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Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1907-03-30
SChmitz Credited With Plan to
Force Resignation Of Con-
feSSed San Francisco Super
viSorS From City Govern
nent,
PURCHASED FRANCHISES
BELIEVED IN JEOPARDY
Board Said. to Be Considering
Revocation of Concessions
Procured by BoodIing Public
Service Corporations,
IBy Morning JournaI Special Leased WIre.l

IBy Morning Journal Special Leased Wire.l
San Francisco, March 29.-No
meeting of the grand jury being held
today q pause was given in the brip-
ery-graft Investigations so far as oftl-
cial action was concerned Tomorrow
the grand jury expects to conclude. at
least temporarily. its Investigations
into the alleged bribery of eighteen
Supervisors by the Pacific States and
Home Telephone companies, to which,
according to the prosecution, seven
teen Of the eighteen have already con-
fessed before the inquisitoial body
The investigation of this subject mas
resulted in the Indictment of various
corporation officials and several mem"
bers OF the municipal Administrations
It is the understanding that no more
indictments win be returned this
week.
Monday the grand jury expects 90
resume its investigation of the al
legged bribery of supervisors in the
granting of trolley franchises to the
United Railroads, and the trial OF
Abraham Ruef on the French restaur>
ant eXtOrtiOn eases is scheduled TOT
resumption Tuesday. Should Assistant
District Attorney Heney desire to go
ahead with the bribery investigation,
instead of with the trial of Ruet. the
latter may be again postponed.
sensational statement was given
our ttNlay by Special agent william
J. Burns and other members of the
prosecution to the effect that Mayor
SchmitZ is desperately trying to force
the resignation of five of the superVl-
sors. SO as to defeat an alleged m
tention of the board to revoke certa1
of the public service franchises Whlch
the prosecution claims were secured by
bribing the board,
The board Of supervisors Is COM
posed OF eighteen men, sixteen OF
whom (as the personnel now stands)
are in the list of alleged confessors
one of these, Sanderson, is absent tot
an indefinite time. He is mortally ILL.,
Two others, Tveitmoe and O'Neill
were appointed long after the DUBOIS
franchises were granted. This situa-
tion leaves fifteen supervisors aligned,
or one more than peeessary to over
ride any veto by the mayor. The
statement of the prosecution Is that
fourteen of these are prepared to re-
woke the certain franchises alluded TO-
and that the mayor, backed by the
corporations which are formally ac-
cused of Wholesale bribery, today be-
gan suddenly a campaign to IND a.
five of them to resign in order " .
he may appoint five "dependab'
in their places, and to destroy 'F
mower of the board to do that WI zen
the public service corporations lt'.'
or TO override the veto which, 's
prosecution claims, he would pa
upon any revocation act. The ma 'r
refused today to be interviewed On
This or any other subject.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1907-03-30

court. or while Ruef was being taken
to or from court, from his prison
chamber I'm the ST. Francis hotel
An officer prominent in the bribery
graft investigation was asked today II
ii is not true that every person iden-
tified with the prosecution is COINS
armed, and was questioned about the
Significance of this. lie said:
Though / think the matter should
not be exploited, il is a fact that every
man openly identified with the prose-
cution of the bribery charges and
grafters. is going heeled and that
some of the more prominent of them
are employing body guards Though
it may sound sensational to those not
familiar with the local situation. it Is
a fact that for a month we have been
keeping a special lookout for an at
tempted rescue of Ruef, and we shall
be happily SURPRISED if these investi-
cations and impending prosecutions
end without gun play
Several times when Ruef has been
in Judge Dunne's court on one or an
other of the preliminaries that precede
his trial, a sudden movement toward
the prisoner, of men, some of whom
we know To be reckless of personal
consequences, has been checked
quietly and quickly by the interposi-
ton of officers and deputies in the
employment of the prosecution.
I'VE know that should Ruef be res
cued--a seemingly impossible feat
it would not be a difficult thing to
hide him so securely right here in San
Francisco that to find him again
would be practically an impossibility,
The prosecution knows this, the ELI
sor knows it and neither is takins
any chances.
1T is stating a literal fact to say
that each one of Biggys seven guards
are instructed, in the event of a seri-
Gus attempt to rescue by force Is
made, either in court or elswhere. to
shoot Ruef first and turn their at
tention to his would-be liberators af-
terward. Ruef has been made ac-
quainted with these orders. As he is
not the type of a man TO consent to
any plan of escaping through force, it
is only his rough and reckless friends
on the outside who would attempt to
devise such a coup. Ruef might try 10
regain his liberty by strategy, and not
otherwise.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1907-03-30
CAPTAIN ON TRIAL FOR
GROUNDING BATTLESHlP
Witnesses Declare Officers of Con-
necticut Used Every Effort TO
save ship from Harm.

Fort Monroe, Va. March 2q-The
trials by court martial of Captain
William Swift and Lieutenant Harry
+. Garnell ON charges of neglect Of
duty, in allowing the battleship Con-
necticut to run aground ON entering
Culebra Harbor on January 10 last.
were continued today Upon the case
of Captain Swift being completed and
the record signed. that Of Lieutenant
Iarnell was taken mp and occupied
but short time An the witnesses
in the ease testified that The two Of
ficers were at their posts of duty and
did their whole duty i'm bringing the
ship into the harbor. and that every
precaution was used to hold the shin
ON her course. She got off her course
sufficiently TO Craze the submerged
rock, ii was stated which must have
been due to Irregularities of the en-
gnes, the revolutions of the port and
Starboard propellers being different,
ana the natural difficulty in steering
battleship in shOal water where tide
effects are strong. None of the mem
berS of the court would make state
ment as TO the probable findings, The
courts report will be forwarded to
Washington and will be given out by
the navy department after being re-
viewed
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1907-03-30
SPRECKEIS GUARANTEES
SINEWS OF WAR on GRAFT

San Francisco. March 29.-Rudolph
Spreckels, who, by backing the prose-
cution in the graft investigation WIN
his fortune, made the present investl-
cation possible, gave to the Associated
Press a statement in which he sald'
contributions from citizens TO the
fund of 100000 guaranteed by mo
before the commencement OF the pflo>
cry graft Investigations, are coming In
steadily. though slowly. -Thoy are IN
amounts ranging from $2O to $l'ooV
and more %
"In the event that the total OF
subscriptions falls short Of the $780,
600 guaranteed viii you make up the
deficit" Mr. Spreckels was asked.
He replied:
~ certainly will. And If it costs
more than 100000 to complete this
prosecution. that will make no dit-
ference. Those engaged in its FUR
therance will never be hamDered by
lack of funds, no matter what the Din
may be.
"The work of investigation will not
be SUSPENDED until every bit of rot
tenness has been fully exposed we
fully expect to land behind the bars
of the penitentiary every giver oi
brihes. and that the higher up, the
offender, the more vigorous VIII De
his pursuit.
eve do not, however, expect to
send every bribe-taker to prison.
Some Of the miserable men who sold
themselves to the corporations must
he granted immunity in return for
their testimony-which is worth q
great deal more to us as evidence OF
the guilt of high corporation officials
than their own incarceration wouln
be-"
In conclusion. Mr.. Spreckels said:
every department of the city and
county government will be thoroughly
examined into before the investigation
Is completed, the police department
along with the others. No one Will be
neglected no set of officials viii be
OvarIoukpd "
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1907-03-30
STRIKE PARALYZES
SHIPBUILDlNG PLANT
Sixteen Hundred Men Walk Out at
Lorraine, Ohio.

Lorraine. Ohio, March 29.-Because
the American Shipbuilding company
employed strike-breakers and private
detectives, all the men remaining at
work in the yards here walked out to-
day. Six hundred were out before,
making t,600 men now on strike.
The company now has only forty
strike breakers and detectives remain
ing in its yards, according to the men
who quit today, and the plant is COM
pletely tied up. The company, it is
declared by the strikers, tried to put
in more strike-breakers last night but
the strikers met about 100 of them at
the railway station and turned them
back to Buffalo, whence they came.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1907-03-30
HORRIBLE FINISH
FOR THIEVES
Two Dead Burglars and Un-
conscious Companion Found
on Top of Box Car in New
England Village,
[By Morning journal Special Lsassd Wire ]

Sommerville, Mass, March 29.--
Three men, two dead and one uncon-
scious, were found on top of a freight
car at Sommerville station today. APP
parently while riding on the car the
men were struck by an overhead
bridge, Each had his pockets filled
with cigars and tobacco. The uncon-
scious man revived sufficiently to say
that he and the others had robbed a
tobacco store at Leonminster and then
relapsed into Inconsistencies again.
Physicians say he will die.
subsequently the dead men were
identified as Joseph b. Connors and
Valentine Butter, both Of Waltham.
The injured man is Thomas Howe,
also of Waltham. All three were
wanted at Waltham in connection
with the robbery of a cigar stand last
night.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1907-03-30
GATHERING EVIDENCE
AGAINST MRS. BRADLEY
Federal Officers In Salt Lake Working
Up Case Against Senator
Browns Slayer.

Salt Lake City, March 29.-It be-
came known today that for several
days Harvey Given, assistant district
attorney for the District of Columbia
and Detective Helan, of Washington,
have been here gathering evidence to
be used when the trial of Mrs. Anna
NJ. Bradley. for the killing of former
United States Senator Arthur Brown,
is called in Washington next month.
What evidence they were able to get
bearing upon the association of the
man and woman is, of course, un-
known to any but themselves. as they
have gone about their work so quietly
that they had been here almost a
week before it became known what
their mission was.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1907-03-30

should this prove to be so. I NJ 9 -
case should go to the jury lat. 10
day or Friday morning" ~ 4
Lawyer O'Rielly who : u y. 4 d
Thaw at the Tomhs toda, 4 ~ = <Aii
that the defendant was + - y /nlly
good spirits. lie adde6 - II
y feel confident th/ ~ /1mmis-
sion in luncy will wort yday to-
morrow ana be so near th/lugh their
examination by Monday that they cah
hand their report To Judge Fitzgerald
on that day. The trial viii be re.
sumed on Tuesday l think, and | ex-
pect the case viii be finished and go
To the jury on Friday of next week"
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1907-03-30
ARMY OFFICER TO BUY
FAMINE RELIEF SUPPLIES
Nebraska Millcrs Asked to Bid on
Flour Needed In China.

Omaha, Neb, March 29.--Captain
Hacker of the subsistence depart
ment Of the Missouri at Omaha, has
been notified by telegraph that he
has been appointed purchasing agent
Of the Red Cross society for the Chi
nese famine relief work. The same
telegram authorized Captain Hacker
to purchase 3,746,O0O pounds of corn
meal for immediate shipment to
China.
Captain Hacker accepted the APP
pointment and has asked bids from a
number of Nebraska millers on all or
portion of the meal desired.
The funds for the work were raised
by subscription of DR.. Klopsch, of the
Christian Herald.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1907-03-30
SOUTH CAROLINA TOWN
SWEPT BY FLAMES

Newberry, S. c., March 29.-Fire
today swept both the business and
residence sections of Newberry, caus-
ing a loss that may reach half a mill
lion dollars. Two hours after the fire
broke out the entire city water sup
ply was exhausted and the town was
left practically at the mercy Of the
flames
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1907-03-30
TO
REBUILD SHOPS
At CARRIZOz0
Larger Equipment VIII Be Pro-
vided in Place of Plant Which
Was Destroyed by Fire We'd
19Sday Night,

Carrizozo, n. NJ, March 29.--lt is
announced that the El Paso and
Southwestern railroad WIZ replace the
shops and water treating plant which
We're destroyed by fire here on
Wednesday night N larger plant,
which will mako Ihis one Of the most
The losses i'm Ne fire were confined
to the round Youse, pumping plant
and a few freight cars, although en-
gines and other equipment In the
round house were practically de-
strOyed A high wind was blowing
and 1t was only through the heroic
of the employees that a large amount
of valuable equipment carried in the
cars was saved. The fire Is now sup
posed to have been caused by care
lessness Of an employe in lighting a
| lanter In the oil room.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1907-03-30
EMINENT MINING MAN
DROPS DEAD IN EL PAS0

El Paso. Texas, March 29.--Profes-
sor b. Sadtler formerly professor Of
mining in the Colorado state School
of Mines, author of Economic Min
erology." which Is regarded as one of
the standard works Of the day, died
suddenly on South oregon street to-
day of heart disease. Professor Sad
tier was one OF the highest authorities
on mines and mining In the world.
His home was In Denver.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1907-03-30
STIFF SENTEN CE
FOR SOLDIERS
Court Scores Men Convicted
of Robbery for Violation of
Oath to Protect Citizens,
[By Morning journal Special Leased wlre.I

Salt Lake City, March 29.-Fifteen
years In state prison at hard labor is
the sentence passed today upon Mich
ael McCabe and w. j. OLeary,
United States soldiers. who were con-
victed Of attacking and robbing Har-
old Berrum OF SIS, a month ago.
In passing sentence Judge Arm
strong, of the district court severely
scored the men for violating the oath
they had taken to protect citizens.
Upon orders from Washington the
men were deprived Of their uniforms
before being brought into court to re-
ceiVe sentence.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1907-03-30
RUMORs OF ATTEMPT
TO RESCUE ABE RUEF

San Francisco. March 29,-Since
the capture and arrest of Abraham
Ruef at the Trocadero. q month ago,
rumors have been rife that an at
tempt would be made to rescue him
by force from Elisor Biggy and his
guards, either during session OF
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1907-03-30
Bowling Championship.

st. Louis, Mo-. March 29.--Marshal
b. Levy, of Indianapolis, tonight won
the individual championship of the
American bolwing congress by defeat
ing r. f. Matak of st, Paul. $50 to
1856, in three games of tenpins.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1907-03-30
NARROW ESCAPE FOR
BANKERS BABY
DAUGHTER
Child Rescued From Blazing
Home of Catriano ArmijO in
Las Cruces Just in Nick Of
Time.


Las Cruces, N, NJ, March 29.-Fire
this morning destroyed the Las Cruces
residence Of Catrlano Armiio. cashier
of Bowmans bank of this place. The
fire broke out about 10 o'cluck and
the cause is not known. The resi-
dence was totally destroyed Mr. Ar
miio's baby daughter was rescued
from the burning house just in the
nick of time.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-10-31

MADISON has always been the hard
est city to get to, the hardest to get
away from, and the worst to stay IN
that any state in the union ever
boasted as capital, and the hundreds
whose business calls them to the api
tai from Milwaukee once or twice
year have suffered endless annoyances
because of it's inaccessib and the
poor accommodations for the enter
tainment of transient visitors. But
under two of the laws recently en-
acted-the anti-pass law and the rate
bil1-it should be easy to do away
with two of these drawbacks. It
should be possible to compel the rail
roads to run at least one first class
train daily each way between Madi-
son and Milwaukee on as fast sched-
ple as the road bed will stand. The
old excuse that first class accommodate
tons would not pay will not do any
longer. With every one whose official
business calls them to Madison pay.
ing full fare at the fixed rate of two
cents a mile, as a result of the anti
pass law-with the possible exception
of the force of the attorney generals
office-and what regular business
there is, the roads could easily come
a11t somewhere near even on at lea ST
one good train day each way, and
this matter should be taken up with
the rate commission in the near fu-
ture. The capital will probably never
be moved from Madison, but it should
be possible to secure such railway ia
cilities that the contemplation of a
trip there will no longer be night
mare.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-10-31
WANT TRAIN BACK
People Using Western Division Of
NV. to File New Protest
With Commission
ASK FOR PERMANENT TRAIN

People who have business interests
IN the western part of the county are
making a protest on account of the
action of the Northwestern Railway
Company, which has removed the
train which formerly ran from Mil
waukee to Harvard, leaving Kenosha
at 9 O'Clock in the morning. The
train was taken off on last Saturday,
the company claiming that the traffic
during the winter months would not
warrant the operation of the train.
The city has now but one train daily
to the west and this leaves Kenosha
late in the afternoon. In order to do
any business at the villages in the
western part of the county it is neces-
sary for the passengers to run out
day before their engagement.
A great fight was made before the
State Railway Commission to secure
this train, and when the Railway COM
pany consented to put the train on it
was understood that it was to be a
permanent addition to the regular
schedule. At the time the people of
the western part of the county ap-
peared before the Commission the
company admitted the demand for the
train and agreed to put it on. 1t
proved very paying investment for
the company during the summer re-
sort season, but since the resorts have
been closed traffic on the train has
not been nearly SO heavy and the COM
pany took the first chanceao ffered to
remove the train. Some of the peo-
pie in the western part of the county
have started petition and the matter
will probably be laid before the Rail
way Commission within few days.
If the matter is again laid before the
Commission the people.will insist that
a formal order be issued demau ding
the train from the company, and that
the order be issued IN such way as
to assure the permanencysof.the train.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-10-31
Collector Of Customs W. H. De-
Voc, Of Milwaukee, Inspects
Kenosha Boats
DISTINGUISHED MEN ABOARD
Revenue Cutter Tuscarora Spends Two
Hours in the Kenosha Harbor on
Monday Afternoon While
Inspection is On

Monday seems to have been a
general inspection day in Kenosha
for while the members of the State
Board of Control we're examining the
penal and pauper institutions of the
city the government revenue cutter
"Tuscarora' steamed into port bring
ing William III. DeVos, of Milwau kee,
the deputy United States collector OF
customs, and he made an investiga-
ton of the Kenosha port and of the
various vessels sailing from Kenosha.
It was distinguished party of men
who accompanied the deputy collector
on his trip to Kenosha and they spent
more than an hour in the city. In the
party we're Henry Fink, collector Of
internal revenues; Louis Kinding,
civil service commissioner; United
States Marshall We'll, Julius Frank,
William Monensen, Theodore Zil1mer,
Emil OFT, A. c. G. DeHus, Charles
Kruse, Philip Crosse, A. E. Crosse.
Fred HUM, and last but not least, W.
C. Deveraux, who is in charge of the
weather bureau at Milw aukee. The
members of the party were all from
Milwaukee but when the collector
stopped at Racine for an hours exam
ination there he picked up E. D. Coe,
of Whitewater, Mayor A. J. Horlick,
Louis Johnson and David Griswold, of
Racine.
The ''Tuscarora" reached Kenosha
Just after four O'Clock and the dis
tinguished guests of the collector
took a trip about the city while he
conducted the annual inspection. This
inspection was little more than form
as the books of the local port are de-
cided1y few and the collector finished
his work in less than fifteen minutes
and gave Collector Hale clear bill.
Later in the afternoon he made trip
about the harbor looking after the
papers of the various boats sailing
from this port and all were found to
be in excellent condition. Mr.. DeVos
has nothing to do with the state IL
censes of the boat, but he found that
most Of the Kenosha fishing boats
had taken out the state license as
well as the government license.
As nearly all of the men who ac-
companied the collector to Kenosha
were members of the Grand Army
they made trip to the Simmons IL
brary and later called on Mr.. Sim
mons at the Office of the Simmons
Manufacturing Company. The rev.
enue cutter left Kenosha for Milwau-
Just before FIVE O'Clock.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-10-31
TO ISSUE TICKETS
Mileage Books Good on All Lines
Will Be Issued for Bearer
After December list
AT TWO.CENTS A MILE RATE

All passengers on railway trains
operated in the territory of the Yves.
tern Passenger Association will be
enabled, on and after December /, to
purchase 1000 or 1OO0-mileage books
upon the fiat rate of 2 cents mile,
from any of the roads that are now
members of that association.
These books are to be issued by the
roads as matter of convenience to
the travelling public. The committee
of the association, which has been in
weekly conference for three months,
came to this conclusion, late on Satur-
day last.
Under the final agreement of all
roads the lines now in the Western
Passenger Association will sell to
'bearer," as the books will be indi.
Gated, either 1000 or 1000 mileage
book. The 1000 mile book will be in
terchang on the roads in the AS
ISOLATION, being accepted for passage
on any lines in the Association. In
Northern Michiga an and South Dako.
ia, where the rate is cents mile.
the books will be good upon that
basis, and conductors will detach
enough extra mileage to make up the
difference between the and Scent
rates. These books will be sold at $40
flat, and will be good for bearer on
any train in the Association territory,
but no more than one person may
travel on single book on the same
train.
The 1000-mile books, to be sold at $50
fiat, will be issued also to stbearer,
but will be good for travel only on the
road issuing them. Otherwise, the
same conditions as will pre- vail on the
20OO-mile books will govern. Both of
these books will be a source of great
convenience to the travelling public,
the 20OO-mi1e interchangeab issues
being particularly adapted to the
wants of commercial men, who have
been buying tickets from station TO
station since the 2.cent laws became
operative.