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INQUIRY ON SHANNON UNCOVERS NO CRIME Admission Made by Senator Strobridge, Who Opposes Request for Letters GEORGE A. VAN SMITH [Special Dispatch to The Call] ,'cALt HEADQUARTERS, SACRA- SfIENTO, Dec. 7.—Nothing criminal in the conduct of his offlce by former State Printer Shannon was discovered by the legislative Investigating com mittee. • Shannon's resignation may have .been the result of something other thah :. the alleged irregularities of his management of the state printing of fice. . -. The foregoing statements were,made today by Senator Strobrldge, chairman of the textbook Investigation commit tee.' to the activities of which have been (escribed the cau?e for Shannon's resig nation. The statements were made by Strobridge as a member of the senate committee on executive communica tions and incident to his opposition to Wrjght's resolution calling upon the governor to furnish the senate with all the information in his possession re garding Shannon's resignation and his conduct in office. -* PRIVATE LETTERS TO GOVERNOR Strobridge said tonight that much of the Shannon correspondence in the hands of the governor is of a personal ■a .ter. and for that reason he had ™ led the attempt to put it in the possession of the senate. Whether or not that is the reason for refusing to enlighten the senate about the Shannon episode, to the end that y£<pre may be prosecutions of dealers if any crooked deals were put over, the senate will not be enlightened as the result of Wright's effort?. His resolu tion will not be reported favorably by the committee on executive communica tions'; Unless he has better luck at the next meeting; of the committee than he had today it will not draw even an adverse report. This morning when Wright appeared before the committee he said that he appeared neither to defend nor defame any one. He insisted that if crimes had been committed as suggested by the statements given to the newspa pers for the administration, the former state printer could not be the only guilty person and that his resignation from offlce could not be construed as a punishment for others. MERE UIESTIOX OF FIGHT . Chairman Avey wanted to know if there, was anything in the call for the extra session that would make the con sideration of Wright's resolution reg ular. He was assured that no legisla tion was involved —merely a request for information for the senate and the people. Then he suggested that. fur ther consideration of the matter be taken up in executive session. That Hl'oSestion failed to elicit much en thusiasm. Beban suggested that the committee postpone consideration of the'matter until "we can find out where we stand." COUNTRY MEMBERS GRAB FOR SEATS Attempt to Despoil Most Popu= lous Counties Proves Dif ficult Problem [Spec/a/ Dispatch to The Call] CAM. HEADQUARTERS, SACRA MENTO. Dec. 7.—The absurdity of the position taken by the country member!! "'of -the assembly in trying to deprive San Francisco, Los Angeles and Ala iherla counties of their just legislative - ntation was never more appar ent than this afternoon "when a sub committee of the reapportionment com mittee struggled With the problem of reapportloning the state. Guided by the action of the so called "rube caucus," which had allotted 17 senators and 34 assemblymen to the three most populous counties, the sub committee undertook to dispose of the 2% senators and 46 assemblymen re served for the so called country dis tricts. Vrhe task was too much for the spoil ers. Every tempt to carve up the state left a surplus of one senator or one assemblyman. Fred Gerdes, the only San Francis ran* on the committee, arrested that tlte extra representative be given to i^an I'rancisco. "William Kehoe, Clyde Bishop and Frank Rutherford would not consent to this. C. ii. Randall of JJag, Angeles, the fifth member of the .committee, was also opposed to such a suggestion because he is the author of a bill along: the lines favored by th,« country members. CHANGES SUGGESTED .It was finally decided to give the -counties of the Sierras an extra as senfblyman by making a district of Al pine, Mono and Inyo, with a population &? only 9,200. ;■* The committee also favored taking thjp third assemblyman from Sacramen to' and giving it to Alamßda, and al lowing Fresno two senators and two assemblymen. Orange county, accord ing to the assembly committee's •scheme, will be joined to Riverside as a "senatorial district. * At a meeting of the assembly reap *p«»rtionment committee this morning the,re was a clash between members of , the. San Francisco delegation as to whether the Finn forces should be per mitted to draw the interior lines in rtioning the city or leave the matter to the San Franciscans on the committee. No decision was reached. It developed that there was some fric tion in the Los Angeles delegation over the' rcdistriction of that county. An attempt by Dr. E. M. Butler to have the assembly name a committee to meet with a like committee of the .senate for the purpose of drafting a lull was defeated. It was then decided te refer all the bills to a subcommittee of five consisting of Kehoe, Rutherford, Bishop, Randall and Gerdes. VOI'.NG OFFERS NEW PLAN* ' "C. C. Young of Berkeley offered a constitutional amendment today ; that would favor the country idistricts in future reapportionment." It provides that- counties having 17 hi per cent of the population" shall be in , one class and those with less in another class.' Counties In the first class are to re ceive as many representatives as 1734; p£r cent of the total representation. The balance would so to the " other, counties. Reapportionment,j would be made in each class according to popu lation and without regard to the other class. Embargo for Fruit Pests ; SACRAMENTO, Dec. —In a resolu tion ; introduced by Assemblyman; Jud son today, congress is .urged to take drastic steps in preventing the impor tation from Hawaii of fruit -carrying the Mediterranean fly. on which : the California Fruit Shippers' OMOci recently placed an embargo. ," , Strobridge, who at first had declared that the Wright resolution would not hamper the work of his committee, changed his opinions. He said that It might interfere with the work of his I committee and that .while the governor had declared that he was done with the investigation, the senate committee purposed to prosecute it and at its con clusion to take the public into confi dence. The committee adjourned with out acting on the resolution. Perhaps it will meet again. RE APPORTION CONFLICT Tomorrow is the last day of grace for the San Francisco members of the senate committee on reapportionment. If they have not arrived at an agree ment before 8 o'clock tomorrow night the main committee is pledged to carve up San Francisco according to its own or its borrowed idieas. Burnett, ■Welch and Finn held a protracted ses sion this afternoon. ) Burnett and "Welch were ready enough to agree to the lines drawn by Deputy Registrar Zemansky and which are a part of the Thompson bill. Finn did not approve a plan that contem plates the erection of a senatorial dis trict by combining what will be the new twenty-ninth and forty-second! as sembly districts. The twenty-ninth Is south of Market street, and includes the major portions of the present twenty-eighth, twenty-ninth, thirtieth and thirty-first districts. The new forty-second is all that territory north of Market street and east of Leaven worth to the bay shore. The consolidation of these districts in a senatorial district complies strictly with the census and the constitution, but it puts Finn and) Beban in the same district and would compel Beban to move or drop out of the senate two years hence. Af.REEMEXT IMPROBABLE The Zemansky lines are in the Thompson bill. They are generally sat isfactory to all the San Franciscans except the Finn men in the senate and the assembly and Senator Hare and Assemblyman Gardes. The changes that would be satisfactory to the Finn men would put several of the reform member?, including Arthur Joel, out of the running. Finn" wants a. delegation meeting' to wrestle with the question. The other members of the committee are willing to try to make a district for every re publican senator who must run next year, except "Wolfe, but they are not willing to lay their own political necks on the Finn block. All of which makes an agreement tomorrow a remote prob ability. If there is no agreement and the. committee keeps Its pledge to do the work itself the Zemansky lines will be approved tomorrow night. BILL OPENS STATE OFFICES TO WOMEN Assemblyman Kehoe Secures Final Passage of Measure by Lower House [Special Dispatch to The Call] CALL HEADQUARTERS, SACRA MENTO, Dec. 7.—A bill extending to women the right to fill all elective of-' flees went through the assembly to day and William Kehoe of Eureka has the distinction of being the member of the lower house to secure the final passage of a bill originating in the lower house. The law now permits women to serve as county superintendents of schools and members of boards of education. The act as amended by Kehoe opens up the entire political field for women so that they may be eligible to all elective officers, provided they have the usual qualifications. Two other assembly bills were placed on final passage today. One was the re-enactment of a bill by T. F. Griffin of Modesto, passed by the legislature last winter, permitting banks to in vest in the bonds of irrigation districts. The other bill was by . M. K. Jones of Martinez. It would permit banks to deposit in state banks such parts of their reserves as are not deposited in St. Loots, Chicago and Xew York. Irrigation Bond Measure CAM/ HEADQUARTERS, SACRA MENTO, Dec 7.— Championed by Sen- I ator John Curtin, the Griffin constitu tional amendment was sent through the senate this morning virtually without amendment. Tf* ratified by "the people the amendment will permit savings banks to invest 10 per cent of their deposits in* the bonds of Califor nia irrigation districts. _y High-o-me That's The Proper Way to Pronounce Iljomcl, the Famous Catarrh Rem edy Marie from Australian Eu calyptus and Other Antisep tics. Just Breathe it. It Kills Catarrh Germs If you will use a common sense method, getting rid of catarrh' is easy. Germs cause catarrh, you know that and you also know that in order to end catarrh you must destroy the germs. In every HYOMEI outfit which }is sold ". by; druggists everywhere there is a little bottle of antiseptic liquid' that will kill catarrh 1 germs. ; Pour a t few drops of this liquid into the little hard rubber \ inhaler I which comes, with ; the outfit and breath©'this now antiseptic vaporized ' air over the membrane ;of ? the i nose . and throat' in fested 1 with catarrh germs. ■' . It's /pleasant, soothing and healing is this vaporized \ air '} and it is really the only remedy known that can reach and /kill catarrh germs. Complete outfit $1.00. It is guaranteed not to contain cocaine, opium, or other habit forming drugs. ■ Booth's Hyomei Co., ? Buffalo, X. Y. ■"-. N ■•■■.■■■ ' ■ ■■.■■.■•■■■■.. ■ THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1911. GOVERNOR BLAMED FOR LOSS OF TAXES Secretary of State Returns Money Paid by Delinquent Corporations (By AseocUted' Press) SACRAMENTO, Dec. 7.—lf Secre tary of State Frank C Jordan is sus tained in his construction of the law, 3,200 California corporations have lost their corporate existence since Decem ber 1, on account of their rallure to pay delinquent license taxes. This is due, says .Jordan, to Gover nor Johnson's failure to comply with a suggestion made by the secretary of -state tv the governor In a letter sent October 2~>, in which the recommenda tion was made that an amendment to the license tax law, extending the time limit for payment, be Included in the call for the present extra session of th<^ legislature. Declaring that he was sustained by an opinion of Attorney General Webb, Jordan is returning all ta\es paid by formerly delinquent corporations, in forming them that their incorporations have been invalidated and that they must reincorporate before they can be recognized by the state. Representatives of the corporations affected are flocking to the office of the secretary of state, seeking rein corporation. • The license tax law was amended at the last regular session of the legisla turn to provide for the rehabilitation of delinquent corporations by tho pay ment of back taxes and penalties on or before July 1. The. date of final de linquency was pet us September 1. frith the provision that the charters should be forfeited if all payments Vere not made by November SO. Having in mind the 3,200 delinquen cies, Jordan sent a letter to Governor Johnson October 28, which is in part as follows: BO happens every year that a number of corporations fail to "It large Christmas Shopping at Kohler & Chase A Piano or Pianola Piano is the ideal Christmas gift Has it occurred to you that you can have a beautiful Piano or a genuine The $600 Kohler & Chase Club Player Piano may be purchased for $425 Pianola Piano for Christmas? The payment of a few dollars now secures de- ." at $9 cash and $9- monthly, with no; interest for one year, livery of the instrument whenever you want it. ;. The balance can be paid in If your taste, runs to : Grand Pianos, the $750 Club Grand (an old estab convenient monthly amounts over a period of twenty-four to thirty-six months. lished make, the name of which we have agreed not to advertise at the .Club. The $373 Kohler & Chase Club Piano is sold at $277.50, on payments of price) may be had for only $585—530 cash and $15 monthly; no interest for $5 down and $6 monthly, or $1.25 weekly; no interest for one year. . 1 one year. ' - The world's best Pianos, 1912 styles, are here for your inspection—just arrived The 1012, WEBERS~the most beautiful The 1012 KXABES—In large assortment, The 1912 .T. &C. FISCHER in San Domin- .The 1912 KOHLER & CHASES—The new .7t i, '*„"'' iA * l i*:i . ' ' . . , '■','■■■ Kohler & Chase;styles are not exceeded in styles in grand and upright pianos ever consisting of new Mignonette baby grands so mahogany, Vermilion mahogany, crotch beauty of tone and case by any instrument produced Musically and artistically these and' dainty uprights in the richest mahog- walnut, Circassian walnut, fumed $>ak. made. We desire 'to' call special attention 1912 styles are the finest examples of the ■*« have ** been received. The Knabe FJemish oak and golden oak> are also new ft^^*"*™- jSSSSJtoSiSi greatest piano of the time—the Weber For tone .is celeorated throughout the entire : - arrivals from the famous Fischer factory. ■ action which won the endorsements of , . ; ■ ■-■■■ musical world. Beware of unscrupulous; „, „ . «a-."-j *-- < , .. aa - w ;, Tetrazzini, ; Nordica. Carapanari,.Mansfeldt, the artist, the well informed connoisseur, and dealers who are trying to gain 'notoriety by Or aIL standard makes in use there are Uo Carre Louise Dunning, Zech;Bendix. and in fact any one who appreciates the best trading on the renowned Knabe reputation Fischers; to one of any other. Kohler & scores of the greatest artists. "They possess in music, the Weber is the supreme-the - Kohler & i Chase are exclusive Knabe Chase have been Fischer dealers for over *£* refinement charm of^case design ultimate—pianoforte. Prices, uprights, $575 agent's. uprights, $550 up. Grands, 40 years. Prices, uprights, $425 up. Grands, heretofore produced. % Price's, uprights, $350 up. Grands, $800 up. ; $750 up. . / $750. :v : \ : to $525. Grands, .$750. .'..,.*.' 'r Kohler & Chase sole agents for genuine Pianola Pianos. v 1912 styles now here matter what Player Piano you may have seen or heard, if you haven't seen the new 1912 styles of the genuine Pianola Piano you can't conceive of the perfec tion to which the Player Piano, at its best, has arrived. When "you[investigate the Pianola Piano, the standard of the world, the claims made in print for other Play ers will appear foolish. 1 _. . / ' "■ ' ..„•/■'.■ .:•*•'-; ,/;:.■ ■"./ ..■ ;' ..';'""''■', _'. When YOU consider a player,, insist on getting the Themodist—enabling you to con- : Furthermore, insist on the easiest-pedaling player piano—-the Pianola patent single trol theme and the accompaniment individually. I insist on getting the Metrostyle- - pneumatic action eliminates all ; springs and surplus melanism i and makes, pedaling ironneiuß mm we v ._. _ ,j . . . o -,° ,-■ ,r. .. easier than ever before dreamt of. A three year old child can ? pedal a genuine Pianola with which the great masters have Indicated their interpretations*. I.insist on getting the piano easily. - ; r Graduated Accompaniment, the Selector, the Automatic Sustaining Pedal and the Divided We "ask anyone to hear and try any other player, then hear i and ' try • a real. Pianola Windchest. All these are embodied in EVERY 1912 Pianola Piano. < Piano—the 1 difference will be apparent to the veriest novice. ' The Pianola is combined with the world's greatest Pianos — the Stein way—the Steck— the Wheelock— the Stuyvesant and the standard Weber No other pianos contain genuine Pianolas — do not make, the mistake of thinking you modist, Metrostyle, ,■ etc., while no other cabinet player will ? sell at $25 0, the highest price are hearing a Pianola in some other piano. REMEMBER THlS — the cabinet Pianola ' ever asked for a : player other than a genuine Pianola. Every Pianola Piano contains ' a (which is attached to the front of the piano) is still made and sells at $450 with The- $450 player no other player mechanism is priced at over $250. ; ' The Prices for genuine Pianola Pianos are $575, $625; $725, $825, $975, $1075, $1275 for uprights and up to $2350 for grands '-- KOHLER & CHASE are exclusive t agents for the;best instruments in: the musical -world. Kohler & Chase carry by far the largest" stock. . Kohler & Chase guarantee the lowest prices, v grade* for grade,'and the easiest terms. It pays' to deal with'a; reliable house. .•■-•".' 1 ■ ■ - ( ' . K'ni-II 17 D Xr C*\ I A Ql7 -26 O'Farreil Street, San Francisco JS.VjnJLHiIV G£ V^O/\OJ-j Oakland Store 12th Street, Bacon Bldg. Today's Meetings of Improvement Clubs Silver Height* Improvement club, " 47 Naples afreet." ': _: - - !<•:-:" Twin Peak* Improvement club, i Twenty-second <i and Douglas ■ street*. . '. y.•'"-■■ *■• -\7: '" - - ■ Bay Park and f Paul 3 Tract Im •'. provement club," Detllnger hall, 3768 Railroad avenue.S^^p^ Clubs are requested to furnish data for this column. pay this license tax at the proper time, through neglect and often care* lessness on the part of their employes. and from present indications a large number, although fully advised, will forfeit their charters on November 30. Those which will forfeit on this date will be unable to secure revivor license until such time as section six shall have been amended by the legislature. "As It is undoubtedly your intention to 'call the legislature in special ses sion some time before the < lose of the year, and, as it Las been held that no action can be taken on matters not Specially mentioned in the call for the special session. I would respectfully suggest that you include the amending of section six of the license law in your proclamation as one of the mat ters to be acted upon." In contending that the corporations have not the right to rehabilitation, prescribed under certain conditions In the act, Jordan cites an opinion given by Attorney General Webb In a let ter to former Secretary of State Cur ry. Referring to a previous amend ment to the. law the attorney general said: •This amendment, of course, only re fers to such corporation? a& have, hith erto forfeited their right to do busi ness by reason of failure to comply with the I'nense tax law and surely is not intended to provide for a remission of forfeitures Which may occur in the future." This construction, Jordan declares, bars the corporations from taking ad vantage of the rehabilitation clause. He also says that Attorney General Webb informed him today that his in terpretation of the law ,was correct and that the opinion given a year ago still stand.-. PROPOSAL MADE FOR VALLEY IRRIGATION [Special Dispatch io The Call] CALL HEADQUARTERS, SACRA MENTO, Dec. 7—C. G. H. Bennink, the only civil war veteran In the assembly, Introduced the following resolution in the lower house today in behalf of the men -who fought for the integrity of the United States: "Whereas, there is now pending in the mngress of this United States a bill for the relief of the civil war veterans, known as the Sulloway bill: therefore be it Resolved by the senate and as sembly of the state of California, jointly, that our senators in con gress be and they are hereby in structed, and our representatives requested, to support by their vote and rotee said Sulloway bill. Be it further Re<?nlved, that a copy of this res olution be transmitted by the chief clerk of the assembly to <=>ach of our senators and representatives in congress. Compromise on Advertising [Special Dispatch to The Call] CALL lIEADQU ARTKIIS, SACRA MKNTO, Dec. 7.—The assembly judi t clary committee agreed today on a j compromise regarding- the advertising on the state's stationery of the two expositions to be held in this state in j 1915. A resolution by M. L.. Schmitt provided for the advertising of the j Panama-Pacific exposition In San Francisco. Another by Edward Ilin kie provided for advertising the Pan ama-California exposition in San Diego. The compromise provides that the satte's stationery shall cany a de sign with the following legend: "Cali fornia invites the world, 1915." To Visit Nan Francisco Without s«*eir.|f A. Andrews' Diamond Palace would be like visiting: Europe without seeing Paris. It is the most magnificent jewelry store in the world. Visitors welcome W Kearny st. Open Ba. m. to 5:30 p. m. Established 1850.* PLEA MADE FOR VETERANS' RELIEF [Special Dispatch to The Call] ;>; CALL HEADQUARTERS, SACRA MENTO,' Dec. 7.—The redemption by irrigation of more than 200,000 acres j of • arid land ?In the . San \ Joaquin valley ; at federal expense is proposed by a res olution introduced \in the senate, today by Senator Curttn of Tuolumne county. ;: The major portion of, the lands are In Madera: county. It is proposed to re dem them by conserving" and distribut ing the I flood waters that flow through to?the> San Joaquin 'and' Fresno^ rivers. , The ■ distribution" is to be effected by a canal s from a point', on the San; Joa quin river, near Pollasky. Fresno county, skirting the edge of the Sierra Nevada foothills and emptying into the San Joaquin near Stockton. Title Bill Discussed f [Special Dispatch to The Call] : CALL HEADQUARTERS, SACRA MENTO,- J; Dec. 7. — Assemblyman Schmitfs bill in behalf of the title: in ; surance companies of San Francisco prompted an interesting debate in the ! assembly 'judiciary committee r_- : today and f was reported back- to the house without recommendation by a majority of one vote. Similar measures have been defeated after hard strugles in each session of the legislature g since the San Fran cisco fire in 1906, when most of the city records were; destroyed." ' President J. J. Dwyer of the harbor ! commission, representing the Hibernia bank; Henry E. Monroe, representing the 'Pacific Title Insurance company, and A. H. Winn, representing the Cali fornia Title-Insurance company, spoke In favor of the bill. Otto Turn Suden opposed the. measure. Liability Bills Adopted SACRAMENTO, Dec. 7.—Two bills by Senator Roseberry regulating employ ers' liability for accidents were passed by the senate today. 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