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VOLUME CVI.—SO. 153.
Hill to Enter City Over Tracks of Western Pacific
MAKES TRAFFIC
COMPACT WITH
THE GOULD LINE
Agreement Similar to Tehachapi
Effected and Entry Into
State Accomplished
Great iNorthern Magnate Will
Extend Deschutes , River
Road to Keddie
Solves Problem of Terminal by
Securing Advantage^! S.
P.'s New Rival
IT is over the rails, of the Western
Pacific railway that J. J. Hill is
to enter San Francisco and com
pete on its' original stamping ground
\u25a0with the Southvrn Pacific • and the
allied line? irrevocably linked with
ir the name "Harriman system." Fol
lowing swiftly on the heels of the
formal announcement 'tnat CharlesM-
Levey, formerly third vice president
of Hill's Northern Pacific line, had
been elected second vice president
and general manager of the Western
Pscific. came the report yesterday
that Hill had made a trackage, ar
rangetnejit with the Gould line, under
which he i? to use' the tracks of the
Western Pacific from Keddie, a point
287. miles east "of Oakland, to San
Francisco bay, and -the facilities of
the" exceptional terminals which the
Western Pacific holds both in Oak
land and in San Francisco.
Like Tehachapi Agreement
With thfe .Southern Pacrfic, the
Santa Fe and ..the Western: Pacific
4. equipped with desirable sites in this
y.'cKy. other roads would not have the op
> portu^ity of locating themselves to \
• «urh excellent advantAse. But the Hill
lines are to share the favors of the
Western Pacific In addition to that,
however, the Hill interests have pur
chased land in this city and Oakland:
The trackage arrangements between
the two lines is similar to the South
ern Pacific-Santa Fe Tehachapi pass
agreement.
That the Hill point of connection is
to he Keddie, which is now little more
'than a milepost we«=t of Reposa. the
mountain division headquarters of the.
Western Pacific, is stated with ; un- j
qualified certainty by the few men in j
San Francisco know just \rhat Hill j
is Foiriß to do. How Iveddie is to be ap- ;
proached is not • stated bo explicitly,
but X «is fully believed that the
Hill line, the Oregon trunk line, or
*Deschvtes river road, which John F.
Stevens, 'ts president, is building south
from the Spokane, Portland and Seattle
(North Bank) road, will be continued
nouth to connect, either "directly or. by
a branch line, with the Gould road at
Keddie.
-Extension of Deschutes?
It h»ts long beet} understood that the
I>eschutes road vas to be the line over
\u25a0which Hill -would 'enter California and
the San Francisco dWrjct. It wlir tap a
rich Oregon country, but will go nowhere
j beyond the apple, orchards and grain
fields and timber, lands of the central
Oregon counties aad the KJamath lake
region. Yet Hill brought .John F.
Stevens. .* the engineer formerly •\n
charge, of the Paira ma canal, from the
New York, New Haven and^ Hartford
road to takecharge of the new con
\u2666ftnjrtion a* president.
At one time it believed that the
•I>eschut«s road .yould cdnnect .'with
the Nevada/ California ao4 Oregon rail
' road, whichs runs from Doyle on the
California-Nevada* line, north - to ' Al
uiras. Modoc county. Engineering
parties" have tra\'erse,«ii o jhe- mountains
around" an 4 about thaf road locatfng
and prospectfag passes. It might
«till be Xhe intention of the 1111*1 jroads
to utilkse the righ(s-of way of the
Nevada. Caiiforrfia" and Oregon. o °. How
ever, that road does not go near Keddie.
Keddie is°in Plumas county and .will
probably^be Ihe. station i for Q«lnc>%othe
county seat, of oPfumas. c It is almost
directly south of jJ3usanv.llle. . There, fa
a rich agricultural belt". in o ! the moun
tains there, which rwiU be "developed .by
the conjunction of:; the two Jines!
Situation. in« thie. North
. According to .tbe in'^rmatlon current
it is the. Great K'orthern that is o " to
effect the* conjunction with the West
ern Pacific, oo b ut that njeans fhe Spo
kane. Portland* and Seattle .road^- which
the Great Northern owns in ,-partner
ehlp with the Northern Pacific. If ill,
of course, controls, the" three roads." The
Spokane, Portland^ and Seattle r.oad. or
th*> N»rth* Bank, as it Is. familiarly
lcnown, runs dalong the north bank of
1 the Columbia -river, 1 paralleling the
t Oregon railroad and navigation com-
I pany line of the' Harriman system,
\u25a0which is on the south bank. At Biggs,
near the mouth of the Desejiutes rjver,
the Hill survey starts south. It is. re
ported that Hill: will have 'to 'build 200
Continued on Pare -*» Column 3
The San Francisco Call.
INDEX OF THE
SAN FRANGSCO CALL'S
NEWS TODAY
TELEPHONE KEABSV 86
SUNDAY; OCTOBER 31, 1909
WEATHER. CONDITIONS -
'TEgTEBDAT— Clear; northwest wind; maxi
mum temperature." «1; minimum, 52.
j FORECAST FOR TODAY— lncreasing cloudi
ness; prdbably rain -by night; -light south
Wiaas - , -' \ Page 51
EDITORIAL PS
'To make the FJJlptnos contented. Pace 30
Customary Spring Valley tactics. . Paze 3«
The case of I)e Lara. Pa B e 30
political/
Doctor Inland tells audiences be Is coafident
of being elected .mayor. . .-' Pajje 1!»
Crocker, holds three enthusiastic meetings and;
promises economic administration. ' ' Page 19
Francl* J. Heney and Dr. Leland win ' great
ovation >at monster good government league
meeting in Richmond district. -• • Page jy
Ftekert, rushed to many, meetings, makes
vicious aitaeki" upon Francis J. Heney.Pajfe is
McCarthy Leland's attitude 'on
Helen Hetchy project, charging he owns Spring
% alley . stoc. P«, K e IS
Heney Makes sport of Fiekerfn. charge against
the prosecutor. ' .. pacep ace ig
Clergy call for mass meetln'g to observe- "Sab
l.batli ,of Justice". In .Van Xess theater this
: afternoon. • ,p aa g e jg
! Cherk of registrar discloses attempt at whole
sale election fraud*;. Page lit
nmllenge list prepared by the registrar con
tains- 15,109 names. Page IS
FINANCIAL :• . '
Reaction iv copper sf<«ck<? and general unrest
In New York market -follows news from foreign
money situation. * j> Page 43
CITY ' »\u25a0
Photographer A. C. Pillsbury has harrowing 2T»
mile rtde in runaway balloon. . Va.iz.r- 17
Structural ste^l plants .of city kept busy,
great impetus- having : been given to business
by flre - . ' Page 31
Glee club from "cruiser Arcona to awlst in
aaengertmnd entertainment. • Page 34
I'ickrKJcketi! and' burglars are busy throughout
city, rep.jrt their rlctims. '"~> . pp Bge8 ge 31
Willis Britt, famous/ manager of .pugilistic
champions, <lles suddenly. \ Page 34
Holland'a crtfiwr X.wrd Hrabant sails arter
firing national sainte and thanking Portola roiii
inittee fojf entertainment.' .• "'.-;\u25a0" '.-;\u25a0- t |> a g e *2
AnDiverwry of reformation to 'b*. celebrated
l>y Lnrhcr«ns at combined f^rvice In tie
Auditorium. , Pace 24
J.. I*. .McVab of . T-ki*h .nrges bond>J«ue
by the state as solution of c good roads
prob!cm - . ', .-: ; Pace^
Louie L^Rage ord*r*d by court to p»y wife's
expenses la defending bis suit- for di
vorce. r . ,\u25a0 , -\u0084, ... . Rage 2 «
\u25a0- Theresa Oelrtchs. /Virginia Vanderbllt an.l
otlier Fulton Iron works stock holders sued on
note by Bank of California. ;Page24
Electrical dealers- plan public exposition V.f
, the latest devices "at Coliseum Jabdary 29
to February 5.- H*Bes3
Walter McCreery Mid to be in Insane asylum
In Europe,. . Pa R e 17
Kousa's liaad will play notable series of pen
! certs and recitals by Mme. Jomelll are assured
for San Francisco. . Pace 41
HUI road to. enter city over tracks of the
Western Pacific as result of traffic agree-
E - m -. - .P-1f*.17
public utilities committee Vie
cidM to sell remaining Hetch Hetchy andwhwi
bonds December 6. , ' i> a Ke33
SUBURBAN '.
WIHUm McDonald, deputy assessor, succumbs
to injuries. ; , ' \u0084 ' » Page 41
Robber lurks in >. Oakland man's closet and -then,
holds him up, get* cash a 4 nd flees. ', Page 23
San Francisco . society women: to appear in
Fabfola hospital benefit at Oakland. I'ag'c 40
inventor rewards hote] owner who careU
f.H- him .with half 1 of m*. estate worth
MW.OOO,'. - -V . l>, ce4 O
Fractured gkull results ' !n dcaih two month*
after accident. - • „ .' \u25a0 Pace 41
• Alameda j chamber of j commerce anger« /mayor
and "councilme'n, who Insist body shall leave
city ball. » Vnito^O
\u25a0 Assistant City Engineer; Brown explains i>ak
land liarbpj Improvement^ pla.ng. ,• Puj;e 80
COAST ,
Mother of Frank • McCnlioeh, 'in}sslng . Pale
Alto -boy, believes her son has Joined the
army. . _ \u25a0 •; Pace 51
. .ScbolK-rt club presents- "The Chlujes of N'or
«andy <f . at . assembly.^ hall, '.'.'j Stanford urii
vcrsity." ; .•; ; ;. :/ j Pas* 51
Many offern of -marriaKe are made to firtt
woman «*lpctt»j for a Callfornia'jury,' ,Pu]s*:ii'
'Officers of defunct bank in Portlend indicted
felony charges. • • . \ Pace 51
EASTERN '.' /\u25a0')'..: •"\u25a0
President Taft pledges aid for water
ways',* telling delegates to decide ' what 'Ib"
wvte^;- . : ; • ; r P«ge (51
• Portola ".banquet in New York ;. proves', "the
pow^r of preg^ • f and ; insular \ Kplrlt of
Cotham: V ;:•; :• \u25a0\u25a0 ' \u25a0 .\u25a0 p aKe 52
51.;.1/«ls. boy after *"per«t lon . fo r adonoids
fires -barn and trie*, to 'burn 'jail, following
\u25a0nAt. ; . . \u25a0 , ' • PuKt .^i
.Two girl students In boarding school at Kan'-'
*a* Clty^ Mo., are burned, W death. < 'Pagr2|
Blind • stndent . studies , medicine by reading'
iHimls of his clafii<ma(«*s. - Pajce ai
; District ( of ('olurabla" probatlop officer plans
nigrht Ins{>wHon of homes of poor. Piirf 23
Remarks of .Judge.; ma kn vnrdict Void; «ourt
of .apbeai ln'Ullng • comment • should be dls-*
passionate. " . ° [ • '; Pn^e iti
; - Vote *la ° Uoiibt ' f «r • New ' ; York : despite
noisy, • dull aud ' vituperative campaign for.!
mayor. \u25a0..;,•• Page 20
FOREIGK • °7 •'* '\u25a0;,)
. rresjdcnt .Wbeelcr of TJnivergity/of .'r«'lfornla'
trllK 'kaiser that public opinion . rules \u25a0in
America. " Pa S eJW
spcTrts v ;°. / \u25a0 - -.'J-::: :::':'\u25a0
i FaraoMn PBlladclphU°. American league tossers
will arrive here 7 Tuesday.' V \u25a0 •': : .^ ; Vag ± 3( ,
' Thomas^ H. Wlllianls 'returns J Ir^tn •the-Vaif
apd jays there- will ?be" no book "making
Sat -Emeryville. \u25a0 -. : , . ; fake S7.
: • Barbarians and Santa Clara collpge ! |,i a y tje
Rugby game,- 3to S' v . Va«,. a.
» Harry -.P. Orant, Idrivlng an Alco,' wlni "fifth
Vanderbilt'cup race.- __ .•• ,- . ' Page 38
Promoters promise to start, lij-eiy: bidding for
Jeffrfes-Johnson fight." / .do ' pjat loi.>k 'for'
thn' great contcx^ ,to be decided-' before "next
summer. ; „ -' _:\u25a0-•; :. pi^.37;
Vancouver Ungby team • shut out by | California
l 'T«rsity. t V't«pore .0f; 39 t0'0.% \u25a0 t'ase'3s
MARINE ' ° . .
Hawaiian singers : from Seatlle. and ' many,
well-known' residents v of * *lfonolnlu ,:. will ; be
among paesengers': who ; sail' today " on" liner ,Ala--'
mcdaa^iSg . Page 43
S'M, ;^R^XCSISCO,; SUNDAYy OCTOBER 31,: 1?09.-^FI^Y-TWO- PAGES:
VOTERS ARE AROUSED TO CITY'S PERIL
Rally to Save San Francisco From McCarthyism
SON OF GENERAL
FUNSTON IS DEAD
Boy Succumbs to. Childhood Ills
at Grandparents' Home
~ ; . '..; in Oakland
[Special Dispatch to The Call] " " ,
, OAKLAND, '.Oct. 30,— -Arthur MacAr.
thur -Funstqn," the - oldest . son, of * Gen
eral Frederick, Funston,' who .was born
while . his •\u25a0\u25a0. father , : ,was
United' States.. troops'; ln y tfie Philippine
islands, ,died "shortly Jafter midnight
this morning, at' trie 'home of^nis grand
parents,*, Mr:, and Mrs.-. Otto Blankart,'
1319 Tenth av.eh'ue. Several days, of i'll
riesg - from, whoopilng l tiough ',was com
plicated suddenly.. by .. meningjtis, and
the boy's sickness became 'acute yes
terday aftern-oon.' ..- - \u25a0 -. -;t; t .. * r ."
Mrs. .Edna ""Funston. the general's
wife, had "been ['with-'her son >until" only
a'few days-beforehlq -death." 'She left
for- Fort : ,Ijeavenworth,'. v ' Kan),' where
Generg.l Funston 'is"! in" 'command ;of -'the
military '\u25a0department;- ; : bejievihg '-her
child was rapidly from .the
less'.serlous .ailment. ; It was her In
tention to Jeave;thelad with- his grand
parents 'so* that 'Arthur, might avoid, the
rigors of w.lhter. i ,.ln--th«>'fniddle west.
\u25a0_. When .the *illness Jtoojk" '.its. 1 ominous
turn yesterday. Dr. A." Xiliencranz was
summoned, ' aiid DrY- Herbert >Allen- of
•San "Francisco was- 'call etl' in consulta
tion. '.Doctor ' Aliens remained -at the
bedside last night.i.bu.t' the efforts .of
the physicians. br'ovod of .no avail. "
. The \ -parents I have - "been noti tied i by
telegraph of i the' boy's death," and the
body -.will be. held »mtir General Fun
ston sends- instructions.- Arthur Mac-
Arthuc, named for the noted general of
Spanish war fame, • was one of three
chjldren,. and was \u25a0•B years; old. _ The,
younger children are Frederick Jr.- and
Barbara, -the. baby. •• . • ;_" . ". .-
Younger Son \\Jt\ in . East ;
, • I-.BAyENWORTH. Kan:.' Oct. 30.—Ow
ing -toVtne serious lllness'of , a younger
son '\u25a0. at. Fort' LeavenwoEth,! neither. Brig
adier -.General . Frederick' Funston v nor
his wife will go to California to at
tend th<v funeral- of ' their eldest- son,
Arthur Macarthur^'Funston,. who died
today..': /Brigadier'.* General-, Funston's
son' will' be.'biirled; iri,Oak>and:;
TOPOGRXPHER^QUESTIONS;
MT.jMtKINLEY PICTURE
- PORTLAND, , Me..,' Oct. 30.-^Russeir
Porter, ? topographer ': on ! the i Mount ---Mc-.i
Kinley "expeditiOn'^of M)r. ; Frederick /A;
Cook.V declares* that ! if,'if is" trtieVthat
one v of ?> : the.-^photographs'.'; in 'Doctor
Cook's book : wasl taken on "the evening
of •tho'day.'the •doctor reached".what |was
Unown : as* Camp- N6,\6'.* the* photograph
cafl v hot : be one of • the, summit: of Mount '
McKJnley.'?^^|^^^^ir "
"•'Porter, in- a. statoment, • tolls of po
ln-g^to": Alaska in - th'e-sprlnK-as- 1906. a5j
a .surveyor; :\u25a0".: Wh.eh -- Doctor j .Cook \u25a0' \ and
Barrill ' niado the trip on .-which Cook
says^he'reached'i.tne top ; of- Mount Mc-
Kinley ' Porter; remained behind'; to do
some-mapping.*;. \u25a0< * _:•'.' i; '. , :
;''.Th<» and' Barrfll,' reappeared ]
with;the"acoount of the ascont of Mount
McKinl'oy. "'v-V.-'';' , ;.' '^iy-i V'/..-"[ '-.•; ' " '\u25a0
• *"'At \that, : time.'.' statement
continue*.; ''F-'had. no ' reason i tosdoubt
the' statements '.that \, have .since.vbetin
described J in 'the* doctor's ; book, 'To ' the
Top'ofttheCoritinent.' : . '.['\u25a0.' "./._\u25a0'\u25a0
'\u25a0•\u25a0', "It. ; \ftj~ is r.true.''; however, ;\u25a0\u25a0; that ; - the
ph o togra ph '; .sign ed v'Th > *' ; Top £Oui\
Cohtlnent*, .was "5 taken I the \eveiii ng.r of
the i day, ; they. 'made^' camp ? No.': 6 .. this
photograph, can ; riot ber'the^ summit' O f
MounC^McKinley.'- ;<v' ;>\u25a0?. -V : \ :) r *- r rl, \u25a0\u25a0 .\u25a0-,
CRUSI-P-ITr
FINANCIERS INDICTED
BY FEDERAL JURY
Former Union .> Bank Head and
Warren English Accused .of
flaking Duriimy Loan
MEN INDICTED BY
U;S. GRAND JURY
\u25a0THOMAS PHATHER, former
prcMldent or Ihe Union national
bdnk of Oiiklnnil, itiTiiNPtl nf vlo
lJitlnsr natlonnl banking lawn. .
.'VWAnitEV; ENGLISH, former
meiiiltrr /of '• conKress,"- : arcn.tcd ', of
vlolaUnK" nntionnl bankifig Imv.i.
I>. C. IJE GOLIA, VweII known
':itlornej, iiccnned of iiil.Hii.siuK' the
. ninllM.
'• The hand^of^the federal grand' jury
has' fallen heavily upon 'three wealthy
and -influential citizens ,of * Oakland.
True bills, against Thomas .Prather,
Warren' Knglish and ' D. : C. de Golia
were placed. 7 on' the -secret file- on- Fri
day.,- ; The accusations are -as - follows:
\u25a0'•.'JTwov indictments \u25a0\u25a0'\u25a0 against .Thomas
Prather°- ' formerly president of .the
Union' national bank of Oakland, -charg-'
'ing, that : . he, negotiated dummy • loans
•with h H. Clay -and A. \V. Burrell. ;
One indictment against Warren Eng
lish; atone.time.a'member of co.ngress,
charging." that "he- assisted- in. the •nego
tiation'of a .-dummy; loan between -the
Union na tional. bank: and A^W. Burrell.
rl). C.,de Golia, prominent attorney of;
Oakland- and San; Francisco, charging !
that lie .misused the mails in obtaining
a fee. from ; the eastern heirs of William
D. Whitmore.;. '• v V =\u25a0;•.»<"; '•//':
De Golia 'is. ill at his home in Oak
land and arrangements \vero made•yes
terday -for hfs bond. The warrant of
arrest { will not be : served .upon ': Prat her
until tomorrow. English is at'vpresent
in; British Columbia: . "; »
ClimaxSto^Litigatiori;. : .
i The.ijidictments against Prather. and
Knglish. have =corne:as a climax to'sev
/ral.months of, involved. litigation, over
the^affairs of: the -Union" national bank:
The concern passed from the hands -of
Prather and ? his .associates ! to"' the Call-]
fornia* safe deposit .and .trust 'company
and* was in 'turn,' transferred --to 'new
6 wn ers. '\u25a0". • It ;. is stated that -the ii nvestiga
tion hasaiot^been completed'and that J;
Dalzell ; Brown .may yet be",* crimirially
implicated. As "manager 'of ' tlie ; safe
deposit 4 ; amr trust company,. Brown :as-': as-
RumVd "control' of \t he. Union national
and • negotiated .; loans ".which > are' still
under, ir, yest jgation. fOthf-rR?, who^w'ere
at one- time .connected with the" Oakfaud
institution, may -also : , be brought into
tlic "pcandal: '•\u25a0*"\u25a0 \u0084. \u0084[\u25a0*','\u25a0"?\u25a0 *'.^ .
, Prather declined* to:discu.ss" the mat
ter;, yesterday,, beyond ; authorizing it lie'
fol 1 o\y in g formal! fe ta tern en t\w hi eh ' was
given out by l;is attorney,. Mil {pn "liami
Hton; .;• . " :\u25a0:,.-''... \u0084 \u25a0\u25a0\u25a0-.:\u25a0 r C
. j,';The. placing iOfdndictments; oh; secret
X."o ntlnued \u25a0 «n Page ' 25,' Column ; 3
TINY BALLOON RUNS
AMUCK WITH MAN
Bumps Across Dumbarton Mud
Wastes With Photoirapher
;-" Pillshury: in Basket, /
Bouncing gin \: quarter mile bumps
across \u0084 the. ; Duribarton marshes, five
mil«s west of in ; the basket of
a .runaway balloon.' A." C. Pilisjjury, ;a; a
well ( known ;\u25a0 San- Francisco photogra T
pher,. ended ;a_ harrowing : ride at 3:15
o'clock yesterday afternoon that began
an hour- before over 'the bay ,at -the
foot : of -Lombard street, ; when the small
captive 0 ; gas: bag i n = which, the camera
man was", taking, views .; broke- away
and vaulted; 6,ooo .feet into the air ; in
onosky. scraping leap; -The .photogra
pher, started on" nls unsought^ ride wet
to the, skin : from 'duckings tins balloon
took in ' the '\u25a0 bay" before" it broke away.
After, /getting if; the* : bag " . to earth,' :? the
traveler wascornpelled;to wade through
•mud and water ; to -his) neck; depressed
with the knowledge; that some. "of. his
prized -films had been scattered broad
cast over" the -marsh: sis the balloon
struck the, earth, , and rebounded jover
the slough in teeth crackins d°arts. j
Crammed With ; Danger •
The .voyage was crammed j with dan
ger, from the nrst. .The 'balloon, the
Fairy, has a" capacity "of but 10.000 cubic
feet,o'f gas, and so' has the distinction
of being. the smallest passenger ballopn
in the world. was usedfor pilot.pur
poses preceding - "the balloon races re
cently J held in this city and Oakland,
butiori those 'occasions- was well sup
plied wi th* ballast. -
•' Pillsbury's. only ballast was a. pocket
knife he carried. * He- could not .'-pulf.the
gas valve becausenearly all .Via* journey
wasjover the 'bay,- and /so. 'his Voyage
was consigned to the. will of the winds
that ; whistle and whirr' in- the Jieights
that only the : most daring aviators
know. '.'>-.;, ..':[ • .", "» ;. •\u25a0\u25a0- ' , ' .
Resigned to^f Fate
r;. Every :* few minutes \ during the ; trip
Plllsbury .; took notes- on his . mishap,
the view, i and 'his sensations. - When"
the balloon* parted"; its'* mooring" rope . he
gavQ : a '\u25a0\u25a0 gestures of 7 to ) those
below him, .and ; apparently-decided to
be" sensible and merely" to wait; until 'he
.came down.!.] . *it^^^^^^§^^E§i
'So farcin to. the blue," there was danger
that the ;Fairy. might burst in- the Upper
air.ibut this did; not affect rPillsbury.'fas
his ' man jv; notes; show. ; *THc .was; con
cerned with .viewing " t the ' r country, ex-,
pressing J the v- fervent wish ';.' now .and
agaiir that -he' had r a' camera"' ,with ; him."
and] scanning.' the i appfoaching-.'iand' for
a landing, place. ; ," ;c. : .-"* ." "-\u25a0;;; ' i-. y i
;v. AVlien ;the ; Fairy, struck a. ( mist< bank,^
['and,':* the^ gas}, condensing '\u25a0 mi,i n i, the ; cold,'
! started »-down' -it ' came; l like :a: a -spent
rocket, ;ahd paper) Plllsbury; throw/out
seemed* to* float 'upward, so ;swift was
the descent. -.\u25a0 \u25a0: /"•;'•* \u25a0
\u25a0 j Pi 1 lsbu ry V hung .. on V. to / the .narrow
Continued on Page 20, Column 4
SPEECH TURNS TIDE OF
INDEPENDENTS TO CROCKER
Republican Candidate Makes- Marked
VJdlllo do KCSUIL Ul vjlCdL
Captains of Chinatown Undenvorld Organize
Slave Importers, Gamblers and Dive
Keepers for 'McCarthy
CALL'S ELECTION. ANNOUNCEMENTS
- . , •\u25a0 \u25a0 <
Arrangements have been made b^ The Call for prompt end fat j
reaching announcement of the result of the municipal election on Tuesday. <
For- the information of the usual election night bulletin* cro&dss \
detailed returns from the various precincts and ffom the registrar's offxe \
}»ill be displayed; by stereopticon an The Call building, and atTkeCalTs, ;
.Oaklah2l>ranch,46Q Eleventh street, Oakland. !
For, the information of,: the entire city immediate amiounceniznt of !
the result- m the' mayoralty '. and -district attorney figkts. mill be made by ',
\u25a0 the display of colored lights from the lop of The Call building. Lights ;
denoting the results will be displayed as fallows: \.( .
MAYORALTY ELECTION - :
BLUE lights denote election of CROCKER. :
WHITE lights denote election of LELAND. j
| GREEN lights denote election of McCARTHJ. j
DISTRICT ATTORNEY ELECTION
BED lights denote election of HENEY.
GOLD lights denote election of FICKERT.
THATi Crocker had made appreciative gains none attempted to contro
vert yesterday. The tremendous ovation accorded him by the repub
licans-of the thirty-ninth distrjct Friday night. went a long way toward
substantiating the republican managers' insistence that the reported inde
pendent republican defections to Leland had' been grossly exaggerated.
; , They insisted, and none, took issue with them, that the Crocker meeting
in the thirty-ninth district, from which, the police were .compelled to turn
many .voters, was distinctly. a thirty-ninth district meeting, and. distinctfy , a
republican meeting. ' .; . \u25a0;•
For the Leland; meeting held by .Hiram W. Johnson and other Leland
republicans in the same hall recently no such claim has be.en made or could
be made. The republican managers declare that the 'purpose of the Johnson
meeting was to demonstrate that the big thirty-ninih district, the home of
independent: republicanism, had deserted Crocker and gone to Leland. It
was a big meeting, quite, as large as the-Crocker meeting on Friday night,
ibut it was not a republican meeting, ri<»r was it a thirty-ninth district meet
ing: In so far. as the republican managers contend that Jhe, Leland meeting
.was made up of republicans and a larger number of democrats and good
government league men from all -parts of the city, they are unassailably ,
correct. In 50 far as the two meetings furnished any index to the manner
in which the republican vote of the -thirty-ninth district will 'be cast Crocker .
had alLthe better of the comparison. ' -J^>* j- ...-\u25a0•'
- The betting remained unchanged -yesterday. Democratic managers, in
sisted that .while Crocker's speech in" the thirty-ninth district had resulted
in a; temporary check and even in a momentary reaction, last night's demon
strations would again start the democratic landslide upon whicji they •base
their*, hopes.;' of success. ; v '
CHINATOWN IS WORKING DESPERATELY \ Hs^* '
Working desperately and with unlimited" funds .for a redemption of its
\u25a0promised -license for- gambling and loathsome vice, the Chinatown branch o£
J: A: Bassity WP.H. 'McCarthy Liberty 'League" furnishes one of the ex
planations for 'the tide of. votes which,, the republican managers assert, has
set in. for \\ y illiam; Crocker and against a "wide .open -Paris of Americj."
The Chinatown branch of the liberty league is not working directly
under the management . of Jerome Bassity, dive keeper and consort of a
Commercial street brothel keeper. Its stationery is not adorned with pho
tographic reproductions of the smiling face of P. *H. McCarthy apostle of
that kind; of "liberty" sought by* Bassity and his Chinese colleagues. As-.to
headquarters, it is not domiciled with the P. H. McCarthy's "businessmen's "
league," and its business is transacted far from Harry Ffanne"ry's saloon and
theumposing offices of'P.-H. McCarthy in the' Metropolis "ba,nk, building.
..^Personal contact with- the Chinese is a subject upon which the master^
mind; of; the new "Paris -of .'America", feels strongly. He has bee'n known to
; # make;perfe'rvid orations on the infamies of the hated Celestials. Presumably
-that was the \u25a0; kind' of- Chinese who work. The support of Chinese voters
and -Chinese gamblers, - slave '| dealers, pandere'rs seems to be quite another
matter -^nd one .which. stirs no sentiments of revulsion in. the breast dedi-*
cated: to -liberty, prosperity. and \u25a0contentment.''
-. * ; Thc : Chinatown headquarters -of the '"h'bertine "league" is not so impos
ingly-housed as those occupied by. Bassity at 40 Geary street* The'cause
of iliberty-'and license is more diffusely directed- to Chinatown. The princi
paiyVeadquarters is maintainedin the saloon owned by Mar Len Geet..boss
Chinese "gambler,' at Bartlett alley and
Jackson' street.- . Mar Len Geet is* not
a citizen of sthe -United States; 'but he
•lssengage'd-'inthe VVupHlf; -business
lias! been* for many year?. Hls>sa_loon
Is 1- conducted i in the ~-i name of a white
"agent. • Its ;iront; Is -adorned with a
tla'rning P. H. McCarthy -banner 'and
Mar Len" Geet's" brothel in Ross' alley
H. McCarthy enthus
iasm. - Both places and their proprietor
are- in - easy communication with the
ostensible : P.. 'H.; McCarthy headquar
ters at. Commercial and Kearny;Streets.
•': ; Working' with Mar Len Geet and. un-
1171 17 TO 26 R
PRICE FIVE i CENTS.
der his general directions are his chief
aids, Jow Loy Sin?, slave importer, and
Lee" Toy, active successor .to "San f Jose
Charley," the late Chinese "lottery kins.
Their operations are not confined* to
San Francisco's Chinatown, except aa
to the quest' for, votes. \u25a0 Their hunt-for
campaign fuhds was successfully prose
j cuted • In Oakland and Alafneda, where
there' are several hundred Chinese
i samblers, r slave' keepers and panderer*.
Who, with Jerome Bassity and Dav«
; Becker, \u25ba "pant for "liberty" in ; San '
i Francisco. They_ long for *th« "ion^
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