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BALLINGER GETS
VERY IRRITABLE
UNDER GRILLING
Counsel for Qlavis Springs Sen=
sation Regarding President's
Letter to Secretary
Brandeis Suggests That Taft
Had* No Opportunity to
Examine Record
WASHINGTON*. May 6.— Keeping Bal
linger on the "grill" in the Ballin
prer-PiiK-hot inquiry all day. Attorney
Brandeis, counsel for L» R. Glavis,
sprang a mild surprise today by inti
mating that the exoneration of Ballin
ger and the dismissal of Galvis by the
president was not the result of judicial
w^isrhing of facts by President Taft in
Person, as had been generally supposed.
Brandeis indicated by his questions ]
io Ballinger his contention that it j
would have been a physical impossi-j
bility for the president to liii\ • -..l;
the great mass of matte:- •:. j
the Alaska coal cases — n; < \
pages in the record — in :: .!-- I
tween the time he receiv«u :. ..\u25a0\u25a0••- i
«rly, September 6, and the;puiliauon
of his letter of exoneration Semein
ber 13.
FAULTY UECORI) SUPPLIED
Furthermore Brandeis called atten
tion to the fact that the week in
question was crowded with engage
ments for the president, including golf,
yacht races and automobile rides. He
< itpd. outside the record, the probability
that the president also was engaged in
the preparation of his important Bos
ton speech.
Lawlor, who is the assistant attorney
for the interior department, Brandeis
said, made two trips to Beverly that
week and was there when the letter
was given out. Brandeis also sought
to show that the letter, if the president
did personally prepare it, was based
upon an incomplete record of the Cun
ningham case.
ALASKA I'UOTEST IGXOHED
Glavis' attorney called the secretary's
attention to letters written by Special
Agent Jonesp rior to the clear listing
of Cunningham claims by Ballinger, in
which Jones urged a full investigation
of the Alaska coal cases before allow
ing any of them to go to patent. He
asked Ballinger if he did not think the
president should have had those letters
to complete the record before him.
Ballinger would not admit their impor
tance.
Another letter given by Dennett to
the fraud division of the land office
urging that no Alaska coal claims
should be allowed to go to patent
without full investigation, written
after Jones' warning, was discussed.
Ballinger insisted that he did not at
tach the same importance to it that
some "superstitutious" person might.
CLASHES WITH INQUISITOR
Clashes bftwe'on Ballingtr and his
inquisitor were frequent. The morn
ing: session was particularly lively, and
at one time Ballinger made a dramatic
appeal to the committee to protect him
from the "insolence of this man."
Ballinger probably will be on the
stand several days. He is beginning
to 6how the strain and appeared very
irritable through Brandeis' cross ex
amination.
Brandeis had proceeded only a short
time in his cross examination when a
fcl-.arp clash occurred. The lawyer
asked t!ie witness why hevjiad gone to
B.verly to see the president after he
had prepared in writing all the in
formation in the possession nf his de
partment bearing on the Cunningham
SECRETARY IS COR\ERED
BalHr.fr?!- sai.l that he went to Bev
erly because he had .been invited by
letter, whereupon Brandeis asked him
to point out the paragraph in the let
t:-r containing the invitation. Ballinger
read a paragraph.
"Does that contain any invitation to
come to Beverly?" demanded Brandeis.
"Strictly speaking, no."
"Then why did you go to Beverly?' 1
• ; :<•!•* lisp i wanted to."
Deo by (R. ) broke in impatiently:
"I think this line of cro^s examina
tion is extraneous." lie said, "and I ob
ject to Mr. Brandeis further wasting
the committee's time with Irrelevant
questions.
James and Graham took sharp issue
with Denby and a longer argument fol
lowed.
STATi:>IK.\T CALLED FALSE
Brandeis retorted that Vertrees had
closely questioned Glavis when he was
on the stand, "four whole days being
taken up with his cross examination,"
he said. Vertrees spent all the time
lie wanted on "one question," said
Brando is.
"1 value as highly as anybody the
time of this committee, and of myself
:is well. What I want is fair play.
This witness had with extraordinary
swiftness made any number of state
ments — not only led by Vertrees, but
dragged in by Vertrees."
Vertrees took «>xception to this re
mark, and, rising in his place on the
side of the table, said that "statement
was known to be deliberately false."
His examination, he said, had not been
according to any rules, because the
original investigation was not con
ducted Bccording to rules.
"I have stood here a long time," con
tined Vertrees. "and seen witness after
witness offended by the insolence of
this cross examination. Once or twice
1 have felt called on to introduce an
objection. But the time has come when
the committee- should protect the gen
tlemen from such insolent imputations.
I do protest against it. and I want to
make myself plain on the question."
PRESIDENTS WORDS WITHHELD
Brandeis continued his questions con
cerning thai visit to Beverly in Sep
tember. V.iO'J. Ballinger arrived there
on the. 6th and met the presid^nt on
the golf links. Brandeis wanted to
know whether the purpose of that visit
was solely in connection with the
Glavis-Pinchot charges, or whether it
was also on othor matters.
"That was substantially the matter
which look roe to Beverly." the witness
replied. '
Uruii'Uis questioned the witness as
to the purpose of his visit to Beverly.
Ballinger replying that he declined to
repeat his conversation with the presi-.
dent.
Questioned as to the papers that
I,awlor. assistant attorney general in
the interior department, had taken to
Beverly, Ballinger said he had some
memoranda on tiie controversy under
consideration, but he did not know ex
actly what they were.
SECRETARY CRIES "INSULT" ;/ >
Senator Nelson suggested Lawler
would be the proper person to call to
Uarn what he had carried to Beverly,
hut Brandeis said he would just then
prefer going on with his examination
of the secretary.
BranJels asked Ballinger if. Glavis
at any time had an opportunity to- sec
the answers he and his assistants had
prepared fbr the president in answer
to the Glavis charges. Ballinger did
not answer the question directly and
the attorney had the stenographer read
it over to hi mtwlce. •
"This question implies an insult, that
we made a suggestion to suit our
selves." replied the secretary hotly.
"I have said heretofore that we sent to
the president all^the fact and withheld
nothing. ; -
APPEAL FOR PROTECTION
"Gentlemen of the committee. I ap
peal to you for protection 'from the
insolence of this man who is tryipg to
cross examine me. He is here by suf
ferance of the committee and not by
any other right.- I asked -for this in
vestigation, and want a searching one,
but I think I am entitled to be free
from the imputation the gentleman
puts in his questions."
Judge -Madison (republican-insur
gent) thought it- was obvious that
Glavis had an opportunity to see the
answers, to which the witness 1 as
sented, and the inscident was passed
over without Brandeis making any re
ply to Ballinger's outburst.
ONE QUESTION WITHDRAWN
Another argument occurred a few
moments later when Senator Root ob
jected to the following question:
"As a lawyer and a judge, covering a
long period of years, were you not
aware that the question of the truth of
the Glavis charges could not be deter
mined where you had the opportunity^
of answering him, and he, Glavis, had
no opportunity to know if yOu put in
all the facts? 1 ;
Brandeis withdrew the question after
considerable discussion, during 'which
It 'was suggested by the members of
the committee that the president could
•answer the question better; than Bal
linger.
PROTEST FROM SENATOR
Senator Sutherland was the next
member of the committee to protest
against Brandeis' methods of cross ex
amination. He objected when the at
torney asked the witness if it were not
a fact that of the four pages of the
record devoted to the, president's letter
exonerating him, only half dealt with
the Glavis charges. He thought the
matter irrelevant, and, slamming a
copy of the record on the table before
him, declared heatedly that he did not
think the lawyer should waste any
more of the committee's time.
James (D.) of Kentucky objected to
| members of the committee interrupting
counsel every few minutes.
"I'll take the liberty of interrupt
, ing counsel whenever I choose," re
torted Sutherland. .
"I'll take the liberty of interrupting
members when they interrupt counsel
whenever I choose," returned James
suavely.
After this little passage Brandeis
asked another question. He wanted to
know whether the president's letter
did not contain many inaccuracies.
"I refuse to answer your question.
I will not be put in the attitude of.
criticizing the president," replied the
witness.
Brandeis then sought to make the
witness admit certain statements were
based on inaccurate information. He
referred to the president's statement
that Glavis had been superseded by
Sheridan because a lawyer was needed
to handle the Cunningham claims.
Brandeis pointed out that the testi
mony and letters of Dennett and
Schwartz showed that Glavis was su
perseded because he did not want the
cases to go to a hearing without a field
examination.
Reversal of Policy Denied
PORTLAND. Ore., May 6.— Henry S.
Graves, chief forester of the United
States, who arrived here today, said
that he could not imagine what Secre
tary Ballinger referred to when he tes
tified yesterday that there had been a
"complete reversal in the forest reserve
policy of the government" since the
retirement of Pinchot.
"If Ballinger made that statement,"
said Graves, "I can not imagine what
he referred to. There has been no
radical change in the policies, and I
know of none planned, for the future.
"Ballinger is also quoted as saying
that $731,988 has been wantonly wasted
on the Menominee forest reserve in
Wisconsin. I am not personally fa
miliar with the administration of af
fairs up there, but I have always
understood the work was excellent."
DOGS HIGHLY TRAINED
TO AID IN POACHING
Warned of Advance of Game
Keepers and Hide Quarry
During the trial of a poacher at
Llangollen, North Wales, it came out in
evidence that his dog companion on
forays acted as an advance scout and
gave him notice of the presence and
whereabouts of the game keepers.
Actions of that kind are all a matter
of training, says the Edinburgh Scotch
man, and when the training "runs in
families" the habit becomes, quite in
stinctive, so that with the pups of old
poaching dogs very little teaching is
necessary. The best type of dog for
that purpose is the "lurcher," product
of the greyhound and smooth coated
Scotch collie, especially if the dog is
to be used for hare poaching after dark.
A highly trained dog of that stamp
"hunts silent" — that is, It never gives a
whimper in the chase. A dog of inferior
Instinct often whimpers, and If it finds
its prey outmaneuvering or outdistanc
ing It gives utterance to loud yelps — a
perilous thing to do on a dark, still
night, as it may be heard for a mile or
more around.
An old Ayrshire poacher of a past
generation had a wonderfully trained
dog. Starting from home, he and the
dog went in opposite directions, the
dog often making a circuit of many
miles, but never failing to mcc its mas
ter at some appointed place. That dog
also acted as a spy on game keepers,
especially those of the old tippling,
ruffianly "school," now almost extinct.
Dogs of that kind, so highly trained
and instinctively hunters, often, co
operate among themselves in forays,
and by skillfully imitating lessons
taught them by man often-.do an Im
mense amount of injury. The writer
adds: "I knew two collie dogs that
showed great skill . In co-operative
rabbit hunting, and when they
'snapped' more than they could carry
to their respective homes (wide apart)
they hid the carcasses and removed
them bit by bit." Night sheep worrying
by dogs is a curious "instinctive" sur
vival of a trained habit neolithic or
palaeolithic man taught wild canidae
long before Cadmug or any other pun
dit brought him letters.
HOW TO BE POPULAR?
DON'T BE A HYPOCRITE
Men Who Show Their Real
Selves Deserve Admiration
The way to be popular has been ex
plained by gne of; the marshmallow
magazines which inflates itself with
the idea that it is directing modern life.
"When you shake hands with a man."
runs the recipe, "grasp tht^NJiand as
though, you were glad to see the owner,
look him In the eye and give him; 'a
smile from your heart." -This is a
sure enough recipe. It has been used
a million times from Alcibiades down
to day before yesterday, says the Minne
apolis Journal. It has been worked by
some of the greater frauds in Christen
dom to subserve their own -ends. The
man who is seeking popularity, posing
for it, angling for it, usually doesn't de
serve it. Keep your admiration" for men
who show you their real; selves, who,
when \u25a0 they, are bothered or worried, or
mad, or glad, make it manifest by ap
propriate facial expression,, and. '.who
are not constantly standing themselves
before the mirror - • , ... . ,
THE BAN:.- FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY; MAY 7, 1910
George Frederick Ernest Albert, prince of Wales, who succeeds, Edward VII as kmg of Creat Britain, his j
queen and -their six children : |
LESS DEMOCRATIC
THAN HIS FATHER
Court Gayety Expected to Lan
guish Under Reign of New
King George V
LONDON, May 6. — George Frederick
Ernest Albert, prince of Wales, who
now becomes king, is the second son ot
King Edward and Queen Alexandra.
He was born at Marlborough house
June 0, 1865, 17 months after the birth
of his older brother, the late duke of
Clarence.
He and his brother entered the navy
together as cadets and he spent two
years on the Britannia. He then start
ed on a three years' voyage around the
world on the Bacchante. In 189 Z, when
his brother died, he became heir ap
parent and took his seat in the house
of lords as duke of York;
In May, 1893, his engagement was an
nounced to Princess Victoria May. of
Teck and they were married July" 16,
1893. Six children were born to them:
Edward Albert, Albert Frederick, Vic
toria Alexandra, Henry William, George
Edward and John Charles.' .
The prince became duke of Cornwall
when his father took the throne and
soon after he started on a tour of the
colonies. He opened the first parlia
ment of the commonwealth of Aus
tralia. In celebration of his. safe re
turn he was entertained by the London
corporation at Guildhall on December
5, 1905, on which occasion he delivered
his well remembered advice to England
to "wake up." . . .
In the fall of 1905 he went to India,
and when he returned there was an
other celebration. Oii.this occasion he
said that "the task of 'governing India
will -be made the easier, if we, on our
part, infuse into it a/wider element of
sympathy."... , .
.His Indian/trip: was- generally f re
garded as unsuccessful from a political
viewpoint. ' .' : -\u0084"./ \u25a0.: \u25a0•. /
In 1908 he visited Canada to attend
the celebration at Quebec and on that
occasion met Vice President Fair
banks. , '\u25a0-:,. \ . .... , :
The prince, is less democratic than
was his> father, and does not have such
an ardent love for sports. It has been
predicted, therefore, that after his ac
cession/to' the throne' the r court gayety
that, always was a, featur6 during Ed
ward's reign will be : less marked.
COCO AN UT ROOT GRO WS
TOWARD THE OCEAN
Tree Inclines to Sea in Absence
of Obstruction
It is a fact not generally known that
a ; large majority of cocoanuts** drop
from the trees in the night after hang
ing <1 or ; a. period of ; about :i4" months
for ripening. The action of the heavy
dew;lo6sens.the seal with, which nature
has provided the. nut and allojws; it to
fall, ; ssiys -the, London t Globe.i v Nuts
wanted for planting are eithcrgathered
intojheaps or placed under sheds where
they -are'./ allowed *to sprout • before
planting, .'in order, that ,good '\u25a0 healthy
"sprout nuts" may be selected, j. " .': .'-,
An interesting story is told. by a man
who resided \ for ' some , . years .:'. i n ; ; the
tropics. . "He planted a; cocoanut = ; tree
behind a broad fence some distance
from; the sea. The tree grew.iperfectly.
straight until it reached the, top of, the
fence, when' it. began v to grow- toward
the bcean.'leaning a foot or more; then
a shed; was' built quite \ near . the S fence,
but-several feet -higher,', and the tree
again grew, straight, until;; the ; roof \ of
the I ,' shed wass reached, .when. It! again
leaned" toward \u25a0' th eVsea, forming- a very
curious land ,"oddj looking .^tree.;^?";:; '\ '.-'.. \
- The} irregular -growth ; was wholly^ at-,
tributable*; to^ the* influence* of \u25a0 the "salt
iMr.-; No" magnet^is" truer;: to pole
tnan^the^ root^of^the cocoanut^ tree : ;-, to
the -ocean^f or •' when- the; root 1 breaks -its
husk^ it" points Jdirectly to v the sear v "
UNITED FUNERAL
SERVICES PLANNED
British:** Societies^ <j£ San Fran
cisco Will Join in Rites for
Departed Monarch
Arrangements are under way to ob
serve the death of King Edward VII
with a .united funeral service by the
British societies of San Franciscol The
officers- of the various organizations are
receiving hasty summons to "attend a
general conference' to determine on the
details of the mortuary rites.
The ceramony will be enacted in a
pavilion. in much, the same manner as
the observance of the death of Queen
Victoria was held. All of the members
of;the different societies and orders will
be required to attend and . the services
conducted by the Episcopal church.
Rev. F. W. Clampett officiated during
the services 1 to England's former queen
in the »6ld Mechanics' pavilion, which
was draped in mourning.
Among the societies that will take
part in the servlces s are: The Sons of
St. George, the British benevolent so
ciety, the . Caledonians, St. Andrew's,
Thistle club and other English and
Scottish organizations.
Great sorrow is expressed among the
officers of these organizations over the
death of England's monarch and a
great demonstration of loyalty is ex
pected from the united societies on the
occasion of the funeral services.
Thomas Poyser. grand secretar, yof
the' Order of the Sons of St. George and
head, of the Pacific coast jurisdiction,
said' last night that services 'would be
observed by all^ the branches of his
order throughout the coast. '\u25a0*.
KING OF-MONT BLANC
DEFIES FATHER TIME
Noted Guide Kills Self Rather
Than Suffer Old Age
Old Adolphe Balmat, the "King, 'of
Mont 1 Blanc," ['\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0 who has; killed himself
because he could pot bear.to'be degraded
by., old age' from the -"courses extraor
diriaires" ;to leading /"tourists' jnules
up bridle' paths, had been associated
with several tragedies, one of .which
was peculiarly pathetic, says the West
minster Gazette. He.is; said to ; have
been one of the" guides, who> were with
Richard Lewis; Nettleship, -trie brilliant
and beloved tutor, of Balliol college; OOrx r
ford, '.when he perished . in Jan attempt
to ascend Mont -Blanc on August" 25,
1592. They -were .' overtaken"- by a snow
storm, and compelled to pass, the;night
in a hole 'they had hewn . in the • ice
Next morning the guides'": wished to
wait for a lull; but Nettleship, saying
"Allons,"- stepped out into the storm, to
which *he soon succumbed. Nettleship
is buried at. Chambnix/and the.iriscrip-
cross over' his grave .ends
with "'..the '\u25a0 /"quotation": 1 ' "He. maketh \u25a0; the
storm fa. calm.".* '* -, ; ' ' '\u25a0 'Y-V-' '"
Southern. Pacific Trnln Clinnses
Effective May;, Bth, train; No.': 88 will
leave Market Street Ferry: Depot at
n:00. p. ..m\; : instead v of .4:40 .p.; m:, \u25a0 for
Niles, Livermore, Tracy, Newman and
Fresno. Train:; No. 86 will Heave "Mar
ket • Street Ferry Depot Vat- 9 :40 ~p. - m
instead of ,11:00 p. m.. carrying Yosem
i te ; sleeper for :'., El Portal; via ;- Merced,
and will run to Bakersfleld instead of
Fresno, as heretofore, affording good
early morning connection^ for- Coalinga
and" -other oil districts.'; Northbound
(No>B7)vwill leave BakersfleldTat 9:00
p.m.,. arriving, San Francisco Ferry: De
pot at 8:28 a. m.. Train N0. '198 KMviW
leave Ferry Depot at 11:00 p. m.'for San
Leandro,-, Niles -and; San S Jose. '
No.' 9, Sunset? Express, due at Third and
Townsend Streets. theretofore at, \u25a0 11-40
a, m., v will«arrive-.at 10:55 a. ;m. w.Traln
No.r:18 .will leave Third and.Townsend
Streets at j 8:05 p.. m.Sand; Train :N0.«76
The '.-Lar k,%i ; will 8:00 p.m.-
Tickets Offices:: ?Market Streets Ferry
Depot. /> Flood <\u25a0; Building. .^.Third^-: and
Townsend > Streets, - and*. Broadway " and
Thirteenth". Street/Oakland; ; | ;^:- '\u25a0\u25a0";,• \u0084
BRITISH CONSUL
GETS NO NOTICE
Walter R. Hearn Says King's
Death Is Blow to Nations
That Loved Peace
"I have received no official notifica
tion of the death, of his majesty," said
.Walter R. Hearn, British consul gen
eral, yesterday evenfng. "I have re
ceived notice from the press and will
probably be notified in the morning
from Washington. I
' "1 feel grieved, as does every loyal
Englishman. King Edward's death is
a great blow, not only to Great Bri
tain, but to America and to every other
country that loves peace. He did much
for the promotion of international
peace and endeared himself to the
world at large.
"I feel that I can add nothing to this
statement except to repeat that I am
deeply grieved." • «
M. JEAN NICOT WAS
NICOTINE'S GODFATHER
Famous Ambassador Introduced
Tobacco Into Portugal
Although the father of Jean Nicot
was a simple notary he spared no ef
fort to educate his son. As soon as it
was possible he sent the youth to
Paris, where it was not long before his
learning attracted the attention of the
king, Henry 11.
For a time he served Henry as secre
tary, and Francis 11, when he came to
the throne, sent Nicot as envoy and
ambassador to Portugal.
Always interested in men and affairs,
says the Boston Globe, the ambassador
met at Lisbon a Flemish merchant who
told him rare stories in regard to what
their ships had brought from foreign
shores to increase commerce in Flan
ders. He gave Nicot some weeds of an
American plant that was unknown in
Europe. He told him of certain valu
able qualities of the plant/mentioning
particularly the medicinal properties it
had. - . •
Nicot sent these, seeds to Catherine
de Medici, telling her all that the mer
chant had said. On his return . from
'Portugal Catherine presented him with
one of ' the plants which had been
"raised from the seed.
This was tobacco, and the botanists
named it ; Nicotiana,. in honor of Jean
Nicot. .The Chevalier Thevet. a French
traveler, disputed with Nicot the honor
otj having introduced the valuable
plant into France, but the name given
It goes, to prove that the honor belongs
to the ambassador at Portugal, f,
It is doubtful „if Nicot' himself or
Catherine de Jledici realized the enor
mous value of this plant in commerce.
Bue i Jean Nicot rendered another serv
ice tohis own country. "It was he who
produced the first model of a French
dictionary. He called his work the
"Treasure of the \u0084 French Language,"
but it was not ready for publication
until he had been' dead six years.
All : Identity with -his S» work is now
lost is the perfected French dictionary; :
but there still, remains his vocabulary,
the one of the old French language. '..
-.'\u25a0 When Nicot died 'his body was laid at
rest' in the Church at St. Paul at Paris,
where .many important persons .have
been i buried. \u25a0 This church Suffered des
ecrationV during, .the .revolution and
many "tombs were destroyed.
,- 'After his death the question came up
of somelkind of a monument
to ".him „ for .his services to.' France:
Some one suggested that it take the
form'*of a huge snuff box bearingthe
SUIT "OVER SElZUßE— Oakland. ; May 6 —
. Charges : that W. E." Dean." tnanajrpr. of a local
: V collection Hgency., unlawfully -represented hlm
vFelf as a 'deputy -constable and seized ; a "type-"
•' writer desk, a ; chair, and promissory .notes were
made today in '-> a '.suit \u25a0. filed .by . J.-TL. Rogers.
\u0084 ', The 'latter declares that the property tu> seized
'cloak: of "authority was .worth 'ss6l.'-; He
I auks Judgment j for ithls • amount t and $500 addi
tional from Dean. \u25a0\u25a0•.
SHIPPING MEN WANT
LOWER WATER RATES
Schwerin Tells Supervisorsjhe
Spring Valley Charges on
Wharves Are Excessive
Washing Fluid Costs 16 Cents
and Drinking 75 Cents
Each 1,000 Gallons
Objection to the charge macte by the
Spring Valley company for supplying
water to the port shipping was made
yesterday before the supervisors* water
rate committee by R. P. Schwerin for
the Pacific Mail and J. C. Hibbayd for
the Pacific Coast steamship company
and other shipping men.
'Our company uses 15.000.000 gallons
of water every year in provisioning our
boats and we get all of this we can
away from San Francisco because of
the excessive charge made by the
Spring Valley company," said Schwerin.
Hibberd said that the rate from 75
cents to $1.50 a thousand gallons was
ridiculous, especially when his com
pany could buy the same water on the
wharf for washing down purposes for
16 cents.
Attorney E. J. McCutchen for the
company stated that the general ex
penses of furnishing the service had
to be met and that the company's
charges were regulated accordingly.
. The committee took the matter un
der advisement.
The complaint of contractors that
they were charged 14 cents for water
used with a barrel of cement in build
ing operations when tests showed that
by meter rates the cost would barely
exceed 1 cent was also considered, but
nothing was done.
Manson Goes to Washington
City Engineer Manson completed his
preparations yesterday for leaving to
day on his trip to Washington for the
Ballinger hearing in the Hetch Hetchy
matter. Manson will take with him
complete maps and data of the district
involved and will lay before the in
terior department the latest informa
tion regarding the rainfall and runoff
of the upper Tuolumne watershed.
!» "We are prepared to show," he said,
"that for the future population that
will gather around San Francisco bay
we need all the water which we get
from the Lake Eleanor source, the
Spring Valley properties and Hetch
•Hetchy itself.
"The Hetch Hetchy is not to be de
veloped until the need for it draws
near. Whatever the outcome of the
hearing before Secretary Ballinger the
city must go ahead with its Sierra
water supply system."
Relief Home Appointments
After a three hour session yesterday
the board of health opened its doors
and announced that it had appointed a
"chief commissary" for the relief home.
Thomas Gosland was the man chosen,
at a 'salary of $100 a month. Despite
the fact the salary appropriation of the
home is exhausted the board also added
five others to the force.
Gosland, it is believed, is not in line
to step into Wollenberg's shoes, but
has been selected by Mayor McCarthy
to find a way of getting rid of the
superintendent. Wollenberg has the ]
backing of virtually all the charitable j
organizations in the city, and although
he was a star appointee of the Taylor
regime, the administration has so far
found it impolitic to move against him.
The others appointed were: Assistant
Engineer J. Nicholson, Mrs. M. J.
Leonard as attendant, J. Reiss as or
derly, Samuel Robertson as attendant
and Mrs. Josephine Yoell as seamstress
in the emergency hospital service.
The board asked all its subordinates
to purchase stock in the Panama-Pa
cific exposition to the extent of 20 per
cent of one month's salary.
City Hospital Offered
The offer of P. J. Milerterno to
build a brick or concrete hospital at
511 Clay street for the harbor dis
trict and to lease it to the city for
either three or five years for a
monthly rental of $200 was favorably
reported by the supervisors' hospital
committee yesterday. Milerterno also
offers to build and sell to the city for
$37,500. The lot has a frontage of
30 feet and a depth of 118:6.
Gas Company Apologizes
The San Francisco gas and electric
company apologized to the board of
supervisors yesterday for inadver
tently publishing a statement that its
members ha»l agreed to a $1 gas rate.
President Britton of the company
wrote:
"In the morning papers of the sth
instant was published an advertise
ment in which, through the inadver
tency of our publicity department, the
statement was made that the board of
supervisors had fixed the rate of gas
in San Francisco at $1.
"This was an error an'J does 3'our
board injustice, and we desire to
apologize for said publication. Cor
rections have been made of it in is
sues of the same papers as of May 6,
to which we beg to call your atten
tion."
Baths May Be Accepted
City Attorney Long informed the
supervisors yesterday . that the mu
nicipality had power to accept the
gift- of the James Lick baths from its
trustees and to run the institution as
a free public utility. In behalf of
the trustees H. E. Matthews offered
to give the building and equipment to
the city if the latter would assume a
funded debt of about $20,000 and kee^
the baths open for the public in ac
cordance with the wish of James Lick
in his bequest. The private manage
ment has found It necessary, especially
since the losses of the fire, to exact a
small charge. ' ~ {
The' third book of opinions of the
city attorney has just been published
by the municipality. It contains
some 200. opinions given by City Attor
ney Long during the last three years.
The' first volume contained opinions
of City Attorney Harry T. Creswell
during 1893-98 and the second opinions
of City Attorney Franklin K. Lane I
during 1899-1902. .
Of the present book 64 opinions are
directed to the board of supervisors
and concern its powers under the
charter. Thirty-four opinions were
for the board of works and 12 dealt
with the powers of tlte police commis
sion. ' \u25a0
WHEN GREEK MEETS
• GREEK, WHAT THEN?
Astonished King Meets Equally
Astonished Foreign Minister
King Ferdinand of Bulgaria Is, we
are told, an accomplished modern Greek
scholar. \ During his recent visit to the
sultan of Turkey, >he king found much
pleasure in walking about the streets
of Pera "incognito." and conversing
freely- with the Greeks — shop ! keepers
and merchants. , During one of . his
promenades he met the Greek minister
and Mme. Griparis. He told the minis
ter In Greek that he was astonished at
the number of. Greeks to be found in
Constantinople, and the minister,' on his
part, was no less surprised at the mon
arch's fluency; In the language of Ho
mer's'countrymen. — London Globe.
CHINESE COMPLAIN
OF POLICE OUTRAGE
Sergeant Accused of Using U»
legal Search Warrant and
Humiliating Merchants
Matheson and Members of His
Squad Sued for Breaking
Into Store
Acting under Instructions from the
Six Companies former Judge Carroll
Cook complained to Chief of Police
Martin yesterday of outrages alleged
to have been practiced in Chinatown
by the police squad under Sergeant
Duncan Matheson. This step followed
an indignation meeting hel«l Thursday
night by 75 of the leading Chin-se
merchants, many of whom threatened
to take their establishments to Oak
land if their right.-* were not respected.
Sergeant Matheson was accused of
breaking into the storeroom of the
Sam Kee Jan company at 739 Grant
avenue without a proper search war
rant and confiscating a number of ar
ticles.
MERCHANTS CALLED VAGUA.VTS
Six merchants reported that they
had boen stood up by plaincloth.es po
licemen ami forced Io undergo humili
ating treatment. They were searched
for concealed weapons and for lot
tery tickets and then charged with
vagrancy.
The Chinatown squad Is charged j
with forcing entrances into private j
houses at all hours of the night; even 1
when no lights were displayed, anil j
subjecting the inmates, women as I
well as men, to many indignities. On '
one occasion. It was alleged, many of j
the clerks of a store were searched J
during the busiest hours of the day.
Sergeant Matheson was given charge
of the Chinatown squad two weeks ago
and his activity since that time in com
pany with Corporal D. M. Keavls has
raised the storm of protest. Attorney
Cook yesterday said:
"The police are perpetrating outrages J
in Chinatown that no self-respeCtin? |
American would permit. Houses are ',
invaded in the dead of night and the j
privacy of women Ignored. They insist <
on doors being opened and if this is !
not complied with doors are broken in. j
'"Sergeant Matheson is to blame. I
was instructed this morning by the sec
retary of the Six Companies to take
whatever legal action that might be
necessary to stop the continuance of
the outrages.
INVESTIGATION DE>lA> DED
"I saw the chief of police this morn- j
ing and demanded that the unwar- j
ranted actions of Sergeant Mathe3on be ?
investigated by the police commission- ?
ers and I am prepared to take the I
matter to court."
Ling Ye, secretary of the Six Com
panies, said:
"Chinese of good standing in our
community are arrested on charges of
vagrancy, though it is known that they
are persons engaged in business. It Is
the only charge that they can be taken
into custody for. and such unwarranted
acts are humiliating to my people.
"A petition will be drawn up and
signed by prominent Chinese detailing
all the indignities to which we -have
been subjected and presented to the
city authorities through our consul."
Judge Shortall yesterday ruled that
the search warrant used by Matheson
in effecting entrance Into the storeroom
of the Sam Kee Jan company was void
and instructed Matheson to return tiie
articles taken from the place.
Sergeant Matheson and three un
named members of his command were
sued yesterday by the Sam Kee Jan
company for $10,000 exemplary dam
ages and $250 damages representing
doors and furniture alleged to have
been destroyed by the policemen when
they broke into the company's store
May 4.
Carroll Cook and A. S. Newlturgh are^
attorneys for the' Sam Kee Jan com-*
pany.
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