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The San Francisco call., 1907-01-23
THOMAS LAWSON IS
BULL ON COPPER
SPECIAL DISPATCH TO THE CALL.


NEW YORK, Jan. 22.-Thomas W.
Lawson of Boston has astonished and
amused Wall street by becoming a
rampant bull on Amalgamated Copper
stock and joining forces with Henry
H. Rogers, william Rockefeller and
the others of "the system" which he
lambasted so numerically two years
ago in his "Frenzied Finance" At
that time Lawson spent several hun
dred thousand dollars in newspaper
advertising trying to convince the pub
lie that Amalgamated Copper was not
worth over $36 a share.
Today Lawson flooded Wall street
with such dispatches as these:
BOSTON, Mass. Jan. 22.-To --: Bear
in mind said Saturday with Ama1gamted low
and weak, but it's on the way to $50. Buy it
quick You saw it act yesterday. / repeat. buy
it: buy it quick THOMAS W. LAWSON.
BOSTON. Mass, Jan. 22.-To --- Don {
miss the opportunity to secure at low price
Amalgamated. This last furry disciplined GER
tain independent company and way for new plan
now clear. Amalgamated should sell at 100.
THOMAS W. LAWSON.
There is some ground for the belief
that Lawson and the Standard Oil in
terests have had some sort of recon
ciliation, and that he has been en-
ployed to engineer a bull movement in
Amalgamated Copper.
The San Francisco call., 1907-01-23
SIMALU ENGULFED
BY TIDAL WAVE

THE HAGUE, Jan. 22.-The tidal
wave which devastated some of the
Dutch East Indian Islands. as an
nounced on January II, virtually en-
gulfed the island of simalu
According to the latest information
received here, Simalu has almost dis
appeared. 1t is said that probably 1900
persons lost their lives.
Violent earth shocks are still felt
daily.
According to the brief official dis
patch first announcing the destruction
wrought by the tidal wave in some of
the Dutch East IndiIn Islands, 300 per-
sons perished on the island of Tana
and forty on Simalu. Simalu is situ-
ated off the northwest coast of the
island of Sumatra.
The San Francisco call., 1907-01-23
HARTMAN THINKS
Of VACATION
SPECIAL DISPATCH TO THE CALL

NEW YORK, Jan. 22.-If business
permits, E. H. Hartman will probably
take a long vacation in the near future,
but not until after the hearing by the
Interstate Commerce Commission in
New York. Much, of course, will de-
pend upon the development of the next
hearing in New York before the com
mission. If all goes smoothly then and,
as is confidently expected by the Union
Pacific people. this hearing not only de-
velops no big problems but on the
contrary, clears up any doubts that may
now exist, the chances are that Harri-
man will be away two months.
Hartman has not been at his Office
since he underwent surgical operation
few weeks ago.
The San Francisco call., 1907-01-23
American Refugees Arrive
at Boston, Full of Anger
at Insult and Neglect
ADOPT RESOLUTIONS
ON VOYAGE HOME
Say Women Were Forced to
Sleep on Filthy Dock, Be
ing Denied Vessels Deck

NEW YORK, Jan. 22.-American
refugees from Kingston, Jamaica, ar
irving here today on the steamer
Prinz Eitel Friedrich, which sailed
from the stricken city on Thursday
afternoon last, the third day after the
earthquake, were unanimous in con-
demning what they termed "the in
activity and utter ineficiency" of the
English authorities on the island dur
ing the first days Of the disaster For
three days, they said, there was no
semblance of order, and nothing def
mite was done in the matter of re-
heving the sufferings of many of the
wounded.
r 1t was asserted that men and women
who sought shelter on board the Brit
ish ship Port Kingston, which was
chartered for Sir Alfred Jones party
from England, were put ashore, and
that the plea of the American refu-
allowed at least the privilege of sleep
ing on the open decks Of the Port King
ston was refused with great incivil-
ity." The wounded who had been taken
on board the same steamer for an
asylum were put ashore the day follow
ing the earthquake, Tuesday, and were
left on the railway wharf, uncared
for until attended to by the American
naval authorities
The Prinz Eitels passengers told Of
the great relief the arrival of the Amer
ican squadron brought to the terror
stricken people, and were amazed to
hear of the rupture which had oc-
Cured between Governor swettenham
and Admiral Davis
The San Francisco call., 1907-01-23
WILL INVESTIGATE
MORGAN BRIBERY

DENVER, Jan. 22.-By a vote of II
to II the Senate adopted a resolution
today for the appointment of special
committee of three members to inves-
tigate the alleged bribing of Senator
Richard Morgan two years ago.
The accusation of bribery was based
on statement made Ly Senator Nor
gan himself during the Adams-Peabody
gubernatorial contest, when he assert
ed that he had received $3.50 from rep
resentatives of the Colorado and South
ern Railroad on condition that he vote
for Adams During the debate on the
resolution today Morgan exclaimed dra-
matically. when defending his action:
Let him who is without sin among
you cast the first stone.
The San Francisco call., 1907-01-23
REMAINS ARE LAID AWAY
Many Sorrowing Friends Attend the
Funeral Of John j. Burke

Funeral Of John j. Burke
OAKLAND, Jan. 22.-With impressive
icivic. fraternal and religious honors the
late John J. Burke, Assemblyman from
1.-THE Fortv-ninth district and grand
president OF the Young Mems Institute.
was borne to his last resting place in
81. Mary's Cemetery today. The funeral
OF the prominent young legislator,
whose life went out Saturday after a
ibrief illness. was the most notable that
has been witnessed here IN years. Near
lly a thousand persons were present at
the requiem high mass. celebrated in
. st Patriok's Church, West Oakland
Z for the repose OF the soul Of the de-
ceased. Thousands OF others viewed
the funeral cortege as It wended Its
way through the streets and another
thousand persons were present when
fbe bodv was consigned to the grave.
The funeral procession started short
1v after 9 O'Clock from the undertaking
narlors OF McManus & Freeman, Sew
enth and Castro streets. proceeded
along Eighth street to Peralta and
thence to the church. The parade
moved IN the following order: Fifth
Infantry Regiment Band, detachment
from the Fifth Infantry Regiment, con-
sistinE Of members OF Companies A, r
and G. in command OF Major z. 6.
HUNT: members Of the Assembly and
Senate escorting hearse; members OF
Grand Council Of the Young Mems In
ist,tute and Of Oakland, American and
California councils OF the Young Mems
Institute; knights Of Columbus. men,
hers OF the u. p. C. E., members Of
lalland Lodge OF Elks, Athens Parlor,
Iative sons; carriages. The casket-
bearers were six Of the intimate friends
or the dead legislator and were as fol-
hows: Judge John W. Stetson, Judge
1ames G. Quinn. Judge William Geary,
The San Francisco call., 1907-01-23
JONES HAS COMFORTS

"Third-That the wounded Of mixed
nationalities were taken ashore at the
same hour and left in a crude situation
until cared for by American naval
authorities on Thursday, except such
as were removed by train to Spanish
town or by relatives who found them.
"Fourth-That when Father ODono-
van of Boston. Gavin of indianapolis
and Rev. II. L. Auld of Hatboro, Pa,
took a petition to Sir Alfred Jones
and Captain Parsons from the refugees,
sleeping on trunks, sacks of coffee and
the cargoes on the foul planks of the
Hamburg-American dock. to allow the
said refugees to go on board the Port
Kingston, then at her dock. and sleep
on her bare decks. where they would be
safe from recurrent earthquake shocks.
Captain Parsons refused with great in
civility. and, coming to the Hamburg
American dock, showed the party fur
ther discourtesy.
"Fifth-That in the three days,
though Sir Alfred Jones and his party
on board the Port Kingston had all the
comforts of a large, well-equipped ship,
no tender was made either of food. wa
ter. coffee. bedding or medical assist
ance.
"Sixth-That in three days. save
above unpleasant visit of Captain Par
sons, no official visit was paid either
by the police, military or colonial
authorities to the large body of Amer
lean refugees on the Hamburg Ameri-
can docks.
"Seventh-That in individual cases
and minor ways we were made to feel
the superiority and first claim of the
Continued on Page :. Column
The San Francisco call., 1907-01-23
BEGINS INVESTIGATION. OF
KILLING OF SENATDR BROWN

WASHINGTON, Jan. 22.-Investiga-
tion was begun today by the Grand
Jury into the alleged murder of the
late Senator Brown of Utah by Mrs
Bradley of Salt Lake City.
1t is not expected that the jury will
enter into the conditions which led to
the crime. but will confine its inquiries
to local witnesses.
The San Francisco call., 1907-01-23
CONDEMN OFFICIALS

The protest of the American refugees
against the conduct and behavior Of
certain officials on the island was
voiced at a mass meeting held on board
the Prinz Eitel Friederich Monday.
when resolutions addressed ''ro the
general public and the international
press" were adopted. The resolutions
follow:
I'VE herewith utter emphatic condem-
nation of the conduct and behavior in
that period of certain officials of rank.
especially Captain Parsons, commander
Of the British steamship Port Kingston,
lying in the harbor of Kingston. and
aboard which was Sir Alfred Jones, his
superior, and other officials, basing our
contentious on the following counts:
"First-That Captain Parsons declined
to furnish food for one meal to the
small number of Germans, led by Cap
tain Richard Vahsel, Hamburg Amer
lean line, who prevented four docks
from burning on the night of the 14th,
among them the Port Kingston's own
wharf.
"Second-That such Americans and
other refugees as the small boats
manned by Captain Vahsel and others
gathered together on Monday on
board the Port Kingston were sum-
marily ordered ashore at p. m. Tues
day, to make room for English refu-
gees. though women and children
+aa rf,,liv pleaded that thew had M food
nor clothing on shore.
The San Francisco call., 1907-01-23
TELEPHoNE TEMPORARY Sc
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 2s. 1907
wEATHER ooNpITIoNs
NEWS TO-DAY

YESTERDAY-Clear; north wind; maximum
Temperature. Go: minimum temperature. 45.
FORECAST FOR ToDAY-Fairi light north
east winds. Page IL
The San Francisco call., 1907-01-23
Marin County Feud Grows
Warm and the Cochrane
Brothers Swear Vengeance
POLITICS UNDERLIES
THE BITTER CONTEST
San Rafael Editor Piles Up
Recriminations Against
Man Who Accused Him

Asserting that the accusations
brought against him and his brothers
by w. p. Taylor, Sheriff of Marin
County, arc the result of political JeaI-
ousy and personal spite, NJ. f. Coch-
rane, editor of San Rafael paper, de-
cIared yesterday that he would join
his brother, p. III. COchrane, In addi-
tiOnaI libel proceedings against the
sheriff.
"Each one of the charges he makes
against us. individually or collectively,
which were published in San Fran
cisco daily, Will be made the basis of
separate libel suit, and we will keep
the County Clerk busy filing them for
week.. said NJ. F. Cochrane yester-
in the Cochrane family We VIII fight
for vindicatiOn. We have engaged at
tOrneys and will never stop until we
prove our innocence
San Rafael is divided on the subject
of the quarrel between the Cochrane
brothers and the Sheriff. Editor Coch-
rane declares that all the trouble be-
tween lnem arose from the last pol1t1-
cal campaign wherein his brother, p
H. Coehrane, candidate for the office
of County Assessor, was bitterly op-
posed by Sheriff Taylor and his friends.
Cochrane was successful, and then, it
seems, the trouble began. First, so
says Cochrane. Taylor withdrew the
county printing, so far as he could,
from the paper owned by the Assessors
bTother Thereafter, says Taylor,
Cochrane sent him a bill for $1I for
alleged overdue subscription to the
sheet and personally attacked him and
his ability as a Sheriff in the columns
of the sheet. They gathered their
friends into rival camps and the ami
mostly soon involved the entire town
The San Francisco call., 1907-01-23
Frequent Delays Cause the
United Railroads Cars
TO Fall Short in Runs
ANOTHER DAY OF
BROKEN SCHEDULES
Two Collisions and Several
Are Hurt as a Result
of Careless Management

Trolleyism is the latest form of ag-
gravating transportation. and in troll
leyism there is a keen thrust at the
sleepy municipality that tolerates
without protest, and the tolerant
municipality that protests without
taking action. The present situation
in the matter of the miserable excuse
for a car service furnished by the
United Railroads requires action both
in motive power for damaged street
cars and the expounding Of public
opinion.
San Francisco is today facing one Of
the most convincing object lessons ever
viewed by growing. popuIous com
munity. Tt is. as a preface. sufficient
to say that there is hardly a man. woman
or child who does not see in the abuse
of the privilege handed a public service
corporation by servile administration
a warning that the government for the
people must of necessity be admins
tered without even the thinnest Of thin
veeneering Of graft.
Very little better service than that
of Monday marked the twenty-four
hours of trolIeyism yesterday. 1t was
a day Of broken schedules and ground
ed wires. of accidents and tie-ups; OF
mismanagement and obvious demon
stration that in surrendering to troll
leyism San Francisco gave up one OF
the surest means OF getting somewhere
in town that trolley cars cannot substf-
tute. The cable line on the average
made better time than the trolley car
system. although the cables were oper-
ated on schedule of eight miles an
hour. TrolIeyism means thirty miles
an hour on one block, one mile an hour
on the next and a long wait on the
third
Under the trolley system-or abuse
of it-that the United Railroads has In
augurated. there is no certainty Of get
ting anywhere in particular at any par
ticular time. 1t requires a Suffer-
street car. one of the newest kind from
Chicago, about thirty-fve minutes to
travel from the Ferry depot to Fillmore
street. Of course there are cars that
make the trip on better time. but these
appear to be rarities. The cable line
used to make this run IN about twenty
five minutes. frequently cutting this
time by a minute or so.
The San Francisco call., 1907-01-23
COCHRANE is BITTER

Editor Cochrane answers some of
the accusations of Taylor in a spirit
as bitter as that which inspired the
latter.
Was 1 a cur" says Cochrane, when
1 indorsed your note for s4oO in favor
of Mrs. David Meyers, and advanced
the interest on 1t for you from time
to time? Was my creed calumny'
when 1 gave one of your sons a free
scholarship in the California Business
College, and another son a free schol-
arship in another similar institution,
and your niece still another? Was
an migrate when 1 indorsed your note
in favor of Mrs. Margaret Tierney,
and advanced the interest to her
monthly out of my own pocket? Did
you ever pay me dollar for any of
the transactions or reward me for the
many services? Yes; 1 received my
cisco paper wherein you libel me. The
dog bites the hand which feeds it;
w. P. Taylor bites NJ F. Cochrane"
The Grand Jury Of Marin County
meets next Saturday and will investi-
gate the charges made against the
Cochrane brothers by the Sheriff. The
Cochrane brothers declare they court
the fullest investigation and maintain
that had they been guilty of bribery
and chicanery. as the Sheriff has
claimed. he. Sheriff Taylor. should be
removed from Office for not having
proceeded against them in accordance
with his duty.
Sheriff Taylor was not at his home
in San Rafael last evening, and his
attorney, e. B. Martinelli, was also
away. They were in this city, where
Sheriff Taylor gave himself up at the
Sheriffs office and was released on $500
bonds, according to Mrs. Taylor's state
ment. This action followed the notice
served on Taylor by Sheriff O'Neil of
San Francisco that a warrant charging
him with criminal libel had been sworn
to by P. H. Cochrane, Marin County
Assessor and City Trustee of San
Rafael
FEATURE IN FEUD
A feature in the feud which is adding
to the disturbance of Marin County's
peace is the fact that Sheriff Taylor's
statement, which is the foundation of
the suit brought by Assessor Cochrane,
involves the integrity of the jury sit
ting in the Keefe case several months
ago 1t is implied by the Sheriff that
one of the brothers passed money to
the jurymen.
Shades of the Keefe case" wrote
Taylor to M. F. Cochrane, where the
widow was to part with $4,000 to fix
the jury, which was paid to Pat by
Beardsley." It is pointed out by many
Of the San Rafael citizens that this
Jury was composed mainly of influential
citizens and that Taylor's statement is
unworthy This was the personnel of
the Jury in question: H. Martin, we'll
to-do grocer; II. Jensen. a restaurant
owner; J. Schneider. proprietor of
San Rafael Hotel; M. Herzog, a capt.
talist; E. Magner, bicycle dealer; ID.
Needham, artist; P. McDermott. a
cement contractor: G. Lewis H. T.
Daily. j. Blum, B. McCourt and j.
Alberti.
From the way the feud has spread.
and the fact that it involves political
as we'll as personal enmity, it is likely
that San Rafael will hear more charges
and counter-charges in the Cochrane-
TayIor souabble
The San Francisco call., 1907-01-23
No CAR Is CERTAIN

From Castro and Fourteenth streets.
if the Castro line is running regularly.
which is seldom. the trolley makes
fairly good time when it has any sort
of clear track. but The stops are so
frequent at switches and cross lines
that the time is prolonged for the trip
so that there is no absolute certainty
of getting downtown in a specified
time.
MeA1lister street is as unreliable as
a cheap automobile. The service on
this line. taking into account lack OF
cars and breakdowns. shows a decided
loss from the time OF the old cable
road. This applies to the Hayes and
Ellis street roads. although the Ellis
was operated as an electric line before
the fire.
The Powell-street cable line. for sx-
ample. is giving much better service to
North Beach than the Kearny and Bay
street branch. which is electric. The
Valencia trolley. during the busy times
of the day, Is utterly unable to handle
the traffic, although the old cable roads
got along very nicely when the section
of the city tapped by the road was
more densly populated than It is now.
With every reason to believe that the
statement can be backed by expert
opinion Of many competent engineers
it may be said that the trolley system
as applied to the hill districts Of this
city is an absolute failure. a menace to
life and an outrage that would not be
tolerated in any other city.
The San Francisco call., 1907-01-23

Continued on Page 8, Column ;
The San Francisco call., 1907-01-23

Much OF the rolling stock OF the
United Railroads is in a condition At
for the junkshops. The company has
several hundred new cars ordered and
on the way to the city. but there is
apparently very little effort made to
keep up a large enough repair force
to rehabilitate the cars that are held
in the car barns. Machinists say that
the company does not offer the wages
to repairers that may be obtained from
other concerns. The company claims
that it pays the wage schedule Of the
union. but. nevertheless. there cannot
be enough men employed, as every car
guard is smashed on the oId-line cars.
Particular attention is frequently
drawn to the condition Of the steps Of
cars that have become so slanted by
weight of human freight that it is
dangerous to try to board them while
in motion unless one has an iron grip
on the sidebars Many McAllister and
The San Francisco call., 1907-01-23

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The San Francisco call., 1907-01-23

Fancy lot Of sailors and officers sign
ing for a three years cruise with the
anchor down. That's what lot of them
are doing in San Francisco now. 1t
makes an unusual story of the ever-inter-
esting sea in
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1907-08-19
COVENTRY.

c. ]. Brooks hrs purchased a delivery
team.
Miss Elvira Daggett of Littleton, n. H.,
is in town.
Henry Harvey, Arthur Falconer and
Harry Pettingill are attending muster.
Mrs. Pliny Metcalf was called to Barton
last Tuesday to care for her daughter Lenna,
who is i'll with pneumonia.
Mrs. Betsey Smith, who has spent several
months at VIM. Niles, has returned to her
home in Brighton, Mass.
Several of our young people went to
Newport Center to attend the social at MIR.
Hildreth's last Wednesday evening.
Mrs. George Tower of Washington, D.
c., and Mrs. George Gorham of Barton
spent few days in town the past week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Homer Barrows and chill
dren from Woodsville, N. H., have been
the guests Of Mrs. Helen Barrows the past
week.
Arthur warboy, Mrs. Ernest warboy and
Lucia Wilcox of Charleston were in town
Friday to attend the social at Glen john
sons.
Mr.. and Mrs. Orville Hancock have en-
gagged to work on the Newport town farm
and will move this week to take charge.
We are sorry to lose our young people from
town.
large company attended the lawn So
cial at Glen Johnson's last Tuesday evening
and good time was reported. The lawn
was very prettily lighted up with JAP
| anese lanterns.
The following resolutions were adopted
| by the Coventry ". c. I. U:
Since our Heavenly Father, who is inf
mite In love and mercy, has seen fit to call
away to the Heavenly Home our dear
sister and fellow worker, Mrs Jennie
| Brooks, one wise in council and ever ready
/ to help as long as her strength would ad-
nit; therefore feeling our own great loss:
ReSoLUed, That we, the Woman's Christ
| ian Temperance Union of Coventry, would
| express our sincere and heartfelt sympathy
for the bereave1 family, praying that God
OF ali comfort may comfort your bleeding
hearts, and may prepare you for an en-
| trance into that Home where sorrows and
parting never come.
ResotUed, That copy of these resolut-
ions be sent to the mem bers OF the berea-
we'd family, and the county papers be ask
ed to print the same; and that they be
spread upon the records of our organiza-
ton,
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1907-08-19
LOCAL NEWS.
coYr1NuEp FRoM PAGE oNE


Lena Wiley, Juline Rogers, Mabel ALI
church, May Wiley, Blanche Churchill,
Carrie Badger, Glen Adams, Ella Stafford,
Gertrude Bennett, Ruth Rogers and Doro-
thy Pudvsh have planned to go next Sat
urday to Willoughby aud spend a week 10
(. E. Matthews cottage.
Earl Twombly was on the sick list last
week.-Mrs. Florence Black burn does not
improve as fast as desired.-Mrs. Avery
d unison seems to be gaining CIV. <.
Aunis was laid up with rheumatism last
week.-Mrs.. I'll. L Jackman was sick for q
week recently.-John Agnew is sick with
lung difficulty and Roscoe Mute was quite
sick last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joshua TwombIy OF Cam
bridge, Mass are in town, the guests Ct
Henry Bassett and other relatives. Mr.,
Twombly left here in 1847, and though
these years he has occasionally visited here
and In Bloomington. He informs US that
when he left town there were only very
few houses In Barton Landing, and no
clearings on the west side of Willoughby
for miles with the exception of that made
by Joseph Lord.
The e. L. Chandler company are putin
In the foundation for the veneer mill.
They are also erecting rs horse power
generator or dynamo which is large
enough to light all their mills and run
several powerful motors. The company
are also having all the steam pipes covered
| with asbestos and the Jones' Manville Co.
of Boston, who have the job and furnish
| the material, have sent Mr.. Anderson to
oversee the work. 1t is said it will take
several men three or four weeks to finish
the job. The object is to save steam by
insulating the pipes. fues and heaters.
Methodist Church Notes.
Rev. George Mcdonald of Albany was
here Friday evening and led ths social
meeting.