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<l- Mutual lia'ck building 111 San'Fran?
Cisco, together 'with the E. R. Healy
coal /company, are -named as "ringlead
ers in a gigantic conspiracy to rob the
stock holders of cthe corporation ;of
property worth more than 11,000,000.
The action was filed secretly last week
by Attorneys French "of this city and
Charles »W. Slack of ' San Francisco.
Lorenzo Fellers, a Sebastopol capi
talist, ' Is tho / plaintiff and he brings
the ; action In behalf : of more .than 100
persons \wh*o". are 'owners of 700,000
shares ?.of capital' stock of the coal
company. . _ ; j
Damages, actual and -punitive, total
ing |1,050,000 have been askedi by the
plaintiffs , from , the defendants.
\u25a0The stock holders became suspicious
some time ago that all was not right
in the conduct" of . the coal company,
arid when the. work on: the property
was \u25a0 shut ;. down some time ago and
some ' of the~* shafts "abandoned to the
elements, : an -' investigation was started.
fA secret -meeting' of ( stock holders
from all! parts .of _ thelJnited States and
Canada ''was. ; held June 2* in "San '.Jose;
and a -statement was drawn] up and fOr-i
Warded to stock • holders , who Lwere .riot]
present . at- the 1 meeting^ accusing the,
directors of the .corporation' of-^vioiat-j
ing/ certain"- sections "of the 1 civil code'
of I California. ."'.; ,* "V ' * , \
'\u25a0 -The company was Incorporated -In
January, - 1908, \. for "t" t $ 5,000,000, \u25a0 divided
into '. 5,000,000 * shares of :the par value
of ? 1 each, and shares have "' been sold
over/ the continent at : par .value.
• In* the statement *• at the secret 'gath
ering jbf ; stock, holders it is stated that
there' are - less than • 1,800,000 ; shares 'In \u25a0
thej treasury and 4 that -no', accounting
has "been . made \u25a0\u25a0 as,' to : the ; disposal of
the? 'remaining ' 13.200,000^"of /capital
stock: ; v '\u25a0':
[The'- directors are accused; of refus
ing;- to allow the stock holders access
to .the books ' of the corporation, and
furthermore; the' directors are accused
of entering into a contract ' by aid of
dummy "directors with E. R. Healy, a
former director of the corporation and
now president of an alleged mythical
corporation, ito sell to „ him without
valuable consideration substantially all
of the. property of, the Monterey coal
company. .
CHAUFFEUR GETS $33,000
FOR ENDING WILL CONTEST
Man "Who Claims Share in ; Es
tate Takes Compromise
[Special Dispatch to * The ] Cat.}
\u25a0SACRAMENTO, June 28. — The final
chapter of the :nght. between Mrs. El
mina. Runyon, *niother, and Steve 'Neal, 1
chauffeur, over the estate of Mrs. Ora
Runyon Ruckman, was closed today,
when "Judge -Hughes signed the decree
'of final distribution giving to Mrs.
Runyon the estate, valued at -$95,000.
'This case has been in court for years,
Neal claiming, that under.a will of Mrs.'
Buckmahr for .whom he acted in the
capaclty^of; chauffeur and "private secre
tary, 1 he : was ?the-maln : beneficiary. •
; 'The contest was on the verge of com
ing to > 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-