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PLANS A NATIONAL
LEAGUE OF JUSTICE
Rev. William A. Rader Urges
Organization at Convention of
Presbyterians
Delegates From Several Large
. Cities Pledge Themselves to
Undertake Work
[Spcdcl Dispatch to The Celt]
PITTSBURG. Pa.. Feb. 24. — Rev.
William A. Rader. pastor of Calvary
Presbyterian church. San Francisco,
who is one of the delegates and prin
cipal speakers at the national conven
tion of tlie Presbyterian brotherhood in
?«?sslon here, at this afternoon's ses
sion, suggested the formation of a na
tional league of justice, to be pat
terned after the league of justice in
his home city. In arguing for his plan
Dr. Rader said:
"My idea is that the ministers and
laymen at this convention should carry
home with them some set idea as to
the formation of a league of justice.
\u25a0When they get to their respective
cities I wish them to form nonpartisan
leagues of men in all walks of life,
with the prosecution of men who are
corrupting our cities and destroying
our democracy as their one object "
The suggestion of Dr. Rader was re
ceJved \u25a0with enthusiasm and before the
session closed lie had enlisted the del
egates from numerous cities who had
griven their word to form leagues upon
their return home.
The cities which will follow the ex
ample of San Francisco are Chicago,
Rochester, Syracuse, Buffalo, Cleve
land, Cincinnati. St. Louis, Omaha,
Kansas City, Montreal. Minneapolis,
Milwaukee and Philadelphia.
Dr. Rader will hold a conference to
morrow -with some of the most Influ
ential men of Pittsburg and it is likely
that this city will fall In line with the
members of the voters' league, which
unearthed the councilmanic graft as a
nucleus. •*"'
As soon as the local leagues of jus
tice ar« formed In the various cities
they \u25a0will be bound together in one im
mense chartered organization, as Dr.
Rader explains, "for the purpose of
keeping each other informed when a
gTaftex moves to greener pastures."
Telegraph Brevities
i KEGRO ASSAX3XTS WHITE GIHlr-rjttslHirg.
Feb. 24.— Anotier white gfrl was the vlctfm of
an attempted assault here by a negro last night.
The police today arrested 15 ne^ro suspects.
EXTEADITIOir TEEATY FAVOEED—Wash
1 sn£ton." Febi 2-l.^--Aij extradition • treaty with
France wa» ordered faTorably reported : today
from the senate committee on foreign relations.
FAIL TO ELECT 6ENATOE— .Sprtnsfietd. 111..
. Feb. 24. — Senator Hopkins received C 4 rotes to
• day oa the thirty-sixth ballot of the Joint session
of the legislature for l.'nlted States tenator.
: which resulted in no choice.
BESEBVE AGEKT APPEOVED— Wash'nc
- ton. D. C;. Feb. 24.— The romptroller of the
currency has approved the National City bank of
Chicago es reserve agenr for tbe Merchants' na
tional bank cr Los Angeles.
KO CHOICE AFTEB 18 BALLOTS— Madison,
Wig.. Feb. 24. — The sixteenth ballot of the Wlb
cocsla leglslatnre for United States senator In
• Joint conveotlcni t<xlay resulted in \u25a0no choice.
*>en*tor fitepheusrfli rereiTed but ZiC " out of I*»S
j votes cast.
: EXPBISS CLEBK MUKDEBED— Hntchlnson.
.. Kan.. Feb. 24.— JeMe Haymaker, ajfed 22 years.
'. night c-lerk for tbe Well* Farco express company
at the Santa Fe d*-pnt. was shot and killed earlY
•' if>da.v by a roM*>r. who then lix>ted the express
". • office Bafe. ./->
CHICAGO KEWEPAPEHMAM DIES-Chicaso.
Feb. 24. — A. 1.. I'mtprson. one of the oldest
newspajw^rnien in Chieaco and busiaeso manajror
, for ttie Chicapo Tliupk when that paper wa» in
exisrpnop. is dead. General ill health is -iven
as the oacse. \u25a0 •
WHITE SLAVE HOLDEE PUNISHED— Seat-
Sle. !>li. 24.~<"au(1f Vllie pleaded puilty In the
•Jnited States n*.m tclay -t/» harboring Marie
; <ian. a I'reiirj,n-oaian. for illfzel pnrpose» and
\u25a0 was M>titei)<3»d "iq prison for three years and to
. pHy tv*> fine.
MES. BOOTH TTKDEE ENIFE-NeTv York.
• Feb. 24. — X.r*.. Maud ItailinKtnn Bnoth. wife of
t Oeneral Brwitli of the \'olunte«Tß of America, un
\u25a0 .l^rweut a f-nrjrirsl cperatlin trnlay for appendl
, t-ltft. AccardliiK id the surgeons, tbe operation
I was *>:nire)y <s!]rc<»ssful.
i TKEEE KILLED IK PITCHED BATTLE—
I Cu!ia«an. Mex.. K«b. 24.— Two women and th;ee
• .mr-n were kilh-d aDd enoilifT woman Injured la a
• : battle I*tn-Ff>n « jranj; of inountaineerß and a
>au<! ..f sripKies <m the road to Mazatlan, news
of . which has Just resobed here. \u25a0 - "
: BPOETIKG SCAN A SinCIDE— Portlnnd. Ore..
f'Feb. 24. — n. 11. Woodward. Fuperintendrut of
• the Multnotnaii amateur nthletir club, who Fhot
j liimself Monday nljriit. died this mornlup at 1
o'clock at St. Vin<>enfß hospital. Xo niotive
; ' for w«odward> jtbicide has developed.
(JIODESTO VOTES BONDS— Modesto. Feb. 24.
«"lrSc taprovement bonds for $«.".. (»oo were voted
yesterday at a Bpeclal municipal election -for lire
department. \u25a0 wwer. water fystem and street
. work... The proposition to p-irehase a site and
«rect a city hall vas defeated by a large ma
jority.
FAEMEES NAME PBESIDENT — Cheyenne
Wyo., Feb. 24.— Edwin F. Xorris. governor of
Montana, was tbis morninc elected president. of
the Trans-Missouri dry farming congress for the
ensuing year. This cmkos it practically certain
that next year's congress will be held at Blll
• Ings. Mont.
HYATT FILLS VACANCY— Sarramenlo, Feb.
; 24.*~State JSuixrinteiident c»f [>üblie Instrurtion
\u25a0 Hyatt announced t<xlay that C. S. Pixley of I<os
: Angeles counly will 811 a vacancy In his office
4-ai!M»d l>y the resignation of Lawrence K. Cheno
weth. who will Income sapervising principal of
\u25a0 Kern, city schools.
EITN ON BANE IS OVEE— Carson, Xev.. Feb.
ti. — The run started yesterday on tbe First na
tional bank of this city Is practically worn out.
- This morning Frsnk Ooldcn. who is regarded as
the bead of the concern, arrived In tbis city with
additional funds and all who have applied Uave
received their money.
PEIMAEY ELECTION COSTLY— Chicago, Feb.
24. — It co».t the city of Evauston ?2S for each
ballot cast «t yesterday's primary election.
There was no. contest In the election and only
the socialist party liad a ticket In the field.
Twmty-flve votes were cast at a total cost of
$700 for holding the primary.
EAISE BTJBGLABY INSUHANCE BATES—
I New .York, Feb. 24. — Burglary Insurance compa
nies throughout tue cocntry fcsve decided to
' substantially incrcasp their rates because of the
many recent bnrglaries. The Increases are to
• include the rstes to banks all over the country
• nnd all classes •of ' burglary insurance In -\ew
. York city.
TEEATIES AEE EATIFIED— Treaties with
Tatiauia aud Colombia relative to the Panama
' «-an«l were ratified liy the senate today. A reso
lution was adopted," however." to obviate 'the
necessity of submitting to arbitration question*
connected wiih the limitation, of tbe cities of
Panama and Colon.
- KAY AND DECEMBEE UNITED— Mordla
• Mex.. Feb.. 24.— At th*» «ge »l <M years. Juaft
tl^ndela. a Spanisii multimillionaire, yesterday
married Do!or.-s Ipbiua. who Is barely' IS year's
; 4»ld. Sews i that tbe ceremony was \r> \v>' p,. r .
forminl had pone broadcast; and the church was
crowded by curious iwople to see such :m uu
usuai <-«*remcn.v. .
. BANK PBOVES FAILUBE— Reno. 1 Xcv J>li
24.— That the Xye aod Ctrmsbj- Imnk was closed
ii'it.liecause it was iusolvent. l<ut. iH'caasc It was
proving a. failure a* a buniness venture, Mnce
tlic expense doubly rxcoeded the profits '.» tbe
stat'inent made by an official today. Tiie bank
carried but few accounts. Officials declare tl.st
tlicsf occounts will lie settled in full.
TELLS WEIED STCEY— <;hlcago. Keb. 24.—
Thnl she was wiwd i,y two men Monday night
threatened with death, forced to swailow a dru™
and carried t« a liot«-I near Lincoln park, where
•she renialniHl uticonscloiis for 20 hoars, is an ex
|x«r>nce related to tbe police . todcv by Marie
Mclnrne. 19 yoers old. " .
BATES ABE EXSTOEED— Chicago. Feb. 24.—
The railroads which are inctnberv of tb« traim
contiuctttal freight bureau have decided to re
store the rate on agricultural . Implements. The
riiie. from Chicago to the Pacific . coast was ln
i-Vased notne time Rgo from $l.:Ci to $1.4."i j>er
l»«t i>ounds.' ik> far a«>ran l>e learned, this is the
only rate which tbe bureau lines have decided to
restore."
TO HOLD ANIHJAI. BANQUET— For. the |.ur
|xim" of promoting tlie welfare of IbJ^ Merchants
f\'-;;anpp and lt» rnf*nil«erß, tb«> lmard of directors
of thj exchange dwi«i«-<l yestwday to Initiate the
«ustom of sb * initial l>au«|ii«l. It nas ncreed.tn
hold the first affair fither In April or.' May v- aiH]
alwady niore thai) 20 member* of the exehanpe
have Mgnjfied their .intentions of attending uvd
""•aklca the nffalr n grand success. tl&BS&tßM
Wright-Stanton Primary Election Bill Be Ready
For Consideration of the Assembly by Saturday at Latest
SENATORS DISCUSS
RAILROAD MATTERS
Committee Approves Reciprocal
Demurrage and Hears Webb
on Rate Fixing
[Special D'npalch to The Call]
CALL HEADQUARTERS, -CHAMBER
OF COMMERCE BUILDING.
MENTO, Feb. 24.— 8y a unanimous
vote the senate committee on judiciary
today approved the reciprocal demur
rage bill introduced t>y Miller' of Vl
salia. This means that the measure,
which has been bitterly -fought by the
railroad lobbyists, will have small dlf;
flculty in passing the senate.
It was hardly th«* railroad's inning
in the judiciary committee at any time
today. When the committee took up
the Stetson and Wright railroad bills
Wright precipitated the pivotal dis
cussion by moving; that any bill re
ported out should contain a provision
for maximum rates.
PLEA FOR MAXIMUM RATES
Wright said , that his bill provided
for maximum rates,' while the Stetson
bill provided for absolute > or inflexible
raters. He thought the constitution was
on his side because it contained an
inhibition against any railroad charg
ing rates In excess of the established
rates. j; .-'",; '/- \u25a0\u25a0;"\u25a0\u25a0-.\u25a0\u25a0
Stetson took issue -with Wright. He
said the constitution "made it manda
tory for the railroad" commission to fix
absolute rates.
Attorney General Webb took up the
argument by showing, that whenever
the . railroad, commission had fixed
rates these had been absolute and not
maximum. He characterized Chief
Justice Beatty's dictum regarding
maximum rates In the Edson • case
"an amendment to the constitution, but
not adopted in regular form."
FIGURES OX RED.iTIXG
Webb pointed out that when the
railroads w«nt below the fixed rates
they did it by rebating, thereby show
ing that they did not regard the rates
as maximum, but absolute. His fig
ures on rebating interested the com
mittee and so he particularized:
"Rebates were given in 113 cases in
1905, 1906 and 1907. In 1904 the rail
road commission established an abso
lute oil rate of 37 cents per. barrel.
The Santa Fe billed shipments' at 37
cents and rebated to favored shippers
down to 25 cents. These oil rebates,
which were secret, aggregated $38,000."
ABSOLUTE RATES URGED
"If this committee can ascertain that
the constitutional convention intended
the railroad commission to fix absolute
rates it will follow that_the only act
this legislature can pass will be one
empowering the commission to fix ab
solute rates."
On this thesis the attorney general
argued through the afternoon and far
into the night. He declared that the
system of fixing by. law maximum rates
had obtained for .30 years when the
constitutional convention met.
"The members came freighted with
grievances based on the maximum sys
tem." declared Webb, "and gave much
time to the subject. They realized that
a different method was'needed, that in
stead of maximum, absolute rates
should be fixed." .
CHANGE BY RAILROADS
Nowhere in the constitution or .in
laws since passed, said Webb, does the
word maximum occur.. He backed his
argument by readings s from the pro
ceedings of the constitutional conven
tion. He pointed out that one reason
why the constitution was not more ex
plicit on the subject of absolute rates
was that in earlier years the railroad
evil was not rebating and discriminat
ing, but charging all the would
bear. The argument will be resumed
tomorrow night. -
Anto-Frat Bill Vote Reversed
CALL HEADQUARTERS, CHAMBER
OF COMMERCE BUILDING, SACRA
MENTO, Feb. 24. — Sackett's anti-frat
bill was reconsidered in the assembly
today and passed by a ; yote ; of 59 to 10
after the oath bound .fraternities of the
high schools had come v, in. -for more
condemnation at the hands of the legis
lators. • - -. \>£>;V
A. M. Drew of Fresno opposed recon
sideration - and read a letter from a
Sacramento high school boy saying
that the fraternities promoted scholar
ship. \u25a0 ' ' \.. .
Grove L. Johnson replied that the se
cret societies' in the Sacramento high
school had nearly broken up the high
school. He told of boys and girls who
had felt compelled to quit high. school
because they had l^een ostracized.
C. C. Young- of Berkeley said he had
been a member pf a high- school fra
ternity while he was' teaching in San
Francisco and that the society soon
deteriorated until money became the
principal requisite for membership. '
Oscar Gibbons considered the f rats
pernicious, as did John 'McManus,
Frank Otis and J. N. O. Rech. -.
R. L. Beardslee,of Stockton said he
had voted to .reconsider; because he
understood the vote yesterday was a
joke. ' ' ' . • \u25a0 «•.. . , :
Senators for Initiative
CALL HEADQUARTERS. CHAMBER
OF COMMERCE BUILDING, SACRA
MENTO. Feb. 24. — Senator Black's
measure calling for the submission of
the initiative to the people as a con
stitutional amendment was; favorably
"reported for the second time by the
judiciary committee today. The vote
stood: "
For the initiative— Anthony, Cami
netti. Campbell, CurtJri. Cutten,. Miller,
McCartney, Stetson. Thompson— 9.
Against the .initiative— Estudillo.
Savaere, Wolfe, Wright, Willis/Burnett,
Martinelli — 7. - :^
Senate for Japanese Census
CALL HEADQUARTERS. CHAMBER
OF COMMERCE BUILDING.: SACRA
MENTO. Feb. 24.— The governor's bill
appropriating $10,000 to be used by the
state labor commissioner in the com
pilation of statistics regarding the
Japanese in California for the enlight
enment of the president and , of the
public ut large passed, the senate to
day,. It passed the assembly; last week.
Caminetti taunted the senate with suc
cumbing to the big stick and declared
that .the Japanese were coming into
California from all sides.
SCHOOL IMPROVEMENTS
ARE RECOMMENDED
Finance Committee Approves
Plan of Purchasing; Site
" The; supervisors' building -committee
recommended, to the finance • committee
yesterday that $2,40.0; be ; set aside for
the plans of the Denman _ school, and
$1,500 for .those -of the'r McKlnley pri
mary. . With- the - approval-; of < the- city
attorney's: office the sum* of: $9,250 was
recommended .to secure ia. school ; . lot,
213' by 267 feet." at' Lowell* and
streets.? ToSequip'and ,repair,;the flre
houses in> Bush -street-, near -Kearny
and in Mint avenue the'sumss'bf $1,000
and $2,000 respectively were recom
mended. . ' .'
THJW SAxS (JAI^Ij, THUKSIXAA ; --IMbK UAKYv ; 2o| IMUU.
Rosebeiry 's : Postal Primary^ Measure . Denied
Second Reading- in;; Senate >.onvr v
George A. Van Smith
[Special Dispatch to i The Call]
V CALL HEADQUARTERS, CHAMBER
OF . COMMERCE BUILDING, SA.CRA*-
ME^TO, Feb. 24.— Its mechanical":fea
tures, approved,, by Secretary of State
Curry' and Registrar of Voters Zeman
sky of San Francisco, the Wright T Stan
ton direct primary election bill .will be
ready for the tender consideration of
the assembly not later than Saturday.
Senator Wright agreed .today with
Secretary of State Curry and Registrar
J. Harry Zemansky to change the date
for the primary election from the first
Tuesday in September to the third
Tuesday in August. The change of
date was deemed expedient to insure
ample time for. the compilations, can
vassing and | returns to be made by the
registrar of voters In San Francisco and
the . county clerk in Los Angeles and
for., the eertiflcationa with which the
secretary of state' is charged under the
terms of the bill. .
WRIGHT FATHERS AMENDMENTS
The amendments requested by Ze
mansky and Curry will be offered, in
the senate by Wright tomorrow morn
ing. With them will be several other
amendments touching the mechanical
features of. the proposed, law, made
necessary by faulty copying of the
original minority amendments on which
the test vote was taKen in the senate.
The adoption of these" amendments
will result in sending the bill back .to
the printer, but It can be made a spe
cial order for Friday and be ready for
the assembly committee on' elections
not later than Monday. .
'The situation was materially simpli
fied yesterday by the definite with-,
drawal of . the Roseberry postal pri
mary bill, which — thanks to the ob
jections of Leavitt — remained on the
files until today.
POSTAL. MEASURE DROPPED
Roseberry refused to permit his bill
to be used to defeat the direct pri
mary movement and asked, to be per- ;
mitted to withdraw it before it had
second reading last week, in order to
leave an absolutely clear field for the
Wright, hilll .' Still hoping to defeat the
Wright- bill, Leavitt refused -his consent
to the withdrawal' and the .Roseberry
measure was made a special order for
today.
When the rpeclal order was reached,
Wolfe of San Francisco, who was the
spokesman of the opposition to the
Wright-Stanton bill, made good on his
announcement- of capitulation -by-, mov
ing _ that the Roseberry bill be denied
second .reading. ... Roseberry, seconded
tne,motjon.and«by common consent the
poa.tal-primary.bill was dropped out of
the senate, hopper. ' '
FIGHTGbES "TO ASSEMBI.V
" The lineup in the senate for- the
Wright-Stanton bill has suffered .no
losses. The men who voted against
the majority amendments are. standing
KILL LOCAL OPTION,
SAYS EDDIE WOLFE
Estudillo Proposal Sent to Sen
ate Committee to Allow
Easy Sidestepping
[Special Dispatch to The Calf]
CALL HEADQUARTERS, " CHAMBER
OF - COMMERCE BUILDING. SACRA
MENTO, Feb. 24. — "I'm against" this
bill and want to get It out of the way.
I don't care whether I chloroform it,
give it knockout- 1 drops, hit it with an
ax or dynamite it," said Eddie "Wolfe
in speaking of the Estudillo local op
tion measure today. Wolfe had -moved
to refer it to the judiciary committee.
"This bill is being sent to committee
to be killed,", said Frank Leavitt.
"There are senators who want to get
out of voting on its final passage. Be
manly. 'Kill it here, if you want to
kill It. ' :.' -A -
"I; liad to take -my dose- at . the be
ginning of this session/ and I Avant to
see others swallow their, medicine. If
you send <it to the" judiciary committee
I'll introduce a. resolution every morn
ing to call it out." ';, ''\u25a0'\u25a0' \u25a0'\u25a0 ;
WOLFE PLEADS FOR PROPERTY
I "Do you want to send this bill to
committee, because there are doctors
there wno'wiHadmlnister chloroform?",
demanded Estudillo of . Wolfe. Wolfe
admitted the Impeachment, but:- not so
Willis, who pointed;out that the judi
ciary committee consists of lawyers,
not doctors. V ; .1, ';
"The 'judiciary committee," he in
toned, "sits as a quasi ; supreme court.
When it approves 1 a . bill the' supreme
court will declare it constitutional." :
.-Wolfe said that property worth $100, -
6Oo,ooO.?was>t!stake ai)di showed plain
ly that the\bill .would 'be passed if it
remained onVt^ie^ f100r. . .;
Curtin went^6,n" record j against local
option, but: was also anxious to see the
bill interred in committee. ; v ' '
Leavitt's chief , anxiety -was \u25a0to ;keep
the . bill ln ; .the senate and put every
body- on record; for or. against, Uistead
of allowing ithe. timid "senators to slde- J
step iby^ smotherlngTthe; measurelnolse
lessly. '..-\u25a0'"*\u25a0.\u25a0. -.'\u25a0:"\u25a0/. r
VOTE FOH-CHIiOROFORM f
When ' it came to a : vote '20 voted for
chloroform 'and; -15 v for action -on - the
floor,: so : that', the bill Is on" its "way f to
the; 4 gas • charrfber." .It will 'stay "there
unless Frank; L.eav.ltt f still oh;the trail
of theVsldesteppers," iJrlngs it /out 7 by
resolutions. , -jHere '.* is . how* .the ''.vote
stood:
V- :
Ta'rhlorof ormT-Anthon.T.l Black. | Boyntnn. , Ilur
nctt;*C«mlnetti;iFlnn., Hare.l Harttnan. Iloloban.
Kennedy, 'il-otrlß,"' Martloelllr'^ McCartney, ii'rlce,
Itcell.v. \u25a0 Ranford, "' Savage. \u25a0-. Strqbrldce. -Welch
wolf e— 2o. /T.Tr&c&&muum&am&?iis : >ir.-' •\u25a0: -'.\u25a0 ... ah.
\u25a0sTOificht it.oiit^in the open— Bates, 'BeH.i ßills,'
Blrdsall. '. Cnmpbrll.' r Ourtln.V-.Cutten.-.^EsttiilUJo.
I-earitt." Uospberrj'. ' Thompson; -Walker," Woed
Willis; Wrißht— ls. , \ ,-• ' • '
\u25a0 REFINED SUGAR " ADVANCED~X e w York,
Feb. 24. — All f graded finf . . refined . sugar x, were • ad
vauced 10 cents jwr. 1W pounds 'today ;\u25a0
\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0 • - \u25a0 - . - - . *, . • \u25a0\u25a0 !«>»* . > \u25a0
together as one -man.! , And ,itvis now
extremsly, doubtful if ;more ; than- one or
two of '\u25a0the" Tl3 senator's . who:; voted
against Hhe measure on the McCartney
resolution toVre- refer to ' the committee
on elections will vote against -thej bill
on its 'final, passage. '-.\u25a0:. •'•"'. \u25a0• *t
Th'e'flght'may be'eonsidered as trans
ferred to \u25a0 tlie', assembly now. There 'are
some sorely collar chafed* shoulders in
the lower/ house, and there are smol
dering-embers of desperate opposition
in, the/ranks.of the assemblymen,' hvho
bitterly, resentV the ,defeat x Of ? Parker,
Lynqh and'the horde of machine strik
ers who went down under the ffehate
steam roller.
CLEAR MAJORITY PLEDGED
The' people's .fight is Ab'y- no means
over. •_• The "victory is -j assured ' ( if' the
friends ; of the. bill and ; tlie 'public' gen
erally « do "not; sleep ion. thelr;.oars.' •""• A
clear \u25a0-majority, '•' with seven or (eight
votes: to spare, is pledged .to.thecbiil.
.These- pledges ,will- be .kept 'as • the
pledges , of tho 24 .senators were' kept. [
' If it were not for the trimming attl
tudeof sonic of the assemblymen -who
want to vote for .the bill,, but, who also
want, to put off the, precipitation of the
machjne' bosses' wrath until ' the ' last
possible minute, the bill -could be' lje
fore;the i governor for his signature be
fore.the, e,nd of next' week. .
The.-, fight for the unconstitutional
percentage^ scheme .; is a thing • of the
past.; {.None; pretends to believe in that
anyVjinort?.* - K The\larjguage^bf therott-i
stitution. "and r of' the . amendment ratl- :
fied.by a majority of iihore. than 100,t050
votes is ; toVplaih for;quibbling.
machixistsVseek: to craavl
. \u25a0 A' nice>round. hole,. suitable for a neat
crawl,' is. the- object of the machinists/
quest now. -;, '. .'-,
* The polls of the assembly made for
publication are, naturally enough; not
accurate. While those polls show a
clear majority of the lower house for
the. .bill and indicate its passage be
yond any question, the fact remains
that several assemblymen included' iri
the doubtful or uncertain lists are f or
the- bill "and have been from the day
of Its introduction.
In addition to these assemblymen
there are a few who will come out of
the doubtful column before many days,
or voluntarily put .themselves before
the peopie of the state aa perpetratews
of deliberate bad faith.
' The fact remains that when Stanton
gets ready_ to . give the ..signal the
Wrlght-Stanton bill, will -have more
than a comfortable majority In' the
lower.- house. Indeed, the further fact
remains that if Stantongives that sig
nal With any emphasis the vote in the
assembly will compare more -than fa r
vorably with the two to one vote of the
senate. r •
GOVERNOR AGAINST
MORE JUDGES HERE
Gillett Threatens Veto, but
Names Three Jurists for
Los Angeles County
[Special Dispatch iq The. Call]
CALL' HEADQUARTERS. CHAMBER
OF \u25a0 COMMERCE | BUILDING, SACRA^
MENTO. Feb. 24.— Neither Carroll Cook.
Isidore Golden nor Jack Williams will
get seats on the superior bench of; San
Francisco as, the result of the expected
increase of four judges for that district.
Fond expectations were sent glimmer
ing today, when Governor Gtllett an
nounced that the bill for the increase
in the number of * superior .Judges for
San ; Francisco would be vetoed if it
came to him.
It has been known for some time that
Governor Gillett was opposed to the
Schmitt bill, which provides for four
additional judg*es , for. San Francisco.
Muchof that opposition was ascribed
generally to the fact .that; the friends
of Carroll Cook, who was driven off the
bench at the last general election, were
plugging* for his appointment to one
of the new places... \u25a0 . / '.-
t It is almost beyond the pale of possi
bility that Gillett would appoint Cook
if Jhe bill did become^ a law,- but all
fears on that score were removed to
day by the; governor's first public an
nouncement.
"San Francisco-will get no more
judges this time," said the governor.
"It doesn't need themland you may
say for me that if the bill comes to me
I willnot sign it. ; San Francisco; has
only 300,000 people. • and the 12 Judges
on the superior bench can do • the
work." - ; '.:'*\u25a0;\u25a0 '\u25a0':: ",v-'-' \u25a0\u25a0 ::\
| Just, before letting down the air cas,
ties of the San -Francisco hopefuls,- Gil
lett signed commissions for- the 'three
additional judges for Los Angeles coun
ty., The^new.. jurists for; the.so uthern
county are George R. Davis, Pasadena •
Leo F. Moss and W. R.Hervejv Los An
geles.; ; ;. -,-..;•.,;\u25a0"'\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0 '"'.\u25a0\u25a0 -',\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0-.--'
PARTTD'OI these XitU«??illJ
$Jf\ I\ 9 L f\O They also rcUeyo Dl*
jrt^a ._ _ . trees from Dyspepsia, Ir>
<V^ ITTLE ' dtgesUon and Too Hearty
fill BVFSS Eating. A perfect rsnv
rail \u25a0r% ed y forDl22 toesg.NaDS3a,
Wa irILSLo. Drofrslness. Bad 'ftazti
Jpi ~l^Jß| \u25a0 • la the Moutb, OoatcA
' MSpS^aH'- "': Tongue. Pain In tlaiMs,
l^^^^T^' ' ii.i|TOßPn> ; LTVKR. -:\u25a0 TbX
regulate ttoe Bowels. Vegetable.
SMALIPI^ SMMIDOSE. SMALLPRICE
ICARTERSJ Genuine Must' Bear ;
fflpias. /t%£«*&&oov£
: &pßi; m IREFUSE SUBSTITtfTESii
FAILS IN FIGHT ON
FISH COMMISSION
Assembiyman Polsjey Unable to
Convince Committee That
Inquiry Is Needed
[specia/ 'Dispatch ) to the Call]
CALL HEADQUARTERS,;- CHAMBER
OF COMMERCE BUILDING. SACRA
HENTO. rFeb. r24.r 24.— Assemblyman Pols;,
ley's attack on the fish commission de->
veloped Into somethlng'of , a ; farce to
night at the hearing Coef ore .-"'the. fish'
and game committee of the * assembly.
PolsleyV: resolution demanding an In-.
vestigation rof tlie commission was
acted on adversely.. ,'. • ..
' : Assemblyman Juiniard announced
that. he had consented to appear as the
attorney for Polsley.\ Coghlan said he
would appear .'for the j members 'of the
commission. .-Neither) side 7 aeemed anx«
ious ltd .-proceed,- but the committee in
eisted'xthat Polsley must presentVsome
facts;;if. -possible, to Justify : his demand
for ; an investigation. ";"• .". '"'-„•
ATTACk^O^ lt REI*OUTS '
' JulHard" charged the commission
with;- dereMction^because the. biennial
report had nor been "filed? with the gov
ernor before'* September \u25a0\u25a0.- 15. * He- did
not' consider that -the preliminary re
port I February. 14, 1909, was
sufficient. He then read a number of
letters tending to show that there was
a general demand that the! commission
be investigated. . The very first letter
complained of the management of tho
hatchery" in, Tehama' courlty, v whereupon
it developed thatthe' hatchery was op
erated t by 'the: federal government in
stead of the state. - - r
j. A. M. Barker of San Jose'in a letter
re(erred r to the: members of -the com
misslo'ij^as ' Apolitical U parasites (and
lon'ged ;\u25a0' f or ,.' the. day I '."when \u25a0 the gover
nor of the^ state .'will .wear ho collar^but
his. own.", - \u25a0 :..\u25a0;.. V\.* .-.'.:\u25a0\u25a0 • .. >;\u25a0"':
OLD FIGHT IS REVIVED
A large number of the letters were
from Monterey and Santa Cruz coun
ties and were but-a revival of the old
fight between the. two. that
are trying to dictate the policy of the
state in. the matter of fish, and game
laws. ! ' .
Affidavits were presented showing
that D.M. Bond and M. A. Carpe^er,
two deputies .employed by tho commis
sion had been charged with murdering
Bob Junior, an Indian accused of tak
ing "fish illegally. Bond was convicted,
but hiscase probably will be appealed.
Julliard showed by | the testimony of
H. r P. Andrews of Red Bluff that Attor
ney* Matlock, 'had received $125 in De :
cember and d" like amount In January
for defending Bond. He questioned
the right of the commission to pay at
torney fees and to continue the salaries
of the accused men. .. Bond's salary,
so it was stated, was stopped when he
was convicted.
CHARGES XOT SUSTAINED
t Figures were presented showing that
two. years ago the salary roll was $38,
,000. : while at present it is nearly $83.
000 - a year for the commission r, and
deputies. . / ,-, .. _ \u0084 \u25a0 .'..,.
General George Stone and Fred -"VY".
Vanslcklen; two members of the com
mission, were present with Chief Dep
uty Charles Vogelsang and demanded
that PolsJey submit some definite facts
in support of the charges in his reso
lutions.
The 'committee decided that Polsley
had not .shown sufficient facts to jus
tify serious consideration of the charges.
Anti-Polygamy Resolution • ; \
\ CALL fIEADQUART ERS. CHAMBER
OF COMMERCE BUILDING. SACRA
MENTO. Feb. 24.— A resolution was in
troduced in the assembly this afternoon
by Grove L. Johnson \u25a0 asking congress
to call a convention to. propose an
amendment to the constitution of the
United -States whereby polygamy shall
be prohibited. The resolution sets
forth that recent investigations by the
United States senate show that polyg
amy still exists in certain parts of. the
United States, notwithstanding prohib
itory statutes.
AN UNUSUAL MENU— New York. Feb. 24.—
Deviled whale blubber, grilled boaooristrietor and
roast ; monkey are among the delicacies on the
menu of the seventh annual dinner of the Cana
dtßD-camp'. whJch-will be held at the Hotel As
torjon -..Tuesday eveninß. Macch 2. Great , dix
appointriient ifcas been expressed becaupe a - con
signment of ' drl<fd '.elephant from Calcutta "has
been' delayed In shipment."-'"' (' . ,
PIANO BONDS
§ AND THEIR VALUE
Article No. 3 for Bond Holders— The Attitude of
the Postal Authorities, Etc>
\ This is the third 'of 'our series of United States. Milwaukee. '\u25a0Wis.. Cin-
advertlsements devoted to 'the puzzle cinnati. Cleveland, and in fact, nearly
guessers, '-\u25a0\u25a0;;\u25a0 bojid and . coupon holders, every city has had-lts "contests." The
who hayo won v several -fortunes lin end, however, is here, the postal au-
piano 'bonds durine' the ; last few thorities having in some cases gone so
months. No. 1 of this -series appeared far as to threaten "fraud orders" un-
Saturday, February 20; No. 2. Tuesday, less "contests" are called oft.
the 23d, in bxith morning and evening
papers, under the headings,. "Common THE SOMETHING FOR NOTHING
Sense « and \u25a0 Piano i Bonds.'-' and pi * \o *
and Fallacies About Piano Bonds." :
Every bond holder should, cut out these No business house can give you $100
ads and save ; ' them.. They are useful in " piano .value for a worthless scrap
because -they are ;truthful. \u25a0 They are of paper called "gold bond." No dealer
published because of no. malice on our in the whole union can freely bestow
part, and, with no' deslreto injure the millions of dollars on a community like
business of any individual or corpora- San Francisco, and -no manufacturer
tion,, but- arc- insplredr wholly by our has money enough or folly enough to
determination-that -the " buying public try.it. : There is just one way to buy
of San- Francisco." the "bay counties, a piano right: that is to go to . a
arid,'sin ; fact." of all California/ shall be straightforward, honorable and square
"accorded. the square deal to which they house, with your. patronage: There are
are entitled, . and ; , that.!, fortunately, several . in the clty, ; and every bond
they are accorded^in'several piano sell- holder and coupon v/inner. owes it to
ing. institutions other than our own.- herself or himself to investigate fully
WORTHI.ESSNESS OP; PIANO BONDS before purchase is made.
. -J;; PROVEN" , SOME SPECIAL, PIANO VALUES.
; As to the 'absolute worthlessne'ss of i . Vl Tnls week we -are shpwing more
piano -bonds, certificates 'and credits. than usually attractive bargains in
little . remains to be said. We have f, 0Od '., mm A d l um ,o^" d low -J? rlced ' Pianos,
proven our case. Evidence is not lack- Fqr^ Jl9O, to ?210 we offer pianos of
ing. The of -themusic food _tone, elegant action and finish,
trade 'papers^ the opinions of the best *"** V le b p" d ., houses . h ©ld at $37a to
men in ; the piano world, arid' the tesll- ;t2?' cs f io-A face ?. f your . bond - At
mony of- any.businessman in San Fran- »220 and ?200 we have pianos good
cisco.C all are< unanimous y in their de- f n ,°. ug !} for & n>' -nome. ;and guaranteed
nunclations " - :, fully for years, with the privilege of
.nunciauons. .. ;, exchanging at full purchase price for
THE C ATTITUDE v OF THE POSTAL the wonderful Knabe at any time wlth-
ig^^e^AiiTHoni'riF.s^BjjMHi-j^^ ' >n4r hree years. ?*j^li?™i*|" JWJj
.-. .'.->-..• \u25a0•• £• \u25a0:\u25a0 ' We want to see you. Mr. or Mrs
' It is not generally, known thatv the Bond Holder. * Want to tell you some-
authorities..- have 'Stopped- ;the thing that you will thank us for. It's
publication 'of.-the. advertising. of prize free, but it-means money to you. Come
contests fin'; most/o f "the \u25a0cities of -the in. Open, evenings.
: • 1220-24 VAN NESS AYE. 510 TWELFTH ST., OAKLAND
: Other Stores— Los* Aujjeles, San -Diego,. Sacrnmcnto, San Joae; Portlaud, Ore ;
[\u25a0: \u25a0"-:\u25a0;\u25a0"\u25a0;;\u25a0"'-.':\u25a0" ' v -« \u25a0; v Reno,; Xev.| Etc. •:\u25a0•;*-'--\u25a0;:- •
MERGER CENSURE
IS NOW IN DOUBT
Foraker and Clark Hold Sway
of Power in Com* .
- -\u25a0 mittee •
Minority Is Working to Have
Course of the President
' Upheld
WASHINGTON, Feb. 24.— Upon Sena
tors Foraker of Oihio and Clark- of Ar
kansas - depends ; whether the Judiciary
committee of -the senate will decjare the
absorption of the Tennessee coal and
iron company by the United States steel
corporation to have been in violation
of the-Sherman' anti-trust, and whether
President Roosevelt "had a right to
sanction; the merger.
The - f committee today considered the
report of the majority of ..the subcom
mittee, which Investigated .the merger,
and by. a vote of .3 ,\o 2 condemned the
merger : and' r 'the president's action In
permitting It. Finally 1 it was agreed
to 'meet again Monday and vote upon
the report. y/; '
Senators Kittredge. Culberson and
Overman, who signed the majority re
port, declare the vote of, the committee
will be at least 7 to 6 for Its adoption.
The claim Is opposed by Senators Clark
of Wyoming and Dillingham. the mi
nority of the subcommittee, and by Sen
ator Knox, who- is working to uphold
the president's course. Other members
do. not profess to know how Senators
Clark of Arkansas and Foraker will
'vote. Known to be for the report are
Messrs. Nelson and Kittredge, repub
licans,'and Bacon, Culberson, Overman
and Rayndr, democrats. Against it are
Messrs. Clark of Wyoming, Depew, Dil
lingham, Knox and Fulton, all repub
licans.
REPORT IS MODIFIED
At the suggestion of Overman^ the
report was modified to declare that the
deal "appears to the committee" to be
a violation of the law.
It was contended by a number of
republican senators who opposed the
report that the motion of the president
should not be analyzed now in a judi
cial manner unless the subject is
treated as an act performed during the
stress of business panic.
The. minority of the subcommittee
filed a statement asserting that the
committee had exceeded its functions
under the resolution by introducing
evidence which had not been before the
president when he sanctioned the
merger and that the committee had
Judged the case upon this new evi
dence, which the president had not the
opportunity to consider.
ADMIRAL SPERRY WILL
CONSULT NAVY OFFICIALS
Rumored Roosevelt Will Name
Next Commander in Chief
FORT MONROE. Va.. Feb. 24. — Rear
Admiral- Sperry will leave for Wash
ington tomorrow afternoon to consult
with the navy department about fur
ther plans for the fleet, and nothing in
the way of inspection or detaching any
of the ships Avill be done until he re
turns. - . • -'-.'\u25a0•* --
. The commanding and other officers
were" much gratified by the published
reports from Washington today that
Admiral Sperry would continue as com
mander in chief of -tho fleet until his
retirement In September. \u25a0 \u0084 .
, Others are Inclined to believe the re
port that President TiooseveU intends
to name the next "commander in chief
before he retires from office.
REDUCES DUTY ON .
WINES FROM SPAIN
Proclamation Gives Sparkling
Beverages Benefit of Act
" ASinNGTON V Feb. 24.— President
Roosevelt today issued a proclamation
giving sparkling wines imported from
Spain the benefit of the reduced rates
of duty under section. 3 of the Dingley
tariff act.: The rates follow: On all
sparkling wines, in- bottles containing
not- more than one quart and more than
(me pi tit. $6 per dozen: containing not
more than one pint each and more than
one-half pint, $3 per. dozen; containing
one-half pint each or less. $1.50 per
dozen: in bottles or other vessels con
taining more than , one quart each, in
addition to $6 per dozen. $1.90 per gal
lon on the quantities in excess of one
quart.
CHARGED WITH ARSON— Fire Marshal
Towe swore to a complaint before Police Jud^p
Pwisy jesterrtay charginjr Stifth A. Scott, man
ager of the Thirty Pay shorthaml bu*int»ss col
leg*".. 25 Third strpet.' with arson in connection
with tb« tire at. the college on Sunday afternoon.
.Scott was booked at tbe city prison.
Breath Odors
Removed by Charcoal
OnionsVTobaeco, Decaying Food, JJ«o-
hol, Stomach Gases' and Imparities
Foal the Breath, Charcoal
Fnrlfles It..
A Trial Paekoce of S<nart*» Charcoal
Loaenses Sent Free By Mall.
The stomach and digestive canal of.
man fills with gases from fermentl-ic'
and decaying food. Such gases im-;
pregnate th© breath, filter through the 1
system, spread disease and in large*
quantities extend to the stomach so>
that it shuts off heart action and death
sometimes results.
Pure, simple willow charcoal absorbs
gas at once and stops impure food fer-
mentation. It sweetens the. stomach,
kills the efTect of all odors such a3
liquor* tobacco, onions, etc.. or at least
prevent 3 them from causing Impurities
to arise.
The willow is renowned for Its cura-
tive properties and ancient legendary
lore is filled with Its use, by barbarians
and civilized men. As early as 500 B.
C. the ancient Chaldeans were sagely
curing disease by charcoal and every
monastery of the old world healed the.
sick and cured the drunkard by using:
powdered willow charcoal.
i Stuart's Charcoal Lozenges are oure>
willow charcoal, compressed with honey
into a delicious lozenge. They con-
tain nothing but sweet willow charcoal
and honey. One may eat a box of them
and feel only benefit from so doing-
Two or three after a meal will be a
sufficient guard acainst bad' breath and
the same amount eaten just before betl
time will insure a pur© breath upon
arising the next morning. > v *. '»'-'
Stuart's Charcoal Lozenges ton© up
the blood, the liver and the stomach.
They are great laxatives also, but eat-
inp* large .numbers of them does not
increase their effect In a painful man-
ner upon the bowels.
They are gentle, powerful and pura
and their popularity and tremendous
sale give them the stamp of public
approval. Go to your druggist today
and buy a box. price 25 cents, or. send
ua 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 HIM — Dear Sir: For sev-
eral years, while suffering agonies oC
pain. I tried, in vain, to find relief from
— physicians of
various schools
2K§3sNs*.;<f resource. my
filyPlfl life b«I3S In
3PHh^n' greatest and
SJs||Sfejjl! imminent da.n-
mortal d!3eas».
m l^^aM me * with your
«UiOiMli*fc£B^£*"™ treatment and
saved my life, for wnich cure I tender
you my most sincere thanks, and re-
main, most gratefully yours.
MRS. PAULINE KARL FORMES.
1463 Grove St.. Oakland, CaL
DR. WONG HIM
1268 O'Farrell Street
Between Gough and Octavia
;.\V SAN FRANCISCO
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Member of Associated
IlanKs of San Francisco
IOS SITTER STREET
Paid up capital 9 600,000
Total assetN .$4,370,5©0
Does a strictly savings bank busi-
ness. Open Saturday evenings from
1 to 8:30. '' i *v v r. •;••"!.'
OFFICERS . »>
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ARTHUR J.EGALLET. -First Vice rrest.leot j>
LEON BOCQUERAZ. ..Second Vice President
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RESORTS,
New Zealand and Australia
i Via Tahiti
Resnlar Throush Serrleo
The Wonderland of the Pacific. Se« illlford
Sound, "the Wan=uQul River and tb« Hot Lakes
and Qersen — scrpaaslas tbe Yellowstone. New
Zealand is now at Its best. The 3. S. Maripa»a
Mils March 10. Only $-.tio round trip to wel-
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LINE TO " HONOLUI.C — —Special round trio
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6TS Market «t. T?!<>p»oao Kearny 1231. . .
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BRANCHOFFICES
Subscriptions and advertise-
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. San Francisco at following
offices :
1831 FILI.MORE STREET
Open" until 10 o'clock every night
. SIS VAX >ESS AVEXUB
Parent's Stationery Stora
2200 FIXUIORE STREET
i . Tremayne's Branch
BS3 lIAIGHT STREET
Christian's Branch
ISO SIXTH AVENUE
Ye Odde Shop
SIXTEENTH AXD MARKET STf.
Jackson's Branch
iios valexcia' street
Blake's Bazaar
074 VALENCIA STREET
.Hallday's Stationery Store
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