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The San Francisco call., 1907-01-31
SH0RTR|DGE FAILS
TO GAIN POINT
Assembly Committee Turns
Down His Plan to Sc
cure Legal Advertising
BILL NOT APPROVED
CALL HEADQUARTERS,
1907 EIGHTH STREET.

SACRAMENTO, Jan. 30.-The echoes
OF Charley Shortridges voice may still
nnger in the deserted and dismantled
Senate chamber in the State Capitol
but there is nothing doing in the pho
nographic line in Red Mems Hall. 1t
was not much that the once noted
statesman and sybarite asked of the
Legislature. He merely wanted the
law defining a newspaper ofr~generaI
circulation changed in way to permit
his fiedgling journal, the San dose
Times, to gather in shekels for the
publication of legal advertisements, but
an Assembly committee deliberately
coldly and cruelty threw him down.
Under the present statute no news
paper may achieve the distinction of
general circulation, as defined bN law,
until 1T has been in existence year
Charley Shortridge's paper is four
months old. Being a veteran legis-
lator. who never objected to taking
programme, rare, raw or we'll cooked,
he naturally expected a programme
legislator to stand in and do some
thing for him. Through Assemblyman
Guy w. Smith OF Santa Clara. County
he put in bill making the term gen
eral circulation sufficiently elastic to
include newspapers that have been ac-
cepted at the postofffce as second
class mail matter for a period of three
months. This would have let Charley
slip through the bars and romp in the
pasture of legal advertising, but 1t
was not to be.
Charley's bill went to the judiciary
committee. That body of savants
headed by the distinguished entomolo-
gist, Grove L. Johnson, met this after
noon and got busy with the micro
scope. Assemblyman Smith pointed out
the merits of the proposed measure.
but the bug loomed bigger than a
Shortridge in a ringside seat at a prize
fight. The learned savants shook their
heads. They would have none of it.
Senator Charles NJ. Shortridge in his
day was able to get special legislation
for others, but plain Charles M. Short
ridge could get nothing for himself
When the bill reappears in the House
tomorrow the clerk will read: Your
committee recommends that it do not
pass"
The San Francisco call., 1907-01-31
Frame New Bill
on School Books
Committeeman Present Act
Giuing Counties PODer
for Free Volumes
CALL HEADQUARTERS,
1907 EIGHTH STREET.

SACRAMENTO, Jan. 30.-The Assem-
bly, committee on education presented
substitute today for Strobridge's Dill
to enable counties to provide free text
books at their own expense. In sub
stance the proposed legislation is as
follows:f
When a majority of the school dis
tricts of county, by boards of trustees
or city board of education, petition the
county school superintendent to provide
text books to be loaned to pupils that
official shall make an estimate of the
cost and the supervisors shall submit
the question to the voters. If the pro-
position receives a majority vote the
supervisors shall provide for the ex-
pense In the annual tax levy. To dis
continue the issuance of text books
two-thirds vote will be necessary.
A biz presented by the Assembly
committee on military affairs forbids
others than officers or enlisted men
from wearing militia or regular army
uniforms. Actors engaged in following
their profession are exempted.
The Judiciary committee returned a
favorable report on the employers liza
bility bill introduced by Lemon of San
Bernardino.
The San Francisco call., 1907-01-31
THE VALUE OF CHARCOAL.
Few People Know How Useful It Is N Preserving
Health and Beauty.
Costs Nothing To Try.

Nearly everybody knows that char.
coal is the safest AID most eHlelsns
disinfectant and purifier. IN naIuIe' Dte
few realize It's value When tdA E eI.sr -, - -
the human system lot the SaA10
Charcoal is a remedy that the more
you take of it the better It's nOt 80
drug at all. but simply aosoros lnS ne
gases and impurities always pTesent IN IA
the stomach and intestines ana carries
them out Of the system
Charcoal sweetens the breath AFTER
smoking drinking or after eating
onions and other odorous vegetables
Charcoal effectually clears and I'M
proves the complexion, 1t WhltenS tns
teeth and further acts as natural and
eminently safe cathartic-
1t absorbs the injurious gases whie,nl
collect in the stomach and bowels IL
disinfects the mouth and throat from
the poison of catarrh.
Ali druggists sell charcoal In one
form or another, but prooa6ly the pest
in Stuart's Charcoal Lozenges; they
are composed of the finest powdered
antiseptfcs in tablet form. or rather in
the form of large pleasant tasting lOz-
enEes the charcoal being mixed with
The The daily use of these lozenges viii
soon tell IN a much improved condition
of the general health. better com
blood, and the beauty OF II is that no
possible harm can result from their
Continued use. but. on the contrary.
great benefit.
A Buffa1o physician. IN speaking OF
the BENEFITS OF sharcoal says. I ad-
wise Stuart's Charcoal Lozenges to all
patients suffering from gas in stomach
and bowels and to clear the COM
plexion and purify the breath mouth
and throat; / also believe the liver IS
greatly benehsed by the daily use or
them; they cost but twenty-five cents
a box at drugstores, and aithough In
some sense a patent preparation. yet I
believe get more and better charcoal
in Stuart's Charcoal Lozenges than in
Send YOUR name and address today
for free trial package and see for
yourself F. A Stuart Co, 56 Stuart
bldg, Marshal Mich
The San Francisco call., 1907-01-31
Economy in the Senate;
Hartman Offers
Insurance Bill
Measure Would Make the
Companies Pay Losses
as Policy Sbows
CALL HEADQUARTERS,
1907 EIGHTH STREET.

SACRAMENTO, Jan. 3O-Senator Gus
Hartman Of san Francisco introduced
a bill today requiring insurance COM
panies TO pay the fun amount Of loss
sustained upon insured property, pro-
vided Il does not exceed the amount
expressed in a policy. Stipulations in
a policy TO the contrary are made void
by the provisions OF the bill The bill
says that in cases Of losses on stocks
Of goods. merchandise and other spe-
cies of personal property only the
actual value OF the property at the
time of loss may be recovered"
Any fire insurance company incor-
porated under the laws OF another
State or foreign country will be COM
PEELED by the provisions Of another bill
introduced by Hartman TO deposit with
the Insurance Commissioner securities
10 the amount Of $500. 600. The Insur-
ance Commissioner is required by the
bin to furnish certificate 10 the Sec
retary Of State yearly showing that
such securities have been deposited
with him for the protection of policy
holders. An additional section of this
bill provides that companies violating
any OF the existing insurance laws
shall be subject to a fine of $1,000 for
each offense.
Another bill introduced by Hartman
makes IL a misdemeanor for any gas
or electric light corporation to charge
a consumer for a meter before light
has been installed. This bill is a meri-
torious measure and viii undoubtedly
be passed.
Senator Willis has introduced a bill
making it a misdemeanor for pawn
brokers to charge more than l per cent
a month interest.
Senator Wright today introduced the
bill which is expected to have deter
mined opposition from the Ruef forces
in the Senate, as il proposes to elm
mate the prejudice of grand jurors
from the ground on which dismissal of
indictments may be asked. Wright's
bin providing for the appointment by
the Superior Judges Of a commission Of
three TO select grand and petit jurors
was among the other measures intro
duced.
The San Francisco call., 1907-01-31
SENATE PROMISES
To ECONOMIC
Carter of Los Angeles
Starts the Ball Rolling in
the Purchase. of Chairs
PIQUED BY ED WOLFE
CALL HEADQUARTERS,
1907 EIGHTH STREET.

SACRAMENTO. Jan. 30.-The Senate
proposed to redeem itself in the eyes
of California, according to an an
nouncement of Senator Edward /.
Wolfe On. the floor of the upper house
today. II meant to be efficient, he de-
clared, and proposed to be economical.
Not till it adjourned would the people
who elected it have any appreciation
of the wisdom of their selections.
The Senator from San Francisco was
led to say this and many other things
by reason of a discussion growing out
Of the purchase of committee chairs.
Carter of Los Angeles had protested
against the purchase of chairs at 81
each and the Senate had appointed him
a committee of one to secure others
for 81 each. Today Carter reported
that he had found such chairs and de-
clared that they were good. durable
and answered the purpose for which
they were intended. He was doubtful
about his right to buy them outright
however, claiming that the resolution
did not empower a committee of one
to make any expenditure. He wanted
the sergeant arms to look after get
ting the chairs he had found. This was
agreed to, and Wolfe then arose and
complimented the gentleman from Los
Angeles on having saved the State the
very considerable sum of $50 or $40.
Wolfes comments piqued Carter who
declared that he did not wish to be
made a butt of for exercising what
he deemed justified economy.
Il am in with Senator Carter in this
matter" declared Senator Caminetti.
while the Senator from San Francisco
was referring to the amount saved by
the Senator from Los Angeles in the
matter of these chairs he should have
remembered the monument of shame
erected 10 the Republican majority at
the expense of the State by its army of
useless attaches"
Wolfe was on his feet with ready
with all due Difference 10 the re-
marks Of the distinguished gentleman
from Amador." he declared, Il would
like to say that I did not wish to
take advantage of the Senator from
Los Angeles. What I said l said in the
spirit Of jest. and did not intend to
infict hurt by sarcasm. / would add
that despite the protest made against
patronage, the purpose of this Senate
is to be economical and to henceforth
propose TO prove TO the people of Cali
fOrnia that we are entitled TO their
support and appreciation. We shall at
tempt to demonstrate by the legisla-
tion we accomplish that we are alive
to their needs and intend to use every
means in our power TO meet the needs.
We propose in short to gain name
for efficiency by the time we adjourn"
The San Francisco call., 1907-01-31
CAN ENT|CE SEAMEN
FROM VESSELS

SACRAMENTO, Jan. 30.-Heated de-
bate attended the passage today OF the
bill introduced by Senator Edward /.
Wolfe of San Francisco to withdrew
from the Penal Code the section which
makes it a misdemeanor to entice sea-
men to desert their ships. Wolfe said
that the bill was indorsed by the Ship
Owners Association and had been in
troduced at the Instance of Andrew
Furuseth of the Sailors Union. Its
object, he explained, was to assist the
coastwise shipping trade by enabling
ship owners to recruit white sailors
from deep-sea craft, a dearth of com
petent men before the mast having
been complained of in San Francisco
since the fire.
Senator Anderson of Santa Ana want
ed to have the passage of the bill
postponed, declaring that it was mat
ter that demanded consideration by the
Senate.
Senator Carter of Los Angeles up
held Anderson, declaring that the true
intent Of the bill was to confer on or
ganized labor a privilege which it
should not enjoy. He referred to the
that the Sailors Union had boarded
ships and adopted questionable tactics
in inducing sailors to desert.
Senator Rolley of Eureka voiced
similar protest against the bill, which
brought an answer from Senator Mel
son of San Francisco
The real object of this bill is to
discourage Japanese seamen," said Nell
son. THE eoastwise shipping interests
cannot get any other kind of men un-
der the provisions of the existing laws.
Once sailors can be recruited from
deep-sea vessels the Japanese will soon
be forced out TO make room for white
men"
Senators Markey. Irish and Willis
spoke in support OF the bill. No one
appeared to be able to explain why the
section complained of in the Penal
Code had been framed until Senator
Curtin made an excursion into the past
and pointed out that it was meant to
provide against. the operations of the
keepers of sailor boarding housesl who
made speciality of "crimping," steal
ing upon SHIPS at night and employing
force to ira ser members OF crews to
other voss' fter snaring them with
grog.
The bill was finally passed with six
votes
Senator Leavitt's bill making void a
ballot cast on voting machine in the
independent column for a candidate
whose name appears upon the face of
the machine was passed after a, brief
debate.
The San Francisco call., 1907-01-31
NJ 'NULTy. JURY IS
INVESTIGATED

OAKLAND, Jan. S0.-District Attor-
ney Everett J. Brown and the Grand
Jury began an investigation today for
the purpose of securing evidence cor
roborating statements that Brown said
had been made to him that certain
Jurors in the third and last trial of Les
ter c. McNulty. charged with having
criminally assaulted Miss Dorothy DIVA
Olsen, had been bribed to return a ver-
diet favorable to the defendant. Thomas
Reese of Redwood Canyon. one of the
members of the jury that acquitted the
young clubman~ and former Deputy
County Clerk, was before the inquisi
daughter, Mrs. John W. Kirvin.
Reese was subjected to a searching
examination by the grand jurors and
the District Attorney. He gave his evil
dence in a clear and Straightforward
manner, but supplied nothing that
tended to bear out any statement to
the effect that money had been used to
secure the acquittal of McNulty
Reese's daughter was asked but few
questions and satisfied the inqu1sitors
that she knew nothing of the alleged
use of a bribery fund in the last trial
of McNulty. The witness was surprised
that she had been summoned at all be-
fore the Grand Jury and her replies
showed that she knew but little of
what had transpired during the final
trial of McNulty.
SAYS MONEY WAS USED
1t was the night of November 21
last, after the third jury in the McNulty
case returned verdict finding the de-
fendant not guilty. that Brown, who
was then Deputy District Attorney, and
who had conducted vigorous prosecu-
tion, said to the Jurors as they. were fill
ing out:
Il am ashamed indeed. to be in a
court of justice and hear such verdict
rendered by twelve men upon such evi-
dence as there has been presented In
this case,
Following this statement, Brown said
to the representatives of the press that
information had come to him on the day
that McNulty was acquitted that money.
The San Francisco call., 1907-01-31
ADOPT sANFoRD's RESOLUTION
Measure Urges Congress TO Take Duties
on Rebuilding Material

SACRAMENTO. Jan. 3O.-The Repub-
lican majority in the Senate stood for
the adoption today of the Joint resolu-
ton introduced by Senator Sanford urg-
ing Congress 10 pass a measure provid-
ing for the remission of duties on all
building materials used for the reha-
bilitation Of California cities that suf-
fered from earthquake or fire I'm April
The majority has no confidence that
this Democratic resolution can lead to
any material results California rep
resentatives at the last Congress could
not obtain the enactment Of such a
measure, and the majority feels quite
sure that the chances for such legisla-
tiOn at the present session viii be
equally remote and that Sanford will be
unable to make the resolution serve
any useful purpose in the politics Of the
minority.
The San Francisco call., 1907-01-31
PIONEER TEACHER
PASSES AWAY

Miss Emma Stincen. principal of the
Whittier School, at Grattan and Shra-
der streets, died yesterday afternoon at
the home Of her sister in this city after
an illness OF but one day. Her sudden
demise. which comes as a sad shock to
her many friends, was brought on by
overwork.
Miss Stincen was a native of Virginia,
where her relatives. with the exception
of the sister. Miss Alice Stincen, reside.
The deceased came to San Francisco in
1870, and since then had been identified
with the public schools here. No ar
rsngements have been made for the
funeral
The San Francisco call., 1907-01-31
SAYS HAWAII MUST
BE FORTIFIED

WASHINGTON. Jan. ,90.-"There is
every reason why the fortifications at
Hawaii should be made ready.
Secretary Taft thus expressed him
self today in an urgent letter to Sena-
tor Allison, chairman of the committee
on appropriations, regarding his re-
quest for an additional appropriation Of
$3.50, 900 for the purpose of fortifying
Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.
The Coast Defense Board has ex-
pressed itself as follows: Pearl Har-
Dor is of such strategic and Honolulu
of such material Importance that first
class defense should be provided. These
places cannot be held unless fortified be-
fore the outbreak of war. Today not a
gun is mounted to defend either. They
are related in such way that the fall
of one involves the loss of the other
Defenses should be Immediately in
stalled at both places"
The San Francisco call., 1907-01-31
HEBBARD BALKS At
PROGRAMME

However great his aptitude for deal
ing with matters in variety without
ripple of uneasiness, Judge J. c. B.
Hebbard refuses to swallow pro-
gramme without choke of protest.
He intimates that his colleagues on the
Superior Court bench have committed
an act, the reason for which he cannot
think out in his present frame of
mind.
Judge Hebbard had a desire TO in
troduce an innovation in the Grand
Jury He had an ambition to place
among the inquisitors men of a pro-
fession which the Judge admires for
its uniform courage and fearlessness,
a profession noted for it's power of rat
iocination.
The following communication from
the jurist tells the story and tells
why the Judge wished to depart from
a rule which he has always considered
cowardly. The Judges position is un-
assailable, and his reasons for refusing
to- swallow everything presented to
him are so logical and patent at this
particular time that they require no
explanation:
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 30, 1907
Editor Call-Concerning the selection, by the
judges OF the Superior Court, OF the names Of
the twelve selected by me and accepted by the
judges, all being present, at the meeting held
January 81 several names have since, been
others substituted therefore are f. II. Hamilton
Of the Examiner. John p. Young of the
Chronicle, and Ernest II. Simpson of The Call
know that IT has been the unwritten law Of
the court not to have newspaper men on the
Grand Jury, but IL always seemed to me an un-
reasonable and cowRrdly rule.
At this time considering the criticisms made
Of past grand Jurors and the judges who named
them, thought IL good TO place representa- tives
OF our great dailies upon the list with the hope
that they might be chosen to serve.
A journalist is good detective; has the
courage of his convictions and Is fearless.
few men upon the> Grand Jury with these
characteristics might accomplish much.
MY brothers OF the bench have seen at TO
eliminate these three gentlemen from the SIN
Quisitorial Body; their reasons therefor may be
sound, but, though somewhat acquainted with the
logic OF politics, I cannot understand or swallow
this programme.
1 may be rushing in where angels fear to
tread am no angel: do not fear to tread.
]. c. b. HEBBARD.
Judge OF the Superior Court. Department 4.
The San Francisco call., 1907-01-31
JOHNSON OFFERS MORE BILLS

SACRAMENTO. Jan. S0.-Two more
reform bills were added to Grove john
sons string today. One strikes at cor
porations that make powder, dynamite
and other explosives. It provides that
no factory that turns out Illuminating
compounds. nitroglycerin, powder or
other violent explosives shall be locat-
ed nearer than five miles of an incor-
porated city or three miles of the
tracks of any railroad engaged in car
rying passengers. The penalty OF vio-
lation is fixed at a fine not less than
$1,000 nor more than $4,000.
Johnson's other bill extends the
scope of the law making railway men
and steamboat men who violate or omit
their duty guilty of a misdemeanor. A
new paragraph puts part of the guilt
on the management and fixes their
punishment at fine of $4,000 or five
years in prison, or both.
The San Francisco call., 1907-01-31
VACCINATION BILL MUzzLED
fzshseman's Measure Seems TO Have
Been Knocked With Anesthetfcs

SACRAMENTO, Jan. 3O.-Assembly-
man Eshlemans bill making il a mis-
demeanOr for school authorities to pre-
scribe vaccination as a condition for
entrance to public schools lies under
the influence OF anesthetics in the
rooms Of the Assembly committee on
public health and quarantine. Three
physicians and an undertaken comprise
a majority of the committee. which has
only seven members. DR.. Campbell Of
Point Richmond is chairman. At the
same board sit DR.. Case Of Pasadena,
DR.. Higgins Of Morgan Hill and Under
taker +. z. Pierce of Los Angeles
Friends Of Eshleman's bill, after wait
ing long and anxiously for it to emerge
from committee, are convinced that the
physicians have chloroformed It.
The San Francisco call., 1907-01-31
APPROPRIATIONS OF $500, 600

SACRAMENTO. Jan. 3O.-The finance
committee of the Senate recommended
for passage tonight bills carrying ap-
propriations for more than $500, 900.
The largest appropriation voted was
S350,000 for rebuilding the San Jose
Normal School This sum will be -doled
out in payments extending until the
end OF 1908. An appropriation of $780,
600 for the California Polytechnic
School at San Luis Obispo is the second
largest in the list. The remaining ap-
preparations voted for are to be devoted
principally to deficiencies.
The San Francisco call., 1907-01-31
AIMS BILL AT BALLOT Law

SACRAMENTO. Jan. 3O.--A bill to do
away with party columns and provid-
ing for return to the old Australian
ballot law with its alphabetical list of
candidates, is being prepared by AS
semblyman ]. o. Davis of Hollister. In
cfdentally the bill would abolish voting
machines. Davis viii argue that the
present law puts premium on ig
norance and discourages intelligent. in
dependent voting. Another bill on
which Davis is now working provides
for the publication of campaign con-
tributions by political parties.
The San Francisco call., 1907-01-31

against the resolutions on
the ground that they will
abrogate existing law should
the next Legislature prove
recreant to its duty. 1t will
probably be a week before
the resolution is called upon
for action by the Senate.
When it is called e up the
sanctity of a party pledge
will be quickly told by the
votes of the men elected upon
and bound by those pledges.
The San Francisco call., 1907-01-31
DISCUSS FISH AND GAME LAWS
Committee Fails 10 Agree and Present
Acts VIII Stand
SACRAMENTO, Jan. 3O.-Tf

SACRAMENTO, Jan. 3O.-The fish
game laws OF California stand little
chance OF revision at the present ses-
sion of the Legislature. This was vir-
tually agreed to this evening at the
ehd Of q foUr-hour meeting of~the joint
fish and game committee. The four
hours were taken up in hearing rival
contentious from amateur and profess
sional lobbyists It was the familiar
story OF marketmen wanting every
thing wide open and sportsmen want
ing nearly everything restricted.