday to stand
by it? original recommendation that
the city's charge for use of the right
of way be reduced from 10 to § per
cent of the gross receipts of the road.
UNITED RAILROADS EXPLJiI>
That the United Railroads had no
Intention of grabbing Pacific avenue
Tt-as the statement made by Manager
Black and Thorawall Mullally to the
public utilities committee of the su
pervisors yesterday. They claimed
tv.at they had been granted a permit
.A*> Ftring wires along the street, but
f' there was any question of their
right to <Io so they would wait until
£se matter had been adjudicated bj
the board of works. Chief of Electri
cians Hewitt said the permit had been
granted by a careless clerk without
authority.
SOPHO3IORE COTILLON TONIGHT
STANFORD #NIVERSITY. Dec. €.—. —
Tbe sophomore cotillon tomorrow
eight In the ballroom of E.jcina hall will
be the' first of its kind ever held here
and bids fair to be one of the most
elaborate social functions of the local
\u25a0eason. The lists of the cotillon have
been very exclusive ajid only 80 couples
\u25a0will b* on the floor. The first set Is
to be limited to the members of the
sophomore class only and will he led
by B. E. Parsons as president of the
class. Harold H. Maundrell of San
Francisco, who originated the plan of
the cotillon, is to direct the .figures In
the second set of upper class students.
The Christmas Satuset Maoris*
The December number of Sunset
Magazine constitutes a rodeo of west
ern writers and artists. The contents
Include E. C Peixotto. George Sterling,
"W. L. Finley. Charles Warren Stod
daxd. Alfred Damon Runyon. Mayor E.
R, Taylor, Herbert Bashford. Alberta
IJ&ncroft, James Hopper and Grace
If bbard. The number also includes
»-Ttraits of Mayor Taylor, Charles
Roilo Peters, Clay Green, Charles
"Warren Stoddard. Gertrude Atherton.
Herman Scheffauer. W. C. Morrow,
Austin Stronr. Lloyd Osbourne, George
Sterling and Bailey Millar d. y *
COMMISSION TO DECIDE
FATE OF BANK TODAY
Receivership or Permission
to Continue Business
Are Issues
GOVERNOR IS SILENT
Will Not Disclose Condition
bf the California Safe f
Deposit Company
Whether the California safe deposit
and trust company is to be permitted
to continue in business or will he
forced through the courts into the
hands of a receiver is to be determined
this morning: by the state board of
bank commissioners. Governor J. N.
Gillett. the commissioners and Attor
ney General U. S. Webb were in session
for more than two hours yesterday. At
the conclusion of the conference Presi
dent Herman Silver of the commission
said: 'Tomorrow at 10 o'clock the
commission will pass upon the condi
tion of the California .«afe deposit and
trust company and will decide whether
the attorney general shall be instructed
to initiate proceedings against the bank
for the purpose of having it placed li>
the bands of a receiver or whether it
will permit it further time Jn which
to wind up its own affairs."
Governor Gillett would make rfo
statement regarding the shape in which
the bank was found, but said signifi
cantly. "The investigation- we have
made has convinced me that I was en
tirely right when I asked the legis
lature to provide for a committee to
Investigate banking conditions in the
state."
A large committee of depositors of
the bank, headed by J. W. Raphael,
was closeted with Governor Gillett and
the bank commission for a protracted
period during the conference. When
the committee left the commissioners'
office Raphael said that the bank com
missioners had been requested to ex
tend for two weeks the tirn*e permitted
the bank in which to settle its afftirs.
The committee found the bank com
mission reticent regarding its policy.
The committee was composed of
Raphael. Bertin A. Weyl. R. A. Croth
ers, Juan B. Moissant, H. P. Pon and
Samuel Roeenheim.
It was almost 1* o'clock when Gov
ernor Gillett arrived at the Crocker
building. Attorney General Webb and
Commissioners Silver. Sherer, Garoutte
and Lynch had been waiting for his
arrival. Immediately the officials went
into er«-cutive session.
Governor Gillett left the city last
night.
J. Dalzell Brown, manager of the
California safe deposit and trust com
pany, would not discuss the pending
decision of the bank commission. . The
committee of depositors is still ex
amining the assets of the bank.
ROLLER SAYS ARREST
WAS DUE TO REVENGE
OAKLAND. Dec. 6.— Peter F. Roller,
the former detective who was cleared
yesterday of a charge of grand larceny
preferred against iiim and Anita For
cade, also known as Mrs. Harry llor
ton. of Berkeley, says that he will
bring suit for defamation of character
against J. R. Morton, the brother of
Dr. Harry Morton, "who caused him and
the woman to be arrested in Seattle.
He will base the threatened action on
the ground that his arrest lost him a
position as sanitary inspector of Seat
tle, which was paying him $150 per
month. \u25a0;- *.
Roller related to the police officials
today the story of the elopement of
himself and Anita Forcade. in which
J. R. Morton was duped. a*id which is
said by Roller* attorney, Abe Leach,
to have prompted Morton to sfek the
arrest of the couple as retribution. He
said that J. R. Morton bought a trunk
for the woman, who was living with
Dr. Harry Morton, and persuaded her
to elope with him. The trunk was put
on" an expresß wagon and. while It was
on the way to the station, J. R. Morton
\u25a0was •waiting for Anita Forcade at
Broadway and Thirteenth street. She
met Roller, the two obtained an auto
mobile, overtook the expressman and
secured the trunk. They then went to
Seattle, sending no word of this to
Morton, who was left waiting at the
corner.
Still another story Is that Anita For
cade loaned money to J. R. Morton, and
that later Dr. Harry Morton, who sold
Berkeley property, gave his brother
S<s/"\ This was put on deposit in a
saloon and the coupfre secured it. Anita
Forcade claiming that It was due to
her. It was the obtaining of this money
that gave. J. R. Morton ( grounds on
\u25a0which to arrest the elopers. *
WIFE CALLED BARNACLE
IS GRANTED A DIVORCE
OAKLAND, Dec. 6.— Walter J. Ken
yon called his wife, Camilla L., a
"barnacle," "pirate" and "pauper" at
various, times during their married
life, according to testimony on which
she was awarded a final decree of di
vorce by Judge Waste today.
Suit for divorce, based on alleged
cruelty, was filed by Sophia Fox
against Claud Fox. Sh« asked to re
sume her maiden name of Moraga.
Jacob Balmes appeared before Judge
Waste today to have a recent order, for
alimony set aside on the ground that
his wife. Ella, had inherited $1,000
and had no need of his money pending
the outcome of her suit for divorce.
Mrs. Balmes said most of the money
had been spent in an attempt to cure
her of the drink habit, which she as
serted was 1 taught her by her husband.
The matter was continued two weeks.
Divorce proceedings were commenced
by Mrs. A. M. Merchant against T. C.
Merchant on the ground of failure to
provide.
CAR VICTI3I DIES
PALO ALTO. Dec. 6. — Samuel Nash,
who was struck by « a Southern Pacific
train at 7 o'clock Monday night at
the Fair Oaks crossing, died at the
Guild hospital here this morning. Nash
was driving home to his ranch at Menlo
Parirfrom Redwood City, when he was
struck by the train! at what has long
been regarded as a dangerous cross
ing. Nash was a native of this state,
48 years of age, and is survived by a
wife, four children, a brother and
father. The funeral will 'be held from
the Church of the Nativity at Menlo
Park on Monday.
TO HOLD CHURCH BAZAAR i
BURLINGAME, Dec. 6. — The Ladies'
aid society of ; the ; newly formed Con
gTegatlonal church here will hold a
bazaar tomorrow afternoon and even-
Ing for the aid of the church In "Wein
berg-s halL
SABIK INHERIT AS CE .. TAX— Sacramrato {
Dec. 6.— State Controller Nye tofaj reeelred an
inheritance tax of $3,800 from the belra to tbe'
estate of tie late Jobn U. Sabla of Sao Fran
cl»co. \u25a0- I
THE SAX- FRAXCISCO CAXIT SATURDAY, DECEMBER 7,: 1907.
Late Books Brief ly Noticed
"pr.AYs of oun forefathers" - : w
One of thp most valuable books for
the reference library is a volume by
Charles Mills Gayley, professor of
English languages and literature In
the University of California. It is en
titled- "Plays of Our Forefathers," and
contains an account 5f the origin and
development of early. miracle and mor
ality playp, of which "Everyman*'— is
now so famous an example. Professor
Gayley. who has spent several' years
in an exhaustive study of this period,
has made of the subject almost a.
specialty The earlier book by this
author was "Representative English
Comedies." and the first few chapters
of that work was. In barest outline,
what has since developed intd this com
prehensive study. Professor Gayley
says in his foreword:
". "I have hoped that the reading pub
lic might be interested in the medie
val drama, not only lis an instance of
the development of literary art. but as
a chronicle of the ideals and traditions,
the religious consciousness, the ro
mance and humor of times that seemT
to be remote but after all are modern
in a myriad of surprising ways, and
human to the core. \u0084•' To laugh- and
weep, to worship and\ revel "or a sea
son in 'the manner and spirit of, our
ancestors were infinitely more pleasing
than the pride of controversy or the
pursuit of scientific ends. If I have
sometimes used mere reverence, fel
low feeling and imagination to recon
construct these plays and times I trust
the scholar will sypathjize and con
done; if I have in places turned source
hunter and advocate, I know the genial
reader will skip."
The book takes up the origin of the
medieval drama, the evolution of litur
gical plays^ the invasion of the humor
ous element, the boy bishop and the
St. Nicholas plays, secular byproducts
in satire and wonder, the transition of
liturgical plays, the secular represen
tation of the English cycles, the col
lective story of the cycles, the histori
cal order of the English cycles, the
dramatic development . of the English
cycles, the York schools of humor and
realism, the Wakefleld master, the
transition to the romantic, the elements
of pathos and sublimity, the character
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the,^cycles, the oil of mercy and the
holyrood tree, the oil of mercy and the
harrowing of hell, the coming or Antl-
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morals and of morals to -. Interlude,
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With such a mass of subjects it is
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all be contained in a book of 340 pager,
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scholarly value. The book cannot be
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the presentation of a bible 1 from King
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of evolution. . "Sex Equality" teaches
that women are more .-'; Intuitive',; re
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power and breadth of view.
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kind and the powerful masculine type
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every reader, and If he only succeeds in
making them think he has done j well.
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I Dr. George W. Caldwell's account; of
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on between sight «eeing expeditions,
of the jokes revived, jokes long since
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" No-o.' • ,
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Really, now, should this author be
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AID TO SPEAKERS
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speaking. /The psychological, aspect
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: the student. Such chapters 'are in- 1
eluded as "Mental Imagery in Public
Speaking." "Modern Theories of " the
Emotions," "Emotions and Their Proper
Expreaslonal Methods," "Suggestion,"
"Rhythm." "Psychology of the Crowd
and of the Audience," "Memory," etc.
Published by Pearson Brothers,
Philadelphia.
"FALLACIES OK THE LAW*!
This volume completes the series pro
jected by Henry S. Wllcox about a year
ago, the preceding volumes of - which
were "Foibles of th© Bench." "Foibles
of the Bar'! and "Frailties of the Jury."
"Fallacies of the Law" compresses
within a small compass a great number
of pointed, objections, not only to the
laws of a general nature, but to the
fundamental doctrines which form
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their basis, and exposes in a clear light
the defective character of the machin
ery devised for the law's enforcement
and for the conduct of the general gov
ernment. " ~~ 1 ' V
Unlike most books of this charcter
the author does not stop'here. but sug
gests a remedy for every defect. All
who read will be surprised to learn of
so many weak points in our govern
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with the author, in his conclusions, but
to aliT readers, 7 both laymen and those
In the legal profession, the book will'
prove interesting and entertaining. '
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It was their first trip abroad and in
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Tlv? book contains just the sort of use
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TREATISE O.V PRICE 3IAKING
"Arbitrary , Price Making Through the
1 Forms ot" Law." .. by Henry Wood, is
| really a treatise,'' on arbitrary price
making as appjied to railroad trans
portation, rebates, etc. The au-
I thor has not a very high idea of the
; efficiency of the interstate commerce
law: he- maintains that "legislation is
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is outside of Its province, but for the
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cost, grade, "possible amount of busi
ness, expense of maintenance, char
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reader will go on to thy end. for Mr.
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ting his arguraen island his honest con
victions are unhesitatingly launched.
Published by Lee & Shepard. Boston.
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