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VOLUME CIV— NO! 23.
SPRING VALLEY
BOOSTS PRICE
$20,000,000
Withdraws Offer to Sell and
Seeks Injunction to Nullify
New Rates
Cancels $32,000,000 Tender and
Places Value of Plant at
$52,500,000
Asks Court for More Than
Double Income Allowed
by Supervisors
By a stroke of the pen the Spring
Valley water company boosted its
own valuation of its plant yesterday
by more than $20,000,000.
The trick was turned overnight.
Sunday the offer to sell tne system
to the dry for $32,000,000 was still in
effect. Yesterday it was withdrawn
and a new valuation in the sum of
$52,500,000 announced. Nothing was
added to the plant; no changes were
made. What prompted the sudden
inflation of what has been generally
considered an already inflated value
remains unexplained, unless an answer
may be found in the simple proposition
that Spring Valley wants the money.
The change of front on the part of
the water corporation was reflected In
two separate and simultaneous move
ments. The company sent written no
tice to the supervisors yesterday that
it withdrew its tentative offer to sell
the plant for 532.000.000. At the same
time it applied to the circuit court of
the United States for an injunction to
prevent the enforcement of the rates
just established, and in so doing set
the value of the plant at $52,500,000 and
asked for $3,600,000 more than the su- :
pervisors had allowed, in their rate
fixing. " f
PAVsoar gives xotob
The notice of withdrawal of the $32,
000,000 came in the following: terse let
ter from Captain A. \iL Paysori,"presi
dent of the company:;
"In a letter addressed to the spe
cial committee of the board of su
pervisors on Mater supply, under
date ot April 13. 19OS, I stated that
the dlrertom of the Sprins Valley
«atrr company would recommend
to the stock holders of the corn
pan j the sale to the city and county
of San Francisco of "the property
(of the company) for the face value
of Its outstanding bonds and the
outstanding stock.
«Xo response has been made to
my letter. You ' have fixed rates *
on a i basis of ruination very much
below the figure named, and have
resolved In favor of the acquisition
of another water supply.
"Tbc offer made to recommend to
the stock holders a sale on the
terms stated Is, therefore, hereby
withdrawn."
Although the face value of the stocks
and bonds of the company reaches the
sum- of $32,000,000. their present mar
ket value is in the neighborhood of
$22,000,000. It was with' Some surprise,
therefore, that the members of the
board of supervisors learned of the
new valuation fixed in the Injunction
suit- . It 1b higher than the Spring
Valley people have ventured for some
time and the figures were regarded by
some members of tlie board as too
ridiculous to Justify comment. Others
stated that they believed the new move
was Intended In some manner as a
measure to combat the Hetch Hetchy
project.
VOLUMINOUS COMPLAINT
The complaint asking for the injunc
tion is directed against th« munici
pality and the members of the board
of supervisors. It comprises 35 pages
of closely written matter, and. bound
between covers, would make a book of
moderate dimensions. It contains a
detailed recital of the history of the
company, paralleling in this regard the
former Injunction suits filed by the
company. It asks that the 1908. rate
be declared null and void on the ground
that It is unreasonable. . A strange'
feature of this contention lies in the
fact that the 1908 rate gives the com
pany a greater revenue than the 1902
rate, and that all *.; former . Injunctions
of the company have been sought to
perpetuate the 1902 figures. The com
pany- apparently is not even satisfied
with more than it wanted. '
The company reaches the pith of its'
remarkable claims in the following
paragraph:
Tour orator further prays that
your honors may decree that com
plainant Is entitled to have rates
for supplying pure, fresh water
to said city and county and its in
habitants for the fiscal year com
mencing July 1. 190 S. and- ending
June 30. 1909, so fixed that they
will in the aggregate afford a- just,,
fair and reasonable compensation
for the services rendered, and based
upon the value of the property used \u25a0
therefor and of property purchased
therefor to be used in the reason
«y ""raedlate future, and that -
will yield a sufficient annual' in- *
come , to complainant to pay its
operating expenses and taxes and
an annual sum for depreciation" of
plant, and to provide for the .re
placement of portions of its plant
destroyed by extraordinary casu
alty, and to realize in addition the
rate or 7 per cent per annum unon
its property in actual use in so
supplying said city and county and
its inhabitants, and that such value
of such property is at least the sum
of $45,000,000 for property in actual
use and $7,500,000 for property pur
chased for reasonably Immediate
use.
Analysis of this modest request gives
interesting result*. A 7 per cent In
come on the $52,500,000 valuation would
yield $3,675,000. The company asks,
however, that the city pay in addition'
its operating expenses, taxcs.^deprecla- i
tion and: loss' by earthquake, which
would bring, the total, that the city is
requested to contribute up to the com
fortable sum of about $5,750,000.
COMPANY DEMANDS INCREASE
\u25a0 \u25a0The income of the company for ; the"
fiscal year Just closing will amount to
Ccntlfiued on : rinse 2, Column 1 I
The San Francisco Call.
Have You Registered This Year?
IX order to take part In the
August primary and the' N-
ovember election you must have
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To vote nt the August primaries
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When you register for the primary
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filiation. If you don't do this you
•will not be entitled to vote at
the primary.
INDEX OF THE
SAN FRANCISCO CALL'S
NEWS TODAY
TELEPHONE KEARAY S8
TUESDAY. JUNE 23, 1908 ~»
WEATHER CONDITIONS \u25a0
I YESTERDAY — Clear; west wind; maximum
temperature, 74; minimum. 50. .
FORECAST FOR TODAY— Fair; fresh west
wUds. Page IS
EDITORIAL
Bishop's question easily answered. Page 6
Bryan barks up the wrong tree. . Page 6
Japan's commercial grip on Manchuria. Page 0
POLITICS
Contra Costa Toters administer stinging . re
but c to machine and win rictory for the peo
ple. Page 2
Mysterious club of republican office holders on
water front formed, but not to do poli
tics. . PageS
Thomas Flint Jr. qnits machine and says he
will retire from politics. - Page 2
Democrats making ready for convention and
arrangements committee begins work Page 3
Taft sa.vs he will follow In footsteps of
Booserelt and seek inspiration from ' Lin
coln. Page 3
Numerous objections raised by lawyer for Abe
Bnef fail to hinder course of justice In police
court hearing. » Page 16
Nineteen names appear on list of Ruef 'a . pro
posed sureties who are ready to furnish half of
curly bO6S* bail. Page 16
CITY -
Spring Valley withdraws offer to sell Its plant
to the dry for $52,000,000 and at the same time
fi>» salt to prevent enforcement of l&OS. rates,
setting the value of its system at ' $52,500,
000. • - " . - - \u25a0\u25a0\u25a0; pagel
Walter i> Bartnett found guilty by Jury in 45
minutes. Sentence of from one to ten years its
to be pronounced Wednesday. Page 1
Federal grand Jury will render report today,
which, it is understood, will include 22 Indict
ments against the Southern Pacific for rebatr
ing. Page 1
Public' school children will Blng in the park
July 4. Page 16
Automobile dealers arrange details of endur
ance run to Lakeport July 3 and 4. Page 7
Noted . British admiral, on trip round world,
returns to this ely after absence of- M
years. • - Page 16
Harbor commission approves plans for new
pier on site of old Pacific Mall wharf. Page 10
Butchers of bay cities to desert shops tomor
row while meatmen frolic at Shell Mound
park. Page 10
Metal production for state for year 1907
reaches total of $50,000,000, $7,000,000 more
than in 1906. Page 16
More than 1,000 persons vievr architectural
drawings of pupils at Sacred Heart. - Page 15
Wife . falls heir to fortune and asks divorce .
from husband who, she says, failed to support
her while she was poor. . Page 16
Supervisors refer teachers* demands for back
salaries again to finance committee. Page 10
Contract for warehouse at Fort Baker is let to
lowest bidder and will cost $5,700. Page 8
SUBURBAN '
. Woman makes offer to Alameda county district
attorney to "fix" Jury to try Mrs. Isabella Mar
tin, alleged female dynamiter. Page 1
California Promotion committee reopens move
ment for greater city. • . Page 4
Summer term ; of university opens with almost
600 students enrolled. . Page 4
Voters of "outside" precincts Of Alameda coun
ty ballot on primary today with opportunity to
throw off machine yoke. ( . Page 4
Wife -«>f Oakland restaurateur, elopes with bus
band's poor cousin from Germany. Page 4
.Gerrymander plot. batched by machine leaders
is exposed by Mat Thelen of Llncoln-Bixmevelt
league. PageS
Largest crowd ever assembled in South Berke
ley cheers Taft at ratification meeting of Lin
coln-Roosevelt league. Page 3
Three drown and nine narrowly escape death
In boatwreck In Washington. -. * Pagel
EASTERN ; '
\u25a0 Assistant Secretary Wheeler .Is making spe
cial efforts to send Immigrant farm laborers to
Pacific coast. Page 1
Frederick A. . Hyde and Joost H. Schneider
\u25a0re convicted of western land f rands, \u25a0 John A.
Benson and . Henry P. iymond . being acquit
ted. J Page 1
Jflne^ negroe* are . lynched by mob in Sabine
county. Texas, " five , being hanged to ooa tree
and other victims of race clash shot. Page 1
Secretary 'of War Taft . goes to Yale, his
alma mater, and receives oration. Page 3
Queen. Victoria of Spain gives birth to a
. Bosers Jimmy Gardner and Kyle Whitney are
training for-* hard fight Friday nlghtJ Page 9
Santa \ Cruas state league baseball ' team to be
controlled by incorporated association with $10.
000 capital. .\ . 'Page©
Dreamer wins the Ccney x Island handicap at
Sheepshead Bay, defeating Jack Atkin and other
fast ones. Page 0
Barney Oldfleld and Belle Kinney - make good
as, public choices -at The Meadows, but disap
pointments are frequent. fV>fPage9
'Jack O'Brien goes' abroad to seek matches with \
men Burns has, met. • " Page 9
Chicago, champions "make costly errors, and
lose to New York, 7 to 1. PageO
Hearing' o* ca*e.to test the anti-racetrack Ram
bling : law Is ; postponed \in New York supreme
court. p ««e °
Five" Pacific coast athletes are en their way to
London to take part . ; in '. the ?A Olympic
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Local plumbers listen to an explanation of the
! nse ' :of glass \» plumbing and - steam '/fit- ;
I '-in?. fcb||H| ; ."' PngcT
MARINE - ;
' Kosmt's liner Itailanies passe*, ltalian" ship high j
on ' the txaeti Ulow '. Iqulque ; a r total wreck. . bat \
with all sail* net and drawinc.' ' ' I'fffce 15
social /; \u25a0 .'• :\u25a0 \u25a0;:**-.; \u25a0 . \u25a0:. .., ," -r /
.',. Miss". Maria Kograela CritcUcr and; Lieu tenant
Frauds Uarruws Frcyer are married at. the Fair-;
mont hotel. WK£Bt*L*£*Q
SAN^PR^CISCO,^]C^^A^OTNE 23^1908,
HYDE IS FOUND
GUILTY OF LAND
FRAUDS IN WEST
Joost H. Schneider Also Con
victed After Long Delibera
tion^by the Jury
John A. Benson and Henry P.
Dimond Are Acquitted on
All Counts
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Maximum Penalty Is Two
Years' Imprisonment and
$10,000 Fine
WASHINGTON, June 22.— "Guilty;
Frederick A. Hyde, Joost H. Schneider.
"Not guilty, John A. Benson, Henry;
P. Dimond." j
This was the verdict rendered : at
3:40 o'clock this afternoon by a jury
in the criminal court here in the case
of the trial of these four men,. who are
westerners, one of them Benson, a
millionaire real estate operator, for
alleged conspiracy to "defraud the gov
ernment out of valuable lands in the
far west The jury had been out al
most 75 hours. ,
Benson and Dimond were ac
quitted on" 'aH of .the 42 counts in the
indictment. Hyde' and Schneider were
convicted on all but. 10; of the counts.
Benson and Dimond were immediately
released from custody. All four men
have been under $10,000 ball. Hyde's
bail was increased, under the jury's
verdict to $20,000, and Schneider's', to
$12,500.
LONG DELIBERATION .
The jury engaged in one of the most
protracted deliberations over a, verdict
on record here in federal cases. The
verdict was the second. report the jury
had made In the case, on the previous
occasion at .11:22 o'clock this [ morning,
a disagreement being announced. Jus-i
tice Stafford had; then instructed the
jurors to again retire in an ; ' effort. to
reach a. common agreeraent^anjj jjl .th«
intervening hours several "of- the* jur
ors changed their "votes, i; with v . the. re
sulting All. the : defendants
had - expected disagreement ! or acquittal
and had' made plans -for departure from
the city. . V, :': '
SENTENCE IS DEFERRED
Hyde and Schneider immediately
furnished the increased ball.- : Sentence
in the case of Hyde and, Schneider was
deferred, and when imposed .by the
court, the two men will' have foiir days
in which to file notice of an appeal to
the district court: officials." ..The maxi
mum penalty for the offense on 'which
they are held by the jury is imprison
ment for two years or $10,000 fine or
both.
Benson, one of the two men acquitted,
was convicted. some time %?o in; Cali
fornia with Dr. Perrine, under another
section of the conspiracy law. in con
nection with public land matters. He
was sentenced to 10 months' imprison
ment, and his appeal from that sen
tence- is. now pending. - •
WHEELER DlSf RIBUTES Xi
IMMIGRATION : LABOR
Making Special Efforts to Send
Farm Hands to Pacific
Coast :
* SPECIAL DISPATCH TO THE CALL
WASHINGTON, June 2.— Cards are
being sent out to all persons receiving
mail by rural delivery, asking them to
notify the division of information, de
partment of commerce "and labor, if
they are in need of farm or domestic
labor. The division," under direction of
Assistant Secretary Wheeler, is c trying
to distribute .immigrants: byer • the
country and/ has already \ placed ; about
700 immigrants .on T farms/ ; This has
been done through the • one office at
New York.. Another office is being
established at Chicago and other offices
will be opened at Pittsburg and other
Industrial centers. . -S'
Assfstant Secretary Wheeler is^mak
ing a special effort to : get 'European
immigrants out to: the Pacific ' coast,
where farm labor is wanted' the year
around. - .\u25a0\u25a0-\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0
PLAN SAN FRANCISCO
CONVENTION IN 19li
International Sunday School
Delegates Decide^. to 'Hold':?
'\u25a0:\u25a0 t Next Meeting Here
LOUISVILLE, Ky.,June, 22.— The in
ternational \u25a0' Sunday school -convention,
late this* afternoon : decided to 'hold the'
next meeting in San" Francisco', in 1911.
The entire, afternpon-" session ; . was
t^keh upwith the selection of thenext
meeting place. /• At: the' last -convention,"
held in ;Toronto in 1905, Van agreement
was reached ' to ; have , the bodyj: meet ;in
Louisville, ln 190§, with ':\u25a0 the ' under
standing that San^Francisco wouldget
the gathering ;ln: 1911."
ONE DEAD, 15; INJURED.
IN TRAIN COLLISION
Fast^ Passenger : Strikes; Freight I
"Which' Attempts to Cross^
Track Too Late '
'BATON ; ROUGE, '"« La, June 22 — One v :
killed' "and about. 15 ; injured,-, some 'bf
them '•seriously, ' :: was' :^the 'result ; /of »thY ;
wrecking -of a ; Baton Rouge -and^ ; Hani
mond"passenger;traln \u25a0 at^the' crossing
of > the o Red ißiver,? t valley> road * today.
The : wreck ;was, due . to Uhe»efforts "ftf
a Red >River r * valley <• freight* traln;ito
cross > the -Baton^RougetandiHammond
track^ln advance of ; a' passenger-train
of ; thatiroad. ''< -,~x- , ' -\u25a0;-v'-V".-.^« •"-^ '-'y.\r -.'-\u25a0/\u25a0.
SOX 'BORX TO -ftI'EEX
MADRID, : J une 22.^— A ' soil was :,bbrn
to; Queen Victoria of Spain \ tonight;!*
" Queen ' VietoriaT;^ formerly^Prlhcess
\u25a0Ena of VßattenbergV and c ,KiiikyAjfon"so
.were i married" at "Madrid 'oh 'May j 3 1;
1906. * Their first son', was born ' May 10,
1907, • \u25a0 ,
HARRIMAN LINE
FACES 22 NEW
INDICTMENTS
Federal Grand Jury, to Return
True Bills Against South- f
crn Pacific Today,
Will Charge Company With Re*
bating on Shipments^ of
Lumber and Wool
Corporation Liable Vto a Maxi»
mum Fine of $440;000
if Convicted
The -federal grand jury .will file a
report today with District : Judge de
Haven, which, it" is : understood, will
include 22 indictments/, against . the
Southern Pacific - r for > ret>ating—-i9
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based .on the., compan^s j concessions
to the Boca and Loyaltori railway^and'
three .predicated upon .special ; rates
granted "to* Miller & L,ux. 'Conviction
on all f of -[these charges would lay the
company open to a fine ranging from
$22,000 • to : $440,000. • ' -i
The true bills are the direct . result
of •". the investigation instituted in; San
Francisco in September, 1906, . by,
Interstate i' Commerce Commissioner
Franklin K. Lane. The evidence has
been/presented to the grand jury by
George Clark ; of | the United States at
torney's office and H.B. Duncan^ a spe
ciaL agent of the ; attorney general's
office." - r ' '• •'
• The indictments ;for ;the most part
will ; charge '.; the Southern Pacific with
cutting rates for the Boca arid Loyalton;
a subsidiary company, In a manner/which
gave "--r that'; encern control of the -: lum
ber shipments ' from - the -California
mills into i Nevada.^ Most; of the 'ship
ments, out "of* which- the- indictments
grew, .were made to a town
four, miles beyond ; the California bor T
der.',. ,} v :- r.-; \u25a0\u25a0-'. ". .- \u25a0 \u25a0;.-- ; '; £. .'\u25a0 '\u25a0"\u25a0•\u25a0-\u25a0"
RECEIVEp SPECIAL i- RATES 1 .
i Miller & ? X.ux.ha.ve. been" the recipients
of special t \u25a0 rates % from ? the ; Harriman
line on shipments of .wool,: horses and
luniber... Wool originating; in rßutton
willow, CaLi ; has •beeri'^bllled: to; Boston
with relays "at \ Stockton V and ; af special
allowance' made: on Uhe first part of the
shipment. ;- . - ' .
•? -\u25a0': The? facts .were laid before -.the. grand
jury.'byvemployes of , theiSouthern- Pa^
cific and .Miller \&" Lux. and "no 'attempt
was -made 'to (deny:-.thatf the f special
' rate's"; .were ' used." "t *, The •; defense ; . was
urged that they; were; for :the most part
on purely ;intrastate' r shipments."!. •.;;
•x " It had 'been ; the' understanding that
the'"lumber : companies. JwhichT enjoyed
the lower ' tariffs were to'- be indicted
Jointly; with*. the railroad,' but, I;accord
ing ;to .' the"'' reports \u25a0\u25a0\u25a0. in / circulation yes r l
terday,' ; the -grand? jury was • riot V satis
fied that the lumber companies .were') as
'culpable, as ; the; railway; : ; ; -.;:_; "\ ';
Some 'consideration -was given toi;tho
case of 1 G.N'-W. t Luce,,; general ; freight
agent /of y the? Southern % Pacific, I. but
is xthatinoJ. true vbillsV will
be--' returned^against;'hlm.;. : f-Luce jiz.Tr,.
ranged "? th'e^Bpeclal^ tariff bJ»V. bu t;s in so
doingjhelwasfcarrylngVoutytheJpolicy
of * the : ; company. ,-;\u25a0.',/\u25a0 '.-." '.:\u25a0'.\u25a0
. "Whether -the! inquiry will be:brbught
to^ari^ end -with 'these -indictments, is
not known' positively, but'it islrumored
that* further ; sessions ' may«bo!'heldi"dur-;
ing whichithe'Jndlctirient^of Miller '&
Lux will'ibe \u25a0 ; ; : ,v . \ ,
The *.; Soutliern ' Pacific was £ indicted
recently, in , Los" Angeles .for: rebating
and 'Will/-; therefore. ..appear T as; defend
ant\u25a0:inibotli^divisions, of .the? federal
court'iniOalifornla. 1. "i \u0084- V-v- ; '<;!
KF.POKT.I-EPERS-CUKKD
NEW ORLEANS, Juno-22.-^A remark
able' medicali' reports touching gonS the
cure S of iwill£ bog presentedS 1 to
the^Loulsiana'sassembly,jprobably.*this
•weekvby/theHeper,ihomo!ofithe]stato'of
Louisiana. -From the
peaiis ; that 'out ; of: > 61^ lepers gat^ithe
Lou Jdanav' institution uin,* ; the> pastUwo
A-aaty. six liavo been practically cured.
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Sketch in> court (of VWalter j
- J. ? Bartnett, f ormer-barik* head * '
'and -magnate^ drawn ;.
'while- v^rdictiof : jury;fmding^
him <guilty of . embezzlement ?
*is being readTy Bartnett wilt- »
ed under \u25a0 the . blow; of 'convic- -
tion ) and sat s crushed; and J al
most inert while the formali-X
tieV following the reading ;of {
verdict 'were -gone 1 through ;.
with. -A tremor- shooki his^
body when the^ f atefulVwords v
; ; were : read. \u25a0 He .\u25a0 bowed^ his \u25a0'.-
I head over the Stable * before 'I
i him and the weight of • years £
• seemed - ; * to - settle \',
upon his shoulders. \u25a0 : : ; '
AVoman Of fers to"Fix"
Mrs. Martin's Jury ;
Supposed "Friend" of Alleged
- Dynamiter Is Accused >f {
District A ttorney
.OAKLAND, June 22.— A -proposition
to ', ; "fix" -witnesses f or A the •" prosecution
in f the .trial of Isabella 'J. 'i.MartlnJ'i car-^
rylngr: with; it.aTsuaranteelof ajconvie-^
tion when* Mrs." Martin- is 1 tried *for t the
alleged 1 dynamiting ;' of * Judge I Ogderi's
home.'; has-been ' made | to District Attor^
ney Brovrri arid his chief deputy, ;iW;, v Hi
Donahue,! according;. toj Browri.Vby Miss
Al ice ': : Coles, \ a J woman \ Who * posed < as
Mrs.^Martin's, doting friend in ;court
Saturday] morning, v : ; /.: "; ; .:. -J
:; Miss Coles is:a^stately woman., past
middle : age, .with : gray j< hair;* and ; very
well: dressed. \u25a0 She said ; that;she ; had
had^much:- experience . in^New.^York
with that: kind." of work* and 'her,- methf
ods.were such that, An her opinion,* they
excluded : the possibility;. of .7 failure; , : i
V' As an'added \u25a0• feature \u25a0; to ; carry weight
with ; her} proposltioriV:Browri*"said,"; Miss
Coles told ; him "\u25a0;'. she was {the di vonsed
.wife *, of 'Dr.nWhlthouse, : a .chemistVof
national reputation, ; and "an \u25a0 expert : wit
hesslinVthe Molineux" murder trial' In
New^jTork. t •',"• .. - :f
" ."'Brown v commented . on her' actions
today,"^saying: r - : . : t' •._';•; .*'' ;:;
;2 >"Jllss -> Coles. :as * she style's , : herself,
came'r-.toi^us-, recently and offered;^ to
•flx'-V the i witnesses^ for^f the" prosecution
in Mrs. f Martin's J triai;"£ She £ saidfthat
shelf could V- do it y readily. '« but :i Implied
that ; '•' her -\u25a0: campaign '^would < consist
large! y sqf v carryin g <! moriey^ to -s them,"
whlch"we .[were >toy furnish.. * We, '.did
riot '._ care^to'iengage^inrthat^kind of
prosecution -arid,' toM^her^ so.' •'.. .'; •'
over : i to i Mrs.%Martltfl»Vslde.^l
we X may ' be": confronted :Vwith"?.the ,' same
taqtlcs~ ; if slie > lias I heriway. V;We*are' not
afraidj: that* anything f of JtheTsort* will
be/donerland^would^flndJlt^out^'ifSlt
were. 'x' : Her '. cond lie t S hasl been'j so '/pecu
liar'thatf she t can* hardly^ be" regarded
asfsane."*;.^. -.;./<'' V J*\~ i >~:'i. '\u25a0 U.: ; .:\: \u25a0•'- ''\u25a0'*£
, ! lrifuri~i,iriterylew^whlch^she.gay&,Satj
urda'yiMissTc6leslsaid|that]Bhe^wassthe
t w/>n
by^hcr ;\u25a0• to j women . pris^
; 6'nefsjl^th^metrol)oHs'. : v^she2'saldv.tKaf
shelcame^i here f from ?L'os f A rigeles.Jand
that! slie | knew ' Mrs; s Martin -y 1 1 "years
ftfio|ln^fl]itat9io^JJew|^ork,^ ;
\u25a0 Do you know what -the real Angel of
IDeathfis?. Science says it 'is>the common"
\u25a0fly.-r The murderous doings of the'fly will
,be: narrated -by ;' a" scientist in '; .
T[he Sunday Call
BARTNETT, HELD
GUILTY, FACES
TEN YEAR TERM
Jury \ Returns Verdict (on Third
v Ballot 45 Minutes'
: o! I Deliberation
Prisoner, Stunned by Blow,
i^Wilt^ in Chair, Moist Eyed
and trembling
Judge Conley to Pronouflce^Sen»
% tencey Wedoes^y, ' Which
: May^Be One Yeairjo Jen
/ Walter •J. Bartnett, .' recent dictator
of trie affairs i of -the California safe
deposit and \ trust company and one
'time magnate of the Pacific
railroad, has ; been convicted of em.
bczzlemcnt. The jury, in Judge Con
ley's court returned a verdict cf guilty
yesterday afternoon, and the financier,
who was primarily responsible for the
wrecking of the defunct bank, .will be
sentenced a ; week \u25a0\u25a0 from tocay to a
term t in the state .penitentiary which
may run from one to 10 years.
V The verdict of the Jury was returned
just \u25a0' 45 -minutes ., after the • case was
finally ; submitted • yesterday . afternoon,'
but^with the conviction \u25a0 came a recom
mendation for mercy T which* probably
will \u25a0 save Bartriett at least part of | the
maximum sentence which might be im
posed.-''.- i: _ . . . . ;
. :s: s Judge ; ,Conley; did; not. order the de
fendant into custody, and as the lat
ter's attorneys have signified their In
tention vof r taking .an .. appeal -. to the
higher t courts, - . a ,year ' or, more. . may
elapse^before the sentence, to ;be Im
posed by;thecourt is carried into execu
tion. \u25a0, iln the . meantime, < Bartnett , is at
liberty under 5200,000 bonds, and is un
der v the, constant^ surveillance of a de
tective, supposed : to [ be^e mployed by : the
bonding company 1 which .furnished his
surety.},' • *\u25a0,-\u25a0 .-.,;. r- -'; -\u25a0:.\u25a0-•\u25a0 , -'\u25a0\u25a0;\u25a0.,
5 It; took; the .'jury, but three-quarters
of -an chour "tOireach its verdict, : and
.but ; .three^ball6ts cwere taken? before
the report~was made to the court, i- On
the - first; ballot ithe? jury,' stood" 10 :to 2
for;? conviction.^ on j the .second .ballot
ill to .»1; i and on the - final .ballot I the
verdlct^was : unanimous. '. This last vote
'.was -taken % after, the juror*;, had sent
to TJudge Conley for peoples 'ofi the let
ters by/ Bartnett ,to ; J. Dalzell
Browh'and»portibns;of stestlmony.relat
lrigltolthetsplrits.Vw'hichVwere'' said .by
Brown^to -have Vt to '-a J con
siderable ;; degree^ the ;.. management*^ of
the'ibank. v~TheVdlfference"£of
oh'jthe'CrstitwoT ballots {was, principally
• due' to? a) desire;? on '.the ;part^bf .two
,of~ the~ jurors ; to prevent^a;snap;judg
men t^arid ; open ed >. the ' way f for •a* short
argum'etft/whlcti "'resulted in' the unani
mous "verdict,'..''
. .Bartnett .wilted ; ;undcr blow -of
conviction,' arid [sat^crushed;antlfalmoßt
Inert - while j:the
the" readinßi^of .-jthef -^verdlet^Verc
gone* i'tftro'ugh -\with.» i His"*; eyes ; were
stilly moist ~~'l from : , the";" effect .-^wnlch
the V; flnar^Jarguments / of • r -"counsel
had ; upon - h'na^wlien""} the :" jury- filed
back into \ theicVurtroom Tit tef * its • de"
hibe^ation^^ f and*^^t'l\u25a0emof.Jsh^"ok^hls
body:wh"en^the;fa£eful^wpr"d^w<Bre^Te«tl
iby^P6*remaniWnUam J aCfo^^erT^Bart"
r^eUUsfalhighVstrlJngrraanJand^he^ould
not ' conceal J hlsif eellnga* w^'enTthe'ive'r
£pa tinned { pa"' Pajre ; a, Colami! s"
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
9 NEGROES
LYNCHED BY
TEXAS MOB
Killing of Two Whites Leads
to* Slaughter in Sabine
i County
Jailer Is Overpowered and , Five
Prisoners Are Hanged;
. to One ' Tree
Other Victims Are Shot to
Death 'i by Crowds of
Pursuers
Arms Are Secured and Further
Clash of Races Is Im
minent
HOUSTON, Tex.,.June 22— Nine
negroes met" death at the hands of a
mob ; in the vicinity of Hemphill, in
Sabine county, last night. Both races
secured arms today and the tension is
such tonight that a race clash appears
imminent. ;
JERRY 3 EVANS,aged22.
WILL JOHNSON, aged 24. |
MOSE SPILLMAN, aged 24.
CLEVELAND WILLIAMS, aged
27. :
WILLIAM MANUEL, aged 25.>.
FRANK WILLIAMS, aged 22. I
WILLIAM McCOY.
. -jT wo t unknown. . men.
•': The lynching* followed the killing of
two'whlte'm«ri by negVo*'- Two •weeks
agoj Hugh; D«an^ and : several other
white men visited a 5a 5 negro church and
schoolhrouse' where a^dance "was In
progress. 'presumably In. "quest. 6t
liquor. :it -being' the' custom of some of
the negroes to -'sell whisky during the
progress of such affairs."
PLOT. FORMED AT DANCE
During the even ing. Dean was killed
and six negroes were held for the kill
ing. At the preliminary examination
the evidence tended -to show that the
\ plot .was formed at the dance ' to kill
Dean.
•Aaron A. • Johnson, a prominent
farmer,- -was assassinated last Satnrday
i while, seated at the dining table with
his wife and child, the bullet being
fired through a window. For this
crime Perry Price, a negro, was 'ar
rested and. It is stated, confessed, im
plicating Robert Wright, a relative of
one of the negroes held for Dean's
murder. Price declared he was offered
$5 to kill Johnson.
HA.Vf. FIVE TO OXE TREE
Then followed. the forming of a mob
last night, the overpowering of the
jailer at Hemphill and the lynching of
thefsix negroes held for the murder of
Dean. Five were hanged to the same
tree, .'while another attempted to es
cape and was shot to death. Later in
the night William McCoy, . another
negro, .was shot and killed while stand
ing at the gate of : the; Johnson home,
and this morning the bodies of two
more negroes .were found In the creek
bottom.- - •
Wright, the negro who. confessed to
the killing of Johnson, and the man. he
Implicated were taken to Beaumont for
safe keeping under guard of the mili
tary .company, of -St. Augustine. '
Sabine county, is situated in the most
remote 'part of the. eastern sectlon-of
the state with sparse railroad and tele
graph facilities. > \u25a0 '
THREE DROWN AND NINE
ESCAPE IN BOAT WRECK
Skiff Overturns *in Stream and
, V Icy .Waters^Clairii Many
Vtctims^ffiß^l
SrECIAL DISPATCH TO THS CAU. '
TACOMA. June 22.— As .result ot
the overturning of a boat liT the Tan
ana river 25 miles above- Fairbanks
Dr. M. Mason' of Lbs 'Ahgeles and Fred
Bieler :Of -.Richardson, whose, reiatiyes '
areMn New -York; lost thelr^ lives, and
nine .others -had narrow 'escapes; \u25a0while
passing . through . a v terrlblel < ordeal.
Those who reached shore safely .were:
Don . Russell and - Henry Culbertson \u25a0 of
Grants Pass, Ore.; "William Knox.- Peter
Smith arid Louis Heidiriger. of Tender-;
foot. : J. T. -Taggart of^ Seattle.'. Fred
Ilauselr.ian of HampQeri. Mci; W.: A.'
Cox of Chehalis, Wash..* and F. C. Sa«
liff of Sacramento. . >' *
After the boat overturned -there was
a ' wild fight i to' reach .solid earth and
some swam- to the" mainland and others
to islands in* the middle of the stream.
The- boat : was "rtcovered and. the "'sur
vivors rescued from their. perilous po
sitions.; tThey^ were taken to Fair
banks. - - . « . ;
;.' Dr.'Ma«on ,was In Alaska with Sut
liff on J a. 'combined hunting'and;pros
pecting trip, the .two ; having traveled
in' many ; parts of ,the world together.
He. 1«^ a well .known .medical practi
tioner of V Los Angeled and leaves la.
family" •• Dr. - Mason was • possessed of
Vlarge'sum of money, which was in a
belt around his waist." He was an,J3lk
and.' members «of that order have sent
out a searching party for his body. <
WIFESWYEB SENTENCED
•'- MILWAUKEE. June 22.-^-<3eorse Wil-
Ipughby, who shot and killed his wife
a\f their residence- at , Prospect March
22^?" today .pleaded ;'guilty '; to^the crime/
th*rewhim3elf on the mercy of the court
arid iVas sentenced to 1 If e imprisonment
at'lWaupuri. ' . W'illouarhby wa3 one of
th'e *rnost prominent business men in
Milwajukee before -the 'murder. "He 'and
hia'w.ie were leaders in caurca-work.