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Grand Duke. c. Jones
Lord Chamberlain ......F s. Burrage
Ohio, another grand duke and the
Spectre Knight. ....C Captain Heavey
Viola, daughter to the grand duke
Miss Burke
First Lady in waiting. %. Miss Kleeman
Second Lady in waiting. Mrs. Sherlock
The San Francisco call., 1907-06-01
Chief Dinan to Appear
Before Grand Jury
CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1, COLUMNS AND 7

necessary bring before him. he would be ready to
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The San Francisco call., 1907-06-01
COMMITTEE HALTS WORK
New Body of Sixty Members Meets
With No Cooperation

The new committee of so finds itself
In position that would have brought
added sorrow to the man without a
country. The committee has, from it's
inception, regarded itself as the crea-
ture of Governor Gillett. but the state
executive has announced that his par
ticipation In it's affairs will not go be-
yond an occasional offer of advice
After its rebuff by the mayor the COM
mittee paused yesterday to take sound
ings and determine its location. The
committee is still undecided as to the
course 1t will pursue.
1t may be stated that the committee
will find as scant a welcome in the
camp of the graft prosecutors as did it's
predecessor, the late committee of z.
Neither Rudolph Spreckels nor Francis
j. Heney is inclined to cooperate with
the new body. Among the prosecutors
the impression prevails that the new
committee, like the old. Is tainted with
sinister interests.
While no members of the graft prose-
cution would consent to discuss the
new committee yesterday, 1t is known
that no offers from the committee Of
any sort would be welcomed AS be-
fore, the prosecutors believe the indi-
vidua1 members of the committee
blameless, but regard the body as in
tended to work to the benefit of the
large interests endangered by the re-
cent exposures.
The San Francisco call., 1907-06-01
WILL GUST GRAFTERS
Eagles to Expel Schnitz. Ruef, Super
visors and Others

The FraternaI order of Eagles. fol
lowing the example of the Native Sons.
has appointed a committee TO cleanse
the organization of grafters. and Ruef.
Schmitz, a number of the supervisors
and Jerome Bassity will shortly be COM
PEELED to withdraw their names from
the membership roll. The house clean
ing committed consists of s. V. Costello.
E. /. Wolfe. Theodore A. Bell, George
Cavanaugh and Attorney Brown Of
Pasadena. The committee has been in
structed to wait on Grand President
Brew of Vallejo TO see that the charges
made against the disgraced members by
the grand jury are taken up
The action of the Eagles in appoint
ing this committee was due to an ad-
dress made by Bell, who declared that
the organization should not rest until
it had purged itself of the indicted
grafters. None of the accused mem
bers has sought to vindicate himself
and the expulsion Of all of them seems
certain in consequence.
The San Francisco call., 1907-06-01
Ruef Adds Richard
VConnor to His
Legal Staff
Will Not Plead Guilty
to Any More of the
Indictments

Abe Ruef completed his legal tovcs
yesterday by adding thereto Richard
OConnor. young attorney who has
been practicing in San Francisco but
a few years. O'COnnOr will be asso-
ciated with Frank Murphy William T.
Hume and George Keane in the de-
fense of the captive boss
While Ruef does not contemplate any
coup at law he will take every pre-
caution to protect his interests. He
will not take the initiative. but will
follow in the wake of the indicted
millionaires- Ruef feels that he has
been fighting the battle for the entire
crowd long enough and il is now up
to some one else to set the pace. Ruef
will be content to follow. When one
of the millionaires takes an appeal on
a certain point Ruef will do the same
When a millionaire asks for a writ of
error Ruef will do the same. BY this
means he will always be as well off I'm
the pending cases as the accused mag
mates
Should the higher courts for any
reason see fit to quash or dismiss the
charges against the millionaires Ruef
will be in a position to ask for the
same ruling. He will plead guilty TO
no more charges He regards one such
plea sufficient for all practical pur-
poses. If the prosecution determines
to extend clemency to Ruef il will be
able at any time to ask for the dis
missal Of the charges against him.
The San Francisco call., 1907-06-01
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The San Francisco call., 1907-06-01
Jurors Excused From Box for Cal

but was later excuEed on account Of
physical ailments.
Henry c. Breeder, a capitalist of 2770
Broadway, had met Schmitz during the
earthquake days and had a rather
strong opinion" of the case. which dis
qualified him. Robert T. Allan of 267
Eighth avenue, who conducts a dry
goods store at Sol Clement street, had
an opinion and was disqualified.
George S. Knowles of 218 Clipper
street, a striking motorman. had no
strong opinion and was acceptable to
the prosecution, but the defense did not
approve highly of him and finally Sc
cured the admission that he was not on
the assessment roll. When some ques-
tion of labor leanings came up later in
the day Heney made capital out of the
fact that he was willing to take the
striker while the defense was not.
Maurice Rosenthal of 3O4O Jackson
street, a wholesale furniture dealer,
had opinion which secured him i'm
munity from service.
That finished the morning session
and the afternoon opened with a mild
graft case" Adolph F. Hagemann,
258S Pine street, proprietor of the Ly-
ceum theater. was the first man to be
examined. Heney, fresh from many
sessions of grand jury investigation on
the question of theater permit CRAFTS,
went after the man in spite of Camp
BELLS objections.
You got a permit from the mayor
to open your theater," said Heney, "a
permit to violate the law"
Campbell objected, but Hagemann
admitted that he knew that the theater
ordinance provided for class A build
ings and his place was not that I'VE
run on an injunction issued to restrain
the police from carrying out the di-
rection of the grand jury that the place
be closed" the theater man explained.
Heney challenged on the ground that
Hagemanns relations with the admin
istration were such that under it's sane
tion he was carrying on business con-
trary to law. Hagemann was excused.
James d. Bailey, an insurance man,
OF 1915 Franklin street, belonged to the
merchants association and the chamber
of commerce. He had heard Heney
speak at the Fairmont banquet His
opinion was not very strong, but Camp
bell did not want him on the jury and
when his challenge was refused, chal-
lenged peremptorily
James E. r. Benson, the accepted
juror, was not examined at any length
ne mad been union man while work
ing as pressman on The Call, but now
held withdrawal card. Hence asked.
Would the suggestion on the part
OF the defense that the prosecution was
preJudiced against unions influence
you?"
Benson replied it would got
Charles S. Capp of 62S Baker street
real estate agent, was next accepted.
He had an impression that the guilt of
Schmitz was generally conceded but
he could accept evidence. When asked
by Campbell il he knew any real estate
man on the grand jury Capp asked:
Was Umbsen on the jury?'
NO" replied Campbell sadly: 1T think
Mr. Umbsen was not on the grand
jury"
Capp was passed after he had said
The San Francisco call., 1907-06-01
PROSECUTORS UPHELD
Iroquois Club Adopts Resolutions
Comending Langdon and Others

The Iroquois club passed a special
resolution last night supporting the
graft prosecution in its work. On
motion made by e. G. Borden the club
adopted the following:
Resolved, that we cordially approve
the efforts of the district attorney and
his associates and the efforts of the
grand jury to purify the government
and the general social state of San
Francisco, and we pledge ourselves to
do all in our power under the law to
assist them in bringing to justice all
persons guilty of criminal conduct,
without regard to station
Edward ]. Livernash in reporting
back to the club the activities of its
special committee appointed to act
with the Japanese Korean exclusion
league took occasion to score the
league as political movement given
over entirely to the support of Mayor
Schmitz. Livernash said
Il sympathized with the movement
and attended its meetings constantly
until I became convinced that in the
hands of Tveitmoe and the other lead
ing spirits 1t had forsaken the cause
for which 1t was organized and was
given over entirely to cheap politics. /
have not attended meeting since"
The club decided not to break rela-
tions with the league, but to support 1t
in the hope that it might turn back 10
it's original purpose.
The club also resolved to appoint
committee to confer with the election
commissioners to urge them to pur-
chase voting machines before the fall
elections and not return to the Austria
liam ballot. There was general dis
cussion on the value of the voting ma
chine, and when a vote was taken to
decide whether the committee should
ro f0 election commissioners in
structed in the matter those in favor
of the use of the voting machines won
by only one vote.
1t was also decided to frame a char
ter amendment providing for the GUST
ing of unworthy officials. The whole
question of municipal reform will en-
gage the club in the future, and it will
exert it's influence in favor of popular
vote on all franchises, not only those
to be granted in the future. but also
those now in existence 1t will meet
in the future at $50 Church street
The San Francisco call., 1907-06-01

ready for service tomorrow morning,
said Cobb.
This did not please the defense our
clients are busy men," he argued.
There are many things we should IKE
to look up, and we ask that the ar
raignments go over one week
Cobb expressed his opinion that one
days postponement would be sufficient
Continued until tomorrow ruled
Judge Lawlor.
The name of Eugene r. Schmitz, who
was also indicted IA times for the gas
rate briberies, was next called. A rep
resentative Of the law firm OF Camp
bell, Metson & Drew explained that
Schmitz was busy in another depart
ment of the superior court. This ex-
planation gained continuance or one
day.
Abe Ruef was then given an oppor-
tunity to be arraigned but he also was
unprepared. His spokesman, George
Keane, asked for copies of the tran
script OF the testimony on which Ruef
was indicted. Judge Lawlor. following
his ruling in the other cases, granted
continuance of one day.
When Judge Lawlor ascends the
bench this morning his court Will be
the scene of notable gathering OF
indicted persons. His calendar calls
for the arraignment not only of Eugene
De Saba, John Martin, Frank G. Drum
Mayor Schmitz and Abe Ruef, but also
TREY L. Ford, William M. Abbott
Thornwell Mutually and Patrick Cal
houn.
The San Francisco call., 1907-06-01

the various unions. 1t is said that the
unions will ratify the agreement with
out delay.
The conciliation committee, working
through its subcommittees, has been
actively engaged in an endeavor to set
tie all the industrial controversies pre-
vailing in the city. Forty conferences
were held with the contendfng factions
in the iron trades before the committee
was able to bring about settlement.
Since the successful outcome OF its en-
deavors In this instance the concilia-
tion committee has renewed It's efforts
to adjust the telephone, laundry and
streetcar strikes. At the same time
the committee has taken steps to pre-
vent the spread of any of the strikes
by prevailing upon union men to post
pone for a time any sympathetic walk
outs.
Members of the committee now be-
lieve that they have demonstrated the
effectiveness of outside Intervention in
labor controversies and apparently 1t
is certain that their plan to form a
civic federation to intervene in all in
dustrial disputes will meet with the
generous cooperation of both employ
ers and employees in this city.
The San Francisco call., 1907-06-01
BIG CEMENT COMPANY
FORMED AT SAN JOSE
Capitalized at $5,0oo,ooo to Exploit
the Lime Beds in San
Benito County

SAN JOSE, May 31.-The detailed
plans of the National Portland cement
company of California, in which San
Jose and Canadian capitalists are inter-
ested, were given out here tonight after
meeting of those interested. 1t is
capitalized for s5,000.000. half of
which will be used for the plant. The
company has secured huge beds of lime
and cement rock near Salinas and will
at once begin the erection of It's plant
The company was formed by w. j.
Lean, real estate agent of San Jose,
who has been at work upon the project
for Is months.
The local capital is furnished by
Hugh Center, retired street railway
man. John NJ Gardiner and Hugh Van
Norden of San Francisco will be direc-
tors of the company. Gardiner acting as
it's president
The San Francisco call., 1907-06-01

went after O'Mara with the guidon Of
war flying, endeavoring to show that
there was something behind the beer.
FairalI kept up a running fire o. COM
ments in a low tone. Suddenly Heney
turned.
BE careful what you say about me" )"
he shouted at Fairall.
Fairall grew pugnacious and an
swered back with fighting talk, but be-
fore he could go far Judge Dunno had
declared his conduct "boisterous. in
sulting, offensive and contenptuous"
and sentenced the attorney "a hours
in the county Jail, with no alternative
of a fine. Fairall met the sentence
with a chip on his shoulder.
Il thank your honor; that is a dis
tinction," he answered nonchalently.
Then Judge Dunno doubled the PEN
atty and Fairall was silenced.
Barrett rushed from the courtroom
to secure possible wrfts of habeas cor
pus and Heney continued his interroga-
tion of the juror.
It finally appeared that O'Mara's chat
was innocent He explained in refer
ence to his talk with Dennison:
Il kept my own counsel about the
case, but glass of beer is very accept
able and / always take one when / can
get IT."
w nat were you ld4hinS SO CAS1tCdiJ
about?" demanded Heney.
He was telling me of a lot he had in
the burned district, for which he was
offered $500, and told him to take
i'll wouldn't have given him 5000
for it."
O'Mara, Heney had discovered, had
once worked in the park and the as
sistant district attorney tried to dis
cover If he owed his place to Herbert
CnIx a ~ ~ "a Al fcS Sf fora
and the man Dennison had gone to see,
but finally passed the matter.
When court opened yesterday there
was peace, but no results. Hubert f.
Dunbar, a commission merchant of $40
Drumm street, the first venireman, was
prejudiced and was excused. William
p Glynn, paying teller of the Hibernia
bank, said that he had no bias. but
added: IF he was proven guilty.
don't say that he is--it would bother
me TO send him across the bay on ac-
count of his wife and little girls; they
are. / believe, innocent; ii is just SEN
timental reason" Glynn was excused.
John P. Fraser, a contracting painter
who had many urgent contracts and a
strong bias, and B. j. Barry, saloon
keeper of Railroad and Sixteenth ave.
nues South, were excused for cause.
Wardwell Walkup of 1913 Stanyan
street, formerly a money lender. passed
what seemed to be a satisfactory
examination, but was peremptorily
challenged by the defense.
MORE RELATIONSHIP
Daniel Crowen, a journeyman plum
Der of 3S7 First avenue, was apparently
at first an acceptable talesman, but it
later developed under questioning that
his sister was married to Deputy Sheriff
| Galland and that she had denounced
the prosecution as a political con-
spiracy. an opinion which Crowell ad-
mitted he had Joined. That ended him.
Richard Curtis followed and brought
with him the controversy between
Heney and Barrett. He was passed.
The San Francisco call., 1907-06-01
PARKSIDE CASE TODAY
Indicted Members of the Company to
Be Arraigned

Attorneys L. NJ. Hoef1er and w. s.
Wood, representing the members of the
Parkside company who have been In
dicted on account of plans that they
are alleged to have made to bribe the
supervisors. appeared in Judge DUNES
court yesterday morning under the be-
lief that their clients were to be ar
raigned. That proceeding is to be
taken today, when Judge Dunno will
sit in Judge Cooks court in the saliva
tion army barracks. at Fillmore and
Post streets.
The San Francisco call., 1907-06-01
BUILDERS HOLD PARLEY
Real Estate Men and Employers Dis
cuss Wages of Mechanics

The committee representing the
Builders exchange held a conference
yesterday with the real estate board
and employers in building trades. No
definite action was taken, but Secretary
James A. Wilson said that much i'm
portant data had been gathered rel
ative table of wage schedules in the
various building trades was exhibited,
showing how wages in this city COM
pared with those in other centers. Usu-
ally the rates of compensation were
higher here, but the higher cost Of liv-
ing also was shown.
The real estate men representing the
owners agreed that something should
be done to decrease rental rates, and
promised to make such suggestion to
their clients 1t also was agreed that
the percentage plan of building, where
the contractors charge the owners 10
per cent of the total cost of the struc-
ture and are not bound by any guaran-
tee or contract to complete the build
ing for given sum should be abol-
ished.
THAT method has had more to do
with unreasonably high wages than
the demands of the unions" said Will
son. "Often the minimum wage scale
Of union is exceeded 81 day by the
efforts of percentage contractors to Sc
cure workmen. This money. coming
out of the pockets of the builders. h Is
discouraged Them and $10.000,000 WORT.
of building operations have been sus-
pended. Bankers, after advancing loans
to builders, have been called upon to
increase the amount Of the loan on ac-
count of the>original underestimate of
what the structure would cost"
Another meeting of the committee
will be held Tuesday afternoon and 1t
is proposed to confer at that time with
the building trades council to learn
whether that organization would agree
to "sign up" the various crafts for a
two years contract with hours of labor
and wages secured for that period
The San Francisco call., 1907-06-01
Fifty Thou.and Copies

Was the number of April Sunset Maga-
zines sold in San Francisco in five
days! That issue-the One Year Aft
sspect by the June-the Greater San
Francisco''-number. which contains the
most superb panoramic photographs,
showing the work of San Francisco's
rebuilding, that have ever been
The San Francisco call., 1907-06-01
BRYAN VISITS EXPOSITION

NORFOLK. Va, May 31.-william ].
Bryan spent large part of today at
the exposition grounds. He spoke at
Portsmouth this afternoon on 'sThe
Value of an IDEAL" This evening Mr.
and Mrs. Bryan were entertained at
dinner by the president of the exposi.
tion.
The San Francisco call., 1907-06-01

that he had no prejudice against the
testimony defendant might give in
his own behalf.
George A. Arms of 332 Haight street,
assistant chief engineer of the Union
iron works, answered the questions
with unusual freedom from bias, but
he was peremptorily challenged by the
defense probably on account of the Ia
bor trouble which the Union iron
works is having at the present time.
Heney then took up the question OF
the qualifications of the jurymen al
ready chosen, namely. O'Mara, Harris
and Bray Four talesmen were put in
the jury box-Edward J. Callan. Mar
tin O'Connell, J. B. Davitt and Howard
Black, former supervisor
Adjournment was taken until Mon
day, as Schmitz is to be arraigned with
the United Railroads officials before
Judge Lawlor this morning.
The San Francisco call., 1907-06-01
IRON WORKERS STRIKE
IS ENDED BY COMMITTEE
Cancellation Board Gains Big
Success and 10000 Men
Will Resume Labor

Continued from Page /, Column i
The San Francisco call., 1907-06-01
Gas Bribery Ring
Secures Delay OF
a Few Hours
De Saba, Martin Drum
and Ruef Appear
Before Judge

Continued from Page 1. Column 5
The San Francisco call., 1907-06-01

Schnitz' Attorneys and. Prosecutor
F1eney Wrangle During Trial

Continued From Page 1, Coils. , and 4
Army street, fell before a challenge
on the ground of relationship, which
sounded like the refrain of that tran
silently popular song, He's a Cousin
OF Nine" which is played by all the
Photographs in Fillmore street Bray
is connected in some way with Mayor
Schmitz