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The Garland globe. [volume] (Garland, Utah) 1906-191?, 1907-02-09
TO MoDERNizE OREGON.
Famous Old BattIeship to Be Broush
Up to Date.

Washington.-The famous battle
ship Oregon is to be modernized, and
Secretary Metcalf announced Satur
day that he had authorized the expen
diture of one million dollars out OF
the naval repair fund for that purpose
or the best type of warship when she
was launched, the Oregon is already
almost obsolete. and to make her
equal to modern men-of-war she must
be extensively oyerhauled.
The Garland globe. [volume] (Garland, Utah) 1906-191?, 1907-02-09
VILLA lRE STARVING
vfF:|l|Es ARRIVED
The nh ter Rush Rescues
cisi1 III. Mining Camp !"
AlN Fearful Death

seadt Ion January ~, the
uniteN4 Venue cutter Rush
receil IL ram from Acting
Cove iJof Alaska, saying
that t il. of the little mining
camp I, beach was critical,
on &C tyarcity of provisions.
The bfi5tately put out with
a sun g@lisions sufficient to
last NE for at least i've
month lived off Yakataga
beach bfJtb in a heavy gale.
Boats I3e with part OF the
food Ny -ofter several hair.
bread be'ot Abe ~ the last
Of th cic4 landed.
Thds .,aH twenty-five men.
nine EoiIt six children just at
the last Provisions and II the
Rush ,ha, (ne starvation was in
evitable, .l the women was 60
years of I'LL the youngest child
was dnl,,ttnths old.
The Garland globe. [volume] (Garland, Utah) 1906-191?, 1907-02-09
Sc Favors Free Seeds.

Wston.-The house on Tues
dayld the senate bill increasing
the of customs appraisers in
Ne from ten to twelve. Tho
agys,al appropriation bill occu-
pie of the day and, as usual,
wh14 amendment striking out the
free Nibution OF seeds was report.
ed climbers from the farming dis.
tricts voted those from the cities
reverb ruling OF the chair by q
vote nag TO Sc. and restored the
parag as has been tie law for
wears
The Garland globe. [volume] (Garland, Utah) 1906-191?, 1907-02-09
A TERRIFIC SQUALL.
One Hundred Lives Lost In Storm
at Hongkong.

Hongkong.-A terrific rain squall
broke over Hongkong Monday morning
and in the space Of ten minutes sank
over fifty Chinese crafts in the har-
Dor, more than a hundred natives be-
Ing drowned. There were no casul-
ties among the white people.
Launches from the shore res
Cr,ed many occupants of the swamped
boats
The Garland globe. [volume] (Garland, Utah) 1906-191?, 1907-02-09
TRADE GROWING.

| Exports to the island Last
| Broke All Records.
| on.-Never before In the
United States commerce
was the export trade Of
~ y to that island so great
-, the past calendar year.
AZ importations from that re-
Tn considerably below those
r. eceding year, The total
this country to Cuba
Led at $4G,491,944, which is
~ 100000 over the export.
~ 1905. The importations
INA were valued at $sG,055
y lnP = falling off of $4,000
Y. impaired with 1905. The
Yfecline in American impcrta,
ccounted for because OF the
~ in the price of sugar.
The Garland globe. [volume] (Garland, Utah) 1906-191?, 1907-02-09
'Nr1'' 70 K'LLV HIMSELF.
Police eel'hey Can Connect Bell
Witiaer Of Townsend.

New YSvhat the police regard
rs an iu.t piece of evidence In
connection the murder OF DR.
Charles %nsend at his home Oh
Staten Isast Saturday, was dis
covered " 1t is letter, found
Mt the Bn home of John Bell
who has arrested in connection
with the The letter bears Bells
signatureldressed 10 his brother
Howards,nailed in a Brooklyn
postomc. IL, taG &enlng of Jan
uary eliminates that the writer
intend take his own life.
Prat may be justified in my
act dtter concluded, land that ]
ms sister in heaven"
er referred to was Bell's
WI lied just a year before the
i tragedy. Mrs. Bell was un.
q. e of DR.. Townsend when
81 |id II is said that her hus.
De- De- the physician for her
The Garland globe. [volume] (Garland, Utah) 1906-191?, 1907-02-09
'E wesTERN STOCK.
ravs sbIe of Government
at ~ tual Cost.

u
at ~ ual Cost.
w p.-TY enty bills relating
rict Of Columbia were
'sse ay In the house, this be-
. day.F A joint resolution
graz iting permission to
10y OF war to sell during
y zee 7 honths to citizens OF
!" act' al cost to the United
. pc ! lace of sale, limited
20 hal straw and grain for
y es, from the stock provid-
is SO ff the garrison at Fort
| atife Nixon OF Montana.
pat There were 10000 head
the vicinity of Ass!niboine
with starvation by reason
zard now raging, ara in
hay, straw and grail.
The Garland globe. [volume] (Garland, Utah) 1906-191?, 1907-02-09
Crime of satfIed eIackmailer.

London.-A verdict Of wilful murder
was rendered by a coroner's jury
unRst Horace @. Bayner, the man
bot William Whitley, promi-
Merchant, January "a. But few
nkacts developed at the In.
Ae motive Of the crime
Very unless, as the police
a failure of attempted
sons and the old en-
nurdered man testified
ever seen or heard of
day of the tragedy
The Garland globe. [volume] (Garland, Utah) 1906-191?, 1907-02-09
MINE Is BURNING.
Property Near Van Houston, N. NJ,
Caught From Missed Shot.

Trinidad, Cdlo.-Willow mine No.
Of the st. Louis, Rocky Mountain
and Pacific company, near Van Hous-
ton, N. NJ, caught fire Monday morn
ing from a misplaced shot, and Is
still burning. All of the miners ex-
cept three escaped, and II is believed
that they have been suffocated. All
attempts at rescue thus far have been
futile. The flames have resisted all
efforts to extinguish them.
The San Francisco call., 1907-03-28
Grand Jury to Continue
IN Office During Year
Excellent Work of the Body
Viii Not Be Interfered With
in Any Way

Members Of the prosecution said yes
terday that they believed that the
present Grand Jury would be contin-
ued I'm Office for the greater part II
the year. Under the law the presiding
Judge has the power TO dismiss a
Grand jury and impanel new one
when he believes II necessary. How
ever. a new Grand Jury must be I'm
paneled every year. Ii will. therefore,
become necessary for Judge Coffey 10
discharge the present jury and impanel
a new one before 1907 has passed.
The work laid out FOR the present
body viii take up its time far into
the year. and IL viii in no way be
intcrfcred with. II IS said that il viii
be able 10 complete it's work in time
II the present rate Of progress is
maintained.
Comment has been general upon the
manner in which the men who COM
pose the Grand jury have devoted
themselves 70 their work. Although
they are men Of large affairs with
pressing matters calling for their at
tention. they have given their tima
primarily TO the Grand jury work. u
seldom happens that a member is alb
sent IN this respect, as IN all others,
IL has been model body.
The San Francisco call., 1907-03-28

give additional testimony along the
same line He said that he came TO San
Francisco with the 100000 which was
sent from Los Angeles to the Home
Telephone Company here. He denied,
however, that this money was intended
for any but a legitimate purpose, and
asserted that it was used in payment
of the $3.50 to the city and the $16,-
600 to the Relief Corporation for the
franchise. Torrance's replies were not
wholly satisfactory and his cross-ex-
animation lasted more than half an
hour.
w. c. Patterson, vice president of the
First National Bank of Los Angeles,
was an important witness as TO the
method by which the transfer of funds
was effected He testified that the
Home Telephone Company of Los An
geles carried an account with the bank
with which he was connected, but he
was unable to give the status OF this
account or of the amounts withdrawn
at different times without consulting
the bank records. He was told to ac-
quire this information and II is prob
able that he viii be recalled.
William c. Mead, president OF the
Central Bank of Los Angeles, was
asked questions similar to those pro-
pounded to Patterson, but said that
neither the Home Telephone Company
nor the Empire CONSTRUCTION Company
Of Oakland carried an account with his
bank. or transferred any sums through
the institution.
A. B. Cass, president of the Los An
geles branch of the Home Telephone
Company. was subjected 20 a long eX-
animation, efforts being made by the
prosecution to determine whether he
had any personal knowledge of the
method by which the money used In
the bribery was sent to this city. Cass
denied knowledge of the local bribery,
as did Frank NJ. Brown, secretary OF
the Los Angeles Company, and G +.
Sloan, another official of the same COM
pany, who were on the stand short
time.
The only other witnesses who testi-
fed during the afternoon were Percy
Morgan of the California Wine Com
pany. who was a director of the Pacific
States Telephone and Telegraph Com
pany at the time the bribery deal was
carried out, and T. S. Parkhurst pur-
chasing agent of the Empire Construc-
tion Company in Oakland. An effort
was made to learn from Morgan wherh-
er a bribe OF the size OF that given by
the Pacific States Company could have
been passed without the knowledge OF
the board of directors. Parkhurst was
asked the nature of his connection with
the Empire Construction Company and
was dismissed without further ques-
tioning.
Nicholas Prendegast. outside man OF
the Home Telephone Company in Oak
land, and L. Oppenheim were called as
witnesses during the afternoon, but did
not testify.
The Grand Jury adjourned at 500
o'clock. to meet again at 2 o'clock this
afternoon. The remaining Los Angeles
witnesses will be put on the stand to-
day and several will be recalled. The
greater part of the afternoon probably
will be devoted TO the preparation OF
the indictments made possible by the
evidence taken during the past two
DAYS
The San Francisco call., 1907-03-28

Abe Ruef will be moved from the ST.
Francis Hotel att o'clock this morning
to a spotless white house engaged yes
terday for his Incarceration by Elisor
Biggy. The house Is at 2S49 Fillmore
street, one door south of Green street.
and was formerly occupied by Mayor
Schmitz, who abandoned IL for the
Smyrna rugs and other elegancies of
his patrician residence in Vallejo street.
Ruef Will have the use of FIVE rooms
on the second floor, and will sleep in
the bedroom formerly occupied by the
Mayor. The room is large and sunny
and overlooks part of the city and the
bay. A private dining-room will be
used exclusively by Ruef and Elisor
Biggy. and his assistants will take
their meals in another apartment.
Ruef was pleased upon learning that
the Mayors former house had been Sc
lected for his new prison, although
there was nothing sentimental about
its choice by Biggy.
The San Francisco call., 1907-03-28

Continued Prom Page J, Column
Would you care TO say that you are
not 10 appear as counsel in these
csses2"
NO. could not answer that question
al this time. You might say that
came TO San Francisco in connection
with a matter in the Supreme Court.
with which neither Ruef nor the Mayor
had any interest. Frankly, ] cannot
say how long / shall remain. No. I
cannot at this time make any more
definite statement as 10 my represent
ing either Mr.. Schmitz or Mr. Ruef.
Possibly the next time ] sec you / may
be able TO say more"
Gage was asked IL he would give an
interview on his opinion OF the graft
investigation, and replied that he could
not do so.
What do the people in Los Angeles
say about it? was another question to
which the Ex-Governor had no answer.
The fact remains. however, that the
bond between the boss and his Mayor
has again been cemented through the
necessities OF adversity, and Boodler
Schmitz has abandoned his attempt 10
desert Boodler Ruef
SCHMITZ CHANGES HIS MIND
Time was. not long ago. when Schmitz
felt quite confident that he could es-
cape without the aid of Ruef In fact.
he figured II out that IL would be bet
ter so.
Subsequent TO the fire Schmitz had
made friends. Like the unjust steward
in the parable he made to himself
friends OF the mammon of unrighteous-
ness against the day OF reckoning. And
his IViends worked hard to save him.
Powerful agencies were set at work to
discredit the prosecution, and men who
knew more or less about telephone
matters. and others in the front rank OF
the lawyers. who got close to Schmitz
after the FIRE. were unable to see any
merit in the work which was being
undertaken by Heney and Burns. In
spite OF the disclosures in the press
the influence OF Schmitz' friends led
many people to discredit the graft
prosecution and Schmitz smiled as he
turned his back on his partner. 1t
was notable that Ruef smiled also.
Then came the confessions OF the Su-
pervisors and IL was no longer possible
for anybody to stay the tide OF public
sentiment which was running bank
full schmitz' only hope was to crawl
back 10 Ruef.
sCHMTTZ DESERTS MILLIONAIREs
Having deserted his partner in his
first fright the Mayor now deserted the
millionaires In his second. When he
saw that the path to the conviction OF
the corporation heads was an open one
through the testimony OF auditors and
treasurers, who must tell what they
know or put their own foot in the trap,
he made haste to get IN out of the rain.
He went to Ruef because there was
nowhere else to go. and the thought
OF standing alone was too much for his
nerves. Having deserted everybody
and everything in turn. from the fiddle
TO the miliionaires. II didn't matter that
he had given Ruef the double cross SO
recently. There was no one left who
The San Francisco call., 1907-03-28
Sees Gage and Will
Stand or Fall With Ruef

had not been presented with that enig-
matte symbol by Schmitz. So he began
TO send his men to Ruef. First he sent
his private detective. Tanning. But
flaming was turned back at the door
of Ruefs room by the guard. After
ward he sent Thomas Finn. and Biggy
says he let Finn I'm because he did not
know who he was. and that Finn
laughed at him as he departed.
Finally Ruef's lawyers visited the
mansion on the corner of Pierce and
Vallejo streets, where the great deser-
ter at present resides. Detective Burns
says that some of his retainers OBJ
served that move and noted the fact.
Now comes Henry T. Gage from Los
Angeles, and il is believed that he will
figure as the defender OF both Schmitz
and Ruef. Gage does not see fit to
deny the inference.
The San Francisco call., 1907-03-28
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The San Francisco call., 1907-03-28
CRAFT TEMBLOR IS
GIVING THE OAKLAND
COUNCIL A SHAKING
Evidence Here Shows Some
Members Took Home
Company Brides
CASE is CONCLUSIVE
IF Alameda's Prosecutor
Does Duty, Prison
VIII Open

OF six TO i've. and the investigation
made by Burns shows that at least two
Of the six Councilmen were led TO cast
their votes in favor OF the company be-
cause OF the reasons named
The relations OF the others with Det-
wiler were not only suspicious, but II
was proved by Burns that some OF them
were publicly vOicing their opposition
10 the franchise OF the Home Company
until the Toledo persuader had them
cut dining and arranged matters In q
manner similar 10 that which led 70 MS
indictment in San Francisco.
Burns. not satisfied with his investi-
cation into the Home and Pacific States
companies in Oakland, pursued the
game into Berkeley. While the result
OF his investigation there was not as
conclusive as his investigation in oak
land. he learned enough to satisfy him
self that the Town Trustees evinced a
peculiar sense Of philanthropy In deal
ing with the corporation. Trustees
Christian Hoff and Francis Ferrier
were the only ones TO vote against the
franchise. the life OF which was eN-
tended from thirty-fve 70 fifty years
against the wishes OF the Improvement
clubs and Industrial interests Of Berke-
ley.
Dr. Ferdinand Butterfeld. represent
ing the United States Independent
Telephone Company appeared as a
competitor Of the Home people when
the bidding for the franchise began in
Berkeley and raised the sale price from
$4,000 TO S45,000.
BUTTERFIELD Is AMAZED
Butterheld was the principal witness
before the Grand jury yesterday. Lang
don and Heney, primed with the infor-
nation secured BY Burns, piled Butter
field with question after question con-
cerning the activity Of Detwiler and
Halsey IN Oakland and Berkeley. But
terfield had intimate knowledge OF the
operations of both men, but made no
effort 10 evade questions put to him.
The graft prosecutors made the volun-
tary statement after the Grand Jury
adjourned that Butterfeld not only cor
roborated the evidence gathered by
Burns, but that he clinched a lot of
matters on which they had only partial
knowledge.
ButterneId himself, on leaving the
jury-room. declared that he had told
everything he knew. He added;
expect TO see a big scandal break in Oak
land soon. Tho Information IN possession o. the
as much shout the manner In which the fran
cbises were granted in Oakland they dc
about the franchises in san Francisco. j waE
mot at all prepared Tor some OF the questions
asked but J could before WAS on
fhe stand long fhat they knew everything about
the matter under investigation. They assured
mp that the evidence in their possession Was
conclusive. snd from the things j was asked
It's question whether some Of the fran
franchises mentioned cannot be revoked.
The San Francisco call., 1907-03-28

The testimony OF the day also paved
the way for the indictment Of Eddie
Graney, the erstwhile honest black
smith," more recently prominent as a
member of the boodle-passing fight
trust This was accomplished through
the confession OF Supervisor W. w.
Sanderson, who appeared for the nrst
time before the inquisitorial body. The
returning OF several new indictments
in connection with the bribery of the
Board Of Supervisors by the Home
Telephone Company and the PACING
states Telephone and Telegraph Com
pany. while the fight of the rival cor
porations over the granting OF fran
chise TO the Home Telephone Company
was IN progress. also was assured.
DR.. Butterfeld was taken TO the
Grand Jury room by Assistant District
Attorney Heney, and was kept on the
witness stand for q considerable pc
riod AS an ally OF the United States
Independent Telephone Company and
the kellogg Switchboard Company, he
said he had received a letter from
Ruef at the time the granting Of a new
telephone franchise was under consid-
Grafton. He told Of the contents OF the
letter. which in itself was suficient to
convict the arch-grafter OF the addi-
tional crime OF catering TO all three
sides in a triangular fight. The letter
was guarded in its wording and an at
tempt was made to veil its significance,
but the substance OF its contents, as
stated by DR.. Butterfeld, was the suB-
gestion that the opening Of bids for a
new franchise cleared way Of which
the Independent Company should take
advantage, and that arrangements to-
ward this end could be made IL DR.. But
terfield would see Ruef personally.
The examination OF the Los Angeles
officials Of the Home Telephone Com
pany and the bankers OF that city sub
penaed TO I'LL in the details Of the exact
manner in which the funds for the pur-
chase of the honor" OF the San Fran
cisco Supervisors were brought to this
city and delivered consumed the great
er part of the four-hour session. II
was q successful day for the prosecu-
ton, and the grim smiles of the pros
ecuting officials when they left the Sc
cret chamber confirmed the tale told
by the beads Of sweat on the foreheads
of many Of the witnesses-that the ses-
sion had been a strenuous one and that
IL had been productive or results.
A. N. Dole. the Los Angeles promoter
Of the Home Telephone Company. was
given a severe examination. Dole was
confronted with a statement OF his
own. made several months ago at a
banquet IN Palo Alto. TO the effect that
the Doodle money for the buying OF
the votes of the Supervisors had been
taken from Los angeles to San Fran
cisco in an automobile few days after
the fire, and Assistant District At
torney Heney demanded that he
tell exactly what he meant by
this assertion. He finally admit
ted having made the statement at
tributed TO him. but asserted that he
had spoken inadvisedly, as his evidence
in substantiation OF such a charge was
merely hearsay. He denied that he had
any part in the bringing of the bribery
funds to San Francisco. or that he had
had any personal knowledge of such a
transaction.
The San Francisco call., 1907-03-28

materially improved in more than one
particular. Under efficient manage
ment, he declares, there would be no
better police department in the United
States.
Sonntag has amassed lot of evil
dence on violations of the law. which
he believes the police can readily cor
rect. The first of his suggestions Is
contained in the following letter ad-
dressed to Chief of Police Dinan
San Francisco CAL, March 27, 1907.
J. F. Dinan Esq, Chief of Police, San Fran
cisco. Cal.-Dear Sir: 1 wish to call your at
tention to the violation of the law on the part
of some drivers of teams who are engaged In re-
moving debris from lots in the burned district.
These miscreants get paid by the load, and, In
The San Francisco call., 1907-03-28
ORGAN FUND ENTERTAINMENT

A vaudeville and athletic entertain
ment in aid Of St Dominic's organ fund
will be given at Dreamland Rink on
Monday evening. April %. The vaude-
VILE part OF the entertainment will be
under the direction OF John r. Cum
ninghsm and Professor II. J. Stewart.
John J. Gleason viii direct the athletic
portion OF the entertainment which in
sures the appearance OF many Of San
Francisco's best known athletes.
The San Francisco call., 1907-03-28

order to get in as many loads as possible, have
dumped the debris in our public streets, and that
is done in the night time, when there Is little
chance of their being discovered owing to the
lack of vigilance the part Of police officers.
Within few days debris has been thrown into
the street in front OF the st. Francis Hotel; Oh
Geary street. between Mason and Powell, and
on Mason street. between Geary and O'Farren-
respectfully suggest that you instruct youI
officers TO watch for these raScals and arrest
them. l win attend to the matter OF theh
prosecution. If any more complaints are made to
me In reference to this violation OF the law l
shall take the liberty Of asking you to give me
the name Of the police officer on whose beat il
occurs with view to having him tried for neg
lect Of duty. Respectfully yours,
CHARLES SONNTAG.
Committee Of Grand Jury on Police and Enforce
ment OF Law. q