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The San Francisco call., 1907-02-12
FORCE DREW BACK
To MAIN ISSUE
Mcclure and Walsh Cause
Him to Withdraw Amend
ments to Coalinga Bill
WAKE UP IN TIME
CALL HEADQUARTERS,
1907 EIGHTH STREET.

SACRAMENTO. Feb. 11-Twice to-
day the Kings Fresno boundary fight
broke into the proceedings of the
Legislature. Drew of Fresno. who.
county lose the rich Coalinga oil dis
trict. stole a march on Mcguire of
Kings in the morning by having three
proposed amendments made special
order for Thursday afternoon. Late
in the day Mcclure came to and COM
planned that the amendments were
made simply to delay matters. He
asked the Assembly to reconsider it's
action and vote on the amendments at
once.
Drew pleaded for time He wanted
to wait until he could get couple of
maps from Fresno.
In answer to a question by Leeds of
Los Angeles the member from Fresno
admitted that his proposed amend
ments would kill the bill He was
proposing that the lines be drawn in
the same old way.
Mcclure was anxious to get down
to the real fight. Phil Walsh of Oak
land joined in his request. He had
been travelling around with MCGUIRE
and there was no chance for sleep
while the bill was pending.
The gentleman admits said Walsh,
that his object is to emasculate the
bill and let it die peaceful DEATH
Drew waXed warm as he denied hav-
ing said any such thing. Walsh re-
piled that unless his usually reliable
ears deceived him no other meaning
could be taken from the gentleman's s
words.
The row ended when Drew withdrew
his amendments and agreed with Nc
Guire to fight the division question to
a finish Thursday afternoon.
The San Francisco call., 1907-02-12
MAY AGAIN PRESS
JAPANESE ISSUE

o. A. Tveitmoe, president of the Jap
anese and Korean Exclusion League
has received a letter from Assemblyman
S T. Kohlman of the Forty second Dis
trict, San Francisco, bearing upon Jap
anese legislation at Sacramento. The
letter follows:
/ note by this mornings Examiner that it is
day next. relative to the pyesent agitation on
the japanese question, etc. The idea is a
good one, and l have no doubt your valuable
presence viii have its beneficial results.
stand prepared to Introduce any legislation OF
resolutions in the Assembly that will be sug
gested and agreed upon by you, as representing
League. l firmly belfeve and contend that
your organization represents no less than 80 o0l
ira -unionists and labor union men.
Should you deem it advisable, ] will reintro
duce my resolution of last Tuesday which was
declared out Of order by the Speaker after read
ing. mailed you the San Francisco Call
the reporter of the Examiner, gave him a copy
but the paper refused to print the same.
l received g Labor party nomination well
as Republican, as you are no doubt aware, and
/ intend remaining loyal to the wishes OF tie
former, and, outside and apart from this / an
in hearty accord with the position your leagu,
has justly and honorably taken and main
tanned, and would further add that the same
is in every way in full sympathy with mr. con
victions. / applaud the courage and manhood
of the league for remaining loyal and stead
Of the great State Of California and for tn,
protection of its people from the influx and
overflow Of this undesirable japanese horde.
You no doubt noticed that Senator Blacks
resolution received more courteous treatment nj
the hands of the Lieutenant Governor and the
members OF the Senate rnan my resolution die
al the hands OF the Speaker II you see 81
you have my permission TO give this letter tC
the press.
The San Francisco call., 1907-02-12
CAMINETTI FLAGS
RAILROAD BILL
Action on -Four Track"
Measure Postponed Until
Senator Can Study 1t
ASKS AN AMENDMENT
CALL HEADQUARTERS.
1907 EIGHTH STREET.

SACRAMENTO, Feb. 1L@Caminetti
Of Amador sprang TO the fore in op-
posing the mysterious "four-track bill'
when IL came up for reconsideration in
the Senate today. Senator Anderson,
who fathered the bill in the upper
house. explained that its sole intent
was to assist electric railways in the
southern part Of the State
Caminetti, disclaiming knowledge OF
the bill, said he had been told that it
would help the Southern Pacific to
freeze out the Western Pacific in Niles
Canyon and other narrow defiles. He
was not sure that this was so, he ad-
mitted. but could, see no harm in
amending the bill so as to provide that
trackage could be shared by competing
roads in places Of this kind.
Curtin Of Sonora, saying he always
was in favor Of assisting the Western
Pacific or other competing roads, did
mot think Caminetti had any occasion
I for alarm.
What is to prevent the Western Pa
cifc from being as spry as the South
fern Pacific and jumping in and claim
ling the remaining space in Niles
Canyon" he asked The same thing
would apply elsewhere"
Leavitt Of Alameda could see no
danger in the bill but did not act as
though the Republican majority had
any programme in the measure. For
the leader of the floor the part he
took in the discussion was singularly
docile. Only two votes We're recorded
against reconsideration. Caminetti in
sisted on more time to study up the
bill. however. and Anderson was will
ing The matter was made a special
order for II o'clock tomorrow.
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ABSTRACTS AS EVIDENCE
Assembly judiciary Committee Recon-
mends Bill by One Majority

SACRAMENTO, Feb. 11-By the
bare majority of one, the Assembly
committee on judiciary decided to-
night to recommend the Coghlan abb
stract bill for passage. This bill speci-
fies conditions under which copies OF
abstracts of title may be put in evil
dence, and is designed to prevent com
plications like those that have arisen
as a result Of the San Francisco dis
aster.
A bill drafted by McEnerney to
amend the law governing sole corpora
tions received favorable recommended
tion. The Catholic church is a sole
corporation and. owing to the death OF
Archbishop Montgomery and the Illness
of Archbishop Riordan, it was deemed
wise TO ask for legislation that would
permit the property of the church to
pass into the temporary custody of ar
agent.
Recommendation was also given the
Butler bill to enable grand juries to
hire detectives when such expenditure
is approved by the court.
Two Senate bills, both by Willis
were recommended. One makes the
theft of a bicycle an indictable mis-
demeanor instead of felony, and gives
the trial judge authority to send the
offender either to the county Jail OF
state penlIentary- The other pro-
vides that defendants in lawsuits shall
contribute 81 to the library funds
The Transue conditional sale bill fell
into disfavor- This measure would com
pei the recording of all conditional
contracts of sale. The object is tc
prevent dishonest purchasers from re.
selling property to which they have
not acquired title, but the committee
decided that there was no necessity for
such law and will advise against the
passage of the bill
The San Francisco call., 1907-02-12
NO O-SEAT- MOI FARE
BILL DEFEATED
Johnson Says Call of the
Whistle Caused House
to Vote Against Measure
WILL TRY IT AGAIN
CALL HEADQUARTERS,
1907 EIGHTH STREET.

SACRAMENTO, Feb. 11.-One of
Grove Johnson's antirailroad bills
reached the final passage stage In the
Assembly today and found itself eight
votes short of a majority. The meas
ure provided that railway passen gers
who were not given a seat need not
pay fare. Johnson declares that the
call of the whistle beat his bill, but
as he changed his vote and gave notice
of a motion to reconsider he still has
another chance.
The vote was not fair test of the
railroad strength in the Assembly, as
a number of Herrin programmers sup
ported the bill and few members not
in the habit of taking orders opposed
ii. Sixty-two votes were recorded,
leaving seventeen members not on
record.
Johnson opened the debate by point
ing out that laws requiring railway
companies to furnish seats for pas
sengers have been on the statute books
since 1861, but have been ineffective
because no penalty was provided. His
bill as he drew it made violations of
the law a misdemeanor, but the COM
mittee to which it was referred took
out this sting and left only that part
which gave passengers without seats
the right to refuse to pay fare. At
this part of his recital, Johnson in
quired:
Now isn't that rotten?"
In closing the debate Johnson spoke
of the wonderful tenderness shown by
legislators for the interests of cor
porations Opponents gave different
reasons for their vote, but it was the
same old story.
II don't think this bill will carry"
said Johnson in conclusion. Il thought
when the shrek of the locomotive was
heard through the land it would be
beaten. I expect a train of cars viii
run over me, but I'm going right ahead.
The only question at issue is whether
you should get a seat you pay for
when the law says you should have it"
The record was then made up as fol-
lows:
Ayes-McKeon and Thompson of San Fran
cisco, Berry, Birdsall Bishop. Campbell, Cogs-
well Collister. Costar, Cutten, Davis. Drew,
Eshleman. Forbes, Hammon Held. johnson of
Sacramento, Leeds, Lucas. Lynch. Mcclellan
Mcconnell MeMullin. Otis, Pereival, Pierce
Snyder. Strobridge, Thompson of Los Angeles
Weske. Whitmore, Wyatt and Speaker Boards
lers-33.
Noes-Barry. Beckett, Boyle, Coghan Cul-
len. Fratessa Kohlman Stroll, Toomey Vogel
and Wilson OF San Francisco. Baxter, Bell. Bush.
Butler, Case. Cornish. Higgins Johnson Of San
Diego. Lemon. Ludington. Mcclure, 0'Brien,
Pyle. Root. Sackett. Spaulding, Stanton, Tran
Absent-Beban, Fisher, Hartman, Kelly and
Wesslng of San Francisco Chandler Devlin
Estudfilo. Finney. Hans Hewitt. John, Jury
Smith, Smyth, Stetson, Walsh--1T.
The San Francisco call., 1907-02-12
LOVE FOR WIDOW
LEADS To JAIL
Trusted Secretary of Los
Angeles Concern Steals
Funds to Press His Suit
CAUGHT IN OAKLAND

Los ANGELES. Feb. 11.-Love for a
woman for whom he desired to do more
than was possible on his comparatively
small salary caused the downfall of F.
]. Taylor, now in the Oakland jail
awaiting the arrival of a Los Angeles
detective. who has gone to bring him
back to this city to answer to several
charges of forgery and obtaining
money by false pretenses. Taylor was
secretary of the American Novelty
Manufacturing Company and was i'm
plicitly trusted by the officers OF the
concern; in fact, he had virtual control
of the business
When suspicion was first directed to-
ward him it was supposed that he had
been careless in his methods of book
keeping, but when an investi cation was
begun Taylor fed and subsequently IL
was discovered that he had defrauded
the company out of between $4,000
and 100000 In their Investigations the
detectives discovered that Taylor had
fallen in love with a wealthy widow,
to whom he represented that he owned
half-interest in the company, and that
upon her he lavished practically all the
money that he secured by his forgerfes
According to the complaints, Taylor
has been Systematically rObbing the
company OF a large sum every month
No one but a trusted man could have
worked the game as ne ala. 1t Is al
legged that he had fake" bilIheads
printed. that he filed in bills for large
amounts of goods. presented these to
the company before himself as secre-
tary and as secretary signed checks in
payment Of them. These checks were
countersigned by President Obear and
turned back to Taylor for forwarding
to the company from which they were
supposed to have come. Taylor then
indorsed the checks and collected the
money himself. To do this he had to
become forger.
The San Francisco call., 1907-02-12
HAWKINS MEMORIAL HOSPITAL
senate Passes Bill Enabling HOIIfsteI
Banker TO Do Good Deed

SACRAMENTO. Feb. 1l.-Senator
Lynch asked for speed in legislation
today so that the plans of an aging
phlanthropist to do good might not be
frustrated by rapidly approaching
death.
The philanthropist is T. S. Hawkins.
d banker Of Hollister who has built a
hospital as a memorial to Hazel Haw-
kins. a granddaughter. He wants TO
deed this to a board of trustees and
arrange for its subsequent conduct.
Assemblyman Davis introduced a bill
in the House which amounted to an en-
abling act for this purpose. 1t was the
passage OF this bill that Lynch pleaded
for.
My span Of life is rapidly approach
ing its completion. Hawkins wrote
Lynch in a letter requesting that fur
ther delay on the bill be avoided.
The Senate passed the bill, which
will enable Hawkins TO deed over the
hospital as soon as the measure is
signed by the Governor.
The San Francisco call., 1907-02-12
HARTMAN SCORES ONE
His Bill Forcing Full Yardage Labeled
on SpOols Is Passed

SACRAMENTO, Feb. LII have
been in this business myself and know
IL is full OF swindling," declared Sen
ator Gus Hartman today when plead
ing on the floor for his full SPOOL
bill The measure makes il a misde-
meanor to put wrong yardage labels
on cotton, silk and other threads.
Hartman said ii was a measure
meant TO benefit the small consumer
and drew a plaintive little pastel in
prose OF the millions Of milliners, mo-
distes and other hard working danes
and demoiselles who had been cheated
out Of their just share of thread. The
earnest lawmakers remembered Tom
Hoods Song OF the Shirt" and passed
the bill by a unanimous vote.
Hartman viii now direct all his at
tention TO his anti prize fighting bill.
The San Francisco call., 1907-02-12
HIGGINS BILL PASSED

SACRAMENTO. Feb. 1.-THE claim
OF $500 which Attorney Franz Hig-
gins Of British Columbia ran up against
California for bringing about the extra
dition Of George d. Collins. the bigam-
ist, was given the sanction of the AS
sembly today, after much argument.
When argument was heard to cease
the Assembly voted down a resolution
by Davis that committee of lawyer
members Of the Assembly investigate
the BILL and passed 1t by vote of 49
10 22
The San Francisco call., 1907-02-12
HALF HOLIDAY STANDS
Effort TO Make County Officials Work
Saturday Afternoons Defeated

SACRAMENTO, Feb. 1.-THE fight
made by Assemblyman Wyatt of Sa-
lnas to repeal the law providing for
Saturday half holiday in county Of
fices ended today in victory for the
county officials A motion to recon
slider the vote by which the Wyatt
bill was beaten last Thursday met with
the approval of only thirty-fve mem
bers, where forty-one ayes were neces-
sary TO bring about another test on
the measure itself.
Wyatt argued that the Saturday half
holiday worked a great injustice on
country people, who found Saturday
afternoon the most convenient time
10 transact business at the courthouse.
The appeal met with no response.
Wyatt picked up few votes and lost
half dozen. County officials had evil
IDENTIFY made their influence felt in
several quarters.
The San Francisco call., 1907-02-12
MORTGAGE TAX ABOLITION

SACRAMENTO, Feb. 11.-Regardless
OF previous defeats advocates of the
abolition OF the mortgage tax have
paved the way for another appeal to
the referendum Senate constitutional
amendment No. 6, providing for the
change mentioned, passed the Assembly
today, and the question will be sub
nitted to the voters at the general
election In 1908.
The San Francisco call., 1907-02-12
REPAIR THE BREAK
IN COLORADO
Colonel Randolph's Forces
Again Defeat River in
Battle to Save Vast Area
GREAT COST OF WORK
SPECIAL DISPATCH TO THE CALL.


Los ALGADONEs, Mex, Feb IL
The break In the west bank of the Rio
Colorado, through which passed the
foods that cut ecrges sixty feet deep
and half n mile wide In the Imperial
valley and made an inland sea of the
SaIton sink, Is closed. Colonei KAN
dolph,s forces have beaten the river In
this latest battle for possession OF an
empire, and the Colorado Is nowing
down its old channel to the Gulf as
peacefully rs If 1t never had ragged
wildly across the country, tearing up
farms, tossing towns like chips and
sweeping away forests of cottonwood
and mesquite as scythe mows grass.
Early Sunday evening the engineers
predicted that the Clarke dam would
overtop the flood by Tuesday II no ac-
cidents should happen. Several train
loads of rock came in during the
evening. The night shift worked
swiftly at unloading, and before mid
night Engineer C. X. Clarke. in direct
charge of the work at the break. re-
ported to General Manager Cory that
the rock was above water from bank
to bank and the river was turned back
to its bed.
This morning the Clarke dam showed
an unbroken crest above the water
level Water was coming through at
quantity going down the new channel
was insignificant and the level OF wa
ter below the dam had subsided eigh-
teen inches during the night, leaving
head of IL feet and 9 inches. During
the day large quantities of heavy rock
were placed to extend evenly the
apron and base of the dam, and train
loads of gravel and clay were dumped
to plug up the interstices between the
large rocks.
Nothing but a sudden and extraordi-
nary flood could endanger the dam or
re-establish flood toward Salton, and
there were no Indications of a rise
anywhere along the line.
In order to supply the farmers of I'm
perial valley with water the cement
headgate at the intake was opened
this morning and there was consid-
cradle flow in the canal. The engineers
pronounced the break closed at 6
o'clock tonight. and having been sue
cessful in the accomplishment of a task
that others had declared impossible.
Colonel Randolph left for Tucson. 1t
has cost $325.000 to turn the Colorado
back into it's old channel, and the le
wees will run the total expense up to
half a million.
The San Francisco call., 1907-02-12
LOBBYIST BILL sTRANGLED
Walter Parker VIII Not Have TO Tel
Cost of French Dinners

SACRAMENTO. Feb 1.-THE Repub-
Lcan majority in the Senate has come
TO the conclusion that Sanford of Ukiah
is little too progressive in his bill
which would have professional lobby
lists register their names with the Sec
retary of the State and keep an itemized
statement Of their expenditures for de-
sirable legislation. The bill has been
quietly strangled in the chamber of the
committee on judiciary, and Walter
Parker viii have no occasion to tell
how much he has TO spend on French
dinners or on other diversions per-
fected for his friends in the Herrin
camp.
The pure food bill of Mccartney of
Los Angeles passed the Seante today
by unanimous vote. Appropriations ag-
gregating Sl01,3l4 were voted to the
University Of California by the passage
OF q bill introduced by Leavitt of Ala
media
The San Francisco call., 1907-02-12

SACRAMENTO, Feb. 1.-THE bill
introduced by Assemblyman Henry
Thompson of San Francisco TO change
the law in regard to notices of increase
of rent passed the lower house today
by unanimous vote. Under the pres
ent law only fifteen days notice is re-
auired Thompson's bill would make it
necessary for landlords to give thirty
days notice.
The San Francisco call., 1907-02-12
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1t requires constitutional
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course Of the great medicine
ood'sSarsaparilla
which has permanently
cured thousands Of cases.
For testimonials Of remarkable cures
send for Book on Rheumatism. No. 2.
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their votes today, will move to post
pone consideration of the Assembly
message for one week. In the mean
time the Assembly may, If 1T choose.
adopt the Senate's proposition for joint
rules and secure a conference commit
tee. In that conference committee the
addition of word or two that will not
change the purport of the amendment
can, If the Assembly conferees choose,
be agreed upon and the proposition
again sent to vote of both hoeses.
If the Assembly conferees refuse to
accept some such slight change the
Held-Wright amendment is dead. Dr.
rect primary reformers will be con-
fronted with the task of getting out
and passing a new proposition. That
this can be done In the limited time
that will remain before adjournment
without date is more than doubtful.
The Assemblymen who voted for con-
currence-Barry. Baxter, Beban, Beck
EFT, Bell, Birdsall, Bishop, Boyle, Butler,
Chandler, Coghlan, Cullen, Estudillo,
Finney, Hartmann, Held, Johnson of
Sacramento, Johnson of San Diego,
Jury, Kelly, Ludington, Mcclellan. Nc
Mullin, Percival, Root, Snyder, Spaul-
ding, Stroll, Thompson of San Fran
cisco, Vogel Walsh. Wilson, Beardslee
i-33.
/ The Assemblymen who imperiled the
submission of an amendment by voting
for nonconcurrence = Berry, Bush.
Cogswell Collister, Cornish, Costar,
Cutten, Davis. Eshleman. Fisher,
Forbes. Fratessa, Hewitt John, Kohl
man, Leeds, Lemon, Mcconnell, Nc
Guire, McKeon. Otis, Pyle, Stanton,
Stetson, Strobridge,l Thompson of Los
Angeles, Transue, Weske. Whitmore,
Wyatt-3o.
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the mysterious Nj. A. Morton, thought
to be the fair typist He not only
failed to pay Mailer the $4,000, but he
made no serious attempts to work the
mine.
CLAIMS TO BE PROPHET
While money was pouring in upon
the captain and the professor the April
fire cut short their operations. They
fled to Oakland and opened Offices En-
mons at 967 Washington street and
Niblo at 1929 Broadway. They did a
thriving business until complaints be-
gan to come in from their clients. When
the complaints had become too numer-
and mysticism packed up their be-
longings and went to Chicago
There Emmons secured handsome of
fees In the American Trust building at
Monroe and Clarke streets. Niblo es-
tablished himself near by and began an
advertising campaign calculated to trap
all who might read He declared that
he had predicted the San Francisco
earthquake, the Russian-Japanese war,
the assassination of Mckinley, the Ben
nington disaster and several other
events of worldwide interest, including
the shooting of Stanford White by
Harry Thaw. In connection with his
boast that he had predicted the San
Francisco fire Niblo published letters
purporting to have been written by
prominent San Francisco society women
thanking him for having giving them
ample warning and thus having en-
abled them to escape. After this modest
description of his powers Niblo set forth
that he was in position to give advice
on financial subjects. In Chicago, as in
San Francisco and in Oakland. he di-
rected his clients to Captain Emmons.
IN TROUBLE ONCE BEFORE
The two had hardly established them
selves in Chicago when the Grand Jury
and Police Department of San Fran
cisco took action. Detective Bunner To-
Gated Emmons in Chicago and had him
placed under surveillance. Then the
Grand Jury voted an indictment and
Bunner went on to Chicago. Emmons
fought extradition, but his contention
was overruled in court.
On the charge of obtaining money
under false pretenses, brought by Mrs
McDaniels, Emmons' bond was placed
at $4,000 On similar charge by Mrs.
Hurst his bond was placed at $4,000
He had secured $3.50 from Mrs. Nc
Daniels and larger sum from Mrs.
Hurst. Emmons was unable to furnish
bail and was placed in a cell.
Emmons was in trouble in Oakland
four years ago as result of his finan-
cial operations, but was able to arrange
matters before his case came to trial.
The San Francisco call., 1907-02-12

To Cure a Cold I'm One Day
Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets.
Druggists refund money If it fails E.
w. Groves signature on each box 25c*
The San Francisco call., 1907-02-12
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nishing and delivering OF such quantities OF
subsistence supplies, delivered at such wharf
or wharves, such warehouses in San Fran
cisco, Cal. as per circular to be seen at this
Office. will be received here until IL o'clock
a. m. Thursday. February 21. 1907. and
opened Immediately thereafter in the presence
OF bidders Specifications. general instructions
TO bidders and blank forms OF proposals win
be furnished TO established dealers appli-
cation TO G. R. KRAUTHOFF- Major Com
missary.