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The San Francisco call., 1907-03-05
FATE Of ST. JOHN IS
IN CONTIGUOUS HANDS
"Slipshod and Unbusiness-
9 like Methods the
Charge

WASHINGTON. March 4.--The fate of
Deputy Surveyor Chauncey NJ. st. John
of San Francisco is now in the hands
of George B. Cortelyou, who was sworn
in as Secretary of the Treasury at $3.50
o'clock this afternoon. In the cruse
of business attendant upon the close
of Congress. the treasury officials did
not reach out for st. Johns scalp. and
now the situation must be laid before
the new Secretary.
Assistant Secretary Reynolds. who
has charge of customs matters and who
demanded St. Johns resignation. will
remain in office some time longer. 1t is
understood that he he will lay stress
upon the alleged slipshod and unbusi-
nesslike methods prevailing in St
Johns Office and insist that the demand
for his resignation be followed by dis
-missal in case that St. John refuses to
resign
The San Francisco call., 1907-03-05
japanese RescueAll
on Board the
Big Liner

TOXIC, March 4-The captain of
the Japanese steamer Tokai.. who was
steaming abreast of the Dakota, which
Toxic, yesterday. reports that when
sighted that vessel was at full speed.
heading southwest. She changed her
course quickly in order to avoid dan
ger just at the moment she struck
with her head down and lower screw
exposed.
The passengers were panic stricken.
but were rescued by boats from the
Tokai and from the land which took
them all ashore. The day was calm,
but the dreaded current peculiar to
that locality was strong.
The Japanese steamer Omi has been
sent to the rescue, but the wreck is
unapproachable and. owing to the
heavy seas, it is impossible to connect
with the land.
The Dakota lies one mile off shore,
with her bow under water up to the
second mast She is still sinking.
The Japanese cruiser Yayeyama and
a torpedo-boat were dispatched from
Yokohama last night to the relief of
the Dakota.
YOKOHAMA. March At developed
today that the report that the passen-
gers of the Great Northern Steamship
Company's steamer Dakota, which
went ashore OFF Shirama, in the bay
of Toxic, at o'clock Sunday night.
were taken off by the steamer Omi
Maru which was sent to her assist
ance by the agents of the company.
was incorrect.
The Omi Maru returned here last
night without the passengers, having
been unable to get alongside the wreck
owing to the heavy seas. She reported
that the Dakota was deserted and was
dangerously sunk by the head The
passengers and crew were landed at
Nokima lighthouse. They lost all their
baggage. Ten bags of mail were
saved.
The agents of the company sent the
Omi Maru and the Makuai Maru to
the scene of the wreck today. Three
warships are standing by the Dakota.
The San Francisco call., 1907-03-05
anus EcdDuuJs
DECLARES HER INSANE
Here is a woman who declared

Here is a woman who declared that
two men were practicing witchcraft. a
woman who claims for herself that she
can sit in her own parIor and blast
crops in the fields and bring sickness
and death to whomsoever she wills.
Yet, on the other hand. to her followers
she declares that there is no sickness
Just wait until the alienists examine
Mrs Eddy. Just think OF Christian
Science believers. who have no use for
medical practitioners. hiring mental ex-
perts to defend their claim that Mrs.
Eddy is sane"
There is much mystery as to the
identity of the people who are back
ing Glover in his suit. for Glover him
self is practically penniless and has no
money for travelling expenses, to say
nothing of lawyers. George ". Baker.
who is joined with Glover in his suit.
says:
There can be no settlement There
are associated with me men having all
the money needed to fight this thing
to a finish and see justice done to my
aunt So far as pecuniary eonsidera-
tions are concerned. we are after some
thing infinitely deeper than that I
have thousands behind me to carry this
matter to a successful issue George
Glover cannot be bought on. even for
$4,000.
A Fall River man, stephen A. Chace,
as treasurer Of the Mother Church at
Boston. has absolute control OF the
church funds which Alfred Farlow
says will total between $4,000. 900 and
SIS, 900. 900. Chace renders no report
except as he sees fit. though Farlow
says that accountants audit the books
every year. II is not even known
whether the treasurer is under any
bond and cnace refuses to give any
information. beyond declaring that his
accounts are straight.
SON MAKES DENIAL
DEADwooD. S. D.. March 4.-Re-
The San Francisco call., 1907-03-05
MnRnERER ELEcrRocIrrEn

OSSINING. N T.. March 4.-Frank
Murlong, who killed his aunt. Mrs.
Margaret Keeler. in New York City
in 1904. was put to death in the cleo
trio chair in Sing Sing prison today.
He was 21 years of age.
The San Francisco call., 1907-03-05
BURIED BY LANDSLIDE

BONA, Algeria, March 4-Eighty- five
persons have been buried in land
slide of about fifteen square miles upon
the mountainside near Sedrata.
The San Francisco call., 1907-03-05
HAWAIIAN POsTMAsTER

WASHINGTON. March 4.-The Presi-
dent today sent the Senate the nomi-
nation of George F. Renton to be post
master at Eva, Hawaii
The San Francisco call., 1907-03-05
Close of Epoch Making Congress Is Very Tame
Ruef Is Aided by Judge Who Henev Says Was Drunk

TNHE Great Northern Companys liner Dakota,
L which wrecked in the Bay of Toxic Sunday,
will be total loss Passengers and crew were saved.
Three Japanese warships at the scene.
The San Francisco call., 1907-03-05
son MAKEs pENIAL

DEADwoOD. s D.. March 4.-Re-
garding the report that Mrs. Eddy. In
an effort TO stop Glover's suit. has
sent Rev. 1. c. Tomlinson with an Of
fer of s15O.OOO to stop the suit and
The San Francisco call., 1907-03-05
REGRET ron THE DAKOTA
Loss of Big Liner Serious Blow for
the Merchant Marine

The news of the stranding of the
Great Northern Steamship Company $
giant liner Dakota on the Japanese
The San Francisco call., 1907-03-05
INDEX OF THE
SAN FRANCISCO CALLS
NEWS TODAY
TELEPHONE TEMPORARY Sc
TUESDAY. MARCH 5. 1907
WEATHER CONDITIONS
NEWS TODAY

YESTERDAY-Cloudy; southeast winds: max
imum temperature. 81; minimum temperature
IS; precipitation, Is.
FORECAST FOR ToDAY-Showers: brisk 4
high southerly winds Page l.
The San Francisco call., 1907-03-05
LEGISLATURE

panies 10 supply cars Page 2
Governor win sign bill providing submission
OF capital removal to vote OF people. Page /
Bill making judgments Of foreign courts good
in California, passed TO aid losers by fire. goes
to. governor. Page 2
The San Francisco call., 1907-03-05

The reason we left the courtroom
was that we had direct information
that Ruef and his attorneys had a
complete understanding in advance
with Judge Hebbard and any proceed
ings would have been immsterial to
what occurred. He had agreed to a
programme. He was under the in
fuence of liquor the whole afternoon
and unfit TO sit on the bench.
1T is well known 10 the majority of
the members of the bar that Judge
Hebbsrd goes on debsuches and fire.
ouently is in an intoxicated condition
on the bench and commits freaks.
Judge Hebbsrd is disgrace to the
bench and ought to have been i'm
pesched and removed long ago.
He acknowledged all these things
in a communication he signed January
II last when he was getting over a
spree. It is time for the Bar Assoeia-
ton to wake UP and take some action
before the courts are brought into
utter disrepute.
Originally Hebbard had brilliant
mind, but the excessive use of liquor
has nearly destroyed-it. He has been
q drunkard for three years. His pre-
tense that he thinks federal question
involved in the Ruef case is too alb
surd to be worthy of moments con-
sideration. It amounts to the claim
that the constitution of the United
States guarantees that no man shall
be put upon trial under indictment
returned by grand jury one member
of which had served on a trial jury
within the preceding year. To para
phrase Junius: This is an sbsurdity
so profound that il would startle the
brain of an idiot.
IF there were nothing at stake ex-
cept the immediate trial of Ruef we
could afford to view Hebbard's
action with oomposure, but this is
q fagrant attack upon the orderly
administration of justice and is calcu-
lated to bring all courts and all law
into disrespect Every law-abiding
citizen must therefore view such pro-
oeedings with alarm and disgust -
Statement Of Prosecutor Hcneu.
Cropping vaguely for words in which
10 express his ruling. Superior Judge J.
c. p Hebbard issued yesterday after
noon 10 Abe Ruef writ Of error and
supersedeas. which has the effect of
removing the proceedings against the
boss and business agent OF Mayor
s.l.r,ltz frnna the Snnerinr- l.n,1rt q IL
The San Francisco call., 1907-03-05

The real Funston was the man who came Z
help San Francisco in her hour OF need vii
his handy men. Page
IL is not for Roosevelt to say whether b
shall run once more for President. Page
The lesson Of San Franeisco's houseclesnin
is moral rather than material Page
Discussions as 10 the limits OF publicity. P.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-07-19
RESTAURANTS AND WAR.

In the little city of Roanoke. Viz
ginin. late last Saturday night. rs the
direct and almost Immediate consc-
qucnco of dispute over fivccent
sandwich between an American pa
iron and Il waiter in Il Greek rcstau-
rant. nine cafes and three sh0cpnl-
ishing stands kept by Greeks aud
three Syrian shops were demolished
by Il moh
There will be no war between the
United States and the kingdom of
Greece. however Not even an Incl
dent" Involving international ncgotia-
tions Is the result These Greeks arc
not "up" To the ways of the West
Coast. They appear To have Il large
measure OF common sense. They
have simply retained counsel rs
almost any man With Il moh-wrcckcd
restaurant on his hands would do. no
matter whether he happened to be n
Briton nm American. An lrishman. Il
nutchman. Trojan. n Carthagenian
or an Italian-and this lawyer SAYS:
"Thc Greeks have confidence In the
sense and fairncSd and justice of the
Roanoke people and believe that they
Will he reimbursed for the damage
they have sustaincd.'' Furthermore.
the United States attorney for that
Federal district. when asked what he
was going TO do about 1t, made an
swcr: "Thc case Is not covered lw
the Federal statutes The procedure
would he for the offended Greeks to
appeal to their government. which
would then apply To the United States
for proper protection. and tn" Wash.
ington government would refer the
matter to the governor of Virginia"
Tho same procedure rs was follow
cd decade and half ago in the mat
ter of the mobhing and lynch ne of
Italian subjects confined In New
Orleans prison on suspicion Of hay
Ing murdered the chief of tho city
policc-and with the result that the
governor of Louisiana informed the
United States government that pnhlic
sent mcnt was Sucn in his state that
no jury there would ever indict or
convict tho lynchcrs: then the United
States government informed that OF
Italy that under the Federal Constitu-
tion the central government is pow.
erlcss to cocrcc state government
In such matters: and finally-but AZ
n bit of absolutely voluntary action
the Federal government paid ndcm.
nifty TO the families of the murdered
| Italians The controversy was never
settled" between the two nations
howevcr-nevcr can he. while our
Constitution stands as il is today.
If the State of Virginia is good
enough or the city of Roanoke is good
enough to indemnity these Greeks
for their losses. all Will ne we'll: n
not, the men have means OF redress
n tho civil courts. But the United
States government is powcrless in
the premises
Somehow. however, American Gin
goes who sympathize with tie !n;nr-
ed Japanese cafckccpers Of San
| Francisco. persist In discerning p
"casus belll' in that bit Of mob riot
! ing New York Commercial.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-07-19
FRIDAY, July 10. 1907.
MALICIOUS TALK OF ALLEGED
PEACE MAKERS.

Not one of the least amazing
things about the disaster on the bat
tleship Georgia is the attitude taken
by some of the people WHO have the
white dove of peace flying through
their brains all the time. Tho I'M
chance 10 make ulteranccs that can
hardly be classcd as worthy of good
American. One of this class in an
Interview In substance says that
when whole fleet of United States
waishlps can engage that of an enc
my IN battle, subduc It and then eth
or capture or destroy it's lighting ma
chimes, but with only n very few
casualties and the loss of only one
or two lives among its own forces
the universalpeace advocates have Il
great opportunity to give point to Inc
question, "What Is the use Of eli.
cheney In naval workmanship If, in
an hour or two OF target practice the
lives OF eight officers and scamcn
have to be sacrificed and the bodies
of twice rs many more have to he
mutilatcd?"
Tho argument is spccious hut fail
lacious. In all probability there was
no negligence no hunslmg. no ignor
nnce or mc1icicncy behind the ex-
plosion in the after supcrimposed tur
ret of the battlcship Georgia The
target practice crews ON the battle
ships are trained, skillful, cautious
men. most OF them highly educated
and keenly alive To the danger In
VOWED In their work and To the mt
ure of the risks that they take: pre-
sumnbly, tho ignition of the powder
was an accident Of the sort that is
absolutely unpreventablc. perhaps
from an outside cause entirely.
In the three or four years required
to construct battlcship there are
many serious and sometimes fatal nc
cidents among the mon employed
about her hull, but nobody on that
account asks: why build bnttleshlps
anyway, if the process involves sc
many deaths @sl.. SO much suffering
and loss?. A iiouS mill may be dc
stroyed by EXPLOSION and many lives
lost=eyet n.i5body would advise that
as people We should quit eating
brcaL because wheat grinding is 50
gattal We need our navy almost
" AS much as we need our wheatcr
loavcs and 1t would not be navy
verify OF the namc xcro its officer,
ana men indifferent marksmen. Tar
set practice will proceed MS usual
while the kcenest popular sympathy
will so out to the wounded marks
men and 10 the families and friend.
of the dead patriots
The order to continue target prac
tice the day after ii was interrupte,
has also come in for considcrabl,
criticism, but the order was based OF
good sense and an accurate knowl
edge of human nature The braves
men may be nnneryed by such an oc
currence, and the best preventive o
consequent decentralization is
prompt resumption OF necessary an
ties.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-07-19

der. hut his son e. A. Brassov III s.
may or may not he held 10 dctract
from the authoritative value of The
opinion. The conclusion is reached
by somewhat different process from
that employed by the elder Brasscy.
The new editor bases his classification
mainly on the number ana character
of the battleships built and bnilding
by each country After establishing
their absolute war value MS express.
ed in the terms of guns. speed. nro.
lection. habitalility and hardness. he
fixes the precedence rs follows. First
Groat Britain: second United states.
third. Germany: fourth France:
fifth. Japan; sixth. Russia. ana
seventh. Italy.
1t should he said that this system
of reckoning naval strength accords
with the lessons OF experience in the
only wars In which modern ships
have been put to test The war
between Russia and Japan afforded
the most important illustration. This
demonstrated very conclmslvcly that
the big batllcships are the deciding
force in naval war In both of the
two fleet actions the hattlcshps did
virtually all the fighting Japan
made little attempt TO use even her
armOrcd cruisers except against 9th
or cruisers and for scouting and
blockadlng purposes. Russian cruis.
crs were either pmt ont of action or
forced To run away almost as soon
MS they got within range of the hat
tlcships guns. Torpedo craft were
employed mainly IN guerrilla tactics
ut night or In heavy toys. Though
useful, they had no real part in dc.
Gliding the war.
The number of battleships OF The
leading powers, built and IN lding. is
given l.rasscy rs follows: Great
Britain. &C; United States, 81: Ger.
many 30; France. Ia. Japan. 49, Rms.
STA II: Italy. ~. The fact that the
relative naval strength does not fol
low the number of ships is explained
by the difference In number and size
of gums. size of ships ana other points
that make FOR efficiency.
In recent speech in the House OF
Lords. Lord Twccdmouth also reach.
cd the conclusion that the United
Sttaes Is tho second naval power. but
by Il somewhat different process. lie
argued that hattlcships determine Il
Nays strength. but that all shlps
more than fifteen years old should be
eliminated us obsolete. Applying this
rule he reduced Great Britain's cffcc.
tive ships To 30. credited Germany
with eleven and Japan with nine. in
Gliding -four captured from Russia.
The fact that Lord Twccdmonth elm.
mated from the American list such
ships rs the Iowa. the Oregon the
Massachusetts and the Indiana ans,
failed to take account of the nine
heavily armorcd cruisers. which are
virtually battleships, shows. however.
that his computation is not entirely
reliable So far as the United States
Is concerned, and doubtless the same
criticism could be made with respect
10 other powers.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-07-19
WITH THE PHOTOGRAPHERS

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There are dog days and eat nights.
birmingham Agc-llcrald.
Many a wife doesn't know how the
other half lIvcs.-Aususta (GaJ Her
ala.
When in doubt. and thoroughly si-
porhcalcd. cuss John ID. Rockefeller.
Houston Post.
Mars within 3S.oooO0o milcs.or the
Garth and no protest from Japan. ~
Atlanta Constitutions.
a young widow has a peculiar way
of seeing man without looking at
him. Chicago News
The man who works iniclligcntly
and does all he can. can always find
somebody ready 80 run him Dallas
News.
Japan has nothing that we would
have; and we have nothing that la
Iistii VIII fNti E'N+- NlflliiiiilN AOll-
mcrcinl-Appeal.
our idea OF a perfect gentleman is
grocer who. when II faster steals Il
piece of cheese. gives him II cracker
to eat with it.-Atchison Globe.
An English hygicnist says straw
berries induce an irritable temper.
They do when You don't find them in
the shoricakc. lbany Evening Jour
nal.
with Ohio Republicans divided In
tween the TAFT and Foraker factions.
Judge Harmon MS the Democrats can
didatc might succeed in winning the
Buckeye state. The News makes this
suggestion merely that all the chances
To win may be duly considered In
timc.-Dnllas News
Tho name Of the new Il rector OF
the mint Is Leach Surely he ought
10 he able TO stick To his job.-Flori-
dn Times Union.
WIN future ages rank Raisuli with
l.innacus and Humboldt as II colicc-
tor of foreign specimens? New York
Evening Post
Mr.. bryan pors SITS in saving that
he laid the cggs In the nest of popu-
lism which MIR Roosevelt sits on aud
Is Matching New York Sun.
Harlem fisherman says. "Floundcrs
urn tla fiungt Tieh snnobI I'm thnr, up-
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-07-19
SECOND NAVAL POWER.

The latest issue of Brasscy's Naval
Annual, which for years has been
considered the worlds highest au-
thority in naval matters, ranks the
Omitted States second among the ma
val powers The editor OF the annual
is no longer Baron Brassey, its foun,
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-07-19

The expected has happened Miss
Schonck is going on tha stage. II
would seem as if her friends Lad
made no mistake in acting as they
have. Her stock in trade and sole
bid for public patronage is that she
has been the central figure in an I'M
clean scandal. Her career on the
stage will undoubtedly be short
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-07-19

The night raiders of Kentucky
who are burning wheat ana tobacco
on their nocturnal excursions, are not
adding anything to the fair name OF
the state. nor doing honor to tho
farmers organization they pretend t,
represent.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-07-19

Tho stories of all the Witnesses in
the Haywood trial have all been de
MED so many times 1t is doubtful II
the original spinncrs believe them
any more.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-07-19

Almost every day the wireless has
some message from Mark Twain. bn
1t has not been told whether he In.
contributed anything to the Atlantic
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-07-19

I'rhe comptroller Of currency says
that there is more cash in circulation
than ever before. We are compelled
to take his word for ii.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-07-19

When President Roosevelt tolu
Jacob Riis that he was America s
most useful citizen, of course he
meant Americas most useful private
citizen.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-07-19

Nobody hut Fitzsmmons believed
that he still could put np Il fight. but
he probably now agrees that he was
il the wrong, not the people.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-07-19

That nickel that caused all the
trouble at Roanoke will probably hold
the record for being the most expen-
sive five cents in tho world.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-07-19

The denial of Japan that she had
spies in this country was not I'M
expected.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-07-19
Glen N nalu n rrss-

C. II. Thacker. Editor and Publisher.
l.. Il. Pugh. Advertising Manager
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-07-19

No employee of the Daily Press
Company Is authorized tn contract
any obligation in The name of the
compay, or to mako purchases in the
name of the same except upon order
signed by tho PUBLISHER OF TIE.
DAILY PRESS.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-07-19

There are dog days and eat nights
birmingham Agc-llcrald.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-07-19

Entered ut tho Newport News. Va.
postoffIce as secondclass matter.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-07-19

Mars within 3S.O00.00O miles sof th
earth. and no protest from Japan! F.
Atlanta Constitution.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-07-19

When in doubt. and thoroughly su
norhcaicd. cuss John ID. Rockefeller
Houston Post
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-07-19

Many wife doesn't know how tn
other half lives Augusta (Ga) licl
ala.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-07-19

An English hysicnist says straw
berries induce an irritable temper
They do. when yon don't ind them IN
the shortcakc.-Al bany Evening Jour
nal.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-07-19

a young widow has a peculiar way
of seeing Il man without looking Il,
him.-Chicago News.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-07-19

Japan has nothing that We would
have; and we have nothing that la
pan will ever gct.-Memphis Com.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-07-19

Secretary Taft says there is II
graft in Panama. If this Is the cust
the western hemisphere may he said
To have furnished the eighth wonder
of the Chicago liccor'l-lIc"
nld
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-07-19

Our idea OF a perfect gentleman i.
n grocer who. when II faster steals ;
piece of cheese. gives him Il crackc'
To eat with it.-Atchison Globe.