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The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1903-09-29
REFUSE To TAKE
PART IN PARADE
Chicago Musicians Will
Not Play at the Big
Celebration.

CHICAGO, Sept. 2S.-The marchers in
the big Centennial tomorrow night Will
be compelled to tramp over the route
without a musical note to cheer them.
The musicians union tonight positively
refused TO take part in the parade or to
have anything whatever to do with the
Centennial celebration if the marine band
Of Washington is to play at the mass
meeting at the Auditorium on Thursday
night. which is to be The final act of the
celebration.
The union declares that its constitution
forbids its members to have anything to
90 with an event in which enlisted men
in the Government service take part The
union therefore demands that the invita-
ton to the marine band be withdrawn or
the union musicians would decline TO fur
nish music for the parade, for the ban
quet Of the Mayors Wednesday night or
for any other part of the Centennial Cele-
bratiOn.
The committee of arrangements for the
Centennial informed the union tonight
that the invitation to the marine band
would stand. no matter what action was
taken by the local musicians. The union
at once decided that it could not recede
from the position it had taken and it so
informed the committee. 1t was decided
by the committee to go ahead with their
plans just as though there was no such
thing as music. The playing by the
marine band Thursday night will there
fore be the only music of the celebration.
1t was not the inteption of the commit
tee to use the marine band for anything
but the mass meeting on that one even
ing.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1903-09-29
RUMoR SAYS MONEY
MAY STOP SENSATION
Mrs. Griffith of Los Angeles Reported
to Have Received Offer for
Settlement.

LOS ANGELES, Sept. 2S.-According to
the positive statement of Joseph Mesmer,
brother of Mrs. Griffith ]. Griffith, the
attorneys of Colonel Griffith have offered
her S35 900 cash in settlement of all prop
erty matters between them.
One condition of the offer is that if, by
the acceptance of this $35. 900 tender, the
property contest is amicably settled out
of court, Mrs. Griffith will not appear
against her husband in the criminal pro-
ceedings for assault to murder. And 1t 10
further understood that the wife shall not
be hindered in her suit for divorce and
guardianship of the minor son.
Ever since the shooting Of Mrs. Griffith
by her husband the public query has
been: What was the motive?'' and in
the twenty-five days of interval little If
any light has been shed on the problem
The wounded woman, who is still an in
mate of hospital, has not attempted to
give to the public any statement as to the
motive.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1903-09-29
PROCEED IN HARMONY.
Delegates to Iron Workers Conven-
ton on Their Good Behavior.

KANSAS CITY, Mo-, Sept. 2S.-To-day's
sessions of the convention of the Inter
national Association of the Structural
Iron and Bridge Workers were taken up
entirely with routine matters. The Parks
crowd helped clear up the small business
of the gathering and no signs of the fight
between the two factions promised yes
terday were visible. President Buchanan
made an appeal for harmony and his talk
had the effect, at least temporarily, of
Quieting the troublesome New Workers..
ITS the lull before the Storm" said one
delegate, after the convention had adj
journed for the day.
The sum total of the days work was
the granting of a charter to the architec-
tural iron workers of Chicago, a strong
labor body, which has perhaps 5000 men,
bers throughout the country, and deci-
sion to send delegates to the convention
of the Building Trades Alliance, to be
held at Indianapolis next month. An i'm
portant petition presented by half
dozen Western locals recommended that
the convention take some action to force
certain Western railroads to pay standard
wages or let the bridge work to contrac-
tors who are fair to organized labor.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1903-09-29
PaIa 2edskins Excite
Fear in a Govern
ment Official.
The Discontinued Aborigines
Make Threats in South
ern California.
Demands Are Heard for Supplies
Which Cannot Be Allowed and a
Fight to the Death Is
Not Improbable.
Special Dispatch to The Call.

SAN JACINTO. Sept 2S.-Norton NJ.
Barnes. who holds the position Of Indian
farmer IN the employ Of the United States
Government at the Pala Indian reserva-
ton his duty being 10 instruct the In
dams in agricultural pursuits, expects Sc
rious trouble on that reservation and has
recommended the use Of sufficient force
10 compel the Indians 10 obey orders.
Barnes is visiting Indian Agent Wright
ot the Soboba Indian reservation for the
purpose Of ascertaining what can be done
10 avoid trouble. The Indians on the Pala
reservation are those who were removed
from their ancestral homes on the big
Warner. ranch IN San Diego County and
FOR whom the Government purchased a
new reservation and moved them to it
The Indians have not become reconciled
10 the change and there are those among
them who feel that they have been perse-
cUted b. the Government Barnes said:
I am simply staying there at the
mercy OF a hundred or more Indians and
no one need be surprised 10 hear of my
death at their hands before the present
trouble is definitely settled. Ever since
their removal TO Pala they have been de-
manding OF the Government representa-
uves things which are out Of all reason
end which cannot be granted because the
-~fS -AAA-Ns--A MDAlA A-Dl PEI lllAA SUCH
70 be granted. Refusal Of their demands
has so angered the Indians that they have
frequently turned upon me and with
clenched fists and angry words threat
ened me and defied my authority.
las have been practically alone
among them / have been helpless, and
realizing IBIS. they have told me what
they could co 10 me. They have insisted
that 1 remove the telephone linz. my only
means Of communication with the outside
wOrlG. They have threatened to destroy
the Inc aild have reminded me that they
would then have me at their mercy. To
those Of slem who viii work 81 25 is paid
but they demand 81 50 a day and refuse
10 cork for less. The captain Of the tribe
is not loyal and he has done what he can
70 cauee trouble. His orders are taken as
law and the orders OF the Government
agent are wholly 6fsregarded. Il would
not surprise me II the trouble ended in
b-oodshed, and II that is TO be avoided
u VIII be necessary 10 send a sufficient
-1umber OF Indian police. into the reserva-
zion 10 compel obedience TO our orders
auf the sooner that is done the better.
Tor Agent Smell and myself are practically
p0WerIess"
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1903-09-29
NOTED FORGER
LEAVES PRISON
Becker Passes Out Of
San Quentin After
Seven Years.
Convict Who Served Twenty
Year Term Also Is
Released.
Special Dispatch to The Call.

SAN QUENTIN PRISON, Sept. g.
With dignifed tread, smiling and in other
ways showing every indication of happi-
ness, Charles Becker. the prince of for
gers, left San Quentin prison to-day.
free man. He has served seven years.
He stood for a moment as if to breathe
the air Of liberty. then turned around
facing the gate through which he entered
In 1897, and muttered something unintelli-
gible. Captain Russell Of the prison guard
awakened Becker from his reverie by a
hearty handshake and a Now be good
Charley" Other prison attaches followed
suit To each one Becker made some
short reply. thanking them for their good
wishes and advice, as well as thanking
them for the treatment he had received
during his Incarceration.
The prison unlock is at o'clock each
morning, but last night Becker asked to
be let out before the other convicts His
wish was compiled with and at O'Clock
his cell door was unfastened. When he
came out he was attired in a gray suit,
patent leather shoes and black soft hat
When he reached the outside gate it was
a quarter TO 6.
When approached by a Call representa-
tive Becker was polite but uncommuni-
cative He would not state his ultimate
destination, claiming that Frisco will be
my home for some time to come" He
would neither admit nor deny that he
would accept an offer Of $500 per month
from the American Bankers Association
TO refrain from further forgery
Five hundred dollars a month is not
much for a man with my ability" said
Becker as he turned away. He left in
the stage from San Quentin at $50 o'clock.
AT Greenbrae he took the train for San
Francisco
Ten other convicts left the prison to-
day. all but one. however. much later
than Becker. Joseph Goodwin. No. Il, 56S
who had been incarcerated for twenty
years. went out. Goodwin, or Familiarity
known around the prison as Coffee Jose"
was convicted OF murder in the second
degree in Shasta County in 1883. He was
sent TO San Quentin for twenty years and
has served the full time.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1903-09-29

erts and Boyle voted against the motion.
Roberts displayed some feeling because,
he said, he had not been consulted. The
charge has been made that Roberts list
contained names of men who. though Re
Mayor Schmitz.
dressed the Commissioners in behalf Of
the list as printed by the County Commit
tee. The list embraces 800 names.
NON-PARTISANS IN FIELD.
The Citizens Non-Partfsan party has
filed articles of incorporation and will
make a bid for public favor this election
by putting a ticket in the field. The Of
hcerS of the party are: J. w. Sparrow,
president; Fred T. Knoles, first vice pres
ident; Francis L. Cook, second vice presi-
dent; Percy Beamish, third vice presi-
dent; Emanuel A. Lorenzo, secretary and
general organizer; Professor Joseph H.
Alfonso, assistant secretary; A. New
mann, treasurer; James A Stiger, gen
eral attorney; board of directors-Eman-
uel A. Lorenzo, Joseph H. Alfonso, Frank
Smith, G. w. F. Cook. w. NJ. Park, James
a. Stiger. ]. w. Sparrow, Fred T. Knoles,
Francis L. Cook, A. Newman and Percy
Beamish.
Several caucuses have been held at
room S, Phelan building, by party lead
ers who number among them several pol
ittcians In the city, and it has been de-
cided to hold the nominating convention
tomorrow evening at Pioneer Hail. A
caucus of the party leaders will be held
at room 80. Phelan building, this evening.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1903-09-29
MADEIRA EXPECTS
SOME REVELATION
Witness in the Roberts
Case May Cause a
Surprise.
Testimony Now Being Taken
in the Interesting
Libel Case.

MADEIRA, Sept. 28.-The taking Of tes-
timony in the case of Dick Roberts
against the Fresno Democrat Publishing
Company began to-day and MADEIRA is on
tiptoe Of expectation. MADEIRA wants to
know who shot Sheriff Thurman and the
people are waiting for the sworn state
ment of the Sheriff himself. Heretofore
he has refrained from discussing the
mysterious shooting ARRAY in his own
house.
Counsel for the plaintiff. in opening to-
day, announced that Thurman would tes-
tify, when ne is put on the stand, that
Roberts was not the man who fired the
shots which wounded him. However.
many believe that no one but the ex-Sher-
lift himself knows what his testimony is
to be.
Mark R. Plaisted, manager of the de-
PENDANT company, was the first witness
sworn for the plaintiff Plaisted identified
the papers in which the Objectionable ar
ticles appeared as issues of the Democrat
and testified as to the papers circulation
The next witness was the plaintiff him
self. He told Of his doings on the night
of the shooting in the Thurman house.
He said he was in bed a little after 8
O. clock The hat which was found in the
Thurman house was shown TO Roberts
and he said he thought 1t was his He
told of a conversation with one Hedges
the morning after the shooting. His tes-
tiInony was at variance with statements
which Roberts swore to Immediately after
the shooting, and Judge Mcguire of coun-
sci for the defendant improved the oppOr-
tunity to try and embarrass the plaintiff.
Finally the deposition was handed to the
court. How long Roberts will be on the
stand is hard to say. He will probably
occupy the witness box all day to-mor-
row.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1903-09-29
FIND NO TRACE
Of DYNAMITERS
Authorities Of Montana
Are Still Working
in the Dark.

ST. PAUL, Sept. 2S.-GeneraI Manager
Thomas w. Cooper of the Northern Pa
cific Railway to-day confirmed the report
OF the dynamite outrages against that
road in Montana
1t is true" said Cooper, that a de-
mand for $4,000 has been made upon the
Northern Pacific Company by parties in
Montana and that we have had more or
less trouble with them for several weeks
past. We do not know who the parties
are, but are using all the efforts possible
to discover and arrest them. We have
taken sufficient precaution to make our
tracks safe.
The Northern Pacihc has posted a re-
ward of $500 for the arrest and conviction
of the dynaniters. The State of Montana
has posted another reward of $1,000 and
POLK County, Montana, has offered an
other 500, making total reward now Of
$1,000"
Cooper, asked if he believed the guilty
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1903-09-29
Train smashes Into wagon.

UKIAH, Sept. 2S.-John Lucas. aged
about Is years. a resident of Redwood
Valley, was struck by the California
Northwestern passenger train short dis
lance above Ukiah this afternoon and Sc
verely injured. Lucas was going home
from Ukiah with a two-horse team. In
making the crossing at the Arnold Ford
place, where there Is deep cut both for
the railroad and wagon road, the train
struck the team, Gripping one horse and
splintering the wagon. Lucas was thrown
from the wagon and sustained several
bad decorations of the scalp and a frac-
ture of the skull.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1903-09-29

HE organization committee Of
the United Republican League
last night requested the resigna-
ton of A. Ruef. The president of
the league. Hon. a. p. Williams,
authorizes the correspondence bearing on
the subject to be given to the public
Ruef's letter requesting leave of abb
sence is brief and as follows:
San Francisco, Sept. 26, 1908
ITO the Organization Committee, United
Republican League:
Il desire to be excused from attendance
at the meetings of your committee for
the period of one month from October l,
1903. Very respectfully, A RUFF"
The reply of the organization commit
tee published herewith is clear and di-
rectly to the point The sentiment ex-
pressed at league headquarters last night
acted wisely IN declining to temporize
with Mr. Ruef. 1t is expected thai he
will now openly betake himself to tho
camp of Mayor SchmitZ and stay there
until MIR. Crocker is elected Mayor
Hon. A. 2. Williams presided at the
meeting of the organization committee
last evening. Other members attending
were: Thomas D. Riordan, Dr. McNutt,
John c. Lynch, Henry Ach and David
Rich.
the advisory council of the league. The
council consists Of the vice president and
one member Of the executive committee
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1903-09-29
TYPE CASTERS STRIKE.
Employees Of Cincinnati Branch of
American COMPANY Omit Work

d.
CINCINNATI. Sept 2S-The men en-
ployed by the Cincinnati branch of the
American Type Founders Company struck
this afternoon. The strikers include
type casters. dressers, mold workers. ma
chinists, brass rule workers, nicking ma
chine operators and inspectors. The men
say that at noon to-day an agreement
was presented at the foundries through
out the country and that a national strike
was inaugurated because the company re-
fused to accede. The proposition in the
agreement that caused the strike read as
follows:
There shall be discrimination against
union men and any journeyman VINO during
the life of this agreement may be given en-
ployment to fill any vacancy or increase the
force shall be membef of the International
typographical Union, provided the union is
able TO furnish such journeyman
The company members say, they are
willing to concede all that is asked re-
garding wages and hours but that they
will not consent to relinquishing jurisdic-
ton of their plants.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1903-09-29
RUEF'S RESIGNATION is REQUESTED
BY THE COMMITTEE ON ORGANIZATION
Meeting Advisory Council of the United Republican League
Is Called Candidates on the Party Ticket Will Gather
Thursday Night NextLs of the Election Officers Accepted
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. as, 1903.


eronat o
vsian
HenryC
son the Republican commit
this % formation of
al
o recn pnry
therefore
respectful A
J. Serebry
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1903-09-29
Driggs-Miller Indictments Valid.

NEW YORK. Sept. 2s.-The validity of
the indictments against ex-Congressman
Edmund II. briggs of Brooklyn and
George F. Miller. New York agent OF the
Brandt-Dent Automatic Cashier Com
pany. charging them with participation in
the postal frauds, was upheld in a de-
cisiOn handed down to-day by Judge
Thomas in the United States District
Court in Brooklyn
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1903-09-29
New Play Is Well Received.

NEW ROCHELLE, N. Y, Sept ga
new play, Lady Calmore's Flirtations.' %
which Miss Kathryn Kidder produced for
the first time on any stage tonight at
the New Rochelle Theater, tells the story
Of an interna tional marriage and deals
with the subject in a dramatic and intelH-
gent way. Miss kidder gave an impress
sfve performance in the part Of Lady Cal
more, and the supporting company ap-
peared to advantage.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1903-09-29
Cadets in First Glass Nav Smoke.

WASHINGTON, Sept. 2S.-On tho REQ
ommendation of Captain Willard n
Brownson, commandant of the Navy
Academy, Secretary Moody has author
lied the discontinuance of the rule pro-
hibiting smoking so far as it applies to
the members of the first class. In the
opinion of the Secretary the members of
this class are quite old enough to be re-
Iieved of such a restriction
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1903-09-29
Porto Rico Schools Are Opened.

SAN JUAN, Porto Rico, Sept. 2s.-
Twelve hundred schools in Porto Rico
were opened to-day and CO., 900 pupils were
received. Three times that number Of
children were enrolled and the struggle
for preference was very great.
q = :: !. = : !: /: q
persons were professional bandits or anna
tours. said:
They are dynamiters, and there are not
many of them in this country"
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1903-09-29
New Steamer Line Arranged.

VANCOUVER, b C., Sept. $50 Sc
cure more direct connection between Eu-
ropean centers and the Pacific Coast, the
Canadian Pacific Railway Company has
decided to operate four steamers between
Antwerp and West st. John, the COM
pany's winter port in New Brunswick
The steamers will run fortnightly after
December !
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1903-09-29
NOTED Artist Dies snddenlu-

NEW YORK, Sept. 2S.-John Dolph. the
artist, who has sometimes been called the
Landseer of America because of his work
as an animal painter, died suddenly here
to-day from heart disease. He was SIS
years of age.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1903-09-29
Yellowstone Park Guide Is Drowned.

BUTTE, Sept. PA Miner special from
Monida says that Frank Burnett. one of
the best known guides in Yellowstone
Park, was drowned in Henrys Lake last
night, and his companion, William Shoe
maker, had narrow escape, being res
cued as he was sinking for the last time.
The two men were engaged In a boat race
when the disaster occurred
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1903-09-29
CANDIDATES TO MEET.
ELECTION OFFICERS.

The Board of Election Commissioners
yesterday adopted the list of officers for
the municipal election as filed by the Re
publican County Committee and the
United Republican League. BY this ac-
ton the Commissioners virtually rejected
the list of officers favored by Commits
sioner Roberts. Commissioner Voorsang-
er moved that the County Committee list
be accepted, and he was supported by
Commissioners Deasy and Everett. Rob-
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1903-09-29
Oregon Short Line Gets Franchise.

SALT LAKE. Utah. Sept. 2s.-The City
Council passed tonight by unanimous
vote the ordinance granting the Oregon
Short Lire Railway Company its fran
cfise for a new depot and other proposed
terminal facilities in this city. The i'm
prOvements contemplated by the company
involve an expenditure Of nearly a million
dollars
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1903-09-29
Demands of Union Men Not Granted

RUMFORD FALLS, Ne, Sept. 2S.-The
mills of the international Paper Company
did not reopen to-day, as expected, and
the 700 hands remain idle. The mill man
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1903-09-29

BALTIMORE. Sept. 2s.-At a consultation
operation was not necessary in the case OF
Archbishop John Joseph Kahn OF St. Louis.
who is suffering from attack OF appended
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1903-09-29

of each Assembly district club. together
with members of the organization COM
mittee
The advisory council will consider topics
relating to a vigorous prosecution of the
campaign
CANDIDATES TO MEET.
Thursday evening of this week the
candidates on the Republican ticket will
meet for organization at the headquarters
of the United Republican League, 16
Geary street.
J. S. Partridge, chairman of the Repub
lican Convention, attended the meeting of
the organization committee last night To-
day he will announce the committee of
five on vacancies, which the convention
directed him to appoint. The duty of fill
ing the vacancy for Assessor caused by
the resignation of Charles S. Laumeister
will devolve upon this committee. Later
on Chairman Partridge will appoint
eighteen members-at-large of the new
county committee, or governing body of
the party.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1903-09-29

agement refuses to accede to the reques
that only union men be employed.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-05-06
HUMOR OF THE HOUR
BADLY wanted,

Sag Skidmore had been ''sparkin' I"
Susie Jane for nearly three years with.
outtconing TO the point. At last Susie
grew weary Of waiting.
"Sag." she said. II want ter know
now pint blank are yo' goin' to hev me
or not?"
well, dunno" Sag drawled.
Sometimes think / will, en- ag'in I
think won't"
Now whut do yo' see about me yo'
don't lIke7"
"Well, I dunno Some say yo're a
mite nearsighted."
who seq that? Jest tell me who
SEE 1t.
well, Lily Hooper SEE IT,"
"She does, does she? En- she CANT
see ter thread u needle. wy, 1 could
see the eye Of it plumb out ter tibet
gate"
well. it's gettin' purity dark, Susie
Jane, on yo'd hardly hev fair show
In, but gimme a needle, en- III jest
try 20"
Sag moved slowly out to the gate
and went through the motion OF stick
ing the needle in the top OF the post.
He stepped back and hailooed, IAN
ready, Susie Jane"
Susie Jane stood on the doorstep.
She bent forward, stopped right, then
left. raised ON her tiptoes and appeared
TO be striving for n sight Of the needles
eye
Now, l jest kin discern the light
comm through" she said at last.
Susie Jane" drawled Sag, coming
forward, there amt no needle thar,
but ef go want me bad enough to look
a hole through thet pin I stuck up IN
the gatepost reckon, by jings. IN hev
20 "-Harper's Magazine.