Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-05-17
Has Turned Over Reins OF San
Francisco's Government to
A Committee OF Seven.
HIS CAPITuLATIoN COMPLETE.
Names Are Anderson, Doher-
mann. Morgan, Van SickIen, Ro-
senfieId, Bentley and Slack.
Lending Commercial Bodies Arc Each
Rcprcscnted--Plans of Custodians
VIII be Made Public Today.

san Francisco. May 1.-THE Call
gays
From this time forward Eugene
Schnitz viii be the mayor of san
Francisco in name only He has re-
linuuished the reihs of government /"
committee of seven. representing
the five great comn~rcial organiza-
t,ons Of the city. Beginning with to-
day the city is under the control OK
men whom the mayor selected TO adj
minister me city's affairs upon the
lines demanded by the public. The
cnpltulation of the mayor is complete.
He has transferred in writing his au-
thorty, tantamount 10 power OF at
torney 10 the following citizens:
Il. b. Anderson, t. w. Dohermann,
Percy Il. Morgan, f. w. Van Slcklen,
Louis Resented, s. H. Bentley ana
Charles w. Slack.
on the committee of seven Is a rep
resentative from each OF the following
commercial Codes:
Merchants Exchange, Chamber OF
Commerce. Board OF Trade Mer-
chants association and Manufacture
ers and Producers association.
Today The details OF the plans Of
the city's new custodians VIII be
made public
Dr. Joseph Poheim, former police
commissioner of this city has. 1t Is
said. furnished Detective William J.
Rurns details of Mayor Schmit1' ac-
tion in compelling him to vote the
matter of the French restaurant IL
censes in order that Abraham Ruef
could extort from the proprietors OF
these resorts n fee of thousands of
dollars to insure their protection.
Detective Burns relies upon this re-
markable confession of DR.. Poheim
L. secure the conviction OF Schmitz
on the five charges of extortion on
which he has been jointly indicted
with Abe Ruef
Mayor Schmitz was at his office this
morning as usual. but declined to see
any one in relation TO the confession
made by Abe Ruef that he had given
the mayor $4,000 as his share OF the
money alleged to have been paid by
III, United Railroads company to Sc
cure trolley franchises.
NOT GENERALLY CREDITED.
San Francisco. May 1.-THE state
ment made that Mayor Schmitz has
assingned in writing his official powers
10 committee of seven citizens Is not
generally credited. The fact that such
committee held a conference yester-
DAY with Rudolph Spreckels and f. J.
Heney probably gave rise to the ru-
nor. Detective Burns says he expects
Schnitz to confess, but SO far the
mayor has given no indication that
such is to be his plan OF conduct. The
mayor during the day remains in his
once but declines to see anyone eX-
oept his attorneys. All attempts TO
induce him to talk about the revela-
tons made by Ruef are fruitless. He
has nothing TO say. Even IL the report
about the committee Of seven is incor
rect IT is very probable that the mayor
Will not take any important official
action without the advice of the com
mittee Of 90, recently appointed by
MN. In fact, the mayor when he
hrst called the committee together,
stated that he wanted their advice and
would be guided in his official conduct
ny this committee There seems TO
be general demand for the removal
of Chief OF Police Oman. Gov. Gil
lett has declared that he is incompetent
and that man must be appointed who
can properly direct the police depart
ment
President Calhoun. TREY l.. Ford
and Thornwell Mutually of the United
lallroads company are apparently but
little disturbed over Ruefs charge that
they paid 100000 for the trolley fran
chises. They make denial that they
paid this money and are devoting all
their attention to breaking the street.
car strike
Ruef, now that he has confessed, has
improved inf health and spirits. Among
Ruefs former henchnien, doubt is still
expressed that he has really confessed
They believe that he has some clever
scheme that VIII get him out of the
trouble without benehtting the prose-
cutlon. Ruefs expression that tile
nembers OF the board of supervisors
were so greedy that they would chew
the paint off "a house was made the
LOT OF these men, who has confessed
themselves criminals, more unhappy
than ever.