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CUT Off FROM
Washout at Tracy Stops Traffic
to Bay Cities and South
Via Stockton
Landslides and Bridge Wreck
Delay Trains for Portland
and Eastern Points
Venice, Sherman and Twitchell
Islands Are Inundated and
Much Produce Destroyed
one foot to three feet of water flowing I
through the residential district. '
San Joaquin Rising |
The San Joaquto river stands at 16:2 j
feet at San Joaquin bridge and Is still
rising. During the big freshet of 1907
the highest point attained by the flood
waters was 19 feet.
Up to this time reclamation district
No. 17, west of Bethany, is safe.
At the Frank tract the water is at
the top of the levees and "workmen are
piling sacks of earth to save the tract.
Venice island is flooded.
The lower end of the Llnge tract Is
Furrounded by high water, but It is be
lieved that it will escape Inundation.
At Whisky slough the stream is bank
full and sacks of sand are being used
to protect that section.
Twitchell island and Jersey Island
have been flooded.
The steamer T. C. "Walker stopped at
\>niec on its downward trip last night
and removed 3,000 sacks of potatoes.
' Lower Sherman island is flooded, but
the Sargent tract is safe.
•No Lives or Stock Lost
A* far as known, within the vicinity
of Stockton, there has been no loss of
life or stock.
The train service on the Southern
Pacific is interrupted, owing to wash
outs. A break at Bay point interferes
with the Stockton-San Francisco trains,
and weakened bridge's between Stock
ton and Sacramento have caused a ces
sation- of the service between those
No trains are being run to Oakdale
or the mountain towns by reason of .a
washout on the Janiestown road.
About 3.500 acres of the Clifton Court
tract is under water, which has come
from'th* heavy rains in the hills. Half
of this*land is seeded- to barley.
SACRAMENTO ISOLATED
AND ISLANDS FLOODED
[Special Ditpalch io The Call]
SACRAMENTO, Jan. 21. — Cut off from
rail connections with the rest of the
world and with the islands at the
mouth of the river inundated, Sacra.
metuo is isolated lonig-ht.
Ac<ess to the bay. which had been
secured via Stockton since the wash
out at Webster, was blocked this after
noon by a washout near Tracy. The
eastern route, which was only recently
resumed, has been blocked by a land
slide at Applepate, and the west sid«
lin« up the valley, which has afforded
passage for Portland trains, has been
blocked by a bridge wreck at Orland
and a landslide at Coram.
Although the stars are shining
brightly tonight this city is in a worse
situation now than at any time during
the flood. But for the" telegraph and
telephone lines, which have remained
jntart. Sacramento would be in a little
world by Itself.
But the situation below here among
the lslnnds is still more seriouK.
-\u25a0The levtM on Venice and Sherman
islands at the mouth of the Sacramento
cave way today and the greater part
«f Venice island end the lower portion
of Sherman were inundated. Fully 4.000
acres of rich farming land is under
water. The river at this point is
steadily rising: and the full force of
the freshet is yet to reach the stricken
dSs<trietß. The levees on the other isl
ands were bearing uu well, but wind
storms? have weakened them.
An enormous 4 crop of potatoes on
Venice island wss just being harvested.
It will be a lotal loss. '
The storm continued unabated
throughout the valley until about noon
if: '\u25a0\u25a0s p lng\ v c z
fii3h-r4§m6e Clothiers
NO BRANCH STORES. NO AGENTS.
OUR KINO OF CLOTHES ARE NOT
THE COMMONPLACE READY MADE
FOUND IN THE AVERAGE SHOP.
They HAVE THE HIGHEST DEGREE
OF EXPERT MODERN TAILORING,
FASHIONEP BY >'CR EAT O RS "
WHOSEART FOAMS WITH MERIT.
THE CLASS OF TRADE: WE SERVE
NEVER QUESTION OUR PRICES.
THEY LOOK FOR CORRECTNESS.
. • - - THIS LAB KI, .
(Ebas^cilus S: (£rx
PEESONATES MERIT.
Wbfo clothe* will permit of bl« reducliwi*,
thrir \u25a0f<ymer prices must t»re been anticipated
for •'rale" occasions or die clothes sre'not correct.'
We scTCtlnixe . every pa 1 1 cr n and fabrl'e
to put' In one every precaution to satisfy
»ur Ur.<i of sood emartdressers.
W> <Jco't fcave to cut «nd *1a t h price*.
c* our clothes are marked honestly* at first.
Oar clothe* ralue* are as (rood as your money.
It's safe to trade where there's no price manlp-
;3Jeujeters fluiteixhg
$ 05f jstreei ncar^cantg
SWIRLING FLOOD WATER
INUNDATES VAST TRACTS
THOUSAXDS of aereM In tlie Sacramento and San Joaqnln '.valley* have
been inundated bylhe flood and much of the land hail been planted. «o
that the farn?i(-r« will, be heavy loner*. .Washout* nnd«the*dc«troeHon
of railroad brldgea have practically Mopped nil ''traffic enwt anj^: north; 1
nnil Sneramento" bn?i no rnnimnnirntlon with the outside world except by
\u25a0nJre. Stockton anil t lip anrronndlnjc conntry.li. under water. : -an<l Island'
leveea have been broken down. But tbe weather I* clearing and the worst'
appear* to be over. . ' /
,J. ; , -
today. Railroad traffic on the west
side of the valley was cut short this
morning when the steel bridge across
Stony creek at Orland collapsed under
the .weight of a freight train. Three
tars dropped into the creek, several
more were wrecked and the track for a
distance of 300 feet was torn up. '
The Sacramento river, had ..again
raised to 27.2 feet at. 3 0 o'clock tonight.
Water continues to pour through for
mer breaks in the -l«ve above on the
Tolo side and the tov.n of Broderick is
getting a second visitation . from the
flood. There is still A steady flow into
Yolo basin and acriirs the Southern
Pacific track at Webster.
Between' Arno and McConnells station
In this county there is one big sea. in
some places hiding the fences from
view-. . •
The Western power company towers
and line* were «»wept' down by the
wind at Florin. These towers are con
structed of steel on concrete founda
tions and. the lines- carry power from
Big: Bend to the bay.
Broderick was a dry town today. The
heavy winds damaged the pump used
in furnishing the ton-n with drinking
water and the residents had to -go
thirsty. .
Twitchell island, In Sacramento
county and fronting on the San Joaquin
river. Is under water. The levee broke
on "the southern or San Joaquin side
this afternoon, and the entire island,
over 4.000 acres of the richest land In
the valley, is submerged.
LEVEES OF MARYSVILLE
STAND AGAINST FLOOD
MARYSVILLE. Jan. 21.— Floods in
the Yuba and Feather rivers predicted
last night by Forecaster Taylor failed
to connect. The rivers rose slowly
during the night, but are still six feet
from the high water mark of last Fri
day, and conditions today improved.
The Southern Pacific is getting trains
out both ways over the main line to
day. The Knight's Landing branch
will be tied up two months. The to
tal damage by storm and flood In Tuba
and Sutter counties, including railroad
bridges, is about $150,000. Some land
in Sutler was Improved by water going
over it. The storm demonstrated that
Marysvllle's levees could stand three
feet more water before danger. The
stages are running and mail is com
ing in.
BRIDGE GIVES WAY AND
CARS FALL INTO CREEK
{Special Dispatch to The Call]
WILLOWS; Jan. 21. — Two spans of
the railroad bridge across Stony creek,
20 miles north of Willows, fell into the
stream, carrying with them five freight
cars, at 5 o'clock this morning.
The Oregon express had just passed
over and two engines pulling a freight
train of 65 cars had reached the north
side when the structure gave 'way. leav
ing 60 cars on the south side and five at
the bottom of the stream.
The other spans of the bridge are In
a serious condition and it will be Some
time before the trains can pass over.
A wrecking and a bridge crew is now
on the scene. Local and through trains
will run to the creek and transfer pas
sengers and mail by rigs over the
county bridge.
At several places south of here the
tracks are in bad condition. *A heavy
shower fell today,* but' the weather is
now clearing and the storm is thought
to be over. - ";*•;• • •
WA TERS AROUND ANTJOCH,
EXCEED HIGHEST RECORD
AN'TIOCH, Jan. :M. — Although beaten
unceasingly for ti.i last 24 hours by
angry waters neas-iy all of the island
embankments have withstood the ter
rible strain, although the water was 12
inches higher today than two years
ago. when all of the islands were sub
merged.
The lower Sherman island levee broke
last night and the entire district, con
taining about 4,500 acres, is filling.rap
idly.
The Twitchell isfand levees gave
way today. There are 7.500 acres in
this tract all in a high state of cultiva
tion. ; \ \u25a0
The wind has fallen and as the moun
tain rain storms of today and yester
day can not reach the island districts
for about three days island owners feel
somewhat relieved.
GRASS VALLEY SUFFERS
WORST STORM IN HISTORY
GRASS VALLEY, Jan. 21. — The worst
storm in the history of this city swept
this section at noon today. The wind
blew a hurricane. The roar was fairly
deafening and was accompanied by a
terrific fall of rain. hail, and sleet,
while the air was bitter cold. Trees
were blown over and fences torn down
in addition to other damage. It is
feared that there was considerable loss
in the outlying- districts. It is snow
ing hard farther up the mountains and
conditions are right for I a snowstorm
here. The telegraph and telephone
wires were badly crippled by the-wind.
MODESTO AND KNIGHTS
FERRY SUFFER DAMAGE
, MODESTO, Jan. 21.— storm last night
did great damage along the Stanislaus
river, pattlally flooding Knights Ferry
and carrying away three spans of the
river bridge above Oakdale. The de
struction of the bridge severed the
high power line of the Stanislaus pow
er company, cutting off all light and
power at Modesto. The flow of' the
Tuolumne has only slightly increased.
TRAFFIC AROUND REDDING
WILL SOON BE NORMAL
REDDING. Jan.
21.— The washouts
at Coram and K<*nnett were repaired
this afternoon and the first train in 24
hours went over. The river fell rap-
Idly and. ls only 14 feet.
.Small landslides bothered "the rail
road at Cantara and in the Siskiyou
mountains, -where a locomotive and
two coaches were struck, but came out
covered with mud. ,
The McCloud river was never so
hiprh since ISSI.
The Southern Pacific trestle across
Stony Creek at Orland will be repaired
during the night 1 or else passenger
transfers will be mad© in the. morning.
The weather is as clear as a beil
and the storm is over.
FIFTEEN INCHES OF RAIN
FALLS Iff SONOMA COUNTY
[Special DUpalch to The Call]
SANTA ROSA. Jan. 21.— After 22 days
of incessant: sain, the: weather is'clear
lng today. Nearly 16 inches of rain
has fallen and considerable- damage
has been- done to- roads and bridges.. :
The Northwestern Pacific northbound
evening train -due here at 7:32 . last
night did not arrive until : 8:21 this
morning, having been held at San Ra
fael, owing- to ia? washout at ; the? St:
Vincent orphanage near. San Rafael, i
Passengrerß on the 'train "are harsh
in their criticism: of; the officials of the
road. *XJnder: the r former, management
when any trouble; occurred delaying
trains passengers .were -always- taken
to- hotels and provided with food and
beds, but last night they. were- kept in
the coaches without food or an oppor
tunity, to sIeep:gBHBHiBMJMBBnbiaOH
All trains were 'running' regularly
today and 'the worst:i«vbelieved- to be
over for the present storm. -...«*
REDWOOD CITY HAS
STORM/ IN YEARS
REDWOOD'CITY, Jan.' 21.— A severfi
storm .i*. ; raging;; in -this^vicinity, . the
worst that has been experienced; in
THE ; - S AN GALL.; , FRIDAY, JANUARY 22,; 1909;
years.. . The creeks are bank full and
if the rafn does not "stop, soon much
damage will be .done.. The: largj
smokestack of.the Beeger tanning com
pany was blown down this morning, but
did little damage. < .; ,
OIL BARGE "A GROUND IN
BREAKERS: OFF REDON DO
- REDONDO, Jan. 21— The Roderick
Dhu. an oil barge, flying the. flag of
the Associated oil' company, wan. driven
agroundby a hard southwest wind-just
north of wharf No. 1 at ,7 o'clock this
morning -and was held', fast : by .the
breakers until this /afternoon., \u25a0\u25a0:.\u25a0".'\u25a0.. \u25a0\.-["
A cargo of 16,000 barrels of oll.loadea
yesterday, helped- to' ; hold; the barpre
against .'the efforts of tugs,sent,to:re
lease.her. Captain ,W. G. Haskins being
in command with a crew, of 20 men.'i '
'\u25a0 The vessel' was; not injured* and was
taken In tow by the steam tug
gator, and started on. her return trip
to San Francisco.'
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
GETS A GOOD SOAKING
SAN DIEGO, Jan. 21.— Rain fell
heavily last night and today; all-over
southern California,, excepting in- ; th*e
Imperial valley. The storm has 'been
severe along the coast from San Lui3
Obispo south and considerable dam
age has been sustained „ to 'shipping.
The railroads .are handicapped ;by
washouts and . trains; delayed,
pally on the coast lines. ' . £t.
The precipitation ranges from- eight
inches at Santa Barbara, where prac
tically a cloudburst ' occurred, to;. 22
Inches at San Dlega : as • reported at 5
o'clock this morning*. • v The rain con
tinues- tonight.' The -back -country; has
generally: had a good soaking. . Escon
dido -and Fallbrook each report two
inches, .Julian one and one-half inches
and other places lesser amounts.
SCHOONER ENSIGN A SHORE
AND SAILORS IN DANGER
SANTA BARBARA, Jan. 21.— -The
four masted schooner Ensign, bound
from San Pedro north In ballast,* which
went ashore last night at Naples,- 16
miles north of here, Is still fast i on
the rocks \u25a0 and is being, pounded*' to
pieces. All efforts to save the' vessel
were abandoned tonight. - ' ;\
The wrecking schooner Fulton, which
came down from the wreck of the Sibyl
Marsten, made three unsuccessful
tempts to fire a line to. the wreck.
LThe crew of the schooner, however..
| succeeded in running a line ashore and
j landed several of the men, as well" as
the crew's baggage.
Five; members of the crew are still
aboard the ship and efforts to get a
line to them from theMcCulloch have
proved futile. Two sailors came ashore
and wore seen no' more. The ship will
probably be a total loss. \u25a0.">•*-;>:
LOS ANGELES TRACKS AND
YySCHOOL ARE FLOODED
[Special Dispatch to The Call]
LOS ANGELES. Jan. 21.— The heav
iest rain that has fallen in LosTAn
gelee at this season for years "caused
considerable damage in various parts
of the city.
\u25a0•- The-Los Angeles-high school build
ing was flooded, the heating apparatus
was put' out of -commission and " the
board" of education ordered the pupils
dismissed. In 'the southwestern* part
of the city street railway- tracks are
under water. . •r' v
Several -automobile parties <who went,
to the races at Arcadia were, stranded'
by the. sudden rise of the San; Gabriel
river, as travel over the bridge is con
sidered unsafe.- The downpour con
tinues tonight, bringing; the total pre
cipitation for the 3torm close- to three
inches and for the season to date nearly
eight and a half,- far In excess of last
year's record to date. \u25a0
SOUTHERN PACIFIC TRACKS
DAMAGED IN MANY PLACES
Bad reports drifted into the general i
; office of the Southern Pacific yester
i day. The storm of -Wednesday night
succeeded in badly .demoralizing, the
road and the coast division, which had
withstood the previous storms, sue-
Icumbed to the continued rain. -
i At Serrano No. 10. which left here
jon Wednesday evening, was derailed
when the rear truck of 'the observation
car left the track, owing to the soft
ness of the earth. The- car was- cut i
out an r l the train proceeded to- San
Luis Obispo. where it ' was held, till
daylight yesterday. 'A wrecking train
was sent to the scene of the accident,
and the observation car was put batk
on the track and sent on with the
*est of the train south. • -i
Xo. 9 on the coast line- was tied up
at San Luis. Obispo during the night 1
and No. 18i at Santa Margarita, for the \u25a0
| sake of safety. . --...\u25a0 ;,-.-. ;•;
There was a slide at Felton, but it
was cleared up speedily.
At Oceano 300 . feet of > track was
washed out and 60 feet of track had
slid away one mile- west of Elllcott
on the Pajaro-Santa Cruz l>ne. weaken
ing the -fill so as to make it unsafe for
trains. \u25a0•.....-.\u25a0.;.:. .-.-.. . .--.\u25a0;.-; \u25a0-..-.;.\u25a0.,-" ,- . .
Oh the western . division the track
was in bad shape. All wires failed"
Wednesday night and in 'the morning
there- was but \u25a0 one working between
Oakland pier, and Niles, Two openings
near Sunor were washed out. also one
bridge. , About 30- feef. of track v/as
washed out at Bonlta, 200 feet west
of Pleasanton, and 40 feet at Liver
more. The overhead-bridge two miles
east of Livermore was damaged.
\u25a0 At Benicia lOOfeet.of the eastbound
track and 300- feet, of . the /westbound
main line was under five feet of water,
and one foot of water, stood on the floor
of the depot.
• Over 1,000 feet of track has been
washed out between Bay Point and
Avon.': : ,- ;- - \u25a0 :\u25a0- ' .- .-.' ;\u25a0\u25a0 \u25a0 ; ."' ':.
' Therr* wsm hiprh water in the, neigh
borhood of Rivas and 'Alvaradojand at
Bethany'the rails were flooded.
..Therewas a washout, also at the east
end of the ' llaierht .curve- on the' Iligli '.
street line in Alameda: -
In the Shasta division , the cribbing
had rbeen repaired at Coram for trains
to', cross, and the. >washout between
Kennett- and -Coram -had been; repaired
and; other bad points made passable.
Owing tovthe slnking^of. the; pier, on
the "east? end of Stony ; creek bridge at
Wyo while a train^wasi oassihsr over it
two, engines v *and \u25a0 loaded; gondolas"; and
one empty Btock«car- werfl derailed. ; Tt
will take some time' torepair'the dam
age. . \u25a0 \u25a0 \u25a0;-\u25a0:•:. -- • , . .' ;..
The followlng'stwtisticsof the rain
fall have been", gathered by Southern
Pacific officials:
\u25a0->.. ' ; In<*h<>B|: . . . . In(*hr*
T/>f Oato? . . .. ..2.7r»lCarpentPi,-la' .'. .V; . ..4.10
Laurel '-. r.. .V.rir.'.s.lOJSantax Rarbara. .". .. .4.r.n
Bonlder Creek . . n . .4.STIS«nta , Margarita . . . .a.Ort
Bakerßflpld . . ..""?.. n.r.o|X«|ii<>s \u25a0 r . ..-;'..: . .";. .J.oo
Tehaehani . . .\u25a0...:. .O.SOjfrllroy *..'.*./:.'. .". ...'.4.00
PorterTiUe . : . : . : .v.2.ooiSftn". v .2.ooiSftn" Mate 0 . ....... ..2.. r>or >0
MAIL TRAINS BLOCKED,
'IN NORTH MND SOUTH
* " All ; ma ils f rom . • Portland ." and ' other
Oregon' points have ;been' blocked. by the
recent ~ storm. i.Trains i Nos.'.r 13 s= and - 15;
carrying northern .mail, are tbeing, held
at'Durismuir and'thefpostal.officlalsrare
uncertain when ; these 'trains -will .come
on , to -San ; ; Francisco.' vl Two i .closed
pouched ; ;mal 1 \ trains; v Nqs. ';, 1 4 "and -1 1 6,
which ! were;to lcave r here"yesterdav.and
today. ;-^yere S canceled;^ These '« trains
were for Oregon; carrylng/a large quan
tity.- of mall for .'i Portland f and; other
Oregon ipoints.i. The '-high ; water f has
destroyed rail mail:- nervicft:; tor OrpVillQ
andMarysville.- \u25a0A.delay.'ofiia hours on
the icoast-Jine t t ov,' Los ; ; Angeles .•\u25a0 was
causcd ; yesterday bj'a'sAV^tshout. . -" : ; ;-~ . :\u25a0
;; rUen/Cnrcd In ?; fl to) 14; Da ?-«;
Taxo Oliitmrntis suacnntpp(l ; if>:oorp' ; »nr !C»F(>
of; Itchinp,'- Bllntl.^j Blfrding Jor *\u25a0 rrotriidlng* Piles
in « to 14 ; day> : or; money J refunaeO." •;• 00c. - •
JURY TAMPERING
IS REVEALED IN
CALHOUN TRIAL
Sensational Disclosures Bring
Exciting -Climax in Big
Graft Casef
Talesman Tells of )Visit to Home
by Man Who Sought to
Learn Views
Heney. Charges Efforts: Made to
Bribe Men 16 Steal
Burns' Papers
W. Russell Cole
of a sensational nature
concerning events that are going on
behind the scenes in the Calboun trial
forced a - climax yesterday In Judge
Lawlor's ' court and whirled the case
in;a7moment from the -lethargy toward
which it had been drifting into a stra
tumi'Of excitement. .Another case of
jury, tampering came to- light and. the
incident brought to the surface an.un
dercurrent of bitterness that carried
still, more thrills in its. train.
;, Howard T. Black, ja" talesman called
for. examination just before the nnoonn n
hour, told of a visit to: his horne 1 by,
some, unknown' detective acting In di
rect disobedience of 'the positive orders
of the . court, and this second report
of forbidden activities being practiced
outside the courtroom raised the heat
within to a fever pitch. A formal in
vestigation of the occurrence was. or
dered, and- at the, same time there
came, the announcement from the pros
ecution that the former, report of .simi
lar interference with justice had been
traced down and that the culprit had
been discovered and made to pay the
penalty .for. his indiscretion.
DAY OF DEVELOPMENTS
Altogether, it was a day of develop
ments that sustained a : tense interest.
-The tedium tha,t has marked ' the pro
ceedings, of jury impanelment for the
last few days was dissipated early in
the morning session and. fire flashed
more than, once during the succeeding
hours" of the- day. There was none . of
the -perfunctory brand of examination
! that has wearied every one connected
with the case, but a dash and vim' that
carried the case beyond the limits of
the ordinary. Judge Lawlor was
forced more than once to take" a hand
In the" scrimmages' that be
tween, the opposing attorneys, and both
prosecution.,- and defense were", made
targets at different times for^hisVreprl-^
mands..*,..^, 1 .,^ ~;^ '_ ,'\u25a0 \ \'^y 'I
,^ Measured "In "terms" of" tlfe number of
talesmen examined,' . '-"the day-, was
marked with more progress than any
since ; the -beginning of the trial, : for
22 men were questioned, as'" to their
qualifications, to serve. Actual advance
ment, \u25a0 Vas" nil,", for not . a
single veniremahv was. passed to the
jury box and the fifth chair in' the
railed off corner still awaits a perma
nent occupant. Talesmen were called,
fought over by the contending attor
neys, forced into admissions that : dis
qualified, them and thVn sent on their
way.' Back andforth the battle, raged,
but no man was 'found whose opinions
proved satisfactory to prosecution and
defense alike. . .^
BATTLE BECOMES BITTEH
So bitter has.'become this battle over
the , Impanelment'/: of a jury — wherein
lies the first great. opportunity for de
feat or victory— thai few talesmen were
allowed to leave the box yesterday with
their real opinions or, beliefs locked in
their own breasts.* It was a'showdown
in evary case, and'a, showdown that was
Intensely interesting. Calhoun's face
was the barometer of his own interest
in .the, proceedings, and the change
that passed, over it* as succeeding ve
niremen declared for. or against hini
was a study for , a psychologist. Let'a
talesman asserfa; belief in his \u25a0 inno
cenca, and Calhoun's r expression. turned
to serene confidence; , let" ; the opposite
opinion be voiced, and 'his eyes fell'and
the color flushed" his cheeks and his
forehead. ' - "\ :
In one respect the almost evenly, di
vided opinion as expressed by the score
of talesmen examined Avas slightly in
Calhoun's favor. J .That- is, more tales 7
men declared a leaning toward him
than toward the, prosecution, and more
challenges were consequently; inter
posed by the ; prosecution ; than ;by the
defense/ But those odds were qualified
by two facts— first, the panel examined
yesterday was 'composed, almost, entire
ly of corporation nien and employers,
and. second, the opinion expressed in
his favor was not;onethat carriediwith
it an expression/^ of in, his inno- i
cence. In j almost every, case irj. which a
talesman was- held - to' the -real: issue
after admlttingr bias. Jn the defendant's
favor the explanation^ was forthcoming
thai; this opinion was based on a belief
thfit Ca lhoun; had been "held up" by, the
supervisors.; There; were fswvho were
willing to assert the, Olfthn of belief in
his. innocenc* as • bribe fftyer.
FIXUFAULTT LOGIC "
Time after -time^ Assistant, District!
Attorney! Heney* challenged thls ; Vhold |
up. bugaboo andcornered talesmpn in !
tangles .of ;. faulty logic... -lie -showed J
how the virus', of ' misrepresentation i
iia«l, been spread rby the gutter .ri press i
and put -forthV arguments that caught;
many talesmen -speechless ;in , defense "!
of; their own boasted iOpinions. .;• \u25a0"-'\u25a0 The
force of his attacklwas summed up'by
one man ; seated" near me in 'the mut
tered ejaculation: , '
"I'd like to be tield up for "slQ;;*to
makes2o." '". vi' ' ." , ; \u25a0 .; *'.
.i .That there is^developing in the Cal
houn triala;gradual; return to '.the 'dirty
tactics v.'h ich ;" have ;, so ." influenced .'• the
results ,- In Uformer >\u25a0 graft 'trials is : be :
Ing madeplain fromtday'to day. Two
ex : convictß ;k; were ;^ seated yesterday
among .the ': spectators "in* the iat
the left" of the courtroom ;frqm the: en;
trance, "^andV 1 ; scattered f ithrough r *the
crowd *, were upward -. of - half * a Tdozen
recent ;arriyalis : from; Los "AnVeles/twhos^
visit tto^San; Francisco,* seems./ to Jcarry
with itrmorefof •ihterestjfori;themsin i a
study r- of " crimlnal ; Taffaifs • than .'ln "/an
inspection > of \the f clty^B sights.^;,; Cori-'
spicuoiis; in ! one of /the ; front: seats;! day
after, dny," since i the of i the
•trials has'been: it;. H.j Hay.iChapman^re
ceHtly-Vof f Los l;Angeles,\but ; now : ; chief
prese .'agent 'of >a number: of > theipur
:chased[;,weeklies.; At-the close :of. eac}{
aft<srnooni. session 'of ? the; court/a seat
;isireßefvcd?!for* him ih^the 'tonneau 'of
Calhouh's own-automobile. ; "\u25a0\u25a0'" v
BLACK lIETEATSSTOIIY
Tt '; was Just?." before the noon 'hour
that Howard -T:; Black ; was called,;- and
,wh*cn - his Vname'-vwas? r"pnd"i Judge"' Law-J
lor^cisked/him to; repeat- the 'statement
BITTER CLASHES MARK
GRAFT CASE SESSIONS
made to the court earlier in the day.
He . responded by stating that shortly
after- 4 o'clock Wednesday afternoon a
man called at his home and asked. for
him. Told by his 'wife that he was .
not expected home until about '6 o'clock,
the visitor asked what Black's .views
were , on the general subject of graft
and the Calhoun case in particular... He
left when Mrs. 'Black refused to'dis
cuss the case with him. \The man waa (
described; as being of \u25a0• good height, •
rather .- stout, dark, smooth 'shaven . and
wearing a light suit of clothes and a
dark' derby hat. ; Heney was the first
to tane the matter up after Black re- •
sumed.his place.. . • .-'... . ,r •
"If the court "thinks It has any juris
diction- in this matter," he ' said, "we
would like to have it fully investigated.
We want to, know .who-is doing -this «
and to find out wliy it : is being done.
We "have given- strict orders.that no
man connected with the district attor
ney's office or. working under Special
Agent Burns shall speak to, any. juror
personally or, visit his home. If this
is some .man employed by the other
side we/want to know.it; and we. also
want' to "know, if it-is one of our own
men so that we may immediately act In
the matter:" . •
"We know nothing about this either,
any more than we do about the similar
occurrence during the earlier, part of
the trial," declared Stanley Moore of
the defense. . "We also. have . given strict
orders that no person connected with
the defense shall approach any" juror.
We would like to have it investigated
and let it be known positively that it
was 'nobody {employed, on;. this ; side of
the case.!',: '•.•\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0 ' \u25a0 >-; *.';
MB.V 'ARK S UBOH> ED '; "' : ; «<
.'•In .regard '.to ' that other" '."matter,"
Heney' replied, again rising, "we also
investigated and found that it was our
man, 'and he .has been- removed. We
also know, that some of our men. have
been approached and attempts r made to
have -them do something of this kind,
but whether that was true in this par
ticular instance or not I do not know."
"We know he was >ot," shot back
Stanley Moore. -
"You don't know; you can't," retorted
Heney. ;.
"This seems to be _ entirely foreign
to the subject." interposed A. A. Moore,
soothingly. "We know nothing about
it.'.* .v,v ' \u25a0--\u25a0 - \u25a0-" . \u25a0'..'.•..\u25a0: j. V :
"There are other attorneys on. the
other. s>We," remarked* Heney signifi
cantly," addressing himself to the Court.
Judge Lawlor intervened in the dis.
cussion and explained; that, while the
court was willing to permit any legiti
mate investigation of the antecedents
and opinions of a talesman.' it, would
not tolerate an investigation carried
to the extent of approaching a tales
man or going' to his home. \u25a0 Heney
again r called the, attention, of the- court
to the fact that this "very, thing had
been discountenanced by the- prosecu
tion" and said that every man employed
by. Special Agent Burns would-be ques
tioned.-at once and sent 'to Mrs. Black
for. Identification. '. ; v
"It , is regrettable in connection ! .with
the former matter that Mr. Heney did
not tell us if heknewwho it wasthat
went to Lthe home of this other tales
man,": interposed f:A. ''.-A/- Moore. ; "He
might have done this so that* no stigma
should attach to ua in the mind of any
who believed that one of the men |
in our -employ might have inade the
visit. . I think it was, his place to have
informed* us."
SAYS MAX WAS BRIBED
r ""!Co. it-, wasn't," retorted Heney. "I
had good reason to believ* that one of
our (men was -.bribed to, go there.' I do
know.: that efforts have/been ; niade to
Bribe, men -to steal papers f out of Mr.
Burns'^ office.'' \u25a0 *\u25a0 ,'
;-Attorriey Byington of the defense had
been standing at the barduring.the last i
intercliangei- shouting ("misconduct:"; at
the ! top "of ihis voice, but failing, to 1 niake
himself - heard. ';., When the tumult ': sub
sided i his effort became m 9Te success
ful" and : he .inanaged* to' ; take 'an : excep
tion to the statements jmade : by Heney
as! "deliberate and Intentional .miscon
duct." , ; Judge ; Lawlor" heard th«- thing:
toah end; without interruption and then
calmly- ordered Jan adjournment. j
' : Black's examination! was ; not'taken~;up |
uptillthe afternoon session convened
I and - he^was promptly dismissed for.not
being; on the assessment rolli When* he
left'.the' jury-box Heney ;stopped; him
and"; engaged ;in earnest conversation
with ; him : for ; several ;minutes,: ar?angf
ing .to have 4 the men •employed .iri .the
district iattorney's. office .sent. -to; his
home : for possible" identification by his
wiftv : ' :.:''.. ; -"'-" - :i:\ --'\u25a0" \u25a0'- \u25a0 -'[\u25a0\u25a0 ;\u25a0•• -
f Another, ."exhaustion > of - the
j u r y .: v e n i re .was avert ed b y J u 6 g e" Law
lor 5When> atlnoon: yesterday *he ordered
a; panel -of 75 T brought^inta court sSatur
day^morning;,;^: When radjournmentiwas
tiiken ijlast -; nights there remained' 22
t&lesnVen^from : ; the -lastVvenire^ still ; to
belexamined,* andi should progress today
keeps pace iiwith.'that/ of yesterday ;.th«
panels, would :, be completely i exhausted
by'- tonight. , , If any : - names by
tonight.i however/: the: examinations may
proceed,;- Saturday j. - morning; i Other
wise '-; the Saturday^ sessioa^wlllj be; given
over ;*;.to the; preliminary.; examination
' of ithe^newV venire -by ' the court. \u25a0""
\u25a0^Douglas! Watson ,*;\u25a0 &i real -estate " mini
whose testimonyAwas^takentbyithe'Oli-.
yers.etr.ind'jiiry: ? in:;returnhie;: Ihfii'bnb
eryi|ndiQtmentsiin'j|the;ParkElde^trollty
case.'twas from" the ' fpanelVyes
terdayiby,'consent^with<)ut;b"eingv called
for ; examination.'"
CONVERTED BY HEXEV
V James Otis of; 1931 -Broad way, a'cdffeo
', importer.^proved'to^
• been y converted to" Henfty's^ views ; by
! HeneV5him'self. f _- H^VsaJd - that he ' had
; pufposely^met.thejpfosecutqrjonorie^oc-;
: CHsion-i' at a\ downtown r restaurant" to i
v : v
I A. -A. f Moore (upper), chief
I counsel for Calhoun, and Howard
1 1 T. Black, talesman, who- told
court of .unknown man's visit to
home. |
talk over ' general graft subjects, and
particularly the subject of Immunity.
Prior to that, he said, he had believed
the granting of immunity wrong, but
changed his. views at that time. He
admired Calhoun for his stand in the
carstrikes. but believed that the United
Railroads had bribed the supervisors.
He : was challenged by Stanley Moore
and excused.
Louis Weule of 335 Capp street, a
dealer in nautical instruments, asserted
a most positive opinion concerning Cal
houn's guilt and said he had followed
the graft developments closely in the
newspapers except where they became
too' disgusting to -read. -He was asked
the usual questions as' to his opinions
regarding' Immunity •- and said; he ad
mired. Rudolph Spreckels for, the stand
he .had .taken and .believed the right,
choice had been made In granting Im
munity to the supervisors as the lesser
of two evils. "He was dismissed on
challenge of the defense. George W. E.
Schneider, a furrier, also held a decided
opinion that the defendant, was guilty
and was excused by Calhoun's attorney.
BELIEVED "HOLDUP THEORY
Joseph G. Kearney of 972 Fourth ave
nue was an adherent of the "holdup"
theory, and went so far as to admit
that he "would commit the same crime
under similar circumstances." He be
lieved that the United Railroads would
buy a franchise if It could, but in any
event would get it somehow, and that
It was privileged to this extent. He
was challenged by. the prosecution and.
the challenge was not* denied. Lander
A. Sherman of the music firm of Sher
man &. Clay.f and a member of the Bo
hemian club, admitted . candidly that
he. could not be impartial. The di
rectlon-of his leaning was ascertained
when he was asked if he. being lti Cal
houn's . place, would be .satisfied with
12 jurors in his own frame of mind, and
when he answered that' he would con
sider himself very?, fortunate."
i "The case has been tried time and
again around a dinner table at the Bo
hemian ; club -where I usually sit,** he
explained with, a smile."
"And you. wouldn't differ from the
verdict that has been given?" Inter
jected Stanley Moore.
"Well," was the response, "I don't
think any man who has been at that
table -should sit as a. juror here.'.*
Moore's suggestive Interruption
aroused Heney to gu another step Into
the question.
% "It's' true, la it not.'* he asked, "that
Mr. 'Calhoun has a- great many warm
personal friends in that club, and that
several members of the club' ha\>e been
indicted In these very graft cases and
that they, too. have close friends there?"
"Yes,' : that's true," answered sJherman
. aerlously.
Sherman was challenged by the pros-;
ecutlon -and dismissed without opposi- '\u25a0
t!on. -James I. Twigg, a boat builder. 1
had an opinion, which he did not ex
press, and Herbert B. Keith, a real es
tate dealer,' possess«d a strong admira
tion, .for Calhoun. Both were chal
lenged.and excused. - Marlon U Cooper.
another real estate man. doubted his
ability to give fair consideration to the
testimony^ of the; supervisors and was
excused, though exception ", was taken
by the defense to! his dismissal.
Eugene J. Bates, a wholesale carpet
and rug dealer, of 2703'Buehanan street,
was an* close .personal friend of Heney
and of B. P. Olivef. foreman of the
grand jury which indicted Calhoun, and,
moreover, had a decided opinion- un
favorable to the: defendant. He was
excused on a challenge -by Lewis F.-By
ington'of thedefense. which Heney did
not.- resist. David Jalumst'eln of 843
Buchanan etreet said he' would not give
credenceHothe testimony of-the super-
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CLASHtSfEAIDRPi
BIG GRAfT TRIAL
Sensational Charges of Jury
Tampering Will Bring Search-
Many Talesmen Examined, but
All Are Challenged for
Fixed Opinions
visors and was dismissed, although th»
defense made every effort to retain him.
Carl A. Krough of 2506 Sutt«r street
was excused without examination be
cause of defective hearing. Edwin M.
Goldstone, & cigar store clerk, and Louis
A. Phillips, corporation manager, de
clared inability to consider the test -
mony of the supervisors and were chal
lenged and excused on this ground. A.
J-awrie T.oung.of 227 Clayton street, *
machinery dealer, held a similar opin
ion concerning the supervisors, wnlcri
he had formed from reading. The read
ing, he said. Included the Argonaut.
News Letter, Town Talk and the Globe.
Heney suggested the addition of the»
Leader and the Oakland Tribune to the
list. Then he challenged.
BYINGTOX IS nEBI'KBD
Byington, who Tsraa conducting tha
examinations in behalf of the defense,
brought down on himself a sever©
reprimand from the court during his
questioning of the next talesman. E.
•W. A. Waterhouse, a wholesale hard
ware dealer. Instead ; of following In
structions from the court to seek first
for opinions concerning guilt or inno
cence, Byington was shooting his ques
tions in every direction and getting:
very few results. Several times the
court had ordered Heney to take up
the examination of a particular sub
ject without allowing Byington to fin
ish, and. during the inquiry addressed
to Waterhouse he Interrupted Bying
ton again.
"This method must be curtailed." he
announced positively. "These details
are unimportant. It Jla immaterial whom
the juror knows or •whom he. does not
know at this time. This is a .pure
waste of the courfs time. The in
quiry should seek first for direct or
implied bias, and may then go Into
these other matters." •
"Xone of this is unimportant." began
Byington. -
"I've expressed my views," inter
rupted Judge Lawlor shortly. "I In
struct counsel to take up those mat
ters which may be made grounds for
challenge.".'
Waterhouse declared himself for the
punishment of the guilty, but said h*»
believed Calhoun had been held up anil
would take this opinion with him inti>
the jury box. He was challenged by
Heney and dismissed over Bylngton's
objection. Herman Poetsch, a tannei.
was dismissed because he would not
believe the supervisors under oath, ana
Peter K. Kronnick, a' carpenter, be
cause hi 3 name did not appear on the
assessment roll.
LA ST TA LES MAX . EX CUS E D
Samuel Weil of 1770 Paqitic avenue,
a wholesale wooden ware merchant,
u'as.the last talesman Viuestioned dur
ing the afternoon session, and he went
the way of all the other 3. During bis
examination, however, a final clash, was >
precipitated , as a finale t<o.the excite
ment- of the, day.'s proceedings. Weil
expressed a friendliness for Caihoun.
styling him "a benefactor to the city.**
"Repeat that answer." interrupted
Stanley Moore as Heney was about t«>
proceed to another question.
; "For the benefit of the newspapers."
suggested O'Gara sarcastically.
"Yes, so it can be heard in the lobby,"
added Heney.
• A. A. Moore took violent exception to
these interpolations, charging that they
constituted deliberate misconduct. He
ney asked the juror if his opinion of
Calhoun was formed because he thought
CalhouTi's activities after the fire had
placed money In hia pocket as a busi
nessman. To this the juror refused to
acquiesce. The argument which fol
lowed was furious for several minutes,
but ended, a*s did all the others, with a
challenge, which was allowed.
The trial wiSl be resumed at 9:3,0
o'clock this morning.
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pierre'si rinlit leg was broken below the kn^e.
irhich n»er*«ttate«l bis remoVal t« tbe central
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