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JOHNSON ASSAILS
MACHINE POLITICS
iCafiipaign for Republican Nomi
? r nation for Governor Arouses
>\u25a0 : l \u25a0=:• Enthusiasm in Alaraeda
Packed to Its Ca
y/parity, with Many Forced
; V;/ to Stand
:•: V^VI^MfiPA. March 30.— Hiram John
ison-iKade the second .lOlrets in Ala
••.^eda county of his <-.::.. ah for gov
\u25a0erhpr tonight at the- ok! :•: • irst Metho
dipt .Episcopal church i: • .vmral avenue
. near. Park. The auditorium was packed
t.c*:\.i((g -capacity and many had to stand
. . it-:tii.e .entrances.
;. • j.o'hnton end Ins fellow candidates
\--ere received with -great enthusiasm.
-Otti^r Speakers were Judge John D.
.'XVor.fcs of Los Angeles, candidate for
\u25a0•i'oite.d States senator, and A. J. Wal
.".- 'licej' also of J^os Angeles, who is John
-;sbn:6 teammate for lieutenant governor
'-'\u25a0'f>Xi ..-^Vif Lincoln -Roosevelt republican
;.>i£3£u>' ticket: The meeting ; was under
J.-the Auspices of the Alameda republican
>s6od government club.
\u25a0\ JOHXSOX LOUDLY < H KKRKII
;\u25a0- A';. G. Nason, who presided, was in-
V jrOdyrcd by Sampel Poorman Jr.. preßi
•',3'e.nt of the club. Johnson, who was
\u25a0'•\u25a0loudly cheered when presented by
»3£bs3rman Naeon, said:
V.i "This is a great fight. It is not a
v^ectional fight, nor a state fight, but a
/'.nation wide fight; a contest in which
:\u25a0; Linges the government in Washington
;*aid in every other state in the union.
:;it is a fight to the death, for either the
'!]D*.bple . are to rule or else they -will
'-yield all that is dear to them to the
\u25a0 : Vystem, . controlled and dominated by
Srbrtupt interests. The interests have
fpained control of political parties and
\Jiav*: built up a system for the admin
fistratlon of government in their favor.
\u25a0 : ;• "These conditions have given rise to'
\u25a0jrrJeat aggregations of capital, and these
iyiggregatlons have passed into the
•Viands of a few men who have arro
leated to themselves the right of gov
.rrning the people ar.d of exploiting our
\ national resources for their own bene
•.fit, , ; These men are our enemies, whose
o;nly"horiEon is the dollar.
.VTT^MPT TO TAKE RESOURCES
; :. ''In. Alaska we have a few resources
J«-ft. but the interests are now endeav
oring ;t6 secure that, which rightfully
: belongs to tlie people of the nation.
':):< -,"':H l« /thf-Ke rpeclal interests that have
raade oot. of tii-t august body the. the
Unitedi states senate, a rich man's club;
and Jt - iW because of these same Inter
ests that a man like Joe Cannon sits
czar like,- with a cigar in his mouth,
allowing only such legislation to b«
adopted .as. will not be inimical to spe
cial interests, the machine — the sys
tett.:.:-V-. ": ...
:* The system which governs us lies
in the political bureau of the South
ern Pacific company —^William F. Her
riiiv, and' to' remove that system is the
purpose of this league. If the republi
can party can not support good govern
ment, then it should cease to exist. We
are a republican party because we rep
resent decency. Those men who call
themselves .regulars, are, as a rule, men
; w-ho <3ance at the call of the machine
aad aMc for regular orders from the
regular boss.'
STANDS FOR "SQUAIW2 DEAL"
:' "t know some of these regulars, and
tvhen I asked some of them the other
day how they stood they frankly said
that they did not know, but were await
ing regular orders. We stand for the
\u25a0\u25a0Huare deal 1 that Theodore Roosevelt
: axkfii -for two yearn ago. a square deal
•\u25a0.not: measured by the system yard stick.
/lttif ;l«.v the peoples."
:\u25a0"..- ;i-oJi]nson declared that he vas an in
iifefgfrit. that the fight was one En which
: \u25a0re'ijij-bliranfi were concerned to keep the
\\)&r\y- oiean and to make it stand for
: thfe"_m>n like Dolliver. Cummins and La
?:JfpHette.
: ;-:-;.Ti!dgV Work? held the audience for
•pv<>ral minutes with his declaration of
i_tli«.--prißciJles for which the league
.stands and with his arraignment of the
jsyAtenV • He -said:
•: /.it. .is a. good K j ffn that such large
: audiences' are gatliering early in the
: '.campaign to hear the principles ex
p^ounded. It means that the people
r- intend to take over the government of
.the'ifctate from the Southern Pacific and
;.piaee it where it belongs — with the
I People. .
... -."^'^ deny that the Lincoln-Roosevelt
league is attacking the • republican
fcaTty.. ". It is the tru*» republican party,
for it represents the true principles of
republicanism, as exemplified and ex
pounded by Lincoln and Roosevelt."
.• Wallace also spoke briefly along the
. tame lines.
WILL SPEAK AT MLES
.N7LES. March 30. — Hiram W. .lohn
.f.nn, A. J. Wallace and John D. Works,
candidates, respectively, for the repub
lican nomination for governor, lieuten
ant governor and United States senator,
•will appear at Connor's theater, Nlles,
. tomorrow night, under the auspices of
\u25a0 ; the -Washington township Lincoln-
Roosevelt republican club. The meet-
Ing promises to be one of the largest
•jever-held in this end of the county.
CELEBRATE GOLDEN
WEDDING IN FRUITVALE
Mr. and Mrs. R. W. Beeman
. .. Entertain Friends at Home
: OAKLAND, March 30. — Mr. and Mrs.
; Hv W. Beeman entertained at their
.'liome in Fruitvale yesterday, in cele
. hration of the fiftieth anniversary of
• Jheir wedding.
. •\u25a0 Relatives and friends assembled for
.the occasion, among whom "Were many
• former neighbors of the couple in Sag
"ljiaw, Mich.
Mr. and Mrs. Reeman were assisted
.by. their three daughters. Mrs. F. E.
/Tyler, Mrs. V. L. Duhem and Miss Bee
jr.a'n.- Three grandchildren attended,
: Stanley Tyler. Frederick Tyler and lit
i'le. Miss Elizabeth Duhem. i
\ .'. Reuben W. Beeman and Elizabeth
JUdsoii were married 50 years ago In
Sunday, Genessee county, Mioh., where
they lived for more than ' 44 years.
\They-carae to California five years ago.
pi^OMINENT PETALUMA
COUPLE ARE MARRIED
D'upatch to The Call}
•vPETALUMA, March 30. — At an elab
orate wedding at St. Vincent's Catho
lic'-ebnrch today Miss Xellie Burns', a
popular 'cocJety girl of this city, was
inarried -to John Laux, conductor on the
'Northwestern Pacific railroad, and a
.prominent Elk. Rev. Father AL M.
O'Shea performed the ceremony.
.. The bride is a daughter of Mrs. El
len Burns and belongs to one of the
pioneer families of tlijs section. Laux
belongs, to a prominent family of So
•mrcna.
;. Miff May Hinlon anj Denos G. John
son . were married^, at the Christian
rhurch tbda>\ Rey. G. T. Meeker offi
ciated. Johnson* is a baseball j)layer
end son of a pioneer family.
John Rose, the British jreneral who
led. the fore* that burned Washington,
\ru killed in a battle with the Amer-;
Iran army at North : Point, lid., near
Baltimore. -
In the Sacramento and San Joaquin Valleys
WORK ON NEW LINE
TO BEGIN SHORTLY
Vallejo and Northern Electric
Road to Sacramento to Be
Rushed to Completion**
[Special Dispatch to The Call}
VALLEJO, March 30. — From reliable
advices received in thie city from Sac
ramento today it Is learned that the
actual work of building the new line
of the Vallejo and Northern electric
road between this city and Sacra
mento, where it will connect with the
Northern Electric, will be commenced
within the next 60 days.
All of the necessary franchises,
rights of way and other required neces
sities have been secured. C. C. Havi
land of Oakland has been chosen chief
engineer of the new road, and the task
of beginning the line has started at
Suisun, where a mile of track has al
ready been laid.
Fast express trains will make the
trips between here and Sacramento in
an hour and a half, and the time from
this city to San Francisco on the new
steel steamer Napa Valley, just com
pleted at a cost of about $350,000, will
occupy one hour and twenty minutes.
The track between here and Sacra
mento will be a double one, and the
laying of the roadbed will cost more
than 16.000.000.
CONFESSES CRIME AND
IS GIVEN LONG TERM
Negro Tells of Plot to Rob His
Former Wife
[Special Dispatch to The Call}
STOCKTON. March 30.— William
Cooper, a negro and former husband of
Mrs. Fannie Williams of San Francisco,
today confessed before Judge W. B.
Nutter all of the details in connection
with the plot to rob the woman of her
diamonds, and at the conclusion of his
story was sentenced to serve eight
years in San Quentin.
His partner in crime, Joseph Johnson,
was yesterday sentenced to serve 76
years in Folsom. Joe Thompson, the
third man, was discharged upon motion
of Assistant District Attorney C. P.
Rendon. Thompson turned state's evi
dence.
Cooper told an interesting story and
was on the stand for fully an hour.
Judge Nutter informed the prisoner
that he was impressed with the truth
fulness of the story, but the offense
could not be overlooked and that he
would have to serve at least eight years
in prison.
ATTACKS FAAIILY WHEN
MOON APPEARS "FULL"
Oak Park Man Has Peculiar
Monthly Affection
[Special Dispatch to The Call}
SACRAMENTO, March 30.— Sheriff
Reiss has In custody a man whose mind
is peculiarly affected during the full
moon period.
He is George Gerlach, a resident of
Oak Park, and his arrest followed an
attack made upon his children and wife
last night while ln ; one of these spells.
According to the wife, Gerlach is
naturally peculiar, but once a month
he becomes particularly violent and
threatens the lives of the members of
his family.
STAGE TO BIG TREES
AND YOSEMITE OPENS
Road Cleared of Snow Is in
Good Condition
MERCED, March 30. — For the first
time this season the stage line from
Tosemite valley to Wawona and the big
trees was open today. The entire
stretch of road is cleared of snow and
is in good condition.
STEALS 7 CATTLE; MUST
SERVE 7 YEARS IN JAIL
FRESNO. March 30.— E. Desperati
was this morning sentenced by Judge
Austin of the 'superior court to spend
seven. years in San Quentin. The pass
ing of sentence followed the conviction
of Desperati several days ago ,by a
Jury of having stolen seven head of
livestock . from one of the Miller &
Lux ranches on the west side. :
COUPLE TO CELEBRATE **
THEIR GOLDEN WEDDING
[Special Dispatch to The Call]
SANTA ROSA. March 30. — Mr. and
Mrs. B. W. Mendenhall will celebrate
their golden wedding anniversary . on
April 12. They have four grown chil
dren and /four grandchildren, all of
whom will be present at the anniver
sary, which will be held in Pasadena
where the pair lived for 20 years pre^
vlous to four years ago when they
came here. Mr. and Mrs. MenJenhall
leavo Sunday for their old home and
expect to spend several weeks in the
south.'" v '
DIOCESAN FUND OF
$20,000 IS NEEDED
[Special Dispatch to The Call]
EUREKA, March 30.— Rev. John T.
Shurtleff of Christ Episcopal church of
this city will go to Sacramento next
week in answer to a call from Bishop
Moreland. It will be tf two months be
fore he will resume his work In
Eureka. Rev. Shurtlen* goes east to as
sist the bishop in the raising of the
diocesan fund of the district of.north
ern California. Twenty thousands dol
lars more is needed.
Concord ps^-^^p 5^-^^
with' the B /*< ' g with the
handy ~* m^ *&&/^^^^i^m usual /
Ara-Notch . m HHH buttonhole
THE NEW SUMMER
Arrow Collar
High enough to look well---low enough
to feel welL Plenty of room for tie to
Slide in. 15 cents— 2 for 25 cents
CXUETT. PEABODY «s CO^ Troy; N. Y. \u0084 ARROW CUFFS, 25 Cents \
THE SAX FRAN CISCO; CALL, \u25a0 TH PRSD A* , MAfi(JH 31, 1910.
STRIVE FOR CROWN
OF FLORA FIESTA
Fifteen Candidates Enter Race
for Honor as Queen of the
Woodland Carnival"
[Special Dispatch to Tfie Call} ,: '
WOODLAND, March 30.— Much in
terest is. manifested in the coming
floral festival. There, are 15 candi
dates for queen of the carnival.
The state farm people are actively
co-operating and the display from' that
institution promises to be one of the
biggest features of the parade.
The committee is urging nomina
tions of candidates from the country
districts. It is to be a county affair
and an effort will be made to have
every section of the country repre
sented.
TWO CARS WRECKED BY
A MISPLACED SWITCH
Engine Overturns and Several
Passengers Are Bruised
STOCKTON. March 30.— Through a
misplaced switch this afternoon the
Bakersfield local, northbound, was
wrecked on entering the local yards.
Except for bruises the passengers es
caped. The fireman jumped, but the
engineer stayed by his 'engine. Two
cars were wrecked and the engine par
tially overturned in the soft sand. The
accident was due to repairs being made
on a siding by section men, one, of
whom failed to set the switch properly.
ENGINEERS PLAN TO
ASK HIGHER WAGES
Operating New . Compound Lo
comotives Declared Dangerous
[Special Dispatch to The Call}
TRUCKEE, March 30. — Southern Pa
cific, engineers on the new compound
are preparing to make a demand for
$10 for a day of eight hours instead of
engines which have the cab in front
$6 %s at present. The engineers say
there is great danger in operating these
engines and that in case of a head-on
colllslon,lt would be practically impos
sible for' an engineer to get out alive.
FIFTH MINER PLUNGES
DOWN CHUTE TO DEATH
Fall From Scaffold Fatal to
Worker at Mammoth •
REDDING, March 30. — Falling from
the scaffolding upon which he was
working, Michael Connelly, a miner, 23
years old, plunged 150 feet to . his
death down the main chute of the Mam
moth mine near Kennett late last night.
Connelly is the fifth workman to meet
death In the shaft during the last year.
N. S. G. W. GATHER AT >
PALO ALTO INITIATION
• - •>\u25a0 • •
200 San Jose Members' Journey
to Entertainment
{Special Dispatch to The Call} X
SAN JOSE, March '30.— Accompanied
by the uniformed drum corps of Pan
Jose parlor No. 22. Native Sons of the
Golden Went. 200 of the members of
the four local parlors left on an ex
cursion this evening to Palo Alto,
where the officers of San Jose parlor
conducted the initiation of a large
class of candidates. v'^'K
-'San Jose parlor No. 22, Observatory
parlor No. 177, Garden City parlor Np.
82 and Santa Clara parlor No. 100 were
all represented.
The excursion was held, also, for the
purpose of boosting the candidacy of
Grand Trustee Thomas Monahan for
third grand vice president at the com
ing grand parlor'sessions at Tahoe.
Evening of Entertainment
PALO ALTO, March 30.^-The Native
Sons and Native Daughters of Palo
Alto entertained the parlors from all
points in the Santa. Clara valley to
night. A parade, initiation and joint
banquet followed one another in rapid
succession.
San Jose, Garden City and Observa
tory parlors of San Jose and the Santa
Clara and Mountain View parlors of
Sons, the San Jose and Vendome par
lors of Daughters were met by Palo
Alto and El Camlno parlors. A parade
to Fraternity hall followed.
A number of candidates were ini
tiated and a banquet for 200 persons
ended the program.
DIPLOMAT MARRIES
MISS CONSTANCE HOYT
President and German Ambas
sador at Wedding
WASHINGTON, March 30.— Miss
Constance Hoyt, daughter of Henry M.
Hoyt, counselor of the state depart
ment, was married today to Ferdinand
yon Stumm.'third. secretary of the Ger
man . embassy, at, the Hoyt. residence.
President Taft, Count Bernstorff, the
German ambassador, and the Countess
Bernstorff, the : members of. the two
families and the staff of , the German
embassy witnessed the ceremony.
RICHMOND TO HAVE • '
BETTER GAS SERVICE
RIGHMOND. March* 30.— The Rich
mond light' and power company- will
pipe the west side of town and -supply
all residence' districts with gas.,; For
two years the, gas qxiestion^ has been
up before the : council without results,
tand the residents of the city are over
joyed at the prospects of at last getting
the essential commodity. \u0084 - ;..-".:
MOTHER PROSECUTES
SONS FOR SUPPORT
First Case of Kind Under New
Law Comes Up in Sac-
[Special Dispatch to The Call} ' ,
SACRAMENTO, March 30.— The novel
case of a mother prosecuting her three
sons for failure to. provide for her Is
presented in Justice Clarken's court,
where Mrs. Dora Dillar, an indigent, is
the complainant against Fred Wen
drick, J. C. Dillard and G. W. Dillard,
her sons.'
J. C. Dillard was convicted last week
and sentenced to pay $10 to his parent's
support, j
Wendrlck is under trial on a similar
charge now, before a jury. G. W. Dil
lard has so far eluded the oSicers. The
cases are the first under the new law.
CARPENTERS DEMAND
INCREASE IN WAGES
Contractors, Threaten to Dis
charge Second Rate Men
[Special Dispatch to The Call}
SACRAMENTO, March 30.—The.con
tracting builders* of Sacramento have
thrown down the gauntlet to the car
penters' union, which is asking a raise
to $5 a day. , The employers say that
they will gladly conform to the union
demands of $5, but will employ only
skilled workmen and will weed out the
others. One prominent contractor de
clares that he will at once advertise
for skilled- San Francisco workmen If
the |» wage is enforced and discharge
most of the local carpenters.
AUBURN TO WELCOME
NATIVE SON DELEGATES
Will Serve Dinner to Members'
on Way to Convention
{ Special Dispatch to The Call ]
AUBURN, March 30. — Auburn parlor
No. 19, Native Sons of the" Golden West,
is preparing to serve dinner to all dele
gates on their way to the next conven
tion of the grand parlor to.be held at
Lake Tahoe in June. Arrangements
have been made with the Southern Pa
cific company to stop all trains of dele
gates here for an hour the day before
the convention opens. The local parlor
is now collecting funds for the enter
tainment. ,';;', •>:•
INDESTRUCTIBLE
FIBRE RUSH FURNITURE
Settee, $6.50 Arm Chair, $4.00
Rocker, $4.50 Table, $6.50
And the wonder grows that furniture so durable and so wonderfully pretty can be bought for so little
money. There is nothing made in furniture that will give more service — or anything at twice the cost
that will be as effective in furnishing. The Manila fiber of which it is made is as strong as steel wire.
It is^ woven in beautiful patterns on frames of steamed oak. It is indestructible! The soft gray green
of the -fiber will harmonize with all furnishings and nearly all decorative schemes. It is wonderfully
effective when used with fumed or weathered oak. .The living-room in our model cottage is furnished
in;- this way and -it is , the prettiest furnishings it has -ever contained. Come and see it. It is worth
your while, whether you want to buy or not— and n o one is asked to buy when visiting the Sterling.
Sterling Easy Terms
"Free delivery with our own wagons in Oakland, Berkeley, Alameda and Fruitvate. Carpets laid. Stoves set up
and credit \ given-^-no extra charges.
(|g))f Furniture CompaixY** <9m^
104 & MARKET 1 3TREBT
i>PPOSITB MCALLISTER.
NEW NAVIGATION
DIRECTORS NAMED
Purchase of Shares by Attorney
* Metson Causes Change in
Members of Board
[Special ' Dispatch to The Call] /
STOCKTON, March 30.— The Cali
fornia navigation and Improvement
company, .which was yesterday taken
over by its competitor, the California
transportation company, has been re
organized. \u25a0
The stock Attorney Metsori purchased
consisted of 1,500 shares belonging ,to
P. B. Fraser.S. N. Cross and theJ. D.
Peters estate.- These men, all .Stock
tonians, resigned from the board of di
rectors, and De^Witt Clary,. T. S. Lout
tit-and M. Bernard were elected in
their places. They, with S. P. Elliott,
who continues as president, C. D.
Clarke, the manager, I. F. Stein and E.
R. 'Hedges, comprise the 'new board.
De Witt Clary was elected president to
succeed Joe Peters.
It was announced today that no fur
ther changes .would be made until the
me~eting of the sti>ck holders next June.
MAN BLOWN FORTY FEET
BY DYNAMITE EXPLOSION
Will Lose Arm and Eye if He
Recovers
[Special Dispatch to The Call]'
GRASS- VALLEY, March SO.— Henry
Struckman, a well known farmer of
the Indian Springs neighborhood, was
mangled, by the explosion of a charge
of dynamite on his ranch yesterday
afternoon. If he recovers he will lose
an arm and the sight of one eye.
Struckman was investigating why a
Charge did not explode when it went
off, hurling him' 40 feet.
PRISONER TAKEN EAST
.-\u25a0'-'. BY ILLINOIS SHERIFF
[Special Dispatch to The Call}
STOCKTON, March 30. — Sheriff War
ner of Springfield, HI., started for home
today with Fred Moran, alias Fred Van
Sant, who was arrested here recently
by Detective Donahue on Information
from the east. "He will have to answer
serious charges preferred against him
by Maud' Cook' and Ruth Tuggle of
Springfield and Goldie Brown -of
Qulncy, 111., all of whom are under age.
LEOPOLD'S FAVORITE
MAY LOSE VILLAS
BRUSSELS. March 30.— The court to
"Jay authorized Princess Louise to
begin a suit for the nullification of
Baroness Vaughan's ownership of two
villas at Ostend erected ground
bought by the late King Leopold of
Belgium.'
I IF IT WERE YOU? §
H .*T People never object to getting things B
H cheaper. Cost of living has increased in |£j
m recent years. IJ But gas and electricity fe|
g have grown cheaper. <J They are gen- £\u25a0
I erally produced by the so-called public- H
H| service concern, which has its selling jj&J
m rates fixed by law. The concern must
g| show the supervisors its books and fig- j&j
|§ ures. CJ Thus they become public, only fc
H the public never bothers to look. <J To p
B2 _ reduce the rate is always easy; it pleases B
II tens of thousands, hurts but a fewl |yj
II 9 But to force one to sell at less than a M
g| reasonable income from an investment — fvj
M that is where any other business would |i
H SAN FRANCISCO GAS AND ELECTRIC COMPANY II
§§1 A Htot *f Cnriut At Yiut Stfte* Das mU Xlgk' Jr
H| 445 SUTTER STREET TELEPHONE SUITER 140 £ij
Is! * * ?•*
PITTSBURG CARMEN
ARMED WITH RIFLES
PITTSBURG, March SO.— The spec
tacle of motormen and conductors of
cars running to the suburbs armed with
repeating rifles Is witnessed nightly. On
account of the bold holdups in outlying:
districts, which as yet the police Jiave
been unable to cope with, the street
railway officials furnished the arms.