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The San Francisco call., 1907-03-22
Supervisors Squabble
Over III-GOtten Gains
Light Is Thrown on the
Sunday Night Caucuses

With the graft exposures have come
revelations of the suspicion with which
members of the Board of Supervisors
regarded each other and of the jealous
les and petty squabbles between the
board, the Mayor and Ruef The sun
day night caucuses We're not the har-
monious affairs they were represented
TO be. In these secret conferences the
boodIers spoke their minds with free
dom and at times fought like a pack
of wolves over the spoils. 1t was the
habit of the Mayor at these meetings
to assume an air of concentrated right
eousness, and TO whip the boodling city
officials into line with the remark, Il
fear outside influences are at work in
this matter"
One of the biggest quarrels in ad-
ministration circles occurred a few days
after the fire. when Schmitz appointed
the citizens committee to handle the
relief funds which were being col
lected throughout the world. The Su-
pervisors had lost most of their graft
money in the fire and were anxious to
rehabilitate their fortunes. When they
heard that millions of dollars were to
be sent to San Francisco they sat up
and took notice like the small boy at
Ice cream time. They had begun to
a1gure how much they should allow the
Elblic to have. In the midst of these
9sy dreams the Mayor. proclaiming
that he had been born anew, named a
committee of reputable citizens to
handle the fund.
When the Supervisors learned of the
Mayors action they hurried to his
of1lce 10 protest. but Schmitz was firm.
The situation looked dark for the Su-
pervisors. Then came the question of
a trolley franchise. Here was chance
10 get what the Supervisors considered
they had lost when the relief fund was
DETECTED to other channels. They got
into the trough with all fours, and once
in they stayed. After that it was a
case of an open market. The sign
was hung out. Everything was for
sale. That there were those willing
to buy will be the means of establish
ing a real aristocracy at San Quentin.
Mayor Schmitz knew Of the bribes
paid TO more than half of the Super
The San Francisco call., 1907-03-22
IiaIsey to Be Brought
Back on the Siberia
Boodling Activities of Phone
Man Extensive

Arrangements for the return Of
Theodore Y. Hsleey. the. indicted bri-
herv agent Of the Pacific States Tele-
phone ana Telegraph Company. have
'seeu completed. He viii leave Manila
or the Siberia April 2 and. provided
SC .edule time is made on the long trip
across the ocean. will reach this city
May j. At present he is general man
ger OF .--e big telephone system re-
eently installed IN Manila and will
continue in that position up 10 the day
that his steamer sails.
Meantime the Grand Jury is digging
deep into Hslsey's record. Testimony
brought out yesterday made IL plain
that the telephone sack had been with
end that Halsey had attempted at criti-
al times TO bribe former Boards OF 6u-
pers-isors.
Whenever the telephone company
wanted fsvors from the municipal
legislators Kelsey slyly intimated that
r could tsp a barrel at short notice
Ills offers were not accepted. but fail
ire lid not discourage him He kept on
sounding supervisors with q view TO
preparing for emergencies. ano finally
the election OF the Schmitz board put
him in q position where he thought that
he could buy whatever his employers
thought was necessary for the fafteD-
ing Of dividends.
What Halsey viii do when he
eaches here is problematical The
prosecution has him dead 70 rights on
8 Ten counts. huI he has merely
acted as the tool ~ rich men he may
be able 10 earn leniency. possibly i'm
munity. by going on the witness stand
for the State and telling who author
ized him to bribe the Supervisors. II
he does this some big New York oficiaI
Of the Bell Telephone Company may be
drawn into the net. The Bell company
directs the operations Of the local con-
cern. and no sum as large as the
amounts paid 10 the San Francisco
boodIers could be expended for bribery
without special sanction from head
quarters
Halsey has been taking a keen in
The San Francisco call., 1907-03-22
Probing Telephone Franchise and Gas Rate Bribery
Eddie Graney Joins
Issue With Coffroth
Form Truce to Confer on
Fight Trust Brides

Eddie Graney was rot visible on Fill
more street yesterday afternoon While
the other members of the fight trust were
busy trying to figure out what was
to come next their "honored" president
was figuring on what time the next
train for Byron Springs would pull out
of the station. He found out shortly
and quietly slipped out of town, taking
but few of his friends into his conf
dence. Graney's stay at the Springs
will be brief, however, as he will re-
turn today.
The sudden departure of the little
blacksmith caused no end of comment
on the line. Nobody could quite un-
derstand why Graney should take it
into his head at such a suggestive tine.
When the big sensation occasioned by
the confession of the Supervisors was
sprung on Monday night Graney was
in Los Angeles. The next day he left.
for this city, only to remain here about
twenty-four hours before again taking
his departure.
Morris Levy. secretary of the fight
trust whom Heney and Burns put on
the carpet Tuesday night, came in for
a severe roasting at the hands of Gra-
'ney when the latter returned from the
south. On his way to this city the
blacksmith TSdQ HOW MOTIFS mad un-
bosomed himself to the sleuth and the
Assistant District Attorney. He was
furious when he met Levy and was not
at all slow in telling Morris what he
thought of a man who is alleged to
have given away the secrets of a cor
poration.
Levy, in the meantime. did the best
he could to square himself with the
president of the fistic combine. He
assured Eddie that he was all wrong
and that he had acted in the best of
faith, and pleaded with him not to take
seriously all he read in the newspapers
But Graneys anger will not abate, and
it is feared, even by the best wishing
friends of the two men, that the breach
that has just opened will soon become
a chasm.
In the meantime, Coffroth and Gra-
ney. enemies for nearly two years.
agreed upon a truce for the purpose
of talking over the present dangerous
The San Francisco call., 1907-03-22
Rea Says That Ruef Thrust
Money Upon Him Twice
Tries Hard to Sidestep Graft Charges

terest ia public officials for several
years. His range Of operations has ex-
tended from San Diego TO Seattle. and
men who know the ways of corpora
tons say that wine suppers and heart
to-heart talks have preceded the
granting of more than a score OF valu-
able franchises now held by the Pa
ci1c States Company. This. however.
does not interest the Grand Jury.
which is confining fits Investigations to
Halsey's work in San Francisco. Still,
IL he refuses TO confess and elects TO
stand by the endangered magnates of
his company, his doings up and down
the coast may be brought out at his
trial as collateral evidence tending TO
show HIS peculiar method Of obtaining
telephone privileges.
The San Francisco call., 1907-03-22
Abe Ruef's Petition for
Habeas Corpus Dropped
Supreme Court Dismisses
Plea to Release Boss

In accordance with the formal re-
quest filed Wednesday by the attorneys
for Abe Ruef, the petition OF the latter
for 2 writ OF habeas corpus. which
would permit Of his being taken from
the custody of Elisor Biggy and placed
in the hands Of the Sheriff, was dis
missed by the Supreme Court yester-
dav The order for dismissal was
signed by Chief Justice Beatty. and
briefly stated that the action discon-
tinuing the consideration OF the petit
tion was without prejudice and was
granted upon the request Of the petit
toner.
The San Francisco call., 1907-03-22
Blue Serge Suits
v.i... si., : SIS, !; !; $4.S5

Manly little SUITS full of dash and char
acter-True blue Serges of splendid quality
Tightly woven fabrics that will stand rough
rsage-Suits that are made in our own work
rooms under personal supervision, where we
embody every detail that will make them per-
feet These suits are well worth $3.50 On
sale today and tomorrowfor $485. Solid Gold
Fountain Pen free.
The San Francisco call., 1907-03-22
Ruef's Appeal Reaches
Federal Supreme Court
Record in Habeas Corpus
Filed in Washington

WASHINGTON. March 21. The
United States Supreme Court today re-
ceived the record in the appeal OF Abe
Ruef of San Francisco. charged with
extortion, from the decision of Judge
Hebbard dismissing the petition for a
writ of habeas corpus and remanding
him into custody.
The San Francisco call., 1907-03-22
DO Not Crowd the Season

The first warm DAYS Of spring bring
with them a desire 20 get out and en-
10Y the exhiiarating air and sunshine.
Children that have been housed up all
winter are brought out and you wonder
where they all came from. The heavy
winter clothing is thrown aside and
many shed their f7annels Then a cold
wave comes and people say that grip is
epidemic. Colds at this season are even
more dangerous than in midwinter.
there is much more danger OF pneu-
monia- Take Chamberlain's Cough
Remedy, however, and you will have
nothing TO fear. It always cures. and
we have never known a cold TO result
in pneumonia when IL was used. II is
pleasant and sale to take. Children
like IL
The San Francisco call., 1907-03-22

TO MINE FOR GEMS-To mine for ores and
precious stones the California Gem Mining Com
pany hled articles OF Incorporation with the
County Clerk yesterday The capital stock is
81 .00O. 600. Of which $500 has been subscribed
by the following directors: ID. S. McInnes. r.
T. Boyer. II. r. FolkensoD. Sinclair Mclean
and z. c. Heggelund.
The San Francisco call., 1907-03-22
LOSS SNAIL AT GRIDLEy

GRIDLEY. March 2l.--Flood condi-
tions which have prevailed here since
Monday are mending There has been
no loss of life. and the property loss
has been small.
The San Francisco call., 1907-03-22


visors by the Pacific States Telephone
Company to keep competition out of
the field. and he used the information
as a club over the innocent and guilty
members of the board to gain action
favorable to the later granting of
franchise to the Home Telephone Com
pany.
In one of the notorious Sunday
night caucuses in the Mayors Office
Schmitz declared dramatically that he
had reason to believe that outside in
f1uence was being used" to prevent a
competing telephone company from en-
tering San Francisco. He announced
that if such were the case he would
expose the guilty ones. The threat
had it's effect The ten who received
$4,000 each from the hello monopoly did
not stay bought, and the others who
had not yet been approached" by the
indicted Halsey lost their opportunity
for double shooting the turn
When Schmitz made his talk, the
Supervisors were on the eve of passing
the resolution inviting bids for a COM
peting telephone service. Some of the
members of the board We're honestly
of the opinion that competition is the
life of trade" and that in telephone
service at least it might operate for
the public good. Those of this opinion
had not, it is presumed, been shown
through the mazes of switchboards
and other apparatus which. in addition
to $4,000 served TO convince Lonergan-
that competition was not to be de-
sired.
The San Francisco call., 1907-03-22
DRUM IS ASKED ABOUT
CORPORATION SECRETS
Tevis Estate Manager Is
Upset by Queries of
Grand Jury
Continued from Page ?, Column

MIA Gas and Electric Corporation with
the San Francisco Gas and Electric
Company. hut he denies that his trip
from New York was occs stoned by any
thing in connection with the graft
scandal
The San Francisco call., 1907-03-22
Delmas and McPike
Are NOncOmmittal
Will Neither Affirm Nor
Deny Defense Report

NEW YORK. March 21.-The Call
today if the firm of Delmas & McPike
had been retained to defend any of the
San Franciscans concerned in the mu-
nicipal graft. He replied:
please state merely that we do not
care to either affirm or deny the report
that San Francisco parties have been
in correspondence with us with view
of our engaging in the defense"
Such a statement naturally leads to
the conclusion that the firm had been
retained, or at least that San Fran
cisco parties had been in communica-
ton with them.
The San Francisco call., 1907-03-22

FINANCIALLY ANENIC-D. r. johnson
nhrs3cfan and surgeon at Mountain View sled
: petition in insolvency yesterdsy. He owes
SIT1s sn6 has ses assets.
The San Francisco call., 1907-03-22

With every purchased Boys Youths Department
of
Positively not for free
The San Francisco call., 1907-03-22
Just for two days---today' and to-
monow---these record-breaking values.
Little Boys SUI i
Russians and Sailors

Six pretty styles in Russians and Sailors
for little fellows from to 9. They're the
new shot-dot Cheviots-Gray plaid Worsteds
and salt and pepper Scotches. Values So and
$6-only $345. Fountain Pens Free.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-08-12
WOULDN'T LET WIFE ALONE.
John A. Pavey Is Consequently Liable
to Be Arrested.

John A Pavey, farmer living near
Wakarusa, objected to a restraining
order issued by the district court, and
it is alleged, violated its terms and
is liable to arrest.
His wife, Rilla c. Pavey, recently
brought suit for divorce, and went to
live at the home of her son, several
miles distant. Claiming that her hus-
band had made threats against her,
she came to town Saturday and Sc
cured a restraining order, prohibiting
him from visiting her or molesting
her in any way. When a deputy sher-
iff went out to serve the papers on
Pavey Saturday afternoon. he found
no one at home, and slipped the court
order under the door. In the night
Payey returned from Topeka and
found the papers under his door, and
the result is chronicled in the further
petition for protection filed by his
wife today. She alleges that after
reading the papers, he mounted his
horse and rode to the home of her
son, where she is living, and told her
that he was going to shoot up the en-
tire household, beginning with the
house cat and ending with herself
Mrs. Pavey telephoned the sheriff's Of
fee. and an officer went out and es-
corted her to the city. She will get
out a warrant for Pavey's arrest on
the charge of violating the restraining
order.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-08-12

demons that led to the belief in
witchcraft, which survived in full
rigor until the seventeenth century,
and is not by any means extinct in
this century of light. The belief in
witchcraft caused the persecution and
Judicial murder of countless human
beings, chiefly old women, guilty of
nothing worse than eccentricity or
madness The medical profession may
Justly pride itself on the fact that to
the teaching of some of its members
the abolition of atrocities which
makes the heart sick was mainly due.
Witchcraft is by no means dead yet,
and as readers of J. K. Huysmans
known, "Satanism" with the "black
mass" and the like superstitions have
stlu a fascination for minds of a GER
tain kind of morbid culture. With
these things the demoniac theory of
disease has close affinity. The same
superstition survives in another form
In the doctrines held by many at the
present day that disease is the result
of sin, and that sickness is in itself
SINFUL From this teaching springs
the rank growth of quackery which
chokes the good seed of truth in the
minds of so many of those to whom
the higher education has failed to
teach the right use of their reason
British Medical Journal.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-08-12
SURVEY IS BEGUN.
Permanent Location of Topeka-South-
western lime Started Today.

v. r. Parkhurst, chief engineer of the
Topeka-S Southwestern railway, with a
full corps Of fifteen experienced men,
commenced the permanent survey of the
Topeka Southwestern at one o'clock to-
day, using the government bench mark
on the Columbian building as a basis.
The start was made from Twenty-first
and Lincoln streets. Final location of
the line will be pushed as RAPIDLY as
possible. Every minutes of daylight will
be used by the engineering party, owing
to the fact that the construction com
pany is ready and waiting and the sub
contractors are ready to begin grading
The shortest and most feasible route
Will be selected through Mission town.
ship. and soon as the grade stakes are
set to the west line Of this township the
line will be cross-sectioned and graders
put to work. There should be no ser
ious difficulties in grading as no heavy
stone or timbers will have to be moved.
The Topeka will be
strictly up-to-date interurban with sta
tions wherever needed for the accom-
mediation of the public. An early morn
ing milk train will be operated between
Eskridge and Topeka to pick up milk
and cream. The territory along this line
between Eskridge and Topeka is rich
in farming land, some of the best farms
in the state being located in this terri
tory. Next in Importance are dairy pro-
ducts, hauled to Topeka by wagon, in
some cases % miles.
Probably a great many readers of the
Journal are not aware that Dover, 20
miles southwest from Topeka, is head
quarters of the world for blooded short
horn cattle. The firm Of T. K. Tomson
& Sons Of Dover have produced the prize
winners for years. against the strongest
competition in the United States and
buyers from all over the country call at
Dover continually having to be hauled
either from Topeka or Maple Hill to
Dover and return.
This railroad will put the people along
the line in direct communication with
the state capitol and in easy touch with
the markets. 1t will also add consider
able value to the price Of land in the
territory through which this line will
pass. 1t will increase the values of
farms and all tracts of land adjacent to
Topeka and will no doubt result in the
building of several fine suburban homes.
1t Will, If properly pushed and encour-
aged, result in the location of factories
in the western suburbs of Topeka with
belt line and interurban aecommoda-
lions.
1t will put Topeka in touch with the
finest stock raising country in the state.
giving them direct communication with
our packing Industries.
It will also open up a Topeka market
from the territory west of Council Grove.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-08-12
RICH MEN ARE SCARED.
Slump in Wall Street Attributed TO
Fear of Prosecution.

New York, Aug 12.-Declines averag-
ing about seven dollars share in prices
of stocks last week carried the average
level of quotations slightly below the
low point reached in the demoralized
slump of last March. Some stocks are
at that time. Union Pacific has about
points to go down before 1T reaches Its
low March record; Southern Pacific is IL
points above that low water mark. But
the average of the entire list has broken
the former low record and among spec
ulators that Is an ominous sign.
The weeks slump in the market can
be attributed to only one cause; the big
fine assessed a week ago against the
Standard Oil company. 1t was accepted
as a sign of the times; and evidence
that the widespread public sentiment
inimicaI to big corporations that 90 not
obey the law, has spread Its potent IN
f1uence into the courts, and adollonal
prosecution of law breaking corpora
tions may be expected to have similar
results. 1t is evident that the rich men
who control the railroad and Industrial
corporations do not like the outlook. Ihe
course of the market shows that they
have indicated their dislike by dumping
some of their holdings on the pubic. II
ia not TO be assumed that this action
means REIMBURSEMENT of control. 1t SIM
nlv means that a situation has been ere
ated which will enable them to sell out,
and when the scare reaches its culm1na-
tion thew will take their stocks back
again at lower prices, from present buy
ers who will have become, tired carry
ing them.
table to the Interview with Attorney
CeneraI Bonaparte, after conference
With the president plainly indicating
that other prosecutions are to be taken
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-08-12
He WANTED TO QUIT.
Prevented From Selling
Out by Rogers.

New York, Aug. 1.-THE World
this morning says: The gift of fore
sight which John d. Rockefeller
Possesses to a degree almost uncanny
and which was no unimportant factor
in the upbuilding of his huge fortune
and his great corporation, warned him
last winter that it was time to do
something drastic to avert a catas-
trophe.
1t takes a long time for the outer
world to learn anything of what
actually happens at the councils of
the small group of men who are the
Standard Oil company, but the World
is in q position to state that six
months ago Mr.. Rockefeller seriously
prepared to really and genuinely di-
the Standard Oil company's capital
stock.
OF its $4,000 shares he personally
owns 100000 with a par value OF
$27,000.000 and a market value OF
$135, 100000. How the ownership of
be transferred and the money raised
to pay for them were matters that
were never worked out.
Plan Baked by Rogers.
Henry H. Rogers opposed the plan
of Mr.. Rockefeller fatty, determined
ly and effectively. With all the en-
ergy of his forcefuI intellect he made
change his plan and stick to the ship.
What he said, or what arguments,
persuasive or otherwise, he employed
were not within the ken of the
Worlds informant.
This was not the only Indication of
decentralization within the supposedly
adamant inner circle of the Standard
Oil. James Stillman, president of the
National City bank, the Standard Oil
bank, the greatest and most powerful
banking institution in the United
States, became afflicted with the same
fright which shook the nerve of Mr..
Rockefeller.
Mr.. Stillman has wonderful courage
and nerve in carrying out financial en-
terprises, but in all other matters he is
regarded as exceptionally timid by
those who know him intimately.
Stillman Ready to Bolt
Like Mr.. Rockefeller, but several
months after that gentleman had his
fright attack and cure at the hands of
Mr. Rogers, Mr.. Stillman became pos
sessed of the most pessimistic fore
bodings. He thought the time had
come for him to convert the bulk of
his private wealth into liquid assets,
cash preferred, and arrange his affairs
along lines which permit of a speedy
retirement from all active business
cares.
Again the dominant courage of
Rogers came to the rescue of the fall
terfng Standard Oil f1nancier and
nerved him up to the task of remain
ing in harness and putting up a good
stiff fight.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-08-12
Girl n SteepIejaclk.

A girl II years old has accomplished
the extraordinary feat of ascending a
church spire 200 feet high, in the teeth
of a gale of wind. A steeplejack had
undertaken to ascend the spires of All
Saints, Hereford, the highest in the
west of England. when Miss Elsie
Helms, the daughter of one of the
church wardens, volunteered to accom-
pany him. The ascent was made by
means of a steepletack's cradle. In spite
swaying of the cradle, the girl says
the steeplejaclx, was remarkably cool
all through the perilous ascent and de-
scent. The ascent was made on mar
ket day and a great crowd watched
in thrilling suspense every movement
of the swaying cradle. Traffic was en-
tirely blocked by the crowd until the
girl had gained the summit and de-
scended safe and unharmed.-Los An
geles Express.