Woman Suffrage .Campaigns IN CALIFORNIA -;U A Record of Lively Doings SEE THE SUNDAY CALb VOLUME CVL— NO. 29. SUPREME COURT UPHOLDS DIRECT PRIMARY Last Obstacle in the Way of Acquiring Hetch hetchy Swept Aside EPOCH Judge Seawell Dissolves the Restraining Order and Pre= liminary Bond Issue Is Sold OVERWHELMING ROUT FOR SPRING VALLEY City Successful on Every Point and the Way Now Clear for Big Things DECISION REFLECTS WILL OF THE PEOPLE A VICTORY FOR - HETCH HETCHY Judge Seatrell, In a decision for tbe city, holds the election to hare been valid and. dissolves Injunction that prevented the wale of the bonds. Board of supervisors sells Hetch Iletobj- bond* to the amount of 5240.000 to James H. Adams & Co. of L>o« Angeles at premium of $3,050. nefnsal of the Sprint: Valley company- to Accept overture* of the administration to settle upon value of company's prop erty • becomes • public. --.- Assistant City Attorney Thomas IS. Haven to visit LaUe Eleanor to make study of the situation and settle pending; land ques tions. TN a decision that upholds the city I in practically every detail, Judge Seawell swept all obstacles aside yesterday and cleared the way "for the Hetch Hetchy water project. He dissolved the restraining order that had prevented the sale of the prelim inary bond issue and a few hours later the securities were sold to the firm of JameS H. Adams & Co. of Los Ange les. The issue amounted to $240,000 and went to the Los Angeles firm, which presented the highest bid, at a premium of $3,050. The victory for the municipality is so complete that further difficulties of a serious nature are not antici pated. City Attorney Percy V. Long, Assistant City- Attorney Thomas E. Haven and Curtis H. Lindley, who represented the city in the litigation, were intensely please at the outcome. They feel that the hardest battle in the campaign for a municipal water supply has been fought and won. No time will be lost in following up the advantage thus gained. Haven will leave this week for LAke Eleanor, where he will make a close study of the situation. Upon his return,' he will undertake to clear up all land ques tions awaiting settlement. Blow to Spring Valley The decision of. Judge Seawell has deprived the Spring Valley of its main reliance in its opposition to the city's plans. It developed yesterday that the administration had recently made "an earnest endeavor to- reach a basis of agreement' with the Spring Valley di rectors. They had' been- invited -to meet In conference 'to settle upon * a satisfactory valuation of their prop erty. i These overtures were rejected 6y President Bourn. The next move of Spring Valley has not been dis closed. The company will appeal to the higher court, but the city authori ties are assured that their position is secure. The attack upon the bond issue went to the very heart of the Hetch Hetchy project Although brought in the name of Henry Root, a local engineer, - # he admitted that he was really a dummy. The real parties in interest -were the Spring Valley company and a coterie of associated financiers. The assault was directed against the recent ejec tion. In which the people by a vote of : 6 to \u25a0 1 declared for the Hetch Hetchy supply. At that flection three propo sitions had., been approved, the .first committing the city to a supply^to have Its source In Lake Eleanor, the Hetch Hetchy valley and the Tuolumno rivet; the second authorizing a bond issue of $600,000 for the purchase of lands, rights of way and preliminary ton tl nucd on I'age '7, Column 2 The San Francisco Call. Putham Griswqld, Oaklander Who Is Now Opera Star INDEX OF THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL'S NEWS TODAY t TELEPHONE KEARXY 86 TUESDAY, JUNE 29, 1909 ' WEATHER CONDITIONS YESTEKD AY— CIear; west ' wind; maximum temperature. CO; minimum, 50. FOBECAoT FOB TODAY— Fair; light 'fog in. the morning; somewhat .warmer; moderate west winds. ! l*a«e 15 j EDITORIAL / .V . * The Call is on tbe people's side and will, stay there. ! ,'.'.\u25a0": V" **aire « nnal TirtoT}r,fc,tjllrf*ct prirnarj- Inyr. . -^ p. 0 6ome humors of a tariff debate.' ' - Pase 8 Handllns tbe "Sltckens" In . l?acra mento. ; .- , v ; : ;-.-V : . \u0084 '/J:~.~ C .','.-\u25a0 "P*k* 0 An obscure intrigue In Washington." -Pace 6 GRAFT Calhoun objects to another : trial and begins campaign of dilatory motions.' Pace Id Dlntingulshed eastern - dlrlne bids San "Fran cisco keep up the " battle against the grafters. Pa»e i« Judge Seawell renders decision upholding the city in erery particular In the _ Hetch Hetchy case. Restraining ' order is dissolved and the board of snperrisors sells, bonds to James H. Adams i Co. of Los ; Angeles. , .-Pagel The Nationals, . famous military organization, presents round robin to | Governor Glllett, re roltlng against new regime and asking discarge from the service. ' Page 1 Supreme court sustains the validity of the direct primary law. -. Pa£e 1 Miss Maria Louise : Roach; leaves. $1,000 for her lawyer, George B. Keane.; " Page 7 Millions of dollars of city's gold and silver coin Is carted' up Market street,': . -Pace 10- Edmund Burke.; convicted of practicing : -law: without a license; ! /*\u25a0\u25a0-.- .C"-j - Page 10 Bancher explains how \u25a0 he came to have "two wives. .- Page 16; J. C. Dunphy sues for. annulment* of his mar rlcge with "Dodle" Valencia, alleging that he' was drunk at the time. \u25a0".' . ' Pase 3 State dismisses prosecution -against Banker James Treadwell. . , \u25a0 . Pore 10 Customs inspectors make seizures *of <-ontra-! band opium. - Page 3 I ' Stringbam bid wing Stockton street railway franchise. , PageS SUBURBAN Newlioard of trustees of Berkeley takes office tonight. i . 'Page U . Aged Oakland shop keeper, despondent because of Illness, kills herself..- - - Pagre S ' Berkeley minister \u25a0•' advocates . value tof ;• new, tbonght theories.' "'"" '" f. Pages Entire edition of Berkeley charter may be' de- ; stroyed. r ' ' \u25a0\u25a0'"\u25a0 Pagreß. Big demand for .tickets for industrial dinner to bi^teld Thursday night. Pase 8 Elaborate I'preparatlons ' made '- for \ fourth VV s of July celebration* in Alameda. /• Pase 8 Police . guard every, exit throughout ,- the country against the escape 'of Elsie. Sigel's murderer. Pase 3 COAST . Porter of hotel at Wallace, : Idaho, burned to death. Page 3 Miner of the' desert, gives .. life to saver; his comrades; wife \u25a0 has ' premonition of tragedy in dream. •• Page 1 Stock, holders of Monterey -'coal company charge $1,000,000 swindle to officers.^ Page 1 EASTERN . Catholics f of Illinois organize campaign ' for ' 'dry state." l'ae« 3 \u25a0 Daniel ; Leroy. Dresser, • president • of - .Tru«t- Company of the Republic, 'on \u25a0 the witness stand. Page 3 Compromise verdict In Woodill* murder, case closes Incident. Page 3 FOREIGN Death of Prof. Ernest yon Halle, . political economist. - • . . \u25a0 Page 8 Scientific, expedition . Is .attacked \u25ba by \u25a0. Chinese and member of party, is kjlled.\ . Page 9 Putnam Griswold. former ; grocery, clerk of Oakland, now; royal opera, star in Berlin, is engaged to sing at Metropolitan opera 'house' in' New:- York. V Page l SPORTS , ' Special' train of racehorses fnim" Salt I-akn Is . held ; up while railroad detectives * expel t«>uts ' and ernoke. . ': Page 10 \u25a0 Fresno" ball: nine, weary of,' getting"; the' worst of ; decisions, ; threatens to re-enter' ranks of Coast league. , "-.•Page' 10 - Carroli falls In r attempt •t» have ). autl bcttlng la'r. declared unconstitutional.. .Page 10 ;. . Ketcbe) Rnd Papke are . training ,, hard and botb : app\'r in. good .condition. " . Pase 10 S^^g^GlSob% ;^l?lE§D^Yr JUNE;:29ri9Q9: - ONCE A GROCERY CLERK; NOW STAR OF GRAND OPERA Putnam Griswold, Former Oak land Man, Will Sing at Metropolitan Worked in Stores in City of .Oaks, Then ; Becomes Europe's Favorite j BERLIN, June 28.— Putnam' Griswbld the principal baritone basso of/ the Royal opera of Berlin, signed, a con tract here today for three years, be ginning In the autumn of 1910, with a representative of the . Metropolitan opera company of New York. Gris- wold's six year contract with the Ber lin opera still has two years to run, but with. the consent of the emperor he has been allowed leave of absence to sing in America. Griswold comes from California. Once a Grocer's Clerk OAKLAND, June 24.— 1n the history of music no more interesting romance of a young 'man's rise appears than that of .Putnam Griswold. From gro cer's clerk to Metropolitan opera star in a decade or less is the record the former young Oakland barytone hold^. Griswold came west fromhis home in Massachusetts, living for a time at Topeka, Kan. When he reached Oak land with h(s mother he gave some, at tention to music as, an- item of enter tainment-for himself. \u25a0 \ His - work] ng' : . ho iirjs^xvvt o * put ; In ; atj a grocery s^ore. ' Thence he 'graduated to be a floor walker "at Taft & Pennoyer's old store, Fourteenth street and Broad way.. , ' Griswold and others musically bent decided that he had a voice. He studied and for two years was : bass soloist In the First Congregational church choir." As his voice developed he decided to go to Europe ?to study. This was r about eight years* ago. : Griswold circulated between London, where he first worked, and Paris. . In a. comparatively short time the young musician had shown the masters of the old world that he possessed a remarkable voice, so re markable, in. fact, that . the attention of the music masters of Berlin was at tracted to the former. Oaklander._ GOES TO BEKLI.V He was summoned to the German capital, where he made good to such an extent that he was signed for six years with the Royal opera company. .Friends in' Oakland were deilghted to know that Griswold had Won further musical fame by getting a contract with the Metropolitan opera company 4n " New York. TRAIN HITS AUTO, BUT XX OCCUPANTS JUMP FREE Well- , Known ; Nevada - Family Near Death in Accident [Special Dispatch to The Call} i RENO, Ne v., June 2 8.— Five . well known Nevadans narrowly . escaped death when, their automobile collided with a locomotive at the railroad cross ing near .the depot at Lodl today, their lives ' being saved by.;, jumping. - /D, J.* Stacey of Nev.. his wife' and two children .and the "chauf feur, were in the machine and at tempted to beat the train to the cross ing. The engineersaw the dangerjand applied his brakes. The ' occupants of the 'automobile jumped just; as the'lo comotive struck the. machine, wrecking it ; beyond ; repair. The^ automobllists; were injured by jumping from their rapidly mo ying ma-; chine. Mrs. Stacey's- head was ;badly^ injured and .one of the* children suf fered a dislocated shoulder. WANTED! SNAKE-CHARMER;- BY SOUTHERN PACIFIC Rattler in Car of Scrap Iron . Holds ?Force;at;Bay ;. [Special Dispatch to The -Call] ;] SACRAMENTO,. June; 2B.— The South^ ern';Pacific railroadfcompany is looking for. a brave man or, a. snake charmer. In ; the ; local yards la a car of .scrap" iron ruled over, by a rattlesnake.^ ,TneT car was- shipped from, some poirit ; in the south. The clerk who. sealed 'the' carcdlscovered the> p'reserice [6f (the rat- tier, and notified the local \u25a0; authorities by telegraph. The car arrived Sunday, and now the officials: are- wondering how tojget the'carlu'nloaded; : , " Th e men ; i n ' the \ yard s ; kn o w, \u25a0 o f -- I he presence of, the;' snake andlrefuse!rto enter; the car, < ..!.'-' ;_' t '-t 1 ". ." v ?" GUARDSMEN IN REVOLT DEMAND MUSTERING OUT Want None of Artillery Service v : and Declare They Are Not Appreciated Members |of Crack Companies Prefer Dismissal to Distaste^ ful Shifting of Service , ">'o lonser nre* our. rights or •wishes considered. ' We are treated merely as ho many pawns, to" be moved about at vrill.'nnri, as American citizens, ne ob '•Feeling as we do, weighing our his- * Fac similes- of some of The Call's many editorial utterances in behalf J of T; - ; *'. •'-\u25a0\u25a0'.'\u25a0/\u25a0.'-/.-"'\u25a0"\u25a0 the new- direct primary^law. / ; ; : ; .' \[ Tory and "our; deeds aKalnst Whatever, mar.: be . snld • to t Impiicn our motive* or. our pnlrlotlsm, and assuring; you that. In. the, future, .we ,wlll be animated' by the same love of country as; in the past, . . and pledglnK . ourselves' that^lf . our country Is ever In peril' that vre •n-111 lie ainoaK the nrst to volunteer, Tire do hereby, lvlth • sorrotv iv our hearts, respectfully ask that we he discharged from a service wherein our efforts have been Ignored ; and our welfare \u25a0. dlsrc-. garded.";-" :\u25a0\u25a0 . '"'.;_;' - \u25a0.'. _"\u25a0\u25a0: .\u2666' .;\u25a0 ' '—From '. Petition of the National* \u25a0to Governor -Gillett.; : "".>;.', ". -_'••\u25a0 '~ \u25a0\u0084., . -'v;': \u25a0 The Nationals, famous i for more than' half a, century In the, military' history of California and the "United States, have irisen- In a mighty .protest against the new 'regime under which -the serv ice- has passed. They have ,, prepared what* amounts to around" robin; setting f ortlr, their ; grievances and asking; for. their discharge. The ' document . t was presented 1 , yesterday "to Governor^ Gil-, lett : in ; Sacramento and came , to him (as a distinct shock and :, surprise. .'The 83 men' who signed :: realized . full* well, that they were' laying themselves' open: to . grave -..charges .of. insubordination,! but they felt that the«danger should' be braved for^the ultimate good qf ftie' service. \''r'..~J. -\u25a0". '-\u25a0'\u25a0 -7 ':.'•. ' ''". - : i The petition .is. sensational ', ln the extreme, arid brings to an- abrupt "focus the- controversy :that -has long;- been waged, over ; .the state military zatlon.- The; question national importance .in view .of ; the "fact - that upon the special request of the war department ; an auxiliary coast defense force, of \u25a0 ..which ,' the' Nationals l are ' \tc part, was organized under . the ;th"Qrity,of. : thefßtate\'6f-;Ca ernor Gililett: is/not; prepared -: to ' ; act^ on V; the - moment. . *Of i such' ; great slg riiflcanceldoeß}hejdeem;the|matt^ he wishes ? time • in whlchtto del rberate. I Think; Services j The Nationals, played a' ! prominent part' in ; the;- history"; of j-the i | state V since ;^. formation r in. Sari j ; Franciscbi in? 1855,S :^akeJthe^ stand . that Continued on Page" 9,'\Column';i \u2666"-—" -— :—:: — : .'. \u0084-'-" '. ':' ; ••' '.".' '— — :—": — " '"' ' '\u25a0' '-"" '- ' \u25a0 \u2666 1 ;'-^Justice>LorigWv.of-'.-tHe : .supreme cburt:wrote the opinion; that makes I j the"; new direct ' primary .; a : fixture in the ilaws of ? California. Justice 1 I Angellotti ; also upholds 7 the-riewlaw upbniindependent grounds. { MINER GIVES LIFE TO SAVE COMRADES Wife ; Dreams of Accident Three Times Before vthe } r ~\ v [Special ' Dispatc h: to TheXall} .* , : : [ ,;*SAN \u25a0 BERNARDINO, June *2B. 7 — D.f cJ McGloud, aCcompressed : air driller : arid; miner, of i the :'desert, gave, up his life partly to ; save. his own' and to .save his two companions.- Ke- leaped; among 'l9' six pound, charges of dynamite to cut the fuses, when 12 exploded. ; Mrs. McCjloud had -dreamed on three" occasions .that; her .husband." had <- been killed in a mine. The accident took: place at the' Ploche King'mlne on the desert; ;, ; ''.'.\u25a0 :..". \u25a0 . - : : The drillers had ' completed . 19!holes, each six- feet deep, loaded '- each \tiole with six -pounds of; dynamite, lighted the • fuses- and sprang to the hoist, > giv ing sth'e signal -to \u25a0'. pull . lip. , The hoist raised about! eight feet, .when the en gine refused jto work, leaving the three men . \ suspended .over,- certain death. Two of 'the -men sprang' to the timbers and by.*frantic climbing .succeeded in reaching a place of comparative safety.' * McCloud^dropped- from the hoist to the^bottom" of the 'shaft, arid made des :peratft efforts to cut the 19 fuses before "tbc'i charges ; could explode: y 'He ; had succeeded tin cut ting only . seven iof the fuses ;When r .the terrible explosions took -place, 12 of the"l 9 charges of dynamite going off. : '«;'-' JAs ' soon : ; a3; possible 7a "rescue party descended' theVshaft fand"! found' Mc 'Cloud!;; buried". to* the 'waist,,: yet,; still conscious. -. He ,'vwas *soon ,-;taken from' the, shaft and tipon' feaclJinglthesopen* air ' became- unconscious ? aiid v died an BIG CORPORATION SWINDLE CHARGED Stock Holders of Monterey Coal Company Accuse Company Officers [Special Dispatch to The. Call} SAN JOSE. June 2S.— ln a suit bristling, with sensational allegations filed here President- John D.-Hoff ; and Secretary Frank Brophy ;of the Mon terey,, coal . company.. with;- offices , in the bl trial, I when \u25a0 a compromise was effected." Near, is said, to" have received ?33,000 for ; dropplngthe case. fp / f/^^E EASIEST WAY |F§/FIIf) A TENANT IS X^ //THROUGH A pSSk^^ASSIFi^D AD PRICE EIVE CENTS. LONG BATTLE BY CALL IS WON State's Highest Tribunal Sus tains People's Law in Every Essential LAST WORD IS SAID ON LAW PEOPLE DEMANDED Justice Angellotti Differs in One Point, but Concurs on Others POLITICAL BOSSISM IS GIVEN DEATH BLOW By GEORGE A: VAN SMITH DIRECT PRIMARY CHIEFS HONORED By PAUI> BAXCnOFT, President Direct Primary Leaisue "The people of California ope a vote of thanks to Senator Leroy A. Wright, John F. Da vis. Judge Maurice T. Doolmg, - fe J 5. - Straiton t George W. Caritfright and Ceorge A. Van ; Smith, the men through whose earnest and painstaking efforts the present direct primary bill r»as drawn, a bill which has just been unanimously sustained by the supreme court of this state. Particular credit, however, is due to the persistent efforts of The Call, without which California • today could not boast of having the best direct primary law of any stale in the union. THE CALL'S three years' long fight for a direct primary elec tion law is victoriously ended. The supreme court, final arbiter of the struggle for political freedom, \u25a0handed down a .decision yesterday sustaining the Wright^Stanton law in its every essential and in every point upon which the court passed. - The decision of the supreme court is not alone a sweeping victory for the people, but it is conclusive in its insurance to the people of the right to select their partisan candidates for public office without, interference or domination by political machines or party bosses. The decision of the court was writ ten by Justice Lorigan and, with the exception of a single * point on which Justice Angellotti disagreed" with the majority,- was concurred in by the en tire court. The majority -opinion was signed by Justices ' Lorigan, Melvln, Henshaw, Sloss, Shaw and Chief Jus^ tice Beatty. EVERYTHING REJECTED Every contention raised by the so cialist party ' and Attorney Deertngr, "friend -of the court," whose client 13 still a creature of mystery, was re jected by the supreme court-, • The-di rect primary law, a3 it was signed by Governor Glllett March 21. stands in its every particular with the approval of the court of last resort. More than that, the decision of the supreme court removes every doubt about the appli cation of the law raised by rulings made by the San Francisco and Sac ramento election officers. .The plain Intent of the law is brought out by the court in explicit expositions of the application *and purposes of the sections in controversy. .The. decision . emphatically sustains the partisan .character of the law and indorses the legislative prohibition against the granting of places on the ballots of. more than one party to- any candidate. PEOPLE'S RIGHTS UPHELD The people's right to exercise an ad visory voice In the selection of partisan candidates for the. United States senate is emphatically sustained. And in this connection the language of the decision knocks the last prop from under the men who either through Ignorance or vtciousness opposed the advisory vpt-