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BY GRAND JURY
District Attorney and Four Su=
pervisors Are Accused by
Inquisitors
Scheme to Defraud County in
Courthouse Contract Is
Alleged
Sheriff Also Eaces Loss of Job
for Reputed "Willful Neg
lect of Duty"
Attorney Lan&don of San Francisco to
undertake the prosecution of Bullock.
The * accusations against Bullock's
comrades in the ring were filed with
the district attorney himself and he
will have the paradoxical task of hav
ing, at least, to go through the motions
of prosecuting. members of the board of
supervisors for a crime which the grand
jury believes him. to be equally guilty.
Bullock and the supervisors are
charged with Having prepared a con
tract, "for the benefit of the J. J.
O'Brien construction company." and "to
cheat and defraud the county of San
Matco," for additional steel work on
the dome of ihe new courthouse, the
job to cost $2,991.
Secqet Contract Drawn
This contract was drawn up at-a.
secret meeting of the four, members of
the board held. September 21, 1908, and
'thfe district" attorney "Wtt the- super
visors are charged with having tried
•to'-inake County Clerk Joseph H. Nash
enter the ' contract in Uhe minutes of
the board for September S. Nash re
fused to attest this or alter
the records by inserting the contract
-as if it had been regularly passed Sep
tember S.
Sherjff Chatham is charged with hav
ing, permitted Clifton West; a colored
marina prisoher'in' the county "Jail, to
escape. - Chatham, on November 3.
ejection day, tooJk We«t out of Jail and
to the polls to vote in a close election.
Within tlie meaning-'of the law he.per
mitted West: to escape-
It was asserted this evening that the
accusations returned are but the fore
runners Of fresn. sensations. ' It "was
stateri that tlie grand Jury will prob
ably recommend' to the board of super
visors that Glenn Allen of San .Fran
cisco,, supervising architect of the new
courthouse, be removed for cause, evi
<3fenc*;bejag in ' tlie hands of. the" jury
that he approved -claims of the J. J.
O'Brien construction company for prog
ress payments on work that had not
been done.. He. .ls ..also said^.to have
overdrawn his commissions on the Job.
•
May Abrogate Contract
Supervisor P. H. , McEvoy of Menlo
Park declared today that when » the
board meets February 1 he will pos
sibly recommend that portions, if not
all, of certain contracts existing be
tween the county and the J- J. O'Brien
construction company, be abrogated.
It* is understood that the report of
Foreman George R. Sneath of the
grand jury will recommend that the
supervisors take drastic action against
Use O'Brien company. The 'chief backer
of the O'Brien company Is "Cousin Jim"
Nealon, for one term assessor of San
Francisco and now a .capitalist. J. J.
O'Brien is president of the. company.
Will Recommend Suit
The grand jury will also recommend
that Superior .Judge* Buck take the
proper action to recover from County-
Treasurer P. P. Chamberlain and the
First national bank of Redwood City
some 58.000 due the county as interest
on county funds deposited by Cham
berlain in the bank of which he is
vice president, director and stock
holder. The money, according to the
report to be filed by E. J. White, ex
pert accountant for the grand jury,
has been deposited- in utter violation
of the law. No criminal proceedings
will be t-i ken against Chamberlain, a
member of the grand jury said today.
The expert will report that while the
money, some $250,000, on deposit In the
First national bank, is placed to the
credit of the county treasurer. Cham
berlain has drawn against It with .his
check, and not with the official
signature of county treasurer." That
personal checks on the funds have been
honored is a dangerous irregularity,
according to the accountant.
.The county funds were counted this
afternoon by the finance committee of
the grand jury, of which M. F. Brown
is - chairman. Th« accounts of the treas
• urer. were found to.be correct.; ..
The witnesses whose names, are in
scribed to the accusations against Bul
lock and the supervisors are County
Clerk J. J. Nash and-Bupervisors Black
burn and , Coleman and ex-Supervisors
Mcßain. Debenedettland Elkerenkotter.
Natch .was the. chief witness. Ho testi
fied that Bullock sent his stenographer.
Miss Gillis, to the county "clerk's office
with the contract and the message that
it be inserted in the minutes for Sep
tember S. while the document was first
exhibited in December and was known
to have been the result of a secret
meeting held September 21; Nash 're
fused to do Bullock's bidding and later
BuJlock went to him in person and
asked him to fix it right. Bullock last
evening declared that Nash's testimony
was false.
Statement Substantiated
The grand jurors say, however, that;
Nash's word is fully substantiated. It
is possible that perjury charges may be
instituted against Bullock before the
grand jury.
The witnesses against. Chatham were *
Justice of the Peace James Hannon \u25a0
and Dan Miller, both election officers
where West, under the protective cha
peronag-e of the sheriff," voted November
3. Hannon was the justice who,.Octo
ber 23, sentenced West to jail for,- 40
days for petty, larceny.. 1 Hannon testl- :
lied that he .was astonished when West
appeared out of -jail' ll days later and
voted. Chatham's excuse- in. the case
was that warranted his tak
ing West to the polls. '
The grand Jury adjourned today until
Wednesday, January 27, when the final
reports will be adopted.; .
Langdon's Time Taken Up
District Attorney Langrdon said last'
evening that . he .had not beard I : from
Judge Buck of San.Mateo regarding the
court's request that Langdon act in
prosecuting the accusations of imlscon-
duct against District Attorney Bullock'
of San Mat*o. Therefore.he^wouldnot
discuss the case. UangdonVwill \u25a0 finish
the trial of A. S. Newburgh today' and
begin that of. ex-Supervls^r Coffey next
Monday, so his time is well taken up".
Five San Mateo County Officials Face
Charges of Corrupt Misconduct in Office
Portraits of the five San Matco ; o fficials 'jwho [ are accused by- the 'f grind * jury-
SOLONS AIM BLOW
AT PEOPLE'S LOBBY
Representative of Association Is
Barred From House for "Dar
ing" to Ask Question
Continued From Paje 1
men that ever sat in the California
legislature, were other absentees who
received identical letters. „
Wheejan ran to the assembly for pro
tection from the ravening wolves that
would make their records public prop
erty after giving them a chance to ex
plain their acts and put themselves in
the right light Wheelaii pleaded a
question of personal privilege and the
dogs of war were loosed upon the "in
famous people's lobby." ••
Feeley moved that the assembly take
the newspaper credentials away from
j Anderson. Speaker Stanton could not
I discover what rule had been violated
I by Anderson, but there was nothing
for him to do but sit back" and watch
the storm of outranged righteousness
which threatened wreck and disaster]
for a half nour. •> ' \u25a0 . ,-,,i<
Beardslee said • that the honor of
his "brother Wheelan" had been as- :
sailed. Rather ] would jhe ' shed his ]
life blood and endless, oratory, than
subject Wheelan to the impertinent
queries of any representative of the
people.
Grove Johnson's Comment
. Grove L. Johnson mildly announced
that "these people are not flt;..to
breathe the same air with us," while
Cogswell said that he was mighty
glad of an opportunity to have the
people Informed of the reason for his
failure 1 to vote on Mott's motion to re
refer. '": .
T. D. Johnston of Contra Costa de
clared:
"OurVights are far above the rights
of any peoples" lobbyists or any news
paper representatives," and the last
word had been spoken. The creden
tials which Anderson has not used
were taken from- him and formally de
clared the subject of an Investigation
to be conducted by the committee on
rules, pending which he must not set
his foul lobbyist foot "upon the- floor
of the assembly nor yet in the gallery
provided for the common garden va
riety of man. — »
Indignation Expressed
Indignation was .general /among the
members of the People's legislative bu
reau in San Francisco yesterday when
they learned that George B. Anderson,
one of their representatives in Sacra
mento, had been expelled from the floor
of the assembly because of a letter *he
had -written to Assemblyman Wheelan
of this city, asking him to explain his
absence during the session when the
anti-racetrack bill was under consid
eration. By some of the members of
the bureau • It was stated that such
opposition to their work had been ex
pected..
"George B. Anderson of Los Angeles,
In charge of our Sacramento headquar
ters, was following out the instructions
given him by the executive committee
to secure an accurate record of each
member for future use," said Isidor Ja
cobs, chairman of the executive com
mittee Of the bureAu.*sß9£Hßfltt9B
"These men who raised. the fuss evi
dently forgot that they are the people's
representatives and are not their mas
ters. •' Prior to v the last election -we
might have published the ; records of
some of the members of the legislature
from the city.. We were -importuned
to publish this record, but refrained
from doing so. Hereafter we shall take
hold vigorously and the records will
be published for the benefit of , the
people of the state. Honest men will
have nothing to fear. 'Others will'un
derstand that the people of California
will know them -for what they are.
HAVE MAXY MEJIBERS
"We- have upward of "1,400: members
on our, auxiliary Z. committee -and are
represented in "every: township , and
county in California.. Besides we have
more" than 60,000 members pledged to
the work.:' The-actlon ; ,t»ken>,in Sacra
mento will ..probably, result ,in an I.ln
crease in our rnenibefship.to more than
loo.ooo." \ '-;'!"' ;- .v. v . '"\u25a0''"\u25a0 '\u25a0 ''",
Milton U*Renl another member, of 'the
bureau, spoke in*a^rmHarlstraln.
•This- -action.^places*. the; legislature
on record." ': he>'sald,* ;"and ' shows " just
such . an 'attitude? as ? we.; ; expected. The
rule adopted aY f ewLdays ago keeping
certain ' persons off the ; floor was."in
tended .primarily as : a blow at "usi
Speaker. Stanton, s and*^Lieutenant ~Gov
ernor POrter in" particular,: -are .'inimical
to us. A Bhort time ago, so'meiof. bur
members were;dlscussingJthe initiative !
with Senator Wright ' of: San: Diego/
and he promised to" stand ; with us: J Por- j
ter saw <the * members f; of i the "bureau
-talking'to Wrightandrcalled .hlmj over.
Later Wright told us 'that he' did not
think" he -Could stay "with .vus*. on 'tife
initiative: 'This.attltude? toward our
work will , not ; stop us* for/ we" intend
to continue, to keep a 'sharp ej-e oh the
legielature.'VV" :.'v
. The'people'sleglßlative-bureauis in
terested' particularly; in) the * initiative,
'.the.: direct primary; and^ th« «ji*i-race
track '/gambling''' measures.*'-:-'' •
]j^y&M!Wßs^^^
MBS. CHAS PIATT
PLANS STAGE DEBUT:
Society Woman Will Join Trav
eling Company as "Betty
Borroughs"
Continued Prom Page '\u25a0 1
will play Sir Toby Belch *o a queen's
taste. \ '-"\
WARPI ELD OFFERED PART
"Emerson "War field has been offered a
choice of several parts and after read
ing over the play is still in doubt as
to: which role he will select. Miss
Elaine Davis, late' of the" Valencia com
pany, will be another member of ; the
cast. : ,
"Of course, the floods .which have
Inundated part of the territory s that, my'
company expected, to cover, have al
tered my plans more or less, but -'as
soon as the rain ceases rehearsals will
be taken up with renewed vigor." . ;
i Hedmond : Tom • Flood," who ..was once
with Ben Greet in the I'sahs scenery
plays of Elizabethan times. Is under-,
stood to be * the .. advance agent as weli
as a member of the .cast. Matthieu
will combine the ', functions 1 of man
ager, treasurer and. stage director. ;
But Mrs. Platt Is the star attrac
tion of the, Matthieu legitimate play
ers. Although she has had no experl
enceeither as amateur or professional,
shfe comes from the land of " the Im
mortal bard, and as she herself: ex
presses it, "kno\vs Shakespeare by the
yard." . .
CHAMBERI-AIN ELECTED
SENATOR FROM OREGON
His Opponents Assert He 'Win
•Not Be Seated
" SALEM, Ore., Jan. 20. — On., joint- as
sembly'of the senate and house at ; noon
today- President.; Bowerman declared
George E. Chamberlain elected -United
States senator from Oregon. The rec
ords of the vote in the separate 'houses
of yesterday; were read andJßowerman
declared thatv Chamberlain, having re
ceived a majority in each- house, .was
duly elected. No joint vote: was taken.
Opponents of Chamberlain assert that
he, will not be seated.: "They allege they
have: positive: assurance that the com
mittee on elections . wiliv not : seat' hinv
This, will be done. i they aver, ?; because
Oregon's method of electing senators Is
now being advocated byNew>York and
other states, -and the only: way, to /pre
vent the spread of, the Oregon idea is to
reject' Chamberlain ' when •he presents
his credentials. , . . .\u25a0;-*-\u25a0; -->-
A measure .was introduced ml the
house today making It a misdemeanor
to. take statement. No; i: or to make* any
pledge on the senatorship.when'a can
dldate for the legislature. ; It: provides
a ; fine and' imprisonment' as a-penalty
and also provides that any one, who
should be -electetl- after : taking -'the
pledge shall ;• not be Beated.
THOUSANDS CHEER^ART '
IN AUGUSTA, GEORGIA
President Elect ; Praises South
in Banquet Speech
AUGUSTA, Ga.,. Jan. ; . 20.'— rßlchmond
county, " Ga.,' today .j modestly • proclaimed
William v H. : Taf t as At 6 % own— that . he
was .a ; resldent.of ; Augusja when ; the
presidental i . in U. the, various
states 'declared hlm/.to be. the' 'president
elect; that as such he} was *a,' Georgian
by birth and had. lived 1 where he was
born all of his * presidential r life. \u25a0 i
. Thousands ;.Vof , "Aiigustans ;';\u25a0 clinched
thisTclalm ".with* a shout' 1 of -approval,*
as :* Major. J. - Crßlack said « many i other
complimentary:; things., about a Taf f' ; iln v
presenting; him ; tolthe great .mass meet- 1
ing^that had^assembled'-' around; : the
same • stand ; from .^which^ President? Me-"
Kinley,; spoke. 1 « . ,';-.' \u25a0 ;^:-^,;: ':; : "' ; -\\s-?. \u25a0\u25a0\u25a0--\u25a0"/'\u25a0
A banquet v was held tonights at -The'
Terrace. ; wh§re".Taft* addressed ;the!dls
ti nsrui shed in en of Georgia and South
Carolina. ...The- banquet j.wfts^ attended
by more". ; thani;2oo',menft;the.lguests|of
the^Augusta^chamber'of 'commerce, and
Included JohrifD. 'Rockefeller ; arid j Gov
ernor Ansel of South Carolina.;: Taf U
\n &.-. speech.v again . voiced v i his ' good
feeling, forithe south.' j •; ; "\u25a0 •:'"\u25a0'
ARMYAORDERS
i- WASHINGTON. ' D." C Jan. 20.— Army
orders: . Captains James .Totte.i; Coast
urtlHery. corpse recently 'promoted, sis
placed", on Mist; and* will
port, to commanding tomceartllleryidls
.trlct of -v Manila } bay f* for,*: dutyj* on'^hls
staff."?-? Major iThomas iß.iLamorux," Coast
artillery^ corps;? recentjy^promotedii.will
proceed' to : Forttßarry.tCaliforniariand
assume. command^ of; that post;- ; - ;^ ;
Headaches nnd ; \u25a0 Xeuralda i From % Colds
L«xatlTejßronjo| Qutnine.i the s world s -widef Cold
and l Grip^ remedy,;, removes caufe.',; Call ? f or ': full
name.' Look for sljfnature,' E..W. Grore.iJßc'r • ;>-:i
VENICE ISLAND IS
MENACED BY FLOOD
Danger Mark Will Be Reached
Around Stockton at Four
This Afternoon
Continued From I'ax'e 1 j
of the waters of,, the river sufficiently
to cause the. river; to rise over the 6
inches" it- has to go before overflowing
the levee. Venice island will" be inun
dated. Should the levess withstand the
test: Venice -will" be safe for the season.
-All .other- islands are -believed.' to be
now-proof against inundation. With
the exception of the Aldrich and : Kile
places,,', near.'- Newhope, none of the
island territory has been, flooded, and
in . these tracts there will be r little
damage,- as the excellent drainage- fa-:
cilitieg will enable the planters to get
in a summer' crop. \u25a0 ' : > ' '-
MarysviHe Little Damaged
-MARYSVILLE; ; Jari^'2O.— One "Of'the
worst storms in, the' history of tMs
city, occurred today. For several hours
the ;f wind" reached a* velocity of :- over
50 miles an hour, and the -rain, fell An
torrents.- No material damage was
done. \u25a0\u25a0 \u25a0 .-. .: \u25a0 .-\u25a0 .- \- 1 .•• \u25a0,- -\u25a0' .
At. 10 o'clock tonight the Yuba river
registered 17:5* feet, a rise of two feet
in; the last *24 hours. The Feather,
river -at that tlmfe registered 18. S, feet.
Both rivers are rising slowly. .
The Yubavirlver'i has almost com-.
peltely changed i ts" course 'and; is. now
going through the . Morrison grade
levee, which greatly relieves' the con
dition, here. \ The total : precipitation
for- the season amounts to 11.20.1nches,
as compared' with 5.86 inches the same
time last year. •
; No trains arrived • today, from the '
south and "but one Southern '\u25a0 Pacific
local arrived from ' Oroville, after be
ing stalled there? for. a week. ;.r-:
The Northern electric company ran
a -train- today to 'Live Oak and from
there transferred its paswengera on to
the Southern Pacific for Redding and
other points north;
ilarriman; Lines Damaged
: PORTLAND, Jan." 2o.— Heavy damage
has. been. caused on the Harriman lines
in the : northwest." ..The ; . most " serttms , is
the destruction of a quarter of roadbed
on the 'new extension of the Ilwaco
beach line. \u25a0 , >: .-•\u25a0•.-;-..' \u25a0\u25a0••
The* Shaniko -' branch of the Oregon
Railroad; and Navigation company -is
completely "tied up as the result of the
high water; in ,; Hay creek.:
The Washington division of, the O. R.
& N., is closed ' to \u25a0 traffic between.Uma
tllla and, Wallula;, where, 60 feet of a
bridge has been swept away and num
erous \u25a0.mud;, slides ; have' impeded 'the
movement of trains.
Fifty Homes Damaged \u25a0
* GOLF AX, .Wash.. 1 - Jan. 20.— The high'
water in the South 7 Palouse: river low
ered six -feet during the night after
damaging about- 50 . homes. One v hun
dred feet .ot wall- '-.with l part
of •the courthbuseyard- was taken out,
doing 81,000 damages:V :
Tha ,MoScow-Colfax>' branch of V; the
pregon^, railroad .and 'navigation com
pany; is; running?on time; ; but the main
line is washed out in- many: places west
of Colfax. ..;
: The \u25a0 SpokaneV.electric line is washed
out ,m : many places between - Colfax
and- Spokane. \ ..;.".;. - \u25a0' .-
Woodland in Darkness , ,
-h. WOODLAND, Jan.' 2O.— A terrific wind
and rain <?, storm > broke' over v this: city
about 1 o'clock', this' afternoon and con
tinued /until* 9 o'clock; tonight.: ;, The"
electric * lights and*: power ' line was ' out
of commission for -three hours .tonight
and communication with , the /outside
world; was out: off for the s saaaßj length
of time: No .serious damage has been
reportedas yet.';' Several -houses in the
country,-d|stricts";are /surrounded : with
water,---, but'^the /occupants .have -been
rescued. • is&Sf
Mfashout:Stops Traffic ; V
' ; SANuRAFAEL^' Jan.f: 20.— Traffic on
the \u25a0•\u25a0. Northwestern*/ Pacific-; railroad \u25a0 be
tween this? cityj and': Ignaclo'' has "r been
interrupted;: since £8 this^even
ing;^ due a ; washout.^ T^
southbound 'ifrom^Ukiah^ arrived; in Ig
riacibiseyen hqurfi'jlate. * At'a late hour
tonight 'all ; northbound, trains were
stalled at San i ßafael;;; ; U-- '.'.
Landslide .Wrecks- Train
:- s ASHLAND;!Ore:*VJan^2O!— A slide of
earth! and [rock j came; down on a. south
bound ?r Pacific;; freight strain
three miles nor th^bf /Ashland itoaay; and
wrecked?and|derailcd;sevenJcars.«-:lt<is
expectedithe' way iwill 'be: cleared? for
passenger>trains?byjtonight.> .
iiandslidesf (Tie^Up Trains
\u25a0s -.Word(was'receivedfatitiip;central.of
fices *of i the I Southern's Pacificiyesterday
that j he -heavlefctt rainstorm the i sea^j
son > broke *on,TuesdayK; night idn v the
Shasta i division^- accompanied? with -dis
aster :> to : the v" tracks.*-?* At 9:30 ' in the
evenlhgcthere^wasJa^landslideJatlCan
tarai near,? Shasta£Springs,\whlch" cov
ered* 6O;feet of ; track? 9? feetideepr. Gangs
; weret put ? s t6Cwork*and* the was
cleared and trains which? had been held
all^nightiwefessentUhrough.^Theidlvl
siont>superintendentT-*r€ports ithats the
earthf^is&crumbling^badlyjand ihejjis
fearfull of | more* landslides. ilfithereHs
any^iprospectXofs* falling^ earth "trains
will';be*tiedsuprfor^theinlght|lniorder,
not itp? expose s them, 'to i being fwrecked
;by4lahdßlides;g^Helfurther^reportsithat
the,Sacramento;Tiveriis!high!andiwithin
four * leet^of 'the Jtrack". in" many ; places.'
PRESIDENT IS
ARRAIGNED BY
HOUSE MEMBERS
Roosevelt s^ Letter :oii -Anti'
\u25a0 Japanese^ Legislation r Is ry :
Called an 'Insult - 1 : !
A; M. Drew and Grove Johnson
h Protest Against Postpon
ement of Action,
Possibility^ of ' Bill Now Being
Passed by "Legislature Is
; t Very Meager
[Special \ Dispatch to The Call]
CALL HEADQUARTERS, CHAMBER
OF jBUILDIXG^ SACRA 1 -
MENTO, Jjan:f.'3o«— -Tliere : will be 'no
anti- Japanese \u25a0 legislatiohV" enacted . by
the* tlurty-elghtn -session: of-' the Cali
fornia . legislature. ..There lis ; no , longer
any 'room-;. for doubt on' that^head.;
And .<-if ;, there' « "were a-: 'possibility
of vvthe * "passage :of \u25a0;','efther : ; ; the
Drew;, bill \ aliens ' ; to " . a,c^;
quire and hold : real property in vthis
state i. J or^the,r ; Jo!inson. bill
alien V directors;. of California vcorpora
tions^Governor * Gillett's- -veto *. would
stand: between' them,and the - statute
books. ~y '
y -The, -..action of the assembly this
morning, ., when - both the Drew and
Johnaon" bills, wefe put over, for /a week
and in , the - matter of its refusal- to" pass
Preston's 'resolUtion ; calling upon Presi
dent: Roosevelt- for- information touch
ing pending^ negotiations iWith- Japan,
was the'beglnnin"g>'of the ; end. When
the "' Drew - and 'Johnson bllls'come" up
for-final actipnrif they ever get to that
stage,;: they -are. slated for defeat and
Speaker: Stantoii. will ; not let any de
minds^ for ; executive Information get
through.cGovernorGillett- refused to
day to talk further ;for publication,
contenting "" v himself .with a general
statement, that there was nothing "fur
ther to^say./ The' fact remains, how
ever, that he considers both the John
son and' Drew bills as ridiculous as
well as . serious menaces to the material
welfare .of -the' state quite aside . from
tlieir Application to the Japanese ques
tion. ' \u25a0': \u25a0'. \u25a0 ' :,'\u25a0: - .
"So pronounced is the new attitude of
the seriate and' assembly leaders that ,lt
Is safe to- predict; that not even a law
for-tht- segregation of Asiatics in the
public schools will be enacted.
ROOSE VKLT IS ARRAIGXED
After Drew had moved the postpone
ment - of „, consideration ; until next
AVednesday Johnson began his arraign
mentof the president for the interven
tion;: - " ,
"Two years ago Mr. Drew had a sim
ilar bill before the assembly regard-"
ing : aliens,": said : Johnson, "and we' re
ceived,-a .similar- telegram : 'from Ithe
president to the effects that
here? might cause trouble" with Japan.
I and other^ members- yielded to r the
request of our: spectacular president.
We've waited two years, and what's the
result? The condition as to the^Jap
anese Isiworse' than, it-was "two years
ago." So ".\u25a0'•; far .as ' Sacramento is con
cerned,, there are now between two
and three times as many Japanese -In
this city as there .were two years ago.
In r so": far as I \ am . concerned I have
no fear of any big stick."
•"The only, question; before the house
is toi: postpone- action, and you can
discuss only the question- to '; postpone
action,'! interposed Speaker Stanton. .
WAXTBD", IMMEDIATE! ACTION
"I differ' with; the: chair," 'responded
Johnson. "I favor acting today because
nothing can be gained by delay/ The
Japanese araan ulcer, on, society. We
ought riofpay any attention:>to any
telegram and ought. to act immediately
because jitis-for the benefit of Califor
nia. -,' Let; us act now — the sooner the
better." V ' \u25a0 : ..'-.' -. ' "
1 Johnson 'continued by, saying he had
helped ; throw -down . .the "\u25a0\u25a0 gauntlet .: to
Great -Britain in the Venezuela, affair
of 1895 when he 'was in congress 'and
voted ;to \ sustain | Grover Cleveland. 1 ' ; -" :'
"I am ; inclined to believe the request
of the:governor and the president does
mean something," said C. C. . Young of
Berkeley, *?' Mr.; Johnson to- the contrary
notwithstanding. I don't see that the
matter! of -putting this -consideration
over, for J a week is going to make a
great difference."
f* Drew : then -took the floor and after
saying he had ;received numerous let
ters urging • the passage of legisla
tion; against the Japanese, .'asked that
the ; bill ':be re-referred and* that the
governor; and \u25a0 some ; of the senators , be
invited to ;appea.r; before the committee."
PRESIDENT'S LETTER INSULTING
X"l ' thinks the; president's; letter, is, in T
suiting -to. the .members in the terms
in which it id, couched, .but I believe
he is! entitled -to consideration,"- Said
Drew; afte reasserting that 'Johnson's
representationsvas, . to \u25a0;;* the" encroach
ments'of ;.tho"" Japanese were correct.'
.'T? favor 'passing the.: bill '- if • no" better
reason, is -given I'than1 'than appears -in the
parts-^of the letfter^publlehed. j:lf a"con
test wlthjthe.' Japanese*ls\to^come there
can ;b'e"*n6 -better* time i than* now." L ; :
'BDrew,'s:nibtion'-, to defer -action on his
bill- to"" prevent; aliens fromr retaining
title ito:. land Lin this state -was carried
byr the? following." vote: *
Ayes-^-Barndollar,': Bea'rdslee; Bohnett,
Callan, '••'; Cat tell;.-; Cogswell, ', Collier, Cos
tar, Dean. .Drew,; Feeley. Fla
velle,'**Fleisher;f Flint,^.Gerdes; '^Gibbons,
Gillis, Grifilths.'Hammon. Hanlon, Hawk,
Hewitt, i Hinkle.rHolmquist; Leeds. Mc-
Clellan, 1 Melrose." Mend^nhall;:- Moore,
Otis,' ; Peri ne,- Preston, vPulcifer,"' Rech,
Sackett; Silver.\TransueV-Wagner,.Whit
ney/i.Wyllle, I*Young,1 * Young,? and' Rtanton— 43; *:
"»s; Noes — -Baxter,*4Beatty,lßeban, ' Black,
Butler,: ?Collum,>Cullen. vGreer,"; Hans,
Hayes, > Hopkins.i Irwin,? Johrison . of Sac
ramento.v Johnson ; of J San? Diego,/John
ston r. of Contra >Costa,vJuilliard;= Kehbei'
Li ghtner, •? Mac Auley.YMaher,: McManus.
Mott,^ Nelson,^: OdQtn, -i O'Neil," Polsley,
Pugh, = / -,Rutherford.%' Schmitt,' Stucken
bruck.\'Telfer," Webber.'.Wheelan,-- Wil
son-^34:v^sqt|MnMBSUHBO!SBBIVw)iBS
\u25a0\u25a0.;;\u25a0\u25a0 p'rew|dffer'edj a concurrent resolution
formal committee^of ithree • tof Investigate
the' Japanese situation! inUhis state and
appropriating;. $2,0001 to -defray* the: ex
peneesiof-the'oommittee. f. The : resolu
tiori'iwent.to^ the [committee; on' rules.
President's ; Reason ; Q i yen
[Special- Ditpalch : ; . io,The\Call] '
. WASHINGTON, Ja n. 2 0.^-While) such
assurances 'as i haver: come ;fromVrepre-*
sentitiyef Pacific ; ; coast "men j- regarding;
therflimprobability » of .V- legislation in
Calif orniaf* adverse i to ; : the ' /Japanese
hay e^undoubtedlyjjdoriey much ; toT re^
lieye l.the^apprehensioh'Ci that ; exists |;in
administration lcircles, J . it t is; &'~ fact that
the^deepest concern <-existsp as* to? the
future.^ ;\u25a0£ Nothing;' that <; has? happened
recehtlyiini congress tor/elsewherej has
s6Tabsorbed|tHe|attehti6nJo.flthelpresr
d€rtt|and|Secretary,| Boot? as" 5 the \ threat
enedfJapajieselleglslati6ri|iir^Califo"r'niat
It|wasl imposslblej' f or J the I president! in
hi^letteryUbS Governor.;" Gillett^ito , tell
all|^Jthe^rea6onsithat^influenced^him
in§makln«; hisifunprecedehted-^* protest
PRESIDENTS WISHES
ARE CONSIDERED
Governor, GiUelt Maml* ready to
\u25a0%-eto'thc- anti-Japanese . bill should
it ' pnsu ; both houses. Those, in a
position -to knoTvs*»ert there is
absolutely no. possibility of the
bill becomlnc-a law. A. .31. Drew
and Grove L.. Johnson object to
postponement of measure and ar
raign the pres!<!<rut. Ffßnreii .are
Kulimlttrd to show Imml^mtton of
little "brown 1 ;, men in dcereasJns:.
Roosevelt believes t-are .should be
used \u25a0 ' ho Vas \ not • to «tart • serious
"c'whpllea<io'uj£> '.*
! against such ' action byT the .California
; legislature. -^ . y. : - . . . L
SV.MJPATHIZESjiy ITU .CAUFOZtSIAXS
;The : president -with. Cali
fornians. . He ' hag » no desire whatever
to : "wleld the* big 'stick' over .' thenW He
is .as much a believer In preserving
American Institutions 'as' "kny^- Cali
forrilan* is, but* he* does believe a was*
can be found "to'avbid legislation which.
In his opinion, .would almost certainly
lead to retaliation on the part of. Japan.
with 'the most; serious consequences.
Suppose California should enact legis
lation aimed at the Japanese and the
Japanese answer .should be •retaliation
upon Americans In Japan.' including
the exclusion of missionaries and per
haps violence. Such action .would force
the United States, to take the initiative
and demand ,redres3." Such- a demand
would: mean, necessarily that .the United
States must be ready to use force.
Such; possibilities as these are caus
ing, the. president's . concern. He be
lieves; also. \u25a0• ghats' 1 If California. *hould
enact anti- Japanese legislation, Japan
would conclude, that the promises of
the; f •United; States were worthless and
would," ' accordingly, cea^se to observe
her agreement to prevent ' the Immi
gration 'of : laborers to the United
States.' , This would cause a flood of
immigration, -thus leading to -an ex
clusion act and reprisals that might
end in war. ; It can be stated on au
thority that these are. the real reasons
for " President Roosevelt's apprehen
sions.: . He could not state this in his
letter- to Governor Glllett, which was
intended to .be." made public. But they
are .the real 7 reasons" why he desires
the California legislature to go slow
for ; thev time*' being."
Board of 'Trade Active
: WASHINGTON^ . Jan. 20.-r-fhe na
tional board of trade was received at
the White -House , 'this afternoon by
President Roosevelt. The annual- ban
quet was given- tonight and among the
speakers were Francis B. Loomis.
American commissioner general to the
Tokyo exposition. Loomis said that
there was no doubt as to the sincereity
of the entertainments given by Japan
in' honor of the battleship fleet, when
that nation expended $600,000.
"Not only the government." said
Loomis, "but. the whole people took
pains to show, in a memorable and
convincing way, that their historic
liking for the American people was in
nowise impaired by the often grave and
embarrassing pressure of new condi
tions."
Loomis urged upon the national
board of trade that it join heartily
with the commercial bodies of the Pa
ciflc,coast in an invitation, to the cham
bers of commerce of .Japan to send a
number of their representative busi
nessmen to America next autumn to
visit all the large cities.
•: Loomis declared that he knew of no
more ; practical method of increasing
America's trade- with the orient than
to bring oriental buyers to these mar
kets. • . .">,
It was. he said, the duty of commer
cial organizations of 'the United' States
to- support the government \u25a0 in its
endeavors to secure just treatment for
the Japanese and just, consideration
for-the interests, of this country. Be
cause of the peculiar interest of the
people of the Pacific coast in the
problem, Loomis asserted that they
should' have confidence In the justness
of the government at Washington and
trust it to deal wisely and well with
the situation.
Loomis said he had been assured by
the Japanese minister of foreign af
fairs'that the government was doing
everything In its power to discourage
emigration to the United States.
Notes Satisfy Japan-
TOKYO. Jan.' 21. — Marquis Katsura,
the. premier, opened the house of lords
at noon today. : and In hfs- speech dwelt
upon :th'e\ cordial foreign relations ex
isting at 'present between Japan and
other powers, which he declared were
'particularly favorable at this time.
He said . that 1 the alliance with Great
Britain had resulted in strengthening
the bonds ' of friendship and mutual
good . will with that country, and de
clared that; a satisfactory exchange of
notes -.with America has removed all
misunderstandings between Japan and
the United Spates, whereby peace In
the far east is absolutely Insured.
Asks That Promise Be Kept
spurred' by the press -dispatches be
tween the. national capital and Sacra
mento' and alleging that powerful in
fluences from Washington and Toklo
are being brought to bear upon the
members of the California legislature
in the interest of Asiatic aliens and
against the- welfare of the citizens of
the . state, the Asiatic exclusion league
has. addressed a communication to Gov
ernor' Gillett and the members of the
state 1 legislature urging support for the
Grove "Johnson bill. \ '
The • exclusion league denies the as
sertions that the -Japanese are decreas
ingin.number~in.the United States and
cites reports* of the commissioner gen
eral „ of 'immigration. .Figures showing
an increase in the number, of Japanese
admitted to this country during the
montns: from. May to October, 1908, in
clusive,; are -submitted.
;'. The 'league feels, that Japan gives no
guarantee that "any, agreement to stop
the immigration to this country of the
little. f bf own, men will bo kept. 'It
calls upon:, the members of the 'senate
and:ass#mbly - t to ; keep their pledges,
made ! to ithe, voters previous to the re
cent election, and in conclusion reminds
the that they have . been
sent to -Sacramento to legislate for the
welfare: and: happiness of ( the people of
California; and , not to enact laws . for
the protection of aliens.
"2 08TJONES TBIP — Paso Roblci. Jan. . 20.
OoTerno^ * Cosgroto ' of WAShlnitfon. who was
to.haTe.gone north today. bs» dfferrpd hl« de
parture - nntll Friday; ln. order •; to :recclTe a dele
patlon ': his ? state trblch - will- be here on
Thursday. ??3SHBMQBi
MIX FOR RHEUMATISM
Eminent Physician Given Oat His Most
' EfTeetlve Formula
never falling, rem-
edy for rheumatism, anid if followed'up
It will effect a complete cure ;of the
very .Worst 'cases: ,* "Mix half pint of
i grood : whiskey • with : one ;ounce of \u25a0 Toris
compound^and = add? one ounce /syrup; of
Sarsaparilla compound. Take*ln table-
spoonful rdoses before each meal and- at
bed! tlme.V/- The, ingredients can be' pro-'
cured 'iatfany^drugr^.store and easily
mixed at : home.
rr t t N6t \u25a0 only/,will;"thiB J formula promptly
relievo the muscular pains, but it is also
one -of * the :most r effective . system
erg fknownf. to 1 ? the profession. It will
increase; the ; appetite and. if use l^ls con-
tinued',; will "^eventually -\ restore full
physical ; vigor Jj to: all. persona of failing
strength, especially v the; decline caused
by - ag*. \u25a0
compound \'ln* connection
with the- other 3 ingredlents v has such a
decided action iln purifying _ the -; blood
that the • good * results \u25a0 can be felt after
theJnrst?fewtdoses,but",lt, would be a'
serlous^mistake v :to -'discontinue 'until
healttx'is (ully; recovered."
THREE STEAMSHIP
OFFICERS RESCUED
Trio, on Rescue Bent, Them*
selves Are Endangered When .
Boat Capsizes
f v
Captain of Ferry and Two Deck
hands Save Them From
Three officers of the steamer Presi
dent were saved from drowning yester
day afternoon by Captain Punisan and
Deck Hands Roy-B!»hop and Thomas
Free of the Santa Fe ferry boat San
Pueblo. Captain Dunlin saw thre»
men clinging to the bottom of a small
boat as he 'was bound for San Francis
co from Point Richmond. The nervy
captain ordered a boat lowered and h»
and his two men manned it and rowed
to the rescue of the three. They were
the chief engineer, chief steward and
second officer.
According to' the story tpld Captain
Dunigan the three men saw a small
boat being tossed about by the heavy
sea during the afternoon with -what ap
peared to be an unconscious man lying
in the bottom j>t the craft. They low
ered a boat from the President, wbicn
is tied up near Goat Island, and started
to Investigate.
When, they reached the drifting boat
they found that the supposed man was
a piece of canvas and they started bacle
for the steamer.
On the row back a heavy sea
swamped their boat, overturning . It.
They clung to the bottom of the boat
for about two hours, when they were
taken off by Captain Duntsan and the
two members of his crew. The res
cuers had a hard struggle making: th»
ferry boat. The rescued men from to*
President were landed at San Francisco
and were subsequently taken to their
ship in a private launch.
XECKO WILL BE HA.VGED
SAN* BERNARDINO. Jan. 20.— Ed Sil
ver, a negro, was sentenced by Judge
Lindsay this afternoon to be hanged at
San Quentin on February 19 for the
murder, of Deputy Sheriff Smithson over
2.0 months ago. Silver was to hava
been executed last February but appea.l3
caused delay;
POSTMASTEIt AT QUARTZ
WASHINGTON. D. C, Jan. 201 — Leo
dlam Brook? was -today appointed post
master at Quartz, Tuolumne county,
vice J. "Lefever. resigned.
Charcoal Removes
Stomach Poisons
Pure Charcoal "Will Absorb On© Hun-
dred Times Its Volume In
Poisonous Gases
Charcoal was made famous by th«
old monks of t Spaln. who cured all
manner- of stomach, liver, blood and
bowel troubles by this simple remedy.
One little nervous Frenchman held
forth its virtues before a famous con-
vention of European physicians mnd.
surgeons. Secheyron was his name. .
He .was odd. quaint and very deter-
mined, "i ; His- brothers In medicine
laughed . at . his claims. Thereupon ha
swallowed two grains of strychnine.
enough to kill three men, and ate some
charcoal. Tlve doctors thought him
mad. but he did not even have to go
to bed. The charcoal killed -the effects
of the strychnine and Secheyron was
famous." Ev.er since that day, physi-
cians have used it. Hun impure water
through charcoal and you have a pure,
delicious drink.
Bad breath, gastritis, bowel gases,
torpid liver. Impure blood, etc. give-
way before the action of charcoal.
It is really a wonderful adjunct to
nature and Is a most lneJCnaustlßl«
storehouse of health to. the man or
woman who suffers from gases or Im-
purities of any kind.
Stuarts- Charcoal Lozenges are mads
of pure willow charcoal, sweetened to
& palatable state with honey.
Two or three of- them care an ordi-
nary case of bad breath. They should
be used after every meal, especially If
one's breath I 3 prone to be Impure.
These little lozenjfes have nothing: to.
do with medicine. They are just sweet,
fresh willow, burned to a nicety for
charcoal making, and fragrant honey,
the product of toe bee. Thus every In-
gredient comes to man from the lap
of nature.
The only secret lies in the Stuart
process of compressing these simple
substances Into a hard tablet or loz-
enge, so that age, evaporation or decay
may not assail their curative qualities.
You may take as many of them as
you wish and the. more you take th«
quicker will you remove the effects of
bad breath and impurities arising from
a decayed or decaying meal. They as-
sist , digestion, purify the blood and
help the Intestines and bowels throw
off all waste- matter.
Go to your druggist at once and buy
a package of Stuart's Charcoal Loz-
enges, price 25 cents. You will soon
be told by your friends that your
breath 'ls not so bad as It was. Send
us your name and address and we will
send you. a trial package by mall free.
Address F. A. Stuart Co.. 200 Stuart
Bldg.. Marshall, Mich.
DR. WONG HlM— Veu Sir:" For . «e wal
rears, wb!l« saffertas «suoles 0/ pata. I tried.
la rain, to find n*
-(ft clues o£ Tirloui
• «ch«ols of mnll-
TellgySijgyj cine. when, as last
2lilss*s^i r*noorc«, my I'fa
\u25a0 " ? --r^t"- b«ins in p-eatent
jiiuȣ?*~^ an^ ' am l3efil dan-
' 'JHmw!l4. c * r * rom * Mortal
JwUlI-. *' j: ' ;i jlifiusluh^ l * ' ou ~ oa cu^4
' i^m^m^^w^S'^^S me w ' tCl T oor Chi-
I^Tal WMfit5 1 i l 'ii^&&^tih Fr^** cure I tender you
tar moat sincere
thanks, and remain, moat grafefallj xoars.
MES. PAULINE IkAEU FOBMS3.
14SS Grore at.. Oakland. C&L
'\u25a0 * * - ! "•
DR. WONG HIM
1268 6" Farrell Street
Between Oough and Octavia
SAN FRANCISCO
I FRENCH SAVINGS BANK
IOS Sutter St r Near Montgomery
Paid Up Capita1.. ...........f«00,000
Total Assets . . .'. . . ..... . . .»4»STO^OO
Doe* «tr!i-tly a Savings Bank Bosiaeaa
Cpen Saturday Eveninc from 7 to S:3O
/'\u25a0 \u25a0 \u25a0
4 Per Cent Interest Paid
on All Deposits.
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