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SPRING VALLEY
BOOSTS ITS PRICE
Conttaued from Page 1, Column 1
52.042.000-. The lfcOS rate would give
ibout $100,000 more. The company's
latest plea Is for a further contribution
of some $3,600,000. A few months ago
It outraged public opinion by asking
for a gift of $60,000. Its ambitions
have apparently mounted . with the j
passing days.
The petition of the company further
requests that the board of supervisors
>c enjoined from making any estimates
• placing the value of the plant below
$25,000,000 , and that it be prevented
from reducing the general fund for any
purpose excepting the payment of
money to Spring Valley.
In conclusion the company asks the
court as an alternative action to decree
that the business of the company Is
being run without profit and to allow
Jt to sell euch portions of its plant as
it desires and to sell water to consum
ers other tha"n those In the ctty of San
Francisco.
The attorneys appearing for the com
pany include Heller, Powers & Ehr
man"; Page, McCutchen & Knight, and
A. E. Shaw. :',';. ;•\u25a0/
The supervisors took action yester
day only on the communication of the
company withdrawing its offer to sell.
The communication of Captain Payson
was referred to the . water committee.
It was the belief of the members of the
board that the action of the company
would not hinder the movement (or an
adequate municipal supply. It was
stated that as soon' as the supervisors
were ready to proceed in the matter
they would call upon Spring Valley for
an official offer and then allow the
voters to choose "between that and the
Hetch Hetchy.
"The supervisors did not find it ad
visable to use the Spring Valley com
pany's, figures when preparing the
water rate schedule," said Supervisor
Johnston, chairman of the special
water committee of the board, "and no
reply was made to Captain Payson's
letter, as none was thought necessary.
The- company will be asked to make
another offer when the Hetch Hetchy
project is further advanced -and that
offer will be submitted to the voters
with the Tuolumne water proposition."
ACT OX HETCH HKTCHY
Formal action was taken yesterday
by the board in the final passage of the
ordinance declaring that public inter
est and public necessity demand the
acquisition of another water supply
a.nd designating Hetch Hetchy as the
one most available. , : ' -'
News of the injunction suit did not
reach the members of the board until
after adjournment. Aside from the
surprise at the unusual requests of the
company, members of the board were
ruripus to know what was meant by
the extra $7,500,000 designated as
"property purchased for reasonably Im
mediate use." Inquiry among the
Spring Valley attorneys developed the
fact that this referred to lands on the
peninsula and across the bay which the
company possesses and which are not
use 4 at present, but are intended for
future use In augmenting the water
supply.
"The claims of the Spring Valley offl-.
cials are preposterous," said Super-i
visor Giannini. -It is significant that
with the withdrawal of ;tbeir offer to
sell their plant they file a suit in which*
they greatly Increase theV valuation of
the plant 1 do not know what the
company is driving at and am Inclined
to think that there is a big amount of
bluff in it."
Supervisor Connolly pointed out that
some of the contentions of the company
had already been ruled upon adversely
by the supreme court of the state.
. ."I do not think" that any of these
contentions will be upheld," he said.
"The question of depreciation came up
in a San Diego water case and the
court refused to allow the company to
use It* for the purpose of rate fixing.
That position was sustained by the
hLgher court. The request for a 7 per
cent rate is also peculiar. I do not
think that any court will allow such a
rate to a public service corporation. A
haberdasher might be entitled to 33 1-3
or even 40 per cent, but he takes the
risks of loss by overstocking or in a
number of other ways, but a public
ultillty such as a water company,
whose customers must deal with It
alone, and whose income is as sure as
death or taxes. Is not entitled to any
such revenue as 7 per cent."
Supervisor d'Ancona stated that he
would welcome a Judicial determination
of the issue which had been a source of
constant strife and friction.
"I really think that it will be to the
interest of the community," he said, "to
obtain a judicial decision on these mat
ters, so it can be definitely established
what rate should be allowed the public
utility companies, but the Spring Val
ley water company certainly cannot
expect what it asks in Its latest suit-"
MOTORMAN KNOCKS BOY
FROM CAR WITH BLOW
Lad, Struck in Face, Falls to the
Street and Receives
Bad Hurt
Because he boarded the car on the
wrong side," catching the hand irons
and clinging on when the nrotorman
refused to stop for him, Fred Murry, a
16 year old messenger boy, was struck
in the face and knocked backward into
the street by. the conductor of a San
Mateo trolley car yesterday. He sus
tained severe . lacerations on the head
and a badly blackened eye where he
was hit by the carman's fist. Passen
gers took the youngster to the emer
gency hospital, where Dr.' Reuben Hill
dressed his wounds.
Murry, who .works for the -Western
Union, lives at Hillcrest. Though he
hailed the car In plenty, of time the
xnotorman would not stop, and, rather
than be late for work, -young Slurry
risked his life" to swing on to the
speeding trolley. When the conductor
saw him he opened the vestibule door
and punched the boy squarely in the
face, Murry fell heavily in the road
way. Indignant passengers compelled
the motorman to stop while they picked
tip the almost unconscious boy.
If Murry will ewear to a charge the
police say the conductor will be ar
rested and prosecuted.
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apply to become, a member of the club in my assembly district, .
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by voting at all primary elecUpns.and attending the.^ meetings of the
dub as often as convenient "
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CONTRA COSTA HITS
MACHINE HARD RAP
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People Win Signal Victory and
Administer Rebuke to
Herrin'Tush"
In addition to winning a signal vic
tory for representative government and
the direct primary, the people of Contra
Costa county yesterday extended an
unmistakable welcome to the Lincoln-
Roosevelt I«ague and administered a
stinging rebuke to William F. Her
rin, to Governor Gillett, "to the state
executive committee of the republican
party and to the Calkins newspaper
syndicate.
Contra Costa county rebuked Her^
rin through his political tool, George
Hatton, and through Hatton's man Fri
day in the county, A. 'B, McKenzie,
chairman of the county committee. It
rebuked Governor Gillett, through Su
pervisor Charles J. Rihn of Point Rich
mond, one of the governor's appointees.
It rebuked the state executive com
mittee through- A. B. Coleman, one lot
the 21 delectables chosen 'by George
KnighJ for that body; and it turned
down the Calkins paper in Martinez
so hard that the whole syndicate is
aching from the fall. "
These allies — George Hatton and A.
B. McKenzie, Supervisor Rlhn, A. B.
Coleman and the Calkins paper— did
their utmost to prevent the people of
Contra Costa county from having a say
in the choice of their convention dele
gates. They fought with every weapon
they could lay their hands on for the
iniquitous and un-American appointive
power which was exercised in the last
THEm EXD IS XKAR \^ /
Overwhelmed by the tremendous force
of aroused public opinion, they are
still in the battle, and will make their
last crippled stand 10 days hence. Then'
the whole outfit will know that some
thing has hit them again and that they
are down and out.
Responding "to 4he petition of 3,000
registered voters . of the county, the
board of supervisors of Martinez yes
terday ordered the submission to the
people at a special election of the prop
osition to hold, primaries throughout
Contra Costa county where the primary
election* l^w has not hitherto been
mandatory. This election will be held
in 10; days, and Its outcome is not in
doubt. The result will be that the 1 re
publicans of the county will select their
own delegates to" the next convention."
instead •of being compelled to accept
the "push" men named by the machine.
This victory, made possible by the
indignation excited throughout Contra
Costa county by' the of the
republican delegates in the Sacramento
convention, is largely due to the efforts
of the Lincoln-Roosevelt league, which
persevered in its fight when all the
forces already enumerated exerted
every pull and tried every trick to
discredit its work.
DISGrSTKD AT DELEGATES
A little coterie of politicians backed
by the ,- Contra .Costa Standard, the
Calkins paper, put through the. job by
the delegates to the last state
conventiorr.were appointed. The 11 men
tb.us named the disgust of the
county? by "the way in which they ate
up the Herrin program in Sacrantento.
The iniquity "of the appointive power
exercised -by the c'6an\£ committee was
realized as never before^:.
Indignation' was ripe four days ago
when Lincoln-Roosevelt 'men in the
county began 'to circulate a petition
asking the supervisors to order a spe
cial election, as provided by the code,
at which the people may declare them
selves for or against holding primaries.
So strongly did this proposal appeal to
the voters that yesterday when the pe
tition was properly certified by County
Clerk J. E. Rodgers and presented to
the board of supervisors sitting at
Martinez It was found to contain S.OOO
names, or 300 more than the necessary
2,700.
This striking manifestation of public
opinion came like a slap in the face to
the allies, all of whom had been fight
ing the petition tooth and nail. "This
opposition was directed by. George Hat
ton, whose orders in Contra Costa
county are scrupulously executed by
A. B. McKenzie,, chairman of the coun
ty* committee. Working with : these"
was A. B. Coleman, who is a member
of the state executive committee and
also a vice president of the Calkins
newspaper syndicate^
ASSEMBLVMAX IS MARKED
The "three men shape the policy of
the Contra Costa Standard, which has
devoted -Its columns to misrepresenta
tion of the fight for representative
government. The last of the allies is
Supervisor Charles J._Rlhn. who was
appointed by Governor Gillett to fill an
unexpired term. -;The ."push" element
throughout the county lent its services
in the fight. \u25a0 One of those who refused
to sign the petition was Assemblyman
P. C. Campbell of Point Richmond, who,
nevertheless, expects to go back to the
assembly.
. The opposition of the allies found a
concrete basis for Its struggle in the
concerted efforts they have been mak
ing to defeat the renomlnatlon of Su
perior Judge W.*S. Wells and to. elect
In his stead W. S. Tinning, head of the
so called "Coleman-Tihnlng push." " ;
But the voters 6f Contra Costa gave
the petition more signatures than it
needed, affixing them in "record time,
and. when It 1 was presented to tl\e su
pervisors yesterday the special election
was ordered. Four of the board were
known to favor .it THe fifth, Gillett's
appointee, Charles J. Rihn,- raised all
sorts of objections", when it was pre
sented, but when it came to rollcall he
dared not oppose It further and accord
ingly voted "aye."
The allies Intend to continue their
losing fight up to the day of the special
election. *Through ' the' Calkins sheet
they are raising the \u25a0 cry of j extrava
gance and piling up all sorts of ridicu
lous figures, in a wild arithmetical at
tempt to show that the county cannot
afford the expense of self-government.
But the people of Contra Costa county
know the motives that * animate the al
lies and they afe\ ready .to put them
"do*wn and out." .
THE S^ FRMCISea^GALC, TUESDAY, JUNE; ; 23;^1908}
MYSTERIOUS CLUB
FORMED ON FRONT
Three Hundred Republicans Join
Not to Do Politics but to
Attend Funerals
Three hundred of the faithful. . all
serving, the state as employes of .the
harbor board with varying zeal for -in-'
dustry, have formed a club that Is. the
political mystery of the day. "Every
one of them swears by the payroll that
he is a republican, a good republican,
who votes the ticket straight. -: In the
next breath it is asserted with ; equal
emphasis that the 300 republicans have
banded themselves together-;;' for.- any
purpose but to do politics. It -is even
set forth in the bylaws of the club that
politics shall not be discussed in^the
sessions. " ' ~ ;
Even President Stafford'Ofthe harbor
board doesn't know Just. what the pur-;
poses of the club are. 'Evidently, he Is
suspicious,' for when it- applied^ for a
room in the' ferry building as ; a head
quarters and meeting place he said no.
But he yielded far enough. to add that
the club might use the\board's room
for a meeting once in a while.
, "Provided," continued the president,
"that there is no politics, or whisky in
the meetings." .
STAFFORD SEpS DANGER
-Stafford objected to having anything
to do with the' building up of any po-;
Iltical machine out of the numerous
employes on the water front. Whether
or not he was; unduly -suspicious he j
evidently saw .the danger of getting
300 harbor statesmen together, despite
their assurances that politics was 1
taboo.
The dues of the club. are 50 cents a
month; which gives ;a; total of $150 a
month. Inasmuch as the organization
has been in existence for some time the
total in the treasury will be consid
erable before the' fall comes -around.'
The onty- explanation as to
the purposes Is that the club'has "so
cial aims and that ' organization is . de
sired to buy 'flowers when a' member
dies."; ;-. . ,:'. , \u25a0\u25a0-'.;*,-. -:>\u25a0'• • \u25a0: . -' ~*•
There is a suspicious circumstance in
the fact that Conlon, " the foreman
painter, Is president. of; the club.-\Cori
lon is a loyal adherent of State Senator
Eddie Wolfe, who sees breakers ahead
in his campaign for re-election, v,
; Three hundred administration repub
licans, ' every one of /"them holding a
place at the public crib, could be made
a source of great; power' ; ln' a primary
election in the city. ' They could be of
inestimable service to Eddie Wolfe. : !
But the one boast of the Gillett.'ad
ministration is its- harbor board, chiefly
because men with good business heads
fortunately were chosen for;' it. , For
the Bake of the members'" reputations
they 'are apparently averse jto having a
political machine built up /under them
that would surely involve" them: in all
the unpleasantness of ward heeling.'
• Hence probably the mystery .of why
the 300 republicans who ; have republi
can jobs have organized a social and
funereal club. . '.'\u25a0." .' .1 ..;'.' :
"Watch those fellow get. to work a
few days before the primary," is the
warning sounded by wise statesmen.
FLINT QIIITS MXCHINE
San Benito Grain- Fields May
Keep Him From Politics,
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The pathetic figure of .Thomas Flint
Jr. is. not to appear in the -councils of
the republican party, in the present
campaign. He has written to the. state'
executive committee that the lure of an
exciting \u25a0 presidential campaign can not
draw him. away from San Beftlto's
grain fields, and that not only will 'he
be unable to participate in the work of
the committee, but that he will not
even be able to attend its sessions.
The railroad machine had counted on
Flint as a valuable ally In its fight
against the Lincoln-Roosevelt league.
Praises were heaped on Lieutenant
Governor Porter .because at the May
convention he brought over the ' man
who had fought* the "organization" so
bitterly In past campaigns and caused
him to desert the elements that had
stood by him so valiantly when he was
a candidate for the nomination for.
governor.. But now has come the
word that Flint wishes to retire from
politics altogether. '\u25a0
PORTER A HYPXOTIST
There has never been a satisfactory
explanation; for Flint's surprising re
versal, nor would he say a word when
his old time friends taxed him. Hyp
notic powers must be ascribed to War
ren Porter. . They have fought out
feuds before and. th.en shaken hands!
Flint waged warfare from San Juan
and Porter from .Watsonville. \u25a0 In one |
of these battles, which was unusually
bitter, Flint went down to defeat.
Friends sought to act as intermedi
aries to bring them together on terms
of friendship again.- The response
from Porter was swift and thrilling.
"You name the time and the place, for
me to meet Flint.", he. said, "and" l will
bethere with bells." \u25a0 -. .
Peace was declared, but the,hostili
ties, broke out again in a subsequent
I campaign,.. the- wounds of which were
not healed until the campalgnjbefore
the primary. In May last. '
An effort has been made to induce
Collector of the Port Fred S. Stratton
to take Flint's place on the state com
mittee.. Inasmuch as that body was
named in the Interest of United States
Senator . Perkins' re-election it was
deemed advisable that : Stratton should
be given a place in it. ..
STRATTOW HOLDS AL.OOF. .
The collector is "understood *to have
refused to involve himself too deeply,
for, with the state machine : openly
espousing one; man's candidacy, too
much would be expected from one of
Perkins* chief patronage -beneficiaries
in the way of directing affairs. '
• • George A. Knight's . loyalty to. Per
kins, despite his, admission that the
senator was "slippery," and -his reason
for appointing the executive committee
so that the state machinery of •- the
party could be directed toward Perkins'
re-election, is* now- more \u25a0 intelligently
explained than by Knight himself when
he said that he was actuated by grati
tude because Perkins put him into poli
tics many -years ago. -\u25a0\u25a0-- Some ; months
ago,:. through Perkins' .energetic.assist
ance. Knight secured the position of
federal 6hipplng;commissioner in 'this
port for his son,".«a -berth .that 7 is" ac
counted' the best in. the local federal
service because of. the good; pay and
permanency;: of tenure. This *\u25a0> circum
stance Is regarded as reason enoughfor
Knigjit to condone the senator's "slipi
PErlneßs." .;.\u25a0\u25a0*", \u25a0'--\u25a0-'•' V~ ''"\u25a0 '\u25a0\u25a0-\u25a0--
"FINE,'V SAYS JOHNSON
SPECIAL . DIKPATCn 'TO THE CALj/ :
'MINNEAPOLIS/ June;22.-^Thomas ; W.
Lawson's"; proposition'- to < raise ~-V. big
fund for. Bryan provided ' he ' will accept
the : vice "presidency, on -a ticket 'with
Johnson appeals *.tol the * latter.;.' '.'That
sounds , like an *c excellent proposition,"
said Governor: ' Johnson.* morning,
when speaking of the; offer. -1 -.•\u25a0..-\u25a0
"Yes.-. lUhinkiXve will/ have -to stand
for it," continued;, the- governor, evi
dently 'greatly " amused- at 1 the proposi
tion. "It • sounds ' all i right , and we are
perfectly<\wllling to ; agree to? it." - ;
;That was; as far.; as he -.would * go. *He
treated the: matter, in ; a Joking; manner,'
and while; frankly. admitting? that" such
a scheme, would; please 'him i immensely,
would ' not s say whether » or not : Lawson
or 'any one acting, forjhimi had factually
proposed' the plantto"' him." •\u25a0"• \u25a0 ' \u25a0 ,
l)ef fane of the 'American ; Xavjr
-The third broadside from the pen of
Rear ( Admiral "W.;L.!Capps,; in} reply 'to
the . criticjsms ; ; of & Henry v. Reuterdahl,
appears in>the July. Sunset.^The author
deals in this, his third i article,!' on-. thd
much: discussed ammunition
hoist." ' . \u25a0 \u25a0\u25a0-;• ;";\u25a0* *• \u25a0 ._,.-*.;* -^v- •\u25a0:/\u25a0\u25a0
GERRY MANDER PLOT
EXPOSED BY THELEN
Alameda County* Ring Seeks to
Split Delegations at S
< Primaries
.BERKELEY, June 22. — A job by tho
Herrin machine to prevent the republic
ans \u25a0 of vAlameda county from having a
free ballot at the August primaries was _
exposed; tonight by Max Thelen at'the
Lincoln-Rooseyelt - republican league
meeting, at Lincoln' hall.' " .".
: .The rotten county. ring of politicians,
headed -by .County; Clerk John P. 5 Cook,
purposes ,to;\spllt Into sections every
assembly -district that it cannot con
trol,'allotting/'small partsxof :the. en
tire delegation in^these sections, hoping
by a "crooked^gerrymander to win. in
the districts where, by a unit vote, the
gang would be 'disastrously, beaten.
l Hoping. ; to retain .the, control of the.
oounty". committee .in their hands, the
machine crowd has already - started
its underhand work in the fifty-second
district, and it Is going to split other
districts in' the same way.
WOULD AID MACHINE ..
• This will be done on lines so that
parts of , a. district where the machine
Is strong- will 1 bethrown into divisions
in;whlch the"' league and anti-machine
vote might' be considered as overcome..
For several; days the story has' been
gaining strength; that such a Job was
brewing^ Tonight' Thelen In; a strong
speech >\ exposed' and I denounced this
political job. He said: - i
:"The; uniform practice has been to
provide that the voters, in every part
of a given assembly, district shall vote
for one delegation which is to repre^
sent the entire district. Thus, two
years ago, the county central com
mittee provided that the j flfty-second
assembly district— that's ours — should
have 70. delegates; In" the county con
vention, and-each voter. in thi3 district
voted for ;70 names. V ; •
"Thla i 'method is perfectly fair and
just. If this same course of procedure
is followed this year a big. mass meet
ing will probably be called to select
those ", delegates and every portion -of
this assembly district will receive its
fair representation; on- the ticket, Just
as was. done at 'the big mass meeting
held here in • Berkeley before ,the May
primary election, at which ."each ward
was \u25a0 given / its share. ;
HATCHIXq! UP SCHEME '\u25a0
fit .has; come ! .' to", my ears, however,
that ay certain;; set'.bf 'Oakland politi
cians,; who^are -not '-members -of the
county central committee, are hatching
ug a scheme^by. which this assembly
district,. instead of sendlng.a unit dele
gation to the county "convention, is to
be \ gerrymandered—^that is, cut r up
Into separate;pieces and parcels against
the interests; of the. republicans of this
district and; in'favor of the selfish po
litical purposes of these politicians.
. "In- other "words," the politicians wilj
try to induced, the*. bounty central com-:
mlttee to prevent. this assembly district
from sending a unit delegation to .the
' county conventioh- and' will try to split
up the "territory" In Uhe district in the
hope that they can thereby split up
the delegation. .This is not' for love- of
Berkeley. . or .this district; . they 'don't
care for us. : They are scheming to do
this simply to,; help'rthem; to play their
own political- game." . \u0084•.,,.-, .; .- V ;
Resolutiqhs" s were adopted demanding
a unit voir'j-' blanket: .ticket; for; the dit
trlct and requesting" the. members' of
the county' " 'central committee, M. C.
! Threlkeld, George L. Hughes, Robert
Greig, C. A. Kltnkner, W. E. KnoWles
and Walter P. -Woolsey, to vote for ' a
unit ticket. v •
KNIGHT PRAISES WORK
OF CHICAGO CONVENTION
Declares California Has Made
Friend of South' Forever... by
•Vote on Apportionment
"I'd rather be here than vice presi
dent," declared George A. Knight, il
lustrating tho epigram with a gesture ,
that included not only the lobby of. the
Fairmont but' the whole of: San Fran
cisco and California. ;
"Why; - look \u25a0 here," continued, the re
turned delegate at large, "the troubles
bf.Taft'and Jim Sherman are only be-;
ginning and they are going to last
four years. . Do you think .I'd care to
leave .this city .'and this . bay and all
the good fellows here for thoae four
years?" : . v.-' ;: '-' \u25a0*:. /\u25a0*'"':
Knight returned from Chicago on
the overland last evening and described
the; convention as "the greatest ever."
He declared that California > bulked
large in - the national gathering, her
vote having decided, for one thing, the i
hard fought .southern apportionment. >!
"The. south isCalifornia's'frlend for
ever," he declared. '.\u25a0.;:• ,- \u25a0•
For all that was done In the Windy
City Knight has nothing but approval.
With the Injunction plank,' as inserted
in the platform, \u25a0 he Is altogether, in
accord.. * - - _; ,-'..- :.
• \u25a0 "And .' talk,' about machines," he
laughed,' "you ought to have seen that
steam roller. It was the daddy of
them all." - , . '
Knight will- take an active part In
the coming campaign. He will leave for
the east within, two months to stump
Indiana, Ohio and the south, particular
ly Alabama and Georgia. He: will- also
speak in Madison Square garden in
SEEKS TO STAMP OUT
SMUGGLING OF CHINESE
Wheeler Has Sent Special
Agent to Uncover Gang's
''Plan of Operations V .;•.
WASHINGTON, June 22.— An agent of
the department of^coriimerce and labor
has bqen sent to San Francisco "by As
sistant Secretary -Wheeler with instruc
tions to discover, the plan . of operations
of;the gang, engaged in smuggling Chi
nese bver.the Mexican border. This ac
tion' was 'taken 3 after.- consultation -be
tween t Wheeler and Commissioner Gen
eral Sargent; who reports that the num
ber of ) Chinese smuggled into the coun
try :is: increasing. •.-.\u25a0.-..\u25a0.;. . ' :-. - ''\u25a0
Despite the efforts of Inspectors along
the \u25a0 Mexican * border many - Chinese * are
smuggled across \n ' and wag
ons, finding thelr> way into .California
and,, 4 mingling :,wlth' .their.- countrymen,
where ; detection" is impossible. -. Assist
ant Secretary. Wheeler is determined !to
break up this J traffic 'and' has « promised
Sargent all l necessary assistance.
is some -talk 'of 'offering, a, standing re
ward for information leading to. the de
tection *of «ahy ' persons assisting .in, the
smuggling; of ; Chinese,' but :this step has
not -yet* been' taken.; J . ;' : : <•
MANILA AND^FIBj&R TRUST
MEMBERS; HEAVILY FINED
Twenty-four Companies Mulct-
Ed $2,000 EachVAfter Plea
, of/tfuilty
\u25a0 NEW,. YORK, I jun c : - 22.— -Twerityrf our
companies :mah"ufacturihgTrnanila . wrap
pingv paper,/ were, fined, $2,000; each,* by.
Judge? Hough, in -the United' States
cuit court today; YThey^ pleaded' guilty
on Friday,last to maintaining an* illegal
combination In ".restraint of trade. l They
wece'raembers of the •manila-' and; fiber
combination, i vr^"' : \u25a0:"\u25a0"\u25a0\u25a0??\u25a0 \u25a0\u25a0 r - • -' • \u25a0-''-\u25a0
\u0084:•-,.; PREPARnfG; NEW r STATION
•• .."WASHINGTON, ;iJune^ 22.'— Assiatant
Secretary .Wheeler of the^epartment of
commerce ;; and f labor, % announced?; today
, that v the "immigration'- service' would
move \u25a0,' intoa the £ new station on .Angel
island during,' August' ;> -| \u25a0\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0<\u25a0
BABTNETT, GIJitlY,
fiiififEiii
Coatlaned fr«m Page ; 1, Column 0
diet was given. <He bowed hi J head
over' the : table- before- him and/ the
welght-of, years ; seemed to/ settle sud
denly, upon Mils shoulders. /-.
;v-Fo;v-For 4 ; soyeral hours ? before T the : verdict
was H pronounced 'v. Bartnett " had , been
forced to listen to a scathlng.denuncla
tion .: of j; himself by; Assistant ~ District
Attorney .William Hoff Cook, and'lt was
with Cook's invectives; still wringing; In
hlsjearsithat he heard the'reaMing.of
the : words which- drag him <| oonw _ n once
andtf or. all from his high \ position as a
man :< among men: and > plunge him into
everlasting; shame and (disgrace. \u25a0 • />'
Hlsiown /attorneys ; had ; returned t the
fire, of Cook by painting ' his '; former
friend arid business associate/ J. Dalzell
Brown, in an equally, hideous light,' but
Brown was not. there \u25a0 to; hear and the
attack failed to save: Bartnett, from tne
stigma ; of 'a conviction. .It was In the
j hush "l that followed^thQ reading of .the
Jury's verdict that Prosecutor: Cook cx
i tended'the olive branch. -
"As an assistant- district attorney of
this city and county," Ihe | said lin ! a
voice that was low and resonant with
feeling, "I wish to state that I have no
intention \u25a0 norVdeslre -to prosecute the,
other^ cases against this defendant. 1 I
am not: vindictive, and; unless ordered
to do otherwise by, the district attorney
I shall , recommend \ that the . other mi
i dlctments against, this defendant be
dismissed, as I expect to do in the case
of Brown." .-\u25a0•-\u25a0 *
FIRST INTIMATION
This was the" first public Intimation
that hasAbeen. given '- as ;to the "course
the prosecution intends to follow in the
cases resulting from the 'exposure of
the wrecking of the California safe de
posit and trust company. Brown is al
ready serving, a sentence which fol
lowed confession of guilt, Bartnett
awaits a sentencV that will be of from
one to ten years, and James, Treadwell
will be .brought to trial .within a few
weeks on a charge; similar; to that on
which Bartnett was convicted. " J; Dal
zell .former; assistant .sere
tary.of the bank, testified during the
Bartnett trial that he h.adnot been
offered: immunity, but as his part In. the
bank thefts was butr that of a stool
pigeon it is probable that he will riot
be. prosecuted and that the trial .of
Treadwell will bring to an end. the
cases growing out of the bank failure.
' The jury retired from the courtroom
at 5:07 o'clock-, yesterday afternoon:
Twenty minutes later a request was
sent to the judge f^or'the copies of let
ters . and testimony in reference to
spirit control of ' the • bank's . affairs, and
at 5:52 o'clock the Jury announced its
readiness to report.'^ Most of the spec
tators who had 'crowded the courtroom
during the day had left when ;the jury
retired, and there, was but a handful of
people, - nearly half of \u25a0' whom were
women, in the room when the verdict
was announced. -•
GEARY IS SURPRISED
Attorney Thomas Geary, chief of
Bartnett's counsel, declared that the
verdict was a surprise to him, and an
nounced-that an appeal would be taken
as soon as a bill 'of exceptions could be
prepared. Judge Conley .'; asserted. .that
as Bartnett was under : heavy bail he did
not deem it necessary to order, him into
custody, and; set the date for judgment
for;. 10 .o'clock -next Tuesday: morning.
The finding of the jury set the value of
the 100 Western ' Pacific bonds em
bezzled, by>the defendant at, 531,700, knd
recomiriended. that .'mercy be shown, him
by the*cbilrt In passing Judgriient.
' Arguments' by\,the v opposing counsel
and the reading of the court's Instruc
tions occupied the entire day yesterday.
Two hours were given | to each sldo : for
a- final "summing; up, and Assistant Dis
trict i Attorney Cook began the argu
mentat .10 o'clock In the, morning. He
was followed by Attorney Oscar Cooper
for "the, defense, the concluding argu
ment ,f or Bartnett being delivered ;by
Attorney Geary during the" afternoon.
Cook's rebuttal then occupied the time
until, 4:30 o'clock,; when the instruc
tions of. the court, were r given. • •
COUXSEIi IS COURTEOUS
Tho arguments of the attorneys were
as clean cut and as free from personal
venom' as has been the conduct of the
entire trial. • Naturally Cook . attacked
Bartnett almost without pity, and
Cooper; and Geary responded with an
equally severe arraignment : of J. Dal
zell Brown, -whom they denounced as
a thief, and a , liar, but there: were no
underhanded "flings nor insinuations
from either side, and both Geary and
Cook. took 'occasion to compliment each
other 7 upon the fairness with which
the entire trial had been?conducted.
- Judge Conley and ,the members of
counsel received # tho thanks of the
jury for the consideration that had
been -shown; them, and' In 1 return the
court expressed -the utmost satisfaction
at Uhe ; manner . in which ; the jurors . had
undergone the hardship of being locked
up during- the and the efficiency
of their; service.' ,j:-.-", j : -.-" ; ; ' rv-,
A Cooks- opening argument .was; a logf
icar summing up of the case made by
the prosecution and an /appeal' for ; a
verdict 'based, on^ the evidence submit^
ted ito prove • Bartnett's ' . He" f ol-;
lowed the case against Bartnett in. ; de
tail arid then attacked Bartriett's- ten
timony./mercllessly assailing It as false
from 'beginning to; end. . He, showied
where Brown's, testimony. and the^cdrf
roboration given: It; byj other, .witnesses
madea^ complete; case against <the} de
fendant without a single, missing: link
and . then v- asked - the - Jury to decide
whether. Bartnett's ' testimony; Iri^ direct
opposition .' to all this evidence ' could be
accepted a^ i the i,truth. ; "Bartnett's tes
tirriony, i hoi asserted, > .was . the only : de:
nial "of ; the ' overwhelming -mass ot evl
dence; against 3 hlm.T arid ;eyen;, this was
incomplete , and ;,without ? corrbboratlori.
V Cook ; pictured ; Brown > as ' a . man <who
made bank presidents at will, and paral
leled :, his * case \to j. that -of * George "D.
Coliiris,' in that each T convicted himself
by his own harid-^-Collins by the
writing on;his marriage certificate and
BartnettVby,,; hls ; letters; to ; J." Dalzell
Brown;. -No plea Wa s, made > for. Brown,
;but,';; Instead, v'.he ; was :. denounced-; by
Cook; as -equally 1 guilty with Bartnett
and- Treadwell. :.\u25a0.\u25a0;>';•'\u25a0,
COOPER SPEAKS AVTELL;
"Oscar"' Cooper opened ; the ; argument
Hanoi!
for,, the: defense in a short -but .well
arranged apeech that; laid bare the line
of , Bartnetfs -policy.- of defense. , He
declared that Bartn«tt'» Sefforts^from
the_i Inception of j; his > connection* with
the 'bank :had: been directed toward re
trieving "Its fortunes and that the poor
ly organised and worthless subsidiary
companies which Contributed so largely
to its downfall had been an inheritance
from ,the ; former management. Then
he referred; to 'Bartnett's denial of
Brown's testimony, and insisted that
the Jury had only to decide which man's
word was } gopd \ and which bad. He
argued that Brown. was. a liar, as was
shown by his incentive to protect him
self and injure Bartnett, and that the
reason no. testimony was Introduced to
corroborate Bartnett. was because only
the two men ; were parties to \u25a0 the con
versations ' about which : the testimony
differed. J. Dalzell Brown and J. Dal
zell".Robertson..he said, were the real
crooks, and Bartnett : but ' an innocent
tool in the wrecking of the bank.
•Attorney Geary's /Argument -was a
masterful, summing up, but it was
without, the necessary foundation of a
sound"defens«KtO; produce any deep ef
fect on the jury. He pleaded eloquently
for. his client -.arid denounced Brown
roundly, asserting that Bartnett's great
est fault, had been a too sincere reli
ance In the honesty and Integrity of the
man whom he believed to be his friend.
Ih; conclusion he. stated that Bartnett
should mot be branded a felon on .the
"uncorroborated' testimony of a thief
and a •liar.'.' .. _\u0084-'\u25a0 • • '
' ;Cook brought the case to a close
with" a 40 minute i rebuttal argument,
covering: the points brought out by
Geary and Cooper. Cook was In the
best of voice and made a concise, logi
cal summing up. The Instructions given
by Judge Conley were reduced to the
very essential features, without the
mass of verbiage that so often clogs
the instructions given In a criminal
case, and it did not take over 30 min
utes in the reading.. 'No reference was
made in the instructions to the astral
Influences which the evidence displayed
as having- an Important part in the
bank 'management, and only in a desul
tory way was the psychic feature
brought Into the arguments.
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